Chapter 251: Ranked Strength, Organ Cultivation Stage

Lord Lingxiao Wu Yuan Main Hall.

Lin Chen didn't celebrate with Meng Xing and the others this time but was directly called away by Hou Zhan Tian.

In the main hall.

Lin Chen was recounting his experience in the Lord Lingxiao Palace, and Hou Zhan Tian and several vice deans had complex expressions.

Two and a half months.

After Lin Chen stayed in the Lord Lingxiao Palace for more than a month, Hou Zhan Tian and the others knew that Lin Chen must have had big gains in the palace.

But now hearing Lin Chen say it himself, they were shocked and also felt some regret.

What they regretted was why Lin Chen wasn't a disciple of their Lord Lingxiao Wu Yuan.

It was clear that the power of Lord Lingxiao recognized Lin Chen extremely, allowing Lin Chen to refine his five organs at once.

"I know. Do you have anything else, junior brothers?"

After Lin Chen finished recounting, Hou Zhan Tian looked at the other vice deans. These vice deans understood that the Dean had something to say to Lin Chen privately.

Immediately, these vice deans said goodbye and left one by one.

"Lin Chen, you were able to refine your five organs directly through the power of Lord Lingxiao. This is something I didn't expect. I think your Dean and Minister Kong didn't expect it either."

Hou Zhan Tian stared at Lin Chen with burning eyes: "I'll ask you one thing, what stage are you at now?"

Hearing the Dean mention "stage," Lin Chen was a bit surprised.

"You stayed in the Lord Lingxiao Palace for so long, Hua Qianwu was a bit worried about your situation, so he wrote to me to disclose the bottom line, but only I know about this in the martial academy."

Lin Chen realized, answering: "The disciple is already at the fifth stage."

"Refined to the fifth stage relying on the power of Lord Lingxiao?"

"Yes."

Getting this answer, Hou Zhan Tian breathed a sigh of relief.

Lin Chen had stayed in the Lord Lingxiao Palace for half a month, so he wrote to that old guy Hua Qianwu, intending to see if Hua Qianwu could also take out some good things from the Canglan Wu Yuan to compensate the disciples of the Lord Lingxiao Wu Yuan.

But he didn't expect Hua Qianwu to inform him of a shocking news in his reply.

Lin Chen was cultivating the Nine-Turn True Blood Organ Cultivation!

Nine-Turn True Blood Organ Cultivation was very unfamiliar to ordinary martial artists and even some genius youths, but as long as they were Ranked martial artists, no one didn't know it.

It was the cultivation technique of the founding emperor of Daliang in the Organ Cultivation Stage, and it was also the foundation of the founding emperor's rise.

Unfortunately, since the founding emperor, no one in Daliang had been able to cultivate the Nine-Turn True Blood Organ Cultivation technique, even the descendants of the founding emperor were the same.

Just knowing that Lin Chen was cultivating the Nine-Turn True Blood Organ Cultivation technique, his first reaction was to scold that old guy Hua Qianwu. Hua Qianwu was going to destroy Lin Chen, destroy Daliang's genius.

But following the letter, Hua Qianwu mentioned that even Minister Kong agreed, so he gave up.

There were two difficulties in cultivating the Nine-Turn True Blood Organ Cultivation: the first was cultivation resources. Even with his vision as a Ranked martial artist, the cultivation resources required for the Nine-Turn True Blood Organ Cultivation technique were terrifying. But this wasn't the hardest part. The hardest part was enduring the pain of the nine turns.

Nine turns, the pain of each turn was several times that of the previous one.

The further you go, the harder it is to endure.

Lin Chen refining his five organs was naturally a happy thing, but he was afraid that Lin Chen had directly refined his five organs without performing true blood conversion.

Nine-Turn True Blood Organ Cultivation, why does it become more painful as you go further? Because after the fifth turn, the five organs have completed refinement, and the Qi and blood in the body are full to the limit. The more Qi and blood, the deeper the pain of each turn.

If Lin Chen had refined his five organs while still at the second turn, let alone nine turns, he wouldn't even be able to persist to the fifth turn.

"It seems it was right to let you come to the Lord Lingxiao Wu Yuan. The Sihe Wu Yuan and the Chaoshang Wu Yuan did a good thing."

Hou Zhan Tian smiled, thinking of Hua Qianwu's arrangement for Lin Chen's cultivation in the letter. He originally intended for Lin Chen to complete the third turn at the Canglan Wu Yuan before coming to the Lord Lingxiao Wu Yuan.

Lin Chen also smiled. Putting it that way, it really was.

"As for the martial arts will you mentioned... this is the uniqueness of you martial artists walking the path of extreme martial arts."

Hou Zhan Tian saw Lin Chen's confused expression and explained: "Ordinary martial artists walk the path of entering the Ranked Tier with spiritual weapons. To condense martial arts will, they must rely on spiritual weapons, first forging a suitable spiritual weapon, and then constantly refining the spiritual weapon to fuse it with their own soul."

"Dean, the disciple still doesn't understand. I saw the Yu Beichen brothers, their spiritual weapons were summoned suddenly. Can spiritual weapons be hidden in the body?"

"Yes!"

Hou Zhan Tian stretched out his right hand, his palm turned, and a golden mace appeared in his palm.

"Although you cultivate the Nine-Turn True Blood Organ Cultivation technique and cannot fully enter the Ranked Tier without nine turns, since you have already condensed martial arts will, I will give you a popularization of martial arts will today."

"Thank you, Dean."

Lin Chen was grateful. Having a Ranked martial artist like Hou Yuanzhang explain martial arts will to him, naturally, his understanding would be deeper than reading books himself.

"I'll ask you first, what is martial arts will?"

"Soul?"

"You only answered half."

Hou Zhan Tian stroked his beard: "Senior Brother Hua should have told you about the five organs nurturing will."

"Yes, the teacher mentioned to me that the five organs nurture will."

Lin Chen nodded. In front of this Hou Yuanzhang, he referred to Dean Hua as his teacher.

"Everyone has their own soul from the moment they are born, but the human soul is extremely fragile and needs to be nourished by the body. But the soul is not equal to martial arts will. There is a difference between the two."

"Martial arts will is born from the soul. Follow me!"

Hou Zhan Tian took Lin Chen toward the back of the main hall. In the courtyard behind, there was a bare old tree.

Hou Zhan Tian stood with his hands behind his back in the courtyard, his eyes staring like torches at the bare old tree.

"Watch carefully."

Suddenly, Hou Zhan Tian's right arm lifted slightly, and the Qi in his palm condensed into substance. Several sharp palm winds broke through the air.

I saw wood chips flying on the surface of the trunk, and the branches were peeled off inch by inch under the invisible Qi blade, gradually revealing the outline of a straight and sharp golden mace.

"This tree is the soul. From the seedling breaking through the soil to growing into a towering tree, it is just like you from starting to practice Qi to refining organs. During this period, the cultivation technique you practice determines the direction of growth."

Hou Zhan Tian finished, his eyes falling on another small tree as thick as a wrist. He patted it again from the air, but this time the small tree couldn't withstand the palm wind and broke directly.

"The soul is the original wood, and martial arts will is the carving. But many martial artists' own souls are not strong enough to carry the carving, so they need to borrow spiritual weapons."

Looking at the broken tree, Lin Chen nodded. He understood what the Dean meant.

Unlike Dean Hua, who showed him the relationship between the five organs and martial arts will, Hou Yuanzhang was telling him the relationship between martial arts will and the soul.

Normal martial artists cultivate to the five organs, but the soul is not enough to give birth to martial arts will, so they need spiritual weapons. This so-called spiritual weapon is to bridge the gap. If the tree is not thick enough, use a spiritual weapon to make up for it!

Why is it not thick enough? Because most martial artists only cultivate one technique, just like this tree, absorbing insufficient nutrients, while he cultivates several techniques, which is equivalent to having enough nutrients, without worrying about the branches being too thin to carve.

"As for what this tree will be carved into, it naturally has to do with the technique you cultivate, and even your understanding of martial arts, and the various experiences and encounters you have had along the way."

"Some people have a more fierce temperament, and the martial arts technique they cultivate is also a technique of great opening and closing. Their soul is like this tree!"

Hou Zhan Tian pointed to a tree on the left: "This tree is straight, with very few branches, and extremely high hardness. It needs a spiritual weapon of the same material to make up for it. Weapons like whips, swords... are not suitable."

"Some people have a gentle temperament, like this tree, with many branches, so they need a softer spiritual weapon to make up for it..."

After explaining for a cup of tea, Lin Chen suddenly realized. Now he had a more proficient understanding of martial arts will.

"Dean, does martial arts will have grades? Is the disciple currently considered refining organs or entering the Ranked Tier?" Lin Chen thought of the 【Spirit Grade】 that had just appeared on his panel and asked curiously.

"Yes, the grade of martial arts will is actually a nine-grade system. However, because most of our Daliang martial artists walk the path of entering the Ranked Tier with spiritual weapons, they also distinguish spiritual weapons into grades, divided into one to nine grades, corresponding to nine grades."

"For martial artists who enter the Ranked Tier with spiritual weapons, to rise in grade, they must improve the grade of the spiritual weapon. Most martial artists find it very difficult to improve their spiritual weapons. A few can improve by three grades, but you didn't borrow a spiritual weapon and condensed martial arts will, so there is no upper limit."

Lin Chen pondered for a long while and asked: "Dean, since the grade corresponds to the spiritual weapon, why divide it into two? Isn't it redundant to use grades for spiritual weapons too?"

Having a nine-grade and a nine-grade, isn't this redundant?

"Improving the grade of a spiritual weapon doesn't mean you have risen in grade. There is still a gap between the two."

Hou Zhan Tian smiled slightly: "Improving the grade of a spiritual weapon is something that must be done to rise in grade, but it is not enough for the spiritual weapon alone. You also need to improve your own martial arts will. Don't forget that martial arts will is the combination of the spiritual weapon and your own soul."

"So that's it. It was the disciple who thought wrong just now."

Lin Chen nodded, but he was thinking in his heart that he had no spiritual weapon. According to what the Dean said, martial arts will is the grade, so why did a first grade appear instead of a first grade?

"What are you thinking about?"

Seeing Lin Chen pondering, Hou Zhan Tian asked with a smile.

"The disciple is thinking, what is the disciple's stage now? Ranked Tier or Organ Cultivation?"

On the competition stage, he condensed a golden arrow with martial arts will, and the Dean also saw it.

"Ranked strength, Organ Cultivation stage."

Hou Zhan Tian gave the answer directly. Seeing Lin Chen's confused expression, he explained: "You have condensed martial arts will. In terms of strength, you are already considered Ranked, but you cultivate the Nine-Turn Organ Cultivation technique and need to perform four more true blood refinements."

"Dean, you know I cultivate the Nine-Turn True Blood Organ Cultivation technique. In the eyes of outsiders, is the disciple still in the Organ Cultivation stage?"

This was the point of Lin Chen's confusion.

The sign of entering the Ranked Tier is condensing martial arts will, so in the eyes of outsiders, he should be a Ranked martial artist.

"In the eyes of outsiders, you are still in the Organ Cultivation stage, not Ranked."

"Why?"

Lin Chen didn't understand. What is the difference between him and a Ranked martial artist?

"No true transformation."

Seeming to see Lin Chen's confusion, Hou Zhan Tian flipped his palm, and the golden mace appeared in his palm again.

"This is my martial arts will. Can you externalize your martial arts will into a weapon?"

"Does the golden arrow not count?"

Hou Zhan Tian's mouth twitched, and he asked curiously: "Is your martial arts will a golden arrow?"

"No."

Lin Chen shook his head. His martial arts will was a little person.

"That's it." Hou Zhan Tian smiled: "The reason you can't externalize your martial arts will is that your five organs can still be improved and have not reached true balance. It is only because of the power of Lord Lingxiao that you condensed martial arts will."

"When you can completely externalize your martial arts will, you will be truly Ranked."

"But if so, will it expose the technique the disciple cultivates?"

Condensed martial arts will, but still refining organs, will it be guessed by interested people what technique he cultivates?

"Rest assured, many martial artists walking the path of extreme martial arts are like you, condensing martial arts will but not perfecting it."

Hou Zhan Tian knew what Lin Chen was worried about and smiled: "Those who condense martial arts will by themselves are constantly perfecting it, while those who condense martial arts will with spiritual weapons are perfected once condensed."

"The disciple understands."

Hearing the Dean's answer, Lin Chen was relieved.

It was also true that he was walking the path of extreme martial arts, so naturally, he was constantly improving his martial arts will, unlike those who borrowed spiritual weapons, where the formation of the spiritual weapon represented the formation of martial arts will.

"Dean, the disciple has one last question."

"Speak."

"How do outsiders know whether the disciple's martial arts will is imperfect or intentionally not externalized?"

"Once martial arts will is completely perfected, it cannot be divided. Only when it is imperfect can it be divided."

Hou Zhan Tian grabbed with his right hand, and the old tree he carved was uprooted, turning into a wooden mace shape in his hand, and asked: "Can I split this wooden mace into arrows?"

"No."

Hou Zhan Tian patted from the air with his right hand, and the sharp palm wind made another tree in the courtyard turn into wood chips. However, as these wood chips scattered in the air, they condensed into various weapon shapes with the changes of Hou Zhan Tian's palm.

Knives, swords, long spears, including arrows...

In the end, Hou Zhan Tian stopped, and the dancing wood chips fell back to the ground.

"Do you understand now? Even if you take the bow and arrow as your martial arts will, what you show to the outside world should be a bow and arrow, not a single arrow. Because of this point, no one will think you are a Ranked martial artist."

Lin Chen nodded repeatedly, but he had another guess in his heart. The Dean might not be right, because his martial arts will was a little person. If it couldn't appear in other forms, would he summon a little person to fight in the future?

After explaining martial arts will, Hou Zhan Tian took Lin Chen back to the main hall.

Just as Hou Zhan Tian was about to speak again, someone came in to report at the main hall entrance.

"Dean, a Wu Yuan elder is here."

"Wu Yuan elder?"

Hou Zhan Tian was stunned, then thought of something, his eyes falling on Lin Chen: "Did you join the Wu Yuan?"

"Yes, the disciple joined the Wu Yuan when I was in Poyang County." Lin Chen answered truthfully, then asked: "Dean, is there anything wrong?"

"No, Daliang doesn't stop disciples from joining the Wu Yuan."

After speaking, Hou Zhan Tian ordered the person who reported: "Please invite the Wu Yuan elder in."

Lin Chen's eyes also had anticipation as he looked toward the main hall entrance. If it were a Wu Yuan elder, the one he most wanted to see was that elder from Poyang County Wu Yuan.

But this was Lord Lingxiao City, it shouldn't be that Elder Zhao.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 252 =====