"Hisss, so the master has been by my side all along?"
Dragon City Martial Arts University is truly a place where dragons hide amongst the tigers.
At this mont, Lu Chenzhou deeply felt it.
He had a Martial Arts Tree and had won a championship, but he really had no right to be complacent.
It’s Mr. Chen Jiu with his low-class root bone who’s truly impressive!
Ding————
[Your campus card account has received a transfer from the school office of 100 Great rit (Note: Comrcial competition championship reward), current balance 1500 Great rit.]
[Your Hidden Dragon List points have increased by 1000, total score now 18511, your Hidden Dragon List ranking has risen to 465...]
Lu Chenzhou opened his phone; another paynt had been made.
"Fa is growing, money coming like snowflakes."
The fist is fa; the fist is profit!
Lu Chenzhou looked at Li Fu’s ranking; he had fallen behind by 10 ranks.
Surpassing the Martial Arts Geniuses, he felt a thrill inside.
At the sa ti, Qingtian Cang’s call ca in.
"Chenzhou, you’ve pretty much conquered the comrcial competition at the Martial Arts Academy. Next, focus on practicing seriously, the true essence lies in strength. Compared to these, the Super Hidden Dragon competition in June is what truly matters. If you can earn the title of one of Dragon City’s top ten, it will greatly benefit your future rating as a Martial Arts Genius."
...
Ti passed.
A month later.
Winter had completely gone, and it was the warm, blossoming March.
At Stone Lake, spring was blooming.
The swallows returned from the tropics, their chirping resonant.
On the shore.
A young man with a pet swallow perched on his shoulder started practicing his fist technique slowly, and before he knew it, a swarm of swallows were flying around him like an immortal.
The pet swallow joined in with the flying swarm, joyously.
Lu Chenzhou once again tried to use the Swallow Return Divine Seed to communicate with the flock of swallows.
For a mont,
His soul lodged within these wild swallows, the Swallow Form Divine Intent stronger than ever before flowed into his soul like a babbling brook, following the flock over mountains and rivers, south of the equator, sweeping across the tropical seas, weaving through storms, arriving at the vast continent of Australia and returning, completing a full year’s north-south migration.
In his mind, a year passed in an instant.
It felt like another lifeti!
"Flying Swallow Sea Flying, Unrestrained!"
This phrase surfaced in Lu Chenzhou’s mind.
Perhaps, this was the Swallow Form Divine Intent that his master had comprehended.
He felt that his Swallow Form Fist Theory had probably made a breakthrough.
Mimic its shape, learn its montum... connect with the divine!
In his mind.
The Martial Arts Tree suddenly grew several inches taller, reaching eight feet.
The leaves of the Martial Arts Tree rustled.
His gaze shifted, looking at the "Swallow Return Fist" and "Sea-sweeping Body" leaves.
They were glowing, an incredibly intense light.
Lu Chenzhou’s gaze sharpened.
"The Martial Arts Tree has actually changed."
For a long ti, after reaching Perfection in Martial Arts, the leaves would turn dull, and no matter how much Lu Chenzhou practiced, they remained unchanged. But he knew, beyond Martial Arts Perfection, there was another realm that wasn’t exactly a realm, that was: Mastery.
Mastery ant fully understanding Martial Arts as one’s own, and if one amassed enough, had high enough comprehension, one could even draw from other Martial Arts, extract their essence, embrace a variety of strengths, reach the pinnacle, innovate, and create one’s own Martial Arts!
Of course, to create a Martial Arts, one also needed the Boxing Realm to reach the Fourth Realm [understand the principle], and Lu Chenzhou was only just beginning to [connect with the divine].
But could innovation be far off once Mastery was achieved?
Not much later, the "Swallow Return Fist" and "Sea-sweeping Body" leaves stopped flickering, and Lu Chenzhou focused his gaze. Tiny golden letters gradually appeared on the leaf:
[Mastery, Divine Seed Return to Unity]
Amidst the obscurity, Lu Chenzhou understood the aning of these eight characters.
"Following the Elephant Form, reaching the connect-with-the-divine realm allows one to initially integrate the ordinary Martial Arts of the sa routine, simplifying the complex, and breaking the whole into parts. For instance, the routine of ’Swallow Return Fist’ and ’Sea-sweeping Body,’ can use the Martial Arts Tree to rge them into one, becoming a martial art with my personal divine intention."
He looked at the Flying Swallow Sea Flying routine’s leaf.
[Swallow Return Fist: Perfection (can be integrated)]
[Sea-sweeping Body: Perfection (can be integrated)]
...
"Mastery."
Lu Chenzhou began performing the Flying Swallow Sea Flying routine on the spot, pairing fist technique and movent technique. Because his fist theory realm was now higher, it felt different. By his side, the swarm of swallows flew around Lu Chenzhou as if seeing him as their deity.
Unnoticed, an hour passed.
anwhile, Wu Zun, who was fishing, watched the "Dancing with Swallows" Lu Chenzhou.
"My father said Chenzhou has the ability to communicate with swallows, and it seems truly so... could it be that in this world, there is a Martial Bone Dao Embryo related to swallows?"
Martial Bone Dao Embryo is a concept summarized by later generations.
Just because it didn’t exist before doesn’t an it doesn’t exist now or in the future.
"I think it’s feasible... I should just let my father and the Grandmaster Committee discuss, and maybe devise a Swallow Form Martial Bone Dao Embryo. Now, what should I call it?"
Wu Zun, while fishing, looked at Lu Chenzhou, totally relaxed.
Using the endurance brought by Iron Crotch Skill, Lu Chenzhou kept performing the Flying Swallow Sea Flying routine for three continuous hours, and Wu Zun, to watch his performance, also fished for three hours beside him, his fishing guard not even hitting the water... another fruitless attempt.
After finishing his spirited practice, Lu Chenzhou looked towards the Martial Arts Tree but saw the previously separate "Swallow Return Fist" and "Sea-sweeping Body" leaves had rged into one.
Focusing his gaze, the tiny lettering erged.
[Please na the new Martial Arts.]
"Eh, does this count as new Martial Arts?"
Lu Chenzhou felt that he was at most a transporter, rging two types of Martial Arts through the Martial Arts Tree into one, far from the creation of Martial Arts he had envisioned.
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