Imagining himself having cultivated the Easily Strengthening the Body to grand accomplishment, slaughtering all in his path before a crowd, and looking majestic, Qin Yu couldn't help but chuckle foolishly. This sudden foolish laughter startled Li Mei, who was sitting nearby. After all, her grandson had just lost his memory, and now he was laughing foolishly for no reason; how could she not be worried?
Li Mei was burning with anxiety, she tightly grabbed Qin Yu, who was sitting to her left, and called out with a trembling voice, "Xiao Yu, don't scare Grandma, what's wrong with you?" Her eyes were filled with worry and fear, afraid that her grandson had encountered another problem.
Qin Yu then came to his senses as if waking from a dream, realizing his Gaffe, and quickly explained, "Grandma, I'm fine, I just thought of something interesting, you don't need to be too nervous." After speaking, he turned his head and looked at Li Hong seriously, saying, "Uncle Hong, I have an impolite request, and I hope you can agree. But don't worry, I won't let you suffer any losses."
Li Hong looked at the determined young man before him, and couldn't help but feel a little curious, saying, "Young Master, please speak directly. I have been in the Qin for so many years, so I naturally believe that the Qin will not mistreat me."
"Alright, Uncle Hong." Qin Yu took a deep breath and said, "I want your family's inherited cultivation method for the Easily Strengthening the Body, and I also hope you can personally teach me to cultivate it. In return, I am willing to pay you one million great xia currency. What do you think?"
Li Hong was truly startled upon hearing this condition. One million great xia currency was not a small sum; for him, it would take ten years of hard work without eating or drinking to earn that much money. Moreover, he saw that Old Master Qin Ming had no intention of objecting, which meant that the Old Master tacitly approved of this transaction. At this moment, Li Hong's heart was moved.
Li Hong said no more, turned, and went back to his bedroom, carefully taking out the family's inherited cultivation method. He returned to the living room and handed it to Qin Yu, saying, "Young Master, Master, Madam, please take a look at this cultivation method first before deciding whether to purchase it. To be honest, I'm not entirely sure how powerful this technique truly is. Personally, I feel that what is written in the book is a bit exaggerated. It not only requires a huge investment, but the cultivation process is extremely arduous, and the risks are extremely high. With your distinguished status, Young Master, there's really no need to take this risk. The Qin has always been very good to our couple, and I don't want to deceive you, Young Master."
Qin Yu eagerly took the cultivation manual and slowly opened it to examine. The paper was slightly yellowed, exuding an ancient aura, as if narrating the long years it had endured. On the first page of the manual, five ancient and vigorous characters—Easily Strengthening the Body—came into view.
According to the introduction of the cultivation method, this is a technique focused on external body tempering, somewhat similar to the Iron Shirt commonly seen in martial arts films, but it is many times more profound than the Iron Shirt. No, strictly speaking, this cultivation method is more like the mysterious and powerful body refining techniques found in fantasy Worlds.
The cultivation method is divided into five realms: Nourishing Strength, Forging Bones, Refining Organs, Washing Marrow, and Changing Blood. Each realm offers astonishing improvements: the Nourishing Strength realm can grant one a thousand jin of strength; following this progression, the Forging Bones realm can reach two thousand jin, the Refining Organs realm three thousand jin, the Washing Marrow realm four thousand jin, and the Changing Blood realm can possess a colossal five thousand jin of strength.
The process of learning this cultivation method can be described as arduous, but from another perspective, it is also the simplest and most direct. As long as the cultivator can endure the suffering that ordinary people find unbearable, and has sufficient medicinal resources to support it, it is the easiest type of cultivation method to achieve quick results.
Each single page meticulously depicted the action demonstration diagrams for the Easily Strengthening the Body, accompanied by detailed textual explanations. The text primarily expounded on how to temper the body through specific methods, as well as the unique breathing technique during cultivation. Among these, the most crucial was undoubtedly the secret medicinal formula accompanying the cultivation method.
This unique breathing technique can subtly train the internal organs during cultivation, making the physique even stronger. The medicinal formula, on the other hand, is used to nourish the body, requiring both external application and internal consumption. After all, the practice of body tempering martial arts is essentially a process of continuously subjecting the body to high-intensity destruction. If the body does not receive corresponding medicinal formulas for nourishment during this process, it is feared that, in the end, one will not only fail to become stronger but will instead directly become a cripple, which is why people often say "poor scholars, rich martial artists."
Qin Yu secretly speculated that Li Hong probably only used the medicinal formula to slightly warm his body, and likely hadn't truly comprehended or learned the breathing technique. In that case, he truly hadn't even learned the basics of this cultivation method.
The book also detailed that if this technique were cultivated to the peak of Changing Blood, the physical body would unleash an astonishing five thousand jin of immense strength, capable of delivering power up to thirty zhang away with a flick of a finger, and any part of the body could withstand frontal impacts of no more than five hundred jin of force. If converted to modern measurement standards, that would mean: strength could reach five thousand jin, speed could reach fifteen meters per second, and defensive power would be exaggerated to the point of being impervious to blades and spears, and invulnerable to Water and Fire.
On the last page of the cultivation manual, the formula for the final mysterious medicinal potion was recorded. It is said that with this potion, one can cultivate this technique to its peak state, granting the physical body five thousand jin of immense strength, and the cultivator can also live for one hundred and fifty years.
Li Hong truly did not lie; according to Qin Yu's rough estimate, the medicinal materials alone required to cultivate to grand accomplishment would likely cost tens of millions of great xia currency. This does not even include the immense pain to be endured during cultivation, and the high risk of becoming a cripple if one is not careful. To be honest, judging by the cost of Great Xia weapons, if tens of millions of great xia currency were used to purchase heavy firepower weapons, they would absolutely be able to easily deal with a martial artist who had cultivated the Eagle Claw Iron Shirt to grand accomplishment. Thus, it seems the effort and reward are completely disproportionate.
However, Qin Yu didn't care about any of this. He knew very well that he had ways to earn the money back, and the potential contained within this cultivation method was simply too appealing to him.
Upon seeing the cultivation method's introduction, Li Mei, initially full of worry, had intended to immediately voice her opposition to this transaction, thinking, "Why buy something so dangerous?" But before the words could leave her mouth, Qin Ming stopped her with a glance. Seeing that no one else raised objections, Li Hong, after some internal struggle, finally half-heartedly agreed to the transaction.
Afterward, Qin Ming led Li Mei and Qin Yu to the study. As soon as they entered the room, Li Mei couldn't help but express her dissatisfaction, saying angrily, "Old man, what on earth do you want to do? Xiao Yu is ignorant, but why are you joining him in this nonsense? A million is not a small sum! What's more, the introduction says the cultivation risk is so high, how could you so easily agree to this transaction?" Her hands were on her hips, her face filled with incomprehension and indignation.
Qin Ming looked at his wife, somewhat surprised. After decades of marriage, he had rarely seen his wife so angry. He sighed helplessly and began to explain, "You don't understand, this World is far more terrifying than what you see. Do you still remember my father's old comrade Dong Hui, who became a division commander? Last time we drank together, he got drunk, and from his mouth, I learned some secrets."
Qin Yu immediately perked up, looking at his Grandpa with a bewildered yet incredibly excited expression, as if he had discovered a new continent, and urged, "Grandpa, the secrets of this World, how exciting! Please tell me quickly."
It turned out that when Grandpa was a soldier in the company back then, he met a comrade named Dong Hui. The two had similar personalities and quickly became good friends who talked about everything. Who would have thought that Dong Hui was actually the son of a brigade commander? Later, they fought side by side on the battlefield, carrying guns together, and this bond of shared life and death was naturally beyond words. As the saying goes, there are three unbreakable bonds between men: having studied together, having carried guns together, and having… (sensitive content omitted here).
After the war, Grandpa was demobilized and returned to his hometown, inheriting the family business, while Dong Hui chose to remain in the army. Later, Dong Hui's father was promoted to division commander due to his outstanding military achievements, reaching the rank of Major General, and officially entered the core area of the army. Those secrets were what Dong Hui heard from his father.
"A mysterious troop has always been stationed at the northern Himalayan border," Qin Ming slowly said, "They are there mainly to defend against the extraordinary creatures nearby. These creatures are called Otherworlders. The average strength of an ordinary Otherworlder can reach half a ton, and their top running speed can reach twelve meters per second. Moreover, their physical abilities and senses in all aspects far surpass ordinary people, and their average lifespan can even reach 120 years. I heard that the two sides have fought a few battles, and only now have they signed a peace agreement."
"Otherworlders?" Qin Yu was startled, and images of the Marvel Universe instantly flashed through his mind. He couldn't help but ponder, "Could this really be the Marvel Universe?" To find out his current plane, Qin Yu tentatively asked, "Grandpa, no matter how powerful the Otherworlders are, can they withstand a nuclear bomb? Let alone a nuclear bomb, I estimate that the weapons invented by Tony Stark could wipe them out."
Qin Ming shook his head helplessly and replied, "I don't know about that. However, nuclear bombs are absolutely not allowed to be used near the Himalayas. Once used, the consequences would be something the entire Great Xia cannot bear. As for whether Stark military industry's weapons can deal with them, no one can say for sure. So, we must be prepared. If you really intend to cultivate that Easily Strengthening the Body, I, your Grandpa, will fully support you. But if you can't endure the hardship, Grandpa will think of other ways."
Instantly, Qin Yu felt his entire being about to collapse. He couldn't help but curse inwardly, "Damn it, Stark military industry is World-renowned in the Marvel Universe, plus the Otherworlders, this is solid proof, this must be Marvel without a doubt." He felt both shocked and vaguely excited; after all, in this World full of fantasy and challenges, he seemed to see infinite possibilities.