Cultivating in Different Professions

Chapter 141: Chapter 110: Physical Divine Techniques

With that, they paid Shen Yizhi no more mind and turned to leave.

The place was piled high with corpses; they didn’t want to stay a moment longer.

Watching their retreating figures, a bitter smile spread across Shen Yizhi’s face.

He knew. ’The Ronghua Association’s spirit is broken.’

As long as this Sima, Su Mu, remained in the East City District for even a day, the Ronghua Association would be nothing but an empty shell, never to return to its former glory.

’But thinking about it from another perspective,’ he mused, ’with Su Mu’s strength, he won’t stay as the Sima of the East City Bureau forever. He’s bound to go to the Inner City sooner or later.’

’Once he gets promoted, the Ronghua Association might have a chance to restore its former glory.’

’As its president, my current task is to endure these hardships and bide my time, waiting for that day to come.’

...

"Sir, why not take this opportunity to dismantle the Ronghua Association completely?"

Chen Song was walking beside Su Mu, on their way back to the East City Government Office.

The admiration in his eyes was like a surging river, endless and deep.

Although he hadn’t personally witnessed what happened inside the Drunken Full House, he knew the outcome.

Ma Shuangcheng, who had dominated the East City District for thirty years, was dead. All of his Martial Artists at the Third and Fourth Stages of Body Tempering were dead, too.

’So many people, yet none of them had managed to harm Little Su in the slightest. What kind of power is this?’

Chen Song had thought he had glimpsed the extent of Su Mu’s abilities, but every time Su Mu made a move, it was a completely new experience. It was as if he could never see the upper limit of Su Mu’s power.

"If I dismantled the Ronghua Association, would all those wealthy merchants and gentry just disappear?"

Su Mu said, "It would be easy to kill them all. But after they’re dead, who would run their businesses?

The Ronghua Association’s businesses cover all sorts of areas. If all of them were to collapse, it would not be a simple matter for the East City District.

Without the Ronghua Association, they would each act on their own, which would more easily lead to chaos. It’s better to keep the Association around. As long as it remains under the supervision of the East City Bureau, they won’t dare to act recklessly."

"Yes, sir."

Chen Song replied, his voice full of awe. "With your strength, Sir, I imagine those people won’t dare to stir up any more trouble."

"Minister Yu."

Su Mu called out as they neared the East City Government Office.

"Sir."

Yu Xiujiang quickened his pace, came before Su Mu, and bowed slightly.

"From now on, keep an eye on Shen Yizhi. If he doesn’t behave, then find someone else to be the president of the Ronghua Association."

Su Mu instructed calmly, "There’s no need to kill anyone. I’ll handle everything."

"Yes, sir."

Yu Xiujiang said, his face a picture of reliability and relief.

...

Su Mu’s swift and decisive actions had an immediate effect.

Ever since Ma Shuangcheng and his group were eliminated, the entire atmosphere in the East City District had completely changed.

Now, the East City Bureau’s word was law, and the clashes between the major gangs had become far less frequent than before.

Even when disputes occasionally broke out, as long as the constables from the East City Bureau showed up, the gangs would obediently accept mediation.

This was something the East City Bureau would have found almost unimaginable in the past.

For Su Mu, the biggest benefit of this transformation was that there were fewer things for him to worry about.

He sat in the Government Office every day, and often several days would pass before a matter arose that required his personal attention.

All other minor issues were resolved by Minister Yu Xiujiang at the latest.

Now, Chen Song, having learned from Su Mu’s true methods, had become extremely proficient at making arrests. Almost no one in the East City District dared to directly confront the constables of the East City Bureau.

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, two or three months had passed.

As spring quietly arrived, Su Mu sat cross-legged in his bedroom in the rear courtyard of the East City Bureau.

[Name: Su Mu]

[Identity: Ghostwriter/Taiping Bureau White Clothes/East City Bureau Captain (Seventh Rank)]

[Points: 2980]

[Realm: Fourth Stage of Body Tempering (Extreme Skin Tempering Realm, Extreme Flesh Tempering Realm, Extreme Tendon Tempering Realm)]

[Cultivation Technique: Iron Bull Bone Tempering Method (Major Accomplishment), Raccoon Dog Bone Tempering Skill (Perfection)...]

[Martial Arts: Mountain-Opening Saber Technique (Minor Accomplishment/+), Kan Water Realm (Minor Accomplishment), Xun Wind Realm (Minor Accomplishment), Archery (Entry Level/+)]

Over the past few months, he had spent all his Points on improving his Cultivation Techniques, with remarkable results.

He had already mastered the Raccoon Dog Bone Tempering Skill to Perfection and had also begun training in a second Bone Tempering Technique, the Iron Bull Bone Tempering Method.

After perfecting the first Bone Tempering Technique, the number of Points required to train in a second one was drastically reduced.

To advance the Iron Bull Bone Tempering Method from Major Accomplishment to Perfection only required 3,000 Points, nearly half the 5,000 Points needed for the Raccoon Dog Bone Tempering Skill.

’This is the benefit of a higher status,’ Su Mu thought to himself. ’If I were still just a constable in the South City Bureau, I’d probably only have barely managed to raise the Raccoon Dog Bone Tempering Skill to Major Accomplishment by now.’

’My status as a Sima has more than doubled the speed at which I accumulate Points.’

After becoming the East City Bureau Captain, not only did his daily Point earnings increase, but he was also less busy than when he was a constable.

He now even had a lot of time each day to practice his saber techniques.

Even without using Points to upgrade it, his Mountain-Opening Saber Technique had reached the Minor Accomplishment stage, undoubtedly thanks to having the time to practice.

’After tonight, I’ll have 3,000 Points.’

A look of anticipation appeared on Su Mu’s face.

He had a feeling that two Bone Tempering Techniques would be enough to reach the limit of bone tempering.

’By then, with the Extreme Skin Tempering Realm, Extreme Flesh Tempering, Extreme Tendon Tempering, and Extreme Bone Tempering, my physique will reach a terrifying level.’

For a Body Tempering Martial Artist, reaching the extreme realm in one of the stages is rare, but across the entire Da Xuan Dynasty, there are still quite a few exceptionally talented individuals who can achieve it.

Even in Wuling City, as far as Su Mu knew, Luo Anning had trained her tendons to the extreme realm, and her bones were not far from it either.

But to cultivate all four stages to their extreme realms... that was an existence as rare as a phoenix feather or a qilin’s horn. Such a person might only appear once in a century.

The four stages of Body Tempering, with each one cultivated to its extreme—that is the Body Tempering Extreme Realm.

If even one stage fails to reach the extreme realm, it cannot be called the Body Tempering Extreme Realm.

Su Mu had learned from Luo Anning that reaching the Body Tempering Extreme Realm offers a certain chance of awakening a Physical Divine Technique.

This type of Physical Divine Technique is different from martial skills. It is something that originates from one’s very essence and can even be compared to a phenomenon.

Throughout human history, Martial Artists who possessed Physical Divine Techniques have been exceedingly rare. Consequently, there are very few records about them. Luo Anning herself had only heard some rumors and couldn’t clearly explain what they truly were.

However, it was undeniable that Physical Divine Techniques were incredibly powerful. Moreover, they would grow stronger as one’s Cultivation Realm increased, with almost no upper limit to their power.

Su Mu was very much looking forward to what kind of Physical Divine Technique he might awaken once he achieved Bone Tempering Perfection.

As midnight struck, the time on the system panel quietly refreshed.

Points: 3200.

’Iron Bull Bone Tempering Method, upgrade.’

Su Mu, who had long been prepared, unhesitatingly tapped the option on the system panel.

BUZZ!

Su Mu’s entire body trembled violently. In an instant, every bone in his body felt as if it were being gnawed on by millions of ants. It was an itch, an itch of the most extreme kind.

At that moment, Su Mu couldn’t help but assume the training stances of the Iron Bull Bone Tempering Method.

One form after another.

Only by practicing these stances could he slightly alleviate the itching sensation that seemed to bore into his very marrow.

If someone had been watching at that moment, they would have discovered that Su Mu’s every movement was flawless. It would even give them the impression that he had truly transformed into an iron bull.

This was a phenomenon that only occurred when one had grasped the very essence of the Iron Bull Bone Tempering Method.

As the knowledge flooded his mind, Su Mu completely grasped the Iron Bull Bone Tempering Method—how to cultivate it, how to temper his bones—it all became clear to him.

And his bones, as if forged and refined a thousand times, grew increasingly crystalline and translucent.

It was no exaggeration to say that if Su Mu were to die now, even after several hundred years when the rest of his body had decayed, his bones would remain. They would be like jade, unchanged for a thousand years.

This was the limit of bone tempering!

Once Body Tempering reached this stage, the next step was to cultivate the marrow. The marrow would produce new blood, which was known as Blood Exchange.

For an ordinary Body Tempering Martial Artist who reached this point, the next step would be to refine the marrow and exchange their blood.

But Su Mu was different. He was at the Body Tempering Limit.

As he achieved the limit of bone tempering, Su Mu felt that the changes in his body had not yet stopped. A strange power began to surge from the depths of his being.

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