strictlysupreme Chapter 224 Strengthening Tendons
Chapter 224 Strengthening Tendons
Chapter 224 Strengthening Tendons
"Let's go, our airship is parked right next to us, let's get on."
Wei Ranran nodded and boarded their family's airship with her father, Wei Hongye.
A short while later, the airship took off. On the airship, Wei Hongye shook his head and said to his daughter, "Look at you, even after joining the provincial youth genius group, you still don't give me a break. I have to come pick you up for everything."
After receiving the news of your return, I put down my military duties and rushed over. I've been waiting for you for almost an hour. "I already said it would take about two hours to get back. Why did you come so early?" Wei Ranran said.
"You're not the kind of child who makes your mother and me worry. Look at Chen Lie. He passed the elite student assessment, the provincial youth genius group assessment, and even later won the martial arts championship in the provincial martial arts competition. Did any of these things alarm his parents?"
"And you, you drag your mother and me into everything, as if you're afraid we'll be idle even a little bit!"
"Hey, I won't say much this time, but when have you ever been the ones who asked to come with me?"
"Isn't that because you're not independent enough, and we're worried about you?"
"So that's your own business, what does it have to do with me?"
"You—forget it!"
Wei Hongye waved his hand, ceasing his argument.
Suddenly, he noticed a noticeable red and swollen handprint on his daughter's face and immediately asked in a deep voice:
What happened to your face? Did someone bully you?
Wei Ranran touched the slap mark on her face and said, "It's normal to get a little injured in a martial arts sparring match!"
"You call it normal to get slapped in the face? Your mother and I went to Chen Lie's house to deliver gifts and ask him to take care of you, didn't we?"
"Does Chen Lie know that you've been bullied?" Wei Hongye asked.
"It was a serious sparring match on the fighting stage, not bullying as you think."
The person I sparred with was my arch-rival from the Yun Chuan Genius Training Camp. She's now joined the Yun Chuan Province Genius Team, and Brother Chen Lie was right there; he even stood up for me!
"Oh, that's good. Since Chen Lie helped you, we'll go to his house to thank him again another day."
Wei Ranran nodded and said "Mmm".
Meanwhile, Chen Lie returned home and received a communication from the Martial Arts Association's search department.
The four 800-year-old spiritual herbs have been found, and Chen Lie is asked to pick them up from the Martial Arts Association when he has time.
The next day, Chen Lie received a notification that the rewards for the top three in the martial arts competition, including specially searched martial arts resources, had arrived, so he immediately rushed to the Martial Arts Association.
As soon as Chen Lie entered the Martial Arts Association, he noticed that the atmosphere was a bit strange, but he didn't ask any questions. Instead, he walked to the podium and found a seat.
As soon as he sat down, Liu Wanwan, one of the top ten in the Dongchuan Martial Arts Competition, came over to greet him: "Hello, Captain Chen."
Chen Lie nodded and hummed in agreement.
"Captain Chen, I have good news for you. The Martial Arts Association just arrived and took Cui Jinyang to the interrogation room," Liu Wanwan said.
"Oh? What's going on?" Chen Lie asked.
"Didn't he publicly contradict you at the meeting of the three provinces yesterday?"
"Many media outlets online are now discussing this, suspecting that there are shady dealings in our Dongchuan Province Genius Group Martial Arts Competition, that the system is corrupt, that the children of the powerful are stealing martial arts and resources, and that ordinary members are full of resentment and have been suppressing their dissatisfaction for a long time. That's why they couldn't help but confront the martial arts champion in a grand occasion like the three-province gathering to express their discontent," Liu Wanwan explained.
At this moment, Tang Jiu'er, who was not far away, heard this and immediately stepped forward to add, "That's not all. There is a media outlet called Sanchuan Times, which has a certain influence in the three provinces of Sichuan, that published a news article saying that there are sharp internal conflicts among the members of the Dongchuan Province Genius Group, and that the disciples from the powerful and wealthy families and the commoner geniuses are irreconcilable."
It is speculated that the powerful and wealthy control more than 80 percent of the province's resources, making it impossible for martial arts geniuses from ordinary families to rise to prominence. The fact that Dongchuan Province has not produced a martial arts genius like Ji Lingxuan for so many years is the best proof of this.
The conflict between you and Cui Jinyang of Dongchuan Province, the capital of the three provinces, is a manifestation of this sharp contradiction that cannot be suppressed.
"There's such a saying?" Chen Lie was somewhat surprised.
"The Dongchuan Martial Arts Association has now refuted the rumors and issued a statement in conjunction with the official authorities to clarify the situation. However, Cui Jinyang's incident has still dealt a heavy blow to the image of Dongchuan Province."
"As soon as Cui Jinyang arrived today, the people sent by the Martial Arts Association took him into the interrogation room," Liu Wanwan said.
The members of the Dongchuan Province genius team nearby were also discussing it in small groups.
Not long after, Cui Jinyang came out of the interrogation room, looking exhausted.
Upon seeing Chen Lie, a flash of hatred instantly crossed Cui Jinyang's eyes.
At that moment, Gu Tian came up to the podium.
"Hello everyone."
The three martial arts champions had already finalized the date for their competition when they met; it was set for the 20th of this month.
The tri-province gathering concluded yesterday. This year's tri-province gathering went relatively smoothly for Dongchuan, at least unlike Xichuan, which suffered a complete defeat on the stage when facing the challenge from Yunchuan.
However, there is one thing I must specifically criticize.
"At the gathering of the three provinces, Cui Jinyang, a master seed member of our genius group, did not distinguish between what was important and what was urgent, and clashed with Wu Kui Shou and Chen Lie, the team leader, in public, which gave our Dongchuan Province a very bad image."
The Martial Arts Association has already punished Cui Jinyang by stripping him of his Grandmaster seed status and suspending the distribution of his monthly basic points for two months as a form of punishment.
As he spoke, Gu Tian glanced at the group of geniuses below the podium and said, "Dear students, you are all young and promising top martial arts geniuses in the province."
It's understandable that you're arrogant and disdainful of everything, but you're all from Dongchuan Province, enjoying the monthly influx of martial arts resources from Dongchuan. It's fair to say that Dongchuan Province is using all its resources to support and provide for you.
Dongchuan Province longs for you to succeed, but you must at least keep the honor of Dongchuan Province in mind.
People like Cui Jinyang, who only care about their personal likes and dislikes, have clashed with their team leaders in a meeting of the three provinces, bringing a lot of negative impact to Dongchuan Province.
He completely disregarded his home province. Of course, Cui Jinyang has deeply realized his mistake, and the Martial Arts Association has already given him a lenient punishment. It is hoped that the other members will take this as a warning and think twice before acting.
"Cui Jinyang, now apologize to Chen Lie, the leader of the genius team and the martial arts champion."
Cui Jinyang stood up, looked at Chen Lie expressionlessly, and said, "Captain Chen, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have contradicted you in public and embarrassed you."
Chen Lie did not get up, but simply hummed in agreement.
After apologizing, Cui Jinyang sat back down.
"Alright, let's put this matter aside. Students, the Three Provinces Martial Arts Tournament is less than ten days away. During this time, you must practice martial arts diligently and improve your strength."
The resources for the top three in the all-out martial arts competition have been found. You can claim them now, you can disperse!
After finishing his sentence, Gu Tian turned and left.
At this moment, several members of the martial arts association came out, each carrying a box containing martial arts resources.
"Chen Lie, the Tier 2 Martial Arts Rare Dragon Crystal you reserved has been found and you can collect it now."
Upon hearing this, Chen Lie immediately went up and took the box from a staff member.
Chen Lie opened the box and saw that it was indeed a fist-sized crystal that shimmered with golden light.
"As expected, it is indeed Dragon Gold Crystal, a rare martial arts treasure for strengthening tendons and muscles."
Chen Lie opened the box. Without waiting for anyone else's reaction, he went to the Martial Arts Association's resource search area next door and retrieved the four 800-year-old spiritual herbs he had ordered.
They are said to be 800-year-old spiritual herbs, but these four herbs are all over 850 years old, almost 900 years old.
After receiving four 800-year-old spiritual herbs, Chen Lie arrived at the training ground of the genius group, went to a personal cultivation room, and entered.
Arriving at the cultivation platform in the middle of the cultivation room, Chen Lie separated the four 800-year-old spiritual herbs and the Dragon Gold Crystal and placed them separately.
He first ate four eight-hundred-year-old spiritual herbs raw, and then tightly grasped the Dragon Gold Crystal with both hands.
The "Dragon Nirvana Technique" began to operate at its limit, and the cells in Chen Lie's body instantly came to life, like a giant dragon in the starry sky, frantically devouring the medicinal power of the four eight-hundred-year-old spiritual herbs.
At the same time, a blood-red dragon suddenly formed from the powerful qi and blood around Chen Lie's body, coiling around him.
The Dragon Gold Crystal slowly dissolved in Chen Lie's hand, turning into powder and merging into Chen Lie's body.
After an unknown amount of time, Chen Lie's cells had absorbed the medicinal power of the four 800-year-old spiritual herbs and slowly became calm.
Meanwhile, the blood-red dragon phantom swirling around him solidified, and Chen Lie's meridians rapidly absorbed the Dragon Gold Crystal under the surge of blood and qi.
Finally, the meridians in his body were completely renewed, transforming from their original dormancy into a radiant glow.
"The first step in cultivating dragon tendons and dragon bones—the tendon-refining training—is complete!"
Chen Lie stood up, feeling the changes within his body, and a thought struck him.
"So this is the amazing feeling that comes from completing the tendon-strengthening exercise."
He is now no different from any other genius on Earth who has completed the Tendon Refining process.
"However, tendon refining is only the beginning of dragon tendon and dragon bone refining. I must first complete tendon and bone refining before I can use the 'Dragon Nirvana Technique' to cultivate dragon tendon and dragon bone refining. This is fundamentally different from ordinary people who have completed tendon and bone refining."
Dragon tendons and bones, as the name suggests, are tendons and bones like those of a dragon, which will not be easily damaged even after being tempered and refined.
It is fundamentally different from ordinary body-refining methods that focus on strengthening muscles and bones.
Ordinary tendon and bone training only strengthens the body's tendons and bones. More advanced methods of tendon and bone training aim to forge a precious skeleton, which will greatly benefit one's future martial arts.
However, the Dragon Tendon Refining Technique of the "Dragon Nirvana Body Technique" requires cultivating the human body's tendons and bones to the level of a young celestial behemoth. This martial arts secret technique is aimed at the incomparable celestial behemoths in the starry sky, allowing the ant-like body to slowly become a high-level life form at the top of the universe.
Chen Lie stepped down from the cultivation platform and went to the Qi and Blood Detection Instrument in the cultivation room. He used four 800-year-old spiritual herbs to check how much his Qi and Blood had improved.
Upon arriving at the scanning area in front of the blood and qi detector, the blue light swept across the area, and the detector began to announce the results.
"Beep, test complete, blood energy level 1273.95 calories."
"It has increased my Qi and Blood by almost 200 calories. It is indeed a spiritual medicine that is over 850 years old."
Chen Lie walked out of the training room and came to the Extreme Qi Strength Value Detector outside.
He used all his strength to deliver a powerful punch to the force testing device.
With a loud "boom".
The pneumatic force analyzer displayed a set of data.
"Strength value: 13338.45 jun".
Upon seeing the strength value, Chen Lie couldn't help but frown.
"As expected, once the stamina reaches ten times its normal value, it becomes very difficult to increase it further."
This time, he used four 800-year-old spiritual herbs. Two of them enhanced the strength of his qi and blood, and the other two enhanced the purity of his qi and blood. Although his qi and blood value increased by 200 calories, his strength value only increased by less than 0.2 times.
"This level of strength is far from Ji Lingxuan's. If she wants to win first place in the Three Provinces Martial Arts Tournament and get the first place reward, such a large gap is definitely not enough."
Even if there are mental attack methods, one cannot rely solely on mental attack methods.
This is a martial arts competition, not a contest of mental strength.
With Chen Lie's keen eye, he could tell that Ji Lingxuan's blood energy level was close to 4000 calories.
And their strength is definitely more than five times that of others.
In other words, Ji Lingxuan's punch carries a force of at least 20,000 jun (a unit of weight). Combined with any martial arts technique she uses, if she were to use her full strength, no one among the younger generation in the three provinces of Sichuan would be able to withstand a single blow from her. Even ordinary fourth-level martial artists might not be her match.
Chen Lie greatly admired this martial arts genius who came from humble beginnings.
If he didn't have advanced martial arts knowledge from the Central Galaxy Empire, he wouldn't be comparable to a pure martial arts genius like Ji Lingxuan.
As soon as Chen Lie stepped out of the martial arts arena, he saw Xu Tianchuan, the president of the Dongchuan Martial Arts Association, and Gu Tian waving at him from ahead.
"President Xu, old-fashioned."
Chen Lie arrived at the front and greeted Xu Tianchuan and Gu Tian.
"Chen Lie, you should have met with the members of the genius groups from the other two provinces during this three-province gathering. Do you know anything about their strength?"
analyze"
Xu Tianchuan asked.
"Yun Chuanchuan and Xi Chuan are both stronger than Dong Chuanchuan. Xi Chuan is slightly stronger than Dong Chuanchuan, while Yun Chuanchuan is significantly stronger than Dong Chuanchuan," Chen Lie said.
"You have quite the keen eye to notice that."
So, what are your thoughts on the martial arts champions from the two provinces? Are you confident of securing a top-three finish?
Chen Lie said, "Currently, the champions from the other two provinces are stronger than me. If the Martial Arts Association can sponsor me with two thousand-year-old spiritual herbs before the martial arts competition, then I can guarantee that I will win a top-three finish in the competition."
"Oh? Are you sure?" Xu Tianchuan asked, somewhat surprised.
"Of course!" Chen Lie nodded.
"Chen Lie, this is no joke," Gu Tian reminded him from the side.
"I'm not joking." Chen Lie shook his head.
"Chen Lie, do you know that in Yunchuan alone, there are three people whose Qi and Blood value exceeds three thousand calories and is at the extreme level of Qi and Blood?"
"If I give you two thousand-year-old spiritual herbs, are you sure you can get into the top three?" Xu Tianchuan asked.
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