EFB Chapter 6 Ghostly Martial Master, Battle Body Fist and Hammer
Chapter 6 Ghostly Martial Master, Battle Body Fist and Hammer
What unclean thing?
Bu Che's hair stood on end!
Turning around in an instant, he looked behind him and his pupils shrank. About ten feet away, he saw a figure dressed in a bright red robe, holding a gold ingot and a ruyi scepter, standing silently in the shadow of the eaves.
That ninth-rank Earthly Deity whose soul he had drained?!
Hey!
The moment Bu Che was startled, 36,000 goosebumps appeared on his skin, and the hot sweat on his back instantly turned into cold sweat!
It's not a hallucination!
It turns out that what he saw before was not an illusion after all!
That deity in Xiali Village had its earth spirit soul drained by the "Baque Sword" and transformed into a ghost god with the energy of the Baque Sword!
They actually caught up!
A gloomy feeling immediately settled over Bu Che's heart. A sense of urgency, like a wet rag, instantly enveloped his mouth and nose, making him feel suffocated and unable to breathe.
"Hehehe...did you break a porcelain statue of a ghost or god?"
A hoarse voice came from the old man leaning on a cane. His right eye was strange, gleaming with an eerie purple light.
"It seems so..."
Bu Che forced a response.
The broken sword drained the earth god's soul... The ghost god porcelain statue shattered on its own, so it should also be counted as him breaking it, right?
"Don't worry, this evil spirit won't devour you for now."
"When the porcelain statue shatters, ghosts and spirits emerge."
"Porcelain statues are like bodies built by ghosts and gods in the human world. Broken porcelain is like killing ghosts and gods. People enter the gates of hell seven days after death. When the porcelain statues of ghosts and gods are broken, it is as if the ghosts and gods have died again. Therefore, there is a saying that ghosts and gods roam the human world for seven days to seek out and devour broken porcelain statues."
The old man's voice was hoarse, like the sound of broken porcelain shards slowly rubbing against a hard brick floor.
However, the old man's words made Bu Che's heart sink to the bottom.
Understood.
Suddenly, Bu Che understood everything!
No wonder Xue Chenggui, the manager, was unwilling to even enter the broken porcelain workshop; he didn't want to be tainted by bad luck!
After all, the porcelain-breaking workshop is likely to be frequented by evil spirits and malevolent thoughts, and its atmosphere will be filled with their evil energy!
If you step into the Broken Porcelain Workshop and become tainted by some kind of evil spirit, you'll be targeted...
Although a Ghost God Martial Master can obliterate the thoughts of ghosts and gods with their blood and qi, it's essentially the same as getting into trouble for nothing.
Bu Che's expression turned grim, and he couldn't help but ask, "Senior... does the Broken Porcelain Workshop no longer need ghost and spirit porcelain statues to receive ghost and spirit thoughts?"
The old man gave Bu Che a strange look: "That's natural... The Broken Porcelain Workshop is a place for broken porcelain, so it's natural that intact porcelain statues that can hold the thoughts of ghosts and gods cannot be placed there."
"Alright, little one, come in."
"The malevolent spirit behind you is probably only just born; you still have plenty of time."
"With each passing day, he will move one zhang closer. On the seventh day, he will instantly appear within one zhang of you. That will be the true moment of life and death."
The old man squinted his purplish eyes and chuckled softly.
"Senior, is there... a way to save us?"
Bu Che quickly clasped his hands in a fist salute.
The old man chuckled, "No need to call me senior. I'm the owner of the Broken Porcelain Workshop. You can just call me Owner Zhou, or Old Zhou, it's fine."
"Elder Zhou, my name is Bu Che, and I am a newly signed apprentice at the Broken Porcelain Workshop!"
Bu Che took a deep breath and clasped his hands in a gesture of respect.
"Not bad, the little guy has a good attitude. In our line of work, you have to have a good attitude. If you have a bad attitude, you'll be weak and vulnerable to evil spirits and demons."
Old Zhou smiled.
Come, follow me.
Old Zhou, leaning on his cane, turned and entered the broken porcelain workshop.
Bu Che didn't hesitate and followed.
They come, the security.
Since the Broken Porcelain Workshop can keep people alive, there must still be a glimmer of hope.
But Bu Che's main source of confidence came from the Baque Sword in his mind, which could absorb the thoughts of ghosts and gods.
Even though this world is dangerous and unpredictable, and even though he has to walk on thin ice at all times, Bu Che still wants to live!
Old Zhou didn't say much or introduce anything. After entering the Broken Porcelain Workshop, the interior space was very large, and the old man and the young man quickly arrived at an old but spacious and clean courtyard.
The courtyard was very large, and it was furnished with many things, such as stone blocks, stone locks, plum blossom stakes, wooden dummy stakes, and so on.
"This is a martial arts training ground. The Broken Porcelain Workshop does not place porcelain statues of ghosts and gods to receive their thoughts. In fact, breaking porcelain can attract evil thoughts from ghosts and gods."
"Because it's meaningless. When you successfully break the porcelain, the evil thoughts of the ghosts and gods in the porcelain statue will eventually impact your spirit. At that point, they will identify with you because you have become tainted by karma."
"Therefore, even if there are porcelain statues of ghosts and gods, they cannot contain the evil thoughts of ghosts and gods; you can only rely on yourself... to bear it."
In the courtyard, Old Zhou leaned on his cane with his hands folded, looked calmly at Bu Che, and said.
"Carry it yourself?"
"right."
"What if they can't hold on?"
"Naturally, it means death."
Mr. Zhou spoke calmly.
He gave Bu Che a strange look: "Didn't you come to the Broken Porcelain Workshop because you were desperate? If you weren't desperate... who would come to break porcelain?"
"Breaking porcelain is playing with your life."
Bu Che was speechless for a moment. He was indeed desperate, which was why Master Xu recommended the folk kiln broken porcelain workshop.
He wasn't even qualified to visit the official kiln's broken porcelain workshop.
"Of course, it's not about stubbornly enduring it, but about learning martial arts to endure it."
"When ghosts and spirits fall and transform into evil thoughts, that is Yin; when qi and blood flow in the human body, that is Yang. Only when Yin and Yang counteract each other can one live."
"Didn't you receive a copy of the Xue Family Qi and Blood Technique? If you cultivate according to the Qi and Blood Technique, although the Xue Family Qi and Blood Technique isn't a top-tier technique, it's still quite complete and sufficient for building a foundation."
Old Zhou spoke calmly.
"I won't give you any pointers on Qi and Blood cultivation. Just practice it step by step on your own. It depends on your talent. The sooner you get started, the sooner you'll have the means to survive."
"You bear the evil thoughts of a ninth-rank ghost god. If you cannot cultivate your Qi and Blood Technique to the basics within seven days, you will surely die."
"Only after you've entered the gate will you have the chance to fight against the evil thoughts of ghosts and spirits."
Old Zhou's cloudy gaze fell on Bu Che, and he spoke in a deep voice.
"I will teach you martial arts, also known as 'fighting techniques'. Martial arts, martial arts, martial arts comes first, and technique comes second. If you don't master the fighting techniques, no matter how high your qi and blood cultivation is, it will be useless. It will just mean that when your head is chopped off, the blood will spray out higher."
Bu Che: "..."
Old Zhou seemed amused by his own words and shook his head: "Young man, since you've chosen to break porcelain, then the method I'll teach you will be the hammer method."
"To shatter porcelain with a hammer, one's fist can become a hammer, and one can grasp a solid hammer."
After Zhou finished speaking, he gently tossed his cane, which shot out like an arrow and embedded itself in the earthen wall three zhang away.
"This fighting style is called 'Battle Body Fist Hammer.' To be frank, what I'm teaching you now is only an incomplete version, since you're still just a broken porcelain apprentice and in the assessment period."
"If you can be promoted to a full-fledged porcelain breaker, I will formally teach you the 'Primordial Battle Body Hammer'!"
"Old Zhou said."
Upon hearing this, Bu Che's expression tightened, but he dared not voice any objection.
Old Zhou ignored Bu Che and leaped onto the plum blossom stakes.
"Martial arts cultivation is boundless. Ghost and God Martial Master is just a general term. Their realm can be divided into 'Ghost Martial' and 'God Martial'."
"Most Ghost Martial Artists, even after devoting their entire lives, are stuck at the first level of 'Ghost Martial,' let alone the 'Divine Martial' level that is called Grandmaster."
"The first realm of Ghost Martial Arts is 'Body Refinement,' which involves refining the skin, muscles, bones, and internal organs. It uses Qi and Blood Techniques to circulate the body's Qi and blood, generating Yang energy through boiling blood. Combined with martial arts techniques, it transforms into power that merges with the thoughts of ghosts and gods, forging the physique!"
"Therefore, body refinement is divided into four stages: Boiling Blood, Entering Strength, Internal Strengthening, and Merging Thought. Only those who break through these four stages can be considered to have successfully refined their bodies and can be formally called Ghost God Martial Masters!"
"Returning to the topic of fighting techniques, any fighting technique requires training both the upper and lower body. The upper body is the body, and the lower body is the stance. For those of us who practice hammer techniques, the lower body must be stable, as stable as a mountain, so that the hammer cannot be struck. This is the foundation."
"If your lower body is unstable, and you throw a punch, your body will fall apart first, which is no different from seeking death."
Old Zhou looked at Bu Che, whose frail body took two steps on the plum blossom stakes, and then his feet seemed to grip the stake surface.
"Now I will teach you the stance training method. Stand on two plum blossom stakes, knees slightly bent and not extending past the toes, shoulders relaxed and elbows dropped, chest lifted and breath contained, Baihui point supporting a thousand pounds, hands clasped like clouds, mind focused, inhale and exhale evenly and deeply through the nose, when inhaling the breath sinks to the Dantian, when exhaling the breath circulates!"
Bu Che listened attentively, not daring to be careless in the slightest, after all, this concerned his very survival.
Old Zhou gave the instructions three times in a row, and then jumped off the plum blossom stakes.
"Things shouldn't happen more than three times. I've already said my piece. Whether you can learn from this is up to you."
"Besides stance training and qi and blood training, the practice of hammer techniques also requires finger and palm training. I will teach you the finger and palm training methods as well."
After teaching the finger and palm technique three times, Master Zhou stopped.
"Did you learn it?"
"Old Zhou asked."
"No." Bu Che honestly shook his head.
"It's normal that you haven't learned it. Martial arts training requires comprehension and innate talent, and I can tell at a glance that you lack both."
"He's not particularly strong either, probably because he hasn't been eating good meat for years."
"If you don't eat well, you can forget about mastering martial arts. A martial artist must never neglect his own appetite."
Old Zhou said calmly.
"Alright, I've taught you. This is the task the Xue family assigned to me. I've finished it. Now, let me take you to meet the other people at the Broken Porcelain Workshop. Follow me."
Old Zhou picked up his cane again and walked slowly ahead, while Bu Che was taken aback upon hearing this.
Are there other people at the Broken Porcelain Workshop?
Along the way, he hadn't seen anyone else, so Bu Che thought he was the only one at Broken Porcelain Workshop.
Following closely behind Master Zhou, we passed through a much smaller porcelain archway and arrived at a spacious courtyard.
The walls covered with tiles are as smooth as a mirror.
"This is the heart of Broken Porcelain Workshop, and also the most important place, the Broken Porcelain Courtyard."
Old Zhou didn't reply, but said one sentence and stepped into the courtyard.
There were more than a dozen figures in the courtyard.
In front of each person was a porcelain statue of a ghost or deity covered in cracks.
woohoo-
A cold wind swept through the courtyard, and Bu Che felt a chill run through his body.
"This is the Land of Broken Porcelain, divided into inner and outer courtyards. The place you are standing on right now is the outer courtyard. These people are all Broken Porcelain apprentices who, like you, have nowhere else to turn."
"From the moment these people step into the Broken Porcelain Workshop, they have thirty days to practice martial arts and try to break porcelain. If they succeed in breaking porcelain and withstand the ghostly thoughts emanating from the broken porcelain, they can enter the inner courtyard and become formal porcelain breakers. They also have the opportunity to be taken under my wing."
"Old Zhou said, then glanced at Bu Che."
"Alright, find a place to cultivate on your own. Whether you go to the training ground outside or try your hand at breaking porcelain in this Broken Porcelain Courtyard, it's up to you."
"If you can live, then live; if you can't, then it's just bad luck."
Old Zhou shook his head and said nothing more. He hummed a little tune and headed towards the inner courtyard.
"By the way, someone will take you to your lodgings later. Porcelain apprentices are not allowed to live in the Porcelain Workshop."
"Bang--!"
The doors were closed, and Old Zhou's figure could no longer be seen.
At this moment, the apprentices in the courtyard who had broken porcelain all turned their gazes toward Bu Che.
Many people had a hint of schadenfreude in their eyes, clearly having heard what Old Zhou said about Bu Che only having seven days to live.
People with bad luck can only feel better when they see others with even worse luck than themselves.
No one approached Bu Che to chat; everyone was pressed for time.
After thinking about it, Bu Che decided not to stay in the Broken Porcelain Courtyard.
If you want to break porcelain, just grab a recycled, dilapidated porcelain statue of a ghost or deity and try to break it.
However, Bu Che resisted the urge.
Resist the urge to let the "Flawless Ancient Sword" absorb the spirit of the demons from the porcelain statue...
After all, based on the experience from last time, once the porcelain statue has absorbed all the ghostly thoughts within it, it will shatter!
Breaking porcelain on the very first day is truly an exaggeration!
Bu Che left the Broken Porcelain Courtyard and returned to the deserted training ground.
woohoo-
The snow, which had paused for half a day, began to fall again.
"Do I only have seven days left?"
The ever-approaching evil spirits bring a crisis as deep as a bone-deep infection!
Bu Che looked up, and a cold snowflake landed on the tip of his nose, slowly melting into liquid with his body heat.
The world was silent, except for the thunderous sound of a heart pounding and pumping blood.
next moment.
Bu Che's gaze towards Fei Xue shimmered with light.
[Sow diligently, cultivate diligence; let diligence continue; ten years of diligence, may it be blessed.]
"call--"
Snowflakes swirled in his face, and Bu Che exhaled a breath of hot air, which appeared as white as mist in the cold winter.
The urge to work hard within me seems about to burst forth!
"Master Xu, please help me!"