From the Iron Shirt Technique to physical sanctification

Chapter 81 Yufu Dantian

Sima Zheng did not dare to chase them into the city.

"I'm not afraid of Zhang Yu, I just chose the best option," Sima Zheng silently advised himself.

He was actually numbing himself, giving himself an excuse.

Ever since Zhang Yu defeated him with a single punch in Fengque City, Sima Zheng has been plagued by inner demons.

Defeated by someone of lower skill level, his confidence and pride were shattered by Zhang Yu's punch.

He dared not face his own heart. He hadn't chased after Zhang Yu at the city gate because he was afraid of him.

"Young Master!" The manager of the Sima Trading Company in Chengtian City walked up to Sima Zheng and clasped his hands in a salute.

Sima Rui had just fled into Chengtian City, and Sima Zheng had retreated. He then immediately sent someone disguised as a herb gatherer to infiltrate the city and find the merchant guild manager.

"What's the situation in the city?" Sima Zheng asked.

"Reporting to the young master, after receiving your message, I immediately went to the vicinity of the Zhang residence to investigate. Sima Rui was injured and taken into the Zhang residence, and has not come out since."

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"Keep a close eye on Zhang Yu. I need his every move. Have you sent someone to infiltrate Zhang's residence?" Sima Zheng asked coldly.

thump!

The shopkeeper's legs went weak, and he knelt on the ground.

"Young Master, the Zhang family doesn't hire maids or servants. I've tried everything, but I haven't been able to get anyone in. Even bribing the old woman who cooks hasn't worked."

"Useless!" Sima Zheng shouted coldly.

The shopkeeper knelt on the ground, trembling all over.

Despite his usual swaggering attitude towards the poor, he was trembling with fear in front of Sima Zheng.

"I'll give you another month. No matter what method you use, you must place someone next to Zhang Yu," Sima Zheng said.

The shopkeeper thought quickly and said, "Young Master, based on my observation, Zhang Yu seems to really like people with good martial arts talent."

"How so?" Sima Zheng glanced at him.

"He recruited three hundred disciples on a nominal basis. According to my people's observations, Zhang Yu attaches great importance to one of them, a woman named Gu Yu—" The shopkeeper recounted the story in detail.

"He's only been training for less than ten days, and he can take on four opponents at once?"

"right!

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"It seems he has good talent." Sima Zheng nodded slightly.

"Young Master, those who can get close to Zhang Yu are all his disciples. Based on this, I can deduce that he is fond of teaching and likes disciples with good talent," the shopkeeper analyzed.

"If that's the case—" Sima Zheng pondered for a moment, then looked at one of his young subordinates.

The boy looked to be about fifteen or sixteen years old, and his expression was very reserved.

The boy's original surname was Wang and his given name was Ergou. Later, he entered the Sima family as a slave and was favored by Sima Zheng, who bestowed upon him the surname Sima and the given name Zhong.

Wang Ergou was changed to Sima Zhong.

Wang Ergou has a special skill: he can understand animal language. He successfully tamed a mouse that has the ability to track animals.

Zhang Yu liked to take talented young people as his apprentices, and Sima Zheng thought of Wang Ergou.

"Sima Zhong, come here."

Wang Ergou hurriedly knelt on one knee: "Young Master, what are your orders?"

"I have a task for you. You will disguise yourself as a refugee and enter Chengtian City. Then, find a way to get close to the people of Chengtian Sect and let them know that you can communicate with wild beasts and speak their language—" Sima Zheng explained the matter.

"If you can become Zhang Yu's apprentice, I will promote your mother to be the manager of the laundry room after I return to the manor. Do you understand?" Sima Zheng stared coldly at Wang Ergou.

Mentioning Wang Ergou's mother is not only a way to offer benefits, but also a way to warn and threaten the other party.

"Yes, Er Gou will carry out the young master's orders to the death," Wang Er Gou shouted.

"Hmm, I have high hopes for you. If you make great contributions in the future, it's not impossible for you to be freed from your slave status." Sima Zheng patted Wang Ergou on the shoulder.

"I am willing to die for my young lord!"

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"Okay, go ahead."

A moment later, the shopkeeper led Wang Ergou away from the dense forest.

In less than half an hour, Zhang Yu and Niu Mancang arrived at Qing Shi Town. Instead of entering the town, they lay in ambush on the main road leading to it.

"Master, why don't we go in and look for him?" Niu Mancang asked.

"Going in during the day will alert them. This time we must kill Sima Zheng and not let him escape. We'll go in at night." Zhang Yu narrowed his eyes, revealing a cold glint.

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"Oh!" Niu Mancang responded without asking any further questions.

Zhang Yu told him to keep an eye on the road, while he sat down beside him and continued his cultivation.

The dantian has been successfully opened, and true qi has been condensed. The so-called true qi realm is actually the continuous use of true qi to nourish the dantian.

The quality of one's dantian determines the level of one's future martial arts achievements.

The Western Wilderness Continent is now roughly divided into three levels.

The Dantian of the Vast Sea, the Dantian of the Jade Palace, and the Dantian of the Primordial Beginning.

Ninety-nine percent of martial artists in the middle three realms have a mortal dantian. Only the dean and Master Shi Cangyue at Lingyin Academy have a jade dantian.

Therefore, although Master Shi Cangyue was also a Qi Condensation Realm martial artist, he was able to instantly kill other Qi Condensation Realm martial artists. The main reason was that his dantian was the Jade Mansion Dantian.

It is more resilient and larger. Resilience allows for the compression and refinement of purer true energy, while its size allows for the storage of more true energy.

True Qi is powerful and plentiful, so of course it makes one stronger than others.

"Primordial Dantian." Zhang Yu thought to himself, "I have a system, it would be a disgrace to transmigrators not to have a Primordial Dantian."

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"Master Shi Cangyue was able to cultivate the Jade Palace Dantian by tempering his body with the earth veins and a drop of ten-thousand-year-old elixir. That's why he made me cultivate the Rock Body so that I could open the Dantian after tempering my body with the earth veins."

Zhang Yu activated his Rock Body technique, carefully introducing a trace of the earth's vein power into his dantian. It was quickly absorbed by his dantian, and after an hour, three strands of it were integrated into his body. He then vaguely felt his dantian become stronger.

"It really works, but it takes too much time and energy." Zhang Yu opened his eyes, stretched, and thought to himself.

"Master, people are coming from afar. It looks like they're heading to Qing Shi Town," Niu Mancang's voice came over.

Zhang Yu hurriedly got up, leaped onto the tree, and looked into the distance through the dense foliage.

Sure enough, a group of people on horseback came toward Qing Shi Town.

"Get ready!" Zhang Yu whispered, "They're coming from the direction of Chengtian City; it should be Sima Zheng and his group."

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"Yes, Master," Niu Mancang replied.

Zhang Yu stared intently at the group in the distance: "I'll deal with Sima Zheng. The rest are yours. Don't let a single one of them escape."

"Master, don't worry. I've recently condensed some true qi. Although it's mixed and I don't have any stored qi in my dantian, it's very helpful for my speed." Niu Mancang said, "Master, I think that if I enter the True Qi Realm, I can make up for my speed weakness."

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Zhang Yu didn't turn around: "You use your true energy to increase your speed, but others can't?"

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Niu Mancang scratched his head.

"To make up for your speed deficiency, you need to have a more powerful dantian than others. My requirement for you is at least a Jade Palace dantian," Zhang Yu said.