Conflict

Zhou You gently tapped the back of the Ferocious Tiger Fist after calming himself down.

The martial arts points disappeared, and the compatibility numbers behind the Ferocious Tiger Fist blurred before becoming clear again.

From 37% to 49%.

It increased by 12% and more than 30%!

Zhou You closed the panel and took a few deep breaths to calm himself down.

He began to cultivate the Iron Skin Technique.

The defense of the basic Iron Skin Technique was as high as 500 kilograms. Previously, the Iron Skin Technique had contributed greatly to taking the masked Bone Forging martial artist's attack head-on.

The defense of the first level of the Iron Skin Technique would definitely be stronger.

Moreover, cultivating the Iron Skin Technique could increase his strength.

With greater strength, his attack speed and explosive power would also increase at the same time.

Now, Zhou You had mastered three internal force martial arts.

The Ferocious Tiger Fist was his main cultivation technique. It was focused on attacking.

Not only could the Ferocious Tiger Fist be cultivated to the Greater Mastery Stage of Visceral Tempering, but it was also a symbol of status that could not be abandoned in a short period of time.

Master Lu treated him very well. It was impossible for him to abandon the Five Tigers Sect.

His secondary cultivation was Iron Skin Technique, which focused on defense.

He cultivated the Golden Swallow Technique which focused on speed.

As for the other internal force martial arts, although they had many merits, they were not as outstanding as these three in all aspects. He could only temporarily put aside their cultivation.

Martial arts was about quality and not quantity.

Zhou You kept adjusting his breathing and his body trembled slightly. He used the unique circulation method of the Iron Skin Technique and began to condense the internal force in his body to stimulate his skin.

Hiss!

Hiss!

The membrane on his entire body vibrated violently, emitting a sucking sound as if his body was… leaking air.

Wisps of white smoke rose from his body and dispersed into the air. The surrounding temperature rose slightly.

The Iron Skin Technique was domineering and violent. It instantly broke through the seal of the skin membrane, and a large amount of blood and Qi seeped out of his body.

After cultivating for less than half an hour, he felt a faint emptiness in his body. Zhou You frowned and stopped cultivating.

He took out a bottle of Blood Strengthening Pills and swallowed them. A warm current slowly rose from his lower abdomen.

Only then did Zhou You have the time to check his body. His skin was flushed red and was slowly fading.

With two fingers on his left hand, he touched the skin on his right arm. It was a little rough and hard, and it felt slightly insensitive.

The degree was not very obvious. It would not affect his medicine refining.

After the blood and Qi pierced through the skin, it began to nourish and strengthen the skin.

If he cultivated for a long time, he might really grow a layer of hard skin and shed it.

However, the consumption of the Iron Skin Technique was beyond imagination.

The consumption of the first level was far greater than the consumption of the third level of the Ferocious Tiger Fist.

In that case, with the medicinal pills and resources he had obtained from Master Lu, he could at most maintain two hours of cultivation a day.

He would practice the Ferocious Tiger Fist for six hours.

No wonder it took ten years for the Iron Skin Technique to be successful.

Next, Zhou You prepared to practice the Ferocious Tiger Fist for an hour every day to deal with Master Lu's inspection.

After cultivating the Iron Skin Technique for nearly two hours, he first raised it to the second level.

It was not that he could not extend his cultivation time, but he needed higher-level medicinal pills.

Even with Master Lu's wealth, it was impossible for him to supply it to him indefinitely.

Zhou You calculated that he needed at least five bottles of Tiger Bone Pills every month, which was worth 1,500 taels.

The Tiger Bone Pill was originally a Bone Forging Pill. It was actually a waste for him to use it previously, but Master Lu did not care.

Now that he had entered the Bone Forging realm, he could continue to use it. There weren't many Bone Forging Pills in the world whose medicinal efficacy surpassed his.

As for the entire Ferocious Tiger Fist Dojo, the tuition fees of the outer courtyard apprentices, the income from missions as escort guards, the affiliate fees from merchant caravans, the income from selling medicine in the apothecary… The total income was not small, but the profit would not exceed 3,000 taels.

If half of it fell into Master Lu's hands, it would be equivalent to giving it all to him.

The dojo was not a profitable business to begin with.

The Ferocious Tiger Fist Dojo was a subsidiary of the Five Tigers Sect, so they could not take advantage of them.

Previously, he had heard Eldest Senior Brother and the others chatting about the sect tournament. Many small town branches were so shabby that they completely relied on the medicinal pills and resources given by the headquarters to survive.

The headquarters occupied a province and was rich and imposing. Even if they added up the 300 plus Ferocious Tiger Fist Dojos, they could not compare to the headquarters.

Although Mengyang City was prosperous, it did not have much to do with the Ferocious Tiger Fist Dojo. Most of the income would belong to the Meng family.

For an external force like the four dojos to allow you to open a dojo and take in disciples, it was on account of your own backing.

After setting up a cultivation plan for a period of time in the future, Zhou You opened the interface and his eyes suddenly froze.

The proficiency of the Iron Skin Technique had increased.

However… the compatibility of the Ferocious Tiger Fist had actually decreased by 1% to 48%.

Not only the Ferocious Tiger Fist, but the compatibility of the Golden Swallow Technique had also decreased by 1%!

What was going on?!

His stamina had already recovered quite a bit, and his research was fruitless. He began to practice the Ferocious Tiger Fist.

As he cultivated, he carefully sensed the changes in his body.

A moment later, Zhou You stopped and raised his hand to take a closer look. He pinched his body and frowned.

The skin membrane that had become slightly harder after cultivating the Iron Skin Technique had become soft again after cultivating the Ferocious Tiger Fist. The agile feeling in his hands had also returned.

Had it just… dispersed the results of the Iron Skin Technique's cultivation?

He opened the interface and took a look.

As expected, the compatibility between the Ferocious Tiger Fist and Golden Swallow Technique had recovered.

The compatibility of the Iron Skin Technique flashed, but it did not drop.

Zhou You pondered for a moment and quickly came to a conclusion.

This was… a conflict of martial arts!

Some special martial arts would cultivate special internal forces and reject other internal forces.

In other words, they rejected all other martial arts.

Iron Skin Technique happened to be a special martial art.

It was said that after cultivating to the Purification Stage and condensing true blood, a unique Dragon Roar Force could be born.

Once the Dragon Roar Force was born, martial artists would not be able to make any progress in cultivating any other internal force martial arts.

The Dragon Roar Force would automatically transform all the other internal forces in his body into the Dragon Roar Force.

Clearly, the first level of the Iron Skin Technique had yet to give birth to the Dragon Roar Force. It was only circulating an ordinary internal force, but it was already beginning to show its dominance.

If Zhou You had not seen the changes in the Ferocious Tiger Fist and Golden Swallow Technique, after he had cultivated for a period of time, the Iron Skin Technique might have turned the tables and suppressed the Ferocious Tiger Fist, becoming his main martial art.

No, it would become the only internal force martial art he had.

For generations, those who had successfully cultivated the Iron Skin Technique had never heard of an attack method other than the Dragon Roar Force.

At most, he could only use heavy weapons. It was purely martial arts skill, and technically not martial arts.

Major in Iron Skin?

After thinking for less than a second, Zhou You gave up on this idea.

He could not give up on the Ferocious Tiger Fist.

He could only temporarily put aside the cultivation of the Iron Skin Technique.

After thinking for a moment, Zhou You chose Collapsing Mountain Strike from the remaining four internal force martial arts.

The cultivation of the Collapsing Mountain Strike used internal force to temper the shoulders, elbows, knees, and other parts of the body. It gathered all the internal force in the body to make the practitioner indestructible and shockingly lethal.

This was not only an offensive martial art. After tempering the elbows, shoulders, knees, and back, it was also half a defensive martial art.

Now, his daily cultivation plan had changed.

He practiced Ferocious Tiger Fist lasted for an hour.

He practiced the Golden Swallow Technique for five hours.

He first cultivated the Golden Swallow Technique to the second level.

Looking at the proficiency requirements, he decided whether to cultivate the third level of the Golden Swallow Technique or the first level of the Collapsing Mountain Strike.