Chapter 189 (2/2)
Understand that Ling Tian’s wines were all dutifully recreated from his previous life. Put in the context of the twenty-first century, their alcohol content would be cla.s.sified at 50% or more! These were definitely high-level alcoholic drinks, with each jar containing at least two liters, and each of the three drunkards had imbibed almost three jars each. Especially Third Master Yu, being a wine connoisseur, not only did he not waste a single drop, he even drained the jars of every possible drop. For him not to be drunk would be nothing short of a miracle!
After Ling Tian had settled the three drunkards in their room, it was already the time when lamps were lit. As for Yu BingYan and Wei XuanXuan, they didn't get to come out very often and even had sufficient reason to stay to take care of the drunk Third Master. The two la.s.ses obviously couldn't avoid Sir and Madam Wei’s odd looks if they went back now, so they stayed with a clear conscience. Yu BingYan felt that her family had totally thrown away their face today. Be it in disposition or words, her uncle had thrown all their face away, and so the moment her painting lesson ended she immediately manhandled the bedraggled Wei XuanXuan into their room for a heart-to-heart talk. She never came out after that.
Those two little demons actually didn't continue to annoy me today, Ling Tian thought as he shook his head, feeling a headache coming on. With one writing and one drawing the whole day just now, they seemed to be overflowing with excitement as they left, but his study now looked like it had been robbed. The beauties’ ink and brushes were scattered all over the place. However, Ling Tian was more concerned with other matters. Looking at Yu BingYan’s posture when she was painting just now gave him a bizarre idea, and though it didn't have a definite shape yet he was definitely mulling it over.
Integrate painting with martial arts! Comprehending the old through the new! Ling Tian couldn't help but remember Marquis Xi Bai from the ”Twin of Dragons” show. But it remained a difficult question to solve as to how he could integrate artwork into martial arts.
Yu BingYan’s physique was limited due to the congenital problem with her meridians, and for her to obtain a profound level of cultivation could be considered to be impossible. Only a new method different than the usual cultivation methods had a chance to overcome this flaw. However, what path she took wasn't important as long as she could achieve success! This was how Ling Tian intended to treat Yu BingYan’s illness. Although his idea was in the initial stages, Ling Tian had absolute faith that he would be able to succeed!
After telling Ling Chen to send out a summons to Ling Jian, he gazed up at the round moon up in the sky, and after changing into a black suit he silently floated out of the window and disappeared in the night.
Ever since he stepped into the ninth stage of the Divine Shocking Dragon Formula, he had felt that his strength had taken a qualitative leap. His internal strength had already stepped into the ceaselessly circulating, incessantly renewing level of the XianTian realm.
Ling Tian’s original internal strength was indeed at the XianTian realm, but this strength was as a result of him cultivating in the womb with XianTian Qi. Coupled with the top-notch Divine Shocking Dragon Formula, this resulted in his internal strength being almost at the XianTian realm. However, possessing XianTian energy and stepping into the XianTian realm were altogether two different matters. A master at the XianTian realm would definitely possess XianTian energy, but a person with XianTian energy might not be in the XianTian realm! While Ling Tian’s skills had long reached the realm of Saints, his cultivation could only be considered to be at the extreme peak of HouTian, one step away from the XianTian realm.
The cultivation realms of martial arts were very mysterious, similar to Buddhist Arhat enlightenment. In Ling Tian’s words, either you understood it or you didn't. If you thought you understood it, then you did. If you didn't understand it, then no matter how much it was explained, you still wouldn't understand it!
While all these comprehension levels sounded abstruse and mysterious, the truth was that one would discover a new level of existence each time after they had broken into the next realm.
For the eighth stage of the Divine Shocking Dragon Formula, other than a strong and resilient body, meridians, tendons and more, one had to take the step from HouTian to XianTian energy as the supposed ‘fundamental change’. However, because Ling Tian's body contained pure XianTian energy to start with, this allowed him to progress directly to the ninth stage. Cultivators term this as the actual XianTian stage, with inner energy described as ‘ceaselessly circulating, incessantly renewing’.
The true XianTian realm brought with it another benefit, which was to greatly heighten the sensitivity of a person’s six senses. This was what the Arhats termed the ‘heavenly eye’. In fact, this was just a state where one developed an ability to scrutinize the most minute details of what they sensed around them!
XianTian realm naturally matched with XianTian internal energy, thus causing Ling Tian to have a huge breakthrough, arriving at the ‘Swaying North and South, swapping East and West’ boundary, the Shocking Dragon stage of his Divine Shocking Dragon Formula!
Lamps flickered and were extinguished in the houses as the evening progressed, and a blanket of silence fell over Sky Bearing City. However, in one particular place of the city, the lamps were still brightly lit and the air was filled with the sounds of the zither and reed pipes. Likewise, the flow of people going in and out of the house never stopped and it seemed to be extremely lively.
[1] It actually just means kneeling down and bending over. Golden mountains probably describes the kneecaps and jade pillar should refer to the backbone.
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