Chapter 387: Chapter 387
The martial arts momentum of the Xingyi Sect practitioner, Lu Zhuxiao, subtly borrows a sliver of heavenly might.
Consolidating the metal of the Five Elements completely at the spear tip, it invokes a true aura of deathly stillness.
Meng Chuan’s forearm trembled, transmitting the vibration to his upper arm, and as his eyes suddenly narrowed, the pitch-black arm armor cracked inch by inch, gradually losing its color.
He abruptly sank down into a seated posture, Meng Chuan stretched tendons and pulled bones, as if about to enter a state of liberation.
He wanted to test if his ultimate form could defeat Master Lu.
Yet, he saw the golden stream of light halt before him, and with a wave from Lu Zhuxiao, it vanished with a roar.
"Did you sense it? This is the power of my martial arts momentum, expressed through a weapon.
You are not far from the second limit. I’ll train with you at that time. Let’s stop here for today."
"Student understands."
Lu Zhuxiao nodded in acknowledgment and left with his hands behind his back.
Once he had gone far, his expression collapsed.
The corner of his mouth twitched with a "hiss," and his left hand behind him throbbed faintly in pain.
"Damn, this kid’s power is immense..."
Martial arts momentum corresponds to the materialized extension of a martial artist’s "essence, energy, and spirit."
In that final clash with Meng Chuan, the enormous recoil power passed through the spear tip, through the entire spear shaft, and ultimately through his whole arm.
Lu Zhuxiao had not trained in hard skills, just missing it by a bit... ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ 𝔫𝔬𝔳𝔢𝔩⁂𝖿𝗂𝗋𝖾⁂𝔫𝔢𝔱
This exaggerated penetrating strength was about to injure his internal organs.
Damn, is this something a first-limit martial artist should have?
At Northern United University’s martial artist qi blood testing room.
[Qi and Blood Value: 4312.2, esteemed second limit, wishing you a prosperous journey on the path of martial arts.]
After completing a set of Five Elements Spiritual Breath Fist, Meng Chuan slowly stabilized himself.
Upon hearing the machine’s prompt, acknowledging him as a second limit.
Meng Chuan was already accustomed to its "misreporting," nodding silently.
"Qi and blood have peaked again..."
Due to the capacity of his meridians to store qi and blood far exceeding the ordinary, every time he reaches the end of a realm, it always leads to the machine’s confusion.
His meridians can store 712.2 points of qi and blood value, with the remaining 3600 points filling all six main acupoints.
Sensing that no one was waiting outside, Meng Chuan’s heart spirit moved, drawing strong qi and blood from the six acupoints and meridians that emerged around his form.
In a flash, a ten-zhang red sun rose slowly.
"My comprehension and control of qi and blood surpasses typical martial artists.
Condensing this Great Sun Form is my ten-zhang cloud of qi and blood."
This scene indicated that Meng Chuan had reached the extreme of the first limit in martial arts cultivation.
Once it undergoes the mutation of three miles, it will achieve total perfection.
Leaving the building, Meng Chuan pondered:
"Counting from the day I broke through the first limit, my overall training duration has been less than eight months...
Normally, when an ordinary person cultivates the core techniques of true skill, they can begin working towards breaking the second limit.
But due to the boost from fist skills and divine skills, my qi and blood value increased quickly, so now I must hurry to catch up with the cultivation progress of core techniques. Once the fourth layer reaches perfection, I can break through."
The second limit is already within reach.
Back at the dorm, Meng Chuan retrieved the dusty intermediate true skill fist manual, [Five Thunders Striking Overhead].
Blowing away the dust, he wiped it clean, and Meng Chuan quietly contemplated:
"Today, the sixth orifice can complete its transformation. In the coming days, I can make time to try to begin the entry-level of this somewhat difficult Thunder Attribute true skill..."
He had agreed with Li Zhenyue, professor at the main campus, to return it within a year.
Although there was still plenty of time.
Meng Chuan wanted to take advantage of the meeting at the main campus in half a month to return this and [Flame Burst Fist] to the other party, sparing a future trip.
Next year will be busy as well.
Aside from regular martial arts training, he will visit Wudang to search for hard skills’ core traits, and study the major incomplete manuscript of Qi Blood Cultivation Technique.
Possibly, he will also participate in the Demon Nest recruitment by Hanhai Company and witness the martial arts event at Tianshan Mountain.
Upon breaking through the second limit by then, he will resume practicing Earth Posture daily, and the schedule will again be tight.
Meng Chuan is even considering sleeping once every three days to free up time for training...
As for his master, who is still in Japan, how will he start [Five Thunders Striking Overhead]?
Meng Chuan had already arranged for Luo Guanyun to teach him through video this Friday, showing that technology changes lives...
Throughout the Yong’an campus, very few specialize in the Thunder Attribute, with only a small number of Xingyi Sect practitioners opting to minor in it.
Thunder Attribute skills are well-mastered by many at Dragon Tiger Mountain Celestial Master Mansion.
Due to its fierce violence, although very powerful, it’s even more difficult to train and more dangerous.
With a millennium-long tradition at Celestial Master Mansion, the recently established Four-sided Alliance University lacks corresponding Thunder Attribute heritage, making it daunting for the average person to cultivate impulsively.
Luo Guanyun, due to core technique reasons, became a master of Thunder Attribute at United University, as unique as a scorpion’s tail.
Meng Chuan ended his mind method training, preparing to head to Dong Yue for the sixth acupoint’s transformation and simultaneously breakthrough the Treasure Appearance Golden Venerable Skill.
He would also learn the skill’s proficient level content and the grand circulation posture required to master the practice.
Though this method in hand is a genuine skill with genuine charm, one can comprehend it through self-reflection.
But this is Meng Chuan’s first time practicing such a difficult horizontal training, and compared to the Daoist methods, he is least proficient in Buddhist hard skills.
Thus, it’s better to have guidance than to fumble alone.
Once learned from Master Dong, he could practice on his own.
He practiced for another half an hour with Thunderous Dispersing Hand and Spiritual Breath Fist.
Meng Chuan noticed Master Dong was about to finish class and was ready to head over.
At this time, the phone suddenly rang.
Meng Chuan picked it up, seeing it was an unfamiliar number.
[Hello? Is this Deputy Captain Meng from the Yong’an campus?]
[...That’s me, please go ahead.]
Being addressed as vice captain, it must be someone who, like him, has been assigned the Four Schools trial mission by the system as a newly appointed martial artist at United University.
Judging by the voice, it’s crisp with a hint of allure, and also intentionally specifies the term "vice captain."
Meng Chuan already guessed the identity of the caller: the only Breaking Two martial artist in the United University team.
His predecessor in Martial Arts True Skill, the main captain, She Yu.
Meng Chuan understood, looks like he guessed correctly.
[Captain She, is there something up?]
[Hmm, there’s less than half a month left until the Demon Nest.
For us at United University to win this Four Schools trial, I have a task for you.]
On this end of the phone, Meng Chuan’s expression was suspicious.
Right off the bat giving him a big hat, all for United University.
Not even entered the Demon Nest, but already ordering him?
This woman doesn’t look like a good person...
Seeing Meng Chuan remain silent, on the other end, She Yu raised her chin slightly and spoke:
[I need you to gather the Qi Blood Value, the number of mutated orifices, the core Cultivation Technique and fist skill styles, and other personal information concerning the power of all martial artists in our United University’s fifteen districts who are responding to this call.
Precisely down to the decimal point of Qi Blood Value, then send it to me.]
Talking gibberish, couldn’t understand.
On the other end, She Yu lowered her gaze and slowly spoke:
[For Northern United University to win, I need to precisely grasp the power of everyone engaging in this trial.
All fifteen districts need to be accounted for, I know it’s difficult, but that is an order!]
Meng Chuan thought about punching her through the phone line, is she nuts...
Where does he have the time for this nonsense?
[...Captain She, I’m the vice captain of this mission, right?]
[Correct, that’s why I need you to undertake this responsibility.]
[Alright, I now command Motohiko, a responding member for this call from headquarters, to do what you just told me.
You’re all at headquarters, so I’d appreciate Captain She passing the message. Also, tell Motohiko not to refuse, it’s an order!]
Meng Chuan up on the mountains had a poor signal, and the phone hung up by itself...
Seeing She Yu call again, the phone accidentally ran out of battery and turned off.
The world quieted down, Meng Chuan shook his head and got up to head to Master Dong’s house.
"Day after day... really have too much free time."
Concluded, a typical woman.
Meanwhile, at United University’s headquarters far away in Fengtian.
On the other end of the phone, She Yu gently laughed while holding the suddenly disconnected phone, her eyes slightly narrowing.
She smacked the phone onto the desk with a "bang," causing the teacup to tremble.
"Quite the character, that Meng Chuan, daring to hang up on me..."
She stared coldly at the black-screened phone, with a hissing snake sound faintly emanating from somewhere around her.
Behind her, a shadow of a large snake seemed to twitch.
The cheongsam hem slightly fluttered with rapid breaths.
Finally, unable to connect, She Yu squeezed out the rest of her sentence from between her teeth:
"...Alright, alright, we’ll settle this when the time comes."
Meng Chuan easily completed the mutation of Zusanli and accepted the beer handed to him by Master Dong, downing it in one gulp.
Dong Yue also punished himself with a bottle before sighing:
"Honestly, I’ve only just realized, you mutated six orifices in half a year, one per month?
Need me to protect you to directly Break Two?"
Meng Chuan was experiencing the formidable strength of having all six orifices transformed.
He lightly clenched his fists, feeling that every inch of muscle contained explosive force far beyond before.
All major orifices inside were transformed, even the Qi Blood breathed in was solid like mercury.
Hearing this, he said helplessly:
"I’d like that too, Master Dong, but the core Cultivation Technique hasn’t caught up yet, need to settle down a bit more."
Dong Yue knew how powerful his core Cultivation Technique was, and with Meng Chuan’s fierce fist practice and fast Qi Blood Value rise, he didn’t say much.
"Alright, take off your clothes, I’ll massage you once more to help your Treasure Appearance Golden Venerable Skill breakthrough."
Dong Yue thought to himself, it took him half a year to master this technique.
"This guy is truly abnormal, just three months... could there really be a Horizontal Training Holy Body in this world..."
His talent for horizontal training wasn’t bad either, otherwise, he wouldn’t have been taught by the senior monk of Chengshi sect.
But compared to Meng Chuan, it was a bit disheartening...
The familiar slapping sound rang again, and half an hour later, Meng Chuan felt relieved.
[Treasure Appearance Golden Venerable Skill: Entry-level (99%) → Skilled (1%)]
Glancing at the panel, he came to his senses.
Meng Chuan saw Master Dong had not stopped, still patting his abdomen.
With his movements, Meng Chuan noticed the corresponding spots manifesting dense golden dots, cushioning the force.
Dong Yue continued striking while mumbling:
"Jialuo Light Dust Protection, skilled, succeeded!"