Chapter 96: Nurturing the Blade with Intent, the Great Sun Golden Body

Chapter 96: Nurturing the Blade with Intent, the Great Sun Golden Body

After imparting the method of nurturing his blade to Meng Chong, the youth became inseparable from his weapon, constantly nourishing it with his qi and blood while contemplating how to nurture it with his heart and intent.

Only time would tell if Meng Chong could successfully nurture his blade and awaken its spirit, and Li Xuan could do nothing but wait.

Fortunately, Meng Chong's dedication to his cultivation only grew stronger.

He was now very close to achieving the Great Sun Golden Bell Cover's completion.

Xuan Yan traveled back and forth between Yunshan County, Donghe County, and the Qi Kingdom capital, and his mastery over the Sky Thunder Flash Movement technique continued to deepen and improve.

His personal cultivation had not slackened either, and he was not far from achieving minor success in the Innate Realm.

Li Xuan pondered that it was about time to impart to Xuan Yan a cultivation method beyond the Innate Realm.

He understood Xuan Yan's intentions behind his constant traveling between these three places—he wanted to quickly enhance the strength of his parents and other relatives so that he could venture into the Inner Domain without worries.

Xuan Yan had yearned to explore the Inner Domain for a long time.

In his opinion, the frontier was too dull, devoid of martial artists.

From what he had heard from Xie Lingfeng, the Inner Domain was vast, with numerous sects, countless martial artists, and a thriving martial arts world.

It far surpassed the desolate frontier.

As a martial artist, one ought to venture into the world of martial arts.

With Xuan Yan's help, the Xuans' cultivation progressed significantly, but it would still take a considerable amount of time for them to reach the entry-level of martial arts.

As for achieving the Innate Realm, with their current cultivation progress, it seemed unlikely to happen within the next decade.

Meng Chong, having entered the blade-nourishing phase, spent most of his time in the mountains outside the city, often seated on a hillside.

He was searching for enlightenment in blade-nourishing, striving to reach the realm of nurturing the blade with his heart and intent.

Li Xuan had no idea if Meng Chong had achieved any progress in this regard.

After all, while he had fabricated this method of blade-nourishing and possessed a much higher level of strength and realm than Meng Chong, this mystical way of nurturing a blade still made it difficult for him to discern any concrete progress.

Li Xuan didn't pay too much attention to it, as long as Meng Chong didn't slack off in his cultivation. Even if he couldn't nurture the blade or awaken its spirit, as long as Meng Chong continued to advance in his realm, he would continue to receive feedback from the golden finger.

On this day, Li Xuan was studying the ancient leather book.

He decided to try a different approach—he would focus on studying only the first page and the first pattern of the book each day, specializing in that single page to see if it would yield any results.

Golden light emerged.

"Your disciple, Meng Chong, has achieved the completion of the Great Sun Golden Bell Cover. Your physical body has been enhanced, the defensive power of the Great Sun Golden Bell Cover has increased, and your true qi has slightly amplified."

Meng Chong had achieved the completion of the Great Sun Golden Bell Cover, breaking through to the perfection stage of the Qi and Blood Realm. The next step was to reach the maturity stage.

Li Xuan also received feedback from the golden finger, although the feedback was relatively less since Meng Chong's realm was one major level lower than his.

However, his physical body had more than doubled in strength.

The defensive power of his Great Sun Golden Bell Cover had also increased by more than double, and his true qi had amplified by about eighty percent.

Li Xuan nodded, satisfied with the gains from the golden finger's feedback.

"It's time to impart to Meng Chong a physical martial arts cultivation method for the Innate Realm. I hope he can comprehend it before reaching maturity, so that I can also obtain the physical martial arts of the Innate Realm."

He wondered if integrating orthodox martial arts with physical martial arts would bring about even greater gains, just like how the combination of the Golden Jade Bones and the Diamond Jade Bones had transformed into the Innate Spirit Bones.

Li Xuan was filled with anticipation as both his orthodox martial arts and physical martial arts had already reached the Innate Realm. His strength would surely increase significantly.

By then, even if he were besieged by five or six great grandmasters, he should be able to effortlessly defeat them, right?

Perhaps not even their combined efforts could breach his physical defense.

Outside Yunshan County, on a small mountain peak.

Meng Chong knelt with his legs crossed, his hand gripping the hilt of his blade. At this moment, he seemed to sense a profound feeling.

The blade in his palm seemed to resonate with his heartbeat.

It felt as if he had already begun to nurture the blade with his heart.

During this period of blade-nourishing, he vaguely sensed changes in the blade in his hand, yet he couldn't quite describe what those changes were.

At one point, his curiosity got the better of him, and he almost drew his blade.

But he managed to restrain himself.

"Pulling out the blade midway will ruin all progress. I must not draw the blade!"

Meng Chong cultivated while trying to resonate with the blade.

Finally, the Great Sun Golden Bell Cover reached completion, and maturity was not far off.

"I hope that before I break through to the Innate Realm, I can succeed in nurturing the blade and awaken its spirit!"

The earlier one awakened the spirit of the blade, the stronger their potential would be.

There was a clear difference between a martial artist who awakened the spirit of the blade in the Qi and Blood Realm and one who did so in the Innate Realm.

If the former, who had awakened their blade's spirit in the Qi and Blood Realm, were to face off against the latter, the former would undoubtedly emerge victorious.

Meng Chong hoped that he could awaken the spirit of the blade in the Qi and Blood Realm, as that would lay a stronger foundation and depth.

At this moment, he cultivated while simultaneously nurturing his blade.

Suddenly, a flash of insight came to him.

"As I cultivate the Great Sun Golden Bell Cover, my heart resonates with the great sun in the sky, and my cultivation speed increases. The Great Sun Golden Bell Cover also exudes a powerful aura.

"Should I do the same with my blade? Should I resonate my heart's blade with the blade in my hand? This is to nurture the blade with my intent.

"This is the true way to nurture the blade, and only then can I awaken its spirit.

"But how can I resonate with the blade in my hand?"

Meng Chong fell into deep thought.

He didn't even know what his heart's blade looked like.

"No rush. As long as I persevere, I will eventually be able to resonate with the blade in my hand."

Meng Chong thought to himself.

As he cultivated, his heart became like the great sun, gradually resonating with the sun in the sky. His entire body felt as if it were being refined in a furnace, and the sound of a golden bell resonated within him.

As he continued to cultivate, Meng Chong's heart seemed to sense something, and a blade gradually took shape within the great sun in his heart.

The blade was hidden within the great sun, as if it were being tempered and transformed.

As he cultivated, the outline of the blade slowly became clearer.

"This is the blade in my heart!

"I temper the blade in my heart with the great sun. If I can resonate this with the blade in my hand, then I will be nurturing the blade with my intent, my heart, and my body!"

In this moment, Meng Chong achieved enlightenment.

"As long as I cultivate diligently and steadily, taking one step at a time without rushing, I will eventually be able to resonate with the blade in my hand and enter the realm of nurturing the blade with my intent and heart."

Meng Chong's heart was filled with joy.

He knew that he had finally gained enlightenment and found the correct method of blade-nourishing.

Given time, he would surely be able to nurture the blade and awaken its spirit.

All he needed to do was follow the steps diligently and cultivate earnestly.

Now that he had found the path to nurturing the blade with his intent, Meng Chong became even more diligent in his cultivation.

He wished he could cultivate day and night without rest.

Each time he cultivated, his heart resonated with the great sun in the sky, and the blade in his heart became clearer and more distinct. He was one step closer to resonating with the blade in his hand and achieving the realm of nurturing the blade with his intent.

The blade in his heart resonated with the blade in his hand!

"This is how I nurture my blade with my heart and my intentions. I have finally begun to truly nurture my blade. As long as I persist, one day, when my blade resonates with me, and my heart becomes one with the blade's heart, and my soul merges with the blade's soul, that will be the day I draw my blade and awaken its spirit.

"I have only just begun to nurture my blade and to nurture it with my heart and intentions."

Meng Chong thought to himself.

He didn't know how long it would take to nurture his blade to completion and awaken its spirit, but he firmly believed that as long as he persevered, there would come a day when he succeeded.

Suddenly, a figure appeared beside him.

Meng Chong hastily stood up and bowed, "Master!"

Li Xuan glanced at his disciple, noticing that his spirit and energy seemed somewhat different. Could it be that his blade nurturing had progressed?

Although he couldn't pinpoint any specific changes, Li Xuan's gaze seemed to see through everything.

"Today, I shall impart to you the physical martial arts cultivation method for the Innate Realm." Li Xuan slowly spoke.

Meng Chong was overjoyed, "Thank you, Master!"

"Contemplate this well. When you fully comprehend it, and once you reach perfection in the Qi and Blood Realm, you can break through to the Innate Realm."

Li Xuan hoped that Meng Chong would be able to quickly understand this cultivation method.

"Yes, Master!" Meng Chong nodded excitedly.

Li Xuan, with one hand behind his back and his eyes gazing towards the horizon, exuded an air of mystery, fully embodying the image of a wise and powerful master.

"The essence of physical martial arts lies in the profound mysteries of the physical body. Strengthen the body, strengthen the self, unlock the secrets of the body, and enhance its divine power." Li Xuan explained, word by word.

He began to elaborate on the cultivation method for the Innate Realm of physical martial arts, which he had crafted long ago.

"The fundamental technique of physical martial arts is the Great Sun Golden Bell Cover. Of course, the foundation of physical martial arts is not limited to just this one technique. However, what I am imparting to you is the most powerful foundational technique for physical martial arts."

Li Xuan boasted about his own creation.

In his heart, he justified, "I'm not wrong. After all, aside from the Great Sun Golden Bell Cover, I can also create the Dragon Roar Iron Cloth Shirt. It's definitely not the only foundational technique."

Meng Chong listened intently, afraid to miss even a single word.

"In physical martial arts, breaking through to the Innate Realm also requires the connection of the Heavenly Bridge. This is the foundation and remains unchanged. However, what sets it apart from orthodox martial arts is that after establishing the Qi Sea, the cultivation of physical martial arts focuses on opening the acupoints!"

Li Xuan continued his explanation.

"I impart to you the Great Sun Golden Body, which opens up thirty-six Golden Body acupoints, unleashing the power of the physical body and infusing its profound mysteries into the acupoints. Each of the thirty-six Golden Body acupoints holds a unique mystery.

"Absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, nurture the thirty-six acupoints, unify them into a whole, and achieve an immortal golden body with infinite divine power..."

After the Qi and Blood Realm, the path to cultivating physical martial arts and entering the Innate Realm had been something Li Xuan had contemplated for a while, and he finally felt he had perfected it.

Orthodox martial arts focus on opening the Qi Sea, circulating true qi throughout the body, and expanding the Qi Sea infinitely.

This is the path of orthodox martial arts, but since physical martial arts emphasize the physical body, its cultivation method naturally differs from orthodox martial arts.

However, if true qi is not circulated, how can the physical body become stronger and more powerful?

The answer lies in opening the Golden Body acupoints, infusing them with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and channeling that energy into one's body. Opening all thirty-six acupoints is equivalent to surpassing the Innate Realm in orthodox martial arts.

Each acupoint holds a unique mystery, and with each one opened, the physical body becomes stronger.

Thus, Li Xuan created the Great Sun Golden Body technique.

While physical martial arts also involve establishing the Qi Sea, the focus is not on the Qi Sea itself but on using it as a foundation to open the Golden Body acupoints.

"Each of the thirty-six Golden Body acupoints holds a unique mystery. When an acupoint is opened and nurtured to perfection, it can instantly heal injuries to the physical body... Once this acupoint is activated and its mystery unleashed, it can expel poisons from the body..."

Li Xuan explained each Golden Body acupoint, how to open them, and how to nurture them.

Of course, this was just the theoretical foundation. The specifics of how to cultivate and how to put it into practice were entirely up to Meng Chong to contemplate and figure out on his own.

Only when Meng Chong successfully comprehended and cultivated it would the true Great Sun Golden Body technique be born.

Meng Chong listened intently, his expression filled with excitement. This Great Sun Golden Body was incredibly powerful and profound.

Opening the thirty-six Golden Body acupoints, each with its unique mystery.

Unifying all thirty-six acupoints into one, the golden body becomes immortal!

As Li Xuan explained, he also pointed out the approximate locations of the thirty-six acupoints to Meng Chong.

He had put a lot of thought into these acupoints.

They weren't randomly chosen but carefully selected based on the acupoints he remembered from his previous life, forming a complete cycle.

As for why there were thirty-six acupoints, it was because he couldn't remember too many acupoints from his previous life.

To ensure a higher success rate in cultivation and to maintain the cycle, after much thought and reduction, he settled on thirty-six acupoints.

It also coincidentally matched the number of the Heavenly Poles.

"Disciple, once you successfully open and nurture all thirty-six Golden Body acupoints, unifying them into a whole, you will attain the Golden Body Transformation. This is the mystery of the Heavenly Poles, and with a mere thought, your physical body will become infinite, transforming into a three-zhang-tall golden body with formidable might!"

Li Xuan spoke in a deep voice.

Meng Chong's blood boiled with excitement. He couldn't wait to cultivate the Great Sun Golden Body and open all thirty-six Golden Body acupoints.

A three-zhang golden body!

He would become a small giant!

How many martial artists could withstand his mighty punch?

Just the thought of himself becoming a golden-bodied giant, fighting with formidable power, and crushing his opponents like tiny mice filled Meng Chong with excitement.

Seeing his disciple's flushed face, Li Xuan was delighted. The Great Sun Golden Body he had created was indeed powerful and profound.

A three-zhang golden body sounded mighty!

The cultivation of the Great Sun Golden Body spanned the Innate Realm and the realm beyond it. As for how to further advance in physical martial arts after that, Li Xuan had a direction and a plan, but he hadn't crafted the technique yet.

He needed to wait until he had created the orthodox martial arts technique for that realm to use as a reference.

After all, the path of physical martial arts was an extension of orthodox martial arts.

This was why Li Xuan had only perfected the Great Sun Golden Body and added the ability to transform into a small giant with the mysteries of the Heavenly Poles after he had a clear idea about the realm beyond Innate.

(End of Chapter)

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