Practical Application of [Flaw Insight]

That night, Li Yuan did not rest, throwing himself entirely into the cultivation of the Heavenly Refining Body.

Ever since advancing to the Fifth Grade of martial arts, his physical body had seen little improvement.

The Zhou Tian Dao Yin Technique had almost no tempering effect on a Fifth Grade physique.

But tonight, cultivating the Heavenly Refining Body for the first time, he could clearly feel his body strengthening.

From time to time, he felt the pain of Gang Qi scraping against his skin.

Amid the pain, he could also sense the Gang Qi clinging to his skin.

Calming his mind to cultivate, the sky quickly brightened; the night passed extremely fast.

Outside, noises grew chaotic, and the sound of car horns began to emerge.

Today was still a workday, but Li Yuan remained on break.

So after returning, there was no issue with not going to school.

This leave of absence wouldn't be fully over until the Youth Martial Tournament ended.

He went out and bought some breakfast.

After eating, Li Yuan went to the secluded open space where he usually trained.

With no one else around, Li Yuan began attempting to practice his martial techniques.

Through training, he felt the changes in his physical strength.

The Cloud Extreme Fist was unleashed instantly, its shifting forms beginning to manifest.

Compared to his last fight with Gu Yu, both Li Yuan's fist speed and power had transformed.

These weren't the most obvious changes.

The biggest change was in his fist momentum—it had elevated almost sublimely.

The skin of his body combined with Gang Qi.

Beyond protecting his body, both hands were also wrapped and covered by Gang Qi.

When the fist struck, it wasn't just him throwing a punch.

It was a terrifying momentum, violently driven forth with the aid of Gang Qi.

The Heavenly Refining Body had already entered its first stage!

This cultivation method—one that had Grandmasters racking their brains and even making enemies to fight over—was truly profound enough.

Its value was worth the Grandmasters' contention.

Unfortunately, it was too difficult to comprehend; even Grandmasters struggled to grasp its subtleties.

Furthermore, Li Yuan guessed that the Grandmasters couldn't learn it because they couldn't abandon everything they already had.

Their physiques were powerful—how could ordinary Gang Qi harm them?

Besides, would these Grandmasters allow their bodies to be damaged by Gang Qi?

Every Grandmaster treasured their body immensely; how could they let it get hurt?

Moreover, whether the content of the Heavenly Refining Body was true or false, right or wrong, had yet to be determined.

The higher one's position, the less willing they were to attempt cultivation.

Having confirmed the effects of the Heavenly Refining Body, Li Yuan felt somewhat reassured.

He no longer lacked a basic cultivation method.

The basic cultivation method he had obtained was still the top-tier in the world.

Tempered by this method, his physique should improve quickly.

Reaching the peak strength of a Fifth Grade physique was without any doubt.

He didn't go back to rest. Though he hadn't slept all night, Li Yuan wasn't the least bit sleepy.

He then practiced his martial techniques a bit more.

On this trip to Qijia Town, he had used the Six Martial Chain Blade many times.

The Youth Martial Tournament wasn't a direct fight between martial artists.

At that time, rankings would be based on one's ability to deal with ferocious beasts.

The frequency of using unarmed techniques would certainly be lower than that of bladed weapons.

Mastering the Six Martial Chain Blade more thoroughly would definitely be more helpful in the Youth Martial Tournament.

During his current practice, Li Yuan would imagine a ferocious beast in his mind.

Then he would use the Six Martial Chain Blade to deal with this imaginary enemy.

Simply raising proficiency was no longer useful.

After obtaining the [Martial Recruitment Accelerator] talent, mastering martial techniques was considered the baseline.

What was needed was to fully apply practiced martial techniques in actual combat.

How to use these moves to kill beasts in real battle.

That was what he needed to train and master now.

Around ten in the morning, feeling his martial skills improving quickly, Li Yuan prepared to head back and continue his foundational training.

On the way back, Li Yuan suddenly looked at the elderly men and women doing morning exercises in the residential complex.

They were practicing the Body-Strengthening Tranquil Heart Technique.

This was a technique designed for ordinary people, to strengthen the body and improve physical fitness.

This technique could not make someone a martial artist.

Most of those who practiced it were retired seniors.

They trained in this only to prolong life, not to deal with beasts.

Li Yuan glanced over and initially didn't pay much attention.

But then it struck him—he had just acquired a new talent, [Flaw Insight].

Focusing his concentration, Li Yuan began to watch the retired elders.

In an instant, the scene before Li Yuan's eyes shifted.

As they practiced their moves, faint flickering points of light appeared.

Li Yuan stared closely at those light points. If they were opponents, these would indeed be his opportunities to strike.

The [Flaw Insight] talent was too direct in its boost to practical combat.

It was born entirely for real battle.

With this talent, his actual combat strength would undergo a transformative leap.

But Li Yuan also understood clearly: spotting an opponent's flaw didn't guarantee victory.

When attacking someone's flaw, would he himself expose a flaw?

If his strength was crushed by the opponent, he might see the flaw but still fail to seize it.

Before his attack could even touch the opponent, the opponent would have already changed their move.

In such cases, the [Flaw Insight] talent would only keep making him feel regret.

He could clearly see the flaw, but had no chance to exploit it.

Having gained this talent, he shouldn't get too cocky or overconfident.

The core of martial combat still relied on the martial artist's own strength.

If the gap in strength was too great, what use was seeing a flaw?

Standing to the side, Li Yuan spent an hour mastering the use of his flaw-seeing talent.

After fully familiarizing himself, he continued training in Heavenly Refining Body in the afternoon.

Before the Youth Martial Tournament began, Li Yuan wanted to push his physical strength up another notch.

To make himself safer and also help improve his results.

After work in the evening, Chen Yong came to find Li Yuan for dinner and told him about recent events at school.

"Director Ma has handed over a lot of his management duties.

Instead, they've piled more teaching classes on him.

It really seems like he's actually clashed with the principal..."

Hearing this, Li Yuan couldn't help but frown.

In truth, Director Ma Tingde had always sided with Principal Yin.

He only spoke up for Li Yuan because he genuinely thought things had gone too far.

In his views, he was actually quite similar to Principal Yin—both believed Li Yuan wouldn't achieve much.

It was just that Principal Yin couldn't accept that attitude.

Loyalty that wasn't absolute was absolute disloyalty.

What he wanted was a subordinate who obeyed completely and acted exactly according to his ideas.

"The Youth Martial Tournament is just a few days away. Are you feeling anxious lately?"

Chen Yong asked this quite seriously.

Whenever he had something on his mind, his sleep would start deteriorating a few days in advance.

Li Yuan smiled and shook his head. "I feel fine. Not too worried."

Seeing Li Yuan's state, Chen Yong nodded as well.

"Good that you're not anxious. Anyway, competing for a spot in the Youth Martial Tournament is all about going for those B-grade Nutrient Fluids.

Don't take the final results too seriously.

Let them say whatever they want."

Chen Yong was still trying to comfort him.

Hearing this, Li Yuan nodded repeatedly, taking the advice.