[You and Ruan Xiuxiu traveled six hundred miles, falling into the trap set by the Ancient Hong Sword.]
[It turns out that this trial issued by the Demon Hunting Department was deliberately orchestrated by the Jiao Demon, aiming to lure a few members of the Demon Hunting Department to infiltrate Wutong Prefecture.]
[The riverside village by the Lancang River, originally with a population of hundreds, with gathered incense and popularity, had long been sacrificed to the Ancient Hong Sword by those you slew.]
[These people were originally bandits and river pirates, drawn by profit, seeking to plot the rare catches in rivers and seas, thus willingly serving under the Ancient Hong Sword as devout followers, colluding with monsters and demons.]
[Relying on this thin incense and popularity, along with previous tributes, plus the secret skills obtained from the true orthodox lineage 'Shayang Mountain', the Ancient Hong Sword successfully forced away Circulation, becoming impervious, entering the 'Vajra' Great Innate realm.]
[You and Ruan Xiuxiu were trapped in a fierce battle, even if both of you had comprehended the martial arts realm of a prestigious inheritance, with mastery in fists, feet, and sword skills reaching transformation, merely relying on skills to bridge the chasm of realm differences was no different from a fool's dream.]
[However, perhaps this 'trial' was merely just a trial?]
[Ruan Xiuxiu, born with a 'Clear Sword Heart', ranks third in the celestial aptitude division of 'Saint, King, Mysterious, Spirit', classified under the 'Mysterious' level, akin to the Innate Sword Bone, both being sword dao prodigies with limitless future achievements.]
[As the successor of the next generation, Song Brahman Mirror should be stationed in the sect, but the worldly connections of the Great Zhao also require sect members to inherit.]
[And for this generation's worldly representative of Yunluan Mountain, after a discussion among the Sword Observation Elder and others, it was decided that Ruan Xiuxiu would inherit.]
[For this first trial, to prevent unexpected situations, the Sword Observation Elder invited the 'City Demon Hunter' Xiang Zhulu as a guardian to appear and turn the tide when situations become irretrievable and irreversible.]
[Xiang Zhulu secretly observed all you did, indifferent to your rain-like punches and your body drenched in blood.]
[Or rather...]
[He acknowledged your kind of 'Fist Dao'.]
[Because of a great crisis, Ruan Xiuxiu, still startled, looked at the corpses all around, then at you, her lips trembling slightly. At this moment, she seemed to have re-understood you and finally knew what kind of prodigy Song Chai Xin, from Yunluan Mountain, who 'defeated seventeen with fists and ranked first in the same realm', was.]
[Ruan Xiuxiu's favorability towards you increased, from a chance meeting in the Jianghu to a late regret upon meeting!]
[Her relationship with you gradually became familiar.]
[A farce ended.]
[You completed the 'Demon Hunting Trial', passing Xiang Zhulu's assessment.]
[After returning to the 'Wutong Prefecture City'.]
[He imparted to you half a scroll, the 'Orthodox Killing Fist' that only those who achieve 'Great Innate' have the qualification to cultivate!]
[This fist was created during the chaos of the Great Zhao by the frontier troops, recorded in the Great Zhao Lingxiao Pavilion of 'Please briefly ascend to Lingxiao Pavilion' as a 'True Orthodox Technique', known as 'Fenghuo Langyan'.]
[By chance, the Wutong Prefecture City Demon Hunter, Xiang Zhulu, obtained half of an incomplete external volume circulating.]
Wutong Prefecture, the main ground of the Demon Hunting Department.
Xiang Zhulu, with a solemn expression, held up half of the painting 'Setting Sun Like Blood, Wolves' Smoke Fills the Sky', telling you with great importance:
"Now, you have half an hour to comprehend it."
"Before that, what I want to tell you is, Song Chai Xin, whether it's fist law, sword skills, or any other martial arts, once they reach the 'Orthodox' grade, from then on, it marks a watershed moment."
"Before the Orthodox, as long as you diligently make up for shortcomings, continuously cultivate, before the realm of intent, you can always achieve perfection."
"But Orthodoxy is different."
"For example, fists and feet, at this level, are called 'Fist Dao'!"
"This half Fenghuo Langyan Map, I'll let you see it for half an hour. If you can condense a 'Fenghuo Langyan' fist species in your heart, it means you have the future qualifications to cultivate it."
"Conversely, it would be a lifetime of missed opportunity!"
"Therefore, it's the fist method that chooses you, not you choosing the fist. Such matters cannot be forced, remember this."
Spreading the half incomplete scroll slowly before you, Xiang Zhulu looked at the scene of 'Cold Northern Wind, Desolate Wolves' Smoke' and couldn't help but sigh:
"Speaking of which, although I got this half-volume scroll by luck, in truth... I have not been recognized by this Fist Dao, nor do I possess the ritual and qualification to cultivate it."
"Hence, I always wanted to find it an inheritor, and over the years, I gave this 'tremendous reward' to many young people, yet none obtained its recognition."
"But even if you do not get acknowledged and cannot condense the 'Fenghuo Langyan' fist species, do not despair."
"Take this half an hour to ponder carefully and seize this precious opportunity; after all, this fist painting is a great chance for you to advance your fist skills, you..."
Xiang Zhulu detailed his explanations to you,
Yet in the end, he suddenly realized that before him, you had already lowered your head.
Even your mind was completely engrossed in that half-scroll.
Seeing you so eager, Xiang Zhulu didn't mind, just thinking it's good that young people desire progress.
However...
When Xiang Zhulu saw,
A kind of mournful and desolate realm slowly emanated from your body.
It seemed as if you were fighting heroically amidst a thousand troops, yet neither in front nor behind was anyone you could rely on, only a pair of iron fists while behind you, city gates under siege, and thick smoke rolling, not knowing when reinforcements would arrive...
When his mind was slightly influenced by your surrounding 'realm'.
Xiang Zhulu seemed to have some foreboding.
Thus, his gaze towards you became heartfelt.
What is Fist Dao?
Different from the various 'scenes' created by the realm.
Fist Dao, is the art that can impact reality with one's spirit and will!
This level of heritage, once it surpasses 'realm', condensing the true essence of martial art, the 'Martial Arts Celestial Form'.
Not to exaggerate, that is the 'Contemporary Grandmaster' of the future!
It doesn't even need to be that far ahead.
If one can understand the 'Fist Species Brand', possessing the qualification to cultivate this art.
There's a nearly seventy percent likelihood in the future, enough to make the ranks of the Great Zhao 'Hidden Dragon List'!
Half an hour later.
You opened your eyes.
The 'Fenghuo Langyan' atmosphere around you swiftly disappeared, gradually condensing into an illusory 'Fist Dao Seed', then following, it entered between your brows, slipped into your Divine Soul Mud Ball Palace, vanishing from sight.
But this vanished from Xiang Zhulu's view.
To you...
The 'Fenghuo Langyan' fist seed, you have successfully branded.
As for the qualification for its cultivation,
[First Pass: Achieve the Great Innate 'Vajra Impermeable Body'!]
When the required ritual and steps, spontaneously transmitted from the vibration of the 'fist seed' within the Mud Ball Palace.
Your eyes showed sudden realization, revealing an expression of 'so that's how it is'.
Benefiting from the heavenly gift of 'Divine in the Fist'.
Your innate talent for Fist Dao is simply at your fingertips.
Does the Fist Dao above 'Orthodoxy' choose people?
However...
When your mind immersed into this fists painting,
You could clearly feel,
This 'fist', for your willing descent to comprehend it, was truly exhilarated!
At this moment, you develop an indescribable confidence.
That is...
Perhaps if all the fists in the world meet me,
They should worship like seeing a deity!
Not only that,
A 'Orthodox-level' fist dao seed can alter one's comprehension qualification for Fist Dao!
It's just that if Song Chai Xin's divine in the fist, were converted into aptitude, it could almost rival the 'Saint King Grade', ranked first or second, so this feeling is minimal.
Yet in Black Mountain City!
Let these words transform into memory, flowing within the heart of Jixia, who watched himself walk to this step, his breath for a moment became heavy!
If he could...
Condense this Fenghuo Langyan, fist dao seed!
The poor aptitude struggling after 'Great Success in Fist Art' yet continued practice had always seen minimal results...
Wouldn't it then reverse fate, reincarnate into a new being?
"It's just unknown... when this 'Reincarnation Celestial Book' will exhaust its source, to condense 'memory fragments'..."
Uncontrollably, Jixia had some expectations in his heart.