Chapter Eight: Power

  The arcade's three-seven machines were all ringing with the sound of big prizes, but there was no other sound around until Zhao Long walked out more than 20 meters and heard a burst of noise like a pot exploding inside, with countless people rushing to scramble for those winning game coins.

  All of this, Zhao Long was too lazy to care about, he wasn't that kind of violent person, and certainly not someone who only knew how to endure and said things like "repay kindness with kindness". In his heart, he had his own standards, if he were just an ordinary person who unexpectedly won money, wouldn't he be beaten and have bad luck again?

  These people must have been instructed by Old Chen, and today they can be considered to have been punished. Although the Dawn Tenth Street is named after a street, it is actually very large, and being separated by one or two streets means being far apart, so Zhao Long is not worried that they will find him either. Moreover, he is no longer afraid of those people now.

  "They're too weak, too soft. Even if you don't kill them, you should get rid of them. That way, you can avoid future troubles." At this time, the voice of Lao Shi echoed in his mind again.

  "If I beat them all up, I'm afraid I'll be wanted by the police immediately. Although I now have the strength of a thousand pounds, it's okay to fight with thugs, but do you think I'm invincible? Even if I were invincible, it's not possible to be wanted every day, right?" Zhao Long still had many questions in his mind that he wanted to communicate with Lao Shi. Although this trouble had arisen, Zhao Long already had a plan in his heart, and it wouldn't be a big problem to come up with the house money within three days. So now, he began to think more about understanding the changes in his body and many unknown things.

  "You can go there at night and kill them directly, I can teach you a thousand ways to make sure no one finds out and destroy the evidence. This world is not as peaceful as you think it is, what you see is just the surface. Somewhere suddenly erupts with volcanic explosions, maybe someone is cultivating inside. There are abnormal phenomena everywhere, no need for aliens, most likely someone has been fighting there. It's a world where the weak are preyed upon by the strong, from ancient times to now, nothing has ever changed, ordinary people don't even have the chance to know the truth." Lao Shi started teaching seriously.

  "Stop, stop, let's not discuss this issue for now. You just said that my strength of a thousand pounds is only like a small ant. You'd better explain to me why I'm like a small ant?" Zhao Long was also very curious and didn't want Old Los to tell him about his over a thousand ways of killing people and silencing them.

  "Calling you a small ant is already looking up to you, not to mention the existence of the almighty Dan Dao. Just talking about physical strength, your body currently has around 1,000 jin of force, and your left arm has around 2,000 jin of force. This is just the beginning, the entrance to power. Of course, you are still far from entering the gate, you must train your entire body to have over 2,000 jin of force, only then can it be called truly entering the gate."

  "By that time, you will barely be considered a martial artist. A martial artist is the most basic level in martial arts, and can be measured by strength. No matter what kind of external or internal style you practice, if your strength reaches over 2,000 jin, you have reached the level of a martial artist. If you surpass 10,000 jin and gain some insight, you will enter the realm of a grandmaster. A grandmaster is no longer measured by simple strength, and beyond that lies the realm of a martial arts master and a pre-heavenly master."

  "Wu Shi, Da Shi, Zong Shi, Xian Tian Zong Shi, the differences between them are enormous. It's like comparing a toddler to an adult. Saying you're just an ant now is already giving you face, not saying you're a microbe is already being kind."

  Martial artist, master, grandmaster, pre-heavenly grandmaster. Zhao Long heard these terms for the first time and didn't expect that such things still existed in modern society.

  "Are you talking about modern society?" This statement is indeed shocking and hard to imagine.

  "You haven't seen something doesn't mean it doesn't exist, just like the people who created the twelve zodiac signs back then. Think about it, the other eleven zodiac signs are all real living things, do you dare say that the world where that person existed didn't have dragons? I won't talk to you about this for now, can't be too high-minded. You just need to know how formidable the Sect Master and the Pre-Heavenly Sect Master are, absolutely more terrifying than what you imagine."

  "Can kung fu be stronger than guns?" Zhao Long also believed that Chinese martial arts were very powerful, but having grown up in modern society from a young age, he deeply understood the power of guns.

  Those are just minor paths. If a master isn't standing still, waiting for death, ordinary guns and cannons would already be powerless against them. As for those who have reached the level of a pre-heavenly master, they possess unimaginable power. And as for those who have reached the level of a Dan Dao cultivator, their divine abilities are even more astonishing, capable of moving mountains and overturning seas. Although spiritual energy is gradually becoming scarce, and people with divine abilities and great powers are becoming fewer and farther between, it's still much more formidable than the guns and cannons you mentioned. Of course, if you can reach that level, then that's a different story altogether. Lao Shi's meaning is very clear: you're still far from reaching that level.

  "In ancient times, there were also many people with great power. However, they had their own rules and their own circles, just like ordinary people can't imagine what the princes are doing."

  "What is Taoism after all? Do you know about cultivating the truth, practicing and losing?" Zhao Long had heard Lao Shi mention this several times before and was very interested.

  "I can, you should say what in this world I don't know. But don't think about asking more, because these are not suitable for you to know now, knowing too much is harmful." Lao suddenly changed his tone and didn't reveal anything else.

  "Since I'm too weak to understand these things, hurry up and teach me the inner strength method and qinggong. That way, it'll be more convenient for me to kill people and silence them." Hearing Lao Shi say so much, Zhao Long's heart was also itching.

  "Internal power, lightness kung fu, what's the point of learning those things? Those are just minor paths, created by weaklings who don't even know about alchemy. So-called 'lightness kung fu' is just using one's own strength to resist the planet's gravity; as long as your strength is great enough and your speed is fast enough, you can overcome this planet's gravity."

  "Your body has already been somewhat strengthened, and it's not impossible to learn from me. However, I won't teach you those petty ways. You should learn the great way, practice internal strength for what? I'll directly teach you the method of refining your body. Unfortunately, the spiritual energy in the world is too thin now, and many methods can't be used. First, you go train on your own, your physical foundation has already reached a certain level. Once you reach the most basic requirements of a martial artist, I'll teach you the greatest, most powerful, and most awesome technique that surpasses heaven and earth." Lao Shi said this with an air of confidence and arrogance, which could be sensed from his tone alone.

  "Come on, even if I can't learn it now, you've said so much about how great and good it is, shouldn't you at least let me know what it is?" This was a completely new world for Zhao Long, and although he had only heard Old Liu mention it briefly, it was full of temptation and allure.

  "Listen up, I'm going to teach you the 'Nine Turns Five Elements Body Refining Technique'. Even those powerful Daoist cultivators who can move mountains and seas are only around the fifth turn level. Haha... how's that? Scared yet!!" Lao Shi laughed smugly.

  Zhao Long was somewhat bewildered, because in his heart, he had no concept of martial artists, masters, grandmasters, or pre-heavenly grandmasters, and there were no specific references. As for the way of alchemy, he understood even less, so for Zhao Long at this time, a martial artist's peak being able to explode with ten thousand jin of power was perhaps more direct.

  Now that I have a thousand jin of strength, it's already so powerful. How terrifying would the peak martial artist with ten thousand jin of strength be? And above them, there are even stronger existences.

  Just as he was about to ask in detail about the "Nine Turns Five Elements Body Refining Technique", Zhao Long had unknowingly returned to Dawn Street. The surroundings seemed quiet, but from a distance, Zhao Long heard someone arguing in the courtyard. Temporarily stopping his conversation with Lao Shi, he quickened his pace and pushed open the door, only to be blocked by a wall of flesh right in front of him.