Unveiling the Secrets

Chapter 19: The Revelation

Compared to just ten days ago, when I was first taken in by the Eight Great Kings, Zhang Xianzhong, my body has changed so much!

He jogged back to his quarters in the inner courtyard, grabbed a change of clothes and toiletries, and after a quick shower in the bathroom, Li Dingguo and Ai Nengqi hurried back to the front courtyard, checking their appearance.

Compared to the day he transmigrated, his previous appearance of being skin and bones was now gone.

After nearly ten days of nourishment from Spirit Rice Meal and Vitality and Blood Soup, plus having just broken through to become a Martial Artist, Li Dingguo's appearance had undergone a huge transformation.

Not only were his muscles full and his build tall and strong, but there was even a layer of healthy glow on his skin.

Compared to when he was first taken in by Zhang Xianzhong's Rebel Army soldiers, he was like two completely different people.

After becoming a First Layer Body Tempering Realm Martial Artist, not only did his physique improve again, but he also experienced a Vitality and Blood limit break and marrow cleansing. His current attribute values had increased significantly compared to his former self.

He felt power surging through his body with every movement.

Excitedly, he focused a sliver of his consciousness, sinking into his mind to look at the greatly changed, simple panel:

Host: Li Dingguo
Age: 10
Physique: 10
Spirit: 4
Skills: Tiger Roar Fist+ (Beginner)
Luck: 10 (Luck value of zero will inevitably lead to disaster)
Star Destiny: Army Breaker (Not activated)

All the attribute values on the panel, including the Luck value, had doubled compared to before he broke through to become a Martial Artist.

According to what Zhang Xianzhong said yesterday, when an ordinary person breaks through to the Martial Artist realm, their physique will be enhanced, basically doubling.

Li Dingguo's Physique and Spirit attributes were originally extraordinary, his innate talent far surpassing that of an ordinary adult.

The reason his various attributes increased so much after breaking through to become a First Layer Body Tempering Realm Martial Artist was mainly due to the Vitality and Blood limit break and marrow cleansing he experienced.

As expected, after becoming a Martial Artist, I'm much stronger than I was before.

Li Dingguo thought with delight, Speaking of which, even the weakest First Layer Body Tempering Realm Martial Artist has a physique twice that of an ordinary adult, but in terms of Spirit attributes and Luck, they should be about the same as ordinary people.

After all, in this world, encountering a battle at random will result in countless casualties for the Rebel Army. This shows that Martial Artists in the First Layer Body Tempering Realm are not considered experts; they merely qualify to go to the battlefield and kill enemies.

Only those with extraordinary talent, when they first break through to become a Martial Artist in the early stage of the First Layer Body Tempering Realm, will have their Vitality and Blood experience a limit break, resulting in a physique as powerful as mine is now.

Zhang Xianzhong was right, the gap between a genius Martial Artist and an ordinary Martial Artist at the same realm is too large; they can easily crush the opponent.

That guy Ai Nengqi, his innate talent is no worse than mine; his current Physique attribute should be similar to mine.

But in terms of Spirit attributes, he definitely can't compare to me. My advantage in this area is still very significant.

Potential future peerless generals like Ai Nengqi, once they grow up, will definitely be considered peerless prodigies.

He was already quite satisfied that he was now no worse than him, and even had higher potential.

Moreover, he hadn't even used his golden finger to cheat yet.

In the future, what would limit his rapid cultivation progress would depend on the amount of his Luck value.

Of course, potential is potential. In terms of combat power, it is closely related to the Martial Artist's cultivation realm.

Especially after hearing what the Eight Great Kings, Zhang Xianzhong, said yesterday, Martial Artists in the Qi Refining Realm have overwhelming strength compared to those in the Body Tempering Realm.

The gap between the two is too large; it is impossible to challenge those at a higher realm.

If Li Dingguo wanted to have a certain degree of self-preservation ability in this chaotic world, he would need to at least become a master in the Fourth Layer of Martial Dao, the Qi Refining Realm.

Otherwise, even with his extraordinary talent and even the cheat of his golden finger, he would at most be invincible among those at the same level.

Even now, having become a Martial Artist in the early stage of the First Layer Body Tempering Realm, he was still just a small fry. He still had to continue to lay low.

Li Dingguo and Ai Nengqi walked quickly, and soon returned to the front courtyard, quickly arriving beside Zhang Xianzhong.

"You two, sit down where you are first."

Seeing Li Dingguo and Ai Nengqi return, Zhang Xianzhong nodded at them, then waved his hand, telling them to sit down in front of him.

After the two sat cross-legged on the ground, looking at him with curious expressions, Zhang Xianzhong also sat opposite them and said solemnly, "Now that you have become First Layer Body Tempering Realm Martial Artists, you have stepped through the gate of Martial Artists. It's time to explain some basic information about Martial Artists to the two of them."

"In this world, not only is there a huge gap in innate talent between different Martial Artists, but there is also a big difference in the grade of various main Cultivation Methods."

"According to my understanding, based on the classification of Cultivation Methods, they are roughly divided into four categories: Art, Technique, Scripture, and True Scripture."

"Among them, Art-type Cultivation Methods are the lowest grade, and True Scripture-level Cultivation Methods are the strongest."

"Of course, this is what I know. This mysterious world is too vast; whether there are even stronger Cultivation Methods, no existing Martial Artist knows."

"Among these four types of Cultivation Methods, Art, Technique, and Scripture can be inherited through written records in books."

"But True Scripture-type Cultivation Methods are completely different."

"This type of Divine Techniques and Marvelous Methods cannot be described with words or pictures. Their form of expression are various attribute Heavenly and Earthly Runes that contain the content of the corresponding Cultivation Method!"

"Under normal circumstances, True Scripture cultivation methods can only be passed down by the Qi Refining Realm Martial Artist themselves. They use their own Spirit Soul power to condense cultivation method runes within their Spirit Sea, then inject these runes into the Spirit Sea of another Martial Artist."

"As for what realm a Martial Artist who receives a True Scripture cultivation method can cultivate to, that depends on your own talent or luck."

"Any True Scripture cultivation method is a peerless divine technique. Of course, even among peerless divine techniques, there are differences in quality."

"The most top-tier True Scripture cultivation methods are mysterious and unfathomable, practically limitless, and utterly incredible!"

"Even the lowest-tier True Scripture cultivation methods can be cultivated all the way to the Great Perfection of the Nine Martial Dao Realms."

"After receiving the inheritance of these top-tier divine techniques, Martial Artists must rely on themselves to visualize the cultivation method runes in their Spirit Sea and comprehend the cultivation on their own. It's truly miraculous!"

"The old saying, 'The master leads you to the door, but cultivation is up to the individual,' refers to this."

"Only monstrously talented Martial Artists can cultivate any True Scripture cultivation method. Even if ordinary talented Martial Artists are lucky enough to obtain one, they can only look at it. They simply cannot understand it and cannot even begin to cultivate it."

"Sigh!"

Speaking up to this point, Zhang Xianzhong sighed, "Unfortunately, for some unknown reason, it has been several hundred years since there has been any news of Martial Artists appearing in the Upper Three Realms."

"Among the known great experts currently, the strongest cultivation level heard of is only the peak of the Fifth Layer of Martial Dao."

"According to the rumors I've heard, only three people have reached this realm: Ao Bai, the Baturu of the Later Jin; Cao Bianjiao, the fierce Guerrilla General of the Great Ming border army; and Lu Xiangcheng, the Prefect of Daming Prefecture."

"When you become a Qi Refining Realm expert at the Fourth Layer of Martial Dao in the future, you will understand just how difficult cultivation is for Qi Refining Realm Martial Artists!"

"Even breaking through a small realm is quite challenging."

"For example, I broke through to the early stage of the Fourth Layer of Martial Dao three years ago, and I am still stuck at the early stage of the Fourth Layer now."

"Compared to three years ago, I have made significant progress in martial arts skills, but my cultivation has stagnated."

"Within the Qi Refining Realm, the gap between each major realm is beyond ordinary people's imagination."

"Aside from those legendary peerless talents who can challenge opponents above their level, like Cao Bianjiao and Lu Xiangcheng, other cultivators, even within the same major realm, a Martial Artist at the middle stage of the Fourth Layer of Martial Dao can easily defeat a Martial Artist at the early stage of the Fourth Layer of Martial Dao."

"The higher the cultivation level, the harder it is to improve."

"According to some great experts at the Fifth Layer of Martial Dao, this is due to the gradual decline of spiritual energy in the world over the past few hundred years, and the increasing scarcity of various high-level Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, Spirit Grass, and Spirit Roots."

"Sigh!"

His words were full of regret, and he couldn't help but sigh.

Li Dingguo and Ai Nengqi, who were hearing these secrets for the first time, were greatly startled and looked at each other in silence.