Chapter Eighty: The Five Elements Lotus Shatters

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  "Yu Zhu!" Gu Zi woke up and turned around, hearing Zhou Heng's inquiry. She hesitated for a moment before responding in a calm tone, "It's an extremely useful treasure that can be used to refine various elixirs. Some artifact refinement also requires it!"

  "It's said that only those with a cultivation level above the Spiritual Sea can capture the essence of moonlight and refine it into a Moon Pearl. This treasure of yours can actually automatically refine Moon Pearls, it's truly shocking!"

  "It's really hard to estimate the market price..."

  "In the city of Tianhang, there is no one who can refine the Moon Pearl, so naturally, no one will make an offer for it. However, this thing must be very valuable, and if the price is not well estimated, it can be handed over to the Tianbao Pavilion for auction!"

  Zhou Heng stared blankly at Gu Zi, thinking that this woman was just a bookworm who only wanted to ask for knowledge, but unexpectedly, this bookworm turned out to be quite clever and not stupid just because she had big breasts.

  Is this chest really padded? It doesn't make sense that my sister is flat-chested, but I'm **!

  "Also, you've fought that silver person from the first round, right?" Zhou Heng changed the subject and asked a question that had been bothering him for a long time. "The techniques of those silver people seem to have reached an extremely high level, suppressing me to the point where I couldn't even put up a fight!"

  "Those Silver people are strong!" Gu Zi's tone was calm, but her eyes revealed a cautious color, and then became fiery. "It turns out you didn't know that mastering martial skills is divided into several levels!"

  "What level?" Zhou Heng was stunned for a moment. He had only been in the Black Water Temple for a few days and had already run out, his experience hadn't kept up yet.

  "For example, if you learn the simplest martial art, Black Tiger Fist -" Gu Zi explained to him, while swinging his fists in accompaniment, "the most superficial understanding is to copy its shape and grasp its form."

  Yes, just like the Swift Cloud Flash Step, previously Zhou Heng didn't get the corresponding movement technique, so he could only get its shape, and the effect was already extremely strong. But compared to the complete Swift Cloud Flash Step, it's far inferior, not even qualified for comparison.

  "This is the first realm, the Form Realm! As long as one is willing to put in the effort to practice, anyone can attain this realm!"

  "Then comes the second boundary, the realm of thought!"

  "This requires mastering martial skills completely and grasping their essence!"

  Zhou Heng furrowed his brow, this was the realm he had reached now, any martial skill he learned could be grasped with ease, without any difficulty. But from Guzi's tone, this wasn't even the end point!

  Otherwise, how could the silver man's boxing and swordsmanship put so much pressure on him? Simplifying complexity, a heavy sword has no edge.

  "Beyond the realm of intention is the realm of momentum!"

  "What's going on?" Zhou Heng asked involuntarily.

  "That silver figure has grasped the momentum!" Gu Zi nodded, "Abandoning all fancy moves, he has ascended to a higher realm, condensing the essence of his technique, and his power is naturally stronger!"

  Zhou Heng did not speak, but in his mind, he thought of compressing the Thirty-six Flying Waterfall Sword Techniques, simplifying them into five moves, three moves, or even one move. What kind of power would it reach then?

  Those silver people have compressed complex changes into a seemingly ordinary move, but their power is so strong that it's boundless!

  The boundary of momentum!

  Zhou Heng's heart was burning with excitement, if he could also reach such heights, especially the Ling Tian Jiu Shi, then once it was unleashed, let alone those in the same realm being unstoppable, even a beginner in the initial stage of martial arts wouldn't be able to withstand it.

  "The boundary of momentum is not the end point, there is still a fourth heavy boundary - the boundary of domain!"

  "However, when one reaches the realm of the domain, it's no longer limited to a specific sword technique or fist method, but rather transcends and surpasses them!" Gu Zi's face showed an unparalleled yearning, "For example, if you grasp the domain of the sword, you'll be the world's top sword master, able to break through any sword technique!"

  "This realm is almost on par with the Way, a state that no one in the history of the Cold and Grey Nation has ever reached. At most, only geniuses who grasp the boundary of momentum have achieved it!"

  Zhou Heng took a deep breath, and it turned out that he had just grasped the second realm!

  "Being able to grasp the second realm is enough to be called a genius!" Gu Zi turned the conversation back, "As for the third realm, it's at the level of a grandmaster, and there are only a handful in the entire world. The fourth realm... those are the strongest of all time, and no language can describe them!"

  Zhou Heng was somewhat shocked, but he didn't think that a Grandmaster who had reached the third realm would be so few, because Gu Zi's vision was limited to Hansong Country, or even Tianhang City.

  The whole world is full of geniuses!

  I don't know what kind of state Zhao Duotian's uncle has reached?

  Zhou Hengxing began to study the Fei Pu Sword Technique with great enthusiasm, trying to improve it to the realm of momentum. Gu Zi, on the other hand, started her second trial. Zhou Heng was the master of the Jiuxuan Trial Tower, and his divine consciousness was omnipresent in the tower, clearly "seeing" Gu Zi's situation.

  The enemies on the second floor were still in the realm of gathering spirits, but Gu Zi's power was also suppressed to the third heaven of the gathering spirit realm, which was relatively fair. However, Gu Zi was a genius after all, and the enemies here weren't as abnormal as Silver Man, so he quickly gained victory.

  She rested for a bit and then boarded the third floor.

  This time, she encountered a fierce battle. Her opponent was an existence at the peak of the first three layers of heaven, and soon she was beaten until she fell to the ground, coughing up blood as she rolled back to the second layer.

  Defeated miserably!

  She is not as cunning as Zhou Heng, if she wants to win in the early stage of the first division and second division, at most she can only draw a tie in the middle stage, and will definitely lose in the later stage, let alone the peak of the first division and third division.

  Gu Xi was not simple either, after a cyan light flashed across his body, the wound healed quickly, but the consumed spiritual power was not so easy to recover, and he showed a strong fatigue.

  "Don't be discouraged, you can continue to challenge later!" Zhou Heng comforted.

  Guo Zi nodded, but took out a book from her bosom and said: "This is the reward for passing the first level!"

  Zhou Heng walked over and took a look, only to see the five words "Wu Xing Lian Hua Po" written on it. He flipped open the pages and began reading with Gu Zi.

  "Earth-grade superior martial skill?" He was taken aback, having only heard of the three qualities of superior, middle and inferior before, how did an earth grade suddenly appear?

  "Whether it's Gongfa or Wujiquan, there are three levels: Heaven, Earth and Man. Each level is further divided into upper, middle and lower ranks!" Guzi knew that Zhouheng had little experience, so she immediately began to explain to him.

  "In the cold and desolate country, only earth-grade middle-rank martial arts and techniques were passed down. Who would have thought that the reward for passing the first trial was an earth-grade high-rank martial technique!"

  Gu Zi's tone was somewhat agitated, but his face remained expressionless, calm to an excessive degree.

  So that's how it is. No wonder neither the Black Water Temple nor other powers can produce very strong masters, as a large part of it is affected by the level of their martial arts.

  The two of them exchanged a glance and continued reading the book "Five Elements Lotus Break".

  This is a martial art that is extremely difficult to practice, requiring the absorption of the five elements' spiritual energy to form a five-colored lotus flower. When encountering an enemy, it can burst open and release destructive power that transcends a small boundary!

  It's extremely terrifying!

  The improved Flying Waterfall Sword Technique is already quite formidable, and a martial artist who masters it in the early stages of Jīng Líng Yī can rival those in the later stages — provided that their opponent does not possess advanced martial skills.

  The lotus flower of the Five Elements can actually increase its killing power by a whole small boundary, which is absolutely terrifying!

  How many people can have eight times the dantian space of ordinary people like Zhou Heng? This requires a reversal of heaven's luck, but the Five Elements Lotus Breaking itself can reverse heaven!

  And this is just a top-grade martial skill of the earthly level, what about the heavenly level?

  Zhou Heng couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine. The imperial court's aristocratic families must possess top-grade, heaven-class martial skills. If he were to encounter such an opponent one day, he absolutely could not afford to be careless and underestimate them just because of their lower cultivation level!

  The five elements of heaven and earth, metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, the five kinds of spiritual energy mutually repel each other, yet also give birth to each other, forming a great balance. The Five Elements Heavenly Lotus is to form these spiritual energies into a lotus flower that achieves great balance, then use one's own spiritual power to control it, bursting forth with super damage.

  Both of them were martial arts enthusiasts, and after flipping through it, they finally started practicing.

  This first floor was a place for rest and storage, so it couldn't be destroyed. The two of them then went to the second floor because they had both already passed this floor. After entering the light gate, they didn't separate or encounter any enemies.

  If someone fails to pass the test, the Jiuxuan Trial Tower will open up a separate space for him. One hundred people enter, and one hundred independent spaces are formed.

  The five elements lotus flower breaking is most important to obtain the absolute balance of spiritual energy, the difficulty lies in a balance. This martial skill is divided into four levels, the first level is to control two kinds of spiritual energy, the second level is three kinds of spiritual energy, and finally it is the great balance of the five elements.

  Two kinds of spiritual energy can also repel and explode, producing a powerful destructive force. Of course, the power is not comparable to the extreme explosion of the five elements, but the difficulty is much lower.

  Zhou Heng first started from the basics, his left hand drawing in the spiritual energy of water, while his right hand drew in the spiritual energy of fire, combining the two into a black and white lotus.

  Boom!

  He hadn't even finished forming the Black and White Lotus yet, but a sudden unstable explosion sent him flying out, crashing heavily into the wall behind him, causing him to violently spit out a mouthful of fresh blood.

  This is equivalent to him hitting himself with all his might, and it's lucky that he didn't break any bones.

  On the other hand, Gu Zi was also miserable, similarly injured by his own explosion.

  Fortunately, both of them had the power of blood and strong self-healing abilities that were terrifying, at the cost of consuming spiritual energy, they could instantly heal their wounds. This also shows the strength of the spiritual body, no wonder there are only a few thousand in the entire Han Cang country.

  Bang! Bang! Bang!

  Both of them were experiencing failure after failure, and in the blink of an eye, three days had passed.

  Zhou Heng's eyes flashed with a hint of sharpness, and in his hand appeared a small lotus flower no more than an inch high, its petals black and white, in absolute balance. With a flick of his right wrist, the lotus flower shot out at incredible speed.

  "Boom!" Zhou Heng let out a light cry, and with a loud noise, the black and white lotus flower suddenly exploded, forming a terrible shockwave of unknown power!

  Success!

  Zhou Heng revealed a hint of a smile, this was just the first step, next was to merge the three-colored lotus flower!