I am a coroner, and I have some knowledge of martial arts!

"Is this old ghost trustworthy?"

"I don't know."

"You've read so much, how could you not know?"

"This isn't mentioned in the book!"

"..."

Zhao Fei fell silent.

Some of the things Wu Ming said were completely beyond their comprehension.

What 30,000 years? What about slaughtering all the alien races to solidify the foundation?

But one thing is certain: Wu Ming understands the martial arts system, and he understands it far better than they do!

Otherwise, Wu Ming wouldn't have directly pointed out the flaws in their cultivation!

"My blood and qi are surging."

Zhao Fei licked his lips, a glimmer of hope in his eyes. "That's a legendary bloodline phenomenon. If we can truly rebuild our foundations, our future achievements will certainly be no less than Jue Wuchen's!"

"Let's make a bet?!"

"bet!"

Su Wuchen spoke slowly, "How can one enter a mountain of gold and leave empty-handed?"

Having made up their minds, the two went straight to the two giant hammers.

"Please, senior, show mercy!"

"How can showing mercy build a strong physique?"

Wu Ming said indifferently, "As a martial arts practitioner, one should be brave and resolute, regarding all the heroes of the world as nothing!"

Su Wuchen whispered, "That's brainless; they're probably going to die a horrible death..."

"what……"

The sledgehammer came down, and Su Wuchen was smashed into the ground.

Zhao Fei's chrysanthemum tightened at the sight.

Bang bang bang!

As the sledgehammer rained down relentlessly, Su Wuchen was left dizzy and disoriented.

The hammer was incredibly powerful, leaving no room for resistance. Yet, it wasn't just Su Wuchen's body that was being pounded; it was also striking his meridians and vital energy!

With each strike of the hammer, cracking sounds emanated from Su Wuchen's body, as if his bones were about to shatter!

Not only that, but some of the Origin Qi in Su Wuchen's body will also dissipate!

"Goodness..."

Zhao Fei was dumbfounded.

Is this some kind of blacksmithing?

Su Wuchen was like a block of iron that needed to be hammered and forged. When the hammer fell, it struck out the source energy within Su Wuchen's body, like sparks...

Bang!

The sudden attack left Zhao Fei dazed and confused, so he had no time to pay attention to Su Wuchen's situation.

"Body tempering is about tempering every single piece of flesh and blood in the body!"

From large to small, from outside to inside.

"Although you two are both at the Opening Meridian stage, your skin is not tough, your tendons are not strong, and your bones are not iron! Your muscles, bones, and skin are all poorly tempered!"

"I will now use the secret techniques of the immortal sect to refine the divine hammer and temper your bodies!"

"I will gradually hammer the primal energy within you into your flesh and blood, re-tempering your bodies! Like forging iron!"

"Although this tempering will cause your cultivation level to drop, your muscles, bones, and skin will undergo a qualitative improvement!"

Wu Ming's voice echoed in Su Wuchen and the other person's ears.

The hammer fell faster and faster, from once per second at the beginning, to ten times, a hundred times, and a thousand times per second later.

"Jade must be carved to become a useful object; iron must be forged to become a weapon!"

"Mobilize your body's blood and flesh to absorb as much of the source energy as possible, so that the energy and body become one!"

numb.

It's really numb!

Su Wuchen felt that his body was no longer his own, but more like a piece of scrap metal that had been thrown onto an iron plate.

It was being violently pounded with a sledgehammer.

Skin hurts, tendons hurt, and bones hurt even more!

Dense streams of fresh blood, like primordial energy, continuously overflowed from countless capillary pores!

But this is not the end.

As his flesh and blood rapidly absorbed the source energy, coupled with the loss of source energy caused by the hammering and forging, Su Wuchen's cultivation level was rapidly declining!

If cultivation had an experience bar, Su Wuchen believed that his experience points were dropping at a rate of one level per minute.

It could very well result in the complete dissipation of one's power and the loss of all cultivation!

However, this state did not last long. When he fell from the Great Perfection of the Eighth Grade to the Middle Eighth Grade, a series of waves suddenly rang out in his body!

Blood and qi surged!

Su Wuchen's eyes lit up; the beating he had taken hadn't been for nothing.

In contrast, Zhao Fei is in a much worse situation.

Having just broken through to the early stage of the eighth rank with the help of the Blood Spirit Flower, he suddenly fell back to the great perfection of the ninth rank.

Whoosh!

The sound of waves immediately followed!

As Su Wuchen and his companion solidified their foundations, the hammer that had been striking them abruptly vanished at that moment.

All that remained was the pain all over my body...

"I just broke through, how come I've fallen back? Did I break through for nothing...?"

Zhao Fei checked his cultivation level, feeling like crying but having no tears. However, when he angrily stomped on the ground, the stone slab under his feet instantly turned into dust. Not only that, but cracks spread outwards in all directions from his right foot!

"WTF?"

Zhao Fei was stunned.

How come it feels like my cultivation level has dropped by one level, but my strength has increased by five times?

Even an early-stage eighth-rank cultivator might not be able to produce such terrifying power.

"Is this the correct way to portray a martial artist?"

"good."

Wu Ming's voice sounded somewhat weary, "A true martial artist can roam the world freely, immortal and indestructible..."

"And you are like ants among ants."

"..."

Su Wuchen and the other man looked at each other in silence.

"Thank you for laying a solid foundation for my brother and me."

"No need..."

Wu Ming's six eyes gradually turned black. "All you need to do is unlock the chains on my body."

"chain?"

Su Wuchen and the other man both focused their gazes on the stone chains binding him.

"Simply break the stone chains, and I can emerge from the stone wall. Then I'll bestow upon you a great fortune!"

"good!"

Faced with Wu Ming's request, Zhao Fei agreed without hesitation.

As Su Wuchen strode forward, he suddenly grabbed Zhao Fei. Under Zhao Fei's questioning gaze, Su Wuchen said apologetically, "How could we, mere novice martial artists, possibly break the chains that bound you, senior?"

"It's alright."

Wu Ming smiled calmly, "Just focus all your efforts on attacking the chains, and I will assist you. Once the chains are broken, I will pass on to you the true method of body tempering!"

"Do you know that a true martial artist is one of the strongest beings in the world?"

"He can be reborn from a drop of blood, tear through the void with a single hand, and create a domain within his body, nurturing billions of living beings..."

"bring it on."

"bring it on."

"I have opened a door of convenience for you..."

The deep voice echoed continuously in Su Wuchen and the other person's ears.

Even the wary Su Wuchen felt dizzy and his body was out of control. Like Zhao Fei, he staggered toward the stone lock.

"Break the stone lock..."

Su Wuchen and his companion, looking bewildered, approached the stone lock. They each picked up the weapons Wu Ming had given them and smashed them down on the stone lock.

Roar!

Suddenly, a roar seemed to tear through space and reach Su Wuchen's ears.

Su Wuchen was startled and saw that the spear in his hand was about to fall onto the chain, and Zhao Fei was in the same situation!

Bang!

The spear struck the sledgehammer, sending the bewildered Zhao Fei flying.

"Buried Corpse Su, why did you hit me?"

As soon as Zhao Fei finished speaking, Wu Ming suddenly bent down, his six eyes staring straight at Su Wuchen.

"Why are you awake?"