Chapter 518: Chapter 340, Section 9: Four-line Poem Sword! [Request for monthly votes!]
Qinggong:
[Wave Riding Micro Steps: Sixth Realm Refining (35)]
[Ladder Cloud Jump: Sixth Realm Refining (28)]
[Shadowy Charm: Sixth Realm Refining (16)]
[Heaven and Earth Net Formation: Sixth Realm Refining (15)]
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Fist and Feet:
[Seven Injuries Fist: Sixth Realm Refining (21)]
[One Yang Finger: Sixth Realm Refining (18)]
[Yin Yang Mill: Sixth Realm Refining (10)]
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Weapons:
[Dugu Nine Swords: Sixth Realm Refining (31)]
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Special:
[Lion Roar: Sixth Realm Refining (42)]
[Ghost Prison Yin Wind Roar: Sixth Realm Refining (69)]
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Absolute skills in the Sixth Realm can be called absolute.
Yan Chuan’s ’Purple Mist Palace’ division is more detailed, dividing the martial arts mastery levels into First Realm: Beginner, Second Realm: First Glimpse, Third Realm: Entering the Hall, Fourth Realm: Slightly Accomplished, Fifth Realm of Mastery, Sixth Realm Refining, Seventh Realm: Transcendent, Eighth Realm Peak, Ninth Realm Return to Simplicity.
Divine skills and absolute techniques, vast and profound.
Even for Yan Chuan’s self-created absolute skills, at most, he can quickly achieve a Fourth Realm slight success. To reach the Fifth Realm of Integration requires hard work, and to achieve the Sixth Realm, to refine the skill, requires ’root bone,’ ’comprehension,’ and ’affinity’ in various aspects.
For example, at the Cang Mountain Sword Discussion, among over a thousand heavenly pride talents, only a handful like Peng Fannian could achieve the title of ’absolute.’
Very few indeed!
Extremely rare!
Why do Wang Zhengyi, Wang Ge, Fu Yunzhan, and Chen Ze, including Jiang Bianliu, all consider Yan Chuan as their backbone? Why do they all feel close, respectful, and even Wang Ge regards Yan Chuan as a half-master?
It is because Yan Chuan custom-tailored martial arts skills for each of them, according to their ’root bone,’ ’comprehension,’ ’special features,’ and even ’personality.’ Based on their conditions, the absolute skills he customized are extremely fitting.
Thus.
During the Sword Discussion—
Wang Zhengyi’s "Shakyamuni Elephant Throwing Skill"!
Wang Ge’s "Seven Injuries Fist"!
Fu Yunzhan’s "Evil Exorcism Sword Skill"!
Chen Ze’s "Jade Maiden Pure Heart Swordsmanship"!
The four people’s four absolute skills could achieve enlightenment in one go, stepping into the Sixth Realm or even the Seventh Realm. In terms of martial arts and absolute skills, they could be considered absolute. Wang Zhengyi, Wang Ge, Fu Yunzhan were not listed among the ’absolute’ figures only due to lacking cultivation.
This is the Sixth Realm so-called absolute!
For others, it’s extremely difficult.
Even for people like Wang Zhengyi, it is no easy feat. Their progress was unstoppable, not only due to their compatibility but also thanks to Yan Chuan’s constant teaching, allowing mutual teaching and learning, which sped up their growth and even resulted in abnormal growth.
As for Yan Chuan himself—
"Old Wang, Wang Ge, Yunzhan, including junior brothers, they each have their strengths, distinct characteristics, so I can more accurately tailor absolute skills for them, enabling them to smoothly cultivate each skill."
"But I can’t."
Yan Chuan admits that his talents are average, with no special characteristics.
During the Sword Discussion, although he created dozens of absolute skills, including "Wave Riding Micro Steps," "Dugu Nine Swords," and "One Yang Finger" that had reached the Sixth Realm, Yan Chuan was not the most suitable for them, but they could be cultivated.
He is different from others.
Others achieving the Sixth Realm might rely on the passage of time and gradual honing, or they have natural affinities to progress effortlessly.
But Yan Chuan—
"I completely relied on ’mutual teaching and learning,’ gaining feedback during martial arts lectures, forcibly stacking up the skill."
This has an advantage: a high starting point, whether it be "Wave Riding Micro Steps" or "Dugu Nine Swords," Yan Chuan can steadily make his way to the Sixth Realm and even the Seventh Realm.
But there are also disadvantages—
"After entering the Sixth Realm, as the absolute skill becomes deeper, even during martial arts lectures, when listeners haven’t cultivated this skill, merely receiving feedback on some general martial arts principles and techniques isn’t very helpful to me."
Therefore, it can be observed that after absolute skills like "Wave Riding Micro Steps" stepped into the Sixth Realm, progress slowed dramatically, ’skill level’ increase stalled, and the earliest breakthrough "Wave Riding Micro Steps" only had a proficiency level of 35—
"0~30, considered early stage."
"30~60, considered middle stage."
"60~90, considered late stage."
"90~100, considered peak."
According to this calculation, Yan Chuan’s "Wave Riding Micro Steps" just reached the Sixth Realm middle stage, much too slow.
In contrast, the "Ghost Prison Yin Wind Roar," possibly because it resonates more with Yan Chuan, or perhaps due to the complete alignment of heavenly time, geographical advantage, and human harmony during the Sixth and Seventh Rank of the Sword Discussion, took the lead. At the time, it experienced swift enlightenment, soaring directly to the late stage of the Sixth Realm, and significantly boosting Yan Chuan’s cultivation.
But now it only has a proficiency level of 69, with progress already slowing down.
"Next, I cannot be indecisive."
After four cycles of the ’Thousand-Person Battle,’ Yan Chuan has preliminarily decided on the several divine skills and absolute skills he will focus on cultivating in the future—
"Yijinjing," "Innate Skill," these two divine skills are essential for cultivation and must not be neglected.
"Wave Riding Micro Steps" is the first in movement technique and first in evasion, must continue to be practiced!
"Dugu Nine Swords," with one sword in hand, can break all techniques, this must be practiced!
But if there is no sword, Yan Chuan must also be able to hold his ground. "Seven Injuries Fist," "Yin Yang Mill" and other boxing and hand techniques are strong, but if choosing one as the main practice, Yan Chuan still feels somewhat lacking.
He glanced over the directory of the absolute skills he developed, already setting his sights on one—
"’Heavenly Mountain Broken Plum Hand’!"
"’Heavenly Mountain Broken Plum Hand,’ also known as the ’Six Path Broken Plum Hand,’ belongs to the essences of the Carefree Sect, including three paths of hand techniques and three paths of grappling techniques. Incorporating six martial arts, any technique or skill in the world can be integrated into these six paths of the Broken Plum Hand."
"Among the hand techniques and grappling, there are methods to grasp, ultimate moves of various weapons, with complex transformations, subtle and profound."