Chapter 6: Transcendence

"Really?"

Zhang Dazhuang was somewhat skeptical, but out of trust in Li Musheng, he happily tucked it into his chest and carefully stored it away.

"The Yu Family Martial Arts Hall has now become a place of trouble; Brother Zhang should leave as soon as possible and seek another path to avoid being caught in the crossfire."

Li Musheng added one more word of advice, then turned to Zhang Dazhuang and bowed with rare solemnity:

"In the past, I have relied on Brother Zhang's care. If fate allows in the future, we shall meet again!"

Having spoken, he wasted no time, slung his bundle over his shoulder, turned, and walked out of the martial arts hall.

Seeing this, Zhang Dazhuang reached out as if to say something, but in the end said nothing, only clasping his fists toward Li Musheng's departing back.

Times have changed; Li Musheng's Wu Gong is now profound, and the small Shun'an City can no longer contain him. Besides, a young person should take advantage of youth to venture into the Jianghu!

Zhang Dazhuang felt reluctant to part; he and Li Musheng were the only ones with a good relationship in the entire martial arts hall, and now that the other had left, his heart felt empty.

But then he thought again and couldn't help but sigh:

"This kid Ah Sheng has hidden himself quite deeply; it turns out I am the only loser in the entire martial arts hall!"

After thinking for a moment, he reached out and pulled out the stack of straw paper Li Musheng had given him:

"I hope this Diamond Indestructible Divine Technique is useful, and that I can achieve something with it."

In the next moment, his gaze shifted, and he widened his eyes, staring at the center of those straw papers.

At that moment, a hundred-tael silver note lay quietly there!

The Seven Thieves of Zha River have all been exposed, and the Yu Family's crisis today has been resolved.

Li Musheng and Yu Zhentian are now even, and whatever happens afterward has nothing to do with him.

In fact, Li Musheng is not from this world; this body was accidentally crossed over by him when he was five years old.

At that time, he was taken in by Yu Zhentian and became an apprentice at the martial arts hall.

Although he had been doing dirty and heavy work in the martial arts hall since he was young, at least he did not end up on the streets, freezing or starving, and had a place to settle.

Moreover, his current cultivation in the martial arts began in this martial arts hall.

The original owner indeed had extremely poor talent and aptitude, and also carried a lingering illness that made him weak and sickly, so he passed away from a bout of typhoid fever at the age of five.

However, after Li Musheng crossed over, the situation changed completely.

Although Li Musheng came from Blue Star, where the tree of technology was fully developed, he discovered that he possessed terrifying, heaven-defying comprehension on the path of martial arts.

For all the Wu Gong taught in the martial arts hall, he never forgot anything after seeing it once; he could learn it just by glancing at it once.

Although his bone structure and aptitude remained poor, relying on his heaven-defying comprehension, he could quickly master them to the point of great perfection.

At that time, Li Musheng used less than a few days to completely master all the kung fu taught in the martial arts hall.

And with such terrifying comprehension, he naturally was not satisfied with the shallow Wu Gong taught in the martial arts hall.

But Li Musheng lacked channels to acquire more powerful Wu Gong manuals.

So, on a whim, he decided to deduce from the most basic martial arts, preparing to create even more powerful martial arts himself.

And in the end, he indeed did it, and there was not too much difficulty in the process.

For example, from the Five-Step Fist taught in the martial arts hall, he deduced the "Five Extremes Heavenly God Fist."

This fist technique is extremely fierce; when practiced to the extreme, one punch strikes out, sealing heaven and cutting off the earth, with terrifying power!

For another example, he intensely studied the ordinary Double-Kick Springing Leg Technique, thereby comprehending the "Divine Step Without Shadow."

Of course, although the Springing Leg Technique is a martial art for attack, Li Musheng took a different path, comprehending from it a body movement divine technique that allows one to tread clouds and step on void, formless and shadowless!

And the Diamond Indestructible Divine Technique given to Zhang Dazhuang earlier was naturally also created by Li Musheng himself.

However, this was a Wu Gong modified according to the other's special circumstances; in fact, the final version of this Wu Gong is named "Indestructible Golden Body."

It was only because Zhang Dazhuang did not possess Li Musheng's terrifying comprehension and could not learn this divine technique that he made some modifications and deletions.

Relying on his heaven-defying comprehension, Li Musheng did not need to seek out any top-tier cultivation techniques or divine technique manuals, nor did he need to swallow peerless pills to enhance his cultivation.

In the martial arts hall of this small city, Shun'an City, he could continuously improve his strength simply by immersing himself in cultivation without worrying about worldly affairs.

And fifteen years passed; Li Musheng, through day after day of cultivation, reached the peak on the path of martial arts.

One day, when he habitually wanted to continue cultivating, he discovered that all cultivation had lost its effect.

On the path of martial arts, he had reached a point where there was nowhere further to advance.

However, Li Musheng knew from some ancient texts that his current martial arts strength was not truly the ultimate; above the path of martial arts, there exists the realm of Transcendence.

Although the realm of Transcendence is ethereal and exists only in legends, and no one has truly stepped into it for a thousand years, Li Musheng still decided to try.

After all, he possessed heaven-defying comprehension that ordinary people lacked, and was still so young; simply eating, drinking, and waiting to die was not his personality.

The matter at the Yu Family Martial Arts Hall today was merely an opportunity; he had actually already formed the thought of leaving the martial arts hall to travel the Jianghu and pursue the realm of Transcendence.

And by means of this matter, today he helped the Yu Family, and the debt of gratitude within this has already been repaid.

Li Musheng exhaled lightly, leaped lightly, and landed on the wall of Shun'an City.

He gazed at the distant layers of mountains and peaks, extending to the endless horizon, and stretched.

"For fifteen years I have not taken a single step out of this city; in the future, I might as well experience the different customs and cultures of this world, which may have a unique charm."

Standing on the city wall for quite a while, Li Musheng was also bidding farewell to the past fifteen years.

From now on, I will wander the ends of the earth; the day of transcending the martial arts is within reach!

Not long after, Li Musheng withdrew his gaze.

However, he did not leave, but turned his head to look at a certain place beneath the city wall.

"Following me for so long, isn't it time to show yourself and say hello?"

There was a shadow of trees, the light dim, and apart from the wind blowing occasionally, there was no movement.

But after a moment, a figure walked out from that shadow, appearing silently beneath the city wall.

That was a woman, dressed in plain blue-gray tight-fitting clothes, with a slender figure, her true face obscured by a veil.

She raised her head and gazed at Li Musheng atop the city wall; after a moment of silence, she spoke:

"When did you discover me?"

Li Musheng crossed his arms, a faint, almost imperceptible smile curling his lips; he counted on his fingers and said:

"Let me calculate the time. You have been following me for five days. I discovered you from the very first day, yet I never made a sound."

Hearing this, the woman below the city wall narrowed her beautiful phoenix eyes, but said nothing.

Li Musheng did not mind; he merely sized up the other person and said:

"I sense no killing intent from you, yet you stubbornly persist in following me..."

As he spoke, he stroked his chin and smiled:

"Could it be that Miss has taken a fancy to me? That is why you pursue me so relentlessly."

(End of this chapter)