The next day, cao yaun decided to postpone his expedition outside the city and spent some time exploring his power. After some research, cao yaun was directed to the baixun free martial hall, where cultivators both dependent and independent could train in the city.
According to the information provided by the su twin's, one can exchange for martial arts technique at the hall, which he sorely needed to broaden his combat style, unfortunately, he did not have any coins in his pocket, thus, compelling him to head to the city to hunt.
During his walk, cao yaun had wished to obtain a new style of martial arts, considering his current attacking move to be quite boring and ineffective. With only two techniques, cao yaun's attacking power had become fairly limited.
After wandering around the city, searching from one street to another, Cao Yaun arrived in front of a large building. Above the door frame was a calligraphy board with the words "BAIXUN FREE MARTIAL HALL".
This hall was established during the reign of the first king of the province, when there were virtually no big sects and clans, who each had their training grounds. It was a public place, where all cultivators could train. Despite the appearance of numerous sects and clans and the opening of their training grounds, The Free Martial Hall remained open to itinerant cultivators and independent warriors.
As soon as he entered the huge building, the noisy tumult of the street disappeared and was replaced by a focused and solemn atmosphere. The inside of the hall was vast and split into three separate large sectors.
To the left was the training sector, where a considerable number of training equipment was located, namely, turning wooden stick dummies, bags with sand, and an open sparring ground, where cultivators were fighting. To the right was the cultivation sector, which was designed as a set of free-standing stone terraces, where people sat in a meditative pose. In front of him was the strength measurement sector, which attracted the most attention.
Following the road ahead, Cao Yaun walked leisurely towards the strength-measuring section, ignoring the strange looks from those who had seen his appearance. After all, he had already grown accustomed to his tall and stocky build.
Upon approaching the device, Cao Yaun took a closer look at it and was fascinated by the mechanisms. The machine consisted of a metal plate, which was attached to a complex system of pulleys and springs. By punching the plate, one had to lift a long triangular indicator on a vertical scale, which extended from 0 to 500 kg.
There were three such devices in the hall, two of which were occupied by groups of people, who wore similar uniforms. They were chatting amongst themselves in a low voice as they stood around the machine.
For a cultivator of the Tier 1 Mortal Realm, a Peak Bronze Bone practitioner would have a punching power of around 25 kg. For every subsequent minor realm, the number would increase by approximately 25 kg, reaching around 50 kg, 75 kg, and 100 kg for the Peak Silver, Peak Iron, and Peak Golden Bone practitioners, respectively. Of course, this was only a rough estimation, as some people might be slightly stronger or weaker due to different body types or other factors. The strongest recorded power punch for a Peak Tier 1 Mortal cultivator in Baixun City was roughly 113 kg.
Coming to a standstill in front of the third unused device, he looked it over, trying to understand the principle of its operation. After going round and round it and not understanding a thing about it, he shrugged completely unaware of how the machine worked. Positioning himself infront of the machine, Cao Yaun rolled his neck and prepared himself.
"Let's see how much power I have without using any special skills," Cao Yaun muttered to himself, flexing his biceps, and took a deep breath. With a solid punch, he drove his fist into the center of the device.
Boom!
A deaf blow reverberated throughout the room, briefly silencing the din of the other fighting cultivators in the room. The lever jerked upwards with great acceleration, stopping just below the 71 kg mark. The terrifying power displayed by the machine clearly showed that it was way beyond what an early iron bone cultivator would normally have. The display showed 70.35 kg, which was actually close to the the strength of someone at the Peak Iron Bone stage.
As the lever settled, all the cultivators, who were measuring their strengths, fell silent. They turned around, staring in astonishment at Cao Yaun. Due to his colossal height of three meters, almost all of them were already expecting him to have a fairly high indicator, but when the group gathered around him, most of them first nodded at the display in approval, and then a stunned gasp escaped their lips, when they saw the number.
"Ridiculous," said someone from the crowd.
"Absolutely."
"Very absolutely."
The stunned cultivators could barely form coherent sentences, repeating the same phrases several times in a row. Every one of them could feel the incredibly powerful aura emitted by the young man, which made it clear to them that he had barely reached the Early Iron Bone stage.
Usually, a cultivator of the Early Iron Bone had a fairly decent punch of about 56.25 kg. However, it seemed that for this guy, the 56.25 kg was not the end, but the beginning. His strength of 70.3 kg exceeded the standard by almost 15 kg, which was an incredibly impressive leap for the Bone Transformation Realm.
Gasp! Gasp! Gasp …
Someone pulled his breath sharply, and after a few moments, another one, then a third one joined in. Subsequently, the whole measuring sector was filled with the sounds of hundreds of people holding their breath. They were looking at a young man, who was about to set a new world record for strength among the Bone Transformation Realm cultivators.
"That's impossible," someone muttered, expressing the thoughts of many, but the listeners only nodded in solemn agreement.