"For any Dharma Gate to be mastered, there are only two paths: one is enlightenment, the other practice.

Enlightenment is to realize on your own.

All Cultivation Skills were created by people.

If others could create them, why can't you?

Keep this mindset, only then can you improve, not becoming a puppet of the Cultivation Skill, but its master.

A commoner, if they repeatedly do something and become skilled at it, can also develop their own Dharma Gate.

I once saw a vendor in the bustling market who was so skilled that oil could drip through a coin's hole without wetting the coin.

I also once saw a butcher who skillfully carved beef with his knife, making musical sounds, the blade undamaged while the cow was dissected effortlessly.

These people, in their daily lives, have realized their own Dharma Gates."

"But for the vast majority of people, they will not have the opportunity to realize their own Dharma Gate, even if they do, they might only understand the basics without grasping the subsequent levels, let alone the peak.

Therefore, we need inheritance, to master the power created by those extraordinary individuals in the past.

This power is divided into Cultivation Skills and Skills.

Cultivation Skills are fundamental methods; breaking through them allows you to ascend to higher realms.

Skills are operational methods; enhancing them allows you to truly wield your own power.

Apart from these two, weapons are also important.

A good weapon can bear and enhance the power you exert, even helping you to surpass your own limits.

It's said in the world that there are Demon Weapon Divine Soldiers, these weapons, when held in hand, are incomparable to Mortal Soldiers.

But if your realm is insufficient, wielding those weapons is futile, and may even devour you."

Master Li sat on the recliner, speaking eloquently.

Around the unnamed pavilion, people came and went like tides.

The pavilion seemed like a lonely island.

But on this island, Master Li could not hear the respectful "Master Li" from the passersby, instead, he focused intently on explaining some basic concepts to his robe-inheriting disciple.

From Li Yuan's focused gaze, Master Li knew... this young boy from the village truly had not learned martial arts, nor had anyone told him these things.

His heart was comforted; though his eyes were squinted, the sense of closeness deepened.

The master-disciple relationship is sometimes like a relationship between a man and a woman.

If it's the first time for the man and woman, the feeling is different.

The same applies to the master-disciple relationship.

The two continued their conversation, question and answer.

"Teacher... Yuan wishes to ask about the realms."

"Realm, a concept known by all, is divided into nine grades.

But how many truly understand what these nine grades are?"

"Do not discuss cold ice with the summer insect, nor talk of spring and autumn with the mayfly.

What the Upper Three Grades are like, we do not know.

The Middle Three Grades, we can only glimpse some fragments.

The Lower Three Grades, however, can be sought... let me elaborate on the Lower Three Grades for you."

"The Ninth Grade, Muscle Training.

Using Cultivation Skills to temper oneself, until a warm current flows through the muscles at will, then you have achieved success.

But this warm current is not energy, it is a special force within the blood.

This blood is higher than the blood in your body.

As it flows, it can nourish the bones and flesh, enhancing the strength of your body's power.

There is a saying in the social world...

Dog blood nurtures dogs, pig blood nurtures pigs, tiger blood nurtures tigers, dragon blood nurtures dragons.

When the blood changes, people also change, and this transformation first appears in the muscles.

Therefore, this is the Muscle Training Realm.

Upon entering this realm, one becomes strong and vigorous, hard for ordinary people to compare, even if illness arises, just by channeling this special blood over the affected area, one can quickly recover.

This... you should feel it deeply."

"Indeed, after entering the Elemental Entry Grade, the difference compared to those not entered is vast."

"Hmm... your changes all stem from this blood.

And in the social world, everyone calls this blood... Shadow Blood."

"Shadow Blood? What does it mean?"

"It is merely a name for this special blood.

As for why it is so widespread, it is likely that it originated from high-grade experts or some Major Sect's powers, becoming a convention, so it's named that way."

"The student understands."

"The Eighth Grade, Skin Refining.

With the orchestration of Eighth Grade Cultivation Skills, the Shadow Blood stored within you will be well-organized, like rivers connecting the stars, eventually covering the body surface with a layer of Blood Shirt.

After that, swords and spears cannot penetrate; even if you stand still and be hacked by mortals, it will be unharmed.

Unless you are tired and fatigued yourself, mortal's blades cannot break your defense, at most leaving a faint white mark on your skin.

Though Ninth Grade attacks will trouble Eighth Grade, due to this skin, Ninth Grade rarely truly harms Eighth Grade, unless repeatedly striking vital points to cause real damage.

Mortals cannot match Ninth Grade, Ninth Grade cannot match Eighth Grade."

"The Seventh Grade, Tendons and Bones Refining.

In this realm, the accumulation of Shadow Blood reaches its limit, and past Mortal Blood within can no longer be seen, leading to a qualitative change.

Do you remember, during the Ninth Grade, it was Shadow Blood that nurtured you?

Now, with Shadow Blood filled, it is time for the body to truly transform.

This transformation is the tendons and bones.

Bones, the source of blood.

Shadow Blood raised the Shadow Bone.

Shadow Bone then reversely produces Shadow Blood.

From this point on, all the blood produced within you is Shadow Blood, no longer related to Mortal Blood.

This force of Shadow Blood permanently resides in your body, flowing endlessly.

If it was still possible for the Ninth and Eighth Grades to be consumed and die, this Seventh Grade will no longer have the crisis of being consumed."

After speaking, Master Li paused before continuing: "The Sixth Grade means entering the Middle Three Grades.

The first realm of the Middle Three Grades is called ———— Fate Alteration.

Bone gives rise to shadow blood, continuously flowing.

Yet, your life level still remains in the mortal stage.

At this time, what you need is not cultivation skills, but... Life Atlas.

It is said that the records in the Life Atlas are extraordinary, and once comprehended and broken through, it will completely transform you, entering a new life level, becoming a higher 'human', and greatly increasing your lifespan.

Once you become a higher 'human', mortal women can no longer reproduce with you; similarly, mortal men cannot make women above the Sixth Grade pregnant...

However, generally at this stage, the desire for reproduction becomes very low, they may indulge in desires, but won't think of having a burden.

Therefore, if you want to leave descendants, it's best to do so before entering the Sixth Grade."

...

...

A day quickly passed, nightfall arrived, and Master Li hurriedly sent Li Yuan back.

Master Li must know something, Li Yuan thought.

But he wouldn't ask.

The long boat stirred the heart of the lake, leaving a pale red trail.

Li Yuan suddenly recalled that when he first arrived, Master Li had said, "The title of Young Master Li you deserve, but whether you can maintain it depends on you."

"So this is what it meant." Li Yuan understood.

Master Li wanted to see if he would die.

If he died, then he was someone without fortune, and the title of Young Master Li would evaporate like smoke.

Thankfully, he took sick leave...

...

After returning home not long, Cai Ze came visiting with a jar of liquor, better than the rice brew he brought last time.

"Brother Li, I never thought Master Li would take you as a disciple, I might have to rely on you in the future..."

He directly changed the address.

From "Brother Li" to "Brother Li".

From "your brother" to "I".

Li Yuan smiled and said, "What is Brother Cai saying?

Wasn't it with Brother Cai's help that I could enter Blood Saber Sect?

I, Li Yuan, am always grateful to Brother Cai."

Cai Ze, seeing his sincere expression, felt somewhat touched and close, thinking that this Li Yuan was indeed on the right path...

He didn't ask about Li Yuan's injury but instead chuckled, "Today let me host, how about two pots at the Celestial Fragrance Building?"

Li Yuan smiled bitterly, "I have a wife at home."

Cai Ze was momentarily stunned, "Why does a martial artist need a wife?"

Such resolute words took Li Yuan by surprise...

Cai Ze continued, "Brother Li, you might not know yet.

A cultivator should be unencumbered, marrying a wife ties you down.

Only those who have no hope of breakthrough take a wife to live out their days peacefully...

Not to mention, does your wife match you?"

Li Yuan's face immediately darkened, "Brother Cai, watch your words... my wife and I are loving, please don't bring it up."

Only then did Cai Ze apologize, and after chatting a bit more, he left.

...

After Cai Ze left Li Yuan's house, he didn't return directly but went to a mansion deep in Silver Creek Square.

Soon, a nursing home led him to a pavilion within the mansion.

In the courtyard, the Black-faced Elder was sitting alone drinking, surrounded by four women of different looks and temperaments, massaging his shoulders and thighs.

Cai Ze dared not look, just lowered his head to enter, and greeted, "Greetings, Elder."

The Black-faced Elder asked, "How is the disciple that Li Yu accepted?"

Cai Ze repeated the words verbatim.

The Black-faced Elder touched his chin playfully, grabbed a beauty and pressed her onto his thigh, lifted her chin with a finger, and sneered, "Why would anyone want a wife?"

Cai Ze replied, "He said they are loving."

"Haha..." The Black-faced Elder couldn't help but laugh, "Hahaha..."

Cai Ze joined in the laughter.

The woman on the Black-faced Elder's thigh laughed just the same.

They all laughed.

Laughing joyfully, as if they had heard something amusing.

After laughing, the Black-faced Elder said, "It seems the Vice Sect Leader dismisses him for a reason.

But that's fine, such people are marginal.

Li Yu, this tributor, is already marginal, his disciple is marginal too, it's a legacy, let them be.

However, once a tributor takes a disciple, naturally, this disciple can't remain on the periphery.

Whether he can be promoted to the outer or inner sect, still depends on the Vice Sect Leader's decision."

Cai Ze said, "If the Vice Sect Leader doesn't change his status, that would be good."

The Black-faced Elder said, "He just looks down on the unrefined, but wouldn't disrespect Li Yu.

He is arrogant, but not foolish.

Forget it, let this matter rest, don't focus on that young man named Li Yuan anymore.

Even though you brought him in, he has nothing to do with our faction anymore.

Li Yu won't be used by anyone, nor get involved in other matters, so don't provoke them."

"Understood... Elder."

"Cai Ze, you have done much for me over the years, once the incident of sunken corpses in the Black Market Central City is resolved, I will accept you as a disciple, watch this matter closely."

"Yes! Elder!" Cai Ze's eyes flashed with joy.

He lacked talent, but still aspired to advance further.

And the identity, status, and social circle of an inner sect disciple in the Blood Saber Sect would allow him to step into a higher echelon!

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