Chapter 62: The Ten Layers of Martial Arts (Part 2)

  "Beast Wastes Mountain Range!"

  Looking at the complete map, a specially marked mountain peak, Xuan Tian and Xuan Hong said in unison.

  The location of the treasure is in a mountain peak about a thousand miles north of Beidao County, within the Beast Wilderness Mountain Range.

  Beast Wastes mountain range, but is a more vast and more dangerous place than the Dark Wind mountain range, it is also the gathering place of demonic beasts, in the northernmost part of the Divine Land, endless.

  On the outskirts of the Yin Wind Mountains, there is a first-class demonic beast activity. In the Beast Wasteland Mountains, even the lowest level are second-class demonic beasts. Going deeper for several hundred miles, third-class demonic beasts will appear. As for further inside, even fifth and sixth-class high-level demonic beasts exist.

  The mountain peak marked on the map is located about a thousand miles deep in the Beast Wasteland Mountains, where it absolutely belongs to the territory of third-class demon beasts. Even top-notch cultivators who have just entered the Pre-Heaven Realm do not dare to enter the territory of third-class demon beasts alone.

  Xuantian's finger fell on the mountain peak marked on the map, and he said, "Father, I want to make a trip to the Beast Wasteland Mountains."

  Huang Yue hastily said, "Tian Er, the Beast Wastes Mountain Range is not comparable to the Yin Wind Mountain Range. Inside, there are many ferocious demonic beasts. Even your father in his prime couldn't move about freely within the Beast Wastes Mountain Range."

  Xuantian was shocked upon hearing this. In his heyday, he was a super strong being at the fourth level of the Tianjie realm. First and second-level low-grade demon beasts were equivalent to the Wudao realm, third and fourth-level mid-grade demon beasts were equivalent to the Xiantian realm, fifth and sixth-level high-grade demon beasts were equivalent to the Dijie realm. As for the demon beasts that corresponded to super strong beings at the Tianjie realm, those would be seventh or eighth-level demon beasts.

  Is it possible that even super demon beasts of seventh or eighth rank exist in the Beast Wasteland Mountains?

  Xuan Hong said, "Moon, you don't have to worry. The Beast Wilderness is vast and boundless, a thousand miles of land is just the edge of the Beast Wilderness. We won't run into those high-level demon beasts. However, running into third-level demon beasts is certain. Tian Er, with your current strength, you can at most deal with the lowest level of third-level demon beasts. If we go to the Beast Wilderness, it will be fraught with danger!"

  "Dad, Mom, don't worry, I won't go for now. After the three rounds of fighting with the younger generation in this martial arts competition, I have fully absorbed the medicinal power of 'Yulingzhi'. My cultivation will soon break through to the tenth level of the Martial Path, and my strength will increase significantly. Ordinary third-level demon beasts are nothing to be afraid of. However, to be on the safe side, I will cultivate 'Longhu Step' to the Great Completion Realm before going to the Beast Wastes. If I encounter a powerful demon beast that I can't defeat, I'll at least be able to outrun it."

  In the Yin Wind Mountains, Xuan Tian was once chased by a third-grade demon beast. With his current cultivation of the Leopard Shadow Technique at the Great Completion realm, he could easily escape. Now that he had cultivated the lower-grade body technique 'Dragon Tiger Step' to the Small Completion realm, his speed was even faster. Ordinary third-grade demon beasts couldn't catch up to him no matter what.

  However, the Beast Wasteland Mountains are much more dangerous than the Dark Wind Mountains. In the activity area of third-level demon beasts, it is also possible to encounter fourth-level demon beasts. If you can cultivate 'Dragon Tiger Step' to the Great Perfection Realm, even if you encounter a fourth-level demon beast, there is still hope for escape.

  Xuan Hong nodded and said, "If you want to make rapid progress in martial arts cultivation, just closing up and practicing diligently is not enough. Besides having a certain amount of innate talent and enlightenment, one must also have opportunities and good fortune. Tian Er, if you can cultivate the 'Dragon Tiger Step' to the Great Completion realm, you can go to Beast Mountain Range alone."

  "Hong Ge!" Huang Yue was somewhat worried.

  Xuan Hong grasped Huang Yue's slender hand and said, "Believe me, Tian Er. Without experiencing wind and rain, how can you see a rainbow?"

  ……

  Xuan Hong and Huang Yue left, immediately began to retreat and cultivate. Before participating in the junior disciples' martial arts competition, Xuan Tian's cultivation had already reached the late stage of the 9th level of the Martial Path. After several consecutive battles with pre-heavenly experts, the medicinal properties of 'Yulin Zhicao' in Xuan Tian's body were fully absorbed, and his cultivation was further advanced.

  At present, Xuan Tian's cultivation has reached the ninth peak, with signs of breaking through to the tenth at any time.

  Xuan Tian Yun Zhuan 'Pre-Heavenly Skill', internal energy circulation, freely flowing throughout the body's hundred cavities and four limbs eight vessels.

  The internal energy of a martial artist can only be felt, not seen or touched. It needs to be channeled through a weapon, imbued with the sharpness of gold, in order to release sword energy or knife energy and other types of attacks.

  The warriors of the Innate Realm have true energy within their bodies, which is crucial for the character 'true'. It transforms from virtual to real, increasing power tenfold and twentyfold without relying on Golden Apex Energy. True energy can gather air into thorns, attacking enemies at a distance, and it appears as if it's truly real, just like an actual attack.

  The 'Xiantian Gong' of Xuantian cultivation is a method that transforms ordinary internal energy into pre-heavenly true energy. The higher the level of 'Xiantian Gong' cultivation, the more the internal energy in the body will transform from virtual to real. When the internal energy is completely transformed into true energy, the cultivation can break through the Xiantian boundary.

  He is now at the 9th level of Xuan Tian's martial arts, but after cultivating the Xuan Stage secret technique "Lian Qi Jue", his internal energy has been refined and condensed through the refinement and condensation of Lian Qi Jue, its quality has become higher and higher, and the virtual energy is also becoming more and more real, with a hint of "true" meaning.

  The inner energy ran for a week, and the mysterious sky produced a sense of constraint, like a dragon that had drilled into a snake hole, because the space was too small, the dragon would feel trapped.

  The dragon is like the inner energy of Xuan Tian, while the meridians are like snake holes. Now that the inner energy of Xuan Tian has grown to a certain extent, the meridians in the body can no longer fully accommodate the circulation of the inner energy, as if it has been restricted. This is what is called the boundary barrier of the realm.

  Breaking through this layer of barriers, the meridians will expand and strengthen with the enhancement of internal energy, able to follow the footsteps of enhanced internal energy, cultivation will be improved, internal energy will flow unimpeded, and strength will increase exponentially.

  On the other hand, if one does not break through the barriers, then the internal energy will be restricted and confined by the meridians, and even if the internal energy is strong to a certain extent, the cultivation will still stagnate.

  The ninth to tenth stage of the Martial Realm is the final breakthrough in the Martial Realm. If one breaks through, they can impact the Innate Realm; if not, their cultivation will stop at this point. Compared to the previous nine stages, the difficulty increases greatly.

  At the time when Xuantian was closed for cultivation and impacting the tenth level of martial arts, the heads of the three major families, Niu Zhenshan, Cheng Yuanwu, and Zhang Guifeng, gathered again in the guest hall of the Niu family.

  The three masters all had gloomy faces.

  Bang!

  Niu Zhenshan slammed his palm on the table, producing a loud explosion. He gritted his teeth and said: "We set up all the plans, dug the pit to let the Huang family jump in, but as a result, it was actually ruined by that little beast Huang Tian! And this little beast even dared to cut off my son's arm! How hateful! How hateful! How hateful!"

  Three consecutive "hateful" words, showing Niu Zhenshan's furious anger at this moment.

  Zhang Ze Tao of the Zhang family was also severely injured by Xuan Tian. The head of the Zhang family, Zhang Gu Feng, also hated Xuan Tian to the bone and shouted: "This little beast has ruined our great cause, making our three families lose face, if we don't kill this little beast, I swear not to be human! I swear not to be human!"

  Cheng Jifeng admitted defeat, causing the Cheng family to suffer the ridicule of the martial artists in Beimang County. The head of the Cheng family, Cheng Yuanwu, had an unrelenting hatred for Xuantian, which was not inferior to that of Niu Zhenshan and Zhang Guifeng.

  "Huang Tian, that little beast, must be eliminated. Unless he hides in Huangbai Town for the rest of his life. However, Niu brother and Zhang brother, now our three families have lost to the Huang family in the martial arts competition among the younger generation, everyone knows this. Do we really want to give away three towns to the Huang family? This will greatly expand the Huang family's territory and rapidly increase their power, posing a huge threat to our three families."

  "Hmph! The Huang family wants to rise, but it's not that easy!"

  Niú Zhènshān's eyes were gloomy, and he said in a cold voice: "Huangjia's Huangbai Town is located in the eastern part of Beimang County. As for our three families, apart from the east having a town, the south, west, and north are all ours. So we three families will choose one town each from the southernmost, northernmost, and westernmost parts of Beimang County to give to the Huang family, with their Huangbai Town separated by hundreds of miles, sandwiched between our towns. Let's see how they can connect their territories? Even if they get three towns, it's still a waste."

  Cheng Yuanwu's eyes lit up and he said, "Brother Niu's plan is brilliant. At that time, the Huang family's towns will be in the east, south, west, and north of Beimang County, making them unable to take care of both sides at the same time. If the Huang family disperses their personnel among the four towns, their strength will be scattered and fragmented. Hehe, then our three families can take advantage of this opportunity to destroy the Huang family in one fell swoop."

  "Alright, let's do it that way. The Huang family wants three towns, we'll give them three empty towns. If the Huang family only sends representatives to manage, we'll have someone assassinate them quietly. If the Huang family divides their forces into four parts, we can take them down one by one and destroy the Huang family." Zhang Guifeng couldn't help but applaud in praise.

  ……

  As expected, the three big families of Niu, Cheng and Zhang would never let the Huang family gain any benefits. Even if they were given control of the three towns, the Huang family wouldn't be able to manage them. To truly establish themselves in Beimang County, take root and expand their influence, there was only one prerequisite: first, they had to bring down the three big families of Niu, Cheng and Zhang; otherwise, everything would be as fleeting as a cloud.

  The next day, the Niu, Cheng and Zhang families handed over the towns they had lost to the Huang family. They were located in the far south, north and west of Beimang County, hundreds of miles away from Huangbo Town in the east. Although the Huang family was furious, there was nothing they could do about the three big families, so they ended up with three empty cities.

  All of this, although Xuan Tian had expected it, but he didn't care at all. For three consecutive days, Xuan Tian was in seclusion, impacting the tenth level of Martial Dao Realm. The inner energy with a hint of 'true' intent kept circulating through his meridians without stopping.

  It's unknown how many Sundays have passed, but under the constant impact of internal energy, the meridians have gradually expanded and strengthened. The body's strength has also been continuously enhanced, and the internal energy has become more and more real, with its true meaning becoming increasingly clear. Its power is growing every moment.

  Finally, after three days of impact, at a certain moment, the strengthening and expansion of the meridians reached a certain level, all the internal energy flowed unimpeded, and no longer felt any blockage. The ninefold barrier was gradually faded away in an invisible way.

  A refreshing feeling spread throughout Xuantian's entire body, his cultivation further advanced, reaching the pinnacle of the Martial Dao Realm, the 10th realm.

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