High Martial Arts: Enlightenment after Practices

Chapter 160: Chapter 160: Minor Achievement in the Eight-direction Soul Suppressing Spear

The tide of public opinion began to shift subtly.

Many people felt it was a pity for Xu Wuyi, believing he had missed a golden opportunity.

Others secretly mocked him for being out of touch with the times, possessing talent but no foresight.

Some even went so far as to compare Xu Wuyi and Li Hao, discussing the topic of ”choice being more important than effort.”

In the underground Cultivation Room of Villa No. 7 in Hidden Dragon Garden, Xu Wuyi completely shut out the chaos and discussions of the outside world.

He sat cross-legged in the center of the Cultivation Room, his Heart and Spirit fully immersed within his body.

The specially crafted lamp was placed before him. The Earth Fire Marrow emitted a gentle yet immense Energy, bathing the entire space in a warmth like a pleasant spring.

Nourished by this pure Earth-Fire Energy, the strand of crimson-gold Heart Fire in his Dantian danced joyfully, its color growing deeper and more condensed.

The vigorous growth of the Heart Fire triggered a chain reaction.

It was as if it were the root engine of Xu Wuyi’s entire Cultivation.

The stronger the Heart Fire, the more efficient it was at refining his Qi and Blood and tempering his bones. The process of Fire Forged Bone clearly accelerated, and the searing heat from deep within his bones became increasingly distinct, signifying that a deeper transformation was underway.

At the same time, the Heart Fire was already closely linked to his Spiritual Will.

Its growth directly nourished Xu Wuyi’s sea of consciousness, causing his Spiritual Power to grow rapidly, like a seedling watered by sweet rain.

His perception grew sharper, his Introspection became clearer, and even his thoughts seemed to have quickened.

The most direct manifestation of this all-around improvement was in his practice of the Eight-direction Soul Suppressing Spear.

His strengthened Spiritual Power allowed him to comprehend the Soul Suppressing intention contained within the Spear Technique with increasing clarity.

Each swing of the spear was no longer just a combination of Qi and Blood and Techniques; it was now the act of infusing his own Spiritual Will into the spear’s tip, using the True Intention of the ”Mountain” as a medium.

The night was deep. Within the Cultivation Room, there was only the hazy red glow from the Earth Fire Marrow and the sound of Xu Wuyi’s steady breathing.

Holding his long spear, he practiced the techniques of the Eight-direction Soul Suppressing Spear over and over again.

The movements were simple and unadorned, without the slightest flourish, but every thrust, flick, and spin of the spear carried a profound, weighty charm.

The air seemed to turn viscous as an invisible pressure emanated from him—a sign of the initial fusion between his spiritual intent, Qi and Blood, and spear techniques.

His gaze was focused and bright. He had completely forgotten the passage of time and the conflicts of the outside world, immersing himself heart and soul in this practice he had repeated countless times.

Ever since learning the Eight-direction Soul Suppressing Spear, Xu Wuyi had been limited by insufficient Spiritual Power and had never been able to practice it a full hundred times a day.

But since his promotion to a Martial Artist, his Spiritual Power had grown substantially over the past month. It was finally time to reap the rewards.

”Ninety-seven... ninety-eight... ninety-nine...”

”The one-hundredth time!”

The moment he perfectly completed the final spear move, a sudden change occurred!

Xu Wuyi felt a soft RUMBLE in his sea of consciousness, as if some kind of barrier had been broken.

The Martial Arts Diligence Record automatically appeared in his sea of consciousness, the text and scale related to the Eight-direction Soul Suppressing Spear shining brightly.

All the insights from practicing this Spear Technique, all his understanding of the Soul Suppressing intention, and all the details of coordinating his Spirit and Qi and Blood—like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea—all madly converged, collided, and fused at this very moment!

A feeling of sudden clarity washed over him... various key insights came to him one after another.

’This is the Enlightenment granted by the ”hundred repetitions” privilege!’

Moreover, because his foundation was incredibly solid and his Spiritual Power, nourished by the Heart Fire, had reached a critical point, the effect of this Enlightenment far surpassed any before. It was a true breakthrough born of long and steady accumulation.

On the Martial Arts Diligence Record, the proficiency value for the Eight-direction Soul Suppressing Spear began to jump wildly. When it finally stabilized, it had skyrocketed by over 30% in one go!

[Martial Arts: Eight-direction Soul Suppressing Spear]

[Current Realm: Entry Level (61.2%)]

[Martial Arts Traits: Soul Suppressing (Basic Level)]

[Assessment: Intention can penetrate the body; suppressive aura has begun to form.]

Xu Wuyi slowly retracted his spear and stood with his eyes closed, savoring the immense gains from this Enlightenment.

He could feel that his understanding of the Eight-direction Soul Suppressing Spear had ascended to a whole new level, and he was not far from the Minor Success Realm.

For the next five days, Xu Wuyi hardly left his house.

Aided by the effects of the Earth Fire Marrow, he continuously consolidated what he had gained from his Enlightenment, completely digesting and absorbing those immense insights and integrating them into every swing of his spear.

「Five days later, at dusk.」

Xu Wuyi stood in the Cultivation Room, the long spear in his hand pointed diagonally at the ground.

He didn’t begin practicing immediately. Instead, he mobilized his burgeoning Spiritual Power, combining it with the True Intention of the ”Mountain” and the Soul Suppressing intention, slowly gathering it.

Gradually, an invisible force field began to spread out from him.

His gaze sharpened. Without using his spear, he simply formed a sword with his fingers and made a phantom jab from several meters away at an alloy post used for strength testing.

”Suppress!”

A highly condensed Spirit Shock, like an invisible spike, instantly crossed the space and slammed into the alloy post.

Of course, the alloy post had no consciousness, but the force left strong ripples of Spiritual Power on its surface, proving the attack’s effectiveness.

A Spiritual Attack from thin air, without needing a weapon!

A satisfied look appeared on Xu Wuyi’s face.

He then gripped his long spear and made a simple forward thrust.

HUM!

The spear’s shaft trembled slightly, and the invisible Mental Realm instantly became several times more substantial!

It was as if the phantom of a towering, burning mountain had descended, scorching the spirit and corroding the bone!

If an enemy were within the range of this Mental Realm, their movements would be severely hindered and suppressed, and their Heart and Spirit would be under immense pressure at all times.

[Martial Arts: Eight-direction Soul Suppressing Spear]

[Current Realm: Minor Achievement (1.2%)]

[Martial Arts Traits: Soul Suppressing (Initial Stage)]

[Assessment: Intention follows the spear’s movement; the soul is suppressed and seized.]

That’s right. In just five short days, Xu Wuyi’s Eight-direction Soul Suppressing Spear had reached Minor Achievement. The core of this Spear Technique was Spiritual Cultivation, and it seemed Xu Wuyi was quite talented in this area.

He had obtained Hundred Refinements Melting Furnace much earlier, yet the Eight-direction Soul Suppressing Spear was the first to reach Minor Achievement. This was also his first B-level Martial Arts to be cultivated to the Minor Success Realm.

Not only that, but Xu Wuyi also keenly sensed that after cultivating the Eight-direction Soul Suppressing Spear to Minor Achievement, his True Intention of Martial Arts had also changed.

His originally pure True Intention of the ”Mountain” had been subtly tinged with a hint of ”Suppressing” intention.

This gave the weightiness of the ”Mountain” a more domineering quality, one of active suppression that forced all things to bow before it.

Xu Wuyi didn’t know what this subtle transformation in his Mental Realm represented and planned to ask Teacher Han about it after he returned.

But at least it couldn’t be a bad thing. After listening to Grandmaster Lin Jianyi’s lecture, Xu Wuyi understood that interpreting one’s own Mental Realm from different angles was, in itself, a correct path to follow.