Lu Ren raised his hand and steadily caught Chen Shengnan’s fists, which had formed a blur of motion in the air.
"How is it possible that someone can catch hands moving at such speed?"
They had seen Chen Shengnan’s fists with their own eyes, which could instantly shatter a person-sized rock into countless pieces.
"That was quite well done."
Seeing the disbelief on Chen Shengnan’s face, Lu Ren’s expression was approving: "At least, you did better than I did back then."
Of course, this remark was completely offhand, as he used to master every nuance of the fist technique each time he advanced to a new fist realm, as if he had spent ten to twenty years steeping and refining at that level, with every subtle change in power clearly understood.
After all, this was the legacy left by the fist techniques he cultivated, and he naturally praised her.
"But..." Lu Ren’s tone shifted, "there’s still a lack of fluidity, which makes it impossible to truly grasp the Phoenix Transformation True Intent."
As he spoke, Lu Ren moved his hands forward, stepping in with a stable Phoenix Extreme Fist maneuver.
A sound as clear as a phoenix’s cry instantly echoed throughout the area.
Seeing Lu Ren’s approaching fist, Chen Shengnan felt as though she was witnessing a True Phoenix tearing through the ancient primal world, stretching its wings that measured hundreds, thousands, or tens of thousands of feet wide.
In her vision, the entire world swayed with the movement of those wings, causing the heavens and earth to roar and tremble.
She felt her very soul shaking with Lu Ren’s punch, becoming increasingly stiff as the fist in her sight grew larger.
She couldn’t evade; her body felt frozen, her thoughts even starting to stagnate.
She couldn’t help but close her eyes, waiting for the punch that could annihilate her soul.
Lu Ren’s fist halted in front of Chen Shengnan’s face, and the accompanying fist wind made Chen Shengnan’s braids sway endlessly.
Chen Shengnan opened her eyes and gazed at the fist so close, unable to resist retreating several steps, as though escaping the range of Lu Ren’s fist, feeling a sense of surviving a catastrophe.
This punch, though it seemed casual, contained an intent that she simply could not resist.
"What kind of fist technique is this?"
"Phoenix Extreme Fist, you should’ve noticed the fist image just now, right?"
"Fist image?" Chen Shengnan muttered to herself, finally recalling the Divine Phoenix that Lu Ren’s fist had produced, which contained immeasurable significance.
This punch opened up a new door for her.
"The human body’s constitution has limits, which is an inevitability for carbon-based life forms. When physical qualities are honed to the extreme state, the only way to further break past these constraints and achieve Martial Arts Limit Breaking is through divine cultivation."
"Divine?" Chen Shengnan nodded slightly. She had just achieved Great Perfection Realm of Fist Technique, initially refining her body to extreme states, with only the need to polish every corner and edge to elevate her body to the utmost limit remaining.
Here, the value of a top-tier fist technique is entirely evident.
A top-tier fist technique is characterized by how well it presents the refinement of the body. A sophisticated fist technique can train the body’s minutiae thoroughly to reach its extreme state.
The currently matured system of fist technique martial path cultivation is determined by the variety of refined body parts and the magnificence of fist strength utilization.
And the Phoenix Fist Scripture that Lu Ren incorporates is undoubtedly among the top-tier fist technique catalog, emphasizing crucial body parts like the back, arms, waist, abdomen, shoulder, and neck.
"There’s an opportunity to further study at Huaxia Martial Arts Academy, where I believe their Refining God System is extremely comprehensive."
Lu Ren had deliberately left a general frame for the Refining God System and allowed it to be enriched by Bright Awakening Realm martial artists at Huaxia Martial Arts Academy.
This is why Huaxia Martial Arts Academy enrolls only a few thousand freshmen annually, as apart from the truly gifted ones with extraordinary constitution, only Martial Arts Family members who’ve achieved Great Perfection Realm of Fist Technique have the qualification to enroll.
As they spoke, a slender figure hurriedly rushed out from the martial hall, stood before Lu Ren, and stared blankly at him.
The newcomer was Li Qingling, who softly called out to Lu Ren with a look full of grievance, akin to a child who had been abandoned finally seeing her parents, kneeling with reddened eyes.
If not for the surrounding students, she might have erupted into wails.
Lu Ren’s heart was slightly touched, and his eternally calm and indifferent face followed his true feelings for once this time.
He stepped forward, gently helping Li Qingling up, and said with a smile, "You didn’t see me in the past; you’ve indeed grown up."
Li Qingling was now thirty-two, and she understood her father Li Ziqing and Lu Ren’s attitude towards her very well.
"I understand, I truly understand everything from back then..."
If she hadn’t opposed Li Ziqing and acted rebelliously, perhaps he wouldn’t have gone to the Kunlun Exotic Realm and died there.
"Did you go to Kunlun?"
Helping her up, Lu Ren inquired.
Li Qingling nodded lightly, her eyes reddening, nodding firmly: "I did, I did! I initially wanted to bring him back, but he once said that it is best to die while pursuing the path, so I believe that’s his best resting place."
Lu Ren nodded slightly: "Let’s discuss this elsewhere."
Li Qingling nodded repeatedly, like a little girl, and pulled Lu Ren into the martial hall’s back courtyard. Thɪs chapter is updated by novel⟡fire.net
The remaining students looked at each other, faces full of disbelief.
"So, he is the founder of our school?"
"Indeed, indeed, I didn’t expect him to be so young; it really surprised me. I thought he’d be some elderly man in his seventies or eighties."
"That’s just stagnated thinking; you should see how many Bright Awakening Realm super experts are elderly figures, mostly in their fifties or sixties... yet he’s remarkably young, making it seem as if our master is the elder."
Meanwhile, in the martial hall’s back courtyard, Li Qingling chattered away, recounting how she had focused on practicing fist techniques ever since Lu Ren entered Beidou Emperor Star. Participating in three national Martial Arts Conferences consecutively, her cultivation soared rapidly with Lu Ren’s foundation, and she’s now a top expert in the realm of Six Steps of Bright Awakening.
She’s known far and wide across Huaxia.
At the final moment, Lu Ren looked at Li Qingling and voiced his concern for once.
"Qing Ling, your body seems somewhat frail; look at your senior disciple Chen Shengnan. Her physique is quite good. To dominate the same realm and push through everything, only a robust amount of muscle and solid bones can offer potent resistive capabilities!"