Chapter 187: Chapter 136: Second Modification_3
Translator: 549690339
“How did a martial arts technique from a Jianghu aristocratic family end up in your hands?”
In the current Great Da Yue martial arts world, excluding the four Inborn Grandmasters owned by the court, there are only seven powers in Jianghu that clearly have Inborn Grandmasters.
To begin with, naturally, the first Inborn Grandmaster that Lu Yuan heard of, the sect’s Yin Huixuan of Yuzhang Prefecture’s Liuyang Sect.
It is said that this person is a second-stage Inborn expert, with strength surpassing Wuan Marquis Bai Mengyang, ranking among the top three in Da
Yue.
Then, in South Sea Prefecture, Jianan Prefecture, Guangling Prefecture, and Linhai County, there is also one Inborn Grandmaster each. However, they are all only in the first stage and are relatively weaker.
These five Inborn Grandmasters are the top fighters in the Great Da Yue’s Jianghu.
But in recent years, Li Xiong, the false Emperor of Xi Shu, and the Holy Maiden Lan Cai’er of the Five Poisons Sect, have also successively broken through to Inborn.
So, in Jianghu, the number of forces and sects with Inborn masters has increased to seven.
Before the Yuzhong Guo Family was exterminated, Zhuzhong had three top-notch masters with renowned titles, as well as their family’s Red Sun Divine Skill, which is also a top-tier Mental Technique.
With such strength, ranking in the top ten in Jianghu wouldn’t be an exaggeration.
Of course, if you consider those from the court with peerless martial skills and aristocratic privileges, the Yuzhong Guo Family would not be ranked in the top ten, and could only appear within the top twenty.
However, the court and Jianghu have always been two separate systems.
When talking about rankings in Jianghu, they usually don’t involve the court.
“I acquired this technique a few months ago when…” Upon hearing his Master’s question, Zhou Qing dared not hide anything and told the entire story about his experience searching for the family treasure with Guo Yunshan in Xichuan.
In the end, he couldn’t help but summarize, “When Guo Yunshan obtained the family treasure and was promoted to second-tier, he betrayed the promise to share the treasure and cast me aside to monopolize it.
This act of untrustworthiness completely forgot the months I spent risking my life to save him and the favors we shared through hardships.
Now that I haven’t taken his Divine Blood Variant, but only taken his family’s technique, I have already fulfilled my benevolence and righteousness.”
Lu Yuan nodded in agreement, then laughed, “Indeed, breaking one’s promise is despicable. Qing’er, you have endured not turning against him after risking your life to help him open the treasure, only to encounter such a situation, which is already very commendable.
Now, the other family techniques can be considered a bit of interest returned. ”
However, as Qing’er said, after Guo Yunshan gained a bit of momentum, he became arrogant. I’m afraid he wouldn’t have long to enjoy the family treasure.
At this moment, perhaps he has already been attacked and destroyed by the Qiang bandits of Xi Shu.”
Zhou Qing thought of the Xi Shu army he saw in Linjiang Mansion when he left, and couldn’t help nodding, “Perhaps that’s the case.”
Although he could guess this outcome, he felt no waves in his heart.
When Guo Yunshan decided to keep the treasure for himself, their relationship had just about ended, and their faces had been torn.
Now that the other party is in trouble, and he can spite him without enjoying others’ misfortune, what more can be expected?
Sympathy?
Zhou Qing’s kindness was not that cheap.
The disciple has returned and brought with him a top- tier martial art technique.
This was, for Lu Yuan, the happiest thing that had happened in recent years.
So that night, he ordered a feast for the entire army.
Suddenly, the soldiers who had been in bitter training for several months, cheered with great enthusiasm.
Everyone was shouting about the general’s grace.
When someone spread the reason for the feast, the soldiers began to feel grateful to Zhou Qing.
Thus, even though he had not officially taken office, the military officer Zhou Qing had already won some favor in the hearts of the soldiers.
Of course, there were also people who were jealous that he had achieved the sixth-ranked military officer position without any merits, but no one dared to say anything due to Lu Yuan’s authority.
However, neither Lu Yuan nor Zhou Qing paid much attention to these troubles.
With Zhou Qing’s second-tier strength and the usual military culture of submitting to the strong, it was extremely simple for him to win over the soldiers’ hearts.
He only needed to show off his absolute strength, with a bit of authority and rewards, the soldiers would be respectful.
After officially taking office the next day, Zhou Qing spent just over ten days establishing his authority in the army and gaining a firm foothold.
After seeing his strength, all the whispers behind the scenes disappeared without a trace.
Lu Yuan now had a truly reliable helper within the army.
So, after overseeing the army for a while longer and seeing that Zhou Qing was doing well, he once again appointed his disciple as deputy general, leaving all military affairs to him.
As for himself, after completely distancing himself from worldly matters, he began to concentrate on cultivating.
Now that he had a more comprehensive and top-tier technique, there was no longer any need for him to continue practicing the incomplete Replenishing Qi Heart Sutra, which only had one Mental Technique.
Although with this first-tier technique, he could actually train for another two to three months to unblock the last meridian.
But even if he unblocks that last meridian, it won’t have much significance for
Lu Yuan.
After all, he still needs to switch to another technique in the end, so why waste time pursuing perfection with an incomplete one?
Thus, after obtaining the Red Sun Divine Skill, Lu Yuan immediately stopped training and studying the Taoist Classics and focused all his time on comprehending this skill.
After studying for a month, he made significant progress and was ready to attempt the transition.
With his experience in martial arts for more than a decade, and considering that the Red Sun Divine Skill was also created based on the Daoist concept, there would be no problems in transitioning to it.
He completed the transition of one meridian in less than ten days of cultivation.
At this rate, for Lu Yuan to convert all fifteen existing meridians into the Red Sun Divine Skill, it would only take half a year.
This speed is nothing short of miraculous..