When the true qi in the qi pool was complete, the realm was at its extreme, and it was impossible for the power to increase any further.
It was a pity that it was only one ox away from reaching the Supreme Extreme Realm.
Zhang Ruochen said, “The fact that I couldn’t burst out with the power of a hundred oxen isn’t because my martial body isn’t strong enough yet, it’s because I’m only executing a Human Grade Intermediate Martial Skill, which isn’t a strong enough increase in power.”
Little Black snapped out of it and let out a strange cry, saying, “Right! How did I forget about the increase in power from martial arts? By the way, how come you’ve only cultivated a human grade mid-grade martial skill until now? If the martial skill you cultivated into was a Spirit Grade Lower Grade martial skill, you could definitely explode with the power of a hundred oxen.”
“It doesn’t need to be a Spirit Grade Lower Grade, it only needs to be a Human Grade Upper Grade martial skill, which should be able to allow me to burst out with a hundred oxen of power and reach the supreme extremity of the Yellow Extreme Realm.” Zhang Ruochen said.
Having opened up thirty-six meridians, it would be strange if he still couldn’t reach the Supreme Extreme Realm.
Martial skills, techniques, and martial body must be cultivated at the same time, progressing in tandem, before a martial artist could explode with the greatest power. If any one of them was weak, it would be impossible to reach the Supreme Extreme Realm.
For Zhang Ruochen, both his feats and martial body had reached the limit of the Yellow Extreme Realm, only his martial skill was still weak, the Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm had only been cultivated to the second palm, and could only be considered as a human grade mid-grade martial skill.
The Heavenly Heart Sword Technique, although it was a Spirit Grade Lower Grade martial skill, its main function was in the sword, not the person.
If he could successfully cultivate the third palm of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm, “Dragon Elephant Returning to the Field”, he would be able to raise this martial art to the upper grade of human grade, and at that time, it would definitely not be difficult to increase the strength of a bull.
Of course, the further back the Dragon Elephant Palm went, the harder it was to cultivate. For example, the third palm, “Dragon Elephant Returning to the Field”, Zhang Ruochen had already been cultivating for many days, but he still had not succeeded in cultivating it.
“In the royal palace, there are still too many constraints, so I can’t practise the palm freely. Moreover, when the Dragon Image Prajna Palm is cultivated to the later stages, what is needed more is to fight with others and sharpen one’s palm technique through constant battles.”
“I’m just too lacking in sharpening right now, which is why I’ve never been able to successfully cultivate the third palm.”
“Leaving the royal palace to go on an adventure will definitely result in assassinations from the assassins sent by the queen. I don’t have enough wings right now, so once I leave the royal palace and lose the shelter of the Yunwu County King, it’s a dead end. By the way, it’s possible to train inside the royal palace, it may not necessarily be necessary to leave the palace.”
Zhang Ruochen’s mind moved and thought of Wang Shan.
The royal clan had kept a large number of savage beasts in captivity in the King Mountain, the vast majority of which were first-order savage beasts, and there were also a very few second-order savage beasts, which was just right for Zhang Ruochen to go for training now.
Fighting with the savage beasts and striving to successfully cultivate the third palm of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm in the shortest possible time.
Zhang Ruochen had been cultivating in the inner space of the Space-Time Crystal Stone for twenty-five days, and only eight or nine days had passed in the outside world.
Zhang Ruochen had just pushed the door and walked out when he saw Yun’er waiting outside.
“Your Highness, Ah Le’s injuries have been healed, even his broken hand and foot bones have been renewed, but he sits on the stone staircase all day long and stares blankly or draws portraits on the ground, as if he is stupid.” Yun’er said.
Zhang Ruochen sighed, feeling some pity, and said, “Since his injuries have healed, give him two hundred silver coins and send him away. Whether or not he can get out of the predicament can only depend on his own will, others can’t help him at all.”
“In that case, I will send him away now.” Yun’er said.
Zhang Ruochen looked at the departing Yun’er with a contemplative look on his face, and called out to the departing Yun’er, saying, “Wait, take me to meet him.”
Yun’er revealed a hint of joy and immediately nodded, leading Zhang Ruochen towards the special courtyard where Ah Le lived.
Just as Yun’er had said, Ah Le was indeed sitting stagnantly on the stone steps, holding a bamboo branch in his hand as he drew Lin Mishan’s portrait on the ground.
After drawing one, he drew a second one.
Only, his eyes were empty and lifeless, drawing entirely with an instinct.
Even when Zhang Ruochen walked up to him, he did not look up.
Zhang Ruochen stared at the one teenager sitting on the stone steps and said, “Where is your sword?”
Ah Le was still drawing portraits on the ground, and a mumbling sound came out of his mouth as he said, “My meridians are broken, I can no longer lift my sword.”
Zhang Ruochen said, “With a broken meridian, the person is also ruined?”
“When the meridians are broken, the person is naturally also ruined.” Ah Le said in a dull voice.
Zhang Ruochen said, “Since it’s a wasted person, then where did you get the strength to paint a portrait here? Even an injured person whose entire body is paralysed and can’t get off the ground, as long as they have a heart to get ahead, they will definitely be able to do something. People like you, who have arms and legs but are self-absorbed, are the true invalids.”
Ah Le’s voice became a little deeper and thicker, gritting his teeth, he said, “I didn’t degrade myself, I didn’t.”
Zhang Ruochen glanced at the human statue on the ground and said, “To turn into an invalid for the sake of a woman, it seems I overestimated you before.”
Zhang Ruochen walked over and stepped on top of the portrait of Lin Mishan on the ground, shifting his foot violently, and the portrait on the ground was completely disfigured.
Ah Le’s eyes turned a little red, his eyes glaring round as he said, “What are you doing?”
Zhang Ruochen said, “She didn’t treat you as a human, but you treat her as a god. Are you even worse than a waste?”
“If I didn’t owe you two lives, I would kill you right now.” Ah Le said.
Zhang Ruochen laughed, “Haha! With a punk like you? With another ten years of cultivation, you wouldn’t be my match.”
“I’m not a waste!”
Ah Le roared as a wave of true qi surged out from his body, filling the bamboo branch in his hand and stabbing it towards Zhang Ruochen’s heart.
The originally soft and easy to break bamboo branch, supported by the true qi, became sharper than a normal iron sword.
“Boom!”
Zhang Ruochen slapped out with a palm.
The bamboo branch in Ah Lok’s hand crumbled, and his entire body flew out, and in the air, a mouthful of blood spat out from his mouth as he fell heavily to the ground.
Zhang Ruochen said, “Now that I beat you to the point of spitting out blood and called you an invalid, do you still regard me as a life-saver?”
“Ow!”
A wolf whistle came out from Ah Le’s mouth, his eyes red as he reared up from the ground and once again lunged up towards Zhang Ruochen, opening his mouth to bite Zhang Ruochen’s neck.
Zhang Ruochen used his hand as a blade and slashed down diagonally, slashing at Ah Le’s neck and sending him flying out once again.
“Boom! Boom!”
Ah Lok kept attacking Zhang Ruochen, becoming more and more frenzied and erupting with more and more power.
However, he was sent flying out by Zhang Ruochen’s strikes every time, unable to get close to Zhang Ruochen at all.
Yun’er stood at a distance and watched in shock, but she didn’t go up to stop him.
She knew that Zhang Ruochen was trying to wake up Ah Le.
Half an hour later, Ah Le was already tired and lying on the ground, panting non-stop.
Zhang Ruochen walked over and was about to strike out with another palm.
“No need!” Ah Le said.
Zhang Ruochen was slightly pleased and took his palm back, saying, “What? Still want to continue being an invalid?”
Ah Le shook his head and said, “I am a swordsman, not an invalid. In fact, when I was knocked out by your first palm, I had already figured it out. Thank you.”
“There is no need to thank me. The fact that you were able to come out of the shadows so quickly was entirely due to your own will.”
Zhang Ruochen bent down to help Ah Le up and smiled, “What are your next plans?”
Ah Le’s eyes darkened as he said, “With my meridians broken, I am destined to not be able to cross over to the Xuanji Realm. However, I won’t give up, I will definitely go in search of a spiritual medicine to renew my meridians.”
Zhang Ruochen pondered for a moment and said, “Having a broken meridian may not be a good thing for you. I have a volume of gongfu here that is quite peculiar, normal people cannot cultivate it, instead, it is only people with all their meridians broken that can cultivate it. If your perseverance is strong enough, you might be able to cultivate this volume of gong methods successfully.”
Ah Le originally did not hold much hope for renewing his meridians, but upon hearing Zhang Ruochen’s drawing, a fiery essence immediately appeared in his eyes as he said, “What if I succeed in cultivating it?”
“Breaking the cocoon and transforming into a butterfly, the cultivation will be even better than before, and the future achievements will only be higher.” Zhang Ruochen said.
Ah Le knelt down on one knee and said, “Benefactor, please accept Ah Le’s obeisance.”
After Ah Le finished paying his respects, he said with a firm expression, “Ah Le is considered to owe the Benefactor three lives, the grace of immortality, the grace of saving one’s life, and the grace of reconstruction. In the future, if Enkong needs to use Ah Lok for anything, Ah Lok will not hesitate to do so even if it means going up a mountain of swords and down a sea of fire.”
Zhang Ruochen nodded and directly passed the cultivation method of the Nine Revolutions of Life and Death Skill to Ah Le.
The Nine Revolutions of Life and Death Technique was even more subtle and incomparably terrifyingly powerful than the Heavenly River Jade Scripture that had been passed on to the Nine Sheriff Lords, but Zhang Ruochen wasn’t the slightest bit worried that Ah Le would divulge the secret.
When Ah Le obtained the Nine Turns Life and Death Duel, he immediately closed his door to cultivate, with Yun’er taking care of his daily routine.
After sending off Ah Le and Yun’er, Zhang Ruochen went ahead to Wang Mountain to train, striving to cultivate the third palm of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Palm, Dragon Elephant Returning to the Field, as soon as possible.
General Ge Qian naturally followed Zhang Ruochen to Wang Mountain, guarding the edge of Wang Mountain to prevent anyone from entering Wang Mountain to assassinate Zhang Ruochen.
Zhang Ruochen entered the dense jungle alone and headed directly towards the gathering place of the First Order Upper Savage Beasts.
Ordinary Savage Beasts were no longer any threat to him, and only the First Order Upper Grade Savage Beasts could barely be used for practice.
Half a day later, Zhang Ruochen encountered the first first rank superior savage beast, the Wind Thunder Leopard.
The Wind Thunder Leopard was considered to be a rather powerful existence amongst the first rank superior savage beasts, possessing the power to kill a Yellow Extreme Realm Grand Circle martial artist. Even if it was a Yellow Ranking martial artist, encountering a Wind Thunder Leopard would be a great headache.
“Boom!”
Zhang Ruochen struck out with his bare hand, killing the Wind Thunder Leopard with a slap.
Zhang Ruochen looked at the Wind Thunder Leopard lying on the ground, shook his head, and said, “The strength of a first-ranked top-grade savage beast is only equivalent to a martial artist of the Yellow Extreme Realm’s Great Circle, they are too weak for the current me. It seems that if I want to sharpen my palm techniques, I must go in search of second rank savage beasts.”
Zhang Ruochen continued to rush towards the depths of Wang Mountain.
General Ge Qian stood in a hidden place and saw Zhang Ruochen slapping the Wind Thunder Leopard to death from afar, his heart was slightly shocked, “Your Highness the Ninth Prince’s power is surprisingly so powerful, as long as you don’t encounter those Second Order Savage Beasts, absolutely nothing will happen, it seems like I was overly worried.”
He was worried about Zhang Ruochen’s safety, that was why he secretly followed him into the King’s Mountain and followed Zhang Ruochen from afar.
