Xu Yan Breaks Through, Meng Chong Enters the World of Martial Arts

Li Xuan stood up, his expression solemn, and said, "Disciple, comprehending sword intent is just the foundation of the Sword Dao. You still have a long way to go. The Sword Dao is endless. You must not be impatient!"

Xu Yan's expression became serious. He took a deep breath and respectfully said, "Yes, Master. I promise to calm my mind, diligently practice, and steadfastly continue on the path of Sword Dao."

"Good!"

Li Xuan nodded, his face full of satisfaction. "Now that you have comprehended the sword intent and stepped into the gate of sword dao, I will point out to you, the direction of Sword Dao."

Xu Yan was listening attentively, his heart filled with excitement.

"After understanding the sword intent, the second realm of the Sword Dao is the Heart Sword Realm.

"In my heart is a sword, and everything in this world can be my sword.

"Encountering a mountain, the mountain is my sword; seeing rivers and lakes, they are also my sword… Even grasses and trees can be my sword.

"The mountain has the intent of the mountain sword, the water has the intent of a water sword… Everything in the world is the sword of my heart…"

The second realm of Sword Dao is the Heart Sword Realm!

Xu Yan couldn't suppress his excitement. Could everything in the world truly be turned into a sword?

A mountain could become my sword.

Rivers can also be my sword!

It was truly incredible. At this moment, he truly felt his insignificance.

The Heart Sword Realm!

It seemed so far away from him.

What kind of understanding of Sword Dao must it be?

In his mind, an image involuntarily formed: with a wave of his hand, a mountain turned into a sword, which then hurtled out and annihilated his enemies.

"Disciple, if you want to break through to the Heart Sword Realm, you first need to comprehend sword intent."

Li Xuan looked at Xu Yan, who was flushed with excitement, his eyes glowing with fervor and longing, and smiled as he spoke.

Does it sound mystifying?

Indeed, the more mysterious it was, the more driven Xu Yan seemed. He never doubted whether he could achieve these mysterious feats.

All he did was strive towards this goal with the fervor of a transfused chicken.

He really is a good disciple!

Li Xuan sighed, taking Xu Yan as a disciple was one of the best decisions he had made in his two lifetimes.

"Yes, Master!"

Xu Yan nodded respectfully.

Sword intent!

Comprehend sword intent!

"Everything under the heavens can help you comprehend the sword intent. However, you must remember, the most taboo thing when comprehending sword intent is obsession. Being overly obsessed can lead to being trapped in a cage, preventing true understanding.

"You must not blindly seek to comprehend sword intent while neglecting your own training.

"Now that you have understood the sword intent, it's only a matter of time before you comprehend it. Perhaps one day when you are practicing Descending Dragon Palm, you will suddenly comprehend it.

"Sword intent, it's not just something you can comprehend when practicing the Sword Dao."

Li Xuan earnestly instructed him.

He couldn't let his disciple neglect his training of Descending Dragon Palm in order to practice the Sword Dao.

Unparalleled in both palm and sword – that was the true path for Xu Yan.

"If you understand the intent of the Descending Dragon Palm, you can also, by analogy, comprehend the sword intent. Similarly, if you understand the sword intent, you should be able to understand the intent of Descending Dragon Palm.

"How much you can comprehend, depends on you."

Li Xuan pondered that it was also time for Xu Yan to comprehend the intent of Descending Dragon Palm. If he could truly comprehend it, his strength would certainly increase significantly.

"Master, I understand!"

Xu Yan respectfully said.

"Hmm, continue your practice."

Li Xuan sat down again.

The realm of Sword Dao after the Heart Sword Realm will be passed on to Xu Yan after he understands the Heart Sword Realm. If too much is handed over at once, it could affect his comprehension, wouldn't that be a mistake?

It is best to make steady progress, one step at a time.

"Yes, Master!"

Xu Yan nodded.

Li Xuan glanced at Meng Chong and said, "Your junior fellow disciple has hit a bottleneck. You should spar with him, stimulate his vitality, and help him breakthrough the bottleneck!"

Xu Yan was taken aback. He looked back at Meng Chong and immediately understood.

When he broke through the Golden Bone bottleneck and successfully cultivated Jade Bone, what helped him was the Fire Mane Wolf.

As for his junior fellow disciple, who is cultivating the Martial Arts of the flesh body, he is stuck at the perfect Golden Bone and cannot further cultivate to Diamond Lustrous Bone.

It requires external forces to temper his flesh body, stimulate his vitality, and break through this bottleneck.

"Yes, Master!"

Xu Yan nodded.

Meng Chong, who cultivates the Martial Arts of the flesh, needs to break through restrictions. The best way is external tempering. This not only suppresses oneself but also stimulates potential and breaks through the bottleneck.

The method is quite simple.

Of course, it also depends on the individual's aptitude. If the aptitude does not meet the requirement, no matter how much tempering or squeezing, it will only hurt oneself, rather than break through the bottleneck.

Meng Chong's physical aptitude is obviously high, so there is no risk of hurting the foundation of his body.

During the tempering and squeezing process, he will stimulate potential, break through the bottleneck, and cultivate into the Diamond Lustrous Bone.

When Meng Chong broke through the Copper Bone bottleneck, it was because of the stimulation of the ruthless and cold Inner Qi of the Blood Heartless, which provoked his potential and vitality, and he broke through the bottleneck in one fell swoop.

"Junior Brother, come, let's spar."

Xu Yan beckoned to Meng Chong.

"Okay!"

Meng Chong nodded.

The two directly left the city of Yunshan and went outside the city to spar.

On the surface it was a spar, but in fact, it was to temper Meng Chong's flesh body, stimulate his potential, and thus break through the bottleneck.

Outside Yunshan County, in the forest between the mountains.

The sound of thunder erupted.

Xu Yan's vitality surged as he struck one palm after another, his hot vitality continuously bombarding Meng Chong's body.

Meanwhile, Meng Chong was operating his Grand Sun Golden Bell Shield. His body, like a golden bell, hummed under the impact of vitality, and the muscles all over his body were trembling.

"Not enough, make it more intense."

Meng Chong flexed his muscles as he spoke.

"Alright!"

Xu Yan's eyebrows raised slightly, admiring his junior fellow disciple's body that was indeed hardy – befitting one who was solely dedicated to the Martial Arts of the flesh body..

Boom!

Once again, his blood and Qi increased, encompassing Meng Chong within.

After enduring for half a moment, Meng Chong finally couldn't keep up. He was huffing and puffing, his whole body's skin was burning red, his muscles were trembling, and his bones were making faint noises.

To temper the body, to spur potential, to break through the bottleneck; it's not something that can be done once or twice.

"Junior brother, let's end here today. We will continue tomorrow!"

Xu Yan ceased his actions.

"Alright, thank you, senior brother!"

Both of them returned to the courtyard. Li Xuan glanced at Meng Chong, quietly nodding.

Even though Meng Chong's bottleneck hadn't been broken, advancing to the tempering stage of Vajra Lucid Bone, there already had been some improvement. The bottleneck had loosened a bit.

In the following days, Meng Chong was tempering his body under Xu Yan's bombardment of Qi and blood. However, he was still just a little bit away from breaking through the bottleneck.

After thinking for a bit, Li Xuan believed that if they continued to temper like this, there was a chance to break through the bottleneck. However, it would take a significant amount of time.

Thus, following another session of tempering, Meng Chong's bottleneck had loosened slightly. However, he was still a bit away from a complete breakthrough and needed a little catalyst to stimulate this.

Li Xuan took out a spirit crystal. Reflecting on the technique in the Blood Demon Sutra, on how to absorb essence blood, he slightly adjusted the technique, using his true Qi to absorb the spiritual energy within the spirit crystal.

For Li Xuan right now, this wasn't much of a challenge.

His strength was in clear sight.

Extracting a strand of spiritual energy from the spirit crystal, Li Xuan guided it into Meng Chong's body with a casual wave of his hand.

Shh!

In that instant, Meng Chong's Qi and blood boiled like it was being stimulated, and it felt like it was being replenished. A roaring sound resounded from within his body.

Meng Chong was overjoyed.

He hurriedly channeled his Qi and blood, beginning to cultivate the Great Sun Golden Bell Shield.

Puff!

A muffled sound echoed within his body. His bottleneck was broken, his Qi and blood once again began to temper his bones.

At this moment, a faint lucid brilliance appeared on his golden bones.

"Thankyou, Master!"

Meng Chong gratefully bowed to Li Xuan.

"Cultivate well and gain entry as soon as possible."

Li Xuan nodded.

He put away the spirit crystal. For him at his current stage, these two spirit crystals were precious.

If Xu Yan were to have a breakthrough to the Innate Realm and encounter some bottlenecks, he might also need to absorb the spiritual energy in the spirit crystal to aid him in making a faster breakthrough.

The faster his disciple enhanced his strength, the faster he could enhance his own strength.

"Yes, Master!"

Meng Chong nodded excitably.

"Junior brother, when you've gained entry, let's spar again."

Xu Yan suggested expectantly.

"Alright!"

Meng Chong nodded.

"Master, I need to go home."

Xu Yan thought for a while. He should try to achieve the complete realm of Qi and blood in these few days.

He should also go home and guide his family in cultivation.

"Go on."

Li Xuan nodded.

Xu Yan wasn't far from achieving the perfection of the Qi and blood realm.

This was just a matter of a few days.

However, achieving the perfect Qi and blood realm did not imply that he could immediately achieve the Innate Realm.

He needed to consolidate his cultivation for a while before he could start breaking through.

And breaking through also required time.

Meng Chong was cultivating Vajra Lucid Bone. He was getting stronger every day and in less than a month, he could probably complete the tempering of Vajra Lucid Bone.

Shi'er was full of envy.

He too had begun the bone refining process. Only after personally experiencing the bone refining process did he understand the difficulty of it.

During the initial stage of bone refining, the pain of being gnawed by countless ants was really unbearable. Those with a weaker will would scream out loud.

Once one screamed, the Qi and blood would be interrupted, and the bone refining would stop.

In this way, the completion of bone refining was extremely difficult.

Shi'er, with his strong will, barely managed to endure it several times.

However, he finally gritted his teeth and pulled through the most difficult stage.

At this point, he could feel the changes brought about by bone refining. His strength had significantly improved.

"I dare not hope for golden bones, aiming for bronze bones is my goal!"

Shi'er set a goal for himself.

One's own family knows one's own situation best. The goal of golden bones was too lofty, he couldn't achieve it due to his lack of innate talent. Bronze bones were still achievable.

"Your disciple Xu Yan has reached the perfect realm of Qi and blood, your true

Qi has improved."

Xu Yan had fully broken through the Qi and Blood Realm, and the feedback from the Golden Finger had arrived.

"The feedback is somewhat less due to a realm difference, but the True Qi has also increased by about twice."

Li Xuan sighed lightly.

Although his True Qi had increased twice, he was still in the beginner stage of the Innate Realm, his power had improved furher.

"The clarity of my Sword Heart has reached its peak, the foundation of my Sword Dao is complete. Should I try to understand the essence of Sword Intent?"

Li Xuan couldn't help but ponder.

After a long while, unable to grasp the essence of Sword Intent, he cast it aside.

"Never mind, such strenuous tasks are better left to my apprentices."

Now that Xu Yan had fully broken through the Qi and Blood Realm, he was on the cusp of reaching the Innate Realm. Li Xuan hoped that Meng Chong could enter the Martial Arts, striving to cross the Qi and Blood Realm before Xu Yan's breakthrough into the Innate Realm.

What kind of feedback would the second apprentice get from practicing the newly revised Cultivation Technique?

More importantly, under the assistance of the Great Solar Golden Bell, his defense would be enhanced.

Can he stand motionlessly, with martial artists in the Inner Domain unable to break his defense?

After Xu Yan fully broke through the Qi and Blood realm, he returned to the small courtyard and started to consolidate his realm in preparation for breaking through to the Innate Realm.

He would often go outside Yunshan County, sitting on the mountains, attempting to comprehend the Sword Intent and practice the Descending Dragon Palm, trying to grasp its essence.

However, there had been no significant progress yet.

Ten days after Xu Yan fully broke through the Qi and Blood Realm, during a practice session, Meng Chong began to emit a faint lustrous golden light, his aura undergoing a transformation.

Li Xuan watched silently, his second apprenticeship was about to begin Martial Arts.

Shi'er watched from afar, full of envy. Meng Chong was about to begin his Martial Arts, but his own journey seemed indefinitely far away.

"No wonder the Master accepted him as a disciple, his talent is too powerful. I'm also fortunate to have the opportunity to touch martial arts, practice it, and serve the Master."

Shi'er couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

At this moment, Meng Chong, enveloped in the lustrous golden light, gradually morphed into a golden bell encasing him.

With time, Meng Chong seemed to have turned into a gold figure, with a majestic momentum in concentration.

Li Xuan nodded in approval: "This second disciple of mine, he has a resemblance to the Arhat Vajra. It truly fits him to pass down the Great Solar Golden Bell."

Crack!

Suddenly, a sound rang out, akin to the snapping of tendons and bones.

The lustrous light on Meng Chong's body started to intensify. His muscles were trembling, and the sound of thunder began to emanate from within.

The qi and blood turned into the lustrous light, condensed into the golden bell, merging with his flesh and blood.

A rampant aura, like a storm, was emerging from Meng Chong.

Boom!

The thunder roared, the golden bell appeared!

Thud!

With the appearance of the golden bell, it seemed as if the sound of a bell was ringing.

Blood Qi turned golden bell, lustrous gold light, enveloping Meng Chong, the sound of thunder getting louder.

Some neighbours were looking at the sky, puzzled. How come there was thunder on such a clear day?

Could it be that the County Magistrate has lost his morality?

So, there was thunder in clear weather?

Or perhaps, does Yunshan County have any great grievances?

Li Xuan frowned, flipping his palm, with True Qi surging out, covering the courtyard, concealing the momentum of Meng Chong's breakthrough.

Roar!

With a loud roar from Meng Chong, the snapping sound of tendons and bones echoed, Blood Qi solidified into a golden bell, his body emitting a lustrous golden light, his muscles becoming far more robust, his stature increasing slightly with the movement of his Blood Qi.

His robust and stocky figure had grown even more muscular.

Almost bursting out of his leather pants.

"I, have begun Martial Arts, the Great Solar Golden Bell, I've entered it!

Meng Chong was extremely excited.

At this moment, he could feel his own strength.

Even steel couldn't compare to the strength of his own body.

In an instant, the golden bell was enveloped, any attack could be ignored.

No weakness existed within him, other than violently breaking his own defense, there were no other methods to damage him.

He had a feeling, unmatched by others in the same realm, able to sweep everything aside.

Shi'er was shocked by Meng Chong's ferocious aura. This was just the beginning of Martial Arts, it was already so terrifying?

He had a feeling that even if his own Blood Qi realm was accomplished, he wouldn't be a match for Meng Chong who had just entered.

The gap was too vast.

"Come on, use the precious blade to strike me!"

Meng Chong excitedly beckoned Shi'er.

Directly instructing Shi'er to use the precious blade Xu Yan had gifted.

"Alright!"

Shi'er did not hesitate this time.

Wielding the precious blade, he rushed forward, using all his strength to swing a hefty blow towards Meng Chong.

Finally, as the second disciple began his Martial Arts, Li Xuan revealed a radiant smile, ignoring Meng Chong testing the blade with his flesh. The long-awaited feedback from the Golden Finger had finally arrived..