Chapter 205: Chapter 104: Seven-Star Divine Skill

Every practitioner of the Martial Dao believes in their own strength.

What is the Martial Dao? It is a path of cultivation, of shattering one’s limits to pursue the pinnacle of Martial Arts.

But fearlessness is not ignorance.

Originally, Wang Dalong and the others felt their group was too small, and they disdained participating in any sort of tournament.

That’s why they didn’t insist on getting spots in the competition.

’You’re not necessarily that much stronger than us,’ they had thought at the time.

But once the competition was over, Wang Dalong and the others finally understood the enormous gulf that a single Level’s difference created between geniuses.

Never mind the Youth Training Team; just the four Level 10 True Transformation Realm Martial Artists sent out by Eastern Martial Body were more than they could currently handle.

At least, Wang Dalong had no confidence he could win.

But even such powerful opponents still lost to the Youth Training Team.

This instantly swept away any trace of frivolity from the hearts of Wang Dalong and the others.

There is always a higher mountain.

If one’s heart isn’t steady, a fall is inevitable.

Seeing everyone’s heavy mood, Zhao Rui couldn’t help but clap his hands and laugh, “It’s right to take your opponents seriously, but don’t let it get to you too much. Don’t forget, we’re only freshmen.”

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone’s eyes lit up. That’s right, they were only freshmen, while those from Eastern Martial Body were at least juniors or seniors.

Even on the Youth Training Team, one member was clearly over twenty.

“We came here to train. The purpose of training is to strengthen ourselves and improve our shortcomings. I think the training here is quite effective. Everyone, let’s work hard and strive to make a huge leap in strength by the time we leave.”

Zhao Rui was no master of rousing speeches, but in the entire team, besides Wang Dalong, no one dared to question his words.

Even the stubborn Cai Zhengyang, who refused to admit defeat in his heart, still obeyed him without question.

Hearing this, everyone nodded in agreement.

After the competition ended and they returned to the dorm, Wang Zhanshan called Zhao Rui.

“Zhao Rui, it was right for Dalong and the others not to participate, but what were you thinking? You have no idea how embarrassed I was. Not a single person from all of Dongda competed.”

Wang Zhanshan said, his tone filled with dissatisfaction.

“Coach, I just reached Level 10. My Realm isn’t stable yet. Next time. I’ll definitely bring you honor next time.”

Zhao Rui said shamelessly.

“You… you have no ambition at all. Forget it. As long as you don’t cause trouble for me, I’ll be thanking the heavens.”

Wang Zhanshan also came to his senses. Although Zhao Rui had advanced to Level 10, this guy was not the type to bring him glory.

He’s a hidden troublemaker.

’In the future, I’d better count on Dalong and the others.’

“Alright, lead them well. If anything goes wrong, I’m holding you responsible.”

Wang Zhanshan hung up after he finished speaking.

Unconcerned, Zhao Rui casually tossed his phone onto the bed.

Then he sat down cross-legged and began to comprehend the results of the past two days of training.

He also tried to activate the muscle groups throughout his body, sensing the distinct contrast as Inner Strength and True Qi merged and converged both within and without his muscles.

Because he had opened his Acupoints, Zhao Rui could naturally perceive the flow of external True Qi and could also draw True Qi into his body.

This gave him a much more intuitive understanding of True Qi than others from the start.

Currently, there are two prevalent methods for advancing to the Grandmaster Realm. The first is from the inside out: by refining the Inner Qi of the Dantian, one gradually comprehends the genesis of True Qi, ultimately transforming Inner Qi into True Qi and breaking through the body’s limitations.

The other is from the outside in: through cleansing with external True Qi, using Inner Qi as a guide, one gradually replaces Inner Qi with True Qi.

Both methods require comprehending the Innate True Intent and Transforming the Mere into the True.

Logically, Zhao Rui was better suited for the second breakthrough method.

But the flaw of the second method is that one does not directly comprehend the way of nature, where True Intent arises naturally when the conditions are right.

Not only is the quality of the True Qi somewhat inferior, but the subsequent generation of True Qi is also not smooth enough and requires a lot of effort to refine.

Naturally, Zhao Rui did not want the second method.

Otherwise, he would only need to use more Advancement Points, open a few more Acupoints, draw True Qi into his body, and comprehend it day by day. Given enough time, he would naturally succeed.

What he wanted more was to generate True Qi from within, achieving a state of Natural Daoist Skill.

’What is Innate True Qi? And from what is it born?’

Zhao Rui’s hands formed a lotus shape as he made a spell-seal. He guided his Inner Qi to circulate, sensing the threads of True Qi that had already transformed within it.

The moon set and the sun rose, bathing the world in the faint light of dawn.

This meditation lasted the entire night.

Not until the dawn light shone through the window onto his face did Zhao Rui slowly open his eyes.

His lips parted slightly, and a stream of white qi shot straight out of his mouth, hovering three feet in front of him, refusing to disperse for a long time.

’This is qi born from within, pausing like a floating cloud.’

’Where does Inner Qi come from? And where does True Qi come from?’

Zhao Rui rose to his full height and strode elegantly outside. He had only taken a few steps before he remembered he wasn’t wearing shoes.

Just as he was about to go back and put on shoes, a thought suddenly struck him.

’Shoes?’

’What are shoes?’

’My feet are bare. They weren’t born with shoes on them.’

’So what is True Qi?’

’True Qi has always existed!’

’If True Qi is the foot, something Innate, then what are the shoes?’

Zhao Rui’s eyes suddenly lit up.

’Inner Qi is the thing that comes later.’

People are born with an Innate Body. After consuming the five grains, the Acupoints all over the body become blocked, the Innate essence dissipates, and the postnatal body is thus formed.

A Martial Artist, by comprehending their own internal world, guiding the breath of their Dantian, and tempering their body, obtains postnatal qi, which is known as Inner Strength.

’If one didn’t cultivate this Inner Qi, where would the “shoes” come from?’

’Why cultivate Inner Qi?’

’It’s because one cannot directly absorb True Qi for their own use, nor can the body generate it on its own.’

Over a hundred years ago, during the Dharma Decline Era, True Qi was not manifest. Even practitioners of martial arts could not even generate Inner Qi.

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