From a refugee to a martial artist

Chapter 280 Asking for Fire
It was late at night and the candlelight was dim.

Nie Qingqing's breathing was light and it was obvious that she was having a good dream.

Meng Yuan heard Jiang Tang say that Nie Qingqing had not been sleeping well recently and often woke up in the middle of the night. Although she was a little tired tonight, she felt at ease and was finally able to have a good sleep.

Not daring to disturb her, Meng Yuan flipped through the book lightly. After reading the discussion on the three religions and five sects, he finally came to the chapter on warriors.

According to Dugu Ying, this book includes the views of many benevolent people on martial arts, taking into account the changes in both "technique" and "Tao".

The chapter begins with the views of several senior masters on the path of martial arts. Although there are slight differences, they are fundamentally not much different.

It means that the path of a warrior is the path of striving, the path of perseverance, and the path of breaking all laws with one's own strength. When you are in the lower third rank, it is not too obvious, because as long as you are motivated, no matter what your qualifications are, you can always touch the threshold of the seventh rank, or even break through to the seventh rank realm.

After reaching the third level of the middle grade, the change in state of mind has a greater impact. If you don't lose your enterprising spirit and have one or two more opportunities, you can make further progress.

People like Xie Yisheng seem to have extraordinary abilities. He calls himself the best in the sixth rank and has even defeated the masters of Buddhism and Taoism. But in fact, he is hindered by his state of mind. He often seems to be making progress but in fact he is retreating.

It’s not that a warrior cannot think of retreating, but it’s also not necessary for him to always be thinking about keeping a backup plan to save his life. Instead, when it’s time to fight and when facing the enemy, he should have the courage to move forward.

This is a change in a warrior's state of mind, and it is also the key to whether a warrior can make further progress.

In addition to this, it is one's own cultivation, which is related to one's own qualifications and the opportunities encountered.

The path of a warrior is easy to enter, but it becomes more difficult as you go up. There are three levels of ascension in each path of cultivation, and the path of a warrior is the most difficult.

The first stage is from the eighth grade to the seventh grade, the second stage is from the sixth grade to the fifth grade, and the third stage is from the fifth grade to the fourth grade.

The book detailed the key points of ascending to the third level. Meng Yuan was already at the sixth level now, and now looking at the change from the eighth level to the seventh level, he could really learn something new by reviewing the past.

The advancement from sixth rank to fifth rank is the second important stage for a warrior. Meng Yuan had heard about it from Lin Yan and the two sisters Dugu Ying and Dugu Ying Mingyue.

But among them, only Dugu Ying is at the fifth level of martial arts, while Mingyue and Lin Yan are only at the sixth level, so what he said was quite vague.

After hearing what the senior master said, Meng Yuan felt suddenly enlightened.

The so-called six levels of magic that can fully open up the secrets of heaven do not just mean that the jade liquid can stimulate some kind of divine power, but rather that one can recall the divine power and then stimulate it with one's own spirit, one's own state of mind, and one's own understanding of the divine power.

Only in this way can people become in harmony with the divine power of heaven and unleash the full power of the divine power of heaven.

It is like the Floating Light Cave Heaven, which is to exhaust all the strength of the body, and spend all the jade liquid, with the attitude of never giving up, and the determination to die if not successful, and then to unleash this divine power.

Another example is Bodhi's extinction of the Tao. Although it consumes a lot of jade liquid, it still needs to maintain the heart of extinction of the Tao to save the world and have compassion for all people. It is called the extinction of the Tao, but in fact it is the continuation of the Tao.

Both of these two kinds of divine powers are extremely powerful, strong and fierce, but it is not difficult to fully use the former, but it is extremely difficult to make the latter powerful. This is because the former does not require too much thinking, while the latter involves more.

This is also the reason why the power of Bodhi's Way of Extinction varies from person to person.

The process of unlocking the secrets of heaven can be short or long. In addition to one's own talent and understanding, one must also have a very good understanding of this divine power. In other words, one must use it frequently, even multiple times in life-threatening situations.

Of course, this is just what the book says, because it is easier to unlock the secrets of heaven, but it is not necessary. Maybe someone just used the divine power of heaven once, and then realized it on the spot, and then it worked.

A sixth-rank warrior can fully develop his divine abilities, or he can develop several or just one. After reaching this step, he has already walked most of the way to the sixth rank, and his own strength of muscles and bones and mental fortitude have already taken another step forward.

But the difficulty lies in crossing the second step of the three steps to heaven.

According to the book, this step is called enlightenment. It means that one must comprehend the divine power of the heavenly secret that is in harmony with oneself, and also make this secret belong to oneself, from then on, one can open up the changes of the secret heavenly secret.

Therefore, many warriors will try every possible means to find many divine powers, or comprehend new divine powers, and use them to find their own way, but not everyone can find a little clarity. It requires opportunity, chance, or even luck.

But once enlightenment is achieved, there will inevitably be a feeling in the heart, and the power of the divine power will change again.

From then on, the sixth level is perfected and the upper, middle and lower three days can be used to merge into one. Then the jade liquid fills the dantian, and more and more, and finally it bursts through the body. The jade liquid is used to cleanse the body, the dragon and the tiger meet, and the body is reborn, with the tendons cut and the marrow cleansed.

When this step is accomplished, one will reach the fifth level of martial arts, which is also the highest point that ordinary people can reach.

For example, Xie Yisheng had already realized the wonders of several kinds of divine powers such as Rainbow and Misty Rain, Ten Thousand Miles of Sky, and Thunder of Nine Heavens, and their power was greater than that of ordinary warriors. But he had not found his way. Although he had opened up many divine powers, they did not fit him at all.

After reaching the fifth rank, the warrior changes again. He has a body of iron and steel. Ordinary jade liquid and qi can hardly injure his bones and muscles, and he is not afraid of ordinary magic. Moreover, his qi is vigorous and his vitality is extremely tenacious, and he can regenerate broken limbs. Generally speaking, as long as the internal organs are not completely damaged, the jade liquid can still nourish life and then slowly recover.

When dealing with a fifth-rank warrior, you can either kill him instantly or crush his internal organs and head. If you fight him for a long time, you will probably lose.

But if the fifth-grade cultivator wants to move forward further, he must reach the last of the three stages of ascension to heaven, called the Transformation of Heaven and Man.

To advance from the sixth level to the fifth level is to realize the truth and understand where one’s own path lies.

The advancement from the fifth grade to the fourth grade is after attaining enlightenment and taking this truth into oneself.

The book calls this step seeking the path.

According to what the predecessors said in the book, it is to realize where one's own way is, and then look for things in the world to create one's own way. This is the transformation of heaven and man.

This step is a big threshold, requiring enough understanding and enough opportunities. The things that are transformed include all things in the world, whether they are dead trees and flowers, long rivers and sandy land, tiny as mayflies, or as big as mountains.

Once the transformation is accomplished, one's own way will be established, and the warrior's power will be more evident, perhaps with a body of eternal fire, or with a wave of his hand he can draw endless water, or with a single strike of his sword he can see the vastness of mountains and fields.

This step is not difficult, but it is not difficult either. Because since the sixth-grade seeking of the Tao was successful and the fifth-grade breakthrough was made, the feeling in my heart became stronger and stronger, and it was faintly pointing to the thing that I transformed myself into.

Warriors use this to seek, and once they find it and take it into themselves, they will be transformed into a god and can reach the fourth level of warrior.

This is the easy part of this level.

But the difficulty lies in the difficulty of seeking the Tao and the difficulty of the path of transformation.

Finally, after finishing reading the book, although Meng Yuan had just entered the sixth rank, he had a feeling in his heart that the things he transformed himself might be related to fire.

"Ask for a light?" Seeing that it was still as dark as ink outside the window, Meng Yuan murmured to the candlelight.

(End of this chapter)