I Fabricated the Techniques, but my disciple really mastered them? - Chapter 86

Chapter 78: Xu Yan’s Breakthrough, Meng Chong’s Introduction to Martial Arts_1

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Li Xuan rose to his feet, his expression solemn, and said, “Disciple, the understanding of Sword Intent is only the foundation of the Sword Dao. You still have a long road ahead of you. The path of the Sword Dao is endless and boundless, you must not be impatient!”

Xu Yan’s expression became serious, he took a deep breath and respectfully said, “Yes, Master, the Disciple will surely focus my mind and remain calm, and steadfastly advance along the path of the Sword Dao!”

“Good!”

Li Xuan nodded with an expression of satisfaction, “Since you’ve gained clarity in your Sword Heart and entered the door of the Sword Dao, today I will point out the direction for you on the path of the Sword Dao.”

Xu Yan listened intently, his heart surging with excitement.

“After clarity of the Sword Heart, the second realm of the Sword Dao is the Heart Sword Realm.

“When my heart contains a sword, all things in heaven and earth can be my sword.

“Upon encountering a mountain, that mountain is my sword, upon encountering rivers and lakes, they too are my swords… every blade of grass and tree is also my sword.

“Mountains have their own sword momentum, water has its own sword momentum… all things in heaven and earth are swords of my heart…”

The second landscape of the Sword Dao, is the Heart Sword Realm!

Listening to this, Xu Yan’s heart pounded fiercely, everything in heaven and earth could become a sword?

Mountains could be my sword.

Rivers could be my sword!

It truly was too profound and mysterious, at this moment, he felt his own insignificance.

The Heart Sword Realm!

It was far too distant from himself.

What sort of Sword Dao landscape was it?

In his mind, he couldn’t help but imagine lifting his hand and a mountain transforming into a sword, thundering forth to annihilate his enemies—a powerful scene.

“Disciple, to break through to the Heart Sword Realm, first you need to comprehend Sword Intent,” said Li Xuan as he looked at Xu Yan, whose face was flushed with excitement and whose eyes were fervent and longing. Li Xuan spoke with a slight smile.

Sounds quite mystical, doesn’t it?

Indeed, the more mystical it was, the more motivated Xu Yan became. He never doubted whether such profound and mysterious things were false or whether they could be achieved.

He would charge towards this goal with the fervor of someone who has been injected with a stimulant.

Truly an excellent disciple!

Li Xuan sighed, taking Xu Yan as a disciple was the most correct thing he had done in his two lifetimes.

“Yes, Master!”

Xu Yan nodded respectfully.

Sword Intent!

To comprehend Sword Intent!

“All things in heaven and earth can be used to comprehend Sword Intent, but you must remember, when it comes to the comprehension of realms, obsession is the greatest taboo. Being too obsessed can trap you in a cage, preventing you from truly understanding.

“And you mustn’t blindly comprehend Sword Intent at the expense of your own cultivation.

“With your Sword Heart clear, comprehending Sword Intent is only a matter of time. Perhaps one day while practicing the Descending Dragon Palm, you’ll suddenly understand it?

“Sword Intent is not only comprehended through practicing the Sword Dao,” instructed Li Xuan earnestly.

You can’t let the disciple neglect the practice of Descending Dragon Palm for the cultivation of the Sword Dao.

Mastery in both palm and sword, that is the proper path for Xu Yan.

“If you can grasp the essence of Descending Dragon Palm, you might also learn by analogy and grasp Sword Intent. Similarly, if you can understand Sword Intent, you should also be able to comprehend the essence of Descending Dragon Palm.

“How much you can comprehend is up to you, Disciple,” mused Li Xuan, feeling that it might also be time for Xu Yan to try and sense the palm intent within Descending Dragon Palm.

If he truly comprehends it, his strength will surely soar.

“Master, I understand!”

Xu Yan said respectfully.

“Good, continue your practice,” said Li Xuan as he sat back down.

The Sword Dao realms beyond the Heart Sword Realm would wait until Xu Yan had comprehended the Heart Sword Realm before being transmitted to him.

Otherwise, giving him too much at once could affect his comprehension, which would be a miscalculation.

One must still remain grounded and proceed step by step.

“Yes, Master!”

Xu Yan nodded.

Li Xuan glanced at Meng Chong and said, “Your junior brother has encountered a bottleneck. Spar with him to stimulate his blood and qi, and help him break through the bottleneck!”

Xu Yan was taken aback, then looked at Meng Chong and immediately understood.

When he had broken through his own bottleneck and successfully refined his bones into Jade Bone, it was with the help of the Fire Mane Wolf.

His junior brother was practicing the Physical Body Martial Path and was stuck at the perfect Gold Bone stage, unable to further refine into the Vajra Lucid Bone.

He needed external forces to temper his physical body, stimulate his blood and qi, and break through the bottleneck.

“Yes, Master!”

Xu Yan nodded.

Meng Chong was cultivating the Physical Body Martial Path, and the best way to break through the shackles was naturally through external tempering. It not only pressured him but would also stimulate his potential and push through the bottleneck.

The method was actually quite simple.

Of course, it also depended on one’s talent. If the talent was inadequate, no amount of tempering or pressure would do anything but harm the person’s foundation and not lead to a breakthrough.

Meng Chong’s physical endowment was clearly high, so there was no risk of damaging his own foundations.

It would only stimulate his potential through tempering and pressure, breaking through the bottleneck to refine the Vajra Lucid Bone.

When Meng Chong had broken through the Copper Bone bottleneck, it was due to the stimulation of Xue Wuxin’s chilly Inner Qi, which had triggered his potential and made his blood and qi boil, successfully breaking through in one fell swoop.

“Junior brother, come on, let’s have a spar,” Xu Yan called out to Meng Chong.

“Okay!”

Meng Chong nodded.

The two immediately left Yunshan County and went outside the city to spar.

Officially, it was a spar, but in reality, it was to temper Meng Chong’s physique, to rouse his potential so that he could break through his bottleneck.

Outside Yunshan County, in the midst of the woods.

A rumbling sound broke out.

Xu Yan’s blood and qi surged as he struck out palm after palm, his hot blood continuously hammering against Meng Chong’s body.

As for Meng Chong, he ran the Great Sun Golden Bell Shield, his body like a golden bell, resounding with a humming sound under the assault of blood qi, his muscles shaking with each impact.

“Not enough, stronger!” urged Meng Chong as he flexed his muscles.

“Alright!”

Xu Yan’s eyebrows shot up; his junior brother’s body was truly formidable, rightly on the path of the Physical Body Martial Path.