Chapter 4: Bung Boon Kyun

  The night is cool as water, the moon is bright and the stars are sparse.

  Lu Fan sat in the small courtyard, breathing in and out, slowly expelling the turbid air from his body.

  He was preparing to take the Gathering Power Pill, and he only had this one precious pill, so he had to bring out its maximum effect.

  When everything was adjusted to its peak, Lu Fan took out the Gathering Power Pill and swallowed it.

  The pill dissolves as soon as it enters the mouth and turns into a clear stream that rushes into the body.

  The next moment, Lu Fan felt his body as if it was being bitten by ants, the pain spreading to his limbs and bones.

  Lu Fan didn't know if this was a normal phenomenon, but he had endured even more severe pain than this before, so this little bit of pain wasn't anything.

  Immediately afterwards, a wave of heat surged up inside his body.

  Starting from his lower abdomen, a warm energy kept circulating. Lu Fan had the illusion that he had drunk Old Wu's wine, and thinking of this, he couldn't help but chuckle lightly, but immediately afterwards, Lu Fan quickly focused his attention.

  This is not a time to be distracted, feeling the heat wave flowing in the meridians, weakening bit by bit.

  As the heat wave wandered around, Lu Fan could clearly feel that his body had become stronger.

  The pain disappeared, replaced by a surge of power throughout his body.

  The body is rapidly strengthening, with solid muscles, tenacious meridians, and robust five internal organs.

  At this time, Lu Fan had already entered a state of introspection, he saw the changes in his body, witnessed his strong physique, which was completely different from before.

  Lu Fan was shocked. If this was just a change brought about by the Dan medicine, then the effect of the Dan medicine was also too against the heavens.

  Lu Fan still remembered the scene a few days ago when he entered introspection and looked at his own body, which was simply worlds apart from now.

  The heat wave gradually subsided and eventually disappeared without a trace.

  Lu Fan knew that this was a sign of the medicine being fully absorbed. It was the same when he ate the medicinal materials before.

  He slowly exhaled a breath, Lu Fan moved his body slightly, and a bright light flashed in his eyes.

  He was originally weak and thin, but now he seems to have suddenly become much stronger, and the whole person looks much healthier.

  The physical strength has almost doubled from what it was originally, and the power is unknown how much stronger it has become, but it's definitely more than double.

  Lu Fan stood up, tied his horse stance firmly, and threw a heavy punch at the practice stone.

  Fists rose with a breaking wind sound, smashing onto the training stone. A crisp cracking sound rang out, and shattered stones flew everywhere. Lu Fan's one punch had struck a deep fist print into the training stone, and the fractured patterns spread outwards.

  Smiling as I looked at my own fist, indeed my power had increased greatly.

  Carefully comparing the punch marks made during the day with this punch mark, Lu Fan felt that his strength had increased by more than double, but he didn't know whether he was now at the fourth or fifth stage of Body Refining.

  Lu Fan laughed softly, his laughter drifting in the night sky.

  After a long time, the laughter gradually subsided. Lu Fan decided to test his own strength and also formally needed a set of martial skills.

  Generally, martial artists who have reached the fourth level of body refinement need a set of martial skills to cultivate. After all, having only strength without knowing any martial skills is just being a roughneck with brute force.

  The Lu family, as a martial arts household, has a large library with various martial skills on display. Any member of the Lu family can enter and browse.

  Although most of them are low-level martial skills, even the slightly better human-grade martial skills are rare, and the spiritual-grade martial skills that surpass human-grade are only heard of as the Lu family's ultimate skill, Lihuo Jinshen. However, for someone like Lu Fan who has a low level of cultivation and hasn't even practiced his inner energy yet, even the lowest human-grade martial skill is already sufficient.

  He walked towards the library building, passing by the Lu family's backyard, along the garden path, winding his way forward, and finally arrived at the outside of the library building. It was already midnight, and on the way, he only saw a few guards besides the servants, but no one else he knew.

  At the entrance of the book building, there is a piece of inkstone as high as one person.

  Lu Fan's purpose in coming here was to test his own strength. The most accurate way to determine one's cultivation level is the Inkstone that has been modified by a strong martial artist.

  Lu Fan walked up to the inkstone, held his breath and concentrated, then suddenly punched out.

  The fist struck the inkstone, and in the next moment, a layer of light appeared on the inkstone.

  "Refined Body: Fifth Stage, Mid-Grade."

  Seeing the big characters of "Fivefold Refining Body", Lu Fan suddenly became excited and waved his fist.

  One day, two consecutive promotions, this kind of progress is simply against the sky. If he wasn't afraid of waking up others, Lu Fan would have liked to look up at the sky and let out a long whistle.

  After calming down his emotions, Lu Fan pushed open the large door of the library pavilion.

  At a glance, Lu Fan saw an old man sitting by the door reading books. Lu Fan respectfully called out: "Xun Lao."

  This old man is the guardian of the Lu family's book attic. Lu Fan also didn't understand why they would let an elderly person who could barely walk come to guard the attic.

  Xun Lao raised his head and looked at Lu Fan with a glance, saying: "Come to find the martial skill? Lu Fan, you have reached the fourth level of body refinement?"

  Lu Fan was slightly surprised that Lao Jiu could call out his name, after all, he hadn't been to the Cangshu Pavilion for many years. The last time he came, he hastily looked around and found that he didn't have the possibility of practicing these martial skills, so he left in disappointment.

  "Yes, I've reached the fourth stage of Body Refining."

  "Uh-huh. Starting from the left, there's knife techniques, sword techniques, fist techniques, body techniques, and on the far right are miscellaneous books that haven't been categorized yet. You pick one yourself, and once you've chosen, bring it over here for me to register."

  Lu Fan nodded and began excitedly selecting martial skills.

  Knife techniques and sword techniques, he didn't want to practice for the time being. Because the Lu family's strongest was body technique, so if they were going to learn, they would definitely start with body technique and fist technique first. These two are both close combat strong body martial arts, practicing them well is also laying the foundation for cultivating the Lu family's strongest Blazing Golden Body.

  Although Lu Fan had some doubts about whether he could practice the fierce fire golden body in the future, making preparations in advance was always a good thing. Just like before, he didn't think that he could cultivate to the fifth level of refining his body at the age of eighteen, which was almost the average level of the younger generation of the Lu family.

  Life is full of unexpected surprises, who knows what's next?

  Lu Fan came to the front of the stance frame and began to select one by one. The stances here were mostly some basic steps and dodges, with horizontal exercises for the body, and the effect was general. There were some that Lu Fan had even seen on others before, basically just a fancy shell.

  After searching through everything, Lu Fan still didn't see a single book he wanted, and couldn't help but feel somewhat disappointed, so he could only go take a look at the martial arts manuals again.

  Rolling Stone Fist, Great Power Fist, Barbaric Bull Strength...

  These skills look very basic just by their names. Lu Fan flipped through dozens of books and still couldn't find what he wanted. If he wants to achieve good results during the annual festival, he must now find a martial skill that surpasses others. Cultivating his body to the fifth level cannot guarantee that he won't be eliminated, as the most crucial event at the annual festival is the trial by combat. If his martial skills are no good, he will be beaten badly by others of the same rank, and the annual festival is approaching in just a month's time.

  Lu Fan needs a powerful and fast martial art. This kind of martial art is undoubtedly what others dream of, but the possibility of finding it is extremely low.

  After flipping through for almost an hour, Lu Fan still couldn't find it. Disappointed, Lu Fan walked back to Xun Lao and said: "Xun Lao, I want to ask you something, is there no quick-to-learn martial skill here?"

  The old man put down the book in his hand and looked at Lu Fan, saying: "Young people, being too ambitious is not the right way to cultivate martial arts."

  Lu Fan nodded and said: "I know. But I really don't have much time left, there's only a month until the annual festival, I hope you can understand, Old Man."

  Xun Lao looked into Lu Fan's eyes, and from Lu Fan's eyes, Xun Lao saw determination.

  What an interesting little kid! thought the old man.

  He paused for a moment and asked Lao Dao: "There are indeed quick-to-learn martial skills, it's just that no one usually practices them. Do you want to give it a try?"

  Lu Fan's eyes lit up and he said, "I want to, I really want to."

  Xun Lao laughed, stood up, and limped to the pile of miscellaneous books in the corner. He reached out and pulled out a book with yellowed pages from the bottom of the stack.

  He walked back with a stumbling gait and handed an old book to Lu Fan, saying: "Take a look."

  Lu Fan took over the book, and what entered his eyes were three big characters.

  "Collapsing Mountain Fist!"

  The name sounds very powerful, and there must be some secrets to it. Lu Fan hastily opened the book and examined it carefully.

  At first glance, one can't help but shrink their pupils, no wonder nobody practices this martial art, it's simply born for breaking arms.

  According to the book's description, to practice Lie Bang Quan, one must first use their arms to smash stones with all their might, smashing for eight hours a day in various different postures, using full force, and after a month, they can achieve small success.

  Lu Fan didn't say a word, Xun Lao smiled and said: "How about it, do you want to practice? This is a high-level martial skill of the human rank, if you really practice it, the power will be quite good."

  Lu Fan gritted his teeth. He was already several years behind others and wanted to make up for the gap in between. How could he possibly do it without suffering a bit?

  He closed the book and nodded: "That's it. Xun Lao, help me register it, I want it."

  Suddenly, his expression changed slightly as he searched for Lao.

  "Are you sure? Did you see clearly how it was cultivated?"

  Lu Fangdao said: "Take a good look. The path of martial arts has no shortcut, this bit of bitterness I think I can swallow."

  Xun Lao couldn't help but laugh. After all these years, he had finally seen someone among the younger generation of the Lu family who was so resilient and unafraid of hardship.

  Although the strength is ordinary, but the mind and spirit are quite extraordinary.

  "Take it away. This book is yours, no need to register."

  Lu Fan was stunned for a moment, just about to speak. At this time, the door was pushed open again, and a woman walked in, who was Zhang Yuehan.

  At a glance, Zhang Yuehan also saw Lu Fan there, and suddenly felt a little constrained.

  Lu Fan glanced at her and then withdrew his gaze, facing Xun Lao Dao: "Thank you, Xun Lao. I'll take my leave first."

  Lu Fan walked away with steady and powerful steps.

  What is he doing here? Isn't martial arts supposed to require a strong physical body to cultivate?

  Just then, Xun Lao spoke up, "Girl, what are you doing here? You're not a member of the Lu family, outsiders aren't allowed to browse the library."

  Zhang Yuexuan took out a sword from her waist and said: "I'm here to help Lu Ming..."

  The words had barely been spoken when Xun suddenly interrupted, saying: "It's no use helping anyone, let's go. The night is already deep, let's get some rest."

  Zhang Yuexuan reluctantly walked out of the library building and stamped her foot in frustration.

  Turning around, Zhang Yuehan looked in the direction where Lu Fan had left, with a hint of thought.

  What is he doing here? Isn't martial arts cultivation only possible for those with a physique of four seals or higher?