Enlightenment: Beginning as a Disposable Warrior-Chapter 35 - 34: Force Penetrates the Ren Meridian, Refining Force Achieves Great Success!
After a few days, Su Mu’s qi and power within his body surged once more, then burned hot, and that flame rekindled, burning Su Mu’s flesh and apertures.
The temperature within his body continued to climb, this time more intense than the last. Su Mu sweated like rain, his clothes instantly soaked. His skin began to turn red, like a piece of red-hot iron.
During this process, the impurities within Su Mu’s body were slowly burned away, cleansing him bit by bit.
Buzz----------
Time passed by the second, with Su Mu’s apertures still vibrating incessantly. At a certain moment, Su Mu suddenly heard a crisp sound.
Crackling, crackling!
The power within the apertures burst forth abruptly, then rushed like floodwaters breaking free, following Su Mu’s abdomen, directly to the perineum, Guan Yuan, Qi Sea, throat and other major apertures, then reached the Chengjiang point below the lower lip.
Boom!
One meridian connected, the limit carried by the power shattered violently.
The power within Su Mu’s body began to surge madly like river water after a heavy autumn rain.
With the meridian connected, the previous route of power circulation within the body, like a small stream, widened, allowing power to flow unimpeded through the meridians, with its operating speed once again astonishingly increased.
Following this, the blazing flame within Su Mu’s body was allowed to discharge, letting every inch of his skin slowly relax, expelling impurities through sweat. Su Mu’s flushed skin slowly returned to calm.
In the darkness of night, the young man slowly opened his eyes, his gaze faintly bright, like two glowing fireflies, with an expression of joy on his face.
Just now, after Su Mu achieved great success in Dark Force, he successfully connected the Ren Meridian in the Ren and Du meridians, allowing power to permeate through his skin, reaching the pores, achieving what ordinary martial artists refer to as Refining Force in Great Success.
After achieving great success in Ming Force and Dark Force, one can then aim to advance to the Eighth Grade Bone Forging Realm, which is also the choice of the vast majority of martial artists in the world; geniuses are rare in any world.
"After achieving great success in Dark Force and connecting the Ren Meridian... perhaps the third realm of Refining Force, Transforming Force, is connecting the remaining Du Meridian. The Ren Meridian starts from the womb in the lower abdomen, travels along the front midline of the abdomen as Yin Meridians, while the Du Meridian travels along the back midline as Yang Meridians."
After obtaining Gale Fist from Wu Heng, Su Mu now possessed three Grade-Entering Fist Techniques. Although the routes of power circulation for each technique differed, they all involved the body’s meridians and apertures. Now Su Mu had considerable understanding in these aspects.
With the breakthrough complete, Su Mu casually hurled a punch.
Bang!
After connecting the Ren Meridian, with just a slight circulation of power, the space where the fist struck emitted a clear, muffled sound.
"The total amount of power within my body has at least doubled compared to before, and the quality of each strand of power has nearly doubled as well!"
Feeling the surging power within, now Su Mu was confident that even without using Limit Break, he could easily obliterate Wu Heng.
"Martial Dao is the excavation of the human body’s treasure trove. Martial Dao is infinite. After this breakthrough, I’ve improved in strength and speed and in other aspects... My physique is at least thirty percent stronger compared to before!"
Su Mu casually formed his hand into the shape of a tiger’s claw, his five fingers tearing through the air, emitting a whistling sound.
"Is this the Great Success of Refining Force?!"
After examining the changes in his body, Su Mu showed a satisfied expression, then turned to enter the bedroom.
"The difficulty of this breakthrough was actually higher than imagined, thanks to Wu Heng’s generous help."
Su Mu took out a sandalwood box from the cabinet, which was originally discovered at Wu Heng’s home. Within the sandalwood box, there was a box of ointment and three porcelain bottles of pills.
The pills in the porcelain bottles were Blood-Strengthening Pills, which, when consumed, could enhance a martial artist’s internal qi and blood and assist in the cultivation of power.
On the day the Rock Shattering Fist achieved great success, Su Mu estimated that it would take just three to five days to reach great success in Refining Force, but in reality, he underestimated the gap between them.
The difference of a tiny margin could be distant like miles apart; that gap supposedly thin like a thread in reality required Su Mu to toil for more than half a month.
"Wu Heng truly is a good person, and these Blood-Strengthening Pills are truly good items."
After expressing his gratitude, Su Mu’s gaze fell upon the box of ointment, which had a small white strip labeled White Jade Barbarian Bone Ointment, with the Cinnabar Mark of Hundred Elixir Tower on it.
"Hundred Elixir Tower, one of the five major forces in the Cyan Cloud region, besides the Qingyun Government Office and Black Mountain Army."
"This item is produced by Hundred Elixir Tower and should be bone-forging ointment."
Su Mu pondered for a moment and decided to test its effects, but for now, he didn’t plan to attack Bone Forging. He intended to wait until he advanced to Transforming Force and connected the Du Meridian in the spinal column before attempting to strike the Eighth Grade Bone Forging.
"First, apply it to the left arm and test the effect."
In order not to affect the efficacy of the ointment, Su Mu found a cloth to wipe the sweat off his left arm, then used his finger to scoop out a small amount to evenly apply to the left arm.
Initially, when the ointment contacted the skin, it was somewhat cool, but then it began to heat up and burn the skin, penetrating deep into the flesh until it reached the left arm’s bones.
It was like hot oil being poured onto the bones, but very uneven; one section of bone was extremely hot while another part had no effect.
"Should I try to activate the power?"
Su Mu hesitated, then began circulating power towards the bones of his left arm. As the power circulated, Su Mu’s eyes brightened, the ointment began to fully exert its effect.
Hoo!
Su Mu instantly felt all the pores in his left arm fully open, with the entire left arm’s bones heating up, followed by a tingling sensation that seemed like the bones were gently stretching, growing, strengthening!
But this kind of change was extremely slow, fitting the description of ’silent nourishment’.
Hmm?
Su Mu soon uttered a soft sound of surprise, discovering a delightful realization that as the power accelerated circulation in his left arm, he found that the slow effectiveness of the bone-forging ointment also accelerated, significantly enhancing the efficiency of bone forging.
"The efficacy of this bone-forging ointment is actually related to the martial artist’s own power?!"
Discovering this, Su Mu showed a delighted expression and felt enlightened. Previously, he couldn’t quite grasp why the realm of power could affect the subsequent Eighth Grade Bone Forging, and even the Seventh-Grade Yijin.
In his view, what power affected was the martial artist’s mastery of martial arts might and combat capability. At this moment, Su Mu suddenly understood.
"I see, the stronger a martial artist’s power, the higher the efficiency of bone forging, and possibly even the better the results... Power truly is the foundation of Martial Dao."
Suddenly it was like the clouds parted and he saw the blue sky.
Su Mu became even more determined to achieve great success in Transforming Force before choosing to strike the Eighth Grade Bone Forging. After all, to do one’s job well, one must first sharpen one’s tools!
"However, the bone forging of the left arm need not cease and can continue."
Normally, the right arm of a martial artist is stronger than the left, so if he forges his left arm first, it might catch adversaries off guard during confrontation.
This left arm, forged separately, could become a hidden ace.
"I wonder if this box of ointment can complete the bone forging of the left arm."
Su Mu became enthusiastic about bone forging, engaging in it continuously until noon the next day, and once the efficacy had worn off again, Su Mu exhaled lightly and planned to visit the clinic once more.
Leaving the courtyard and strolling through alleyways, although Su Mu had been reclusive in recent days, he always chose different alleyways to reach the clinic. His powerful comprehension led to an astonishing memory, and Su Mu was thoroughly familiar with the area’s alleyways surrounding the courtyard.
Once again arriving at the clinic, the serene little courtyard still had that wandering wooden plaque hanging.
Su Mu sighed inwardly, intending to leave when the sound of footsteps in the courtyard interrupted him, causing Su Mu to halt, and from behind came a soft, pleasant voice.
"Um... if you’re in a hurry, perhaps I can take a look for you first?"
For several consecutive days, the Little Doctor at Yunhe Clinic had noticed Su Mu’s lingering presence, and today she took the initiative to speak with him.
Standing with his back to the clinic, Su Mu furrowed his brow slightly. To be honest, he was somewhat skeptical of such a young little doctor, considering that even in his previous life, medical students studied longer than most university majors.
His internal Gu Poison had baffled other seasoned doctors in Qingyun County Town.
But on second thought, Su Mu considered giving it a try; what if she could help?
Even if the Little Doctor could not detoxify, it could help establish a rapport, making it easier to seek treatment when Pharmacist Lin returned in a few days.
"Then please, Little Doctor."
"Please follow me inside."
