System

  The night fell slowly, and the cool moonlight passed through the window, spilling into the room.

  On the bed, Du Fei, who had originally closed his eyes tightly, suddenly opened them and slowly sat up.

  When Xia Ai returned during the day, she only said that someone from the Du family had sent a message. Since Du Fei had already recovered, he would have to attend the Du family gathering three days later.

  Although Xiaoye didn't say much, Du Fei could guess from her worried expression that this time's family gathering might just decide the fate of their own stay or leave!

  Although he didn't have a sense of belonging to the Du family, Du Fei was also clear that if he were to leave the Du family at this moment, not only would their deep-seated grudges remain unresolved, but both of them might even lose their lives!

  So no matter what, at the clan meeting, you must show your own value, making the Du family people make a certain decision, and this value is best reflected in strength!

  Having thought of this, Du Fei clenched his teeth slightly and after a moment, he reached out to take off the jade pendant hanging from his chest and placed it in front of him.

  The rounded jade token under the moonlight, reveals a faint, icy glow, profound and unmatched. However, Du Fei was clear that to obtain the message inside the token, he would need at least have a physique of ninefold refinement, otherwise, wanting to comprehend the Du family's Ice Heart Decision was simply impossible.

  But at this moment, Du Fei's purpose was not here. After thinking back for a day, Du Fei vaguely remembered that when the so-called system was activated, he indeed used the Ice Heart Qi of the Du family, and it was absolutely impossible for him to have Ice Heart Qi in his body. So, after thinking about it, the most likely source of the so-called Ice Heart Qi was this jade symbol.

  Even so-called systems may also exist within this jade symbol.

  After a moment of contemplation, Du Fei slowly began to rub the jade symbol with his hand, and just like the feeling he had gotten used to over the years, the jade symbol was still extremely cold, without any unusual places. After all, Du Fei had been carrying this jade symbol with him all along, and he was already extremely familiar with it.

  "Could it be that, just like the things I saw in my past life, this thing requires a drop of blood to acknowledge its master?" Thinking of this, Du Fei couldn't help but let out a bitter laugh. However, at this moment, he didn't have any other methods, so after some thought, he bit his own finger and casually smeared a streak of fresh blood onto the jade symbol.

  However, after being stained with blood, this jade token did not have any unusual changes and remained as usual.

  "So it's true..."

  Du Fei nodded slightly, and after a moment, he muttered: "If I'm not mistaken, the last time the system was activated, it was exactly when my life was in danger. Is it going to be the same this time, that the system can only be activated in such a situation?"

  "It's worth trying!"

  At this point, Du Fei grasped the jade token and jumped up, then his gaze swept around and finally landed on a decorative long sword on the wall.

  "If my guess is correct, the system will naturally be activated. If I'm wrong and I end up sacrificing myself, then it's just my fate! Rather than dragging on in a desperate struggle, I'd rather stake everything on one last gamble! In the midst of certain death, I'll find a glimmer of hope!"

  After making a certain determination, Du Fei drew his long sword, smiled lightly, and immediately stabbed the blade fiercely towards his own abdomen!

  "Beep - Low-level threat detected, but posing a risk to the master's safety. System self-starting, system self-starting..."

  Just as the long sword was about to pierce his abdomen, the cold electronic sound he had expected suddenly rang out in his mind, causing Du Fei's action to pause abruptly. Even so, the long sword still slashed through the skin of Du Fei's abdomen, leaving a deep bloody mark.

  But at this moment, the cold electronic sound made Du Fei feel extremely intimate! Even the wound in his lower abdomen seemed to be feeling nothing.

  "Haha... "

  With great difficulty suppressing his urge to burst out laughing, Du Fei lowered his voice and said: "It's finally come out! System, what exactly are you?!"

  "Beep - insufficient data, unable to answer! - Warning, master's body is experiencing massive blood loss, shall medical protocol be initiated?"

  "Let's get started!" Du Fei responded in a low voice, with a hint of trying it out.

  "Beep——Medical procedure initiated, medical procedure initiated, initialization complete. Wait for the wound to heal, and the medical procedure will automatically shut down." As the cold electronic sound rose again, Du Fei's abdominal wound surprisingly slowed down its bleeding, even the exposed skin had a few shades of whiteness, but that was it, there was no rapid recovery.

  Du Fei didn't have any opinion on this, he casually found the medicinal plaster left by the pharmacist in the room and bandaged his wound before sitting down again. After thinking for a moment, he said calmly: "System, how do I summon you from now on? And why did I have Ice Heart Qi in my body that day?"

  "Beep. Question 1: Does the master only need to call out in their mind, and the system will appear on its own, without needing to do it like today? Question 2: If there is insufficient information and the answer is unclear, should I ask again?"

  "What is this thing again? What exactly is this system?" Du Fei furrowed his brow, "Then what's the use of you?"

  "Insufficient data, unable to answer."

  "Hmm......" Du Fei was speechless for a moment, although this so-called system had come up with a medical program from the start, but to ask three questions and not know any of them was completely beyond his expectations. Had he expected too much from this inexplicable and unreliable system?

  "So, is there any way for me to cultivate martial arts?" Du Fei asked with a hint of trying.

  "System searching... Question clear... Answer unclear..."

  "As expected..." Du Fei sighed.

  "Beep—"

  After a moment, the noise in his mind started again, but it also made Du Fei instantly fall into an ice cellar: "The master's body is weak and his meridians are blocked, it can be determined that he cannot practice martial arts——"

  "Is there no other way?"

  "BEEP - Question unclear - System still searching - BEEP - Reference materials found, proceed?"

  "Uh-huh." By this point, Du Fei had lost all hope for this unreliable system and was only subconsciously responding.

  "License obtained, start loading data, start reading——"

  "Ding——"

  When Du Fei was still inexplicably strange, a dark space suddenly appeared in his mind, and this dark space made Du Fei's whole body cool down, as if he had really placed himself in this space.

  But this feeling only flashed by, and immediately, Du Fei "saw" that in this dark space, there was a figure emitting weak light, slowly moving.

  That figure's movements were extremely strange and gentle, as if strolling in a garden. However, Du Fei was born into a martial arts family and had a keen eye from being exposed to it since childhood. In just an instant, he recognized that the figure was practicing a set of physical training techniques. Although they were completely different from the various physical training methods popular on the Xuanwu Continent, this strange and unusual technique gave Du Fei a feeling that he might also be able to cultivate it!

  The method of Tempering the Body is also known as Tempering the Body Fist.

  On the Xuanwu Continent, if one wants to cultivate martial arts, they must first temper their body.

  However, the practice of tempering the body is different from that of refining martial arts. Refining martial arts emphasizes absorbing heavenly energy and original energy through certain methods to form true energy, which is mysterious and unparalleled. However, tempering the body is much more ordinary.

  Generally speaking, each major family and sect has its own traditional forms of conditioning exercises, and regardless of their strengths or weaknesses, they all share one common goal: to pursue ferocity, sharpness, and the ability to overcome any obstacle. Therefore, when practicing these conditioning exercises, great emphasis is placed on cultivating the body.

  First the skin, then the skeleton, and finally the meridians. Under this kind of cyclical strengthening, after reaching a certain intensity, that is, the seventh level of physical training, the human body will naturally produce true breath. This process of continuous strengthening for the body is called physical training.

  But even with the most ordinary qigong methods, there is a fundamental requirement, that is, to have a strong body and unblocked meridians!

  If it weren't so, during the process of tempering the body, if the blood and gas are not smooth and the breath is not smooth, let alone tempering the ninth level, I'm afraid that even before anything has been tempered out, the practitioner would have already met with a tragic end.

  However, on the Xuanwu continent, most people can cultivate their bodies. Although many are stuck at the sixth level of body refinement, they can still practice cultivation.

  But someone like Du Fei, who can't even get through the first stage of Body Tempering, is what you'd call a waste. Although Du Fei had been quite resentful about this since he was young, and Du Tian had sought out many methods for him to cultivate his body, no matter which one it was, whenever he reached the first stage of Body Tempering, Du Fei would have to give up, because if he continued cultivating, he'd probably end up crippling all four limbs and becoming a true waste.

  But at this moment, the set of iron body boxing that appeared in Du Fei's mind gave him a refreshing feeling.

  If generally speaking, most body tempering fist are from outside to inside, then the training method of this set of body tempering fist is from inside to outside.

  Although the probability is low, if starting from meridian cultivation, can one cultivate oneself?

  "It's worth a try!" Du Fei subconsciously licked his lips, his mind completely absorbed in this set of gentle physical exercises. Unbeknownst to him, his body also followed the illusory figure, displaying this extremely gentle physical exercise...