Chapter 90: Chapter 87 Another Year In the courtyard. Gu Sheng was practicing his fist technique, his face showing no emotion, displaying a unique charm between movement and stillness, sometimes striking like thunder, sometimes as if embracing a stone sinking into the sea, giving a violent impact like a rock shaking a river. After reaching the Perfect realm of the Iron Stone Fist. Gu Sheng’s understanding of the fist skill had thoroughly extended, and now if he were to train with another fist skill, the progress would definitely far exceed his previous speed. This is the foundation of martial arts. Gu Sheng always felt that every martial art he learned was invisibly deepening his foundation, even if he would never use Iron Stone Fist again in the future, it laid a foundation for him. "The power of Iron Stone Fist is not bad, the only regret is that the refining of the skin and muscles is not thorough enough, only making the fists and arms the most resilient, and it will affect the speed of Blood Refining and bone strengthening in the future." Gu Sheng frowned slightly. Upon reaching the Jade Skin Realm, he would need to use Blood Nourishing Powder for medicinal baths, to reforge the body and flesh, allowing the body’s blood and flesh to completely transform, the better the transformation of the skin and flesh, the better the efficiency of future medicinal baths, but Iron Stone Fist is only a third-rate martial art. If it were second-rate body refining martial arts or even first-rate, the skin and muscles would be uniform, not only would there be no flaws in combat power at the same stage, but subsequent breakthroughs would also be quicker. "Unfortunately, in Canghe County, there are no reports of any second-rate martial arts coming out, let alone first-rate ones." "I need to plan ahead, slowly collect a few body refining martial arts focusing on other parts, such as leg skills and the like, and practice them together when the time comes, which in some way can reach the level comparable to first-rate martial arts!" "Others may not achieve Great Success even with a lifetime of training in one martial art, but I’m different. In a short time, I can achieve Perfect, and the more I practice, the faster it becomes, which is a highly feasible thing for me." Gu Sheng slowly exhaled white breath, which condensed into an arrow in the cold air, shooting out half a zhang away. He looked at the secret manuals placed on the table. It was the ’Snake-shaped Fist’ obtained from Du Jiangbo, also a fist skill type of body refining martial art, overlapping with Iron Stone Fist, so Gu Sheng did not intend to practice it for now, at most to enhance his foundation by looking at it. For now, unless he gets other body refining martial arts for different parts or other suitable weapon-type martial arts, he would focus all his energy on Iron Stone Fist, pushing it to the limit before considering anything else. He understood the principle of not biting off more than he can chew. A martial art with special effects achieved is far more helpful to him than two martial arts at the Perfect realm, with a greater increase in combat power. "If in the future, I push Iron Stone Fist to the limit, maybe I can practice Snake-shaped Fist to enrich my strategies against opponents." Gu Sheng casually put away the secret manual, which was temporarily not to be sold, to avoid drawing trouble like the remaining jewelry and treasures from Li Yu, to be set aside for now. "Continue to practice!" After a short rest, Gu Sheng continued his arduous practice. Now with abundant money, he indulged himself by using ten portions of body refining ointment a month, instantly boosting his training efficiency another level. If he spared no expense, using thirty portions of body refining ointment a month, Gu Sheng might be able to break through to the Jade Skin Realm by the end of the year. But in doing so, those hundred-plus taels of silver would be nearly exhausted. The subsequent breakthrough to the Blood Refining Realm would have no funds available, Gu Sheng was not short-sighted and naturally would not act impulsively just for temporary pleasure, opting for the best resource allocation comprehensively. This way, it would only be slightly over a month slower in advancing to the Jade Skin Realm, which is totally acceptable. Hoohoohoo! The wind from his punches whistled, power seeping through his arms and fists, continuously refining the skin and flesh all over his body. With the Perfect realm of Iron Stone Fist and tenfold power, plus ten portions of body refining ointment per month, Gu Sheng’s efficiency in refining skin and flesh was several times that of someone with similar aptitude! 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢 This constant feedback and progress were deeply captivating. Gu Sheng was completely immersed in the world of training, oblivious to the outside world. After resolving the matter with Li Yu, peacefully practicing at home was the best choice, waiting for the waves of that incident to pass completely. ... At a Black Sand Gang stronghold. Pavilions stood in rows, with courtyards scattered in a well-organized manner, and from time to time, fierce-looking gang members came and went. Black Sand Gang. It claimed to have three thousand members, and to be selected by the Black Sand Gang, at the very least, required being a daring outlaw, among which were nearly three hundred martial artists, which was the strong foundation that allowed it to leech off the villages and forts around. Since last year’s county city war cleared out many competitors, Black Sand Gang had quickly grown, even County Magistrate Liu Yuanhu was quite wary. A luxurious building at the very center. Han Lu was kneeling in front of a back figure, immensely fierce outside, but now his head hung low, barely daring to breathe. "Do you realize your mistake?" The low voice filled with anger sounded, the figure behind him suddenly turned around, glaring at the kneeling Han Lu like a fierce tiger, a man with a murderous look, though his appearance was rather plain, the murderous aura radiated was enough to make ordinary people tremble with fear! It was none other than the Black Sand Gang Leader, Zhao Honglie! Han Lu’s body trembled violently, his head hung even lower. "Boss, I know I was wrong; I shouldn’t have sent people to hunt down Du Jiangbo." "You know shit!" Zhao Honglie swung his hand violently, slapping Han Lu upside down, half of his face swollen and raised high. "Do you know that Liu Yuanhu is constantly watching us, and yet you, for personal desires, mobilize the gang to set up checkpoints throughout Canghe County’s territory? What? Are you trying to tell Liu Yuanhu that our Black Sand Gang no longer regards him?"