Chapter 48: The Boundary of Martial Arts

  He casually tossed the small goldfish in his hand, then muttered to himself: "This boss is simply too black-hearted, a black-hearted businessman. It's just one meal, how can it be so expensive? It's enough for a family of three to eat well for several years."

  Of course, the three members of this family refer to ordinary people.

  Chen Jiu looked at the goldfish that Yi Xiao had placed on the table and gently picked it up: "Ah, what a great thing! I'll just accept it gratefully."

  "Huh? What do you mean? This isn't for you, it's for the boss of this house." Yi Xiao said in confusion.

  "Right, I know that because I am the boss of this store, and also the black-hearted person you mentioned." Chen Jiu looked at Yi Xiao with a hint of a smile.

  "Is what you're saying true?" asked Yi Xiao Xiao tentatively.

  "Of course it's true, is there anything fake?"

  "Great!" Xiao Xiao exclaimed with a slap on the table, excitedly saying.

  "What's going on? I'm the boss of this store, what are you so happy about?" Chen Jiu asked in puzzlement, looking at Yi Xiao's excited face, with a slightly ominous premonition in his heart.

  "In the future when I come to this store to eat, I'll be running a tab every day. Of course, if you can waive it for me, brother, that would be the best."

  Chen Jiuyi heard this and fainted, I said why is this guy so happy, it turned out he was waiting for him here.

  Looking at Chen Jiu's crying face, Yi Xiao Xiao said discontentedly: "Look, as soon as we meet, I invite you to dinner, how come now that you have a wine house, you don't even want to invite me?"

  "It's different," said Chen Jiu.

  "What's different" Yi Xiao Xiao stared at Chen Jiu.

  "You just invited me out for a meal, but I'll have to invite you every day. You can eat so much, and look at how close the wine house is to our academy. It would be strange if you didn't come here every day."

  Yi Xiao Xiao frowned upon hearing this: "I don't care, from now on we're just master and disciple, with a relationship like old classmates, you can't be so heartless".

  Chen Jiu looked at Yi Xiao and said: "How can you be so confident that you can get in?"

  "Who is this, that I, a young master of great talent and learning, should deign to notice? A mere academy is no match for me, it's as easy as plucking something from my palm."

  Chen nodded slightly and looked up and down at Yi Xiao, also saying nothing.

  Yi Xiao was made uncomfortable by Chen Jiu's gaze: "What are you doing?"

  Chen said with a smile: "I was thinking, you have such a small build, how can you eat so much food, are you the legendary big eater?"

  Xiao Xiao let out a sigh of relief: "You don't even know this, you don't know that martial artists can eat the most, eating one cow for one meal is no big deal".

  Chen Jiu looked at Yi Xiao's small frame and raised an eyebrow in skepticism: "You, you can eat a whole cow? I don't believe it."

  Chen Jiou shook his head.

  Xiao Xiao looked at Chen Jiu with disdain: "Don't tell me you've never learned martial arts".

  Chen Jiubai was taken aback: "Martial arts? I really haven't learned it before."

  "This time Yi Xiao was stunned: 'How is it possible, you actually haven't learned martial arts, one of the six arts of a gentleman, and you haven't even studied'."

  "What's the big deal? It's just a small matter."

  Xiao Xiao's eyes widened in surprise, staring at Chen Jiu as if he were a national treasure: "Nowadays, all scholars know some martial arts, even if they haven't practiced seriously, they'll still know some moves. I didn't expect you to not know any."

  Chen Jiu looked at Yi Xiao and asked: "Can you introduce me to martial arts?"

  "The way of martial arts is the path that warriors must take. In ancient times, martial artists tempered their bodies, their energy and blood surging to the heavens, able to move mountains and fill seas, shattering stars with a single punch."

  Chen nodded, the immortal way can summon the wind and rain, scatter beans into soldiers, and the martial artist can also reach the extreme.

  "However, nowadays the Wu warriors are roughly divided into several levels. The first level is the warrior body. Only after tempering the body to become a warrior body can one prepare for the next step. This warrior body is the foundation, and if the foundation is not laid well, it will be unable to withstand the impact of the heavenly power pouring in during the breakthrough, and being crushed to pieces is inevitable."

  "After the martial body, it is to comprehend the will of heaven and earth, such as the will of fire, the will of water, the will of stars, the will of mountains and rivers, etc. It's not all the same. After comprehending the will of heaven and earth, it can be considered that a warrior has entered the gate, and can feel the power of heaven and earth being absorbed to temper the physical body."

  Looking at Chen Jiu listening attentively, Yi Xiao continued: "Next is Tong Shen. After the will of heaven and earth is greatly accomplished, one can directly interfere with the laws of heaven and earth, borrowing a thread of power from the laws of heaven and earth. At this time, a warrior can be considered a strong side."

  "This fourth hurdle is the most difficult, and it's also a critical juncture. If you can get past it, it will be a whole new world, but if you can't, then you'll be in for a disaster."

  "What is the Fourth Heavy Heaven?" Chen Jiu asked in puzzlement.

  "This fourth heavy heaven is also the boundary where the strongest person in today's world exists, called Di Jue, communicating with the deep abyss of the dark and mysterious, the energy of Di Jue comes to polish the flesh, at this step a martial artist can enter the Yellow Spring without dying."

  "This is terrible!" Chen Jiu exclaimed in shock.

  "Yes, but this realm is very difficult to attain, and those who can reach this realm in today's world are as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns."

  "Further up is the legendary boundary, where the earthly evil corresponds to the heavenly barrier. As long as one cultivates the heavenly barrier to perfection, then ascending to heaven and entering the earth will be unimpeded, and one can become a great divine being. However, I haven't heard of anyone breaking through this boundary."

  "What's above Tianxia?" Chen Jiu asked in puzzlement.

  Yi Xiao Xiao rolled her eyes: "You ask me, how would I know?"

  "What realm are you in now?"

  "I'm now seemingly at the pinnacle of the Realm of Will, still one step away from the Realm of Divine Transcendence."

  "Awesome, awesome!" Chen Jiu exclaimed.

  "This step is just a threshold, and I don't know when I'll be able to cross it. Who knows, maybe I'll die before I even get past it." Yi Xiao said with a sigh of frustration.

  Chen Jiu had some doubts about his own realm and didn't know what kind of cultivation system he was in, whether it was the legendary Fang Xian Dao or a martial artist.

  "What's this? You're interested in martial arts?" asked Yi Xiao Xue.

  Chen Jiu shook his head, greedy for more but unable to chew it all, his own divine technique was unknown in origin, but judging from the aura, it must be top-notch, no need to waste time on martial arts.

  "Alas, a gentleman must master the six arts. This is something that will be tested in the academy. If you don't understand martial arts, beware that Master Fu may expel you."

  Chen Jiu smiled confidently: "Now that I have created the Holy Way chapter, the academy will not drive me out of this talent. Even if I am driven out, it is their loss. Among these thirteen academies, I don't know how many hope I will go there."

  Xiao Xiao chuckled: "You're a freak, not even in school yet, and you can already create such a magnificent sacred chapter. How could the Sacred Academy expel someone like you? You're not even ripe yet."

  "Ah, the holy path, a realm dreamed of by scholars, but I have no confidence in myself, I'm clear about my own situation, and I estimate that there's no hope for me."

  "You won't, you can now create this sacred chapter, in the future even if you have the lowest achievement, you can still become a quasi-saint, a quasi-saint, there are only one or two in the country, that is truly a national treasure".

  Looking at the drunken and confused Yi Xiao, Chen Jiuyi smiled wryly in his heart: "I'm just a copyist, a thief who steals from various schools of thought, of course, in art there's a euphemism for this called 'borrowing', but after all, it's not my own insight, can't become my own way."

  "Yi brother, hurry back home, you must be exhausted from a whole day of exams."

  "Haha, my home is not here, how to go back. I think this wine house is quite good, why don't I just settle down here in the future? I suppose you won't mind, brother?"

  "Are scholars nowadays all so unrestrained?" Chen Jiu wondered in his heart.

  "It's okay, you can stay as you like, anyway this empty house is too big for me."

  "I can't afford to pay rent, you're a black-hearted boss who charges too much," Yi Xiao said.

  "It's free" Chen Jiuzhao's mouth twitched into a bitter smile, what kind of evil is this, don't know where an extreme product came from, not only eating and drinking for free, but also having to take care of accommodation by himself.

  But looking at this guy's clothes, he's not poor, and the small goldfish casually took out over 300. Moreover, being poor in literature but rich in martial arts, this guy has already reached the pinnacle of willpower at a young age, and his background is certainly not shallow.

  Hearing Chen Jiu say so, Yi Xiao Xiao finally felt at ease and followed the little servant to their lodgings.

  Looking at the table full of leftovers, with cups and plates scattered all over, Chen Jiu took a deep breath: "It's almost time, after the rankings are announced, it will be a new life".