Embodying Myriad Traits, I Will Eventually Become Immortal — Chapter 15

Luo Guanyun immediately perked up at the thought and guessed:

"Could it be traits like Meridian Conduit or the Dragonling Physique?"

Traits were treasures hidden in the deepest parts of the body. They could only be judged through outward physical manifestations and could not be conclusively detected.

The manifestation of the Meridian Conduit trait was marrow cleansing and tendon transformation, with all eight extraordinary meridians opened, making martial arts cultivation twice as effective with half the effort.

The Dragonling Physique was even more remarkable. Those who awakened the Dragonling Physique trait underwent a complete transformation. After marrow cleansing, their bones and tendons were remade, and they possessed twelve animal forms. It was an unparalleled trait for cultivating Form Imitation martial arts.

It also strengthened the tendons and bones while nourishing the five organs, making it equally suitable for martial arts that caused a certain degree of physical damage as a side effect, such as the Primordial Spirit Thunder Seed Technique!

"This kid seems to have grown a little taller. His dragon spine is unusually shaped... Could he really have the Dragonling Physique?"

Luo Guanyun was instantly intrigued, but he still retained the bearing of a Martial Arts Grandmaster and would not jump to conclusions. He thought to himself:

"No rush. I'll observe him a little longer. Traits are hidden within the body, and unless someone spends day and night with him, they won't notice the changes. This kid still has to renew his membership at the martial arts school, so he won't be going anywhere anytime soon."

Chief Long drove quickly and brought Meng Chuan home before long.

The other man still had matters to attend to, so he did not exchange many pleasantries. He merely reminded Meng Chuan to visit the Qindu Branch Bureau at the end of the month before leaving.

At home, Xue Na was cooking, and everything she made was Meng Chuan's favorite.

"The child must have been terrified this time. Make more of what he likes so he can properly recover."

Meng Yongzhi had already received a call from Chief Long that morning, saying Meng Chuan was safe and would be brought home around noon.

The meal had just been prepared when Meng Chuan pushed open the door and walked in.

"Aunt and Uncle, I'm back."

Meng Yongzhi hurriedly rose from the sofa, walked over, and repeatedly checked Meng Chuan over.

"It's good that you're back. It's good that you're back. Nothing happened to you, right?"

Meng Yongzhi only knew that many people had died in Tongjia Alley last night. He had no idea what it had to do with his nephew.

Meng Chuan stretched out his arms and legs for his uncle to inspect, then hopped in place a few times.

"I'm fine. I ran into a Heavenly Demon while walking at night, but fortunately, Master Luo saved me. Look, I'm perfectly fine."

"I can tell from the way you look that nothing happened."

Meng Yongzhi did not think much of it. Seeing that Meng Chuan was completely unharmed, he gave his shoulder a hearty pat.

Still, he felt that Meng Chuan seemed different after returning this time. He could not say exactly what had changed, but the whole boy seemed more spirited.

Meng Chuan had previously spent every day studying how to break the limits of the National Obligatory Basic Fist Art, which inevitably made him seem somewhat gloomy. Now, however, he was full of vitality.

Women truly focused on different things than men. Auntie came out of the kitchen wearing an apron, and the first thing she said upon seeing Meng Chuan was a delighted cry:

"Oh, Chuan'er, why does it feel like your skin got better after just one day apart?"

Meng Chuan smiled and explained:

"I ran into a Heavenly Demon last night. It scared my face pale."

With Meng Chuan safely home, the family finished lunch amid laughter and cheerful conversation.

After the meal, Meng Chuan could not wait to return to his room to practice martial arts, but his uncle stopped him.

"Master Luo said you still need to recuperate for a while. Don't train yet. Your health is what matters most. Once you've rested properly, there'll be plenty of time to practice."

"I'm fine, Uncle. If you don't believe me, I'll show you."

With that, Meng Chuan threw a few punches while using the force-generation technique of obvious force. Crisp explosive cracks rang through the air.

"Is that... obvious force?"

"I think so. I only just comprehended it."

Meng Yongzhi nodded repeatedly in delight.

"Good lad! I only learned the obvious force technique after breaking through the Three Gates, yet you learned it so quickly. You must have entered a rank. Remember to test your blood and vitality at the martial arts school again this weekend."

"Oh, right, Uncle. Chief Long said you should take me to the Qindu Branch Bureau at the end of the month to collect the reward money. Altogether, it's three hundred thousand."

Meng Yongzhi nodded.

"I know. Chief Long told me already. Keep the reward money and decide how to spend it yourself. Just use it on things that will help your martial arts training."

"This time was truly too dangerous. Don't take such risks again."

Meng Chuan said he would not do it again and that this time had been an accident. After showing his uncle his fist techniques once more, Meng Yongzhi returned to the living room in satisfaction.

"Yongzhi, did I hear that right? The child earned three hundred thousand?"

Xue Na moved closer and asked.

Meng Yongzhi put down the newspaper in his hands, frowned, and said unhappily:

"He earned that by risking his life. Don't get any ideas about that money."

Hearing her husband say that, Xue Na hurriedly defended herself.

"I was only asking. I haven't even said anything yet, and you're already picking a fight with me."

"As long as he keeps practicing martial arts, the child will become more and more accomplished in the future. What's three hundred thousand? Once Chuan'er becomes a martial artist, earning three million will be easy."

Xue Na did not refute him this time. When she had gone shopping for groceries that morning, she had seen posters plastered all over the streets announcing the successful conclusion of Yong'an City's Young Eagle Cup.

Even for competitions between children under fourteen, the highest prize was one hundred thousand.

"Honey, do you think Chuan'er can compete too?"

Great Chu governed the nation through martial arts, and martial arts flourished among the people as a result. This left people uninterested in movie stars or singers, and the country did not promote them either.

Likewise, ordinary people did not enjoy watching movies or television dramas in their spare time. They preferred watching broadcasts of martial arts competitions.

In everyone's eyes, no program was more captivating than an exhilarating martial arts duel.

For some highly popular martial arts superstars, tickets to a single match could be scalped for several times their original price.

Hearing his wife's words, Meng Yongzhi said firmly:

"Of course he can. I believe Meng Chuan will one day make a name for himself in the arena!"

In the bedroom, Meng Chuan stood in a stance resembling the character for "person." His upper body was proud and straight like dark bamboo, while his lower body had both legs slightly bent, rooted firmly to the ground like an old tree.

His posture was exactly like the illustration for the Three Powers Stance, a textbook-perfect practice.

Maintaining proper form, smooth breath, and inward focus while standing in a stance was an extremely difficult task. The aching pain constantly spreading through every part of the body tested the practitioner's perseverance and resolve at every moment.

"This Three Powers Stance looks simple. All I have to do is stand still, but on one hand, I have to keep my body from losing its form, and on the other, I have to consciously control my breathing rhythm. It really isn't easy."

After obtaining the One Proof, Eternal Proof trait, Meng Chuan was always able to pinpoint the problem when practicing martial arts.

After completing several cycles of movements, Meng Chuan felt he still had strength left, so he continued.

After a grueling hour and a half, Meng Chuan was drenched as though he had been steamed in a sauna. Sweat streamed from his forehead all the way down his thighs. Feeling that his body had reached its limit and that he could not endure any longer, he collapsed onto the bed.

"Whew, an hour and a half. That's a huge improvement over before."

Meng Chuan guessed that perhaps this was because it was his first time standing in a stance after obtaining One Proof, Eternal Proof, which was why the improvement was so pronounced. He had directly added another half hour.

If every future stance session improved by another half hour over the last, then after a few years, he might be able to plant himself in the ground and hibernate.

Now, let's see how effective it was. The improvement in comprehension brought by One Proof, Eternal Proof also worked on stance training. Otherwise, Meng Chuan would not have gained so many new insights while standing in the stance just now.

Grand Unity Three Talents Stance: Human Stance (2%) → Human Stance (3%)

"It went up by 1% so easily. The results from one stance session today equal nearly an entire week of my previous efforts. One Proof, Eternal Proof really is incredible!"

Only now could Meng Chuan clearly feel the gap between geniuses and ordinary people.

According to what Master Luo had said before, the difficulty of stance training increased in stages. As proficiency grew higher and higher, the difficulty of later improvements was more than a hundred times greater than in the early stages.

With his previous talent, he probably would not have been able to break through to Earth Stance even if he trained until death.

Perhaps some people with traits suited for stance training, or those blessed with above-average innate bones, were currently improving their stance training even faster than he was.

But with the Martial Arts Limit-Breaking Panel, once myriad traits stacked together in the future, every genius would have to concede defeat before him.

In the blink of an eye, Saturday arrived. In just a few short days, Meng Chuan's panel had undergone earth-shaking changes.

Martial Arts

National Obligatory Basic Fist Art: Limit-Broken (One Proof, Eternal Proof) (Super)

Cannon Fist: Beginner (82%) — Pending Limit Break

Limit-Breaking Trait: Heavy Blow (Beginner)

Stance Training

Grand Unity Three Talents Stance: Human Stance (6%) — Pending Limit Break

Limit-Breaking Trait: Morning and Evening Enlightenment (Beginner)

Cannon Fist was the new fist technique Master Luo had taught him before. In just a few days, it had gone from uninitiated to nearly breaking through into proficiency.

This was all thanks to One Proof, Eternal Proof. Every time he performed the Cannon Fist routine, it became an indelible memory engraved into his body.

It allowed Meng Chuan to gain new insights with every subsequent practice session, building upon the last.