Purple Mist Dao Master-Chapter 162 - 143: My Path is Complete!

Tian Jing’s movements were shocking!

Beside him.

Originally the closest, Peng Ju seemed to sense an invisible barrier, or perhaps it was a force pushing him away. In any case, he instinctively retreated.

Not just Peng Ju.

Within a square zhang, everyone, either voluntarily or involuntarily, retreated.

Tian Jing stood alone!

Huo Zhen, seeing this person, was surprised and asked Jian Rong, "Do you know where this person comes from? What realm is this where Qi and blood turn into smoke?"

It’s unimaginable!

Since when did Jian Province produce such a figure!

"I don’t know!"

Jian Rong shook her head. She didn’t know this person, but she recognized the realm: "Qi-Blood Smoke! Body Tempering Success! This is an anomaly that appears only when one has thoroughly trained any of the ’Sinew, Bone, Skin, and Membrane’ to perfection."

Jian Rong frowned and observed carefully. She noticed—

"This person!"

"Perfect Muscle Training!"

Hiss!

Huo Zhen took a cold breath.

In the past, he didn’t know what ’Perfect Muscle Training’ represented, but had he not exchanged with Wang Kuan and Jian Rong yesterday, he wouldn’t have known that ’Body Refining’ was not easy.

For example, ’Muscle Training.’

The human body has 485 muscles. It took Wang Kuan three months to temper just one muscle. With various resources, it took eight years to complete the tempering of 78 muscles in two arms.

Yet, this was only the beginning!

As for ’Muscle Training,’ even just in terms of numbers, Wang Kuan had only completed one-sixth.

And this person—

...

"Perfect Muscle Training!"

"Six times mine!"

Wang Kuan was also shocked.

He was the one who broke through the limits in ’Muscle Training’ and naturally knew its difficulty. Eight years for 78 small muscles was neither fast nor slow, whether in Guangling Academy or Jian Province.

Considered ’normal’!

But looking at this person, who appeared much younger than him, even if he was forty—

"Forty years old!"

"Perfect Muscle Training!"

"When did he break the limit then?"

Going back ten years, ten years ago, when the Great Yan Buwu began, if counting from that time, this person broke the limit at thirty, and in ten years, fully tempered all 485 muscles.

This speed!

"More than ten times faster than me!"

Outsiders watch for excitement!

Insiders watch for expertise!

Wang Kuan roughly estimated and was dumbfounded.

At the scene.

Everyone was shocked. Most were Old School Martial Artists, who, even though they didn’t know the concepts of ’limit-breaking’ or ’Muscle Training’, could see from Tian Jing’s current aura and astonishing demeanor that this person was extraordinary.

Even—

Wang Kuan and Jian Rong from the Guangling Ten Elders were far inferior!

Everyone was captivated by Tian Jing.

Yan Chuan was no exception.

"Qi-Blood Smoke!"

"Perfect Muscle Training!"

He stared at the newcomer and finally understood where his previous surge of inspiration came from—

[Task One: Inspiration +1]

[Task Two: Inspiration +6]

...

[Task Two]

[Inspiration: 98]

...

inspirations.

’Xingyi Boxing’ completion was imminent.

But at this time, Yan Chuan couldn’t focus. He stared at that person, watching the Qi-Blood Smoke, unable to imagine, what kind of robust Qi and blood could create such a phenomenon!?

"It’s not just about thick Qi and blood!"

Wang Kuan was amazed: "Ordinary people, even with thick Qi and blood, are confined within the body, inside and outside not in harmony. The Qi and blood cannot extend outside the body, and naturally cannot form the smoke phenomenon. Only when any one of ’Sinew, Bone, Skin, and Membrane’ is perfectly practiced and fully refined does the body become integrated to the extent where Qi and blood can emerge!"

Qi-Blood Smoke!

It’s both an anomaly and a sign of a realm!

"Once in the ’Qi-Blood Smoke’ realm, it signifies perfection in either ’Muscle Training,’ ’Bone Training,’ ’Muscle Training,’ or ’Skin Training.’ After that, with Qi and blood permeating in and out, this is what is commonly known as the ’Innate’ realm. It’s said that at this stage, one can harness the power of heaven and earth to assist in refining ’Sinew, Bone, Skin, and Membrane,’ allowing the other three to be perfected quickly, with refining speeds increasing by ten or a hundred times and strength also increasing by ten or a hundred times compared to ordinary limit-breaking level!"

Limit!

Breaking!

Innate!

The three major realms, each one with a gap as vast as heaven and earth, hard to cross.

For ordinary martial artists, even Limit Extreme Martial Artists, Wang Kuan’s limit-breaking level is like the sky.

And to Wang Kuan, Tian Jing’s ’Qi-Blood Smoke’ and ’Innate Martial Artist’ is also sky!

"If he makes a move, I am certainly dead!"

Wang Kuan had this realization.

"Qi-Blood Smoke!"

"Innate Realm!"

Yan Chuan was also awestruck.

But immediately after, he was puzzled: "When I encountered Tu Meng in the Mountain and Sea Realm, he both ’trained muscles’ and ’trained skin,’ possessing both explosiveness and tenacity, but he didn’t seem too strong."

If he was as exaggerated as Wang Kuan said, he would have been dead countless times.

"Tu Meng?"

Wang Kuan smirked: "What kind of ’Innate’ do you think he is! You didn’t see ’Qi-Blood Smoke’ above him, did you?"

Indeed, he did not see it!

But if he’s not ’Innate,’ how does he ’train muscles’ and ’train skin’?

"He trains them simultaneously."

Wang Kuan explained—

"Or, more accurately, Tu Meng first ’trained muscles,’ and when hitting a bottleneck at around one or two hundred muscles, unable to break through for a while, he switched to ’skin training.’

"Among the limit-breaking level, like me, who only ’trained muscles,’ like Junior Sister Jian, who only ’trained muscles,’ compared to Tu Meng, who both ’trained muscles’ and ’trained skin,’ naturally, we are much weaker."

"However, for someone like Tu Meng, either you have extraordinary talent, being able to train multiple of ’Sinew, Bone, Skin, and Membrane’ without delaying progress or you have abundant resources, stacked with various secret and great medicines without delay. Otherwise, you’re hitting a bottleneck in one item, losing confidence, so switching to another refinement."

Tu Meng is presumably the third kind.

He seems strong for a time, but in terms of potential, in terms of future, he might not even compare with the weaker Wang Kuan or Jian Rong.

Sometimes—

Focus!

Persistence!

Far more precious than being fickle and retreating in fear of difficulty!

...

"Muscle Training, Bone Training, Skin Training, Muscle Training."

"Any one perfect, the Qi and blood permeate and turn into smoke, achieving Innate Realm instantly, making the other three no challenge."

"This is for cultivating realm!"

"If you’re training ’Sinew, Bone, Skin, and Membrane’ simultaneously, whether it’s because of talent or resources, when in the limit-breaking level, the strength indeed increased, but the cultivation speed under the same conditions is certainly inferior to the former."

"This is for cultivating combat power!"

Cultivating realm saves resources, excelling in focus.

Cultivating combat power consumes more resources, yet with stronger combat power, there’s more hope to contest for more resources, feeding cultivation further.

Both.

Have their merits.

And this person before us obviously specializes in ’Muscle Training.’ Looking to be in his thirties or forties, Qi and blood turn into smoke, Innate is about to be achieved!

"No!"

"Something’s missing!"

Wang Kuan was shocked.

"What’s missing?"

"Qi-Blood Smoke, Innate Realm!"

"What’s he missing?"

Yan Chuan wondered.

Wang Kuan stepped forward, narrowed his eyes and looked closely. He noticed, "He achieved enlightenment, and Qi and blood broke the limit twice, temporarily penetrating the remaining small muscles, but it’s only temporary. His Qi and blood are like rootless duckweed, not lasting long, and if before decaying, he doesn’t absorb enough energy by leveraging the ’Innate State’ from heaven and earth and convert it into his own Qi and blood, refining the remaining small muscles, those small muscles will close again, and he will be knocked off the Innate realm."

But fortunately—

"Even if he falls from the Innate realm, he’s been there."

"As long as he regains today’s state, he can stand as Innate right away."

"Even if he can’t, having experienced this ’Instant Innate’ foundation, when he goes back to ’Muscle Training,’ the speed, efficiency can improve."

"Innate Realm is secured!"

"It’s just a matter of spending an extra three to five years."

Wang Kuan was still envious.

Even if Tian Jing at this time descends from the Innate realm due to the decay of Qi and blood, dissipating Qi-Blood Smoke, this time also amounts to obtaining the Innate admission ticket, if no accidents, with perfect muscle training, securing Innate is nailed down!

"He can still descend?"

"Is it still not stable?"

"Three to five years?"

Yan Chuan shook his head upon hearing it: "Since there’s hope to achieve it in one go, why go through back and forth!"

Though he didn’t know this person’s origin, looking at his face knew he’s not some wicked person.

Yan Chuan was inclined to help.

"Jinpeng."

"The skin bag!"

He called Yu Jinpeng, had him bring the skin bag containing the ’Dragon Blood,’ inside, there was still over seven jins of dragon blood.

"What are you—"

Wang Kuan looked at Yan Chuan.

Yan Chuan asked, "Three tael dragon blood equals one Dragon Tiger Great Pill, Elder Wang, there’s seven jin and nine tael here, equivalent to forty ’Dragon Tiger Great Pills.’ Can it help him stabilize Qi and blood, smoothly breakthrough?"

"Six to seven jin!"

"It’s enough!"

"But—"

Wang Kuan frowned: "The remaining dragon blood is enough for you to reach the Qi and blood limit, even after breaking the limit, it can speed up cultivation, saving more than a year of hard work, are you sure you want to give it to a stranger?"

"Just Dragon Blood!"

"Even if thousands of jins were spent, they would still come back!"

Yan Chuan smiled, tossing the skin bag to the man, he laughed loudly: "Friend, inside the skin bag is Golden Rock Earth Dragon Blood, it might help you breakthrough."

In the open ground.

"Continuous training!"

"Continuously!"

Tian Jing also sensed his declining Qi and blood. He strived to mobilize Qi and blood, trying to draw upon the innate realm to harness the energy of heaven and earth, but as he was new, how could he dare to act hastily.

Can’t rush!

Can’t slow down!

Tian Jing was steadily seeking progress, knowing he was likely running out of time, running out of time to fully temper the remaining twelve small muscles within the current temporary innate state.

And this time, not completed, with his previous speed, those remaining small muscles, twelve years at most, at least up to five years.

Tian Jing felt a pity, although he already secured the Innate admission ticket, which was certainly something to congratulate, but in the end it was not perfect!

Wasted five years!

It’s definitely regrettable!

And at this moment—

"Yan Chuan?"

"Dragon Blood?"

Suddenly seeing Yan Chuan tossing over the skin bag+

Golden Rock Earth Dragon Blood!

"What a treasure!"

Tian Jing was delighted, thanking: "Many thanks to Palace Master Yan!"

Then he caught the skin bag, tilting it up to drink!

Boom boom boom!

He drank dragon blood heartily, Qi and blood soared, swelling again and again!

"Smoke!"

"Even denser!"

Qi-Blood Smoke, became increasingly thick.

Everyone was fixated, losing track of time.

Seemed long.

Seemed short.

Suddenly.

At this moment.

Boom boom boom!

Amidst a roar, the smoke above Tian Jing’s head suddenly rose three feet, seeing Tian Jing’s joyful expression, mighty spirit coursed within his chest, unable to contain a loud shout—

"My path is achieved!"

Tian Jing!

Smoke rose!

Innate achieved!

...