Wei Buqun.

Wei Lingshan.

Wei Chibing.

And even Dang Hong.

The few exchanged glances, words weren't needed to understand—

"Indeed!"

"We all felt moved, we all had insights, we all made progress."

Wei Buqun confirmed his hypothesis with the others, he marveled: "I've long heard that Yan Chuan in Guangling City loves to discuss martial arts, having studied numerous schools and drawing on their strengths, creating the 'Xingyi Boxing', which allowed Jiang Bianliu to prove his Dao. Now it seems, in the past year and a half, he must have perfected the 'Xingyi Boxing' to the extreme, not just limiting it to the boxing of Jian Province, but absorbing various martial arts methods and theories from the Fifteen States of Great Yan and even the Mountain and Sea Realm. Ultimately, this 'Xingyi Boxing' has universal applicability, aligning with the majority of martial arts practitioners worldwide. It includes boxing, movement techniques, spear skills, swordsmanship, etc., truly achieving integration and unification of numerous schools, allowing the majority of people to gain something when he speaks of 'Xingyi Boxing'."

Yan Chuan!

Amazingly talented!

Wei Buqun self-reflected that even given a hundred years, he couldn't achieve what Yan Chuan has.

But how long did Yan Chuan take?

A full count, less than two years.

Indeed, quite astonishing.

"Assimilating a multitude of strengths, embracing a hundred rivers."

"This is already of extremely high difficulty, rare in the world, unprecedented in the mortal world."

"To advance on this foundation, creating an independent school, establishing a system, this is even harder."

"Yet Yan Chuan is even more formidable, he has perfected 'Xingyi Boxing' to the extent that everyone in the world can cultivate it, every martial art can find correspondence in it, every martial art can perfectly inherit 'Xingyi Boxing' cultivation. At the same time, martial artists practicing 'Xingyi Boxing' can smoothly transition to any other martial art."

"Incredible!"

"Incredible!"

The more Wei Buqun thought, the more astonished he became.

Yan Chuan, at such a young age, could create a remarkable skill akin to a 'Martial Arts General Outline'?

Wei Buqun, knowledgeable and experienced, had heard tales of how, in certain regions or countries, incredibly talented overlord-level experts started from numerous basic martial arts, eventually creating a technique for the whole country to cultivate, uniting an entire nation. All martial artists cultivate the same martial art or several martial arts in the early stages, fostering millions of martial artists to train together, exchange with each other, promote mutually, resulting in numerous births of innate warriors and war gods!

This is the foundation of a great nation!

Countries that can create a universally applicable martial art are almost at least second-tier.

For example, Wei Buqun once visited the 'Black Sand Country', a second-tier nation located on the East Continent, which has a dedicated technique called the 'Eight-direction Map', suitable for cultivation by citizens of any aptitude, gender, age, or personality. Additionally, it has a support system with resources and facilities that range from beginner to postnatal, to innate, to war god, allowing citizens to ascend in rank swiftly, thereby nurturing more innate warriors, more war gods, and even birthing more overlords.

This is the foundation of a great nation!

Moreover, in the first-tier nation 'Zhanlan Country' on the Northern Continent, the country's leader, in collaboration with many overlord-level experts, created seven universal techniques: 'Mystic Turtle', 'Heavenly Python', 'Shadow Leopard', 'Giant Bear', 'Fierce Tiger', 'Illusion Cat', and 'Thunder Snake'. Although the number looks more dispersed and less refined compared to the 'Eight-direction Map' of the 'Black Sand Country', the seven techniques of 'Zhanlan Country' allow its citizens to find the one most suited to them, accelerating cultivation. Moreover, with a huge base, in reality, there is no difference whether it's one or seven techniques, as millions of people train together."

These types of universally applicable techniques, adaptable to everyone, are commonly referred to as—

"National Martial Arts!"

...

"Does the hierarch think City Lord Yan's self-created 'Xingyi Boxing' is a 'National Martial Art'?" Wei Chibing hesitated.

He knew about 'National Martial Arts'.

He also understood 'Country Leader' and 'Overlord'.

But to say that Yan Chuan could create a 'National Martial Art' that even 'Country Leaders' and 'Overlords' struggle to achieve, isn't that too exaggerated? 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

"'Xingyi Boxing' may not necessarily be a 'National Martial Art'. Judging by Yan Chuan's martial arts lectures, this set of 'Xingyi Boxing' barely reaches the level of ordinary absolute skills, whereas 'Eight-direction Map', 'Mystic Turtle', 'Heavenly Python', 'Shadow Leopard', 'Giant Bear', 'Fierce Tiger', 'Illusion Cat', 'Thunder Snake' and other 'National Martial Arts' are at least of ordinary true skill level. It's even said that in the 'Yu Fang Five Dominions' and 'Ancient Country Seven Heroes', there are 'Extreme True Skill Level National Martial Arts' that can lead ordinary citizens from the initial stage to postnatal, to innate, to war god, and even to king." Wei Buqun shook his head: "'Xingyi Boxing' is still far off."

His intention was that 'Xingyi Boxing' has hints of 'National Martial Arts', barely qualifying as a 'Prototype National Martial Art', but to become a true 'National Martial Art', it must at least achieve true skill that can directly reach the war god realm to be genuinely qualified. Moreover, creating a national martial art is only the start; the requisite supporting resources and facilities are equally critical compared to the 'National Martial Arts'.

'Xingyi Boxing' is far off.

Yan Chuan is far off.

"But he is certainly walking on this path, I guess, he intends to aid his cultivation through the process of 'National Martial Art' transformation of 'Xingyi Boxing'. Even if the 'National Martial Art' is tough to accomplish ultimately, during his pursuit of this goal, perhaps he might reach the Sixth Grade on an unknown day, become a war god on an unknown day, or even one day rise to become an overlord, a country leader."'

Wei Buqun contemplated, believing he understood Yan Chuan more: "This is an extraordinary genius among millions, his path is that of a genius, beyond ordinary imagination and understanding. Only those who know 'National Martial Arts' know the difficulty of his path, but once gifted, this path becomes the road to ascend the heavens, and Yan Chuan now walks on this path, delivering martial arts lectures in Jian Province, Cang Mountain, Tan Valley Realm, Nanxiong City, and now here in Black Hawk Territory. It's not because he loves to teach, but because he aims to create a 'National Martial Art'!"

Wei Buqun became completely clear.

Yan Chuan!

National Martial Art!

That is surely it!

"Watch, in the future he will undoubtedly conduct public martial arts lectures on more and more occasions without seeking compensation. He doesn't need compensation; having more people cultivate and understand 'Xingyi Boxing' is his reward, it can help him further perfect 'Xingyi Boxing', and continually advance toward a 'National Martial Art' forward, this is the greatest reward."

"Yan Chuan's ambition is larger than the sky!"

Wei Buqun was utterly convinced.

For a person who began ambitiously trying to create a 'National Martial Art' even at the innate realm, and tracing back, Yan Chuan was on this path even before breaking limits. At first, perhaps he was muddled, but as he engaged with the Mountain and Sea Realm, after he proved his Dao was innate, Wei Buqun speculated Yan Chuan at least had a clear idea.

Of course.

The most likely scenario is that Yan Chuan understood the concept of 'National Martial Arts' before the first Martial Arts Competition in the tenth year of the Hongwu Era in Guangling City and has since been 'fond of teaching', 'frequent martial arts lectures'.

This also explains why Yan Chuan was immensely mediocre for the previous twenty-six years, but suddenly enlightened at twenty-six.

"Found the right path!"

"After that, Yan Chuan's talent finally manifested, and with 'Xingyi Boxing', step by step, he moved toward perfecting a 'National Martial Art', gradually exploding in potential."

Wei Buqun was firmly convinced, he looked at Song Ping, Wei Chibing, and Dang Hong: "This is why I placed the entire Black Hawk Sect at his back."

He also looked at Wei Lingshan: "Follow Yan Chuan, your future is boundless. On the day he truly creates a 'National Martial Art·Xingyi', it may coincide with his ascension to overlord, founding a nation, becoming a country leader!"

Overlord!

Country Leader!

Yan Chuan's potential, immeasurable!

...

Wei Buqun overthought, Yan Chuan truly did not know what 'National Martial Arts' meant, until today, after Wei Chibing proved his Dao as innate, insightful Tan Yunqing noticed clearly in the North Mansion, he mused, he mentioned, Yan Chuan then understood—

"National Martial Arts!"

"Is that what 'National Martial Arts' means?"

Yan Chuan was startled.

'Xingyi Boxing' certainly is 'National Martial Arts', but in the previous life, on Earth, 'National Martial Arts' referred to 'Chinese Martial Arts', a term used for martial arts starting in the Republic of China period.

But in this life, in the Mountain and Sea Realm, 'National Martial Arts' holds more meanings.

"The leaders of countries and overlords domestically try various attempts to create 'National Martial Arts'——"

"Some collect disciples, accepting many trainees nationwide, for instance, the leader of the third-tier kingdom 'Jifeng Country' in the South Continent has as many as nine hundred and eighty thousand disciples, each can listen to his martial arts lectures and receive his guidance."

"Similarly, the third-tier kingdom 'Sitting Mountain Country' in the South Continent holds a 'Genius Battle' every five years. The country's leader and overlords attend to witness intense contests among different heavenly prides and martial arts systems, providing them more inspiration to create 'National Martial Arts'."

"Some country leaders, like City Lord Yan, enjoy giving martial arts lectures in various places, identifying martial arts, the feng shui, geomorphology, and human sentiments of the country to deduce 'National Martial Arts'."

Tan Yunqing, once the Director of the Great Yan Martial Arts Bureau, understood 'National Martial Arts' of the Mountain and Sea Realm even more comprehensively: "In the 'Cangwu Department' of the Three Departments, there are responsibilities of storing scriptures, translation, innovation, and so on. Among them, the foremost is 'National Martial Arts Research and Development'; His Majesty has long wished to develop a universal martial art for the Four Billion people across the Fifteen States, but since martial arts are as vast as seas, and styles vary greatly, no clue has yet been found."

Almost all countries in the Mountain and Sea Realm pursue 'National Martial Arts', some have not created it, some have created it yet seek a better one.

All pursue progress.

Great Yan is not in the Mountain and Sea Realm, but influenced by various countries in the Mountain and Sea Realm, it also chases keenly forward, the Emperor Yan along with many high-level officials of Great Yan are always hoping to create a 'National Martial Art'.

Martial Arts Academy.

New Martial.

Cangwu Department.

Mountain and Sea Department.

And others, they can be said to be largely established for the development of the 'Great Yan National Martial Art'.

Compared with many countries in the Mountain and Sea Realm, Great Yan has a unique advantage—

"Sparse land and people."

Fifteen States.

Four billion people.

The entire territory of Great Yan combined is still unlikely to compare with a province of a third-tier small country in the Mountain and Sea Realm or even a city-state.

Too small.

Precisely because it is small, and has a sparse population, in theory, it should be much easier for Great Yan to create a 'National Martial Art' suitable for the Fifteen States compared to a third-tier small country of the Mountain and Sea Realm.

However, correspondingly, Great Yan's overall level is much inferior to a third-tier small country, with barely more than fifty innate realms, there are too few masters, too few talents.

"Therefore, during the first Cang Mountain Sword Discussion, Director Xu Yanfeng of the Cangwu Department strongly wanted to transfer you to the Cangwu Department, I guess she intended to place you in the 'National Martial Art' project." Tan Yunqing was curious: "Is City Lord truly developing a 'National Martial Art'?"

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