pappabearbooks Chapter 413 - 379: Fundamental Advancement, Twenty Thousand Credits, and the Insane Tiger!
Chapter 413 - 379: Fundamental Advancement, Twenty Thousand Credits, and the Insane Tiger!
He further exercised his limbs, with even more precise cooperation of his bodily components.His punches and leg sweeps were full of might, and not only was his body defense enhanced, but the Brahma Prison was fundamentally improving his physical qualities.
Strength, endurance, resilience, all were gradually changing.
Under the effect of the Flesh Flower, Meng Chuan could clearly perceive the slight progress in the overall quality of his physical body.
Although this progress was not much, it excelled in being profound and long-lasting.
With his current skills in horizontal training and muscle strength, it was comparable to achieving mastery from entry-level in a third-rate hard skill.
This is the formidable aspect of the Brahma Prison, if the Treasure Appearance Golden Venerable Skill mainly enhances his defensive abilities.
The Brahma Prison restructures the "origin" of the body from the ground up.
What is the "origin"?
It is the comprehensive elevation of the body’s fundamental qualities, strength like iron refined a hundred times, defense like tempered steel, resilience like entwined vines, endurance like rivers surging.
The Brahma Prison does not simply strengthen one aspect but recasts the body like an alloy, enabling all qualities to mutually transform, fundamentally breaking through the body’s limitations.
It simultaneously elevates the basic qualities of strength, defense, resilience, and endurance as if casting new alloy components into his iron body while practicing the Brahma Prison.
This hard skill is particularly suitable for masters of the "innate essence-deficient" trait to cultivate.
Meng Chuan decided to pass it on as soon as the other returns.
As for Master Dong, Meng Chuan also wished to teach him, but this method, although self-created, involved the principle of visualization of the true image and entangled with "Brahmapura" and the "Divine Temple."
The bone note clearly indicated there must be no risk of any leak.
He could only wait for old Dong Grandmaster, or discover the Divine Temple later to speak...
Meng Chuan, while adjusting his breath, pondered:
"This cultivation technique is more efficacious than I imagined.
The most crucial is its internal effect, not overlapping with the surface gold membrane effect of the Treasure Appearance Golden Venerable Skill, practicing both internally and externally, my horizontal training will soar..."
Meng Chuan was in great spirits, the key was that it was just as he thought.
After practicing the Brahma Prison, it did not trigger the passive effect of [Nirvana Transformation Rainbow].
His body’s tolerance had greatly improved, and the acupoints could endure more stimulation.
The practice of Four Sets returned once again!
The Treasure Appearance Golden Venerable Skill was to be trained after triggering Rainbow Light Radiance Body, while Meng Chuan simultaneously practiced [Tiger Roar Lung Refinement], his chest producing a sound like muffled thunder.
Meanwhile, he thought:
"It’s not just about the practice of Four Sets, with continued progress in Brahma Prison, is the practice of five sets...six sets... or even more possible, I am becoming more monstrous..."
Meng Chuan couldn’t help but chuckle at himself.
If eighteen sets were practiced in the future, a specific "horizontal training day" must be set every week...
Returning to his senses, once today’s body refinement session was fully completed.
Meng Chuan tidied up and prepared to exchange Celestial Demon materials for credits, leaving Huaqing Pool.
...
United University’s resource exchange office.
Meng Chuan walked out with a deflated backpack, unable to contain the smile on his face.
[United University Card: Your current credit balance is (20007) points]
His credits had perfectly broken through the twenty-thousand mark!
"I won’t lack credits for a long while."
Having "money" saved up always brings peace of mind.
He planned to first use merits to exchange for resources.
Afterward, he would use credits for filling gaps, betting all before the 15% discount ended.
By then, after the second restriction, he needs to wander to Wudang, preparing the corresponding Martial Arts resources in advance.
All of this needs credits for exchange.
His cash on hand, while continuing to accumulate.
When the quantity is sufficient, if he sees something desirable at the Martial Arts Association auction, he can afford to spend a little.
The Thousand Faces Thousand Illusions in his hand was bought with money, so saying money is useless for Martial Arts can’t be true.
Moreover, ordinary supplements like medicinal paste still require money to purchase.
However, at his current speed of making money, he no longer dwells on such small expenses.
While walking back, Meng Chuan suddenly remembered:
"Oh right, before setting off, I must bring a gift to Grandmaster Zhao, to express my gratitude to him."
Learning that the secret technique involves a divine skill, Meng Chuan genuinely believed...
His master did indeed save Grandmaster Zhao Shousui’s life back then...
He intended to delve into the deep sea, spending a few million to make a gesture...
"After all... one cannot be blamed for being generous."
With the practice of two true Buddhist skills, Meng Chuan couldn’t help but touch his bald head...
"Alas, when will my hair return..."
...
In the evening, Meng Chuan and several others gathered in Xu Qingfeng’s courtyard for a barbecue.
They originally planned to meet at his place, but Meng Chuan found the smoke bothersome, so they moved the location to the nearby Lao Xu’s house...
After sitting down, everyone began asking him about his subsequent solo journey in the Demon Nest.
Meng Chuan thought for a moment, and chose what he could share with everyone.
He kept everything regarding the Divine Temple to himself.
Even without the bone note’s restrictions, he didn’t want to burden his friends with such knowledge.
Grandmasters were qualified to know, as for the brothers, work hard!
Chen Jingyi crouched by Meng Chuan’s side, flipping the grilled meat.
"Senior Brother Meng, thanks to you, otherwise, I wouldn’t have earned so much."
With credits and battle achievements, conservatively estimated, she earned over fifty million, she had never made so much before.
With that realization, Chen Jingyi felt her previous decision was wise.
Without letting go of her pride, she wouldn’t have obtained so many Martial Arts resources.
Meng Chuan waved his hand, saying no more.
He treated everyone equally without favoring anyone specifically.
His attire, Meng Chuan took a quick look.
Needless to say, it still had that lively touch.
After the Demon Nest incident, she and everyone got along well, laughing and chatting with Lao Xu, Chu Yanhu, and others.
Only... Meng Jiaolong brooded in silence.
Ever since Xu Qingfeng advanced in the Martial Arts Family, joining the small group within the Grandmaster Class at United University.
Not counting Zong Ping, it left only her, still lingering in the Martial Artist stage.
Now another woman has joined; Zhenzhen left, only to be replaced by the even more flamboyant Chen Jingyi!
"Meng Jiaolong, you have many rivals, you need to pick up the pace..."
She secretly vowed in her heart.
Only by not falling too far behind in martial arts can she slowly find opportunities...
...
The night was deep, and after food and drink, everything was tidied up.
Chen Jingyi, ignoring Meng Jiaolong beside her, giggled and invited Meng Chuan to her home to watch a backflipping cat...
"It’s too late today, another day... No, next time for sure."
Under Meng Jiaolong’s fiery gaze, Meng Chuan took his leave first, returning to his courtyard to practice boxing.
Meng Chuan knew in his heart that Chen Jingyi was no pushover; a brief romance might be worth considering.
If she got attached to him, trouble would be looming.
"Second Brother, I’ll have to let you suffer a little for now..."
...
Three days passed in a flash.
Returning to his original martial arts practice, Meng Chuan’s days were extremely fulfilling.
Morning.
Before practicing his mental techniques, Meng Chuan first examined the Tiger Form mark left in his mind by Shang Ruyi.
"I was worried my body hadn’t fully recovered from the continuous battles of the past few days.
Today’s state is good, let’s give it a try..."
The icy crane of Luo Qin’s Fist Stance, although eventually disappeared.
But its time in his presence not only gave him significant progress in Water Element Martial Principles but also left a cultivation technique of Elephant Form; the benefits were many.
Therefore, Meng Chuan was starting to feel a little anticipation...
Without hesitation, he introspected his body, his will lightly touching that mark.
In the next moment, the surrounding world shifted.
After his spiritual foundation ascended to "Green Stone," Meng Chuan could already feel it.
His spiritual power was pulling against that mark forcefully.
He relaxed his heart and spirit, without resisting, the scenery in the courtyard distorted, feeling as if the heavens and the earth were spinning.
"The imagery world is like a form of illusion, akin to...a deeper mental illusion.
The heart’s spirit enters it, with a stronger sense of immersion and involvement."
When the vision cleared again, he heard the crisp sound of stepping on broken branches and leaves from below.
Looking up, he found himself in the wilderness.
Moisture, dense forest, and... a bloody wind!
Meng Chuan sensed from afar, the tiger’s scent carried in the air.
His mind was on high alert, for this tiger had yet to show itself, but the scent carried on the wind.
Was extremely dangerous!
Before the thought could fade, the giant tiger appeared before him, standing with all four limbs on the ground as if it had teleported.
Its breathing was like distant thunder, the striped tiger’s head, larger than Meng Chuan’s body, approached his chest.
As if sniffing something, it roared thunderously.
Meng Chuan’s hair stood on end, suppressing the instinctive impulse to retaliate, his whole body tensed like iron.
This tiger was too terrifying, in his perception:
If that icy crane could defeat a hundred of him.
This striped giant could at least take on... a hundred icy cranes.
Meng Chuan even felt that this tiger could spar with the dragon incarnated by Taoist Xun...
But these are just his rough guesses, because regardless of the tiger, crane, or Divine Dragon Taoist.
Their strengths exceeded his own by far, so he could only make broad estimates based on his danger perception.
It wasn’t to say that this tiger was stronger than a Martial Arts Great Saint, and that it was a "Holy Tiger"...
The situation fell into a stalemate, the tiger still sniffing.
Meng Chuan stood like a rigid pillar, unmoving.
A moment later, Meng Chuan saw its tiger eyes turn upwards, the two stared each other down.
The surroundings seemed to freeze, Meng Chuan noticed its claws embedding into the ground wiggled slightly.
Then, a breeze from nowhere.
Entered his pores and swirled around his meridians before finally dissipating.
At the same time, Meng Chuan saw the once spirited tiger, now looking... bewildered.
"...?"
Meng Chuan also looked at it in confusion, unsure of its intentions.
In the next second, the earth-shattering tiger’s claws descended, carrying the force of mountains and cracking peaks.
Meng Chuan felt the world inverted, he wanted to retaliate but didn’t even know where to begin.
Pa!
Free teleport to the city.
Meng Chuan slowly opened his eyes, immediately cursing under his breath.
This damned tiger, attacked without a word, completely disregarded martial virtues.
The tiger’s blow was excessively ruthless, directly flattening him like a pancake, his death exceedingly gruesome.
At the same time, his spirit felt as if struck by lightning.
The sea of consciousness wildly pulsated, even the green stone foundation was nearly cracking...
Through the headache, Meng Chuan reluctantly took a Cloud Water Pill.
The gentle medicinal energy like a trickling stream soothed his injuries, making him feel much better.
Once his spirit was completely nourished by the Cloud Water Pill, he had the time to contemplate why the tiger attacked without a word.
Through the crane form mark, Meng Chuan had learned that the vast world within the imagery world.
Was seen by the Elephant Form Sect Martial Artists as the embodiment of the Beast King Map.