Li Mu was sent flying back four or five zhang by Shi Jian's punch. Even if there was no malice involved, he was still furious.
Although he benefited from this and received half a jar of stalagmite water, he also gave away some pills, so it was a win-win situation.
As Shi Jian said, his punch was indeed a spontaneous act born of a desire to test his skills, a mere exchange of blows.
Since this is a friendly exchange, it's only polite to return the favor, so let's send back a punch.
"Senior, I've also practiced boxing for a few years. Why don't you try taking one of my punches?"
After Li Mu finished speaking, without waiting for Shi Jian to speak, he made a fist gesture, poured spiritual energy into his right arm, and raised his hand to strike.
"bump!"
This punch sent Shi Jian tumbling through the air, flying directly into the main hall.
While apologizing, Shi Jian was also on guard against Li Mu's counterattack. This young man was definitely not easy to deal with, and his strength was not weak either.
Otherwise, Shi Zhongtian and his more than forty gang members wouldn't have been killed so easily.
He had been gathering his strength before Li Mu approached, and when Li Mu asked him to try taking a punch, he was already prepared.
When the punch approached his body, he even used the Star Absorbing Technique to dissipate the force.
However, this young man was exceptionally strong, and even though he was prepared, he was still knocked away.
Not only that, but because he had activated the Star Absorbing Technique, he absorbed the true energy released from Li Mu's fist.
After Shi Jian freed himself from the broken wall, he quickly circulated his internal energy, trying to force out the true energy left in his body by the fist technique.
To his surprise, the wisp of true energy actually rushed directly into his meridians, and when he tried to force the wisp of true energy out of his meridians...
That wisp of true energy actually circulated throughout his body, following the flow of his cultivation technique.
Next, something even more astonishing happened: as that wisp of true energy dissipated, the calcifications that had not yet been removed from the meridians disappeared.
In other words, his body has returned to normal, and his cultivation is also recovering.
Is this a case of turning misfortune into blessing?
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Li Mu felt a pang of pity as he watched Shi Jian, looking somewhat disheveled, walk out of the main hall.
I wonder if I'm being too vindictive. If I get punched, I'll just punch back. Why bother arguing with an old man?
However, he didn't know that the old man Shi Jian had actually recovered because he had absorbed a trace of his spiritual energy.
Shi Jian was able to receive spiritual healing entirely by chance, and it was also because he had been drinking stalagmite water, a spiritual substance from heaven and earth, for a long time.
"Hahaha! Young friend, you are truly a man of character. I am very pleased. Why don't we go into the hall for a chat?"
Seeing the large bump on Shi Jian's head and the scrapes on his hands and face, Li Mu suppressed a laugh and followed his invitation into the main hall.
"Young friend, your cultivation technique is quite extraordinary! May I ask who your master is?"
After the two were seated, Shi Jian raised a question.
"Senior, my name is Li Mu. You can call me Li Mu."
Li Mu clasped his hands in a fist salute to Shi Jian and explained.
"What I cultivate is slightly different from what you do, senior. It is a family secret technique, and please forgive me for not being able to tell you."
"The cultivation technique you practiced, senior, is truly remarkable; it actually managed to suppress the spread of jade calcification in your body's meridians."
"Oh! Young friend, you've noticed. The cultivation technique I practice is the Golden Crow Dao Technique, which belongs to the Yuan Yang Technique. Apart from requiring the preservation of Yuan Yang body, it doesn't seem to have any special features."
Li Mu didn't feel anything when he heard about the Golden Crow Dao Technique. There were so many cultivation methods in the world, and it was too common to create one and just pick a name for it.
I also heard that this was a kind of primordial yang energy, and I finally understood why Shi Jian was able to suppress the calcification of jade.
"I don't quite understand the distinctions between martial arts realms. I wonder if you could enlighten me, senior?"
Li Mu had never really understood the differences in strength among martial artists in this world, especially the vast gap in strength between Heavenly Realm martial artists, which he couldn't comprehend.
Shi Jian seemed to admire Li Mu very much, or perhaps he hadn't spoken for many years and was eager to express himself, and once he started, he didn't want to stop.
"Nowadays, martial arts realms are roughly divided into four levels: Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow. The lower and middle levels are pretty much the same."
However, once you reach the Heavenly Realm, some people divide it into the Innate and the Acquired Realms.
Based on my understanding after more than a hundred years of cultivation, the Heavenly Realm is the Heavenly Realm; there is no distinction between innate and acquired.
The reason why the strength of martial artists in the Heavenly Realm varies so greatly is due to factors such as talent, duration of training, cultivation methods, and comprehension.
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Li Mu agreed with Shi Jian's explanation, just as two people practicing the same technique at the same time would eventually have different strengths and weaknesses.
Moreover, these martial artists, due to their different sects, ages, and training environments, will inevitably have significant differences in strength.
After thinking it over for a while, Li Mu asked again:
"Senior, is there a realm beyond the Heavenly Realm in the path of martial arts?"
When Shi Jian heard Li Mu ask this question, he casually replied:
"Above the Celestial Realm?"
It seemed like a rhetorical question, or perhaps a self-questioning one, before Shi Jian fell into a brief moment of contemplation.
"More than fifty years ago, I had already cultivated to my current level, and further progress has become a luxury."
After speaking in a low voice, Shi Jian began to circulate his own internal energy, and his aura instantly rose.
Even Li Mu, who was sitting several meters away, was startled by the aura emanating from it; its strength was comparable to more than ten Shi Zhongtians.
"Why!"
With a sigh, Shi Jian instantly withdrew his aura back into his body, his cultivation now contained and under his complete control.
"I think there is a high probability that it exists above the Heavenly Realm, but our generation has lost its way in cultivation."
Many years ago I began traveling the world, visiting friends, always seeking a breakthrough.
However, all the world's top-level martial arts techniques have been lost, and there are no subsequent techniques. How can one break through?
Thirty years ago, I barely managed to grasp a glimmer of hope for a breakthrough, but unexpectedly, I discovered that my meridians were calcified.
To this day, we still haven't even scratched the surface.
After Shi Jian finished speaking, his spirits seemed to wane again, as if he had given up hope of breaking through the bottleneck of the Great Dao.
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Li Mu looked at Shi Jian, who seemed like a deflated balloon, and felt a sense of empathy for him.
The feeling of wanting something but not being able to get it is the most hopeful, but also the most disappointing.
It's like a person striving towards their destination, only to find a wall blocking their way.
It's not that I don't want to strive forward, but that someone has blocked my path, and no one can accept this feeling of despair.
Inside the main hall of Shizhong Temple, Li Mu and Shi Jian, one old and one young, chatted like old friends all night long.
That night, Li Mu gained a lot. In addition to obtaining rare and precious items, he also gained a deeper understanding of the martial arts of this world.
According to Shi Jian, several sects have patriarchs whose strength is comparable to his, and some sects have more than one.
Next, Li Mu will be going to several sects to seek revenge. If he goes there rashly without Shi Jian's guidance, he might not return.
Moreover, Li Mu learned for the first time from Shi Jian that hidden sects existed in this world.
Simply put, the martial arts sects that appeared at the martial arts tournament were all hidden sects, and there was also an inner sect that generally did not appear in the world.
This was the first time Li Mu had heard of this. As for where the Hidden Sect was, Shi Jian had only heard of it and had no idea where it was.
As dawn broke, Li Mu and Shi Jian, like old friends, exchanged pleasantries and then parted ways.
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