Just as Zhou You had expected, Zhu Ruoxuan had turned misfortune into fortune, and his strength had advanced by leaps and bounds!
He had first been controlled by the Deceitful Demon Pouch, then granted a seal by Jiang Nie. Although this had depleted his vital energy, he had gained enormous benefits in return.
Zhu Ruoxuan's fist art was the inherited Ancient Ge Battle Method, passed down from Duke Niu. After countless geniuses of the Lineage had refined and organized it, it had reached a point where nothing more could be added and nothing more could be changed.
With Zhu Ruoxuan's aptitude, he only needed to cultivate step by step. He should not even think about casting aside the old and bringing forth the new.
Such a path was the steadiest, smooth and uneventful, but it also made it easy to fall into the rut of one's predecessors. The further one went, the harder it became.
After Zhu Ruoxuan reached the threshold of Strong Martial Sixth Heaven, he encountered a difficult problem.
There were two paths before him. The first was to continue along the road of his predecessors, which at most would bring him to the limits of the Human Sect. The second was to create his own fist art. It would consume time and effort, but perhaps a miracle might emerge.
It was a difficult choice: one path meant stability, the other innovation, and both demanded a price.
This experience gave Zhu Ruoxuan the drive to push forward, and he chose the second path.
He had personally experienced the infection of a demon weapon technique. Though he had not cultivated it, he had glimpsed a path entirely different from ordinary fist arts.
Zhu Ruoxuan suddenly saw the light. From the Deceitful Demon Pouch's threads gathering, scattering, and converging, from