Jixia Academy

Anyang Martial Arts School.

Back courtyard.

"Of the Lesser Heavenly Cycle Strength Training Fist, you previously practiced only the first three moves of the Blood Essence Chapter: Four Levels Body Solidifying Stance, Jiazi Tianchen, and Ruowang Suitian. These three moves are also the foundation of martial path cultivation."

"Only by using these three moves to break through to the Blood Essence Realm could one be considered qualified to cultivate the martial path."

"Though the qualifications needed for martial path cultivation are not as harsh as those for Immortal Dao cultivation, not everyone can achieve success in it."

"To achieve success in martial path cultivation, talent, bone structure, cultivation techniques, comprehension, cultivation resources, and more were all indispensable."

Lu Feng looked at Shi Yi and spoke slowly.

This was the first time he had personally instructed Shi Yi after Shi Yi broke through to the Blood Essence Realm.

"The complete Lesser Heavenly Cycle Strength Training Fist includes the Blood Essence Chapter and the Flesh and Blood Chapter. Mastering all of it could allow an ordinary person to cultivate up to become a Flesh and Blood Realm Martial Scholar."

"This is also the highest realm that can be cultivated within our Anyang Martial Arts School."

"If you wished to continue raising your martial cultivation, you would need to go to Anhe Martial Arts School in Ninghe County to cultivate the subsequent technique, the Great Heavenly Cycle Body Tempering Fist."

"Once the Lesser Heavenly Cycle Strength Training Fist and Great Heavenly Cycle Body Tempering Fist are both mastered and fused together into Heavenly Cycle Unification, they become one of the finest techniques in the world for cultivating to the Bone Refining Realm Martial Master. This technique originated from Jixia Academy, is renowned throughout the land, and has spread far and wide."

"Only those who came from Jixia Academy were qualified to pass down this technique."

"Among this master's disciples, the third, sixth, and eighth are all cultivating at Anhe Martial Arts School."

"I'm telling you this now so that you may roughly understand the origins of this technique."

Lu Feng took a sip of tea.

He was also letting Shi Yi know that the Lesser Heavenly Cycle Strength Training Fist had no simple origins.

"Although the apprenticeship ceremony has yet to be held, this master has seen that you could rein in your blood essence and stabilize your foundation within a single day. You are already qualified to cultivate the following techniques."

"This time, this master will personally demonstrate the complete Lesser Heavenly Cycle Strength Training Fist for you once. If there is anything you do not understand afterward, you may ask directly."

Lu Feng set down his teacup and rose to his feet. His aura changed in an instant.

He transformed from a middle-aged man who knew only pleasure into someone with a blade-like edge. Powerful blood essence burst from his body, giving Shi Yi an intense sense of danger.

It was as though getting even a little closer would mean death.

"Watch carefully!"

As Lu Feng's voice fell, his body moved.

Beginning with the Four Levels Body Solidifying Stance, he performed each move in sequence. At certain crucial points, Lu Feng added a few words of explanation, all of them key points of cultivation.

Compared with the moves Zhao Cheng had demonstrated before, Lu Feng's were far more natural. The moves appeared identical, yet their "spirit" was entirely different, and their variations were far more numerous.

This was Lu Feng's own Lesser Heavenly Cycle Strength Training Fist. Every stance and strike displayed his understanding of the technique; he was no longer constrained by its forms.

Shi Yi understood this deeply as well. His comprehension of the Four Levels Body Solidifying Stance, Jiazi Tianchen, and Ruowang Suitian had also reached this stage, so he saw Lu Feng's state at a glance.

As Shi Yi watched, he also compared everything in his mind.

After those three moves, Shi Yi's mind became intensely focused as he carefully observed Lu Feng's movements, because what came next was the key to his future cultivation.

The Lesser Heavenly Cycle Strength Training Fist had twelve moves in total. That did not sound like many, but when these moves were combined, they produced variations that made them far more complex.

At the beginning of cultivation, these moves were practiced separately. Later on, they were practiced in coordination with one another.

Among the six moves cultivated in the Blood Essence Realm, there were no small number of variations when they were used together.

Once one reached the Flesh and Blood Realm, Blood Essence Inscriptions were also integrated into the practice, making it even more complicated!

Shi Yi watched these movements once and remembered every one of them. This came from the Eidetic Memory ability granted by his Double Pupils, but remembering them did not mean he had mastered them.

Shi Yi also paid close attention to one point: the changes in Lu Feng's blood essence while he practiced. He could compare them against his own during cultivation.

Shi Yi still wore a disguised camera on his body, recording Lu Feng's entire cultivation process.

Although his memory was excellent, perspectives from different angles could still reveal certain differences.

"These are all the moves and variations of the Lesser Heavenly Cycle Strength Training Fist!"

Lu Feng slowly withdrew his technique, and the blood essence around him gradually settled as well, no longer carrying such an oppressive presence.

A person's blood essence differed when cultivating and when resting; it rose and fell, though there was a fixed threshold.

If one was injured or fell ill, the blood essence in one's body would decrease. Upon death, it would vanish entirely.

In the Central Great World, dead people had no blood essence.

Shi Yi had learned this after killing someone.

"You try it as well. Let me see how much you have learned."

Lu Feng spoke to Shi Yi.

Zhao Cheng had praised Shi Yi many times before him, mentioning in particular how quickly Shi Yi learned.

Now, Lu Feng also wanted to see just how far Shi Yi's learning ability went.

"Then this disciple will make a fool of himself!"

Upon hearing this, Shi Yi began with the Four Levels Body Solidifying Stance.

The first three moves possessed both form and spirit. Only when he began the fourth move did a trace of stiffness appear, though his movements somewhat resembled Lu Feng's, and he also imitated several of the variations.

The same was true by the sixth move, though his movements had already become somewhat improper.

From the seventh move onward, however, things took a sharp turn for the worse. Both his movements and variations differed greatly from Lu Feng's. No matter how hard Shi Yi tried to imitate them, he could not make them the same.

By the time all twelve moves were complete, Shi Yi was drenched in sweat!

"Not bad. Your comprehension in martial arts is even stronger than Zhao Cheng described."

"The first six moves of the Lesser Heavenly Cycle Strength Training Fist are the key to your current Blood Essence Realm cultivation. As for the latter six moves, you can only completely master them after your Blood Essence Realm cultivation is complete and you break through to the Flesh and Blood Realm."

"Let me tell you about the problems in your cultivation just now. First—"

Lu Feng nodded slightly. Shi Yi's performance had exceeded his expectations.

This kind of learning ability was already extremely frightening!

Some people he taught for an entire month still could not compare to the few moves Shi Yi had just performed.

In martial path cultivation, talent and comprehension were also exceedingly important links. These could not be detected by feeling someone's body with one's hands; only after teaching and observing their performance could they be seen.

Clearly, Shi Yi was also exceptionally outstanding in this regard, better than any disciple Lu Feng had accepted before.

With the martial path talent, bone structure, and comprehension Shi Yi had displayed so far, there would basically be no problem for him to cultivate at Anhe Martial Arts School in Ninghe County.

Shi Yi's achievements might even surpass those of the several disciples Lu Feng had previously sent to Anhe Martial Arts School in Ninghe County.

The founder of the martial arts school he belonged to was no ordinary person, but someone from Jixia Academy. If Shi Yi performed outstandingly, he might even use this connection to join Jixia Academy.

If Shi Yi could reach that step, Lu Feng would also bask in his reflected glory, and both his status and position would rise.

"Thank you, Master, for your guidance."

While Shi Yi performed the moves, Lu Feng also corrected his movements and explained the connections between the variations of these moves.

Lu Feng explained everything in great detail, allowing Shi Yi to remember it alongside the movements.

This included the moves of the Flesh and Blood Chapter.