Invincible Starts From Dao Fruit-Chapter 46 - 28: 1000 Kinds of Martial Arts, All Sorts of Secret Techniques!

Chapter 46: Chapter 28: 1000 Kinds of Martial Arts, All Sorts of Secret Techniques!

"Hero Yu—"

"Incorrect."

"Commander."

Sheng Dayang held the iron plate, unable to suppress his excitement, and corrected his address. He looked at Chen Jichuan and said, "This subordinate and my son just joined the ’White Jade City.’ Commander, do you have any orders for us?"

His identity had changed.

His mentality had shifted.

Sheng Dayang now wanted to learn more about ’White Jade City,’ to truly integrate into it, and so he became proactive.

"For now?"

Chen Jichuan looked at Sheng Dayang and shook his head. "Your strength is too weak. You’re no match for Third Rank or Fourth Grade individuals. Focus on martial arts training first, or you’ll lose your life meaninglessly."

Hearing this, Sheng Dayang’s heart warmed.

It appeared his previous suspicions were misplaced. This Commander Yu Jin had no intention of sending him to die as cannon fodder. Feeling slightly ashamed, he reflected on his earlier doubts.

"Martial arts training?"

"Training sounds good. Commander, I... this subordinate can train too, right?"

When Sheng Xiaotian heard the words "martial arts training," his eyes immediately lit up. Mimicking his father, he referred to himself as "this subordinate" and turned to Chen Jichuan with eager anticipation.

The seriousness of such a young boy was both adorable and amusing.

Chen Jichuan chuckled inwardly, but his face remained impassive as he said calmly, "You are now a part of my Yann Building, so of course, you can train."

If it had been ten days earlier...

Chen Jichuan wouldn’t have dared say such a thing to nine-year-old Sheng Xiaotian.

His ’Chen’s 72 Skills’ focused heavily on hard techniques, which were best learned after the body had matured—around fifteen or sixteen years old. Starting too young, before the muscles and bones were fully developed, could result in irreparable harm to the body or grotesque deformities, leaving one with lifelong regrets.

But ten days ago...

Chen Jichuan had obtained the martial manuals Divine Pouncing Saber and Ghost Fall Sword from the Feiying Hall members of the Lishui Gang, such as Xu Lang and Zheng Biao.

From the former, he gained the heart method for the first four layers; from the latter, the first three layers.

Chen Jichuan brought these back to the Great Yann World and spent ten silver taels recruiting individuals ranging from ten to fifty years old—spanning nine different age groups—to train them.

Additionally, he had gathered death row inmates and rapists from various prefectures and counties in Lingnan to use as test subjects for his medicinal trials.

Over the years...

Through experiments involving nine age groups and hundreds of people, Chen Jichuan gained comprehensive insights into every detail and taboo associated with the two cultivation methods.

Though dozens of death row inmates and rapists perished, he managed to refine various medicinal prescriptions to enhance inner breath and inner qi. Processed into medicinal pastes, they could be rolled into pills such as the ’Small Rejuvenation Pill,’ ’Breath Refilling Pill,’ and ’Qi Boosting Pill.’

In subsequent years...

Chen Jichuan personally began cultivating these techniques. With the aid of the ’Small Rejuvenation Pill’ and ’Qi Boosting Pill,’ he quickly mastered the Fourth Layer of Divine Pouncing Saber and the Third Layer of Ghost Fall Sword.

Left-hand saber, right-hand sword.

Alone, these two techniques rendered him comparable to a Level 4 Master within the Chen Sect.

Moreover, his in-depth understanding of these techniques during cultivation made it easy for him to teach them to others.

Although Sheng Xiaotian was only nine and incapable of learning the Chen Sect’s unique skills, he could certainly train in these two methods.

That said...

Before diving into martial arts, Sheng Xiaotian first needed to be taught basic knowledge, such as acupoints and meridians.

...

Thus began this new Chapter.

Chen Jichuan, now the Commander of White Jade City’s Yann Building under the alias ’Yu Jin,’ began teaching Sheng Dayang and his son martial arts.

Sheng Xiaotian, being young, had to start from the very basics.

Patience was necessary; there could be no rushing.

For Sheng Dayang, however, it was different.

In the past, he had gained the abnormal skill of "Blood Burning," posing as a massage doctor to earn a living for his family. To maintain this facade, he had memorized a number of acupoints and meridian pathways.

He could dive directly into cultivation.

"White Jade City offers over a thousand martial arts disciplines and countless secret techniques."

"These martial arts, secret techniques, and even spiritual objects require merit points to be exchanged."

"As newcomers to White Jade City, you currently lack merit. High-level martial arts and divine techniques are temporarily out of reach. However, you can freely access a few basic techniques."

"First, I’ll teach you ’Land Flying Skill,’ ’Iron Bull Skill,’ ’Iron Arm Skill,’ and ’Iron Broom Technique’ to strengthen your torso, fists, and kicks. Additionally, Yann Building has collected the martial techniques of various sects and clans in Shi’an County, including the Lishui Gang’s Divine Pouncing Saber and Ghost Fall Sword. You may select one to study. In the future, this will also help you better face the Lishui Gang, gaining an understanding of both yourself and your enemy."

Effort should lead to reward.

Chen Jichuan had founded White Jade City not to feed idle members, no matter how numerous his skills or how little teaching cost him.

Otherwise, over time, idle habits and an expectation of handouts would form among people like Sheng Dayang.

By tying everything to merit exchange—

Effort was rewarded, and rewards required effort.

Only this would be sustainable in the long term.

The four external skills—’Land Flying Skill,’ ’Iron Bull Skill,’ ’Iron Arm Skill,’ ’Iron Broom Technique’—were carefully chosen by Chen Jichuan.

’Land Flying Skill’ was essential for both pursuit and escape.

’Iron Bull Skill,’ ’Iron Arm Skill,’ and ’Iron Broom Technique’ trained the skin and flesh first, then the muscles and bones. Once a modest level of proficiency was reached, they would allow even weaker practitioners to contend with Third Rank and Fourth Grade martial artists.

Later, with some accumulated merit...

Sheng Dayang could exchange points for skills like the ’Water Dividing Skill’ or ’Overlord Elbow,’ which focused on enhancing qi and force.

With the ’Blood Burning’ skill boosting his qi-blood, Sheng Dayang could achieve impressive progress in a short time, reaching the level of elites like Lul Changshou, the Thirteen Grand Protectors, or the Four Great Vajra of the Great Yann World—equivalent in reality to the Fifth Grade.

Being a Wusheng Sect Protector...

Or an Incense Master in the Lishui Gang...

Both were merely Fourth Grade roles. Once at Fifth Grade, facing the Lishui Gang or Wusheng Sect, Sheng Dayang wouldn’t necessarily dominate but would at least be able to defend himself effectively.

"The saber."

"This subordinate chooses Divine Pouncing Saber!"

Sheng Dayang, rough around the edges, chose to wield the saber instead of the sword.

Chen Jichuan passed Divine Pouncing Saber on to him accordingly.

...

While teaching martial arts to Sheng Dayang and his son,

Chen Jichuan didn’t neglect his own training. He remained diligent, training rigorously while traveling far and wide. He also taught Divine Pouncing Saber to Chen Shaohu, so the two brothers could train together.

Admittedly...

Martial arts like Divine Pouncing Saber and Ghost Fall Sword were less physically taxing than the ’Chen’s 72 Skills,’ but they excelled in their gentleness.

Inner breath nourished the body subtly, making practitioners grow stronger with age.

As the saying goes, "Practicing moves without training the breath leads to wasted effort in old age."

The Chen’s 72 Skills largely revolved around external techniques (’moves’).

In contrast, the internal methods outlined in Divine Pouncing Saber and Ghost Fall Sword emphasized ’breath.’

Of course...

The inner breath cultivated by these two methods was not conjured out of thin air.

According to the manuals and the notes left behind by Xu Lang and others, disciples of the Lishui Gang who practiced these techniques experienced greatly increased appetites. Those from wealthy families supplemented their training with medicinal bathing and medicinal food. Moreover, top experts in the gang often consumed ’Bivalve Pearls’ to enhance their abilities.

Chen Jichuan had no Bivalve Pearls.

But with his Small Rejuvenation Pills and Qi Boosting Pills—though the current efficacy of these might not yet rival the Lishui Gang’s medicinal concoctions—he had the advantage of a four-hundredfold time dilation and an abundance of manpower and test subjects. It was only a matter of time before he caught up or even surpassed them.

Additionally...

Chen Jichuan had Source Power.

By releasing Source Power into his meridians during cultivation, his fragile inner breath absorbed it, rapidly strengthening. Within a matter of days, he attained a remarkable level of mastery, meeting the standards of the Great Yann World and equaling, if not surpassing, the accomplishments of Xu Lang, whom he had slain.

Inner breath was condensed into inner strength.

When combined with his arsenal of Chen Sect skills, this further enhanced his overall combat power.

The downside, however, was...

This cultivation method consumed Source Power at an alarming rate.

After spending over a month in Yangshuo County rigorously training external skills, more than half of his Source Power had been depleted, leaving him with just over six thousand units.

And now, while cultivating inner strength...

He found it impossible to slow the rate of expenditure.

Furthermore, he still needed to find a way to acquire the techniques for Divine Pouncing Saber beyond the Fourth Layer and Ghost Fall Sword past the Third Layer.

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