Volcanic Age - Chapter 6

However, the fundamental training was still ongoing.

He would continue to endure suffering in the Hell of Nakan while simultaneously participating in co-training at the training facility for a while.

The fundamental issue is that they cannot study and practice another Qi Art until they have all studied and finished the Plum Blossom Qi Art.

Now that you have had a year to learn, you may put it to use.

Hearing these comments, Ju Seo-mouth Cheon’s developed a broad smile.

sixty-six years from the present, in the future.

During that time, a prodigy who had been gifted in martial arts since the day he was born came to light. And one day the genius divulged a knowledge of the Plum Blossom Qi Art.

No one could have predicted it.

The decade’s greatest accomplishment was that!

It eventually became known to everyone in the Hua Sect. You had to study this sophisticated martial style if you wanted to advance to even higher stages.

This was the best form of art there existed.

Even though the Hua Sect has been for hundreds of years and has become well-known throughout the Martial Alliance, no one has ever been able to guess their immense secret.

Like everyone else, Ju Seo-Cheon was only a small portion of the time that passed. He was one of those individuals who simply went with the flow.

He was therefore extremely astonished to learn the Plum Blossom Qi Art’s secret had been divulged.

“Having a rigid, unyielding mentality can be frightening because once you make up your mind about anything, you cannot change it. And you are unable to discern the true motives or objectives underlying those actions.”

The Plum Blossom Qi Art is merely a fundamental Art to lay the groundwork and create a path. It’s merely a sort of stepping stone.

Everyone agreed that this was a well-established fact concerning the Plum Blossom Qi Art.

One of the best Qi arts in the Martial Alliance was the Plum Blossom Qi Technique, which was also the basic art that the Hua sect taught everyone.

Only one individual was able to unlock the Plum Blossom Qi Art’s mystery by the time everyone was concentrated on attaining even bigger military feats.

Ju Seo-Cheon confirmed that no one was nearby and after reflecting on the past sat in front of a Plum tree that was nearby.

He caught sight of a white blossom. an ivory plum.

“We have been partners for all time.”

The blade and the plum bloom represented Mount Hua.

Because it grew in frigid climates, it was known as a “winter plum,” but it also went by the term “plum that flowers in the snow.”

Even when the Hua Sect experienced a crisis and the Murim plunged into anarchy, he had grown up watching the plum blossom.

When he was a child, when he was one of the Five Elders, and even when he was dying, he witnessed the plum blossom.

And he was now preparing to reveal that plum’s secret.

“Whew.”

He sat with his legs crossed and his back erect.

He cocked his head up and shut his eyes.

He then exhaled after inhaling deeply.

breathing in and out. He repeated it while constantly in charge of it.

However, it wasn’t only that he was breathing.

He began to move the warm energy from his dantian, but it was only a small amount.

It started as the typical Plum Blossom Qi Art, but towards the middle things started to shift. It was a covert means of circulation that was eventually made public.

It says “Plum Flower Life Arts!”

For reference, as soon as this information was made public, it was shared with the Mount Hua Sect’s followers.

Even while peace had supposedly prevailed since the end of the war at that point, it was rather shaky.

Murim had innumerable losses as a result of the conflict, which lasted for many years and was followed by terrible consequences.

Similar to Hua Sect, they had only a third of the forces they did when they were at their strongest.

At that time, they discovered the Plum Flower Life Arts and realized the importance of nurturing future students to regain equilibrium.

Ju Seo Cheon had to memorize the Plum Flower Life Arts because he was in a position to verify their safety and impart them to others.

“It’s fading, but it’s coming in.”

A smile spontaneously developed.

“The energy of a plum flower!”

This was the Plum Blossom Qi Arts’ secret. the rationale behind why life arts will be used in the future.

It was a result of the plum blossom’s vibrancy.

Qi training was described as gathering qi that flowed in nature and storing it in one’s abdomen through a specific breathing pattern.

That was the most fundamental and elementary idea.

The vitality of the plum tree, a fundamental premise of the Plum Blossom Life Arts, was, however, taken a step further.

Other trees couldn’t be used for it, but if you circulated the energy around the plum tree while chanting, you could.

It might appear to be some Evil Art at first, but that wasn’t the case at all. The plum’s life force was not being used to store it in one’s dantian.

If that were the case, the plum tree would quickly deteriorate and cease to be able to produce any blossoms. If such were the case, the term “life art” wouldn’t have been used. The art would be evil.

The vitality is not being taken or borrowed by it. The plum tree inhales what I exhale because I’m simply breathing what the plants emit.

Qi was not a quality unique to humans. In addition to being found in mammals, it was also widely distributed in weeds.

They would also breathe as if they were living things.

The plum tree experienced the same thing.

And the Plum Flower Life Arts allowed him to absorb the released vitality and some qi to gradually build it up in his dantian.

“Plum Blossom Unity.”

He read a verse from the Plum Flower Life Arts, which would eventually be made known.

“Become one with the Plum Blossom and breathe.”

All of this fame and glory should have originally belonged to only one individual.

Thinking that he had discovered the secrets before the scholar who hadn’t even been born, he felt guilty.

He simply intended to keep his knowledge of the Plum Blossom Life Arts a secret from himself out of respect for that scholar.

*I feel a bit sorry.”

“Good, it’s done.”

The energy condensation was the key factor in why someone could only stay at the Plum Blossom Qi Arts stage.

The other aspects were great, but if you only looked at how slowly it built up internal energy, it would have been rated third in Kang Ho.

People believed that this was the sole defect in this artwork because of this.

But after the truth was out, that was no longer the case. Even while it wasn’t quite there to qualify as divine art, it was nonetheless a masterpiece.

They were unable to divulge the mystery underlying it, which is why there was an issue with the energy’s condensation in the first place. But after being resolved, it is now excellent.

It won’t fall short when compared to other Peak internal energy arts, but it is not on the same level as a low-rated divine art.

He had developed his dantian and begun condensing energy at the age of eight and was now nine. He had just used up the energy of a year.

But if he applied the Plum Flower Life Arts, he could quickly build up a significant quantity of energy.

At the moment, he would be able to conceal it even if his master checked his pulse. All he could say was that it was flawless.

The effect of the newly discovered secret was to improve the speed at which the energy was refined; this helped further the expansion of the dantian.

‘But most of all, the thing that makes me the happiest….’

He couldn’t hold back the smile forming on its own.

He focused his mind and executed the Plum Blossom Qi Arts in an instant just as if he was letting go of all of his accumulated frustration.

The newly discovered secret had the effect of increasing the rate of energy refinement, which aided in furthering the dantian’s proliferation.

But overall, what brings me the most joy is…

He was unable to suppress the smile that was spontaneously emerging.

He concentrated his attention and performed the Plum Blossom Qi Arts in an instant as if he were releasing all of his pent-up resentment.

“It means I won’t have to hold back any longer.”

He had the skills to master the Plum Blossom Qi Arts long ago, but he had to hold himself back because his master constantly checked his pulse.

But that was no longer the case. He was no longer required to perform that.

Just because you finished the Plum Blossom Qi Arts didn’t mean that your border would instantly expand.

Because of this, teachers or other students wouldn’t be able to tell if they didn’t step in directly. Additionally, the teacher’s authority rested on his ability to teach a young disciple while still feeling his pulse.

Except in exceptional circumstances, no one could feel the pulse of another person; if they could, they would report it to the disciple’s master.

Due to these events, Ju Seo-Cheon felt comforted and swiftly propagated the Plum Blossom Qi Arts without any further hesitation.

The wisdom that had been restrained by chains burst open like a rushing dam, harmonizing with his body and mind. His will made a shift in his dantian as it traveled through the qi-flowing route.

In a split second, the five stars Plum Blossom Qi Arts had attained ten stars.

At twelve stars, an art was finished, but since he lacked internal energy, he was unable to move on to the next level.

However, time would also find a solution to that issue. He only needed to use the Plum Flower Qi Arts to quickly concentrate his energies.

“I’ve hardly made a dent in the future.”

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Translated by Novel multiverse

Edited by Beetlesme