Inside the courtyard.
Zhong Shenxiu swung his fists and feet wildly, each move carrying an imnsely powerful force.
White Tiger, Azure Dragon, Xuanwu, Vermilion Bird...
The Four Phases Battle Technique from the Ten Directions Beast Skill, all rged into one by him.
He breathed deeply, the faint sounds of a tiger and leopard’s roar, the Spirit Turtle’s inhalation, and the Heavenly Toad swallowing the sun could be heard.
With just a slight exertion, boundless strength surged forth, accompanied by an incredibly hard skin, turning Zhong Shenxiu into a real humanoid ferocious beast—an Ape Demon!
"Ape Demon Fighting Victory Skill, truly the epito of the Ten Directions Beast Skill!"
After a while, Zhong Shenxiu retracted his fists and sighed to himself.
Within the official martial arts, he had no trouble borrowing the Ten Directions Beast Skill, the most widely circulated martial skill among the army.
This martial skill, with the Ape Demon Fighting Victory Skill as the epito, commands the White Tiger Seven Killings Fist, Azure Dragon Cloud-Exploring Hand, Xuanwu Hundred Refinent Armor, Vermilion Bird Burning Sky Palm, Spirit Turtle Breathing Skill, Giant Elephant Strength Technique, Mang Bull Hard Skin Skill, Tiger and Leopard Thunder Sound Roar, Heavenly Toad Swallowing Sun Technique, and other nine cultivation techniques.
Zhong Shenxiu glanced at the attribute panel:
[Title: Pastor]
[Music, Chess, Calligraphy, Painting: Third Level]
[Ten Directions Beast Skill: Third Level (Cannot be upgraded)]
[Profound Yin Soul Fragnt: Third Level (Cannot be upgraded)]
[Heavenly Show Points: 0 (5%)]
[Ten Thousand Doors: Opening (15%)]
...
"Relying on the spirits’ power and the assist from Heavenly Show Points, Ten Directions Beast Skill has been cultivated to the apex of the mundane world. The next step is to find the thod to cultivate the Ten Thousand Beasts True Body, the true Daoist Skill, tightly held by the officials... Given my dishonorable background, I’m unlikely to obtain it..."
Zhong Shenxiu sighed, "Perhaps with Heavenly Show Points, I could forcefully elevate the Ten Directions Beast Skill to the level of Daoist Skill? But the required Heavenly Show Points would definitely be more than twenty..."
Even after obtaining the treasures from the arsenal, Zhong Shenxiu found that although his martial arts had improved a bit, breaking through to the Innate level was still far away.
This was the greatest bottleneck encountered by many martial artists.
Without the right opportunity, one might never step through the threshold to truly enter the path.
However, this period of cultivation had yielded so gains.
"The thod to cultivate the Ten Thousand Beasts True Body, I can probably guess, involves slaughtering and devouring the souls of wild Demon Beasts... No, not the souls, but the Evil Qi!"
The land has its own Gang Qi, so do people, and wild Demon Beasts have their own Beast Qi!
The so-called ’Gang Sha Realm,’ the Qi and Evil Qi refined are actually a type of the Qi of Heaven and Earth!
"The Qi of Heaven and Earth can transform into myriad Qi!"
Zhong Shenxiu thought to himself: "In reality, a cultivator does not seek externally, ditating and refining Qi daily, they can slowly draw the necessary Gang Qi and Evil Qi from the Heaven and Earth Qi, but this thod is too slow... Perhaps it requires ditating for years or even decades to accumulate a usable strand of Evil Qi, and others could simply find one from the outside, refine it, and possess the sa cultivation level. Hence, cultivating oneself is foolish; the difference between humans and animals lies in the use of tools."
"The Ten Directions Beast Skill is an introductory Chapter to a Daoist Skill, the entrance to this part of the Daoist Skill’s Gang Sha Realm, is the cultivation of Beast Qi..."
Unfortunately, even though he knew this, and even had collected so Beast Qi, not knowing the thod ant he still couldn’t enter the path.
"Dao Jue, Dao Jue..."
Zhong Shenxiu sighed again, difficult to obtain from the governnt, and even if obtained, it’s not necessarily the best.
Besides this, there was another way, which was the cultivation sects!
For example, Feng Xixi and that Spiritual Crane were people of the Cloud Mirror Sect.
Yet, although such cultivation sects were not scarce in Yan Han, they were like dragons hidden among the clouds, revealing only bits and pieces, and even when they sought disciples, they required them with clear backgrounds and clever talents, truly fated with Dao.
Furthermore, there were the families of high social status exhausting their minds to push their excellent disciples into those sects.
Thus, this path was quite similar to that of the officialdom.
Especially since others did not ntion it, Zhong Shenxiu didn’t even know there were any cultivation sects, and Feng Xixi wouldn’t tell him where the gates of the Cloud Mirror Sect were.
However, it was heard that so true cultivation sects adhered to the ancient Daoist lineage, not caring about one’s background or even their innate talent, only caring about the connections ford— even a beggar, if appealing to their eyes, could be accepted as a disciple.
Unfortunately, such a destined connection was indeed elusive and could not be forced.
"My status is too low... It seems, it is ti for Young Master Shen Xiu to make an appearance."
Zhong Shenxiu ca up with an idea.
Su Daoshi, an Innate Expert and low-ranking ninth-grade official with a background not so clean, reaching an eighth-grade position in his lifeti would be his peak.
Basically, there was no hope of him being able to practice Daoist arts.
Zhong Shenxiu also planned to manage this identity well, develop steadily as a cover.
Besides that, for the Heavenly Show Points and other needs, Young Master Shen Xiu could be brought out.
With the profession of "Pastor" and powers of vengeful spirits, even impersonating an expert of the Divine Power Realm wouldn’t be too audacious.
By then, the high-end elite cultivation circles that Su Daoshi could never enter even upon his death, could be easily accessed by Young Master Shen Xiu.
"This still needs careful planning, especially how to hide my own identity..."
Zhong Shenxiu slowly took a breath and summoned Huang Xie and Er Ha: "I have a cultivation technique here, called ’Primordial Qi Gong’, a Qi Refining thod; I’ll pass it on to you now."
"Thank you, my lord."
Huang Xie’s eyes filled with tears as he quickly knelt down with Er Ha and bowed deeply.
For them, this was an opportunity to change their lives.
Many so-called Martial Arts masters, even if they entered the service of high-status families as slaves, had to fight and kill for years just to receive so true martial arts teachings.
A few days ago when Zhong Shenxiu said he would pass on a technique, Huang Xie thought it would need several years of testing.
Who knew it would be passed on so easily?
"This Primordial Qi Gong that I am passing on was sothing I stumbled upon by chance, teaching it to you won’t be a hindrance... Listen up, the Primordial Breath, nourishes within the infant guard..."
Zhong Shenxiu recited the spell three tis, and the two dogs indicated they still couldn’t rember it, choking him till he rolled his eyes: "Forget it... I’ll write down the spell for you tonight, morize it then burn it, it must not be passed to a third person."
"This Primordial Qi Gong focuses on breathing, in combination with various active strategies, drawing on the natural Qi of the world to slowly refine the body, and it isn’t a thod that cultivates the acupuncture points."
After all, it was a thod he figured out by himself, without having the skills to asure each acupuncture point, unlike the Spirit Turtle Breathing Skill that clears thirty-six points reaching the Innate Peak, Its path is straightforward.
"That’s enough."
Huang Xie hurriedly nodded: "We just need a thod to break through to Innate; as long as we break through, when we go back to our clan, we’ll be able to flaunt it, and if a noble sees potential in us, it’s possible we could go to the ancestral lands for cultivation, to receive our bloodline inheritance, and then we’ll have everything."
Zhong Shenxiu knew about this, after all, even if weakened, the Quanrong Clan was still a lineage, its interiors comparable to experts of the Gang Sha or even Divine Power Realm.
However, for Huang Xie and Er Ha, in the Quanrong Clan, their status was akin to the ordinary people of Yan Han, desperately striving without any path forward.
If they could break through to Innate, going back to their clan might allow them to be valued, akin to a scholar passing a major examination, soaring high, gaining everything.
Unfortunately, such a bloodline inheritance was only applicable to the Quanrong Clan.
Listening to this, Zhong Shenxiu felt a bit speechless inside: ’Why do I feel like I’m even worse off than these two dogs?’
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