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Chapter 59 Martial Arts, the Beginning of Immortality (Please continue reading, and give me your monthly votes)

People practice martial arts to fight against demons and to survive.

However, the human body is weak and cannot withstand lions, tigers, bears, and wolves, putting it at a natural disadvantage.

External items such as armor, elixirs, and talismans are merely auxiliary and cannot play a decisive role.

Through countless generations of exploration and summarization, and with one successive generation after another, the path of martial arts was finally created...

It enables people to confront demons head-on.

Therefore, in a sense, practicing martial arts is turning people into "demons".

Once you become a "demon," you will naturally be able to fight against other demons.

With the assistance of many external factors, the human race has grown from struggling to survive as mere "blood food" to its current state, with a vast territory and a population of hundreds of millions.

However, martial arts is only the starting point.

"I heard Captain Huang say that there are actually only four realms in martial arts, or three realms, which is to train the body to the point that it can withstand monsters."

Further cultivation is no longer about martial arts, but about becoming an immortal.

Only immortals who can summon wind and rain can truly contend against demons capable of... overturning rivers and seas!

After Old He finished speaking, a look of longing appeared in his one eye.

When he first heard this secret, he was so excited that he couldn't sleep well for several days.

pity……

For thousands of years, spiritual inspiration has been exhausted, and immortals and demons have long since disappeared from the world.

Only martial arts remain, and occasionally spirits and monsters appear in the world.

More than 20 years ago, anyone who could generate qi and blood in their body could be called a master.

The realm of "muscle and bone" is the realm of a master.

When one's cultivation reaches the Visceral Realm, one becomes a Grandmaster.

The True Form Realm is known as the Grandmaster.

At that time, there were only twenty or thirty grandmasters in all the countries.

Grandmasters are usually found in some powerful families or martial arts holy sites, where one or two ancient figures are in charge.

Until twenty-three years ago, that shower of light.

"Twenty-three years ago? Not three or four years ago?"

Liu Sheng was taken aback; this was different from what Zhao Lei had said and from the original owner's memories.

The two points in time are twenty years apart.

Old He glanced at Liu Sheng with his one eye, and a grin spread across his face.

That kind of light rain... is called Emperor's Dew.

The imperial dew that flowed twenty-three years ago only fell in some... famous mountains and rivers, or dangerous places rarely visited by people, and the area was not large.

Since then, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth has begun to recover.

Monsters and spirits that were once rare to see in a century are now appearing in various places.

Even auspicious omens that only existed in folk tales began to appear...

Rejuvenation, bone healing, rotten wood returning to life, and radiant light emerging from the earth, etc.

But the biggest impact is that martial arts training has become easier.

Martial artists are springing up like mushrooms after rain, and their strength is rising accordingly. The number of martial artists with mastery of tendons, bones, internal organs, and true form is more than doubling every year.

Furthermore, grandmasters from various countries are successively breaking through...

He became a legendary Qi cultivator.

That is, what we commonly refer to as…

"A celestial being!"

Above the true form is the Qi Refiner?

Legend has it that there are immortals with supernatural powers such as containing Mount Sumeru in a mustard seed?

Liu Sheng was deeply moved, feeling a sense of vastness and power wash over him as Old He spoke.

In this world, there are actually immortals!
"As spiritual energy revives, heaven and earth grow; mountains become higher and larger, waters deeper and wider..."

Many 'ancient sites' have reappeared, resembling 'paradises' lost to history, filled with all sorts of divine flowers and herbs, elixirs and miraculous medicines, and the legacy of immortals…

In recent years, most of the bloodshed and violence in the martial arts world has been related to this.

All parties remained silent, so ordinary people didn't feel it at all. They only felt that the world was becoming more chaotic, more people were dying, and the taxes levied by the imperial court were getting heavier and heavier.

But the common people are clearly struggling to make ends meet, yet the number of people in their family keeps increasing…

Old He shook his head as he said this, seemingly finding it absurd as well.

Upon careful consideration, Liu Sheng realized that this was indeed the case. For example, in Baishui Village, taxes increased every year, yet the population grew every year, which was truly a strange phenomenon.

Perhaps this is the impact of the resurgence of spiritual energy on the common people?
Old He took a breath and continued:

"Of course, these changes, like spring rain nourishing all things, proceeded gradually and imperceptibly, until the imperial flow of blood more than three years ago..."

It spread throughout all the countries of the world, covering the southeast, northwest, mountains, rivers, and seas, and thus—

Mountain spirits and water monsters spring up like bamboo shoots after a rain, and famous mountains and rivers are occupied by great demons.

Although the number of Qi cultivators in various countries is increasing year by year, the number of martial artists is experiencing explosive growth...

Twenty years ago, there were only a handful of True Form Realm 'Grandmasters' in the world. Now, in our Shanyang County, there are more than ten, but compared to demons, the gap is still widening.

Is this why the imperial court established the Bureau of Demon Suppression?
Liu Sheng recalled what he had seen in Black Wind Mountain. In the forests stretching for hundreds of miles, there were countless monsters that had become spirits, even in the outermost part.

As for the demons entrenched deep within, that remains an unknown quantity.

If such a force were united, the prefectures and counties surrounding Black Wind Mountain would be utterly unable to withstand it.

But then, the imperial court mobilized an army of 300,000, and the eight great demon-slaying generals joined forces to deal with Master…

To fight against foreign aggression, we must first stabilize the country?

Liu Sheng's breath hitched, and then he gently exhaled a breath of stale air.

If it all started twenty-three years ago, with that imperial dew, then over the past twenty-odd years…

The number of Qi cultivators and martial artists in various regions is likely to reach a terrifying number!

Putting aside everything else, just take the Demon-Slaying Division of Shanyang County as an example—

Internal organ martial arts master, a demon-catching warrior.

Only true martial arts masters can serve as demon-slaying captains.

Above that, the Demon-Subduing General Xie Bao is probably a Qi Refiner!
To put it simply, they are... immortals!
So, the master who was so publicly and forcefully wanted and pursued by the imperial court...

How strong will their cultivation level be?
My understanding of my master is still too shallow.

"What are you thinking? What does this have to do with a mere beast hunter like you?"

Old He laughed and cursed, then immediately became serious and said:
"My family's 'Green Snake Sword Technique' has an extraordinary origin. If we can also learn the Green Snake Clan's 'Green Snake Skill,' it will be enough to transform our bodies into the true blood of the Green Snake..."

At that time, if you go to the Laomu Temple in Yuezhou, you will have a great chance of being accepted into its fold!
This Old Mother Temple is one of the most prestigious sects in the world, and it has many female disciples, each one a beauty of unparalleled grace…”

Yuezhou Laomu Temple?
Which are the most prestigious and renowned sects in the world?
But you…

They're really having a tough time!
He raised an eyebrow and glanced at Old He, only to see a sigh in his single eye, as if he were recalling some past event.

A moment later, Liu Sheng quietly left and returned to his room.

As expected, old people are wise and shrewd, especially old man He, who was already at the Bone and Muscle Realm before the change of heaven.

After talking with him, Liu Sheng's doubts were resolved.

Humans practice martial arts to fight against demons.

To combat nature, we must establish unified standards.

The standard adopted by the system is the standard of demons!

In other words, before becoming a "demon", there are only three major stages: ordinary beast, strange species, and spirit.

(The Great Spirit is on the same level of existence as the Spirit.)
Before becoming a Qi Refiner (equivalent to a demon), he could refine five more incarnations.

That's it!

Take your time.

Liu Sheng took a deep breath to calm himself, then took out the "Green Snake Sword Technique" and began to study it carefully.

The Black Tiger Zen Sutra is the culmination of Master Wu Song's life's work, bearing his profound personal imprint.

The four martial arts techniques mentioned above are all very "martial and powerful," and if used in front of the Demon-Slaying Captain or the Demon-Subduing General Xie Bao...

This might cause unnecessary trouble and involve family members.

You can practice it secretly, but you must use other martial arts to cover it up in public.

Fortunately, the "Green Snake Sword Technique" has a clean origin and considerable potential...

That's just what he needs.

(End of this chapter)