Inside Ning Qi’s small courtyard.
The roars of exotic beasts, sometimes low and sometimes sharp, echoed intermittently. If anyone were there, they would surely be dumbfounded.
Ning Qi’s gaze was focused, and he was completely immersed in the world of the Stance Cultivation.
At times, he roared like a Bixi, at times he leaped like a Suanni, at times he suppressed the sea like a Baxia, and at times he crossed water like a Qiuniu…
He practiced the True Martial Nine Stances to the point of complete spontaneity, with seamless transitions of Divine Intent. One moment he was in the Bixi Stance, the next he switched to the Chiwen Stance. The nine distinct Stance Cultivations seemed like a single Stance Cultivation, as if they had merged into one.
If the True Disciples were to see this, they would likely question their entire lives.
Ning Qi’s eyes were bright.
Flashes of inspiration constantly appeared in his mind.
“Not enough! Still not enough!”
“Although I currently seem to have integrated the nine Stance Cultivations, it’s only superficial. While combining their strengths has improved the efficiency of Body Tempering, it’s far from my expectations and still falls within the scope of advanced Stance Cultivation.”
Ning Qi practiced the Stance Cultivation while thinking. At his Realm, several Stance Cultivations almost no longer required thought; he could perform them by instinct.
At this moment.
Ning Qi’s skin constantly bulged, which was quite shocking. His reddish skin had already taken on an iron color, full of a powerful texture.
Ten days passed.
He had surprisingly advanced further, reaching the Iron Skin Realm. After this Realm, swords and blades could hardly harm him.
Although he was young, his combat power already surpassed that of many adults.
This cultivation speed was extremely fast, but Ning Qi was still not satisfied.
“Between the True Martial Nine Stances, there is clearly some kind of pattern. Merely merging them superficially won’t work; the key lies in Divine Intent!”
After stepping into the Iron Skin Realm yesterday, Ning Qi had a distinctly different feeling when looking at the True Martial Nine Stances.
The process of Body Tempering was also a process of Comprehension.
Standing high, one sees far.
If Ning Qi were in the Inner Yuan Realm at this moment, having fully experienced the Body Tempering process once, he felt that understanding the relationship between the True Martial Nine Stances might only take him a quarter of an hour, or even less time.
No matter how strong one’s Comprehension Ability, it still required sufficient knowledge and Foundation to support it.
After all, Stance Cultivation was not just about refining the skin, but encompassed the entire Body Tempering process.
However.
Ten days of research was enough.
The inspiration in Ning Qi’s mind became increasingly vigorous. With a thought, Divine Intent enveloped him, constantly switching. Later, it gradually merged, not by forcefully combining them, but by extracting the essence of each and transforming them into something new.
“The ferocity of Bixi, the heaviness of Baxia, the agility of Chaofeng, the steadiness of Qiuniu, the viciousness of Yazi…”
“The Dragon has nine sons, each different, but all originate from the True Dragon itself!”
“Tracing back to the origin, it is… the True Dragon!”
The moment Ning Qi comprehended this.
The roars of exotic beasts in the courtyard vanished, replaced by a majestic Dragon roar.
Ning Qi’s sweat evaporated at an accelerated rate, forming a White Mist that enveloped him, hiding his true appearance. His movements gradually changed, derived from the True Martial Nine Stances, yet completely different. From a distance, it looked as if a young True Dragon was leaping within the White Mist.
Ning Qi felt an immense sense of exhilaration.
This was a Stance Cultivation he had created himself, so it naturally reached its highest Realm immediately. At this point, the efficiency of Body Tempering surged again, feeling as if it had doubled!
“Awesome! Awesome! Awesome!”
Ning Qi laughed heartily in his mind.
He did not stop, continuing to practice until he was utterly exhausted, then reluctantly jumped into the medicinal bath he had prepared earlier.
Closing his eyes.
Ning Qi was still somewhat excited.
The sense of accomplishment from solving a difficult problem after deep contemplation was no less than a Breakthrough in Realm; in fact, it even surpassed it, somewhat similar to the exhilaration of solving an extremely difficult math problem in his previous life’s high school, and even more intense.
“I can now assert that there must be a stronger Stance Cultivation above the True Martial Nine Stances!”
“In a way, I reverse-engineered it. I wonder if this True Dragon Pile I created is the same as the original, stronger, or weaker?”
“Perhaps… I should ask Master for guidance?”
This thought involuntarily arose in him.
But he felt he might not get an answer.
He had previously heard his Senior Brother Luo Wentian say that Master Dragon Mountain Daoist’s True Martial Inheritance seemed to be incomplete, missing some more core elements.
Furthermore.
Based on Ning Qi’s understanding of Dragon Mountain Daoist.
He felt that his Master was not someone who would hold back. If there truly was a Stance Cultivation stronger than the True Martial Nine Stances, he would have brought it out long ago.
However, he still planned to find time to ask. What if such a Stance Cultivation did exist? It could mutually verify with the True Dragon Pile he created, perhaps making the True Dragon Pile even more powerful.
Although the True Dragon Pile could already be called a peerless Stance Cultivation, Ning Qi still wanted to see if it could be further strengthened.
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Moreover.
Ning Qi felt it was necessary to disclose his cultivation progress to Dragon Mountain Daoist, as this related to whether he could gain greater freedom later.
As for his other Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters, he temporarily did not plan to tell them what Realm he had reached.
His other Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters were fine; they were still normal when he saw them again. However, that day, his Eighth Senior Brother was a bit strange. When Ning Qi went to find Qin Yun another day, he discovered that his Eighth Senior Brother had entered seclusion again.
“He wasn’t stimulated, was he?”
Ning Qi was a bit puzzled and planned to check on him later.
“After Master comes out of seclusion, I’ll first go talk to him about the True Martial Stake and the improvement of the Body Tempering Elixir.”
Ning Qi cast aside distracting thoughts, emptied his mind, and focused on the medicinal bath.
A burning, stinging sensation came from his skin, but he savored it; this was a sign of gradually becoming stronger.
Time flew by in a blink.
Another eight days passed.
Ning Qi did not wait for Dragon Mountain Daoist to come out of seclusion; instead, he stepped into the Jade Skin Realm first.
It took him ten days to advance from Stone Skin to Iron Skin, but only eight days to advance from Iron Skin to Jade Skin. He even spent one of those days specifically re-cultivating the first three Realms, which showed how formidable the True Dragon Pile was.
Ning Qi curiously examined the skin on his body.
It was as fair as precious jade, completely different from before.
The Jade Skin Realm was the Perfection Realm of Skin Tempering. Not only was it difficult for swords and blades to harm him, but it could also resist powerful impacts, being both rigid and flexible.
Moreover, Ning Qi cultivated the True Dragon Pile, a peerless Stance Cultivation, so his Foundation was far more solid than others.
“Next is the Muscle Tempering Realm!”
“Strictly speaking, it only took me one month, or even less, to reach Perfection in Skin Tempering. If I continue at this pace, one Realm per month, wouldn’t I be able to complete the entire Body Tempering Great Realm and then give birth to Inner Yuan in just one year?”
Ning Qi was first surprised, then shook his head.
“No, Body Tempering is easier at first and harder later. The further along you go, the more time it takes, especially the later Realms which delve deep into the human body, requiring even more caution.”
“And the fundamental reason why I have such rapid speed now is that I had already comprehended a Stance Cultivation with Divine Intent Perfection as soon as I stepped into Martial Dao, and even created a peerless Stance Cultivation like the True Dragon Pile.”
“But thinking about it carefully, Eighth Senior Brother also has extraordinary Aptitude. He started practicing Martial Dao at seven, and it probably took him three or four years to Cultivate the Yazi Stance to Divine Intent Perfection. But even so, it still took him a full eleven years to complete Body Tempering and give birth to Inner Yuan, which shows the difficulty of the later stages.”
“However, my speed will still be much faster. My Martial Dao journey has just begun, and there will be more time later to create methods to accelerate.”
“The True Dragon Pile is not my limit.”
Ning Qi’s eyes were firm and confident.