Entering the Upper Ranks

"Are you here to test which cultivation method suits you?" Master Lin asked.

"Yes, Master Lin!" Jiang Liu responded.

"Then go back and wait! I'll have someone from the Technique Hall deliver the testing methods to you," Master Lin said, waving his hand.

"Yes, Master Lin!" Jiang Liu replied respectfully.

Not long after Jiang Liu returned to his small courtyard, a disciple from the Technique Hall arrived with nine cultivation methods for testing.

Jiang Liu signed to confirm and registered it on his Identity Jade Token. Only then did he accept the cultivation manuals, which had to be returned in full after one month. The first rule of the Fallen Blossom Gang's Training Hall was: cultivation manuals must not be spread; any violation will result in the destruction of one's Dantian, severed meridians, and retrieval of the manual.

First were the five Five Elements Heart Sutra manuals: Gold Spirit Art, Wood Spirit Art, Water Spirit Art, Fire Spirit Art, and Earth Spirit Art. Then there were Lightning Guiding Art, Frost Art, Thunderclap Art, and Wind Rise Art. All were low-grade Yellow Rank basic heart sutra manuals.

Jiang Liu looked at these manuals, unsure where to start.

Never mind, I'll cultivate the Five Elements Heart Sutra first. As for the Five Elements Spirit Arts from the gang, I won't cultivate them. After all, their rank is too low, a waste of time. As for the four attributes of lightning, ice, wind, I'll cultivate them and see if any are suitable.

Jiang Liu thought, Anyway, my skill proficiency can be merged, so it's not a waste of time. I just wonder if other attributes will come with it after merging? Jiang Liu felt a surge of excitement when he thought of the Five Elements Fist carrying the Fierce Tiger Fist's Tiger Intimidation attack.

Jiang Liu sat cross-legged, first guiding Blood Essence from his lungs, flowing out from the lung meridian, and along the large intestine meridian, all the way through the stomach meridian, spleen meridian, heart meridian, small intestine meridian, bladder meridian, kidney meridian, pericardium meridian, triple burner meridian, gallbladder meridian, liver meridian, and finally flowing back to the lungs, forming a perfect five-element cycle.

After running through it once, he felt a Yuan Qi particle formed from a drop of Blood Essence in his meridians. It seems that to open up the Dantian, I need to store enough Yuan Qi.

This drop of Yuan Qi was like a primer, and he needed to continue absorbing free Yuan Qi particles from the air.

Jiang Liu only realized after running the Five Elements Heart Sutra that the five elements complemented each other. Of course, it was also possible to cultivate them separately, which was why the progress seemed faster. Like those Five Elements Spirit Arts, which were cultivation methods for each of the five elements.

However, cultivating one of the five elements alone would have flaws. After all, martial artists' cultivation was the process of forging the body and evolving. The five elements corresponded to the five internal organs of the human body, so cultivating the Five Elements Heart Sutra was simultaneously tempering the five internal organs and six viscera.

This would only be known when advancing to Grandmaster, after all, Lin Hao was only a Fifth Rank martial artist, Grandmaster was too far away from him, it was normal not to know.

The reason why the Five Elements Heart Sutra was unranked was mainly because it depended on how far one could cultivate it, and it would be that rank, so it was difficult to determine its rank. Unlike those ranked martial arts, which would reach their peak.

Jiang Liu had unknowingly made the best choice, otherwise, he would have regretted it to death if he had to re-cultivate the other four elements when he was about to advance to Grandmaster.

With a thought, a deep blue light screen appeared.

Auxiliary System:

Name: Jiang Liu

Realm: Martial Artist (Unranked 1/100)

Alchemy (Entry 45/100)

Medical Skill (Uninitiated 0/50)

Five Elements Fist (Perfected) (Trait: Blood Essence Stimulation)

Wandering Steps (Perfected) (Trait: Displacement)

Heart Sutra: Five Elements Heart Sutra (Unranked, Uninitiated 1/500)

Technique: None

Try running the other cultivation methods! Jiang Liu picked up the Lightning Guiding Art and flipped through it carefully! "Ding! Found low-grade Yellow Rank Heart Sutra Lightning Guiding Art, record it?"

"Yes!" Jiang Liu clicked confirm! He then recorded the remaining three special attribute heart sutras in turn.

Let's cultivate the Lightning Guiding Art once and see. He immediately circulated the heart sutra, and a stream of Blood Essence heat rose from his lower abdomen, running along the Ren meridian to the Du meridian, forming a small cycle. A Yuan Qi particle formed from a drop of Blood Essence existed within the meridian. As expected, it took one-fifth of the time of the Five Elements Heart Sutra.

Then, according to the Thunderclap Art's circulation method, he circulated Blood Essence, and a stream of Blood Essence heat rose from his lower abdomen, running along the Chong meridian to the Dai meridian, forming a small cycle.

Following that, according to the Wind Rise Art's circulation method, he circulated Blood Essence, and a stream of Blood Essence heat rose from his heels, running along the Yin Qiao meridian to the Yang Qiao meridian, forming a small cycle.

Finally, according to the Frost Art's circulation method, he circulated Blood Essence, and a stream of Blood Essence heat rose from his heels, running along the Yin Wei meridian to the Yang Wei meridian, forming a small cycle.

Jiang Liu felt the four extra Yuan Qi particles in his meridians and felt a sense of satisfaction. Looks like I'm a genius! I can master all cultivation methods with just one try. This guy completely forgot that the panel directly forced the heart sutra circulation into him, and took the credit of the panel as his own.

Could it be that these five cultivation methods have to be cultivated one by one? Can't they be cultivated together?

Jiang Liu began to experiment one by one. But it was easier said than done, how could experimenting be so easy. Either the Blood Essence circulation route was chaotic, or the Blood Essence was running around everywhere. Jiang Liu was like a firefighter, his mind sometimes here, sometimes there.

After experimenting for more than an hour, he didn't succeed once, but instead caused Blood Essence to surge, spitting out several mouthfuls of reverse blood.

I don't believe it won't work, Jiang Liu thought fiercely.