Arriving in front of his house, Lin Sheng leaped, grabbed the top of the wall, and directly flipped over it.
Confirming that Lin Hong and Xie Guilan were still sound asleep, he then drew a bucket of water and washed the blood off his body.
Lying on the bed, his mood was not calm.
Tonight was his first time killing someone, and it was five people.
Even though he was mentally prepared, his heart couldn't help but tremble at this moment.
Five living human lives had just died in his hands like this.
For the first time, he truly felt the fragility of life; a vibrant life could completely dissipate in the blink of an eye.
Without life, naturally, there was nothing left.
Suddenly, he clenched his fist; his own life was equally fragile.
If he hadn't awakened the Golden Finger, hadn't integrated the Iron Yak, and hadn't cultivated the Raging Bull Fist, then facing a thug like Liu Ergou, he would have had no power to resist. At that time, it would have been himself and his family who were harmed or even lost their lives.
"Strength... is everything..."
Lin Sheng mumbled, his understanding deepening.
He had no sleepiness now, so he simply got out of bed, came to the courtyard, set up the Raging Bull Fist stance, and began to Cultivate.
Once... twice... thrice...
He continuously practiced his fist techniques, his speed gradually increasing from slow to fast. Sounds of breaking wind constantly echoed in the courtyard, which were the strong winds generated by the transitions in his movements.
While practicing his fist techniques, he subconsciously activated the energy circulation method of the Raging Bull Fist.
For some unknown reason, perhaps it was the change in his mindset, but he felt his cultivation at this moment was more fluid than during the day, and the Qi and blood within his body became increasingly active.
Suddenly, he felt a warmth in his lower abdomen, and a warm current spread towards his limbs and bones.
"I... broke through!"
A sharp light flashed in Lin Sheng's eyes.
At this moment, the changes in his body represented the sign that his Raging Bull Fist had reached Minor Completion.
Carefully feeling the changes in his body, more than 50% of the internal warm current was concentrated in his hands, while the rest was evenly distributed throughout various parts of his body.
Looking at his hands, he could see that the pores on his hands had become larger and the skin was slightly rougher compared to before.
He found a head-sized stone in the courtyard, held his breath, focused his mind, and smashed a fist onto it.
With a dull thud, a dent and fine cracks appeared on the stone.
And his own palm was slightly red.
The Raging Bull Fist is a hand technique. After Minor Completion, not only does strength increase significantly, but the hands also gain considerable protective effect, as if covered by a layer of ox hide.
"With one punch, I can break stone and crack rock. I have now entered the Body Tempering Realm and become a true Martial Artist."
Lin Sheng took a deep breath, his heart filled with joy.
In such a world, nothing gives a greater sense of security than the improvement of strength.
"I should be stronger than an average Body Tempering Martial Artist now, but exactly how much stronger is still unknown."
Lin Sheng thought to himself that when dealing with Liu Ergou and the others, only Liu Ergou had some power to resist his sneak attack.
His death by his hand was also due to the advantage of the sneak attack, plus the opponent was clearly drunk; otherwise, he wouldn't have succeeded so easily.
However, even if the opponent was in perfect condition, he should not have been inferior to him.
After all, having integrated the Iron Yak, his pure strength was definitely superior to Liu Ergou, who had only just entered the Body Tempering Realm. Furthermore, from how he sent the opponent flying with a single punch at that time, it was clear that his strength significantly exceeded his, though he might have been inferior in other aspects.
And now that his Raging Bull Fist had successfully broken through and formally entered the Body Tempering Realm, his overall hard strength was definitely much greater than Liu Ergou's.
"It's just a pity that the improvement in his basic physical qualities after the Raging Bull Fist Breakthrough is not an amplification based on the Iron Yak integration, but rather an amplification based on his original physical qualities."
Regarding this point, it was somewhat regrettable. Although he had foreseen this outcome based on the amplification during the initial entry stage, he still held some hope. The result clearly showed he had thought too much.
After mastering the Raging Bull Fist martial art, it can improve physical qualities by about 30%, and after entering Minor Completion, the increase in strength directly doubles.
Moreover, this improvement is based on the physical qualities after mastering the initial stage.
The current level of improvement, purely in terms of strength amplification, is not as strong as the strength amplification brought by integrating the Iron Yak.
If the improvement of the Raging Bull Fist could be applied on the basis of integration, then his strength improvement would undoubtedly be more significant.
Simply put, if his strength before mastering the martial art was like 100 jin, after successfully mastering the Raging Bull Fist, his strength reached 130 to 140 jin. Then, after successfully entering Minor Completion, his own strength would increase to around 260-280 jin.
However, after integrating the Iron Yak, his strength directly soared from the original 100 jin to 300, 400, or even 500 jin. Amplifying his strength on this basis would be much stronger than now.
Furthermore, this advantage would be infinitely amplified when integrating even stronger fierce beasts in the future.
It's just a pity that the imagination is beautiful, but reality cannot achieve this point. However, he wasn't too discouraged, as he had already been mentally prepared for this, and possessing the Shan Hai Tu Lu, he already had far too many advantages compared to others.
"One shouldn't be too greedy."
Lin Sheng shook his head and smiled wryly, casting aside the unrealistic ideas, and began to ponder the issues of subsequent cultivation.
"The Raging Bull Fist has successfully reached Minor Completion, but there are no subsequent cultivation methods..."
He sighed. Without subsequent Cultivation Techniques, his cultivation speed would undoubtedly be greatly reduced.
Although he could spend some time researching and figuring out the subsequent cultivation methods himself, it would inevitably delay his cultivation progress.
After the incident with Liu Ergou this time, he felt a sense of urgency regarding the improvement of his strength.
After all, if his strength had been a bit weaker, the outcome this time could have been completely opposite.
Moreover, although he felt he hadn't left any traces when dealing with Liu Ergou and the others and shouldn't arouse suspicion towards himself, Liu Ergou's identity was special; he was the younger brother of the Ya Gang's Second Master.
It was obvious without thinking that this matter would definitely not pass so easily.
Better safe than sorry; even if there was a one-in-ten-thousand chance of suspicion falling on him, the consequences were not something his current self could bear. Therefore, he had to improve his strength as much as possible.
If his strength was at the Forging Tendons or even the Blood Transportation Realm, then even if he were exposed, it wouldn't matter much. A Blood Transportation Realm expert could likely destroy the entire Ya Gang, which wouldn't be a big deal.