Chapter 108 - 97: Golden Bell Shield, Hua Jin Minor Achievement_2
Feels good, keep on improving!
[Golden Bell Shield upgraded to Master Level, 2.6 million Fan Value consumed]
That’s right, upgrading the Golden Bell Shield to Master Level is more expensive than upgrading Xingyi Fist to Master Level, probably because advancing Xingyi Fist to Master Level only enhances control over the muscles and bones of the body, whereas the Golden Bell Shield at Master Level not only enhances the control over Qi and blood but also boosts the strength of Qi and blood, muscle bone power, and muscle strength, equivalent to a buy-one-get-three deal, which is why it’s much more expensive.
After Wu Li upgraded the Golden Bell Shield to Master Level, that swollen muscle feeling from before actually faded away, and his body seemed no different from before.
However, at the whim of a thought, Wu Li almost subconsciously transferred his Qi and blood, and his right arm suddenly swelled, growing thicker, the surface of his skin turning a bluish-black with patterns like special marble veins.
In movies, practitioners of the Golden Bell Shield often have a bronze complexion, and their bodies turn golden when operating their power, but in reality, when the Golden Bell Shield is cultivated to great success, the body should exhibit the bluish-black skin seen on Wu Li now; this is the result of an extreme abundance of Qi and blood. If he stood under the sun, from a distance, it would indeed give off a glinting golden impression, hence the name Golden Bell Shield.
"Qi Blood Transfer, full-body Energy Transfer, Power merges and completes a circle, ready to react at any stimulus... So that’s how it is," Wu Li murmured to himself.
He had assumed this martial art was merely a simple defensive skill, but he didn’t expect that at higher levels it actually involved the concept of Hua Jin.
Thinking about it, the Golden Bell Shield was initially inspired by the Sutra of Marrow Cleansing, and Xingyi Fist’s Bone and Muscle Strengthening eventually lead to the Bone Marrow, which comes from the Sutra of Marrow Cleansing; evidently, the two are related.
The Ming Jin, Dark Force, and Hua Jin of Xingyi Fist actually correspond perfectly to Bone Strengthening, Muscle Strengthening, and Bone Marrow during practice; Wu Li can now easily control Muscle Bone Power, Dark Force is more or less at Great Success; his technique in Ming Jin martial arts, after fourteen years of hard practice, has turned pure and efficient, also considered Great Success; only Hua Jin, Wu Li has not yet dabbled in.
Although Ming, Dark, and Hua Jin are not hierarchical in terms of strength, in terms of the difficulty of beginning, Ming Jin is the easiest to grasp, Dark Force next, and Hua Jin the hardest, which is why Xingyi Fist begin easy and get harder, starting with Ming Jin, then Dark Force, and finally Hua Jin.