Chapter 647 - 350: Choice of Divine Intention Diagram, Secret Technique for Tempering the Viscera

The imposing characters on the cover initially caught my eye, as I read through the martial arts outline, Su Mu grew increasingly delighted.

The opening of Bafist is about the hegemon, the ultimate of force. This fist technique believes that all techniques are based on strength, it does not pursue complex changes, but the absolute power advantage of ’overcoming thousands of techniques with one force, subduing mountains and rivers with one punch’ and the momentum of a mountain collapsing and tipping over.

This fist technique, in Su Mu’s view, is quite domineering, different from any fist technique he had seen before. Even the Hundred Battles Fist, born from military slaughter, was not as unreasonable and overbearing as this.

The power of Bafist is directly related to the cultivator’s physical strength, the abundance of Qi blood, and the limit of tendons and bones. In Su Mu’s view, it is more like a pure strength amplifier that can strike out the cultivator’s physical strength in a way that seems barbaric but is actually more efficient and violently concentrated.

The so-called first impression is the strongest. Once the Bafist is cultivated profoundly, the punch will naturally induce the momentum of the world and form a unique ’hegemon’s pressure’ that intimidates the opponent’s physical body and mind.

"What an excellent Bafist... The hegemon’s pressure cultivated by this fist technique seems akin to the momentum of the fist."

Su Mu’s jade bone reinforced through cross-training martial arts is showing signs of breaking through to a higher realm. Coupled with the part of White Dragon Power obtained at Bai Jiao Mountain and the Cyan Fish Gang’s ultimate study, Flood Dragon Shocking Skill, the Immortal Body has now set the Little Vajra Secret Realm on the right track.

Meanwhile, Su Mu’s Qi blood is also exceptionally abundant, having improved during his days at sea, now reaching the state of nine feet and two inches.

Physical strength and Qi blood have always been the two strong foundations of Su Mu. The power of this Bafist is directly linked to the cultivator’s physical strength, Qi blood, tendons, and bones, as if it was tailor-made for Su Mu.

Moreover, Su Mu keenly senses the potential of this fist technique. The hegemon’s pressure described in the cultivation technique clearly has a marvelous similarity with the momentum of the fist.

"Perhaps there’s a marvelous similarity, or perhaps they share the same root, but there is undoubtedly a commonality between the two... In any case, this fist technique can likely provide me with inspiration."

Su Mu’s pitch-black, deep eyes grew brighter. For the opponents he currently has to face, the Sixth Grade’s formidable Hundred Battles Fist is actually no longer sufficient. The Bafist in hand just perfectly fills this gap.

In this way, it can be said to achieve three things at once.

"It’s decided, it’s you."

Su Mu decided to choose "Bafist" as the first martial art. He plans to select all three martial arts today and intends to leave Donglai once this matter is resolved.

At present, Su Mu’s eyes narrowed slightly, falling on the two incomplete Divine Intention Diagrams, which store the will and imagery of a great cultivator. The true intention within them not only fades over time but partially dissipates with each use of comprehension.

Because of this, these two Divine Intention Diagrams are under restriction, sealed with a material known as frost jade in this world. This frost jade, translucent as frost, resembles glass from his previous life; such transparent jade would undoubtedly be priceless in his past life.

However, unfortunately, this world is one of personal power and cultivation. Such worldly goods that do not aid cultivation are valuable but are not rare in the eyes of cultivator factions like the Cyan Fish Gang.

Su Mu slightly narrowed his eyes, activating a semi-enlightenment, soul incarnation, and inference talent simultaneously as he gazed at the first incomplete scroll in his hand.

Shortly thereafter, hidden guards exchanged inside the Flying Fish Pavilion. This hidden guard was concealed in the shadows, barely detectable by ordinary people, even if they were nearby.

This person looked at Su Mu from afar, slightly lowering his head as he looked at the incomplete "Mysterious Snake Heart Devouring Chart" in his hand, with a corner of his lips curling in disdainful scorn.

Even an incomplete Divine Intention Diagram is left by a grandmaster-level martial artist or secret technique. If merely glancing at it could lead to comprehension, it wouldn’t be called a Divine Intention Diagram, but rather a rotten cabbage.

"This person seems unfamiliar yet can access the sixth floor, must at least possess a six-patterned Cyan Fish Order, I wonder which major figure’s trusted aide within the gang he belongs to..."

The hidden guard shook his head, subtly leaving the Flying Fish Pavilion without disturbing the ’fool’ intently studying the Divine Intention Diagram. Another hidden guard silently took over without any noticeable movement throughout the process.

The ’fool’ by the nearby bookshelf remained unaware, continuing to immerse himself in study.

A few moments later, the world suddenly fell silent, the light vanished along with it. Su Mu forcibly entered into the true intention with the terrifying comprehension and talent of 218 points.

"Hiss hiss——!"

In the darkness, a dark shadow flickered, it was a ghostly blue giant snake exuding extreme cold. In less than a tenth of a breath, the ghostly blue giant snake seemed to transform into eight or nine figures simultaneously biting forth.

Su Mu lightly frowned, his sea of consciousness simultaneously receiving crisis warnings from the four martial momentums, and in an instant, the ghostly blue giant snake tore apart the form condensed by Su Mu’s spiritual will.

Exhale!

Softly exhaling, a touch of reflection flashed in Su Mu’s eyes, finally closing the Divine Intention Diagram in his hand and placing it back into the wooden cabinet.

During this process, Su Mu’s peripheral vision unintentionally swept over the hidden guard in the shadows, slightly frowning. After repeated comprehension transformations, his five senses have grown beyond imagination. Furthermore, he has personally created a grandmaster-level Breath Concealment Technique.

The hidden guards of the Flying Fish Pavilion might deceive some Fourth Grade cultivators, but to Su Mu, they are full of flaws. Yet, to avoid causing trouble, he pretended not to notice, though instinct compelled him to frown.

Returning attention, the martial arts within this Divine Intention Diagram may be powerful, but extremely cold, bizarre, and tricky, a path of risky moves. This does not align with Su Mu’s martial momentum. Though of high quality, it is unsuitable for him.

Presently, Su Mu’s gaze falls on the second Divine Intention Diagram on the sixth floor.

The hidden guard in the shadows saw Su Mu frowning and returning the Divine Intention Diagram, coldly sneering even more in his heart.

Su Mu now held up the second Divine Intention Diagram.

A few moments later.

"Buzz——!"

Once again forcefully plunging into the true essence of the Mystic Diagram, this time, it was no longer a pitch-black and serene place, but rather, standing beside a stone pool creek, with clear water revealing its bottom and fish frolicking within.

However, there was no further profound mystery beyond this.

"Is this the true essence of the Mystic Diagram?"

Su Mu felt perplexed, looking around indeed without further changes, yet Su Mu refused to yield, pushing his various talents to the extreme.

Suddenly, a gray shadow flashed across a giant stone beside the stone pool, disappearing without a trace in the next second, as if the previous occurrence had never happened.

"Interesting... This Mystic Diagram is named ’Floating Stone Reflection Diagram’."

Su Mu’s eyes flashed with surprise; it’s intriguing his comprehension had difficulty unraveling the Mystic Diagram, which indicated its extraordinary nature.

Immediately, Su Mu planned to make this Mystic Diagram his second choice among Martial Arts.

After selecting the two Martial Arts, Su Mu did not linger longer and directly descended to the sixth layer and arrived at the second layer, just as Su Mu originally refined his Five Viscera and completed Blood Exchange through cultivating the ’Five Elements Technique’.

The Fifth Grade utilizes Yin-Yang Power to temper the six viscera, which has its specialized Cultivation Technique Secret, and Su Mu planned to choose a suitable technique for tempering the six viscera as his third choice, or perhaps this was Su Mu’s greatest intention for coming here today.

"Found it."

Su Mu paused at a bookshelf on the second layer; before him, a large bookshelf was half-filled with techniques for tempering the six viscera, estimating no less than fifty books.

With great interest, Su Mu picked out and scrutinized each one, sounding pleasant as the pages turned, Su Mu tirelessly read through one book after another, eventually selecting three techniques.

’Profound Fierce Viscera Tempering Method’, this method is fierce like fire, provides more retention of Yang Sha Power’s lethality after tempering the six viscera with Yin-Yang Power, and enhances the power of Martial Arts focusing on ferocity in future cultivation.

’Brahma Elephant Viscera Tempering Technique’, though also following the fierce path, unlike the Profound Fierce Viscera Tempering Method, it’s not so extreme. Upon mastery, it boosts fierce Martial Arts, and at profound depths, offers slight benefit for future cultivation of such Martial Arts.

’Three Profound Forging Lungs Technique’, this technique appears mediocre, with no features, nor does it augment any Martial Arts, but allows repeated tempering of the six viscera.

"According to the Secret Technique outline, during the first transition it’s only a lower-grade viscera tempering method, at the second transition, it’s upper-grade, and by the third transition, it’s on par with any top-tiered viscera tempering method, and the Martial Force tempered by this technique is notably balanced and pure; while it doesn’t uniquely enhance any Martial Arts, this technique’s Martial Force is strong and pure, if accumulated extensively leading to great effectiveness without effort."

"But this technique isn’t without drawbacks, multiple tempus lung tempering will inevitably require more resources of Yin Sha and Yang Sha Power and several times the normal amount of other viscera tempering techniques."

After finishing reading, Su Mu made his conclusion on this technique. The pros and cons of the Three Profound Forging Lungs Technique were evident; its claim to compare with any top-tier viscera tempering secret was enticing, but the significant expenditure of time and resources required personal consideration.

At this moment, Su Mu was unaware that this viscera tempering technique was quite unpopular within the Cyan Fish Gang, seldom asked about daily but not lacking in reputation; rumors did have a Cyan Fish Gang disciple choose this technique because of its no-inferiority to any top-tier technique.

The outcome resulted in being surpassed in cultivation by disciples with lesser talent, and after spending double the cultivation resources and time, ultimately chose to condense Martial Energy Pill after the second transition.

Just because there’s a point in the technique not explicitly noted; subsequent tempering difficulty and resource demands increase, resulting in if not cultivating to the third transition, only the second transition realm compared to ordinary superior viscera tempering methods is unnoticed in difference, even due to balanced Martial Force production leading to less effectiveness in combat.

Thus, it might serve better to choose from the onset a superior viscera tempering method to cultivate; hence, the Three Profound Forging Lungs Technique, potentially comparable with any top-tier viscera tempering secret, was removed from the sixth layer and placed in the second by Cyan Fish Gang’s higher-ups.

Unaware of these hidden truths, Su Mu, after some contemplation, made a decision; he ultimately chose the ’Three Profound Forging Lungs Technique’.

"The Martial Arts I’m cultivating aren’t entirely fierce, there’s both the soft and hard; currently, I have twenty-eight streams of Martial Force within, which will continue to rise... balance and purity are what’s most fitting!"

Su Mu isn’t rigidly adherent to fierce Martial Arts; the Five Animals Qigong combines both soft and hard, he wouldn’t temper Martial Force just for several Martial Arts; this ’Three Profound Forging Lungs Technique’ is quite suitable in this regard.

Moreover, the creator opened with aiming no lesser than any top-tier nature after the third transition, such boldness must bear its ingenuity and confidence; Su Mu held some expectation regarding this.

Upon selecting these three texts, Su Mu proceeded to the first layer to register when seeing the ’Three Profound Forging Lungs Technique’, the gray-robed old guardian’s expression became odd, seemingly wanting to remind something.

Upon noticing there’s also ’Floating Stone Reflection Diagram’, his lips twitched slightly and simply chose to remain silent; to him, Su Mu is both naive and is stubbornly proud, let him be.

Only when he truly hits a dead end with no alternate path can he truly reflect, not choosing to waste words on such folly.

"Everything is registered; as for the other two books, you may transcribe and return within three months, the ’Floating Stone Reflection Diagram’ may only be comprehended for a month, beyond due return or any external leaking of the text, the Law Enforcement Hall will naturally come to find you, handle it wisely."

The gray-robed old man’s tone was neither cold nor warm, Su Mu naturally noticed it but did not mind.

Taking the three compendiums, Su Mu returned to the hall, immediately beginning his study of the ’Three Profound Forging Lungs Technique’, focusing entirely with one breath.

"The way of Heaven and Earth is nothing beyond the Five Elements and Yin-Yang; Yin Sha congeals the cold of Nine Nether, Yang Sha gathers the intensity of True Fire."

"The human body’s six viscera serve as the pivot of Qi’s transformation, also complies with the principle of Yin-Yang. Using Yin-Yang’s dual Sha as the hammer, the six viscera as the mold, forge thrice to seize Yin-Yang’s creation and establish an unmatched foundation..."

After superficially reading through Fly Fish Pavilion, now settling in the side hall with mind at peace to comprehend thoroughly, resulting in a semi-dawning of comprehension.

Three Profound Forging Lungs Technique (entry-level 1%)

Comprehension: 219 (Descending Star)

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