Chapter 21: Thunder Breaks the Mountain (Seeking Recommendations and Collections)

"The Qi moves through the Governor Vessel, this marks one turn... When nine Qi converge to one, the mountains will quake and the earth will rupture..."

By the time the ice mirror in Zheng Ming's palm had completely melted into water, he had already transcribed the over five hundred words of the technique onto paper.

Though it was only five hundred characters, Zheng Ming couldn't help but rub his eyes; the ice-made magnifying glass was not very professional, looking through it was painful to the eyes.

At the same time, he couldn't help but curse inwardly at the person who had inscribed the technique in such tiny characters on the metal piece. Dammit, what a way to think of things, carving the technique in characters smaller than the eye of a needle onto a piece of metal.

According to Zheng Ming's guess, perhaps the one who hid the metal piece inside the Golden Silk Armor couldn't penetrate the mysteries of the metal piece.

If it wasn't for him randomly drawing Di Renjie's card, if he hadn't casually used it, if it wasn't for...

If not for all these coincidences, Zheng Ming would not have discovered this metal piece, and even if he had found it, he wouldn't have been able to decipher the cultivation profundity hidden within.

After carefully reading through the technique once more, a look of shock appeared on Zheng Ming's face. According to the technique, the Nine Shaking Mountain Breaking Technique could be considered less a martial arts skill and more a spell.

A spell to manipulate strength.

According to the technique, if one cultivates this spell to its peak, one can form nine cycles of power within the meridians of the arm just by swinging the fist.

After these nine cycles, once unleashed, the emitted strength would be nine times the strength of the practitioner.

Nine times the strength, for the current Zheng Ming, if he were to mobilize ninefold power, he could defeat a Martial Artist of Level 10 with a single palm strike.

Even, he could contend with a Ninth Rank Martial Artist who had transformed their Inner Strength into True Qi!

This was definitely striking gold! Although he did not know the grade of the Nine Shaking Mountain Breaking Technique, Zheng Ming felt that if such a scripture were to be put up for grabs, it would definitely cause a frenzy.

After carefully reciting the secret script once more, Zheng Ming slowly started to practice, his Inner Strength flowing through his meridians as recorded in the technique, and strands of Inner Strength began to converge within the meridians of his palms!

After half an hour, Zheng Ming's palm had already gathered Nine Internal Energies!

However, at this moment, Zheng Ming's face had turned somewhat red, and even his body was trembling slightly.

"Snap!"

Zheng Ming's palm struck heavily upon a decorative bronze lion in the room, and the lion, about a foot in size, was instantly flattened into a bronze pancake.

Nine times the strength was indeed different, but the time consumption was a bit too long; in a fight, who would give you time to gradually accumulate power like this?

However, according to the Nine Shaking Mountain Breaking Technique, reaching the peak of this spell would reduce the build-up time for the ninefold strength to an instant.

It seems that further practice is needed.

The next morning, in a small forest, Zheng Ming was earnestly performing the Bear King Fist. Accompanied by the final move, Bear King Roar, Zheng Ming's fist, carrying a whistling wind, struck heavily upon a tree as thick as a man's waist.

The big tree remained motionless, Zheng Ming's fist piercing through from the other side of the tree.

Holding the power within the fist, condensed without scattering, was the hallmark of the Great Success of the Bear King Fist. Although the Bear King Fist was only a Rank 10 lower-level fist method, if one cultivates this set of fist method to Great Success, it could compare to a Comprehension Stage of a Ninth Grade mid-level fist method.

Withdrawing his fist, Zheng Ming looked at the seven or eight cracks around the tree hole, feeling a hint of disappointment; his Bear King Fist, although it had reached the pinnacle of the Microcosmic Realm, was still some distance from Great Success.

In the Zheng Family of Qingchuan County, of those who practiced the Bear King Fist, there were not one thousand, there were eight hundred, but the highest achievement was only Comprehension Stage. If it were just the Bear King Fist, Zheng Ming would already be considered the strongest in the Zheng family.

But Zheng Ming was not satisfied; his Cang Bear Body was his greatest advantage at present, with the Cang Bear Body, he had to maximize its use.

And the Great Success of the Bear King Fist, in the recent days of cultivation, he clearly felt he was about to touch it, but it seemed like there was a thin film preventing him from breaking through!

"The fact that you have cultivated the Bear King Fist to such a level is already a fulfillment of your master's expectations, but practicing alone will never be as efficient as having a sparring partner."

"I will now suppress my cultivation level to be the same as yours and use the Rank 10 lower-level martial arts skill Cloud Breaking Palm, to see if you can beat me."

Fu Yuqing, who floated gently down from a big tree, did not wait for Zheng Ming to respond. She waved her palm lightly and struck towards Zheng Ming.

Though Fu Yuqing's words were calm, her palm strike was merciless; Zheng Ming felt surrounded by her palm shadows, front, back, left, and right.

And in Fu Yuqing's eyes, Zheng Ming distinctly saw that this graceful woman clearly intended to give him a thorough beating.

With the same cultivation level and fist method of the same grade, Fu Yuqing's words kindled Zheng Ming's competitive spirit.

He did not reply, striking out with Bear King's Roar, the fists of the two collided in the void, Zheng Ming felt that Fu Yuqing had indeed controlled her power.

Iron Bear Crashing Tree, Wild Bear Palm, Bear King Roar...

The Bear King Fist in the Microcosmic Realm, combined with the moves from the Bear Hug Technique, came naturally to Zheng Ming; every punch he threw created explosive waves of air in the void!

But even so, in his competition with Fu Yuqing, he was still at a disadvantage. Zheng Ming could tell that her Cloud Breaking Palm wasn't much more sophisticated in terms of moves than his own Bear King Fist, but her technique was smooth and natural. Each of her punches often left Zheng Ming feeling like he was caught off guard.

No, I can't just admit defeat like this!

Fight, fight, fight!

Punch after punch, gradually, Zheng Ming had forgotten that he was in a fight. As he executed the Bear King Fist, he felt as if he had transformed into a giant bear, contending against enemies on the endless land.

Bear King's Three Leaps, Bear King's Whip Swing, Bear King Roar!

When Zheng Ming threw out another Bear King Roar, he had no idea that in the moment he swung his fist, the power in the void formed the shape of a Wild Bear Palm and heavily slapped down towards Fu Yuqing.

Fu Yuqing seemed to have an easy time at the start. Although she controlled her own strength and the martial arts skills she used, her perception far exceeded that of Zheng Ming.

With a fire in her heart, she prepared to give Zheng Ming a good lesson. Therefore, she didn't plan to defeat him at the start. She wanted to make this detestable guy suffer.

Thinking of this morning's events, Fu Yuqing's calm heart felt a grinding resentment.

But although she was fuming, she couldn't take out her anger on Zheng Xiaoxuan, who had spoken those words. This was also why she had come from afar to compete with Zheng Ming.

She was going to give this guy a good thrashing!

However, as Zheng Ming's fist technique grew stronger, Fu Yuqing's expression also began to turn solemn. Although she had many ways to cope with Zheng Ming's technique, relying just on Cloud Breaking Palm, she felt herself being increasingly pushed to her limits.

How could this be? If I were defeated by this brat, that would be a complete joke.

Just as Fu Yuqing resolved to defeat Zheng Ming early, Zheng Ming's Bear King Roar thundered over.

Watching the Wild Bear Palm take shape around Zheng Ming's fist from the void's power, Fu Yuqing couldn't help but express a trace of admiration—Zheng Ming had managed to break through to the Great Realm of his martial arts skill at this moment.

A Bear King Fist at the Great Realm, against her Cloud Breaking Palm at the Comprehension Stage, definitely couldn't be broken. Fu Yuqing looked at Zheng Ming's tense face and stretched out two delicate fingers, pointing towards Zheng Ming's fist.

Zheng Ming felt an incredibly sharp force transmitted from his fist to his body, and then his body was sent flying backward.

"This is also your Cloud Breaking Palm?" Zheng Ming glared at Fu Yuqing and said bitterly.

Although Fu Yuqing's power was incredibly sharp, it didn't cause much harm to Zheng Ming, just making him fall heavily to the ground.

A smile flashed in Fu Yuqing's eyes, "You believed what a woman said?"

Talking as she went, Fu Yuqing clapped her hands, leaving Zheng Ming with a graceful back. But just as she was about to leave the woods, she suddenly turned her head and said, "If you corrupt the kids again, be careful, I'll beat you up!"

Corrupting the kids, what situation was this?

Zheng Ming dusted his hands and stood up from the ground. Although Fu Yuqing, this girl, hadn't played by the rules, her challenge had helped his Bear King Fist breakthrough to the Great Realm.

It seemed he hadn't suffered much of a loss after all.

Just as Zheng Ming was considering whether to practice the Nine Shaking Mountain Breaking Technique right there, his older brother Zheng Heng came running over. Looking at Zheng Ming, Zheng Heng's face was full of curious expressions.

"Second brother, when you… when you speak to sis, be careful… don't teach bad habits to kids."

"Don't corrupt the kids again", what in the world was this all about? Zheng Ming glared fiercely at his elder brother and said, "Brother, make it clear, otherwise, let's have a go with Bear King Fist."

At the mention of Bear King Fist, Zheng Heng's complexion changed. These past days, every time he fought with Zheng Ming, he got so battered that he could hardly catch his breath.

Although they were executing the same Bear King Fist, he was the one always on the receiving end. Even though these were brotherly spars, he felt somewhat aggrieved.

"Second brother, mother asked me to tell you this... You... you don't know, today little sis followed Miss Fu to sell breakfast and in front of the entire town, praised Miss Fu for having a big chest and a round butt! Hahaha!"

After saying this, Zheng Heng couldn't help but burst into loud laughter. Being a straightforward person, the more he laughed, the less he could contain himself, ending up squatting on the ground.

This moment was when Zheng Ming finally understood why Fu Yuqing had been so proactive in challenging him. Thinking about the way his sister, Zheng Xiaoxuan, earnestly complimented Fu Yuqing, Zheng Ming also couldn't hold back his laughter.

It's just that he didn't know what Fu Yuqing's expression was at that time. Not being there was really regrettable.

Well, should he tempt his sister again and make the innocent girl repeat those words?

"By the way, dad asked me to call you over, our family's guest said they wanted to see you." After Zheng Heng stopped laughing, he remembered the real reason he came and quickly told Zheng Ming in a serious tone.

A guest wanted to see him, but he didn't know who this guest was since he had returned late the previous day. What did they want with him?

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