He originally thought that the first level of the Dragon Transformation Art and the Meridian Cleansing Art of the Imperial Void Sword Sect had already tempered the meridians to their limit.
Later, after many elixirs, he constantly pushed this limit higher, and now it was the limit within the limit, impossible to strengthen further.
But facts proved that the limit could still be broken.
At this moment, he felt the changes in his meridians, clear and without impurities, extremely firm and solid, with a sense of permanence.
The meridians at this moment were far superior to before. He then shook his head.
The Emperor had already warned him that the last two realms of the Grandmaster stage required gradual effort and that the Jade Lock Golden Gate Art could not be used.
But was the Emperor practicing a method of both internal and external cultivation? Was it suitable for him?
With this question in mind, he began to practice the second realm—the Glazed Blade.
The so-called Glazed Blade was like body refinement, refining the blade into a glazed blade.
The mental cultivation path was already different, becoming more complex, with a constant stream of astral energy transforming into a strange aura, merging into the blade.
Finally, a flash of inspiration suddenly appeared, and he felt it made sense, but—
He first conducted an intuition test and found no danger.
So he cast the Spirit Communication Talisman on this treasured blade.
Chu Zhiyuan slowly opened his eyes.
The setting sun cast its afterglow, and the rays of light entered the room.
The room was somewhat dim.
He sat quietly, his gaze distant and滄桑, as if experiencing thousands of years of vicissitudes.
This blade had gone through more than two thousand years from its forging to its arrival in his hands.
The blade was forged before the Great Jing Dynasty.
It had experienced many battles, changed more than a dozen masters, and finally ended up in the Moon Invitation Palace, where it had been dormant for thousands of years.
The Moon Invitation Palace did not practice swordsmanship; they practiced swordsmanship. This Bright Moon Blade, along with other treasured blades, was piled up in the armory, unattended.
Now it finally fell into his hands.
Through the Bright Moon Blade, he could see everything that had happened within ten meters of the Bright Moon Blade, events from more than a thousand years ago, clearly visible.
Two thousand years ago, the world was not much different from this world, only the fighting was more intense.
The masters of more than a dozen blades constantly fought, the martial world was in chaos, and no one could settle down.
Until the Palace Master of the Moon Invitation Palace and the other three Grand Sect Masters joined forces with the Great Ancestor to sweep away the heroes, establish the Great Jing Dynasty, and then pacify the world.
Only then did the world become what it is today.
Chu Zhiyuan felt complicated after reading these things. The current Great Jing Dynasty could indeed be called a prosperous age, a peaceful and prosperous age for both martial arts experts and ordinary people.
After his thoughts slowly calmed down, he immediately felt much smoother when he practiced the second realm again.
Chu Zhiyuan felt that this treasured blade faintly possessed spirituality, but it was not so obvious.
It was like a newborn baby, its consciousness was still in its infancy, with only basic reactions.
It seemed that his step had crossed the second realm and directly started the third realm of spirit nurturing.
But this third step required the second step to be completed before spirituality could be nurtured.
He quickly understood that the Glazed Blade Sutra assumed a premise, using a blade without spirituality.
Only by passing through the second realm and then practicing the third realm could spirituality be nurtured.
He felt that this blade vaguely had spirituality through the Spirit Communication Talisman, which was indeed equivalent to the third realm.
Turning back to practice the second realm would naturally be faster.
Strands of strange aura poured into the Bright Moon Blade, and as time passed, the strange aura became more and more, and the Bright Moon Blade accepted it faster and faster.
As seen internally, the Bright Moon Blade was gradually changing from black to white, and then to transparent.
Martial Arts Training Hall
Chu Zhiyuan looked at these ten people, revealing a strange smile. This batch of Martial Arts Training Hall candidates was no longer like the last time.
Last time, there were four disciples from the four major sects of the Town Guard Division, four veterans from the military who had joined the Town Guard Division, and two who had not retired from the military. This time, half were from the Town Guard Division and half were from the military who had not retired.
The qualifications of those in the military were uneven, but there were many people in the military, and geniuses always emerged.
There were more who had reached the Perfection of the Acquired Realm.
But this batch in front of him were all in their forties or fifties, close to the final limit of the Grandmaster stage.
Those in the Town Guard Division were different, mostly in their thirties. But there were no young people anymore.
Obviously, young people had not accumulated enough meritorious service, after all, their age was a factor.
Even without great merit, they could win by accumulating basic meritorious service every year.
"Your Highness..." The ten people respectfully saluted.
Chu Zhiyuan nodded: "Let's start one by one, starting from this side." He started with the military experts, exploring their situations one by one, analyzing them one by one, and then separately transmitting one or two of the Five Elements Arts, instructing them on the order and time of cultivation.
He finished in a short while.
They each retreated and returned to the back courtyard to begin their respective cultivation.
In the back courtyard, in addition to a small martial arts training ground, ten quiet rooms had been opened up, where they could cultivate without disturbance.
In addition to meditating and practicing, they could also learn from each other in the martial arts training ground. Ten people at the Perfection of the Acquired Realm, one step further would be the Grandmaster stage, and once they stepped into the Grandmaster stage, it would be a different situation.
Grandmasters were middle-level forces, the backbone, whether in the sect or in the military.
The situation and status were completely different from the Acquired Realm.
This was similar to pre-promotion training in his previous life, a rare network resource that anyone with a little bit of cleverness would not let go of.
Chu Zhiyuan could observe their cultivation at any time.
He left the Martial Arts Training Hall, strolled along, and under the protection of Guo Chi and the other three, came to the outside of the East City.
The terrain outside the East City was different from that of the South City Gate.
Outside the East City was a vast river, with boats coming and going like shuttles, connecting the north and south.
The seventh battalion of the Imperial Guards was built by the river.
The barracks with more than a thousand people were not large, and the general of this barracks was him, and the deputy general was his uncle, Bai Ningyu.
Chu Zhiyuan came to the outside of the tent.
He discovered from afar that the sentries were energetic and in high spirits, and nodded with satisfaction.
The newly built camp did indeed have a new atmosphere.
He was the general, which also gave them unlimited hope. The recruited soldiers were divided into three parts.
One part was selected from the military. One part was disciples of the four major demon sects.
One part was disciples of various sects in the martial world.
These three parts were all elites among elites.
They all had the opportunity to practice to the Perfection of the Acquired Realm, and once they reached the Perfection of the Acquired Realm, they would be the first to be guided by Chu Zhiyuan, and they could easily break through to the Grandmaster stage. Once they reached the Grandmaster stage, it would be a different world.
This was where they flocked to, full of hope. What he had to do was train the formation.
He did not use a thousand-man formation, but a six-person formation, called the Phoenix Seeking Phoenix Formation.
It was similar to the martial arts formation.
This made them very suitable, and their progress in training was extremely fast.
As soon as he entered the camp, passed through two floors of archways, and came to the martial arts training ground, he saw a lively scene.
Six people in a group, each training on their own, were all practicing nervously, striving to form the formation as soon as possible.
The faster they formed the formation, the more meritorious service they would get.
After all, the amount of meritorious service determined the order in which they would receive Chu Zhiyuan's guidance after entering the Perfection of the Acquired Realm.
It was related to advancing to the Grandmaster stage, so they could not afford to slack off.
