BSI Chapter 20 Hidden Strength, Completed
Chapter 20 Hidden Strength, Completed
"Young man, with your physical abilities, it's a waste that you're not an athlete." Director Wang exclaimed in amazement, looking at Ma Cong as if he were an alien.
Ma Cong grinned, cracking his wrists with a series of crisp "crack" sounds.
"Director Wang, can I be discharged now?"
Director Wang waved his hand: "Out! You must leave! If you stay any longer, I feel like you're going to overturn my medical beliefs."
After completing the discharge procedures, Ma Cong walked out of the hospital gate with a small bag in his hand, feeling relaxed.
The healing elixirs in the martial arts inheritance system are just that powerful.
Let alone a few broken bones, even the most serious injury can be completely healed overnight with a medicinal bath that replenishes your blood and energy.
He originally wanted to go straight back to school to attend classes, since the college entrance examination was approaching and he needed to catch up on the lessons he had missed.
As soon as the call was made to the homeroom teacher, the teacher told him in an unusually gentle tone on the other end of the line.
"Ma Cong, health is the foundation of everything. Don't rush back to school. Rest for a few more days and come back when you're fully recovered."
Ma Cong hung up the phone, a little dazed.
This is not right.
Based on his understanding of his teacher, shouldn't he be yelling at him on the phone right now, telling him to get back to school and do more practice problems?
Despite causing such a big incident at the school gate, the school not only didn't punish him, but also sent the dean of students to the hospital to offer his condolences and bring him a bunch of fruit and milk.
Did the sun rise in the west?
Ma Cong scrolled through his phone before he realized what was happening.
He became famous, incredibly famous.
"A young martial arts master single-handedly dismantles a criminal gang!"
"The foremost expert in practical martial arts combat, vindicating traditional martial arts!"
Exaggerated headlines are flooding short video platforms and news websites.
As a result, Jincheng No. 16 Middle School also benefited from the surge in popularity, and its school gate has almost become a popular spot for internet celebrities to take photos.
No wonder the school's attitude has completely changed.
He's now a "living advertisement" for the school.
Back in his empty home, Ma Cong threw his bag down and collapsed onto the sofa.
Finally, I can have some peace and quiet.
He closed his eyes, calmed his mind, and felt the flow of qi and blood within his body.
A strange feeling welled up inside me.
He could clearly feel that his body was like a balloon about to burst, its power reaching a critical point.
It's just a matter of breaking through a thin layer of paper to enter a completely new realm.
Hidden strength!
Ma Cong suddenly sat up from the sofa.
He sorted through the knowledge in his mind about the realm of Chinese martial arts.
Ming Jin pursues the ultimate power of Qi, blood, and physical body, emphasizing unparalleled ferocity and astonishing destructive force.
A punch that can shatter a rock to pieces is called Ming Jin (明劲).
Dark strength, on the other hand, is based on obvious strength, but with an additional skill of "concealment".
Both are examples of a martial artist using the power of "Ming Jin" to punch a stone. A martial artist using the power of "An Jin" can shatter the stone, but a martial artist using the power of "An Jin" can leave the stone's surface intact while turning its interior into dust.
This is the gap.
A martial artist with internal strength can control their power with exquisite precision, allowing their energy to explode within the enemy's body.
A duel between masters of Ming Jin (a type of martial arts) is a head-on clash of strength and skill.
However, once they face a martial artist with internal strength, it's a completely different level of battle.
Your parries and defenses are utterly useless against hidden force.
That hidden force will penetrate your defenses and directly invade your internal organs, causing continuous damage.
The ability to kill without leaving a trace—that's the level of skill described here.
Ma Cong took a deep breath.
To cultivate Ming Jin (manifest strength), one needs to twist the strength of the whole body into a single rope and burst out from a single point, producing what is known as "a sound that is priceless."
Breaking through to the level of internal strength is even more difficult.
You need to train your hide and open up the spine.
In the parlance of martial arts novels, it means opening up the Ren and Du meridians.
Only when the muscles, bones, skin, and membranes of the whole body are connected as one, forming a complete cycle, can that invisible and intangible hidden power be unleashed.
However, there is a special saying in the Chinese martial arts circle.
Whether it's obvious strength or hidden strength, they are all collectively referred to as "masters of Chinese martial arts".
This sounds a bit strange. They are clearly two different realms, so why use the same title?
The reason lies in the existence of a special group—martial artists who practice martial arts with a focus on physical strength.
These people are a bunch of lunatics.
They don't cultivate internal strength, they only practice external skills, forging the power of external strength to the point of breaking through the limits of the human body.
Iron Palm, Golden Bell Cover, Iron Shirt...
Ma Cong himself practiced Iron Palm for a period of time, and the feeling was simply unbearable.
Every day, I would rub my hands back and forth in scalding hot iron filings and then soak them in a special medicinal wine. The pain was dozens of times worse than practicing internal martial arts.
But precisely because of this, a master of external martial arts who has reached a high level of skill has a body as hard as iron, impervious to swords and spears, and can even withstand the erosion of internal force.
A top-notch external martial arts master is fully capable of going toe-to-toe with, and even defeating, an internal martial arts master specializing in internal energy.
Therefore, the Chinese martial arts community tacitly agrees that anyone who has reached the threshold of Ming Jin (明劲) is qualified to be called a "Chinese martial arts master".
This is both a sign of respect for masters of internal martial arts and a sign of awe for those who practice extreme physical techniques.
Ma Cong sat cross-legged on the ground, palms facing upwards, and began to break through the bottleneck of internal strength according to the method given by the system.
He focused all his attention on his body, feeling the blood and energy rising up his spine.
boom!
After an unknown amount of time, Ma Cong felt a sudden jolt in his spine, and a surge of scalding heat, like boiling water, rushed to the back of his head!
hum-
His mind went blank, and wisps of white smoke even rose from the back of his head.
Immediately afterwards, the energy within his body surged wildly like an out-of-control horse, forming a rapidly rotating vortex in his dantian.
The cyclone spun faster and faster, eventually transforming into two warm currents that flowed along his meridians and converged in the palms of his hands.
Ma Cong suddenly opened his eyes.
He opened his palm, a thought forming in his mind.
An invisible force gathered in his palm, causing ripples to spread through the surrounding air.
Become!
Hidden strength!
This is hidden strength!
Ma Cong was overjoyed.
He broke through to a level that others could never reach in their entire lives, just like that, so naturally.
This is all thanks to the "unparalleled" cultivation aptitude bestowed upon him by the martial arts inheritance system.
He now understands the rules governing the application of hidden force.
When practicing boxing, palm techniques, or weapons, internal energy is generated from the hands.
Those who practice leg techniques, such as Tan Tui and Chuo Jiao, generate internal strength from their legs.
Ma Cong couldn't help but let his imagination run wild.
Above the hidden strength, there is the legendary neutralizing strength.
When you reach that level, your entire body is filled with hidden strength, and you can truly achieve a state where "not a feather can be added, and not a fly can land."
The hidden energy permeating his body can even penetrate through the body and injure people from a distance.
Even during the Republic of China era, when martial arts flourished, only a handful of masters could reach that level; each one was a legendary figure.
Ma Cong clenched his fist.
The master's revenge, the justice of the Bajiquan school.
All of this requires absolute strength as a backing.
Hidden strength is just the beginning.