ebookslot Chapter 4 A New Beginning, Painful Body Tempering
Chapter 4 A New Beginning, Painful Body Tempering
The next morning, in an open space on the back mountain, Lin Mu stood in the center with his eyes closed, resting. His aura was almost blended into the surrounding mountains and rocks as he quietly waited for Shi Tie to arrive!
Before long, Shi Tie appeared in front of them. His face was full of fatigue, but his eyes were much brighter and clearer than yesterday!
"After you went back last night, did you try to connect with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth? How did it feel?" Lin Mu asked casually.
"Master, last night... I think I sensed a trace of spiritual energy. The process of guiding the spiritual energy into my body was really painful, like a raging fire burning inside me." Shi Tie dared not lie in the slightest and immediately answered honestly.
Lin Mu nodded, a hint of admiration flashing in his eyes: "Hmm, not bad, not bad at all. To be able to draw in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth on your very first cultivation session—you truly are a cultivation genius, one in a million! Pain is to be expected! Next, I will begin teaching you how to cultivate both internally and externally, strengthening your muscles, bones, and skin externally, and cultivating your inner energy internally, to lay a solid foundation for your path to invincibility!"
Then Lin Mu got into position: he slightly separated his feet and slowly squatted down, raising his arms vertically into fists, but keeping his back straight!
Lin Mu's posture left Shi Tie completely bewildered, even finding it somewhat comical! What kind of cultivation posture was this? He had never seen anyone cultivate like this before; it was so strange!
Lin Mu naturally noticed the confusion in Shi Tie's eyes. The horse stance was probably a new thing for him in this world, so it was normal for others not to understand it!
Lin Mu then explained, "Don't have any doubts. This is called 'horse stance,' one of the most suitable exercises for building a foundation! Don't think it's simple. If you can hold this position for half an hour today, that's already quite an achievement!"
"Only half an hour? It doesn't seem that difficult! Thank goodness, Master really cares about me. He knows it's my first day of training and was afraid I wouldn't be able to keep up, so he didn't arrange any too difficult moves for me. How considerate!" Shi Tie comforted himself, little did he know how much he would cry and scream for his parents later!
"Look closely, this is only the form; the essence lies in this: keep your mind focused on your dantian, and imagine countless roots sprouting from your feet, tightly connecting you to the earth beneath your feet."
"Remember this mantra: loosen the skin, tighten the flesh, support the bones, and taut the tendons. Now hold this position until I tell you to stop!" Lin Mu commanded sternly, then got up and went to take a nap.
The stark contrast left Shi Tie completely dumbfounded! Master, oh Master, you just fell asleep right in front of me, is that really okay? You weren't like this yesterday!
Shi Tie shook his head helplessly, then instantly perked up and stood up, mimicking Lin Mu's earlier movements.
At first, Shi Tie felt quite relaxed, only a little awkward because it was his first time doing this pose!
But as time went on, his thigh muscles suddenly began to tremble slightly involuntarily, and his arms felt as if they were filled with dozens of kilograms of lead, extremely sore and swollen! Coupled with the scorching sun overhead, Shi Tie finally realized that this movement was not simple!
Just as Shi Tie showed a hint of pain, Lin Mu's voice rang in his ears: "Adjust your breathing and feel the pulse of the earth beneath your feet. The soreness you feel now is the groan of your former frail body, and it is also the beginning of your rebirth. Keep going!"
Lin Mu's voice seemed to carry a strange rhythm, slowly guiding Shi Tie!
Another quarter of an hour later, Shi Tie was drenched in sweat, his clothes were soaked and stuck to his body, making him very uncomfortable!
Two quarters of an hour later, his legs began to tremble violently and involuntarily, and his vision would occasionally go black! Shi Tie felt as if the muscles in his thighs were about to be torn apart, and he was already losing strength!
"Master...Master...I can't go on...I can't hold on any longer!" Finally, Shi Tie couldn't hold back any longer and squeezed out these words through his teeth!
However, Lin Mu knew very well that this pain was far from his limit!
"Shi Tie, listen to me! If you still want to go back to being trampled underfoot and insulted at will, having your food stolen and being called a stray dog, then you should give up now! Otherwise, grit your teeth and bear it! If you can't even endure this little bit of hardship, what are you talking about becoming stronger!" Lin Mu's voice was very cold, but it also had a hint of disappointment in him.
Hearing his master's authoritative voice, Shi Tie's mind flashed back to the mocking faces of Xiao Chenyu and the others in the past, and to the two steamed buns covered in shoe prints from yesterday. Suddenly, an indomitable anger and ruthlessness erupted from the bottom of his heart!
"Ah—!" he roared, his back, which was about to collapse, straightened up a bit more.
Despite the terrifying tingling and numb pain sweeping over his entire body, Shi Tie's consciousness clung tightly to that last sliver of clarity!
Come on, body, you probably don't know who your true master is!
You think you can make me give up so easily? Dream on! I'm going to keep going with you until the very end, it's either you or me!
Seeing that Shi Tie had once again defeated his consciousness and successfully entered a new stage, Lin Mu nodded with great satisfaction, and then continued, "Next, keep the same movements and start circulating the immortal-level cultivation technique that I taught you yesterday in your mind."
Upon hearing this, Shi Tie immediately began to follow Lin Mu's instructions, circulating the Primordial Overlord Body Technique in his mind and desperately sensing the faint spiritual energy around him.
As more spiritual energy was drawn into his body and meridians, Shi Tie felt the pain, which he had just begun to adjust to, intensify instantly! It felt as if countless red-hot thin iron rods were scouring his blood vessels and grinding against his bones, causing unbearable pain!
But he still gritted his teeth and held on!
Finally, after more than half an hour, when Lin Mu shouted "Stop," Shi Tie collapsed to the ground, his whole body soaked in sweat, as if he had just been pulled out of the water, unable to move.
But deep in his eyes, a faint, earthy yellow light flashed and disappeared.
"Hmm, very good. Today's training is satisfactory," Lin Mu said calmly, his tone full of praise.
He then took out a pill and stuffed it into Shi Tie's mouth. It was a low-level "Nourishment Pill" produced by the system, which had the effect of restoring essence, energy and spirit.
The pill melted instantly upon entering the mouth, and as a gentle medicinal power gradually spread throughout the body, Shi Tie's fatigue and minor injuries were quickly relieved, and his own qi and blood were gradually restored!
"Remember this feeling. The essence of cultivating the Primordial Overlord Body Technique is to push yourself to the limit time and time again, and then break through that limit again and time again, thereby breaking through your own limits step by step, and ultimately embarking on an invincible path to physical sainthood! We'll continue this afternoon!"
"Yes, Master!" Shi Tie replied weakly, but his eyes were filled with excitement and anticipation!
Although the process of squatting in a horse stance was very agonizing, the feeling of constantly breaking through one's own limits was something he had never experienced before! It was a psychological pleasure and sense of accomplishment that allowed him, who had suffered so much bullying, to gradually regain his self-confidence!