The Grandmaster Banquet was held in Qingcheng. Not only the local city lord, but also martial arts schools from surrounding areas and more than ten sects from the Three Kingdoms region attended.
"Boss, are those people from the Yangyao Sect?" a gay henchman asked dejectedly. "After the banquet, do we really have to return them?"
【"Um."】
"Then I'll send them some fruit." The gay henchman produced a plate of durian from who-knows-where, his face beaming with excitement as he teased you, "Boss, you know what? This isn't your average durian!"
["Oh?" You didn't react for a moment.]
"This is inside my old treasure's **..."
"Get out!" you roared. "That thing is forbidden from ever appearing in front of me again!"
Then you see the Yangyaomen envoys enjoying durian with relish, and someone even gives a thumbs up: "This is the taste, truly authentic. I'll ask them where they got their durians."
Yun Shou: "...Isn't this a bit too much?"
You walk through the banquet hall, the center of attention, when suddenly you hear the madam of the Hundred Flowers Brothel pleading to speak with you. You frown: "No, what are you, a pimp from a brothel, doing here at my Grandmaster's Banquet?"
[Your only relationship with Baihualou is that you go there once a month; it's a clean break, so what ulterior motive could she possibly have?]
The madam said cautiously, "Master Yun, um... Xiao Rui has been keeping it warm for you. She hasn't taken any other customers since that day, she's been waiting for you, and she's even fainted several times."
"..."
"..."
[You tell the gang members nearby to redeem that woman from her servitude, give her a few hundred taels of silver, and let her start a new life. Just don't let her keep muttering about you while you're doing this.]
The Grandmaster's Banquet has concluded successfully.
The Meteor Sect knows that the mysterious master who guided you onto the path of martial arts has long since disappeared. Therefore, to prevent you from going astray, they have decided to introduce you to a grandmaster for guidance.
[Of course, it's entirely up to you. If you believe you have extraordinary talent and that even a grandmaster is nothing in your eyes, then they won't say anything more.]
"Meteor Sect, add another point." Yun Shou grew increasingly fond of this sect he had never met before.
You gladly accepted. After handling some important matters following the banquet, you secretly traveled towards Ning Kingdom with a grandmaster from the Meteor Sect, several martial artists, and first-rate martial artists who had attended the banquet.
[The Meteor Sect is a sect of Ningguo, so the Grandmaster being introduced is also from Ningguo.]
As for your birthplace, Qing Kingdom... it's nowhere near as good as the Meteor Sect.
"This Qing Kingdom is just pathetic."
Despite his complaints, Yun Shou knew that there was a cause and effect involved in this matter.
Because in the simulation, he offended the Yangyao Sect and subjected one of their grandmasters to two ultimate insults. The grandmaster of the Yangyao Sect was the one who made the move most recently, and he had a greater presence than other grandmasters who had been living in seclusion in various places for a long time.
Therefore, other sects in Qing Kingdom subconsciously avoided getting close to him, only maintaining a superficial relationship... Over time, the estrangement deepened, making it even more impossible for them to become friends.
Unless a sect is willing to lower itself and fawn over a young man.
[Ningguo, follow a large river and you'll find a thatched hut. Two miles upstream from the hut is a small village. In the villagers' eyes, downstream lives a strange old man who lives alone, and the children don't want to play with him.]
[But this eccentric old man is one of the most outstanding figures in this world: your target for this trip is an unparalleled grandmaster, whom the people of the Meteor Sect respectfully call "Elder Jiang."]
[After a private conversation with Elder Jiang, your martial arts knowledge has increased by 100.]
[Master Jiang said that the Grandmaster stage is relatively simple. Upon breakthrough, one can circulate Qi throughout the body and form a defensive layer on the body's surface using internal energy. After that, one only needs to complete the internal energy tempering process, achieving a unified whole, and manifesting one's divine will. Don't worry about the details; just focus on practicing martial arts and leveling up!]
[But the Grandmaster is different; there are two paths to becoming a Grandmaster: the worldly person and the celestial person.]
[The Unyielding Golden Body, the Solidification of Qi into Matter, and the Furnace of Qi and Blood—these three abilities do not require cultivation through stages. Rather, they are abilities that emerge automatically as one progresses to become a Grandmaster. They are supernatural powers that awaken automatically, and their strength increases in tandem.]
Whether one is a "mortal" or a "celestial being," a Grandmaster's level needs to be cultivated to the highest possible level, progressing from the initial stage to the mid-to-late stages, and finally to the peak.
The path of "worldly beings" primarily focuses on physical combat power. First, after reaching a certain stage, one disperses their internal energy, then uses the "Qi and Blood Furnace" to refine as much of their accumulated foundation as possible, restoring it to a pure and uncontaminated state.
[By striving to reach the mid-to-late Grandmaster stage, the disadvantages of choosing inferior martial arts at the beginning will disappear!]
[Then he created his own martial arts: to be precise, it wasn't martial arts, but rather a martial arts style that a grandmaster tailored for himself based on his body control—a personal version, because others couldn't learn it as well as Iron Body Skill.]
[Grandmaster martial arts techniques at most enhance a person's aptitude and combat power by about 20%, while this kind of martial arts path, designed specifically for oneself, can provide a 30% boost to combat power at the most basic level once completed, and can even reach 60% or 100%!]
[You're probably thinking that those taller ones are the ones who can block the second attack from the Otherworldly Demon, right...]
Then there's the path of the "Celestial Being," which mainly involves comprehending the natural world. Legend has it that the first Emperor Ning followed this path, able to harness the "power of heaven and earth (primordial energy)!"
The vast majority of masters walk both paths simultaneously. The progress of ordinary people is steady and considerable, while those in the celestial realm often sit in meditation for decades without gaining any insight.
Few grandmasters have achieved significant progress in sensing the flow of energy between heaven and earth. They call this "communication between heaven and man." Even with "communication between heaven and man," it's useless for increasing strength. Only when "communication between heaven and man" reaches its peak can one manipulate these natural energies, leading to a dramatic sublimation of strength, lifespan, and even one's very being!
[A grandmaster once proposed: Those who ascend to heaven are the true path of martial arts, the next step for a grandmaster. As for mortals? They are utterly mediocre talents with no talent, desperately training their bodies and practicing techniques—but they will never develop internal energy; they are merely searching for gold in a cesspool!]
The celestial beings, on the other hand, directly located the gold mine and its vault!
[Ordinary people cannot undergo a transformation in their life level like that of a "martial arts master" to a "grandmaster," so basically, the great masters of each era are in the mountains and forests, by the rivers, contemplating the universe—those who can become great masters are all people who are devoted to martial arts and have little worldly desire.]
[You've learned a lot. Thank you for your guidance, Elder Jiang. I bid you farewell to the Meteor Sect members and depart.]
[In the same year, the Young Talents Competition was held at Yangyao Sect. You went there as an elder of the Meteor Sect and leader of the Qinghe Gang, not to participate, but to watch.]
Just by standing there, your youthful face has already overshadowed an entire generation!
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