Chapter 180 - 109: Seventeen Years Old, a Secret Inheritance in a Single Night, Like a Reincarnated Human Immortal

Chapter 180: Chapter 109: Seventeen Years Old, a Secret Inheritance in a Single Night, Like a Reincarnated Human Immortal

This kind of Innate Talent...

He’d only ever heard of it from the biographies of those True Sect prodigies.

But those people... they all had elders to patiently instruct them, some even receiving direct impartations of power and enlightenment. What did his apprentice have?

Duan Chenzhou’s expression slackened, a sense of shock washing over him.

At the same time, he gritted his teeth, thinking of the one who was ’secretly teaching him Martial Arts’. A sense of unease settled in his heart.

’This prized apprentice of mine... he won’t be swayed by such temptations and switch his allegiance, will he?’

Meanwhile,

the Dragon Head gradually dissipated. The deep, thunderous dragon’s roar faded away from within Ji Xiu’s very organs...

When Ji Xiu came to his senses,

he was met with waves of soreness, numbness, and weakness spreading through his limbs, his hands and feet turning ice-cold.

It was as if the immense blood and Qi that had been churning through his body, roaring like a Furnace, had been utterly spent the moment he finished preemptively mastering ’Ye Longxiang’s Head’.

"HUFF... HUFF..."

’No wonder Master Duan said you can’t bear the Truth of a Secret Martial Art if your training isn’t deep enough. He was right.’

’My Dao Skill has reached First Realm Perfection, I’ve already been Condensing Divine Soul, and I even obtained Mercury Blood Silver Marrow during Bone Tempering, yet I barely withstood it.’

’If someone who hadn’t even achieved Skin Refining Outer Gang tried this... Forget mastering it; they’d be lucky not to kill themselves in the process.’

Snowflakes danced and fell from the sky. Ji Xiu exhaled a long breath, feeling an unprecedented weakness.

As he was marveling at the immense cost of executing a ’Secret Martial Dao’,

the Blood Marrow he had obtained from his ’Mercury Blood Silver Marrow’ began to churn wildly, spurred on by his body’s desperate cries of weakness.

It began to generate new blood, working like a perpetual motion machine that would never stop!

In just a few moments,

Ji Xiu’s heart and lungs began to pound once more, returning to their original state.

A powerful life force surged through him.

His Glazed Bone and Jade Vein Tendons, which had just dimmed moments before, once again radiated a brilliant light, making him look utterly revitalized.

’But thankfully, I’ve already undergone Dragon Blood Tempered Bones, broken through my Great Limit, and been completely reborn!’

’Before, if I exhausted my Qi Force, it would take at least one or two hours for my Blood Marrow to replenish it. But now...’

’As long as I’m still breathing, I can never truly run out of energy!’

’A typical Martial Artist at the stages of Bone Marrow, Bone Tempering, and Skin Refining would never be able to do this. Not unless they formed a Qi Sea and could cultivate True Qi to replenish their reserves from Heaven and Earth.’

’By this measure,’

’in a fight to the death, whose stamina could possibly outlast mine!?’

Ji Xiu’s spirits soared at the thought.

He looked at the new trump card he had just acquired, a grin spreading across his face, unable to contain his joy.

He had once seen Master Duan draw his blade and, in an instant, cut down Hex Shouyi, the Divine Fist Sect Master who wore an Immortal Robe, with unstoppable force, ending his life.

The divine might of that attack was breathtaking. You couldn’t even see the flash of the blade; all the naked eye could perceive was the instantaneous intent of a Bright Moon!

Ever since then,

Ji Xiu had longed for a ’Secret Martial’ art, a technique beyond the levels of Entering the Realm and Nourishing Stance Martial Arts.

And now,

he finally had one of his own!

Cultivation and Combat!

His foundation in ’cultivation’ was now incredibly solid; what he lacked were combat techniques.

The Sword Mountain and Fire Sea Stance, combined with the Nourishing Stance Bow, gave him an edge over Martial Artists of the same level and age, but it wasn’t enough to completely dominate them.

But...

if he mastered a ’Secret Martial’ art at his age!

Then, without a doubt,

he would be the leader of his generation, able to stand on the same stage and compete with prodigies who had been training for several, or even ten, more years!

[Tutor has analyzed ’Ye Longxiang’s Head’ and entered a state of epiphany. By simulating the Six Martial Stances of ’Crane Hand, Ape Finger, Falcon Claw, Tiger Fist, Flood Dragon Palm, and Elephant Leg,’ the introductory level has been preemptively learned. Preemptive Progress +33!]

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[Ye Longxiang’s Head]

[Grade: Secret Martial Dao!]

[Current Progress: (33/6000)!]

[This art belongs to the Dragon. It integrates the strengths of a hundred forms, capable of expanding and contracting, concealing and revealing. Therefore, this Fist and Foot art requires the fusion of countless styles, mastering the Six Martial Stances to achieve true comprehension.]

[Crane Hand, Ape Finger, Falcon Claw, Tiger Fist, Flood Dragon Palm, Elephant Leg!]

[By practicing with Single-minded devotion a thousand times, the Tutor will grasp the essentials of one Martial Stance and comprehend a part of its quintessence.]

[Currently at Introductory Level. Essentials of ’Cloud Crane Hand’ obtained. Quintessence available for comprehension: Dragon Unarmored!]

[In life-or-death battles or arena duels, when the Tutor uses this Secret Martial art in the form of the Cloud Crane Hand, by borrowing tangible objects such as falling leaves or snowflakes to form a Dragon Head, you can completely dissipate an opponent’s Force!]

[Those with inferior Martial Arts will have their power nullified on sight, as if beholding a prostrate dragon, they will all be disarmed!]

Ye Longxiang’s Head, first level of quintessence: Dragon Unarmored!

Looking at this Secret Martial Dao with its full six levels, the first of which could already dissipate the Force from other Martial Arts, Ji Xiu’s heart began to race.

’For a Powerful Martial Artist, Force is the foundation of everything. Even Gang Qi is just a derivation of Force.’

’If this first level of Ye Longxiang’s Head can strip an enemy of their Force, then even if a master at the Peak of the Power Barrier were to face me... what would be the difference between them and an ordinary person!?’

Just the first introductory level, using the ’Cloud Crane Hand’ to form a Dragon Head, was this powerful.

If he could master all of its Transformations and integrate them completely...

Ji Xiu didn’t dare to imagine just how absurdly overpowered it would be!

A thousand repetitions for each Martial Stance wasn’t an unreasonable condition. But then he remembered how performing ’Ye Longxiang’s Head’ just once had nearly drained him dry...

His scalp tingled at the thought, but he immediately steeled his resolve.

’What’s there to be afraid of!’

’As long as there’s a progress bar for me to see...’

’I’ll grind my way to the end of the world if I have to, but I *will* master it!’

If the training won’t kill me, then I’ll train to the brink of death!