Advancing to Mid Xiantian

After Chu Jiang settled the remaining people one by one, he returned to the county office.

He arrived at the exclusive training room of the Head of the Demon Hunting Office and began his deductions.

The two cultivation techniques he obtained from the county lieutenant were both top-tier Houtian level. He planned to advance to Xiantian in one go.

Houtian martial artists and Xiantian martial artists were fundamentally in different realms.

Houtian martial artists primarily focused on tempering their physical bodies. The release of martial arts mainly relied on drawing energy from their flesh, blood, tendons, and bones. The stronger their physique, the more powerful the martial arts they could unleash.

Xiantian martial artists, on the other hand, possessed True Qi, and their martial arts' power increased exponentially with its augmentation.

Stepping into Xiantian was considered officially entering the path of martial arts.

Chu Jiang took a deep breath and opened his status panel.

[Demon Lifespan: 83 years]
[Self Lifespan: 20 years]

Looking at the increased lifespan, he wouldn't be bothered by lifespan issues in the short term.

The Tenth Level of Body Refinement, through bone cleansing and body washing, had replenished some of his lost vital essence.

However.

He had a premonition that the waters in Baishi County ran deep, and the strength of the Tenth Level of Body Refinement was still insufficient.

[Your strength at the Tenth Level of Body Refinement has greatly increased your resilience. In the second year, Clear Wind Art enters beginner level.]
[You continue to cultivate. In the seventh year, Clear Wind Art reaches minor success.]
[You comprehend the key principles of Clear Wind Steps, accelerating your cultivation speed. In the thirteenth year, Clear Wind Art reaches great success.]
[In the nineteenth year, this is the first time you encounter a bottleneck while cultivating Clear Wind Art. You ponder deeply, but this problem does not stump you. Clear Wind Steps reach perfection.]
[In the twenty-second year, you feel that Clear Wind Art can no longer advance. No matter how hard you try, you cannot break through.]
[In the twenty-third year, you start to slack off.]
[In the twenty-fourth year, you continue to slack off, seemingly finding it quite comfortable.]

Chu Jiang was stunned. What was this "slacking off," and for two consecutive years? This was too much! Get it together!

The deduction continued.

[In the twenty-fifth year, you reflect on your mistakes, feeling guilty for wasting two years. You continue to comprehend, but still cannot break through.]
[In the twenty-eighth year, one day you are traveling by boat when a gust of clear wind blows. This wind feels wondrous to you, giving you an urge to ride the wind. As you spread your arms and embrace the clear wind, you take a step forward and fall directly into the water.]
[In the twenty-ninth year, you spend every day comprehending the power of wind, enduring various jokes and paying no heed. Heaven rewards the persistent. You comprehend the true meaning of clear wind, and Clear Wind Art enters the Profound realm.]
[Whenever a clear wind blows, your speed increases by half.]
[Remaining Lifespan: 54 years]
[Self Lifespan: 70 years]

With Clear Wind Art in the Profound realm, he finally broke through the last barrier of the Tenth Level of Body Refinement's peak. A brand-new door was opening before him.

The energy between heaven and earth surged into his body, refining into strands of True Qi that impacted the first meridian of the Extraordinary Meridians.

Under the fierce surge of True Qi, the Ren Meridian, like a dam breached by a flood, was suddenly opened. Immediately after, the Du Meridian was also unblocked.

After the Ren and Du Meridians were opened.

Chu Jiang, unable to contain his excitement, circulated the Profound realm Clear Wind Art in the training room. Its speed left him astonished.

He felt like a gust of wind, traversing and galloping freely within the training room.

Moreover, Clear Wind Art consumed very little True Qi, almost negligible.

He couldn't help but feel a sense of boundless freedom, as if the world was his to explore.

Hmm, stay low-key, stay low-key.

He had just broken through to Xiantian and couldn't get too carried away.

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

Xiantian cultivation involved the Eight Extraordinary Meridians. Each time two meridians were opened, one would advance a stage.

Opening the Ren and Du Meridians: Early Xiantian.

Opening the Chong and Dai Meridians: Mid Xiantian.

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

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

Chu Jiang seized the opportunity and continued his deduction of the Great Vajra Palm.

[You begin cultivating the Great Vajra Palm. Due to your breakthrough to Xiantian, your comprehension has slightly increased. This incomplete Xiantian martial art reaches minor success in just the first year.]
[In the second year, you start using the Great Vajra Palm to smash stones, increasing your proficiency. With accumulated effort, you reach the great success realm.]
[In the fifth year, you've smashed so many stones in the county office that they're smoking. The Great Vajra Palm becomes increasingly refined, reaching the perfection realm.]
[In the seventh year, the incomplete Great Vajra Palm cannot break through to the Profound realm. You begin to perfect this martial art.]

[Tenth year, one evening, watching the blacksmith repeatedly swing his hammer, you fell into deep thought. If only you could integrate this continuous hammering technique into the Great Vajra Palm, its power would surely multiply.]

[Seventeenth year, through your dedicated research, the Great Vajra Palm has undergone some changes, and its power has increased significantly, though it's still far from your envisioned potential.]

[Twenty-second year, you set sail once more. Witnessing the waves crashing one after another against the shore, you had an epiphany.]

[Twenty-third year, the Great Vajra Palm's Triple Wave allows for the temporary stacking of palm force three times, greatly increasing its power. You named it the Great Vajra Triple Wave and established it as the second stance of the Great Vajra Palm.]

[Twenty-seventh year, your inspiration continues to flow as you deduce the next stance of the Great Vajra Palm. One day, a miraculous idea emerges in your mind: incorporate hidden force into the Great Vajra Palm. Whether for ambushing others like a hidden player or for a head-on confrontation, it would be an excellent choice.]

[You decide to act on it immediately. Time advances to the thirty-fifth year. Things are not as simple as you imagined; the improved Great Vajra Triple Wave seems to conflict with your new technique, making it impossible to form.]

[You refuse to give up and search for a solution. One day in the forty-seventh year, you decide to sleep in. Upon waking, the point of equilibrium between the two suddenly flashes in your mind. You create the third stance of the Great Vajra Palm: Great Vajra Soul Severing Heaven.]

[You can't help but sigh; sometimes, it truly feels like heaven is bestowing gifts upon you, and sometimes, success comes about through sheer confusion.]

[Demon Lifespan: Seven years]

Chu Jiang returned to reality from his mind's eye. He looked at his palm, which was now completely different.

With a thought, true qi permeated his right palm, emitting a faint golden radiance before quickly giving way to an eerie black mist.

Divine Demon in a single thought?

The power contained within made even him feel a sense of trepidation.

To create such a powerful martial art with less than fifty years of lifespan truly lived up to the words in the deduction.

Heaven bestows its favor.

This deduction was a massive profit.

Achieving the best results with the minimum resources.

He hadn't expected a Vajra martial art to emerge this time.

Above Xiantian, below Vajra.

This was the rank of this martial art.

What is Vajra?

To open the extraordinary meridians and eight principles, one needs to liquefy their internal true qi. Once fully liquefied, one can step into the Vajra Realm.

In the Vajra Realm, the physical body will be significantly strengthened once more, true qi capacity will expand, and offense and defense will become integrated.

Xiantian martial artists would be utterly incapable of breaking through its defenses.

If he could cultivate this martial art to the peak of perfection, within the Xiantian Realm, he could look down on ninety percent of people.

The remaining ten percent were naturally the prodigies of the great clans in this world, who enjoyed resources beyond Chu Jiang's imagination.

He wasn't so arrogant as to believe that a mere pseudo-Vajra martial art could make him disregard their existence.

Regardless, in a place like this.

There were few Xiantian experts, so his current strength was more than enough.

Even more pleasing was the fact that.

The Chong and Dai Meridians were now completely unblocked, allowing him to break through to Mid Xiantian in one fell swoop.