Moon Gazing Mountain Technique

As the elder stared intently at him, he asked Madlenkosi's if he had any plans going forward.

He proceeded to explain to him that there are two subsidiaries of the Dharma Sect within the region, Which was Titan's Gate as well as the Diamond Buddha Sect.

While both followed the main path of the buddha, they differ in ideologies. The Titan's Gate accepts both male and female disciples within their Yang and Yin Gates respectively while the Diamond Buddha Sect only accepts males.

The Titan's Gate Sect aims to give everyone a path to enlightenment whether male or female.  Even though the Dharma Sect, which is the main branch, does not accept female disciples as it is somewhat of a monastery.

While the Diamond Buddha Sect wants their disciples to follow the way of the monk and to have no external distractions so their minds and hearts would be unblemished while on their path to enlightenment.

The Village Head seemed rather knowledgeable to him,  not knowing this was all common knowledge as both sects have been around for more than four hundred years.

The Village Head continued to elaborate on the situation of the lesser-sects and beasts in GuangXi to him while teaching the fundamental breathing and fighting techniques of the village.

Though these are both only low mortal class skills, they should easily help you enter the path of cultivation and enlightenment.

The breathing technique was named Self-Recollection. Due to its simplistic nature and low level, its only benefit was that it was a key fundamental skill.

It had 5 layers that were used to cleanse the body, making it easier to sense qi and unblock obstacles to the Body Forging realm of qi cultivation.

The fundamental fighting technique of the Shen Village was named the Moon Gazing Mountain Technique. It had 3 fundamental skills which were a Claw, Finger, and Fist technique.

The Claw Technique was named White Cloud Covers the Mountain. As qi was moved along the qi channels and meridians the claw generated a white film over the cultivatiors hand, slightly increasing the sharpness and reach of the technique.

The Finger technique was named Dancing Flowers on the Mountain. This technique emphasized speed and sharpness. As qi was used along with the technique the fingers could be as sharp as an iron sword, puncturing most materials.

The last technique was a Fist technique which was called Mountain embraces the Moon. This Fist technique was based on brute force and the mentality of being unstoppable, aiming to remove all that may stand in the way whether it was Moon or Mountain.

As he was taught these skills, he was also informed of the upcoming entrance examination of the Titan's Gate Sect.

The entrance exam was in 2 weeks so he should be able to get to the 3rd layer in the Self-Recollection skill by that time.

Madlenkosi trained the Moon Gazing Mountain Technique by day and Self-Recollection by night. Within the first 3 days, he had broken through to the 2nd layer and was able to cross the threshold of the Marrow Cleansing layer which was the 1st layer of Body Refinement Realm.

His marrow was washed repeatedly with the qi he was accumulating within his flesh.

His marrow which was already of clear crystal color started to become more and more flawless. It sparkled like jade as he cultivated, giving a hazy red sheen to his body as he utilized his qi.

Body Refinement Realm Cultivators weren't able to store qi in their dantians, only Qi gathering Cultivators could.

They were able to harness the qi and release it easily outside the body, whether it be by attacking or defending.

Body Refinement cultivators could only store qi for a short amount of time within their dantian before it dissipates. Usually, a cultivator at this stage immediately uses their refined qi to cleanse their body to make it more compatible with the qi within their surroundings.

As he continued practicing, 2 days after he broke through to the Blood Refining layer as well as reaching initial mastery of the Moon Gazing Mountain technique.

The mastery of all techniques had 4 fundamental realms: Initial Mastery, Lesser Mastery, Greater Master, and Perfection. Each realm gave a quantitive increase in strength as well as a qualitative increase. As he had reached initial mastery it gave him a 10% increase in might.

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Madlenkosi's blood was repeatedly purified of any residual toxins they may have. This stage was also completed quickly due to him not having many toxins within his body.

He was pressed for time, approximately one week was up and he only had a few days left.

Madlenkosi needed to travel to Titan's Gate on foot which was a 2-day journey.

The requirement for any preliminary disciple was Body Refinement 3rd layer, the Bone Tempering layer.

Within 4 days he finally broke through to the Bone Tempering layer and the 3rd layer of the Self-Recollection skill. He stood up exhausted and began to say his farewells. He couldn't keep relying on the villagers' kindness forever.

After receiving a map of the surrounding areas from the Village Head as well as a recommendation letter, he waved to the villagers as he set off on his Journey to the Titan's Gate Sect...