94: Chapter 94 The Three Trials of the Martial Sect

"Report to me tomorrow." From the moment Ye Jiexin laid eyes on this Jade Slip, it became his possession. He took the Jade Slip and prepared to return to Lingmu Peak to study the Talisman Making techniques within, not forgetting to remind Ye Yisong before he left.

"Sigh, the item isn't going anywhere, look at how anxious you are. Stay here with me today, and you two can return together tomorrow." Grandfather Ye Tuantu urged Ye Jiexin to stay, mainly because he was reluctant to part with his grandson, Ye Yisong.

Ye Yisong's narrow escape from death this time had truly frightened the old man, Grandfather Ye Tuantu.

"Master, it is getting late, stay the night at Luanshi Peak," Ye Yisong also persuaded. "Go to the quiet room where my father Cultivates, and we can study this Jade Slip properly together."

"Go, go, go, you haven't even learned to walk and you're already thinking about running," Ye Jiexin said with disdain. However, he understood the old man's intention in his heart. Afterward, he went to Ye Jiesheng's quiet room alone, from which manic laughter could be heard from time to time, which was quite frightening.

"Song'er, you come with me, it is time for me to tell you about the path of the Martial Ancestor," Ye Jiesheng said, looking at Ye Yisong seriously.

After these few months of Cultivating by taking Medicinal Pills, Ye Yisong's cultivation had already reached the Nine-Star Martial Master stage. After spending some time polishing his Meridians and ensuring his Spiritual Qi cultivation could not be improved any further, the next step was to seek an opportunity to Breakthrough to the Martial Ancestor realm.

The father and son came to another quiet room, and Grandfather Ye Tuantu followed, wanting to guide Ye Yisong on his future path of Cultivation together.

"Song'er, you have now reached the Nine-Star Martial Master stage, and the next step is the Martial Ancestor realm. Today, I will explain the three major barriers on the path to becoming a Martial Ancestor. If you don't understand anything along the way, you can ask your father." Ye Jiesheng began to explain to Ye Yisong, using himself as an example.

"There are three barriers to breaking through to become a Martial Ancestor: the Spiritual Qi barrier, the Physical Body barrier, and the Divine Soul barrier."

"Your Spiritual Qi cultivation has reached the Nine-Star Martial Master stage, so the requirements for the Spiritual Qi barrier have already been met. As long as you spend a few more months polishing and fully absorbing and digesting the Medicinal Pills, converting them into your own Spiritual Qi, there will be no issues."

"Your Mental Energy has already reached Grade 4, so the Divine Soul barrier that traps many Martial Artists does not pose an obstacle for you. Even I truly envy you for this. Back then, it took me until I was thirty years old to see through the many mists, and only then did my Mental Energy Breakthrough to Grade 4."

"As for the Physical Body barrier, you are a special case. You are at a disadvantage because of your short Cultivation time. Other Martial Artists who have reached the Nine-Star Martial Master stage have long since reached the Grade 3 Great Perfection in their Physical Body; they wouldn't be like you, having only just broken through to the Grade 3 Early Stage."

"However, you don't need to rush your Cultivation. Cultivate the Thirteen Fierce Tiger Styles step by step, and with the aid of the Grade 4 Yao Beast flesh and blood given to you by the Old Ancestor, your Physical Body will sooner or later naturally reach Grade 3 Great Perfection."

"By the way, how much Grade 4 Yao Beast flesh and blood did the Old Ancestor give you?" Ye Jiesheng asked casually.

Ye Yisong knew his father too well. It seemed casual, but in reality, he was already calculating the profits at his expense. However, he still answered honestly: "Fifty jin of Grade 4 Yao Beast flesh and blood, plus one jin of Tier 4 Flood Dragon flesh and blood."

"Hmm?" Ye Jiesheng said, surprised. "The Old Ancestor even gave you one jin of Flood Dragon flesh and blood? You will provide the Flood Dragon flesh and blood for the banquet for the Elders tomorrow."

"Jiesheng." Grandfather Ye Tuantu's majestic voice came from behind.

"Father, I was just joking with this kid. How could I possibly make him provide it?"

Ye Yisong thought to himself: 'Are you kidding? Don't you have any self-awareness? I think you were just too focused on your scheme and forgot that Grandfather was still standing right there.'

Fortunately, Grandfather Ye Tuantu was there today, otherwise, Ye Yisong's Tier 4 Flood Dragon flesh and blood would not have been saved.

"Take out those fifty jin of Grade 4 Yao Beast flesh and blood. Since we are here today, I will help you divide it up, so it won't be difficult for you to use."

Ye Yisong knew that with his own strength, he wouldn't be able to cut through the Grade 4 Yao Beast flesh and blood, and it would indeed be difficult to use it to help his Body Refining. Ye Jiesheng was quite thoughtful in this regard. With Grandfather Ye Tuantu present, his father wouldn't dare confiscate his Yao Beast flesh and blood. After the small gathering tomorrow, he planned to hide away at Lingmu Peak to go into secluded Cultivation, and he wouldn't come out until the eighth month!

Ye Jiesheng turned his finger into a sword, using a Spiritual Qi sword to easily divide the fifty jin of Yao Beast flesh and blood into one thousand portions. He instructed Ye Yisong: "Consume one portion daily, and use it to assist your Cultivation of the Thirteen Fierce Tiger Styles. You will succeed in Body Refining in three months."

"Thank you, Father." Ye Yisong gave Ye Jiesheng a thumbs up; this was a huge help to him.

Ye Jiesheng's strength was indeed powerful. He easily separated the Grade 4 Yao Beast flesh and blood without any effort. He was truly worthy of being a Seven-Star Body Refining Martial Ancestor.

Seeing this, Grandfather Ye Tuantu also felt an itch he couldn't scratch. Ah, people! One must accept getting old!

Watching his son, Ye Jiesheng, surpass him step by step, and now his grandson, Ye Yisong, was also about to Breakthrough to the Martial Ancestor realm.

"You must Cultivate well. The future of the Ye family depends on you!" Grandfather Ye Tuantu said earnestly, patting Ye Jiesheng on the shoulder as he did so.

"Yes, Father (Grandfather)." The father and son, Ye Yisong, replied respectfully. The two exchanged a glance; it must have been the strength Ye Jiesheng just displayed that stimulated Grandfather Ye Tuantu.

In fact, regarding the three-hundred-year lifespan limit of a Martial Ancestor, Grandfather Ye Tuantu was still only considered a middle-aged man; he was just over two hundred years old. Ye Jiesheng was even more so a young man who had just grown up, being only over one hundred and fifty years old.

The two of them were still far from their lifespan limit!

It was just that Grandfather Ye Tuantu's talent might have been exhausted, and his cultivation had not broken through for decades, while Ye Jiesheng was still advancing by leaps and bounds, with the hope of touching the threshold of the Grade 5 within fifty years.

"But that is not the most important thing!" Ye Jiexin looked at Ye Yisong and continued, "The three barriers of the Martial Ancestor—the Spiritual Qi barrier and the Physical Body barrier—can naturally be reached as long as there are sufficient resources and time spent polishing. The Divine Soul barrier is incredibly profound and cannot be described, but there are always some secret techniques that can break through this barrier."

"Just like our Ye family, we possess such a secret technique—the Divine Needle Acupuncture Method. It can assist Martial Artists in breaking through to Grade 4 Mental Energy and reaching the requirements of the Divine Soul barrier. However, this method of using external stimuli to enter Grade 4 Mental Energy has huge flaws. The path of the Martial Ancestor will be a hundred times more difficult than for a Martial Artist who breaks through to Grade 4 Mental Energy on their own. The path to Grade 5 is basically severed, and it may even be difficult to reach the Late Stage of the Martial Ancestor realm for the rest of one's life."

"Even so, it makes many Grade 3 Martial Artists flock to it, wanting to obtain the method but unable to find it!"

"The most important thing is that after the three barriers are satisfied, one must comprehend one's own Martial Dao Seed and plant it within the Divine Soul!"

"Martial Dao Seed?" This was the first time Ye Yisong had heard this term.

"Take your father, for example. The Martial Dao Seed I comprehended is a Cage Staff, so I later changed my weapon to a Cage Staff. I used to practice with a sword too!" Ye Jiesheng seemed to be reminiscing about something and fell silent for a moment.

"What exactly is the Martial Dao Seed?" Ye Yisong asked further.

"No one can explain it clearly," Grandfather Ye Tuantu added. "You can understand it as a Martial Artist's understanding of their own Martial Dao. Some comprehend a staff, like your father, or like your grandfather, who comprehended a bowl. One can comprehend all sorts of things."

"After thousands of years of statistics, people have discovered that Martial Artists who comprehend weapon-type seeds have better talent, their strength improves faster, and their upper limit is higher!"

"For Martial Artists who comprehend daily household items, the path of Martial Dao will be many times harder to walk, and they might not be able to improve even one star in several decades."

"Then how does one comprehend one's own Martial Dao Seed?" Ye Yisong asked this most crucial question.