The Star River Era! The Dimensional Freedom Demon

The midday sun shone through the window screen onto Ji Chen's face, giving this boy, whose skin was rough from years of hardship, an air of sanctity.

"May Heaven and Earth bear witness, and may my revered teacher be above! Your disciple Lu Xiao today cuts his hair to demonstrate his loyalty and integrity!"

Before the words were finished, a flash of cold light appeared, and the money-tail braid that symbolized his status fell to the ground.

With his black hair falling loose, the boy straightened his back, letting the broken hairs drift in the air, giving the two no chance to dissuade him.

"this......"

Lu Dongsheng raised his hand halfway, staring blankly at the strands of hair on the ground, speechless.

"A sin punishable by death!"

Instructor Chen was so shocked that he couldn't speak.

Although the White Sun Sect was prepared to launch an attack soon, none of the brothers in the sect had the courage to shave their heads and openly confront the Demon Dynasty.

Throughout the thirteen prefectures of Chu, apart from monks who ostensibly became monks, Instructor Chen had never seen a Chu person with such backbone and courage.

At this moment, Ji Chen's sudden action completely startled the two of them.

"Okay, okay!"

Lu Dongsheng's face flushed, and he grabbed Ji Chen's hand, his eyes reddening, and said excitedly:

"As expected of a disciple of the Lu family, as expected of a disciple of the Lu family! What more could this old man ask for than a disciple like you!"

He heard it clearly: Ji Chen swore in Lu Xiao's name, with his teacher and mentor as witnesses, and no one in the sect could find fault with it.

At this moment of the White Sun Sect's uprising, Ji Chen's actions will earn him astonishing prestige, and the Lu family's reputation will rise accordingly.

Even if he dies and the Lu family has no successor, as long as the Baiyang Sect exists, the story of Lu Zixiao shaving his head and rebelling against Qing will continue to be told.

This is a reputation that will benefit the Lu family for a hundred years!

As expected, after Ji Chen did something that no one in this era would dare to do, Lu Dongsheng no longer held back his knowledge from him.

. . . . . .

The next day, Lu Dongsheng spared no expense in using all the resources of the Baiyang Sect in Yuezhou Prefecture. He used up spiritual medicines and secret formulas like water, and managed to repair Ji Chen's damaged body, which had been overloaded, almost completely overnight.

Ji Chen moved his wrist and found that even the wrist bone that was broken yesterday had healed completely, with only a slight soreness remaining under the skin.

Inside the Zhenyang Martial Arts School's training ground, Lu Dongsheng was beaming with health.

"Today, I will teach you the ultimate technique of our lineage—the [Heaven-Shaking Limitless Palm]."

While stretching his muscles and bones to prepare for imparting the true meaning of martial arts to Ji Chen, Lu Dongsheng explained to him the philosophy and origin of this unique martial art of the Menluo Sect.

"This palm technique was created by our lineage's patriarch, Master Luo, combining the White Sun Sect's concept of the 'Three Periods of Final Calamity,' namely the 'Azure Sun Calamity' symbolizing the past, the 'Red Sun Calamity' symbolizing the present, and the 'White Sun Calamity' symbolizing the future, with the Zen Buddhist concept of 'emptiness and wondrous existence.'"

"The patriarch believed that emptiness is the origin of the universe, and all things are born from the Wuji. This is also the essence of this palm technique. Therefore, if you want to master this palm technique, you must also learn to read. Otherwise, it will be difficult to cross the threshold of the three transformations of Qi and blood."

"However, you don't need to worry about these things for the first two stages of the Qi and Blood Realm. The first two stages are enough for you to practice for a while. As for studying, we can talk about it when I come back from the north."

As Ji Chen listened, he gradually became excited.

The concept, the sophistication—even though he didn't know what the top experts in this world were like, Ji Chen felt he had hit the jackpot based on his cheap master's explanations.

"Could it be that my previous guess was wrong, and this isn't a low-energy world, but rather a high-energy world with profound hidden potential?"

Ji Chen began to have doubts. He had never heard of a powerful figure who could defeat an entire nation, and he had assumed that was all there was to the world. Now it seemed that he had underestimated the world.

"Alright, Xiao'er probably won't remember all of this. It's okay, let's start with the Qingyang stance."

After Lu Dongsheng finished recounting a long explanation of the origins of martial arts and the White Lotus Sect's philosophy, he finally felt tired, cleared his throat, and said:

"And, as a gift, bring me my calligraphy pen and paper."

After saying that, he walked up to Ji Chen and taught him the posture and breathing rhythm of the Qingyang stance.

Ji Chen was a little confused, and the more his cheap master taught him, the more bewildered he became.

No, you're making it sound so high-sounding, and all you do is tell me to practice stance training?

and......

"Master, why does this exercise seem a little familiar to me?"

"Familiar, right? Familiar is good. When you paid to learn martial arts before, I also taught you the Qingyang stance, but I cut a lot out of it. I didn't add the breathing rhythm and the true intention. The effect was at most that you could train your qi and blood to change."

"Well......"

Ji Chen didn't want to say much; this kind of routine felt too familiar.

After the cheap master finished explaining the key points of Qingyang stance and corrected Ji Chen's incorrect movements.

A line of information appeared on the panel.

[Currently learning: Qi and Blood Martial Arts - Qingyang Stance (Incomplete)]

[Qi and Blood Martial Arts Foundation Building Techniques can enhance physical strength and stimulate Qi and blood.]

Skill Level: lv0 (Beginner)

[Calculations are being made based on the human subject's qualifications, the rarity of the Qingyang Stake (incomplete), and its difficulty...]

[Calculation complete. Do you wish to consume 10 Dimensional Points to activate the cultivation acceleration function?]

[Note: The Accelerated Learning function, as a Dimensional Demon, you possess an innate talent for using dimensional energy to accelerate skill learning. Activating the Accelerated Learning function will significantly increase your learning speed for that skill. The amplification effect is influenced by your relevant aptitude.]

Ji Chen's lips curled up slightly.

His talent truly surpassed all others in the multiverse. He thought his ability to create aliases and roam the multiverse was already unmatched, but he never expected to have an even more valiant subordinate, Little Deep Blue.

Is this the kind of lucky gift package you can only get by hitting the jackpot?

Seeing the joy in Ji Chen's eyes, Lu Dongsheng assumed that the disciple was happy to receive the true teachings. He stroked his beard and nodded, a hint of satisfaction flashing in his eyes.

Just then, Instructor Chen brought the writing materials that Lu Dongsheng needed.

Lu Dongsheng stopped Ji Chen and asked him to come over and watch him paint intently.

Ji Chen suppressed his desire to immediately activate the acceleration ability. It would be a waste to activate the acceleration function before he had even obtained the complete version of the true secret technique.

Judging from his cheap master's attitude, he would soon impart all his true teachings to him, and he could still endure it for a while.

Not urgent!

Ji Chen convinced himself to stand opposite Lu Dongsheng and wait for what would happen next with this cheap master.

"Look closely, this is the true intention!"

Lu Dongsheng, the branch leader of the Baiyang Sect, pressed the wolf-hair brush in his hand hard onto the plain silk. The vermilion ink spread on the Xuan paper, like a crimson lightning bolt tearing through the sky.

Lu Dongsheng circulated his qi and blood throughout his body, channeling his essence and spirit along his wrist bones into the tip of his brush, instantly creating a myriad of magnificent scenes from his writing.

— Symbolizing the bright and glorious past, with layers of blazing flames swirling around, scorching the smoke and clouds formed by Sanskrit characters.

Ji Chen's mind was uncontrollably drawn into it, completely following the tip of his cheap master's pen.

In a daze, he seemed to hear incomprehensible murmurs.

Ji Chen only heard a sentence clearly after Lu Dongsheng was covered in white sweat and stopped writing.

『... ...Eternal Mother, True Homeland... 』

Looking at the painting again now, the great sun in the painting is not the Qingyang sun at all, but clearly the face of the Eternal Mother with tears streaming down her face.

Headache!

Ji Chen's head was buzzing, as if hundreds of mosquitoes were buzzing around his ears, making him want to smash his head apart.

"Ugh... ..."

In his mental state, he forgot his ability to lower his pain perception, causing him to be enveloped in the mire of suffering and gradually sink into despair.

With a faint sigh that couldn't distinguish between joy and sorrow, Ji Chen wearily opened his eyes.

Lu Dongsheng's anxious and flustered figure only lingered in his eyes for a moment. The burly old man opened his mouth and said something, but Ji Chen couldn't hear it, and then he completely fainted.