One punch calms the storm, no gods in the world

Chapter 53 Arhat and Buddhahood (4800 words long chapter)
"What's the difference between the two?"

Suti asked first.

Long Yuanzheng picked up the two secret books and said with a smile.

"After you have completed the Iron Bone Skill, you will be able to increase the absolute hardness and toughness of the bones throughout your body."

"You should know that in addition to providing support, the human skeleton also has a greater function of providing defense. If you have practiced Iron Bone Kungfu to perfection, even if you are hit head-on by a car traveling at 60 kilometers per hour, none of your bones will be broken, but it will definitely hurt, and you may even break your skin and bleed, or even suffer bruises or internal injuries. After all, this external Kungfu only provides defense for the bones, not the skin and flesh."

"The biggest difference between it and the Copper Skin Skill is that the Iron Bone Skill can not only provide defense, but also provide a certain degree of offensiveness."

"The harder and more rigid your bones are, the more damage you can cause. This is completely different from the damage caused by hitting someone with cotton or iron with the same force. After successfully practicing Iron Bone Skill, even if you are unarmed, you will be covered in weapons!"

"There is also the Steel Bar Technique, which is also a very special technique. It provides neither the defense of the skin nor the defense of the bones, but the defense of the flesh."

"After successful cultivation, the muscles all over the body become intertwined like steel wires. Even if you are hit by a stick, it will be like hitting a high-density tire, greatly reducing the force and impact. There was once a person who had cultivated Steel Bar Kung Fu to great success and received a pistol bullet head-on. The bullet only penetrated three centimeters of his muscle layer before being blocked by the muscles. The gun caused him injury but was not fatal."

Su Ti's eyes lit up after hearing this. The Copper Skin Skill could definitely not allow the body to block bullets. Although the copper skin was tough and could defend against punches, kicks and even some swords, the defense layer was very thin, only two millimeters thick. Once the skin was broken, the Copper Skin Skill would basically be broken.

But Steel Bar Kung Fu is different. All the muscles on the body are a defensive layer, which is equivalent to wearing a layer of muscle armor several centimeters thick on the bones.

Copper skin skill, iron bone skill, and steel bar skill, the so-called external training of tendons, bones and skin, these three first-class external skills cover all three!

Once these three external skills are mastered, the warrior will have incredible defensive power with the combination of steel bones, iron bones and copper skin.

However, there are very few people who can really do this, not only because the practice of external skills requires time and a lot of money, each practice requires nearly ten years of time and tens of millions of assets to succeed, and it is also extremely destructive to the body.

It’s okay to practice it when you are young, but if you practice it when you are older, you will never be able to recover.

Therefore, the younger you are when practicing external skills, the better. The younger you are, the faster you will progress, the stronger your body's recovery ability will be, the faster your metabolism will be, and the more damage you will be able to withstand.

For someone of Long Yuanzheng's age, practicing external skills would not only fail to increase his body's defense, but would shorten his lifespan.

In addition, practicing external skills would distract one's attention and delay one's own martial arts. Even Long Yuanzheng had only mastered one first-rate external skill, the Bronze Skin Skill. And as he aged and frail, the level of the external skills he practiced in his early years would continue to decline, requiring constant maintenance, which also consumed a lot of his energy.

However, for Su Ti who has a modifier, these problems are not problems at all. As long as he has enough energy, he doesn't have to worry about the speed of practice and financial resources. He only has to worry about whether he can practice enough martial arts.

"Think carefully about which of these two techniques you want to learn."

“I’ll learn them all!”

The next day, in the practice room of the villa, Suti twisted his body into a strange posture, soaking in a large bathtub that was one person tall.

His body now looked like he was doing yoga, with his muscles stretched to the highest degree, as if they would burst at any second.

The pain of being torn all over his body was transmitted to Suti's mind. He frowned and clenched his teeth.

"If you want to practice Kung Fu, you have to endure hardships. The more powerful the Kung Fu is, the more hardships you have to endure. The steel bar Kung Fu you are practicing now is a Kung Fu that requires a lot of hardship."

As Long Yuanzheng spoke, he stood in the bathtub and inserted thumb-long silver needles into various parts of Su Ti's body.

"The essence of steel bar exercise is to increase muscle density. Through continuous stretching, secret medicinal baths, and acupuncture, the muscles are constantly stretched and torn, and then healed and retracted under the effects of medicinal baths and acupuncture. In this process, the muscles become tougher and tougher, just like a piece of steel that has been repeatedly forged."

Basically, the principles of all external skills are the same, which is to destroy and then rebuild, tearing the body apart through physical means and then healing it, so that the body will become stronger the next time it is subjected to the same physical effect.

But knowing the principle doesn’t mean it won’t hurt.

Those who study martial arts or dance should have experienced the pain of stretching and leg pressing. This kind of pain sometimes makes people regret living in this world. And now Suti feels the pain of all the muscles in his body being stretched to the limit, accompanied by bursts of tearing. It is said to be practicing martial arts, but in fact, the most severe punishment is no more than this.

But this is not the end. As the needle pierced into the body and the medicine poured in, the torn area began to itch again, as if thousands of insects were biting the body, which brought the pain of practicing this kung fu to a new level.

Although it is so painful, Suti is no longer the Suti who first came to this world.

Now he has reached the fifth level of Bodhisattva practice, and his willpower has long since become strong and tenacious through the blessings and experiences of a series of exercises. Suti gritted his teeth and continued to use his willpower to resist wave after wave of inhuman pain.

Looking at Su Ti who was soaking in the medicine pool and gritting his teeth to persevere, Long Yuanzheng nodded slightly with a look of satisfaction on his face.

"Many people don't practice external skills, and suffering is a big reason. Practicing external skills is really too painful, and it's not just a temporary pain, but a pain that lasts for years."

"But if you can endure this kind of hardship, you will make rapid progress, especially since you are at the fifth level of internal training, Suti. Your body's ability to recover is beyond that of an ordinary person. You are young and strong. With a lot of medicinal baths and the help of my acupuncture, you should be able to enter the Steel Bar Technique today."

"Yes Master, but I have a question."

In the bathtub, Suti's trembling voice was heard. After all, he had the willpower of the fifth level of Bodhisattva, and his willpower was strong after practicing martial arts. He endured the pain that was enough to make ordinary people faint, and he quickly adapted to it and could even speak with difficulty.

Seeing that Su Ti could still speak like this, Long Yuanzheng was even more satisfied.

"You said."

"Ten levels of internal training can lead to the attainment of Bodhisattva status, but what about ten levels of external training?"

Long Yuanzheng was stunned. He didn't expect Su Ti to ask this question. After a while, he shook his head and smiled.

"It's not that easy to practice the tenth level of external training. It's almost the same as practicing the tenth level of internal training. It's also a legend."

Su Ti was a little confused when he heard this, and continued to speak tremblingly while enduring the pain.

"But... the Copper Skin Skill provides me with four levels of external training realms. This Steel Bar Skill is also a first-rate external skill. After it is cultivated to perfection, it can also provide me with four levels of external training realms. After I have cultivated these two first-rate external skills to the full, I will have the eighth level of external training realm. If I cultivate another first-rate external skill, I don't even need to cultivate it to the full level to reach the tenth level of internal training. What's so difficult about this?"

Only two and a half first-rate external skills are needed to reach the tenth level of external training. Su Ti feels that this is much easier to achieve than the tenth level of internal training.

But Long Yuanzheng smiled and said.

"It's not calculated like that. Your first copper skin skill provides you with four levels of external training, but it will gradually decrease later because your defense level is higher."

Su Ti was stunned. He didn't expect there was such a saying.

Long Yuanzheng continued.

"After you have mastered the second steel bar skill, you should be able to reach the seventh level of external training. After you have mastered the third first-class external skill, you will reach the ninth level. Only after you have mastered the fourth first-class external skill can you reach the tenth level of external training and achieve the status of Arhat."

"Arhat status?"

This new term made Suti's heart move.

"Well, the Arhat level, some people have achieved it in the history of ancient martial arts. It requires four different first-class external skills to achieve it. If you achieve this level, you will be invulnerable to swords and spears, water and fire, and your body will not decay. At the same time, you will not age. You will always be the same age as when you achieve this level. Only in the month before your death will you age rapidly and experience the suffering of the five decays of heavenly beings."

Long Yuanzheng smiled and said, "To put it simply, if you achieve Arhat status at the age of 20, your body will remain at its peak state at the age of 20 for the rest of your life. Even when you are in your 70s or 80s, you will still be full of energy. It will only age rapidly in the month before you die."

"So amazing?!"

Suti said with wide eyes in surprise.

Long Yuanzheng said with a smile.

"There's something even more miraculous. If you achieve both the Bodhisattva and Arhat levels at the same time, and your inner and outer training are all perfect, you will have the hope of being promoted to the highest level of mortal martial arts in human history, the extraordinary level of human beings, the Buddha level." "The Buddha level has only been achieved by three people in the entire history of mankind. They are all great monks from the Secret Country and reincarnated living Buddhas. They only practiced mortal-level martial arts throughout their lives and eventually achieved the state of great perfection of both inner and outer cultivation. It took them many more years to finally achieve the Buddha level and become a Buddha right away."

Long Yuanzheng's voice was filled with respect and admiration. Even an extraordinary master like him had great respect for these martial artists who did not practice limit-breaking martial arts but achieved extraordinary results with their human bodies.

Suti was silent, afraid that he had not expected that there was another level above the Bodhisattva and Arhat levels. After a while he asked.

"What abilities does the Buddha realm have?"

Long Yuanzheng sighed.

"The Buddha realm is a transcendental realm for humans, one that does not require the flesh and blood of demons or limit-breaking martial arts to enter. I don't really know what abilities they have. But according to legend, Buddhas have a Buddha state. When they are in the Buddha state, they have a huge golden body, like a Vajra descending to the world, with a solemn appearance and the ability to subdue dragons and tigers."

"There is also a legend that they grow 40 teeth to transform themselves and become different from ordinary people."

"In addition, the three Buddha warriors from the Secret Country all lived to the age of 160, the longest-lived person in the world."

Hearing what Long Yuanzheng said, Su Ti's heart was also filled with excitement. There was no need for the flesh and blood of monsters, and the limit-breaking skills were used to achieve transcendence with human power. How could this not make people fascinated?

He wished he could use the modifier right now to max out his Bodhisattva practices, cultivate four first-rate external skills, reach both internal and external perfection, and enter the realm of Buddha.

However, he took a look at the current energy, 435%. The energy of the red bead had decreased a little today, only 130%, but it was enough for him to enter the sixth level of inner training.

However, how to break through in front of Long Yuanzheng is a problem.
Su Ti thought about what he said for a while, and before he knew it, a day had passed. When he came out of the bath, a new martial art had been added to his martial arts column.

[Rebar Skill (1% for beginners) +]

At the dinner table, Su Ti ate with relish, and Long Yuanzheng smiled as he picked up some food for Su Ti.

"Tomorrow night is your duel with Li Mingsheng, so don't practice during the day tomorrow. Take a good rest and get enough energy. Although you are at the Hunyuan realm now, Li Mingsheng is also at the fifth level of internal training and has an intermediate fighting style. He is only one step away from the Hunyuan realm, so don't underestimate him."

"Ah."

Su Ti ate his meal with big mouthfuls. Now as his skills improved, his appetite also increased and his weight also increased rapidly.

Although he looks thin now, he already weighs 80 kilograms, with condensed internal organs and tight muscles.

"Why don't I see Third Brother?"

Su Ti asked casually at the dinner table, Yan Jun used to be always by Long Yuanzheng's side, but today he was nowhere to be seen.

"Your third brother has gone to be the headmaster."

"Sifu?"

Long Yuanzheng laughed.

"Yes, he has been by my side for such a long time. He can't possibly serve me forever, right? It just so happens that your eldest sister was provoked by you some time ago, and she ran off to the mountains to practice in seclusion, saying that she would not come out until she broke through the fourth level of inner training. So I gave the position of the headmaster of the headquarters to your third brother, and asked him to manage the business under the name of Longmen."

"Oh, that's what happened."

Among all the disciples, only Yao Juan was devoted to martial arts. She had no pressure before, but ever since Su Ti entered Longmen and made rapid progress and killed Moshan, she felt that her dignity as the eldest sister was challenged, so she immediately went into seclusion.

However, before she came out of seclusion, Su Ti had already reached the Hunyuan realm. Thinking of her expression when she came out of the fourth level of internal training and saw Su Ti, a smile appeared on Long Yuanzheng's lips.

"I've thought about it, and I'd better not tell your brothers and sisters about your entry into the Hunyuan realm for the time being. Let them be surprised when you go on stage tomorrow."

Long Yuanzheng is old but still has a childish heart. Su Ti doesn't know how surprised Yan Jun and others will be at that time, but Long Yuanzheng will definitely be surprised in a while.

Just after finishing the meal, before Long Yuanzheng had time to ask someone to clean up the dishes, Su Ti suddenly covered his chest and started coughing violently.

Then a mouthful of dark and thick blood suddenly spit out, which scared Long Yuanzheng.

Could it be that he was injured because he practiced the steel bar exercise too hard during the day? !

As soon as this thought appeared in Long Yuanzheng's mind, he instantly felt something was wrong.

"Suti, how come your aura is suddenly so much stronger!"

Long Yuanzheng stood up and looked at Su Ti with a look of doubt and surprise. Although he spat out a mouthful of black blood, Su Ti's breath did not weaken, but became stronger instead.

Suti looked at his energy which had been reduced by 400%, as well as his Bodhisattva practice which had been added to the sixth level, and pretended to be hesitant.

"Master, I seem to have broken through to the sixth level of Bodhisattva Practice."

"What! How is this possible? This is too fast!"

Upon hearing this, Su Ti also looked "confused".

"I don't know. I felt like there was some energy left in my body from the red fruit I ate last time, and I suddenly had a breakthrough."

“This, this too.”

Long Yuanzheng's expression changed several times, but after all, he was a man who had seen a lot of storms, and he quickly calmed down after the shock.

"Come out with me, let's try it out."

Soon, Long Yuanzheng and Su Ti stood still in the yard. After a round of fighting, Long Yuanzheng was sure.

“It’s really a breakthrough.”

Long Yuanzheng felt a little complicated. Su Ti's speed, strength, and reaction were all much stronger than yesterday. It was undoubtedly a breakthrough.

In fact, Su Ti's strength, agility, physique, and intelligence have all reached 2.2, and his strength has increased by nearly %. When Long Yuanzheng fought against him, he could clearly feel that Su Ti's current strength is not much different from his normal self.

This made Long Yuanzheng feel complicated. He was happy about his disciple's breakthrough, but also felt sad that he was being quickly caught up. He also felt a little envious of Su Ti for improving his martial arts so quickly.

Of course, this sense of envy and jealousy is purely out of a martial artist's instinct. Anyone who has practiced martial arts for more than 40 years, working diligently every day and not daring to slack off, would also feel psychologically unbalanced when he sees a disciple who has been practicing martial arts seriously for less than two months catching up with him.

However, this feeling of envy and jealousy came and went quickly. Long Yuanzheng's personality was such that he would never envy or be jealous of his apprentice. Even if Su Ti surpassed him one day, he would sincerely feel happy for him. Therefore, Long Yuanzheng quickly came to his senses, stared at Su Ti and asked hurriedly.

"Do you feel any energy from the Vermillion Fruit still remaining in your body?"

Suti closed his eyes and pretended to feel it for a while, then hesitated.

"It seems there is more, but I don't know where."

"Also, there's Suti. Do you know what this means? It means that you haven't digested all the energy from the Vermillion Fruit yet. It's still transforming your body. You may have a breakthrough next time!"

Long Yuanzheng said excitedly that he felt that the result of this guess was almost certain to be the truth.

Su Ti, who made up this lie, felt relieved. Now he could finally use the modifier to improve his realm with a legitimate reason.

(End of this chapter)