Chapter 9: Xiang Jia Gong

  Han Li thought of this, and a faint smile appeared on his face.

  He and Zhang Tie became inseparable close friends in the past half year, due to their similar temperaments and comparable backgrounds.

  Han Li slowly opened his legs, which had been tucked up in a lotus position, and rubbed his calves with his hands. The prolonged meditation practice had made his legs somewhat numb, and the blood flow was not very smooth.

  After rubbing for a while, he felt that the sensation in his legs had completely recovered. Han Li stood up from the cushion and habitually patted off the dust that had fallen on his body before pushing open the stone room door and walking out.

  He looked back at the stone house where he had been practicing and couldn't help but mock himself slightly.

  This room is entirely hollowed out of solid granite mountain walls, and the door is even made from a single piece of bluestone. An ordinary person would not be able to forcibly enter from outside without using an axe to chop for at least a short while, let alone achieve their goal.

  Such a practice chamber, except for the gate owner, elder, and hall master with a certain status in the Seven Mysteries Gate, even the core disciples of the Seven Extremes Hall cannot possess it casually. This stone room is specially built for people who cultivate high-level internal skills to prevent them from being disturbed by external factors during practice and avoid going crazy. It's also unknown what method Mo Dafu used to get several elders to agree, and he actually made a stone room on the mountain wall in Shengshou Valley that ordinary disciples can't enjoy.

  As soon as this stone room was completed, Mo Tai Fu designated it for Han Li's exclusive use. This decision left Han Li feeling both honored and surprised.

  Mo's master was too good to him, from the day he officially became his apprentice, Mo's master gave himself several different medicines every day, and used some unknown medicinal herbs to make a decoction for himself to soak in. Although he didn't know the names and functions of these medicines, whenever he saw Mo's master use them, his usually expressionless face would reveal a reluctant expression, so he could understand the preciousness of these medicines.

  It's clear that these external forces are still effective, and Han Li's cultivation speed has increased significantly. Not long ago, he finally broke through the barrier and successfully practiced the first layer of this nameless oral formula.

  It was just that during the rush, there were a few meridians that almost broke, and I suffered some internal injuries that weren't too serious. Fortunately, Dr. Mo's medical skills were excellent, and the damaged meridians weren't too severe, plus he was willing to use good medicine, so I didn't leave any sequelae.

  After Han Li was injured, Mo Daifu's performance was even more tense than Han Li himself. Throughout the entire treatment process, he was restless and only let out a big sigh of relief when he saw that his injuries were finally recovering.

  The way Mo Dafu acted was far beyond the normal relationship between a teacher and his apprentice, making Han Li feel inexplicably uneasy. If it weren't for the fact that the only person from the Han family who had ever left their poor mountain village was Third Uncle, Han Li would have almost thought that Mo Dafu was some distant relative of his own family.

  Han Li walked out of the stone room, stretched his waist, and slowly headed to his own residence. After becoming a formal disciple, Han Li and Zhang Tie had moved out of their original house and each had their own private hut.

  As he passed by Zhang Tie's house, Han Li casually glanced over.

  As expected, Zhang Tie was not in the house again, probably gone to practice at the waterfall under Chi Shui Peak.

  After becoming Mo Tai Fu's formal disciple, Mo Tai Fu still called Han Li to practice this set of unnamed oral formulas, without any intention of teaching him other martial arts. Perhaps to comfort him, Mo Tai Fu unreservedly taught him medical skills and personally instructed him. For his questions about medical skills, Mo Tai Fu answered them one by one, satisfying him, and also allowed him to freely read all the medical books in his house.

  As for Zhang Tie, Mo Daifu taught him another practical set of skills according to what he had said before.

  Zhang Tie's kung fu was very unusual, according to Mo Dafu it was a rare martial art called "Xiang Jia Gong", this martial art was rarely seen in the Jianghu, many people had not even heard of it, let alone practiced it.

  Unlike the ordinary martial arts that are currently circulating in Jianghu, the general process of practicing martial arts is from easy to difficult. The higher you practice, the more difficult it becomes, and the effort required also doubles. This martial art is divided into nine layers. The first three layers are relatively easy to practice and do not differ much from ordinary martial arts in terms of difficulty. From the fourth layer onwards, it suddenly becomes extremely difficult, and one must endure unimaginable pain and suffering. Many people who practice this skill cannot bear such inhuman pain and stop at this point, causing their cultivation to stagnate. Not to mention the fifth and sixth layers, which require suffering that is several times greater than before.

  But this process is only a breakthrough from the sixth layer to the seventh layer, after which it will be smooth and unobstructed. However, there are still those few days every month when I have to endure that kind of life-and-death torture on time.

  All of this has caused those who want to cultivate this skill to be deterred, and it is also the main reason why this method is almost lost today.

  This martial art is so extraordinary that its power is truly astonishing when it reaches a high level. It is said that those who practice to the ninth level are like wearing precious armor, and swords and guns cannot enter, water and fire cannot approach, not to mention palm strength and fist strength, even treasured knives and swords can hardly cause serious injury to him.

  What's even more astonishing is that after practicing this skill, ordinary people will gradually possess the strength of a giant elephant. At higher levels, they will become incredibly powerful, able to capture ferocious wolves and tear apart tigers and leopards with ease, their prowess unmatched.

  This skill makes people who know him say that it is both feared and loved, except for the high-ranking person who created this skill, no one else can practice this skill to the ninth level. Legend has it that this high-ranking person was born without pain perception, so he could create such a perverted martial art and bring it to its ultimate form.

  Mo Dafu told Zhang Tie the pros and cons of this skill, but Zhang Tie didn't have a deep understanding of its harm and didn't take it seriously. He was only envious of the power of "Xiang Jia Gong" and agreed to practice it without hesitation. This martial art seemed to suit him well, and in just two months, Zhang Tie had practiced it to the peak of the first level.

  Recently, Zhang Tie, in order to break through the first layer of "Elephant's Strength", under the suggestion of Mo Daifu, every afternoon would practice his skills under the tens of meters high waterfall at Chi Shui Peak, withstanding the enormous impact force from above.

  According to Zhang Tie himself, this method is quite effective. The second layer is only separated by a thin layer of paper, and as long as you add a bit more effort, you can break through the bottleneck.