Purple Mist Dao Master-Chapter 840 - 547: Impossible to Calculate!

Yan Chuan came here seeking help from the Iron Clothes Sect, seeking a favor from Lv Zhong.

Unexpectedly, Lv Zhong also had some ideas about him.

How coincidental.

This greatly increased the certainty of getting assistance.

Moreover, Yan Chuan possesses the Level Four "Derivation Skill"—

[You can gain corresponding inspiration from certain traces, items, or environments.]

With the divine weapon in hand, Yan Chuan is very likely to gain inspiration to create a new True Skill... Innate Chapter.

One can never have too many True Skills.

For Yan Chuan himself, "Washing Marrow Scripture" + "Wave Riding Micro Steps" + "Fire Demon Golden Bell Shield" already temporarily forms a system, more "Ksitigarbha Heavenly Dragon Roar" is primarily for martial arts lectures, "72 Transformations" is for convenience in traveling, all are supplementary. Others like "Newborn" and "Evil Extinguishing Righteous Yang Saber" are indeed cultivated to a high level, all Sixth Realm, but those are not Yan Chuan's main focus, and he won't spend further effort on these saber techniques.

At most, he will integrate and deduce Absolute Skills like "Dugu Nine Swords," "Heavenly Mountain Broken Plum Hand," and "Little Faceless Skill," and develop a True Skill "Little Faceless Skill," allowing Yan Chuan to master any moves of fist, feet, and sword, thus fully utilizing the advantage of "Mutual Teaching and Learning."

Thus—

"Washing Marrow Scripture."

"Wave Riding Micro Steps."

"Fire Demon Golden Bell Shield."

"Ksitigarbha Heavenly Dragon Roar."

"72 Transformations."

And "Little Faceless Skill."

These are all the main True Skills Yan Chuan plans to cultivate in the future, a perfect system.

However, developing these True Skills is not easy, having a divine weapon like the "Green Brilliance Sword" which contains impressions undoubtedly accelerates Yan Chuan's progress in researching True Skills.

This is the first reason.

The second reason.

Yan Chuan's combat strength approaches that of a Sixth Rank Divine General, having an additional seventh-rank divine weapon is sure to further close the gap with the Sixth Rank Divine General.

Whether it's developing True Skills.

Or enhancing combat strength.

In any case, a seventh-rank divine weapon is of great benefit.

With Lv Zhong's sincere intentions and abundant goodwill, Yan Chuan naturally has no reason to refuse, but when actually proceeding, it's best to wait until Wang Zhengyi wakes up, having the "Soul Channel" as a retreat, only then does Yan Chuan dare to participate in the "national struggle" with Fifth-Rank combat power.

As good as divine weapons are.

Life comes first.

...

The "national struggle" will not be resolved in one or two years.

Lv Zhong's need for Yan Chuan is also not urgent in the span of one or two months.

"I am touring the King City Realms giving martial arts lectures, 'Mutual Teaching and Learning,' my power grows rapidly without cease."

Yan Chuan's current power limit depends on three aspects—

First is the "Washing Marrow Scripture" and cultivation.

Second is the "Fire Demon Golden Bell Shield" and physique.

The third is the movement technique and lethality of "Wave Riding Micro Steps."

Among them, the advancement of "Wave Riding Micro Steps" has the most immediate impact on elevating Yan Chuan's combat strength limit.

By the end of July, Yan Chuan taught martial arts to Sheng Xuan, receiving a lot of feedback, and "Wave Riding Micro Steps" advanced from the Fourth Realm to the Fifth Realm, integrating, thus mastering the Sixth Move "Sword Rain"—

"Movement technique at its zenith, like dew and lightning, swords spawn mist and rain, as storm and rain come forth, this is 'Sword Rain'!"

This Sixth Move actually combines the merits of the previous five moves—

Dodge of the First Move "Impermanence."

Suddenness of the Second Move "Six Meridians."

Soundlessness of the Third Move "Flying God."

Footwind ambush of the Fourth Move "Breaking Body."

And the power of sword qi formation of the Fifth Move "Sword Net."

The essence of the first five moves, the Sixth Move possesses them all, but being too balanced inevitably leads to inability to specialize, ultimately appearing somewhat mediocre—better dodge in "Impermanence," more suddenness in "Six Meridians," more soundlessness in "Flying God," better footwind ambush in "Breaking Body," and more formidable sword qi formation in "Sword Net."

"Sword Rain" is balanced.

This move excels in being comprehensive, when facing opponents of similar strength, it can often win by relying on its comprehensive nature, at least remaining invincible.

But if we talk about Yan Chuan's real peak strike, it is still "Sword Net."

{"Wave Riding Micro Steps": Fifth Realm Integration (42)}

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"After 'Wave Riding Micro Steps' reached middle of the Fifth Realm, I gave martial arts lectures for ten days in Eight Phases Realm, and another three days in Tan Valley Realm, increasing skill level by 12 points."

"At this rate, after the Iron Clothes Realm, the next is Great Yan's Yuanzhou Territory. Once the lectures in Yuanzhou Realm are completed, 'Wave Riding Micro Steps' is bound to reach late Fifth Realm. Then, relying on this High Grade True Skill, 'Impermanence,' 'Six Meridians' may both step into the Sixth Rank threshold."

The threshold of a Sixth Rank Divine General is exceedingly high, surpassing the Fifth Rank by a wide margin.

The Innate Chapter of True Skill, the Fifth Form corresponds to the Fifth Rank General, the Sixth Form corresponds to the Fifth-Rank Peak.

Cultivating the High Grade True Skill "Wave Riding Micro Steps," theoretically, he can surpass two layers, but practically—

{Cultivation: Second Rank·Innate Seventh Layer (Early August)}

{Physique: Fourth Rank·Innate Fifteenth Layer (134 Fire Bud Crystals)}

...

"I'm only at Second Rank cultivation level."

"My physique strength is only at Fourth Rank."

"With 'Wave Riding Micro Steps' at mid Fifth Realm, mastering all six forms, wherein the Fifth Form 'Sword Net' is the strongest, the High Grade True Skill theoretically allows surpassing two layers. Indeed, at the Third-Rank Peak, I've surpassed two layers, reaching the Fifth-Rank Peak."

"Perhaps, when my cultivation reaches Third Rank and physique reaches Fifth Rank, and further assisted by the outburst of 'Washing Marrow Scripture' and '72 Transformations,' I can stand at Fourth-Rank or even Fifth-Rank height to perform 'Wave Riding Micro Steps.'"

"By then, surpassing two layers, I can steadily enter the range of the Sixth Rank."

"But my cultivation is too low, and equipment is only 'Sixth Rank·Purple Gold Shuttle.' Once mastering 'Sixth Rank·Purple Gold Secret Method,' I can exert the third layer of 'Purple Gold Shuttle's' four major forms, reaching power comparable to seventh-rank divine weapons."

Yan Chuan calculated his own strength, truly chaotic—

Again, it's strange true skill.

Again, it's high-grade true skill.

Again, Fifth Realm true skill and Sixth Realm true skill.

Then cultivation level and physique.

Even extraordinary weapons and treasures.

Together, it's a tangled mess, really hard to reckon.

What other Divine General has such a chaotic situation?

Not mentioning the physique.

At least cultivation level is linked to martial arts accomplishment—

Second-Rank Divine General, if cultivating true skill, would approximately have the level of mastering the second form of True Skill Innate Chapter.

If mastering the fifth form of True Skill Innate Chapter, basically it's a Fifth-Rank Divine General.

Cultivation!

Martial arts accomplishment!

This correlates closely, the gap may exist, but at most, it's about one rank difference.

But Yan Chuan?

He spans across three ranks!

And the true skill isn't just ordinary, but high-grade true skill and strange true skill.

This is hard to calculate.

Luckily there's "Returning Ruins"—

"The entry threshold for Returning Ruins is Sixth Rank, when can I use 'Impermanence' to enter the first layer of chaos, when can I use 'Six Meridians' to break the first layer of chaos, then I will have solid Sixth Rank combat power."

In fact, Yan Chuan speculates that the key to achieving Sixth Rank combat power may no longer be the currently seemingly powerful 'Wave Riding Micro Steps', but in 'Washing Marrow Scripture'.

"True Skill Nine Grades—"

"Crossing two minor levels, that's high-grade."

"Crossing one phase, that's strange-grade."

"Perhaps, between Fifth Rank and Sixth Rank, corresponding to True Skill Nine Grades, the gap isn't just one or two minor levels, but a huge gap of two phases, only strange true skill can leap across!"

If that's the case.

Then, what Yan Chuan should really focus on is 'Washing Marrow Scripture'—

[Washing Marrow Scripture: Fourth Realm Slightly Accomplished (95)]

Maybe.

When 'Washing Marrow Scripture' reaches Fifth Realm, and the sixth forms of the Innate Chapter are integrated, only then Yan Chuan will have real Sixth Rank combat power, not relying on the false Sixth Rank brought by 'Sword Net' with too long of a preparation time.

'Returning Ruins' is the test stone.

Damage!

Speed!

As long as these two meet Sixth Rank standards, they can break the first layer of chaos and enter Returning Ruins.

'Damage' is hard to quantify, must try in real Returning Ruins.

But 'speed' can be measured anytime—

"The basic speed of Sixth Rank Divine General can reach 680 meters/second, exactly twice the speed of sound."

"The speed of Fifth-Rank Divine General is about 500 meters/second, the Fifth-Rank Peak is about 540 meters/second, with boosts from strange weapons, treasures, true skills, etc., powerful ones can rush to 600 meters/second."

Yan Chuan is stronger.

In early month with 'Wave Riding Micro Steps' at Mid Fifth Realm, he could already reach 650 meters/second, now with the continuous progress of 'Wave Riding Micro Steps' and 'Washing Marrow Scripture', Yan Chuan's maximum speed is also progressing bit by bit—

651!

652!

655!

Bit by bit, progress seems slow, yet steadily moving towards 680, moving towards Sixth Rank.

...

"'Xingyi' also has leg technique, I have lectured on 'Xingyi Eighteen Legs' in 'Xingyi Boxing Thirty-Six Lessons'—"

"Mandarins open their mouths to pick flowers, floating water sails smoothly with the wind; Mandarins crouched in nest flap big wings, two necks match together; Mandarins specialize in using tiger feet alone, triple kick launches hardest to block."

"This is 'Heart and Soul Mandarins' in Eighteen Legs."

"Mandarin legs, mainly use feet, hands and feet action paired, named after mandarins."

"Divided into six routines—"

...

August 14.

After talking with Master Zhong, Yan Chuan formally lectured on martial arts in Iron Clothes Realm.

Iron Clothes Realm, although similar to Tan Valley Realm, Black Hawk Territory, Eight Phases Realm, Yuanzhou Territory as isolated and constrained places, cut off from the outside world, so that Iron Clothes Sect can control, but Iron Clothes Realm is more developed, has a larger population, even in the aftermath of a disaster, the fifteen cities still house 31 million people.

After the procurement list from Great Yan Trading Company came down, coincidentally, Iron Clothes Realm also implemented 'Military Merit Strategy', using military merits to obtain Ruins Beast materials, but Iron Clothes Sect doesn't spoof Yan Chuan with absolute skills, the military merits in Iron Clothes Realm can be exchanged for various kinds of elixirs, weapons, etc., everything external trading houses have can be exchanged with military merits, except for the purchase price being half of Great Yan Trading Company, and unfortunately can't directly exchange for Essence Stones, of course, earning an extra layer of profit in the process is reasonable, after all, Iron Clothes Sect also pays a lot.

Military merit can be exchanged for real goods!

This incentive and temptation to martial artists in Iron Clothes Realm is no less than absolute skills in Tan Valley Realm, martial artists from each city not saying to deploy completely, but almost the same.

If Yan Chuan wants to lecture in martial arts, it cannot be in an empty city.

Thus the announcement must be made in advance, even Iron Clothes Realm uses firm measures to directly issue an absolute order, using Yan Chuan's martial arts lecture schedule as standard, wherever Yan Chuan goes to a city, martial artists in that city must stay in the city, if not in the city, insisting on leaving the city, then forever stay in the wild, never come back.

Once this order was issued, it prevented the embarrassment of Yan Chuan lecturing in an empty city.

But martial artists in each city were all puzzled and even dissatisfied—

"What great figure is coming, is he worthy of us martial artists in the entire city not going out hunting beasts, all waiting here for him?"

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