Inner strength energy fused into his muscles; Qin Yu's muscles and bones suddenly continuously transformed, absorbing the inner strength energy. The flexibility and potential of his muscles kept increasing, which enhanced Qin Yu's body at a speed no one had ever imagined.
Time passed...
Qin Yu's own strength also increased rapidly...
Half a year later.
It had been a year since Zhao Yunxing had left, and Qin Yu was now ten years old.
On the mountain path of Donglan Mountain, Qin Yu's gaze was as sharp as a hawk's, focused entirely on the path ahead. He ran swiftly, taking large strides. Outsiders could hardly imagine that his arms each bore iron protective arms weighing five pounds and his legs each had iron protective legs weighing ten pounds, not to mention the iron vest on his body that weighed about twenty pounds.
Qin Yu kept running at high speed, without stopping.
The difficulty of running varied depending on the placement of the weights. If the weights were only on the back, running with the legs would be somewhat easier, but with the addition of weights on the arms and legs, running required a great deal of strength.
Similarly, this was a method for training the explosive power of Qin Yu's legs and arms.
The summit was now visible, and a radiant smile involuntarily appeared on Qin Yu's face.
"This past half-year's progress in strength has surpassed more than a year of previous training; the potential and toughness of the muscles have improved too much, and the absorption of inner strength has far better effects on muscle flexibility than other forms of exercise. Yes, keep pushing!" Excitement filled Qin Yu's eyes as during this half-year, he continually cultivated inner strength deep into the night. Although his Dantian could not store inner strength, his muscles absorbed some of the dispersed inner strength.
At this moment, the elasticity, flexibility, and even potential of Qin Yu's muscles had significantly increased.
The three inner power experts secretly following Qin Yu were also incredibly amazed.
These three experts had always been secretly protecting Qin Yu. They were concerned that Qin Yu might get injured or faint during his solitary training, and they would be ready to help. But over this past half-year, watching Qin Yu continuously increase his training difficulty, to an extent that even surprised the inner power experts, yet Qin Yu endured it all.
Below the waterfall.
Qin Yu was weighed down just as before, standing in a horse stance under the waterfall, withstanding the impact of the rushing water.
"Ha!"
Under the waterfall's assault, Qin Yu shouted lowly, occasionally throwing rapid punches, his fist shadows swift like thunder, striking at the waterfall. In such a manner, he trained his arms' attack power, causing the splashing water to scatter all around. Under the sunlight, it emitted a captivating rainbow glow.
Qin Yu's horse stance was as immovable as an ancient pine.
"With the increased weight, the pressure on my legs really is much greater." Qin Yu bit his lip, striving to keep his legs even steadier.
At that moment, not only did Qin Yu's legs endure the impact force of the waterfall, but they also bore the pressure from the weights on his body. Naturally, persisting was very difficult. However, the presence of the weights also increased Qin Yu's gravitational force, stabilizing his center significantly. With the continuous assault of the waterfall, the pressure on Qin Yu's legs grew ever more intense.
Reaching that kind of extreme state, what was needed was persistence.
At the peak of his physical limits, Qin Yu clearly felt a stream of warmth surging from deep within his muscles, granting his legs new strength. As his muscles absorbed inner strength, now every time he reached a breakthrough limit, the power he felt was much greater than before, which accelerated Qin Yu's progress considerably.
Night.
Qin Yu sat cross-legged on his bed with eyes closed, continuously absorbing nature's spiritual energy and then converted it into inner strength, which flowed into his Dantian. Subsequently, that inner strength scattered all around and the muscles that Qin Yu had tirelessly tempered were like thirsty travelers on a journey, continuously absorbing the inner strength.
After a night had passed, Qin Yu opened his eyes.
"Just as I thought, the more I train, the more Inner Strength my muscles absorb. Today, I absorbed about one-fifth of the total amount of Inner Strength," Qin Yu's face was filled with excitement. The speed at which the Inner Strength dispersed was very fast, with most of it scattering into the atmosphere and only a small portion being absorbed. Now, to be able to absorb one-fifth was already a significant achievement.
Qin Yu suddenly stood up, feeling a surge of power throughout his body.
The Inner Strength was absorbed into his muscles, greatly increasing the hidden potential within.
"A new day has arrived, time to continue training." Qin Yu smiled and then dashed out of the room.
...
Day by day, Qin Yu's body underwent a quiet transformation. With increasing age, he reached puberty—a critical time for development!
Puberty.
This was a period of rapid physiological improvement.
Suddenly, Qin Yu's appetite surged, and his bodily functions enhanced rapidly. From ten to eleven years old, that whole year was marked by the greatest progress in his three years of training. During this year, not only did his body develop and his bones and muscles increase, but also the probability of his muscles absorbing Inner Strength each day grew considerably.
By the age of eleven, Qin Yu had reached about 1.6 meters tall, and his overall strength had multiplied many times over.
At the training field, Qin Yu, wearing a black training suit, sat casually—an unusual moment of rest for him.
Wearing the training suit, one couldn't tell from the outside that Qin Yu's arms each bore ten Jin of weight from Protective Arms, and his legs bore twenty Jin each from Protective Legs, plus an Iron Vest weighing forty Jin. Altogether, he bore a weight of one hundred Jin, but this was nothing to Qin Yu after three years of extreme training.
"This strength is still far from enough," Qin Yu thought of the eight Outer Strength Experts from before and felt he was still lacking. Man Dong alone could lift eight hundred Jin with one hand and likely bore a thousand Jin with ease. Compared to him, Qin Yu indeed felt far behind.
But Qin Yu had forgotten.
He had only been training for three years. If it weren't for discovering the wonders of cultivating Inner Strength after Zhao Yunxing left, reaching such a realm would normally take at least six or seven years. Moreover, the path Qin Yu had chosen was different from other Outer Strength Experts.
A body needs more than just strength; flexibility, speed, explosive power, and impact resistance are all crucial.
Qin Yu might not be as strong as Man Dong, but in terms of speed alone, Man Dong, that brute, couldn't match Qin Yu, whose speed was extremely fast. Moreover, his flexibility was exceptionally high, surpassing that of a typical Outer Strength Expert.
A barrel's capacity is determined not by the highest plank, but by the lowest; balance is crucial!
At a glance, Qin Yu, sitting on the chair, looked like a leopard brimming with power.
Three years of training, coupled with his physical development, had made Qin Yu grow to 1.6 meters tall, and he had evolved from a child into a teenager—a teenager far more formidable than an average adult, who was now in deep thought.
"The teacher said that in training Outer Strength, one must first cultivate a perfect body and then, through this body, learn various combat techniques. However, the methods of combat are not something I can learn in a day or two. I should start learning them now," Qin Yu pondered with a spark of wisdom in his eyes.
Over the last three years, Qin Yu had finished reading all the medical books and many others in the study. The more books he read, the higher his logical abilities became, and his perspective on issues increasingly reached their essence. His understanding of Zhao Yunxing's words deepened profoundly.
"Starting today, half of the daytime will be used to continue training my body, and the other half will be spent understanding my own methods of attack." Qin Yu abruptly stood up and walked directly out of the training field to the study, still wearing his hundred Jin of weights. He wore these weights twenty-four hours a day, nearly every moment except when bathing.
The rudimentary form of a perfect body was in place. How could he use this body to attack?
Zhao Yunxing had his methods, and Qin Yu would naturally develop his own. Only attack methods created according to one's own body can be the best, most powerful methods. What Qin Yu needed to do now was to comprehend and create such methods of attack!