Without such breadth of mind, how could one behold the splendor of the star river!

Without such breadth of mind, how could one behold the splendor of the star river!

Ning Rongrong's assessment had been correct.

Ye Qingcang was indeed qualified to ignore her.

But Ye Qingcang had not ignored her.

Amid Ning Rongrong's flattered and astonished expression, Ye Qingcang stopped fiddling with his bracelet, halted, and glanced back at her. Though she was not sure whether that glance had truly been directed at her, she hoped it had been.

Ye Qingcang's next answer was even more terrifying upon careful consideration.

"Then I'll continue from what Teacher Qin Ming said..." Ye Qingcang's steady voice drifted across dozens of meters to reach the ears of the Shrek group. There was none of the arrogance they had imagined, immediately making Ning Rongrong suspicious of the fierce debate between Ye Qingcang and Yu Xiaogang in the carriage. "Teacher Qin Ming is right, but not entirely right. I must remind you of one thing—Blue Tyrant Academy stipulates that every student has only the right to study Stellar Martial Arts and Soul Guidance Technology, not the right to spread them, graduates included. Therefore, no matter how much Teacher Qin Ming has learned, even if it is only the skin and hair of it, it still contains a great deal of his personal conjecture and misunderstandings. For example, the student who told you the introduction to the first two chapters only told you about three wondrous abilities, but did not tell you that after all three are fully stacked, they can undergo a second, third, fourth, and even ninth sublimation. Blood Like Mercury Silver can truly cultivate Quicksilver Blood. Divine Workmanship can truly cultivate Divine Muscle Demon Back. Flesh Furnace can truly cultivate Qi and Blood Furnace. Qi and Blood Wolf Smoke and Blood Flame—these are all things you do not know about. Of course, that is normal."

Was that normal?

That was not normal at all!

Who would tamper with a useless introduction like that?!

Qin Ming wore an expression of wanting to speak but stopping himself. Tang San, Dai Mubai, Flender, Yu Xiaogang, and the others also looked at a loss for words. Even Ning Rongrong, who was delighted that Ye Qingcang had answered her, could not help but blank out for a moment after hearing that reply.

However, compared to that startling answer, what shocked them even more was that Ye Qingcang could still hear what they had just said from dozens of meters away!

After all, they had not been shouting just now. Qin Ming had merely introduced Stellar Martial Arts and Soul Guidance Technology to them in a normal speaking voice.

Students also occasionally passed by along the roadside.

To distinguish a conversation dozens of meters away amid the disorderly sound of footsteps—could such perception truly belong to a level-forty Quasi Soul Ancestor?

The Shrek group did not know.

In any case, they could not do it.

An ordinary person's hearing range was only five or six meters.

Without activating their martial souls, Soul Masters were merely ordinary people as well.

Being strong and healthy did not mean one had keen senses.

This was what it meant to be a severely unbalanced Soul Master!

However, since Ye Qingcang could hear them from dozens of meters away, Ning Rongrong finally no longer needed to shout when speaking to him. "May I ask, what are the five chapters after Stellar Martial Arts?"

"Chapter Three—Skin and Hair."

"Impervious to blades and spears, untouched by water and fire: skin."

"Slaying Red Dragon, Subduing White Tiger: hair."

"The cicada senses autumn's chill before the wind has stirred: peripheral nerves."

"Chapter Four—Tendons and Bones."

"Dragon Tendon Phoenix Vein: tendons."

"Copper Skin Iron Bones: bones."

"Ice Muscle Jade Bones: tendons and bones in harmony."

"Golden ratio: the complete perfection of Chapters One through Four."

"Chapter Five—Viscera."

"Five Elements Mastery: the five viscera."

"The liver contains wood: Acquired Wood Control."

"The heart contains fire: Acquired Fire Control."

"The spleen contains earth: Acquired Earth Control."

"The lungs contain metal: Acquired Metal Control."

"The kidneys contain water: Acquired Water Control."

"The six bowels without leakage: the six bowels."

"The liver and gallbladder are paired internally and externally, opening into the eyes."

"The heart and small intestine are paired internally and externally, opening into the tongue."

"The spleen and stomach are paired internally and externally, opening into the mouth."

"The lungs and large intestine are paired internally and externally, opening into the nose."

"The kidneys and bladder are paired internally and externally, opening into the ears."

"The Triple Burner functions throughout the entire body, without leakage or deficiency."

"Chapter Six—Brain Domain."

"Photographic memory: memory."

"The sixth sense: intuition."

"The seventh sense: time."

"The eighth sense: space."

"The ninth sense: a heart as clear as a mirror."

After briefly explaining the contents of those six chapters, Ye Qingcang stopped when he reached Chapter Seven. He paused for two or three seconds, making the Shrek group increasingly uncomfortable, before adding, "Chapter Seven—Microscopic. Chapter Seven has no clear realm divisions. Once you have entered the door, you may begin studying Magnetic Field Martial Arts. You can understand Chapter Seven as the prerequisite for cultivating Magnetic Field Martial Arts. If you cannot achieve the microscopic, you will never be able to cultivate Magnetic Field Martial Arts."

Unlike the borrowed Soul Guidance Technology.

Stellar Martial Arts was his foundation.

It was the supreme path he had created for himself using "Illusion Realization."

Chapter Seven might seem unremarkable, merely a prerequisite for cultivating Magnetic Field Martial Arts. Yet precisely because Chapter Seven had no clear realm divisions, its theoretical upper limit was infinite—microscopic perception was not the same as inner vision. It allowed one to perceive down to the molecular level within one's body, causing molecules to interact and form a magnetic field. Then, based on this minuscule magnetic field, one would gradually attract surrounding molecules into it, use the ninth sense to control that field, and steadily expand it. That was the operating principle of Chapter Seven: Microscopic. Once that magnetic field had been cultivated to a certain degree and could contact the external magnetic field—that was, communicate with the magnetic field of the real world—one would have entered the door of Magnetic Field Martial Arts. After entering the door, there were only two things to strive for: expanding one's own magnetic field, which was Chapter Seven, and increasing the resonance between one's magnetic field and the external magnetic field, which was Magnetic Field Martial Arts. Nothing else needed consideration, because every martial artist who successfully set foot on the path of Magnetic Field Martial Arts was equivalent to a child of the world, a child of the stars. Even if they had only just touched the external magnetic field and could borrow merely one hundred-millionth of its power, a single punch would be no less devastating than a meteor striking a planet, or even an asteroid striking a planet.

In his later conception, the completion of Magnetic Field Martial Arts, the middle section of Stellar Martial Arts, should be the use of one's own magnetic field to contain a planet's magnetic field.

As for the still-unconstructed final section of Stellar Martial Arts, it should use the fleshly body to contain a star—treating the star as the heart, as the five viscera and six bowels, as muscle, as blood, even as molecules—until one became a star system, or even the universe.

The opening section seemed vast and profound, but it was nothing compared to the middle section, which sought to command the world.

The middle section seemed wildly arrogant, but it was nothing compared to the final section, which sought to become the universe.

That was precisely why he was humble and low-key.

Though the vast majority of the Shrek group had already regarded his humility and restraint as arrogance, and only Ning Rongrong could understand even half its meaning, if he truly wished to be arrogant, then with the power he could currently borrow—one hundred-millionth of this world's magnetic field—he could unleash destructive force at level forty comparable to that of a level-ninety-five Super Douluo. If he chose to be arrogant, he could point at anyone in the world and curse, "Compared to me, all of you are trash!"

That was also why he felt nothing toward Tang San.

You walk your Narrow Bridge, and I will walk my Broad Road.

I will not kill you for no reason like so many transmigrators would, but I have no interest in being your friend or believing that you are the protagonist.

Perhaps you are the protagonist of Douluo Continent.

But the Douluo Continent where I stand may have become a parallel world because of my arrival. I am the protagonist of my own story!

Or rather, everyone is the protagonist of their own story!

Without such breadth of mind, how could one behold the splendor of the star river!

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