Fist Strength of One Hundred Thousand Jin

"When will the Sect Grand Ceremony be held?"

Hearing this, Lin Qingxue was startled, and her relaxed nerves tensed up again.

"Why are you asking that? Don't tell me you really want to duel her? Don't do anything foolish. If you face Yun Mengyao now, there's only one road ahead of you—death."

"Just asking. By the timing, it should have already begun by now."

Hearing that, Lin Qingxue breathed a sigh of relief.

"Heavenly Martial Sect has been making frequent moves lately, so the Sect Main Hall announced that it would be postponed by two months."

"I see."

Lu Wangchuan nodded. Then he would let that woman live another two months.

"By the way, what technique did you choose?"

"This one."

Lu Wangchuan handed the Prajna Dragon Elephant in his hand to Lin Qingxue. The moment she saw the technique he had chosen, her eyes flew wide open, her face filled with utter shock.

"You actually chose this one?!"

"What? I think it's very powerful. Among all the techniques on the third floor, it has an absolute advantage in strength."

Lin Qingxue said speechlessly, "It's the strongest technique among the sect's forbidden-tier techniques. How could it not be powerful?"

"The strongest technique of the forbidden tier?"

Lu Wangchuan was startled. He had not expected the Prajna Dragon Elephant to be so formidable. No wonder its description had seemed a cut above all the other techniques.

"But it's also the least suitable for cultivation."

Lin Qingxue promptly poured a bucket of cold water over him.

Lu Wangchuan was somewhat puzzled, so Lin Qingxue explained, "The Prajna Dragon Elephant is indeed the strongest technique of the sect's forbidden tier. The Forbidden Technique has eighteen levels in total. It is said that at the peak of each level, it possesses the strength of one dragon and one elephant—easily surpassing one hundred thousand jin!

"But its cultivation requirements are extremely harsh. It requires a massive amount of vital blood. In other words, you need enough pills and other heavenly treasures to raise your blood qi without end.

"The resources it consumes are simply too enormous. In the entire sect's history, the highest record has only been the twelfth level!

"For countless people, they may not even be able to cultivate the first level in their entire lives. Even Yun Mengyao, a genius herself, does not dare touch it.

"Although your aptitude is no worse than Yun Mengyao's, if you cultivate it, then even with the resources of a true disciple, I'll give you ten years and you'll only reach the second level at most!

"If it were any other Forbidden Technique, reaching above the tenth level would still make you stronger than the Prajna Dragon Elephant."

"Is no one in the sect cultivating this technique right now?"

"There is. He is the number one figure among Divine Water Sect's younger generation—Zhao Yanlong. His aptitude surpasses Yun Mengyao, who ranks second, by several whole tiers.

"Ordinary people may not be able to break through to the Celestial Human Realm in their lifetimes. Those with middling aptitude have hope of breaking through after thirty, while geniuses usually break through before thirty.

"At this level, the earlier one breaks through, the better one's aptitude. And it's not as though starting cultivation early means you'll break through early. If your aptitude isn't sufficient, cultivating earlier still cannot change the age limit for breaking through to the Celestial Human Realm!

"Yun Mengyao broke through to the Celestial Human Realm at twenty-six, but Zhao Yanlong did so at twenty! There are several Yun Mengyaos' worth of difference between them. Even if you're stronger than Yun Mengyao, you still can't match him in aptitude.

"And that's not all. He's also the Sect Leader's son, with resources that exceed everyone else's by who knows how much. Yet even now, he has only cultivated to the sixth level! Search your own heart—can your aptitude compare to his? Can your resources compare to his?"

Lu Wangchuan fell silent for a moment.

"I'm cultivating this one."

Lin Qingxue was completely dumbfounded. She had never expected Lu Wangchuan to catch her so completely off guard.

"No, did you not understand what your martial aunt said?"

"I understood. But my mind is made up."

With that, he walked straight to the side and began reading through the technique, recording it into the Light Screen.

Lin Qingxue tried to persuade him for a long while, but Lu Wangchuan acted as if he had not heard a word. Seeing that she could not sway him, Lin Qingxue was so angry that her chest rose and fell without pause.

"Why are you just like your master, both such stubborn mules? You do whatever comes into your heads! Back then, I told him not to take Yun Mengyao in, but he insisted on taking her in. I told him not to leave Divine Water Sect, but he insisted on leaving Divine Water Sect. And now you insist on cultivating the Prajna Dragon Elephant. One day, you'll waste your fine aptitude away!

"Forget it. I won't care about you anymore. Do whatever you want."

With that, she stormed off in a huff.

Lu Wangchuan was not angry either. He knew that Martial Aunt Lin meant well. After all, by common sense, anyone would find cultivating the Prajna Dragon Elephant exceedingly difficult, even a genius like him.

She was considering his future in the martial path. She simply did not know that he had the Light Screen, so aptitude was the first thing he did not need to worry about!

Then there was blood qi. Blood qi was what he primarily cultivated anyway. Even if he did not cultivate the Prajna Dragon Elephant, he would still need to cultivate blood qi and use it to add points to his techniques. Since that was the case, cultivating another technique would be inferior to cultivating the Prajna Dragon Elephant.

It could be said that he was even more suited to cultivating the Prajna Dragon Elephant than Zhao Yanlong!

This technique had been prepared for him. Not cultivating it would be the real pity.

By then, Lu Wangchuan had completely recorded the technique into the Light Screen. Under the techniques column appeared the words: Prajna Dragon Elephant (Not Cultivated).

Without further hesitation, he immediately rushed back to his Cave Dwelling and began cultivating the Prajna Dragon Elephant.

"Light Screen, add points."

The moment Lu Wangchuan shouted those words, he regretted it.

Because the qi and blood within his body began to roar violently, boiling and racing through him. His internal heat soared at a terrifying rate, his entire body turning crimson. The heat even scorched his clothes to ashes—it was horrifying beyond measure!

The intense pain made him clench his teeth until they creaked. The Azure Emperor Longevity Art began circulating rapidly, suppressing the turmoil and repairing his body, stabilizing the pressure in his blood vessels to keep him from exploding apart.

The entire process lasted a full two hours—several times longer than the Azure Emperor Longevity Art had taken.

When his qi and blood gradually subsided and all fell silent again, Lu Wangchuan could not help gulping down breath after breath. He felt utterly drained, yet a vast force was coursing through his body. That was the power of the Prajna Dragon Elephant!

Lu Wangchuan immediately opened the Light Screen to check. The instant he saw it clearly, he was startled.

"It actually cost a full ten thousand points of qi and blood!"

He had not expected the Prajna Dragon Elephant to be so powerful. Raising it by one level had cost ten thousand points of qi and blood.

But he soon understood. Even among ordinary techniques, the Mountain Splitting Fist, the Dao Embryo Breathing Method, and the Heavenly Dipper Eight Steps required vastly different amounts of qi and blood. As one of the foremost Forbidden Techniques, it was only natural that the Prajna Dragon Elephant cost ten thousand points.

Though the Azure Emperor Longevity Art was also a Forbidden Technique, the Life Nurturing Art had originally been in the lower-middle tier among techniques of the same level, which was why it had cost only twenty-five hundred.

Taking a deep breath, Lu Wangchuan used one-tenth of his strength and struck the ground.

Bang—!

With an explosive boom, the entire cave dwelling shook violently.

"So strong!"

One level of the Prajna Dragon Elephant, with merely one-tenth of its power, had actually produced force comparable to a Mountain Splitting Fist at Great Completion—a full ten thousand jin!

Wouldn't the full force of the first level of the Prajna Dragon Elephant be one hundred thousand jin? Nearly twice that of the Limitless Sword Dao at Great Completion?

PS1: From now on, I won't go into excessive detail about how many qi-and-blood cards each technique gains every day. It makes it seem less badass. I humbly accept suggestions, so if anything seems unreasonable, everyone can point it out. If it makes sense, I'll adopt it.

PS2: I already revealed the setting before—the Great Wilderness Three Thousand Regions, with three thousand provinces in each region. Great Qian only has a dozen-odd provinces, and there are the Seven Sects Twelve Schools. Does this map have to be steamrolling the heavens, the earth, and the air from the very start? How am I supposed to write the rest afterward? Some readers keep giving random suggestions. I think they just want to see me crash and burn before they'll be happy.