Reborn in the Great Yan Dynasty: I Cultivated to Become a Martial Saint Through Telekinesis

Chapter 35 Face

That senior brother He walked inside.

Mo Zheng asked curiously, "Senior Brother Xiao, is it possible to freely access cultivation techniques without reporting to Senior Brother Qian and Master Han?"

He passed two tests last time he came.

"The subtle level of cultivation techniques doesn't require approval, the Unity Realm techniques need to be reviewed by Senior Brother Qian, and the higher levels require Master Han's approval. Your situation, where you're cultivating internal energy for the first time, is a special case," Xiao Nan patiently explained.

Indeed, if they had to review any cultivation technique they could freely practice, they probably wouldn't have time to cultivate at all.

Mo Zheng suddenly realized, recalling another letter found under the door, and couldn't help but ask, "Senior Brother Xiao, may I ask if you know Liu Qing?"

"You mean Master Liu?"

Upon hearing this name, Xiao Nan exclaimed excitedly, "Of course I know! He's one of the strongest among all the teachers in our Martial Arts Hall, a true master of swordsmanship. He single-handedly built a family, and he's even killed several experts at the Internal Organs Realm!"

"Below the Martial Saint level, he is an absolute powerhouse!"

"That amazing?"

Although Mo Zheng guessed that the other party was a martial arts hall teacher, he did not expect him to be so strong, having actually killed a strong person of the same level.

It should be noted that those who can cultivate to the Visceral Realm are no ordinary people.

Even among the true disciples of the Martial Arts Hall, these martial arts geniuses who emerged from the younger generation of the Liangzhou Martial Arts Hall only had the hope of breaking through to the Visceral Realm, and in the end, very few of them actually made it.

Liu Qing, however, is a powerful figure even among those in the Visceral Realm, so one can imagine his strength and status.

Such a powerful martial artist was actually willing to give me guidance...

Mo Zheng felt somewhat flattered.

"Junior Brother Mo, let me tell you, although there are quite a few teachers in our hall who teach swordsmanship, seven or eight in total, only three of them have the record of killing a strongman of the same level."

Xiao Nan said enthusiastically, "Liu Qing is one of them. These three are among the most powerful experts in the Visceral Realm in the entire Great Yan. You must perform well. Once you become an inner disciple, if you can become their disciple, the position of true disciple will be within your grasp."

"oh?!"

Throughout the entire Great Yan, he is the most powerful expert in the Visceral Realm.

Mo Zheng once again gained a clearer understanding of Liu Qing's strength and status.

The Martial Saint is high above, suppressing an entire nation, like a god, and doesn't concern himself with worldly affairs.

These experts at the Internal Organ Realm manage all the major and minor affairs of the Great Yan Dynasty. With Liu Qing's strength, his influence may not be limited to Liangzhou, but may even affect the Great Yan court.

Mo Zheng, a mere martial artist who has only reached the "tough slate" level of cultivation, has been favored by him...

It's obvious that it's due to the talent he's displayed during this period.

Mo Zheng felt that his choice not to hide his talents was the right one.

The stronger his talent, the more resources the Martial Arts Hall would allocate to him, and the faster he would become stronger.

Hiding one's talents is simply wasting time.

At this moment, Senior Brother He also came out, holding a secret manual in his hands.

"Fifty contribution points. Junior Brother Mo, you already know the rules, so I probably don't need to go into detail, right?" Senior Brother He handed over the manual and said with a smile.

"I understand. Do not pass this on to others or take it away. Thank you, Senior Brother."

Mo Zheng smiled and agreed. After deducting the contribution points, he took the manual and chose an empty room to study it carefully.

The first page of the manual wasn't about martial arts techniques, but rather a passage of large, elegantly written characters:

[I, Di Xiao, here today create the Twelve Wind-Riding Swords, containing twelve mysteries of wind. Hahaha, once this sword is complete, the gate to the Unity Realm will be right before my eyes. Within three years, I will surely be able to pass the seventh level of the Tower of Ascension, become a direct disciple of the Martial Saint, and there will be no more obstacles before the Visceral Realm.]

"So confident?!"

Mo Zheng was surprised by so many things he saw at the Scripture Pavilion today, and the words left by Di Xiao on the first page of the Twelve Swords of Wind were indeed astonishing.

Mo Zheng had never conquered the Tower of Ascension, but he had heard of its difficulty. Most true disciples only reached the fifth level before graduation. When Di Xiao created this basic sword technique, he had clearly just grasped the mysteries of the Unity Realm, yet he dared to claim that he could conquer the seventh level of the Tower of Ascension within three years. This speed was absolutely astonishing.

Ironically, the story Xiao Nan told him revealed that the other party had indeed conquered the seven levels of the Tower of Ascension, and in fact, it only took him two years, even faster than the manual recorded. He had achieved the Martial Saint status with a rocket-like cultivation speed.

This achievement is something that even Lan Jun, the most dazzling master of the Deadly Spear in the entire Martial Arts Hall, might not be able to match.

Clearly, this wasn't boasting; it genuinely contained the secrets to support a martial artist's comprehension of the Unity Realm or even higher levels of external martial arts. Otherwise, given Liu Qing's status, he wouldn't have recommended Mo Zheng to learn this basic technique, and he wouldn't have specifically mentioned the duel seven days later. He clearly believed that if Mo Zheng could gain some understanding of this sword technique, it would be enough to win the duel with You Dongchen.

"The mysteries of the twelve winds?"

Mo Zheng curiously opened the manual, ready to peek into its mysteries.

But once he saw it, he was immediately captivated.

"Gentle Breeze Sword, Gale Sword, Swift Wind Sword, Storm Sword..."

"I see, I see!"

"Amazing, absolutely amazing!"

……

Even a cursory glance is enough to leave one in awe.

The Twelve Wind-Riding Swords consist of only twelve sword techniques, yet each one contains a variation of the wind—a gentle breeze, a raging storm, or a swift gust of wind—almost perfectly capturing every state of the wind. Although its power is limited to basic sword techniques, reflecting on it in conjunction with the Wind Shadow Sword Technique immediately gave Mo Zheng many insights.

This is a sword technique that interprets the wind. It is not about power, but about allowing the practitioner to experience the various states that arise when the wind and the sword are combined. It may seem insignificant, but it is extremely important.

Why is external martial arts so difficult to master?

The difficulty lies in understanding it.

Just like the Wind Shadow Sword Technique, if you practice its moves diligently, any of the geniuses in the Martial Arts Hall can master it to a high level. Mastering the subtle mysteries only requires time.

But how to master the Wind Shadow Sword Technique to the point of unity and unleash its true power, no one knows.

Even the teachers at the Hall of Enlightenment, who give lectures every three days, can only give a general direction.

If we compare the Unity Realm to a high school math problem, then Mo Zheng and the other martial artists who have grasped the subtle mysteries are like elementary school students. Unfortunately, there is no textbook, so Mo Zheng and the others can only stare blankly, relying on their own comprehension, trying to understand a little bit here and a little bit there, and trying to figure it out on their own. The teacher's role is to tell them the answer and guide their thinking, pointing out which understandings are correct, which are wrong, and which directions they should go in.

This is of course extremely difficult. Without having studied high school mathematics, relying on some vague knowledge, it would take a lot of time to master it.

The Twelve Swords of Wind are a detailed analysis of the teaching materials.

It tells you not to rush into doing the questions, but to learn the knowledge points first.

I've mastered all the knowledge about wind, so no matter how difficult the math problems are, or what combinations of knowledge they test, I can answer them all easily.

Mo Zheng immediately realized just how incredibly talented that senior from the Martial Arts Hall named Di Xiao was, that he had actually come up with such a "clumsy" method for cultivating external martial arts.

This method is "clumsy" because it wastes time, but it's also ingenious because it wastes time.

Because once the Wind Shadow Sword Technique is cultivated to the Unity Realm, it may not be necessary to master all the mysteries of wind. Thoroughly understanding the Twelve Wind Swords is equivalent to doing a lot of useless work.

However, this laid a solid foundation for swordsmanship. In the future, any technique related to wind, even those at a higher level, would inevitably be derived from these twelve variations and combinations.

The reason why Di Xiao's cultivation was slow at first and then fast is probably because of this.

It took him eight years to solidify his foundation, comprehend the Unity Realm, and pass the fourth level of the Tower of Ascension. However, he only needed two more years to comprehend an even higher level of external martial arts and directly pass the seventh level of the Tower of Ascension.

It should be noted that each level of the Tower of Heaven is more difficult than the last, yet the time he spends on each level is getting shorter and shorter.

As the saying goes, a tall building starts from the ground up; before a tall building can be built, the foundation must be solid.

The stronger the foundation, the easier it will be to cultivate later.

"If I can master all twelve sword techniques, the Unity Realm will be within my grasp!"

Mo Zheng's eyes shone brightly. With the help of his mental power, he could cultivate swordsmanship at an extremely fast speed. However, this could only correct the deviations in his sword strikes, allowing him to discover, through a vague feeling, how to strike the sword better. But even if he reached the Unity Realm, he would only know the "how" but not the "why".

But this feeling can only be understood intuitively, not explained in words; it can also be called enlightenment.

If you understand it, you understand it; if you don't understand it, you lack understanding.

The Twelve Wind-Riding Swords, however, tells you the most essential things. As long as you can master them all, you will not only be able to solve the Wind Shadow Sword Technique problems, but you will also be able to solve a different set of wind-related techniques and understand why it is the way it is.

But its inspiration for Mo Zheng went beyond that; it also helped him understand exactly how to cultivate external martial arts.

The foundation is about building a solid foundation!

Of course, this method is not suitable for ordinary people, and even for the vast majority of geniuses at the Liangzhou Martial Arts Academy.

Most of them start practicing at the age of twelve, and it is not until they are eighteen that they can grasp the subtleties of a sword technique. It takes them a full six years to master a basic sword technique.

Each of the twelve sword techniques of the Wind can be considered a basic sword technique of the wind.

How long would it take to master just this one basic sword technique? Ten years? Twenty years?

It should be noted that it takes ten years to graduate from the Liangzhou Martial Arts Academy, and if a martial artist does not reach the Visceral Realm by the age of forty, it will be extremely difficult to make progress.

Therefore, it's not that there aren't many people who know this method; in fact, there are quite a few. Liu Qing knows it, and the teachers in the martial arts hall naturally know it too, but very few people are qualified to spend so much time practicing it.

Unfortunately, this kind of basic swordsmanship may not immediately help people cultivate external martial arts. Some of the knowledge points may be completely unrelated to the martial arts they are cultivating, while others may not fit them at all, making them difficult to understand and causing them to be stuck in a bottleneck period for a very long time.

Only a peerless genius, a genius with exceptional comprehension, a true genius, is qualified to waste time laying such a solid foundation.

Mo Zheng certainly has the right to do so.

It only took him about half a year to go from beginner to mastering the Thunderclap Sword Technique.

With the help of telekinesis, his speed in mastering these basic sword techniques will undoubtedly be astonishing.

Perhaps it won't even take Di Xiao's eight years. Of course, there's also a chance it will take longer. No one can say for sure about cultivation.

Mo Zheng recovered from his reverie while studying the sword manual and immediately considered its advantages and disadvantages.

He is qualified to spend time trying to comprehend it, but what if he takes too long and gets stuck on a particular sword strike?

"The Wind Shadow Sword Technique emphasizes extreme speed of sword movement, and it is most compatible with the Swift Wind Sword move. If I can't even comprehend this most compatible move after half a year, it means that this training method is not suitable for me," Mo Zheng murmured.

He decided to give himself six months.

If he cannot comprehend the Gale Sword that best suits him within six months, the other eleven moves will undoubtedly take even longer. Perhaps even after ten years in the Martial Arts Hall, Mo Zheng will still not be able to fully master the Twelve Wind-Riding Swords. In that case, cultivating this sword technique would lose its meaning.

It should be understood that not only is a solid foundation required for external martial arts training, but the same applies to internal martial arts training.

The inability to comprehend the Unity Realm means the inability to break through the Copper Skin level. Although one can still enter the Bone and Tendon Realm, further progress becomes increasingly difficult, effectively ending any hope of reaching the Internal Organs Realm.

In fact, most of the Liangzhou Martial Arts Hall disciples who graduate each year are unable to comprehend the mysteries of the Unity Realm and, out of desperation, choose to break through to the Bone and Tendon Realm.

If they remain stuck in the flesh and skin stage, they won't have enough time to cultivate in the bone and tendon stage.

Forty is a threshold. If they break through the Bone and Tendon Realm, they still have the opportunity to cultivate further in this realm. If they do not break through, they will be unable to break through after the age of forty.

For martial artists, time is the most precious thing!

The same applies to Mo Zheng.

The Swift Wind Sword technique uses seven postures to illustrate the wonder of swift wind, which is the fewest. The other eleven sword moves have as many as eighteen postures, and the entire sword technique has a total of one hundred and fourteen postures!

If it were someone else, just memorizing all these postures would take a lot of effort, and they would have to come back to check every few days.

Mo Zheng was naturally not like that. With the help of his mental power, he could almost remember everything he saw. After carefully reviewing it twice, he memorized it completely without any omissions or errors. He then returned the technique and headed towards the Treasure Pavilion.

He needs to submit a challenge letter and a wager.

……

At the foot of Xiaohanfeng Mountain, in another small courtyard.

You Chendong was discussing martial arts with several young men and women.

"Junior Brother You, your ancestor has already sent a message to Master. He is willing to teach you swordsmanship, but you still need to complete the secret realm mission."

A burly, capable-looking young man said, "But the secret realm mission isn't that difficult. Your strength is definitely enough for the first level of the Tower of Ascension. Before you officially join the sect, I will teach you swordsmanship."

"Thank you for your trouble, Senior Brother Fang." You Chendong showed no arrogance, but rather a humble attitude.

This is because these people are all inner disciples, and the young man who spoke is even ranked fourth among the true disciples, a genius who is expected to break through to the Visceral Realm in the future.

In front of such a person, what right does he have to be proud?

"Senior Brother You, Senior Brother You!"

Just then, Li Chong, his face bruised and swollen, walked into the courtyard, excitedly saying, "Senior Brother You, our men saw that the kid surnamed Mo has already registered his challenge letter and bet at the Treasure Pavilion, and he accepted!"

"Shut up! What are you doing saying this with all of you here? Get out!" You Dongchen said coldly, worried that he might upset the people in front of him, especially Fang Yang.

"It's alright. I've heard about it. Is your opponent that kid who can multitask? I heard he's only fourteen."

Fang Yang laughed and said, "Master is very concerned about his reputation. You are a newcomer to the sect, so you absolutely cannot lose this battle. In the next few days, you should follow me and cultivate diligently. If you win well, Master will surely be happy."

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