Real Martial Arts vs Fake Martial Arts?

"Master, I get it!"

With a face full of realization, Xu Yan said: "Any enemy must be completely annihilated, their spirits completely extinguished, and you must never be kind nor merciful!

"If the enemy has powerful backers, then after you annihilate them, you should erase all traces and sever all ties to yourself.

"As long as no one knows, it has nothing to do with you!"

This is the experience of fighting in the realm of Martial Arts.

Although the Master is unfathomable, he can't possibly protect him at all times. Only a true strong man can solve all enemies and troubles with his own strength.

Li Xuan nods silently. His eldest apprentice always understands the "deep meaning" in his words, which is very good.

"Master, I get it too!"

Meng Chong's face is also full of understanding.

He also felt enlightened, combining his experience in the martial world, he now understood how to deal with these enemies.

If he's unable to handle it, then just find a scapegoat.

As long as he can completely annihilate the enemy and extinguish their soul, it's enough.

When he first sought revenge, he targeted The Emperor of Wu. It was clean and neat, all were put to the sword!

Li Xuan felt gratified, his second disciple also understood!

The two disciples are both extraordinarily talented, and as their Master, he feels extremely gratified!

"Master, the Inner Realm Martial Arts that Bloodheart talked about are divided into nine grades, above which is the Qi Refining Grandmaster, refining Internal Qi of Martial Arts, but above the Grandmaster is the Great Grandmaster, why is it different?"

Xu Yan asked the doubt in his heart.

The Martial Arts taught by the Master, involves refining skin, refining bone, and refining organs. This is the foundation of Martial Arts, not even considered as basic level, and the basic level of martial arts is the Blood Qi Realm.

Above the Blood Qi Realm is the Innate Realm.

The Grandmaster Realm of the Inner Realm Martial Arts is similar to the Innate Realm, which can also command Qi to fly in the air, but it's not a practice of Innate True Qi, but Internal Qi of Martial Arts.

"Master, here we are in a barren land, where the Heavenly Earth Lingji is annihilated, and we can't cultivate Martial Artists. What's going on?"

According to Bloodheart, the barren land is where the Heavenly Earth Lingji is annihilated, and the Spiritual Energy is violent. The beings in the barren land, because they are in a Lingji-less world, cannot sense the Spiritual Energy.

Nor can they cultivate Martial Arts by relying on Spiritual Energy.

The Spiritual Energy in the world, because of the loss of the Spirit Mechanism, has become violent and cannot be guided into the body.

There is a significant difference between all this and the Martial Arts taught by the Master.

Meng Chong, on the other hand, nodded with a curious look on his face.

Li Xuan sat in his chair, his gaze deep, instead of answering directly, he asked, "Disciple, in your combat with Bloodheart, how did you feel his power was?"

"He was a bit strong, I was almost not his opponent, but of course, that's because of my lack of experience. But he also got injured."

Xu Yan thought for a moment, evaluating Bloodheart's strength, and then said, "If I reach the peak state of the Blood Qi Realm, and Bloodheart is uninjured, I am confident that I will not lose to him, and even beat him."

Li Xuan smiled and said, "You are only at the entry point of Martial Arts, the Blood Qi Realm, but he is already a Grandmaster."

Xu Yan was stunned. Yes, Bloodheart is a Grandmaster now, and he is among the strong in the Inner Realm. While he was just entering Martial Arts, at the Blood Qi Realm.

An entry-level Martial Artist like him can actually fight with a Grandmaster, it went without saying who was the true Martial Artist!

At this moment, Xu Yan understood!

What Nine Grades, Eight Grades, Five Grades, Three Grades, One Grade, all of them seem not profound enough.

On the other hand, what he practiced was refining skin, refining bone, refining organs, thunderous bones, and overwhelming blood Qi, which sounded stronger than One Grade and Three Grade.

"Master, I understand, what they practice is pseudo Martial Arts!"

Xu Yan exclaimed with sudden enlightenment.

"So that's how it is!"

Meng Chong also understood, exclaiming with an enlightened look: "So it's pseudo Martial Arts, so, the so-called Grandmaster, in fact, is just a pseudo Innate, much weaker than the real Innate Realm. No wonder he couldn't kill me with one strike!"

Everything has now become clear.

What Bloodheart practiced was not real Martial Arts, and his strength was too weak, so he wasn't able to kill him with one strike.

Li Xuan smiled without saying anything, this was something his disciple had come to understand on his own. He had never said that what the others practiced was pseudo Martial Arts!

Of course, the Martial Arts that he created certainly was not just false or pseudo. The stronger one is the real Martial Arts!

Currently, it seemed that the Martial Arts he created was stronger.

As for the future, whether there will be a dispute between real and pseudo Martial Arts, it's not something he, Li Xuan, cared about.

"The Blood Qi Realm really corresponds to the First, Second and Third Grade, only the strength of the Blood Qi Realm is stronger than that of the upper three grades Martial Artist in the Inner Realm.

"After all, Xu Yan is of jade bone foundation, his strength is much greater than that of an ordinary Blood Qi Realm, so he can fight across grades against Inner Realm Grandmasters whereas if it's a gold bone foundation, he can also fight against an Inner Realm Grandmaster.

"But for a Blood Qi Realm of copper or iron bone foundation, they wouldn't be able to combat a Grandmaster. However, they are still stronger than the upper three grades Martial Artist of the Inner Realm.

Li Xuan evaluated in his heart, and this was the roughly estimated gap in strength between the two.

In the Inner Realm, the strength of a Qi Refining Grandmaster Martial Artist is definitely much greater than that of a First Grade Martial Artist.

"The Qi Refining Grandmaster cultivates Internal Qi of Martial Arts. The name is just different, you can also call it True Qi. The only difference is in the Martial Arts cultivation. The True Qi they cultivate is inferior to that of the Innate Realm in terms of power, purity, and quality.

"Even though I'm only at the basic level of the Innate Realm, my strength is not inferior to the Great Grandmaster of the Inner Realm."

Li Xuan compared and evaluated the two systems of Martial Arts in his heart.

The Blood Qi Realm corresponds to the upper three grades of the Inner Realm. However, the Martial Artists of the Blood Qi Realm are stronger in their strength than the upper three grades Martial Artists of the Inner Realm..

Innate Realm, in actuality, corresponds to the Qi Cultivating Grandmaster of the Inner Domain, both cultivating True Qi. The only difference is the Innate True Qi of the Innate Realm is stronger than the Inner Qi of the Inner Domain's Grandmaster, hence those in the Innate Realm are naturally stronger.

"With the foundation of Iron Bone, a Martial Artist entering the Innate Realm has a slightly smaller difference in power compared to the Inner Domain Grandmasters. As a general rule, they are between thirty percent to fifty percent stronger than the Grandmasters.

"However, for those with Copper Bone, Gold Bone, Jade Bone… they are much stronger."

Of course, there are also weaker and stronger Grandmasters in the Inner Domain.

But generally speaking, a Martial Artist of the Innate Realm is stronger.

The stronger the foundation of the Innate Realm, the larger the gap in strength between the two.

"In the Inner Domain, the Great Grandmaster is already at the peak. Is there anyone stronger than a Great Grandmaster?"

Blood Unhearted is a Martial Artist of the Grandmaster Realm, and is one of the strong men of the Inner Domain Demon Sect, he should know a lot about the Inner Realm Martial Arts.

"Regardless of whether there is a stronger Martial Artist above the Great Grandmaster, for the time being, they do not pose any threats towards me. Xu Yan is not far away from reaching the perfection of Qi and Blood.

"Once Xu Yan breaks through the Innate Realm, my strength will be even stronger.

"The Realm after the Innate Realm should be set up soon. Once the realm is set and Xu Yan breaks through the Innate Realm, 1 will teach him the cultivation techniques above the Innate Realm."

Li Xuan thought to himself, the martial arts world of the Inner Domain posed little threat to him.

After Meng Chong started his Martial Arts training, feedback from the Golden Finger also helped him improve his strength.

"Master, the Heavenly Earth Lingji in the borderlands is diminished, making it impossible to cultivate Martial Artists here. What can we do?"

Since the differences between the Martial Arts have already been answered.

The issue of not being able to cultivate Martial Artists in the borderlands is now in front of us.

Could it be that we have to go to the Inner Domain to cultivate?

Although he very much wanted to venture into the Inner Domain, the time was not right. His parents and family were too weak to suppress the borderlands.

"You are already a Martial Artist!"

Li Xuan said with a smile.

Startled, Xu Yan hit his head and said, "That's right, I'm already a Martial Artist. But then why did Blood Unhearted say that in the borderlands, where the Heavenly Earth Lingji is void, it's unable to develop Martial Artists?"

He had already embarked on the path of Martial Arts, as a Martial Artist of the Qi and Blood Realm. His following cultivation would involve nature's spiritual energy. He would need to absorb nature's spiritual energy in order to break through the Innate Realm.

"Master, according to Blood Unhearted's words, if the Heavenly Earth Lingji is absent and it's not possible to absorb and exhale the spiritual energy into the body, then am I unable to break through the Innate Realm here in the borderlands?"

Xu Yan looked somewhat worried.

"That's Blood Unhearted's conclusion, and that's how they practice their Martial Arts. You're not practicing the Martial Arts of the Inner Domain."

Seeing the worried Xu Yan, Li Xuan couldn't help but laugh.

"What if Heavenly Earth Lingji is absent? You can act as a bridge yourself, connecting Heaven and Earth. Why do you need Heavenly Earth Lingji to supplement?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Yan was taken aback, a light flashed in his mind. His eyes widened and he said, "I understand now, so that's how it is!"

Bridge of Heaven and Earth!

So that's why breaking through the Innate Realm requires the connection of the Bridge of Heaven and Earth. It's to act as a bridge yourself, connecting Heaven and Earth, absorbing and expelling nature's spiritual energy!

This is the true Martial Arts.

You don't need to rely on the external Heavenly Earth Lingji to cultivate!

So, what the Martial Artists of the Inner Domain are cultivating is surely a false way of Martial Arts!

"It's good that you understand!"

Li Xuan nodded.

Looking towards the endless mountains, what kind of world is the Inner Domain?

The Inner Domain should make it easier to find outlier apprentices, right?

Li Xuan was thinking like this.

Blood Unhearted escaped to the borderlands. Presumably, it wouldn't be long before the Inner Domain would discover Blood Unhearted's tracks. Perhaps someone would come to the borderlands to hunt him down.

Although the borderlands are special, Blood Unhearted fled here because he could cultivate by devouring the essence of blood. Other Martial Artists who come to the borderlands, once they consume too much, their recovery will be very slow.

For other Martial Artists, they wouldn't rashly come to kill him.

But Li Xuan believed, there will surely be people who will come to hunt him down.

He then said, "Blood Unhearted came from the Inner Domain, there will definitely be other Martial Artists coming here."

Xu Yan and Meng Chong were taken aback.

"I want to master Martial Arts within a month!"

Meng Chong clenched his fist, speaking firmly.

He didn't want to experience the frustration of almost getting killed by Blood Unhearted again!

Meng Chong went off to train.

He had already broken through the Copper Bone bottleneck, and could now cultivate the Gold Bone. After the Gold Bone, there was still the Diamond Lucent Bone.

Xu Yan looked at his Master, his gaze determined as he said, "Master, Disciple wants to learn Swordsmanship!"

The Descending Dragon Palm was indeed strong, however, he felt it was not enough!

The Swordsmanship of Blood Unhearted was actually very powerful. It posed a great threat to him when they first started fighting each other.

If he knew Swordsmanship, would he have fallen behind?

Li Xuan was not surprised by this. From the first time he saw Xu Yan, he noticed a sword hanging at his waist.

Even though he practiced Martial Arts and learned the Descending Dragon Palm, he often carried a sword on his waist.

It showed that he loved the sword!

And from the treasure vault of Emperor Qi, he found a precious sword. This time, due to the rush to go to the capital city, he didn't bring it with him.

Li Xuan was fully prepared for that.

Li Xuan had already planned what to teach his two disciples for their cultivation and martial skills.

Xu Yan would practice both palm and sword techniques, and be unmatched in both!

As for Meng Chong, he would focus on both boxing and blade techniques, reaching the peak in both!

As for other martial skills and cultivation techniques, it would depend on the disciples themselves to comprehend during their practice.

He would draw a frame for each disciple, and they could fill anything they wanted within that frame.

When the time came for the disciples to venture into the Inner Domain, they could absorb the essence of the Inner Domain's Martial Arts and embody it within their framework, making it their own..

Furthermore, with the Inner Realm Martial Arts Cultivation Technique, he had a point of reference. This made it easier for him to develop subsequent techniques, so he would not be left without a direction.

However, there was one critical aspect that he needed to take seriously – any future techniques he developed, no matter the circumstances, had to be stronger than the Inner Realm Martial Arts!

Only this way could he solidify his teachings as the one true Martial Arts!

"If my Martial Arts were to be spread, hiss!"

Li Xuan suddenly realized, if his teachings were to be spread, it would inevitably replace the existing Inner Realm Martial Arts.

It would spark a doctrinal dispute!

"I cannot rush things; I must be cautious and patient, at least, until 1 have a powerful disciple," Li Xuan decided.

Starting a debate about authenticity prematurely could cause a massive storm that he would not be able to withstand with his current abilities.

Besides, his goal was to develop techniques, teach gifted disciples, make himself stronger, and become invincible.

He shouldn't get involved in conflicts that would hinder his progress toward becoming stronger.

"I can start from the borderlands!"

Li Xuan had begun to formulate a plan.

He could start by promoting his Martial Arts in the borderlands and, once their strength improved, they could venture into the Inner Realm and spread his teachings gradually.

Even if a debate about authenticity arose, he could stay in the background and watch events unfold.

There would naturally be warriors from the borderlands to defend their own Martial Arts.

Of course, this was just a general idea. Whether it could be implemented, how it would be implemented, and if it could be implemented remained to be seen.

What was urgent now, was for him to become stronger and help his disciples become stronger as quickly as possible.

Only by enhancing his disciples' abilities and having them successfully cultivate the techniques he developed, could he reap a more substantial reward.

He glanced at Xu Yan, who awaited his decision with anticipation. Li Xuan nodded, stating, "Alright, take some time to absorb and reflect on the gains from your battle with Xu Yan. You may come to see me tomorrow."

"Yes, Master!" Xu Yan replied enthusiastically.

"Master, I have to make a trip back to the Donghe County!"

He had left his precious sword at home in Donghe County.

"Alright!"

Li Xuan nodded.

Xu Yan hurriedly left.

Li Xuan glanced at Meng Chong, who was in deep cultivation, then turned to Shi'er, who had just returned and was unaware of what had happened. "You can just prepare meals for Meng Chong."

"Yes, my Lord!" Shi'er respectfully replied.

Li Xuan rose from his chair, holding the long knife from Xue Wuxin with one hand and the bag left by Xue Wuxin with the other, and went into his room.

He had deliberately kept this bag.

Upon entering the room, he placed the long knife to the side. The knife was not a conventional steel weapon; it was a treasured knife capable of bearing True Qi.

He opened the bag to find a small booklet stained with blood. One look at it told him that it was not a typical item.

"The Cultivation Technique practiced by Xue Wuxin!"

Li Xuan was delighted. There were indeed gains to be made.

He took out the small booklet.

Inside the bag were two white-colored crystals. Li Xuan took them out and sensed that they contained Spiritual Energy.

"These must be the Spiritual Stones, or Spirit Crystals, from the Inner Realm!"

Given the existence of the Heavenly Earth Lingji in the Inner Realm, which offered a gentle Spiritual Energy, the presence of gemstones containing Spiritual Energy was only logical.

Gemstones that stored Spiritual Energy were either Spiritual Stones or Spirit Crystals.

However, it was clear that these were extremely rare. After all, Xue Wuxin, a Grandmaster-level martial artist, had only two Spirit Crystals.

He relied on his own blood essence for healing, not Spirit Crystals, so there was no issue with him depleting the crystals for healing purposes.

Ultimately, the rarity of the Spirit Crystals meant that even a Grandmaster like him did not possess many..