Xu Yan's Vital Energy circulated through his body, merging into one and gathering throughout his person. The gates to martial arts had already opened, and at this moment, he was lifting his foot to step through them.
After an entire night of cultivation and comprehension, he had finally understood how to merge everything into one and gather it throughout his body.
Although the three basic stages of Skin Tempering, Bone Refining, and Organ Refining had been completed, that did not mean he had already stepped through the gates of martial arts.
Only when the three became one, gathered throughout the body, and the flesh completed its transformation—when the Vital Energy became perfectly whole, was stimulated beyond the body, and burned fiercely like steel aura—could one be considered to have entered martial arts.
Only then had one truly crossed the threshold of martial arts.
"This is what it means to merge everything into one and gather it throughout the body. I feel myself sublimating. I feel myself growing stronger."
Xu Yan silently sensed the transformation within him. His Vital Energy grew increasingly fierce, increasingly powerful and condensed, extending three zhang beyond his body and refining into aura.
Smack!
At a certain moment, a muffled sound rang out from within his body. After the first sound, they came one after another without pause.
His muscles and bones trembled, emitting a roar like thunder. With every tremor, his Vital Energy surged explosively, raging and boiling, which in turn caused his muscles and bones to produce an even greater sound.
"Muscles and bones roaring like thunder—this is Bone and Muscle Thunderous Roar!
"I'm finally about to step through the gates of martial arts!
"Bone and Muscle Thunderous Roar, Vital Energy like Steel Aura—I've achieved it!"
Xu Yan was so excited he could hardly contain himself. After such a long period of arduous cultivation, on this day, he was finally about to step through the gates of martial arts.
With every Bone and Muscle Thunderous Roar, his Vital Energy surged, his body grew stronger, his strength skyrocketed, and his control over himself continued to improve.
His Vital Energy's aura also grew increasingly fierce.
Boom!
The sky had already begun to lighten. The entire night had passed.
Faint dark clouds hung across the sky, blocking out the sun.
Thunderous sounds suddenly rang out from the little mountain village. They came urgently, one after another, each louder than the last.
Li Xuan rose from bed and washed up, when he suddenly heard the sound of thunder.
He raised his head in confusion. "Was that thunder? Is it going to rain?"
He walked out of the house, then suddenly opened his eyes wide and hung his mouth agape. He stood there completely dumbfounded.
He raised a hand and rubbed his eyes before staring again.
Xu Yan stood in the place where he cultivated. At this moment, his muscles and bones roared like thunder, and his Vital Energy was like steel aura. Fierce aura enveloped his entire body. Even from a distance, one could sense the tremendous power contained within it.
The sound of thunder was actually coming from inside Xu Yan's body.
Li Xuan stood there with his mouth hanging open, utterly stupefied. "I made it up! How did you actually manage to cultivate it? What kind of monster are you?!"
Back then, Xu Yan had insisted on becoming his disciple. For the sake of the apprenticeship gift, he had no choice but to make up a cultivation method and had even set a one-year deadline.
He had thought Xu Yan's arduous cultivation was proof that the boy was none too bright—a fool obsessed with the so-called martial arts!
But the result!
The clown was actually me?
Li Xuan was so shocked that his eyes nearly bulged out of their sockets. It was a cultivation method he had fabricated, yet Xu Yan had actually managed to cultivate it. What kind of monster was he?
Could it be that anyone who had been rejected by their betrothed was destined to be a Child of Destiny?
Wasn't Bone and Muscle Thunderous Roar and Vital Energy like Steel Aura precisely something he had made up?
At this moment, Xu Yan's muscles and bones roared like thunder, and the sound resounded throughout the entire little mountain village. That fierce aura enveloped his whole body and contained terrifying power.
"I'm just a fraud! I made it all up! You actually cultivated it? You cultivated it—what am I supposed to do?
"Keep making things up?
"If I'm exposed, won't I be punched to death?"
Li Xuan was completely numb.
This disciple was too monstrous—so monstrous that even he was afraid!
Just then, a mass of golden light surged into his mind.
A voice rang out in his mind: "Your disciple has successfully entered the martial arts path by cultivating the technique you fabricated. You have directly achieved great mastery of the technique, and your strength is a hundred times that of those in the same realm!"
Boom!
In that instant, a wave of Vital Energy erupted from Li Xuan's body and soared into the heavens, like flames of Vital Energy shooting a hundred zhang high.
Within Li Xuan's mind appeared the cultivation process and methods for Skin Tempering, Bone Refining, and Organ Refining. His entire body possessed flawless Jade Bone, through which spiritual resonance circulated. His Vital Energy surged like enormous waves, boundless as the sea.
This was precisely the vision Li Xuan had described when fabricating the cultivation method: once great mastery was achieved, Vital Energy would shoot a hundred zhang into the sky, burning fiercely like flames.
"The golden finger has appeared!"
Li Xuan was overjoyed.
What delighted him even more was that his entire body possessed flawless Jade Bone, with spiritual resonance flowing through it.
This was precisely the realm he had fabricated—flawless Jade Bone, unchanging throughout the ages!
"That brat Xu Yan is far too monstrous. Not only did he successfully cultivate it, he even tempered Jade Bone!"
"I've struck it rich, I've struck it rich! This monstrous disciple must be put to good use. Whether your master can become invincible depends entirely on you!"
"It's over! If I'd known he was this monstrous, I should have made up a cultivation method for immortality."
Li Xuan suddenly felt somewhat regretful.
If he had known his disciple was this monstrous, he would not have fabricated a martial arts technique. He would have fabricated a cultivation method for immortality instead.
"Fortunately, fortunately, I left myself some room. This is only the entry realm of martial arts. I can still keep making things up—make them broader, make them stronger. I must carefully ponder the realms to be cultivated from here on out. I can't truly make things up blindly anymore."
"What exactly is this golden finger of mine? Is my disciple's successful cultivation related to it?"
The golden light in his mind had already vanished, as if it had never existed.
No matter how Li Xuan called out to it or searched for it, he could not find the slightest trace.
His disciple Xu Yan was unquestionably a monster. If he were not, how could he have successfully cultivated the technique—and even tempered Jade Bone?
As for whether his successful cultivation was related to Li Xuan's golden finger, Li Xuan was not certain. Regardless, whether he could continue growing stronger would now depend on his disciple Xu Yan.
Xu Yan had entered the martial arts path, while Li Xuan had directly achieved great mastery of the technique, with strength a hundred times that of those in the same realm.
This "hundred times that of those in the same realm" meant a hundred times the strength of someone who had achieved great mastery of the technique!
Li Xuan felt fortunate that he had not set the fabricated cultivation method's level too low. Besides, this was only the entry realm. At present, he could only be considered to have achieved great mastery of the entry realm.
After all, the cultivation method he had fabricated only contained the three basic stages of Skin Tempering, Bone Refining, and Organ Refining, along with entry into martial arts.
"Calm down, calm down. Don't get excited. I have to stay steady!
"I'm a Reclusive Master. I can't panic!
"That foolish disciple is coming over. I'll continue fooling him and let him know how powerful his master is.
"Let him know that martial arts have no limits, and that he must continue cultivating arduously...
"Don't you dare think about women. Focus on comprehending martial arts. I have to keep fooling him..."
Xu Yan's muscles and bones roared like thunder, and his Vital Energy was like steel aura. He had finally stepped through the gates of martial arts.
His face was alight with excitement as he sensed his own strength and the fierce aura of his Vital Energy, which was like flame and could burn grass and trees.
"This is what martial arts truly are!
"I, Xu Yan, have finally stepped through the gates of martial arts. I can finally become Master's disciple!
"You all laughed at me for being stupid, didn't you? Hmph! I'll show you what a martial arts expert is!"
Xu Yan was excited and thrilled, his heart filled with boundless yearning for martial arts. Suddenly, he felt a terrifying aura rise up, followed by a powerful force so overwhelming it seemed capable of destroying heaven and earth, shooting into the sky.
He looked up, and his entire body froze in shock!
"Master!"
That terrifying Vital Energy shot a hundred zhang into the sky, blazing like flames and capable of burning rivers dry and boiling seas. Beneath his master's Vital Energy, Xu Yan's own was like the difference between a creek and the ocean.
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