Chapter 14

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"Brother, I've broken through! I've broken through!" Ye Hao suddenly shouted in the courtyard while Ye Feng was deep in thought.

Ye Feng had no choice but to put aside his doubts and walk out of the house. He didn't know much about the Vitality Qi yet, but he believed he would figure it out in the future.

"Brother, I finally condensed the Spirit Qi seed!" Seeing Ye Feng come out of the room, Ye Hao excitedly said to him.

Although condensing the Spirit Qi seed was just the beginning of the martial path, for commoners like them, it marked a turning point in their family's life. It represented a departure from their previous status. Even though he was just a quasi-martial artist, he was still considered a martial artist, and wherever he went, he had certain privileges. For example, ordinary people had to pay taxes to enter the Qing Shuang City, but quasi-martial artists didn't need to.

Although the tax wasn't much, it was a symbol of status.

Looking at the excited Ye Hao, Ye Feng also smiled and nodded. After all, Ye Hao was only ten years old, so it was normal for him to be excited.

After all, the entire Niu Jiao Village hadn't seen a ten-year-old quasi-martial artist in decades. Only a teenager, about ten years ago, had reached the quasi-martial artist realm at the age of twelve, and the whole village celebrated for three days.

The earlier one enters the quasi-martial artist realm, the earlier they can enter the martial artist realm. Generally, one must reach the martial artist realm before the age of sixteen to have the potential to continue training. If one exceeds sixteen years old, even if they enter the martial artist realm, they won't have much development.

For commoners like them, this wasn't really an issue because as long as they could enter the martial artist realm, they could live the life they had always dreamed of.

As for why the age of sixteen was set as the line, no one knew, at least not they.

But now, Ye Hao, at the age of ten, had broken through to the quasi-martial artist realm, which was no less impressive than the offspring of some major families. There was a great hope that he would break through to the martial artist realm by the age of sixteen.

"Good, stabilize yourself and continue to take another Condensing Qi Pill. Pay attention to tempering your body!" Ye Feng nodded, looking at his excited brother.

Ye Hao's excitement also infected Ling Wanrong. However, when she looked at Ye Feng, she felt some guilt. Although Ye Hao had talent, without Ye Feng's help over the years, he wouldn't have been able to reach the quasi-martial artist realm. As for Ye Feng, he had to risk his life every day, making her feel guilty towards her eldest son.

"Okay, Brother, I'll continue to work hard!" Hearing Ye Feng's words, Ye Hao nodded vigorously.

After breakfast, Ye Feng returned to his room and took out the stepping technique manual he had obtained from Lin Ping, "Cun Bu," and started reading it.

Flipping to the first page, Ye Feng saw the general principles of Cun Bu.

"Uh!" After seeing the general principles, Ye Feng was momentarily stunned, then continued reading.

I, the Mad Battle King, have fought countless battles, killed countless enemies, and made countless enemies, but none could do anything to me. I relied on this Cun Bu. This manual is the result of my idea from childhood, refined over a hundred years by referencing a thousand stepping techniques and combining them with practical combat experience over thirty years. It is my proudest creation.

In my view, stepping techniques have only two purposes: the first and most important is to save one's life, and the second is for combat.

Cun Bu is about escaping in a small space and killing enemies in a short distance. For this, I have divided Cun Bu into three realms: the first is 'Foundation,' the second is 'Mastery,' and the third is 'Perfection.'

This manual covers the first realm of stepping techniques: Foundation!

Only then did Ye Feng realize that this manual was not complete but only covered the first realm of the entire manual.

However, Ye Feng wasn't discouraged. Having a stepping technique manual was already a stroke of luck for him. After showing a hint of surprise, he continued to read the manual in his hand.

There are nine types of steps, and within these nine types, there are a thousand variations.

The Foundation section describes these nine types of steps and their nine most basic variations. As long as one masters four of these steps, they can escape from any situation below the True Martial Artist realm.

Seeing this, Ye Feng raised his head and took a deep breath. Although the manual only introduced the Foundation section and didn't mention the other two sections, Ye Feng wasn't bothered by it.

"Can escape from any situation below the True Martial Artist realm? What a bold claim!"

True Martial Artist! It is said to be an existence above the ninth stage of martial artists. Ye Feng had only heard about it occasionally from some martial artists boasting. True Martial Artists only existed in large county cities, and those who reached the True Martial Artist realm were often regional overlords.

This was all Ye Feng knew about True Martial Artists. After all, given his former status, not only was he far from the True Martial Artist realm, but he was also far from the martial artist realm, with almost no chance of getting close.

After reading this, Ye Feng focused on studying the manual in his hand.

The book explained each type of step and its variations in great detail, so Ye Feng quickly started practicing according to the manual.

"Huh? Bang..." However, after just a few steps, Ye Feng stumbled and fell to the ground when he tried to withdraw his step, his left foot tripping over his right foot.

Ye Feng didn't mind, got up, and continued practicing.

This day, Ye Feng spent most of his time practicing steps, except for meals. Fortunately, he had the gains from this time, which would allow him to live without worrying about money for a few years. Ye Feng and his family could also stay at home to practice in seclusion.

Fall, get up, fall, get up......

For the whole day, Ye Feng repeated these actions.

Actually, the steps were just a few types, but the variations within them were the essence.

Time flew by, and a month passed in Ye Feng's intense training.

During this month, Ye Feng had to endure the pain of his meridians breaking. If it were an ordinary person, they would have been driven mad by the pain long ago. But Ye Feng didn't, especially in the last few days, as his meridians became more resilient, the pain of breaking meridians also increased, and even Ye Feng almost couldn't bear it.

However, after a month of effort, his meridians finally recovered to the level of an ordinary person. Although Ye Feng couldn't be considered a genius, he could at least start training.

For ordinary people, even with his current meridians, there was little hope of cultivation. After all, such meridians were only the basic level for practicing martial arts. Ye Feng was already fifteen years old, so it was impossible for him to achieve success in martial arts.

However, due to the Vitality Qi, his dantian had already stored a vast amount of Spirit Qi, even far exceeding that of a first-stage martial artist. The Iron Body Technique had already been cultivated to the ninth level, reaching the realm of perfection. His body was as hard as steel, and ordinary blades wouldn't cause him much harm.

His strength was also a thousand pounds, reaching the lower limit of a second-stage martial artist.

His rapid progress was largely due to his fragile meridians. Every time he practiced, his meridians would break, and each time he used the Vitality Qi to repair them, both his Spirit Qi and his physical strength would increase. Now that his meridians had recovered to the level of an ordinary person, they couldn't be broken so easily. A slight mistake could even cost him his life.

Seeing the significant effects of the Vitality Qi, Ye Feng now dared not use it recklessly. He didn't know where the Vitality Qi came from or where it was stored. If it ran out, he would have nowhere to cry, as it could save his life in critical moments. Therefore, he decided to use it as little as possible until he understood its origin or faced a life-threatening situation.

Although the Vitality Qi was not under his control, he could control not self-harming to boost his cultivation. If the Vitality Qi were truly inexhaustible, he wouldn't mind self-harming, even though each time felt like dying, but the increase in strength was worth it in his view.

After a month, Ye Feng finally mastered the first step, and the second step had already mastered seven variations, with only two more to complete. The step Lin Ping had demonstrated was the first step.

The more he practiced, the more he realized the depth of this step. Although he had mastered the first step and its variations, Ye Feng felt that he was far from truly mastering it, as he had only grasped the surface of the variations.

During this time, Ye Feng accidentally discovered that the manual in his hand was a copy. It made sense; such a precious item wouldn't be something Lin Ping could obtain.

After mastering the first step, Ye Feng found time to teach it to Ye Hao.

Originally, Ye Feng felt ashamed that he had only mastered the first step in a month, but after teaching it to Ye Hao, he realized that he had done quite well. In thirteen days, Ye Hao had only mastered three of the variations in the first step.

Neither brother knew that, not to mention Ye Feng, even Ye Hao's speed was already astonishing.

After all, Lin Ping had spent half a year mastering only four variations of the first step.