Chapter 116: Third-rate skills, Acquired Peak Strength

  "Others are still in the realm of Blood Shadow's knowledge, where they discovered the existence of Huaxia's ancient martial arts. Although their race seems to be unable to cultivate these ancient martial arts, there are several volumes of these ancient martial arts' techniques!" Zi Ling's voice directly echoed from Wu Xiao Tian's mind, and although he couldn't see Zi Ling's body, just hearing this made Wu Xiao Tian extremely excited.

  "Why did he collect the ancient martial arts of Huaxia? He can't even cultivate!"

  Wu Xiaotian's face showed a puzzled expression, recalling the Blood Shadow's fighting style. From the Blood Shadow's fighting style, Wu Xiaotian couldn't sense that he knew martial arts at all, so why did he collect ancient martial arts?

  "It seems that the Blood Shadow was just helping their prince record it, and their prince originally planned to return to their planet when he used ancient martial arts to exchange for better cultivation methods. In his memory, others also discovered that the ancient Chinese martial arts' cultivation methods are very valuable in the cosmic market!"

  "What?"

  "You didn't hear wrong, the ancient martial arts of Huaxia are indeed priceless treasures in the cosmic market. A set of ancient martial arts training methods can often be exchanged for three sets of cultivation techniques of the same grade, and some can even be exchanged for higher-grade cultivation techniques than ancient martial arts! Especially for some beings similar to humans, they are infatuated with Huaxia's ancient martial arts, and as long as there is a set of ancient martial arts training methods available, they will spare no expense to buy or exchange it!"

  Wu Xiaotian was shocked and asked: "Why is the cultivation method of Huaxia's ancient martial arts so expensive?"

  "It seems like Huaxia Ancient Martial Arts is a shortcut to evolving and upgrading one's cultivation rank!"

  "How powerful is Huaxia's ancient martial arts?"

  "Yes, it's because of a legend circulating in the universe. A human being from Huaxia who had just entered the universe at that time was at a very low level and had weak strength. However, his strength increased and his level improved extremely fast. Others would need several cosmic years or dozens of cosmic years to improve one level, while he could improve four levels in just two cosmic years! In the end, it only took him 100 cosmic years to become an emperor! This Huaxia person who became an emperor in a hundred years practiced the ancient martial art of Huaxia. When fighting against strong opponents of the same level, he was effortlessly victorious and could even challenge those above his level, which was impossible in the original universe. Yet, he broke this impossibility with his talent, hard work, and the ancient martial art of Huaxia!"

  Zi Ling's words finally made Wu Xiao Tian understand why the Blood Shadow collected ancient Chinese martial arts, but he still had questions to ask Zi Ling, so he said: "So that's how it is. No wonder ancient Chinese martial arts are so popular. By the way, what are Cosmic Years and Cultivation Ranks?"

  Zi Ling didn't directly answer Wu Xiao Tian's question, but instead paused for a long time before saying: "One cosmic year is equivalent to twelve years on your planet, so you can calculate it that way. As for the cultivation level of the universe, I'm not allowed to tell Little Tian yet, you're still too far away from that universe! Even Blood Shadow doesn't have the qualifications to use the universal cultivation level, only their prince has the qualifications to use the lowest cosmic level, but he was killed by your ancestors."

  "Blood Shadow is so strong, yet he still doesn't have the qualifications to use the Cosmic Cultivation Stage!"

  Wu Xiaotian exclaimed in his mind, unable to imagine how high the requirements of the universe's cultivation stage were. Although he couldn't touch it yet, he yearned for it deeply. Zi Ling didn't hear Wu Xiaotian's voice and thought he was still reeling from the blow, so a comforting voice arose in Wu Xiaotian's mind: "Little Tian, don't be discouraged, after all, you've only been cultivating for less than a year, and others have high hopes for you!"

  "Hehe, I'm not discouraged, I just yearn for that cosmic cultivation rank."

  "That's good, although I can't tell you about your cultivation level in the universe, but I can tell you about your cultivation level on this planet! When you reach a certain level, I'll tell you about your universal cultivation level."

  "Wu Xiaotian asked in confusion: 'The rank of the Earth?'"

  "That's right! For in the memories of Blood Shadow, this knowledge was also discovered!"

  "Haha, it seems Blood Shadow is indeed a good person."

  "Listen up, little Tian Tian! On Earth, no matter what kind of cultivator you are, your strength can be measured by these ranks: Third-rate, Second-rate, First-rate, Postnatal, Prenatal, Yellow-stage Prenatal, Mysterious-stage Prenatal, Earth-stage Prenatal, Heaven-stage Prenatal, and Broken Void. Each rank is further divided into four realms: Early stage, Mid stage, Late stage, and Peak. The weakest is Third-rate Early stage, while the strongest is Broken Void Peak. Don't look down on these ranks - from Yellow-stage Prenatal onwards, even a small increase in rank will result in an exponential growth in strength. Once you reach Broken Void, your physical body alone can freely traverse the universe."

  Wu Xiaotian knew the ranking of this earth and couldn't help but ask: "So what is my current strength roughly equivalent to?"

  "It's hard to say what your current strength is!"

  "Why?"

  "Little Tian Tian, you currently have third-rate skills and peak strength for a mortal, but if you were to fight against someone who has truly reached the peak of mortality, Little Tian Tian, you wouldn't stand a chance!"

  After knowing his own strength, Wu Xiaotian couldn't help but feel a sense of despair. What is this so-called third-rate skill? The peak of acquired power? But Wu Xiaotian also knew that he only mastered basic sword techniques and had problems with his skills. Wu Xiaotian could only reluctantly accept this fact, but it seemed like he thought of something and asked Zi Ling: "Then, what kind of strength is that Blood Shadow?"

  She paused for a moment before her voice sounded in Wu Xiao Tian's mind, "He is approximately at the mid-stage of the Xuan rank."

  After hearing the Blood Shadow's strength, Wu Xiantian couldn't help but feel fortunate that there was Zi Ling in his consciousness space. Otherwise, with a difference of four major stages and over ten minor stages, what could Wu Xiantian use to defeat the Blood Shadow? If not for Zi Ling, he might have already become the Blood Shadow's puppet by now.

  "Zi Ling, thank you!"

  "Hehehe, no need to thank me, my existence is to protect Little Tian Tian. If you really want to thank me, just tell me a few more stories!"

  Although he couldn't see the purple spirit's figure, he could only hear her giggles in his mind, but Wu Xiaotian's heart was warm at this moment. Just as Wu Xiaotian was still grateful in his heart, the purple spirit's voice appeared again in his mind.

  "This time, someone has found you to impart an ancient martial art. The cultivation method of this ancient martial art is of a very high grade and extremely suitable for you, as if it were tailor-made for you. If others cultivate this ancient martial art, their realm and strength will grow at a relatively slow pace, possibly staying at the same level for their entire lives. But if you, Little Tian Tian, cultivate it, your progress will be twice as fast, whether in terms of improving your realm, strength or rank. Now, I won't say any more about this ancient martial art; you'll have to figure it out yourself!"