[In the 277th year of the Great Flood, the Heavenly River's dissipation of power, though at a superficial level of "Great Completion," is quite rapid. Coupled with your relevant martial arts experience, the dissipation of power will be completed within a year.]
[Because you didn't use the Hunyuan Technique, 19% of your foundation was locked away, and your current foundation amplification is 253%, which means that half of an ordinary person's foundation (0.19 × 2.53) is locked and rendered useless.]
You knew that once you finished dispersing your cultivation, Zhu Baowen would most likely leave, which is why you've repeatedly questioned him over the past year.
The reason for your inquiry stems from Zhu Baowen's deliberate revelation of his telepathic communication technique. If you persist in pursuing this point, as before, the questions will gradually become more in-depth.
The initial question was: "Master Zhu, to be able to transmit your voice to my ear so clearly, your skill must be above that of a grandmaster. Are you some kind of expert? I didn't find any record of you in the chronicles of martial arts worlds."
[This gradually evolved into: "Master Zhu, in your opinion, is the Grandmaster really the limit of martial arts? I guess you are actually a Grandmaster, are there even higher mountains of martial arts above that?"]
Most of the time, Zhu Baowen would casually brush it off, giving platitudes like, "I'm just an ordinary martial arts master, I know a few tricks," or "Martial arts have no limits."
But when you told him that you had finished dispelling your powers, you noticed that his aura changed.
[The original Zhu Baowen was just an old man teaching children physical exercises, with a touch of greed. But at this moment, he displayed an aura of overwhelming power, like a martial arts saint descending to earth!]
You stand frozen in place, unable to move, because the entire world seems to be locked down, every inch of air frozen in place!
[Zhu Baowen said he was preparing to leave, and before that, he passed on a portion of the "Hun Yuan Jue" between his eyebrows to you.]
Yun Shou: "Luckily, I'm not an electronic device, otherwise it would have been embarrassing if he found out 'The file 'Hun Yuan Jue.txt' already exists when he was pasting it. Do you want to replace it?'"
[Afterwards, Zhu Baowen answered your previous questions, but to prevent you from despairing of martial arts, he only explained part of the story.]
"The path of martial arts is both long and short! The martial arts I know of consists of only five steps, yet countless martial artists spend their entire lives without ever taking the first step."
Then he glanced at you and comforted you, saying you still had a great chance of taking the first step.
Yun Shou: "...Not even a first-rate martial artist is considered the first step?"
[Zhu Baowen put away his imposing aura, as if frozen in time. You pressed him for details, asking what constituted the first step, and where he himself had progressed, Master Zhu.]
[Zhu Baowen's answer this time was quite clear: the complete condensation of essence, energy, and spirit into one is the first step—that is, the Grandmaster. The second step is beyond the Great Grandmaster, and he himself has just stepped into the third step.]
[You wanted to ask more questions at once, and knowing that Zhu Baowen was about to leave and wouldn't mind your persistent questioning, you asked again: What about the second step? And what about something even higher?]
Zhu Baowen pointed to the sky, then to the ground, and said, "This is the second step." He didn't elaborate further because it was virtually impossible for a martial artist to reach a higher level in this world, and also because: martial arts should not be lightly passed on!
This is a consensus across the ages.
Yun Shou felt that the narration was revealing something extraordinary.
As for what the third step was, he smiled, turned, and walked away.
[And while he was showing off, before he'd gone far, you pressed him with a final question: "Martial arts have five stages, yet the human world has never even reached the second stage. Is this land too remote, or is there something beyond this world?"]
This sentence finally made him look at you in a new light. Before leaving, he gave his disciple one last piece of advice: "If you can achieve harmony between heaven and man, you can head east to the heaven beyond the heavens!"
On this day, Zhu Baowen opened up a whole new world in your values, giving you a deeper understanding of martial arts and the world, and confirming some of your previous guesses!
Yun Shou also breathed a sigh of relief. As expected of a simulator, it's all about the essence.
The content he wrote was probably less than one percent of what it was supposed to be, and even the dialogue was abridged, but the core elements were so well understood by someone who only reads text.
The martial arts realm above the Grandmaster is the realm of sensing the heavens and earth. According to the martial arts novels he had read, this realm is called the Celestial Being, which is derived from "the unity of heaven and man".
Moreover, this place is indeed just a small place. After reaching the "Celestial Being" realm, one can go east, perhaps by crossing the sea. There, there is an "Ascension Platform" or a "World Rift" that leads to a higher level of martial arts world!
In a higher level of martial arts, there are five steps to martial arts. A grandmaster who can live to be two hundred years old is only the first step, and Zhu Baowen, who can defeat an army with one palm, is only the third step!
"The pursuit of martial arts knows no bounds!"
Yun Shou sighed with emotion.
Although he was just a first-rate martial artist, a little Karami who wasn't even half a step ahead, he couldn't help but get fired up now.
"I will become an immortal Martial Emperor!"
[Year 278 of the Great Qing Dynasty, Grandmaster-level Martial Arts: Introduction to the Sunburst Technique]
[In the 279th year of the Great Glory, you are astonished. Grandmaster-level martial arts are truly different. The Sunlit Technique is only the entry level, but its foundation is comparable to the Heavenly River Circulation Foundation plus the additional boost from minor completion.]
The increased depth of the Sunburst Technique at its peak has a significant effect on martial artists.
In the 280th year of the Daqing era, a young hero of only twenty-three years old came to Qingcheng to challenge top-tier masters and renowned figures in the martial arts world. He won every battle and finally challenged you, who was known as the "Second Young Hero" of a certain generation.
Then you unleashed five consecutive strikes, sending him flying backward, coughing up blood, admitting defeat.
[In the year 281 of the Daqing era, you are 26 years old. Your internal energy has reached 65% completion, and you feel as strong as a monster.]
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