[Two major changes occurred suddenly, and a sense of foreboding rose in the hearts of the four of you. At this moment, Ye Hongqi roared and unleashed even greater power, briefly suppressing the Fierce Tiger King.]
[It turns out he had been hiding his strength. He had also completed the blood transfusion and flesh condensation, and was now only one step away from becoming a first-rate martial artist!]
[But you have lost two key combatants in succession. The price of Ye Hongqi's brief burst of power is the rapid depletion of his internal energy. If you lose your footing, you will all perish here!]
[The Tiger King, with its one trick, has conquered all. Not lacking in intelligence, it decides to try again. After all, it has thick skin, thick flesh, and a massive size; for it, it's just trading injuries, but for you, it's trading your lives.]
This time, the object of its trade of injury for life was Ye Hongqi, a martial arts genius who, at only nineteen years old, had completed a blood transfusion and flesh coagulation, and was even ranked last on the "List of Prominent Young Talents," making him one of the top 100 young talents in the entire Daqing!
Even though he was ranked in the top 100, a second-rate martial artist is still a second-rate martial artist. Under the sheer force of the Tiger King's bite, which could weigh several thousand pounds, his death was inevitable!
[Until—a dazzling blue light flashed, and time seemed to slow down, stagnate. You saw the blue light surge from Ye Hongqi's arm to the longsword, then rise from the tip of the sword and plunge straight into the Tiger King's head: from its mouth.]
[The Tiger King's final strike sent Ye Hongqi flying more than ten meters, but after that strike, its life force rapidly dissipated like an autumn cicada. In fact, even that strike was merely an echo of its remaining life force; it hadn't exerted its full power at all.]
Ye Hongqi stood up, coughing up blood; at least five bones were broken. You looked at him excitedly: "That streak of green light just now was energy leaving his body!"
Ye Hongqi has achieved a temporary breakthrough and is now a first-rate martial artist!
Yun Shou: "...Did we run into the protagonist?"
He thought it was quite similar, for example, the protagonist is often accompanied by death—not the protagonist's death, but the death of a passerby.
"Fortunately, I have some strength, so I don't have to provide enough energy for the protagonist's power surge."
You buried the dead, then boiled the tiger bones into soup and roasted the tiger meat.
Ye Hongqi said that eating these wild beasts from the mountains can replenish vital energy and is very beneficial to martial arts cultivation. The four of you ate together, and afterwards you felt your blood and energy surging, and your bodies full of vitality.
[You and that female warrior with the bow hit it off, had a one-night stand, and now you'll meet again in the martial world.]
Yun Shou: "..."
[You've absorbed a significant amount of the Tiger King's blood and essence. Although you're still far from breaking through to the first-rate level, you clearly feel your foundation strengthening. This is just a basic increase; the actual increase is much greater!]
[In the 287th year of the Great Celebration, you are thirty-two years old, with a foundation of 146%. But this current 146% is at least equivalent to the 152% you had before you ate the tiger!]
[Your foundation has finally reached the level of a normal person's healthy growth and diet. With a 1.46x boost, this is already quite impressive. Even if you started training from scratch, the possibility of becoming a first-rate martial artist is not small.]
After accepting the mayor's gift, you continue your journey; your goal is to travel the world.
In the 288th year of the Daqing reign, you heard that Qingcheng had fallen, and the Wu army had massacred the city in three days. The vast Qinghu Lake had been turned into a living hell, and the corpses thrown into the lake had turned it into a "red lake."
You sighed, continued practicing martial arts, and temporarily resided in Donglin City.
[In the 289th year of the Great Glory, you discovered that the Water Dragon Skill didn't seem to suit you as well as the Iron Body Skill. Otherwise, given your mastery of the Iron Body Skill and the ability to apply it to other skills, the Water Dragon Skill should have been fully mastered by now.]
[You begin to consciously or unconsciously search for better martial arts, seeking a more suitable and fundamental martial art for yourself.]
[In the 290th year of the Daqing era, without Zhu Baowen's intervention to deter them, the Wu Kingdom's army has not shown any signs of weakness. Instead, it has been advancing southwards, and you sense a vibrant atmosphere among those around you.]
Six months later, you too headed south, leaving Donglin City to get even further away from the battlefield.
[In the 291st year of the Great Glory, although you haven't reached the level of a first-rate martial artist, with an annual increase of 1% in your foundation and continuous practice, your internal strength has increased by 20% compared to when you initially reached the "blood-changing and flesh-coagulating" stage.]
[But you also feel that your physical foundation is almost at its limit. Soon, apart from the 1% increase in foundation each year, you will lose every bit of room for improvement at the second-rate martial artist level, reaching your complete limit. Only by breaking through can you become stronger.]
You settled in Yangxue City, occasionally earning a decent living through your martial arts skills.
In the 292nd year of the Daqing era, the Qing Kingdom ceded territory and paid reparations, thus ending the conflict with the Wu Kingdom.
[Having mastered the Water Dragon Skill, in addition to the "Overlord Saber Technique," you have also learned the "Hundred Battles Spear Technique."]
[Anyway, practicing more martial arts techniques won't conflict with each other or affect one's foundation. The only drawback is that it takes time, that's all.]
In the 293rd year of the Daqing era, you heard that two top-tier martial arts masters had challenged each other to a duel at the "White Moon Tower" in the city. You rushed to the scene and witnessed the battle. The swords flashed and the shadows of blades danced, and the duel ended with the swordsman emerging victorious.
You have made some progress and feel that you are getting closer to releasing your internal energy externally.
In the year 294 of the Daqing era, you joined the "Tianhe Martial Arts School" and became one of its instructors, primarily responsible for sparring...
In the 295th year of the Daqing era, you gradually gained the trust of the martial arts school master, Fang Mingyue. You applied to switch to the powerful martial art "Heavenly River Flow" and signed a lifelong contract with the Heavenly River Martial Arts School.
To reiterate, the chances of successfully obtaining a signature martial art like "Heavenly River Flow" are virtually zero, as such advanced techniques are only passed down to true disciples trained from a young age.
It's not that martial arts techniques are too secretive, but rather that we must ensure our own people always stay ahead and never be overtaken by outsiders. "Heavenly River Flow" is a high-level martial art that can lead directly to the Martial Master level and even to the Grandmaster level!
[What if the martial arts secrets are discovered by an outsider, who then learns the related weaknesses? What if the secrets are passed on to a non-true disciple within the school, who then gains the upper hand and surpasses the true lineage?]
[But since you switched cultivation methods, your foundation is severely weakened, practically blocking your path to becoming a martial arts master from the start, thus significantly reducing the difficulty of obtaining it.]
[The decreased difficulty does not mean there is no difficulty. Martial arts master Fang Mingyue has ordered his disciples to trace your origins and explore your past experiences, etc.]
They knew you had lived in Yangxue City for several years, they inquired about your dedication to martial arts in Donglin City, and they heard that you had killed a vicious tiger in He'an Town...
[But there's no further news, because your birthplace, Qingcheng, has already been massacred by the Wu Kingdom's army, leaving very few survivors. It's now a city of the Wu Kingdom, and even if some of the old folks are still there, how would they know about a nobody, a mere "top ten leader" of a gang outside the city?]
After taking oaths, signing contracts, and other procedures, your relationship with Tianhe Martial Arts School has become much closer. You are no longer just an instructor—someone who gets paid and can leave whenever they want.
You have mastered the "Heavenly River Circulation".
[In the 296th year of the Great Glory, with your mastery of the Hunyuan Technique and the experience of dispersing your internal energy, you completely dispelled the Water Dragon Skill in just one year, leaving your foundation utterly devoid of any trace of it!]
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