Chapter 1227: 157: What Is a Second Grade Grandmaster? Shen Wenyan's Explanation! (Part 2)

Chapter 1227: Chapter 157: What Is a Second Grade Grandmaster? Shen Wenyan’s Explanation! (Part 2)

“Previously, I wished to become a Four Symbols Grandmaster. Although the True Intent of the four seasons, spring, summer, autumn, and winter, originates from the fusion of heaven and earth, I had also collected the Twenty-four Solar Terms Fragments, hoping to glean the Conception of spring, summer, autumn, and winter from them.”

Shen Wenyan shook his head slowly at this point.

“In the end, I discovered that while understanding the Twenty-four Solar Terms is not difficult, comprehending the Conception of the four seasons through this is as hard as climbing to the heavens.”

As his words fell.

Shen Wenyan looked at Jiang Ning again, his eyes filled with envy.

Everything was conveyed without words.

“Marquis, please don’t look at me like that. I was just lucky, with a sudden inspiration, entering a mysterious state of sudden enlightenment.”

Shen Wenyan shook his head, “Being able to enter such a mysterious state of enlightenment shows that you have a very high comprehension! Moreover, luck is a form of strength; which strong cultivator doesn’t have luck and various opportunities along their journey?”

…

A moment later.

A few cups of wine downed.

“Marquis, could you resolve some confusion in my heart?” Jiang Ning filled Shen Wenyan’s wine cup again, then spoke.

“Oh?” Shen Wenyan chuckled, “What confusion do you have?”

“Although I am now a Third Grade Grandmaster, I don’t quite understand Second Grade and First-grade and would like the Marquis to clear up my confusion,” Jiang Ning said.

“Alright then!” Shen Wenyan adjusted his posture, “Since I’ve enjoyed your wine, I shouldn’t drink it for nothing. I’ll enlighten you on the relevant knowledge.”

“Thank you, Marquis!” Jiang Ning expressed his gratitude, then lifted his wine cup to toast Shen Wenyan.

Subsequently,

Shen Wenyan drained his cup of fine wine.

Placing the cup on the table, he began, “Though the Third Grade is called Grandmaster, this realm is actually known as the Blood Exchange Realm. Do you know what the Second Grade Grandmaster is called?”

Jiang Ning replied, “It should be the Divine Realm!”

As he spoke, he poured wine for Shen Wenyan.

“Correct!” Shen Wenyan nodded in approval at once, “It seems you have some understanding.”

“Just heard a little!” Jiang Ning said.

Shen Wenyan nodded, then continued, “Then let me tell you about the Second Grade Divine Realm. The ‘Divine’ in Divine Realm refers to the Divine Soul, while ‘Intent’ refers to the True Intent of Martial Arts. Using the True Intent of Martial Arts to temper one’s own Divine Soul and strengthen it is what the Second Grade Divine Realm is about!”

He looked towards Jiang Ning at this point.

“Does Lord Jiang want to personally experience the True Intent of Martial Arts from a Four Symbols Grandmaster at the Second Grade?”

“Please instruct me, Marquis!” Jiang Ning cupped his hands in respect.

Shen Wenyan smiled, “Watch carefully!”

As his words fell.

Boom——

Jiang Ning only felt his heart and spirit tremble, as Shen Wenyan suddenly disappeared.

At this moment, he found himself in a boundless wilderness.

The sea of grass surged like waves, thunder roared overhead, and dark clouds gathered above like tides.

“Lord Jiang, do you feel it? This is the Conception of Summer Thunder Shock that I have mastered!”

Shen Wenyan’s voice thundered from all directions in the world.

Jiang Ning looked up at the converging dark clouds above, watching the lightning tear through the sky.

He instantly realized that the scene before him was an illusion.

His heart and spirit had been captured, and he had fallen into Shen Wenyan’s world of Martial Arts True Intent.

“This is the technique of a Second Grade Grandmaster. Without lifting a hand, they can suppress a Third Grade Blood Exchange Realm Grandmaster with just True Intent of Martial Arts!” Shen Wenyan’s voice rumbled like divine might amidst the world.

Accompanied by the continuous thunder, it appeared even more imposing.

Feeling the rolling dark clouds pressing down and the roaring thunder, Jiang Ning suddenly understood a lot.

The next moment.

Shen Wenyan’s voice came again.

“Lord Jiang, you can try exploding your will to break open the illusory world.”

Upon hearing this.

A thought arose in Jiang Ning’s heart.

Ching——

An extremely powerful Sword Intent suddenly erupted from his body.

In an instant, the world shattered into fragments.

In the blink of an eye, Jiang Ning was once again aware, and Shen Wenyan was still seated in his original position, his expression calm as he savored the wine in his cup.

However, at this moment, he did not feel calm inside.

The brief eruption of Sword Intent from Jiang Ning’s mental aspect effortlessly tore apart the illusory world formed by Shen Wenyan’s True Intent of Martial Arts.

This immediately made him realize that the very young Jiang Ning in front of him was not only physically strong, capable of making his body react reflexively, but also immensely powerful on the mental level.

Thus, the eruption of Sword Intent could easily tear apart the illusory world created by his Second Grade Grandmaster’s True Intent of Martial Arts.

“Did you feel it clearly?” Shen Wenyan asked.

“I felt it!” Jiang Ning nodded.

“How does it feel?” Shen Wenyan asked again.

“Very powerful technique! In the midst of battle, a moment’s lapse is enough to determine superiority, life, and death!” Jiang Ning replied.

“Correct!” Shen Wenyan nodded, “Incomparably powerful True Intent of Martial Arts is the strongest means of a Second Grade Grandmaster. A Grandmaster who cannot resist such means from a Second Grade Grandmaster is not qualified to stand before them.”

Upon hearing this.

Jiang Ning nodded in deep agreement.

He could sense that if that surge of divine might exploded, with his spirit body not being strong enough, his Divine Soul would suffer damage within the illusory world of True Intent of Martial Arts.

Injuries to the Divine Soul, mental-level injuries, are a hundred times more troublesome than physical ones.

Shen Wenyan took another sip of his wine before continuing, “If you couldn’t escape the illusory world just now, your heart and spirit would surely be harmed, defeated without a fight! However, based on your performance just now, an ordinary Second Grade Grandmaster’s True Intent of Martial Arts can’t completely suppress you!”

“Marquis, besides this, are there any other methods for a Second Grade Grandmaster?” Jiang Ning refilled Shen Wenyan’s cup and asked.

“No!” Shen Wenyan shook his head, “The biggest difference between a Second Grade Divine Realm Grandmaster and a Third Grade Grandmaster is the Spirit Body. A top Second Grade Grandmaster, having been tempered by True Intent of Martial Arts over the years, is enough to rival a Yin God in the realm of Immortal Dao cultivators, and some anomalies can even match the Divine Soul strength of a Yang God cultivator.”

“If you were to engage with such a Second Grade Grandmaster, you would be under constant mental pressure, severely limiting your strength and making it difficult to exert your full power.”

“Aside from this method, there’s no fundamental difference between Second and Third Grade Grandmasters.”

Hearing Shen Wenyan’s words, Jiang Ning roughly understood.

“Thank you, Marquis, for resolving my confusion!”

He stood up, cupped his hands in a salute, and expressed his gratitude.

Understanding in his heart why a top Third Grade Grandmaster could rival a regular Second Grade Grandmaster.

This is because stepping from Third to Second Grade is not like the chasm between Fourth and Third Grade.

Between Third and Second Grade, apart from having a strong Divine Soul, there is no fundamental difference.

And top Grandmasters, apart from their extremely high martial prowess making their combat power extraordinary, are mostly peerless talents who have completed more than six blood exchanges.

Their physical bodies are incomparably strong, fully able to match the body strength of an ordinary Second Grade Grandmaster.

If they can also achieve a powerful mental realm, they can ignore the mental pressure from a Second Grade Grandmaster, and not fall short in physical strength, naturally able to rival them.

At the same time.

Seeing Jiang Ning’s gratitude, Shen Wenyan chuckled.

“No need to be so polite!”

Then added, “With your current achievements and status, and the merits you previously earned, a trip to the Royal Capital would easily allow you to gain the relevant knowledge.”

“Marquis, I wish to experience the mental pressure of a Grandmaster,” Jiang Ning added.

“Simple!” Shen Wenyan smiled mildly.

Then he placed the wine cup in his hand down.

Clang——

As the wine cup hit the stone table at that instant.

An invisible wave erupted from Shen Wenyan’s body.

The invisible wave manifested in Jiang Ning’s senses like tides, like a giant wave crashing towards him.

The chirping of insects in the courtyard immediately ceased, becoming extraordinarily quiet.

A silence devoid of any noise.

This state lasted for just three breaths, and then the mental pressure radiating from Shen Wenyan vanished instantly.

As if what happened moments ago was but an illusion.

“How does it feel?” Shen Wenyan asked.

“At that moment, the world turned utterly silent,” Jiang Ning replied.

“And what else?” Shen Wenyan inquired further.

“Nothing more!” Jiang Ning answered.

Shen Wenyan: “…”

He seriously scrutinized Jiang Ning, then broke into a wry smile.

“I underestimated you!”