Chapter 484: Chapter 242: Martial Artists Who Travel with Caravans, This World’s Cultivation System, Xiangyang City, and Demons!
Otherwise, if encountered with demons, it would be like drawing water with a bamboo basket - all in vain.
Lu Sheng walked out of the dilapidated martial arts school and indeed saw several carriages parked at the entrance of Wang Family Village.
Lu Sheng slowly approached the caravan, and the surrounding villagers all greeted Lu Sheng with smiles.
"Instructor Lu is here?"
Although he had only been in Wang Family Village for a month, Lu Sheng’s personality quickly blended in, so much so that he was quite well-liked in the village.
As the villagers greeted Lu Sheng, he also noticed a few gazes from within the caravan directed at him.
"These gazes... are they from the martial artists of the caravan?"
Lu Sheng squinted and looked in the direction the gazes came from. Sure enough, he saw a middle-aged man lazily leaning against a carriage, a blade of wild grass in his mouth. Perhaps aware of Lu Sheng’s gaze, that man slowly lifted his eyelids and gave Lu Sheng a grin.
"In such a small mountain village, you can still see a martial artist who has cultivated their body to the limit!"
Upon hearing this, Lu Sheng raised his eyebrows slightly.
"Cultivated the body to the limit? Is it worthy of my current third-tier mastery? Indeed, after restoring my strength to the third tier, the suppression by the heavenly curtain has become more severe. Yet, I feel I can forcefully deduce a bit further."
"But these accompanying martial artists... all have third-tier auras. However, their auras are significantly different from those of pure third-tier physical beings."
Many thoughts flashed through Lu Sheng’s mind, and he quickly understood something.
"Is this the cultivation system of this world!"
Lu Sheng’s eyes lit up, and immediately he cupped his hands towards the man and said, "Lu Sheng, at your service!"
"No need to be so formal!"
The man waved at Lu Sheng and slowly straightened up, coming to stand in front of Lu Sheng. After sizing him up, his mouth was filled with an expression of appreciation.
"Without cultivating intent, you still managed to push your physical body to the limit. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a genius like you!"
Lu Sheng slightly raised his eyebrows, pretending to be puzzled, and said, "Please do explain, sir. I’ve never left the mountains and have only a limited understanding of the cultivation path. What I’ve achieved so far is merely the result of my own exploration."
Upon hearing this, the man looked even more surprised.
"To boost your physical body to the limit just by exploring on your own, such talent... even in the cities, few can achieve this!"
As he spoke, the martial artist seemed to understand: "Of course, knowledge is limited in the villages. Oh well, I feel a connection with you, so let me tell you a bit more!"
The martial artist’s expression became serious: "In the Great Qin Dynasty, we martial artists cultivate a method known as ’intent’."
"The stronger the ’intent’, the more it can nourish the body, thereby making the martial artist stronger."
"Generally speaking, the physical body’s limit for a martial artist is at our current Innate Realm, but with the nourishment from ’intent’, one can break through this limit and become a Grandmaster or even a Great Grandmaster!"
"If the physical body’s cultivation doesn’t rely on the nourishment from ’intent’, the difficulty is immense. Like us brothers, although the strength of our bodies is not much different from yours, we started honing our ’intent’ from the beginning!"
"In such a situation, we are able to bring the physical body to the Innate Realm!"
Listening to the martial artist’s words, Lu Sheng had a clear understanding of this world’s cultivation system.
"’Intent,’ huh? So in this world, the focus is more on the Martial Arts Realm, or in other words, the understanding of the Cosmic Dao. Regarding the physical body, on the other hand, due to the suppression of the heavenly curtain, it’s challenging for ordinary people to surpass their limits."
"The heavenly curtain... why does it suppress the physical body but has no restrictions on the existence of ’intent’?"
Lu Sheng’s eyes narrowed slightly as he pondered.
However, based on what Lu Sheng currently knew, it was not enough to unravel the doubts in his mind completely; he could only continue to communicate with the other party to bit by bit understand the world’s cultivation system.
Through conversing with this martial artist, Lu Sheng gained a general understanding of the current Great Qin Dynasty.
"In this world, the cultivation of ’intent’ is actually the Martial Arts Realm, or it’s a form of comprehension of the Cosmic Dao."
"As for the cultivation levels, I am currently at the third tier, in the Innate Realm. Above the Innate Realm are the Grandmaster, Great Grandmaster, and Exalted Grandmaster, which should correspond to the fourth, fifth, and sixth tiers respectively."
"But according to what this fellow said, there are only three Exalted Grandmasters in the current Great Qin Dynasty, meaning only three sixth-tier experts."
"So... the seventh-tier cosmic being detected... is it a being of the Great Qin Dynasty or... a demon?"
A faint light gradually appeared in Lu Sheng’s eyes.
At this moment, the martial artist continued excitedly explaining to Lu Sheng, "You don’t know that when ’intent’ reaches the level of those Exalted Grandmasters, even demons are but targets they can easily slaughter!"
"The reason our Great Qin Dynasty can establish its own territory in this demon-infested world is precisely because of the existence of these Exalted Grandmasters!"