18: The Primordial Body Refining Chapter, system entry!

Deathly silence!

In the front yard of Kaishan Martial Arts School, a pin drop could be heard.

All the Disciples seemed frozen by invisible ice, staring blankly at Deputy School Master Zhao Mang, who was embedded in the wall crack like a broken sack, unconscious, and then at the burly figure standing like an iron tower, whose casual palm strike had caused such a terrifying scene.

Fear! Boundless terror gripped everyone's hearts! Even their breathing became cautious, fearing they might attract the attention of that Malevolent God.

"School Master... School Master, save us!" A Core Disciple finally couldn't bear the suffocating pressure and screamed hysterically toward the inner courtyard, his voice warped and distorted by extreme terror.

As if in response to this tragic cry—

"Boom!"

An Aura far more violent, condensed, and grandly heavy like the earth than Zhao Mang's suddenly erupted from the depths of the inner courtyard!

"Thump! Thump! Thump!"

Heavy footsteps sounded like war drums, each step seeming to land on the hearts of the crowd! The ground trembled slightly!

A figure appeared at the archway leading to the back courtyard.

The newcomer's physique was not as exaggerated as Zhao Mang's, but his frame was unusually large. He wore a simple gray hemp Martial Artist Uniform, his face was ancient and unadorned, his eyes were calm like a deep pool, his temples bulged high, and his surrounding vital Qi was restrained, yet he gave off an unshakeable, weighty presence like a mountain! This was precisely the School Master of Kaishan Martial Arts School, School Master Chen Kaishan! A Bone Forging Realm Triple Layer expert!

His gaze swept across the messy front yard, seeing Zhao Mang unconscious and embedded in the wall, seeing the wailing Disciples on the ground. Finally, his calm, water-like gaze fell upon Lin Jingyu.

Without the expected fury, School Master Chen Kaishan's voice was low and steady, yet carried an invisible Pressure: "Your Excellency has great skill. I wonder how my Kaishan Martial Arts School offended you, that you should strike so heavily?"

Lin Jingyu looked at School Master Chen Kaishan, sensing the opponent's condensed Bone Forging Realm Qi, and a trace of seriousness finally flashed in his eyes. This School Master Chen Kaishan had a solid Foundation and stable vital Qi; he was absolutely incomparable to a Brute like Zhao Mang who only possessed Raw strength.

"I want your best Body Refining Cultivation Technique." Lin Jingyu got straight to the point, his voice utterly calm. "Hand it over, or I'll take it myself."

The muscles on School Master Chen Kaishan's ancient face twitched slightly. He had met countless people, and the indifference in this young man's eyes, coupled with the terrifying sense of power like a dormant Vicious Beast, made the Warning bells in his heart ring wildly! The opponent was definitely not bluffing!

"Cultivation Techniques are the Foundation upon which a Martial Arts School stands..." School Master Chen Kaishan said solemnly, trying to stall.

"Refusing?" Lin Jingyu interrupted him, a cold light flashing in his eyes. His vital Qi, at the Meridian Opening Realm Ninth Layer Peak, mixed with Dragon-Elephant Giant Strength, erupted with a boom! A terrifying, savage, domineering, and utterly pure Pressure swept across the entire front yard like a raging tide!

"Boom!"

The nearby Disciples were directly thrown to the ground by this Pressure, blood oozing from their mouths and noses!

School Master Chen Kaishan's expression changed drastically! He felt as if he were instantly placed in a Stormy sea, and the Mountain Concept rooted beneath his feet actually showed signs of being shaken! The opponent was this terrifying just by releasing his Aura?!

"Fine! Since Your Excellency insists on seeing it!" School Master Chen Kaishan knew there was no avoiding it, and a fierce light flashed in his eyes. "Then take it with your strength!"

He spoke no further. The vital Qi in his body roared into operation, emitting a low rumble like rushing rivers! He stomped his feet fiercely on the ground!

"Crack!"

The hard Bluestone slabs beneath his feet instantly cracked into a spiderweb pattern!

School Master Chen Kaishan shot out like an arrow released from a bowstring, his speed several times faster than Zhao Mang's! The muscles on his right arm bulged, and his skin instantly took on a metallic, bronze luster! His five fingers were pressed together into a palm, the edge of which was thick and heavy, carrying a terrifying Aura capable of Splitting mountains and severing Peaks, tearing through the air, and striking straight for Lin Jingyu's head!

"Mountain Splitting Palm!"

This was School Master Chen Kaishan's Ultimate Skill! It condensed the strength of his entire body's vital Qi, tendons, and bones onto a single point on the palm edge. It was incomparably fierce and indestructible! Combined with his formidable Bone Forging Realm Triple Layer Physical Body, its power was enough to Split monuments and shatter stones, Separate gold and cut jade!

Before the palm wind arrived, the heavy wind Pressure had already whipped the stray hairs on Lin Jingyu's forehead backward!

Facing this palm that was enough to threaten an ordinary Bone Forging Realm Martial Artist, Battle Intent surged in Lin Jingyu's eyes! He did not use the newly acquired Sky-Piercing Finger, nor did he activate the defenses of the Indestructible Vajra Divine Art.

He wanted to use the purest strength to crush this so-called "Mountain Splitting"!

"Dragon Elephant Suppressing Prison!"

Lin Jingyu roared internally, clenching his right fist! His knotted muscles instantly tightened like steel wires, and dark golden light flowed beneath his skin! One hundred thousand jin of Dragon-Elephant Giant Strength was poured into the fist edge without reservation!

He neither dodged nor avoided, smashing out with a punch as well! There was nothing flashy, just the most direct and violent collision of power!

Fist against palm!

"BOOM—!!!!"

It was like a sudden clap of thunder exploding on flat ground!

A violent Qi wave exploded outward, centered on the collision point! The shattered stones and dust on the ground were instantly blown away! Disciples who were slightly closer were directly knocked away by the Qi wave, dazed and disoriented!

The calmness on School Master Chen Kaishan's face was instantly replaced by extreme horror!

He felt as if his Mountain Splitting Palm, which could split massive rocks, had struck an Immemorial Divine Mountain cast from Divine iron! A terrifying, irresistible giant force, far exceeding his imagination, like a breached river of stars, savagely overwhelmed all the vital Qi of blood and Strength condensed at his palm edge and fiercely poured into his arm!

"Crack! Crack!"

The sickening sound of bones breaking rang out clearly!

"Pfft—!"

School Master Chen Kaishan violently spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, and his entire right arm visibly twisted and deformed! He was sent flying backward, his feet leaving the ground, as if he had been struck head-on by a battering ram!

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

He consecutively snapped three thick wooden pillars supporting the courtyard roof! Wood chips flew everywhere! Finally, he crashed heavily into a pile of Stone locks at the edge of the Training ground, making a dull thud! The Stone locks tumbled down, half-burying him.

He struggled to stand, but the bones in his right arm were completely shattered, his internal organs were injured, blood continuously poured from his mouth, and his eyes were unfocused, filled with disbelief and despair.

One punch!

Just one punch!

Bone Forging Realm Triple Layer, one of Black Stone City's recognized experts, School Master Chen Kaishan of Kaishan Martial Arts School, defeated!

The entire scene was deathly silent! All the Disciples were petrified, their minds completely blank!

Lin Jingyu slowly retracted his fist; there wasn't even a trace of redness on the knuckle. He didn't spare a glance for the heavily injured, dying School Master Chen Kaishan, his gaze sweeping like a Hawk over the group of pale Core Disciples.

"The Cultivation Technique. Where is it?"

The cold voice was like a death-calling Talismanic Incantation.

A Core Disciple shivered in fear, his pants instantly soaked. He scrambled on all fours, pointing toward the inner courtyard, his voice shaking uncontrollably: "It's... in the School Master's Quiet room... the book... the Secret compartment on the bookshelf..."

Lin Jingyu ignored this group of useless people and strode toward the inner courtyard.

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The School Master's Quiet room was simply furnished. Lin Jingyu easily found the Secret compartment behind the bookshelf. Inside, a rustic Book, made of tough, dark yellow material, lay quietly.

The cover bore four vigorous and powerful characters—"Primordial Muscle Refining Chapter"!

Lin Jingyu picked up the Book; it felt slightly heavy in his hand. He immediately opened it.

The text on the pages was not ordinary ink, but written with a dark red, special pigment, exuding a faint Vital Qi of blood.

It was richly illustrated, detailing how to temper muscle fibers throughout the body using unique Breathing techniques, Medicinal baths, and special Muscle vibration methods, making them tougher and more explosive, and allowing for more efficient circulation of Vital Qi of blood. It was a Superior Cultivation Technique for Meridian Opening Realm Martial Artists to temper the Physical Body and accumulate strength!

[Ding! A complete Cultivation Technique has been detected: "Primordial Muscle Refining Chapter" (Yellow Rank High Grade)! Do you wish to enroll it into the System?]

"Enroll it!" Lin Jingyu commanded mentally.

["Primordial Muscle Refining Chapter" successfully enrolled!]

[Cultivation Technique: "Primordial Muscle Refining Chapter" (Uninitiated) → Can be Modified, deduced, or evolved by consuming evolution points!]

Looking at the new Cultivation Technique on the System panel, a sharp light burst from Lin Jingyu's eyes. He could sense that the Body Refining philosophy contained within this Cultivation Technique was more refined than the previous Iron Cloth Shirt and Vajra Shield, pointing directly to the Essence of the Meridian Opening Realm Physical Body! This was the final Puzzle piece he needed to Break Through to the Bone Forging Realm and solidify his Foundation!

"System, immediately evolve the 'Primordial Muscle Refining Chapter'! Target—Dragon Tendon Tiger Bone Art (Initiated)! Consume evolution points!" Lin Jingyu ordered without hesitation. 1231 evolution points, it was enough!

[Command confirmed! Cultivation Technique: "Primordial Muscle Refining Chapter" (Yellow Rank High Grade) → Evolution Target: Dragon Tendon Tiger Bone Art (Profound Rank Low Grade)!]

[evolution points consumed: 1000 points!]

[Evolving and deducing... Deduction complete! Infusing...]

Boom!

A torrent of Martial Dao, far grander and more profound than the "Primordial Muscle Refining Chapter," instantly surged into Lin Jingyu's mind and throughout his Limbs and bones!

It was as if Dragon's roars and Tiger shouts were sounding within his body!

Countless insights surged forth regarding how to temper muscle fibers at a deeper level, how to mobilize the Vital Qi of blood to forge the Major tendons throughout the body, and how to stimulate the Bone Origin, making them Dragon-like, Tiger-like, and tough as steel! At this moment, his muscles, Fascia, and bones seemed to be pulled by an invisible force, emitting a subtle, dense hum! The speed of the dark golden light flowing beneath his skin suddenly accelerated, faintly revealing a hint of ancient and noble Azure-gold luster!

His already burly body's muscle lines became clearer and smoother, filled with a beauty of explosive strength, as if every inch of his flesh contained the Power of the Dragon and the Tiger! The vital Qi of blood around his body surged like a great river, emitting an even more powerful roar!

[Ding! Dragon Tendon Tiger Bone Art (Initiated) successfully mastered!]

[Current Cultivation Technique: Dragon Tendon Tiger Bone Art (Initiated) → Refining muscle and forging tendons, Tempering bone like steel! The Power of the Dragon and the Tiger contained!]

[Remaining evolution points: 231!]

"Roar—!"

Lin Jingyu couldn't help but let out a deep, long roar! The sound was not high-pitched, but contained the might of a Dragon's roar and a Tiger's shout, causing the bookshelves in the Quiet room to buzz!

An unprecedented feeling of immense power filled his entire body! The Meridian Opening Realm Bottleneck, under the impact of this new, purer, and stronger power, was instantly covered in cracks like a fragile eggshell!

The Opportunity to Break Through to the Bone Forging Realm was right before his eyes!

Lin Jingyu clenched his fist, feeling the torrent of power surging and roaring within him, eager to be released, and burning Battle Intent ignited in his eyes.

"The Zhao family... Demons... evolution points..." he muttered softly, his voice cold and filled with Killing intent. "The more that come, the better!"

He turned and strode out of the Quiet room. Outside, there was still a Mess to clean up.