strictlysupreme Chapter 182: Obstacle In The Martial Path
Chapter 182: Obstacle In The Martial Path
Chapter 182: Obstacle In The Martial PathXuanyuan Zhou poured cold water on his hopes and dreams in one cold-hearted reply.
"Once a skill has been perfected, it will allow the practitioner to use it naturally without any conscious effort or preparation. What else can a martial move do? You’re not living in a folk tale where a punch can split apart the sun.
"It’s only a select few types of killing moves that have a potential for further growth, that too comes once you’re well past the Physique Transformation realm’s limits. But you idiot... You picked an easy martial art that doesn’t even have killing moves!"
"Beyond the Physique Transformation realm?! By then, I’ll have plenty of time to delve into better Martial Arts. The resources I’ll have access to by then will also be far better in quality," Han Xuhan reasoned, recovering from his shocked stupor.
"For now, I might as well stick to what I’m cultivating. I just have to meet the sect’s requirements by the end of the month."
"What’s the requirement?" Xuanyuan Zhou asked, giving his confidence another hit.
These geniuses, these children of destiny, didn’t even care about the rules and regulations.
They were so far along their cultivation paths that worrying about meeting the sect’s deadlines was an alien concept to them...
"I have to reach the second phase of the Physique Transformation realm," he said dryly.
Xuanyuan Zhou glanced at the back of the strength testing apparatus and shrugged.
"You’ve already made it to thirteen centimeters. The required level of strength is just above twenty centimeters. You’ll breeze past this requirement as long as you stick to the current routine throughout the whole week.
"Moreover, haven’t you already reached the third layer of a Mystic Art? I don’t think the sect ever demanded that the disciples have to display success in the Martial path."
"I practiced an unorthodox Mystic Art. The sect’s rules expressly demand the attainments in cultivation to be in orthodox arts," he corrected her error.
"And there are also some secondary requirements like qi quality, spiritual world’s growth, meditation quality, speed of cycles..."
"Then stop wasting your time and return to your position. You have more than enough healing medicine. So we’ll continue today until I see some improvements in your output. You can spend the rest of the day behind improving in other aspects."
Han Xuhan did not know how Xuanyuan Zhou, a cultivator barely a few phases ahead of him in the Martial path, managed to figure out every little thing he was doing wrong while executing the moves in his manual.
He could only console himself saying that unnatural insight like this was also a part of the protagonist halo.
"During holding the stance- SwallowCrouches Before Flight, your arms lost the angular stability when your body began to shake from the breathing cycle’s effect. You have to make your hands tremble around a fixed axis, not so chaotically.
"Not only will doing this improve the effect of the slashing, it’ll correspond perfectly to the second move of the third section of your manual—Swallow’s Slicing Wings.
"If you can combine both of these moves and execute them at the same time, your attacking efficiency and power output will double!
At the same time, your upper and lower body will generate a far greater amount of vital energy, which will speed up your martial cultivation by a big margin."
"Wait, is that actually possible? I can execute multiple moves at the same time?!"
"Why not? One move is concentrated in your lower body. The other move can operate just fine in your upper body. It’s just difficult to master, that’s all. The benefits are worth it."
"Did Elder Long even teach these concepts? How come Xiao Wu never revealed such concepts to me while he was helping me pick suitable moves from my manual?" Han Xuhan said in a suspicious tone.
He had a reason to be so concerned. The secondary storyline quest titled- ’Xuanyuan Zhou’s First Re
Han Xuhan wasn’t entirely unfamiliar with the ’Swallow’s Slicing Wings’ move. Back when Xiao Wu was helping him pick moves, Han Xuhan had given this one a try as well. But at that time, it had seemed a bit too difficult to master in a short time.
However, now that he had given it a serious attempt under Xuanyuan Zhou’s careful guidance, they discovered something strange.
According to the manual, each successful execution was supposed to generate energy in five points of his body: the middle of the spine, both shoulder blades, and both of his palms.
But no matter how rigidly he executed the move, Han Xuhan could not generate a single thread of vital energy in his blood vessels.
Not even Xuanyuan Zhou’s uncannily accurate perception could pick out a flaw that could be the reason behind this failure.
"Are you sure you ran the breathing cycle properly? It can happen after lengthy periods of practice. Sometimes, our senses can become dull and we may not be able to detect the energy being harnessed."
Han Xuhan couldn’t be bothered to answer. He barely had the energy to think straight after cultivating for two hours without a break.
"Rest up till afternoon, and we’ll meet here again. I don’t believe that I would fail to guide someone in mastering a martial move so simple. Whatever the obstacle is, I will figure it out."
Xuanyuan Zhou’s tone had grown grim. It seemed like she was treating his failure as her own. Han Xuhan couldn’t be sure if that was a good thing for him or not...