Chapter 400: Chapter 230: Fire Preliminary List, Martial Arts Beyond SSS-level!

The gifts for big sister Qin Xiao and the youngest Qin Lan have all been delivered.

The former is quite pleased with the multi-functional mechanical war dog that can both guard the house and be useful for long trips in the future;

The latter received a large stack of specialized books and exam question sets on mechanical pathways, feeling quite conflicted as he forced out a “Thank you, big brother” through gritted teeth.

“The supplements bought for Old Liang should also be taken over.”

Qin Shi, whose gift-giving motto is to shower everyone equally, had to wait for Old Zhang to return from his trip before he could show his “respect and affection” since Old Zhang was away with the Divine Machine.

He’ll try to gain more favor with Old Liang first and see if he can squeeze out more of Hong Sheng’s True Inheritance.

Qin Shi drove to the Dangyang East Suburb, with the Inspection Department having supplied him with a high-profile war axe sports car, its body gleaming and very impressive.

If he didn’t want to drive, there’s also a chauffeur service provided for him.

This “leader treatment” that he never experienced in his previous life seemed to be compensated for here.

“The changes on Old Factory Street are getting bigger, becoming more like the Urban Circle.”

Qin Shi steered the overly high-profile war axe sports car and parked it under the stone gate archway.

He hadn’t been away for long, but the dusty, gray street had rejuvenated, with the shops on both sides brighter and more spacious.

Old Liang still lived in an age-old teacher’s dormitory building. Qin Shi carried two bags of supplements, and just as he reached downstairs, he saw a spirited Old Liang. This physical education teacher who no longer limped was rolling up his sleeves working on renovation for a restaurant along the street.

“Brother Liang, thanks to you these past days.”

“No need to mention it, we’re neighbors, just lending a hand.”

“Why not stay and have a meal later…”

Is Old Liang welcoming a second spring?

Qin Shi carried the supplements, watching Old Liang chatting with the woman who seemed to be the restaurant owner, feeling quite comforted.

“No, no, I’m just helping out. I’ll come back tomorrow to smooth the walls…”

Old Liang waved his hand in a hurry, turned back suddenly, and saw Qin Shi on the opposite street side.

Facing his disciple’s slightly teasing expression, he inexplicably blushed.

One has to know, before, he could take Qin Shi to the second floor of a bathhouse without changing his expression.

“No need! Young lady, I have something else to do! See you!”

Old Liang quickly extricated himself from the owner’s invitation, crossed the road, and came to Qin Shi.

He put on a stern face and asked:

“Kid, coming back without saying a word!”

Qin Shi smiled and said:

“Master Liang, it sounds like you weren’t exactly hoping I’d come back. Didn’t mean to interrupt you and your future wife, did I?”

Old Liang’s expression faltered before he scolded:

“What nonsense! Just helping out a neighbor! Aunt Mei just moved here, not familiar with the place, trying to settle in Old Factory Street, not easy.”

Qin Shi nodded without saying much.

For an old man like Old Liang, developing a twilight romance and rekindling a second spring is quite okay, and he would absolutely support it with both hands.

“These are supplements brought from Central City, containing specialties from the Tianzhu Autonomous Region, nourishing blood and qi, nurturing the body and kidneys…”

Qin Shi followed him upstairs, selecting two bags of supplements.

“Nurturing kidneys…”

Old Liang’s face darkened, cursing as he spoke:

“Your master is in good health!”

Qin Shi looked helpless:

“Yes, yes, you’re as fit as a dragon or tiger, aiming to settle down early and have a few fat boys to continue the Liang family line.”

Old Liang was so angry he was smoking, with his disciple “urging the master to marry.”

Truly reversing the sky gang!

“Hey, hey, hey, don’t rush to strike, Master Liang! My Life Force purity has greatly increased, it wouldn’t be good if I hurt you inadvertently!”

“If you manage to hurt a single strand of my hair, it’ll be your achievement!”

“You don’t have many strands to begin with…”

After teasing Old Liang for a few sentences, Qin Shi sat down obediently and began to talk seriously about his idea of breaking through by taking a beating.

“The idea isn’t wrong. With such deep potential, in the Old Era Martial Arts World, you indeed can’t take the usual path.”

Old Liang nodded with deep agreement, saying:

“Stepping into a Specialized Domain isn’t difficult for you, just a matter of moving forward half a step. But you need to condense your Domain, refine your traits, and push forward in one go. This needs careful thinking.”

Qin Shi eagerly boiled water and brewed the “Mighty Brand Supplements” he brought back from Central City, respectfully offering them to Old Liang:

“Master Liang speaks the truth. I’ve recently felt an inkling that Hong Sheng’s Hundred Forms Refining Stance can be combined with the Cultivation Furnace from Nanhuang Daoist School.”

Old Liang squinted his eyes, a trace of surprise appearing on his face.

It seemed unexpected that his apprentice would embark on the path of “integrate and innovate” so early.

Even the first-generation ten elites at such an age would honestly follow the path opened by their predecessors, one step at a time.

“Do you have any specific ideas?”

Master Liang discussed seriously.

“The Hundred Forms Refining Stance is the method of ‘integrating’ all things, the Cultivation Furnace excels at ‘nourishing’! Nourishing the essence of Heaven and Earth! One fortifies the spirit of oneself, the other strengthens the foundation of the Mortal Body.”

Qin Shi explained the insights and understandings he had summarized over these days to Master Liang.

As he spoke, he operated his cultivation technique, the rolling airflow driven by his breathing rhythm, forming a thick white cocoon.

“You’ve actually practiced the swift-as-the-wind aspect of the Hundred Forms Refining Stance to the point of ‘airflow motion’.

Master Liang exclaimed, wisps of substantial airflow being absorbed by Qin Shi, his apprentice like the eye of a typhoon, capable of launching a fierce offensive with a simple gesture.

This Heart Stance accomplishment was several degrees more profound than his own.

“It’s all thanks to Xiao Yu’s efforts.”

Qin Shi smiled slightly and then activated the Cultivation Furnace; the brilliance of life gushed from every bit of flesh, filling the vast and boundless Mortal Body’s bones, like a giant light bulb, directly illuminating the dormitory brightly.

“Xiao Shi, did you eat some powerful tonic in Central City? Such a significant progress!”

Master Liang was nearly numb internally; aside from Hong Sheng’s True Inheritance, the legacy of Nanhuang Daoist School was undoubtedly top-tier.

It would take whoever holds it at least eight to ten years, even for a genius among geniuses, the cultivation efficiency and speed being different from ordinary people, it would still take three to five years.

“A Divine Crystal. Granted by the Tai Monarch, which I consumed.”

Qin Shi confessed truthfully, to spare Master Liang from being startled and losing composure.

“That explains it.”

Master Liang nodded, believing that if one progressed this fast solely through daily completion of cultivation lessons.

He would really question if his apprentice was some kind of mythical creature reincarnated.

“Divine Crystal is one of the top resources, even at the Scorching Sun level, it’s hard to get a supply.”

Master Liang murmured a couple of times, once more understanding why his mentor was depressed.

Born in the era of the first-generation ten elites, being constantly overshadowed by the grandmaster, compared to He Lanchan and Qi Wuxiang, who could endure that?

These prodigies seemed to exist to break the public’s inherent perceptions!

“You still lack a core cultivation technique to unite the two paths.”

Master Liang pondered for a long time, repeatedly analyzing Qin Shi’s situation, finally reaching a conclusion.

“According to Dongxia’s martial arts grading, Nanhuang Daoist School’s Cultivation Furnace is classified as SSS-level, while Hong Sheng’s Hundred Forms Refining Stance, barely counts as S-level.”

They’re slightly unbalanced, they need a stronger ‘suppression’!”

Qin Shi frowned:

“Will the Void Meditation Technique work?”

Old He’s legacy is SSS-level.

It’s undoubtedly his strongest trump card!

“Not enough.”

Master Liang shook his head, even though He Lanchan was his absolute idol, after a serious evaluation, he felt there was still something lacking.

“The ‘integrating’ of the Hundred Forms Refining Stance and the ‘nourishing’ of the Cultivation Furnace, at their roots, are both about enhancing the Mortal Body, allowing your spirit and energy to unite, mind and intention to unite, making the body perfect without blemish.

But think about it, no matter how large the pool, it can’t just take in without output, then it can’t form ‘living water.’ You need to find a top-level cultivation technique that consumes a lot to forcibly ‘subdue’ both.”

Qin Shi scratched his head, SSS-level martial arts are not cabbages.

The fact that he managed to come across He Lanchan’s Void Meditation Technique was already a stroke of luck.

Surely, he wouldn’t end up going to the Imperial Capital Museum to steal Ning Yuanhai’s True Scripture of All Times and Eras?

“Xiao Shi, actually, I had previously taught you one.”

Master Liang hesitated for a long time, unsure whether to let his apprentice choose this path.

The battlefield, this great furnace, could refine scrap iron into fine steel, but it could also turn alloy into slag.

If luck wasn’t on your side, life and death would hang by a thread.

If you choose that martial art as your main cultivation.

Inevitably, you would be absorbed by the Battle Group.

“Master Liang, why don’t I remember?”

Qin Shi was puzzled.

“The Warfare Strategy created by Marshal Qin, in theory, if it could reach Great Perfection, it could even surpass SSS-level.”

Master Liang replied.

The Vice Marshal had only attained six thousand layers!

Qin Shi thought of the requirements of the Warfare Strategy, feeling the term “Great Perfection” seemed like a joke.