Pine Crane Body Forging Art

The night was black as ink, insects chirring in the grass.

After returning to his residence, Su Yi stood in the courtyard, held his breath, and focused his mind. Only when body and mind had become clear, pure, and empty did he set his stance and begin practicing his fist art.

To him, what had just happened in the Clan Hall was not worth even a scoff.

The most important thing right now was cultivation!

The path of cultivation was divided into four great stages: Martial Dao, Origin Dao, Spirit Dao, and Profound Dao.

In his previous life, Su Yi, as the "Xuan Jun Sword Master," had lived for one hundred and eight thousand years, and his cultivation had reached the final realm of the "Profound Dao"—

Profound Unification Realm!

The Profound Unification Realm was also known as the "Imperial Zenith Realm," the supreme among emperors, with a lifespan of one million years. Even in the Great Wilderness Nine Provinces, those at this level stood at the very peak of all races under heaven.

Back then, relying on the might of the Profound Unification Realm, Su Yi had possessed many titles.

Such as "Great Wilderness Leader," "Esteemed Among Emperors," "Master of Myriad Daos," "Xuan Jun Sword Master," and so on—each and every one was a supreme honor beneath the heavens.

In the entire Great Wilderness Nine Provinces, those who could rival Su Yi numbered no more than the fingers of one hand!

But to the current Su Yi, the Profound Unification Realm was far too distant.

The urgent matter at hand was to begin cultivating anew, and to lay an incomparably deep foundation on the Martial Dao path.

Martial Dao was the first stage of cultivation, the beginning of the Great Dao.

It was divided into the Blood Moving Realm, Qi Gathering Realm, Furnace Nourishing Realm, and Flawless Realm.

These were the "Four Martial Realms."

Among them, the "Blood Moving Realm" was the initial realm of Martial Dao.

In this realm, one circulated qi and blood throughout the body, tempering skin, flesh, tendons, and bones.

It was divided into four levels: Flesh Skin, Flesh Refining, Flesh Tendons, and Flesh Bones.

When one reached perfection in this realm, qi and blood were vigorous, the body had copper skin and iron bones, and one could tear apart tigers and leopards with bare hands, or shatter stone and rock with a finger.

Those who stepped into this realm were also known as "Martial Apprentices."

In the courtyard, moonlight flowed like water, and the night was tranquil.

Su Yi's movements were measured and unhurried, his body upright and his steps steady, hard without stiffness, soft without weakness. Each breath carried a unique rhythm.

When he moved, he was like an immortal crane spreading its wings, light and free.

When he was still, he was like a green pine on a cliffside, its roots sunk into the rock wall.

Pine Crane Body Forging Art.

It had nine moves and eighteen forms in total.

It came from the first chapter on Martial Dao Foundation Establishment in the Unmatched Martial Eight Extremes Scripture!

The Unmatched Martial Eight Extremes Scripture was created by Su Yi's Close Friend from his previous life, "Gongye Chi."

That man dominated heaven and earth, his Martial Dao bordering on the divine, yet he had always called himself "a mere martial man."

But in the Great Wilderness Nine Provinces, he was the "Unmatched Martial Emperor," a figure the world's experts could only look up to!

A tyrannical existence on the path of the Great Dao, like something out of myth.

His nature was mad, unruly, proud, and solitary. He had beaten up the ox-noses of the Great Wilderness's Six Great Dao Gates, and thrashed the Old Devils of the demonic sects' three lineages.

As for those Emperor Realm figures who lorded over their own domains, who knew how many of them had once been beaten black and blue by Gongye Chi in the name of a "visit."

Yet almost no one in the world knew that Gongye Chi was not without defeats!

He had once "visited" Su Yi, who was then the Xuan Jun Sword Master. In the end, he was slightly inferior, suffering a narrow defeat beneath Su Yi's sword path.

It was also because of that battle that the two men recognized kindred spirits in each other and became close friends.

Later, Gongye Chi gave Su Yi the true Martial Dao scripture he had poured his life's blood into writing, for him to observe and study.

This was the Unmatched Martial Eight Extremes Scripture!

At the time, after reading the "Pine Crane Body Forging Art" recorded within it, even Su Yi could not help sighing with feeling:

"This method approaches the Dao itself; nothing can be removed, and nothing can be added."

Moreover, even Su Yi could not deny that in the initial "Four Martial Realms" of cultivation, Gongye Chi's attainments were clearly a cut above his own.

Even across the entire Great Wilderness Nine Provinces, one could not find anyone who could rival Gongye Chi in cultivation of the "Four Martial Realms."

Therefore, the "Pine Crane Body Forging Art" written by Gongye Chi could also be considered the number-one Foundation Establishment method in the Great Wilderness Nine Provinces!

And now that Su Yi was cultivating anew, he naturally chose without hesitation to use the "Pine Crane Body Forging Art" to build his Martial Dao foundation.

Only in this way could he truly surpass himself at the same period in his previous life!

The experience and cultivation insights from his previous life had already given Su Yi a clear plan for his path of cultivating anew in this life—

Every realm he cultivated anew in this life had to be stronger than it had been in his previous life.

Only in this way could he build a supreme Dao path that far surpassed his previous life!

One incense stick later.

After running through the full set of the Pine Crane Body Forging Art three times, Su Yi's body was already slick with a layer of sweat, his breathing slightly labored.

This was already his current limit.

Yet his vital essence, qi, and spirit were exceptionally strong. His tall, lean figure bathed in the morning light, radiating the vigorous vitality of a seventeen-year-old youth.

"This is already the third day since I awakened the memories of my previous life and began cultivating again."

"But now, just running through it three times has me drenched in sweat..."

"In the end, this body still won't do. The methods it cultivated over the past seventeen years were riddled with flaws, and its foundation could hardly be called good."

Su Yi wiped away his sweat with a towel while thinking it over.

Although in this life, before losing his cultivation, he had already been the Outer Disciple Sword Leader of Green River Sword Mansion, famous throughout Cloud River County.

But through the eyes of his "previous life," this bit of achievement was not worth even a laugh.

"Seventeen years old. I've already missed the best period for tempering the Martial Dao. However, using the Pine Crane Body Forging Art for Foundation Establishment, making up for and repairing the gaps in my past cultivation won't be difficult."

"It's just that the Spiritual Qi in this world is far too scarce..."

Su Yi's brows creased slightly.

These three days since awakening the memories of his previous life had also allowed him to understand the world he was currently in.

The Azure Green Continent.

It possessed over a hundred nations large and small, its territory vast and boundless.

The "Zhou Kingdom" he was currently in was merely one of the Azure Green Continent's hundred-some nations.

In his previous life, Su Yi had never heard of the Azure Green Continent. But he was certain that this world must have some connection to the Great Wilderness Nine Provinces.

The reason was simple: the cultivation system prevalent in the Azure Green Continent came from the same lineage as that of the Great Wilderness Nine Provinces!

However, because the Spiritual Qi on the Azure Green Continent was nearly exhausted, rumor had it that only the cultivation paths of the two great realms, the "Martial Dao" and the "Origin Dao," remained.

As for the two higher cultivation realms, the "Spirit Dao" and the "Profound Dao," they had all but vanished from the Azure Green Continent, existing only in myths and legends.

Within the borders of the Great Zhou, it was said that even the most powerful existences had only reached the "Origin Dao" stage in their cultivation.

Even so, figures like these had already been revered by the people of the world as "Land Immortals."

From this, one could infer just how scarce and barren the Spiritual Qi of the Azure Green Continent was.

"Even if I possess a thousand methods and ten thousand divine abilities, being reincarnated in such a barren place means most of them won't be of any use..."

Su Yi fell into thought.

He was not particularly worried about any of this.

The path of cultivation was nothing more than the four words: "wealth, companions, methods, and land."

"If I can find a place where Spiritual Qi gathers to cultivate, I'll be able to achieve twice the result with half the effort."

"If I can also find some heavenly treasures of earth and nature, then at most, in three months, I'll be confident in breaking through the path of the Martial Dao and stepping onto the cultivation path of the Origin Dao..."

Thinking of this, Su Yi smiled self-mockingly. "I'm overthinking it. With Spiritual Qi as barren as the Great Zhou's, wanting it to nurture spirit herbs at the level of heavenly treasures of earth and nature is practically impossible."

"However, if I can prove my Dao and rise upward in a world where Spiritual Qi is so scarce, only then will it show the ability of I, Su Xuanjun, and only then will I have the chance to reach an even higher level than in my previous life!"

Why reincarnate and cultivate anew?

Naturally, it was to seek a higher Dao path and a higher realm than in his previous life!

"Tomorrow, I'll make another trip outside the city and see if I can find a 'spiritual land' suitable for cultivation."

Thinking of this, Su Yi raised his head slightly, his gaze drifting toward the bright moon in the night sky. Its pure moonlight reflected in his deep pupils, and a distinctive gleam flowed within them.

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