Chapter 225

"The path after the Martial Grandmaster?" Zuo Dongge looked stunned, and a nameless fire surged in his heart again.

"I am a cultivator, I don't know the path after the Martial Grandmaster. You can ask me about things you don't understand regarding cultivation," Zuo Dongge quickly suppressed the nameless fire and said patiently.

"Many thanks, Master, then this disciple has no questions. If Master has nothing else, this disciple will take his leave and come another day to pay respects to Master," Xia Daoming said without hesitation.

He was only at the Qi Refining realm; if he really had questions, wouldn't it be better to go home and ask his own sister?

She was at the False Core realm and also cultivated wood-type techniques; guiding a Qi Refining cultivator would be a trivial task for her.

Moreover, he didn't have any questions at all right now.

The most urgent matter now was the path after the Martial Grandmaster.

Zuo Dongge looked at Xia Daoming's unhesitating appearance and felt a deep sense of frustration at being ignored.

Zuo Dongge even suspected now that this kid in front of him hadn't wanted to apprentice himself to him at all, and that he had been feeling good about himself and insisted on shamelessly accepting him as a disciple.

He was once the Jin Dan elder of the Profound Origin Sect with the most hope of becoming a Nascent Soul ancestor!

This was truly intolerable!

Meridians are rivers, and the dantian is the sea. The sea gathers all rivers, which is why cultivators can constantly absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, gather it in the dantian through the extraordinary meridians, and constantly increase their cultivation.

"Reporting to Master, regarding the Qi Refining path, I really don't have any for now," Xia Daoming replied.

Taking a deep breath, Zuo Dongge said with a serious expression: "You are already a Martial Grandmaster at thirty-two, so your martial arts talent should be considered high. But in this era, the Grandmaster is the end of the martial path; no matter how hard you try, it's useless."

However, Zuo Dongge didn't believe, and would never admit, that he, a dignified Jin Dan ancestor, couldn't train a Qi Refining disciple!

"You..." Zuo Dongge almost couldn't suppress the nameless fire in his heart, and even suddenly missed the disciples he had swept out the door in the past.

Those disciples in the past were nowhere near as difficult to manage!

They were all honest and obedient.

"Why is the Grandmaster the end of the martial path in this era? Has the martial arts heritage been lost?" Xia Daoming asked.

Legendary races like the Dragon, Phoenix, Vermilion Bird, Black Tortoise, and Qilin were born incredibly powerful, even capable of summoning wind and rain, overturning mountains and seas, and shifting stars and changing constellations with powerful divine abilities from birth.

"What is the Blood Sea? Why?" Xia Daoming asked, his thirst for knowledge evident.

Speaking to the end, Zuo Dongge showed a hint of pride.

"Really no questions? Think about it carefully." Zuo Dongge didn't want to admit failure in accepting a disciple, continued to put on the appearance of a benevolent teacher, and asked patiently.

The nameless fire was suppressed again.

And what martial artists refine is their own blood and qi, which ultimately must be received in the middle dantian; because it is the place where blood and qi gather, it is also called the Blood Sea.

Zuo Dongge continued to explain patiently: "The loss of martial arts heritage is certainly very serious, but some of it has been passed down. The reason why the Grandmaster is the end of the martial path is that in this era, no matter how hard martial artists try, they find it very difficult to break through that barrier and open up the Blood Sea."

The Blood Sea is different from the Qi Sea; the Qi Sea is born with one, while the Blood Sea needs to be opened up later. It is said that at the beginning of heaven and earth, various races were born with heaven and earth, each with naturally powerful and divine physiques, with blood and qi surging like the sea.

Zuo Dongge looked at Xia Daoming, who appeared "without desires," and felt a deep sense of frustration at being ignored again.

"Although your Qi Refining talent is average, since you are apprenticed to me, as long as you cultivate diligently, you should at least reach the Foundation Establishment realm. I will also teach you a few powerful spells and sword techniques; while you might not be able to defeat enemies across realms, you should at least be a leader among your peers."

"We cultivators absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, refine and absorb it into the lower dantian for our own use, so the lower dantian is sometimes called the Qi Sea.

Even the human race, compared to the Dragon race and others, was naturally weak, but compared to us now, they were all naturally divine and martial, with surging blood and qi.

Unlike this rebellious disciple, I've been guiding him for a long time,

and he's still talking about martial arts!

A child that cannot be taught!

Deep breath.

Not only that, in the ancient era, when heaven and earth were first opened, the earth could produce spiritual and immortal herbs with extremely strong medicinal power; various races consumed them, making their physiques and divine abilities even more powerful.

But as time passed, many spiritual herbs were picked and gradually became scarce, and the turbid energy of heaven and earth gradually increased, so the medicinal power of the spiritual herbs that grew was not as good as before.

Later, various races fought many wars for power, territory, and resources, causing heaven and earth to collapse and space to shatter; the spiritual energy between heaven and earth became increasingly thin and turbid, and various rare spiritual herbs became increasingly scarce.

Not only that, as various races reproduced and passed down their heritage generation after generation, the naturally powerful bloodlines of the ancient era were constantly diluted, and the naturally powerful divine and martial physiques grew weaker as the bloodlines were diluted.

In the ancient era, various races had naturally powerful physiques, and opening the Blood Sea was easy, with only differences in the strength of the Blood Sea. But as bloodlines grew weaker generation by generation, opening the Blood Sea gradually became more and more difficult.

As opening the Blood Sea became increasingly difficult, body refining declined. The Qi Refining path, however, flourished because it could absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, not only allowing one to cultivate immortal Dao techniques with great power but also to extend one's life and pursue longevity.

And in this era, the Grandmaster is basically the end of the body-refining martial path, and opening the Blood Sea is as difficult as ascending to heaven for martial artists."

Speaking to this point, Zuo Dongge paused, then said earnestly: "Therefore, you don't need to have fantasies about the body-refining martial path; follow me in cultivation diligently and strive for early Foundation Establishment; perhaps in the future, if you get a great opportunity, you might even luckily form a Jin Dan."

"So that's how it is, so that's how it is!" Xia Daoming muttered to himself, suddenly enlightened.

Now he finally understood why the body-refining martial path had declined and why the Grandmaster was the end; it turned out that human physique had degenerated, and no matter how one cultivated, blood, qi, and strength could hardly meet the requirements for opening the Blood Sea.

But the problem was, he was different!

He had the help of the system, and his twelve regular meridians had been strengthened to an incredible degree.

He could rival False Core cultivators even as a Grandmaster.

He didn't believe that the Grandmasters of the ancient era could be more awesome than him.

Looking at Xia Daoming's enlightened appearance, Zuo Dongge stroked his split beard with satisfaction and self-contentment.

There was even a hint of long-lost sense of achievement.

This rebellious disciple has finally awakened; it wasn't in vain that I gave him such a lecture.

"Master, does our Profound Origin Sect's Scripture Library have any records of methods for opening the Blood Sea?" Soon, Xia Daoming asked with a look of anticipation and excitement.

"You..." Zuo Dongge was so angry that his beard stood up.

"Master, what's wrong with you?" Xia Daoming asked with concern.

Looking at Xia Daoming's concerned appearance, Zuo Dongge felt that he almost couldn't catch his breath.

What a sin!

He only wanted the status of an inner sect disciple, why did he have to accept him as a direct disciple!

Now it's done, he had spoken too soon earlier; if he swept him out the door, wouldn't that be slapping his own face?

"I don't refine my body, how would I know if the Scripture Library has methods for opening the Blood Sea? Go find it yourself!" Zuo Dongge waved his hand.

Out of sight, out of mind!

"Listening to Master's words, the Scripture Library should have methods for opening the Blood Sea, right?" Xia Daoming asked with anxiety, not realizing at all that Zuo Dongge was now very annoyed with this disciple who was unlearned, specialized in crooked paths, and wouldn't listen to advice.

"Get out!" Zuo Dongge couldn't bear it any longer and finally lost his composure, swearing.

Uh!

Xia Daoming looked at Zuo Dongge in astonishment.

He didn't expect that the Master who had just been lecturing him earnestly and even worried that he would suffer qi deviation from self-study in the Scripture Library would now tell him to get out!

This personality was indeed eccentric and impossible to guard against.

After his astonishment, Xia Daoming frowned slightly.

"Master, do you regret accepting this disciple? If you regret it, you can sweep this disciple out the door now, and this disciple will never have any complaints," Xia Daoming said sincerely.

He truly didn't want to have any master-disciple relationship with this eccentric old guy.

This was only the first

day, and he had already said the word "get out"; who knows what he would say in the future.

He was, after all, a powerful figure with False Core strength; once he opened the Blood Sea, he should be comparable to a Jin Dan figure; how could he let his dignity be trampled upon at will?

"What? I regret it? Why would I regret it? I don't regret it!" Zuo Dongge immediately retorted as if a cat had stepped on its tail.

Xia Daoming had kindly reminded him earlier, and it was he who insisted on accepting Xia Daoming as a direct disciple; if he admitted regret now and wanted to sweep him out the door, where would he put his face?

"You really don't regret it?" Xia Daoming asked with suspicion.

"I really don't regret it; I just remembered something unhappy earlier, which is why I lost my composure. Now you just go to the Scripture Library to search; the Profound Origin Sect has a long heritage, and while there might not be very profound body-refining techniques, there should still be collections of relatively elementary methods like opening the Blood Sea," Zuo Dongge took another deep breath and said with the appearance of a benevolent teacher.

"That's great, many thanks, Master!" Xia Daoming was extremely excited.

"Go. It's fine to learn about methods for opening the Blood Sea, but your main focus should still be on the Qi Refining path," Zuo Dongge said.

"This disciple understands, this disciple takes his leave." Xia Daoming bowed and then couldn't wait to set up his flying boat and leave the Elder's mansion.

Watching Xia Daoming leave impatiently, Zuo Dongge felt a lingering sense of dissatisfaction.

After a while, he didn't know what he remembered, and suddenly shook his head and laughed.

On the flying boat, Xia Daoming's heart was surging.

Apprenticing himself to the Profound Origin Sect was indeed the right choice.

"After I open the Blood Sea, I should have the strength to contend with that Luo Qian. Then I will go and ask Master to come forward and see if I can rescue Senior Sister Shao from the Black Wind Cave." Standing on the flying boat, Xia Daoming thought of Shao Shiyu.

Actually, just now at the Elder's mansion, he had thought of this point, but he had always been steady in his actions and wouldn't pin his hopes on the unreliable Master he had just apprenticed to; he would definitely wait until he had his own strength before planning further.

By then, regardless of success or failure, he would at least have the strength to resist Luo Qian's revenge.

Soon, Xia Daoming flew to the incomparably towering and huge Profound Origin Mountain summit.

Putting away the flying boat, he drifted down to the summit.

Xia Daoming casually stopped a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

"This Senior Brother, may I ask how to get to the Scripture Library?" Xia Daoming asked politely.

The summit was filled with palaces, and wide roads crisscrossed, like a huge city; being unfamiliar with the place, it wasn't easy to find the Scripture Library.