Chapter 63 - 62: Achieving Innate Grandmaster!

Chapter 63: Chapter 62: Achieving Innate Grandmaster!

Yang Shi’s Golden Sword Skill version of American Iaido, with a single strike, shattered Liu Wuheng’s Protective Magical Artifact!

His arm began to bleed immediately.

“Is this… a spell?”

Liu Wuheng looked at Yang Shi incredulously, his face filled with confusion.

His own disciple was clearly just as rough in Martial Arts as he was, so how had he suddenly started casting spells?

Yang Shi burst into hearty laughter.

“I understand now! This is how the true power of American Iaido must be unleashed!”

“Golden Sword Skill, truly a divine technique!”

“Master, stand there, don’t move, let me try a few more strikes.”

Liu Wuheng felt a chill in his heart and yelled towards the backyard, “Zihan, your elder apprentice brother Yang says he wants to chat with you…”

“Ah? Really, brother?”

Liu Zihan came running from the backyard, his face dotted with sweat.

Meanwhile, Yang Shi had already fled the scene.

“Humph~ A cowardly act!”

Liu Wuheng mocked as he watched Yang Shi running away.

But thinking back to that strike… Liu Wuheng was also secretly shocked; he had never seen a Qi Refining Stage Cultivator capable of such a high-speed, high-frequency, and high-power attack.

“Hiss~ My disciple… he isn’t planning to go and slash Cultivators, is he?”

Yang Shi gathered some materials and tried again, discovering that bullets charged with Golden Sword Skill were indestructible, capable of instantly destroying almost everything except Magic Artifacts!

“Huh! This is quite interesting… Yang Shi’s technique really has some merits.”

“High-speed bullets, wrapped in the unstoppable sharpness of Golden Sword Skill, high speed + high penetration… It compensates for the lack of penetrative power in ordinary bullets, more than doubling their power!”

“This power definitely isn’t just for play.”

Yang Genshuo sensed that Yang Shi was playing with something very novel.

After firing a full clip, Yang Shi’s Golden Sword Skill was drained of Spiritual Power.

“The duration still isn’t quite enough… It would be better if it could last a bit longer.”

“And if I need to go out… I can’t bring Fu’er along, what should I do?”

He pondered for a moment, then suddenly slapped his forehead.

“There are many Golden Sword Skill talismans at home!”

Previously, to deal with Xiang Pichi, the Yang Family swept up a bunch of talismans, some of which were Golden Sword Skill talismans, prepared for Jiang Xiaobai to use in close combat.

“But only upon reaching the Innate Grandmaster level can Martial Cultivators utilize their Innate True Qi to activate talismans…”

At that moment, a row of large characters appeared in the sky.

“Then why don’t you become an Innate Grandmaster?”

Suddenly, Yang Shi felt like he had been struck by lightning!

“Right… what am I waiting for?”

4 years ago, he had already achieved Half-step Innate, after many years of grueling Cultivation, eating Spirit Rice, Spirit Fruit, Spirit Meat, taking Bone Marrow Cleansing Pills and Dragon Tiger Golden Pills, practicing the Mingxin Technique, and training daily with Innate Grandmasters…

Yang Shi stood in the yard, lost in thought, recalling the words of his master.

“What is an Innate Grandmaster? When one’s body is trained to perfection, filled with Inner Strength, Divine Thought is perfected, Essence Qi and Spirit are unified, then can one wield a breath of Innate True Qi and achieve Innate Grandmasterhood!”

“My Essence and Qi are already abundant, why can I not achieve Innate Grandmaster?”

“Where is my Spirit?”

In that moment, the Mingxin Technique operated on its own, and Yang Shi’s mind was exceptionally clear. He continued pondering what his Spirit was and why it wasn’t perfected yet.

Unable to figure out the reason, he grew increasingly restless, his body emitting a dangerous aura.

[Calming Heart]!

Seeing Yang Shi’s state, Yang Genshuo immediately bestowed Blessings.

A golden light entered Yang Shi’s mind, instantly calming him down, and his chaotic thoughts seemed to find a thread of clarity.

“I need a breakthrough!”

Yang Genshuo clapped his hands, recognizing it as a rare opportunity!

“Yang Shi has gathered enough, it’s time for him to overcome this hurdle!”

Yang Shi closed his eyes, and the next moment, he was in his sea of consciousness.

It was completely void, empty of everything.

“Intent follows the heart, the way arises from the heart, my way… empty and void, how can I condense Divine Thought?”

Seeing the vast emptiness, he finally understood why he had not yet achieved the rank of Innate Grandmaster.

He had no way of his own.

“Master entered the way with the Traceless Sword, signs like the wind without a trace, without ripples in his heart. To talk about Cultivators, he merely considered them thus, indifferent heartedly pursuing only the ultimate in Martial Arts.”

Liu Wuheng was a natural swordsman; he never believed Innate Grandmaster was the end of Martial Cultivation!

His way was the same as that of the great Danai Martial Saint, pursuing the true limit of Martial Arts!

Last time when he and his disciple intercepted a Demon Path Qi Refining Cultivator, he only then learned… His master’s strength was so unfathomably deep, matching against a second layer Qi Cultivator without falling short.

“Zhao Kuangfeng’s way is madness; hence he dares to face dangers alone. He centers himself in his way, despising all those of lesser realm than his own, seeking to enter the way through madness, to achieve Innate Grandmaster.”

“What is my way?”

At that very moment, the figure of Bai Heyu appeared before Yang Shi.

“If I cannot eradicate Demon Cultivators, I have no heart for the way. What use is longevity if living cannot be as I desire?”

In that moment, Yang Shi experienced an epiphany!

The Divine Sense Space trembled, and his entire aura rose incessantly!

The Inner Breath Heart Method “Mingxin Technique” operated swiftly, with True Qi swirling madly within his body, gradually seeping through his skin!

At that moment, a sealed memory also surfaced in the Divine Sense Space.

It was the day before the ancestral ceremony at the Yang Family’s ancestral grave.

Yang Shi returned to Qingshi County for the first time, relying on memories from ten years ago to find his way back to the former site of the Yang Mansion.

Now the place brightly displayed the words “Xiang Mansion”. He could not help but climb the wall to see the place where he and his parents had once lived, only to be discovered by the Xiang Family’s cruel servants, who beat him harshly and threw him onto the street.

His proficient Dog Beating Stick Technique was of no use as he was beaten all over.

Even a mere servant could beat him…

His utterly mediocre Martial Arts talent was not outstanding even among beggars, how could he possibly avenge his family?

Yang Shi was not willing to give up, he resolved to use everything for revenge.

But he knew he could not be disheartened, after all these years he knew he had a special talent inside him…

Whenever he could manage a laugh, anything he did would seem blessed by the divine!

So, for the sake of revenge… he decided to temporarily forget his hatred.

He went to the ancestral grave, where he rambled a lot in front of his forefathers.

“But hatred! I, Yang Shi will never discard it; I will face it in the best state possible!”

“Brother Bai, I know you died at the hands of a Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivator, I am angry, I am pained, I grind my teeth… but I dare not utter the four words ‘to avenge you’!”

“You regarded me as a confidant, a fellow path-walker, yet I am frightened by the words ‘Foundation Establishment Stage’, even though my strength has reached the Half-step Innate stage, but still not as courageous as that little beggar from before! Ridiculous!”

“A Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivator can also bleed!”

“Where the heart leads, success will follow!”

“Who says! A Mortal cannot slay those at Foundation Establishment!”

“This! This is the way of I, Yang Shi!”

Boom!

Yang Shi’s Divine Sense boiled, True Qi burst forth, and his qi and blood coalesced.

Essence, Qi, and Spirit united, a pure strand of Innate True Qi emerged from his dantian!

Yang Shi, achieved the status of Innate Grandmaster!

[Yang Shi promoted to Innate Grandmaster, mindset perfected, Mingxin Technique reached Perfection, talent “Indecisive+++” evolved to “Madman”.]

[First Innate Grandmaster appeared in the Yang Family, the family’s Martial Virtue abundant, incense +200!]

[Yang Shi’s Divine Sense increased, vision range +150 meters]

At this moment, the screen of fog before Yang Genshuo cleared greatly, and he could now see everything within 300 meters around Yang Shi!

“Good, vision doubled, now I can know much more information!”

Vision and examining various spiritual objects and character attributes, for Yang Genshuo, are the strongest enhancements, allowing him to lead the Yang Family in defeating their enemies!

He opened Yang Shi’s character card.

The once Mortal Level talent had vanished, replaced by a new Earth Level talent!

[Madman (Earth Level): Where the heart leads, success will follow! Firm in pursuing one’s desired affairs, all have a chance of success, Qi Fortune +30, when doubting oneself, Qi Fortune -30.]

“The talent actually advanced! It looks… quite powerful.”

“My god, is this ‘Mingxin Technique’ that strong?”

“From now on, anyone in the Yang Family with talent has to practice this!”

Yang Genshuo was tremendously shocked by this wave.

Yang Shi’s strength had greatly improved; with the strength of a Martial Cultivator, he could now suppress any cultivator below the Qi Refinement Realm!

If paired with talismans and American Iaido… he could even fight a Qi Refinement Stage Cultivator!

Yang Shi took out a Golden Sword Skill talisman, and Innate True Qi was infused into it.

Whoo~

The talisman burned, turning into a golden glow that attached to the handgun.

“Very well.”

After the breakthrough, Yang Shi, no longer confused and sorrowful as after the death of Bai Heyu, his gaze was sharp, his belief strong.

“Great ancestor, I will definitely cause the enemies of the Yang Family to perish; I will lead our family towards glory! No one can stop us!”

Golden characters appeared in the sky.

[I believe in you.]

Yang Shi smiled slightly and left for Liu Wuheng’s home.

“Master, let’s practice sword!”

“Ha! Do you really think I, a grand Innate Grandmaster, would be afraid of your American Iaido? Can you even keep up with my pace?”

“Master, I too am now an Innate Grandmaster.”

“Don’t you come over here!!!”

…

Three months later.

Yang Shi rode a spirit horse, with two large bundles secretly leaving the Yang Family manor, heading to Xuan Stone Sect as the old ancestor had instructed.

Six-year-old Yang Fu waved his small hand at the departing figure of Yang Shi, his face calm and poised.

“Father, I will protect our Yang Family.”

Yang Fu returned home, kneeled before the ancestral tablets in the family shrine.

“Great ancestor above, starting today, Yang Fu will stay at home and receive instructions on behalf of Father.”

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