From Joy of Life, the Tian Gang is reversed

Chapter 209 The True Lineage of Martial Arts, Shiqu Pavilion Appears

The martial arts system in this world, like in the novel *Joy of Life*, is somewhat haphazard. It starts with a nine-rank system, and while the higher ranks are clearly distinguished with increasingly flamboyant names, the lower ranks are just as rudimentary as those in *Joy of Life*, using armor-breaking power as the criterion. The upper three ranks only require eight or nine armor-breaking points—such combat strength…

Zhao Xun didn't want to say anything more.

Ultimately, it comes down to a weak foundation and insufficient accumulation of knowledge.

Perhaps this world is a new world that has only recently been created, with abundant spiritual energy, resulting in a large number of martial arts geniuses, such as Li Chungang, Deng Tai'a, and Wang Xianzhi, who all possess innate sword bodies and innate Dao bodies.

They can reach a very high level with just casual practice. When they really encounter a bottleneck, they then immerse themselves in research and start thinking about how to break through the bottleneck in martial arts. But by then, their martial arts level is already very high, and they are researching high-level things. It can be said that they are a group of shameless frontrunners.

As for the basics of martial arts, there are naturally people who study them, but those who study them are a group of dull-witted people. After studying for a long time, they actually came up with a nine-rank system to fool people.

So while those exceptionally talented individuals at a high level were already studying sword intent, celestial phenomena, and how to open the Heavenly Gate—becoming increasingly elaborate and flashy, much like Newton starting to study theology—ordinary people were still studying how to break through armor.

It's such an exaggeration.

However, precisely because of insufficient accumulation, this generation of masters is not very good. Someone like Li Chungang, who entered the Vajra realm at sixteen, the Finger Profound realm at nineteen, and the Celestial Phenomenon realm at twenty-four, was hailed as a "once-in-five-hundred-years swordsmanship prodigy." But after breaking through 2,600 armor with a single sword strike at Guangling River, he overdrawn his internal energy and suffered severe damage to his foundation.

Compared to the nuclear-powered martial arts of the Joy of Life world, it can only be described as flashy and lacking in power and endurance.

It's still a fundamental issue.

If the foundation is not solid, the ground will shake and the mountains will tremble; even the most gifted geniuses are no exception.

This new world, created by Xiao Meng, shares the same source of power as the first world, belonging to the same Great Luo Heaven. Being both a martial arts world, it is essentially the same. Therefore, the true system of this world should be the martial arts system of the Supreme Being of this World, progressing step by step from foundation building, then accumulating Qi, and finally awakening the mind. This is the true path of martial arts.

And he, Zhao Xun, is the successor of this orthodox lineage of the Great Luo Heaven Martial Arts.

Do you really think that Li Chengqian and Jiang Zhiwei are just chatting idly in the world of Joy of Life?
Faced with a powerful patron like Jiang Zhiwei, who also has a gentle personality, he naturally wanted to take advantage of her as much as possible.

Li Chengqian sincerely asked Jiang Zhiwei for advice on many martial arts issues. Jiang Zhiwei was generous and explained in detail the orthodox martial arts of the Great Luo Heaven, the world of "The Supreme Being". She even helped Li Chengqian improve his swordsmanship foundation when he took out the Dugu Nine Swords and the Evil-Repelling Sword Technique that he had collected in the world of "The Smiling, Proud Wanderer". All of this was inherited by Zhao Xun.

In terms of martial arts theory, Zhao Xun can stand at the pinnacle of this world and shout, "Who else is there?"
Therefore, both he himself and the talents he plans to cultivate follow the orthodox path of martial arts in "The Supreme Being". As for the Snow Mountain Qi Sea martial arts in the world of "Joy of Life", sorry, the people here have not been baptized by nuclear radiation, so this path is not feasible.

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Qingzhou, Jing'an Prince's Mansion

Prince Jing'an, Zhao Heng, frowned deeply as he looked at the intelligence report in his hand.

The painting incorporates all things, hence the holes?
What is this ghost?

He didn't understand art, but he was deeply moved.

Of course, that's not what he cares about.

Yu Xuanji was an orphan of the Western Chu Kingdom.

This is the key point: a man and a woman of similar age, living in the same valley, one observing mourning, the other digging a hole.
It seems weird no matter how I look at it.

However, they are both under ten years old, so let's wait and see.

As his only son, the inheritance of the Jing'an Prince's Mansion fell on his shoulders. He originally planned to keep him by his side and train him himself. Who would have thought that this guy would actually be able to enter the Shangyin Academy on his own? Being so far away, it is not an easy task to teach him. However, he is still too young and needs more training.

※※※ Time flies, three years later

The once tranquil valley has changed its appearance.

Thanks to Zhao Xun's tireless efforts, the small hill opposite the thatched cottage has been completely transformed, and a stone building that is not particularly tall but is very elegant has appeared in the valley.

In the past three years, in addition to digging tunnels, Zhao Xun also quarried stones in the nearby mountains and personally carved each stone he knocked down from the mountains. Now, at the age of twelve, he has finally completed his residence at Shangyin Academy.

This once beautiful but little-known valley has now become a popular tourist attraction at Shangyin Academy.

Without him.

Because Zhao Xun's building is so unique, it seems to perfectly embody his philosophy of incorporating all things into a painting, seamlessly integrating the building into the valley scenery, making it appear as if it were created by nature.

However, no one knew that he had begun his cultivation over the past three years, starting from the moment he split the first rock. He avoided the granite with the strongest force and smoothed the edges of the rock with the softest force. The square stones embedded in the mountain all had special palm prints. The depressions were traces of his finger force penetrating the rock layers, while the raised patterns were the textures formed by different forces enveloping the fragments of stone.

Inside the stone pavilion is a nearly 300-square-meter "cave room" dug out from the hillside. The cave room has now become his training room. Every night, he would practice in the deepest part of the cave room, facing the rocky mountain. The force of his punches would travel through the rock walls to the entire mountain. Over the past three years, the cave room has developed a unique resonance frequency with the mountain.

No one could see that each node in the stone pavilion and the cave at the foot of the mountain actually corresponded to acupoints in the human body. The seemingly chaotic stone patterns were actually the trajectory of the flow of Qi. The dew-collecting plate in the very center of the stone pavilion represented the Dantian Qi Sea, and the 360 ​​spiral grooves around the dew-collecting plate subtly corresponded to the circulation of Qi in the Dantian.

Over three years, Zhao Xun built this stone pavilion and mountain chamber with his bare hands, and also honed his martial arts skills to perfection, his nine orifices now fully opened.

He used a completely orthodox martial arts cultivation method, and the building he named Shiqu Pavilion was a representative of orthodox martial arts.

His ability to open nine orifices within three years was partly due to his own accumulation of knowledge and skills, and partly due to the abundance of spiritual energy in this world, which eliminated the need for excessive accumulation.

In three years, Zhao Xun had grown into a young man, and Yu Xuanji had completely transformed into his appearance.

"Hahaha, Your Highness, what a magnificent Shiqu Pavilion! It's truly unbelievable that you've personally fulfilled your dream in just three years, capturing all things in a painting. This painting is truly wonderful!"

Standing at the mouth of the valley, gazing across the river at Shiqu Pavilion, one feels as if immersed in a masterpiece painting—the lines, the composition, the colors, the light and shadow…

Naturally.

All of this indicates that Zhao Xun's understanding of painting has reached a higher level.

"Teacher, you flatter me. I must thank you for your guidance over the years; otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to finish so quickly," Zhao Xun said with a smile.

Over the course of three years, he did not stay at home all the time. He went out to attend classes, study articles, and make friends, and thus became completely integrated into the Shangyin Academy.

"With this Shiqu Pavilion, the Eight Methods of Sketching, and the newly compiled Seventeen Methods of Light and Shadow, Your Highness, you are ready to graduate," Bian Jiang said with a sigh.

To become a Shangyin Scholar, a student needs to submit a convincing graduation project. For Zhao Xun, this is not a problem. In fact, his initial mastery of the Eight Methods of Sketching alone is enough to earn him the title of Shangyin Scholar. The reason he has been delayed for three years is to complete the Shiqu Pavilion. Now that the Shiqu Pavilion is complete, Bian Jiang will naturally not be unreasonable and make things difficult for him.

"Thank you very much, teacher."

"Your Highness, the Prince has summoned you back to the manor."

At this moment, the old steward rushed over, bowed to Zhao Xun, and then glanced at Yu Xuanji, who looked like a young girl, and said, "And Miss Xuanji."

(End of this chapter)