My path to immortality began with my posting to guard Dawancun.

Chapter 903 Completion of Studies (Two Chapters Combined)

"child?"

Where are your parents?

Inside the Ye Family Martial Arts School, the school master looked at Shen Changchuan, who was respectfully standing before him, and scanned him up and down with a hint of doubt in his eyes before asking a question.

It's no wonder that...
Normally, people who come to learn martial arts are brought by their parents, or at the very least, by their elders.

It was rather strange that this young man walked in alone.

"The remote mountain village is far away, and they were worried about the danger of traveling at night, so they dropped me off and then went back ahead of time."

“The elders in the city happen to have something to do, and they are busy from early morning to late at night, so I went to their homes myself to avoid disturbing their important matters.”

Shen Changchuan made up a reason and faced the other party's scrutiny with composure.

I don't really care about Shen Changchuan.
If the other party insists that an elder must come to their home to guide them in order to learn martial arts, then...
He could simply go to Huai Shu Lane to find Zhang San's wife and ask her for a favor.

At worst,
At worst, I can just spend some money to hire someone to temporarily impersonate my elder.

There are many ways.

Master Ye saw that Shen Changchuan spoke fluently and logically, appearing quite mature, so it was understandable that his elders wanted him to come to their door on his own.

So they didn't press the matter further.

"Are you familiar with the Ye Family Martial Arts School's rules for accepting disciples?"

Without further ado, Master Ye got straight to the point and asked.

"Please enlighten me, Master."

Shen Changchuan bowed with his hands clasped.

"My Ye Family Martial Arts School opens its doors wide, regardless of background or origin. As long as you can afford the tuition, you can naturally enter and learn martial arts. Once you have completed your studies, you can leave at any time."

"However, these are outer disciples. Entering my martial arts school is nothing more than a simple monetary transaction. You pay me, and I teach you martial arts. That's all."

"Therefore, if you get into trouble outside, don't expect my Ye Family Martial Arts School to back you up. If you have any grudges or hatred, don't involve my Ye Family Martial Arts School. Otherwise, you will be expelled from the school on the spot, and your tuition will not be refunded!"

Master Ye remained calm.
They explained the rules of the venue in advance.

These words carried a serious tone, as if they were speaking frankly about something unpleasant.

It's understandable if you just think about it.
The purpose of opening a martial arts school is to make money.

It's no different from cash on delivery.

How can a buyer's troubles or personal grudges affect the seller?
The Ye Family Martial Arts School has several hundred outer disciples.
If he were to get involved in every grudge among the outer disciples, would the martial arts school ever be able to stay in business?
"Of course, if you have enough talent and the potential to advance further, you can also advance to the inner sect, formally become my disciple, and become my student."

"Back then, the relationship was that of master and disciple, which was completely different from that of the hundreds of outer disciples outside."

"To enroll in the academy, you need to pay a tuition fee of two hundred taels of silver per year, which does not include the cost of medicinal materials for tempering your body. You are responsible for your own food, drink and lodging."

"Do you understand these conditions?"

Master Ye's words were neither intimate nor warm.

It seems that for him,
Whether he takes on another martial arts school disciple or not makes little difference to him.

In addition, the conditions were nothing short of inhumane.

to be frank,
It's not attractive at all.

Especially considering that there are many martial arts schools in the vast city of Nanyang,
Normally, there should be very few disciples in the martial arts school, or even that the school should be nearly deserted.

But rather,
The Ye Family Martial Arts School is the one with the most students, the greatest prestige, and the best reputation in the entire Nanyang County!
This,

This is also why Zhang San's wife suggested that Shen Changchuan come and join this martial arts school.

This martial arts school is expensive.
Being heartless is still being heartless.

It is even rumored that a martial arts school student was once ambushed and killed by gang members due to a personal grudge while he was out, but Master Ye did not react at all.

But he has a thousand faults.
But he has one advantage that others don't have—he teaches real kung fu!

And unlike other martial arts schools, they don't keep secrets!

of course,

He does not hold back his knowledge from his martial arts school apprentices.

That's because the martial arts school teaches the most common, even the most rubbish, martial arts techniques in the martial arts world, such as the Iron Bridge Three Styles, Mighty Fist, Wind-Breaking Force, Hardwood Stake Skill, and Meteor Kick.

As for advanced martial arts techniques,
Only those who have entered the inner sect are qualified to make contact.

Even if one enters the inner gate,

It is likely that only the closest and most outstanding disciples are qualified to learn Master Ye's signature techniques.

But even so,
Compared to other martial arts schools, Ye's Martial Arts School is much better.

Because of other martial arts schools,

Even the most basic and rudimentary martial arts techniques are treated like treasures, taught piece by piece, and it takes years of dedicated practice to truly master them.

"Master, I understand."

Having already learned about the situation, Shen Changchuan naturally had no objections.

then,

Pay the fee and have your name entered into the roster.
Shen Changchuan thus became a formal apprentice at the Ye Family Martial Arts School.

Time flies by,

Three months have passed in the blink of an eye.

Nothing major happened in the world during these three months.

Although there are occasional upheavals in the martial arts world

For example, the Iron Palm Gang finally found their missing young leader, only to find that he had become a corpse.

It's rumored that this was done by two low-level henchmen of the Fish and Dragon Gang.

The Iron Palm Gang is leading a group to the Fish Dragon Gang to demand an explanation.

This matter has attracted considerable attention within the city of Nanyang.

Both of these gangs are martial arts forces in the Wei River basin.

It can be said that one move affects the whole body.

But apart from this major event,
There's nothing to worry about anymore.

Actually, it's not that it doesn't exist.
The grudges and feuds in the martial arts world will never end.
In more distant regions, feuds and battles never cease.

only,
Compared to events occurring in more distant regions of the martial arts world,
Events that happen so close by are all the more noteworthy.

As a local martial arts school apprentice,

It can be said that they are at the very bottom of the martial arts world.
Shen Changchuan is far from qualified to participate in the broader stage of the martial arts world.

So, besides paying a little attention to his surroundings,

After confirming that a massacre like the one that swept through the eight prefectures of the Wei River several years ago would not occur again...
He stayed in the martial arts school and focused on his training.

They had no interest in what was happening in those more distant places.

have to say,

The Ye Family Martial Arts School recommended by Zhang San's wife is the best choice for him at this time!

Because within this martial arts school, one only needs to pay an annual fee of two hundred taels to freely learn any martial arts techniques within the school.

These martial arts techniques were all taught openly.
Each subject has a specific senior student in charge.

Starting every morning, the hundreds of martial arts students are divided into more than ten groups, each taught their signature martial arts by more than ten senior brothers.

People can move freely between each formation.
For example, if you learn the Iron Bridge Three Styles today, you can go to the formation of the senior brother who teaches the Mighty Fist tomorrow, and then learn about the Meteor Kick the day after tomorrow.

The martial arts school didn't explicitly prohibit this; in fact, the headmaster subtly encouraged it, suggesting that learning about other martial arts would provide better protection when venturing into the martial world. However,

Master Ye had also publicly told everyone that the other martial arts techniques were just for reference.
When you are truly practicing, you must choose one skill and master it before you can learn others. Otherwise, you will not be able to learn everything at once and will waste your time. You will not be as good as someone who focuses on mastering one skill.

As a master in Nanyang County, he has truly entered the world of martial arts.

Many martial arts students took Master Ye's warning seriously.

In fact, they had no choice but to heed this advice.
Practicing a single martial art is difficult enough, let alone practicing other ones as well.
And most importantly,
These most basic and common martial arts in the martial arts world all require the use of various medicinal baths to assist in the cultivation process.

There are those three styles of iron bridge.

With the aid of medicinal baths, cultivation speed can be three times faster than without them!
Normally, it might take more than ten years of hard work to achieve even a small degree of success.

However, with the help of medicinal baths, this time can be shortened to less than three years!
However, the cost of this medicinal bath is not included in the tuition fee of two hundred taels!
It is an extra expense and needs to be purchased from Ye's Martial Arts School.

And this price,

But it's by no means low!

In some cases, the cost of medicinal baths can even exceed the tuition fees!

In this situation,
This naturally forced the apprentices of the martial arts school to specialize in only one martial art.

Unless they are extremely wealthy and have no shortage of money, they will not try to dabble in several different fields.

However, people's energy is basically limited. Even with the aid of medicinal baths, the progress of cultivation is still not as fast as that of someone who only cultivates one skill.

Naturally, the apprentices in the martial arts school generally only specialize in one martial art before trying to learn others.

It is for this reason that
Throughout the entire Ye Family Martial Arts School,

The strength of the martial arts school apprentices
They are also ranked according to the number of martial arts techniques they have mastered.

However, these

It had little to do with Shen Changchuan.

Things that others cannot do

That doesn't mean Shen Changchuan can't do it.

After entering Ye's Martial Arts School, he mostly kept to himself, rarely interacting with others, and silently moving between the different teams teaching different martial arts.

In the eyes of those inner disciples who teach different martial arts,

Shen Changchuan was just another person who had ambitions that were higher than the sky and a life that was thinner than paper, wanting to learn all these dozen or so martial arts.

There are plenty of people like that.

Once they hit a wall, they'll naturally settle down and focus on learning a single martial art.

So I didn't pay any attention to him.

just,

What those senior brothers and sisters who taught different martial arts techniques didn't know was that...
As Shen Changchuan moved back and forth between different formations, within a short month of entering the martial arts school,

He had already mastered all thirteen third-rate, ordinary martial arts techniques that were openly taught at the martial arts school, and knew them all by heart!

Yes,

Two months ago,

Shen Changchuan has already mastered all the third-rate martial arts that are openly taught at the Ye Family Martial Arts School!

This is not surprising.
Although I couldn't see the progress bar panel when I was distracted.

However, the characteristics of "one certificate for life," "heaven rewards diligence," and "the benefits gained after reaching perfection" conveyed by the progress bar panel still exist.

Even though Shen Changchuan's divided spirit came to this world, it still had an effect.

Just like those skills such as hunting and fishing, although Shen Changchuan can't see the panel now, he can use those perfect techniques to survive in the wilderness as a child.

The progress he made in the main world still exists in the Divine Realm and can help the Divine Realm!

And thanks to that enormous accumulation,

Even if the paths of martial arts and immortal cultivation differ in this world,

However, Shen Changchuan still only needed a few glances to completely understand these third-rate martial arts techniques.

Their understanding of these things far surpasses that of the inner disciples who preach within the martial arts school!
However,

Shen Changchuan didn't tell anyone at all.

There was no indication of it whatsoever.

Naturally, nobody knew.

"If the Ye Family Martial Arts School is one of the top martial arts schools in the world today, it wouldn't be a bad thing if I showed my talent and received special training."

"But the Ye Family Martial Arts School is just an ordinary martial arts school on the street. Even the master himself is just a disciple of the Liuhe Sect, a third-rate martial arts sect."

"Display your strength, show your talent, and then be taken in as a disciple, or even recommended by Master Ye to the Six Harmonies Sect to practice second- or third-rate martial arts?"

"The starting point is too low and too slow, and it adds a lot of unnecessary constraints to myself!"

Shen Changchuan shook his head at this.

I have absolutely no interest.

Naturally, he had no intention of revealing his own talent.

but,

Although it was only a month, he had already mastered all of the dozen or so martial arts techniques in the martial arts school.

But Shen Changchuan did not leave immediately.

Instead, he stayed at the martial arts school.

Because understanding is one thing, but understanding is another.
But cultivation progress is cultivation progress!

Even if he had a thorough and complete understanding of these basic martial arts techniques, so thorough that even the school master himself might not have as deep an understanding of them as he did,

However, these martial arts techniques all belong to the external skills of the martial arts world.
They are not the application of any particular skill.

It is a real tempering and improvement of the body.

This kind of tempering requires martial artists to hone themselves day and night, training their hands and feet to be as hard as steel, in order to unleash their full power!

It is precisely because of this,
Even if Shen Changchuan mastered these martial arts in a short time, in actual practice, he still needed to take it one step at a time and temper his body before he could be considered to have truly mastered these martial arts!

This is something that cannot be omitted.

"Actually, these martial arts are just some low-level, commonplace, and tedious skills, not even as good as the few hard qigong moves that beggar used back then."

"What they need is not intuition, but rather sweat, effort, and the accumulation of time!"

"No wonder Master Ye has opened his doors wide, allowing anyone who pays to enter the martial arts school to learn."

"Even if you spend ten or twenty years mastering these martial arts, you'll only be a mediocre beginner, still far from being a true master of the martial arts world."

"It won't have much of an impact."

"If you truly want to become a martial arts master and ascend to the heavens, you still need to learn the art of internal energy cultivation!"

A glint of light flashed in Shen Changchuan's eyes.

Now that he has mastered thirteen martial arts techniques from the Ye Family Martial Arts School, Shen Changchuan's strength has improved dramatically compared to three months ago!
In terms of combat strength, he is now capable of taking on five or six of his former selves.

With his complex and diverse methods, there are probably not many people in the entire martial arts school who can rival him now!
But even so,

Shen Changchuan could still sense that if he were to face the master of the hall,
I'm afraid I could be killed by the opponent within ten moves!

This is because,

The other party has mastered the true internal energy cultivation method!
(End of this chapter)