Easy Way of Cultivation: Power Harvesting-Chapter 55 - 53: Commander’s Trial, Ultimate Skills of the Demon Suppression Bureau
The male among the two was named Peng Mingjie, and the female was Li Fengyi; both were fellow disciples of Ning Xuan, Ning Xuan’s senior brother and sister.
Li Fengyi was surprisingly a Silver-clothed Demon Suppression Guard, exuding a heroic spirit.
Wei Fan didn’t particularly care about the level of the Demon Suppression Guard, as their rank was determined not by cultivation, but by merit.
If one was lucky enough to work under a master and completed several high-difficulty tasks, it was quite easy to rise to the rank of Silver-clothed Demon Suppression Guard.
Wei Fan greeted the two of them separately, making an acquaintance.
Their attitude towards Wei Fan wasn’t arrogant; instead, it was somewhat warm. Finally, Wei Fan found out that, like Su Guangwen before, they belonged to the same squad and would work together on missions in the future.
The members of the Demon Suppression Bureau highly valued camaraderie since on missions, the other might be the one taking a blade for you.
Wei Fan finished eating first; he set down his chopsticks for a moment, after which Ning Xuan and the other two finished their meals.
Ning Xuan leaned over and said, "Brother Wei, my senior brother and sister are taking me to see the trials set by the Three Great Commanders. Are you interested in checking it out together?"
Wei Fan was certainly interested as he had been considering getting a mentor. Although he relied on his panel for cultivation, having the backing of a commander would undoubtedly be advantageous.
Take the Purple Profound Martial Arts Manual, for instance; if he had a commander as a mentor, perhaps he’d acquire it with merit for him.
Having a mentor would not only ease concerns over martial arts heart methods but also ensure support in resources.
The group left the dining hall!
Wei Fan showed a puzzled look: "Don’t you belong to a sect? Can you still take a commander as a mentor?"
Ning Xuan laughed: "I don’t have the skill to take a commander as a mentor; it’s just that my senior brothers mentioned that among the trials set by commanders, there is an ultimate skill I want to witness."
Each of the Three Great Commanders had established their own discipleship trials, each different.
While most people regarded talent by the breadth of one’s dantian, capable of holding years’ worth of power, some paid more attention to comprehension.
Judging talent by dantian was never everyone’s standard.
The Second Commander decidedly valued comprehension, so he set his discipleship trial, an ultimate saber technique.
Within half an hour, if one could comprehend the saber technique engraved at the trial site, they would pass his trial. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦
Ning Xuan’s senior sister Li Fengyi said, "The Second Commander doesn’t emphasize the breadth of dantian because his ultimate skills can offset deficiencies in True Qi, provided you have enough comprehension. His lineage emphasizes comprehension the most."
Wei Fan, possessing the capacity to store a century of power in his dantian, didn’t neglect martial techniques, which were equally vital.
Others focused solely on one aspect not because they ignored the benefits of dual development, but rather due to the limited time and energy people had, understanding it’s better to master one Dao than be mediocre in many.
For example, his dantian could hold a hundred years of power, needing a decade of power just to fill each acupoint with True Qi.
Without his panel, he’d need to invest ten years purely to accumulate power, taking three thousand six hundred years to fill three hundred sixty acupoints.
Time spent accumulating True Qi leaves little for cultivating martial techniques and comprehending other aspects.
It’s understandable why people define talent by a single aspect.
"What about the trials set by the Grand Commander and Third Commander?"
Li Fengyi said, "Compared to the Second Commander, the trials set by the Grand Commander and Third Commander are much simpler, not only easy to understand but also without time constraints; their martial arts can be observed anytime.
The Grand Commander left a Mountain Shaking Fist technique, which I learned at a glance, but couldn’t perform.
Because the requirements to perform the Mountain Shaking Fist are a dantian capable of storing over forty years of power and also require horizontal cultivation, meaning internal and external cultivation must both be achieved.
If one fails to meet these two conditions, forcibly executing this fist technique results in self-harm before the technique manifests."
Ning Xuan glanced at Wei Fan.
Regarding the Second Commander’s saber technique, Ning Xuan was unsure if Wei Fan could comprehend it within half an hour, but Wei Fan could definitely learn the Grand Commander’s Mountain Shaking Fist.
"As for the Third Commander’s trial, it’s somewhat similar to the Grand Commander’s, a palm technique called Void-Shattering Sun Palm; it doesn’t demand horizontal cultivation but requires a dantian holding at least fifty years of power."
Li Fengyi, while speaking, glanced at Wei Fan and Ning Xuan: "It’s better for you not to attempt the martial arts left by the Grand Commander and Third Commander; they demand too much power. Should you glimpse them and can’t resist cultivation, insufficient power might endanger you.
For now, just observe the Second Commander’s Soul-Slaying Demon-slaying Saber, merely to distinguish between supreme divine skills and ordinary martial techniques."
Ning Xuan: ...
Ning Xuan’s breath hitched!
He indeed sought to gain insight; merely catching a glimpse of supreme divine skills felt rewarding even if unlearnable.
But for Wei Fan, it was different; in Yun City, they witnessed Wei Fan use several basic saber techniques to cultivate sword intent.
Along with horizontal cultivation of innate, with dantian holding a century’s worth of power.
This guy could likely learn the martial arts left by all three commanders, not just gain supposedly worthless insights.
Led by Li Fengyi and Peng Mingjie, Wei Fan quickly arrived at three adjacent stone houses, with a soldier armed with a saber guarding the entrance of each.
Li Fengyi pointed at the three stone houses and said, "This is where the Three Demon Suppression Commanders left their martial arts trials."
Wei Fan looked at the three stone houses, a glint of light in his eyes: "If one learned the ultimate skills left by the Three Commanders without acknowledging them as mentors, would it anger them?"
Li Fengyi found Ning Xuan’s friend rather interesting; she raised her hand to her forehead, wearing a humorous expression: "Where did you get that idea, simultaneously mastering the skills of all three commanders? Such a person hasn’t appeared yet.
In truth, having someone capable of that wouldn’t anger the commanders; they’d be delighted.
Their ultimate skill trials are part of selecting and cultivating talents for the Demon Bureau rather than insisting those who learn must take them as mentors.
The Grand Commander’s disciple, Li Chuyang, learned the Third Commander’s Void-Shattering Sun Palm here, but ultimately didn’t join his sect.
Moreover, Che Jie, the prodigious disciple of the Divine Blade Sect, learned the Second Commander’s Thunderous Nine Sabers here, but didn’t take the Second Commander as his mentor.
The supreme skills left by the commanders are merely their first techniques, not complete.
The ultimate skills can be exchanged for at the Merit Hall; taking them as mentors was never a strict requirement."
Wei Fan nodded: "Thank you for letting me know."
Then he turned to Ning Xuan: "Brother Ning, you go first!"
Ning Xuan didn’t decline; he approached and handed over his waist token to the guard of the Second Commander’s stone house. The guard checked a booklet and confirmed Ning Xuan hadn’t entered before, then let him in.
Once Ning Xuan was out of sight, Wei Fan entered the Third Commander’s stone house.
Since the trials from the Third Commander and Grand Commander have no time limit, entering their stone houses wasn’t as troublesome as the Second Commander’s, allowing easy access.
"He’s gone to see the Void-Shattering Sun Palm..."
Seeing Wei Fan ignore her advice and enter the stone house of the Void-Shattering Sun Palm, Li Fengyi considered calling him back but ultimately abstained.
After all, they had only met today, and mere observation without forced cultivation wouldn’t result in harm.
Entering the stone house, Wei Fan discovered densely packed words and diagrams etched on the walls, realizing this was the content of the first technique of Void-Shattering Sun Palm, and started reading intently.
Moments later, the panel started flashing:
[Void-Shattering Sun Palm·First Technique (Uninitiated)]
[Current Power Level: 782 years]
Wei Fan’s lips curled into a smile; the Third Commander’s ultimate skill was easily attained.
He turned and exited the stone house, noting Ning Xuan hadn’t emerged.
"I’ll go witness the Grand Commander’s Mountain Shaking Fist!"
After exchanging some awkward chatter with Li Fengyi, Wei Fan turned and entered the stone house with the Mountain Shaking Fist engraved.
"He’s rather sensible, this new squad member is quite receptive to advice, only looking and clearly not learning!"
Li Fengyi observed Wei Fan entering and exiting quickly, nodding to herself.
The short duration was only enough for a single reading; he evidently hadn’t memorized the content.
Like with Void-Shattering Sun Palm, Wei Fan spent some time reading the Mountain Shaking Fist carefully, and the panel displayed the first technique of the Mountain Shaking Fist.
Seeing this, he didn’t linger any longer and left the stone house.
Inside the Second Commander’s stone house, Ning Xuan remained.
The time it took Wei Fan to record the Mountain Shaking Fist and Void-Shattering Sun Palm was short, and clearly hadn’t yet been half an hour.
