89: Chapter 89 Points Redemption: *Yi Jin Jing* (Muscle/Tendon Changing Classic) - Introductory Chapter

Section 1: The Point Password in the Bronze Token

The morning light in the training hall just spilled over the bluestone slabs when Lin Mo's tactical tablet suddenly emitted a crisp notification sound. The point mall interface of the Global Martial Arts System popped up automatically. The holographic cover of the "Muscle Tendon Change Classic" Introductory Chapter at the top glowed with a dark golden light. Next to the 5 million points required for exchange, Chen Wu's current points were flickering: 4,999,872.

"128 points short!" The youth's fingertips flew across the virtual keyboard, drops of sweat from his forehead falling onto the touchpad. "The points from the last three victories have all been credited. How can it be short by this much?" A detailed list suddenly popped up on the tablet. The "Referee Rating Reward" column at the very bottom showed 0, and a red exclamation mark was exceptionally eye-catching. "It's Grey Shadow tampering with the backend! They altered the rating data from last week's matches!"

Grandpa Wang's dry tobacco pipe made a dull thud against the camphor wood chest. The old man pulled out the "Martial Arts Point Annals" left by his grandfather. The yellowed pages recorded the point System of 1956: "Back then, your Great-grandfather used three draws to exchange for a fragment of the 'Marrow Cleansing Classic'," the pipe bowl pointed at a bronze point token tucked between the pages. "True Secret Manuals are never exchanged openly. You have to use 'Martial Virtue Points' to make up the difference—just like the patterns on the back of this token, which hide an exchange password from three hundred years ago." Three copper coins suddenly flew out of the camphor wood chest and landed at Chen Wu's feet, forming the character 'Muscle'. Dark gold Qi Energy spread along the coins, drawing a twisted meridian map on the ground.

In the Flower Girl's basket, the leaves of the inheritance grass suddenly stood upright like acupuncture needles. Dewdrops rolled on the leaf surfaces, reflecting the backend code of the point mall—the tampering marks of the Grey Shadow technician were like black insects, gnawing at the data stream of the "Referee Rating Reward." When the little girl mixed the juices of the Golden Thread Lotus and the ming jin orchid and dropped the pale gold "Barrier-Breaking Dew" onto the leaves, the code suddenly became a chaotic string of light spots. "Elder Zhou said this is a 'Point Primer'," she tapped a dewdrop with her fingertip. "It can make the System reveal hidden tasks. Filling the gap will be as easy as taking something from one's pocket."

The armored vehicle of the Special Incident Response Department deployed a defensive formation at the entrance of the alleyway. The Chief of the Execution Division walked over quickly, holding an encrypted document. In the holographic projection, the Grey Shadow point System administrator was destroying operation records. "They are afraid you will achieve a Breakthrough after Fusion with the 'Muscle Tendon Change Classic', so they deliberately blocked you at the last step." She suddenly shoved a USB-sized decoder to Chen Wu. "This is the 'Point Mirror' developed by the Technical Department. It can see hidden items in the mall—the 'Muscle Tendon Change Classic' actually has three versions, and the Introductory Chapter hides the entry key to 'Marrow Cleansing Power'." The Section Chief's tablet showed that Zhang Hao's point account suddenly increased by 200 points, with a transfer note: "Consider this payment for the chip I owe you."

Officer Zhang's body camera was pointed at the old sandbag in the corner. The old policeman pulled up a recording of the point mall from thirty years ago. His young grandfather was exchanging for the "Essentials of Shaolin Fist." The point numbers on the screen were strikingly similar to Chen Wu's current situation. "Back then, he was also short by 150 points." The body camera suddenly switched to slow-motion mode. The grandfather performed a set of "Arhat Fist" against the sandbag, and the System automatically judged it as a "Martial Virtue Display," awarding an additional 200 points. "True martial arts points have never been about just victory or defeat." The playback function of the recorder suddenly started, and the scene of Chen Wu helping Zhang Hao clear his Meridians last night flashed on the screen. The bluish-gold Vitality Energy flowed between the two like a gentle point bond.

When Chen Wu's fingertips touched Lin Mo's tablet, the peace lock suddenly resonated with the Bronze Token. Dark gold Qi Energy surged into the System through the contact point, and the point mall interface suddenly distorted. A hidden task bar slowly emerged: "Repair the martial arts Legacy gap, reward: 200 points." In the holographic projection of the task requirements, Zhang Hao was practicing "Baji Iron Arm Fist," and the Qi Energy trajectory in his right arm showed a clear stutter—that was the influence of the chip's residual toxins on the meridian flow.

"This is a deliberately left test!" Grandpa Wang's pipe bowl suddenly blew a puff of blue smoke toward the tablet. The bluish-gold smoke outlined a meridian map on the virtual interface, perfectly overlapping with the stuttering position in Zhang Hao's right arm. "The 'Muscle Tendon Change Classic' is itself a supreme technique for 'relaxing tendons and clearing Meridians.' The System is testing whether you can use Vitality Energy to repair the Legacy gap." The "Martial Arts Point Annals" in the camphor wood chest suddenly flipped pages automatically. Next to the point-supplementing record of 1956, it was written in cinnabar: "Martial virtue is three points heavier than victory or defeat."

As Chen Wu's Vitality Energy surged into Zhang Hao's right arm through his fingertips, the numbers in the point mall began to jump. 128, 156, 189... When the bluish-gold Qi Energy cleared the last stuttering meridian, the System notification suddenly rang out: "Martial arts Legacy repair detected, reward: 200 points! Current points: 5,000,072." The holographic cover of the "Muscle Tendon Change Classic" Introductory Chapter suddenly lit up. Amidst the dark gold light, a small line of characters appeared: "The Meridians are the bridge, the blood and qi are the boat; only then can one enter the gate of Muscle Tendon Change."

Section 2: The Meridian Storm within the Dark Gold Pages

When the holographic projection of the "Muscle Tendon Change Classic" Introductory Chapter unfolded in the training hall, dark gold ripples suddenly appeared on the bluestone slabs. The meridian map on the pages resonated with the Qi Energy trajectory inside Chen Wu's body. The bronze light of the peace lock intertwined with the dark gold scriptures, forming a rotating sphere in mid-air. Lin Mo's tablet showed that this was a sign of "Man-Manual Unity," which can only be triggered by a Martial Artist with a compatibility of over 90% with the manual's Qi Energy.

"The 'Marrow Cleansing Stance' at the beginning hides a mystery!" Lin Mo's voice was filled with excitement as he magnified the 3D meridian map ten times. "Ordinary Martial Artists practice clearing from top to bottom, but the 'Reverse Order Flow' marked here actually goes from the yongquan point up to the Baihui Point!" The mechanical model on the virtual screen suddenly demonstrated that the reverse-flowing Qi Energy formed a vortex at the Dantian, with a rotation speed 37% faster than the normal order. "This is the core of 'Marrow Cleansing Power'! It can refine ordinary Qi Energy into a liquid state!"

Grandpa Wang's dry tobacco pipe hovered in mid-air next to the holographic projection. The old man's finger lightly tapped the meridian nodes of the "Marrow Cleansing Stance." The dark gold scriptures suddenly turned into flowing Qi Energy, drawing a twisted red line on Chen Wu's arm. "In 1938, your Great-grandfather saw the original version at the Shaolin Temple," the pipe bowl pointed at a turn in the red line. "Here, you must add three parts of 'Taiji Power' for a soft transition; otherwise, it's easy to injure the Pericardium Meridian." A small bronze tripod flew out of the camphor wood chest, and the blue smoke rising from it formed the character 'Reverse' in mid-air, perfectly overlapping with the Reverse Order Flow trajectory of the "Muscle Tendon Change Classic."

In the Flower Girl's basket, the leaves of the inheritance grass suddenly became as transparent as cicada wings. Dewdrops rolled on the leaf surfaces, reflecting the Qi Energy flow within Chen Wu's body—following the reverse route of the "Muscle Tendon Change Classic," the bluish-gold Qi Energy was condensing at the Dantian. Upon contact with the dark gold scripture light, it actually began to liquefy! The little girl dripped the juice of the Golden Thread Lotus onto the leaves, and the transparent veins suddenly lit up. "Elder Zhou said this is 'Muscle Tendon Dew'," she tapped a dewdrop with her fingertip. "It can allow the liquid Qi Energy to carry the aura of the scriptures, like installing a navigator for the Meridians."

In the tactical center of the Special Incident Response Department, the Director was holding his breath while staring at the real-time monitoring data. The meridian scanner of the Technical Department showed that under the Reverse Order Flow, Chen Wu's Twelve Principal Meridians were vibrating slightly at a frequency of 3 times per minute. This was a sign of "Tendon and Meridian Remodeling." "The Grey Shadow point System administrator has been captured," the Section Chief's holographic image cut in with static. She pulled up an encrypted file. "Their database hid a fragmented annotation of the 'Muscle Tendon Change Classic,' saying that 'Reverse Order Flow' would lead to a Qi Energy rampage—but that was a deliberately left error!"

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As Chen Wu practiced the seventh movement of the "Muscle Tendon Change Classic", the liquid Qi Energy at his Dantian suddenly exploded.

A dark golden light surged along his Meridians; wherever it passed, the Meridians suddenly expanded by half an inch, only to contract instantly, emitting crisp sounds like popping beans.

Lin Mo's tablet suddenly popped up an alert: "Qi Energy purity increased to 68%! Exceeding the Peak state of 'Taiji Baji Collapse'!"

The comparison chart on the virtual screen showed that ordinary Qi Energy appeared as scattered light spots within the Meridians, while liquid Qi Energy was a continuous stream of light, with its impact force increased by a full two times.

"This is the true 'Muscle Tendon Change'!" Grandpa Wang's tobacco pipe dropped to the ground.

The old man suddenly tore open his shirt, the scar on his chest perfectly overlapping with the dark golden Meridian diagram: "Back then, when your Great-grandfather was poisoned by 'Muscle-Dissolving Powder', he relied on this move to reshape his Meridians!"

The "Martial Dao Points Chronicle" in the camphor wood chest suddenly ignited on its own, and the ashes formed a line of text in mid-air: "Tendons are the bones of Qi, bones are the frame of Tendons; to change Tendons is to change bones."

Smoke of the Secret War in the Points Mall

When the hackers from Grey Shadow attempted to remotely lock Chen Wu's points account, the "frequency interceptor" on the law enforcement recorder suddenly emitted a piercing alarm.

In Officer Zhang's lens, a string of garbled code was devouring the holographic projection of the "Muscle Tendon Change Classic", the dark golden scriptures being gnawed into fragments by black, insect-like viruses.

"They did the same thing in 1992," the law enforcement device suddenly switched to a scene from thirty years ago, where a young policeman struck a computer with his baton, accidentally triggering the System's "Martial Virtue Defense", "Use Vitality Energy to impact the virus core! This is the System's hidden firewall!"

When Chen Wu's liquid Qi Energy was injected into the tablet along his fingertips, the black virus suddenly trembled violently.

The dark golden scripture fragments reassembled under the wrapping of the cyan-golden Qi Energy, forming a rotating taiji diagram — the slow-motion playback of the livestream showed that every virus node was precisely wrapped by the liquid Qi Energy, neither damaging System files nor failing to completely clear the malicious code.

A notification from the Global Martial Arts System suddenly popped up: "Righteous act by a Martial Artist detected, 5000 points added!"

Lin Mo's tablet suddenly connected to the global barrage.

"The 'Muscle Tendon Change Classic' is fake!" "Grey Shadow says Reverse Order Flow will kill people" — such rumors were flooding the screen, only to be drowned out by waves of golden messages saying "We believe in Chen Wu".

The young man's fingertips flew across the report button; for every rumor deleted, the System automatically added 10 points: "Current total points: 5,005,272! Enough to redeem the complete annotations!"

In the small window at the bottom right of the tablet, A-Mings younger sister held up a painting where Chen Wu's fist, wrapped in dark golden Qi Energy, was striking the black virus monster.

The Flower Girl's inheritance grass suddenly bloomed with dark golden flowers.

The petals formed a miniature points mall, and as dew rolled within the stamens, it reflected the real-time image of the Grey Shadow hackers — they were hiding in an abandoned server room, inputting attack commands with modified Qi Energy keyboards, while the "Spirit-Devourer" rings on their wrists were absorbing the surrounding Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.

The little girl sprinkled the "Muscle Tendon Dew" into the air, and the pale golden light fused with Chen Wu's Qi Energy, forming a huge character "Pure" in the virtual space: "Elder Zhou says this is 'Antivirus Light'," she tapped the petal with her fingertip, "It can find the hackers' location along the network cable, just like putting a tracker on a virus."

When the SWAT team from the Special Incident Response Department descended from the sky, the Grey Shadow hackers' keyboards suddenly sparked.

Chen Wu's liquid Qi Energy flowed upstream along the network cable, and under the reinforcement of the dark golden scriptures, it actually penetrated the limitations of the physical lines, directly destroying the core of the "Spirit-Devourer" rings.

When the SWAT team kicked open the server room door, they saw seven or eight hackers clutching their wrists and screaming; their Qi Energy rings had turned into a pile of scrap metal, while the holographic projection of the "Muscle Tendon Change Classic" on the screen was glowing with a soft golden light.

"This is the System's 'Martial Virtue Feedback'!" The Chief of the Execution Division held up the latest inspection report; in the holographic projection, a golden badge had appeared next to Chen Wu's points account, "Only three people in the world have ever received the title of 'Legacy Guardian', and now you are the fourth."

The Section Chief suddenly handed a bronze key to Chen Wu, "This is the pass to the Shaolin underground palace, where the complete version of the 'Muscle Tendon Change Classic' is kept; the System has determined that you are qualified to retrieve it."

A New Legacy within Liquid Qi Energy

When Chen Wu finished practicing the "Muscle Tendon Change Classic", a dark golden pattern suddenly cracked open on the bluestone floor of the training hall.

Zhang Hao's Iron Arm Fist energy and Love's Taiji Power surged along the pattern, intersecting with Chen Wu's liquid Qi Energy at the Dantian; the three types of Qi Energy suddenly fused into a three-colored vortex — Lin Mo's tablet showed that this was the hidden effect of the "Muscle Tendon Change Classic", "Ten Thousand Methods Return to Flow", capable of reconciling the Qi Energy characteristics of all fist techniques.

"My Iron Arm Fist seems to have become lighter!" Zhang Hao's voice was filled with surprise; the fist he threw was no longer heavy as iron, but carried a dark golden flow of light, striking a rotating dent into the sandbag, "The liquid Qi Energy can flow along my Meridians; the places that used to be blocked are all clear now!"

The cyborg suddenly accelerated his punches, the sandbag tracing a complete circle in the air, each collision emitting a resonant sound like a bell tolling.

Grandpa Wang's dry tobacco pipe tapped out a brisk rhythm on the camphor wood chest.

The old man watched the vortex where the three Qi Energies fused, and a new page of the "Martial Dao Points Chronicle" was automatically generating: "Your Great-grandfather once said that the 'Muscle Tendon Change Classic' is not meant to defeat others," the pipe bowl pointed at the newly appeared annotations, "but to let every Martial Artist's Meridians accommodate different Qi Energies; just like this cracked bluestone floor, the more patterns it has, the broader the Legacy it can carry."

Three volumes of fist manuals flew out of the camphor wood chest; "Baji Iron Arm Fist", "Taiji Collapse", and "Muscle Tendon Change Classic" automatically bound together in the air, their covers shimmering with three-colored light.

In the Flower Girl's basket, the seeds watered with "Muscle Tendon Dew" suddenly sprouted.

The seedling's roots and stems were dark golden Meridians, while its branches and leaves grew with totems of Baji Fist, Taiji, and Iron Arm Fist, swaying gracefully in the morning light.

The little girl planted the seedling in a flowerpot in the combat gym, and when Love walked by, the leaves suddenly bent towards him — dark golden Qi Energy traveled along the leaf veins, drawing a character "Connect" on the ground.

Elder Zhou's holographic image suddenly emerged from the flower stamen: "This is 'Muscle Tendon Grass'," the white-bearded old man's laughter carried ripples of Qi Energy, "It can allow different Qi Energies to coexist in the soil, just like the three of your fists."

Officer Zhang's law enforcement recorder was aimed at the three people in the center of the training hall.

In the old policeman's lens, Chen Wu's liquid Qi Energy was repairing the old injury on Zhang Hao's right arm, while Love's Taiji Power was helping Chen Wu polish the details of the "Muscle Tendon Change Classic" movements, and the three types of Qi Energy formed a rotating taiji diagram on the bluestone floor, perfectly overlapping with the interface of the Points Mall.

The law enforcement device suddenly switched to thermal imaging mode; the three people's Meridians were clearly visible in the dark golden light, and the originally independent Meridians were now connected to each other through the patterns on the ground, forming a complete Qi Energy network.

As the sunset washed over the bluestone floor of the training hall, the Points Mall of the Global Martial Arts System suddenly updated.

The download count for the introductory chapter of the "Muscle Tendon Change Classic" exceeded 100 million; in the comments section, a practice video uploaded by a cyborg received the most likes — a Martial Artist who had lost his right arm used the "Reverse Order Flow" of the "Muscle Tendon Change Classic" to reshape his left arm's Meridians, and the "Single-Arm Crushing Fist" he threw achieved a Qi Energy purity as high as 59%.

Lin Mo's tablet showed that Chen Wu's points were still continuously increasing; every time someone benefited from his videos, the System automatically added 10 "Legacy Points".

Chen Wu suddenly understood that what the points redeemed was not just a Secret Manual, but a possibility to let the Legacy continue.

Just as liquid Qi Energy can reconcile different fist techniques, the true Martial Dao should also be able to accommodate different schools.

As moonlight washed over the bluestone floor, the "Muscle Tendon Change Classic" in the bound volume suddenly glowed with golden light, projecting a huge totem on the ground — it was a network woven from countless Meridians, each node shimmering with the light of different fist techniques, with a line of small text written below: "If the Meridians are connected, the Martial Dao is connected; if people's hearts are connected, the world is connected."

The final scene of the global livestream lingered on the moment the three of them bumped fists.

Cyan-golden, silver-white, and dark golden Qi Energy exploded in mid-air, turning into light spots that filled the sky and landed on every Martial Artist's palm.

The barrage suddenly scrolled with uniform text: "The best points are an undying Legacy."