I'm already a Great Luo Golden Immortal, how come you're only Martial Saints?

The next morning, Ning Chen called the monkey and went to the rotten peach forest behind the mountain.

Ning Chen first swallowed a Qi-Nourishing Pill. The pill melted instantly upon entering his mouth, transforming into a warm current that spread throughout his limbs and bones.

A notification popped up in front of his eyes.

[Taking the Vitality Pill increases Physical Strength attribute by 1!]

Ning Chen felt his blood and energy flowing like the Yangtze River, ceaselessly surging through his body.

He quickly activated the "Golden Bell Cover" technique to guide the medicinal power to combine with his skin.

Sun Wukong stood in front of him, holding a peach tree branch as thick as a child's arm, and grinned.

"Junior brother, don't let my skinny appearance fool you, I have incredible strength. Back in the day, I was known as the Monkey King, invincible throughout Flower Fruit Mountain!"

"You really want me to use my full strength? Don't blame me if you break it!"

Ning Chen nodded.

"Brother Wukong, please unleash your power! Let me, your junior brother, witness the abilities of the Handsome Monkey King of Flower Fruit Mountain!"

"Alright, then I'll really start fighting. Junior brother, if you can't take it, call for a stop!"

Ning Chen, shirtless, took a deep breath, tensed his muscles, and whispered.

"Senior brother, come on!"

The monkey raised its wooden stick and struck Ning Chen on the back. Just before it hit Ning Chen, it reduced its strength by seven-tenths, raising it high and striking lightly on Ning Chen's body.

Ning Chen's body trembled slightly, and he turned his face and smiled.

"My senior brother claims to be invincible throughout Flower Fruit Mountain, the Handsome Monkey King, but his strength is not even as good as my eighty-year-old grandmother at home. He hit me so hard!"

"Alright, junior brother, be careful!"

Provoked, the monkey unleashed its full power in its next attack, gritting its teeth as the wooden stick came crashing down...

The wooden stick landed on Ning Chen's back with a dull thud, leaving a bloody mark.

Ning Chen gritted his teeth and endured the pain. His internal energy circulated with the cultivation technique, continuously repairing and strengthening the flesh and fascia at the point of impact, and the bloodstains gradually disappeared.

The next day, with the same force, the bloodstain turned white, and the sound of the wooden stick striking changed from dull to crisp, as if striking tough leather.

The force of the rebound emanating from Ning Chen made Sun Wukong gasp in surprise.

He looked at the wooden stick in his hand, then at Ning Chen, and grinned.

"That's interesting!"

On the third day, when the wooden stick fell again, it made a clanging sound, like metal striking metal!

A pale golden light flowed across Ning Chen's body, and the white mark was almost invisible.

Sun Wukong exerted all his strength, but the wooden stick vibrated and hummed.

On the fourth day, the wooden stick made a sound like a bell when it was struck, and after several strikes, it snapped in half with a crack.

After that, no wooden stick could harm Ning Chen in the slightest. Even a wooden stick the thickness of a bowl would break in a few blows.

Ning Chen smiled.

"Senior brother, you're so weak, why don't you let me sit in that Monkey King's seat?"

Sun Wukong gritted his teeth and remained silent. He simply returned to the mountain gate and asked his senior brother, who was skilled in forging, to forge a bronze rod.

With one strike, a loud clang rang out, and the copper rod was bent slightly by the recoil!

Ning Chen's internal organs trembled violently, and he gritted his teeth and shouted.

"Okay, let's do it again!"

On the fifth day, the copper rod struck again, and a faint golden light flashed on Ning Chen's body. The copper rod then bent into the shape of scissors!

In just five days, with the help of the Peiyuan Pill, the foundation of the Yi Jin Jing, and the strong foundation of both physical strength and physique, Ning Chen has already mastered this Shaolin external martial arts technique to a minor level.

In the world of martial arts, to master this skill to a minor degree, one would need at least fifty years of internal energy as a foundation, followed by ten years of diligent practice.

At this moment, his muscles and bones were like iron, and ordinary knives and axes could not harm him. The force of the recoil could even cut through ordinary iron.

At this point, if you want to go any further, you would have to combine it with medicinal baths, internal strengthening of muscles and bones, and in-depth cultivation, which is no longer cost-effective.

After all, this is the world of Journey to the West, where there are many techniques for achieving sainthood through physical means, such as the famous Eight-Nine Arcane Arts.

Sun Wukong threw down his bronze cudgel, scratched his ears and cheeks, and exclaimed in amazement.

"Good heavens! Junior brother, is your body made of iron? It's not much different from my naturally formed stone body!"

The monkey immediately became interested and tugged at Ning Chen's sleeve.

"Teach me, teach me, I want to learn too!"

Ning Chen smiled without saying a word, knowing that the monkey's future copper head and iron arms would be countless times more powerful than the Golden Bell Cover.

But then I thought, it must have been that this monkey wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Palace, ate the peaches of immortality, drank the immortal wine, stole countless elixirs from Laozi, and was then thrown into the Eight Trigrams Furnace and burned for forty-nine days before he developed an indestructible body. He was able to stand on the Execution Platform, where he was pierced by ten thousand arrows and struck by heavenly lightning, yet he remained unharmed.

Since he wants to learn, it's fine to teach him. Under normal circumstances, the monkey will obtain the Great Celestial Immortal Technique in seven years, so it's okay for him to practice it now.

The situation quickly reversed. The monkey stripped naked, revealing its golden fur, and while being beaten, it didn't forget to mock Ning Chen.

He was a spirit stone monkey, born with a strong physique. Combined with the top-level external martial arts technique, the Golden Bell Cover, he was already indestructible from the start.

The monkey chuckled.

"Junior brother, is that force you're using to tickle me?"

"It's a little itchy here, junior brother, use a little more force!"

"Even the old monkeys of Flower Fruit Mountain are several times more robust than my junior brother..."

Ning Chen gritted his teeth and remained silent, understanding the monkey's frustration just now.

In a short while, the copper rod in his hand bent and straightened repeatedly, just like a man repeatedly jumping back and forth between Chengdu and Northeast China...

Ning Chen finally realized how talented the monkey was. On the third day alone, the monkey used the Golden Bell Shield, and golden light flowed around its body. It turned out that it had already cultivated to the Great Perfection of the Golden Bell Shield.

Damn it... that perverted monkey!

"But I'm not bad either," Ning Chen said, throwing down the bronze staff that had been completely broken in two, and looking at his own attribute panel.

[Divine Realm Walker: Ning Chen]

[Base Bone: 330]

[Physique: 412]

[Comprehension: 999]

[Internal Strength: 3 years]

[Cultivation Level: 5.2 years]

[Lifespan: 18/178]

[Techniques: Yi Jin Jing (Minor Success), Ti Yun Zong (Minor Success), Yuan Ji Shu (Minor Success), Jin Zhong Zhao (Minor Success)]

Just as he was about to continue practicing the Ape Strike Technique, a commotion suddenly arose from his disciple Washe's side.

Ning Chen and Sun Wukong exchanged a glance and headed towards the Cave of the Slanting Moon and Three Stars.

Before even returning to the cave, one could see the spiritual energy in Fangcun Mountain gathering like a vortex, and faint rays of light shining through the sky. Though not grand, they were clearly visible!

That was a strange phenomenon of spiritual energy in heaven and earth that was triggered when someone broke through the Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation stage and initially condensed their primordial spirit!

Ning Chen soon learned from the others who had broken through.

"It's done! Senior Brothers Zhiyuan and Zhihong have broken through to the Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation Realm!"

Many disciples came out of the teahouse, stopped to watch, their faces full of envy and shock!

Senior Brothers Zhiyuan and Zhihong have been stuck at the peak of the Qi Refining and Divine Transformation Realm for decades due to insufficient aptitude. But today they both broke through. Could it be that they found some kind of opportunity?

Soon, the strange spiritual energy subsided, and everyone rushed into the two senior brothers' residences!

The two senior brothers of the Zhi generation did not hide anything and truthfully told the other brothers about how they exchanged Taoist techniques and elixirs for cultivation methods. The news spread like wildfire among the disciples of Fangcun Mountain.

Senior brothers Zhiyuan and Zhihong, who had been stuck at a bottleneck for decades, both broke through successfully after receiving the Yi Jin Jing from Ning Chen!

This caused an uproar among all the disciples of Fangcun Mountain.

In the following days, the threshold of Ning Chen and Monkey's house was almost worn down by the constant footsteps.

Not only the senior brothers of the Zhi generation, but also some junior brothers such as Hui, Zhen, and Ru, who were also stuck at the hurdle of cultivation, came to him, hoping to exchange their treasured items, elixirs, or even some Taoist scriptures for the method of cultivating Yi Jin Jing.

Ning Chen accepted all comers.

As long as the other party offers something that might be useful to him or to the Divine Realm Walker.

Whether it's the calming incense that nourishes the soul and helps one quickly enter a meditative state, or the wind manipulation technique, the fire-making technique, or the pills that strengthen the body.

He generously shared the secrets of the Yi Jin Jing with everyone.

Anyway, I got the Yi Jin Jing for free from Teacher Luo. In exchange for the Tao Te Ching and Pei Yuan Dan, it was already more than worth it. If I exchanged it for anything else, it would be a profit.

Ning Chen's comprehension is already at the peak of the human realm. When imparting knowledge, he can get straight to the point. Based on the other party's cultivation characteristics, he can give some pointers, allowing the seeker to benefit more and be extremely grateful to him.