Advancing to Mid Xiantian

Chu Jiang settled the remaining people one by one, then returned to the county yamen.

He entered the Head of the Demon Hunting Office's private training room and began his deduction.

The two cultivation manuals he had obtained from the county deputy were both superior Houtian techniques. He intended to push through in one burst and advance into Xiantian.

Houtian martial artists and Xiantian martial artists belonged to fundamentally different realms.

Houtian martial artists mainly tempered their bodies. Their martial arts drew energy from flesh, blood, sinews, and bones; the stronger their physique, the more powerful the martial arts they unleashed.

Xiantian martial artists, on the other hand, possessed true qi. With true qi bolstering them, the power of their martial arts increased severalfold.

Only by stepping into Xiantian could one be considered to have truly entered the path of martial arts.

Chu Jiang took a deep breath and opened the panel.

[Demon Lifespan: Eighty-three years]

[Own Lifespan: Twenty years]

Looking at the increased lifespan, he would not be troubled by lifespan issues anytime soon.

The Tenth Level of Body Refinement, bone-cleansing and body-washing, had replenished some of the life essence he had lost.

But.

He had a vague feeling that the waters of Baishi County ran deep. The strength of the Tenth Level of Body Refinement was still not enough.

[The strength of the Tenth Level of Body Refinement greatly increased your endurance. In the second year, the Clear Wind Art was initiated.]

[You continued cultivating. In the seventh year, the Clear Wind Art reached minor achievement.]

[You comprehended the key to Clear Wind Steps, accelerating your cultivation speed. In the thirteenth year, the Clear Wind Art reached major achievement.]

[In the nineteenth year, this was the first time you encountered a bottleneck while cultivating the Clear Wind Art. You racked your brains, but this problem did not stump you. Clear Wind Steps reached perfection.]

[In the twenty-second year, you felt that the Clear Wind Art could advance no further. No matter how hard you tried, you could not break through.]

[In the twenty-third year, you began to slack off.]

[In the twenty-fourth year, you continued slacking off. It even seemed rather pleasant.]

Chu Jiang froze. What the hell was slacking off? And he had slacked off for two years straight? That was too much. Pull yourself together!

The deduction continued.

[In the twenty-fifth year, you reflected deeply on your mistakes. Feeling guilty for wasting two years, you continued to comprehend it, but still failed to break through.]

[In the twenty-eighth year, one day as you traveled by boat, a breeze blew in. This wind felt remarkably wondrous, stirring in you the urge to ride the wind. When you spread your arms to embrace the breeze and took a step forward, you fell straight into the water.]

[In the twenty-ninth year, you contemplated the power of wind every day. Along the way, you made all kinds of jokes of yourself, but turned a deaf ear to them all. Heaven does not disappoint those with determination; you comprehended the true essence of the clear wind, and the Clear Wind Art entered the transformation realm.]

[Whenever a gentle breeze arrived, your speed increased by half.]

[Remaining Lifespan: Fifty-four years]

[Own Lifespan: Seventy years]

The Clear Wind Art at the transformation realm finally pierced through the thin layer of paper blocking the peak of the Tenth Level of Body Refinement. A brand-new gate unfolded before him.

The energy between heaven and earth surged madly into his body, refining into strands of true qi that assaulted the first of the Eight Extraordinary Meridians.

Under the fierce washing of true qi, the Ren Meridian was like a dam burst open by floodwaters, suddenly flowing through. Immediately afterward, the Du Meridian was opened in one smooth stroke as well.

After the Ren and Du Meridians were opened.

Unable to suppress the excitement in his heart, Chu Jiang circulated the Clear Wind Art at the transformation realm within the training room. Its speed left him dumbfounded.

He felt like a gust of wind, crisscrossing the training room and galloping as he pleased.

Moreover, the Clear Wind Art consumed extremely little true qi, so little that it was practically negligible.

He could not help but feel as though the world was vast and he could soar wherever he wished.

Mm, keep a low profile. Keep a low profile.

He had only just broken through to Xiantian. He could not get too carried away.

Chu Jiang came back to his senses. He could only be considered Early Xiantian now.

Xiantian had Eight Extraordinary Meridians. Every two meridians opened meant another advancement.

Opening the Ren and Du Meridians meant Early Xiantian.

Opening the Chong and Dai Meridians meant Mid Xiantian.

Opening the Yin Qiao and Yang Qiao Meridians meant Late Xiantian.

Opening the Yin Wei and Yang Wei Meridians meant Xiantian Peak.

Chu Jiang struck while the iron was hot and continued deducing the Great Vajra Palm.

[You began cultivating the Great Vajra Palm. Because you had broken through to Xiantian, your comprehension improved slightly. This incomplete Xiantian martial art reached minor achievement in only the first year.]

[In the second year, you began splitting rocks with the Great Vajra Palm to increase your proficiency. As days and months accumulated, you stepped into the major achievement realm.]

[In the fifth year, you split every stone in the county yamen until they smoked. The Great Vajra Palm grew increasingly refined and entered the perfection realm.]

[In the seventh year, the incomplete Great Vajra Palm could not break through into the transformation realm, so you began perfecting this martial art.]

[In the tenth year, one night, you watched the blacksmith at the forge swing his hammer and fell into thought. If you could integrate the unceasing hammering method of forging into the Great Vajra Palm, its power would surely multiply.]

[In the seventeenth year, after painstaking research, the Great Vajra Palm had undergone some changes. Its power had increased considerably, but it remained far from what you had envisioned.]

[In the twenty-second year, you once again traveled by boat and saw wave after wave rolling along the shore. You understood.]

[In the twenty-third year, the Great Vajra Palm could layer its palm force three times in a short period, greatly increasing its power. You named it Great Vajra Triple Wave and made it the second move of the Great Vajra Palm.]

[In the twenty-seventh year, ideas still poured from you like a spring. You deduced the next move of the Great Vajra Palm. One day, a marvelous idea sprang into your mind: add hidden force to the Great Vajra Palm. Whether ambushing others like a sixth man or clashing head-on, it would be an excellent choice.]

[You acted the moment you said it. By the thirty-fifth year, things were not as easy as you had imagined. The improved Great Vajra Triple Wave seemed to conflict with your new move, and it simply could not take shape.]

[You did not choose to give up and searched for a solution. One day in the forty-seventh year, you slept in. When you woke up, the point of balance between the two suddenly flashed through your mind. You created the third move of the Great Vajra Palm, Great Vajra Soul Severing Heaven.]

[You could not help but sigh. Sometimes Heaven truly fed you; sometimes you succeeded while muddleheaded.]

[Demon Lifespan: Seven years]

Chu Jiang returned from his mind to reality. Looking at his palm, he found it completely different.

With a thought, true qi suffused his right palm, giving off a faint golden radiance. In the blink of an eye, it began to emit eerie black qi.

Gods and Devils?

Even he felt a little apprehensive of the power contained within it.

In less than fifty years of lifespan, he had created a martial art of such power. It truly answered the words from the deduction.

Heaven fed him.

This deduction had been an absolute steal.

He had used the least resources to achieve the best results.

That this deduction had produced Vajra Martial Arts was something he had never expected.

Above Xiantian, below Vajra.

That was the grade of this martial art.

What was Vajra?

After opening the Eight Extraordinary Meridians, one needed to liquefy all the true qi within the body. Once all of it had been liquefied, one could step into the Vajra Realm.

In the Vajra Realm, the body would be greatly strengthened once more, true qi capacity would expand, and one could achieve unity of offense and defense.

Xiantian martial artists could not break their defenses at all.

If he cultivated this martial art to the transformation realm, he could look down on ninety percent of those in the Xiantian Realm.

The remaining ten percent were naturally the gifted heirs of the great clans in this world. The resources they enjoyed were beyond anything Chu Jiang could imagine.

He was not arrogant enough to believe that a single pseudo-Vajra martial art would let him disregard their existence.

No matter what, in a small place like this.

There were only a handful of Xiantian experts. His strength was already sufficient.

Even more gratifying was this.

The Chong and Dai Meridians had been completely opened, allowing him to enter Mid Xiantian in one stroke.