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Chapter 558 - 0357 Nine Mountains Return, Ubiquitous Reach to the Heavens (4k for monthly ticket, please subscribe)

Chapter 558: 0357 Nine Mountains Return, Ubiquitous Reach to the Heavens (4k for monthly ticket, please subscribe)

The path and martial arts of a Martial Artist are private matters. In times of peace, it doesn’t matter much, but during times of chaos, one mustn’t easily disclose them to others. If the enemy knows, they will find ways to exploit your weaknesses, even attack your Dao Heart and utterly destroy a person. Wang Xian and Lin Xia only mentioned it because they absolutely trust Lu Chenzhou.

Lu Chenzhou smiled and said, "My Dao is... the World."

Wang Xian: "..."

Lin Xia: "..."

Their expressions grew heavy as if this was not a piece of good news.

Lu Chenzhou asked, "What? Is there a problem with the World?"

After a moment of silence, Wang Xian asked, "Junior Brother, didn’t Master ever tell you not to make your Dao too broad in scope?"

Lin Xia was also curious. Logically, Master wouldn’t forget to mention these important points to his junior brother.

Lu Chenzhou shook his head, "No, Master never asked me about my Dao, nor has he ever guided me on it."

Upon hearing this, Wang Xian and Lin Xia’s faces eased, and they sighed in relief, quickly smiling, "That’s fine then. If Master hasn’t said anything, there’s no problem."

They didn’t want to show the issue was too serious and affect their junior brother’s Dao Heart.

Martial Arts, Martial Arts, one part is martial [Wu], the other is Dao [Dao].

Martial is the surface technique and decoration, while the Dao behind it is the core!

The martial aspect can be altered or re-cultivated, at the cost of time and effort.

Once a Dao is chosen, it cannot be changed, you can only follow it to the end.

In the future, after opening all the acupoints and breaking through the seventh realm, how to break through the eighth and the subsequent path, are also related to the Dao.

It can be said that Dao determines the future direction of a Martial Artist.

Even if they think their junior brother’s choice of Dao has problems, they cannot show it.

The junior brother has just comprehended his Dao, and it is not firm yet. If he falls into a cycle of self-doubt, his martial path would be over.

This is no exaggeration. Throughout history, geniuses have perished due to the collapse of their Dao Heart.

Before becoming a Grandmaster, some extraordinary geniuses can reach it by the age of 30.

But after becoming a Grandmaster, it’s like walking on thin ice, often taking a hundred years just to barely become a Great Grandmaster, and a fortunate few might reach Heavenly King.

Firstly, the acupoints and divine skills are difficult, and secondly, the Dao path is hard to walk.

Even as strong as Cangtian Dragon King, who became a Martial Arts Grandmaster at 26, took ten years to reach Great Grandmaster, and by the time he reached Absolute Peak, he was already a hundred-year-old man.

The broader the Dao, the harder it is to walk.

The junior brother’s Dao of the "World" encompasses too much...it could be both good or bad.

The further he goes, the more cautious he must be.

Even though the junior brother shows the talent of reaching Absolute Peak, Lin Xia and Wang Xian don’t think this is a good thing.

They even worry that the junior brother might never reach Absolute Peak because of it.

Lu Chenzhou thought of the black spots on the World Tree and asked, "Is there any problem with the Dao of the World?"

Lin Xia and Wang Xian exchanged glances.

Lin Xia sighed, "The Dao of the World is profound and vast. The two of us dare not make a judgment; we can only say that this path is quite difficult."

Lu Chenzhou smiled, "I am mentally prepared."

Wang Xian comforted, "No problem. Just being able to comprehend the Dao of the World is an incredible feat."

Throughout history, those who comprehended the Dao of the World... at least shone brilliantly for an era.

Seeing this, Lu Chenzhou did not continue to ask the questions in his heart.

He knew that his senior brother and senior sister did not know either.

The path he chose, he would grind his teeth and swallow, but he would continue down it!

...

Dragon City Headquarters.

Tiger Form Director’s Office.

"Junior Lu Chenzhou is here to pay his respects to Senior Wu Long."

"Come in."

A thin and emaciated old man with disheveled hair, with eyes as fierce as torches reflecting Lu Chenzhou’s face, was practicing Pile Skill.

"Senior Wang has told me that you are here to learn the ’Lu Wu Demonic Cleansing Scripture,’ correct?"

"Yes."

"What did you practice before?"

"Tiger Demon Tai Sui Technique."

"Wait for an hour while I finish my Pile Skill."

Lu Chenzhou also found a spot and started practicing his Pile Skill.

Based on his experiments these days, after reaching the grandmaster level, his current acupoint opening speed is about three acupoints per month. After opening all the acupoints in the four limbs, he would face the acupoints in the upper torso, where the difficulty would drastically increase. After reaching the grandmaster level, one must go from the surface to the interior, deeply exploring the acupoints of the five internal organs, officially entering the "Grandmaster Difficulty" of opening acupoints.

The Great Grandmaster stage is "Abyss Difficulty." Of course, the most challenging stage is the Heavenly King stage which requires opening 90 acupoints located in the brain, known as "Hell Difficulty." Opening the brain’s acupoints, if one is slightly careless, could lead to deviation or even death. Long ago, there were cases of Heavenly Kings dying from opening acupoints in the brain. Therefore, Master said that even ordinary Heavenly Kings open one brain acupoint per year on average. Opening one acupoint per year was considered fast. Many Heavenly Kings, by the end of their lifespan, still failed to open 90 acupoints and missed the chance to reach the Heavenly Realm.

An hour later, Wu Long finished his training, smiling as he said, "Congratulations young friend, on becoming a Grandmaster. It is a joyous occasion for Tiger Form to have another talent break through the third realm!"

Lu Chenzhou said, "I don’t dare take credit, Tiger Form has many talented individuals, my own Dao practice still needs much improvement."

Wu Long sighed, "Tiger Form is not lacking in Grandmasters, but we lack Heavenly Kings and those at Absolute Peak, currently only your Master holds the banner alone."

After some chitchat, Wu Long got to the point, asking, "Do you know how to train True Gang?"

Lu Chenzhou shook his head, "Junior only knows a bit. I seek Senior’s guidance."

Wu Long extended his palm, and dazzling as stars, True Gang flowed out, transforming into a fierce tiger a foot in length, circling around him.

"True Gang is the most crucial energy from the third to seventh realm! In a certain sense, you can consider it the Qi of a Qi Refiner. It can be divided into five forms: Nine Mountains, Four Seas, Stars, Taiyin, and Sun. The others are too distant for you, so let’s talk about Nine Mountains True Gang.

The birth of Nine Mountains True Gang requires honing the flesh, tendons, skin, and nurturing it within Inner Realm with at least a Superior True Skill level Inner Strength to form ’Mountains within the Inner Heaven and Earth.’ These mountains are similar to True Qi rivers, the aggregation of True Gang. Within the Dan Tian Qi Sea, they manifest as ’True Gang Stones,’ the smallest unit of True Gang.’