The melted moonlight shrouded the Cloud Rain Mountain Range like mercury.
On a low mountain peak in the periphery.
There were many simple stilt buildings built on the mountainside and the top of the mountain.
Weeds and vines grew everywhere and wild trees stood tall. The environment was dirty and messy. It was a mess.
This was one of the mountain peaks where Cloud Rain Sect's live targets rested.
A certain area on the mountain peak.
Dozens of stilt buildings formed a circle, forming an empty space of over ten acres in the middle.
In this open space, the clothes were hung out to dry, and in groups of three or four live targets were either standing or sitting.
Some of the live targets were sitting on round rocks. They were topless, chewing on herbs and wiping the bruises on their bodies, gritting their teeth in pain. Some of the live targets were cleaning their rattan armor. Some of them were holding clay bowls and eating.
The live targets were also chatting in groups of twos and threes.
"Today, I was almost crippled. That new disciple is so young, but his strength is like a landslide or tsunami, unparalleled. With just one punch, I felt as if the air around me was sucked out, and I was sent flying a dozen steps back. Even my rattan armor was almost destroyed.
It's too scary. Now that I think about it, I still have lingering fear. "
"Aiyoh, aiyoh, my old injuries are acting up again. It's painful and unbearable.
If only there was alcohol. I'll be able to fall asleep after drinking so that I won't have to suffer the pain. "
"Old Chen, you've finally made it. In a few more months, you'll be given a few acres of land and dozens of livestock. You might even be able to marry a wife and spend the rest of your life in the forest.
We're all envious of you. "
"Heh ~ ~ ~ It's hard to say.
I'll still have to endure a few more months of beatings. I wonder if I can make it through. "
…
In the middle of this empty space.
A slender figure was moving and leaping, punching and kicking out.
He seemed to be practicing some martial arts.
However, every move was weak and powerless. It was just for show.
"Phew!
Ha!
Hmph! "
Huo!
It was Xiao Han training.
Under the moonlight, Xiao Han exhaled and used his limbs to practice the basic body-tempering cultivation technique 'Raging Bull Bone Forging Fist' that Cloud Rain Sect disciples used to temper their bodies.
When a new disciple practiced this set of cultivation technique, the bones, tendons, and skin of their entire body would produce earth-shattering explosive sounds. Every move and every move would be like a wolf or a tiger, like a violent gale sweeping through, like a thunderbolt. However, when Xiao Han practiced it, it was not the same.
"Phew ~ ~ ~ ~" After a few moves, Xiao Han suddenly leaned back and laid down. He panted heavily and was sweating profusely.
He only felt that he was seeing stars, his head was dizzy, his legs were weak, and his strength was completely exhausted.
"No … No … I can't practice this' Raging Bull Bone Forging Fist '. My strength.
I have no hope in my life. "Xiao Han lamented in his heart.
"To temper the body, I Xiao Han. Xiao Han of Grass.
Every day, he had to eat fish and meat to absorb nutrients. He ate things like black-boned chicken, ginseng, deer antler, bird's nest, bear's paw, and Chinese knotweed as rice.
Moreover, he had to bathe in medicinal water and soak his body.
The most important thing was to take the pill.
I heard that when disciples are at the Tendon Refinement Stage, they have to eat large amounts of Tendon Refinement Pills and Skin Refinement Pills; and when they reach the Bone Refinement Stage, they have to take Bone Refinement Pills.
Only the combination of good food, medicinal baths, and medicinal pills could remove the impurities in the body, temper the body, strengthen the foundation, and clear the clotted blood.
Only when one's body is as strong as a tiger, the muscles and bones of the four limbs are full and powerful, and the ligaments are strong, can one cultivate the 'Barbaric Bull Bone Forging Fist' and further hone one's strength and bones. "
"My body is too weak. Even though I'm already familiar with the moves of this' Barbaric Bull Bone Forging Fist ', my body's quality can't keep up with it after just a little bit of practice, and my stamina will be overdrawn.
If you force yourself to cultivate, you'll end up crippling yourself. "
"If that White Tiger Bone Refining Pill hadn't been snatched away by that bastard Qi Shi, perhaps I would still have some hope in the martial way.
Forget it, forget it. Everything was settled. The matter of the pill being snatched was just like that.
No matter how much she hated him, it was useless.
If I, Xiao Han, really have the ability, then one day that bastard Qi Shi will fall into my hands. At that time, I'll make it difficult for him to live or die! "
"Xiao Han, why are you jumping around there every day?" A thirty year old live target walked over and said.
"Don't tell me you want to cultivate?
That's just wishful thinking!
Why don't you think about it, the leftover hogwash of those inner disciples is even more sumptuous than the food we eat.
Not to mention those miraculous pills.
You're just a blind man trying to light a candle in vain.
If you want to be a live target, then you must have the awareness of being a live target.
Don't mess around.
Being able to survive in this chaotic world is already not easy.
Look at me, I entered the sect as a live target when I was ten years old. Now that I'm thirty years old, if I endure for another year and a half, I'll be perfect.
At that time, I'll be allocated fertile land and livestock in the back mountain of the sect, and my life will be over just like that … "
"Xiao Han, you're so durable. You've been pierced through by the inner disciples time and time again, but you still didn't die.
You were born to be a live target.
Endure it and eight to ten years will be over.
Endure it and your life will be over just like that, "Another live target came over with a bowl of rice and said to Xiao Han as he ate.
"Serves you right to be live targets for the rest of your lives!" Xiao Han did not think much of it and did not say much to these two live targets.
In Cloud Rain Sect, most of the live targets had already lost their dignity. All they hoped for was to endure until they were in their thirties. As long as they did not die, they would be able to live a mediocre life.
In reality, Xiao Han knew that even if they were lucky enough not to be beaten to death during their lives as live targets, after being punched and kicked by the inner disciples for a long period of time, they would more or less be left with internal injuries. Their organs would dry up and their vitality would be damaged. Many retired live targets would be plagued with all sorts of illnesses the moment they reached middle age and die a horrible death.
"Alright, alright. Don't lecture me. I know what I'm doing." Xiao Han recovered a bit of strength and jumped up like a carp.
"Medicinal dregs, medicinal dregs, come and collect your medicinal dregs!" At this moment, a few old women carried baskets on their backs and dustpans in their hands as they walked into the area of stilt buildings.
The live targets ran over and grabbed the medicinal dregs from the old women's dustpans.
Xiao Han walked over in a few steps as well.
For live targets, medicinal dregs were the most precious resource.
These medicinal dregs were the leftovers of the inner disciples, outer disciples and inner disciples and could no longer be used for cultivation.
However, live targets could use medicinal dregs to boil into soup and bathe in it. It could be used to heal injuries and nourish the body, increasing one's physique and immunity.
Xiao Han lined up in front of an old woman and chuckled. He took off his clothes and grabbed a few handfuls of medicinal dregs from the dustpans. He wrapped them in his clothes and took them away.
After collecting the medicinal dregs, Xiao Han jogged back to his stilt building.
He boiled water and prepared the wooden bucket.
Before long, the medicinal dregs were boiled into a huge medicinal bath.
Xiao Han moved the wooden bucket filled with 'precious' medicinal liquid to a simple balcony outside. He took off his clothes and entered the wooden bucket.
The boiling hot medicinal liquid immediately enveloped Xiao Han, causing his entire body to completely relax. His limbs, bones, skin, skin, and bones felt as if they were soaking in a hot spring. It was warm and numb, giving off an indescribable feeling of comfort.
His body was nourished.
However, this comfortable and happy feeling only lasted for a short time before it disappeared without a trace.
The medicinal dregs' effects had already disappeared.
"Damn it, medicinal dregs are medicinal dregs. My body absorbed a little bit of energy and it completely lost its effect." Xiao Han sighed helplessly and looked at the starry night sky.
For a moment, he was stunned.
"Am I really going to be a live target here for the rest of my life?
Am I never going to return to Earth … Sigh … "Xiao Han's eyes blurred as he muttered to himself.
In fact, Xiao Han did not belong to this world.
He was a little otaku from Earth, China. Three years ago, because of a car accident, his soul crossed over to this world.
He possessed the body of a 'live target Xiao Han' with the same name and surname.
At that time, the 'live target Xiao Han' had his rattan armor destroyed by an inner disciple. His internal organs were smashed to pieces and there was no possibility of him surviving. Coincidentally, the 'transmigrator Xiao Han' had completed the possession before the 'live target Xiao Han' died.
From then on, the 'transmigrator Xiao Han' had inherited the memories of the 'live target Xiao Han' and the lowly 'live target' identity.
Because his soul had crossed over, Xiao Han's soul force was stronger than ordinary people. This made his reflexes a lot stronger than the 'live target Xiao Han'.
After recovering from his injuries, Xiao Han relied on his outstanding reflexes to dodge the punches and kicks of the inner disciples time and time again.
Later on, Xiao Han began to secretly learn the 'Raging Bull Bone Forging Fist'. Although he did not really master it, it improved his body coordination and increased his physical fitness. When dodging the attacks of the inner disciples, Xiao Han could make some difficult dodging moves, such as' Iron Bridge ',' Fall to the ground ',' Side Roll ',' Somersault 'and so on.
Xiao Han took a bath and let his imagination run wild for a while. Then he climbed out of the wooden tub and wiped his body. He was not in a hurry to put on his clothes. Instead, he walked to a wooden bed in the corner of the room and crouched down. He pulled out a rough stone jar from under the bed.
The stone jar was covered with a green stone slab. It seemed that there was some treasure hidden in the jar.
Xiao Han rubbed his hands and lifted the green stone slab. He reached in and felt around for a while before taking out an old parchment.
Under the dim light of the oil lamp, Xiao Han carefully looked at the parchment in his hand.
This parchment already had rough edges. It was soft and had a yellowish luster. It looked like an antique. On the parchment, there were some crooked words written on it. There were also three pictures.
These three pictures were of three naked men with strange postures. On each picture, there were some red lines moving like tadpoles. There were also some words written on the side.
The words were dim and could only be faintly discerned.
"Divine Art of Taking a Beating …" Xiao Han licked the corner of his mouth.
"Damn, I thought it was some kind of unparalleled divine art. For the past two years, I have been training hard every night. I didn't expect that it was just a trick. Apart from being able to take a beating, there is nothing else!"
This parchment was found two years ago when Xiao Han was helping the old woman in the mountains. When he went down the mountain to buy winter clothes, he passed by a deserted town and found it in a dilapidated thatched cottage.
At that time, Xiao Han felt as if he had found a treasure. He thought that he had picked up some kind of peerless secret martial art. Once he started cultivating it, he would be invincible and could sweep through the world.
He was so excited that he couldn't control himself.
After returning to his residence, Xiao Han used all the time he could spare to study the patterns and words on the parchment, forgetting to eat and sleep.
However, the so-called 'peerless divine art' recorded on this parchment was only a remnant and not complete. Or, it could be said that this was not a 'peerless divine art' at all.
In the past two years, Xiao Han had been training hard day and night. His strength hadn't even increased by one and a half kilograms. He hadn't even reached the 'Nourishing Realm', 'Skin Refining Realm' or 'Bone Refining Realm' that the new disciples had mentioned …
The only gain was that he had mysteriously become very resistant to taking a beating.
Every time he cultivated the three pictures on the parchment, his resistance to taking a beating seemed to increase a little.
In the past two years, Xiao Han's rattan armor had been broken several times by the top new disciples.
Logically speaking, once the rattan armor was broken, the living target's body wouldn't be able to withstand the heavy blows of the new disciples.
As long as the rattan armor was broken, the living target would either vomit three liters of blood and die on the spot or return to his residence with severe injuries. He would be bedridden from then on. Not long after, he would become as thin as a stick and his life would be completely cut off.
However, every time Xiao Han's rattan armor was broken, he wouldn't die. At most, his wounds would bruise and swell, and he would recover after a while.
"Motherf * cker ~ ~ ~" Xiao Han stretched out his hand and touched the big black bruise on his chest. It was so painful that he took a deep breath.
This was the masterpiece that Qi Shi had left on his body today.
If it was any other living target, they would definitely die after being hit by Qi Shi. However, Xiao Han didn't have to worry about his life.
"It hurts, it hurts so much ~ ~ Motherf * cker, no matter how good I am at taking a beating, I will still be beaten to death one day."
Xiao Han was so angry that he threw the parchment in his hand away.
After a while, he let out a heavy sigh. He walked over and bent down to pick up the parchment carefully. He mocked himself.
"Forget it, forget it. If I didn't have this' Peerless Godly Technique ', I would have died eight or ten times already."
Xiao Han put the parchment back into the stone jar, covered it with the limestone and hid it under his bed.
Soon after, he went to the balcony and used the moonlight to cultivate the three pictures and three movements on the parchment.
Take a deep breath, spread your legs naturally to the width of your shoulders, point your toes forward, knees straight, hands hanging naturally by your sides … palms facing inwards, hands facing outwards, eyes lightly closed … Place the tip of your tongue against the roof of your mouth and relax your entire body.
His expression was serene, he eliminated all distracting thoughts, focused his thoughts, and breathed naturally …
Soon, Xiao Han was completely immersed in a strange state, almost forgetting about himself and everything else.
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