Outside the banquet hall, a girl in a floral skirt walked in. Although she was not as good looking as Mu Xueqing, she was still somewhat bright and lively.
Cousin? When did I have this cousin?
Zhou Xing was stunned.
"Yinger, why are you here?"
The head of the house quickly stood up with a look of care on his face.
The other clan elders stood up one after another and greeted the girl in the floral skirt, appearing very polite.
That degree of attention is far greater than that of Zhou Xing.
"This is?"
Zhou Xing felt that this girl seemed a bit familiar, including her name.
Father Zhou Tiande explained: "This is your uncle's adopted daughter. We met her when we were children. Do you have any impressions of her?"
Zhou Xing recalled carefully and only had the impression of Dianmo Lake.
in memory.
The head of the family, Zhou Tianwei, Zhou Xing's uncle, had only one son, had no martial arts qualifications, and was focused on doing business.
At a certain time, probably when Zhou Xing was three or four years old, the head of the family, Zhou Tianwei, took in a "adopted daughter", probably this Ying'er.
But a few years later, the adopted daughter suddenly disappeared from public view.
At that time, Zhou Xing was just a child. He had many peers in his family, so he didn't pay much attention to him.
Now, what's going on?
The adopted daughter who disappeared for a long time has now reappeared, and it seems that she is still highly sought after by all the senior members of the family.
"I'm Yinger, Zhou Yinger."
The girl in the floral skirt was a familiar person. She hummed, "I've heard about your 'incompetent' cousin for a long time. I didn't expect that you would break through the channeling stage now. It's really unexpected..."
Um... useless cousin?
Zhou Xing looked stunned. This Zhou Ying'er was really rude.
"Okay, don't mind. Ying'er has that carefree personality and a sharp mouth..."
The head of the family, Zhou Tianwei, smiled at Zhou Xingdao.
He was worried that Zhou Ying'er's words would hurt Zhou Xing's self-esteem; but his words still showed his doting and support for Zhou Ying'er.
"Mom, what's going on with Zhou Ying'er?"
Zhou Xing asked in a low voice.
"You're talking about Ying'er. She has amazing talents since she was a child. When she was about seven or eight years old, she entered the forging stage and was sent to the 'Shuiyue Sect' in the eastern part of Chu State. Now, at the age of fourteen, she has been promoted I am in the late stage of Tongmai. It is said that I have a 'middle-grade spiritual body' and was accepted as a disciple by the Shuiyue Sect elders. I am already an inner disciple..."
Mother Zhou said with a smile.
As she spoke, she seemed quite fond of Zhou Ying'er.
Suigetsu faction? Late stage of Tongmai? Inner disciple?
This series of news surprised Zhou Xing and was a big blow.
You know, this Zhou Yinger is one year younger than herself.
Finally, he fully understood why the family head, parents, and others were not surprised by the news that he had been promoted to Tongmai.
All the truth turns out to be here!
The Zhou family actually secretly cultivated such a beautiful girl from heaven.
"Xing'er, now you officially know Ying'er. In the past, because of fear that Ying'er's talent would be assassinated by a rival family, it was never made public. Now that Ying'er has become a disciple of the sect elder, you don't need to be too careful. ”
The head of the family, Zhou Tianwei, said with a smile.
Zhou Xing nodded in agreement, but murmured in his heart: This Zhou Ying'er was well protected. It was pity for her former self to endure Wang Lingyun's persecution.
"Little cousin."
Zhou Ying'er curled her lips and said in an old-fashioned way: "If you don't understand anything about martial arts from now on, you can ask me for advice!"
Zhou Xing: "..."
The entire dinner was said to be a celebration for Zhou Xing, but the real protagonist was Zhou Ying'er.
At the banquet.
The high-ranking officials in the clan highly respected Zhou Ying'er, and their words were filled with compliments.
Zhou Ying'er was not a humble person either. She often treated Zhou Xing, her "little cousin", in a "preaching" tone.
The clay figurine still has a temper.
Zhou Xing is not a clay figure, nor is he a broad-minded person who repays kindness with evil, so naturally he feels a little unhappy.
"Come on, Zhou Xing! You are the star of the dinner! Congratulations to my Zhou family, another person has established himself in the sect..."
The head of the family, Zhou Tianwei, was an experienced man and took the lead in making a toast to alleviate Zhou Xing's embarrassment.
…
Late at night.
Zhou Xing and his parents returned to their small courtyard.
"Xing'er, don't take it to heart about today's dinner. Ying'er possesses a middle-grade spiritual body and worships the elders of the sect. She has a bright future. The elders of the clan pursue her, and your uncle dotes on her. She is the best among human beings. It’s normal.”
Mother Liu Yu advised.
"It's really human nature."
Zhou Xing smiled bitterly. After the banquet, he didn't really take it to heart. After all, Zhou Yinger is also her cousin.
When it comes to the harshness of the world and the warmth and warmth of people, Zhou Xing has seen too much in the sect.
However, now that Zhou Xing has returned to the clan, his feeling of treating this place as "home" has made him experience a certain contrast in reality.
at this moment.
Fifteen-year-old Zhou Xing finally understood.
Whether in the sect, within the clan, or outside, the principle of respecting strength is the same.
"As long as you understand this. I hope you and Ying'er can live in harmony..."
Zhou Tiande smiled slightly.
…
Return to the wing.
After Zhou Xing was quiet for a while, he started to perform the "Yun Sha Heart Technique" as usual, using his inner breath to travel through the meridians.
The practice of mental Dharma requires accumulation over time.
Practicing for one or two hours every day is enough; too much will not be beneficial.
Two hours later.
Zhou Xing ran the "Yun Sha Mental Technique" several times and couldn't help but sigh.
In terms of mental skills and inner breath, his progress was sparse and ordinary, far less than his amazing performance in the field of physical skills.
One can imagine.
Geniuses such as Zhou Ying'er and Le Feng are definitely far better than Zhou Xing in terms of their cultivation efficiency and progress in the internal breathing method.
Zhou Xing couldn't help but think of the red-faced old man's evaluation of himself.
At that time, the elder of the sect praised him highly, but at the same time he couldn't help but feel sorry for him.
"Why don't you try the Bronze Statue Skill?"
Zhou Xing thought of the side technique recommended by the red-faced old man.
In "Bronze Statue Kung Fu", because there was no way to open the meridians, it was temporarily abandoned by Zhou Xing.
This time, Zhou Xing looked through "Bronze Statue Gong" again and saw the description above.
Upon closer inspection, Zhou Xing couldn't help but feel a little surprised.
first.
"Bronze Statue Kung Fu" is an ancient body-training technique, which is specifically aimed at the field of "physical skills", which is very suitable for his talent.
Secondly.
The powerful effect of "Bronze Statue Kung Fu" is indeed good. It can greatly enhance physical fitness, strength, and especially defense!
After practicing the "Bronze Statue Kung Fu" to great perfection, your body will be like a bronze statue, invulnerable to weapons and weapons, and infinitely powerful.
The first chapter of "Bronze Statue Kung Fu" is divided into three levels: copper skin, copper tendons, and copper bones, which correspond to the body tempering stage, meridians unblocking stage, and organ refining stage.
As described above.
If Zhou Xing can cultivate to the "copper skin" level, he can basically ignore attacks at the forged body level, including slashing with ordinary swords.
If one cultivates to the "copper tendon" level, one can withstand attacks at the level of Tongmai, and even with a strong body alone, he can run rampant at the level of Tongmai, like a humanoid ferocious beast.
In terms of tyranny, there is naturally not much to criticize about the "Bronze Statue Skill".
but. As a partial skill, it has high requirements on physical fitness and perseverance. Even in terms of training time and difficulty, it is far ahead of martial arts such as "Yunsha Fist".
"Hey! The unique body refining method...'Bronze Statue Casting Method'?"
Zhou Xing's eyes lit up when he found a specialized body-training method in "Bronze Statue Kung Fu".
The "Bronze Statue Casting Method" exercises and stimulates the body through various body movements in many parts of the body.
These actions include more than a dozen methods such as kneading, pinching, folding, bending, knocking, and twisting.
It targets every minute and minute part of the body, including large and small muscles, bones throughout the body, as well as many joints and acupuncture points.
Just reading the picture and text introduction opened Zhou Xing's eyes and gave him a new understanding of the human body.
He never thought that the human body had so many muscles, bones, joints, and countless acupuncture points and meridians.
"This "Bronze Statue Technique" basically treats the human body as 'iron smelting'. All parts of the body, large and small, are tempered and stimulated thousands of times, and finally, a living 'Bronze Statue Body' is created. .”
Zhou Xing probably understood the principle.
I'm afraid that ordinary people simply can't bear this kind of practice. The pain alone is very unbearable.
Among them, some use external environments, such as stoves, ice, waterfalls, huge waves, etc., to temper their bodies, which is enough to scare away a large number of people.
For ordinary people, even if you have enough perseverance and patience, you are still far away from success.
This is because some of the difficult movements in the exercise method have very stringent physical requirements; for an ordinary person's physique, it may take ten and a half months to complete one of the small movements.
Phew~
President Zhou took a breath and finally understood why there was a layer of dirt on the secret book when he took it out.
But the difficulty of this martial art did not deter him.
That very night, Zhou Xing began to practice the "Bronze Statue Exercise".
in the room.
One by one, meticulous or difficult and exaggerated movements are presented on Zhou Xing's body.
Some body-building movements require tapping on key parts of the body, and even difficult twisting and folding.
However.
None of these actions troubled Zhou Xing.
Zhou Xing's physique can no longer be measured by common sense. He can bend whenever he wants and break whenever he wants.
Some "tapping" body-training movements are nothing to him; perhaps due to his special physique, the pain during the exercise is much lower than expected.
If.
Ordinary people can only barely perform these physical training movements to 40 or 50 points; then Zhou Xing can even perform 120 points beyond, exceeding the requirements of the physical training method.
Of course, just one night is not enough to complete the complicated "Bronze Statue Exercise".
This night, Zhou Xing mainly targeted his arms.
Early morning of the second day.
Zhou Xing raised his arms, and saw that the skin and flesh on them were covered with a layer of pale yellow, and felt as hard as iron.
"So fast?"
Zhou Xing himself was a little surprised.
In just one night, his arms acquired some characteristics at the "copper skin" level.
It was estimated that at this time, some of the punches and kicks in the early stage of forging the body would hit Zhou Xing's arms, which was no different from kicking him against the wall.
The rapid progress of "Bronze Statue Skill" surprised and excited Zhou Xing.
When he thought about it carefully, it might be that his physique had reached a high level after the fusion of the mysterious heart.
The "copper skin" level may be considered "low-end" for Zhou Xing's current physique.
Of course, Zhou Xing's powerful physique, abnormal recovery power, and super-difficulty completion of those body-training methods are also one of the important reasons.
The following days.
Zhou Xing simply concentrated on practicing the "Bronze Statue Technique". In addition to the fixed inner breath transfer and a small amount of rest every day, he spent most of his time on body tempering.
In the blink of an eye, three or four days passed.
Zhou Xing's whole body has been tempered by the "Bronze Statue Exercise".
According to the progress of ordinary people, it can take anywhere from a few months to a year and a half to exercise the whole body, and the effect is definitely far less than that of Zhou Xing.
The night is very dark.
Zhou Xing only wore a pair of underpants, revealing his skin as bright as copper.
Phew~
As soon as he activated the "Bronze Statue Technique", the skin and flesh on his body took on a dull copper luster and expanded in an astonishing way, like a bronze figure.
"Is this the 'Bronze Body'?"
Zhou Xing looked surprised and took out an ordinary knife.
Ding!
With the strength of an ordinary body-forging stage, the blade scratched the skin of the arm, but there was a soft crisp sound, and the latter was safe and sound.
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"Haha, at least I've become a 'copper skin'."
Zhou Xing grinned.
The "copper skin" level of tempering is still the most superficial layer of skin and flesh; the subsequent "copper tendons" are the deeper layers of muscles; the final "copper bone" is the tempering that goes deep into the bone marrow.
Now, Zhou Xing's "copper skin body" is at least in its infancy.
Because Zhou Xing's physique was strong enough, the increase in strength was only a small amount. The biggest increase is the body’s defense!
…
Early the next morning, Zhou Xing found his father Zhou Tiande.
"Father, I am practicing a body-refining technique here, and I need to purchase some medicinal materials to coordinate with the body-tempering process."
Zhou Xing opened his mouth and said.
The practice of "Bronze Statue Skill" not only relies on oneself, but also requires the help of external resources.
Among them, the body quenching liquid is an external assistance method. Related prescriptions, from low to high, are introduced in "Bronze Statue Gong".
"oh?"
Father Zhou received two prescriptions for body tempering.
These two prescriptions are still a bit low-end in "Bronze Statue Skill".
The lowest-end one is called "Public People's Prescription", which is a precious medicinal material that can be bought with gold and silver in the world.
The other one needs to be matched with some rare spiritual materials, which may require the purchase of Yuan Stone.
"There is no problem with the first prescription. The second prescription may require some Primordial Stone. I will apply to your uncle for it. Now that you have broken through the Tongmai, it is time for the family to give you some resources."
Father Zhou nodded, took the prescription and left.
Zhou Xing, on the other hand, continued to rely on his physical advantages to practice the "Bronze Statue Kung Fu".
Three days later.
Zhou Xing's "Bronze Statue Skill" actually successfully achieved "a small success in bronze skin"!
[Copper Skin Xiaocheng]: Zhou Xing's body surface defense has greatly increased again, and his strength has also increased to a certain extent.
At this level, it is estimated that ordinary attacks under Tongmai would be like scratching an itch for Zhou Xing.
At this time.
Zhou Xing felt that his body-building method had slowed down if he practiced it alone.
Fortunately at this time.
Father Zhou has already collected the materials needed for the body tempering liquid.
But what disappointed Zhou Xing was that what Zhou's father brought was only the medicinal materials for the "common people's prescription", the kind that could be bought with ordinary gold and silver.
According to the description in "Bronze Statue Skill", this prescription has the worst effect.
"Okay, for now we have only collected the materials for the first prescription. For the second prescription, we need some Yuan Stones. Your uncle said that the family's finances are very tight, so we need to think about it."
Father Zhou said with a guilty look on his face.
He originally thought that now that Zhou Xing had broken through the Tongmai, the family should give him some resources to cultivate him.
As a result, he was rejected by the head of the family, Zhou Tianwei.
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