Chapter 73: The System Finally Shows Its Power

  P.S. Today is the fourth update! Wu Ming didn't mind, with his cultivation level he could sense that this old man's body had no true yuan, and even his meridians were blocked, with many places being dry and brittle. Moreover, looking at Dongfang Muyun's hands, they were definitely a musician's hands, with many scars on the fingers, and a layer of calluses.

  This absolutely is a musician's hand. However, it's strange that this old man said he can't play the piano, only knows how to blow the flute and other instruments like the sheng. What's even stranger is that Wu Ming found out every time he practiced his skills, this old man would be standing by watching silently, not making a sound, just quietly watching. After he finished practicing, occasionally he'd ask a question, occasionally just smile and leave.

  Wu Ming smiled and said: "Yes, I've finished practicing, and I'm all sweaty. Hmm, let's not have Xue Er play the Soul-Stirring Melody today, let's just consider it a day off for her."

  These days, Wu Ming has been practicing his skills and listening to Dongfang Xue play that soul-stirring melody over and over again. He seems to be in a trance-like state, as if he's gained some insight. For some reason, he keeps feeling a very familiar yet special aura, but strangely, this feeling only comes from the music, even though he's certain he's never heard this melody before.

  Sometimes the sound is like spring, and all things are revived, and he will smile unconsciously. Sometimes the sound is like autumn wind, and yellow leaves fall, and he will cry again. In the midst of laughter and tears, there seems to be a sense of desolation and vastness that is strange and hard to understand. Even sometimes Wu Ming would think, isn't Dongfang Xue using his music to attain enlightenment? Otherwise, how could he play such a strange melody?

  What can affect people's thinking and bring them into an inexplicable realm, if it is not the Tao, what is it?

  "I've noticed that you seem to have been troubled lately, young master. If you don't mind, you can tell an old man like me about it. Although I'm not a martial artist, I've also been around the block a few times, maybe I can offer some suggestions?" said Dongfang Musheng with a smile.

  Wu Ming's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately asked: "Hmm, this is about my cultivation. I have a secret manual that cultivates external skills, similar to the Golden Bell Cover and Iron Cloth Shirt of the Jianghu. You should have heard of the Golden Bell Cover and Iron Cloth Shirt? According to this, cultivating it should be similar, but no matter how hard I train my body, my body is covered in injuries, yet I just can't grasp the key."

  Dongfang Muyun fell into deep thought after hearing these words. He had heard of Jin Zhongzhao and Tie Bu Shan, two old rivers and lakes people. These two external skills were well-known to him, and he had also heard about some cultivation methods that involved tempering the body from simple to complex, step by step, adapting to impact until achieving great success, at which point one would no longer fear being struck by swords or other weapons. But why was it that similar techniques, with the same cultivation, yielded such different results?

  After a moment of thought, Dongfang Muyun suddenly said: "Young Master, do you think it's like this? Generally speaking, practicing this external skill is just about tempering oneself, and there's no great difference. However, I've heard that many people on the Jianghu know about this method, but few have actually succeeded in cultivating it. Apparently, it's not a problem with the method itself, but rather that one needs to take some medicinal herbs to nourish the body; otherwise, the body will either be damaged by the tempering or the effects will be minimal. Do you see if your secret manual mentions anything about this?"

  Wu Ming slapped his forehead, Ah, yes! If the external skill doesn't match the medicinal materials, how can it be practiced well? If polishing the body could directly lead to great success, then wouldn't the initial physical cultivation realm of a martial artist also be able to reach an invincible state? Then what's the point of having subsequent realms? This is inherently unreasonable.

  "Haha, that's true, I actually overlooked it. Thanks for reminding me! Alright, nothing else to do, you can leave first, I'll think about it some more."

  Wu Ming burst out laughing, but in his heart, he was secretly sighing. If this book had any records, why would you need to remind me? No wonder no one from the Fist Emperor's Gate cultivated the Indestructible Golden Body - it wasn't that they didn't recognize the characters or couldn't understand the secrets on the ancient scroll, but rather because there were no records of how to configure the medicinal materials to assist!

  What's the difference between having this thing and not having it? Without the medicinal formula, this is completely useless! How could you remember to leave behind the secret recipe but forget to record the auxiliary medicinal materials?!

  Wu Ming blamed the ancestor of the Fist Emperor's Gate, Jue Tian. Actually, it's not his fault when you think about it. In the Wu Shen Temple, he had cultivated the indestructible golden body, but his two sons only learned his fist technique and didn't learn the secret to the indestructible golden body.

  This also involves another public case in the Jianghu. The indestructible golden body technique was not passed down by his master, but was stolen from the Golden Bell Cover of Shaolin Temple after he had achieved success in his cultivation and improved it into the indestructible golden body technique. It is also a testament to Wu Xie's exceptional talent that the technique he created can be compared to the top-grade external skill of Shaolin Temple, the Diamond Indestructible Body.

  Wu Ming could only bitterly smile, damn it, it's too pitiful. No wonder for hundreds of years no one in the Fist Emperor Sect has cultivated the Unextinguishable Golden Body Technique, they only practice the fist techniques recorded in the Fist Classics. And that old man said it was given to him, but it turns out there's a reason, this Unextinguishable Golden Body Technique is fundamentally impossible to cultivate, and the fist techniques recorded in the Fist Classics are as numerous as cow hair, with complex moves, even Yan Yun can't say he completely masters them.

  "Alas, I thought I had the protagonist's halo, so Yanyun was so quick to agree. Now it seems that old codger has not only died but also schemed against me. The old man is indeed a thief, damn it, can he be any more despicable?"

  Wu Ming could only shake his head and threw the book of Ji Lai's secret recipe into space, not caring about it anymore. The boxing manual was still placed inside without time to read it, he would practice the kung fu in his hands first!

  The thirty days passed quickly, in the blink of an eye.

  Witnessed the downfall of the Fist King's Gate, witnessed the tyranny of the Demon Master Pong Ba, and also witnessed the determination of the Dugu family to retrieve the secret book. Later, they encountered Zhao's pursuit, then 'traded' with Qingyi Bat King for the Pursuing Immortal Body Technique, and spent the rest of the time rushing on the road and cultivating, this month was quite exciting.

  Time's up, Wu Ming was automatically sent back to the Wuxia space, and that one door leading to the Wuxia realm was tightly closed.

  He came back here, not in a hurry, and opened the exchange system again. Hmm, what's this? The poisonous fog gold needle flame bomb was consumed last time, so I need to exchange two more to get out. Otherwise, wouldn't Yang's family take advantage of me and bully me mercilessly?

  Without resorting to revenge, Wu Ming usually chose to tolerate. But now isn't this still a small trick? Heh heh, sorry about that, who told you Yang family dared to take action against me? Not killing the chicken, how can I warn those monkeys?

  "Huh? What's this..."

  Wu Ming suddenly discovered that there was an extra line of words on the system.

  "Exchange cultivation undying golden body secret auxiliary medicine formula, 100,000 taels. Finally, the system is being helpful!"