Enlightenment: Beginning as a Disposable Warrior

"Seven zhang of spiritual power, the exploration range has more than doubled compared to when at the Qifeng Mountain Range!"

Su Mu’s eyes twinkle with brilliance; to achieve such progress in just over half a month is truly remarkable.

Moreover, Su Mu’s mind flashes with the scene of the Daoist cultivator surnamed Zhou’s divine soul shattering and dying; he reaches out to touch his chest, feeling a warm and refreshing circulation.

"This ’Heart’ character is probably similar to Liu Zhengyuan’s ’Righteous’ character, especially in terms of divine soul and spiritual power."

The ’Heart’ character’s activation not only requires the consumption of Vast Qi but also relies on spiritual power as support; the stronger the spiritual power, the more powerful the ’Heart’ character becomes.

After verifying his spiritual power growth, Su Mu retracts the seven zhang of spiritual power silently like a tide, unnoticed by anyone in the town.

Returning to his thoughts, Su Mu’s gaze falls back onto the ancient texts.

Behind the two levels unknown ancient martial arts are two Fifth-Grade books that Su Mu obtained from Vajra Temple, and there are many martial arts secret manuals besides.

On Qifeng Mountain Range, Su Mu focused solely on erasing marks and refining Martial Momentum and Vast Qi.

Descending the mountain with Li Lu, Su Mu began practicing medicine and pharmacology, while devoting himself to the inference of "Three-Turn Dragon Elephant Skill."

Encountering matters Su Mu deemed difficult to realize at the moment, he would decisively abandon them after trying shallowly.

However, if Su Mu saw even a slight possibility, he would persist like a tiger stalking prey, especially after being repeatedly harassed by Vajra Temple’s monk Kuosha, igniting a fire in his heart.

Martial artists must cultivate three parts of fierce spirit!

The concept of martial artists akin to pine trees, rooted in harsh soil but bathing in the fresh breeze; without soil, they wilt, and without wind, they decay.

Three parts fierce spirit does not mean a poisonous and ruthless heart, but rather martial artists should possess vitality, courage, and intimidation, like tigers and wolves baring their fangs before battle when provoked; without this blood and ferocity, it’s better not to practice martial dao or leave the Land of Cyan Clouds pretending to be a "mountain king."

He now senses the inference revision of "Three-Turn Dragon Elephant Skill" will soon complete, allowing him time and energy to comprehend the martial arts at hand.

Fingers graze over the ancient texts, slightly cooling, reassuring feelings evoking Su Mu’s excitement and joy when first obtaining the martial art "Tiger Subduing Fist."

Now, despite Ninth and Eighth-Grade martial arts for Su Mu being refined to great success, they cannot further enhance his comprehension, so Su Mu temporarily excludes this part of martial arts.

Rustle.

Su Mu picks up each secret manual, scanning quickly, the rustle of pages sounding pleasant, as Li Lu sleeping curled up on the bed slowly turns over.

One, five, ten books; Su Mu hands one secret manual after another, soon leaving only six books out of thirty plus.

Among them one Sixth-Grade martial art from the Wang Family storeroom named "Hundred Wars Fist"; the other five are Seventh-Grade martial arts, including two body techniques, one saber technique, one arrow technique, and one leg technique.

"A Sixth-Grade fist technique, not bad!"

Su Mu’s eyes shine, known to the Land of Cyan Clouds as ’Unparalleled Boxing and Stick Skills’; except the stick misreferenced as spear, it’s mostly accurate, as Su Mu’s strength largely derives from fist and spear techniques, with key foundation in cross-training martial arts.

Overall, that Red Flame Great Spear has long been Li Feiyu’s identity symbol, yet Su Mu knows how much relies on the spear weapon’s advantage and spear technique’s dominance.

When Su Mu realized Fist Momentum, he shifted his most offensive martial dao method from the great spear to fists, aided by hard-to-penetrate cross-training martial arts up close.

Though mastering Fist Momentum means casually throwing a punch equivalent to martial techniques, facing true formidable foes, like martial artists with similarly realized martial momentum, such casual punches fall short.

Su Mu’s self-created Thunder Shock Fist struggles to merge with Fist Momentum, crafted for ranged offensive means when ’Unparalleled Boxing and Stick Skills’ lacked close combat fist techniques.

Now, the Wang Family’s delivered Sixth-Grade "Hundred Wars Fist" fills this void.

Hundred Wars Fist, a Sixth-Grade fist technique, described in the secret manual as created by Yang Wuxing, the first governor of Qingzhou under Great Yan; with each barbarian enemy killed, the Fist Force grows, birthed on battlefields within military units.

"Fighting without defeat, growing braver, fighting nourishes fighting!"

Su Mu’s eyes burn, reading one page after another; fervor transforms into keen light in his eyes, as this fist technique feels unique yet tailor-made for him.

"A remarkable Hundred Wars Fist!"

Between the lines of this fist technique lies the word ’momentum,’ a martial art to nourish battle, an advancing fist technique; continuous victory and enemy slaying temporarily escalates one’s Fist Force, doubling or multiplying its power.

Conversely, should fear arise during battle leading to retreat and defeat, the Fist Force may diminish, struggling to unleash half its usual power.

Overall, this fist technique’s strengths are quite apparent, yet its flaws are equally visible, but coincidentally, Su Mu’s Fist Momentum embodies dominance and advancement, aligning with ’Hundred Wars Fist!’

"Indeed worthy as a fist technique created by Qingzhou’s first governor Yang Wuxing."

Su Mu’s face shows admiration and yearning; creating such a fist technique means he must have led boldly on battlefields, otherwise unable to craft such a forward-moving, dominating fist technique.