Rise from a Low-class Family to Martial Artist

Lin Chen took out the Dragon Shadow Bow from behind, and Hua Qianwu received it, lightly plucking the string with his hand, producing a sharp dragon’s roar.

This sound made Lin Chen’s eardrums tremble.

"It’s indeed a fine bow!"

Hua Qianwu returned the Dragon Shadow Bow to Lin Chen: "Are you planning to cultivate with a bow and arrow as your spiritual weapon?"

"Yes."

Lin Chen nodded. Choosing to cultivate with a bow and arrow was a decision he made after careful consideration. In terms of physical strength, thanks to Body Tempering and Nine Revolutions True Blood Refining the Viscera, he was not inferior to any martial artist.

And a bow and arrow could compensate for his lack in long-range attacks, plus, because of the triple-fold design, this Dragon Shadow Bow could also be used as a weapon in close combat.

"This Dragon Shadow Bow can be considered a Spirit Soldier. Although you don’t need to follow the usual path of nurturing a spiritual weapon to entering the grade like most martial artists, nurturing this Dragon Shadow Bow will allow you to develop a deeper harmony with it, maximizing the power you can exert at your current realm."

"Dean, are you saying that I can’t yet unleash the full power of the Dragon Shadow Bow?"

"You can currently exert at most ten percent of its power. If you enter the grade, you might be able to unleash thirty percent. Just now, when I plucked the bowstring, if I had murderous intent, you would have already been bleeding from your five acupoints."

Hearing the dean’s words, Lin Chen glanced at the Dragon Shadow Bow in his hand, realizing that he had underestimated its power.

No wonder his mentor had given him archery techniques and even gotten him Flood Dragon True Blood after learning he chose the Dragon Shadow Bow.

"Teacher, can’t I nurture the Spirit Soldier to enter the grade?"

Lin Chen voiced his confusion. There was no rule that following Nine Revolutions True Blood Refining the Viscera couldn’t coincide with nurturing a Spirit Soldier, right?

"This involves Martial Path Will, do you know what that is?"

"I don’t know, teacher."

Lin Chen shook his head; his teacher hadn’t explained Martial Path Will to him.

He understood his teacher’s mindset; if all martial knowledge was disclosed to him, then his purpose at the Martial Arts Academy would be solely to exploit its resources, leaving the academy instructors without any sense of accomplishment in teaching him.

After all, once he reached the academy, an instructor would naturally explain these things, so learning them later wasn’t a big issue.

"The Martial Path has two stages. The Opening Acupoints Realm nourishes Qi Blood, while Refining Viscera Realm refines the five viscera, which in turn nurtures willpower. Before the path of training with spiritual weapons emerged, the martial artists of Liang relied on their strong Qi Blood and energy from the five viscera to form willpower."

"To condense Martial Path Will, the body must reach a perfect state, which is unrelated to the strength of your Qi Blood or the degree of your Five-Viscera Refinement. Follow me."

Hua Qianwu led Lin Chen to the back hall, where there was a large sand table adorned with dozens of glass bottles, with each set of five differing in size.

"The usual path for martial artists entering the grade is represented by these first five glass bottles. Although these bottles are smaller than the other sets, if you fill them with sand..."

At this point, Hua Qianwu grabbed a handful of sand with his right hand and instantly filled the set of five glass bottles.

Sand overflowed, and the five glass bottles began rotating. With each rotation, sand flowed out from the bottom and into the central area of the bottles.

In the central area, a glass bottle of similar size appeared, where the sand from the five bottles was all collected, continuously growing.

When no more sand flowed from the five bottles, the last central glass bottle was also filled with sand.

"This is the process of Martial Path Will’s evolution. Do you understand?"

Lin Chen pondered for a while, glanced at the other sets of bottles, and nodded: "I understand, teacher. To condense Martial Path Will, one doesn’t need to reach the body’s limit; instead, the Five Organs must be in perfect harmony."

"Correct, this is what’s called the Five Organs Harmony!"

Hua Qianwu was pleased with Lin Chen’s comprehension ability and continued: "The stronger the body, the harder it is to reach this balance. This was why there were few grade-entering martial artists before the founding of Liang. Later, the method of spiritual weapon cultivation was devised to compensate for the disharmony of the Five Organs..."

This time, Hua Qianwu casually grabbed a handful of fine sand and poured it into the five glass bottles. The sand levels in the bottles varied, none reaching the brim.

Then, Hua Qianwu took a handful of golden sand from the other side and placed it into the bottles, leveling all heights to the bottle neck.

Again, the five bottles rotated, allowing sand to flow out into the sixth bottle.

"Due to innate reasons, there are disparities among the Five Organs in strength, or they might be unbalanced through cultivation. A spiritual weapon acts like this golden sand, compensating for the imbalance so that the martial artist doesn’t need to waste time balancing the organs, allowing Martial Path Will to be condensed as well."

It’s clear and understandable!

This time, Lin Chen gained a deep understanding of the relationship between Martial Path Will and the Five Organs.

This sand table was perhaps the academy’s way of explaining the connection between organ cultivation and spiritual weapons to disciples.

"Now you should understand that by training one of the Five Organs to the extreme, it’s like choosing a large bottle neck, requiring the others to keep pace. In progress towards entering the grade, this makes it less efficient compared to ordinary martial artists."

"The Nine Revolutions Viscera Cultivation Method involves nine sessions. If you first cultivate the heart, and then the spleen in the second transformation, the heart, having undergone two transformations, will become much stronger, enlarging its ’bottle neck.’ Eventually, upon fully refining the Five Organs by the Fifth Transformation, they will be extremely out of balance."