Grinding Cultivation Toward Martial Saint

Chapter 105: Chapter 32: A person can change a lot in three days; look at them with new eyes!

Martial Arts Hall backyard.

Facing Wang Jin’s question,

Jiang Ning nodded slowly, “Disciple’s Five Animals Fist has now reached Perfection.”

At this moment, when Wang Jin heard Jiang Ning’s affirmative answer,

even though he had already guessed it in his heart, his breathing couldn’t help but become a bit more rapid.

He had been learning boxing for less than two months, and from an outsider, he had now achieved Great Success in Qi-Blood, and even the Five Animals Fist had broken through to the realm of Perfection.

In terms of boxing skills, his level was already not below his own.

A sense of unreality unavoidably rose in Wang Jin’s heart.

Is this what a true genius looks like?

No wonder Shen Congyun valued Jiang Ning so highly.

After a few moments, Wang Jin came back to his senses and looked at Jiang Ning again,

“Can you now freely control the Five Beasts Strength as you wish?”

Jiang Ning nodded and sincerely said, “I can!”

Revealing that his Five Animals Fist had reached Perfection, in Jiang Ning’s view, this was not a matter of concern.

He already had a few trump cards, and the perfection of the Five Animals Fist was not worth keeping as a hidden trump card.

Moreover, the perfection in boxing skills would obviously show during the daily training process.

With Wang Jin’s experience, just one glance would tell, making hiding it even less necessary.

“Try it out for me, release a surge of power into my body for me to see!” Wang Jin said.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Ning nodded slightly, “Alright!”

Then the next moment,

he raised his hand and slapped Wang Jin’s arm, instantaneously sending a surge of power into Wang Jin’s body.

Feeling this familiar power surge within,

Wang Jin’s expression became astonished again.

“Five Forces as one?” he murmured to himself.

Immediately,

he looked up at Jiang Ning once more, a whirlwind sweeping through his heart.

About the Five Animals Fist, others might not know, but he knew.

Perfecting the Five Animals Fist, mastering five types of strength, although extremely rare, this is what most martial artists who learn the Five Animals Fist and achieve complete mastery in all five forces could achieve.

But about this step, looking at the entire world, there are not a few who can do this.

After all, the Five Animals Fist is not his exclusive martial art.

It is a martial art that many people have already learned.

Regarding this martial art, after reaching Perfection, strictly speaking, there is a further depth to advance.

That is to fuse the five types of strength into one unified force.

This is the most difficult step.

Because in the Five Elements Theory, the Five Animals correspond to the Five Elements, each representing the elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.

Fusing these Five Elements is naturally an extremely difficult task.

Even for him, it took over a year of dedicated study after fully mastering the Five Animals Fist to reach this step.

But once achieved, the strength of the Five Animals Fist would undergo a further transformation, possessing five traits, merging into a neutral and balanced force.

Although this force is not outstanding against enemies, it is excellent for refining oneself.

Even with a basic understanding of the Canglang Blade Skill, mastering the Nine Layers of Strength, the path of refining oneself with this force after uniting the Five Forces is far superior to the Five Beasts Strength.

Looking at Jiang Ning, Wang Jin couldn’t help but slowly grin.

Then he burst into hearty laughter.

“Good!”

“Really good!!!”

On the other side.

Having just walked to the front yard, Zhou Xing heard the hearty laughter from Wang Jin in the backyard.

He couldn’t help but stop in his tracks.

“Brother Jiang… seems truly remarkable!!” he sighed in a voice only he could hear.

Hearing Wang Jin’s laughter, how could he not understand that this joy was brought by Brother Jiang to Wang Jin.

This indicated that Jiang Ning had made significant progress on his Martial Arts path.

Zhou Xing then sighed again, “It seems it won’t be long before Brother Jiang will also step into the ranks of Martial Arts Nine Grade! With such talent, Master Wang will absolutely seize this opportunity for him!”

“To let Brother Jiang unleash his potential, born in Luoshui County, it is essential for him to join the Inspection Office!”

“Looking at it this way, in the future my colleagues won’t be Xiao Peng and Cheng Ran, but Brother Jiang.”

“It seems my investment in Cheng Ran was a failure!”

Zhou Xing muttered to himself, shaking his head when he spoke the last sentence.

Then he continued walking forward.

…

Backyard.

After Wang Jin finished laughing, he collected his expression and looked at Jiang Ning.

“You lad did well, achieving the unity of the Five Forces. Such strength of the Five Animals Fist, which refines the body several times more efficiently than ordinary people, will greatly help you in refining the skin and stepping into the ranks of Martial Arts Nine Grade!”

“You currently should be close to Qi Blood Perfection, and Qi Blood penetrating the limbs isn’t far off!”

“You should focus entirely on strengthening your Qi Blood for the time being. There’s about a month and a half until the Inspection Office is established, and with the help of this teacher before that, you might have the opportunity to grasp it.”

“Your talent is high, to go further on the path of Martial Arts, you either join those top Sects or rely on the backing of the court and join the Inspection Office!”

“Apart from these two choices, you have no other options.”

“The path of Martial Arts, the higher you go, the more secretive the core inheritance becomes, especially achieving the level of Grandmaster, and even higher paths like Great Grandmaster and above.”

“If you have no connections to join top Sects, the Inspection Office has an immediate way in, and if you want to go further, you must seize this opportunity!”

After listening to Wang Jin’s words, Jiang Ning said, “Thank you, Master, for your teachings, the disciple understands! Therefore, I am determined to win the opening of the Inspection Office in just over a month!”

“Having this confidence is good! A true man should be so confident!” Wang Jin looked at Jiang Ning at this moment and nodded in satisfaction.

Then he added, “Since that’s the case, you better go and train now! Strive to achieve Qi Blood Perfection early, so you can start refining the skin and enter the ranks of Martial Arts Nine Grade!”

“Only by stepping into Martial Arts Nine Grade will you qualify to join the Inspection Office.”

At this time.

Jiang Ning paused for a moment upon hearing Wang Jin’s words, adjusting his state before he finally spoke.

“Master, I have already stepped into the Martial Arts Nine Grade!”

“Well done,” Wang Jin responded immediately.

A moment later,

His expression tightened, and his tone couldn’t help but rise, “What did you just say? Can you say that again?”

Seeing this, Jiang Ning gave a wry smile.

He knew that mentioning his achievement of the Martial Arts Nine Grade would elicit such a reaction from Wang Jin.

But in the Skin Refining Realm, just a slight contact would reveal the progress of his skin refinement.

There was no point in hiding it in front of Wang Jin.

Moreover, there was no need to hide his martial arts progress from Wang Jin.

Immediately,

Jiang Ning spoke again, “Reporting to Master! Disciple has successfully refined his skin membrane and has now entered the ranks of the Martial Arts Nine Grade!”

Upon hearing Jiang Ning’s reply,

Wang Jin’s figure suddenly moved, appearing like a swift gust of wind beside Jiang Ning.

Then,

He immediately slapped Jiang Ning’s arm, feeling the changes as his own power entered Jiang Ning’s body.

Wang Jin couldn’t help but widen his eyes, displaying a look as if he doubted his own life.

He muttered to himself,

He truly has achieved skin refinement!

He really has formed the skin membrane!

He genuinely has stepped into the Martial Arts Nine Grade!

Could it be that I overslept last night, causing hallucinations today?

How is this possible?

How did this kid achieve this?

He had been out of town for more than ten days, and upon returning, suddenly claimed he had mastered the Five Animals Fist.

Moreover, he achieved the unity of the Five Movements and the fusion of the five types of strength.

And he even managed to refine the skin membrane, making his skin as tough as cowhide, entering the ranks of the Martial Arts Nine Grade!

Wasn’t he just at Great Success in Qi-Blood and not yet at Perfection?

How could he change so drastically all of a sudden?

A myriad of doubts arose in Wang Jin’s mind, and he was bewildered for a little more than one breath’s time before he regained his senses.

Immediately, his pupils refocused, his gaze settling on Jiang Ning.

It must have been something Shen Congyun left for him!

Really good stuff!

Otherwise, how could he have progressed so dramatically?

And how could he possess the method for skin refinement?

Yes!

It must be so!

Otherwise, none of this would make sense!

Wang Jin immediately confirmed his guess, then looked at Jiang Ning and slowly grinned, showing his pearly white teeth.

“Good lad! You truly make your teacher look at you with new eyes!”

Wang Jin heavily patted Jiang Ning’s shoulder twice, his joy apparent.

With Wang Jin patting his shoulder heavily twice, the corners of Jiang Ning’s mouth unconsciously twitched.

Then he said, “Disciple owes this achievement to Master! Without the supplements and Qi Blood Pills provided by Master to enhance my Qi-Blood, I wouldn’t have been able to achieve this today!”

“You sure have a way with words, kid!” Wang Jin chuckled upon hearing this.

…

Shortly thereafter, the two conversed for a while longer.

Jiang Ning then returned to his own yard at the Martial Arts Hall.

Opening the door and entering his room, Jiang Ning took out the box that he had previously placed in the cabinet.

Inside the box were the resources Wang Jin had given him to aid in his training.

Normally, when he went out, he carried some Wild Ginseng with him.

After all, Wild Ginseng was naturally dried, small in size, and easy to carry.

The Qi Blood Pills were different.

They needed to be well preserved, otherwise, their efficacy would quickly degrade.

That was why Jiang Ning hadn’t carried them with him before.

After opening the box,

Jiang Ning took out the remaining Wild Ginseng and Qi Blood Pills and placed them on the table, beginning to count them one by one.

After finishing the count,

Jiang Ning muttered, “There are still twenty-three pieces of Wild Ginseng. Even if purchased from Zhou Xing here, they would be worth two hundred and thirty taels of silver!”@@novelbin@@

“The Qi Blood Pills left are sixty-eight, based on my prior understanding, the market price of a Qi Blood Pill is five silver taels each. Although they are not cost-effective for me, for the heirs of wealthy and noble families, these are essential pills for martial training.”

“Calculating this, these Qi Blood Pills are worth three hundred and forty taels of silver!”

“Master Wang has indeed been generous to me, spending nearly a thousand taels of silver on me!”

“Given his family assets, I estimate they are probably around ten thousand taels of silver, after all, practicing martial arts is like a money pit!”

“He must have spent a considerable amount of money over these years, and as he ages, he would surely need many more supplements to maintain his Qi-Blood and bodily functions to slow their decline.”

“I will need to rely on myself for the resources required for my future martial arts training!”

Thinking to this point,

Jiang Ning took a small cloth bag from his bosom.

Opening it, he saw two pieces of gold leaves and four hundred-tael silver notes inside.

“Luckily, I’ve struck it rich this time!”

“Otherwise, in a few more days, I would have started worrying about finances!”

“Now, with what equals to over two thousand taels of silver in my possession, after buying a residence later, the remaining money should suffice for some time.”

Thinking this, Jiang Ning felt much reassured.

Having money on hand brings peace of mind!