Chapter 53 Spiritual Attack and Defense
In the end, Sister Wen still didn't take action herself.

Maybe it was because Ji Jue begged for mercy and surrendered too quickly. After just two punches on the dog's head, he fell to the ground crying and couldn't get up. There was no sense of accomplishment in the fight.

In the end, it was Lao Zhang who took over.

Mr. Zhang is ninety-seven years old this year and has a very ordinary and common name, Zhang Daqiang.

Judging by the photos displayed on his phone, fifty years earlier, the name was well-deserved, big and strong!

Because at that time, Old Zhang, who was in his forties and in the prime of his life, had tight and thick muscles all over his body. He smeared olive oil on his body, stood under the spotlight on the stage, and exerted a little force with his arms. The muscles, like those entangled steel wires, were about to burst out!

It's simply a devilish muscle man-demon!

But now, he said that he was no longer young and was old and weak, and looked like the skinny old men everywhere in Yacheng, wearing a vest and shorts, slippers on his feet, and always holding walnuts in his hands.

Planting flowers and plants every day emphasizes health preservation.

So don't be afraid, we are just friends communicating with each other, just call each other equals...

If Ji Jue believed anything he said, there would be something wrong.

If it was really the old man who was always preserving his health, how could he turn the pair of iron walnuts that were heavier than Ji Jue? There was even a ruins emblem engraved on it. If it was placed on the floor, the bricks would be cracked, okay?
Besides, like Lawrence, Zhang Lao is a chosen one of the Vortex System who specializes in life, growth, and physical strengthening.

If his old arms and legs hit him, he might break into pieces on the spot!

By the time it's stuck to the wall, I'm afraid you won't be able to scrape it off even with a shovel!

"I've heard from the team leader about your situation. It's really not easy. You're a hard-working guy. Let me introduce my own abilities as well."

In the spacious and clean training ground that seemed to have been used by no one except Lao Zhang, the old man took off his slippers and stepped barefoot on the cushions, introducing himself:
"My matrix is ​​a very common type in the vortex system, called [Dragon Elephant]. As the name suggests, it is a type that strengthens oneself, including the ability, which is also a very common strengthening type. So, it has a little bit of strength, but other than that, there is nothing special about it.

If I must say something, it is that I have some special skills in close combat and grappling. The rest is just Team Leader Wen's compliment to me. I'm just an old man, how can I be so exaggerated? "

When they spoke, they spoke in soft voices and were very friendly.

I even did some warm-up exercises very seriously and carefully, as if I was going to go swimming in winter!
But the more serious he was, the more scared Ji Jue became. In the end, he wanted to kowtow to him twice - Uncle, can you please stop being so serious? Can't you just be casual?

After so long, he is no longer the outsider who knows nothing about the Chosen One.

It is true that you have special abilities, but it is ridiculous to say that others’ abilities are not good enough!

Especially common and ordinary types of abilities!

Physical enhancement, telekinesis, invisibility, transmission, mind reading, tactile perception, energy control...

Among these common abilities, physical enhancement abilities are actually the most common, including but not limited to vision, hearing, or strength.

But at the same time, being common and widespread also means a terrifying volume!
This means that the Chosen Ones of the same type are also competing and honing themselves day and night, honing every skill to perfection and squeezing every potential to the limit!

For hundreds or thousands of years, behind every common type of ability, there are countless Chosen Ones who have spent their entire lives studying and pondering. If someone throws a punch, what can you do to block it?
Using an illusory bond and your own dog head?
Moreover, we have more than 80 years of experience in struggle...

Just thinking about it, Ji Jue swallowed nervously.

In particular, right in front of his eyes, the skinny old man took a deep breath, and with the loud sound of bones rubbing against each other, the color of his flesh and blood quickly faded away, and was replaced by pure gold like the golden body of Buddha.

Just the collision of fingers made a harsh metallic friction sound.

What’s even more terrifying is the heat that comes towards you.

It's like standing in front of a furnace.

The violent heat instantly burned the two mats under his feet, emitting bursts of pungent stench and thick smoke.

And the source of heat is undoubtedly his blood!
Boiling blood!
Literally boiling!

This is Zhang Daqiang’s ability – passion!

Raise the temperature of the blood, enhance the body's strength, endurance, speed, flexibility and everything else.

But soon, this jaw-dropping scene quickly dissipated, the warm-up exercises were over, and he returned to his original state, becoming a skinny old man again.

A kind smile.

"Don't worry, today we are just teaching, it won't be that serious. But it is inevitable that there will be damage from bumps and bruises... You are wearing the Mouth of the Ancient One, right? Well, that's good."

After confirming Ji Jue's condition, Lao Zhang did not hesitate or pretend, and got straight to the point: "Next, let's start with the basics of spiritual attack and defense."

Sitting cross-legged opposite Ji Jue.

He raised a finger.

“In addition to being the fuel for one’s own abilities and matrix, spiritual essence is also a part of one’s own life, and can naturally act on oneself to create a strengthening effect.

It’s like this…”

Without any warning, a faint spiritual essence flowed and entangled on the skinny and shriveled finger, and finally formed a thin film of hard shell.

When it bends and bounces on the ground, it makes a clanging sound.

It's like hitting it with an iron rod.

"And if it's used for attack..."

Old Zhang paused for a moment, clenched his five fingers into a fist, and the spiritual essence flowed through his skin like water, showing flashes of light. Then, he punched Ji Jue.

In an instant, a strong wind blew, blowing Ji Jue's hair into a mess.

My face hurts!

“This is the basis of spiritual attack and defense.

As the saying goes, everything changes but the essence remains the same. Almost all skills are evolved from this. You are a beginner, and you may not be able to do such an exaggeration at the beginning, but this kind of thing is not urgent, but requires daily training. As long as you can maintain it, I believe there will be results. "Old Zhang stretched out his hand to correct Ji Jue's sitting posture, "Next, take a deep breath, maintain the stability of the spirit essence, follow me, yes, try to maintain..."

It should be said that he is worthy of being a gold medal coach.

The content is concise and to the point, without any nonsense, and the key points and places where errors are easy to make are repeatedly reminded.

The techniques of using spiritual essence to stimulate and strengthen muscles and weaving spiritual essence into a shield to resist external impacts are not difficult. It should be said that they are surprisingly simple.

After a few minutes, Ji Jue felt that he had gotten the hang of it, but unfortunately, the effect was disappointing.

This was also within Zhang's expectations. This kind of basic skill requires persistence and proficiency over time. If you practice it once, you will get the same effect. If you practice it a thousand times, you will get the same result. It is one of the few skills that are very friendly to the Chosen Ones who start out poor.

If you have money, you can just spend money to buy equipment and solve the problems on both the offense and defense in one go. Why go through so much trouble?
"Don't be discouraged if you don't see results right away. This is a long process, and there are shortcuts."

Lao Zhang smiled and said, "This is why Team Leader Wen asked me to teach you this."

You know, each type of superior spiritual essence has its own characteristics, or even more than one. The top-level matrix and special abilities even have different variations or higher-level qualitative changes and characteristics, but let’s not talk about them for now.

The followers of the Twelve Supreme Virtues will also have their own spiritual qualities tend toward the qualities of the supreme virtues.

For example, the spiritual essence recovery speed of the ascended Chosen One is extremely amazing. The Chosen One of Tianyuan often has better control over spiritual essence than others.

The Chosen Ones of the White Deer are better at explosive power, while the Chosen Ones of the Vortex can directly use spiritual essence to heal and strengthen their bodies.

The spiritual essence of a large group of chosen ones will be more corrosive and destructive.

The chosen one of the mirror can directly conceal his own spiritual essence, just like ordinary people. If operated properly, it can even directly create an invisibility effect.

Ruins represent matter, and the spiritual essence of the chosen ones often possesses the specialties of various materials. This is also the fastest way to learn and has the best training effect.

Because of the similarities within the same system and the differences between other systems, there are some common skills and application methods among the chosen ones of each system.

"Then...where are the embers?" Ji Jue asked.

"Hmm? Don't you know this better than me?" Lao Zhang looked at him in confusion. "Alchemy is the common skill of the Embers. The characteristic of spiritual essence is the adjustment and control of the properties of matter."

Physical properties, a summary and term for the properties of objects in alchemy.

It can be simply understood as the characteristics of the object itself, for example: strength, hardness, plasticity, and toughness.

Unlike the ruins, which can turn one's entire body into matter, it tends to control and develop the material itself.

Therefore, as long as special techniques are used on oneself, a certain aspect of the physical characteristics can be greatly improved - the toughness of bones can be increased several times to avoid breakage, and the hardness of the skin can be temporarily strengthened to resist attacks.

Unfortunately, compared to the material that is inherently much stronger than flesh and blood, the human body is not something that can be strengthened indefinitely, unless it is transformed or used with abilities. Just like Lao Zhang, who directly made a golden body for himself, that is definitely a certain skill passed down in the vortex system, which Ji Jue cannot use at all.

But at this moment, after hearing what Lao Zhang said, Ji Jue felt something inexplicably move in his heart.

Isn't this the basic operation of alchemy? And it is also the basic skill that Professor Ye repeatedly emphasized that he must master?
He subconsciously raised his palm and took a deep breath.

Clench your fingers.

Pure spiritual essence flowed down from his shoulders, gathered, and enveloped the back of his hand, transforming into six slender spiritual essence circuits, entangled with each other, and paved into a most basic temporary foundation.

Then, with the skillful guidance, the emblem of ruins appeared from the center!
Compared to other materials, Ji Jue was already very familiar with this body that he had used for nineteen years! He didn't even need to use a workshop and various complicated tools like he did with other materials...

Self is the material, soul is the furnace, and ability is the best carving knife.

In a moment, everything was done smoothly.

Ruins represent matter, and their most basic function is to strengthen matter!
"It seems to have worked?" He was a little unsure and looked up at Lao Zhang.

At this moment, Lao Zhang also fell silent.

Suddenly I understood what Wen Wen had said before, how exaggerated this talent was.

As soon as I finished speaking, Ji Jue, who had no previous foundation, had already mastered it instantly, and was basically successful on his first try... His talent in the Way of Embers is truly terrifying!
He picked up the short metal stick next to him for auxiliary use and gently tapped the back of Ji Jue's hand.

The short stick collided with the back of the hand, and a low muffled sound was heard.

It actually... worked?!

Lao Zhang adjusted the strength and struck down with the full force of an adult man, but Ji Jue only felt a vague impact, as if he was wearing heavy gloves, and did not feel any pain.

"It seems that it can be used to save your life at a critical moment, but this is just the beginning. When you practice on your own, you must be careful not to maintain it for too long. You can only practice for five minutes a day at most.

You don't have a matrix yet, and your body hasn't been baptized by the Supreme Good. You are still a mortal. Using it too much will affect your nerves and bones. Of course, if you are here, you don't have to worry for the time being. Even if something unexpected happens, I can help you correct it. "

After giving the reminder, Lao Zhang threw away the short stick and slowly stood up from the ground.

"what?"

Ji Jue was at a loss, "Is the course over?"

"You have already finished the course that was originally planned to last you a week." Lao Zhang smiled and said, "So, let's start the second lesson directly."

Real, actual combat!

He stretched his body and suddenly asked, "Do you know what measures the Chosen Ones of the Embers need to take to be most effective when facing the enemy?"

Ji Jue straightened up and listened attentively.

"It's very simple."

Lao Zhang raised his finger and said solemnly: "One word, run!"

(End of this chapter)