Martial World's
Ch 67 - Unknown Level Martial Skills
“Mmm? There is a cultivation method that contains spear arts as well? 'Wang Yanfeng's 'Nine Paths of Truth' was a cultivation method that possessed sword skills. It seemed that some cultivation methods were specifically focused on a certain type of weapon and they would have techniques related to it. ”
Lin Ming grabbed the jade slip on the shelf named 'Foundation Spear Technique'. Although the two-word foundation did not have the noble appearance of something of high quality, Lin Ming did not mind. He sunk his soul force into the jade slip and looked at the summary for this 'Foundation Spear Technique.
'The 'Foundation Spear Technique' was the basis for all spear skills. It teaches straight thrusts, wide strokes, flower dances, killing circles, and other major spear skills. It did not contain spear martial skills, and was one of the simplest low-level human step cultivation methods.
Seeing this, Lin Ming remembered Wang Yanfeng's 'Nine Paths of Truth' as they fought. Wang Yanfeng had used the 'Nine Paths of Truth' and his true essence had turned into nine shimmering green runes on the sword blade. These martial skills were extremely beautiful and pleasing to the eye. Compared to the exquisite beauty of the 'Nine Paths of Truth', the 'Foundation Spear Technique' seemed too ordinary and ordinary. It only had the simplest spear skill style, and that was why it was called the simplest low-level human step cultivation method.
But Lin Ming did not think that there was anything wrong or bad with simplicity. The more complex the cultivation method was, the more mistakes and flaws it would cause, and spending a lot of time practicing this kind of cultivation method was not always wise as later on he would have to discard it. If that was the case, then it would be best to practice the most basic basic skills. Learning straight thrusts, wide strokes, flower dances, killing circles, and other basic skills will never go wrong, as they are all related to all future spear techniques.
As long as he practiced this simple style to the stage of Great Success, he would be able to display his greatest strength. Lin Ming also had a top grade Body Transformation manual, the 'Chaotic Virtues Combat Meridians' to make up for the difference in martial skills.
"I'll take this one!" Lin Ming decided. He glanced at the side label of the 'Foundation Spear Technique' and saw that it had absolutely no name. The word 'Foundation' actually caused others to be unable to feel any interest towards it, other than that related to the spear, which was not widely practiced by others.
“It's great that no one processed this; now I don't need to order time.”
After choosing this spear art, Lin Ming started looking to choose his movement technique.
He glanced at the available, 'Lost Steps', 'Heaven Passing Ladder', 'Cloud Hanging Rope', 'Seven Star Drifting Cloud', 'Swan Feather', and so on. Each of these cultivation manuals was very impressive and had a good name.
For example, 'Swan Feather Fall', it was said that after cultivating it to the Great Success stage, then one could use their true essence to fly unimpeded into the deep blue sky, then one could use their true essence to fly unimpededly into the deep blue sky, it was as if they were above the feathers of a towering swan. .
As for the 'Seven Star Drifting Cloud', it was said that after reaching the Great Success stage, one could take seven steps at once, without being able to know where he started and where he ended up. It was as if each foot passed through the seven stars of the Big Dipper, and one would be able to step on the clouds and reach godly speed within those seven steps.
However, Lin Ming shook his head as he examined all of this. He wandered around the corner and chose a cultivation method named 'Foundation Movement Technique'.
Lin Ming's idea was very simple. Reading between the lines of this movement technique, they used some special means to circulate the true essence and coordinate it with the muscular strength of the legs and feet, and thus create a method to move. Although cultivating this movement technique would allow to increase one's speed by several times, once he had a high-level movement technique, then he would have to discard his old methods and exercises from a fresh start. Lin Ming did not want to waste his time on some low-level human step movement techniques; even though they had extraordinary sounding names that were sweet to the ears, they were ultimately manuals that were discarded as trash by the Seven Profound Valleys and ended up here eventually.
He chose his movement technique, and it was time to choose a martial skill. In fact, martial skills were similar to movement techniques; once he learned something superior, the old ones would eventually be replaced. But until now, Lin Ming did not have the correct attack method, so he was prepared to pick a good one and combine it with his spear skills.
Lin Ming's requirements were many. He did not want anything fancy or arrogant. He did not want anything flashy but lacking substance. It was definitely something that could be used in various situations, something that did not use any trick or illusion to attack, something that was not low power, and something that could be used with a spear…
Lin Ming examined almost all martial skills and was unable to find one that matched his criteria.
No wonder, the outer pavilion martial skills were trash eliminated by the Seven Profound Valleys. The Seven Profound Valleys were responsible for reviewing the jade slip after they reviewed it. The responsible elder must have had great insight; how could anything left be good?
While he continued searching as he felt disappointment, Lin Ming suddenly stopped.
"Is this also a cultivation method and a martial skill?" Lin Ming randomly took out a piece of jade slip and seeped his soul force into it and a summary appeared in his mind: 'High-level human step martial skill. Martial skills are unknown. The loss rate is 90%.'
After the jade slip was smashed into pieces, most of the information within it would also be lost. No matter if it was a cultivation method or a martial skill, once the loss rate reached 90% there would be no way for even the most talented talent to be able to practice it.
Lin Ming continued searching and discovered that most of these broken jade slips were high-level human step cultivation methods, and there were also some low-level mixtures as well. This was normal, after all, if it was only a low-level cultivation method or a martial skill, other than that it was incomplete, then it would have been discarded long ago. Why keep it here?
But it was a pity, even if it was a low-level Earth step cultivation manual, compared to the top-ranked 'Meridian Combat Virtue Chaos' that came from the Realm of the Gods, it would be like comparing heaven and earth. It was also incomplete, so what was its value to Lin Ming like?
“Although this cultivation method is high level, the talented disciples will not choose this because they are impossible to practice. I have the 'Chaotic Virtues Combat Meridian', there is no point wasting my time trying this martial skill.
Lin Ming did not care much about this and was just about to give up looking, when he suddenly saw something in the corner of his eyes and turned around. It was a jade slip with a martial skill named 'Body Tearing Bone Shattering First'. This martial skill lost its opening part, and therefore could not be rated. Only the elder was responsible for evaluating the jade slip that placed it as a low-level Earth step martial skill.
'Body Tearing Bone Shattering Fist' was really a vulgar name; compared to elegant and interesting names like 'Swan Feather Fall', 'Cloud Hanging Rope', ' it was', and the names of the other grand atmospheric cultivation methods, it was just a dirty beggar. But Lin Ming actually knew that the martial skill and the name of the cultivation method were chosen by the creator. Some weaker cultivators were stuck at a certain bottleneck and could no longer advance, these weaker martial artists would spend their entire lives creating a series of cultivation methods or martial skills, he said, and even though it was limited in ability, they would rack their brains to think a captivating and majestic name.
Superb martial skills and cultivation methods would never rely on the majesty of their names to attract attention. 'This 'Body Bone Destroying Fist' could be said to be completely honest with his plain and vulgar words.
However, Lin Ming noticed this manual not because of its name, but because of the effect its attacks had on the enemy's body. On the jade slip it was explained; 'Her skin will not show any wounds, but its inside will be destroyed, therefore it is named 'Bone Body Crushing Box.''
His skin would not show any wounds, but the inside would be destroyed!
Lin Ming suddenly recalled the concept of gentle stiffness described in the 'Chaotic Virtues Combat Meridian', 'Flow like Silk' Strength Training.
The Strength Training called 'Flow like Silk' refers to full control over one's strength and is the Great Success stage of Strength Training 'Chaotic Virtues Combat Meridians'. With 'Flow like Silk', once someone punches an ironwood tree, the skin will be fine, but the core will turn into cotton fibers.
As there was a missing passage in the elder's memory, the 'Silk-like Flow' of Strength Training was somewhat vague and incomplete; therefore Lin Ming had yet to reach the absolute threshold of that stage.
“'Body Crushing Bone Training' is a bit similar to 'Virtuous Meridian Strength Training' 'Flow like Silk'. As they say all living beings are connected to each other, perhaps 'Body Bone Destroyer' also has the same principle as 'Flowing like Silk'.
Lin Ming continued to inspect the 'Body Tearing Bone Shattering Fist'. Although this martial skill had many parts missing, the parts that existed were still capable of giving Lin Ming much enlightenment.
“Let true essence vibrate along the fist. If the vibrational frequency is consistent, then resonance will occur, and these vibrations can be transmitted to the interior of the enemy, and destroy their bodies! This senior who created this 'Body Bone Destroyer' must have a very deep and comprehensive understanding of the relationship between true essence and its usefulness in strength!
“Although the Realm of the Gods cultivation method is truly beautiful and peerless, it is, it could not be said that the skills of the Realm of the Gods were all things that the people of the Sky Spill Continent could not dream of or produce. The heritage history and legacy of the Sky Spill Continent had surpassed ten thousand years. For ten thousand years there had been many peerless talents and monstrous geniuses. For them to achieve the same result in certain aspects of the Realm of the Gods was not a strange thing!” Thinking like this, Lin Ming chose this martial skill manual, and thus a set of one cultivation method and two martial skills was completed.