The Nine Cauldrons
chapter-88

Many Centurions and Lieutenants were practicing near the edge of the school ground. All the Centurions and Lieutenants were experts who have reached the Pinnacle of the Postliminary Realm and all of them had their own cultivation method and the cultivation methods displayed were numerous.

As for Teng Qingshan, he was practicing the Three Postures.

"Chi!""Hu!"

He stomped on the ground, kicked his leg, and sent his fist flying.

The movements of the Three Postures appeared simple and ordinary. Without a deep understanding of the Xing Yi Martial Art, one would be able to understand the breathing of the Three Postures as well as the concept of the Xing Yi Martial Art. It would be impossible to acknowledge the profundity of the Three Postures.

Some people in the surrounding noticed that Teng Qingshan was practicing the Three Postures, but none of them noticed the peculiarity of the fist art.

"How do I create a spear art with the concept of the Cannon Fist? How should the spear art be performed? How should the spear art produce the instant explosive force?" Teng Qingshan really wished to find the answer through the Three Postures. He continued performing the movements of the Three Postures and continued pondering, "My Tiger Cannon Fist is one of the strongest fist technique in the cultivation of the Xing Yi martial Art. However, I can't even transform the concept of the Cannon Fist into a spear art, not to mention the concept of the Tiger Cannon Fist."

Teng Qingshan had managed to convert the Bursting Fist, Crossing Fist, and the Drilling Fist into spear arts. However, Teng Qingshan had not been able to successfully transform the Cannon Fist and the Slashing Fist as it was too difficult..

"Eh?" Suddenly, Teng Qingshan saw Teng Qinghu walking toward him from afar.

"I wanted to transfer cousin into my team, but Bai Qi made things difficult for me. Qinghu will probably be disappointed if he knows." Teng Qingshan stopped performing the Three Postures and walked towards Teng Qinghu.

"Qingshan! Qingshan!" Teng Qinghu said with a joyous expression.

"Cousin." Teng Qingshan said with a helpless expression, Lieutenant Bai Qi wouldn't agree to transfer you to my team."

"What?" Teng Qingshan froze for a second before he threw a glance at Lieutenant Bai Qi, who was practicing his spear art. He then said softly, "Lieutenant Bai Qi refuse to show you any respect? I heard that Gong Yangqing transferred three of his seven brothers to his team."

Teng Qingshan was well aware that Lieutenant Bai Qi was deliberately making things difficult for him.

However, even if he understood, so what?

The words of the officials are unreliable. Still, even if their words are unreliable, your opinion doesn't matter.

"Nevermind. Let's not talk about this. Qingshan, let me tell you a very joyous news." Teng Qinghu said proudly.

"Oh?" Teng Qingshan was slightly surprised as he thought to himself, "What joyous news?"

"Qingshan, when we were coming to Gui Yuan Sect, didn't we talk about the inner strength cultivation manuals possessed by the Black Armored Army of Gui Yuan Sect? Haha… Do you know what secret cultivation manuals the Black Armored Soldiers are practicing?" Teng Qinghu asked with a mysterious-sounding tone.

Hearing this, Teng Qingshan's eyes lit up.

Inner strength cultivation manuals?

Whether it's in his previous life or this life, Teng Qingshan had never seen any inner strength cultivation manuals. His only cultivation manual was the Qing Gong Cultivation Manual called"Crossing Worlds". However, the Qing Gong Cultivation Manual is a technique that consumes inner strength. It could not be used to build up inner strength. Until now, Teng Qingshan still had no idea what a true Inner strength cultivation manual looks like!

Qinghu, do you know?" As Teng Qingshan asked this question, he could feel his heart palpitating.

"Eh! I even know the location of this cultivation manual!" Teng Qinghu said proudly, "This cultivation manual is called "Vigor of the Reckless Bull"!"

"Vigor of the Reckless Bull?" Upon hearing these five words, Teng Qingshan could feel his blood boiling within his veins.

Finally!

He was finally able to truly witness an inner strength cultivation manual!

"Where?" Teng Qingshan asked hastily.

"Look! There! That stone monument!" Teng Qinghu pointed at the north of the school ground. As Teng Qingshan looked towards the direction Qinghu was pointing, he could vaguely see a lofty black monument in the distance.

"Let's go!" Teng Qingshan grabbed his Reincarnation Spear and immediately ran towards the monument.

He had been waiting for this inner strength cultivation manual for too long!

The lofty stone monument was entirely black. After years of being blown by the wind and scorched by the sun, the monument was covered with dust. However, the words carved on the monument could be read easily. There were five big words on the top of the monument—Vigor of the Reckless Bull!

Teng Qingshan and Teng Qinghu stood before the monument and observed the words carved on the stone.

It wasn't just Teng Qingshan and Teng Qinghu. There were also many newly joined Black Armored Soldiers scrutinizing the stone monument. In fact, some people even started taking notes of the words carved onto the monument.

"Vigor of the Reckless Bull!"

Teng Qingshan's eyes gleamed as he read the words on the monument.

""Vigor of the Reckless Bull"was created by the twelfth Sovereign of Gui Yuan Sect, Feng Shan. The Vigod of the Reckless Bull was an extremely powerful secret cultivation manual."

Teng Qingshan had heard that secret cultivation manuals were divided into four classes, the Heaven Class, Earth Class, Human Class, and the Unpopular Class. However, to many people, the Heaven Class, Earth Class, Human Class were not that different. This was because...compared to the Human Class, the Heaven Class and Earth Class merely had more cultivation manuals for Innate Experts.

However, there weren't a lot of innate experts.

Therefore, a good Human Class cultivation manual was normally sufficient for most people.

"Although the "Vigor of the Reckless Bull"was extremely powerful, it had a high difficulty level. Because of this, the cultivation manual could only be considered a medium level Human Class cultivation manual. The "Vigor of the Reckless Bull"was divided into nine stages. As one reached the fifth stage, one would be able to possess a tremendous strength of ten thousand Jin and could be then considered a First Rated Warrior. After that, as one rise to the next stage, one's ability would improve drastically. When one reached the ninth stage, the highest stage, one could hardly find a worthy match among the experts at the Postliminary Realm.

When Teng Qingshan saw this, he couldn't help but feel shocked.

Upon achieving the fifth stage, one would possess the strength of ten thousand Jin. Moreover, one's ability would improve drastically as one rise to the next stage. If so, how powerful would one be if one had managed to reach the ninth stage?

When Teng Qingshan saw this, he sighed and thought to himself, "We could all be First Rated Warriors and experts who are at the pinnacle of the Postliminary Realm, but the cultivation manuals we practice could result in us possessing entirely different abilities. For example, Yue Song was able to kill a group of First Rated Warriors with his Bending Wave Technique."

This was the result of a cultivation manual.

"Which section of the "Vigor of the Reckless Bull"is the most difficult?" Teng Qingshan thought as he analyzed the words carved onto the monument.

"It could be easy to cultivate the "Vigor of the Reckless Bull"in the beginning, but the more advanced one is, the higher the difficulty level. This was because...each breakthrough required one to open new meridians. If one wished to cultivate to the ninth stage of the "Vigor of the Reckless Bull", one would need to open up all eight extraordinary meridians. However, even among Innate Experts, only a few had open up all eight extraordinary meridians.

As Teng Qingshan read this, he came to a realization and said to himself, "No wonder that despite the formidable power of this cultivation technique, this cultivation manual could only be considered a medium level Human Class Cultivation Manual! Open up all eight extraordinary meridians? According to the cultivation method of this secret inner strength technique, with each meridian one opens, more and more impurities will block the ones not yet opened. Therefore, it was extremely hard to open up all eight extraordinary meridians!"

"Even among Innate Expert, only a few had opened up the eight extraordinary meridians." Teng Qingshan could tell from this point.

One could still rise from the Postliminary Realm to the Innate Realm even if one had not opened up all the meridians.

Also…

Most Innate Experts had not opened up the eight extraordinary meridians, not to mention all the meridians in one's body.

"Haha, this might be hard for others, but it is a piece of cake for me. I have opened up all channels and tiny points, not to mention the eight extraordinary meridians and the twelve standard meridians." Teng Qingshan's heart was filled with joy. It was wise of him not to join Gui Yuan Sect when he was young.

These days, his cultivation of the Internal Martial Art had reached the pinnacle.

Therefore, he had opened up all meridians in his entire body.

With his physical aptitude, he could practice any cultivation manuals at extremely terrifying speed.

Teng Qingshan continued reading, "When practicing this cultivation manual, one must be in a quiet place and always remain calm. One must avoid any disturbances. If one was disturbed during the cultivation, the inner strength would enter and damage the closed meridians. The consequences vary from disability to death due to the damaged meridians!"

"The first stage of"Vigor of the Reckless Bull": Focus…"

Teng Qingshan began practicing the"Vigor of the Reckless Bull"in front of the monument.

A deviation of Spiritual Qi?

Teng Qingshan had no fear of something like this happening as all the meridians in his body had opened up. He could transfer his inner strength to every part of his body. To others, it could be a nightmare! But to Teng Qingshan, it was nothing.

Teng Qingshan began performing the first stage of the "Vigor of the Reckless Bull", moving according to the mnemonic chant.

"The Inner strength is really different from the Internal Martial Art." Teng Qingshan moved according to mnemonic chant. His rhythm was occasionally fast and occasionally slow and simultaneously forming a small circulation in the Hand Taiyang.

The flowing inner strength was like a cleaner, carefully scrubbing the walls of the meridians and stimulating the meridians.

While the inner strength formed small circulation in the Hand Taiyang, it absorbed the Spiritual Qi of the Heavens and Earth.

The Internal Martial Art relied on the methods of inhalation and exhalation to refine the Spiritual Qi of the Heaven and Earth while the inner strength cultivation manual allowed the inner strength to voluntarily refine and absorb. Therefore, the inner strength cultivation manual was more effective.

"Chichi~~" The inner strength moved rapidly like a swimming dragon. After all, Teng Qingshan's meridians had wide and spacious channels.

Within fifteen minutes, Teng Qingshan had already begun cultivating the second stage of the "Vigor of the Reckless Bull".

Actually, because Teng Qingshan's meridians were all opened, he could start cultivating the highest stage. However, considering that this was his first time practicing the inner strength cultivation manual and for the sake of comprehending, Teng Qingshan still started from the first stage.

"Eh! The speed of the absorption of Spiritual Qi had accelerated." Upon this realization, Teng Qingshan was exhilarated. Not only had the circulation path increased, the speed of the absorption and refinement had increased drastically. "This inner strength cultivation manual refines my inner strength over ten times faster than when my Tiger Fist."

This was just the second stage!

Teng Qingshan finally understood the difference between the cultivation of the Internal Martial Art and the inner strength cultivation manuals.

The Internal Martial Art focused on maintaining good health. All the techniques of the Internal Martial Art aimed to nurture and strengthen the body. The inner strength cultivation manual only focused on absorbing and refining the Spiritual Qi of the Heavens and Earth to generate inner strength.

"Thankfully, I am now living in the ancient times. Otherwise, if I was in the modern era where the Spiritual Qi Heaven and Earth had already dissipated, having a secret inner strength technique would be useless." Teng Qingshan practiced at a crazy speed, and soon, he had completed the second stage. Indeed, Teng Qingshan's current cultivation speed was definitely the fastest and craziest cultivation speed on the Land of the Nine Prefectures.

"Yes, the third stage of the cultivation began!"

Teng Qingshan soon began the third stage of the cultivation. Immediately, the speed of the refinement of the Spiritual Qi increased dramatically once again. His Inner strength flowed out from two different meridians and merged, occasionally decelerating and stimulating the acupuncture points as it moved along this marvelous path within the body.

"What a marvelous feeling!" Teng Qingshan distinctly perceived that his meridians had been influenced, but this influence was exceptionally small.

"The fourth stage!"

Teng Qingshan didn't hesitate at all. Immediately, he began the fourth stage of the cultivation.