Chapter 25

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"Uncle, if there's anything you like, just say it. Don't be polite with me. Can you give me half a jar of this green salt?"

Wu Gong Zong Tu, seeing Zong Sang cling to A Xun like this, laughed and kicked him, then asked A Xun to go inside and talk.

Inside, Chen Xun recounted everything that had happened over the past two days to Grandfather Zong Tu.

"Ah, you've already mastered the Nine Abyss Barbarian Fiend!"

Zong Tu guessed that Chen Xun's assassination of Gu Shan and Gu Lei wasn't simple, but he didn't expect that Gu Lei would die in the forest, killed by Chen Xun in a direct confrontation, which shocked him for a long time.

Enlightenment of the barbarian soul draws divine radiance from the blood and qi, refining the tendons, bones, and flesh. The cultivation of the barbarian soul progresses from enlightenment, visualization of the shadow, to the gradual solidification of the shadow, achieving the unity of mind and body, and allowing the divine radiance of the Nine Abyss Barbarian Soul to be emitted externally, ultimately merging with combat techniques. This requires a long-term cultivation process.

The external emission of the barbarian soul's divine radiance is the barbarian fiend.

Wu Mang, who cultivates barbarian martial arts, has a habit of adding the word "barbarian" before everything, but in essence, it is the same as the cultivation methods of the Yunzhou's primordial energy.

Although Chen Xun, who cultivates the Great Peng Secret Fist, has long been able to emit the divine radiance of the barbarian soul and integrate it with his fists and feet, the Thousand-Year Wu Mang's Nine Abyss War Spear and the Reverse Scale Thrust are actually ten times more profound and powerful than the Great Peng Secret Fist, with a cultivation difficulty that is worlds apart.

Wu Mang's barbarian martial arts usually only truly merge the divine radiance of the barbarian soul with the Reverse Scale Thrust when they reach the peak of the sixth level of the middle stage, thus truly unleashing the Nine Abyss Barbarian Soul War Martial Arts that established the Wu Mang clan.

Chen Xun had only been cultivating the Great Peng Secret Fist and contemplating the image of the Nine Abyss Barbarian Soul for three months, yet he had already mastered the Reverse Scale Ultimate Martial Arts, which was truly hard for Zong Tu to digest for a moment.

After a long time, Zong Tu slowly said, "The external emission of divine radiance has various wonders. You need to carefully experience it during cultivation. I think perhaps when you have refined your tendons, bones, and flesh, and truly enter the seventh level of barbarian martial arts, you might be able to spread it throughout your body during combat..."

Chen Xun had seen Gu Lei's soul fiend spread over his fists, as hard as divine iron, daring to contend with heavy spears without damage. He thought that if the divine radiance of the Nine Abyss Barbarian Soul spread throughout the body during combat, it might be comparable to a treasure armor, but the consumption would also be enormous.

He could barely visualize the Nine Abyss Barbarian Soul and勉强施展一势逆鳞，全身气血就要被榨干，不知道什么时候，能奢侈到布遍周身？

Chen Xun then asked, "Is this General Suxu an old acquaintance of Grandfather?"

"Oh, you're asking about this," Wu Gong Zong Tu seemed to fall into distant memories, and after a while, he came back to his senses and said to Chen Xun, "I don't have the qualifications to be an old acquaintance of Deputy Commander Suxu. The old acquaintance of Deputy Commander Suxu is Yang, the last generation of Celestial Barbarian of Wu Mang, thirty years ago. I learned witchcraft from Master Yang when I was young, so I could be considered an acquaintance of Deputy Commander Suxu..."

Hearing the hint of resentment in Grandfather Zong Tu's voice, Chen Xun knew that the old events of the past were far from simple. He didn't pry into the painful old memories, and asked:

"Grandfather said the Su Clan is as noble as princes and dukes in Canglan. Why would they lower themselves to trade and befriend the Pythong Tooth Ridge tribes this time?"

"Being as noble as princes and dukes is still not the same as being princes and dukes," Zong Tu said. "Pythong Tooth Ridge is a branch of Mount Tushan, and Mount Tushan is just a small corner of the Western Wasteland. The Su Clan occupies the Canglan Wilderness west of Mount Tushan, claiming to be kings and dukes, but they are not the absolute rulers of the Western Wasteland. If they want to extend their reach north of Pythong Tooth Ridge, they can only do so through trade and friendship. However, if the Su Clan wants to extend their reach north of Pythong Tooth Ridge, the tribes of Pythong Tooth Ridge and the northern lake plains will no longer be peaceful..."

Chen Xun thought that in the three years he had been in Wu Mang, he had seen Wu Mang and the surrounding mountain tribes fight over land and hunting grounds at least ten times. In Grandfather's eyes, this was still considered peaceful!

If it's not peaceful, wouldn't the northern slopes of Pythong Tooth Ridge be awash in blood?

Perhaps this is the survival law of this wilderness.

"What about the Canglan Academy?" Chen Xun asked again. He saw Su Qingfeng and others leave, speaking solemnly about this, which seemed to be an important means for the Su Clan to win over many tribes.

"After Wu Mang withdrew from Canglan, many barbarian martial arts were cut off from transmission. The clan members no longer have a complete system to follow for cultivation. Even large tribes with tens of thousands of members are not much better off than Wu Mang. In this vast area of thousands of miles, with thousands of tribes, the best way to cultivate high-level barbarian martial arts is to be recommended by the three orders and nine commanders of Canglan to enter the Canglan Academy for cultivation. Not only can one learn all the profound techniques of the tribe, but after graduation, they can bring the learned techniques back to the tribe for transmission..."

Chen Xun sighed softly. He now deeply understood the importance of barbarian martial arts. He thought that the Su Clan's method of winning over tribes was truly irresistible.

Chen Xun then asked Grandfather Zong Tu, "How can one enter the Canglan Academy? Bringing the techniques back to the tribe after graduation is not easy, right?"

"Of course," Wu Gong Zong Tu said. "The three orders and nine commanders recommend fewer than two hundred people every three years. Thousands of tribes fight to the death for these two hundred spots every three years. After graduation, they must serve for ten years in the recommended order or camp before being allowed to return to their tribes..."

The techniques are hard to come by. Even serving the Su Clan for ten years, many tribes would still fight for these spots. Moreover, serving in the camp is also a process of continued cultivation—the Su Clan probably uses this to control the large and small tribes of Canglan. They are not princes and dukes, but they are as powerful as princes and dukes.

The three orders and nine commanders are official positions in Canglan. Su Qingfeng, as a deputy of one of the nine commanders, is indeed a powerful figure in Canglan.

Su Qingfeng personally came to negotiate trade and friendship and promised to recommend tribal members to the Canglan Academy. Perhaps the Su Clan really wants to extend their reach southward; it's no wonder that Gu Hu and Gu Chen were so humble in front of Su Qingfeng, like servants.

"How strong is the Su Clan?" Chen Xun couldn't help but ask again.

"How strong is the Su Clan?" Zong Tu squinted his eyes, seemingly lost in thoughts of the past, and said slowly, "It is said that the Su Clan has over a hundred Rebirth Realm experts comparable to Celestial Barbarians, and above the Rebirth Realm, the Su Clan has unfathomable Primordial Realm supreme experts!"

"Ah..." Chen Xun's heart was filled with shock. Some things were truly beyond his current reach.

He then remembered something and took out two green nuts that looked like pine cones from his chest and showed them to Grandfather, "I also got these from the nest of the Green-Eyed Eagle. The shells are incredibly hard. Grandfather, do you know what they are?"

Zong Tu took the two green fruits and, even using barbarian techniques, could not detect what was inside the hard shell. He shook his head and handed the green fruits back to Chen Xun, saying, "With such a hard shell, they must be extraordinary. Keep them close to your body and don't let others know..."

Wealth should not be flaunted. Chen Xun kept the two green fruits close to his body and then took out the five diagrams of the Great Peng Secret Fist, handing them to Grandfather, and said:

"These five diagrams of the fist techniques, I have already mastered, and keeping them is useless. These days, I have carefully studied the techniques and translated them into barbarian script. They may not be entirely accurate, but they can let Uncle Zong Sang try to cultivate and see if there are any errors..."

Chen Xun had previously cultivated through intense training by pushing his body to its limits. However, he could easily enter the subtle realm of mind and body unity and visualize the concrete image. Now that he had mastered the five postures of the Great Peng, he could reverse-engineer the techniques written in Yunzhou script.

Although Yunzhou script is much more complex than barbarian script, they share the same origin. Chen Xun spent some time translating the five diagrams of the fist techniques into barbarian script.

Chen Xun was not sure if the translation was entirely accurate, and beginners might make mistakes if they cultivated rashly. However, after Zong Sang, Nan Liao, and other advanced barbarian martial artists confirmed the techniques, there should be no problems, and more Wu Mang barbarian martial artists could cultivate.

The Nine Abyss War Spear, which has been passed down for a thousand years in Wu Mang, is hundreds of times more powerful, but it is too profound. Among the more than a thousand Wu Mang members, only twenty have enlightened the barbarian soul, and most barbarian martial artists cannot cross this threshold in their entire lives.

The Great Peng Secret Fist is much simpler than the Nine Abyss Barbarian Soul War Martial Arts, but precisely because it is simpler, it is easier to enter.

A complete transmission should have various levels of barbarian martial arts, forming a rigorous system.

Once one enters through the Great Peng Secret Fist and visualizes the concrete image of the barbarian soul, it will become relatively easier to comprehend the Wu Mang barbarian image, meaning that Wu Mang can cultivate more advanced barbarian martial artists and even Celestial Barbarians in the future.

Zong Tu cherished the fist diagrams, kept them close to his body, and deeply felt that A Xun could think deeply about everything, far beyond the capabilities of ordinary teenagers. Wu Mang gaining his assistance was truly a great treasure. He said to him, "From now on, the Black Mountain Tribe might hate you to the bone. When you go out to gather herbs, I will have Zong Sang specially accompany you..."

"How can that be?" Chen Xun said. Apart from Grandfather, Wu Mang only had Zong Sang and Nan Liao as advanced barbarian martial artists, who were the core of the hunting team. If Zong Sang specially protected him, how would the food for the other thousand people be solved?

Zong Tu laughed and said, "Zong Sang following you might not yield less than leading the hunting team into the mountains."

Chen Xun thought for a moment. He didn't want to be too special and said, "Then I will still go into the mountains with the hunting team. The Black Mountain Tribe might not dare to offend Wu Mang again in the future..."

"That's fine too." Zong Tu smiled, thinking that this arrangement was good. Su Qingfeng's visit to Wu Mang this time clearly showed that he was wary of Wu Mang because of A Xun. If other large tribes or the Su Clan didn't cause trouble behind the scenes, the Black Mountain Tribe would no longer be a threat to Wu Mang in the future.

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