"It’s all aggressive, precise, and powerful."

The ’Breaking Vow Blade Technique’ is a perfect fit for Gu Shengyan’s style, and Yan Chuan has also infused his ’Great Success Boxing’ into it. It’s easy to pick up and his decade-long foundation greatly benefits from it.

Thus, he advances courageously and diligently.

This time, as he listens to Yan Chuan’s martial arts lecture again, Gu Shengyan is fully immersed. The blade technique is ingrained in his mind, the killing intent in his heart. Unaware, everyone around him, even those at the limit-breaking level, quietly retreats. The ferocity of the killing intent is terrifying, and the rampant inner power and strength vaguely form saber energy, slicing through the air and instilling fear.

The saber energy surges, overwhelmingly breaking through one meridian after another—

Postnatal Tenth Layer!

Postnatal Eleventh Layer!

Postnatal Twelfth Layer!

When the demonic sound fades from his ears, Gu Shengyan looks up to see that Yan Chuan has disappeared from the mountain peak at some unknown time. Looking inwardly at himself, Gu Shengyan is indescribably surprised and delighted—

"Dantian!"

"Qi Sea!"

"Have I reached the peak state?!"

...

"There are too many geniuses buried in this world."

"For various reasons."

"Some because of humble origins."

"Some because of insufficient luck."

"Gu Shengyan is a genius, but she lacks both. Because of her humble origins, it’s difficult to have various absolute skills to choose from, or even any skills to cultivate. Thus, her talent was buried, unable to emerge for a long time."

"Without the ’Breaking Vow Blade Technique’, it could be foreseen that she would remain buried, lingering in the postnatal stage, limit-breaking, or even the middle stage, without standing out."

At Suanzao Mountain’s martial arts lecture, out of millions, Yan Chuan could cover many, but his focus was limited. He could only choose from those he was familiar with, and thus Gu Shengyan, who had good talent and practiced the ’Breaking Vow Blade Technique’ tailored for her by Yan Chuan, came into view.

Experience infused.

Absolute focus.

Yan Chuan’s slight inclination towards Gu Shengyan benefited her immensely, with her blade technique rapidly progressing and her cultivation advancing markedly.

Meeting Yan Chuan was her fortune.

Or rather—

"To meet junior brother."

"To enter the academy."

"To be born in Guangling." 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

"All of these are destiny."

The word ’destiny’ is ineffable. For instance, Gu Shengyan, from her birth, including time, place, and origin, all combined led her to enter Guangling Academy, become the leader of the Ten Elders, and take Chen Ze as her research student.

These experiences, if any one part had been different, Gu Shengyan might not be at her current peak state.

Yan Chuan found it marvelous.

He enjoyed the feeling of discovering and supporting a genius, much like a teacher finding a good student, experiencing a sense of achievement and satisfaction.

Day after day of martial arts lectures could be monotonous, and aside from the feedback from ’Mutual Teaching and Learning’ that led to the continuous growth of his martial arts accomplishment, uncovering geniuses was also a joy for Yan Chuan.

...

The martial arts lecture on Suanzao Mountain lasted three days.

Yan Chuan was dedicated, withholding nothing.

Jian Province was his home ground, and nearly everyone among the millions gathered at Suanzao Mountain could demonstrate ’Xingyi Boxing’ or recite boxing proverbs.

Many were well-versed in ’Xingyi Boxing’.

Here, Yan Chuan lectured on ’Xingyi Boxing’, receiving more feedback, and more feedback about ’Xingyi Boxing’. In all aspects, combined with the original studies of these million martial artists from Jian Province and beyond, Yan Chuan gained much inspiration, giving ’Xingyi Boxing’ more directions and possibilities—

"Tan Yunqing speculates that my martial arts lectures everywhere aim to develop ’National Martial Arts’."

"Wei Buqun in Xunwu Region recruits clients under the premise that I am a genius developing ’National Martial Arts’."

"In fact, I initially had no such thought when developing ’Xingyi Boxing’ or lecturing on ’Xingyi Boxing’. But now, ’Xingyi Boxing’ seems indeed to be moving in the direction of so-called ’National Martial Arts’."

Yan Chuan talked to everyone about ’Xingyi Boxing’, talking extensively for about a year and a half. His accomplishment in ’Xingyi Boxing’ had long reached its peak, the peak of the Eighth Realm, beyond the possibility of further ascent.

But that was ’Xin Yi Xingyi Boxing’.

However, in reality, with the martial arts lectures, feedback, and refining over the years, ’Xingyi Boxing’ had long surpassed the Xin Martial realm. While Yan Chuan had not yet systematically integrated everything, the scattered essence was vast and profound. Thorough understanding of all Yan Chuan’s explanations about ’Xingyi Boxing’ would at least be an absolute skill.

"Xingyi!"

"It’s not just boxing!"

During the three-day martial arts lecture on Suanzao Mountain, with feedback from a million Xingyi disciples, Yan Chuan’s understanding of ’Xingyi Boxing’ deepened, and his thoughts became clearer. He integrated all of his ’Xingyi System’—

"With Five Elements Boxing (Splitting, Bouncing, Drilling, Cannon, Crossing) and Twelve Forms Boxing (Dragon, Tiger, Monkey, Horse, Chicken, Hawk, Yanzi, Snake, Crocodile, Adversity, Eagle, Bear) as the basic boxing techniques, the staking method uses Three Body Formation (Ten Major Stances, Five Main Stances) as the foundation, this is ’Xingyi Boxing’."

"Nine Elbows, Seven Hammers Technique, Ten Families Grasping Skill, Twelve Forms, Four Hammers, Ten Sides Ambush, Opening and Closing Force, Outer Five Forms, Inner Five Forms, Outer Five Forces, Inner Five Forces, Outer Six Harmonies, Inner Six Harmonies."

"Five Elements Chain, Mixed Styles Hammer, Eight Forms Fist, Four Grasping Fists, Twelve Hong Chui, Entering and Leaving the Cave, Five Elements Mutually Support, Dragon and Tiger Fight, Eight Character Skill, Upper, Middle and Lower Eight Hands, Three-Handed Cannon, Five Flower Bomb, Anshen Cannon, Nine Rings."

"Rolling, Treading, Drilling Three Fists, Crumbling, Back, Cannon Three Sticks, Nourishing, Sitting, Opening, Sluice, Hitting, Vertical, Shooting Seven Steps Dan Tian Skill, Mantis Stance Hammer One to Five Sets, Top-picking, Cloud Lead, Display and Intercept, Wrap Hip Four Moves, Crouching Monkey Stance, Primordial Stance, Three Talents Stance, Liangyi Posture, Child Skill."

"Divine Fist, Guarding Cave Divine Skill, No Hand Fist, Guarding Cave Dust Skill, Six Harmonies Mind and Intention Fist, Xinyi Liuhe Fist, Mind and Intention Fist, Xingyi Boxing."

"Skills, Techniques, Methods, Styles."

Since the creation of ’Xingyi Boxing’, the boxing techniques have now included so much, vast and diverse, that it is no longer just a single boxing technique but has become a prototype of a complete and refined martial arts system.

It not only includes Xingyi Boxing, Mind and Intention Fist, Ten Forms Boxing, Cheng Family Skills, and various boxing systems but also includes types of weapons like spear, sword, saber, stick, and nine-section whip.

All-encompassing!

Vast and profound!

Based on ’Xingyi Boxing’, Yan Chuan integrates all the feedback gained over the years from his martial arts lectures on ’Xingyi Boxing’, innovating and eventually creating a new absolute skill—

"Xingyi!"

...

From June 8th to June 10th, Yan Chuan conducted a three-day martial arts lecture on Suanzao Mountain.

June 11th.

The thirty-fourth day of the second Cang Mountain Sword Discussion, the penultimate day of the Five-Seven stage.

The competition on the arena grew increasingly fierce.

After enduring a round of evil qi erosion, even first-tier individuals like Peng Fannian finally showed signs of fatigue. From the first day of the Sword Discussion to this Five-Seven round, Ban Xianfu, who practiced techniques but not skills, was the first to be knocked down from the arena, falling from the divine altar.

The Five-Seven Rank.

The air was dense with evil qi.

This round tests the ’Inner Power Foundation’ of the heavenly pride.

Ban Xianfu’s inner power foundation was actually not bad. Although weapons had been prohibited since the Four-Seven round, which was a major disadvantage for Ban Xianfu who favored the saber, he still stood firm at the last Sword Discussion. He was even stronger this time, remaining a first-tier even without the saber.

He was stable during Four-Seven.

He could hold on for the first few days of Five-Seven.

However, Ban Xianfu primarily cultivated the ’Holy Fire Order Divine Skill’, which in terms of inner strength, was noticeably inferior. By the fourth and fifth day of Five-Seven, Ban Xianfu already showed signs of decline.

On the peak of Chess Stone Peak, over a thousand heavenly prides gathered like wolves, and once Ban Xianfu showed signs of weakness, he inevitably attracted the attention of the pack, who surrounded and attacked him.

Ban Xianfu couldn’t hold on.

On the sixth day of Five-Seven, Ban Xianfu, one of the six invincible first-tier individuals, was the first to be knocked off the arena.

The challenger—

Hezhou, ’Linglong Jade Hand’ Yu Shengyan!

She was a woman of unparalleled beauty, as elegant as an immortal, both exquisite and captivating, with a complexion like jade, as if she was a fairy from Mount Gushe, full of heavenly grace.

Hezhou’s Yu Shengyan!

After ’Sword Lord’ Chen Ze, she was the first to truly grasp the secret of the ’Double-Handed Sword’.

With dual swords in hand.

Yu Shengyan was favorably regarded as absolutely talented, her combat power almost reaching the first tier, making her the strongest of the second tier below the top tier!

She was the first to topple a top-tier heavenly pride.

"Double-Handed Sword!"

"Last year, Sword Lord unexpectedly rose, from an initial basic limit-breaking at the start of the Sword Discussion, to proving the Dao innate by the end, the biggest dark horse of the first Sword Discussion."

"This year, there’s Yu Shengyan, quite impressive, but with Sword Lord setting a precedent, she feels somewhat lacking."

...

The Heavenly Masters took notice of Yu Shengyan, the new talent with unmatched combat power in the second discussion, with limitless potential, but still not comparable to Chen Ze back then.

"Chen Ze had City Lord Yan tailor dual sword absolute skills for him, Yu Shengyan does not."

"I heard City Lord Yan went to the Black Hawk Sect to give martial arts lectures, assisting the Bat King in proving the Dao, Eagle King, congratulations to the Black Hawk Sect on the addition of another grandmaster!"

The Sword Discussion was intense.

The Grandmasters chatted leisurely.

Each grandmaster had their backing forces, spies in every corner. While they couldn’t claim omniscience, Yan Chuan’s high-profile martial arts lectures in the Black Hawk Territory couldn’t go unnoticed.

Including ’Green Winged Bat King’ Wei Chibing’s Dao proving, which was truly astonishing.

"Haha!"

The ’White Eyebrow Eagle King’ Yang Wang laughed heartily, having received this news, he was simply overjoyed: "City Lord Yan, a renowned teacher, unparalleled in Great Yan, with Luo Qi proving the Dao before the Sword Discussion and the old bat proving the Dao shortly after, Yang is completely convinced!"

This Yang Wang!

During the first Cang Mountain Sword Discussion, he was bent on stirring trouble. He wasn’t targeting Yan Chuan per se, but sought to critique the court’s shortcomings through Yan Chuan, inciting conflict between the court and the Jianghu.

By this Sword Discussion, Yan Chuan had long risen, ranking far above him. Yang Wang had already changed his stance, and after the Bat King’s Dao proving, he was full of praise for Yan Chuan, seeming to become the ’First Yan Fan’: "Oh! It’s just that City Lord Yan didn’t come to Cang Mountain, otherwise a few casual pointers would be a blessing for those younger ones below! Even us old folks could greatly advance. I heard Jiang Bianliu and Huang Wuniang have progressed rapidly along with City Lord Yan, and Tan Yunqing, him with thick eyebrows and big eyes, even defected from the court to follow City Lord Yan. It shows City Lord Yan not only excels in martial lecturing but also possesses great personal charm, attracting grandmasters and new grandmasters alike. Those who didn’t come to Cang Mountain are probably intent on severing ties with the court and wholeheartedly following City Lord Yan!"

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