Starting with Kengan beating up the Pirate King

Chapter 128 Enlightenment!

Kengan World.

On the plane back to China, Guan Yi sat by the window, gazing calmly out the window.

The voyage is now in its second half, having crossed a vast sea. Below lies an endless sea of ​​clouds, its golden waves churning in the sunlight. Through occasional gaps, glimpses can be seen on the distant ground, where mountains appear like tiny folds and rivers like shimmering silver threads.

To an ordinary person, this scene might only evoke a sense of awe at the grandeur of nature.

But in Guan Yi's eyes at this moment, the churning of the sea of ​​clouds seemed to resonate with a certain rhythm of breathing, and the gathering and dispersing contained the principles of opening and closing in martial arts.

The distant veins of the earth resemble an enlarged diagram of the human body's meridians, with mountains as bones and rivers as blood. The earth bears all things, which is the ultimate embodiment of uprightness and integrity.

"Sir, what would you like to drink? We have juice, coffee and a variety of soft drinks."

A sweet voice sounded from beside her, and Guan Yi turned her gaze to the flight attendant in the aisle.

"Plain water is fine, thank you."

"Yes, sir, please take this carefully."

As Guan Yi took the disposable paper cup from the flight attendant, her gaze followed the departing figure of the woman pushing the cart, landing on her swaying hips and gait.

Her movements were not in straight lines, but rather in extremely subtle, fluid arcs.

With each step, her center of gravity smoothly shifted between her feet, her waist and hips acting as an axis, driving her entire body and skillfully dissolving and guiding the force of the cart, keeping it moving forward in a stable straight line. The cart seemed to become an extension of her body, like a weapon in the hands of a martial artist, where intention, body, and force were all perfectly aligned.

She certainly doesn't know martial arts, but the long-term training and the muscle memory formed day after day have given her movements a hidden martial arts principle.

Guan Yi withdrew her gaze, then recalled the security check before boarding the plane. The security personnel holding the detectors seemed to move their arms mechanically and repeatedly, but the trajectories all carried a steady, circular quality. In their daily work, perhaps even they themselves were unaware that they had mastered the most effortless method.

"So that's how it is. Is this enlightenment?"

Contrary to Guan Yi's imagination, which was to spend 100 million life points to ascend to immortality in broad daylight, he now seems to have installed a 'martial arts converter'.

Anything in life, any detail, will automatically be transformed into martial arts principles in his eyes and mind. Everything he sees and hears becomes his martial arts experience and knowledge.

After just one flight, Guan Yi felt that she had gained some new insights.

"This is better; it's more reassuring to understand things on my own. I just don't know how long the effect of this million life points will last, or if it will continue until I reach a new level."

Upon landing at the Capital Airport, Guan Yi changed her mind about going back to her master's house and instead went to the Great Wall scenic area. She then called Guo Haihuang and asked him to arrange for her to enter the mountain forests that ordinary people were not allowed to enter.

Guan Yi walked along the Great Wall for three days and three nights in the Yanshan Mountains. His body naturally maintained a minimum level of energy expenditure, so he did not need food or water.

"Defend, connect, persevere..."

After a martial arts demonstration, having mastered everything he had learned, he bid farewell to the Great Wall, returned to the city for a big meal, and then booked a plane ticket to Shanxi.

Beside Hukou Waterfall, listen to the thunderous roar of the Yellow River that resonates with your very being.

Then he traveled west into the desert, sat atop a sand dune, and watched the sunrise and sunset, and the stars and rivers.

He ventured south into the dense forests of the southwest, sailed on the Li River amidst the misty rain, trekked across the snow-covered plains of the northeast, and galloped across the grasslands of Inner Mongolia.

He traveled all the way, enduring wind and rain, and it wasn't until more than a year later, in the early spring of another year, that he returned to the capital.

Guo Haihuang picked him up outside the airport. After they met, he punched Guan Yi without saying a word.

The blow, capable of shattering rocks, struck Guan Yi's chest, but was dispersed and deflected by a gentle force. Guan Yi didn't even have to retreat; the force was naturally dispersed to various parts of his body and eventually flowed to the ground beneath his feet.

"Hahaha……"

Guo Haihuang laughed a few times, shook his head and left, refusing to even let the driver give Guan Yi a ride.

Guan Yi smiled helplessly, and without looking for a car, he measured the city on foot. His walking speed seemed ordinary, but he covered dozens of kilometers in two hours and returned to his master's house.

At this time, Wen Yunshen was nearly eighty years old and looked increasingly frail, but his health was still quite good. When he saw Guan Yi return, he did not ask about Guan Yi's recent progress, but only said with concern, "You've gotten tanned and lost some weight. You've worked hard these past few years. Take a rest and help your senior brothers and sisters. Their students have reached the age where they are most disobedient and are very difficult to manage."

"Okay, Master."

Guan Yi stayed at her master's house.

He teaches the next generation of apprentices every day, and when he has nothing to do, he sits for half a day under the old peach tree that has accompanied him in practicing martial arts for more than ten years.

It's late autumn again. A few of the most stubborn petals from the peach tree fall onto Guan Yi's knees, while a tremendous transformation is taking place within Guan Yi's body!

What I gained from martial arts training and battles in the past. The rivers, mountains, and all walks of life I've witnessed in the last two years.

They transformed into sparks, spreading far and wide, burning away all the chaotic thoughts.

The three-body stance of Xingyi collapses and then reassembles in the dust of the collapse. The true meaning of the twelve forms—dragon, tiger, monkey, etc.—is no longer confined to specific forms, but transforms into the most fundamental flow of energy.

The circularity of Tai Chi, the collapse of Bajiquan, and even the ruthlessness and directness of foreign martial arts have all lost their boundaries at this moment. They are swept up and collided by this torrent, and finally blend together and become indistinguishable!

His bones groaned, his flesh seemed to breathe on its own, and he felt he could control the opening and closing of every pore and the growth and shedding of every hair.

The world was as clear as what one would see with the powerful physique of the One Piece world. Guan Yi took a deep breath and exhaled, and in this late autumn and early winter, he was able to shoot out a wisp of white smoke that stretched more than three meters away!

Wen Yunshen and his fellow disciples had quietly gathered over. Seeing Guan Yi stand up, each of them wore an expectant expression.

"Did you succeed? Guan Yi, the highest realm of martial arts? How do you feel right now?"

Guan Yi thought for a moment and smiled, "It shouldn't count yet. There may be no peak in martial arts. I can still see the way forward. I've just taken a small step forward from the foundation of a martial arts master and become a little stronger."

How to describe it... Oh, Master, you once said I was a genius, that the 'yi' in my name is like the 'yi' in 'xingyi' (形意). I think now I'm probably qualified to reverse that statement.

The "意" in "形意" (xingyi) refers to the "意" in "关意" (guanyi).

Wen Yun Shen paused for two seconds, then pulled out a wooden stick from somewhere and said irritably, "This is completely contrary to the principles of Heaven and Earth! No matter how much you practice martial arts, even if you reach an unprecedented level, you can't become the ancestor of the Xingyi school! Explain yourself properly!"

"Hehe." Guan Yi smiled, her gaze shifting between her master and her senior brothers and sisters, showing some reluctance.

We part ways today.

I'm afraid we'll never see each other again.

Now, he can't tell whether this is the world created by the targeted assistance plan or the real world.

[Enlightenment Ends]

[Forging a Legend (Completed)]

As his consciousness descended and he returned to the world of One Piece, Guan Yi opened his eyes in the Shogun's mansion in Wano Country.

After sensing it briefly, Guan Yi raised his hand, a flame appearing in his palm, and stared at it quietly for a while.

The flames have changed.

To be precise, the sizzling fruit is different.

A second awakening? No, Guan Yi felt that this feeling was more like 'complete digestion'.

He used to be a Devil Fruit user, but now he feels like he has become the master of fire.

According to Laugh Tale's account, Im and Davy Jones used an 'artificial sun' to open the gates of demons, materializing abstract concepts and bringing demons from another world to the human realm.

The Flame-Flame Fruit is an abstract, materialized form of the fire element, containing the power of a 'fire demon'.

Now, the power that belonged to the Flame Demon has a new master, and the Flame Demon has naturally dissipated! Although there is no way to verify it, Guan Yi feels that even if he dies, there will be no more Flame-Flame Fruit in this world!
His figure transformed into a flash of fire, and two seconds later Guan Yi appeared outside of He Zhi Guo, above the sea.

He did not transform into a fire eagle, yet he could still hover in the sky, because flames have no weight.

He landed, tentatively touching the seawater with his hands, then his arms, then his legs, and finally submerging completely. The weakness that seawater used to bring was gone; Guan Yi swam freely in the ocean for the first time in a long time, even able to ignite flames on the seabed!
After a long while, he rose back into the air, his Observation Haki expanding, his Armament Haki flowing, and his Conqueror's Haki settling, each aspect bringing a different feeling.

His Observation Haki range has increased more than tenfold, comparable to Enel's Observation Haki amplified by the Rumble-Rumble Fruit. His Observation Haki can easily obliterate the Observation Haki of others, even those of Katakuri's strength!

The improvement of Armament Haki and Conqueror's Haki is even more intuitive and direct, with the intensity increasing several times over!
Enlightenment did not give him the same brutal boost as in the third phase of the plan, but it transformed Guan Yi in every aspect, giving him a complete new life!

"That's enough. Even Joy Boy and David Jones might not be as strong as I am now."

Although there are still two and a half years left to conquer the secret realm, Guan Yi is prepared to guard against the possibility that the entire continent will be connected and all races will become one family in order to achieve a complete success. Therefore, he is now preparing to take action.

First, we must eliminate any internal hidden dangers!

(End of this chapter)