infodatos Chapter 13.1 Shattering Porcelain with a Hammer, The Method of Refining the Spirit
Chapter 13.1 Shattering Porcelain with a Hammer, The Method of Refining the Spirit
Kong Ci's eyes narrowed slightly as he stared at the piece peeling away, as if an invisible hand was tearing apart a porcelain lotus, ripping it apart petal by petal.
"Click...click..."
With a shattering sound, the porcelain statue of the ghost god suddenly roared and shattered, leaving fragments scattered all over the ground.
Kong Ci appeared before the porcelain statue of the ghost god in an instant, and the laughter of the other apprentices in the courtyard also came to an abrupt end.
Clearly, they also noticed the shattered porcelain statue of the ghost god at that moment!
Even a porcelain statue of a ghost or god covered with seventy-two cracks might not break easily; it requires the use of porcelain-breaking techniques to shatter it!
However, this porcelain statue of a ghost and god... has only been hammered by Bu Che so far!
And it was only one hammer blow!
How did this porcelain statue of ghosts and gods break apart?
One hammer blow... and the porcelain was shattered?!
Countless doubts arose in the minds of each apprentice, and their previous laughter seemed utterly ridiculous at this moment.
Surprise, shock, bewilderment, jealousy... it seemed that all sorts of emotions surged into everyone's hearts in an instant!
How could that newbie possibly succeed on the first try and break the porcelain in one go?!
Kong Ci took a deep breath and walked to the shattered Ghost God Porcelain. After carefully counting the pieces, his pupils narrowed even more.
"Ah Che...how did you do that?"
Kong Ci didn't quite understand.
He picked up a shard of porcelain, but felt no chill or coldness, and his mind was completely unresponsive, indicating that the spirits within the porcelain statue had been erased.
"Although it's only the lowest grade, ninth-rank, inferior ghost-spirit porcelain, with only a few lingering ghostly thoughts remaining inside, it still requires vital energy to dissipate!"
Kong Ci squinted, recalling the action of Qi Che swinging the hammer earlier, and then noticed the details.
Bu Che's battle fist and hammer technique can generate force in a very respectable way!
He didn't think of Bu Che as someone who had mastered the basics of Zhan Shen Quan Hammer.
Even with Master Zhou's close instruction and exceptional talent, it would still take at least three days to master the basics of Zhan Shen Quan Chui (Battle Body Fist and Hammer).
Old Master Zhou certainly didn't have the patience for Bu Che, his new apprentice, so Bu Che had to figure it out on his own.
"Good lad! You've got some cleverness."
"The teacher said he had the body of a broken porcelain saint, I thought he was joking... I didn't expect it to be true."
Kong Ci praised it, and then ordered people to clean up the broken porcelain and send it to the pottery workshop to be ground into porcelain powder and mixed into the clay.
After thinking for a moment, Kong Ci went to the inner courtyard where Elder Zhou was.
The inner courtyard is where Master Zhou and his many disciples who have taken him as their master cultivate.
Kong Ci felt that he should mention this matter to Old Zhou.
Bu Che is a promising talent; perhaps he can be nurtured.
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The snowflakes fell heavily, pattering against the black-tiled roof with a dull thud.
Inside the training ground.
Bu Che was standing on plum blossom stakes, practicing stake training. Naturally, he couldn't neglect the stake training method of fighting with his fists and hammers.
Stepping onto the plum blossom stakes, he gripped his ten toes tightly, making his shoes stick to the stakes like suction cups. His body remained motionless, while his hands stretched out, grasping two stone locks.
His arms trembled uncontrollably, and Bu Che's face turned bright red, but he dared not slacken his efforts in the slightest.
Diligence surged forth from within him, as if carrying the weight of time, and gently swept over his body, making his muscles stronger and his bones more resilient!
Sweat trickled down his forehead, down his cheeks, and gathered into drops at the corner of his chin.
Bu Che's eyes were incredibly resolute. Perhaps the sword that had cut off "laziness" made Bu Che himself become more proactive and diligent.
It wasn't just the support of diligence, nor was it due to one's own hard work, but also because Bu Che felt that diligence... had become a very interesting thing.
It's like it's become a hobby.
"Unfortunately, Senior Brother Kong Ci won't let me break the porcelain... but it's not a big problem, I'll try again tomorrow."
"The main thing is that frequent cooling of the Dao Seed is very important."
Bu Che practiced his stance training while pondering the matter.
The broken porcelain can accelerate the cooling of the Dao Seed, which is very important to Bu Che because his time is too tight.
A cold, damp wind blew in, and Bu Che subconsciously looked up at the eaves in the distance.
Beneath the wailing, icicles hanging from it, a malevolent spirit, dressed in a crimson robe, wearing a glass official's hat, its porcelain body covered in cracks, holding a jade-like ingot, stared eerily at Bu Che with eyes that seemed to glow green.
The air seemed to be filled with eerie laughter.
Hey!
The ghost won't leave!
Bu Che was no longer afraid. Perhaps it was because he had seen so much that the fear in his heart had been dispelled.
However, as the evil thoughts of the ghosts and gods drew closer, Bu Che felt as if a sinister and bone-corroding aura was slowly enveloping his body.
"I'll devour you sooner or later!"
Bu Che secretly hardened his heart!
The more threatening the evil thoughts of ghosts and gods were, the closer they got, the more they fueled Bu Che's fighting spirit.
Bu Che continued his training until the apprentices at the Broken Porcelain Workshop dispersed, at which point he sat exhausted on the snow, panting heavily.
Kong Ci took out the money bag containing peace money and distributed it to the apprentices of the broken porcelain workshop in the courtyard.
"Our Broken Porcelain Workshop is a bit special, so the pay is better. Normally, apprentices in other workshops earn ten peace coins a day."
"And we, the apprentices of the Broken Porcelain Workshop, have twenty."
When it was Bu Che's turn, Kong Ci smiled and gave him a money bag.
Receiving money is always a happy experience. After opening the money bag and carefully counting it, listening to the metallic clinking of the coins, Bu Che's heart was filled with delight.
The feeling of making money is wonderful.
"Ah Che, once you become a full-time employee, the benefits at our Broken Porcelain Workshop will be truly excellent, far surpassing those of other workshops. You have to work hard!"
Kong Ci patted Bu Che on the shoulder.
"I saw the porcelain statue of the ghost god that you smashed with a single blow today."
"You must be feeling quite unwell, right? Even just a few ghostly thoughts impacting you is something most people can't withstand."
"The teacher said that you were haunted by evil thoughts but survived because your spirit was naturally strong, which allowed you to withstand the impact of the demonic thoughts within the porcelain statue and eventually shatter it..."
"You can go to the porcelain-breaking workshop to break porcelain every day from now on, but... you can only break one ghost-god porcelain statue per day, and you can't exceed that number."
"Once you exceed the limit, your spirit won't be able to handle it. I can't be by your side every time to protect you. If you damage your spirit, it will be a loss. Once you become a full-time employee, Elder Zhou will teach you the 'Spirit Refining Method.' Once you master the Spirit Refining Method, you can unleash your full power."
"Old Zhou won't show you any mercy; he'll just relentlessly put you under pressure! After all, our Broken Porcelain Workshop has always been short-handed."
Kong Ci's tone carried a hint of joking.
Bu Che's heart skipped a beat: "The Spirit Refining Technique?"
"Yes, martial arts are divided into internal and external skills. Qi and blood skills are only internal skills that mobilize qi and blood and refine blood and qi, while martial arts such as fighting body fist and hammer are external skills that refine the body and strengthen the body."
"The human spirit is the foundation for resisting the thoughts of ghosts and gods. Normally, the higher one's martial arts cultivation, the better one's spirit will be, but such improvement is negligible."
"The Spirit Refining Method allows martial artists to temper their spirit and extract martial intent!"
"Just as ghosts and gods possess will, we martial artists can also forge our own martial will!"
"Therefore, spiritual tempering mainly relies on the 'Spirit Refining Method,' which can only be taught by Elder Zhou if you become his disciple. The Spirit Refining Method... cannot be learned in other sects."
Kong Ci leaned closer and whispered in Bu Che's ear.
"The most important point..."
"If you want to become a porcelain master, the art of refining the spirit is of paramount importance!"