Library of Heaven's Path - Chapter 14: Cultivation Technique

It wasn’t easy for Zhang Xuan to arrange everything properly with fatty and send him away. Only then did he realize that the sun was already setting in the west and it was about to turn dark soon.

"Looks like I'll only have five students!"

He shook his head.

Today was the last day to recruit students. Judging from the current time, it was probably the end of the recruitment.

Initially, he thought that he wouldn’t even recruit a student. He didn’t expect that he would end up pulling five students in. For a teacher who scored the worst in the Teacher Qualification Examination, it wasn’t a bad result.

Closing the doors to the classroom, Zhang Xuan followed the path back to his room based on his memory.

As a teacher of the academy, he had a dormitory room of his own. However, it was only a small room of around a dozen meter square large.

Soon, he reached the dormitory. Pushing the door open and looking at the sight within, he couldn’t help but sigh.

His previous self really had it bad. Not mentioning how the room was small, it was extremely humid. Mold was growing on some of the bedding and such. He really had no idea how that fellow managed to survive like this.

"Let’s forget about this first. Lessons are going to start tomorrow so I have to first ascertain my level of cultivation and try training a bit!"

Since he wasn’t hungry now anyway, Zhang Xuan followed the method he recalled in his memories and sat with crossed legs on the bed.

As a transcender, although he had inherited the memories of his previous self and wasn’t foreign to cultivating, he was still quite excited at the thought of growing stronger.

After he was done with the recruitment, it was about time for him to solidify his cultivation. No matter what, in this world, strength reigned supreme.

The Library of Heaven’s Path was capable of identifying other’s mingmen and flaws, allowing him to easily break through the defenses of opponents of the same level. However, if his enemy was much stronger than he was, even if he was able to identify the gaps in their attacks, he would be unable to keep up with them speed-wise. Before he could injure his opponent, he might already have been severed into multiple pieces like a lab rat.

Thus, even though the Library of Heaven’s Path was formidable, it didn’t ensure his invincibility. If he wanted to become stronger, cultivation was the way to go!

"The cultivation technique of my previous self is called the Hongtian Nine Dan Formula! It is a skill created by the founder of Hongtian Academy. The skill consists of nine dans, with each of the dan corresponding to the cultivation realm of the cultivator!"

He recalled the skill memorized in his head.

There were nine dans to a cultivator and every level opened up a new realm. The higher one climbed, the harder it was to cultivate.

Hongtian Nine Dan Formula was one of the most common cultivation technique in Hongtian Academy. It also consisted of nine dans which corresponded to the cultivator’s nine dans.

"Right now, I am the weakest of all of the teachers in the academy!"

In the academy, almost all teachers have reached Fighter 4-dan, leaving him to be the only 3-dan. Thus, he had to train harder to catch up to them.

Following the exhalation method in his memory, he focused his concentration.

In an instant, countless bright particles appeared before him as he slowly inhaled and exhaled while absorbing them. Gradually, the zhenqi within his dantian enriched.

After cultivating for an unknown period of time, Zhang Xuan opened his eyes and shook his head.

"This is way too slow!"

Even though he had inherited the memories of his previous self, his consciousness still remained that of an earthling. He found it difficult to be sitting still to cultivate for long periods of time.

Especially upon viewing the process of the gathering of zhenqi, he felt even more helpless.

Gathering zhenqi referred to the action of pulling and gathering in of the spirit particles in the air and suppressing them together. Just like the stacking of logs, they would be accumulated to form a river.

This was an extremely huge project. There were some cultivators who persisted in it every day without fail and filled up their dantian within three years to break into higher realms.

It was a work that required accumulation over time.

To cultivate so blandly for multiple years?

You might as well kill him!

"Oh, that’s right! Although the Hongtian Nine Dan Formula is the most popular cultivation technique in the academy, it isn’t the strongest one. I can use the Library of Heaven’s Path to seek out its flaws and find a way to correct them. Once I correct the flaws, won’t my training be much more efficient?"

A thought popped into his mind.

There were different tiers to cultivation technique as well. Better cultivation technique allowed one to cultivate faster while the weak ones caused one to cultivate at a slower pace. Could it be that the better cultivation technique had fewer flaws, causing the difference between the two?

Other people might be unable to improve their cultivation technique, but Zhang Xuan was different. With the Library of Heaven’s Path on hand, he could make use of it to seek out the flaws in it and think of a way to correct them. If he were to create a cultivation technique where even the Library of Heaven’s Path was unable to find a flaw in, wouldn’t his cultivation speed soar significantly?

At this point, Zhang Xuan stood up, placed the Hongtian Nine Dan Formula on his palm and started flipping through it.

Hu!

Just as he expected, the library in his mind jolted and a book with the exact same name appeared in it.

Opening the book gently, he realized that there were countless flaws on the Hongtian Nine Dan Formula on it, numbering more than a thousand!

"This is the skill that I was training with a moment ago?" Zhang Xuan was shocked.

Just a simple 3-dan and there were countless flaws in it, wasn’t this way too much!

It was just like eating a vegetable full of worms! Zhang Xuan felt that it was already incredible that his cultivation hadn’t disappeared after training in that skill.

"What about the other cultivation techniques?"

As a teacher, there were quite a few books in his room, "Supreme Four Inscription", "Heaven Meridian Technique", "Lotus Acupoint Breakthrough Might"… As he casually picked each of them and flipped through them, the library would automatically compile a corresponding book on it that recorded all kinds of flaws in the skill. For these skills, the flaws that were recorded exceeded 3000!

That was even scarier than the Hongtian Nine Dan Formula!

"This… Won’t I die out of exhaustion while searching for a way to correct all of those?" After taking a look, Zhang Xuan felt like he was about to go mad from frustration.

It was hard to find a correct path when there were more than a thousand flaws in a secret manual. It was like having a thousand different paths before you and each of which have countless divergence to them. Even if the Library of Heaven’s Path was capable of ascertaining whether the path is right or not, finding the most accurate path would definitely tire him to death!

"Right now, my cultivation is at Fighter 3-dan Zhenqi Pinnacle, just a little bit away from breaking through. Right now, I only have to find the flaw in the secret manual regarding this aspect and correct it!"

Upon seeing the countless mistakes in Hongtian Nine Dan Formula, he knew that it was impossible for him to resolve them in a short period of time. Thus, he flipped the manual to the very last page.

It was difficult to train in the Fighter 3-dan, but the last step to breaking through was significantly easier.

As he expected, there were only ten flaws in this page.

"Error in the method in sensing the spirit in the air, error in manipulating the flow of spirit particles, error in guiding the gathered spirit to flow through the Yangwei Meridian…"

The ten flaws written here were detailed clearly.

The Library of Heaven’s Path only recorded flaws, it didn’t list methods on resolving them. It wasn’t easy to search for the correct path one should take.

"Right! It seems that the parts of the Fighter 3-dan breakthrough method in the other books have different flaws from this!"

A thought flashed through his mind as he recalled what was written in the other secret manuals. Thus, he flipped through the other books to view the portion of it about breaking through the Zhenqi realm.

It was indeed as he recalled. Although there were mistakes in those as well, their errors were in different aspects.

"If it isn’t demarcated as an error, then it should be correct…" Zhang Xuan’s eyes lit up. He immediately grabbed pen and paper and jotted down the correct portion of each of them. Soon, a new cultivation method appeared before him.

"Let’s see if there are errors in this!"

With a faint smile, he grabbed the book that he had just written and the Library of Heaven’s Path jolted once more. A similar book appeared, just that this time, there’s only one error in it.

After researching for a moment longer, he corrected this final error and used the Library of Heaven’s Path to ascertain once again. Indeed, all of the errors have been filled up and it was in its perfect form.

"This is the most precise method to break through the Fighter 3-dan realm! Let me give it a try!"

Looking at the contents he wrote himself, Zhang Xuan nodded his head excitedly. He hurriedly got into position and started to cultivate.

"Relax my body and allow my pores to open, as though I am sinking into a tub of spirit air. Every single pore of mine is a complete lifeform by itself, breathing by its own will…"

Tzzzzzzzzzzzzz!

Cultivating through this method, although he wasn’t very used to it at the start, it didn’t take long for him to feel the spirit in the surrounding surge into him. The spirit absorbed by a single pore might not be much, but when all of the pores of a body were undergoing the same process concurrently, the absorption speed was one to behold.

The spirit in the air gathered like a flowing river, forming a giant flood in his body and rushing towards his dantian.

Boom!

An explosion echoed from his spirit sea. Initially, he was just a step away to breaking through his bottleneck. At the current moment, zhenqi overflowed from his dantian and coursed through his entire body, enriching his muscles and bones, generating a refreshing sensation.

Fighter 4-dan, Pigu realm!

"This… this is too fast!" Zhang Xuan’s eyes widened.

Based on what was recorded on the Hongtian Nine Dan Formula, he would need to take at least three to five months to break through, and this would still require a certain amount of luck. After slightly modifying the skill to correct the flaws on it, how long did he take in comparison?

Ten minutes? Five minutes?

Probably, he didn’t even take three minutes to successfully achieve a breakthrough!

This…

Furthermore, despite only correcting the breakthrough method for Fighter 3-dan Pinnacle, the purity of the zhenqi he absorbed was incomparably pure, containing much more power as compared to the ones he cultivated in the past!

If the zhenqi he cultivated in the past was sloppy mud, then this wave was a clear spring water without any impurities in it.

There were also different tiers to zhenqi, superior, intermediate and inferior. The higher the quality, the more clear it would be and the further one would be able to climb in the future! In the past, the zhenqi he cultivated was murky and probably of inferior quality.

The ones he was cultivating was so clear that you could see through it. Most probably, it was zhenqi of superior quality.

"Didn’t they say that… if one wants to cultivate superior zhenqi, they would require a God or Saint cultivation technique?"

There were different tiers to a cultivation technique as well, namely God, Saint, Spirit, Phantom and Mortal. In each tier, they were classified further into inferior, intermediate, superior and pinnacle.

Based on rumors among cultivators, one would need at least a saint cultivation technique in order to cultivate superior zhenqi.

Hongtian Nine Dan Formula was the lowest mortal cultivation technique, so how could it cultivate zhenqi of such quality?

"It is the Library of Heaven’s Path!"

Zhang Xuan clenched his fist.

He was still cultivating the Hongtian Nine Dan Formula, but as he managed to avoid the mistakes recorded on it and followed the correct path upwards, he was able to gather superior zhenqi.

[It seems that… what is recorded on the Library of Heaven’s Path is accurate. The Hongtian Nine Dan Formula is indeed too far from perfection.]

"If so, with the help of the Library of Heaven’s Path, can it be possible for me to create a book of saint or even god cultivation technique?"

Zhang Xuan’s eyes twinkled.

Library of Heaven's Path - Chapter 13: Shameless Student

Upon hearing those words, the ice-cold Shen Bi Ru smiled faintly.

Although this roundabout manner of insulting another meant nothing on Earth, it was an incomparably novel concept here.

Seeing the expression on his goddess, Shang Bin felt that he was being mocked. His face flushed in a moment and paled in the next. However, in front of the female goddess, he was determined to uphold decorum, thus he didn’t dare to attack Zhang Xuan directly.

“Why? Is there something wrong with my words?” Suppressing his anger, Shang Bin sneered. “There isn’t a single person who doesn’t know what your standards are in the entire academy! This fatty came to my classroom previously. Fat like a pig, he only knows how to defend and nothing else! The strength behind his fist is only a mere 15 kilograms! He must be either the first or second from the bottom in the entrance examination, so if he isn’t trash, what is he?”

Even though he couldn’t teach Zhang Xuan a lesson physically, he was resolute to strike a blow onto him through his words.

“The first from the bottom in the entrance examination?” Zhang Xuan only paid attention to the Emperor Bloodline and wasn’t aware of such a situation. He turned around to look at the fatty.

“Who says that I am the first from the bottom?” The fatty retorted confidently. Then, he scratched his head in embarrassment, “I am only… the 9997th place!”

“9997th place? Only?” A faint spell afflicted Zhang Xuan and he almost vomited blood.

Hongtian Academy only accepted 10000 students every year. Although it recruited so many people every year, there were always several students who failed to report due to several reasons. 9997th place, it was almost as good as being in the last place, alright!

[Besides… With such a low ranking, how can you still be so confident…]

Zhang Xuan felt as though he hadn’t fully woken up.

“It can’t be that you accept anyone who is a student?” Shang Bin sneered once again. Then, flinging his sleeves, an arrogant look appeared on his face as he declared, “I have a clear requirement when accepting students. I don’t accept anyone who is below the 500th in rank! The teacher who is first from the bottom and the student who is first from the bottom… How compatible! Haha!”

“Are you done talking?”

Towards his mockery, Zhang Xuan simply shook his head, “Now that you’re done, you can leave!”

Previously, he had examined Yuan Tao clearly with the Library of Heaven’s Path. That fatty was a wandering cultivator, so it was normal for him to know no cultivation technique and martial arts. As long as he found a way to awaken his Emperor Bloodline, his cultivation would definitely soar by leaps and bounds.

“You…”

If it was someone else, being mocked to such an extent, they would definitely be trembling from anger. However, this fellow didn’t even bat an eyelid to it. For Shang Bin’s attack to land on thin air, his face turned even uglier.

“It seems that a rotten wood cannot be carved!” After a cold humph, Shang Bin looked at Shen Bi Ru beside him and said, “Bi Ru laoshi, let’s go. If we stay with this kind of trash for too long, we would be contaminated by them!”

Hearing Shang Bin’s direct sarcasm, Shen Bi Ru frowned and chose not to leave with him. Instead, she turned around, “Zhang Xuan laoshi!”

Her voice was like an oriole, clear and enchanting, stirring up complex emotions in its listeners.

“Hm?” Zhang Xuan didn’t expect that the academy’s prettiest teacher would initiate a conversation with him, he was taken aback.

“Although the previous time you… didn’t score so well for your Teacher Qualification Examination, do not give up on yourself. Work hard and you will find yourself rewarded in the end!”

Shen Bi Ru nodded her head.

From her point of view, Zhang Xuan accepting one of the worst students meant that he didn’t hold any hope and had given up on himself.

Towards this ex-pursuer of hers, even if she didn’t fancy him, she didn’t hope to see him wallowing in his failures.

“Thank you for your advice!” He knew that the other party was truly concerned for him. Zhang Xuan nodded his head and explained, “This student, although he might not be anything now, he could turn out to be a jade. As long as I guide him properly, it isn’t impossible for him to shine!”

“Un!”

Shen Bi Ru didn’t speak any further and instead started to walk away.

She thought that Zhang Xuan’s explanation was only an excuse. Given Yuan Tao’s size and his lack of basic knowledge at his age, there was bound to be a limit to his future achievements.

“Darn it!”

Seeing the goddess of his heart talking to the worst teacher in the academy and even motivating him, Shang Bin’s face distorted savagely. The inferno in his heart raged as he stared at Zhang Xuan coldly before following behind Shen Bi Ru.

“Bi Ru, it is better for you to avoid contact with this kind of people, it will sully your flawless disposition…”

“Shang laoshi, I am a little tired today and would like to rest. I hope that you do not follow me…”

Before Shang Bin could finish his words, Shen Bi Ru turned around to leave.

“Damn it, damn it! Zhang Xuan, just you wait. I will definitely get back at you for this!”

He watched as his goddess walk further and further away before she disappeared from sight. At this moment, he had already directed all of his anger towards Zhang Xuan.

In his opinion, if it wasn’t for that inauspicious fellow, the goddess would definitely have dinner with him. How could it be possible for her to turn around to leave?

………………………………

“Since you have acknowledged me as your teacher, you must know where my classroom is!”

After the both of them left, Zhang Xuan turned his attention away from them and called out to the fatty.

“Great!” The fatty hurriedly stood up and smiled at him. “Teacher, now that I am your student, can you tell me which teacher are you in the academy?”

Hearing his words, Zhang Xuan grabbed his forehead.

This fellow, to think that he acknowledged whichever teacher he managed to set his eyes upon, not even clarifying Zhang Xuan’s identity beforehand.

“I am Zhang Xuan!” Zhang Xuan said.

“Zhang Xuan laoshi? The Zhang laoshi who scored… first from the bottom for the Teacher Qualification Examination, not to mention a zero…” At this moment, fatty finally realized who he acknowledged as his teacher. The fats on his body trembled as his lip twitched. All he was lacking now is tears.

“That’s me!”

Zhang Xuan nodded his head.

“Ah… That, Zhang laoshi!” Fatty scratched his head. “Seeing how I am weak and dim-witted, not to mention fat, why don’t you… take me out from your lessons!”

Zhang Xuan: “…”

“Teacher, I am being serious over here. The two teachers from a moment ago have also said it. If you don’t expel me from your tutelage, your reputation would be sullied. I am afraid of pulling you down with me…” Fatty continued.

“I am not afraid of being pulled down. Besides, now that we have verified our relationship through the identity token, I only have a sentence for you. You will live as my student and die as my student. Stop talking about useless things here!” Zhang Xuan waved his hand.

“I…”

Fatty’s face distorted and he was on the verge of crying.

Due to his weakness, he wanted to acknowledge a good student, so that his future could be boundless. However, never would he dream that the last place student would be paired with the last place teacher.

[Why is my life so difficult…]

“Alright, this is my classroom. Now, claim your bedding and remember to come to lessons punctually tomorrow!”

Zhang Xuan said impatiently.

“This classroom…”

Looking at the size of the classroom, fatty found himself on the verge of tears yet again.

Even the locations where he underwent the entrance examination previously were much bigger than this. A classroom of this size probably couldn’t hold many students!

“Teacher, if I… don’t come tomorrow, would you expel me?”

Fatty was still bearing illusions in his mind.

“Expel? That I won’t. However, I will throw you into the lake which you wanted to jump into to feed the turtles!” Zhang Xuan nodded his head seriously. “Didn’t I say it? You will live as my student and die as my student. Relax, I will fulfill the role of my teacher and bury you properly…”

“Teacher!” Before Zhang Xuan could finish his words, he was interrupted by fatty. With a serious face and unwavering will in his eyes, he said, “What time do we start lessons tomorrow? I will come in advance to clean the classroom! It is my honor to meet such a great teacher. In the future, no matter who wants to admit me as their disciple, I will reject them firmly and reprimand them…”

Zhang Xuan: “…”

Initially, Zhang Xuan thought that he himself was shameless. However, he didn’t expect that his student would be even more shameless than he was!

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.