Ma Jiamen: I was forced to fight for supremacy

Ma Zhan turned into a good student and continued to listen to Teacher Miaoyi's story.

“Apart from warriors, the largest number of practitioners are Yuanling masters.

Yuanling Master is a cultivation method created by the former royal family of the Tang Dynasty. A fifth-grade Yuanling Master can awaken the power of elements and has strong combat effectiveness.

However, the path of practicing as a Spiritual Master is extremely expensive. Among the Tang nobles, any one with elemental talent would choose the path of a Spiritual Master, which is directly related to the wealth of the Tang Kingdom.

The practice of ghost cultivators violated the laws of nature and was opposed by all cultivators. Therefore, almost all ghost cultivators were concentrated in Fengdu, with few wandering around the world.

Sword cultivators have the highest requirements for talent and are also the practitioners with the greatest lethality. Most sword cultivators are concentrated in the Sword Pavilion.

There are many others like wizards, sorcerers, evil spirit masters, array masters, etc., but few people practice them.

As for the demon race, it depends on which race it is, and the race also depends on what kind of bloodline it has.

Bloodline determines the cultivation route of the demon race, but the most noble bloodline and the most outstanding demon race will awaken the power of elements.

There are rumors that the former Tang royal family obtained the method of practicing elements through some kind of exchange of interests, which enabled them to establish the Tang Dynasty.

You barbarians can be classified as warriors. You have great talent and a high starting point. Your later cultivation will depend on your own luck."

Ma Zhan only realized today that this world is so complicated and there are so many types of cultivation.

"I thought I would be invincible if I had two martial arts manuals, but that's too small. My vision is too narrow."

"What about the level? For example, your fourth-grade cultivation, what specific level is it?" Ma Zhan asked.

Seeing her apprentice's strong thirst for knowledge, Miaoyi felt a little proud. She slowly drank a sip of tea and continued.

"Take martial artists for example, there are nine ranks."

"It's really the ninth rank, nothing new at all." Ma Zhan muttered to himself.

"Ninth rank, training the skin and flesh, eighth rank, training the bones and blood.

These two stages are for the polishing of the practitioner himself, not only limited to the body itself, but also the mind, spirit and other aspects.

The Confucian six arts, the Taoist meditation, and the Buddhist pilgrimage and asceticism are all ways to polish the body.

If you want to achieve higher cultivation and greater breakthroughs in the later stages, your own strength is the foundation.

Ma Zhan nodded, "It seems that a fool's dream of obtaining a martial arts secret manual, becoming the leader of the martial arts world, and marrying a female hero will never come true."

"That makes sense, please continue."

“At the seventh level, one must cultivate internal strength through techniques, forming true qi and spiritual energy within the practitioner’s body.

The human body has countless veins and acupuncture points. The true qi and spiritual energy start from the dantian and flow freely to any part of the body, which is considered the seventh level of perfection.

Once the seventh level is perfected, there is a world of difference between practitioners and ordinary people.

With the blessing of true qi, the monk's strength, speed, endurance, etc. can no longer be measured in the same way as ordinary people."

Ma Zhan finally found a place where he could cheat, so he started asking.

"Is there a big difference between practicing a very powerful technique and practicing a very useless technique?"

Miao Yi explained patiently,

"Kung Fu, like martial arts, does have different levels of proficiency, but what's more important is the person who practices it."

Miao Yi's purpose was to tell Ma Zhan not to be superstitious about martial arts and to focus on his own practice.

But Ma Zhan doesn't care about those things. In his mind, if he can spend money, he will spend money, if he can use cheats, he will use cheats. Being awesome is the most important thing.

Miaoyi is a qualified master and continued.

“At the sixth level, one can release one foot of zhenqi or spiritual energy outside the body, protecting the body like armor.

However, when hit by a huge force that exceeds the limit of one's ability, the true qi will be dispersed and the meridians will be damaged.

Just like how you broke Zhu Tianfei's true qi with one axe, that fat guy has limited talent and has been stuck at the peak of the seventh level.

His internal energy was weak, so he could only imitate a sixth-grade warrior and briefly release his Qi to form a fake protective Qi, which was then broken by your axe.

If Zhu Tianfei and Hua Yunlong reached the sixth rank, they wouldn't even need a second move to kill you.

Ma Zhan curled his lips in disdain, "I fought with a sixth-rank warrior, and I even kicked him several times."

"You're just bragging~"

Miao Yi asked with a grin, "And then? Did you win?"

Thinking about his butt, Ma Zhan said embarrassedly.

"No more, Master, please continue."

Miao Yi chuckled and continued.

"At the fifth level, one can release one's true Qi to attack the enemy. The distance and power of the release are affected by the practitioner and the cultivation method.

You can also inject your true Qi or spiritual energy into weapons or other objects. At this level, even picking flowers and flying leaves can hurt people.

At this level, martial arts can make up for one's own shortcomings.

Of course, skills and martial arts are external things. Ultimately, it all depends on the absolute strength of the practitioner himself.

The fourth level requires cultivating one's mind. The mind of sword, knife, spear, killing and inaction are all mind.

Cultivate your own ideas, which belong only to you. There are only similarities, but no complete consistency.

After a practitioner reaches the fifth level of cultivation, he can be said to have reached a new level with each step.

Talent and understanding determine how far a practitioner can go and how high he can climb.

This level cannot be compensated by external forces such as skills, medicine, etc.

How many unrivaled martial arts geniuses are stuck at the fifth level of perfection, never able to take that next step."

"Damn, this is starting to play with metaphysics. I wonder if my Han Xin thief will take it as an excuse."

"Master Beauty, what do you mean?" Ma Zhan asked

Miao Yi replied: "Falling Flower Sword Intention."

"I wipe it, it's so ambiguous, Luohua, it feels a bit garish."

Miaoyi saw that Ma Zhan was distracted and coughed lightly.

"Did you listen carefully?"

"I'm listening, Master Luohua Meiren."

“I~…”

'Don't be angry, don't be angry...'

Miao Yi comforted herself and continued

“The third level, enlightenment, is to realize one’s own path just like the mind.

Everything in time can be Tao, and Tao is truth. Discover your own truth.

The so-called sudden enlightenment, realization of the truth, and entry into the Tao all happen in an instant.

Entering the third level is the peak.

The second rank, known as the junior grandmaster, has already mastered the art of martial arts and can draw on the energy of heaven and earth to generate endless internal strength.

However, the sky is incomplete and the earth is imperfect, and the replenishment of the energy of heaven and earth is only a gift from heaven and earth to living things.

The power of the second rank is already equivalent to seizing the luck of heaven and earth, so it is greatly restricted by the rules of heaven and earth.

As for the first rank, my master is a first rank, but I have never seen her use her full strength.

But my senior sister told me that Master has the ability to move mountains and fill the sea.

Legend has it that the first rank is divided into four realms, but I cannot give you a clear explanation of what abilities each realm possesses."

Ma Zhan quickly said: "How come you haven't seen me? I am a land immortal."

Miaoyi snorted and said angrily.

"Don't talk nonsense anymore, kid. There are only three land immortals known to the world.

Sword Saint Wu Dao, Emperor Fengdu, and Emperor Li Hao of the Tang Kingdom. These three are the totems of human cultivators.

"Holy crap, there really is..."