High Martial Arts: Creating a Prodigy Character from Scratch

"What do you mean you've mastered the art of slicing and cutting, successfully broken through to the realm of perception, grasped the rudiments of sharp imagery, and even become Uncle Wei's sculpting apprentice?"

During swordsmanship class, Qin He told Xu Yunxiu about what had happened over the weekend.

After all, it was she who recommended Qin He to Wanxiang Tower, so naturally she had to share the news of him becoming a sculpture apprentice with Xu Yunxiu, and also mention his breakthrough in realm and his comprehension of the second image.

Xu Yunxiu's head was buzzing. She felt like she had been to Mirror Lake too many times and was being affected by the blood mist, which was causing her to hallucinate.

Everything was fine last Friday, so how come everything changed so drastically over the weekend?

Another image takes shape, another breakthrough is achieved, another grasp of the power of a second image is attained, and another apprenticeship in sculpture is made...

Even herding sheep isn't done this fast, yet all these things happened to Qin He.

However, sensing the profound aura of imagery within Qin He's body, Xu Yunxiu understood that he had indeed broken through to the realm of perception.

This deeply shocked Xu Yunxiu.

It has been only five or six weeks since Qin He began practicing the Imagery Martial Arts.

In less than forty days, Qin He had mastered one martial arts conception and awakened the prototype of a second martial arts conception.

Such an exaggerated rate of growth is unmatched by ordinary martial arts students.

Students from various martial arts high schools in Jinghu City study diligently for three years, all they seek is to develop a martial arts style and get into a martial arts university.

As a result, Qin He has now achieved in just over a month what ordinary students strive for in three years.

Such talent and aptitude far exceed the scope of ordinary martial arts masters. Even in the main city, he would be a martial arts genius who surpasses his peers.

Xu Yunxiu suddenly felt that Qin He's initial goal of setting Chicheng University as the target for the Starry Sky Examination no longer seemed like an unattainable dream, but rather a potentially achievable goal.

It can only be said that Qin He is indeed a hidden dragon in the abyss, and this small Jinghu City is destined not to contain him.

A shimmering green light quietly emerged, coalescing into a green entry.

[Hidden Dragon Aspect (Green): Your destiny is like a hidden dragon in the abyss; though temporarily dormant, your future is limitless. Your cultivation speed is slightly higher than average in the early stages, and you grow faster in adversity. When you are in a weak position or suppressed, your potential is unleashed, increasing the probability of breaking through bottlenecks by 20%.]

"Here it comes! Another new entry has been created. As expected of Teacher Xu, consistently delivering excellent performance!"

Qin He appeared calm on the surface, but was overjoyed inside.

The reason Qin He told Xu Yunxiu about the weekend's events was not only to share his joy with her, but also to see if he could use the news to generate new keywords.

As it turns out, this idea is feasible.

Wei Tongzhou surprisingly didn't tell Xu Yunxiu about this, allowing Qin He to successfully create a new keyword entry.

"The appearance of a hidden dragon—it looks like a destiny-related term; that's quite interesting!"

Qin He was quite surprised. In the past, the entries he obtained were either related to learning, spirit, or swordsmanship or boxing.

This was the first time he had come across a term related to destiny, and he had no idea what Xu Yunxiu was imagining.

However, judging from the effect of the "Hidden Dragon's Appearance" skill, this type of entry is quite good, and Qin He accepted it with satisfaction.

"Now that you have mastered the art of slashing and cutting, you can learn the remaining basic sword techniques if you wish. I will send you the relevant materials later."

"There's something else. You should know about the cultivation method for sensing artistic conception, right? Do you want me to tell you?"

Xu Yunxiu came to her senses and agreed to Qin He's request, then brought up the matter of imagery cultivation.

Although she was only Qin He's swordsmanship teacher, her understanding of the essence of the art clearly exceeded the level of the first-year high school curriculum. Xu Yunxiu was worried that Qin He would not know the subsequent cultivation methods, so she wanted to give Qin He some pointers.

"This is also something I'd like to ask you. Please teach me, Teacher Xu." Qin He's eyes lit up, and he quickly asked Xu Yunxiu for advice.

Although he knew that cultivating the realm of perception would most likely involve further enhancing the power of imagery, he was not entirely clear about the specific cultivation courses.

To be precise, most high school students don't know much about this.

After all, for martial arts students, it is already a rare and precious thing to be able to develop a martial arts image and successfully break through the realm of feeling during three years of high school.

The cultivation of the realm of perception is indeed somewhat beyond the standard for martial arts students.

Taking Jinghu No.1 Middle School as an example, it is highly likely that only the senior year intensive classes will involve this kind of teaching.

"I knew it would be like this. Well, I'll tell you in advance: the realm of feeling is also known as the realm of listening to all things. The key is in 'understanding'."

"Through the perception of the imagery of all things in the world through the heart, from the outside in, from the most superficial and intense power of imagery, gradually delve into the essence of imagery."

"Taking fire imagery as an example, most people first see the form of flames, perhaps a flickering candle in the wind, or a raging fire, etc. This stage belongs to the initial glimpse stage!"

"When you bring your hand close to the flame, you can gradually feel the high temperature and stinging sensation; this is also known as the gradual brightening period."

"When you understand the surface characteristics of a flame and gain a deeper understanding of elements such as combustibles, oxygen, and ignition point, you reach the stage of 'penetration,' which is also known as the 'penetration period.'"

"The final step is complete mastery, fully understanding the entire process of a flame's birth, combustion, and extinction, and thoroughly comprehending the meaning of its existence. This is also the stage of perfect harmony..."

"Until you fully understand the power of imagery and resonate with it, you will be able to break through to the next great realm..."

Xu Yunxiu thought for a moment and used the flames she was most familiar with as an example to describe Qin He's growth in perception.

To be honest, Xu Yunxiu was not very good at this kind of teaching method. Her explanations were rather rough, and she did not have a complete teaching system. She just said whatever came to mind.

However, Qin He listened with great interest, and with the help of various learning-related entries, he quickly figured out the growth trajectory of the feeling and meaning.

In general, the process of experiencing the artistic conception can be divided into four stages: initial glimpse, gradual understanding, thorough comprehension, and complete integration. One gradually comprehends the essence of the imagery from the outside in.

In addition, Xu Yunxiu also mentioned how to better utilize the power of imagery in combination with martial arts techniques in actual combat.

Thanks to this, Qin He finally understood the cultivation path of the perception realm, and his plan for the next stage of perception cultivation became clearer.

"I never imagined that there were so many key points to cultivating the realm of perception. Thanks to Teacher Xu, otherwise I don't know how many detours I would have taken."

After digesting the experience shared by Xu Yunxiu, Qin He couldn't help but sigh.

"It's nothing. Even if I didn't teach you, Lu Tiankuo would have found a teacher to teach you. I just mentioned it casually."

Xu Yunxiu shook her head, showing no arrogance or pride.

She knew all too well how much Lu Tiankuo valued Qin He. Not to mention, when the cultists targeted Qin He recently, Lu Tiankuo personally took action to eliminate these threats for Qin He.

If Lu Tiankuo knew that Qin He had broken through to the realm of perception, he would definitely be extremely excited and would immediately arrange for a teacher to teach Qin He related courses.