Chapter 31 Breakthrough! Casting the Net to Break Limits!
Chapter 31 Breakthrough! Casting the Net to Break Limits!
At the White Ape Martial Arts Academy, Su Yu paid the new tuition fee and extended the medical bills for another three months before settling down to practice martial arts.
Time flies when you're practicing martial arts, and another three months have passed in no time.
[Martial Arts]: White Ape Six Transformations (Minor Success 1998/2000)
"Finally, another breakthrough is about to happen!"
Su Yu felt a little excited and began practicing the White Ape Six Transformations stance.
As the final move, "The Spirit Ape Returns to its Cave," was completed, familiar characters appeared before my eyes.
[White Ape Six Transformations Proficiency +2]
[Martial Arts]: White Ape Six Transformations (Mastery 1/3000)
The next moment, the barriers to his internal energy and blood disappeared with a roar, and a powerful surge of energy and blood, like a mountain stream, rushed towards his limbs and bones.
"Bang bang bang..."
He felt his blood and energy being stimulated throughout his body, and a powerful force surged forth. Wherever his blood and energy flowed, his muscle lines seemed to become more beautiful.
In no time, the breakthrough was over. Su Yu clenched his fist, and the sudden surge of power after the breakthrough came over him again, making him eager to release it.
At this moment, in the training ground in the front yard.
Dressed in brocade robes and holding a folding fan, Jiang Liuchuan sat lazily in a grand chair, instructing a new batch of apprentices.
Starting this month, it will be Jiang Liuchuan's turn to instruct the apprentices of the outer academy in martial arts.
"Martial arts training is about intention, not form. Look at how you all practice; you look like plucked, sickly chickens..."
Before he could finish speaking...
"Bang!!!"
A deep, thunderous sound rang out in the training ground.
The apprentices were startled and looked in the direction of the sound.
In the corner, in front of the black iron stake, Su Yu remained in a punching stance.
The wooden stake, as thick as a thigh and as hard as iron, was violently shaken by this punch, leaving a fist mark about an inch deep where the fist made contact!
"Good lad!"
Jiang Liuchuan paused in his folding fan, a glint of shrewdness flashing in his eyes.
"His qi and blood surged, his strength penetrating to the very core of the wood! This is... the third attempt to break through the barrier?!"
Unexpectedly, on my very first day of instructing apprentices at the outer academy this month, I encountered one of them breaking through to a breakthrough. What a coincidence!
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
At this moment, Su Yu was completely focused, mobilizing all his qi and blood, like an enraged ape, fiercely striking the wooden stake in front of him.
Three more punches followed, each landing squarely. The ironwood stake, having withstood so many blows, creaked under the strain, finally tilting backward, the soil at its base churning up!
"hiss--"
The surrounding new apprentices gasped in astonishment. Just how many times had this person broken through the barrier? The strength was terrifying.
No wonder my senior brother said that every breakthrough is breaking the limits of the human body!
I really don't know how strong a martial artist has to be!
"Is this even human? If that punch landed on me..."
"Senior Brother Su Yu has truly broken through! This is the strength required to break through three cultivation barriers!"
The apprentices around him looked on with envy.
Nowadays, most of the apprentices in the outer academy are new to the martial arts school. The previous batches of apprentices have almost all been eliminated, and only two or three have persisted.
Many people, unaware of Su Yu's exceptional talent, exclaimed enviously, "Senior Brother Su's talent is truly remarkable! He's already passed the barrier three times already. If he goes down now, won't he be on his way to becoming a martial artist?"
"Martial artists, ah, I really envy them. If I could become a martial artist, let's see who in the village would dare to look down on me!"
"I don't expect martial artists to break through one barrier; that's enough! That way, Xiaohua won't leave me..."
Jiang Liuchuan flipped through the roster of outer court disciples and found Su Yu's information.
Upon seeing the evaluation of poor physical constitution, I couldn't help but feel surprised.
It turns out it's due to poor physical constitution!
So how did you manage to overcome the three obstacles?
Jiang Liuchuan strode over, his seemingly lazy peach blossom eyes filled with curiosity.
"Senior Brother Jiang!" Su Yu immediately clasped his hands in greeting.
"Su Yu, come here, let me feel your bones." With that, Jiang Liuchuan began to work.
Su Yu had no choice but to cooperate with him, knowing his thoughts.
After a short while, the bone examination was completed, and Jiang Liuchuan's brows furrowed even more.
No problem. His physical attributes are average. This kid Su is handsome, and his physical attributes are even worse than mine. How did he manage to break through to the third level?
You should know that back then he used five taels of silver for a dose of Tiger and Leopard Marrow Strengthening Soup to break through to the third level in about the same time as Su Yu.
The next moment, he suddenly thought of something, and he snapped the feather fan in his palm, his eyes shining as he looked at Su Yu.
Good lad, turns out he's a genius with amazing comprehension!
Senior Sister Lin is being unfair! When Su Yu broke through to the second stage of the barrier last time, she should have added a comment to the roster: "His comprehension is amazing!"
Although comprehension is far inferior to innate talent, there is still hope of breaking through to become a martial artist.
Thinking of this, he smiled and said, "Su Yu, your natural talent is a bit lacking, but your comprehension is truly excellent. Keep at it, and you have a chance to break through to become a martial artist in the future."
Su Yu immediately straightened up and said, "Senior Brother, you flatter me. It's all thanks to hard work that I can make up for my shortcomings. However... now that I've reached the third stage of the challenge, I'm facing a bottleneck in martial arts. I wonder if Senior Brother has any advice for me?"
"You've come to the right person. My natural talent is only below average, so breaking through was extremely difficult, but I still managed to do it!"
Jiang Liuchuan smiled, picked up his folding fan again, and adopted the air of someone who had been through it all.
Su Yu immediately listened attentively. Breaking through to the Martial Realm was of utmost importance, and he had to prepare with all his might.
"To be honest, the key to my breakthrough was money!"
Su Yu was immediately taken aback.
"Don't believe me? Back then, after failing to break through three times, I started using the Crimson Jade Spirit Fire Soup, which cost ten taels of silver per dose! With the help of the soup, my qi and blood had reached their peak by the time I was about to break through!"
"That's not enough! When I truly broke through, I also took the Crimson Flame Fiery Pill! This pill costs fifty taels of silver and is made with the essence of the Red Oil Fish King's fish oil as the main ingredient, supplemented with rare materials such as fire lizard blood, tiger bone, and ginseng. It can provide a powerful surge of qi and blood during a breakthrough, breaking through the bottleneck in one fell swoop!"
Jiang Liuchuan looked at Su Yu with an arrogant expression and said, "Tell me, is this difficult or not?"
"Difficult!" Su Yu replied sincerely.
It takes so many resources to break through to the Martial Artist level; the path of martial arts training is simply as difficult as ascending to heaven.
"Your innate talent is even worse than mine, so there was originally no hope of a breakthrough. However, your comprehension is amazing, so there might be a chance for you to break through. But you still need to switch to better medicinal soup as soon as possible, so that your qi and blood can reach their peak when you break through!"
"Alright, I've told you everything. Good luck, senior brother believes in you! Here, take this. I'm taking a new concubine in three days, come to the banquet."
As he spoke, Jiang Liuchuan took out a gilded invitation from his pocket and handed it to Su Yu.
Su Yu immediately accepted it without refusing.
Jiang Liuchuan looks like a rich young master; you might hear a lot of news at his banquet.
Now that I'm focused on martial arts training and cut off from information, this isn't a good thing in this chaotic world.
……
The next day, Su Yu sorted through his belongings and found that he only had a few taels of silver left, plus the ginseng that Wang Yuezhi had given him.
"As Jiang Liuchuan said, I really should change my herbal medicine; that way, my cultivation will be faster!"
"However, this ginseng can be consumed directly, and it may be as effective as some herbal decoctions."
"Sigh, I'm short of money again!"
"Given my current situation, the fastest way to make money is still to fish in the Blackwater River. I can't hold onto my skill points anymore; I need to level them up in net casting!"
The next moment, Su Yu opened the panel and added the accumulated Limit Break Points to the Net Casting Technique.
[Skill]: Casting Net (Breaks the limit 3 times)
【Characteristics】: Listening to the waves to locate. If the object you want is within the range of the net, you will feel a mysterious intuitive pull to locate it, greatly increasing the capture probability.
[Breakthrough Point]: 0 points (Progress 0%)
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