Rise from a Low-class Family to Martial Artist-Chapter 197 - 54: Merging Technique Within the Thousand-Step Mist
Is it really that strong just because the Iron Bone Skill has reached perfection?
He wasn’t sure in his heart now.
Ji Feng was silent for a while, then continued to write, "According to the rules, when there is a student who completes the Thousand-Step Mist, fireworks should be set off to notify everyone. But the distance Lin Chen has walked now is only half of that."
This time, Jiang Kui didn’t answer with a pen, but just gave Ji Feng a look, which clearly meant, don’t ask me, this is not my responsibility.
He was only responsible for bringing the students to the Special Training Ground, and served as a witness to the students’ first test of courage. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶
After two breaths, Ji Feng took out a finger-thick rod from his pocket, flicked it with his right hand, and it shot up into the sky.
Above the clouds, fireworks lit up.
Not far from the campsite, several teenagers saw the fireworks in the distant sky, and their eyes focused sharply. Was there another student who walked a thousand steps in that mist?
Several of the teenagers had a self-mocking look on their faces. Before coming here, they prided themselves as top Martial Path geniuses, but after arriving, they realized there were many more talented students than themselves.
They couldn’t even last a hundred steps through the mist.
"The fourth one to break a thousand steps; the potential of this class of students is truly impressive."
On the mountainside not far from the campsite, a few figures walked out of a courtyard, looked at the fireworks in the sky, and transformed into a rainbow light heading towards the mist.
This kind of talented student, they also wanted to see for themselves.
"Thousand-Step Mist tests the student’s courage and endurance. Those without courage can’t reach the exit and will veer off course. Those without limitless endurance can’t last a thousand steps."
At the exit of the mist, four figures stood, smilingly staring at the mist.
The entire mist requires a thousand steps to pass, but for some students, if the step length is slightly shorter, it might take more than a hundred extra steps, meaning a longer wait.
However, after waiting for a quarter of an hour, no silhouette emerged from the mist, and the four frowned slightly.
After waiting two quarters of an hour, one of the men turned and left directly.
"This student probably takes less than three-tenths of a foot per step. Although he has the limit endurance, being so cautious does not suit me."
"Senior Brother Cui, you are perhaps too hasty. I think there’s nothing wrong with being cautious."
The other three men had different views. The Martial Path is extremely perilous; what harm is there in being cautious?
However, half an hour later, no one still emerged from the mist, and the three men could no longer sit still.
It’s impossible to be so cautious, walking one step and stopping for three.
"Farewell." Another person left.
"A bit cautious is good; there’s no big mistake in prudence."
"What you said is right, the more cautious, the better. I also think so, brother."
After an hour.
The two looked at each other; even if he were crawling, he should have crawled out by now.
"Brother, I will leave first."
"Alright, I’ll wait a little longer; maybe there will be a surprise."
Finally, only a middle-aged man remained standing at the exit of the mist.
Two hours...
Three hours...
The gentle wind blew against the man’s clothes, and he whispered, "The mountain breeze is a bit chilly; I should return and put on an extra layer."
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In the mist, Ji Feng looked at Lin Chen, who simply stopped moving and stayed in place, completely at a loss.
Did he have an epiphany?
Can walking a thousand steps in mist bring an epiphany?
What kind of epiphany is happening to you, an Opening the Acupoints martial artist?
Over a dozen breaths later, Lin Chen, who had been standing still, finally moved.
But instead of moving forward, he slowly pushed both palms forward, and a fierce whirlwind whirled, stirring the surrounding mist into a surge.
Six hours.
At the end, a thought flashed through Lin Chen’s mind.
The reason why his Clear Wind Palm and Water Cloud Palm failed to merge in the past was not because his understanding of these techniques was insufficient.
Cultivating them to perfection meant mastering the true meaning of both techniques.
The failure to merge was due to a slight difference in their energy flow.
And now his body was enduring its utmost limit of pressure, causing the flow of his Qi Blood to slow to an extremely gradual pace.
Perhaps he could seize this opportunity to attempt merging the Qi Blood flow of both techniques.
Left hand Clear Wind Palm, right hand Water Cloud Palm.
Right hand Water Cloud Palm, left hand Clear Wind Palm.
