Counterattack System appeared when I’m already At The Mahayana Realm - Chapter 555
Chapter 555: Chapter 554: Innate Martial Artist
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“Grandfather, look at them, they’ve taken our spot.” The young girl, seeing Wen Qing’er training, was somewhat displeased. This was her favorite place to practice martial arts.
The girl indicated for her bodyguard to go forward and negotiate. Soon, the bodyguard came back with a dejected report, stating that the other party was unwilling to leave the spot.
The girl became even more unhappy. The old man noticed the girl’s intentions to act, and pulled her back with a frown, “How have I taught you? What do you mean ‘our spot’? This is a public place. Whoever gets here first owns the spot.”
The girl pouted and set up her stance near Wen Qing’er, internally resolved to surpass the others in martial arts.
Jiang Li merely glanced at the girl’s stance before dismissing it.
The other party hadn’t even touched the threshold of martial arts. The old man was stronger than the girl, just barely passing as a beginner in martial arts. In the universally martial Ring Universe, he would barely be considered ordinary.
“It seems that this world is still dominated by technology. Martial arts haven’t yet risen,” Jiang Li guessed in secret.
Developing martial arts is not something that can be achieved by a genius or a few individuals alone. Martial arts require a large number of martial artists to practice, summarize their experiences, refine, and sublimate these experiences to explore the initial path of martial arts. On this foundation, martial arts gradually develop.
To consider Bu Jing as an example, who has cultivated his martial arts to “Invincibility upon sighting a god”, standing shoulder to shoulder with the Body Integration Realm. His achievement today is not solely his own credit, but his natural talent combined with the martial arts secrets of previous martial artists has given Bu Jing the capital to establish martial arts in his world, and led him to comprehend the two unprecedented realms of “Exterior Scenery” and “Invincibility upon sighting a god”.
The girl and the old man’s strength were merely stronger than an average person. Whether they could dodge a bullet was questionable. If they were really hit by one, their life or death would be uncertain.
Jiang Li continued to focus on instructing Wen Qing’er.
“First, hold a horse stance for the time of half an incense stick. This is basic training.”
Wen Qing’er relaxed slightly. The burning time of one incense stick equaled half an hour, so half would only be fifteen minutes— no time at all.
She then saw Jiang Li pull out a mosquito coil from his Storage Ring.
Was there a big gap in our understanding of the time of one incense stick?
“Oh, sorry, I grabbed the wrong thing.” Jiang Li put the mosquito coil back in the Storage Ring and took out a stick of incense you would normally find in a temple.
This mosquito coil was bought by Jiang Li before he went to the Beast Mastery Sect, after hearing that the price of mosquito coils had gone up, just out of curiosity.
The biggest feature of this mosquito coil was its ability to repel Golden Core mosquitoes, and it worked incredibly well.
“Raise your arms, stick your chest out, keep your back straight, squat. Squat lower. Right, maintain that pose.” Jiang Li corrected Wen Qing’er’s horse stance.
“This is so uncomfortable.” Wen Qing’er gritted her teeth, her voice squeezing out through them, as she found that speaking even slightly louder made it hard to maintain the stance.
“Empty your mind, don’t think about the pose, imagine you are a feather, without any weight.” Jiang Li artfully encouraged. However, Qing’er’s aptitude wasn’t that great and she hadn’t reached the “self-forgetfulness” realm that Jiang Li hoped for.
This was exactly what Jiang Li had hoped for. He chose Qing’er because he saw that she was unremarkable in every aspect except her beauty.
Perhaps they could discover a method for ordinary people to break through to the fourth layer of Qi cultivation from Qing’er.
The girl’s practice grew more and more agitated, falling further from the old man’s standards.
“Sure enough, I’m too into practicing in that spot. If I suddenly change locations, I feel uncomfortable. If I just keep it up, my schedule for the whole morning will be completely wasted. No, I can’t let that happen.”
The girl ended her practice and walked decisively towards Wen Qing’er, so fast that the old man couldn’t stop her in time.
“Are you her master?”
Jiang Li was taken aback but nodded in acknowledgment.
“Your disciple looks rigid. It seems like she has just started practicing martial arts. I won’t bully her. As fellow martial artists, how about we spar? If you lose, then you’ll give this spot to me.”
Wen Qing’er had just finished her horse stance and was leaning against a tree, panting heavily. To her, it seemed the girl had some kind of illness.
“What if I win?” A smile peeked out from Jiang Li’s brows, it has been a long while since he last saw such a clueless girl.
“If you win, I’ll give up this spot.”
Wen Qing’er was looking at the girl as if she was an idiot.
Realizing she had misspoke, the girl added, “If you win, I can give you a million.”
Just as Qing’er thought Jiang Li would refuse, he said, “Exercise is conducive to the circulation of spiritual energy, a spar won’t hurt.”
The guardsmen dressed old man came late and since the competition had already been decided, there was no point in stopping it.
Upon seeing the old man, Qing’er unconsciously took a step back. She felt the old man held high rank and power, and the way he held himself made him hard to approach, completely different from Jiang Li.
The girl did have some skill. She started her stance and began to fiercely attack Jiang Li, who stood still and blocked everything with just one finger.
The girl was sweating coldly. Only after exchanging blows did she realize how this man who seemed her own age had such profound inner energy.
Could he be an internal energy martial artist?
Martial arts are divided into external, internal, and transforming energies, and the girl was just barely trying to enter into the stage of external energy.
Jiang Li lightly pushed with one palm, an invisible force sending the girl flying.
The old man dressed in Tang clothes cried out in disbelief, “Releasing internal energy, are you a transforming energy martial artist?”
The old man had not expected Jiang Li to be this strong. The guardsmen standing behind him stepped forward to protect the old man, worried they wouldn’t able to keep him safe if the other party was hostile.
“I’m an innate martial artist,” said Jiang Li.
“Innate martial artist?” The old man had never heard of this term, “May I ask, young man, what does innate martial artist mean?”
“Born before the Heavenly Tao, hence the Innate.”
“So that’s how it is.” The old man thought Jiang Li was speaking metaphorically about the Heavenly Dao.
“Cough cough—” The old man suddenly began to cough violently.
Seeing this, the girl quickly ran to the old man’s side, helping him take a pill to settle his breaths down.
“I note that your internal strength is still decent, but there are three hidden injuries in your body. I suspect they are lingering problems from battles in your early years. These three hidden injuries prevent your internal energy from flowing freely, thereby shortening your lifespan.”
Seeing that Jiang Li had accurately pointed out the problem, the girl hurriedly asked, “Can you heal my grandfather?”
The girl realized her tone was wrong and quickly apologized, “I was wrong earlier. I shouldn’t have challenged you. Could you please heal my grandfather?”
“Why should I heal him? Give me a reason.”
“Our Meng family has influence in the military, political, and commercial sectors. I can give you a lot of money.”
Jiang Li shook his head, “In business and politics, there’s mutual assistance for mutual benefits. Put your hand on your heart and tell me, has the Qi family ever received insider information from the government? If not, I will accept.”
“We can let you join our system, picking whatever position you want.”
Jiang Li shook his head, “Power is not used like that as a local official.”
“In that case, can you heal my grandfather out of the goodness of your heart as a doctor?”
Jiang Li shook his head, “There are many injured people in the hospital right now, many of whom are injured more severely than your grandfather. Why don’t I go heal them? Why should I go heal your grandfather?”
The girl was taken aback, and she realized that there really was no reason for Jiang Li to treat her grandfather.
