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Guande Martial Arts School
Eternal Life Starting as a Hunter
Biodata
| Feature | Information |
|---|---|
| Name | Guande Martial Arts School (观德武馆) |
| Affiliation | Qingshan Town, under Anyuan County Town |
| Occupation/Role | Martial arts school providing body-tempering instruction, discipleship, lodging, medicinal support, and local protection against cultists |
| Founder | Yu Guande, a Tendon Changing Realm martial artist |
| Status | Active; managed by senior disciples while Yu Guande and Elder Ji recover from the toll of battle 122 |
| First Appearance | 28 |
Background
Guande Martial Arts School was founded after Yu Guande returned to Qingshan Town following his years of cultivation elsewhere. Having struggled to obtain a path to cultivation in his youth, Yu established the school to give ordinary people opportunities he had lacked. Its doors are deliberately open to applicants regardless of age, background, root bone, or aptitude, provided they can pay the fee and demonstrate resolve 28 33.
The school was the first martial arts school established in Qingshan Town and the town's only school overseen by a Tendon Changing Realm expert. Yu Guande's standing and connections in Anyuan County Town further strengthened its reputation 28 48.
Its rapid growth drew students away from neighboring schools. Guande's ability to give ordinary people a realistic chance at becoming Martial Artists through the Azure Origin Body Tempering Art became its chief advantage—and the source of hostility from rival schools 41 42.
Admissions & Facilities
| Service / Requirement | Details |
|---|---|
| Apprenticeship fee | Fifteen taels of silver; the school treats the payment as proof of a prospective disciple's resolve 28 |
| Aptitude screening | No routine bone-structure or aptitude test is required for admission 28 |
| Initial lodging | One month of accommodation is included after paying the apprenticeship fee 29 |
| Continued lodging | Five taels per month, or twenty-four taels for five months 29 |
| Daily provisions | Three meals, Bone Strengthening Soup, and other medicinal soups and ointments beneficial to cultivation 29 |
| Additional resources | Stronger ointments, pills, and elixirs can be purchased through the school pharmacy 29 65 |
| Scale | The school recruited over one hundred disciples and apprentices in a short period; it has no age limit for enrollment 33 |
Cultivation System
Azure Origin Body Tempering Art
The Azure Origin Body Tempering Art is Guande's broadly taught foundational cultivation method. It emphasizes comprehension and talent more than innate aptitude or root bone, allowing many ordinary people to enter the martial path 29 30.
- Can cultivate a practitioner to the peak of the late Body Tempering Realm.
- Is a damaged technique with no Meridian Opening Realm continuation.
- Cultivation slows sharply after entering the Body Tempering Realm for disciples without exceptional roots and talent.
- Is regarded as competitive with the body-tempering methods taught by martial arts schools in other major towns under Anyuan County Town 29 40.
Three Supreme Body Tempering Techniques
Guande possesses three complete Body Tempering cultivation methods capable of reaching the Tendon Changing Realm, each with accompanying offensive techniques 40.
| Technique | Notes |
|---|---|
| Thunderous Body Refining Fist | A supreme body-tempering method associated with the prerequisite martial art Thunderous Fist 40 43 |
| Bone Forging Black Dragon Leg | One of the school's three complete supreme techniques 40 |
| Waves Thunderbolt Palm | Considered the strongest of the three, but also exceptionally difficult to cultivate 56 117 |
Disciples may receive one of these techniques by reaching the peak of the late Body Tempering Realm before age nineteen, or through extraordinary roots, aptitude, and talent 40.
Notable Members
| Member | Position / Significance |
|---|---|
| Yu Guande | Founder and headmaster; Tendon Changing Realm expert. His severe old injuries and declining vitality limit his ability to fight 29 60 |
| Elder Ji | Manager of the school pharmacy and a Tendon Changing Realm expert whose combat ability is not widely publicized 65 74 |
| Liu Feiliang | Eldest senior disciple; took responsibility for stabilizing and managing the school after the Fire Worship Cult attack 73 122 |
| Lin Yutong | Senior sister, Meridian Opening Realm instructor, and one of the school’s strongest disciples; ranked among Anyuan County Town’s top thirty prodigies 29 40 56 |
| Ao Lingyu | Second senior sister and a senior administrator involved in disciple selection, exchanges, and instruction 41 56 |
| Luo Lianbo | Senior disciple who recruits newcomers, explains the school’s mission, and later leads operations against Fire Worship Cult remnants 28 64 85 |
| Zhong Wanyu, Qi Yaxue, Zheng Mengyang, Qin Shuqin, Jin Guangqing | The school’s “five great geniuses” 48 60 |
| Su Mo | Disciple whose victories in the Tri-Martial Arts Tournament made him Guande’s “hidden dragon” and greatly elevated the school’s prestige 54 55 |
Major Events
- Expansion and early fame — The school’s accessible admission policy and Azure Origin Body Tempering Art attracted disciples from Qingshan Town and neighboring settlements, provoking rival schools that lost students to Guande 41 42.
- Donglai Martial Arts School exchange — Guande decisively defeated Donglai. Xie Baolin won the opening bout, while Jin Guangqing swept nine opponents in succession, increasing Guande’s enrollment and public standing 42 43.
- Tri-Martial Arts Tournament — Changchun and Qiufeng Martial Arts Schools jointly targeted Guande during their exchange. Su Mo ultimately defeated Cao Xuanchu and the remaining elite disciples, securing first place for Guande 49 52 54.
- Local anti-cult operations — The school answered Qingshan Town’s call to pursue Fire Worship Cult members. Its senior disciples and newly advanced geniuses participated in the destruction of the Wild Wolf Gang and the killing of cultists hidden within it 59 61.
- Fire Worship Cult assault — Eight cultists, including two Tendon Changing Realm and six Meridian Opening Realm attackers, assaulted the school while many leading disciples were away. Su Mo and Zhou Nianwei eliminated the Meridian Opening Realm attackers, while Yu Guande and Elder Ji defeated the two Tendon Changing Realm cultists 68 71.
- Aftermath of the assault — The battle greatly depleted Yu Guande and Elder Ji’s vitality and lifespan, forcing them into recovery and leaving Liu Feiliang to oversee the school more directly 73 122.
- Cult Demon threat — The later annihilation of Changchun Martial Arts School heightened fears of another attack, though Guande remained comparatively secure due to Yu Guande, Elder Ji, and Liu Feiliang 122.
Reputation
- Guande became the most renowned martial arts school in the surrounding villages and towns after Su Mo’s tournament victory 57.
- Its reputation rests on both accessible instruction for ordinary people and the strength of its elite disciples 42 56.
- Rival schools and county-town geniuses frequently view Guande as inferior due to its Qingshan Town origin, and some of its Meridian Opening Realm disciples have been bullied while on assignments 125.