A Martial God's Training Begins as a Little Girl

[Ding! You transmitted 300 days of cultivation to your disciple "Lin Qingzhi". Lin Qingzhi actually received 60 days of cultivation. Lin Qingzhi is currently at the Qi Condensation Realm First Layer. Once he refines all the Spiritual Qi, he can advance to the Qi Condensation Realm Second Layer.]

[Ding! You have received a seventyfold reward for teaching your disciple: 4,200 days of cultivation.]

[Ding! Today's remaining Transmission Empowerments: -1. You have 1 Transmission Empowerment remaining today.]

As soon as Lu Changsheng returned to his cave abode, he performed Transmission Empowerment on his eldest disciple. The system returned more than ten years of cultivation.

"Thank you, Master."

Lin Qingzhi's face flushed red. His body was filled with vast Spiritual Qi, and he needed time to refine it and consolidate his cultivation.

At this rate of cultivation, Lin Qingzhi would reach the Golden Core Realm within a year.

Going from the Foundation Establishment Realm to the Golden Core Realm in a single year after joining Shushan was simply inconceivable.

"You're next."

Lu Changsheng placed his palm on the head of his youngest disciple, Lian. White Qi rose from his palm as he began the Transmission Empowerment.

Having performed Transmission Empowerment on Lin Qingzhi, Lu Changsheng was even more practiced. He first channeled in a wisp of Spiritual Qi and proceeded gradually.

"Hmm?"

As Lu Changsheng's Spiritual Qi entered Lian's body, he discovered the wonders of his disciple's Martial King Divine Physique.

Lian's meridians were thick, golden blood flowed through her body, and her physique was exceptionally strong. She was a promising seedling for martial cultivation.

Martial cultivation focused on tempering the body, with comprehending the Dao as a secondary pursuit. It, too, was a great Dao.

His eldest disciple, Lin Qingzhi, and his youngest disciple, Lian, walked different paths.

As their master, he should tailor his teaching to each disciple, guiding them onto the great Dao best suited to their talents.

Lu Changsheng understood that principle.

It seems I need to visit the Scripture Repository. There should be records of the Martial King Divine Physique in its texts.

Lu Changsheng thought to himself.

Besides its collection of rare Cultivation Methods, Shushan's Scripture Repository housed all kinds of texts, including many records of special physiques.

Failing to properly cultivate someone with a physique as superb as the Martial King Divine Physique would truly be a wanton waste of heaven's gifts.

Lu Changsheng knew that Lian, with her Martial King Divine Physique, could withstand more Spiritual Qi, so he increased the flow he transmitted by just a hundred million little bits.

"Master, my body feels so hot..."

This was Lian's first time receiving Transmission Empowerment. She felt her body grow hot and broke out in a sweat, with no idea how to refine the Spiritual Qi.

"Stay calm and follow my guidance."

Lu Changsheng guided the Spiritual Qi through Lian's body until it finally settled in her Dantian and became her own.

After Lu Changsheng guided it through three circulation cycles, Lian had learned how. The Spiritual Qi began circulating on its own, steadily flowing into her Dantian.

Lian opened her bright eyes. "I think I understand now."

As expected of a disciple with the Martial King Divine Physique, her talent was monstrous. She grasped it the moment she was shown.

Lu Changsheng then channeled in more Spiritual Qi.

Lian's little face flushed bright red. She couldn't refine the Spiritual Qi as quickly as Lu Changsheng transmitted it.

Before long, Lian's body was full of Spiritual Qi.

"Withdraw!"

When Lian reached her limit, Lu Changsheng ended the Transmission Empowerment. It had actually consumed 800 days of cultivation.

[Ding! You transmitted 800 days of cultivation to your disciple "Lian". Lian actually received 160 days of cultivation. Lian is currently at the Qi Condensation Realm Fifth Layer. Once she refines all the Spiritual Qi, she can advance to the Qi Condensation Realm Sixth Layer.]

[Ding! You have received a fiftyfold reward for teaching your disciple: 9,000 days of cultivation.]

[Ding! Today's remaining Transmission Empowerments: -1. You have 0 Transmission Empowerments remaining today.]

The rewards from the two Transmission Empowerments added two vast streams of Spiritual Qi to the Qi sea in Lu Changsheng's Dantian, filling it to the brim in an instant.

Once he refined the two streams of Spiritual Qi, Lu Changsheng could step into the Dao Palace Realm Second Layer at any time.

"The path you walk is different from your eldest senior brother's. Besides cultivating the Dao, you also need to temper your body."

"I don't have a Cultivation Method suited to you, so I need to visit the Scripture Repository and exchange for a cultivation art and a body-tempering method that suit you."

Lu Changsheng knew Lian's physique differed from his eldest disciple's. He had no suitable Cultivation Method or body-tempering method on hand to reward her with.

But Lu Changsheng had completed the assessment task for a Shushan Dao Palace Realm elder and earned 10,000 contribution points, which could be exchanged for Cultivation Methods, Law Treasures, pills, and other cultivation resources.

Lian's Martial King Divine Physique was better suited to body tempering, and her current cultivation was even higher than her eldest senior brother Lin Qingzhi's.

Lin Qingzhi, however, had a Childlike Heart. He might one day comprehend the Dao in a single day, and his potential was not necessarily lower than his junior sister's.

"By the way, what kind of Law Treasure do you like to use?"

Lu Changsheng waved his sleeve, and weapons appeared in the cave abode: sabers, spears, swords, halberds, axes, battle-axes, hooks, forks, whips, maces, hammers, dagger-axes, tridents, staves, lances, cudgels, pikes, rakes, and more.

Shushan primarily practiced sword cultivation, but it did not insist that its disciples follow the sword Dao.

Lian was descended from the Wilderness Tribe, survivors of High Antiquity, so the sword Dao might not suit her.

Lu Changsheng tailored his teaching to his disciple and let her choose her own martial Dao.

Lian blinked, then finally picked up a red-tasseled spear.

Lian's petite figure was out of proportion to the spear, which was a full zhang long. Yet Lu Changsheng saw the rise of a peerless martial god.

Lian was only seven and had boundless potential. What she would achieve in the future still depended on how he, her master, taught her.

A martial god's training had to begin when she was a little girl.

[Ding! You rewarded your disciple "Lin Qingzhi" with the third-grade pill "Scarlet Blood Pill" and received a hundredfold reward for teaching your disciple: the fifth-grade pill "Crimson Blood Essence-Congealing Pill".]

[Ding! Today's remaining rewards: -1.]

[Ding! You rewarded your disciple "Lian" with the second-grade pill "Great Qi-Restoring Pill" and received a five-hundredfold reward for teaching your disciple: the fifth-grade pill "Heavenly Spirit Pill".]

[Ding! Today's remaining rewards: -1.]

Lu Changsheng had yet to find a Cultivation Method or Law Treasure suited to Lian, and he had used up a large number of top-grade pills on this trip to the Desolate Province. So he rewarded his two disciples with pills, fleecing the system to replenish his supply.

"You two may go and refine your Spiritual Qi. If you have any questions while cultivating, come to me and I will help you find your way."

"Yes, Master. Junior Sister, pay your respects to Master."

Lin Qingzhi taught Lian the etiquette of Shushan.

Lian obediently cupped her hands in salute. She looked adorable, as though carved from pink jade.

As for her origins, they remained a mystery to this day.

After his two disciples withdrew, Lu Changsheng sat down to cultivate, refining the Spiritual Qi returned by the system.

The Spiritual Qi returned by the system was growing ever more abundant, and even Lu Changsheng needed considerable time to refine it and consolidate his realm.

"I might as well visit the Scripture Repository."

Lu Changsheng summoned his flying sword and headed for Shushan's Rear Mountain.

The Scripture Repository was an important place in Shushan, housing a treasured collection of Cultivation Methods and texts, with a Dao Palace Realm elder stationed there.

Although Lu Changsheng's 10,000 contribution points could not be exchanged for a particularly good Cultivation Method, exchanging them for a low-level one suited to Lian should be no problem.

With the Apprentice-Teaching Simulator, Lu Changsheng could exchange for low-level Cultivation Methods and Law Treasures, reward them to his disciples, and then obtain high-level Cultivation Methods and Law Treasures through the system's rewards.