Chapter 77

If he had a chance at the Martial Examination's Dragon Ascent, he might be able to achieve something in the future.

Now, that's just how it is. With a few taels of silver in cultivation resources a month, reaching Qi Gathering Major Success in two or three years is probably a dream."

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"The Explosive Bear Strength is indeed powerful, it's just that the aftereffects of the explosion are somewhat uncomfortable."

Xu Yang smoothed out the turbulent qi and blood and true qi, and his body gradually returned to normal, only feeling sore and weak all over.

Impossible to reach Qi Gathering Major Success within a year?

If it were before, that would indeed be the case, but after obtaining the Diamond Body Technique, the growth rate of his true qi had already changed.

The Mountain-Shaking Bear Fist was always just a fist technique; in terms of cultivating true qi, how could it compare to a cultivation method like the Diamond Body Technique that specialized in practicing true qi?

Even without relying on the panel, he had the confidence to reach Qi Gathering Major Success within a year.

He was not someone who remained unchanged.

His comprehension and innate talent were always improving.

A year later, his innate talent and comprehension would both be doubled based on the present, and in terms of innate talent alone, he would surpass Lu Ren.

According to his estimate, by then, even if his innate talent wasn't A-plus, it would reach the A-minus level.

Plus his comprehension reaching the A-grade, Qi Gathering Major Success was only a conservative estimate; he might even be able to reach Marrow Cleansing.

Gu Fang, Jiang Ping, and these people weren't actually stupid; they didn't know the importance of comprehension.

It was just that the comprehension Xu Yang displayed, while okay, was just that to them.

To give a simple analogy, Xu Yang's comprehension was 40, while others' comprehension might be 30 or 33. Although there was a gap, the gap wasn't large.

So even if the comprehension he displayed was similar to Lu Ren's, not many people thought highly of him.

This was also why on the first day, Lin Cheng said that the most important thing in practicing martial arts was money, not innate talent or comprehension.

For most people, being able to successfully gather Qi meant that everyone's comprehension and innate talent wouldn't have too large a gap, and this gap could be compensated for, or even surpassed, as long as one had money.

If one tael wasn't enough, then ten taels; if it couldn't be compensated for, it could only be said that you didn't have enough money.

"Between thirty and forty, there really isn't much of a gap, but what if it were thirty and eighty, ninety, or even one hundred?" ===== CHAPTER 78 =====