Martial Arts are Too Involuted, and If You are Not Careful, You Can Quickly Pass the High Martial Arts

57: Advanced martial arts breathing techniques! Teach the instructor!“Forget it, I’ll ask Old Jiang about this later; he’s a Fourth-Rank Flying Sky Warrior, so he definitely knows how to Breakthrough to Fourth-Rank.”

Ye Chen waved his hand, then his gaze fell upon the Fourth-Rank Enlightenment Pill.

“Fourth-Rank Enlightenment Pill… provides a day of Epiphany effect.”

“I wonder if such a long Epiphany effect can allow my Fourth-Rank Martial Arts and Breathing Technique to Breakthrough to Fifth-Rank.”

Ye Chen murmured softly.

The System’s methods for improving Breathing Technique and Martial Arts were either to let him Cultivate automatically through internal competition, or to stimulate the Cultivation of Martial Arts and Breathing Technique with external emotional stimuli, or to stimulate them with rich energy, or through independent Cultivation.

The fastest method, of course, was external emotional stimulation.

However, energy stimulation and independent Cultivation also had effects.

“The energy from the Dragon Blood Pill hasn’t been completely refined yet. While there’s still some effect, perhaps I can take the Enlightenment Pill and see if I can advance my Fourth-Rank Breathing Technique and Martial Arts!”

Thinking of this, Ye Chen swallowed the Enlightenment Pill.

In an instant, a mysterious aura emanated from Ye Chen’s body. Immediately after, Ye Chen closed his eyes and entered a state of Epiphany.

At the same time, the black shadow also emerged from Ye Chen’s pocket. He watched Ye Chen enter a state of Epiphany and scratched his head.

“This guy… doesn’t he know that I was once a Fifth-Rank expert? He insists on asking that Jiang Feng fellow?”

“Is he stupid?”

The black shadow looked at Ye Chen with the gaze one would reserve for an imbecile.

“Forget it, forget it. I’ll tell him after he finishes Cultivating. Who told me I ended up with such a guy? For the sake of my resurrection plan… I’ll endure it!”

The black shadow shook his head, but in the end, couldn’t help but sigh… Soon, a day passed, and a powerful aura fluctuation suddenly erupted from Ye Chen’s body.

Roar! Roar! Roar!!!

A series of beast roars echoed, as if a tiger king was declaring his territory in the room.

Immediately after, Ye Chen opened his eyes.

And in his vision, lines of text slowly appeared.

【Kai Heng Breathing Technique advanced to Kai Heng Devouring Heaven Art (Fifth-Rank)】

【Nine Thousand Wind Thunder Steps advanced to Heavenly Thunder Step (Fifth-Rank)】

【Chenyang Swordplay advanced to Mystic Void Sword Art (Fifth-Rank)】

【Sword Light advanced to… Sword Qi!】

“It really advanced!!”

A bright light flickered in Ye Chen’s eyes.

“Besides external stimulation, although independent Cultivation is slower, under the effect of the Enlightenment Pill, it can still cause Martial Arts and Breathing Technique to advance!”

“Now… although I haven’t stepped into Fourth-Rank yet, the Entry-Level Fifth-Rank Breathing Technique means that, apart from not being able to Fly, the gap between me and Fourth-Rank experts shouldn’t be very large.”

“Now, I just need to find a way to Breakthrough to Fourth-Rank!”

Ye Chen spoke slowly, his voice containing a hint of excitement.

Fourth-Rank Flying Sky!

That was a leap in life-level. After Breakthrough, not only would one’s Lifespan greatly increase, but one could even fly through the air. This was a method every Martial Artist dreamed of.

Even Ye Chen was no exception.

“Cough, cough, cough!!”

Just then, an untimely cough sounded.

Ye Chen looked over and found that the black shadow was sitting in a chair at some point, coughing at him.

“Well… actually, I was once a Peak Fifth-Rank Realm expert!”

Saying that, the black shadow blinked.

Ye Chen fell silent.

A moment later, Ye Chen threw a punch.

The black shadow cried out in pain, his Divine Soul once again severely injured.

After he recovered, he heard Ye Chen’s faint voice say: “Next time, say something like that earlier!”

The black shadow was on the verge of tears. Damn it, you don’t ask me, and you expect me to say it in advance? I don’t have the ability to read other people’s minds.

You just had to punch me, didn’t you?

“Tell me, what’s needed to Breakthrough from Third-Rank to Fourth-Rank?”

Ye Chen sat on the bed, his gaze fixed on the black shadow.

The black shadow dared not have any other thoughts and quickly said.

“Breaking through from Third-Rank to Fourth-Rank is a leap in life-level. So at this time, it’s necessary to break a certain ‘shackle’ within the body!”

“Body’s shackle?”

Ye Chen pondered.

If Ye Chen remembered correctly, the Fifth-Rank Realm was also called the Shackle Realm.

Perhaps seeing through Ye Chen’s thoughts, the black shadow explained: “Opening the shackles and unlocking the human body’s limits, allowing the human life-level to sublimate—this is also what needs to be done in the Fifth-Rank Shackle Realm. In fact, Fourth-Rank and Fifth-Rank can be seen as one Realm!”

“The Flying Sky Realm is called Flying Sky because Martial Artists can fly through the air. But its essence is to constantly strengthen the body after breaking the human body’s first shackle, relying on the potential gained from that first unlocking, to make it easier to break subsequent shackles.”

“It’s preparation for opening the remaining shackles of the Fifth-Rank. Rather than calling it Fourth-Rank, it’s more like a pseudo-Fifth-Rank!”

“Generally speaking, once one Breaks through to Fourth-Rank, as long as no accidents occur, they will usually be able to Cultivate to Fifth-Rank. But how far they can go in Fifth-Rank depends on their talent.”

Hearing this, Ye Chen gradually understood.

“Opening shackles, huh?”

“So, what are the ways to open these shackles?”

Ye Chen asked.

The black shadow said: “To open the shackles, one either relies on the Qi and blood within the body to continuously impact the restraints. Over a long period, it will naturally open, and this is the most common and slowest method.”

“Some simpler methods involve relying on external forces, such as Medicinal Pills.”

“There is also a method where others help you open the shackles.”

“Generally, major forces, such as the Scarlet Church, or some Martial Arts Families, will adopt the third method.”

“Of course, although the third method is simple, having others help you open the shackles is far from as good as opening them yourself. But for major forces, a Fourth-Rank expert, even without much potential, is much stronger than a Third-Rank Martial Artist.”

Hearing this, Ye Chen summarized the black shadow’s words in his mind.

“So… isn’t what you said just now no different from saying nothing?”

“Aren’t you still telling me to slowly open the shackles?”

Ye Chen looked at the black shadow with a strange gaze.

The black shadow chuckled awkwardly.

“So… according to what you just said, relying on external forces, like Medicinal Pills, isn’t as good as slowly impacting the shackles yourself?”

Ye Chen came back to his senses and said.

The black shadow nodded.

“If that’s the case… then I can’t rush it. I can only slowly impact the shackles.”

Ye Chen rubbed his chin, an idea already forming in his mind.

“Anyway, there are still two months until the College Entrance Examination. I’ll use these two months to slowly accumulate and slowly impact the shackles!”

Ye Chen also relaxed, no longer in a hurry.

After all… even if he couldn’t Breakthrough to Fourth-Rank before the College Entrance Examination, with his combat power, matching some newly entered Fourth-Rank individuals shouldn’t be too big of a problem.

The black shadow looked at Ye Chen, wanting to speak but hesitating. He really wanted to tell Ye Chen that while relying on one’s own Qi and blood to slowly impact the shackles was indeed the best method.

However, this method was simply too slow; some people might get stuck for an entire lifetime.

Even some exceptionally talented individuals using this method might still take several years.

Two months… was ultimately not enough.

But after thinking about it, to prevent that guy from punching him again, the black shadow ultimately remained silent.

“Let this kid suffer a bit, so he doesn’t keep beating me up!”

The black shadow said viciously… For the next period, Ye Chen seemed somewhat idle. Besides Cultivating in the Cloud Domain Space two days a week and slowly breaking through the shackles within his body.

Ye Chen was truly too bored, so he finally found a job at the Jiangnan Training Camp!

That was teaching!

Since the members of the Jiangnan Training Camp could teach the instructors, then couldn’t he also teach these members?

This way, he could also earn a good number of points to Cultivate in the Cloud Domain Space.

This action also aroused the curiosity, and even admiration, of many members of the Jiangnan Training Camp.

After all, Ye Chen was a Prodigy who had passed the tenth floor of the Ink Dragon Tower, and his strength was even greater than that of the instructors. The effect of his teaching would naturally be much better than that of the instructors.

Because of this, many instructors complained that Ye Chen had stolen their jobs, and even the extra income that should have belonged to them was snatched away by Ye Chen.

Later, some instructors couldn’t bear it anymore and wanted to team up to beat Ye Chen up.

The result, however, was that Ye Chen counterattacked and defeated them.

And then later… these instructors also became regular attendees of Ye Chen’s classes.

Because they discovered that… even they benefited greatly from Ye Chen’s teaching!

Jiang Feng stood in his office, looking out through the window at the Jiangnan Training Camp’s plaza, his mouth twitching slightly.

On the high platform in the plaza, Ye Chen was lecturing on Martial Arts, and below, those former instructors of the Jiangnan Training Camp were like obedient students, listening attentively to Ye Chen’s lecture.

Their roles… had instantly reversed.

“A member teaching instructors… this must be a first in history!”

Jiang Feng watched this scene, his mouth twitching continuously. In the end, he pulled the curtains shut, not wanting to watch anymore.

Because he was afraid that if he kept watching, he wouldn’t be able to resist going down to listen to the lecture himself.

After all, Ye Chen’s teaching experience… was still very useful.

Even he, a Fourth-Rank Flying Sky Realm expert, gained a lot after listening.

Ultimately, Jiang Feng could only let Ye Chen act as he pleased.

And so, time flew by rapidly. Soon, a month and a half had passed.

A month and a half later, Ye Chen sat cross-legged in the depths of the Cloud Domain Space, his internal Qi and blood continuously stimulating a certain part of his body.

There, there seemed to be an invisible shackle, preventing Ye Chen’s Qi and blood from flowing through completely.