Great Love for All Heavens Begins with Huang Yaoshi

Chapter 219 A single sunrise, and it still rivals the heavens.
Jian Jiuhuang stared blankly at a charred head on the ground, his eyes filled with a mixture of emotions, all of which turned into unspeakable resentment.

He glared at him angrily:

"Your martial arts are no weaker than those of a Celestial Phenomenon Realm martial artist, and your ability to borrow the power of heaven and earth is something I have never heard of before, yet you brutally murdered someone who knows no martial arts."

Zhuang Buran interrupted in a calm voice:
“I’m not as cruel as you. You eat my dog ​​piece by piece and look very satisfied.”

"That's just a beast!" Jian Jiuhuang roared.

The boy in the gray linen shirt maintained his tone:

"Coincidentally, the animal I slaughtered was also a beast, so how can it be considered cruel?"

He paused and continued:

"The current situation is entirely your fault. You insisted on pretending to be some old servant who didn't know martial arts, and you even liked to lead him to do petty theft and other despicable things. Otherwise, how would you have offended me?"

Zhuang Buran feigned a sudden realization:
"Your brain isn't very sharp to begin with, otherwise you wouldn't be risking your life for your enemies. Xu Fengnian, on the other hand, has been pampered since childhood. When he goes out, he has to resort to cheating and swindling."

"Therefore, it is your destiny to suffer this calamity."

After that, he turned around and left.

Three days later, in a small courtyard in a slum.

The gray-clad boy sat languidly in a chair, while Wen Hua sat cross-legged beside him, cultivating by guiding his Qi into his body.

After about two incense sticks had burned, he slowly opened his eyes, and a sharp glint flashed in them.

"Xiao Ran, what kind of martial arts did you teach me? I feel like I'm changing every day. With a simple gesture or a lift of my foot, I feel power rising from my body, and I can jump two or three zhang high."

"You think I'm a reincarnated deity, so the martial arts I teach you are naturally divine techniques," the gray-clad, linen-robed youth said slowly.

"Others practice martial arts in the coldest days of winter and the hottest days of summer, but you should cultivate immortality step by step. Then, in just a few years, you will be able to fly and escape into the earth."

"This is truly divine magic!" Wen Hua exclaimed excitedly.
"I never imagined that I would start cultivating immortality before I had even truly ventured into the martial world, and that I would be able to fly and travel through the earth in the future."

He looked at the boy in the gray linen shirt with great anticipation:

"How long will it take me to train before I can fly?"

Zhuang Bu Ran glanced at it:
"Three years."

Wen Hua's expression grew increasingly agitated as he pressed for an answer:

What if I double my efforts in self-cultivation?

The boy in the gray linen shirt uttered two words:
"ten years."

Wen Hua was taken aback, and couldn't help but speak:
"What if I work day and night, without rest or sleep?"

Zhuang Buran said lightly:

"A cycle of sixty years."

"What kind of magical technique is this? Why does it seem like the more you practice it, the more you lose?"

"Cultivating immortality depends on aptitude and comprehension. If diligent practice were effective, there would be immortals everywhere."

The boy in the gray linen shirt shook his head:

"The most taboo thing in cultivation is the four words 'Heaven rewards diligence.' Take the water carriers and odd jobs in Wudang Mountain in the martial arts world, for example. They chop firewood at dawn and sweep the mountain gate at midnight. Thirty years of hard work cannot earn them even half a certificate of ordination. Meanwhile, Hong Xixiang, the junior brother of Wang Chonglou, the leader of Wudang Mountain, is an example."

He only loved herding cattle and reading books, never cultivating himself. Every day he would ride his green ox backwards to travel through the seventy-two peaks of Wudang Mountain, yet he said that he would not come down the mountain until he became the best in the world.

"Even so, high hopes are placed on him, with people saying that he has the potential to shoulder both the martial arts and the heavenly way."

Wen Hua was speechless with astonishment.

"Is he, like you, also a reincarnation of a deity, thus able to attain enlightenment in a single day and cultivate immense supernatural powers?"

"He's just a hypocrite, not a real immortal." Zhuang Buran laughed: "If you're talking about immortals, I think I could be the ancestor of all immortals."

Wen Hua then laughed and said:

"Your words are incredibly arrogant. Since you are a divine ancestor, then it should be only natural for me, as a reincarnated divine brother, to become the future number one in the world."

At this point, he asked with some curiosity:

"How exactly are the martial arts levels in this world classified?"

Zhuang Bu Ran said calmly:
"The most common martial artists in the martial arts world are those at the ninth to third rank. The rank of these martial artists is mainly determined by how much armor they can break. For example, if they are injured but not broken, they are at the lower third rank; if they can break through six or less pieces of armor, they are at the middle third rank; and if they can break through eight or nine pieces of armor, they are at the upper third rank."

"If one can break through ten armors or more, one becomes a minor grandmaster of the second rank. If one joins the army, one can at least become a general. This is the limit that an ordinary martial artist can reach. If one does not encounter some special opportunities, one will be stuck at this level for the rest of one's life."

"The first rank is divided into the Vajra Realm, the Profound Realm, the Celestial Realm, and the Land Immortal. The cultivation of martial arts practitioners is a gradual process. In the Vajra Realm, they temper their bodies to make their bodies as hard as Vajra."

"By practicing the Mind Cultivation Technique of the Mysterious Realm, one can gain the ability to foresee the future and anticipate the enemy's moves, and also comprehend various profound and mysterious arts."

"Cultivating the Celestial Realm allows one to connect with the heavens and earth, resonate with the universe, and borrow the power of the heavens and earth, thus enabling one to summon wind and rain and control thunder and lightning. Once the three realms are completed, the next step is to become a terrestrial immortal."

“Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism each delve deeply into the Vajra Realm, the Pointing to the Mystery Realm and the Celestial Phenomenon Realm. Once they enter these three realms, they can ascend directly to the realm of terrestrial immortals.”

"Because the three families cultivate only one realm, while martial artists in the Jianghu cultivate all three realms at the same time, most of them are no match for them."

“For example, Wang Xianzhi, the city lord of Wudi City, gradually progressed through the four realms of the first rank and became the number one person in the world.”

After listening, Wen Hua couldn't help but ask:
"So what level of cultivation are you at?"

The boy in the grey linen shirt smiled and said:
"An ordinary person who has never practiced martial arts."

"What?" Wen Hua asked, gesturing with both hands.

“Your words came true before, summoning a giant fiery dragon several tens of feet long. And these past few days, your complexion has been getting better and better, as if you have been reborn.”

"His skin is no longer rough and dark as before; it is smooth as jade, like the finest porcelain, or like the glittering stars in the night sky."

He said with an indescribable expression:

"With such a dramatic change in you, how can you still be an ordinary person?"

"I have already comprehended the Dao of Heaven, so naturally I possess some supernatural abilities. What's so strange about that?" Zhuang Buran said calmly.

Wen Hua was speechless for a moment, then asked again:
"So, are the supernatural abilities you possess enough to rival those of so-called terrestrial immortals?"

"We haven't fought, how would we know?" the gray-clad, linen-sleeved boy said leisurely.
"However, even though I have only just realized my true self and returned to my former life, in the eyes of martial artists, my strength is roughly at the Celestial Phenomenon Realm. But as a true immortal, it shouldn't be too much for me to kill an Earth Immortal with the power of the Celestial Phenomenon Realm, right?"

Wen Hua was speechless after hearing this. It turned out that he, an ordinary person who had never practiced martial arts, could actually compete with a terrestrial immortal.

Zhuang Buran suddenly spoke:
"What I've taught you, if you master it, will be enough to make you an invincible sword god. Now, leave."

"So sudden?" Wen Hua asked, caught off guard.

"I prefer peace and quiet, while you have your own dreams of the martial world." Zhuang Buran glanced at him sideways.
"And I think you're a burden."

Wen Hua was puzzled:
"what for?"

"The dog thief may look like a beggar, but he is actually the heir apparent of the Northern Liang Kingdom. I'm afraid it won't be long before a whole host of experts, assassins, and death warriors come to kill me. Don't you think you're a burden?"

Wen Hua's pupils dilated in shock, and he immediately said:

"I don't know how strong the immortals on land are, but I know that two fists can't beat four hands, even a hero can't withstand a crowd, and a fierce tiger is afraid of a pack of wolves."

"Moreover, you said that you have just realized your true self and returned to your former self. It is clear that this is not your prime. Why don't you leave with me and wait for you to return to your peak so that you can get your revenge?"

The boy in the grey linen shirt looked up at the white clouds in the sky and softly recited:
"The snow weighs down the branches, but they don't touch the mud. When the red sun rises, they will still be as high as the sky."

He got up casually and walked towards the inner room:
"If I claim to be invincible in this world, who dares to say they are undefeated? Leave now."

(End of this chapter)