I will eventually become a god through sheer hard work.

Although this training session lasted longer than the last, the swelling and pain were much milder. This was not only due to the upgrade in energy circulation, but also because his body was gradually adapting to the Hidden Dragon Technique.

Xue Jing picked up the Sleeping Dragon Cream that was left over from yesterday, which was in the cultivation room, and began to apply and massage it on himself.

"With this, plus the recovery power of [health preservation], I feel like I can practice again today."

Xue Jing thought to himself.

It was not very convenient for one person to apply the medicine. Xue Jing barely managed to finish it in about ten minutes, then breathed a sigh of relief and lay down on the floor to rest.

"Junior brother, are you there?"

Suddenly, Chen Fuguang's shout came from outside the training room.

Xue Jing paused slightly, sat up, and said, "Yes, Senior Brother Chen, please come in."

The door opened, and Chen Fuguang, dressed casually, walked in with his hands behind his back. Seeing Xue Jing covered in sweat, he smiled and said:

"Hey, practicing?"

Xue Jing smiled and nodded, "Just finished practicing."

“I heard from my master that you lasted for more than half an hour the first time you practiced the Hidden Dragon Technique.”

Chen Fuguang sighed:

"I thought that my senior brother, that kind of muscular monster, was outrageous enough, but I didn't expect you to be even more outrageous than him."

"To my shame, when I first started practicing, I felt too much pain after just three minutes and didn't want to continue. This made our master very angry."

Chen Fuguang shook his head.

"Although the Hidden Dragon Technique is much simpler and easier to learn than the Shaking Armor Technique, it is still far beyond what ordinary people can endure. Only people like you, junior brother, and senior brother can find joy in it."

No sooner had he finished speaking than a person jumped in through the open window of the training room.

He was a middle-aged man with a handsome face and long hair that reached his waist. He was probably around two meters tall and had an extremely robust and muscular build. His oversized training clothes were stretched taut, and the sleeves were rolled up to reveal his bulging muscles that had an almost metallic sheen, giving him a very imposing presence.

After leaping in through the window, the middle-aged man landed as lightly as a cat, his toes touching the solid wood floor almost silently, a stark contrast to his size.

"..."

If it were just a simple case of climbing in through the window, that wouldn't be a big deal.

The problem is... the Hidden Dragon Dojo is located on the seventeenth floor of an office building.

"Big brother."

Chen Fuguang seemed used to it and casually greeted the middle-aged man.

Xue Jing, recovering from his shock, quickly said, "Senior Brother!"

Senior Brother Meng Boshang didn't speak, but nodded to Xue Jing, a barely perceptible smile playing on his lips, as if he were smiling but not quite.

Xue Jing was very confused and didn't quite understand his senior brother's attitude towards him.

Meng Boshang remained silent, simply walking out of the cultivation room and disappearing without a trace.

"Senior Brother is still so unconventional. He always takes a detour around the Hidden Dragon Dojo and goes into whichever window is open."

Chen Fuguang sighed.

Xue Jing walked to the window, looked out, and confirmed that it was indeed the seventeenth floor high outside.

"Seventeen stories... that must be over seventy or eighty meters high, right? How did Senior Brother get in?"

Xue Jing asked in confusion.

Chen Fuguang smiled and said, "For us martial artists, terrain limitations have never been a problem."

“Especially for someone like the eldest brother, it wouldn’t be difficult for him to leap directly from the ground to the seventeenth floor of the dojo.”

"Jump straight to the seventeenth floor?"

How much strength does it take to leap more than 70 meters from the ground?

Two words came to Xue Jing's mind.

superman.

"Our senior brother is a master who is close to the perfection of the Five Great Trainings and is about to leap over the Dragon Gate. Even the Public Security Bureau has to come to him for help when they encounter problems they can't handle." Chen Fuguang said, a proud look on his face.

"Five Great Trainings? Leaping Over the Dragon Gate?"

Xue Jing looked on with curiosity.

"By the way, junior brother, you've only just begun your training, so you probably only have a superficial understanding of martial arts cultivation. Let me explain it to you."

Chen Fuguang sat down cross-legged on the solid wood floor.

"In our martial arts training, there are five major aspects of physical training: skin, flesh, tendons, bones, and blood."

"These five are interconnected and there is no distinction between different levels. They can be cultivated simultaneously or with a particular emphasis."

“Our Hidden Dragon School, for example, advances in all five disciplines simultaneously, making it the most versatile school without any particular emphasis. However, because of this, those who do not master any of these disciplines will lack any distinctive features and become mediocre.”

"When one reaches the Five Perfections stage, one's physical body has already reached the theoretical limit of human potential. At this point, if one can go a step further and break through the limits of the human body, it is like a fish leaping over the Dragon Gate and burning away its mortal tail. The entire body will undergo a complete transformation and be able to continue to climb to even higher peaks. It is said that my master reached this level more than 20 years ago."

Chen Fuguang spoke eloquently.

"Five major training methods, leaping over the dragon gate..."

"So 'leaping over the dragon gate' is the highest realm in martial arts?" Xue Jing asked curiously.

Chen Fuguang shook his head. "I also asked my master that question, and his answer was that there is no end to the path of martial arts."

This seemed like a meaningless statement, but Xue Jing could only nod in agreement, after all, it was what his master had said.

"However... my master did mention some ancient legends to me."

Chen Fuguang suddenly continued.

"It is said that ancient martial artists possessed a legendary physical ultimate realm called 'Precious Body'."

……

Chapter 39 The Legend of the Supreme Ancient Body

"What does 'precious body' mean?" Xue Jing asked curiously.

Chen Fuguang explained: "The so-called 'treasure body' refers to the literal meaning of transforming one's own physical body into a 'treasure'."

His voice carried a touch of melodiousness: "In ancient times, there was a poem that was passed down—"

"The flesh is like that of a dragon and an elephant, the sinews are like iron, the skin is like glass, and the bones are like jade."

"The blood is like molten lava scorching red gold, a truly precious and perfect body."

"What it refers to is the legendary 'Five Realms of Precious Body'."

“‘Flesh dwells in the dragon and elephant,’ ‘Iron tree entwines tendons,’ ‘Skin bursts like glass,’ ‘Jade bones never melt,’ ‘Blood melts gold.’”

"These five realms represent the ultimate human physique as imagined by ancient martial artists."

Xue Jing listened intently, captivated by the realms described by ancient martial artists, and couldn't help but ask further:

What exactly do these five realms refer to?

Chen Fuguang was very satisfied with Xue Jing's reaction, which greatly satisfied his desire to share. He smiled smugly and said:

"The so-called 'flesh-and-blood dragon and elephant' refers to the fact that the muscles are as if a dragon or elephant resides within them. Among the water-dwelling creatures, the dragon has the greatest strength, and among the land-dwelling creatures, the elephant has the strongest strength. These two are the most powerful life forms in legend, so the 'flesh-and-blood dragon and elephant' is not hard to understand."

An ancient proverb praises: "Why do you shake the land? It's because you've cultivated the flesh of a dragon and an elephant."

As Chen Fuguang spoke, he started shaking his head and getting himself excited.

"Secondly, 'Iron Tree Entangling Tendons' refers to one's own tendons being like the roots of an iron tree. Trees are inherently strong and resilient, and iron trees are even more so. Muscles and tendons have always been inseparable; flesh is the surplus of tendons, and tendons are the substance of flesh. Only by having tendons like the roots of an iron tree to bind the flesh of a dragon and elephant can one unleash its potential to the maximum extent."

There is a folk saying that praises it: "With boundless divine power, it moves mountains with ease; with roots that entwine the body, it is as strong as an iron tree."

Chen Fuguang knew them all like the back of his hand, and when he talked about proverbs, he almost sang them like a professional storyteller.

"Thirdly, 'skin like glass' does not refer to the appearance of the skin being like glass, but rather to the nature of the skin being as flawless and leak-free as glass. Once cultivated, there will be no weaknesses in the entire body. It can lock in the body's qi, blood, and spirit, reducing consumption to the extreme. It can also isolate external pressure, like diamond glass, which is difficult to harm even with divine weapons."

There is a proverb that praises it: "Perfect things are rare in the world, and a flawless, leak-free skin is like glass."

"Fourth, 'Jade Bones that Never Fade' refers to refining one's own bones into indestructible jade bones. Such bones have unparalleled blood-producing function, with blood and essence flowing continuously. Any consumption by the human body is no longer a problem for them. Moreover, they are extremely hard and sharp, and nothing can hurt them, yet nothing can leave them unharmed. Using such bones to unleash martial arts killing moves, their killing power far surpasses that of ordinary bones."

There is a proverb that praises it: "Though the winds of a thousand or ten thousand years may erode the world, they cannot destroy a body of incorruptible bones."

Xue Jing complained, "Why does it stop rhyming when we get to the bone?"

Chen Fuguang sighed and waved his hand, saying, "Why do we need rhyming? Just being handsome is enough."

"Don't interrupt, let me finish."

Chen Fuguang composed himself, a sense of desolation appearing in his eyes:

"Fifth, 'Blood Melting Gold,' this is recognized by ancient martial artists as the most difficult of the five realms of the Precious Body to achieve. It refers to the fact that when one activates and circulates one's own body, the blood in one's body is boiling hot, with a temperature like volcanic lava. A single drop of it can melt pure gold. Blood is the source of human power. Imagine what kind of power such blood that can melt gold and iron can make the body unleash!"

There is a saying that goes: "True gold is not afraid of being refined by the fire, but it is afraid of being melted by the blood of a warrior!"

Xue Jing exclaimed in surprise:

"This feels like a myth rather than a description of a realm."

As soon as he said this, Chen Fuguang's face darkened.

The previously lively atmosphere came to an abrupt end.

"Yes, it's just a myth."

"No one can do that."

Chen Fuguang sighed.

Back then, Master Li Qi had described to him with the same high spirits the martial artist's ultimate pursuit of the physical body, but after finishing, he let out a listless sigh.

Putting aside the question of how such a level could possibly be reached, even if it were, what difference would it make?

Times have changed long ago...

Geniuses can be created artificially; a few injections of banned drugs plus corresponding scientific training methods can quickly turn someone into a powerful individual, not to mention the existence of 'alien plants'.

Ten years of hard work in martial arts is not as effective as one surgery.