Peeping into the Immortal Road

Chapter 4 Five Realms of Martial Arts
The next day.

Because it is not certain when Li Gui, the young master of the Li family, will practice martial arts.

Ji Chang got up very early, before daybreak, and made breakfast while staring closely at the peeping screen.

In the picture in his mind, Li Gui was still lying in bed, sleeping comfortably.

He was covered with a brocade quilt made of the finest silk, which was as smooth as water and felt very good to the touch.

The bed is even more meticulously crafted, using precious wood and carved with intricate and elegant patterns.

On the low cabinet next to it are placed rare porcelains with exquisite paintings, showing a sense of luxury.

Ji Chang took another look at his simple residence. It was really true that comparing oneself with others would only make one angry.

By the time Ji Chang finished his breakfast, it was already dawn, but the young master of the Li family was still sleeping soundly in bed.

Ji Chang almost couldn't help but burst into cursing.

Didn’t Li Gui’s father look quite stern yesterday?

Why don’t you pull him out of bed and let him practice martial arts at this late hour?
Ji Chang was furious.

Probably a few quarters of an hour passed, and around noon, a pretty maid walked into Li Gui's room.

She was carrying a wooden tray with steaming tea and some exquisite snacks on it.

He walked into Li Gui's room with light steps and placed tea and snacks on the table beside him.

The maid walked to Li Gui's bedside, lowered her head and called softly, "Master, it's time to get up."

Then he reached out and gently shook Li Gui's body.

After hesitating for a long time, Li Gui finally woke up.

After waking up, he first reached out and pinched the maid's body, causing her to giggle.

Then he got up and sat on the bed, and started to eat breakfast with the help of the maid.

After wasting a lot of time, Li Gui finally changed his clothes and walked to the martial arts training ground in the front yard of the martial arts hall.

Through the moving images, Ji Chang was able to see the situation in the martial arts training ground.

Just like yesterday, in the martial arts training ground, twenty or thirty disciples were practicing some moves under the leadership of the middle-aged man whom Li Gui called the eldest brother.

The movements are uniform and the moves are quite sharp, which looks quite intimidating.

The only difference from before was that today, there was a burly old man with white hair standing in front of everyone.

It was Li Gui’s father, Li Ying, the owner of Black Mountain Martial Arts School.

When Li Ying saw Li Gui coming, he didn't say much. He just glanced at him, then turned around and walked towards the backyard with his hands behind his back.

Seeing this, Li Gui naturally followed closely.

Ji Chang naturally understood that this was going to be a lesson in real kung fu.

Not only Ji Chang, but also the middle-aged man known as the eldest senior brother understood this matter.

He looked at the father and son walking towards the backyard, his expression changed slightly, and he seemed to be a little dissatisfied.

However, except Ji Chang who was peeping at a few people, no one noticed the change in his expression.

After arriving at the backyard, Li Ying really began to teach martial arts.

Li Ying spoke slowly, his voice deep and powerful: "Gui'er, first demonstrate the Eagle Claw Skill to me to test its quality."

When Li Gui heard this, a hint of excitement and awe flashed in his eyes. He took a deep breath, then got into position and began to practice.

Don't judge a book by its cover. Although Li Gui is a playboy, he is quite good at using Eagle Claw Kung Fu.

To a layman like Ji Chang, it seems quite good.

At least it's much better than most of the people outside the martial arts arena just now.

But after Li Gui finished the rehearsal, Li Ying did not give him any praise or scolding.

Li Ying just began to explain the mystery of Eagle Claw Kung Fu in detail.

He pointed out that this skill is mainly based on strength and ferocity, emphasizing that the hands are like eagle claws, fast and sharp.

Then, he began to practice one move after another. His movements were as agile as an eagle and powerful. It was completely different from what Li Gui had just practiced.

Ji Chang took this opportunity to observe Li Ying's every move attentively, trying to understand the key points.

In addition to observation, Ji Chang also tried to imitate at home.

Although he was a little unfamiliar at first, he studied hard and listened to Li Ying's guidance to Li Gui, and gradually corrected and rectified his postures and movements.

I gradually mastered some of the essentials of Eagle Claw Kung Fu.

In the afternoon, after taking a short break after lunch.

Ji Chang originally planned to continue to spy on Li Ying's teaching to practice martial arts.

But unexpectedly, Li Gui did not continue to practice martial arts in the afternoon.

In the picture, Li Ying brought Li Gui to a side room.

In the middle of the side room, there was a wooden barrel that could accommodate two or three people.

In the room, many maids were pouring hot water into it.

The hot water filled the barrel about three-quarters full.

"You all go down."

As soon as I walked into the room, Li Ying's voice was heard.

The maids dared not disobey and immediately lowered their heads and walked out of the room.

"This is... a medicinal bath!"

Ji Chang looked at the scene in the picture, and suddenly an idea came to his mind.

At this time, Li Ying first checked the surroundings. After making sure that no one was peeping, he grabbed the medicinal herbs next to him and put them one by one into the pot at the side in a specific order to boil them into medicinal juice.

Then it was added to the wooden barrel in front of it to make a medicinal bath.
Ji Chang stared at Li Ying's movements intently, and wrote down every step he took on paper.

"Gui'er, come in quickly. This is the secret of our Li family - Five Element Bone Strengthening Soup!"

After making the medicinal bath, Li Ying looked at his son and pointed to the wooden barrel in front of him.

"Five-element bone-strengthening soup?"

There was a hint of confusion in Li Gui's eyes.

"Dad, aren't the secret medicines sold in our martial arts school all applied externally to the hands?"

"Why is this a medicinal bath?"

Li Gui was a little confused.

Li Ying looked at his son's confused expression and couldn't help but laugh: "Gui'er, do you know what level of skill our family's inherited Eagle Claw Skill is?"

"Dad, you are a master at the tendon-refining level. The Eagle Claw Technique passed down in our family is naturally a three-level training method that can be practiced to the tendon-refining level at least."

Li Gui said with some pride.

The five realms of martial arts are skin, flesh, tendons, bones and marrow.

A warrior who has reached the first level of the Refining Skin Realm is a master in the martial arts world.

A warrior who has reached the second level of flesh refining can be called a master.

Every warrior who has reached the third level of tendon refining is a first-rate master known throughout the martial arts world.

There are less than two hands number of masters at the fourth level of bone refining, even in the entire Zheng State martial arts world.

As for warriors who have reached the fifth level of marrow refining, they can be called legends in the martial arts world and are said to be comparable to the legendary immortal cultivators.

That is why Li Gui's face was filled with pride whenever he talked about the family-inherited Three-Refining Martial Arts.

But Li Ying suddenly said.

"Eagle Claw is just a common technique. After my improvement, it is at most a second-class training technique."

Li Gui was shocked when he heard this.

(End of this chapter)