Chapter 198 Dawn and Dusk Awaken Wisdom, Limit Breaking Pile Skill (3k)
Finding the right approach, breaking the limit of Pile Skill is simpler than Fist Skill.
This won't take long.
Even if he guesses wrong about the direction to break the limit, he's not at a loss; at least his meridians have widened...
In the dream, Meng Chuan feels the "Dawn and Dusk Enlightenment" trait transforms into a beautiful woman, constantly beckoning to him.
As the woman's outline becomes clear, apricot-yellow training clothes, a bun hairstyle...
Meng Chuan wakes up startled. He just sparred with her during the day, dreaming about her at night... it's quite normal.
...
Time flies, a month later.
The weather is getting warmer.
Within Huayun Prefecture, the figures practicing in the morning are gradually increasing.
Even those ordinary people without martial arts talent will focus on physical exercise once they have money, hoping to live a long life.
Beside the artificial lake in the neighborhood, there's a teenager in a strange posture, standing at the edge of the lake.
His toes touch the ground, heels lifted and suspended.
His body is as straight as a pen, hands behind his back, standing without moving for over an hour.
Meng Chuan has been persisting in this new standing posture for almost half a month now.
Since he discovered the usefulness of the "Suspension Foot Posture," he has insisted on standing for two hours every day, up to now.
Today's standing time is up.
Feeling his meridians widen slightly again, suddenly, he feels a sense of clarity in his mind.
In a daze.
His body instinctively stands by the lake, practicing the Overlapping Waves Shattering Rock Fist of the Five Elements Qiankun Fist.
Although it's a calm lake, Meng Chuan distinctly senses hidden waves!
This is a world of perception, not the eyes.
Immediately, waves in the lake are drawn by Meng Chuan to his surroundings, forming a vortex around his arms, maintaining for a moment, and just before dispersing, he strikes out with his arms.
Like a dragon stirring water, the Overlapping Waves Shattering Rock Fist launches a whirlpool splash.
Still unsatisfied, with a splash, Meng Chuan jumps into the lake alone.
Half of his body is submerged, arms reaching out to manipulate the streams in the lake.
He immerses his mind and body in the water, resisting the currents, every muscle tremor reflecting with acute clarity.
A moment later, he instinctively withdraws his brute force, letting the flow guide his arms, feeling the life force of the water.
Meng Chuan learns to use perception to see, instead of his eyes.
The ripples he disturbed suddenly seem to come alive, reweaving into networks of water along his intricate palm patterns.
Meng Chuan suddenly realizes, overlapping waves are not about controlling water, but becoming part of it.
He lets his body float with the waves, while his right palm suddenly cuts across the water surface like a fish tail.
The seemingly gentle palm wind grazes the water surface, yet grows with the wind, tracing an arc from three inches to expand into a ten-meter water blade!
What is soft can also break mountains and rivers!
In the next moment, the colossal water blade surges ashore, losing momentum only after several meters.
Finally, with a crash, it collapses scatteredly.
With the power of "Moisture Breath" attached, the stones it drenched become riddled with a thousand wounds.
At this moment, the water attribute is no longer his Five Elements shortcoming.
The essence of the Overlapping Waves Shattering Rock Fist, he has grasped it!
With a slight exertion of power around his body, stepping twice as if on clouds, Meng Chuan returns to the shore.
He slightly gathers the Qi of Heart Fire around himself, and in a few seconds, his body is dry.
Meng Chuan looks at the Limit Breaking panel.
He didn't check the progress of his Fist Skill to see how much it improved.
Because the comprehension of the water attribute is quietly manifesting on the panel.
His gaze shifts to the Pile Skill section, which is glowing with a different light.
[Taiyi Three Talents Posture: Human Posture (100%) has broken the limit]
[Limit Breaking Trait: Dawn and Dusk Enlightenment (Basic)]
"Morning and evening ignite wisdom, reverse to observe patterns"
Effect one: Practicing martial arts at sunrise or sunset has a small probability of temporarily entering an "Epiphany" state, simplifying complex martial arts into perceptual imagery.
Effect two: After injury or intense confrontation, can review the martial imprint left in muscle memory to reverse analyze the opponent's move essence.
This trait is a bit tricky; having gained it means he basically can't sleep in anymore, otherwise, it's a waste of the "Morning and Evening Ignition of Wisdom."
Although Meng Chuan never had the habit of sleeping in.
After fully understanding its effects, he has a subtle insight.
"Physique can be measured, comprehension is elusive; these two effects essentially equate to 'good comprehension.'
Previously, when practicing boxing, it might take me several months to enter an epiphany once.
Now, practicing boxing in the morning and evening can increase the likelihood of epiphany. Based on analysis of the previous traits in practical combat, 'small probability' can guarantee me an epiphany at least once a month!"
Just now, Meng Chuan's water perception was an epiphany; he glances at the proficiency progress of the Five Elements Qiankun Fist,
not only has his water attribute martial understanding advanced significantly, but his fist skill proficiency has also increased a lot.
The second effect doesn't even need mention, inferring from one example, it's the standard for geniuses.
Based on the mysterious feedback in his mind, overly profound martial arts he still cannot analyze.
Only those currently graspable by martial understanding can he possibly deduce their essence.
"With cultivation improvement, martial understanding becomes increasingly key. Sometimes practicing for several days pales in comparison to comprehending a key point."
But it can't be implied that practicing is useless; that's too extreme. Integrating theory and practice is the proper path.
Although Dawn and Dusk Enlightenment hasn't brought practical combat improvement, Meng Chuan is still very satisfied.
Physique can be slightly enhanced through medication, but comprehension is truly predestined at birth.
In his mind, Dawn and Dusk Enlightenment (Basic) could be considered a top-tier trait, ready for take-off!
Now he is one step closer to being the real "top-tier genius."
Coming back to his senses, he wonders if there's a possibility for the "Morning and Evening Ignition of Wisdom" to trigger several times a day...
The sun had not fully risen yet, and he immediately started practicing.
The Five Elements Qi circulated within him, uniting as one.
With each strike executed, the strength of the Five Elements Qiankun Fist was displayed to the fullest.
He could clearly feel that his control over this fist skill had reached a new level.
Unfortunately, he had not yet had an epiphany, that feeling of the entire world before him changing.
Seeing the sun about to rise high, Meng Chuan, feeling dissatisfied, performed the Thunderbolt Scatter Hand one last time.
When Meng Chuan practiced this fist skill, the thunderous sound was so intense that it caused quite a stir.
Many people in the neighborhood were drawn to it but didn't dare to come closer, watching from afar.
"President Wang, is that a martial artist practicing over there? Just now there were flames, and now there's crackling noise, it's quite scary."
"Very likely, yeah. I've seen an old master practice before, and it looked just like that!"
"Looks quite young too, oh... so envious, you know even if we have more money, what's the use?"
Everyone sighed deeply.
As the sun rose, Meng Chuan still hadn't triggered success, and left regretfully.
He gathered strength in his legs, and his figure suddenly leapt dozens of meters away.
Like a gust of wind, he swept past the crowd.
Before they could react, the young "martial artist" was already out of sight.
...
In the evenings and early the next mornings, Meng Chuan seized the time to practice boxing but still couldn't trigger the state of enlightenment.
But he wasn't discouraged.
If one could have an epiphany every day, Morning and Evening Recollection wouldn't be a basic trait, and within a few years, he would be invincible.
Probably by the time of the competition in July, he would already be a martial artist, easily overpowering elementary school kids...
He carried his regrets to the Gangzi Club.
After hitting the mitts, he went to the preparatory high to practice boxing.
Recently, the atmosphere at United University Preparatory High School was quite intense, as everyone was preparing for the martial arts exam at the end of July.
Even those as strong as Xu Qingfeng and Meng Jiaolong, who were 100% sure to advance to the university department,
were all practicing with all their might, aiming to get into the Grandmaster Class.
Master Luo had told Meng Chuan earlier that passing seven levels would give him the chance to enter the Grandmaster Class, though it seemed too simplistic.
Those were the circumstances of his master back then, but now things have become much more competitive.
If one doesn't have the strength for at least seven limits, or even eight, they shouldn't even think about it.
Meng Chuan stood in the Martial Arts Dojo, feeling the intense martial arts atmosphere permeating the entire venue.
His inner self was somewhat affected, and he felt he needed to put in more effort too.
Walking up to Xu Qingfeng, Meng Chuan encouraged him:
"Keep it up, Lao Xu, help your buddy out when the time comes for the martial arts exam."
"Get lost."
Little did he know that his file for exemption from the Grandmaster Class exam was lying inside Yang Huan's cabinet...
The Qi Blood testing room was currently queued up, and Meng Chuan practiced for more than an hour before it was his turn.
After a swift set of Thunderbolt Scatter Hand, a melodious notification sound came from the machine.
[Qi and Blood Value: 233.1, just one step away from the ninth gate, keep up the good work!]
In the past month or so, Meng Chuan's progress has been remarkable.
Thanks to two top-notch fist skills, he could almost increase his Qi and Blood Value by about 1 point every two days.
At this rate of progress, Meng Chuan was already very satisfied.
Looking at the Limit Breaking panel, Thunderbolt Scatter Hand was 13% away from mastery.
"June 6th, I wonder if I can break into the ninth before turning eighteen."
Meng Chuan looked forward to the scenery of the ninth gate, and the brand new world beyond it.
Martial Artist.
He was content to go back to practicing Pile Skill, practicing Five Elements Qiankun Fist in the morning and Thunderbolt Scatter Hand in the afternoon, without neglecting either.
In front of his dedicated silicon-gold post, Lu Zhuxiao was already waiting there.
Seeing Meng Chuan coming out of the Qi Blood testing room, he hurriedly urged him:
"Meng Chuan, come practice boxing quickly. I couldn't make it yesterday, so focus on the Water Attribute today, I'll help you with corrections."
For the title of Gold Medal Instructor, he was giving it his all to help Meng Chuan improve strength outside of class hours.
The benefits of being a Gold Medal Instructor were much better than his current title.
Who knows when he would achieve normal job promotion.
He also wanted to step into the third major limit and achieve Martial Arts Mastery.
But without the help of a Grandmaster master, he could only give his all to his apprentice.
Frankly put, that's what it means for one person to achieve success and raise everyone else with them.
If Meng Chuan could win the Martial Extreme True Inheritance, not only he, Lu Zhuxiao, but the entire Yong'an Campus would benefit.
"Got it, Master Lu, how about my Overlapping Waves Shattering Rock Fist?"
Fantasy time over, Lu Zhuxiao looked at Meng Chuan practicing Pile Skill, feeling quite puzzled inside.
"I was just absent for a day, what happened?"
He watched as Meng Chuan's arms waved like dragons, with hardness and softness flowing with his breath.
In an instant, his ten fingers gathered the Water Qi of the kidneys, and his punches surged like overlapped waves.
When his right palm slashed to the silicon-gold post, the surface instantly dented with a deep scar.
Then, a second wave of power exploded from within, splintering the silicon-gold shards like splashing waves, which were then drawn back to the post by fine threads, slowly repairing.
Meng Chuan honestly said:
"Master Lu, yesterday by the lake I had an epiphany, and seized the opportunity to fully grasp the essence of water, feeling that the power of Overlapping Waves Shattering Rock Fist has improved greatly."
"This kid had another epiphany?"
Lu Zhuxiao recalled that last month Meng Chuan had told him he had an epiphany while practicing Thunderbolt Fist.
"You... not bad."