Grinding Cultivation Toward Martial Saint
Chapter 1504 - 8: The Twenty-Four Solar Terms, Four Seasons Return to Origin!
In the room.
Jiang Ning had just entered his room when he immediately noticed the wooden box on the table.
A copper lock was prominently hanging on the box.
He walked up to the table and grasped the copper lock on the wooden box. With just a forceful pull, the copper lock was immediately snapped.
Afterward, he noticed the key lying beside it.
He couldn’t help but chuckle awkwardly, looking at the snapped copper lock in his hand.
The extremely solid copper lock felt like a decayed twig in his hand, easily broken with slight effort, offering no resistance to him.
"In just two short years, I’ve grown to this point—life is truly astonishing!"
Looking at the snapped brass lock in his hand, he found himself reflecting.
Two years ago, he was just an ordinary person on the blue planet.
Who could have imagined it?
In just two years, his destiny had completely transformed, taking an unforeseen trajectory.
A thought flashed through his mind.
He clenched his palm tightly, then exerted force.
When he opened his palm, the snapped brass lock had transformed into an irregular sphere.
On the surface of the sphere, traces of the patterns from his palm could still be seen.
His wandering thoughts then returned, and he casually placed the brass sphere on the table before opening the wooden box.
Beginning of Spring.
Seeing these two characters on the incomplete manuscript, they were indeed the Beginning of Spring Conception he had long practiced.
He then flipped open the second scroll.
Rain Water.
Below the large characters, there was also a watercolor painting.
The painting conveyed form through intent, focusing on meaning, spirit, and not on form.
With just a glance, it seemed like he could see the scene of spring rain nurturing the earth, delicate and thread-like.
But the Rain Water Conception was still a realm he had once mastered.
Afterward, he skimmed through quickly.
Jingzhe...Equinox...Qingming...Grain Rain...
Beginning of Summer...Lesser Fullness...Grain in Ear...Summer Solstice...Lesser Heat...Greater Heat...
Beginning of Autumn...End of Heat...White Dew...
Beginning of Winter...Light Snow...Heavy Snow...
"Indeed, all twenty-four solar terms are complete!!" After scanning through, he showed a satisfied expression.
With all twenty scrolls in hand, he believed that, with his current Martial Arts creation, practicing these techniques couldn’t be simpler.
High vantage point, one mastery leads to all.
All martial arts cultivation techniques share similar aspects.
For ordinary people, superior martial arts might seem like impenetrable tomes, impossible to even begin.
But for the Peak of First Grade Martial Arts.
Superior martial arts are merely ordinary.
Just a few glances are enough to understand and master them; a bit of practice leads to a certain level and realm.
He believed that in the hands of people like Xiao Wuque, Li Tianwen, and Xiang Yuan, they would comprehend them upon seeing, mastering them with prolonged practice. 𝘧𝘳𝘦ℯ𝓌𝘦𝒷𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝓁.𝒸𝘰𝓂
In the hands of the Martial Saint, reaching perfection immediately wouldn’t be questioned.
"Although my attainment in martial arts skills cannot compare to that of the Martial Saint, ordinary First Grade Unity Realm should be far inferior to me!"
He picked up a scroll, a thought flashed through his mind.
Beginning of Autumn.
After seeing the two words on the scroll, his gaze immediately fell on the illustration on the scroll.
The autumn wind arrived, white dew formed, leaves fell in droves, the world filled with a somber atmosphere.
At the same time.
A flood of notifications flashed frantically before him.
[Beginning of Autumn True Intent Experience Value +188]
[Beginning of Autumn True Intent Experience Value +199]
[Beginning of Autumn True Intent Experience Value +199]
[...]
At the same time.
An intangible energy spread out from his body, the air in the room nearly solidified, a somber aura permeated.
Meanwhile, within his own inner world, the cycle of sun and moon continued, one thought entered autumn, autumn winds and falling leaves.
And that inner world, non-existent and illusory, was simultaneously a reality felt within his own senses.
The profoundness of martial arts, ever-changing.
After a long while.
He slowly opened his eyes.
In his eyes was a desolate coldness, akin to a lake after autumn sets in.
[Skill]: Beginning of Autumn (Perfection 6667/10000)
"My assumptions were indeed correct, mastering one leads to mastering all!"
"Now, the twenty-four solar terms seem mystical, but there’s hardly any difficulty for me!"
A thought stirred in his heart, and his gaze focused again, falling onto the wooden box.
He then picked up another unpracticed scroll.
End of Heat.
After his gaze scanned the scroll.
A scenario appeared instantly in his mind.
The summer heat receded, autumn wind swept across the world, leaves turned yellow, rustling and falling.
The scene within his own inner world changed once more.
The autumn wind swept away leaves, transforming the world.
[End of Heat True Intent Experience Value +199]
[End of Heat True Intent Experience Value +199]
[...]
[Skill]: End of Heat (Perfection 4788/10000)
"Another mastery achieved!"
Seeing the display on the panel, the corners of his mouth lifted into a smile.
Then, seizing the momentum, he picked up the White Dew manuscript.
Afterward, followed by the Equinox manuscript.
The Cold Dew manuscript.
...
[Skill]: White Dew (Perfection 7889/10000)
Equinox (Perfection 7373/10000)
...
When he mastered all six autumn terms, the panel transformed; the six major autumn terms vanished, converging into one complete cultivation technique.
[Skill]: Autumn Treasure Manual (Perfection 6883/10000)
"It’s done!!"
Seeing the panel display, he couldn’t help softly releasing a breath.
Six major solar terms, considering his current foundation, all in all, required less than an hour.
At this moment, his understanding of his own profound accumulation became even clearer.
The twenty-four solar terms, any single scroll, can barely be classified within the realm of superior martial arts.
Just the entry level poses an immense challenge.
Because the solar term scrolls record conceptions, and conceptions are inherently profound cultivation techniques, lacking step-by-step mastery, relying only on insight and comprehension.
Dependent on innate insight, not so much on acquired effort.