Grinding Cultivation Toward Martial Saint

Lu Qingshan had decided to befriend himself.

Such things, he couldn't achieve on his own strength alone.

With no backing or support, even the strongest becomes merely a reckless individual.

In the end, one could only escape to another land, turning to an outlaw life.

Unless one became the first under the heavens, then one could suppress all injustices with their fists.

But in this world for over eight hundred years, only that person had achieved it.

That Martial Saint of Great Xia.

...

The bright moon hung high in the night sky.

Even deep into the night, the reflection off the snow made the land extremely bright.

Jiang Ning stood on the shore, gazing far off into the distance, able to see the layered mountains and the uneven, scattered houses.

"Hope tomorrow is another sunny day!"

"Then my Inner Elixir Cultivation Skill can make further progress!"

Jiang Ning silently said to himself.

Afterward, he opened his panel to take a look.

[Skill]: Five Animals Fist (First Limit Breaking 1950/2000) (Trait: Five Internal Organs Store Essence)

"Just fifty more experience points to reach the Second Limit Breaking!" Jiang Ning sighed inwardly, then walked towards the icy surface of the lake.

After breaking through the ice layer.

Being in the water, Jiang Ning immediately half-closed his eyes.

He could feel, after a long time of practicing boxing, how greatly his body had been depleted, seriously lacking in physical strength.

But upon entering the water, his body, dry as a desert, seemed to welcome a silent spring rain, endlessly nourishing.

Streams and strands invisible like silk threads entered his body, moisturizing it.

Under this nourishment, his body was rapidly recovering, rapidly returning to prime condition.

The previously depleted Qi Blood Power also seemed to have a spring of mountain stream gathering.

He floated in the water with the undercurrent, occasionally having fish swim past him.

Not long after,

Jiang Ning opened his eyes, his form moved like a dragon soaring.

Boom——

The lake water burst upward, breaking the ice layer above instantly, Jiang Ning being thrust out of the lake by the force of the water.

Landing on the surface of the lake, Jiang Ning felt his condition had returned to its peak.

[Skill]: Five Animals Fist (First Limit Breaking 1950/2000) (Trait: Five Internal Organs Store Essence)

"Continue practicing boxing, make the final sprint!"

He closed the panel, silently saying to himself.

...

At this moment, Jiang Ning decided not to return to the courtyard.

He went directly to the shore, beginning to practice his boxing.

[Five Animals Fist Experience Value +3]

[Five Animals Fist Experience Value +4]

[Five Animals Fist Experience Value +4]

[...]

Continuously practicing the boxing technique, his understanding of the technique deepened, and his insight on the Five Elements, Five Internal Organs, and Five Animals also intensified.

With the growth of the Five Animals Fist Experience Value, glints of inspiration flashed through his mind, occasionally entering a state of sudden enlightenment, becoming immensely clear as if clouds had parted to reveal the sun.

The bright moonlight enveloped, a figure by the shore sometimes like a tiger descending the mountain, awe-inspiring in strength.

Sometimes agile like a White Ape, fast and sudden.

Sometimes like a Wild Bear shaking the ground, an unstoppable force.

...

After a long while.

Hu——

Jiang Ning withdrew his Fist Force, slowly exhaling a breath of impure energy towards the tranquil lake surface in front of him.

[This practice session of Five Animals Fist total added 52 points to Five Animals Fist Experience Value.]

Seeing this prompt slowly emerge in front of him, Jiang Ning opened the panel.

[Source Energy]: 376.88

[Skill]: Five Animals Fist (First Limit Breaking 2000/2000) (Trait: Five Internal Organs Store Essence)

"Finally enough!"

A smile appeared on Jiang Ning's face.

Now the Source Energy Points were sufficient for the Five Animals Fist's Limit Breaking, and the Experience Value was also enough.

In the next moment.

He looked at the panel, his mind suddenly moved.

The Source Energy Points rapidly decreased, abruptly stopping at 176.88 points.

Simultaneously.

His eyes gradually became vacant and hollow, as if his spirit had left his body.

At this moment.

He seemed to see himself transformed into a fierce tiger in the wilderness, a tiger that roared through the forest.

With a roar, the forest shook and the stones rolled.

Then he seemed to see himself turned into a bear in the wilderness, each step cracking the earth.

He then saw himself transformed into a crane soaring through the skies, its flapping wings turning into piercing arrows, covering thousands of miles in an instant.

...

Continuously changing perspectives, immersing himself into those five different mystical beasts, Jiang Ning's mind was continuously illuminated by flashes of insight.

After a long while.

He closed his eyes.

Suddenly, in his heart, liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys, the five organs, he saw five figures.

Fire Ape.

Earth Bear.

Golden Crane.

...

At the same time, he also observed the free-floating five-colored brilliance between heaven and earth.

The earth was predominantly orange, belonging to the Earth of the Five Elements.

The trees were primarily green, belonging to Wood of the Five Elements.

The lakes were mainly black, belonging to Water of the Five Elements.

As for red, which corresponded to Fire, and white, which corresponded to Metal, there were very few around him.

Feeling such changes, Jiang Ning was somewhat shocked in his heart.

"All things between heaven and earth fall within the Five Elements," he muttered to himself, slowly opening his eyes as a panel appeared before him.

[Source Energy]: 176.88

[Skill]: Five Animals Fist (Second Limit Breaking 2/3000) (Traits: Five Internal Organs Store Essence, Five Elements Spirit)

[Five Elements Spirit]: Absorbs the spirit of the Five Elements, refining the internal organs and can break the limits of the internal organs.

Looking at this explanation on the panel, Jiang Ning's gaze suddenly became intense.

"Five Elements Spirit?"

"Break the limits of internal organs?"

"What does this mean?"

A flash of astonishment crossed his eyes.

After pondering for a moment, he suddenly closed his eyes.

Then he unfolded his Fist Force.

As he moved his Fist Force, demonstrating the Tiger Stance, he suddenly saw countless green particles peel off from the surrounding flora and converge into his body.

With serious contemplation, he felt a wave of comfort instantly at his liver.

"In Five Animals Fist, the tiger belongs to Wood, which governs the liver!"

"Practicing the Tiger Stance has the effect of refining the liver!"

Jiang Ning murmured to himself in realization.

After a moment.

His Fist Force changed, transforming into the Bear Stance.

Immediately, he suddenly saw orange particles peel off from the earth beneath his feet, then converge into his body.

As yellow particles entered his body, he instantly felt a wave of comfort at his spleen.

"In Five Animals Fist, the bear belongs to Earth, which governs the spleen!"

"Practicing the Bear Stance has the effect of refining the spleen!"

Jiang Ning again realized in his heart.

Another moment passed.

His Fist Force changed, transforming into the Ape.

In the void, scarce red particles converged into his body.

As the red particles entered, waves of comfort emanated from his heart, and his Qi-Blood also suddenly surged tumultuously.

"In Five Animals Fist, the ape belongs to Fire, which governs the heart."

"Practicing the Ape Stance has the effect of refining the heart."

Next, after practicing the Ape Stance, he practiced the Deer Stance and Crane Stance.

After all five stances were performed.

[Five Animals Fist Experience Value +4]

A prompt appeared before him, and he slowly opened his eyes, immediately showing a smile on his face.

[Skill]: Five Animals Fist (Second Limit Breaking 6/3000) (Traits: Five Internal Organs Store Essence, Five Elements Spirit)

"So that's how it is, I think I understand now."

After glancing at his panel, Jiang Ning murmured.

Through this exploration, he roughly understood the changes after the Five Animals Fist's second limit breaking.

Practicing the Fist Force, apart from increasing the Qi-Blood Power.

Just like the Fist Force he had just practiced, the Qi-Blood Power had increased by a full fifteen strands.

Compared to the first limit broken Five Animals Fist, the efficiency of condensing Qi-Blood Power had increased by a full fifty percent.

Additionally, it could also draw upon the Five Elements Power between heaven and earth, extracting the Five Elements Power from the earth, plants, and water sources into the body, refining the internal organs.

This action could be described as killing multiple birds with one stone.

Practicing boxing was not only increasing the boxing technique but also condensing Qi-Blood Power and at the same time increasing the strength of the internal organs.

The stronger the internal organs, the more robust the condensed Inner Breath would be.

This meant that before long, his total amount of Inner Breath would far surpass that of other martial artists of the same level.

Previously, after the first limit breaking, the Five Animals Fist also had the effect of extracting free-floating Five Elements particles and refining internal organs.

However, the effect was extremely weak back then, only capable of extracting free-floating Five Elements particles.

But now, it seemed to have become a higher existence, capable of extracting the Five Elements Power from everything in the world.

The efficiency between them was not on the same scale!

Afterward.

Jiang Ning again practiced the Five Animals Fist by the lakeside.

When practicing the Ape Stance.

Boom—

The void ignited, directly setting a nearby large tree on fire.

In the blazing light.

He suddenly felt a massive amount of red particles enter his body.

"Just as expected!!"

Jiang Ning rejoiced inwardly, his Fist Force unchanged, continuing to draw Fire Element Power into his heart, refining it.

With a large amount of Fire Element Power entering his body, the continuously circulating blood inside his body suddenly became like untamed horses, surging wildly.

"This action is indeed feasible!!"

He affirmed in his heart once again, once more clarifying the Five Animals Fist after the Second Limit Breaking.

Later, when practicing the Crane Stance, he felt somewhat helpless.

Within several meters, there were no Metal Element minerals, and naturally, there weren't abundant Metal Element substances.

Without Metal Element substance, it was impossible to efficiently refine the lungs.

[Five Animals Fist Experience Value +4]

After one round of the boxing technique, a prompt appeared again.

[Skill]: Five Animals Fist (Second Limit Breaking 10/3000) (Traits: Five Internal Organs Store Essence, Five Elements Spirit)

After taking another look at his panel, he then closed it.