I became a Sword Emperor in the Martial Arts World

Chapter 189 Gift Giving

The second peak is Qifeng Cliff.

Today, it's windy and rainy.

Ye Qingzhou lay cross-legged on the edge of the cliff, braving the wind and rain. Sometimes he looked up at the sun and moon, and sometimes he looked down at the mountains and rivers. He kept comprehending the mystery of the mutual generation of yin and yang, and took in the flow of energy of all things in the world.

At this moment, his spirit soared to new heights, as if he had become one with heaven and earth.

However, what Ye Qingzhou was focusing on was a seemingly insignificant drop of water amidst the torrential rain.

This drop of water, originating from the ocean, evaporates as the temperature rises due to sunlight exposure, and is then blown to land by the wind due to differences in air pressure.

The water vapor was pushed to the mountaintop by the howling wind. The sudden drop in temperature caused the water vapor to condense into water droplets, which eventually turned into a curtain of rain that covered the sky and dripped onto people, soaking their clothes.

As he observed all of this, Ye Qingzhou's spirit seemed to merge into the water droplet, sometimes evaporating and rising with the changes in energy, turning into invisible water vapor.

Sometimes it freezes into ice and falls from the sky.

Sometimes they converge into a river, flowing eastward into the sea.

The changing shapes of raindrops, from the smallest to the largest, represent the flow of energy. And the power of all things in the universe, in essence, is nothing more than the flow and change of energy, which gives birth to such a colorful world.

Energy does not disappear into nothingness; it simply transforms from one form to another.

Martial arts true qi is actually a kind of energy, with different attributes and effects, only the form of true qi has changed.

Once the principles of change are grasped, martial artists can unleash all sorts of incredible powers.

Ye Qingzhou's current cultivation level and realm are no longer limited by the professional level. In his previous life, he was a master of Gang Jin, so he has a high-level understanding and insights into martial arts.

Now, he is simply applying the experience and principles he learned to the martial arts of Blue Star.

In martial arts, a martial artist's rank is not the most important thing. Rather, the ability to learn and the talent to apply knowledge to new situations are the most important.

Just as the saying goes, "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for

What you learn is never the key; the real key is your ability to learn.

Ye Qingzhou's martial arts talent is his greatest asset; this ability to learn is something no one can take away from him.

"My small and medium circulations have been established, and my true qi armor has been mastered. The next step is to establish the large circulation, allowing my divine sense to resonate with heaven and earth, and my true qi to merge with nature, thereby constructing a bridge between heaven and earth and breaking through the barrier between life and death."

For human martial artists, this is the necessary path to achieve a second sublimation of life, and a crucial step towards the realm of ascension.

Only by crossing this threshold can one be qualified to step into the truly extraordinary realm.

The three techniques of circulating true qi—small circulation, medium circulation, and large circulation—are essentially energy circulation patterns.

In the initial first stage, martial artists need to control the circulation of true qi within their bodies, allowing this unique life energy to flow freely and continuously unlock their life potential.

Once a certain level is reached, one can enter the second stage, which is the cycle of the middle heaven.

The goal of this stage is for martial arts true energy to leave the body and form a circulating layer outside the body to create a protective shield similar to armor.

True Qi Armor is an enhanced and upgraded version of the protective True Qi.

Martial artists at the fourth to sixth dan levels possess protective true qi, but only martial arts prodigies with high talent and abundant resources can condense true qi martial armor.

True Qi Armor represents the stability of energy circulation; the more stable the circulation, the stronger its resistance to interference and attacks.

Therefore, True Qi Armor often becomes an important dividing line between master-level martial artists and professional-level martial artists.

A professional martial artist who has mastered the True Qi Armor may not necessarily become a martial arts master.

However, all martial artists who can become martial arts masters are those who have already mastered true qi martial armor at the professional level.

As for the third stage of the Great Circulation, Ye Qingzhou believes it can be summarized in four words: the interaction between Heaven and Man.

This ability is quite similar to the mental imagery power of the Martial Saint.

However, the Martial Saint's mind is to replace the mind of Heaven with his own. He can not only receive information, but also output information. By relying on his own will, he can interfere with the laws of Heaven and Earth and thus reverse the course of events.

Professional martial artists, on the other hand, rely more on the Great Circulation and the connection between Heaven and Man to receive information from Heaven and Earth, so that they can align themselves with the general trend of Heaven and Earth, thereby taking advantage of the situation and using the opponent's strength against them.

Upon realizing this, Ye Qingzhou leaped up and fell off the cliff.

The scenery around him rushed past, and in an instant, a gale howled in his ears. Ye Qingzhou closed his eyes slightly, carefully comprehending this change. When he jumped off the cliff, it was merely a conversion of potential energy into kinetic energy.

Clang~

The famous sword Flying Snow and the divine weapon Heavenly Punishment were drawn simultaneously and held in Ye Qingzhou's hand.

Then came the flashing of sword light and the overlapping of sword shadows. Ye Qingzhou used his self-created "Sword Shadow Immortal Traces" technique, and the martial arts true energy in his body began to transform into wind in the blink of an eye.

The air currents generated by the sword's edge propelled Ye Qingzhou's body into the sky.

Ye Qingzhou flew higher and higher, and the powerful kinetic energy on his body was constantly being converted into potential energy.

All these changes were completely manipulated and driven by Ye Qingzhou at will, as easily and effortlessly as eating and drinking.

At this moment, Ye Qingzhou was flying with the help of the wind that was everywhere in the world. The flowing air was the power he could draw upon, and this power was almost inexhaustible.

As early as when he had reached the realm of divine mastery of the six basic elements of wind, fire, mountain, forest, yin, and thunder, Ye Qingzhou had actually comprehended a weakened version of the connection between heaven and man.

Especially after the final of the sword fighting tournament, in his battle against Ghost Sword Sorrow Duan Ming.

Ye Qingzhou, under the pressure of teetering on the brink of death, unleashed his potential, his spirit and will radiating into the air, his mind merging with the flowing wind, thus successfully stepping into the realm of divine speed.

"So, back then, I had already laid the foundation for becoming a master."

Ye Qingzhou seemed to have an epiphany at this moment. The path to becoming a martial arts master was now a smooth road before him, without any doubts or obstacles.

The greatest challenge for a master is not building a bridge between heaven and earth, but rather comprehending the grand trends of the universe and learning how to act in accordance with them.

"In this way, now I only need to hone my martial arts skills to start trying to break through to the master level and reach the top in one step."

Ye Qingzhou was calm and composed at this moment, as if becoming a martial arts master was just a natural outcome and nothing to be surprised about.

In the Eastern Kingdom, the assessment of professional martial artists, in addition to the circulation and construction of martial arts true qi, also places great importance on the grade and realm of martial arts skills.

To reach the first level of a professional martial arts class, one must have mastered all six basic martial arts techniques and reached the beginner level in at least three intermediate-level martial arts skills.

To reach the second stage of a professional level, one must have mastered all six basic martial arts techniques and become proficient in at least three intermediate-level martial arts skills.

To reach the third stage of a professional career, one must have mastered all six basic martial arts techniques and be proficient in at least three intermediate-level martial arts skills.

To reach the fourth stage of a professional level, one needs to master at least three intermediate-level martial arts techniques.

To reach the fifth rank in the profession, one needs to master at least three intermediate-level martial arts techniques.

To reach the sixth dan level in a profession, one needs to have reached the entry level in at least one advanced martial art.

To reach the seventh rank in the professional martial arts, one needs to master at least three high-level martial arts techniques.

To reach the eighth dan level in the profession, one needs to master at least three high-level martial arts techniques.

To reach the ninth dan level in the professional martial arts world, one must cultivate at least one mental cultivation method and reach a state of mastery.

This knowledge was only obtained by Ye Qingzhou after he received the professional-level martial arts license from Bai Yuanhu.

Indeed, the battle outside Jiuli Cave Heaven quickly spread its influence, and Ye Qingzhou once again demonstrated his extraordinary potential and value to everyone.

Therefore, many things that were difficult to handle before are now being done very quickly. For example, the martial arts professional license that was originally supposed to be obtained after the winter vacation has now been personally delivered to the Second Peak by Bai Yuanhu and handed to Ye Qingzhou.

"It seems that reaching the professional rank is far too easy for me."

After reading the requirements above, Ye Qingzhou didn't know what to say.

For a proper martial artist, acquiring advanced martial arts techniques is extremely difficult. Without five or six years of immersion and accumulation, it's practically impossible.

After all, intermediate-level martial arts techniques can be obtained by spending money; they're just expensive.

High-level martial arts skills are so rare that they can't be bought with money. They are basically monopolized by mid-sized sects of second-rate or higher, martial arts families, or the government.

If you don't join these forces or gain their recognition, no matter how much money you spend, you won't be able to buy a high-level martial arts technique.

For example, the advanced wind-based movement technique "Stepping Swallow" that Ye Qingzhou obtained through trials on Tianma Mountain of Nanjing University is a martial art controlled by the official authorities.

This martial art is basically only available to students of Nanjing University, or young geniuses like Ye Qingzhou who have earned the title of martial arts prodigy in government-run high schools and have passed a special test.

There's no other way; after all, the entire Yuelu Mountain Secret Realm is guarded by experts.

"So, the mental cultivation method is actually the key to entering the master realm. No wonder there are no mental cultivation methods circulating on the market, not even many second-rate martial arts forces have them."

Ye Qingzhou then realized that he had underestimated the value of the Heart Sword Secret Technique. After all, even the most common and lowest-level mental cultivation method had a chance of producing a martial arts master.

As for the Heart Sword Secret Technique, a mental cultivation method equivalent to a super-level mental martial art, one would probably become a martial arts grandmaster at the very least if they mastered it.

…………

February 28th, Lunar New Year's Eve.

Ye Qingzhou had completed a month of corvée labor, and after bidding farewell to Wang Yin, he embarked on his journey home.

When Ye Qingzhou left Wufeng Mountain, he encountered Wei Yong and Li Shulan, who were in a hurry. Just as he was about to raise his hand to say hello, he saw the two of them turn around and run away as if they had seen a ghost.

Clearly, Ye Qingzhou had been regarded as a jinx by Wei Yong and Li Shulan. Both of them had heard of Ye Qingzhou's formidable record of attacking the Fu family of Wuxi and severely injuring Fu Wei.

Wei Yong was slightly stronger than Fu Wei, but only to a limited extent, so he knew he was no match for Ye Qingzhou.

It should be noted that Ye Qingzhou had fought a fierce battle with the King of the Snipers at the Second Peak, and then fought against three "Sinner" level martial arts masters from the Seven Sins at the Tongxing Group.

After such a series of battles, they still had the strength to go to the Fu family and severely injure Fu Wei, who was in his prime, to the point of near death. Even if Wei Yong and Li Shulan joined forces, they probably couldn't do that.

Not to mention facing a master-level alien beast like the King of the Snipers, Wei Yong and Li Shulan wouldn't dare to provoke the Seven Deadly Sins, the armed organization within the Source Blood Society.

The Seven Deadly Sins have only twenty-eight members in total!

There are 21 criminals, all of whom are martial arts masters, and 7 ringleaders, all of whom are martial arts grandmasters!

Compared to the Seven Deadly Sins, the Junshan Society is practically a little brother.

Ye Qingzhou, on the other hand, dared to kill all seven of the Seven Deadly Sins, and killed three of them in one go, which made Wei Yong and Li Shulan's hearts pound with fear.

The Junshan Society only has about twenty masters in total, and only two grandmasters. With so few people, how many times could Ye Qingzhou kill them?

They've even started to regret why they were so foolish as to oppose Ye Qingzhou in the first place.

Li Yaoping is dead, so be it. Why stand up for the Li family of Liancheng?

Ye Qingzhou was unaware that everyone in the Junshan Society was already living in fear. Even the two masters of the Fu family of Wuxi dared not utter the word "revenge," so naturally, no one else would dare to either.

After all, Ye Qingzhou alone killed three martial arts masters from the Seven Deadly Sins. Of the remaining families in the Junshan Society, more than half of the martial arts families only have one or two masters.

In other words, they weren't even enough for Ye Qingzhou to kill alone.

Unless they are twenty or so people who do nothing all day and just huddle together.

But that's not realistic!

So let's just close our eyes and pretend nothing happened.

After all, if you keep shouting everywhere but can't do anything to your opponent, then you'll be the one who loses face.

Seeing Wei Yong and Li Shulan fleeing in disarray, Ye Qingzhou couldn't help but complain, "We've worked together for a while, and they won't even say hello. How rude!"

Seeing this, Zhang Hong, who was driving, laughed and joked, "Master Wei and Master Li are probably afraid that you, Ye Qianlong, will just raise your hand and strike them with your sword."

"How could that be? I have always been kind to others and won people over with virtue."

Ye Qingzhou refuted Zhang Hong's nonsense. He felt that although he often beat people so badly that their own mothers wouldn't recognize them, Ye Qingzhou knew that he was a reasonable and moral good person.

At Lengshuitan, outside the mansion, Uncle Liang and his men were waiting by the roadside early in the morning.

Because it was New Year's Eve, the spring cleaning had just been completed, and even the floor was spotless, having been carefully rinsed with water.

Pushing open the car door, Ye Qingzhou appeared before everyone.

"I'm back!"

"Waaaaah~"

A dazed figure rushed out and hugged Ye Qingzhou tightly. The small arms had great strength, squeezing Ye Qingzhou's bones so hard they cracked.

If he hadn't mastered the Indestructible Golden Body, he would probably have been strangled to death by her.

The little girl in front of me is actually the tyrant Black Serpent, who possesses a master-level physique.

Ye Qingzhou patted You Ruo's adorable head: "Where's Yingyue?"

You Ruo pointed in the direction of the quiet room in the house.

Ye Qingzhou understood You Ruo's meaning and nodded with satisfaction: "It seems she is very diligent. She must be close to reaching the seventh level of the Ascension Realm."

Hearing Ye Qingzhou praise Yingyue, You Ruo, who also wanted to receive praise, started gesturing excitedly and making sounds in front of him.

Ye Qingzhou smiled and patted the little girl's head again: "Yes, yes, Youruo, you also worked very hard."

The little girl, who had finally received the praise she wanted, spun around happily, her face beaming with joy.

"Mr. Ye."

Only then did Uncle Liang lead his servants to greet Zhang Hong and arrange for someone to retrieve his luggage from Zhang Hong's car.

"Uncle Liang, is everything alright at home?"

"No, it's just that the Linjiang Chamber of Commerce learned that you were coming back, Mr. Ye, so they wanted to pay you a visit. Quite a few people also brought gifts; this is the gift list."

Ye Qingzhou took the gift list and looked at it: "Wow, are they all this rich?"

According to the data compiled by Uncle Liang, Ye Qingzhou did nothing, yet his assets increased by another 400 million. All sorts of rare treasures, paintings and calligraphy by shareholders, and even company shares were delivered to him as if they were free.

The people who gave the gifts didn't even make any requests, as if they were simply there to offer Ye Qingzhou some warmth and comfort.

Without a doubt, these people are well-informed and have learned of Ye Qingzhou's impressive achievements in Wufeng Mountain and Wuxi City, which is why they are so eager to come and offer gifts.

In the past, they might have just been looking at Ye Qingzhou's potential and thinking about investing in him, just in case he came in handy later.

Now, Ye Qingzhou has demonstrated incredible combat power. Regardless of whether he relies on divine weapons or something else, Ye Qingzhou has proven his ability through actual combat.

This led to a drastic change in everyone's attitude towards Ye Qingzhou; they no longer regarded him as a promising martial arts talent.

Because Ye Qingzhou now possesses the formidable power of the "True Dragon".

"Mr. Ye, would you like me to arrange a return gift?"

Uncle Liang asked cautiously, "When did I ever see such a scene when I was Zheng Zhiguang's butler?"

It should be noted that among those who gave gifts to Ye Qingzhou, there were quite a few people whose influence and status were even higher than Zheng Zhiguang's.

But these people, who he considered to be high and mighty figures, now had to grovel and fawn over Ye Qingzhou.

Ye Qingzhou thought for a moment: "As the saying goes, courtesy should be reciprocated, and I can't be too stingy."

Although he said that, Ye Qingzhou did not intend to spend money to return the gift. Instead, he ordered Uncle Liang to bring paper and pen, and wrote six different "sword" characters.

Each character is written with vigorous strokes and unique charm.

In one breath, Ye Qingzhou wrote down all his insights into the six elements of wind, fire, mountain, forest, yin, and thunder. Then he instructed Uncle Liang, "The six gifts with the highest value on the gift list will receive these six calligraphy scrolls."

"what?"

Uncle Liang was speechless upon hearing this, feeling that his boss was incredibly stingy, asking how a few paintings and calligraphies could be worth four hundred million?

It's no wonder he thought that way, after all, Ye Qingzhou was not famous in the calligraphy world at all, and even if he were, his calligraphy and paintings wouldn't be worth 400 million.

目前欠加更为：9月28号104月票，2更。9月29号64月票，1更。9月30号80月票，1更，10月1号60月票，1更，总共5更。

(End of this chapter)