Sophia Xu left, and Terra Su began his cultivation.
With three days left until the Jiang Family clan meeting, Terra Su planned to use this time to cultivate a martial technique.
During his time at the Orthodox One Sect, he had cultivated several martial techniques. However, those techniques now seemed too weak and had limited potential for growth, so Terra Su decided not to continue cultivating them.
He needed a better martial technique.
The importance of martial techniques to a martial practitioner goes without saying. Take Levi Wang’s incident at the Drunk Immortal Residence today, for example. Terra Su was able to break his leg with a single punch because Terra Su’s cultivation was at the eighth layer of the Inducing Qi Realm, overwhelming Levi Wang, who was at the seventh layer. With strength alone, he could easily crush Levi Wang.
But if Levi Wang were replaced with a martial practitioner also at the eighth layer of the Inducing Qi Realm, Terra Su would need to rely on martial techniques to win.
A good martial technique allows a martial practitioner to utilize their cultivation to a greater extent. Therefore, when two practitioners with the same level of cultivation fight, the victor is usually the one with the superior martial technique.
Even superior martial techniques can allow a practitioner to perform beyond their level and defeat opponents with higher cultivation.
As the Alchemy Emperor in his previous life, Terra Su had a vast array of martial techniques in his memory. Any one of them would cause a frenzy among all the people of Clear River City.
However, choosing the first martial technique to cultivate after his rebirth was a difficult decision for Terra Su.
The god-level martial techniques that could destroy heavens and earth from his previous life were not something he could cultivate now, as his current level of cultivation was far from meeting the standards required for those techniques.
The cultivation of martial techniques is built upon the foundation of one’s cultivation level, which is like the foundation of a building, with martial techniques being the structure built upon it.
The higher a martial practitioner’s cultivation, the higher the level of martial techniques they can cultivate.
Martial techniques are ranked from high to low as Heaven, Earth, Mysterious, and Normal Grades, each with three tiers: high, middle, and low.
A practitioner in the Inducing Qi Realm can only cultivate up to middle-tier Normal Grade martial techniques. Only after breaking through to the Condensing Origin Realm can they cultivate high-tier Normal Grade techniques.
Therefore, Terra Su could only choose from among the middle-tier Normal Grade martial techniques.
Although he knew many low-level martial techniques, after much deliberation, none seemed satisfactory.
Suddenly, Terra Su’s eyes lit up: “I could try that technique!”
He remembered a special martial technique from his memory called “Waves Stacking Slash,” a sword technique.
What made this technique special was that it didn’t fall within the four grades of Heaven, Earth, Mysterious, and Normal.
In other words, this technique didn’t have a clear grade and was considered a special secret technique.
Its magic lay in the fact that when a sword strike was made, the sword momentum would stack like waves, one stronger than the next. As long as the true qi in the Dantian wasn’t exhausted, theoretically, the sword momentum could stack dozens or even hundreds of times.
In his previous life, Terra Su had witnessed a Martial Emperor cultivate this technique to its pinnacle, achieving a terrifying power of 736 stacked waves with a single strike!
However, when cultivating this technique, one must start from the first wave!
This was why the technique had no grade; its power would grow infinitely with the mastery of more waves, making it impossible to categorize into a specific grade.
Without delay, Terra Su began cultivating the Waves Stacking Slash.
The room was cramped and unsuitable for practicing martial techniques, so Terra Su went to the backyard.
The backyard was small but quiet, an exclusive area for his room, with neatly laid bluestone slabs and a rack in the corner holding several weapons.
Terra Su took an iron sword from the rack, recalled the key points of the Waves Stacking Slash, and began to practice the technique.
Holding the long sword, the true qi in his Dantian surged like a tide, and his blood boiled with excitement.
Even the Alchemy Emperor, with his millennia of calm, couldn’t help but feel the youthful vigor and boundless enthusiasm at this moment!
“Go!”
He slashed with his sword, creating one wave!
“Again!”
With a twist of the sword’s momentum, two waves!
“Once more!”
He moved his feet, the sword’s momentum shifted again, three waves!
Terra Su was surprised to find that in just a few breaths, he had already cultivated the technique to three stacked waves!
Terra Su had a vague feeling that, after his rebirth, his martial talent was even higher than before. Whether it was cultivating martial techniques or practices, his progress was much faster than he had imagined.
“Could it be a benefit of rebirth? The fusion of two lifetimes’ souls has enhanced my comprehension?”
Terra Su murmured to himself, holding the long sword, feeling an unprecedented focus in his mind, and his Spirit Platform was exceptionally clear.
In the world around him, it seemed only the three-foot green blade in his hand remained.
The Waves Stacking Slash became increasingly difficult to master with each subsequent wave.
The difficulty of mastering the fourth wave was the sum of the first three waves combined.
However, to Terra Su at this moment, it didn’t seem difficult.
Terra Su assumed the stance and continued his cultivation!
Time flew by swiftly.
Three days later.
Terra Su, holding the iron sword, aimed at the surrounding wall and unleashed a Waves Stacking Slash in an instant.
Boom, boom, boom…
The bright sword light, accompanied by the faint sound of waves, crashed against the wall, exploding with one bang after another.
When the sword light dissipated, the solid bluestone wall bore deep sword marks, more than half an inch deep.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven…
A total of seven sword marks!
Seven waves with a single strike!
What did this mean?
It meant that the power of one strike was equivalent to seven strikes from others!
If others saw this, they would be shocked to the core that a fifteen-year-old boy could master such a sophisticated technique.
Terra Su exhaled a breath of turbid air. After three days of intense practice, his wrist was sore, his back drenched in sweat, but his eyes were exceptionally bright.
“Due to my current level of cultivation, my true qi is limited, and I can only achieve up to seven waves with a single strike.”
Each wave of the Waves Stacking Slash was stronger than the last. The further one went, the stronger the accumulated power and the more true qi required. By the seventh wave, the true qi needed was equivalent to the total sum of the first six waves.
As long as there was sufficient true qi, theoretically, the Waves Stacking Slash could stack infinitely.
Of course, that was just in theory. In reality, how many waves the Waves Stacking Slash could stack depended on one’s comprehension, control over true qi, and the time taken to build up momentum, among other factors.
“With the seven waves mastered, I now have the strength to fight even against someone at the ninth layer of the Inducing Qi Realm.”
Terra Su was very satisfied with the results of his cultivation. He put away the long sword and went back to his room to rest.
Tomorrow was the day of the Jiang Family clan meeting, so tonight, he needed to make some preparations.
…
The next day.
Early in the morning, Sophia Xu came to call Terra Su to attend the Jiang Family clan meeting together.
Emma Jiang was also there. Today, she wore a tender yellow long dress with a semi-transparent chiffon skirt, her jade-like legs faintly visible beneath, drawing Terra Su’s gaze a few times more than usual.
However, Emma still seemed a bit uneasy around Terra Su, her eyes darting away, trying to avoid contact with him as much as possible.
But compared to the undisguised disdain she had shown at first, Emma’s attitude toward Terra Su had undergone a complete one-eighty.
The three of them left the courtyard and headed towards the Jiang Family’s council hall.
Along the way, people who saw Terra Su pointed and whispered.
“Is that the Second Lady’s nephew? He looks so ordinary…”
“They say he was kicked out of the Orthodox One Sect and had no choice but to come to the Jiang Family for refuge. But a waste is a waste wherever he goes. If he was kicked out of the Orthodox One Sect, how could he possibly achieve greatness in our Jiang Family? Impossible…”
“He’s even attending the clan meeting. He should take a good look at himself in the mirror and see if he’s really qualified…”
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