Library of Heaven's Path - Chapter 12: Emperor Bloodline

An hour later, Zhang Xuan walked out from the Logistics Branch and his eyes twinkled in excitement.

If it had been his previous self, he would have ended up being taken advantage of today. However, with the Library of Heaven’s Path, his life took a complete turn towards another direction.

“Perhaps, it is a blessing for me to transcend over! This kind of exciting life is what I hope for!”

Zhang Xuan clenched his fist and exhaled a breath of air.

In his previous life, he was only a librarian living a plain and simple life that only rotated around the library and his home. Even if he were to continue on like that, he would only continue claiming his salary and continue with his aimless life. However, things were different here. With a great gift package known as the Library of Heaven’s Path, perhaps he would be able to walk further and become stronger. He would be able to live an entirely new and exciting life!

At this moment, Zhang Xuan had finally become a part of the world! He no longer struggled in his heart over the dilemma between his homeland and this world.

“Don’t pull me. Let me die, I want to die…”

Just when he was secretly celebrating, he heard a piercing wail from a distance not too far away. It sounded like a frenzied bull, causing one’s heart to tear in agony.

Turning around, he saw a fatty howling that he would charge towards the manmade lake in the academy and commit suicide by jumping into it.

Behind the fatty, no one tried to stop him. The fatty himself also didn’t charge forward despite howling non-stop. Suddenly, he turned around and grabbed the palm of a student beside him and put it on himself, making it seem as though the student is pulling him back. Then, he continued howling.

“Don’t pull me, let me die. I don’t want to live anymore…”

“…”

Everyone was speechless.

“That’s too shameless!” Zhang Xuan shook his head.

This fatty, despite not wanting to die, insisted on portraying a fake image of someone being restrained from committing suicide. He was really shameless.

Knowing that this fellow couldn’t possibly die, he couldn’t be bothered with him anymore. Instead, he walked towards his own classroom. Before he could walk far, the howling voice seemed to close in on him as the ground tremored. Following which, a pair of thick arms hugged his leg.

“Teacher, I’m begging you, please accept me as your disciple. They all scorn me because of my size and reject me…”

The fatty burst into tears.

“Let go!”

Zhang Xuan was speechless.

Wasn’t this fellow too eccentric? Rushing over to beg him to accept him as his disciple upon seeing that he was a teacher, Zhang Xuan had never seen such a person in his life.

“Teacher, I will only let go if you accept me!” Tears and snot flowed freely from the multiple facets of the fatty. His voice sounded so sorrowful that even those who were watching from the side started to sympathize with him. “Today, I have already visited over ten teachers, but none of them were willing to accept me. This teacher over here, seeing how pitiful I am, please accept me!”

The examinations among the students would also affect a teacher’s evaluation. A plump person like him would tend to have trouble in his battles and his agility. Most renowned teachers would be unwilling to accept him.

“If you want me to accept you, you would have to at least show me your abilities. What do you expect to achieve by hugging my leg?” Zhang Xuan said.

He possessed the Library of Heaven’s Path, so he should have no trouble recruiting students. If this person turned out to be mediocre, Zhang Xuan would not accept him as his disciple.

“Teacher, you have to accept me as your disciple. I am quite capable…” The fatty looked up hesitantly before slowly loosening his arms.

“We have to see before we know whether you are capable or not. There is no use saying so much!” Seeing how he was still slightly reluctant to release his grip, Zhang Xuan kicked him away scornfully.

What was this? It would be one thing for a female student hugging his leg. However, not only was he a male, he was also a fatty… He shivered just by the thought of it.

“Fine! Look at my abilities!” The fatty didn’t feel scorned. He stood up and surveyed the surroundings. Then, he carried a few concrete blocks over from a short distance away. After which, lifting one up with his hands, he smashed his head into it.

Peng!

The concrete block shattered.

After which, he carried a few more concrete block and shattered it using his elbow and leg. Without an exception, they all shattered.

[This fellow may seem plump, but he is skilled in henglian martial arts.]

Ignoring his henglian, Zhang Xuan was currently looking through the book that was automatically compiled in his mind.

The skills trained through henglian could also be considered as a type of martial arts. The moment the fatty displayed his prowess, the library began to compile his information.

“Yuan Tao, a wandering cultivator in Dihuang City, Fighter 1-dan Juxi Realm Intermediate!”

……

“Flaws: 18 aspects. No.1, the Ancient Emperor Bloodline in his body has yet to be awakened! No.2, his foundations are too weak, the martial arts he trains in…”

“Emperor Bloodline?”

Looking at the records on the book, Zhang Xuan was taken aback.

After merging with the memories of the previous owner of the body, he knew that in this world, bloodline and one’s innate body was very important. As long as one possessed either one of the two along with a suitable method to utilize it, their cultivation would soar by leaps and bounds in the future, causing their strength to increase exponentially.

There were many types of innate bodies such as Pure Yin Body, Pure Yang Body, Immaculate Body, Golden Body…

There were also many types of bloodline such as Ancient Bloodlines, New Bloodlines, inheritances and mutations…

Once found, every single one of them would become a target competed over by countless teachers.

The Emperor Bloodline which the fatty possessed was one of the Ancient Bloodlines. It was said that when those who possessed such bloodline reached the peak of their cultivation, their body would be impenetrable, no objects in the world would be able to break through their defenses. It was one of the most powerful bloodlines among defense-based bloodlines.

[This inconspicuous, fat and shameless fellow actually possessed an Ancient Bloodline?]

“His Ancient Bloodline has yet to be awakened. From the looks of it, this fellow doesn’t seem to be aware of it as well.”

A glint flashed through Zhang Xuan’s eyes.

Of all types of bloodlines, Ancient Bloodlines were quite powerful. For this fellow to not be accepted after visiting a dozen of teachers, it didn’t mean that they were unable to recognize such a bloodline. Rather, his bloodline had yet to be awakened, causing him to be just like any other normal people. Not mentioning how other people weren’t able to discern his bloodline, probably even he himself didn’t know about it!

However, even if he didn’t know, he did have the potential in this aspect. His defensive abilities were much stronger than the others and that’s the reason why he chose to train in this kind of ‘punchbag’ martial arts.

“I must accept this fellow under my tutelage!”

His eyes twinkled.

The entire academy might not even witness a single student possessing Ancient Bloodline throughout a course of multiple years. For such a good bud to appear before him, how could he possibly allow him to escape?

“Not bad. I will accept you as my student. Come, acknowledge me as your teacher!”

Zhang Xuan suppressed the jubilation in his heart and threw an identity token over to him with a calm face.

“Teacher, are you really going to accept me? This is great…”

The fatty seemed to have taken quite a few mental blows throughout the day. Upon hearing that a teacher was willing to accept him, he was so excited that he cut his finger without second thoughts and squeezed a blood droplet on it.

“It seems that the standard of the teacher determines the standard of the students he would accept. When the teacher is trash, the student would also be trash!”

At this moment, a cold scorn sounded out.

Turning around, Zhang Xuan saw a cold and arrogant young man walking over.

There was a beautiful lady walking beside the young man. Her pitch-black silky hair flowed down her shoulders, her pale skin had a creamy texture to it and her eyes captivated the gaze of those looking into it.

“Shang Bin? Shen Bi Ru?”

Upon seeing the two of them, two names immediately floated into his head.

In the entire academy, there were probably no one who would be unaware of Shen Bi Ru!

She didn’t have any unique background, but she was publicly acknowledged as a beautiful teacher. Even the school belle would pale in comparison when compared to her.

It wouldn’t have meant anything if she was all looks. The crux of it was that she is skilled in teaching as well. Despite being in this academy for less than a year, she had already become one of the most famous teachers in the academy.

Noble, elegant, beautiful and intelligent, she attracted the frenzied pursuit of quite a few teachers.

Zhang Xuan’s previous self was also one of her pursuers.

However, the previous Zhang Xuan was too much of a failure. Not mentioning his weak cultivation, he was also the last in all kinds of examinations. Due to his low self-esteem, even though he was interested in her, he had never talked to the goddess of his heart, needless to say, courted her.

This young man was called Shang Bin and he was the grandson of the academy’s Elder Shang. He was also one of her pursuers and he had used his identity to suppress the other pursuers. He seemed to have received word from some source that Zhang Xuan was also interested in Shen Bi Ru, prompting him to insult him whenever they meet, sometimes even resorting to physical violence.

However, Shen Bi Ru didn’t seem to be interested in him. All along, she had been cold to everyone, as though she wasn’t interested in anyone at else, leaving Shang Bin distressed and helpless.

“Who are you insulting as trash?” Hearing Shang Bin’s unrestrained sarcasm, Zhang Xuan didn’t get angry and turned around to look over.

“Trash is insulting to you!” Shang Bin smiled contemptuously.

“Oh, so ‘trash’ is insulting to me. So smelly, so smelly!” Zhang Xuan waved his hand in front of his nose, putting on a disgusted expression.

“You…” Only now did Shang Bin react. Being made fun of by the worst teacher in the academy, his face turned red.

Emperor Bloodline <-> 龙犀血脉 (Longxi Bloodline)

In ancient China, they believe in like ‘looking at one’s facial features to determine one’s future’. Naturally, there’s a face for one destined for nobility as well. One of these noble faces is this Longxi face, which is usually termed as the face of an Emperor.

This fellow may seem plump, but he is skilled in Henglian martial arts.

TL: Henglian (横练) is a way of training and literally means ‘training through brute strength‘. There are 3 main ways of training in martial arts, Wenlian, Wulian and Henglian. According to baidu, the three different way of training will lead the martial artists to different peaks. Henglian refers to a method which uses ‘smashing of one’s body onto a hard object’ in order to train their body parts. Even today, Henglian is still used as a way of training by a few (like the Iron Head Skills, they smash their head on solid objects from young)

True Martial World - Chapter 102: Purple Air Comes From The East (Part 2/2)

"What…what was that about?" Many people looked towards the white jade stage, but all they saw was Yi Yun concentrating with his eyes shut. His hands were by his eyebrows and his fingers pointed towards each other. Slowly, he moved his hands down while following the body's central axis all the way till his dantian.

As for finishing, Lin Xintong had noted in the 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist' that it was not enough to play out a perfect cultivation technique, the finishing was also a way to retract the Qi. By retracting the Qi, one could calm one’s mind and consolidate one's insight; only then would an entire set of cultivation technique be considered complete.

After Yi Yun finished that process, he exhaled a breath of air. Yi Yun's energy was present in that breath, so like a blade, the breath flew far without dissipating.

Only then did Yi Yun open his eyes. His eyes were like two balls of lightning, especially sharp and incisive!

"That…That commotion a while ago. Was it due to the kid on stage?"

The audience were still unsure as they found it too incredulous.

"It…It should be…" Some people said uncertainly.

Looking up into the sky, the purple mist was still faintly glowing.

The platform was filled with a dozen broken teacups, with the broken pieces like crushed eggshells. Even the biggest piece was the size of a person's fingernail. Some of the pieces had even turned to dust. It was simply shocking.

"When Yi Yun demonstrated, he produced some purple mist; his Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist produced the sounds of bones exploding, and it even shattered the teacups?"

The people took a long time to believe this fact.

They were dumbfounded; as for the members of the Lian tribal clan's warrior preparation camp, they were even more stunned. They did not understand the purple mist, but the teacups confounded them. Wasn't this the realm Yao Yuan mentioned, "Thunder Occurring in the Nine Clouds, Surprise Bow Drops Flock"?

These members of the warrior preparation camp had been waiting to see Yi Yun make a fool of himself, but now, no words came from their mouths, as if they had been petrified.

From the beginning of the semi-finals to now, the contestants had all used the method of breaking rocks to prove their strength. When it was Lian Chengyu's turn, he had shattered a black ironstone the size of a roller. And when it was Tao Yunxiao's turn, he broke the shackles of the 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist' and performed the impressive-looking 'Nine Mysterious Swords of Heaven'. Finally, Tao Yunxiao had also used his destructive power to prove his cultivation technique's strength.

But when it reached Yi Yun, never did he once attack the black ironstone, but in the end, he had conjured up a purple mist within his body and shattered some teacups with the exploding sound from his bones.

Tao Yunxiao had produced the energy of the sword that normal Mortal Blood warriors would not be able to, but Yi Yun had produced the purple mist and shattered teacups. When compared, which was better and which was worse?

The men from the warrior preparation camp could not tell. But there was no doubt that their Young Master Lian Chengyu was overshadowed by the two of them!

The leader of the warrior preparation camp members, "Zhao Tiezhu the second", could hardly believe this could happen.

At that moment, Lian Chengyu had turned absolutely livid.

He actually did not know what Yi Yun had done. But just seeing that beam shoot up into the sky and the shattering of the dozen cups, Lian Chengyu had confirmed that Yi Yun's fist techniques possessed something incredible!

Or else how could such a phenomena appear?

"Did he gain some particularly special insight?” Lian Chengyu, of course, did not know about ‘Purple Air Comes From The East’, as it was way beyond him. But he could work out that this was something gained from insight.

Perhaps, Yi Yun had taken the opportunity to break through to another realm!

Lian Chengyu's eyes burned with jealousy. He was furious as he felt as if he had been robbed of something that belonged to him!

To be able to shine in the preliminaries and semi-final, to be valued by the Jin Long Wei officers, to become a Jin Long Wei elite member; these were things Lian Chengyu wanted.

But first, there was the failure to break through to the Purple Blood realm. Till now, he still did not know what the reason for his failure was. If he could have broken through to the Purple Blood realm, it would be as easy to pass the kingdom's selection as eating and drinking. It would have been easier for him to enter the Jin Long Wei elite as well.

Now, he had to rely on his abilities to pass the kingdom's selection. In the preliminary, he had just managed to rise to prominence and thought that he could gain the attention of Zhang Tan, but in a split second, Yi Yun had overshadowed him!

When Yi Yun performed his cultivation technique, he did not shatter rocks or chop trees. Just that light beam and the sound of his explosive bones, which shattered a dozen teacups, was enough to overshadow him to the extreme.

What's more, this person was a poor plebeian from his tribal clan!

Lian Chengyu had never imagined such a day even in his wildest dreams!

And what depressed Lian Chengyu the most was the fact that he had yet to have seen Yi Yun's true power.

Without really revealing his hand, Yi Yun's attack and destructive power were still a mystery.

Yi Yun seemed to be very powerful and since he had never been in direct combat with others, no one knew his ins and outs. Is he at the peak of the Meridians realm, Qi Gatherer realm or an even higher level?

Not far from the platform, Zhang Tan was still in a state of shock.

For a poor youth from a tribal clan in the vast wilderness to induce Purple Air Comes From The East was unbelievable.

Purple Air was an aura of royalty. There were even legends that Purple Air was the signature of a founding emperor or a Saint.

For such rumors to arise, it was because the warriors who had induced Purple Air Comes From The East had great achievements. They really had the potential to become founding emperors and martial art saints.

Because Purple Air Comes From The East was rare, this was a bizarre legend among the upper echelon warriors of the kingdom's heartlands.

Making it even more bizarre, it could be said that those who induced Purple Air Comes From The East had gained the recognition of Heaven and Earth. They had a "divine destiny" as if a star had manifested as a human. They were destined to be extraordinary.

It may sound outrageous, but there was some truth in it. Because Purple Air Comes From The East was the gaseous output of a person's spirit, Qi, and essence when combined with the Heaven Earth Yuan Qi.

This also meant that the Heaven Earth Yuan Qi recognized the person!

A person recognized by the Heaven Earth Yuan Qi can also be said to be recognized by Heaven and Earth. Although it sounds like an exaggeration, it made sense!

At that moment, in the airship above the white jade stage.

Lin Xintong was looking at the ongoings below and a smile formed on her lips.

At a high altitude, they could appreciate the beauty of the purple mist. It was like a clump of purple flames burning.

And below that purple mist, there was a youth dressed in linen. His bearing had turned exceptional as if he was appreciating the fact that he was at the peak of a mountain.

Purple Air Comes From The East was definitely a surprise!

"Xintong…" Old Man Su suddenly said.

"Yes? Master, what's the matter?" Lin Xintong reacted by turning towards Old Man Su, but she only saw him frowning. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

"Tell me something. For some reason, I suddenly had a thought. A few months ago when the Purple Clouds' Birth happened in the Cloud Wilderness, could it also be a form of 'Purple Air Comes From The East'?"

True Martial World - Chapter 101: Purple Air Comes From The East (Part 1/2)

A few months ago, Yi Yun had read the notes left behind by Lin Xintong before Yi Yun he through to the Qi Gatherer realm. Among the notes, there were records about this mysterious feeling—When 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist' is completed mastered, a dragon and tiger would appear within the mind; with the Tiger Leaping through the Mountains and the Dragon Rising to Nine Skies! Yi Yun had just failed to connect that to what he had experienced the previous night.

It was difficult not to replicate the battle between a dragon and tiger in one’s mind. Every action would be identical to the actions of a dragon and tiger. At that point, every aspect of the 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist' would have penetrated into one's marrow.

After that, a warrior could forget all the moves of the 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist', but when they battled, they would be able to perfectly manifest the spirit of 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist' in their every movement.

This amounted to fully digesting 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist'.

Although 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist' was great, it was just a basic fist technique of the Mortal Blood and Purple Blood realms. If a practitioner of martial arts were to be bound by the fist moves of the 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist', then it would be a tragedy for they were destined not to accomplish great things.

Because even with 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist' fully mastered, it was just at the peak of the Purple Blood realm!

But if they could absorb the essence of 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist' and fuse it into their martial arts system, then it would be totally different!

All of this had been recorded within Lin Xintong's notes. It was also the true meaning left behind by the creator of 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist'!

'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist' was not the only cultivation technique in this world that had a limit. In fact, every cultivation technique has its limits. Even the 'Tai Ah Sacred Technique', which was of a higher grade than the 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist', has its limits as well.

To further cultivate, one has to switch cultivation techniques.

Warriors had to continuously change their cultivation techniques; those with low perceptivity would end up wasting time with poor cultivation techniques.

As for those with high perceptivity, they could digest the old cultivation technique, and incorporate it within their understanding of martial arts. Eventually, they will be able to go down their own path of martial arts.

As the statement goes, cultivation techniques had limits, but the path of martial arts had none!

This was also the source of the mysterious feeling Yi Yun had felt. Now, Yi Yun had managed to touch the threshold of that realm.

Yi Yun's every move and stance became more harmonious as if it had blended together with the surroundings!

Seeing this, Zhang Tan became more surprised and slowly turned solemn.

Could it be…this was Yi Yun forgetting the routines, so as to assume formlessness?

This kid has managed to touch the threshold of that realm at twelve!

This realm was something any person who wanted to make a big mark in martial arts had to understand!

Yi Yun had done this for about fifteen minutes. He had entered a trance-like state and was completely immersed in his own world.

But the surrounding audience were sick of waiting.

One had to know that before Yi Yun, the person who demonstrated the longest was Lian Chengyu, who only took a few minutes. But Yi Yun had taken five times longer than Lian Chengyu!

If Yi Yun had managed to be a raging tempest, breaking rocks and chopping down trees at every turn, they could endure it because it was still a spectacle to behold.

But Yi Yun was just doing his ordinary looking moves. They were long sick of watching that.

"This kid, can he make it?"

"Do we really need to see this cowardly demonstration? I can do better than him!"

The people of the Tao tribal clan all grumbled in private, but none of them dared to shout it out. Zhang Tan was the examiner, and without him shouting for Yi Yun to stop, they did not dare say a word. They could only discuss in private and express their discontentment.

Actually, even Lian Chengyu and Tao Yunxiao could not tell the charm that Yi Yun was displaying with his 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist', let alone the commoner audience.

This was because the 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist' Lian Chengyu and Tao Yunxiao had practiced were flawed, making it impossible for them to harmonize it.

"Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist" was a top skill that trained the body and it was a national treasure manual of the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom. It was a top cultivation technique that was extremely difficult for one to be able to cultivate it to its extremes.

Not only was a proper master needed, a person also had to have their own perceptivity.

But Tao Yunxiao and Lian Chengyu lacked both criteria.

"The movement may look pretty, but the fists lack a punch. It's just for show, nothing worth mentioning," said Tao Yunxiao with a yawn. He had seen enough of Yi Yun's fist skills. He was just waiting for Yi Yun to finish his last few moves before he jumped off the white jade stage to strike the black ironstone. At that moment, he would be able to know Yi Yun's real strength.

Lian Chengyu shared the same thought with Tao Yunxiao. He too wanted to know Yi Yun's real strength.

Although Yi Yun had been triumphant all this time, Lian Chengyu had never seen Yi Yun reveal his true strength. When Zhang Yuxian chose Yi Yun, it was because of his martial arts talent; maiming Zhao Tiezhu was nothing as Zhao Tiezhu was too weak; by shining in the Kingdom's selection preliminary, that was because of his Spirit, not his strength.

Lian Chengyu wanted to tear down Yi Yun's mask and see how strong he really was. But Yi Yun had demonstrated a Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist that was like an old granny's foot-binding cloth; it was long and smelly.

When will it be over?

Fifteen minutes was followed by another fifteen minutes. Tao Yunxiao was totally fed up with waiting.

He began to strongly believe that Yi Yun's strength was terrible.

As for Lian Chengyu, he too had a similar belief. If not, Yi Yun should have easily sent out a few strikes to destroy a few black ironstones.

"This little slave has been deceiving the public through dishonest means. If he really had the ability, he would have revealed it early. As for that old fellow, Zhang Tan, he must have realized that he had made a mistake at the preliminaries. He can't salvage the situation, so he doesn't want the little slave to end."

As Lian Chengyu was having such a thought, he was suddenly stunned, for he saw a purple mist appearing above Yi Yun, who was still performing.

The purple mist dispersed the light, just like a waterfall dispersing the sunlight to form a rainbow. It became prettier and prettier. What did this beautiful scene mean?

"Whew!"

From Yi Yun's body, a surge of pure essence flew up into the sky as it reached to the clouds!

This essence began to spread in the sky and formed a purple cloud; it was as gorgeous as purple satin.

This scene had left many people dumbfounded. In fact, they could not tell if this scene had anything to do with Yi Yun.

How could his punches create a purple mist?

The people collected themselves and they noticed that Yi Yun's fists were faintly glowing!

Vast amounts of energy came to Yi Yun from all directions. At that moment, Yi Yun felt he was almost at the threshold of touching the gates of the Purple Blood realm!

"Oh? This is…Purple Air Comes From The East?" Zhang Tan was greatly shocked. When a person concentrated on his martial arts and eliminates all distractions, they would enter a ‘No Law, No Shape, No Void, No Me’ state. Under this state, their essence could emerge.

The essence that emerged could mix with the surrounding Heaven Earth Yuan Qi, condensing into an air surge that shot into the sky.

This was Purple Air Comes From The East!

Purple Air, which was also known as the aura of Heaven's Child, was indescribably precious!

Purple Air Comes From The East had nothing to do with a person's cultivation. It was purely a state! It was a cultivation state that many martial artists would dream of, but like an "epiphany", it was something that came by, not by searching for it!

But, many martial art masters, human overlords had never entered such a state of Purple Air Comes From The East in their lives.

"Purple Air Comes From The East?" On the airship, Old Man Su grabbed his beard and did not realize that he had torn off some his beard because he was oblivious to the pain.

Not far from him was Lin Xintong, who was entranced by this scene. A strange glint appeared in her eyes.

At that moment, Yi Yun's bones began to emit a soft sound!

This sound began soft but it slowly became louder.

Bones like Thunder, Tendons as a Strongbow!

"Buzz——"

The sound grew more and more intense. At the same time, the light emitted from Yi Yun's body grew brighter, as if a small sun had grown from Yi Yun's body.

At that moment, Yi Yun's essence had united; his understanding of "routines have limits, but martial arts is without limit" grew deeper, and the dragon, tiger phantom images in his mind grew more vivid.

Finally, when Yi Yun accumulated every bit of his energy, he punched out the last stance of the 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist', even though this was the eighteenth time that Yi Yun had demonstrated the entire set of 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist'!

The final punch was drawn in!

"Boom!"

The energy within Yi Yun's body roared out. His body had compressed a large amount of energy within, and with the release, the sounds in Yi Yun's bones and muscles also united as one.

"Peng! Peng! Peng! Peng!"

On the platform, a dozen teacups and three teapots beside the Tao tribal clan's elders shattered! The splattering of the tea gave the elders a great shock.

The elders of the Tao tribal clan were in the Purple Blood realm, but there were some advisors of the Tao tribal clan that had no martial arts background. Seeing their teacups shatter, they retreated in horror.

True Martial World - Chapter 100: Mysterious Feeling

Yi Yun stood firmly in the center of the white jade stage. Everyone's eyes were on Yi Yun as they were anticipating his performance.

Yi Yun felt some emotions. He slightly raised his head towards the airship in the sky. Without a doubt, Lin Xintong and Su Jie were riding in it and they were here to watch the semi-finals.

They had appeared just as Yi Yun came to the stage. Yi Yun, of course, knew that they were here to watch him.

As for Tao Yunxiao, he felt it was a coincidence.

Tao Yunxiao felt depressed. Why didn't Lin Xintong come twenty minutes earlier, so that she could see me shine?

To be able to show his skills in front of a beauty would be a joy to Tao Yunxiao. Unfortunately, Lin Xintong had missed it.

Seeing the airship, Yi Yun felt as if he could "see" Lin Xintong looking through the window at him.

Yi Yun could not help but smile. He replayed the sparring match he had with Lin Xintong last night in his mind, and once again began to grasp further insight.

After having some sleep, those insights had turned evanescent, clear one moment, but fading the next. Yi Yun wanted to see if he could really incorporate those insights.

With a deep breath, Yi Yun could feel the surrounding Heaven Earth Yuan Qi.

The white jade stage he was standing upon was exceptional, with four desolate bone relics shining on the four pillars.

The array the desolate bone relics powered condensed Heaven Earth Yuan Qi, making the stage have more than a hundred times more Heaven Earth Yuan Qi than the Tao tribal clan's outskirts.

It was indeed a cultivation treasure! Yi Yun also coveted this kind of treasure. Of course, even if he took it, he had no way of powering it.

"Phew–" Yi Yun took in one deep breath after another, and felt the 36,000 pores in his body open up. He greedily absorbed the energy on the white jade stage. Just standing on this stage would increase a person's cultivation and even more so by training on it

The Purple Crystal within Yi Yun's heart began to slowly stir as a small eddy appeared within the Purple Crystal and the surrounding Heaven Earth Yuan Qi began to be attracted by this eddy and quickly swirled into the Purple Crystal.

Pure energy cleansed every inch of Yi Yun's body. That feeling was unbelievable!

Yi Yun felt intoxicated. It was like an alcoholic falling into a lake filled with thousand-year-old vintage wine while having free reign at drinking it.

"This kid, why isn't he moving?"

"I wanted to see how good he is, yet he has not made any moves yet. Is he trying to fool us?" The people's tongues wagged. From the beginning to now, Yi Yun had stood motionless for three minutes.

Tao Yunxiao crossed his arms and a smile appeared on his face. With a proud expression, he did not believe that Yi Yun would pose a threat to him for the semi-finals.

With the female sword appearing, who can challenge it?

At that moment, Yi Yun raised his arms. It was a simple stance and it did not stir any of the Heaven Earth Yuan Qi energy flow. It was because the Purple Crystal would absorb the Heaven Earth Yuan Qi flow any time it came close to Yi Yun's body.

Energy pulsed within his body before Yi Yun finally began punching!

The actions he demonstrated was not intense. Instead, it exuded a feeling of softness. Each stance and gesture of Yi Yun was extremely slow, but it was very harmonious and seamless!

Such a fist technique would not appear surprising to any normal person. It was just simple moves that could be easily learned and emulated by any ordinary person.

In time, many of the audience turned restless. What the hell?! What sort of fist technique is this? We could do it if we were asked to go up.

"Quickly do something powerful, it's too boring!"

"Can he really make the cut?"

The audience began talking in private. To them, only fist techniques that could shatter rocks and kick down trees were real fist techniques. Even many warriors thought so too.

Even though Yi Yun might not come close to Tao Yunxiao in terms of skill, he should have at least shattered some black ironstone since he had come in first in the preliminaries!

The laymen were here for the excitement, while the experts looked at the intricacies.

Zhang Tan stared at Yi Yun's every move. He had not taken much notice in the beginning, but slowly, his expression changed, and a look of consternation appeared on his face.

"Oh? This kid's 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist' can actually have such a harmonious feeling…It doesn't seem like he learned this fist technique in the vast wilderness!"

To empower the people so that they could battle fierce beasts, the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom had openly published the 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist' a long time ago which proliferated it. As for the people who had access to the 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist', they were a mixture of good and bad.

The later generations of warriors would often inject their own understandings into it, causing there to be many versions of 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist'.

As the cultivation technique became widespread, there were also drawbacks. Having many versions was not a good thing. Some of them oversimplified things and some of them removed things. As a result of all these varying standards, the essence of the 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist' was destroyed. But it came with the benefit of making it easier to learn.

The real and rigorous orthodox 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist' may have never reached the vast wilderness, as it was too difficult.

Yi Yun was currently performing the most orthodox form of the 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist'. With the help of Lin Xintong's notes, Yi Yun was able to reveal its charm.

The 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist' was a foundation skill of the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom, so it was the standard fist technique for their armies. As a Thousand Households of the Jin Long Wei, Zhang Tan was well versed in the orthodox 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist', so he could immediately tell the level of Yi Yun's fist technique.

"This kid sure has good perceptivity." Zhang Tan was surprised. Even if one were to learn the orthodox 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist', it was still difficult to master without perceptivity; what's more, Yi Yun was twelve years old. It was shocking!

In fact, the crowd's murmurs and Zhang Tan's praises did not matter to Yi Yun.

At that moment, Yi Yun had reached the ‘No Law, No Shape, No Void, No Me’ state on the white jade stage. This was the first time that Yi Yun was practicing in a thick Heaven Earth Yuan Qi environment.

The Purple Crystal could freely absorb the Heaven Earth Yuan Qi's energy in here.

Although desolate bones contained a lot of energy, they were similar to herbs. Some of the energy within was not pure. Some of them, when absorbed, will turn toxic, harming the person absorbing it. It could make a person's foundation weak, or make it impossible to digest, eventually causing a person to explode to his death.

But Heaven Earth Yuan Qi would not. It was the most original, purest form of energy.

Of course, there was a weakness in Heaven Earth Yuan Qi. It was not as vibrant as desolate bone energy. To level up by absorbing Heaven Earth Yuan Qi would take an extremely long time.

As the ancient saying goes, "A meat-eater charges forward bravely, a Qi-eater does not die and becomes a god."

The Qi-eater refers to a person who can absorb the Heaven Earth Yuan Qi. He possessed a long life, and had the strength that rivaled a god!

When Yi Yun's body and mind fused with the Heaven Earth Yuan Qi, his Spirit, Qi, and Soul fused into one. In that evanescent state, it felt like he could touch the creator of the 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist' and obtain the true meaning of his legacy.

This true meaning only existed within the most orthodox 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist'. Now, it slowly coalesced with Yi Yun's mind.

Yi Yun's every move and stance were injected with the true meaning as if it had a life of its own.

In Yi Yun's mind, this true meaning had evolved into various images.

It was a battle between a dragon and a tiger.

The dragon soared while the tiger leaped, the earth trembled and the mountains swayed!

This was the dream scene Yi Yun had last night. The only difference was that this time he was watching the fight while awake. He could see every detail.

Yi Yun thought back to the previous night in the woods when he felt an abstruse feeling while practicing 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist'.

At that time, he had trouble grasping it.

But today, he could!

Yi Yun finally understood what that mysterious feeling was.

True Martial World - Chapter 99: Yi Yun goes on stage

"Nine Mysterious Swords of Heaven?" Zhang Tan was slightly surprised because he had previously looked down on the Tao tribal clan. It was unbelievable that a small tribe in the vast wilderness could have such a thing.

"Alright, let me see your sword technique!" Hearing Zhang Tan's words, Tao Yunxiao felt encouraged and he grew more confident.

Tao Yunxiao began brandishing his sword as the sword beams quickly turned into a spectacular light show!

The sword moves of the 'Nine Mysterious Swords of Heaven' were very gorgeous!

The 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist' may be a top cultivation technique, but it could not be compared with the elegance of the 'Nine Mysterious Swords of Heaven'.

Every move and stance of the 'Nine Mysterious Swords of Heaven' was like art.

And these great-looking moves could train every inch of a cultivator's body. With proper breathing techniques, energy could enter the organs of a cultivator, strengthening their organs and blood.

The 'Nine Mysterious Swords of Heaven' was a cultivation technique that focused on strengthening the organs, while the 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist' was used to strengthen the muscles and tendons. So they complemented each other.

By cultivating both cultivation techniques together, it allowed for greater efficiency.

Tao Yunxiao might have been arrogant, but he had the means to be arrogant. The sword seemed to come to life in his hand.

This two-foot-long female sword was a truly a precious sword. As he brandished the sword, the sword's body would produce sounds that resembled the roar of a dragon or tiger's.

Tao Yunxiao was completely engrossed in his sword moves. Although he could not be as one with the sword, he could inject his mental spirit into the sword, making it an extension of his arm.

"Buzz——"

As the female sword began to hum more aggressively, it turned from a low hum to a clear buzz. It had seemed to become part of Tao Yunxiao, forming an indescribable "aura".

When this aura reached its peak, a sharp sound that sliced through the air could be heard–

"Whew!"

A visible airwave was emitted by the female sword with a crushing force!

"Cha!"

A piece of black ironstone the size of a washbasin ten feet from Tao Yunxiao flew up into the air before shattering!

The audience could not help but utter a cry when they saw that!

"Sword Qi!" Zhang Tan’s eyebrows raised. By injecting energy into a sword and using the sharpness of the sword, when a warrior strikes, the energy released is known as sword Qi.

Very few Mortal Blood warriors knew how to use swords, so it was even rarer for them to be able to release sword Qi!

Tao Yunxiao had proven that he had talent with swords from his attainment!

Tao Yunxiao did not sheath his female sword, but made large strides forward; he was chasing the stone that flew in the air.

His sword strikes were like a snowstorm!

"Cha! Cha! Cha!"

In the time of two breaths, Tao Yunxiao had sent out a few dozen moves. The female sword treated metal like mud; the washbasin-sized black ironstone was reduced to the size of a sugar cube before dropping to the ground.

"Awesome!" There was a jubilant uproar from the Tao tribal clan crowd. Their loud cheers were like layer after layer of waves, with each wave higher than the other. It took a while to subside!

The Tao tribal clan audience were extremely proud of their tribe.

The Grand Elder was satisfied. He knew that they had met their goal today. To build a family clan was an arduous task, and it might even lead to bloodshed.

By displaying the tribe's strength, they could make the external tribes be in awe of their strength, and they could also implant their clan’s pride amongst the people.

Tao Yunxiao ended off with a beautiful sword dance before perfectly sheathing his sword. His face beamed with a confident smile. He too felt that his performance had been perfect!

Zhang Tan nodded slightly as he said, "The sword Qi you released had the aid of the sword's power, but it can still be considered to be not bad!"

Zhang Tan had finally made his comment. The impression he had on the people was solemnity, probably harsh. The words "considered to be not bad" was an extremely high compliment!

The people of the Tao tribal clan were proud. Zhang Tan had praised their third young master!

And they still had the first and second young master. And the first young master, Hu Ya, was the brightest figure in their tribal clan.

"Well done Yunxiao!"

On the platform, several of the Tao tribal clan elders were not stingy with their praises. By obtaining the affirmation of the Jin Long Wei, Tao Yunxiao had regained the pride of the Tao tribal clan.

"Pinghai, you sure have a good son." A tribal elder said to a middle-aged man not far from him.

The middle-aged man said with a laugh, "There is still a large gap between Yunxiao and Hu Ya. When Hu Ya uses the male sword on stage, it will heat up the atmosphere even further!"

This intense atmosphere lasted for at least thirty minutes but the people were reluctant to end it.

They had a feeling that Tao Yunxiao would obtain first place in the semi-finals.

Until Zhang Tan announced, "The last participant of the Mortal Blood realm, Yi Yun."

"Oh? It's not over?"

"Right, there's still one more person!"

Only then did many people remember that Yi Yun had not gone on stage yet.

Yi Yun was, after all, first in the preliminary, plus the fact that he was young, he should have received a lot of attention; but because of Tao Yunxiao's stunning performance, the people forgot about Yi Yun temporarily.

"Yi Yun, is he the one with the strongest spirit?"

"That's right. If Yi Yun did not use a loophole in the preliminary, then he would be the person with the strongest Spirit in all the Mortal Blood realm warriors present. He may have great Spirit, but how's his strength?"

"How good can he be? He can't be much. That kid is only twelve. Our Young Master Yunxiao is a top talent, but he's already fourteen. Taking ten thousand steps back, even if the kid has talent and can catch up with Young Master Yunxiao, his strength must be much lower due to the two-year age gap between them."

The people began nodding their heads, fully agreeing with a Tao tribal clan warrior's comments.

The citizens of the vast wilderness had a difficult time understanding what Spirit was.

But a cultivation technique's strength was something they could comprehend. If Yi Yun could break a black ironstone with his punch, then he would be considered strong.

If he couldn't, then it proved that Spirit was some gaudy gimmick.

This was the thought of the people of the vast wilderness—simple and direct!

"Kid, I wish you luck!" Seeing Yi Yun heading up on stage and passing him by, Lian Chengyu experienced schadenfreude. After seeing Tao Yunxiao's stunning performance, Lian Chengyu had been jealous.

But as jealous he may be, he had always known the gap between the Tao tribal clan and the Lian tribal clan, so Lian Chengyu did not have a hard time accepting it.

And next, it was Yi Yun's turn to go on stage. Lian Chengyu was rejoicing within, for although no one knew Yi Yun's origins, he knew it clearly. Yi Yun could only demonstrate "Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist", and what’s more, it was secretly learned from Yao Yuan.

Firstly, Yao Yuan's standard was not the match of a Tao tribal clan expert's; secondly, Yi Yun had learned it secretly. So this difference was astounding!

Lian Chengyu could not stop laughing when the thought of Yi Yun using the 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist' he secretly learned to compete against Tao Yunxiao's 'Nine Mysterious Swords of Heaven' came to mind.

It was a torture to compare, but why did you have to perform after Tao Yunxiao?

The contrast will be too obvious.

"Little slave, do well later. Don't throw the face of your master, mine." Just as Yi Yun walked past Lian Chengyu, his ear rang with Lian Chengyu's voice.

Yi Yun stopped and turned his head towards Lian Chengyu.

"What are you looking at?" Lian Chengyu said with a teasing smile.

"Looking at a retard." Yi Yun said calmly and carried on walking to the white jade stage.

Lian Chengyu's face sank as he rooted himself into the ground. He cursed, "Little bastard, you reciprocate my niceness with that!?"

His face flashed a malicious expression but Yi Yun had already gone on stage, ignoring Lian Chengyu's threat.

True Martial World - Chapter 98: Nine Mysterious Swords of Heaven

After Lian Chengyu finished his demonstration, there were only five Mortal Blood realm participants left. Besides Yi Yun, the other four participants were elites nurtured by the Tao tribal clan.

These Tao tribal clan elites were stronger than Lian Chengyu in every aspect. This was because they had masters at the peak of the Purple Blood realm in the Tao tribal clan and these masters were much stronger than Yao Yuan.

Even Lian Chengyu had to admit that their 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist' was demonstrated with might. The level of their demonstration was much more powerful than his!

This made Lian Chengyu feel uneasy.

He had barely entered the top five in the preliminaries. It was not a done deal to enter the top five in the semi-finals.

Besides, Zhang Tan said that the Kingdom's selection had three rounds. Lian Chengyu did not know if the third round's topic would be something he was good at. Now that Tao Yunxiao and the nine Purple Blood realm warriors had already taken ten spots, there were not many spots left. Lian Chengyu felt a sense of urgency.

Three Tao tribal clan elites finished demonstrating one after the other.

The next person was: Tao Yunxiao!

As a person at the peak of the Mortal Blood realm, Tao Yunxiao was put in the limelight.

And Tao Yunxiao was on his home ground, so the surrounding audience was mostly filled with people from the Tao tribal clan. As the third young master of the Tao tribal clan, he obtained cheers from the crowd the moment he appeared!

Under such a cheering scene, Tao Yunxiao felt confident and he had a well-thought-out plan!

He strode onto the white jade stage. He was sure he would win this stage and he would win by a mile!

For the semi-finals, his father and the Tao tribal clan's elders had given him a surprise! Tao Yunxiao was confident that this surprise would be able to make the semi-finals into a one-man show!

Standing on the stage while under the eyes of many, Tao Yunxiao exuded pride!

This was a stage that belonged to him, the starting point of his brilliant future!

He loved that feeling.

As his glance swept the crowd, he looked at the Mortal Blood realm participants. Tao Yunxiao's lips curled into a smile; as for Yi Yun, he no longer noticed him.

Tao Yunxiao wanted these people to know the huge difference between him and the other contestants. He wanted them to know what it meant to be a frog in the well!

Tao Yunxiao waved and an elder came forward holding a long object wrapped in silk with both hands before passing it to Tao Yunxiao.

It was a sword!

"A weapon?" The people were shocked because so far, no one had used a weapon on stage.

It was not difficult to get started with weapons. Even someone like Zhao Tiezhu could grab a large saber and dance with it with great extravagance.

But a real warrior would not only just pose with their weapons. They would infuse their martial arts into the weapon, making the weapon part of them.

Most fist or leg skills were easier to manage. As for weapons like sabers, swords or halberds, it was not easy to utilize them as if they were a limb.

Warriors below the Purple Blood realm would muster their strength to break through to the Purple Blood realm, so they would not pay extra effort to cultivate their weapon skills.

But today on the white jade stage, Tao Yunxiao had taken out a sword. It was naturally not just for show, but also to reveal his real skill!

Tao Yunxiao was a warrior of the sword.

At fourteen years of age, he was no doubt a cultivation genius by being at the peak of the Mortal Blood realm and having cultivated a sword technique.

Even Zhang Tan, who saw Tao Yunxiao solemnly untying the cloth around the sword, was surprised.

He too wanted to know the level Tao Yunxiao had attained in his sword technique.

When the cloth was fully removed, what appeared to the masses was a two-foot-long short sword.

The sword's pommel was unsophisticated while the sword's hilt was covered in old snakeskin...

Looking at this sword, the elders of the Tao tribal clan standing on the platform had mixed expressions, but they also looked proud.

This sword was their Tao tribal clan's ancestral artifact!

Tao tribal clan's ancestral artifact was a pair of swords, a male and female sword.

The sword in Tao Yunxiao's hand was a female sword.

"Grand Elder, why did you agree to Yunxiao's use of the ancestral artifact? Aren't you afraid that it would be coveted by others, causing a calamity to our Tao tribal clan?"

The two ancestral artifacts of the Tao tribal clan was how they had kept their foothold. In the past when desolate beasts attacked, the peak Purple Blood realm warriors in the tribe would use the ancestral artifact to battle the desolate beasts.

Not only that, this pair of swords was able to condense Qi to cleanse a person's body. Training was more effective when both the male and female swords were used!

But today, for a kingdom's selection, the Tao tribal clan's Patriarch have given the female ancestral weapon to Tao Yunxiao for demonstration purposes! It sounded incredible.

The Tao tribal clan's Grand Elder was a thin person. He mused, "The Tai Ah Divine Kingdom is such a behemoth. Why would they care about our two ancestral artifacts? Revealing our ancestral artifact might cause trouble, but if we kept our secret, and never face the challenges posed to us, then our Tao tribal clan would eventually be destroyed."

"It's time we show our strength and foundation. This kingdom's selection is the best opportunity to show it off. We can't forever stay in this poor wasteland of the Cloud Wilderness. We need to leave this place and create our own family clan!"

In the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom, family clans were not a trifling matter.

Tribes such as the Lian tribe and the Tao tribe was just known as "tribal clans".

The difference between a family clan and tribal clan was like the difference between a noble in the capital city and a village's tycoon.

The Tao tribal clan had existed in the Cloud Wilderness for eons. Their ambition was to establish a family clan, and with their own hand, develop it slowly and build it up.

In the annals of the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom, many ancient family clans were built up from small tribal clans.

Many family clans had even survived several dynasties to the point that they had a longer history than the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom's royal family.

The Tao tribal clan had already accumulated enough. They could use the opportunity of the kingdom's selection to show their strength. And Tao Yunxiao was lucky; he was chosen to be the Tao tribal clan's Mortal Blood realm poster child.

"Lord Zhang, I will be demonstrating 'Nine Mysterious Swords of Heaven'!"

"Nine Mysterious Swords of Heaven?"

The commoners had never heard of such a cultivation technique; but for a person like Lian Chengyu, who had experience in martial arts, he knew what the 'Nine Mysterious Swords of Heaven' was.

It was a cultivation technique that used nine sword moves to cultivate the entire body's musculoskeletal system. It did the same thing as 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist' in a different way. It was also able to complement 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist' and vice versa. Since Tao Yunxiao had learned the 'Nine Mysterious Swords of Heaven', it was natural that he had also learned the 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist'.

He had learned two cultivation techniques!

This made Lian Chengyu feel mixed emotions. Such a large tribe like the Tao tribal clan was different. This was the difference in heritage.

One should know that the 'Nine Mysterious Swords of Heaven' was not widely spread. Certain factions hid it, so it was not easy to obtain the manual. To learn 'Nine Mysterious Swords of Heaven', one had to use a sword, which made the difficulty of learning it even higher!

The Tao tribal clan had their ancestral artifacts, the female-male swords. These two swords could give their users a mysterious energy. Coupled with the cultivation technique of the 'Nine Mysterious Swords of Heaven', it allowed the users to release unbelievable strength, allowing warriors to successfully break through in their cultivation.

This was the real secret the Tao tribal clan had, and it was the reason for being able to stand their ground in the vast wilderness for thousands of years!

And this secret had been kept completely confidential for a long time. But today, the Tao tribal clan elders decided they had accumulated enough. It was time to display their strength and begin their development and growth.

True Martial World - Chapter 97: The pinnacle of Lian Chengyu’s life

From Zhou Kang onwards, each demonstrator would jump off the white jade stage after finishing demonstrating their cultivation technique. They would then find any rock they didn't like the look of and send a punch towards it, smashing it to piece as a demonstration of their strength. There were all types of rocks everywhere around the arena, from granite with normal hardness to black ironstone of extreme hardness!

The weaker ones would smash granite rocks, while the stronger ones would smash black ironstone. Some of the elites of the Tao tribal clan could fracture three-foot-wide black ironstone with one punch!

Although it was implied that it was not a test of the power of a fist technique when Zhang Tan mentioned that the lack of a uniform standard, the contestants were secretly competing amongst themselves. The target they attacked could express the limits of their strength

As the end of the line of participants was reached, the black ironstone sizes that were broken became larger, making it more competitive!

This aroused the crowd to cheer as they shouted with excitement.

"Next, Lian Chengyu!"

Zhang Tan shouted again. It was finally Lian Chengyu's turn!

"Young Master Lian is sure to win!"

"Young Master will live for many generations, he will unify the wilderness!"

When Lian Chengyu came to the stage, the members of the warrior preparation camp who were jostling in the crowd began to shout. Ever since Zhao Tiezhu was taken down, the members of the warrior preparation camp fought to become the number one henchman under Lian Chengyu. These warrior preparation camp members could not do well at the kingdom's selection, but among normal people, they were a lot stronger. So even in a crowd of ten thousand people, they were able to squeeze to the very front and cheer on Lian Chengyu.

One of them was extremely good at sucking up to Lian Chengyu; Yi Yun did not know his name, but every time he saw him, he would subconsciously label him as "Zhao Tiezhu the second".

This time, "Zhao Tiezhu the second" shouted so loud, that even Lian Chengyu felt uncomfortable. The words "for many generations, he will unify the wilderness" was fine when used in their own territory, but to shout that in the Tao tribal clan, at the selection's public venue was ridiculous!

Indeed, the surrounding people of the Tao tribal clan began to laugh.

Lian Chengyu coughed dryly and stood on the stage, ignoring the members of the warrior preparation camp. He closed his eyes in concentration and began to perceive the Heaven Earth Yuan Qi.

This white jade stage was a Jin Long Wei treasure; hence, there was an extremely dense Heaven Earth Yuan Qi on the white jade stage!

"It feels great!" Lian Chengyu took a deep breath and began demonstrating his cultivation technique, which was of course "Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist"!

It had to be said that Lian Chengyu's "Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist" was extraordinary!

When he performed "Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist", he would stir the surrounding Heaven Earth Yuan Qi, forming into an invisible air flow, sending them wafting in all directions.

The demonstration of an expert was obvious.

Many of the Tao tribal clan elders that stood by the platform had teasing smiles on their faces, but when they saw what unfolded in front of them, they slowly wiped it off their faces. After all, Lian Chengyu could be considered a talent for someone his attainments despite growing up in a small tribal clan.

Lian Chengyu's "Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist" was a complete version as well.

Technically, Yi Yun was also a student of Yao Yuan, despite only secretly learned from him. Many things were not taught by Yao Yuan publicly but were taught privately to Lian Chengyu. This was not because Yao Yuan had meant to keep them secret, but rather that Zhao Tiezhu and company would not have been able to comprehend those things even if he had taught them publicly.

But even if Lian Chengyu managed to demonstrate a complete version of "Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist", to Yi Yun there were multiple flaws in his demonstration!

Yi Yun's "Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist" came from Lin Xintong. It was, of course, a complete version and also the truest version of the Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist in the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom. The drawn pictures were more profound than the normally inscribed versions.

Just Lin Xintong's "Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist" manual alone was priceless, not to mention Lin Xintong's commentary in the manual.

Lin Xintong was an extremely serious girl. Every understanding she had from browsing through the 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist' manual was written down meticulously. Yi Yun benefited much from it because Lin Xintong was standing on a completely different level.

Yi Yun could guess that Lin Xintong came from some superior sect or ancient family clan.

Lin Xintong's understanding of 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist' also represented the profound ancient family clans. How could a tribe in the vast wilderness compare?

As Lian Chengyu demonstrated "Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist", Yi Yun began to carefully count all the imperfections in Lian Chengyu's movements.

Although Lian Chengyu's every move looked perfect in the eyes of many, Yi Yun was still able to find faults in them.

Up to this point, Yi Yun had already counted twenty-eight flaws.

It was hard to imagine that, even with Lian Chengyu's high-speed movements, Yi Yun was able to catch every flaw in his moves sharply. This was also because Yi Yun was getting stronger and his senses were getting sharper.

If Yi Yun was to battle Lian Chengyu in a death match, then Yi Yun could exploit Lian Chengyu's flaws and defeat him!

By spotting the twenty-eight flaws, it meant that Lian Chengyu was no longer a match for Yi Yun in a direct battle.

"Pa! Pa! Pa! Pa!"

At that moment, Lian Chengyu's body was emitting the sounds of exploding bones.

And after that, "Peng! Peng! Peng!"

Like a strong bow being pulled, this was his tendons shouting in unison!

The essence of "Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist" was to train the bones and tendons. The aim of "Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist" was to train a warrior’s body to the point of having dragon ribs and tiger bones.

So having the bones and tendons sound was the most important symbol of having mastered "Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist".

"Ha!"

With a large shout, Lian Chengyu jumped off the white jade stage and hit a black ironstone the size of a roller.

"Ka-cha!"

With a tremor, the black ironstone shattered!

Lian Chengyu's fists were numb, but his eyes were filled with excitement.

He succeeded! He had achieved optimal performance. That punch was also Lian Chengyu's maximum attack power. His every move could be said to be perfect.

Lian Chengyu was satisfied with himself. He retracted his reddening fist and loosened his fingers. With a smile, he looked at the crowd and landed his eyes on Yi Yun.

His eyes indicated a hint of provocation.

He may have lost to Yi Yun at the preliminaries, but it was natural for him to exceed Yi Yun in the semi-finals. Yi Yun was only strong in Spirit, but Spirit was just an empty show of strength. In a real fight, one needed real skill and strength!

Although the semi-finals did not compare their strength, it was not much different to comparing cultivation techniques!

Lian Chengyu knew that Yi Yun's cultivation technique was the 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist'. Although Yi Yun had another 'Elephant Swallowing Technique', it was a mystic technique that aided in cultivation, but it wasn't a cultivation technique, so Yi Yun could only demonstrate 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist'.

Previously, everyone would display the strength of their 'Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist' and attack a piece of black ironstone to test their destructive power.

If Yi Yun wanted to stand out, he naturally had to showcase his fist technique's' power to obtain that impossible first place.

But how much destructive power could Yi Yun's fist technique have? Could he even shatter a black ironstone the size of a face basin? He might even have to hit a granite rock.

To Lian Chengyu, Yi Yun's level was at most at the peak of the Meridians realm. This was already an overvaluation. Even if Yi Yun was at the beginning stages of the Qi Gatherer realm, so what? Yi Yun's fist technique was obtained through improper channels. It was a question if Yi Yun could even perform the complete set of Dragon Rib Tiger Bone Fist having secretly learned from Yao Yuan, so how could his performance be brilliant?

Lian Chengyu descended from the stage.

The order of the semi-finals was according to the rankings of the preliminaries. Those who were ranked at the top in the first round were naturally the last to perform on stage.