Translated by: Novellise
While the outside world was in turmoil,
Lan Yuan had already left the Eight Extremities Sect and returned to the hotel where he was staying.
The next morning,
Wu Hongsheng personally visited Lan Yuan and handed him the Eight Extremities Boxing scripture.
Lan Yuan casually leafed through it and was immediately astonished.
The reason advanced martial arts can crush third-rate martial arts is that in addition to techniques, advanced martial arts also have unique accompanying internal cultivation methods.
Especially in the exquisite use of internal power, it is in a completely different league from third-rate martial arts!
After receiving the Eight Extremities Boxing Scripture,
Lan Yuan neglected eating and sleeping, and immersed himself in cultivation.
"Practice boxing once, grasp the basics of Eight Extremities Boxing!
[Practice boxing a hundred times, grasp the essence of Eight Extremities Boxing!].
[Practice boxing a thousand times, perfect Eight Extremities Boxing!].
[Switch to practising Eight Extremities Boxing, greatly increase your strength, reach the realm of a Grandmaster!].
Your strength will increase, your physical quality will skyrocket, and the duration of Heaven's Reward for Hard Work will increase to twelve hours!].
In the Eight Extremities Sect,
On the martial arts stage,
Lan Yuan repeatedly displayed the Eight Extremities boxing technique, his movements flowing like clouds and water, reaching a state of mastery.
Fist Intent: Mountain Crumbles!
Fist Intent: Wind and Thunder!
Fist Intent: Yue Impact!
Fist Intent: Eight Extremities!
As Lan Yuan practised to his heart's content, he demonstrated many Fist Intents to their fullest extent.
For a moment,
The entire martial arts stage was littered with flying gravel, pockmarked all over.
As if it had been bombed by a cluster of missiles, there were holes and pits everywhere.
"Advanced martial arts are truly extraordinary.
After finishing the training,
Lan Yuan let out a long breath, a hint of surprise flickering in his bright eyes.
In the past month,
He had stayed in Cang Prefecture, diligently practising Eight Extremities Boxing.
Advanced martial arts were a forbidden secret of ancient martial sects, far more intricate and complex than third-tier martial arts.
Even if the duration of Heaven's Reward for Hard Work was extended to twelve hours,
Lan Yuan still needed a month to cultivate it to perfection.
But the rewards were immense.
Originally, the internal energy in his body was as thin as a pencil lead.
But since he started practising Eight Extremities Boxing,
His internal strength was as thick as a baby's arm, condensed dozens of times!
If Lan Yuan were to spar with Wu Hongsheng now,
Even without activating Heaven's Reward for Hard Work, he could easily defeat the opponent.
The Eight Extremities disciples beside the martial arts stage were all stunned at this moment, standing still like statues.
One month.
Perfect mastery of Eight Extremities Boxing?
Is this some kind of monstrous genius?
Even Wu Hongsheng was shocked and dumbfounded when he heard this.
It was known that he had been hailed as the best talent of the Eight Extremities Lineage in a hundred years.
But still,
Wu Hongsheng himself had spent a full ten years cultivating Eight Extremities Boxing to perfection!
Yet Lan Yuan had done it in just one month?
But Wu Hongsheng didn't know.
With the blessings of Heaven's Reward for Hard Work and Eureka Moment,
Lan Yuan had surpassed his master.
Not only did he cultivate the Eight Extremities Boxing to perfection in one month,
He had also successfully integrated Eight Extremities Boxing with other third-tier martial arts, increasing his fighting power many times over.
If Wu Hongsheng knew all this,
He would undoubtedly be shocked to the point of questioning life itself!
Next to the martial arts stage,
The other Eight Extremities disciples who witnessed Lan Yuan's practice were all amazed and in awe.
So Eight Extremities Boxing could be used like that?
Martial artists admire the strong.
Especially someone like Lan Yuan, who could rely on his talent and yet worked so hard to earn everyone's respect.
From then on, all the Eight Extremities disciples accepted and respected Lan Yuan without a trace of resentment.
It wasn't that the Eight Extremities sect was weak,
But Lan Yuan was simply too extraordinary!
"Just one manual of Eight Extremities Boxing has benefited me greatly."
"If I could master various advanced martial arts, how powerful would I become?"
Lan Yuan clenched his fists, eager to visit other ancient martial sects immediately.
Before he left,
Wu Hongsheng suddenly visited him and solemnly warned him,
"The Crimson Lotus Sect is indeed hateful, but the Dragon Group is the most worthy of vigilance!"
"You have attracted the attention of various powers, you must be extremely cautious!"
When Wu Hongsheng was only fifty years old, he was already a martial arts grandmaster.
When he was at his peak,
He attempted to break through the martial arts extreme, but unexpectedly fell victim to an attack by the Crimson Lotus Sect.
Coupled with the appearance of experts from the Dragon Group,
He was severely injured, and from then on, he felt disillusioned and discouraged.
"The Dragon Group?"
Lan Yuan furrowed his brow.
The Dragon Group is a special task force of the Imperial Court, answerable only to the royal family.
It is said that when the Imperial Court founded the Dragon Group,
They recruited a large number of talents from all over the country.
Their internal strength was great, and they had many skilled people.
They could be considered the number one force in the martial arts world.
Back when Wu Hongsheng was the chief martial arts instructor of the royal family, he had even trained members of the Dragon Group.
Lan Yuan never imagined
that the Dragon Group would have ties to the Crimson Lotus Sect.
This made Lan Yuan even more wary and he decided to keep a low profile.
A few days later,
Lan Yuan quietly left the Eight Extremities Sect and continued his journey of martial arts discussions heading south.
This would mark the beginning of a ten year period!
During those ten years,
He had visited Wudang and discussed martial arts with the old masters.
He had been to Longhu Mountain and sparred with the old Taoist masters.
He had stayed at Emei Mountain, exchanging martial arts skills with the current beautiful sect leader.
He had also gone to Shennong Mountain and Changbai Mountain to visit the reclusive martial arts experts.
He even visited the Shaolin Temple and discussed his life's knowledge with the monks in the Tibetan scripture hall at the top of the mountain.
In those ten years,
Lan Yuan travelled far and wide across the country,
He visited thousands of martial arts schools and sects of all sizes.
He had been mocked, questioned and even faced dozens of assassination attempts.
But no one could stop his footsteps!
Ten years of hardship without complaint, it's hard to cool hot blood.
On this journey,
Lan Yuan had transformed from the naive child he once was into the youngest grandmaster in the martial arts world in a century!
Also,
In addition to visiting numerous martial arts schools,
Lan Yuan also documented his martial arts discussions, edited them into short videos and posted them online.
The "Southern Martial Discussions" video series.
It became popular on major global media platforms, earning him a huge following and over a hundred million fans.
You could say he became the world's number one blogger!
With Lan Yuan's full support and promotion,
The martial arts world, which had been in decline, regained its former glory.
Martial Ji Sects, branches of the martial arts sect, sprang up all over the country, with hundreds of branches throughout the nation and even expanding to overseas regions.
Many young netizens took Lan Yuan as their idol and enthusiastically joined the Martial Ji sect, vowing to become martial artists!
Ten years ago,
In the Great Qian Empire,
The registered number of martial artists was less than two million!
But ten years later,
With Lan Yuan's efforts, the number of registered martial artists broke through the five million mark!
This shook his reputation and showed a trend of becoming the martial arts leader.
Until one day,
Lan Yuan reached a mountain range in Lingnan.
A burly middle-aged man in a black windbreaker suddenly stood in front of Lan Yuan.
"You have crossed the border. Stop here, do not go any further!"
Looking at the iconic bald head, Lan Yuan immediately recognised the man's identity.
The head of the Dragon Group.
The number one expert of the Imperial Court.
Ye Tianxiong!
(End of Chapter)