Lord of the Desert

Chapter 367: Heaven and Human Three Realms
“After the Yuanci, there is the realm of heaven and man.”

Duan Tiannan suppressed his pride and continued speaking.

"Although I have not reached this realm, nor have I studied martial arts manuals of this level, I have heard descriptions of it when I met the Martial Saint."

"Tianren is the process by which a warrior's body and spirit reach perfection."

"In terms of the physical body, the innate meridians and five internal organs slowly permeate the bones, skin, muscles and other parts until the essence is completely assimilated.

At this level, the life form of a warrior is completely different from that of an ordinary person. He has no vital points, can regenerate broken limbs, and stops aging. He is always at his peak before the five signs of decay of a celestial being come into being, achieving the first iconic characteristic of a celestial being - the unity of heaven and man. "

“In terms of spirit, thoughts must reach the limits of solidity and flexibility respectively.”

"The limit of mental solidity is called 'I Am the Only One'. Because the thought is so strong, it can command nature without using true energy, and calm the raging winds and sea waves with a single thought.

At this level, the warrior's spirit can freely draw upon the innate spiritual energy, and when in battle, his true essence is endless, achieving the second hallmark of a celestial being - everlasting life."

“The limit of mental flexibility is ‘mind-transforming into thousands’, which means dividing thoughts and thinking in parallel;
At this level, the thought of transformation can be integrated into the true essence, and a killing method with extremely complex structure and great span of time and space can be used, achieving the third iconic characteristic of the celestial being - the true essence has spirit. "

"If one of these three realms is reached, one is a first-level celestial being; if two are reached, one is a second-level celestial being; if all three are achieved, with the body and spirit at the peak of balance, one is a third-level celestial being, just below the Martial Saint!"

"Heavenly beings are rare. There are only about 70 of them in the nine provinces. Usually, there is only one increase or decrease every two or three years."

Talking about all the wonders mentioned above, Duan Tiannan showed longing and could not stop talking.

Hong Fan was intoxicated by his statement, but he was still not satisfied.

"Brother Duan, since the physical and mental abilities of the Three Realms have all reached their peak, how can one achieve the status of a Martial Saint?"

He asked urgently.

Duan Tiannan shook his head slightly.

"The road to the Heavenly Gate is far away, big brother, and I can't see it either."

He drank the tea, pondered for a moment, and finally spoke.

"Since you asked me this, I won't hide anything from you."

"I also asked the same question when I met the Martial Saint Yi in Langya Kingdom before. The Martial Saint Yi gave me two manifestations in reply."

"The first manifestation was speech:
In the eyes of ordinary people, the myriad phenomena are the surface of heaven and earth, and the spiritual energy is the inner part of heaven and earth;

In the eyes of the enlightened, they do not see the heavens and the earth, nor do they know the inside and the outside. "

The hall was silent.

"The second manifestation was, uh..."

Duan Tiannan rubbed his chin with a confused look on his face.

"Anyway, Yi Sheng raised a finger, and electricity appeared in the void at the tip of his finger."

The other three didn't understand.

If a warrior has mastered his training, wouldn't it be easy for him to spit fire, summon water, and induce wind and strike lightning?

"No, the point is not electricity, but the void!"

Duan Tiannan corrected them when he saw their expressions.

"That lightning bolt was only three feet away from me, but I couldn't sense any lightning spiritual energy fluctuations."

When he thought back to that time several years later, his face was still full of disbelief.

Hong Fan was stunned for a moment, and roughly understood the key.

The more successful a martial artist is in his practice, the more he relies on inspiration - not only is all the power of the martial arts created by the innate spiritual energy, but all things in nature are also based on the changes and fluctuations of the spiritual energy.

As stated in "Yanliu Gong", the shaking of branches and leaves is due to wind, but the shaking of branches and leaves is not wind. The operation of innate spiritual energy is the reality of the world.

But the lightning that Duan Tiannan sensed separated the inside and outside of the world.

This is akin to negating everything the warrior has built.

The four of them were each thinking about it, and were all confused for a moment.

After a while, Hong Fan was the first to speak.

"I remember there was a rumor in the martial arts world that Master Huai Zang only read the Prajna Sutra in his life, and one day he became enlightened and became a martial saint."

Mr. Tian nodded: "Yes, there is such a saying, what's the matter?"

"So the realm of Martial Saint may not be in the physical body or in the spirit?" Hong Fan speculated.

"what is that?"

Duan Tiannan asked.

“Perhaps externalizing oneself?”

Hong Fan was brainstorming and making wild guesses at the same time.

"How to say?"

Mr. Tian asked with great interest.

"Didn't Brother Duan say before that the entire Qi realm is about 'internalizing nature'? Since the Martial Saint claims that he has never seen the heavens and the earth, maybe his path is the opposite?"

Several people seemed to be thinking about something.

Of course, I didn't come up with anything in the end...

After discussing the general principles of martial arts, Duan Tiannan went on to talk about the individual differences in martial arts techniques.

The first is the different properties of true Qi caused by different methods of tempering blood and qi and circulating meridians. The second is the difference in the ratio of innate spiritual energy attributes when true Qi is transformed into true essence.

For example, in "Iron Palm Canon", he said that Chen Zhenyuan's elements belong to seven golds and three woods, so the first priority is hardness and the second is healing.

Finally, Duan Tiannan and Gu Yixin each shared a method of visualization - the former was based on "Iron Palm Kung Fu" and personal experience, while the latter was completely excerpted from "Buzhi Vajra Sutra".

The long conversation lasted only an hour or so, but looking at the northwest region of Liangzhou, I am afraid that no one can explain the way of martial arts so clearly from such a high-level perspective.

After accepting it, Hong Fan was as satisfied as a stuffed mouse.

During his three years of martial arts training, he often interacted with his peers in Jinhai and Xijing, and saw many exquisite and fancy methods in the third and fourth level skills.

But even the "Yanliu Gong" that Hong Jian had deduced to its innate limit also had huge flaws in its framework system - for example, the visualization method was narrow and simple, and every time it reached a bottleneck, it was vague and mysterious, relying only on the practitioners to grope in the dark and rush around randomly...

Since ancient times, true scriptures are hard to come by.

Hong Fan was unable to suppress his anger, so he resigned early and went back to digest it.

Seeing that it was snowing outside, Gu Yixin took his gun and went to Tingshan to hunt.

Mr. Tian chatted for a while and stood up to leave: "Now that the things have been delivered, I should also say goodbye."

"You've come from a long way, how can it be easy to leave?"

Duan Tiannan grabbed the man.

"With the current situation in Huaiyang, there are many things that I cannot speak out on my own, so I need your help!"

He said in a savage tone.

"I'm afraid Tian can't help you."

Mr. Tian didn't struggle, just smiled bitterly.

"Before I came, the Divine Capital had just decided on a schedule that the two saints from Hejian and Langya would visit successively in the early spring of next year."

"The headmaster has a hot temper and often wants to fight over a few words. Tian has to receive him throughout the whole process..."

Duan Tiannan's expression calmed down when he heard this.

The situation in Huaiyang State is certainly difficult, but it is not just Huaiyang that is difficult.

"Since I met Saint Yi, I have not heard of him leaving Langya for many years."

Duan Tiannan showed a reminiscent look.

"Did you alarm Your Excellency this time because of those White Thunder Gods?"

He didn't wait for an answer and chuckled a few times.

The two of them then walked out of the yard, bowed to each other, and only exchanged the two words "take care".

Then, Duan Tiannan watched his friend rise into the snow curtain and fly into the northeast sky.

PS: It is actually very easy to just think of a few nouns for a cultivation system, but it is really difficult to make it self-consistent.

This paragraph has actually been revised several times.

(End of this chapter)