Martial Saint!
Chapter 516: Grandmaster Skinny Tiger (3k)

Chapter 516: Grandmaster Skinny Tiger (3k)

In fact, ever since Lu Chenzhou started wandering, he rarely returned to school.

To some extent, he could be considered to have completed his apprenticeship.

Along the way, he had won too many national championships and honors, his vision had surpassed Dragon City Martial Arts University.

Therefore, this time becoming first on the Hidden Dragon List didn’t feel particularly strong for him.

But for the classmates and teachers who had long been entrenched in the school circle, it was of extraordinary significance.

First on the Hidden Dragon List, the highest honor for the young talents of Dragon City Martial Arts University!

For a long time, it belonged to Li Ao!

As a result, Senior Brother Wang could only be the eternal second place, until both he and Li Ao were off the list.

Now that Lu Chenzhou was on the list, it had also made up for Senior Brother Wang’s regret.

Lu Chenzhou looked at the score record and laughed, "Just the world spear technique exchange competition alone increased by 300,000 points..."

In addition, after breaking the second stage, each small realm breakthrough would also increase quite a bit.

In summary, adding up all the various items, he had already surpassed the Martial Arts Masters on the list.

Even the genius Duotian Yuan Gong couldn’t match him.

His great merit balance also surged by 20,000, reaching as much as 30,000.

In recent years, the great merit systems of each school had gradually been replaced by the military battle merit system for better coordination.

But great merit could still be exchanged for conventional medicines like the Enlightenment Elixir within the school, saving a lot of battle merit.

Next, congratulations kept pouring in.

Even Bai Miaomiao got the news, dressed in pajamas, with messy hair, she came to visit, her eyes filled with amazement:

"Brother Lu? You are already first on the Hidden Dragon List?"

"Yes."

"Brother Lu is awesome! At our school, I can barely hang in the top ten."

In today’s times, there were only two kinds of martial arts geniuses, one was others, the other was Lu Chenzhou!

As Zhou Ruoxue said, Lu Chenzhou’s target had already focused on those senior figures who had been dominating the martial arts world for many years.

So envious!

...

Fangshan High School.

When Hong Fu learned that Lu Chenzhou was first on the Hidden Dragon List, he immediately called Li Gui.

"Master, I was right, wasn’t I? This kid was bound to reach the top sooner or later!"

Back then when he sent Lu Chenzhou to the Martial Arts University, he firmly believed in this.

And time proved everything.

Hong Fu was proud!

No one understood tigers and Lu Chenzhou better than him!

...

The next day.

By the Erhai Lake.

A demon with a human head and fish body floated on the surface, belly up, dying.

It was a very weak small demon, with a bullet hole on its forehead, a copper core embedded in its skull.

Two miles away, Lu Chenzhou walked on the waves, another copper core arrow shot, completely ending the fish demon.

"Erhai Lake has demons now?"

Although it was just a weak demon, Lu Chenzhou became alert.

Erhai Lake wasn’t large, as an important freshwater resource, it was a military hub, always safe.

The appearance of demons indicated that a new convergence point might have formed at the bottom of Erhai Lake.

He called Grandmaster Duan and reported the matter to the military.

Next, the military would conduct a carpet search of Erhai Lake, just in case.

He looked at the Martial Arts Tree, with one martial arts reaching perfection.

[Copper Core Head Arrow: Perfection]

[Divine Seed·Hundred Steps Through Bamboo (Fourth Rank), hidden in the Wanggu Acupoint

Effect 1: Enhances the understanding of some hidden weapon and archery martial arts.

Effect 2: Within two miles, hits every shot.

Remark 1: The enemy’s strength and speed shouldn’t be much higher than yours.

Remark 2: This effect can automatically adapt and improve as your strength increases, no upgrade needed.]

"This divine seed of hidden weapon martial arts is indeed different, it has only 2 effects, and it’s max level right from the start."

Lu Chenzhou had no further intentions to deepen his study in the path of hidden weapons.

One [Hundred Steps Through Bamboo] divine seed was enough.

As for archery, there was no need to learn it, it was better to learn how to launch rockets.

Once he mastered the method of controlling Sword Qi with telekinesis, he could turn Sword Qi into tracking guided missiles, and hit rate wouldn’t matter anymore.

After that, Lu Chenzhou opened the [Golden Worm] scenario.

Golden Worms were very quick to dodge, with small and thin targets, most suitable for testing the power of Sword Qi.

Previously, he struggled to hit them with Sword Qi, often missing three strikes altogether.

Now, as long as Golden Worms were within his two-mile range, he could achieve at least two hits out of three, making the hit rate impressive.

However, the Golden Worms had extremely tough defenses, the Mist Treasure Qi couldn’t break through.

Without breaking its defense, simply relying on the external explosion power of Life and Death Qi wasn’t concentrated enough, failing to kill the Golden Worms.

Sensing the unfavorable situation, the Golden Worms would immediately flee into the deep mountains and forests.

To enhance Sword Qi power, he knew only one method.

That was to wait for his strength to grow, allowing the Treasure Qi to upgrade slightly, thus undergoing the transformation with the acupoint power.

With his thoughts turning, Lu Chenzhou asked the Sword Spirit, "Is there a way to enhance the innate Sword Qi within me?"

The Sword Spirit emerged from the Tiger Gall Gun: [Yes, cultivate in the Sword Dao.]

"That’s no different from saying nothing."

[You martial artists say cultivating Spirit together with Essence and Qi, but in my view, you mainly refine Essence, while Po Suo refines Spirit, lacking in Qi cultivation.]

"Human capability is limited, being able to juggle all in the early stages is hard enough, how can one master everything?"

[Actually, the "Treasure Qi" you extract from Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures is the same as the nature’s spiritual energy that Qi Refiners gather daily.]

"What do you mean by that?"

[What is a Qi Refiner? They gather the essence of heaven and earth, the spiritual energy of the sun and moon, take it into themselves, and refine it. That’s Qi Refinement. The essence of the sun and moon, essentially what you martial artists call "Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures". In the Great Wilderness Period, these things were abundant. Back then, Qi Refiners could gather "Innate Morning Dew Qi" in the deep mountains at dawn, "Innate Evening Glow Qi" at dusk, and at night, there was "Innate Moonlight Qi", "Innate Star Light Qi"... To Qi Refiners, these Qi were the manifestations of heaven and earth power. But after the Divine War and the fragmentation of the Great Wilderness, the rules became incomplete, the heaven and earth power was polluted, and these things disappeared. Only the "Qi" within Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures remained, which you martial artists found and refined to absorb. Additionally, when you martial artists take Great Medicine, you’re essentially absorbing the "Qi" within plants or rare animals and mutant beasts to nourish yourselves, otherwise the energy to strengthen the body wouldn’t come out of thin air.]

"So rare animals and mutant beasts also have Qi within them?"

[Yes, "Innate Blood Qi", which you need to enhance your Qi-Blood. Of course, human medicine calls it "nutrition".]

There are countless paths to transcendence, but many of their essences are interconnected.

Just different systems with different perspectives on the world.

"How can cultivating Sword Dao enhance Innate Geng Metal Sword Qi?"

[Your martial artist’s Sword Dao can enhance it, but very slowly, with minimal effect. It’s not as effective as the Qi Refiner’s Sword Dao.]

"Why?"

[The Great Wilderness Sword Cultivation is refining a mouthful of "Acquired Invisible Sword Qi". They gather Geng Metal Energy from nature every day, continuously refining and tempering it with sword techniques, greatly enhancing its power. The "Innate Mist Treasure Qi" within you is naturally formed by heaven and earth and cannot be enhanced, but once refined into Acquired Sword Qi, it can be.]

"Is there a simpler method? Do I look like someone who has time for Qi Refinement in daily life? Besides, there’s no nature’s spiritual energy in this era."

[Find an innate Geng Metal Treasure Qi of the same level but different type, refine and merge it through a secret technique, there’s a chance it will mutate and its power will be even greater.]

"What if I find an Earth Grade Geng Metal Treasure Qi?"

[Higher grade Treasure Qi can merge with lower grade Treasure Qi, but won’t mutate, only slightly enhance the power. Earth Grade Treasures were rare even in the Great Wilderness, let alone the human world. With your strength, you wouldn’t be able to get it. Better to just cultivate in the Sword Dao, I can teach you the Heavenly Sword Sect’s cultivation method [Qi Gathering Sword Technique]. As for nature’s spiritual energy, don’t worry, with the ruins appearing, the end of the Dharma era will gradually end, ushering in a new era. Young man, you’re the protagonist of the new version!]

"Bluff, keep bluffing... A new version, huh."

Qi Refinement? Martial Arts is what’s most suited for Da Xia people.

Retracing the Qi Refinement path would only repeat the fate of the Four Sects at best.

Moreover, Qi Refinement offered long lifespans comparable to immortality, but the progress was too slow.

The Sword Spirit said that in the Great Wilderness, those who could reach the Sea Realm, equivalent to a Grandmaster, within a hundred years, were considered prodigies.

Reaching the first step equivalent to a martial artist’s realm before the age of thirty was considered a local genius.

In times of peace, the Qi Refinement path was very good.

But now, human civilization was racing against the Evil God, every second counted.

The bold and aggressive Martial Arts was the only way out!

Upon returning home, Lu Chenzhou received a message on his phone:

[Wang Xian: I am about to break through the fourth stage, if you have time, you can come and observe, it might help you in your future promotion to Grandmaster.]

Lu Chenzhou was overjoyed; he now had another Grandmaster level support.

...

The next day.

At Wang Xian’s house, Lu Chenzhou arrived hastily.

At the entrance, Lin Xia opened her arms, smiling, "Welcome, number one on the Hidden Dragon List!"

After hugging his senior sister, Lu Chenzhou asked, "How is Senior Brother?"

"Still preparing, I have taken leave to personally protect him, I don’t trust anyone else."

"Is Master coming?"

"Master can’t make it, the Void Realm has been very active lately, he’s extremely busy."

"Sigh."

"Don’t sigh, your progress is very fast, soon you will become a Heavenly King, even reach absolute peak, and fight alongside Master."

In the practice room.

About to break through the fourth stage, Wang Xian’s expression was calm, smiling, "I am ready, I trouble Senior Sister and Junior Brother to protect me."

Lu Chenzhou: "Awaiting the emergence of Grandmaster Wang!"

Wang Xian laughed heartily, then began to break the shackles.

In an instant, 390 acupoints hummed simultaneously, the void trembled, an invisible force field lifted the objects in the room.

Lin Xia transmitted her voice to Lu Chenzhou:

"Breaking the fourth stage of the shackles requires specific quenching of the bones, anciently called [Quenching Silver Bone]. The human body has 206 bones, but to become a Grandmaster, you also need strong willpower and spirit to refine one of these bones into [Unmelting Bone], called [relic] in Buddhism, and [Spirit Bone] in Daoism."

Unmelting Bone is highly durable, unscathed for a thousand years after death, ancient Buddhism even used it for artifact refining. As long as the Unmelting Bone is intact, even if a Grandmaster suffers severe bone fractures, they can rely on the immortal power within the Unmelting Bone to heal. Even if their limbs are severed, combined with Treasure Medicine, they can regenerate limbs, hence Grandmasters rarely have acquired disabilities."

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