Chapter 353 (2/2)

”Oh, then what is older brother's purpose for this visit? Is it to destroy the last shred of my confidence?! Or is it to lend me a.s.sistance to escape from the Martial Order Medallion?”

”Quit dreaming.” Ye QingChen rolled his eyes and scolded laughingly. His tone then turned serious as he said solemnly, ”Little brother, this older brother is here to ask you something.” Ye QingChen took a step forward and said with undisguised worry, ”Follow this old man and leave the conflict of the pugilistic world. Join me to carefreely roam the continent and enjoy the rest of your life. With little brother's cultivation, it wouldn't be impossible for you to ascend to immortality! How about that?”

”As long as you agree, there wouldn't be a Ling Tian in the mortal world anymore and I would be in charge of talking to the Martial Order Medallion owner! There definitely wouldn't be a problem! Even if that murderous nut is completely heartless, he would still have to show this old man some face.”

In Ye QingChen's estimations, after making such an offer, the arrogant Ling Tian who had the ambition to rule the world, would probably respond with disdain or even fly into a rage. However, Ye QingChen really admired this youth in front of him and really wanted to save him from his current predicament. He had already thought of how he should deal with Ling Tian's reaction. If not for the fact that he had previously personally witnessed Ling Tian's stunning martial arts, he would probably have thoughts of kidnapping Ling Tian and taking him away.

However, Ling Tian unexpectedly didn't reject him on the spot and fell into deep thought instead. After pacing around the courtyard for a while, he sat down on a bench below the rack of grapes and again fell into deep thought. He obviously didn't take Ye QingChen's words lightly and seemed to be considering something.

A long while later Ling Tian asked, ”Older brother, you exchanged pointers with this little brother back then as well. Do you really not think that I can triumph this time? Does this little brother not have even a chance to win?!”

Ye QingChen let out a long sigh and said, ”If we didn't exchange pointers back then, I wouldn't be so worried. However, it is because little brother's strength is too stunning that I am afraid you wouldn't be willing to take a step back and would choose to fight to the death! As long as there exists a single trace of hope, I wouldn't be willing to do this either! Originally, if both parties can enter into the XianTian realm, as long as one party cannot win, it wouldn't be difficult for him to make a retreat. However, this person is an exception! You don't know just how frightening he really is until facing him yourself!” After considering for a while, Ye QingChen said with difficulty, ”He… he has already surpa.s.sed the realm of 'Martial Learning'!”

”Oh? He has already surpa.s.sed the realm of 'Martial Learning'?” Ling Tian frowned and drew a circle on the ground before saying in an indifferent manner, ”It seems that he has entered into the 'Martial Way' realm?”

”Ah?” Ye QingChen was startled, ”You already know about the… Martial Way realm?”

”That's right!” Ling Tian put on a carefree smile and said, ”The so-called martial arts can actually be split into four different realms. The common people are ignorant and think that a mere boxing routine or swinging their swords around can be considered the study of martial arts. However, they are extremely wrong!”

”Mmm? I would like to hear more.” Ye QingChen also seemed to be puzzled. What Ling Tian had just said was also recorded in the records of Beyond Heavens but was vastly different. Thus, he couldn't help but ask with curiosity.

”If one strengthens his body with martial arts and is capable of displaying a few boxing routines to become a street entertainer, that is the 'Martial Technique' realm. It is just a technique for people to earn their living and can barely be considered martial arts.” Ling Tian said slowly, ”That is the most shallow form of boxing and isn't anything special. When facing an opponent, if their opponent was an ordinary individual, it wouldn't matter much. But if they were to face a person who has truly cultivated proper martial arts, it would be useless. It is only good for entertaining people and putting up a show and can be said to be the lowest form of martial arts.”

”The second category is the 'Martial Skill' realm. The eighteen martial weapons can be considered within it and someone who has trained to the second realm can enter the battlefield to kill their enemies. In other words, only the second realm of Martial Skill onwards has the ability to cause fatal damage. However, it can only amount to so much and even if one can be proficient in all eighteen weapons, he wouldn't be considered much!”

”As for the third category, it is the 'Martial Learning' realm. It includes the martial techniques that the men from the pugilistic world use.” Ling Tian said with a proud smile, ”Martial arts is a type of science and one has to use his whole life to explore and research it. Only when one reaches such a realm would he be able to compare martial arts as a scholarly art. In the world today, there probably aren't many who have achieved such a realm.”

Ling Tian then lifted his head up and smiled at Ye QingChen, ”Brother Ye is a good example. Only those who enter the XianTian realm can be barely considered to be part of the Martial Learning realm. As for the others, there isn't even a need to talk about them.”

”However, the highest realm of martial arts is called the 'Martial Way'!” Ling Tian said with a serene expression, ”The way of martial arts! This is a realm that one can only look at but not attain! Of the millions of martial arts pract.i.tioners in the world, it would be rare to see even a single person attain this realm! The Martial Way realm emphasizes becoming one with the world. Perhaps one wouldn't be capable of moving the mountains and controlling the oceans, but he would be able to take a peek into the heavenly ways! I never imagined that there was someone in the world who has achieved such a realm!”

Ye QingChen was shocked to the point he couldn't say a thing. Ling Tian's explanation was almost identical to what was recorded in Beyond Heavens and was even more detailed. However… the records of Beyond Heavens were written by generations of peerless martial arts experts! Just how was Ling Tian able to know all of this despite his young age?

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