Frenzied Study of Martial Skills

At twelve noon, Ye Wudao advanced to the minor completion stage of Body Tempering.

Just like his advancement to the initial stage of Body Tempering, his body began to heat up, and a large amount of sweat poured out.

However, this time there was one slight difference: he had expelled some more black, viscous fluid.

Nevertheless, the amount of black fluid expelled from his body this time was clearly less than the last.

According to Qin Tianlong, this was because after practicing the Infinite Art and raising his realm, he had undergone another round of marrow cleansing and tendon transformation.

At the same time, the Infinite Art also advanced to the entry-level stage.

[Your cultivation technique Infinite Art has reached the entry level. You are in a great mood and practice diligently. Technique proficiency +40/minute, realm experience +4/minute.]

After his realm rose to the minor completion stage of Body Tempering, the experience required for the next realm increased from 10,000 to 20,000.

With the advancement of minor realms, the realm experience did not increase tenfold; it merely doubled.

According to his current cultivation efficiency, he could gain 20 points of realm experience per minute. In sixteen hours, Ye Wudao would be able to advance to the major completion stage of Body Tempering.

He had never imagined that martial arts cultivation could be this easy.

Hu Lianfeng looked at Ye Wudao, who had reached the minor completion stage of Body Tempering, and was left completely speechless.

He asked in a low voice, "How are your injuries?"

Ye Wudao moved his body around and replied, "There shouldn't be any major issues left!"

He hadn't expected that just by raising his realm twice, the injuries he sustained last night would already be healed.

The saying that it takes a hundred days to recover from broken bones and injured tendons simply didn't apply to martial artists.

Every time a realm was raised, the excess true energy in the body would take the initiative to repair the body's injuries.

This was also the reason why martial artists with higher realms lived longer lives.

Hu Lianfeng nodded and said, "Since that's the case, I will teach you martial arts today!"

"Since your cultivation technique and martial arts can practice themselves automatically, I just need to be responsible for teaching them to you."

Upon hearing this, Ye Wudao instantly perked up and scrambled off the bed.

Seeing his movements, Hu Lianfeng covered his nose and said, "You had better go take a shower first!"

Ye Wudao looked at himself with some embarrassment.

Last night, when he advanced to the initial stage of Body Tempering, he had sweated, and then, unable to move, the sweat had soaked entirely into the gauze.

Added to that was the black, viscous fluid expelled from his body just now during the minor completion of Body Tempering.

The mixture of sweat and stench was indeed quite unpleasant.

Even though his own nose had grown accustomed to the smell, a sudden deep breath still made him feel nauseated.

After Ye Wudao showered and came out of the bathroom, Hu Lianfeng had produced a broadsword from somewhere.

Hu Lianfeng looked at the damp-haired Ye Wudao and said, "Weren't you forced off a cliff by people from the Four Blade Sect yesterday?"

"Today, I will teach you the Four Blade Sect's unique skill—the 'Deadly Four Blades'."

"In the future, if you encounter people from the Four Blade Sect, use this blade technique to deal with them."

"Aside from the blade technique, I must also teach you some essentials for wandering the pugilistic world."

"The first rule is: always repay a grudge, and pay it back tenfold or a hundredfold."

"Only then will others not dare to provoke you easily!"

"The Deadly Four Blades consists of only four strikes, focusing on being fast, accurate, and ruthless—every strike is meant to take a life!"

"Watch closely!"

As his voice fell, Hu Lianfeng began to demonstrate the blade technique.

Ye Wudao narrowed his eyes. These "Life-Taking Four Blades" didn't look like a complete martial art; they looked more like a blade technique specifically researched for killing.

Every strike sought to attack the opponent's weakest point.

There were four strikes in total, and every single one was aimed at a fatal weakness.

After Hu Lianfeng finished demonstrating, he asked Ye Wudao, "Did you understand?"

Ye Wudao didn't hold back and nodded. "I saw it! Compared to the Primordial Art, this is much simpler!"

Hu Lianfeng nodded slightly and continued, "Then I will demonstrate another set of blade techniques that I primarily use—the 'Four Seasons Blade'."

"The first form: Spring Breeze Turns to Rain!"

"The spring breeze brushes the willows as the blade leads the way, continuous and dense without pause. Seemingly broken yet still connected, like silk and thread winding around the enemy's neck..."

Ye Wudao watched Hu Lianfeng demonstrate the blade technique intently. It was fortunate that the space in Cell No. 1 was large enough; otherwise, something like blade techniques would be truly difficult to demonstrate.

"Did you understand it?"

After Hu Lianfeng finished demonstrating the technique, he asked softly.

Ye Wudao nodded. "I understood!"

Hu Lianfeng was somewhat surprised, because when he had previously taught Ye Wudao the Northern Dark Divine Art and the Eight Extremes Fist, Ye Wudao had not possessed such rapid comprehension.

He said with a hint of disbelief, "Then demonstrate it for me once!"

Ye Wudao knew that Hu Lianfeng did not believe him, so he took the blade from Hu Lianfeng's hand and began to mimic his movements.

Hu Lianfeng was taken aback; although Ye Wudao's blade technique was not yet fluid, it already possessed the basic framework.

He seemed to suddenly think of something and barked, "You brat, when I taught you the Northern Dark Divine Art before, were you messing with me?"

"This Four Seasons Blade is also a Houtian Realm technique, yet you learned it the moment you saw it!"

"I recited the Northern Dark Divine Art to you seven or eight times before you finally memorized it?"

Ye Wudao paused for a moment, then shook his head and said, "No! It was only after I cultivated the Primordial Art that I felt my comprehension of techniques became so fast."

At this moment, he could only attribute all the credit to his cultivation of the Primordial Art to avoid letting Hu Lianfeng spot any flaws.

In any case, he was currently the only one who could cultivate the Primordial Art, so no one else would be able to verify this.

Hu Lianfeng nodded slightly, not overly suspicious of Ye Wudao's explanation, and merely muttered softly, "The Primordial Art has such an effect?"

Afterward, he looked at Ye Wudao and said softly, "Since that is the case, let's hurry. Today, I will pass on everything I have learned in my life to you."

"I want to see just how far you can grow after merging the martial arts and techniques of the three of us!"

Ye Wudao nodded; when it came to martial arts, he would never turn them away.

As the saying goes, having many skills is never a burden; learning more would never do any harm.

Anyway, he only needed to keep "PUA-ing" the techniques, without having to actually practice them himself.

In the time that followed, Hu Lianfeng taught him the Meteor Fist, the Heart-Destroying Palm, the Roaming Dragon Step, and a hidden weapon technique called the Soul-Chasing Dart.

The martial arts Hu Lianfeng had mastered were primarily those of the Body Forging Realm, with relatively few Houtian techniques.

He focused mainly on blade techniques, with his primary study being the Houtian technique, the Four Seasons Blade.

For an average martial artist, a single Houtian technique was more than enough.

According to his eldest master, Qin Tianlong, Xiantian techniques were actually quite rare because they primarily focused on stimulating Xiantian internal energy, and they all followed the same path.

Only Body Forging and Houtian techniques relied on physical strength and methods of force exertion to attack.

In fact, many Body Forging and Houtian techniques became Xiantian techniques once they were supplemented with Xiantian internal energy.

Within two hours, Hu Lianfeng's entire repertoire of martial arts had been hollowed out by Ye Wudao.

This even included the time Ye Wudao spent demonstrating the techniques.

When Ye Wudao displayed every single technique without a single error right in front of Hu Lianfeng, Hu Lianfeng was left completely stunned.

He still remembered the immense hardship he had endured to learn these techniques back in the day.

It was not just the learning process that was difficult; the methods of acquiring these martial arts had also been exceptionally arduous.

In that era when martial arts were not yet widely promoted, the manuals and secret books of every sect were guarded with their lives.

Yet, today, the martial arts he had spent half his life learning had all been mastered by Ye Wudao.

Moreover, Ye Wudao would eventually cultivate these techniques to the Perfection Realm.

One had to realize that there were some techniques among them that he himself had never even cultivated to the Perfection Realm.

Hu Lianfeng looked at Ye Wudao, feeling both gratified and dejected.

He was gratified because Ye Wudao was his disciple and had a limitless future.

He was dejected because it seemed he no longer had anything left to teach Ye Wudao; he had been completely drained by him.

Watching from the side, Zhang Hankuang was also shocked by Ye Wudao's performance.

In truth, he had not cultivated as many martial arts as Hu Lianfeng, given the age gap between them.

He looked at the dejected Hu Lianfeng, shook his head with a bitter smile, stood up, and said, "Since Old Ghost Hu has been hollowed out, then let me take over!"

"I also specialize in blade techniques, but unlike your second master's broadsword, I practice the Tang saber."

"As the saying goes, 'an inch longer is an inch stronger.' The broadsword emphasizes power and weight, making it suitable for chaotic battles, while the Tang saber is better suited for duels."

"The blade technique I practice is called the Silk-Entangling Blade, which emphasizes the blade moving like a thread, entangling the opponent and never letting go."

"Watch closely!"

Ye Wudao nodded and began to follow Zhang Hankuang to learn the martial arts.

An hour later, Zhang Hankuang also admitted defeat; he had taught everything he could.

The Silk-Entangling Blade, the Light Smoke Step, the Eight Trigrams Palm, the Bone-Shattering Fist, plus the Mountain Crushing Fist he had taught earlier—these were all the techniques he knew.

However, these were all Houtian techniques, which were relatively difficult to learn.

Furthermore, his techniques were primarily based on entanglement and were extremely complex.

But encountering a monster like Ye Wudao, who could learn anything regardless of its difficulty in just one go, left him speechless.