11: Promoted to the middle stage of Xiantian

Chu Jiang settled the remaining people one by one and returned to the county office.

He arrived at the exclusive training room for the head of the Demon Hunting Division and began the deduction.

The two Cultivation Techniques he obtained from the county magistrate's assistant were top-tier among Acquired ones, and he prepared to make a Breakthrough to the Innate Realm in one go.

Acquired Martial Artists and Innate Martial Artists were simply not in the same Realm.

Acquired Martial Artists mainly focused on training the Physical Body, and the unleashing of martial arts relied primarily on absorbing energy from their flesh, blood, and bones; the stronger their physique, the more powerful the martial arts they could unleash.

Whereas Innate Martial Artists possessed True Qi, allowing their martial arts to increase in power exponentially under the reinforcement of True Qi.

Only by stepping into the Innate Realm could one be considered to have formally embarked on the path of the Dao.

Chu Jiang took a deep breath and opened the panel.

[Innate Martial Art · Great Strength Vajra Palm (Not Yet Initiated) (Fragmented)]

[Acquired Martial Art · Breeze Technique (Not Yet Initiated)]

[demon life essence: 83 years]

[Own Lifespan: 20 years]

Looking at the increased Lifespan, he would not be troubled by Lifespan issues in the short term.

The tenth level of the Physical Body, marrow cleansing and bone cutting, compensated for some of the lost life essence.

However, he had a vague feeling that the waters in White Stone County were very deep, and his strength at the tenth level of the Physical Body was still insufficient.

[The strength of the tenth level of the Physical Body significantly increased your endurance; in the second year, Breeze Technique reached Initiation.]

[You continued to Cultivate; in the seventh year, Breeze Technique reached Minor Achievement.]

[You grasped the secret of the Breeze Steps, accelerating your Cultivation speed; in the thirteenth year, Breeze Technique reached Major Achievement.]

[In the nineteenth year, this was your first time hitting a bottleneck while Cultivating the Breeze Technique; you pondered over it, but this problem did not stump you; Breeze Steps reached Perfection.]

[In the twenty-second year, you felt that the Breeze Technique could not progress any further, no matter how hard you tried, you could not achieve a Breakthrough.]

[In the twenty-third year, you began to slack off.]

[In the twenty-fourth year, you were still slacking off, and it actually felt quite comfortable.]

Chu Jiang was stunned. "What the hell is slacking off? And slacking off continuously? That's too much; pull yourself together!"

The deduction continued.

[In the twenty-fifth year, you learned from your mistakes, feeling guilty for wasting two years, and continued to comprehend, but still did not achieve a Breakthrough.]

[In the twenty-eighth year, one day you were rowing a boat when a breeze blew by. This wind made you feel something wonderful, giving you an urge to ride the wind. When you stretched out your arms to embrace the breeze and took a step, you fell straight into the water.]

[In the twenty-ninth year, you were comprehending the power of the wind every day. During this time, you made all sorts of jokes, but you ignored them. Heaven rewards the diligent; you grasped the true meaning of the breeze, and the Breeze Technique entered the Transcendent Realm.]

[Whenever a breeze blows, your speed increases by half.]

[Acquired Martial Art · Breeze Technique (Transcendent)]

[Remaining Lifespan: 54 years]

[Own Lifespan: 70 years]

The Transcendent Breeze Technique finally allowed him to pierce the window paper of the tenth level of the Physical Body Peak, and a brand-new door was opening up to him.

The energy between heaven and earth poured into his body frantically, refining into wisps of True Qi, impacting the first of the Eight Extraordinary Meridians.

Under the violent scouring of True Qi, the Ren Meridian was like a dam breached by a flood, suddenly cleared, and immediately after, the second, the Du Meridian, was also cleared in one go.

After the Ren and Du Meridians were cleared.

Chu Jiang could not suppress the excitement in his heart, he operated the Transcendent Breeze Technique in the training room; its speed was so fast that it left him dumbfounded.

He felt like a gust of wind, crisscrossing and galloping freely inside the training room.

Moreover, the True Qi consumed by this Breeze Technique was extremely low, almost negligible.

He couldn't help but feel that the world was vast, and he could soar as he pleased.

"Hmm, keep a low profile, keep a low profile."

Just having had a Breakthrough to the Innate Realm, he couldn't get too carried away.

Chu Jiang regained his composure; he could only be considered to be in the Innate Early Stage now.

The Innate Realm involves the Eight Extraordinary Meridians; every time two Meridians are cleared, one advances.

Clearing the Ren and Du Meridians is the Innate Early Stage.

Clearing the Chong and Dai Meridians is the Innate Middle Stage.

Clearing the Yin Qiao and Yang Qiao Meridians is the Innate Late Stage.

Clearing the Yin Wei and Yang Wei Meridians is the Innate Peak.

Striking while the iron was hot, Chu Jiang continued to deduct the Great Strength Vajra Palm.

[You began to Cultivate the Great Strength Vajra Palm; because you had a Breakthrough to the Innate Realm, your comprehension slightly increased, and this fragmented Innate Martial Art reached Minor Achievement in just the first year.]

[In the second year, you began to use the Great Strength Vajra Palm to split stones to increase proficiency; over time, you stepped into the Major Achievement Realm.]

[In the fifth year, you had split all the stones in the county office until they smoked; the Great Strength Vajra Palm became increasingly refined, stepping into the Perfection Realm.]

[In the seventh year, the fragmented Great Strength Vajra Palm could not break through to the Transcendent Realm, so you began to perfect this martial art.]

[In the tenth year, one night, watching the blacksmith in the smithy swinging his hammer, you were lost in thought; if the continuous hammer technique of blacksmithing could be fused into the Great Strength Vajra Palm, its power would inevitably multiply.]

[In the seventeenth year, under your painstaking research, the Great Strength Vajra Palm had undergone some changes, and its power had increased significantly, but it was still far from your expectations.]

[In the twenty-second year, you were rowing a boat again and saw the waves on the shore one after another; you understood.]

[In the twenty-third year, the Great Strength Vajra Palm's Three Surging Waves, which can stack three palm forces in a short time, greatly increased power; you named it Great Strength Triple Waves, serving as the second Move of the Great Strength Vajra Palm.]

[In the twenty-seventh year, your inspiration was still flowing like a spring, and you were deducing the next Move of the Great Strength Vajra Palm. One day, a miraculous idea emerged in your mind: adding hidden force to the Great Strength Vajra Palm. Whether acting as a schemer to ambush others or fighting head-on, it was an excellent choice.]

[You did it as soon as you thought of it. Time came to the thirty-fifth year; things were not as easy as you thought. The improved Great Strength Triple Waves seemed to conflict with your new Move, and it could not be formed at all.]

[You did not choose to give up, seeking a solution. On one day in the forty-seventh year, you slept in. Upon waking up, the neutralization point between the two suddenly flashed in your mind; you created the third Move of the Great Strength Vajra Palm, Great Strength Soul-Severing Heaven.]

[You couldn't help but exclaim that sometimes it really is Heaven bestowing food upon you; sometimes you succeed without even knowing how.]

[Vajra Martial Art (Pseudo) · Great Strength Vajra Palm (Minor Achievement)]

[demon life essence: 7 years]

...Chu Jiang returned to reality from his mind; he looked at his palms, and they were completely different.

With a thought, True Qi permeated his right palm, glowing with a pale golden radiance, and in the blink of an eye, it emitted an eerie black Qi.

"A single thought between divinity and demon?"

This hidden power made even him feel a bit palpitated.

With less than fifty years of Lifespan, he had created such a powerful martial art; it really lived up to that saying in the deduction.

"Heaven bestowing food upon you."

This deduction was a huge profit.

Using the minimum resources to achieve the best results.

He really hadn't expected a Vajra Martial Art to appear this time.

Above Innate, below Vajra.

This was the grade of this martial art.

"What is Vajra?"

Clearing the Eight Extraordinary Meridians requires liquefying the True Qi in the body; once all liquefaction is complete, one can step into the Vajra Realm.

In the Vajra Realm, the Physical Body will be significantly strengthened once again, the capacity of True Qi will expand, and one will achieve unity of offense and defense.

Innate Martial Artists simply cannot break through its defense.

If he Cultivates this martial art to the Transcendent Realm, he could look down upon ninety percent of people in the Innate Realm.

The remaining ten percent were naturally the Prodigies of the great clans in this world; the resources they enjoyed were unimaginable to Chu Jiang.

He was not yet arrogant enough to think that relying on a pseudo-Vajra Martial Art would allow him to ignore their existence.

Regardless, in such a small place.

There were not many Innate experts, so his strength was already enough.

What was even more gratifying was.

The Chong and Dai Meridians had been completely cleared, and he had stepped into the Innate Middle Stage in one go.