Collapsing Fist

The outer world was divided into the : Southern gate, Northern gate, and the Eastern gate. The Eastern gate acted as the central city, wherein the big clans resided. The best Kung Fu Academies of the outer world with deep rooted history were located at the Eastern gate, It could be said that they had existed since the outer world was founded, which was why the Eastern gate was known to be the habitation of many hidden dragons and crouching tigers.

The Jiang Kung Fu Academy was located in a small town in the Northern gate, which was known for it's scarcity of cultivation resources and frequent beasts tide.

Ye Mo got to his dilapidated courtyard in the periphery of the Northern gate which was located in the wild Forest after walking for two kilometers. Exhausted from the long journey, he quickly jumped into the river at the back of his courtyard, relaxing his nerves. One could faintly hear growls of beast, squeaking of animals and chirping of birds, he had never gone more than a kilometer into the forest, he recalled that he had been living in this courtyard since he could remember, so justifiably he had lived in the wild all his life.

Squeak~~Squeak~~

A wild rabbit limped into Ye Mo view, he jumped off the river and cautiously made his way towards the injured rabbit picking up a wooden branch.

Bam!!! Bam!!! Bam!!!

Repeated banging could be heard as Ye Mo tried his best to prevent his dinner from running away but due to his weak physique, he had to hit thrice before he could finish it off. He dissected and cleaned the rabbit quickly and neatly with the addition of his condiments, an appetizing aroma soon filled the surroundings drawing the raveneous eyes of other smaller animals nearby who met the same fate as the rabbit.

Rumble!!! A growl came from Ye Mo stomach. It took less than a minute for the raveneous Ye Mo to erase all traces of the wild beasts from the world.

Brimming with energy, he headed deeper into the forest to practice the Collapsing Fist'.

Collapsing Fist is a set of fist technique that involves the repeated throwing of punch without pause; thereby training the body endurance and pushing the body pass its limit.

Ye Mo began his training of repeatedly throwing one punch after other to a random tree, he had a hardened look on his face, a face filled with determination and resolute will.

Rustling of the tree leaves could be heard from the distance, as the sound of a fist hitting a tree could be heard clearly in the dark and silent night. Bloodied fist, he endured by gritting his teeth, he could subtly feel a change taking place in his body.

378...379...380...381...382...383...384...385...

Ye Mo could his strength rising exponentially. Three hours later, he laid exhaustedly on the ground as he grasps for breath, his blood was circulating rapidly, as he couldn't care less about his bloodied fist all that mattered now was his strength increase. He firmly believed that preservarance and hardwork was the only way to strive and grow stronger.

***

Three days of repeated training passed by in the blink of an eye, in the forest a sound of something breaking could be heard. If one could listen craefully, one would hear that the sound was coming from Ye Mo's body. It was like a shackle has been broken.

Ye Mo could feel an explosive power running amok in every part of his body, with a large roar his launched a punch to the pitiful tree he had been punching for days.

Baaam!!!

A huge fist print took shape on the tree. It brought about the rustling of the tree leaves, creating a magnificent spectacle of a man, the wind, the leaves and the punch print on the tree. Elated Ye Mo hurried to his courtyard to wash away the impurities on his body and get used to his new strength.

Ye Mo dashed to his courtyard like a leopard, he could feel the subtle change in his body, his vision was not hampered in the dark night and his breathing seems to be in rhythm with the surroundings, bringing his state of alertness to a new height. Under the reflection of the moonlight, his skin gleamed in a white luster like that of a female.

******

The next day at the Academy, Ye Mo sat at his usual last row in the class, immediately he got seated the class erupted into an uproar.

"Silence..."

A deep hoarse voice sounded in front of the class, as all clamouring immediately cease.

Clearly everyone of afraid of this teacher, Teacher Chen glanced at Ye Mo before turning his attention to the business of the day, he had been their class teacher for three years now. He had a sturdy build as he stood like an ancient pillar unmoved by the passage of time.

" The body is the foundation and container that houses your power, strengthening the body is akin to building and balancing the most important part of a cultivator, a cultivator with a weak physique is likely to an impended growth . After the sixth stage of the Kung Fu Body Realm, the next the is the Kung Fu Spirit Realm that would be after your Divine Soul has awaken, the cultivator of the Spirit Realm can absorb the spiritual energy from the heaven and earth, the essence of the Body Realm is to layout a foundation for spiritual energy to clear and unclog the meridians for the free flow of spiritual energy into the dantian[1]."

" The stronger the body, the more spiritual energy the dantian can contain, that is why cultivators of the same realm may have different battle prowess." Teacher Chen explained in a deep passioned tone.

" Teacher Chen, what is the highest stage of the Body cultivation Realm?" A clear, melodious voice rang in the silent classroom.

Turning their head to the source to the source of the brilliant question, they were mesmerized by the peerless beauty in the first row of the class ' Yu Yan.'

Seeing the enchanted look in their eyes, Ye Mo shook his head lightly as what as more important was the question she asked!

" It is widely known that the Kung Fu Body Realm has six stages, practising the " Collapsing Fist" to the perfected stage also means that one is in the sixth stage of the Body Realm. It may take some exceptional genius lesser than five years, but according to an ancient legend, there is the ultimate seventh stage of the Kung Fu Body Realm, it also said that the Collapsing Fist was an incomplete body technique and the complete technique has been long lost. But there was once an exceptional genius who had cultivated to the seventh stage of the Kung Fu Body Realm a decade ago and was unrivalled in the same stage."

" Teacher Chen, what stage did you reach before awakening your Divine Soul?" Fang Yan posed out his question.

" I passed the threshold of the sixth stage but I couldn't breakthrough to the seventh stage, so in a sense I was just a step away from the seventh stage." Teacher Chen answered smiling proudly.

Hisss....

The student were shocked and they looked at Teacher Chen as if they were looking at a monster. It should be known that the highest stage of the Kung Fu Body Realm is the sixth stage, to slightly pass the sixth stage, it could said that Teacher Chen was a Body cultivator maniac.