Chapter 543: Chapter 386: Running out onto the streets in the middle of the night to shoot guns?
“Congratulations, sir! Congratulations!”
Niu Mang knelt on the ground, bowed his head in reverence, and said loudly, “Congratulations, sir, for achieving great success in martial arts and entering the realm of the Land Immortal! From now on, you’ll be free to roam the world and have a chance at immortality!”
The breakthrough in his cultivation had put Xu Yang in a great mood.
He turned to look at Niu Mang and chuckled, “Immortality might be a lifetime pursuit for you, but it’s not difficult for me. If I’m willing to, I could enter the heavenly court right now and be an idle official.”
“Of course, of course!”
Niu Mang hastily responded, “Sir, your background is extraordinary; it’s not just the idle position in the Heavenly Court. As long as you’re willing, any position in the Heavenly Palace and the Netherworld Court is open for you to choose.”
This was a blatant flattery.
To be honest, even Niu Mang wasn’t very confident in what he said and was even afraid that Xu Yang would scold him for talking nonsense!
However, to his surprise, Xu Yang didn’t refute him but instead shook his head and said, “As for the positions in the Netherworld Court, I can indeed take any of them. But the Heavenly Court is, after all, the territory of the Heavenly Emperor, so I must respect it to some extent.”
Niu Mang: “…”
It was nighttime.
Niu Mang racked his brains, trying to come up with more compliments. But being an old ox… his knowledge was limited. After a long silence, he finally managed to squeeze out a phrase, “Anyway, Master, you are amazing!”
You’re an old ox yourself, and you call me amazing?
Xu Yang felt strange, so he glared and said, “You dog-like creature! If you can’t flatter, then don’t…Scram!”
“…”
Niu Mang looked aggrieved and rolled back to squat by the bonfire and continue simmering the fish soup.
Xu Yang sat cross-legged on the ground, sensing his strength and realm.
In martial arts practice,
First comes the Body Refining Four Realms: Flesh Refining, Tendon Training, Skin Training, and Bone Training.
This realm is also known as the “Houtian Realm.”
This realm is about training the muscles, bones, skin, and internal energy (Inner Qi). Once these external skills are perfected and the “true meaning of martial art” is realized, there’s hope to comprehend the realm of “Unity of Heaven and Man” and enter the “Grandmaster Realm.”
The Grandmaster Realm is actually the “Martial Arts Innate Realm.”
From the Martial Arts Grandmaster Realm to the Martial Arts Heavenly Being Realm, the difference lies in the strength of the “true meaning of martial art”. From the Martial Arts Heavenly Being Realm to the Martial Arts Celestial Phenomenon Realm, one must borrow the laws of heaven and earth!
Sitting cross-legged, Xu Yang carefully sensed his own body.
He discovered that deep within his flesh and blood, there were faint “glowing points” emitting strange power fluctuations!
This is the “acupoints” of the human body!
The main difference between the Land Immortal Realm and the Celestial Phenomenon Realm is the ability to cultivate strength in the “acupoints”, unleash the potential of the “acupoints”, and achieve the “god of the human body”! This is explained in the “Dahe Swordsmanship Scripture”!
However, Xu Yang didn’t know what the “god of the human body” was.
After all…
He was just a martial arts novice who had been practicing for only three and a half months. How could he know about these things?
“From the peak of the Martial Arts Celestial Phenomenon Realm to the Land Immortal Realm, my cultivation has only slightly improved, and the Great River sword aura in my body is only about twice as strong as before. However, my comprehension of borrowing the power of heaven and earth has deepened, and I can borrow even more powerful forces of heaven and earth. My understanding of the sword essence has also reached a new level, and my combat power has increased more than tenfold!”
Of course.
The “tenfold” here refers solely to martial arts power.
The breakthrough in martial arts didn’t greatly enhance Xu Yang’s overall combat power since he was already one of the peak human beings before the breakthrough. The mere breakthrough in martial arts was not enough to cause a qualitative change in his strength.
Xu Yang then looked at the system attribute panel.
[Age]: 22 years old
[Cultivation Method]: Divine Ascension Scripture
[Daoist Skills]: Fire Manipulation Skill (Divine Transcendence), Water Manipulation Skill (Divine Transcendence), Wulei Rules (Divine Transcendence), Paper Cutting Skill (Divine Transcendence), Earth Escape Skill (Divine Transcendence), Dream Creation Skill, Land Spirit Skill (Divine Transcendence).
[Martial Arts]: Land Flight Skill (Perfection), Soul Searching, Disguise Art, Eight Forms of Famous Sword Skills (Perfection), Great River Sword Manual (Ninth Level)
[Divine Transcendence]: Rain Invocation, Flame Spewing, Mountain Shaking, Turning Stone into Gold, Communicating with the Netherworld, Interrupting Flow, Summoning Clouds, Great Strength, Amulet Water, Borrowing Wind… (too many, ellipsis)
[Cultivation]: Daoist True Monarch (Dao), Land Immortal (Martial Arts)
[Treasures]: Supreme Purification Seal (Immortal Artifact), Jiao-slaying Sword (Immortal Artifact), Giant Iron Hammer.
[Merit Points]: 3.18 million
[Storage Space]: 10,000 cubic yards
With the breakthrough in martial arts, some subtle changes had occurred in the system attribute panel.
First, in the[Martial Arts]section, the Great River Sword Manual had reached the ninth level of perfection, and an additional “martial arts” realm had appeared in the[Cultivation]column.
Xu Yang’s gaze finally fell on the[Merit Points]column.
“Now I still have 3.18 million merit points. Maybe I can use them to strengthen myself!”
Currently, the easiest way to improve is to practice divine skills.
However, all the divine skills he had acquired in Fengdu City had been perfected, leaving only three of the 72 Earth Devils Skill. He had no clues about these three, let alone the 36 Malevolent-Deity Skills!
So Xu Yang could only focus on “Daoist skills” and “Daoist talismans”.
Since he had broken through to the Divine Transcendence Realm, Xu Yang had focused on practicing “divine skills”, neglecting “Daoist skills”. In fact, in the past month or so, he had been so obsessed with women that he hadn’t practiced “Daoist talismans” much.
“As a Daoist True Monarch, I comprehend the Dao. Once the Dao is perfected, I can ascend and join the immortals…and the Daoist skills are actually an extension of the Dao!”