Sword Roaring in the Sky

Chapter 270 Shi Si's Home Stage

Shi Si let go of Sun Yanwan's hand, walked to the window, and stared at the surging river outside, suddenly lost in thought.

After a long silence, Shi Si said calmly, "Do you know who benefited the most from this joint martial arts training?"

Sun Yanwan said with a grin, "It must be my master's aunt."

Shi Si chuckled softly and said leisurely, "It's me."

"Wuyinghou and Batianmo are old and, although they have made breakthroughs in martial arts, their blood and qi are not abundant enough, and their life potential has been exhausted. Whether they can advance to the level of Grandmaster in this lifetime is still unknown."

"I originally thought I could advance to Grandmaster within ten years..."

"But over this period of time, my martial arts skills have improved considerably. She should be able to become a grandmaster in less than three years."

"Since my debut, I've been told that I'm not as good as your senior brother, not as good as Giatanna, but this time, I'm going to take the lead!"

"A grandmaster in his twenties is not bad."

Sun Yanwan almost lost his composure. He had just said it must be his aunt, which was just a joke. He originally thought that the biggest winner this time would definitely be Wuying Hou, and Ba Tianmo Du would be a little behind. But he didn't expect it to actually be Shi Si.

If Shi Si can advance to Grandmaster within three years!
That is the youngest Grandmaster in the world.

Well, Shi Si's master, the monk Kong Chan, was the youngest Grandmaster of the previous generation, but it wasn't exaggerated to the point that he reached the Grandmaster realm in his early twenties.

Sun Yanwan gasped, only to find that the air around her wasn't cold enough; she felt hot all over.

This is such a good thing...

Shouldn't we celebrate?
He grabbed Shi Si, hesitated for a moment, and then simply pulled her into his arms. Shi Si did not struggle at all, letting Sun Yanwan do whatever he wanted.

Talented individuals shine like stars... At the crossroads of civilization and barbarian lands... Soaring dragons and rising phoenixes... Passing through renowned regions... Attending a grand banquet... Layer upon layer of verdant mountains... Clouds disperse and rain ceases... Fishing boats sing their evening songs... Soaring whirlwinds seem to reach...

Sun Yanwan recited the Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng in fits and starts, feeling that there was no greater beauty in poetry than this!
Being able to fulfill her long-cherished wish, every cell in Sun Yanwan's body was bursting with vitality, and her eyes and brows were filled with joy.

Shi Si nestled in his arms, not wanting to move an inch, as gentle and alluring as a cat.

Sun Yanwan muttered to herself, "I should be the one who benefits from this joint martial arts training."

Shi Si didn't respond to him, but just curled up a little to make herself more comfortable.

Sun Yanwan held Shi Si's smooth, delicate body in his arms, but his mind was filled with the eighty-one supernatural staff techniques.

Ba Tianmo and Wuying Hou both naturally assumed that this staff technique must have a corresponding mental cultivation method. The fragments they collected did indeed contain more than ten incomplete mental cultivation methods, but they just couldn't put them together.

Sun Yanwan did not have this preconceived notion, so when he was reciting the Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng, a sudden thought flashed through his mind and he thought of an impossible possibility—the Divine Staff Technique might not have a set of accompanying mental techniques.

Following this line of thought, Sun Yanwan tried to match each move of this staff technique with a mental cultivation method. This approach was very natural, and in the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, he had already matched thirty or forty mental cultivation methods with the eighty-one supernatural staff techniques... Then he discovered something: he had completely misjudged the situation!
However, it's not wrong that every staff technique is paired with a mental cultivation method. Rather, the three of them always believed that such a powerful staff technique must be a combination of internal and external cultivation, and driven by supreme internal strength.

Sun Yanwan had always thought so, but now he finally understood that the Divine Staff Technique was a purely external martial arts technique.

He searched through the fragments of supernatural staff techniques in his mind and found more than ten moves that were different from the others. He picked out these ten moves and found that each move corresponded to a meridian, just like the Golden Tendon Jade Bone Fist.

The staff techniques created by Wuyinghou and Batianmo did not take this into account, so although they followed the principles of the staff techniques, they violated the essence of the supernatural staff techniques.

Having grasped this concept, Sun Yanwan was able to complete the remaining staff techniques on her own, and soon the twenty-four new styles of supernatural staff techniques were unveiled.

The essence of the Twenty-Four Styles of Divine Staff Techniques is the same as that of the Golden Tendons and Jade Bones Fist: tempering the twenty-four meridians. However, since the Divine Staff Techniques are the foundation of the Ma family, and the Songyang School is not known for its external martial arts, these twenty-four styles of staff techniques are even more refined through countless trials.

Moreover, using stick techniques to temper the tendons and muscles is more efficient than using fist techniques alone. Sun Yanwan guessed that the children of the Ma family must have started with a stick weighing a few kilograms from a young age, gradually increasing the weight, and finally using a heavy stick weighing over a hundred kilograms, or even two or three hundred kilograms. With the help of the power of the weapon, they could better temper the potential of their tendons and muscles.

Once these twenty-four meridians were fully tempered, a powerful external martial arts true qi was cultivated from the inside out. The other staff techniques were then changed to focus on lethality, continuing Sun Yanwan's original plan. Sure enough, each staff technique was paired with a separate mental cultivation method, totaling eighty-one mental cultivation methods. Each time a mental cultivation method was turned, a little bit of the enemy's true qi could be borrowed. The staff techniques became stronger and stronger with each turn, until their power reached the point of earth-shattering collapse and was irresistible.

Sun Yanwan held Shi Si's soft and delicate body in his arms, and his mind seemed to open up to the secrets of heaven. Several hours later, the complete set of supernatural staff techniques was completed. Although Sun Yanwan did not know what the original Ma family supernatural staff techniques looked like, he believed that this set of supernatural staff techniques was definitely no less than the original version.

As an external martial art, the Supernatural Staff Technique can actually be propelled by any internal force, such as the Immortal Hammer or the Human Immortal Fist. However, the Supernatural Staff Technique's ability to borrow a portion or two of the enemy's strength with each move makes the Ruyi Qiankun Bag the most suitable martial art to complement it.

The Ruyi Qiankun Bag can also temporarily absorb the enemy's true energy.

Shi Si suddenly whispered, "Little nephew, your aunt is hungry."

Sun Yanwan laughed heartily and said, "Nephew, I'll go prepare the meal right away!"

After getting up, he casually put on a long robe and went to prepare some food.

Tianwanglou was originally a famous building in the world, and it was famous for several kinds of delicacies.

Sun Yanwan...

Yes, Wuyinghou booked out Tianwanglou, and prepared a wide variety of delicious food and wine.

Sun Yanwan quickly prepared a meal and brought it to the bedside. Shi Si got dressed and, without using a bowl or chopsticks, gently picked up a piece of cake with her small hands. She ate it in a rather unrefined way, but with a unique kind of innocent beauty.

Sun Yanwan smiled and took a silk scarf and a basin of water to wipe Shi Si's hands. She also took seventy or eighty silk scarves, tore them into small pieces, so that Shi Si could wipe her fingers at any time. Fortunately, this kind of hastily prepared meal definitely did not contain any soup.

He washed his hands and ate a meal with Shi Si without using any bowls or chopsticks.

That evening, Sun Yanwan accompanied Shi Si, holding fine wine and gazing at the river outside the window, when suddenly the beauty said, "It's time to go back to Songyang Mountain."

Sun Yanwan replied, "Absolutely, absolutely! It's time to go back to Songyang."

He hadn't quite figured out why Shi Si would say that.
(End of this chapter)