The concept of Boxing Realm is as elusive as the realm of intent.
It can be understood but not conveyed in words.
Even when a grandmaster expounds upon it, it’s but a summation of their own experiences and realizations.
After the public class, Lu Chenzhou eagerly raised his hand to ask a question. He shared his understanding of "Elephant Form" with Grandmaster Wu and asked for his comments. Ever since he became familiar with Wu Zun, Grandmaster Wu’s public classes often favored him, allowing him to ask questions. Wu Zun always mentioned to the grandmaster how impressively fast Lu Chenzhou was in opening his acupoints, and combined with Lu’s exceptional performance lately, it piqued the grandmaster’s interest.
Hearing this, Grandmaster Wu pondered for a moment and said,
"Your insight holds some truth, indicating that you’ve begun to step away from the simple confines of form and entered the deeper domain of intent. At this stage in the Boxing Realm, your heart and fist unite; with every move you make, you can emanate an aura that is uniquely your own."
"Thank you, Grandmaster!"
With the Grandmaster’s response, that was more than sufficient.
His question was, in fact, difficult to answer.
Wu Sheng floated up and strode away.
While Lu Chenzhou was deep in thought, Shi Ruyu came up to him,
"Junior brother, remember to look for me after class in the afternoon."
Today afternoon, Ji Feiyan returned, and to celebrate the successful reunion of the Three True Inheritors, Ji Xuantong had reserved the Heavenly Immortal Drunken Bistro. As Lu Chenzhou guessed, the eldest sister had reached Ninth Rank and volunteered to support the understaffed southern regions of North Martial. She and Shi Ruyu were assigned to Class 2. Class 2 is considered the cream of the crop among the ordinary classes, mainly consisting of students with intermediate root bones and above-average comprehension, or Instant Enlightenments.
Liu Huan will enroll next year and is likely to end up in Class 2.
As long as one performs well, there’s hope to ascend from the ordinary classes to the Martial Genius class.
At ten in the morning, the Heavenly Pile class.
Wu Zun, repeating a well-trodden lecture, said,
"The Shenmen Acupoint is crucial, your previously opened Yang Pool and Yangxi acupoints are all of Yang attribute. As the saying ’isolated Yang cannot last’ goes, only by balancing Yin and Yang can one find the true path. The Shenmen plays a role in harmonizing the Yang Qi in your body. It also enhances your resistance and immunity to the evil Yin Qi and the invasion of Void Things. Moreover, Shenmen is the key acupoint for some Martial Arts, such as the famous First Class Martial Art ’Divine Gate Nine Swords’ created by the Grandmaster Zhang Zu from the Wudang lineage. Have you heard of it?"
Of course, Lu Chenzhou had heard of the illustrious name Zhang Zu,
just like the Shaolin Ancestor, both pivotal figures occupying entire Chapters in Martial Arts History textbooks. In terms of status, Zhang Zu was even above the Elephant Form Ancestor Ling Kong Shangren. Naturally, they weren’t from the same era, so there’s no basis for comparison.
Among the 24 top Martial Arts Universities, many specialized in swordsmanship.
Unfortunately, he had no interest in Swordsmanship.
Only Fist Technique could truly stir his passion.
Hence, he always felt that Dragon City Martial Arts University was a better fit for him.
The specialty is more important than the university itself.
After the Heavenly Pile class, Lu Chenzhou had mastered the 18th acupoint.
Watching his departing figure, Wu Zun timed it.
It seems that this year, this youngster has the potential to be rated as a Special Martial Arts Talent.
In the talent rating system of the top Martial Arts Universities, Special category is essentially the common ceiling. Currently, in the Martial Genius class of eight, not a single one is ranked as Special Talent, even Wang Hongdao is still a touch away, indicating the value of this particular rating.
Above Special, there’s only one rating:
Only those with the Martial Bone Dao Embryo or with both root bone and comprehension at the upper level, who have also passed through rounds of scrutiny and been approved by both the university president and the Grandmaster Committee, can be selected.
A Martial Arts Genius, as long as they don’t die young, is guaranteed to become a grandmaster.
And if they work hard and courageously, reaching Breakthrough Fifth, Breakthrough Sixth, Breakthrough Seventh are all within reach!
Each Martial Arts Genius is the face and pride of a top Martial University, able to choose their own Grandmaster as their True Inheritance, thus acquiring the Grandmaster’s teachings without the need for Great Merit.
A Martial Arts Genius can also represent the university in the most prestigious Da Xia national Martial Arts Tournament held every five years, "The Heavenly Road Cup," where Martial Geniuses converge from across the Four Seas to foster friendships through their fists and discuss heroism with swords, ascending the Heavenly Road in harmony.
There’s a saying that a champion of the Heavenly Road Cup is a potential seed player for the title of "World’s Number One" in the All Nations Martial Arts Tournament, and the Cangtian Dragon King is one such example.
And so, Wu Zun was now looking forward to Lu Chenzhou’s future performances. Although his cultivation was not high, his potential seemed endless, constantly improving, and if he could maintain this, the imagination might not even be able to limit Lu Chenzhou’s future potential.
Unfortunately, the most challenging part is maintaining consistency.
The Martial Arts path is filled with too many variables.
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Four in the afternoon.
Flying Swallow Martial Arts Hall.
A low-profile luxurious Seeking Dao Model 6 car came to a gentle stop. Shi Ruyu and her brother Lu Chenzhou, both wearing sunglasses and in casual attire, briskly walked in.
Just as they entered the Martial Arts Academy, a figure flew through the air and landed in front of Shi Ruyu, wrapping her arms around Shi Ruyu’s slender waist – if not Ji Feiyan, who else could it be?
"Long time no see, junior sister!"
Ji Feiyan has been longing to return to Su City.
Shi Ruyu embraced the petite Ji Feiyan; though her junior, Shi Ruyu’s mature demeanor made her seem more like an elder sister, while Ji Feiyan was much livelier.
After hugging Shi Ruyu, she went to hug Lu Chenzhou.
Lu Chenzhou, not one to act coy, embraced her generously.
They were all one family, after all; there was nothing odd about it.
Ji Xuantong came out laughing heartily.
"Let’s go, finish eating early so you three can get back to school sooner."
Ji Feiyan, having just reached Ninth Rank, felt an itch to spar. She had already had an exchange with her mother at home, emerging victorious, and now she was eager to test her junior brother from the Martial Genius class.
She knew her junior brother had already reached Eighth Rank and had mastered Hard Qi Gong.
In terms of real strength, he shouldn’t be much weaker than herself.