[Task One: Inspiration +1]
[Task Two: Inspiration +10]
[Your 'Horse Stance' has been upgraded from the Sixth Realm: Refining to the Seventh Realm: Transcendent.]
[Your 'Twelve Bridge Hands' has been upgraded from the Sixth Realm: Refining to the Seventh Realm: Transcendent.]
[Your 'Tiger Crane Double Forms' has been upgraded from the Sixth Realm: Refining to the Seventh Realm: Transcendent.]
[Your 'Six Harmonies Eight Techniques Fist' has been upgraded from the Fourth Realm: Slightly Accomplished to the Fifth Realm of Mastery.]
After finishing a round of boxing, Chen Ze was delighted, and Yan Chuan was also pleased. The 'Horse Stance', 'Twelve Bridge Hands', and 'Tiger Crane Double Forms', which were stuck at a skill level of over ninety, had finally made a breakthrough after this round of practice, with Chen Ze's reflections and feedback, saving Yan Chuan at least seven or eight days, or even more, of hard cultivation efforts.
The 'Six Harmonies Eight Techniques Fist', which had broken through four realms in three days, also smoothly advanced to the Fifth Realm of Integration.
This result was exactly what Yan Chuan had anticipated, proving that his visit to Guangling Academy to meet Chen Ze was not in vain.
"Tiger Crane Double Forms!"
Yan Chuan savored the insights from the breakthrough.
Chen Ze was also appreciating the wonders of the newly imparted 'Tiger Crane Double Forms'.
The two stood quietly on stage and off stage.
Chen Ze came back to his senses, catching a glimpse of radiance on a corner of the Five Elements Platform and, taking a closer look, was both surprised and delighted: "23 points of radiance, Qi-Blood twenty-three!"
Yan Chuan awoke, and upon glancing over, was equally overjoyed: "23 Qi-Blood! Not counting June, that means, in July alone, I gained 8 points. Excluding the help of two doses of 'Dragon Tiger Powder', I've been able to increase by about 1 point of Qi-Blood every five days."
This speed is astonishingly fast!
He defected from the Iron Wire Martial Arts Hall to Guangling Academy, diligently practicing for eight years. Until last month, his Qi-Blood was only 24 points.
An ordinary practitioner has twelve or thirteen points of Qi-Blood.
Starting from this point, Lu Qing increased his Qi-Blood by only 1.5 points per year on average.
"Two months, 8 points!"
"What top-secret medicine did the senior master consume?!"
Even Chen Ze was astonished. Even at Guangling Academy, such a rate of increase in Qi-Blood is scarcely seen, it's too outrageous!
"I have no top-secret medicine, apart from two doses of 'Dragon Tiger Powder', it's all due to my own hard work." Yan Chuan explained to Chen Ze, although inside he knew well, this surge in Qi-Blood was entirely because of his rapid advancement in boxing techniques—
Thousand Pounds Fall!
Including the newly practiced 'Iron Wire Fist' and 'Tiger Crane Double Forms'.
These boxing techniques are both lethal skills and methods for strengthening the body. The enhancement in boxing proficiency has continuously and infinitely elevated the efficiency of using these techniques to train Qi-Blood.
In the past, it might have taken a year of hard work to raise 1 point of Qi-Blood.
Yet driven by the high-level techniques, the rate soared to 1 point every five days. To ordinary people, this seemed inconceivable. But, looking at Yan Chuan's martial progress over the past month, one can understand why he has this rate of Qi-Blood increase—
[① Seventy-two Skills: Omitted]
[② Cheng Family Boxing—]
[Horse Stance (Fifth Realm → Seventh Realm): 2]
[Twelve Bridge Hands (Fifth Realm → Seventh Realm): 3]
[Tiger Form Boxing (Third Realm → Sixth Realm): 62]
[Crane Form Boxing (Third Realm → Sixth Realm): 61]
[Thousand Pounds Fall (Second Realm → Sixth Realm): 29]
[Gongzi Fuhu Fist (Second Realm → Sixth Realm): 18]
[Ten Forms Boxing (Second Realm → Fifth Realm): 88]
[Iron Wire Fist (0 → Fourth Realm): 38]
[Tiger Crane Double Forms (0 → Seventh Realm): 5]
[Six Harmonies Eight Techniques Fist (0 → Fifth Realm): 8]
What surprises lie in the numbers.
Compared to the first day of July, in just a single month, Yan Chuan's various boxing techniques have broken through two or three realms, with top-level techniques like 'Tiger Crane Double Forms' and 'Six Harmonies Eight Techniques Fist' advancing from non-existence to the Fifth and Seventh Realms in a rapid rush.
Yan Chuan's progress this month could match what an old school grandmaster could achieve over a lifetime.
A lifetime, condensed into one month.
The reason for Yan Chuan's rapid Qi-Blood growth becomes evident.
Chen Ze clearly recognized this point: "'Tiger Crane Double Forms', in its intricacy, is no less remarkable than the 'Five Forms Freehand' in 'Great Success Boxing'. Although I couldn't witness the entire performance in that round, I can conservatively estimate that you have achieved at least Refining, with great success. With such a technique promoting Qi-Blood transport, this kind of rate is quite normal."
The 'normal' aspect is the technique driven Qi-Blood increase.
But the 'abnormal' aspect is how Yan Chuan managed to create a top-level technique and practice it to such a high level!
"I've often heard it said in the martial arts world that there's potential in maturity; there are those who seem unremarkable in youth, but at some point in their thirties or forties, they experience a sudden Enlightenment, culminating in an unstoppable rise."
Chen Ze's eyes sparkled: "The senior master's perseverance in martial arts has finally paid off, with your potential bursting forth at the right time!"
Chen Ze knows well the effort and sweat Yan Chuan has poured into martial arts and is sincerely happy for him at this moment.
He thought of something, hesitated for a moment, then brought it up to Yan Chuan: "Senior master, have you heard of the 'Three Martial Divisions'?"
"Three Martial Divisions?"
Yan Chuan shook his head.
Chen Ze explained: "It's normal not to have heard of them. While most people know about the proliferation of Martial Arts Academies in states and provinces, they aren't aware that the court has also established the 'Vigorous Martial Arts Department', aimed at 'revitalizing martial arts', and overseeing the establishment of academies, personnel management, resource allocation, and all related matters. It is the superior body of Martial Arts Academies."
"Vigorous Martial Arts Department—" Yan Chuan was taken aback, as he wasn't aware of this. For years, he had learned about the Guangling martial world and Guangling Academy through various channels, but his knowledge of the entire Great Yan Court remained superficial.
"The 'Three Martial Divisions' were discreetly established and not made widely known."
"Among them, the 'Vigorous Martial Arts Department', which oversees the academies, is relatively public, while the other two divisions of the 'Three Martial Divisions' are even more secretive."
Chen Ze continued, "Beyond the 'Vigorous Martial Arts Department', there's also the 'Military Suppression Department', which has three duties: first, guarding and patrolling; second, investigation and capture; third, overseeing prisons. This 'Military Suppression Department' is akin to the Ministry of Justice's 'Supervision and Capture Department', but while the 'Supervision and Capture Department' manages the pursuit and capture of ordinary fugitives, the 'Military Suppression Department' focuses on Jianghu and martial arts practitioners."
Military Suppression Department!
Suppress martial artists!
This is a forceful institution where the court selects and filters experts from all sides, incorporating practitioners to monitor and suppress matters related to Jianghu and its people.
"The last division in the 'Three Martial Divisions' is the 'True Martial Bureau'."
"Dedicated to martial arts, studying and researching martial skills."
"The court calls upon old school grandmasters and new faction heroes to compile the 'Great Yan Martial Arts', systematically organizing various martial arts, innovating and updating them. Almost all of the 'New Martial Arts' in major academies, like the eighteen boxing techniques in Guangling Academy, have undergone compilation, harnessing collective wisdom to make boxing techniques more precise and refined."
Military Suppression!
Vigorous Martial Arts!
This is the 'Three Martial Divisions'!