First Immortal of the Sword Chapter five dashed the pine and crane body refining technique.
The night was dark as ink and silent save for the chillering of insects.
Upon returning to his residence, sue Ye stood within the court yard,
held his breath, and focused until his mind was perfectly clear. Only then
did he take up a stance and begin practicing his fist technique. From his
perspective, the incident in the Klan Hall wasn't worth a second thought. Cultivation
was the most important matter at hand. The path of cultivation was divided into
four major stages in total martial Tao, Origin Tao, Spirit Tao, and
Profound Tao. In his past life as the sword master of Abstruse Force,
su Ye had lived for one hundred and eight thousand years, reaching the pinnacle
of the Profound Tao, the Profound Unity Realm. The Profound Unity Realm was
also known as the Imperial Apex Realm. Its experts emperors among emperors with life
spans of a million years in the nine provinces of the Wilds. They were
peak level experts that towered above the masses back in the day, relying on
the power and influence of the Profound Unity Realm. Su Ye had numerous titles,
the Head of the Wilds, a sovereign among emperors, the sword Master
of abstruse force, et cetera. Each was a paramount honor. His reputation
was as lofty as could be throughout all nine provinces of the Wilds. Su
Ye could count those of comparable status on the fingers of a single hand.
But to the current su Yi, the Profound Unity Realm was far far away.
The task at hand was beginning his cultivation anew. He was about to
step on to the Marshal Doo, and he had to build an incomparably sturdy
foundation for the path ahead. The Marshal Tao was the first stage of cultivation
as well as the beginning of the grand Tao. It was divided into four
realms, blood circulation, key, accumulation, inner furnace, and inoceriva or
flawlessness. These were the four realms of the martial Tao. Of them,
the blood circulation realm was the initial stage of the martial Tao. In it,
one circulated their blood and key, refining the skin, muscles, sinews,
and bones. Thus, it was further subdivided into four layers, refining
skin, refining muscle, refining sinew, and refining bone. At the pinnacle
of this realm, one's blood and key were powerful and flourishing, with skin
like bronze and bones like iron. Such experts could rip tigers and leopards apart
with their bare hands and shattered boulders with a single finger. Those who stepped
into this realm were called warriors. In the courtyard, the moonlight flowed like
water, and the night sky was tranquil. Su Yi's movements were slow and
deliberate. His back straightened, his steps stable. His stance was firm but
not rigid, flexible but not soft, and each breath carried a distinctive caalence.
When he moved, he was like an immortal crane, flapping its wings,
light and at ease. When he was still, he was like a
cliff sided pine, its roots embedded firmly in the rock. The Pine and
crane body refining technique. It included nine attacks and eighteen forms. It originated
from the Absolute martial sutre of the eight Extremedies. It was the first chapter
a method for establishing one's foundations in the martial dow. The Absolute Marshal Sutra
of the Eight Extremedies was the work of Suyi's close friend from his past life,
gong Yi Kai. Gong Yi Kai was tyrannical by nature, A master
of all martial arts. He habitually referred to himself as a mere soldier,
yet to the people of the Nine Provinces of the Wilds, he was someone
even experts could only look up to, the peerless martial emperor, a mighty
existence, a living legend on the path of the Grand Tao. His personality
was audacious and uninhibited, wantonly, arrogant and aloof. He'd taunted the Taoisks
of the six Great Taoist sects and walloped the three Old Demons of the Three
Great demon excepts who knew how many overlords of their respective territories and imperial realm
experts gong Yi Kai had bitten Black and Blue while under the pretense of paying
them a visit. But although practically no one in the world knew it,
gong Yikai wasn't undefeated. He'd once visited su Yi, then the sword Master
of Abstruse Force, only to lose to Suyi's Tao of the Sword. It
was because of this battle that they bonded and became close friends. Later,
when Goangi Kai pains takingly compiled a lifetime of attainments into a martial arts scripture,
he gave su Yi a copy to study. That tome was none other
than the absolute martial sutra of the Eight Extremities. When he first finished reading
the crane and pine body refining technique within, even su Yi couldn't help but
sigh. This technique near is the perfection of the Tao. There's nothing to
add nor anything to take away. Even su Ye had no choice but to
admit that, in terms of the early stages of cultivation the four realms of
the Marshal Tao, gong Yi Kai's attainments were clearly above his. Throughout all
of the Wild Nine Provinces, none could compete with Gangi Kai in this regard.
As such, you could call Gogi Kai pineland crane body refining technique the
number one foundational technique of the Wilds. Su Ye was about to begin his
cultivation anew he naturally didn't hesitate to choose the pine end crane body refining technique
to establish the foundations of his martial doo. This was the only way he
could surpass his past self at the same stage of cultivation. The knowledge and
experience of his past life men that su Ye already had a clear path to
follow as he cultivated anew. In this life, he had to be stronger
than his former self at every stage of cultivation. Only then could he forge
an unparalleled path and far surpass his past life. In the time it took
to burn a stick of incense, su Ye practice the full Pineland crane body
refining technique three times. He was already covered in a sheen of sweat and
his breathing was slightly ragged. This was already his current limit. Even so,
he was in unusually high spirits and bathed in the morning light. His
tall, thin frame shone with all the youthful vigor of a seventeen year rold.
This is already the third day since I reawakened the memories of my previous
life and began my cultivation anew. But now after just three sets, I'm
already covered in sweat. This body of mine just isn't good enough. The
cultivation methods I used over the past seventeen years were full of flaws, and
my foundations weren't good at all. So he wiped his brow with a cloth
and pondered in this life. Before losing his cultivation, he'd been the sword
Chief of Blue, a river sword Manner's outer sect famed throughout Cloud Driver Prefecture.
But in the eyes of his past life, this minor accomplishment wasn't even
worth discussing. At seventeen years old, I've already missed the ideal age for
hammering out my marshal dow. Fortunately, if I use the pine and crane
body refining technique to establish my foundation, it won't be difficult to compensate for
the flaws of my earlier cultivation. It's just this world's spiritual energy is a
bit too sparse, isn't it. Sue Ye furrowed his brows. In the
three days since reawakening his memories, he'd figured out just which world he was
in, the Azure Continent. It was home to over a hundred nations,
big and small, its territory vast and expansive. He was currently in the
Gray Zoo, which was but one of the Azure continents hundred plus countries.
In his past life, su Ye had never once heard of of the Azure
Continent, but he was certain that this world was connected to the nine provinces
of the Wilds. His reasoning was simple. The prevailing cultivation system of the
Azure Continent shared a common root with the wilds. However, because this spiritual
energy of the Azure Continent was practically depleted, the people spoke only of the
Marshal and Origin Daus, the first two realms along the path of cultivation.
As for the two higher realms of cultivation, the spirit Tao and Profound Tao,
there was practically no trace of them on the Azure Continent. They only
existed in legends. Rumor had it that the mightiest experts of the Great Zoo
were only in the Origin Tao stage. Despite this, the common folk honored
them as earthly immortals. From this, it was easy to infer just how
barren and sparse the Azure Continent's spiritual energy was. Sou Ye pondered out loud,
even if I have countless techniques and remarkable abilities at my disposal, are
reincarnated into such a barren place that most aren't usable. But he wasn't actually
worried about all that. The way of cultivation undoubtedly came down to four keywords.
Wealth, companions, techniques, and land. If I can find a
place with concentrated spiritual energy, I can cut my work in half for twice
the results. And if I can find a few treasures of heaven and Earth
on top of that, I'll need three months at most to break past the
marshal dow and step into the origin Doo. Su Ye's thoughts stopped here.
I'm getting ahead of myself, he said with a self deprecating laugh. With
the sparse spiritual energy of the gray Zoo, giving rise to a laxris on
the level of treasures of Heaven and Earth is all but impossible. But realizing
my tao in this spiritually depleted landscape will prove my abilities as Suzuanjen. Only
then will I have a chance to reach greater heights than in my past life.
Why had he reincarnated to cultivate or new naturally? It was a plan
to reach an even higher realm than in his past life. Tomorrow, I'll
take a trip outside the city and see if I can find a spiritual ground
suitable for cultivation. Having made up his mind, sue Ye looked up.
His carefree gaze reflected the bright moon hovering overhead and when its radiance lit up
his pupils, there was a hint of an altogether different emotion visible there