Purple Mist Dao Master-Chapter 174 - 155: Limit-breaking Worse Than a Dog, Innate Everywhere!

Chapter 174: Chapter 155: Limit-breaking Worse Than a Dog, Innate Everywhere!

"Haha!"

"I wasn’t exaggerating; now that you’ve experienced it yourself, you finally understand!"

Wang Kuan couldn’t help but laugh as he listened to Yan Chuan complain.

Shao Yancong also laughed and said, "Of the sinew, bone, skin, and membrane, bone training is the hardest. Muscle training can be completed in a shorter time and you can see progress quickly. But bone training isn’t like that. It takes at least half a year, up to a year, and without sufficient resources, the progress is agonizingly slow!"

Shao Yancong, after breaking through the limit, took the ’Bone Training’ route, and he had the authority to speak on it.

"Indeed, it’s slow!"

Yan Chuan smiled bitterly.

In recent days, while practicing fist techniques, he used the ’Half-step Breaking Fist’ to perform the ’Tiger and Leopard Thunder Sound,’ which in turn stimulated Qi and Blood to temper his bones, starting with the toe bone of his lower limb bones.

However, despite several days on a small segment of the toe bone, there was no visible progress.

His Qi and Blood quickly became insufficient.

A little tempering required him to stop and rest, and he repeatedly fell out of any positive state, which was truly torturous!

"Body refining is just like this."

"Either you have ample resources, like ’Golden Rock Earth Dragon Blood.’ If you still had ten jin of dragon blood, and drank three to five taels every time you practiced, the medicinal power would flow freely, Qi and Blood would continuously regenerate, and you could increase the time spent on ’Bone Training’ from a quarter of an hour to an hour or even two hours, exponentially speeding up your cultivation progress."

"Or, you have extraordinary talent."

"Like you, with the realization of ’Tiger and Leopard Thunder Sound,’ the same quarter-hour bone training session would yield greater efficiency and results than for me."

"Also, proficiency in boxing techniques can be considered a part of talent. The higher your boxing skill, the more detailed attention you can give while practicing, which increases the power and efficiency of Qi and Blood to temper sinew, bone, skin, and membrane. Over time, this accelerates ’Bone Training’ beyond ordinary means."

Shao Yancong looked at Yan Chuan: "You have already mastered ’Tiger and Leopard Thunder Sound’ and your boxing skills have reached a Divine level. Your ’Bone Training’ efficiency is extremely fast. The only thing lacking is resources!"

Cultivation resources!

High-level resources!

Not only does Yan Chuan lack them, but all those who have broken limits in the Great Yan do!

Among the Fifteen States of Great Yan, the talents are mostly on par; even the top ones aren’t far apart.

For instance, some have also realized ’Tiger and Leopard Thunder Sound’ and have already managed to manifest ’Qi Blood Smoke,’ stepping into ’Innate,’ like Tian Jing of the Traveler Department. Yet some, like Gu Shengyan of Guangling Academy, are still wavering at the limit-breaking stage.

Even with the same ’Secret Method Breaking Limit,’ the disparity is vast!

Is this purely a matter of talent?

Perhaps partly.

But more significantly, it’s due to the abundance or scarcity of resources.

"The academy is applying for special funding for the ’Cang Mountain Sword Discussion,’ which should be allocated at the beginning of the year. Additionally, there’s the salary for Professor Yan as a Guest Professor, which the academy is negotiating with the county, aiming to settle it by early next year."

Shao Yancong hoped Yan Chuan would become stronger and stronger. As Yan Chuan unexpectedly broke the limit, Shao Yancong grew more expectant of his performance in the upcoming ’Cang Mountain Sword Discussion.’ "Besides the official resource subsidies, after I return, I will try to squeeze out additional resources from the academy’s reserves, and we old folks will pool together some high-level resources to hopefully help you."

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Dragon Tiger Peak.

Teaching and practicing fists.

Ten days passed in a flash.

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Suddenly, it was the 26th of the twelfth lunar month, and the end of the year was approaching.

Dragon Tiger Peak.

Most people had already descended the mountain and returned home for the New Year, including Shao Yancong.

The Hundred Flower Palace was momentarily quiet.

Fortunately—

Yu Jinpeng, Jin Yutang, Wei Quan, and Che Qi, these four disciples, were still there.

Zhong Hui, Su Ye, Peng Quan, and Huang Geng were also there, following Yan Chuan, seizing every moment to improve their strength, hoping to perform better at the Jian Province Competition in February next year.

Additionally.

Huo Zhen had never left.

Wang Kuan and Jian Rong, after a trip to Guangling Academy, returned again before year-end, arriving once more at Dragon Tiger Peak.

Four great limit-breakers!

Today they gathered again, stealthily slipped into the cave.

Star Gate Prototype!

Faint light flickered!

...

"Shao Yancong was right. You broke the limit with ’Tiger and Leopard Thunder Sound,’ reaching a Divine level in boxing, and your talent has surpassed many. What you lack are resources."

"However, Taikang Academy is a small institution, and what resources it can provide for you are just a drop in the ocean, not worth anticipating."

"If you truly want to quickly enhance your strength—"

Wang Kuan pointed to the ’Star Gate Prototype’ and smiled at Yan Chuan: "Take a trip to the Mountain and Sea Realm, explore the Xuan Tie Ore there; acquiring a few jin of ’Essence Stone’ is worth more than a year’s salary for us!"

Mountain and Sea Realm!

Xuan Tie Ore!

Black Flame Stone!

Wang Kuan’s eyes gleamed with greed. After indulging in the ’Golden Rock Earth Dragon Blood’ to rapidly temper the remaining small muscles and clearing two arm meridians, Wang Kuan yearned even more for more high-level resources!

Dragon Blood!

Essence Stone!

With the aid of these treasures, ’Muscle Training’ would advance smoothly and satisfyingly!

"’Xuan Tie Ore’ is guarded by elite soldiers, but they can’t cover every angle. If the four of us work together, four limit breakers, even in the Mountain and Sea Realm, in the King City Realm, we’re not weak by any means."

"Infiltrate the Xuan Tie Ore!"

"Seek out the Black Flame Stone!"

"There’s a great hope!"

Jian Rong was equally hopeful.

She and Wang Kuan discovered the Xuan Tie Ore several months ago but dared not act rashly—

For fear of alerting the enemy!

For fear of being outmatched!

For fear that Essence Stones might be hard to find!

For fear of excessive taxes!

In short.

There were many concerns.

Until recently, they encountered this wild ’Star Gate Prototype’ in Suanzao Mountain, and only then did they see a hope for a breakthrough, their thoughts stirring.

Waiting for Yan Chuan to break through the limit and stabilize his realm.

This time.

At year-end.

Regardless of spending New Year with their families, the two old folks ran to Suanzao Mountain, ready to act!

On the side.

Yan Chuan and Huo Zhen exchanged glances, the two limit-breaking rookies tormented by ’Bone Training’ and ’Muscle Training’ to the point of being tortured, with progress so slow that it made them anxious. At this moment, a flame also ignited in their eyes!

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The small group shared the same goal, ready to surge forth!

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"A ’Star Gate Prototype’ the size of a head can facilitate about twenty people per year in and out."

Wang Kuan pointed at the ’Star Gate Prototype’ and explained to Yan Chuan and Huo Zhen.

One person, in and out, counts as a journey.

Twenty journeys per year!

That’s not a lot, but it’s not too little either.

The four of them could enter and exit together five times a year, which sufficed completely.

However, another issue remained—

"I hear that entering the Mountain and Sea Realm from different Star Gates in different states leads to different locations. Sometimes, even within the same state or city, different Star Gate locations result in different appearances in the Mountain and Sea Realm."

Yan Chuan looked at Wang Kuan and Jian Rong and asked, "You two can find that Xuan Tie Ore when entering through the Star Gate at Guangling Academy, but can you find it when entering from here?"

The mechanism of Star Gates is simple yet complex.

Entry and exit.

Restrictions.

Positioning.

Timeliness.

One after another, academy disciples had a hard time figuring them out. For example, the "Mountain and Sea Record" left by Xun Guilan for Yan Chuan had little mention of these aspects, clearly indicating Xun Guilan also didn’t know much.

But Wang Kuan and Jian Rong were different—

"Rest assured, Palace Master Yan, we wouldn’t propose this idea without assurance."

Jian Rong smiled, retrieving several pieces of information from her package and handing them to Yan Chuan and Huo Zhen: "Please take a look. These are topographic maps of the Guangling Territory in the Mountain and Sea Realm, marking the regions explored by Guangling Academy over the past eight years and all encountered tribes, towns, cities, and alien beasts. The position corresponding to the Guangling Academy Star Gate is here, within ’Wushan Ten Divisions.’ The ’Xuan Tie Ore’ is located here, within the territory of the ’Danhu Royal City,’ one of the Six Great Royal Cities of ’Guangling Territory,’ about three hundred li from ’Wushan Ten Divisions.’ Roughly estimated, it’s only a hundred or so li from where we are, at most, a day and night’s journey!"

"Guangling Territory."

"Six Great Royal Cities."

"Danhu Royal City."

Yan Chuan knew little about the ’Mountain and Sea Realm,’ mainly bits and pieces obtained from Xun Guilan, not as a systematic understanding.

While what Wang Kuan and Jian Rong presented were confidential materials collated from over eight years of exploration by Guangling Academy, only accessible to inner court elders, even capital affairs personnel couldn’t casually read or take them out.

Wang Kuan!

Jian Rong!

If these two became ’inside agents,’ the Guangling Academy would have no secrets from Yan Chuan.

The geographic distribution and the layout of forces explored within the ’Guangling Territory,’ corresponding to Guangling County in the Mountain and Sea Realm, now lay in Yan Chuan’s hands.

"Danhu, Hunxi, Qi Wu, Fan Tomb, Jishi, Liangqu."

"In ’Guangling Territory,’ centered around ’Yize Swamp,’ with ’Wushan Ten Divisions’ as a base, the academy spent eight years exploring in all directions, eventually discovering these Six Great Royal Cities, each with at least several million inhabitants, and including major cities, minor cities, towns, tribes across its territory, the population multiplies ten times over, if not more."

"The ’Danhu Royal City’ is populous, located in the northeast of ’Guangling Territory,’ and the southwest of ’Liyang Territory,’ its metropolitan and surrounding population exceeding seven million, governing eighteen major cities, each with at least hundreds of thousands or even over a million residents."

Royal City!

Major City!

Minor City!

Town!

Tribe!

The Mountain and Sea Realm isn’t a wasteland; it has its structures and systems. Each ’Royal City’ operates like a nation, engaging in alliances and conflicts.

For Great Yan, a single royal city is intimidating enough—

For example, Danhu Royal City, although its population is only seventy to eighty million at most, it has countless experts: Innates everywhere, limit-breakers like dogs!

These are only ’Pure Blood Generals.’

Going further up.

Beyond limit-breaking!

Beyond Innate!

There are ’Blood Condensing War Gods,’ reaching unfathomable martial realms, unmatched by mere mortals.

A Royal City!

Led by a ’Blood Condensing War God,’ with ’Innate Generals’ as leaders, ’Limit-breaking Generals’ as captains, ’Limit Extreme Warriors’ as commanders, and ’Blood Transformation Warriors’ as soldiers!

With a million-strong army, Danhu Royal City could theoretically march from Jian Province, through Guangling County, to Ci State, and into Yanjing!

This is the terrifying aspect of the Mountain and Sea Realm!

This is also why the Yan Court is so wary of the Mountain and Sea Realm—

The court prepares for war!

It has no choice!

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