The First Sage of Military Strategists

Chapter 18 Martial Arts Breakthrough, Memories Recover

Han Qing couldn't figure it out for a moment, so he simply stopped thinking about it. He put away the jade pendant and looked ahead. A virtual panel appeared in front of him, displaying several martial arts techniques.

Please select a martial arts skill to inherit its proficiency level.

1 Blood Hua Gong (Small Success Rate 76.2%)

It is an ordinary martial art that can be practiced to unleash the Blood Essence Force, which has considerable destructive power. Each activation will consume a portion of one's Qi and Blood.

2. Streamlined Fist (Beginner 11.6%)

The common boxing and martial arts techniques circulating in the Wu region are not considered high-level, but practicing them can lead to some improvement.

3. The Art of Reversing the Flying Phoenix and the Luan Bird (Mastery 46.6%)

The Yin-Yang School's bedroom arts, through specific postures and breathing rhythms, can greatly enhance the experience of lovemaking for men and women, and have a slight effect of replenishing Yang through Yin.

4. Qian's Abacus. (Beginner level 31.6%)

The Qian family has a traditional abacus method; learning it can improve one's arithmetic skills.

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Han Qing hesitated for a moment before choosing to inherit the Blood Flower Skill, as other martial arts skills were of no practical use to him.

The next instant, the Blood Flower Skill proficiency level on the panel began to slowly climb.

However, in the initial stage, it is not necessary to learn multiple martial arts at the same time, because different forces may conflict with each other and be harmful. Therefore, Han Qing directly chose to convert proficiency and transferred the Blood Flower Skill to the Nine Yang True Skill.

In an instant, the Blood Flower Skill proficiency on the panel dropped rapidly, while the Nine Yang True Skill proficiency began to rise slowly.

Han Qing could feel the blood and qi surging within his body, rushing towards the last three or five acupoints of the Nine Yang True Skill.

At this moment, he had returned to the courtyard, turned around and sat cross-legged on a nearby step, his eyes slightly closed, calmly feeling the changes in his body.

Every time an acupoint is opened, a mysterious power surges out, nourishing the body, transforming it, and making it stronger. This feeling of becoming stronger is the most fascinating thing.

About fifteen minutes later, Han Qing opened his eyes, a sharp glint in them.

"The thirty-sixth acupoint, open!"

"Nine Yang True Skill complete!"

"After more than two months of perfect completion, in the entire Baiyun County, no, in the entire Shu region, no one can compare to me."

"However, there seems to be another realm above perfection." Han Qing looked at the panel. Although the Nine Yang True Skill proficiency had reached 100%, it seemed that proficiency could still be converted.

He hesitated for a moment, then chose to continue the transformation, as the Blood Flower Technique still had nearly 50% proficiency remaining.

The transformation continued, his blood and qi surged again, and a large number of images and information appeared in his mind.

Han Qingjing pondered deeply, and a sense of enlightenment dawned on him.

"I see. There is another realm above perfection, called breaking limits. This is a realm that normal people cannot reach."

"No martial art is perfect; all have their flaws. Breaking the limit means perfecting the flaws of a martial art and reaching a level that surpasses the level of its creator."

"This requires a lot of time and effort, and also extremely strong martial arts talent," Han Qing murmured.

On the panel, the proficiency of Blood Flower Skill was rapidly decreasing, while the proficiency of Nine Yang True Skill was still at 100%. However, Han Qing understood that his understanding of this martial art was rapidly improving.

At a certain moment, when the Blood Flower Skill proficiency dropped to 9%, the "Perfect" status on the panel quietly changed to "Breakthrough".

At that very moment, Han Qing's blood and qi surged through the 37th acupoint, causing his physique to begin transforming once again.

"The 37th acupoint! I've opened one more acupoint than other martial artists!" Han Qing was overjoyed.

He discovered that after this acupoint was opened, the changes in his body were particularly noticeable, comparable to the effects of opening eight or nine acupoints previously.

This is because acupoints are divided into major and minor acupoints, and the amount of mysterious power they contain also varies. The 37th acupoint is a major acupoint.

Just as Han Tao was immersed in the changes in his body, some fragmented memories suddenly surfaced in his mind.

"This is... this is a memory from my childhood!"

Han Qing was greatly alarmed. The memory was scarce, but extremely crucial, beginning with a blurry image.

He lay comfortably in a woman's warm embrace.

He couldn't see the woman's face clearly, but he could vaguely sense that she was connected to him by blood and was extremely close to him; she was his biological mother.

The woman held him and gently rocked him, making him gradually fall asleep.

"Sleep well, with your mother here, no one can hurt you!"

"It's a pity that your mother will soon be separated from you and won't be able to protect you for a lifetime!"

"Keep this jade pendant with you. Inside is a supreme military cultivation technique that might cure your strange illness. In a few days, I will send someone to escort you out of the capital to Sichuan. I just don't know if the journey will be smooth."

"If anything goes wrong, don't worry. As long as you wear this jade pendant, your mother will send someone to find you sooner or later!"

"There is only one way to activate the jade pendant: your mother's blood or your own blood."

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The scene abruptly ended there. Han Qing still couldn't see the woman's face clearly this time, but he could see the decorations and furnishings around her very clearly. There were various precious incense burners, calligraphy and paintings, gold, silver and jade artifacts, which clearly indicated that she came from a wealthy and powerful family.

“My judgment was correct. My mother was a person of high status, but she had no choice but to send me to the capital to Sichuan. Something happened along the way, and I got lost in Sichuan. I was picked up by an old couple and adopted.”

He took a deep breath, then took out the jade pendant from his bosom, gently stroking it with his fingertips; it was icy cold.

"There are too many people around here, let's find a chance to test it later and see if this jade pendant is real or fake?"

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In the time that followed, Han Qing continued to practice martial arts.

However, he moved very slowly because the Nine Yang True Skill had already exceeded its limit, and there was no point in practicing it any further.

"I need to find a martial art that allows me to break through to the second realm. Oh, right, Master Fang mentioned before that he has a lot of martial arts stored in his inner room. I wonder if there are any secret techniques that can help me break through to the second realm," Han Qing pondered.

Suddenly, Zhao Teng stood up and shouted, interrupting his thoughts.

"Gather up! Stand still, you bunch of idiots! I'm going to demonstrate it for you one more time, so watch carefully!"

After practicing for more than two months, most people were still far from even getting started. Zhao Teng felt bad, after all, his family had sent so much money, and he couldn't just waste three to five years of his life.
So he went ahead and demonstrated the Nine Yang True Skill to everyone once more.

"it is good!"

"Has the instructor's Nine Yang Manual reached perfection? These movements are fluid and flawless!"

"I got it! I did it! Haha!"

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Many teenagers were discussing it, expressing their envy and admiration for Zhao Teng.

Han Qing remained completely unmoved: "Fluid and smooth? How come it's full of flaws in my eyes? That's true, my understanding of this martial art has surpassed that of its creator. Even if he himself were to demonstrate it, it still wouldn't impress me."

Night falls.

Zhao Teng announced the end of today's practice, and the teenagers walked in groups of three or five toward their own backyards.

Han Qing was still walking alone at the back, but this time, Luo Ying also walked very slowly, looking at Han Qing with a hesitant look in her eyes.

For some reason, he felt that Han Qing was different again. Standing in front of Han Qing, he felt a faint sense of pressure, which made him feel afraid.

"The fact that he can create a sense of oppression means that the mute man's energy and spirit are far stronger than mine. Could it be that he has not only mastered the Nine Yang True Skill, but has already achieved a minor level of mastery?" A great sense of panic suddenly arose in Luo Ying's heart.

If Han Qing achieves even a minor success, then he's definitely doomed.

With only half a month left, he was determined that he would not be able to break through to mastery.

At this moment, he felt extremely regretful. He should have worked harder instead of being so lazy. He also felt unlucky to have run into a freak like Han Qing.

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