Legend of Wyatt
Chapter 1271: Ordinary Martial Arts

Chapter 1271: Chapter 1271: Ordinary Martial Arts

"Eh."

On the way to Mist Hidden City, a voice echoed in Wyatt Barnes’ mind, "Kid, what time is it now? This saint sees that your soul seems to be almost fully recovered."

It was the voice of ’Dominic King’.

"My soul is almost fully recovered?"

Wyatt Barnes did not answer Dominic King; his eyes suddenly lit up, "Does that mean... my lost memories are about to come back completely?"

"That’s right."

Dominic King replied, then added: "Kid, you still haven’t answered this saint."

"It’s been nearly a year since you initially said my memories could recover in about a year."

Wyatt Barnes said.

"Just as this saint expected."

Dominic King realized and said with some pride: "Kid, are you convinced now? In this saint’s view, your decision to ask for help from that Martial Emperor of Mystic Profound Peak was the most foolish choice."

Hearing Dominic King’s proud words, Wyatt Barnes directly ignored him.

However, he quickly thought of something and couldn’t help asking: "Dominic... how much do you know about ’Holy Simplicity martial arts’?"

"Holy Simplicity martial arts, which are rare in your place... In Martial Dao Sacred Land, almost all beings above innate reversal of void practice the ’Holy Simplicity martial arts’!"

Dominic King said indifferently: "In Martial Dao Sacred Land, only ’Holy Simplicity martial arts’ can significantly affect a person’s strength... ’Mundane martial arts’ are just fake gestures, good in appearance but useless."

"Mundane martial arts?"

Wyatt was taken aback, "What is that?"

"The martial skills from your mortal continent are ’Mundane martial arts’."

Dominic King added.

"The martial skills from Cloud Skies Continent, Mundane martial arts?"

At these words, the corner of Wyatt’s mouth twitched involuntarily.

According to Dominic King’s statement.

The martial skills on the Cloud Skies Continent, whether they are Yellow Level, Profound Level, Earth Level, or Heaven Level martial skills, are all just ’Mundane martial arts’.

Furthermore, in Dominic King’s eyes, Mundane martial arts were just fake gestures, good in appearance but useless.

"Fake gestures? Don’t you think that’s an overstatement? The martial skills of our Cloud Skies Continent, especially the high-tier Heaven Level martial skills, can still greatly enhance one’s strength."

Wyatt Barnes said somewhat discontentedly.

What a joke!

He had been seriously studying and practicing the various martial arts provided with the Nine Dragons War Sovereign technique along the way, and it was with great effort that he achieved his current accomplishments.

And now, Dominic King negated his many years of hard work with a single statement.

He naturally could not accept it.

"What? Still not convinced?"

Dominic King huffed: "Kid, it’s only because you haven’t come into contact with ’Holy Simplicity martial arts’... Once you come into contact with Holy Simplicity martial arts, you will realize that the mundane martial arts you’ve been in contact with are nothing but a joke."

"Is it really that exaggerated?"

Wyatt Barnes took a deep breath and asked solemnly.

Even now, he was unwilling to admit that mundane martial arts were just ’fake gestures’.

"Let this saint tell you... The ’Mundane martial arts’ from your mortal continent, even the top-notch ones, can probably only improve a martial artist’s strength by about one-tenth?"

Dominic King asked.

"One-tenth?"

Wyatt Barnes pondered deeply. The martial skills he had practiced were among the top martial skills on Cloud Skies Continent.

Yet, even if those skills reached the ’Perfect Realm’, the real enhancement they provided was also only about one-tenth.

"According to you... does ’Holy Simplicity martial arts’ greatly surpass Mundane martial arts in enhancing a martial artist’s strength?"

Wyatt Barnes inquired.

"Of course."

Dominic King replied as though it were a matter of course: "Even the lowest-tier Holy Simplicity martial arts can enhance a martial artist’s strength by at least one-fifth!"

"The lowest-tier Holy Simplicity martial arts can improve a martial artist’s strength by more than one-fifth?"

Wyatt Barnes frowned, "Really?"

Such an improvement was even more than double what his high-tier Heaven Level martial skills provided.

"Hmph! Once you get to Martial Dao Sacred Land in the future and practice Holy Simplicity martial arts, you will naturally know that what this saint says is true."

Dominic King huffed.

"Why wait until ’Martial Dao Sacred Land’? Aren’t you claiming to be some sort of ’Saint Realm expert’? Don’t you have any Holy Simplicity martial arts that you’ve practiced?"

Wyatt Barnes asked in quick succession.

Wyatt Barnes wanted to continue, but Dominic King interrupted him, "Kid, this saint knows what’s on your mind... Isn’t it that you want this saint to teach you ’Holy Simplicity martial arts’?"

"Unfortunately, I fear you will be disappointed."

Dominic King stated.

"Hmph! Even a ’saintly powerhouse’... unwilling to teach me a Saint Grade martial art, how stingy."

Wyatt Barnes snorted softly, expressing his dissatisfaction.

"Kid, this is not about me being stingy... You should know that Saint Grade martial arts are not like ordinary martial arts! Ordinary martial arts can be taught to others through verbal communication. But Saint Grade martial arts cannot!"

"To cultivate Saint Grade martial arts, one must use a ’Holy Simplicity.’"

Dominic King stated.

"Holy Simplicity?"

Wyatt Barnes was somewhat puzzled. As confusion struck, a flash of enlightenment occurred in his mind, and a jade slip appeared—it was the jade slip left to him by his cheap old man.

Within that jade slip, there was a set of Saint Grade martial arts.

Could it be, that jade slip was the ’Holy Simplicity’?

Quickly, as Dominic King continued to speak, Wyatt Barnes knew he had guessed right; the jade slip left to him by his cheap old man was indeed the ’Holy Simplicity.’

"Saint Grade martial arts are generally contained within Holy Simplicity. If you want to cultivate a certain Saint Grade martial art, you must obtain the Holy Simplicity that contains it."

"That’s why, even if I understand many Saint Grade martial arts, I can’t teach you... You can only cultivate Saint Grade martial arts if you get the Holy Simplicity yourself."

"Holy Simplicity only requires you to merge your mental power into it to smoothly access the Saint Grade martial arts within, and cultivate step by step... When you have cultivated the Saint Grade martial arts within the Holy Simplicity to perfection, that Holy Simplicity will become useless to you."

Dominic King continued.

"Is it necessary to keep the Holy Simplicity until the ’Saint Grade martial art’ has been perfected?"

Wyatt Barnes frowned, eagerly asking, "Isn’t it just a matter of merging the mental power into the Holy Simplicity, after which all the information about ’Saint Grade martial arts’ within the Holy Simplicity will merge into that person’s mind, taking root and sprouting?"

"Where did you hear that from?"

Dominic King said disdainfully: "You’ve been hoodwinked, haven’t you? Kid, let me teach you a lesson today... Even the most perceptive person could not possibly accept all the information about Saint Grade martial arts from the Holy Simplicity in one go."

"Anyone must rely on the Holy Simplicity and follow the information about the Saint Grade martial arts within to cultivate... Back in the era where I came from, it was said that even the most perceptive person would take two or three years to completely absorb the information within a Holy Simplicity that contains the lowest level Saint Grade martial arts."

"Of course, the moment they completely absorb the information from the Holy Simplicity, is also the day they have perfected the contained Saint Grade martial arts."

Dominic King stated.

"Can’t one just memorize the information about the Saint Grade martial arts from the Holy Simplicity first without immediately cultivating, then slowly practice it later?"

Wyatt Barnes’s frown deepened, his tone filled with urgency as he asked.

"Impossible!"

Dominic King declared decisively: "Anyone reading the Holy Simplicity with their mental power can only see part of the Saint Grade martial arts information... Only by comprehending and successfully cultivating the current part can they see the information for the next part."

"Thus, step by step, the day you fully read the information of Saint Grade martial arts from the Holy Simplicity is also the day when you have perfected the Saint Grade martial arts to the utmost."

Dominic King patiently explained.

"There must be some exceptions, right? Like some Holy Simplicity that allows you to read all the contained Saint Grade martial arts information at once, and remember it in your mind, to be slowly cultivated later."

Wyatt Barnes inquired.

"There can’t be such a Holy Simplicity! Kid, no matter who told you this... I only know that you’ve been hoodwinked."

Dominic King spoke calmly.

Hoodwinked?

Wyatt Barnes was noncommittal regarding Dominic King’s words.

However, he couldn’t help but believe them.

The problem was that he had indeed memorized all the information about the Saint Grade martial arts ’Supreme Falling Star Arrow’ from the Holy Simplicity left to him by his father, without missing a single word.

Although he has not yet started to officially cultivate the ’Supreme Falling Star Arrow.’

Now, even if he discarded the Holy Simplicity containing ’Supreme Falling Star Arrow,’ he would still be able to cultivate ’Supreme Falling Star Arrow’ successfully.

Only because the various information about the ’Supreme Falling Star Arrow’ had imprinted in his mind like taking root and sprouting the moment he merged his mental power into the ’Holy Simplicity.’

Even if he wanted to forget, he could not.

"Could it be... that this is a ’special ability’ unique to me? Just by merging mental power into the Holy Simplicity, I can successfully remember the information about the Saint Grade martial arts recorded within it?"

In the end, Wyatt Barnes could only guess so, and the more he guessed, the more he felt it was possible.

Because, according to Dominic King’s words, such a thing is almost impossible.

"If only I could get another Holy Simplicity... It would verify whether I truly have a ’special ability.’"

Wyatt Barnes thought to himself.

If he did have this kind of ’special ability,’ then in the future, whatever Holy Simplicity his mental power touched, the Saint Grade martial arts within would all be his to claim.

Just the thought was enough to excite him.

"Uh?"

Shortly after, Wyatt Barnes came back to his senses, pushing down the excitement in his heart.

It was because, within his field of vision, the outline of a large city had appeared, with a gloomy and faint mist behind, as if hidden and visible, like the exquisite palaces in a heavenly realm.

"This is ’Mist Hidden City’?"

As Wyatt Barnes was examining the faintly visible large city in front of him, he saw three figures equally obscured by the mist sweeping by, heading straight for the city ahead.

Clearly, they were three women preparing to enter the city.

"Eh? Their silhouettes... Why do they seem so familiar?"

Quickly, Wyatt Barnes recognized the silhouettes of two of the women as if he had seen them somewhere before.