Su Jie bitterly cultivated the Body Hardening Technique. In fact, as the ape avatar cultivated the Body Hardening Technique, Su Jie's compatibility with the Body Hardening Technique kept increasing. This meant that Su Jie took only two months to cultivate the Body Hardening Technique from the beginner level to the first level!
"BOOM!"
Two months later, in the morning, Su Jie was practicing the breathing technique. He had already accumulated a certain amount of Qi in his body and it had transformed at that moment. As he kept breathing, a stream of Qi was born in his body!
This Qi was invisible and colorless, like air, but it was there.
Body Strengthening Technique (Compatibility: 50%. Cultivation Progress: 1%, First Level)
Su Jie opened the system interface. In the past two months, as the ape avatar cultivated the Body Hardening Technique, Su Jie's compatibility with the Body Hardening Technique has increased from 25% to 50%. As a result, his cultivation speed has increased greatly and he has successfully cultivated Qi!
Body Hardening Technique!
Su Jie clenched his right fist and tried to mobilize the newly born Qi in his body to gather in his right fist.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
As his muscles and bones trembled slightly, Su Jie's right hand swelled slightly. His muscles tensed and swelled as it was filled with an invincible strength!
CRACK!
Su Jie reached out with his fingers and grabbed the corner of the stone table in the courtyard. He did not use much strength in squeezing it. Nevertheless, with a crisp cracking sound, a piece of the table was pinched off and turned into powder that scattered on the ground!
"BOOM!"
With a casual punch, Su Jie's fist tore through the air.
"Body Hardening Technique is indeed extremely suitable for me! Just the first level alone can greatly increase my combat strength. It's as if I was originally barehanded but now I have weapons!"
Su Jie's eyes sparkled.
At the first level of the Body Hardening Technique, Su Jie could gather his Qi on his fists and feet. This was the equivalent of his body becoming as hard as rock and metal. Even if he punched with the same strength, the lethality and destructive power would be completely different!
"Alright! Continue cultivating! I can't fall behind on the Ape Demon King Kong Fist either. I have to reach the perfected third level as soon as possible!"
Su Jie went into bitter cultivation. He cultivated the Ape Demon King Kong Fist during the day and the Body Hardening Technique at night. With his physique, he could sleep for four to six hours a day and be full of energy.
This kind of bitter cultivation was indeed tough but Su Jie enjoyed it as he watched his cultivation progress rise and his body become stronger bit by bit!
Su Jie's days were rather peaceful. Other than training every day, he would go to the Heiye City at the beginning of every month to collect the 200 taels of silver monthly salary from the Flying Cloud Society and purchase Body Strengthening Pills.
Su Jie's cultivation progress was steadily increasing and his consumption of the Body Strengthening Pill also rose.
Originally, one Body Strengthening Pill was enough to support Su Jie's cultivation for around two days. Now, he had to consume one every day.
In terms of spending, he would have to spend five taels of silver a day!
Time passed quickly as autumn turned to winter. Su Jie was then fourteen-years-old.
Name: Su Jie (Fourteen-years-old)
Remaining Lifespan: 47 Years
Soul imprints: 0
Mastery of Martial Arts: Ape Demon King Kong Fist (Compatibility: 60%. Cultivation Progress: 80%, Third Level), Body Hardening Technique (Compatibility: 52%. Cultivation Progress: 3%, Second Level)
In the past year, Su Jie has improved greatly. His Ape Demon King Kong Fist was getting closer and closer to the perfected third level. His physique was so strong that he could unleash 1,700 pounds of divine power with one arm.
Other than that, his Body Hardening Technique has reached the second level too!
The second level of the Body Hardening Technique allows for Qi to circulate and densely cover his head, armpits, lower abdomen, and other parts. These parts would be invulnerable. His body became as hard as metal rocks and his punches and kicks were shockingly lethal.
Thanks to him reaching the second level of the Body Hardening Technique, which worked in tandem with his Ape Demon King Kong Fist that was reaching the perfected third level, Su Jie's combat strength was much higher then than what it was a year prior.
"The current me… can be considered a top-notch martial artist!"
Su Jie cracked his knuckles while pondering.
While Su Jie improved greatly, the Ape Demon Avatar's improvement was even greater!
In the Yinchuan Mountain, a tiger stared at a burly ape opposite it.
Tigers were known as the kings of beasts. Adult tigers could reach about three meters in length and the force exerted by their claws could reach nearly a ton!
Even an ordinary first-rate martial artist who encountered a tiger and fought it bare-handed would be in danger from the encounter.
At that moment, however, the tiger was facing a great enemy instead. Its hair stood as it stared at the ape opposite it.
It was a black ape whose entire body was covered in dark, soft fur. It was taller than a normal person when it was half-squatting. If it stood upright, it would be two meters tall. The muscles under its fur looked like they were cast out of steel.
Just by squatting there, the aura emitted made the heart of this tiger entrenched in Yinchuan Mountain spasmed!
"ROAR!"
In the end, the tiger could not hold itself back and let out a roar that shook the forest. A ferocious glint dotted its eyes. Its huge body left behind an afterimage as it quickly darted towards the ape while opening its bloody mouth to reveal dagger-like fangs. It bit fiercely at the ape avatar, revealing the might of the king of beasts.
The ape avatar used one arm to block the tiger. The tiger bit the ape avatar's arm but it felt like it was biting on metal. The sharp tiger teeth could not tear its muscles!
In less than a year, Su Jie's Body Hardening Technique has reached the second level and the ape avatar's progress in the Body Hardening Technique could be said to be equally fast. It would most likely reach the third level before Su Jie.
With the circulation of the Body Hardening Technique, even the tiger's teeth could barely pierce through the muscles of the ape avatar. The ape avatar's stare was cold and ruthless. He suddenly raised his right fist and punched out angrily!
BANG!
The heavy and hard fist landed on the tiger's head. Amidst the crisp sound of bones shattering, the tiger's body, which weighed hundreds of pounds, was sent flying 10 feet away. Its skull shattered into pieces as blood mixed with brain matter scattered on the ground.
"Enough food for a few days…" Su Jie nodded to himself.
The ape avatar was now so powerful that it made one's heart tremble. The ferocious tiger that was almost comparable to a first-rate expert could be killed with a single punch!
Moreover, Su Jie could sense that after several years of cultivation and growth, the ape avatar might enter the metamorphosis stage again in the near future. At that time, the ape avatar would evolve again and Su Jie's compatibility with the Ape Demon King Kong Fist and the Body Hardening Technique would also soar!
"It's the beginning of the month. I need to go to Heiye City again. This time, I have to buy more Body Strengthening Pills."
Su Jie retracted his consciousness and set off for Heiye City.
Snow was falling from the sky. Su Jie, in his thin clothes, did not feel the cold at all. At dusk, Su Jie arrived at Heiye City.
Su Jie arrived at the familiar Yan Residence with ease and met Yan Bin.
Yan Bin, in his quilted jacket, invited Su Jie to be a guest in a room with a heater.
As usual, Yan Bin paid Su Jie 200 taels of silver.
This time, however, Yan Bin requested: "Brother Tang, I have something to trouble you again today. Recently, the Sun family has interfered with our Flying Cloud Society's business. We have to teach the Sun family a lesson tonight."
"Alright. I'll help if I have to."
Hearing this, Su Jie nodded.
In the past year, other than the matter with the Li family's shop, the Flying Cloud Society did not trouble Su Jie. The Flying Cloud Society could usually settle ordinary matters themselves.
"With Brother Tang's help, it will definitely be easy to resolve!"
Seeing Su Jie agree to it, Yan Bin was overjoyed.
In the previous conflict with the Li family, the strength that Su Jie displayed made Yan Bin extremely impressed. He easily defeated the experts hired by the Li family and evidently had first-rate strength!
With such an expert, he would easily be able to resolve the trouble brought by the Sun family!