Nine Heavens Martial Dao, Qi Martial Realm (Please Bookmark and Follow)

As Gu Yi recounted it, the place where he had been born and raised changed from Maple Leaf Village on Douluo Continent to Yangzhou City in this world.

His original identity was that of a member from a branch of a branch of the Gu Family, one of Yangzhou City's four great families.

But because his parents had passed away,

Gu Yi had been stripped of his inheritance by other clansmen and reduced to a wandering beggar.

The reason he had appeared in that forest was because he wanted to get far away from Yangzhou City.

—In Gu Yi's memories, Yangzhou City had four great families. Besides the Lin Family, there was also the city lord's Nalan Family, the Wen Family, and the Gu Family.

A great family had countless members, and with all their servants included, there were at least several thousand or even over ten thousand people.

Even the Lin Family, one of the four great families, had a branch in Qingshan Town.

The Gu Family stood on equal footing with the Lin Family, so naturally it would not be much smaller.

Even members of the Gu Family likely could not remember everyone in the family.

Therefore, no one could expose Gu Yi's fabricated identity as someone from a Gu Family branch.

The reason Gu Yi had done this was to stir Old Hunter's sympathy and make him "adopt" Gu Yi.

In his state of enlightenment, Gu Yi had already inferred from Old Hunter's previous actions that he was a good man, not a human trafficker or someone with a violent temper.

Moreover, Old Hunter was a martial artist of at least the sixth level of the Qi Martial Realm. He surely possessed a cultivation technique in his hands—even if it was the lowest-grade one on Nine Heavens Continent, it was better than nothing.

And Gu Yi had come to this new world precisely to find a cultivation technique and increase his cultivation speed!

If he gave up on Old Hunter, a martial artist he could easily get close to, and sought cultivation techniques from other martial artists or factions instead, the difficulty would rise sharply.

And there was no guarantee they would be good people.

Gu Yi believed that his talent was exceptionally high even on Nine Heavens Continent. Someone might become jealous and seek to destroy him, a genius.

Thus came Gu Yi's current performance.

Sure enough, after listening to Gu Yi's tearful account, Old Hunter was moved and somewhat believed his story.

In his view, Gu Yi was far too young. Children of his age could barely lie properly, much less fabricate such a bizarre and tragic background.

"You've suffered, child." Old Hunter reached out and patted Gu Yi's head. "Follow me from now on."

Gu Yi immediately broke into a radiant childlike smile. "Thank you, Grandpa!!"

Old Hunter's gaze softened, and he sighed inwardly. If my son hadn't gone off to enlist, I should have had a grandson to hold by now.

Though he thought this, Old Hunter did not resent his son for joining the army in the slightest.

After all, Old Hunter himself was a retired soldier and held a special affection for the military. His son had enlisted under his influence.

What was more, his son served under Snow Moon Kingdom's Divine Archer, Liu Canglan, which made Old Hunter even prouder.

Qingshan Town, inside a private residence.

A fair-faced six-year-old child dressed in coarse clothes was standing in a horse stance in the courtyard. From time to time, he threw punches at the wooden post before him.

Gu Yi had been on Nine Heavens Continent for five days already.

After acknowledging Old Hunter, Mu Hu, as his grandfather, Gu Yi had moved into this courtyard with him.

Mu Hu happened to have quite a few books at home.

Thus, over the past five days, Gu Yi had used enlightenment once more, spending one hundred points of source power to learn Nine Heavens Continent's written language.

As a martial artist, learning to read was essential.

Otherwise, even if he obtained a martial skill or cultivation technique, it would be useless if he could not understand the words written in it. He simply would not be able to cultivate.

Besides that, while Mu Hu was out, Gu Yi had briefly returned to Maple Leaf Village on Douluo Continent and informed Old Tom, the village chief.

Gu Yi told him that he had taken a Soul Master as his teacher and would be cultivating under his teacher for the next three months.

He would return once Nuoding Academy opened in three months.

Old Tom did not doubt him, since he knew nothing about the world of Soul Masters.

He merely told Gu Yi to cultivate in peace and said he would reserve the Work-Study Student spot for him, so Gu Yi could attend school in three months.

After settling his concerns on Douluo Continent, Gu Yi returned to Nine Heavens Continent at ease, preparing to begin cultivating the Nine Heavens Martial Dao.

—To travel more conveniently between Douluo Continent and Nine Heavens Continent, Gu Yi had already set Mu Hu's courtyard as his second Anchor Point.

Otherwise, when he traveled to Nine Heavens Continent again, he would appear in that forest from before.

This round trip consumed quite a bit of Gu Yi's source power once again.

Now, Gu Yi had only 770 points of source power left. There was not much remaining.

This was also why Gu Yi still needed to return to Douluo Continent in three months.

In the short term, Gu Yi's strength, reputation, and fortune could not improve much.

If he wanted to gain more source power to accumulate what he needed for a second cross-world journey, or to use enlightenment to aid his cultivation,

he had to go to Nuoding Academy, where the story began, and alter the original course of events.

Mu Hu walked in from outside the courtyard. Seeing Gu Yi still standing in a horse stance and sweating away in the yard, a trace of approval and delight flashed through his eyes.

Over the past few days, Gu Yi had been training his body in the courtyard this way without fail.

According to Gu Yi, witnessing Mu Hu hunt that giant wild boar had inspired him. He also wanted to become a powerful martial artist and reach the Spirit Martial Realm or even the Profound Martial Realm. That way, he could seek justice from the clansmen who had stolen his inheritance.

For this reason, only two days after acknowledging Mu Hu as his grandfather, Gu Yi had asked Mu Hu to teach him martial arts.

However, Mu Hu believed Gu Yi was too young and had not yet reached the age to practice martial arts.

Everyone on Nine Heavens Continent practiced martial arts, but under normal circumstances, children did not begin until they were eight or nine years old.

First, children under eight needed to learn characters and words so they could learn cultivation techniques and martial skills in the future.

Second, their minds had not yet matured. They were too lively and restless, unable to settle their thoughts.

Most children simply could not calm themselves and sense Heaven and Earth Origin Qi, much less draw Heaven and Earth Origin Qi into their bodies.

The first major realm on the path of martial arts on Nine Heavens Continent was the Qi Martial Realm!

Cultivation in this realm involved breathing in Heaven and Earth Origin Qi and drawing it into a martial artist's limbs, bones, brain, and soul, thereby tempering the body and nourishing the martial soul.

Thus, the Qi Martial Realm had another name: the Body Tempering Realm!

Martial artists in this realm generally measured their strength by physical power.

A first-level Qi Martial Realm martial artist possessed at least one thousand jin of strength. The second level had two thousand jin, the third level had three thousand jin, and so on.

Once a ninth-level Qi Martial Realm martial artist reached nine thousand to ten thousand jin of strength, they could attempt to generate True Qi and thereby step into the Spirit Martial Realm!!

But after seeing Gu Yi's conduct and hearing his requests these past few days, Mu Hu had begun to waver.

Not only was Gu Yi thoroughly familiar with all sorts of characters and words, but he was also resolute, mature, and steady-minded—not at all like a six-year-old child.

Most importantly, Mu Hu had discovered that Gu Yi already possessed some "Origin Qi" within his body.

Clearly, before meeting Mu Hu, Gu Yi had already tried absorbing Heaven and Earth Origin Qi and cultivating on his own.

Such talent moved Mu Hu. (He did not know this was Innate Soul Power unique to Douluo Continent.)

He had never heard of any six- or seven-year-old child in Yangzhou City or the surrounding villages and towns who could absorb Heaven and Earth Origin Qi on their own!!

Even eight-year-old children who had formally begun martial arts training needed guidance from their elders for two or three months before they could draw Heaven and Earth Origin Qi into their bodies!

Therefore, after witnessing Gu Yi's remarkable talent, Mu Hu finally agreed to Gu Yi's request.