Chapter 384: Chapter 384
As for the Tianshan Martial Arts Tournament, it is subdivided into the Peak Contest and the Ranking Contest.
Meng Chuan is not yet qualified to participate in the Peak Contest, but as for the Ranking Contest, he plans to try it once his Two-Limit strength is stable.
The Tianshan Martial Arts Ranking Contest is a long-term, prolonged national-level martial arts competition.
The competition location, as the name suggests.
Is at the highest peak of Great Chu, Tianshan Mountain.
Every year from June to September is the opening period, with the rest of the time being off-season.
A six-year cycle makes up one round of the tournament, with all the rewards being settled in the final year.
It is well known that such top-level events do not limit the age of participants.
Take the Tianshan Martial Arts Ranking Contest as an example; as long as one’s strength reaches the First Limit, but does not exceed the Third Limit Martial Arts Master.
Even if you are over a hundred years old, you can still participate.
One-Limit Martial Artists and Three-Limit Martial Arts Masters mix together, without age or cultivation grouping.
It is common for a One-Limit Martial Artist to be matched with a Three-Limit Martial Arts Master...
Therefore, the intensity of the Ranking Contest is hard to imagine.
Consequently, Meng Chuan plans to wait until after reaching Two-Limit strength, when he has time, to test himself against those "old martial arts warriors."
Of course, the main purpose is still for the competition rewards...
Many practical Three-Limit Martial Arts Masters rely on the high-rank rewards of the Tianshan Martial Arts Tournament to propel themselves to Martial Arts Grandmaster.
Luckily, next June marks the start of a new round of the Tianshan Martial Arts Tournament.
Participating next year, Meng Chuan can start from the beginning of the tournament schedule.
Completing the entire six years aligns very well with his cultivation rhythm.
The entire tournament schedule is long; by the end of it, if his strength reaches a certain level.
He might also achieve a good ranking, maybe even become the champion!
In every edition of the Tianshan Martial Arts Ranking Contest, a dark horse that has never been seen in the previous five years will emerge.
Such as disciples from renowned families or top closed-door Martial Arts University geniuses.
Thus, Meng Chuan is not certain whether he can win the championship.
"Let’s set a small goal first, becoming a Martial Arts Master within six years, before the end of the next Tianshan Martial Arts Tournament."
Without the strength of a Martial Arts Master, one cannot even enter the finals.
The reason Meng Chuan plans to experience it first during his Two-Limit phase. Thɪs chapter is updated by 𝔫𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔩~𝔣𝔦𝔯𝔢~𝔫𝔢𝔱
Is to witness the martial talents from all over the country.
Exchanging blows with swords and fists is also part of the charm of the Tianshan Martial Arts Tournament.
Of course, if matched with an old Three-Limit, he might as well just concede.
The three-year period, do not belittle a poor youth...
There is less than a year left until the new edition of the Tianshan Martial Arts Tournament begins.
During this time, all circles in Great Chu are preparing intensely for the martial arts.
Some elderly Martial Arts Masters prepare to live a second life, born from death:
There are also outstanding young talents from top Martial Arts Universities, eager to make a name for themselves on the Tianshan stage.
For instance, Meng Chuan’s Grandmaster Class senior brother from the Yong’an campus, the first student to breakthrough to Martial Arts Master.
[Fiery Red Evil Ape · Chen Jing]!
The Martial Artists are eager to compete with others, even with frequent Demon Nest disruptions.
But this cannot deter everyone’s passionate martial hearts!
As for small competitions at the regional level, they are indeed less frequent due to the Demon Nest situation.
Apart from participating in large-scale events, most Martial Artists are busy subduing Demon Nests and have little time for these events.
However, Martial Arts Family-level dojo competitions, such as these small-scale tournaments, are still held as usual.
Some time ago, the head steward of the Infinite Martial Arts Dojo, Uncle Liu Sanduo, called Meng Chuan to ask if he wanted to participate in this year’s San Qin Dojo Championship.
Meng Chuan thought about it, and in the end, he refused.
The entire event process takes at least a few months, at most half a year.
With that time, one could do so many United University missions.
Ultimately, it’s because the rewards for this kind of small competition are inadequate.
Master Meng is no longer who he used to be, he’s not interested anymore...
Returning his thoughts, he continued to practice his fists with peace of mind.
Controlling the circulation of the Five Elements Spiritual Breath in his hands, the "Light Pollution Fist" came online once more.
To expertly manipulate the black membrane operation, Meng Chuan’s body resonated with the earth’s veins.
The blackness on his body flickered, forming a profound color under the sunlight reflection.
An entirely pitch-black body, combined with the five-colored fist stance interweaving into a net, looked bizarre no matter how you saw it...
Meng Chuan felt that in this "blackened" state, it was more fitting to pair it with the Demon Seed True Qi of the Tao Heart...
Never mind, strength is all that matters!
As time passed, with a notification sound in his mind, Meng Chuan exhaled.
As he stood still, all the mysterious phenomena around him disappeared.
Unless practicing or in battle, Meng Chuan couldn’t maintain the black membrane attachment form.
Even in the future, when his body’s toughness increased to a certain level, enabling long-term black membrane operation.
He would not walk around with a black body, making people think he was an exchange student from Uganda...
Moreover, he felt that this layer of black membrane still required development.
Currently, every time he resonated with the earth’s veins, this layer of black membrane covered his entire body.
He couldn’t focus on concentrating it in a specific area at will.
If it could, once this "earth vein energy" black membrane could be concentrated together.
During a punch, it could attach to the arm or fist at will; during defense, if unable to dodge in time, attach to the part about to be hit.
Then it could exert its maximum power.
Earth vein energy has a limit; concentrating this force at a point would certainly be more effective than spreading it out.
This is the main reason why he simultaneously trained this ability while practicing his fists.
Returning his focus, Meng Chuan continued to gaze at the panel.
[Five Elements Spiritual Breath Fist: Perfection (2%) → (3%)]
After a whole week, the proficiency of the fist skill only increased by 2%.
This is because his martial principles haven’t improved, so he can’t enhance his understanding through fist skill.
With constant grinding, this is the only speed he can achieve.
Once this method is created, it’s already at the state of perfection.
For others, without a Limit Breaking panel, they generally won’t keep spending time to further practice already perfected martial arts.
As for Meng Chuan himself, he currently can’t find any points in the cultivation technique that could be optimized.
He can only keep grinding slowly and learn through practice.
He’s currently working hard on the Five Elements Fist, enhancing martial principles by filling the Five Elements Wheel, and completing the three-time Limit Breaking of the Five Elements Qiankun.
By then, the situation will surely improve.
Meng Chuan finished his morning cultivation and went to the cafeteria for lunch with "Cloud-Stepping Guest".
Hmm... This flamboyant martial arts title belongs to none other than Prison Xu...
"Infinite Fist, when the time comes for the Demon Nest adventure, I’ll rely on you."
Xu Qingfeng handed his steak to Meng Chuan in an attempt to curry favor.
Upon learning that he also has to go down to the Demon Nest, he became more honest.
Meng Chuan deliberately teased him, saying slowly:
"Oh? Wasn’t Cloud-Stepping Guest really arrogant before? I’ll give you the vice team leader position, you take charge."
"... I was too rash before, just call me Xiaoxu instead of Cloud-Stepping Guest.
Once a brother, lifetime a brother! Brother Chuan, I’ll punish myself with a drink!"
With that, Xu Qingfeng downed a bowl of old hen soup.
If you are shameless, you’re invincible in the world, and Meng Chuan was quite impressed with this guy.
Nearby, the Dragon Tiger brothers were also laughing. Ever since Xu Qingfeng reached the Martial Arts Family level and fully integrated into this little group, he has indeed brought everyone a lot of fun.
Even Chu Yanhu often lamented:
"I’m finally not the pet of the group anymore..."
Beside them, Zong Ping couldn’t help but chuckle too.
He was originally very excited to join this "high-end" genius-level martial arts circle.
He thought that these martial artists, when together, would talk about profound martial principles, mission insights, or experiences in the Demon Nest.
Unexpectedly, just like his classmates in the ordinary class, they all chattered and joked around when gathered...
Xu Qingfeng wiped the oily remnants of the chicken soup from his lips, noting Zong Ping’s unusual expression.
With a big brother attitude, he patted Zong Ping on the shoulder, saying:
"Relax, martial artists need to unwind too.
During lunch, such a good time to eat, there’s no need to discuss those heavy topics related to martial arts."
Meng Chuan listened to Prison Xu’s words and felt speechless.
When Xu hadn’t broken through to the Martial Arts Family level and couldn’t get a word in.
During mealtime, he and the Dragon Tiger brothers never talked about anything other than martial arts.
It was only after Xu came that it turned into this...
Once they came to their senses, the group began discussing serious matters.
"Did you see the latest intelligence on the task panel?
The Demon Nest in Dengzhou that we’re entering is under the "Yellow Sand Sky" weather condition."
Meng Chuan nodded, he had already seen it a few days ago.
At the same time, he had also understood some relevant information.
Yellow Sand Sky, as the name implies.
Under the influence of this weather condition, sandstorms obscure vision everywhere.
It contains chaotic Celestial Demon energy inside, lowering visibility to less than 10 meters, and even affecting martial artists’ perception severely.
He had acquired the "Blessing of Great Brahma Heaven" a few days ago, which enhances his ability to perceive malicious intent.
This ability, used under such weather conditions, is truly a blessing in disguise.
Aside from that, under Yellow Sand Sky’s influence, day and night temperature differences are extreme.
During the day, the surface temperature is extremely high, and without True Qi or armor protection, the body’s moisture evaporates rapidly.
Only after the mutation of the "Source Spring Acupoint" on the foot can this thirsty state of the body be alleviated.
However, at night, the temperature plummets to below minus fifty degrees.
In some areas, temperatures can reach extremely low levels below minus a hundred degrees.
Without special cold-resistant equipment, non-martial artists who enter could very easily freeze to death.
After understanding, Meng Chuan discovered that the adverse effects of Yellow Sand Sky aren’t that significant for martial artists who excel in hard skills.
Using himself as an example, his well-tempered body can easily withstand such high and low temperature swings.
Plus, the body defense enhancement provided by various hard skills and their characteristics.
The extreme environment of Yellow Sand Sky hardly poses a threat to him.
Prison Xu beside him wasn’t so optimistic. Lately, he’s been worried to death.
He neither has armor protection nor hard skills, making him a purely frail martial artist.
By then, he could only rely on True Qi to barely withstand it.
In order to cope with the terrifying dryness of Yellow Sand Sky.
He even decided to forego the initial mutation of the "Baihui" on his head.
Xu Qingfeng has been diligently cultivating heart technique and Qi Blood these days.
Striving to mutate the "Source Spring" on his feet before December.
Meng Chuan knew about his situation, patted Xu on the shoulder saying:
"You’ve got about two months left. I believe if you push yourself hard, you can do it.
I’ve already mutated my "Source Spring", feel free to ask me if you have any questions."
Joking aside, Prison Xu is also a good friend, willing to lend a hand where he can.
Xu Qingfeng was very touched, nodded, and said:
"It’s got to be you, Prison Meng, you’re such a bro. If only you could lend me your armor too."