Chapter 12

External and Internal Embryos, Primordial Chaos as 1

After paying the fee, you will need to register your name, age, place of origin, and other information.

After looking at it, the young man in short clothes took out an iron token, engraved Li Xijun's name on it with his finger, and handed it to the other party.

The little girl with braided pigtails called out, "Senior Brother Yu, a new junior brother has arrived!"

A young man who looked to be in his early twenties leaped out from the backyard of the martial arts school owner's house, covering a distance of dozens of meters, and landed in front of Li Xijun like a bird spreading its wings.

"Congratulations on joining our Killing Body Martial Arts School, Junior Brother. I am Yu Xiangyang, a disciple personally taught by Master. You can call me Senior Brother Yu."

The senior student spoke quite enthusiastically, though his grin looked a bit goofy.

Knowing that the young man in short clothes and the senior brother Yu in front of him were both showing off the strength and foundation of the martial arts school to Li Xijun, who had paid a large sum of money as an "inner disciple," he was quite satisfied with this.

"Li Xijun greets Senior Brother Yu."

"Junior Brother Li, you're too kind. Let me show you around the martial arts school first, and then we'll go to your accommodations."

After saying that, Yu Xiangyang took the initiative to lead the way, showing Li Xijun the martial arts school cafeteria and other places, and finally took her to a small courtyard with a nice environment.

"Senior Brother Zhou should have already explained the treatment of inner disciples."

"Junior Brother Li, I will be in charge of your martial arts training for the next three months. Feel free to make any requests or ask any questions you may have."

This senior brother was quite kind.

Having already spent the money, Li Xijun naturally didn't hold back and began to inquire in detail about the martial arts knowledge and cultivation methods of the three realms of skin, flesh, tendons, bones, and filth.

"The first three stages of martial arts training aren't actually difficult. To put it bluntly, they all involve using the techniques from various martial arts schools to stimulate your blood and qi, and then rigorously training you!"

"Only by perfecting the skin, flesh, tendons, and bones can one qualify for the 'filth' training."

"However, since the skin and flesh are one, and the tendons and bones are difficult to separate, they are divided into the skin and flesh realm and the tendon and bone realm."

"When the skin is trained to be as tough as cowhide, it can withstand punches and kicks and has the ability to deflect force. With the strength of an ox, it can easily lift a stone lock weighing seven or eight hundred pounds. That means the skin and flesh realm has been successfully cultivated."

"When the tendons are trained to be as tough and flexible as a python, the bones are as strong as iron, and the skin and flesh are upgraded to the point where they are as if they were cast with molten iron, bows, crossbows, swords and knives will not leave any marks, and the strength can reach 1,600 to 1,700 catties, then the Tendon and Bone Realm is achieved."

"As for refining filth..."

When talking about this hurdle, Yu Xiangyang paused and continued:

"To cultivate, one must master the first two realms and then possess the martial arts school's unique secret techniques before one can 'cultivate'. If an ordinary person dares to act recklessly, at best their internal organs will be damaged, resulting in lifelong serious illness, and at worst, they will die on the spot."

"Junior brother, you are still quite far from this realm. Even if you reach it, an inner disciple would have to spend eight hundred taels to have a senior brother in the sect who specializes in refining filth personally guide you in refining filth. This realm cannot be compromised even by the slightest error."

Li Xijun listened thoughtfully.

In terms of strength alone, the "Great Perfection of Skin and Flesh" and "Great Perfection of Tendons and Bones" are somewhat similar to the Qi and Blood levels of 4-5 and 8-9, respectively.

It seems that the two world systems are similar in the first two realms.

However, the basic cultivation method stimulates the entire body at once, even slightly stimulating the internal organs.

The focus is on raising one's physical energy and blood to level 9, so as to cultivate advanced cultivation methods as soon as possible, absorb external spiritual energy, and become a mortal martial artist.

However, the martial arts system in this world does not have spiritual power; it focuses on tempering every part of the body to the extreme.

Therefore, the cultivation of skin, flesh, tendons and bones consists of two parts, and the cultivation of both parts requires the consumption of qi and blood in a rather violent way to "refine" them in order to increase their strength to the extreme.

When martial artists in this world have refined their skin, flesh, muscles, and bones to their ultimate limits...

They could only seek solutions within themselves, and naturally developed a system for refining internal organs, using extremely dangerous methods to "refine" the five internal organs to their extreme.

And it was incredibly successful!

Yu Xiangyang continued:

"The Refining Realm is a major hurdle for martial artists. Once they pass it, they transcend the mortal realm, their physical body becomes one with the universe, their inner energy arises spontaneously, and they are comparable to cultivators in the Forgetfulness Realm. They can achieve the status of a Juren (a successful candidate in the highest imperial examinations), and even if they kill someone, they can only pay a fine instead of their own life."

"Junior brother, you shouldn't think too much. Just focus on cultivating the first two realms."

The senior student, who was sent by the martial arts school to provide one-on-one instruction, was indeed speaking with good intentions and kindness.

But at that moment, Li Xijun had only one thought in his mind.

The primordial unity!

After reaching level 9 in the Federation's martial arts bloodline, one can cultivate advanced cultivation methods and absorb spiritual energy to become a Transcendent Martial Artist.

What is the transformation from the mundane to the extraordinary?

Transformation is the process of changing one's physical form from its limits to a state of spiritual energy and rare treasures from the mythical world. This transformation allows one to shed the mortal body and evolve into a being whose physical strength rivals that of mythical creatures.

Therefore, the second realm of martial arts, the Transcendent Realm, is divided into three steps:

The outer body, the inner tube, and the primordial unity are one.

Spiritual energy is absorbed and refined by martial artists from the outside in, permeating their physical bodies.

The external body undergoes transformation by absorbing spiritual energy into the skin, muscles, fascia, and bones.

The inner embryo is formed by spiritual energy permeating and evolving the internal organs, bone marrow, brain marrow, and other innermost parts of the human body.

After these two steps are completed, the physical body, evolved by spiritual power, will be unified inside and out, becoming one, which is called "Primordial Unity," representing the great success of transcending the mortal realm.

He never imagined that the martial arts of this world could accomplish this operation at the Refining Realm.

This means that if he completes the purification process during his senior year of high school.

That means he could not only get into a top-tier martial arts university like "The Two Heavens of the Imperial Capital" during the college entrance examination, but also become the fastest and strongest person to advance to the Transcendent Realm in university!

It's important to understand that universities are the focus of the ten-year talent development program. Those who excel there and receive the rewards and resources that even top performers in other fields would envy.

"This Great Sheng world is truly a treasure trove!"

"At first, seeing that the pinnacle of power in this world consisted of insane, corrupt, and twisted beings, I thought the cultivation system in this world wouldn't be very rewarding."

"Unexpectedly, precisely because of the madness and filth of the outside world, the seekers of the Dao in the Eastern Continent—one focusing on the physical body, the other on the spirit—have both created such astonishingly brilliant systems."

"In comparison, while the Federation's martial arts, which has only developed for a little over 180 years, boasts formidable top-tier combat power, it lags behind this world in the development of the physical body and soul at the foundational levels."

"But this is a perfect opportunity for me!"

Thinking of this, Li Xijun's fighting spirit immediately soared.

"Senior Brother Yu, there's no time to lose, please teach me martial arts now!"

Yu Xiangyang was naturally unaware of Li Xijun's thoughts, only assuming that the other party was inspired by the social status of a martial arts graduate.

Without further hesitation, he took out a secret manual, a medicine packet, and a porcelain bottle from his pocket.

"I see you have plenty of energy and spirit, which suggests you've undergone some Western-style scientific training abroad, hence your abundant blood and energy. With the addition of medicinal baths and potent medicine, and if you have even better natural talent, you should be able to achieve significant physical and mental development within a month."