Chapter 422
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Chapter 422: Ascending as a Dragon (2)
"During these days, I have been carefully studying our family’s martial arts technique, the Heavenly Dragon Eight Steps," Long Shankong said.
"After mastering the Divine Transformation Technique and achieving true strength, I have finally made a breakthrough…"
"Is there a connection between the Divine Transformation Technique and the Heavenly Dragon Eight Steps?" Qiao Xin asked in surprise.
"Master, you may not know," Long Shankong explained with excitement.
"We ordinary martial artists, once we achieve True strength, can unleash power from a distance exceeding ten or even a hundred meters, far surpassing the ten-meter limit of internal strength martial artists."
"But cultivators, especially experts in the path of immortality, have the ability to fly through the sky and vanish underground."
"As martial artists like us, if we cannot master a similar flying technique, we will always fall short."
Long Shankong’s words made everyone nod continuously, especially Li Changshi and the rest of the Immortal Slaying Army veterans.
In the previous battle at the Nan Province Xuantian Sect, the two Earth Sword Immortal brothers and Xue Changhe, who had mastered True strength, killed the Xuantian Sect’s Nascent Soul Elder.
It’s because these few are considered extraordinary experts. Even though they haven’t mastered the Heavenly Dragon Eight Steps to walk on air, their power and energy can reach far beyond a hundred meters.
But the battlefield on their side was different.
Despite their three hundred strong Immortal Slaying Army, they didn’t have top experts like Xue Changhe and Earth Sword Immortal.
"Our ancestral skill, the ‘Heavenly Dragon Eight Steps,’ is indeed the best light skill in the world, capable of taking eight steps in the air. However, it’s hard to learn and master," continued Long Shankong.
"An ordinary martial artist may not even achieve this after spending half a lifetime."
Thinking about this, Long Shankong felt a bit helpless.
The Heavenly Dragon Eight Steps, known as the number one light skill in the world, would definitely cause a stir in the martial arts world in Jiu Province if it appeared in the present day. Many experts would come to compete for it.
However, Peach Blossom Villa had too many martial arts skills, including the extraordinary "Divine Transformation Technique," "Human Path Sutra," "Shape Changing Skill," and Qiao Mu’s improved "Blood Origin Skill."
Compared to these cutting-edge modern techniques, the difficult-to-master "Heavenly Dragon Eight Steps" didn’t shine as brightly.
The time and energy of martial artists are limited.
In just a few decades of a short life, how many martial arts can one master?
Despite the excellence of the Heavenly Dragon Eight Steps, very few people at Peach Blossom Villa had actually mastered it in just a few months.
"What do you want to say?" Qiao Xin asked curiously.
"Did you improve the traditional Heavenly Dragon Eight Steps? Are you aiming to make it easier to practice?"
"If you have any ideas, feel free to share them with me."
"Yes, I did improve it," Long Shankong smiled.
"However, my way of improvement may have a slight difference from what the master had in mind."
"It’s no use talking more, let the master see it for himself."
Long Shankong took a deep breath, a light True strength emanated from his body, gathering under his feet.
With a slight crouch, Long Shankong exerted force under his feet, launching his body into the air.
As he floated mid-air, using up the force from the step, Long Shankong then stepped down again, gathering the light True strength beneath his feet into small cloud-like formations.
"True strength, Heavenly Dragon Eight Steps!"
Long Shankong walked into the wind, stepping further and further outside into the high sky, quickly surpassing the eight-step limit of Heavenly Dragon Eight Steps.
Actually, even though Long Shankong practiced Heavenly Dragon Eight Steps since he was young, he had only mastered the ability to take three steps into the sky, at most.
But at this moment, Long Shankong not only took eight steps?
Qiao Mu was first surprised, but then focused his gaze, and saw that with each step Long Shankong took, true strength gathered under his feet in small cloud-like formations.
At first glance, it looked as if Long Shankong was walking through the air, creating clouds with each step he took, looking extraordinary and heroic.
"When Qi and spirit combine and True strength is achieved, there is already a big difference."
Long Shankong stood in mid-air, slowly descending to the ground, smiling and saying:
"True strength is already a tangible and substantial energy, so why can’t we directly step on True strength and travel with Qi?"
"The ultimate goal of Heavenly Dragon Eight Steps is to take eight steps into the sky."
"The original Heavenly Eight Steps was an advanced and difficult martial art technique that was almost like magic, making it very hard to practice."
"Now, I have renamed the variation of the Heavenly Dragon Eight Steps as the ‘Dragon Transforming Step’."
"The Dragon Transforming Step is even more difficult than the Heavenly Eight Steps, as it combines true strength with the original technique," explained Long Shankong.
The Heavenly Dragon Eight Steps, also known as the Dragon Ascending to the Sky, creates clouds with every step.
"Is this still just a martial art technique?" The martial artists were amazed after a moment of silence.
With vast experience and having fought against cultivators, the martial artists understood the great significance of the Dragon Transforming Step.
"If we could have mastered this Dragon Transforming Step back in Ape City, perhaps…" Li Changshi’s eyes sparkled with excitement.
Jiang Chen and the other storytellers exchanged a shocked look, feeling a surge of emotions.
Although they were not martial artists who had been to the Immortal Battlefields, they had seen and known enough…
"When they just arrived at Peach Blossom Villa, they saw that the martial arts in Jiu Province had taken a step forward."
"The move Heavenly Dragon Eight Steps, transforming into a dragon and soaring to the sky, this may truly be a step towards the mythical achievement of ordinary martial artists…"
While everyone was exclaiming, Qiao Mu quietly listened to Long Shankong finish speaking.
There was no look of shock on his face like the others, but after listening to Long Shankong, his expression softened slightly.
He looked at Long Shankong landing from the air, then looked at the trousers under his feet that were split by the force.
The split in the trousers was probably caused during his practice of the "Dragon Transforming Step".
The "Dragon Transforming Step" of the Heavenly Dragon Eight Steps deduced by Long Shankong can’t exactly be called a prototype, as it is already quite well developed in its early version.
Even if he didn’t intervene, it could continue to be refined in the next few years, or even decades…
Of course.
If Qiao Mu joins in, he can improve the newly created "Dragon Transforming Step" to a level where even great martial artists can practice it.
"Good idea," Qiao Mu thought quietly in his heart.
"If one day, there were no Qiao family members on earth, I believe that martial arts in Jiu Province would not come to a standstill."
A Long Life Dream of 2500 years is a long journey comparable to the length of civilization history.
In his dream, Qiao Mu can make the day and night change, and create thousands of soldiers with just one thought.
But he is still in a dream, where the people created by his thoughts are influenced by his mind, different from real people.
Just like in a lucid dream, playing rock-paper-scissors with dream characters, he can "guess" their choices with just a thought.
However, in his dream, he cannot predict the events of today.
Martial arts in Jiu Province are continuously progressing.
The creation of Peach Blossom Villa provided a great place for martial artists to make friends, like a special place for martial arts.
Even without Qiao Mu and the brave Qiao family member who is no longer with us, there are people like Long Shankong, Lu Yanbei, and Xue Changhe who continue to progress in martial arts.
This may be the reason why Peach Blossom Villa exists.
Thinking about this, he felt a bit content and his mood improved.
"I’m a bit tired, let’s stop practicing for today."
Qiao Mu looked up at the sky, the bright moon shining high above with only a few stars scattered in the night sky covering the earth.
"I hope to have a good sleep this time, I hope tonight… has no dreams."
Qiao Mu turned back to Peach Blossom Villa, ignoring the storyteller Jiang Chen who visited, and walked away on his own.
This figure left a lasting impression on storyteller Jiang Chen and others, leaving them silent for a long time.
Before they arrived at Peach Blossom Villa, they had many thoughts in their minds.
Even when they actually arrived and saw the Qiao family member earnestly teaching martial arts, they were still feeling uncertain.
People at Tide Listening Building are adventurers chasing the waves, always following the pace of the young trendsetters of the era.
All kinds of strange events and real stories are woven into legendary tales surrounding legendary martial arts figures.
Upon arriving at Peach Blossom Villa, they only saw.
But they saw the myth of martial arts teaching, becoming instructors in the martial arts world.
Unlike the flashy martial artists of the rivers and lakes, Long Shankong, who was relatively unassuming, still helped the martial arts of Jiu Province progress a step further.
…………………….
Three storytellers stayed overnight at Peach Blossom Villa, and the next day they wandered around the estate, exploring.
Sometimes, when meeting friendly people like Li Changshi and Lu Yanbei, they would ask them questions carefully.
After a day and a night passed, they had a clear understanding of Peach Blossom Villa in their hearts.
"Have you thought about it? What should we say after returning to Tide Listening Building?" Clairaudience asked.
"Say? What is there to say? At this point, does it really matter?" Clairvoyance looked at the martial artists practicing vigorously in the morning forest and said lightly.
