Dao Fruit: The Strength of Early Huajin

The success or failure of the scripture lecture would directly affect the image of the reincarnated Buddha's son, so Mo Wenjian dared not be careless in the slightest.

Mo Wenjian returned to his meditation room and carefully considered the details.

His mind was so exhausted that he fell asleep before ten that night.

When he woke again, it was already early morning.

Without a second thought, Mo Wenjian immediately opened the All-Heavens Dao Fruit Simulator.

[Age 16: Knowing that your cultivation aptitude is poor, you diligently practice the Marrow Cleansing Classic. You use your National Martial Arts knowledge, which has reached the pinnacle of perfection, to bring your compatibility with the Marrow Cleansing Classic infinitely close to one hundred percent. Your cultivation aptitude continues to improve!]

[Age 17: You know that the higher your attainment in Buddhist teachings, the more closely you will align with the essence of the Muscle-Tendon Changing Classic. You therefore become so absorbed in Buddhist scriptures that you cannot tear yourself away, and you easily break through to Early Ming Jin!]

[Age 20: You break through to Middle Ming Jin!]

[Age 24: You break through to Late Ming Jin!]

[Age 30: You break through to Ming Jin Perfection!]

[Age 36: Your Qi and Blood begin to decline, and your strength starts to diminish. Unwilling to let your cultivation path end here, you force a breakthrough to Early An Jin. Thanks to your extensive theoretical knowledge of National Martial Arts, the backlash is reduced to the theoretical minimum, and your injuries are not serious!]

[Age 37: While recovering from your injuries, you carefully sense the changes in your Qi and Blood and suddenly realize that the human body has limitless potential!]

[Age 38: You discover that minor injuries can heal completely, while only serious injuries leave lasting effects. You surmise that squeezing a little potential from your body will not pose any hidden danger!]

[Year 40: The First Opium War breaks out. The Great Qing Dynasty dispatches three Gang Force National Martial Arts grandmasters, who easily drive back Britain's ocean-going fleet!]

[Age 42: By squeezing out your body's potential, you break through to the Middle Stage of Dark Force!]

[Age 48: By squeezing out your body's potential, you break through to Late An Jin!]

[Age 51: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom rises in rebellion. A battle that shakes heaven and earth erupts between thirteen Gang Force National Martial Arts grandmasters loyal to the Manchu Qing court and eight Gang Force National Martial Arts grandmasters hostile to the Manchu Qing. Since both sides have reservations, they ultimately choose to stop fighting and make peace!]

[Age 56: The Second Opium War breaks out. The Great Qing Dynasty dispatches six Gang Force National Martial Arts grandmasters, who easily drive back the ocean-going fleet of the British and French allied forces!]

[Age 58: By squeezing out your body's potential, you break through to An Jin Perfection!]

[Age 60: You feel your body growing weaker by the day, and a realization suddenly dawns on you. Righteous path cultivation methods emphasize gradual progress and can nourish the body and prolong life, while demonic path cultivation methods seek quick success and immediate gains, squeezing out the body's potential in exchange for strength. You suddenly realize that you have strayed onto the wrong path. Your lamp has run dry, and you have little time left to live!]

[Age 61: You devote yourself to studying various methods of prolonging life, trying to make up for your body's depletion!]

[Age 69: Using the Muscle-Tendon Changing Classic as a foundation, you combine it with the health-preserving Five Animal Frolics to create the Five Animal Sinew Transformation Classic. Your health improves greatly!]

[Age 73: You catch a cold, and your condition grows increasingly severe. You already have one foot in the coffin. You decide to stake everything on one throw and desperately squeeze out your body's potential, finally breaking through to Early Huajin. Your increased strength brings greater physical resistance. Where you could only lie in bed with your eyes closed, waiting for death, you can now walk slowly with a cane!]

[Age 75: As your condition grows increasingly severe and your body's potential has been exhausted, you die of illness in your meditation room!]

[Based on your life, please choose a Dao Fruit-]

[Strength of Early Huajin] [Five Animal Sinew Transformation Classic] [Method of squeezing out the body's potential]

Mo Wenjian first ruled out the method of squeezing out the body's potential.

The vast majority of demonic path cultivation methods that sought quick success and immediate gains could squeeze out the body's potential in exchange for strength.

The method Mo Wenjian had devised on his own surely could not compare with the methods developed by countless demonic path predecessors over hundreds and thousands of years.

This option was clearly the least valuable.

After hesitating for a moment, Mo Wenjian ruled out the Five Animal Sinew Transformation Classic.

The Five Animal Frolics was a cultivation method created by the divine physician Hua Tuo, with an emphasis on preserving health and treating illness.

The Five Animal Sinew Transformation Classic was clearly intended to treat bodily depletion.

Mo Wenjian's body had been cultivated to a flawless state with one medicinal bath and three medicinal meals every day.

Since his body was not depleted, the value of the Five Animal Sinew Transformation Classic was greatly reduced.

Mo Wenjian's gaze finally settled on the strength of Early Huajin.

Mo Wenjian's cultivation aptitude was extremely poor. Under normal circumstances, he would never reach Early Huajin.

The strength of Early Huajin was an unexpected windfall that would let him break through his upper limit.

Once past this village, there would be no such shop.

Just as Mo Wenjian was about to claim his Dao Fruit, Master Xingshan, who had already stepped down as abbot, came before him.

"Buddha's son, the Shaolin monks have gathered at the Bodhidharma Hall. We humbly request your presence!" Although Master Xingshan was already a Gang Force National Martial Arts grandmaster, standing at the very pinnacle of the National Martial Arts world, he remained humble before Mo Wenjian.

"In that case, once I have washed up, I will go to the Bodhidharma Hall at once!"

Claiming the Dao Fruit would take only an instant.

But he would need some time to fully integrate the strength of Early Huajin.

Now that Master Xingshan had personally come to urge him along, it really would not do for Mo Wenjian to delay.

Master Xingshan might not care about the face due to a Gang Force National Martial Arts grandmaster, but Mo Wenjian could not fail to give it to him.

No one liked an arrogant fool, and Mo Wenjian did not want to tarnish the golden signboard of the reincarnated Buddha's son.

After washing up, Mo Wenjian followed Master Xingshan to the Bodhidharma Hall.

The monks of Shaolin Temple had gathered together, numbering over three thousand in all.

Besides Master Xingshan, there were three other Gang Force National Martial Arts grandmasters.

Master Suhui was the most senior, followed by Master Deyuan and Master Dezhi, with the Xing generation below them.

Of course, as Shaolin Temple was a sacred Buddhist site, faith was what mattered most.

Regardless of their status or strength, everyone had to stand and show respect upon seeing Mo Wenjian.

"Greetings, Buddha's son!" shouted three thousand Shaolin disciples in unison, making for a spectacular sight.

"Some attain the Dao earlier than others, but no one's Buddha nature is higher or lower. All are equal before the Buddha. During this scripture lecture, we will speak only of cultivation, not status. Anyone with a question may raise it in person!" As Mo Wenjian spoke, he walked onto the lecturing platform.

Mo Wenjian began explaining the Marrow Cleansing Classic from the very beginning. Drawing on his National Martial Arts theory, which had reached the pinnacle of perfection, he explained profound concepts in simple, clear terms.

At the foundational stage, all the monks understood him clearly; it seemed as simple as one plus one equaling two.

At the Ming Jin stage, some young novice monks gradually began asking questions, and Mo Wenjian addressed the crucial point of every one.

At the An Jin stage, more people began asking questions, but Mo Wenjian still answered fluently, without stumbling once.

At the Transforming Jin stage, someone raised a question almost every sentence, but Mo Wenjian handled them calmly without making a single mistake.

At the Dan Jin stage, ordinary warrior monks could not understand him at all. Only eminent monks on the same level as the heads of the six halls could barely follow Mo Wenjian's train of thought.

At the Gang Force stage, even Master Xingshan, who had only recently become a Gang Force National Martial Arts grandmaster, could grasp what was said but not why it was so. Only the three highly virtuous eminent monks who had long been Gang Force National Martial Arts grandmasters could occasionally comprehend a word or phrase.

Mo Wenjian finally understood why Patriarch Bodhidharma had not directly passed down the Marrow Cleansing Classic.

The Marrow Cleansing Classic was abstruse and difficult to understand. Without sufficient theoretical knowledge of National Martial Arts, it was impossible to grasp its essence.

Trying to explain the Marrow Cleansing Classic by force was like a university professor teaching calculus to elementary school students: he could speak until spittle flew, while they listened, drowsy and ready to fall asleep. It was simply playing the lute to a cow.

Just as the scripture lecture was about to end, a piercing voice suddenly rang out from beyond Shaolin Temple's mountain gate-

"His Lordship the Beile has arrived!"