Chapter 4: The True Strength Level of Warriors

  Hoo! Hoo!

  On the thick and solid land, the gray-robed old man and the green-robed old man were still practicing and honing their skills. The two figures under the shining cyan aura, every move they made, brought up a gust of whistling wind.

  Ling Qingyan, who was sitting on the stone steps beside him, had withdrawn his gaze from the scene and slowly stretched out his right hand.

  Hmph!

  Suddenly, a deep yellow light appeared in the palm of Ling Qingyan's right hand, flashing constantly, as if it was telling that it contained a powerful force inside.

  "Yellow Tier After Stage!"

  Four words slowly came out of Ling Qingyan's mouth, and a smile also flashed across his slightly childish cheeks, apparently extremely satisfied. His heart moved again, but the deep yellow light in the palm of Ling Qingyan's right hand suddenly disappeared, as if it had never appeared before.

  "In my previous life, in the Eastern country where I was, I practiced internal alchemy and emphasized 'refining essence into energy, practicing energy to transform spirit, refining spirit to return to emptiness'. In modern society, true masters of internal power are extremely rare, even among those who have reached the pinnacle of acquired skills. Not to mention the legendary 'three flowers gathering at the top' state of unity between heaven and man, a realm of innate abilities!"

  Recalling the inner strength of his past life, Ling Qingyan couldn't help but feel a wave of nostalgia.

  At first, after acknowledging Tie Shan as his big brother, Tie Shan also taught him the family's internal breath training method without reservation. Relying on his extraordinary bones and unyielding determination, Ling Qingyan's internal breath cultivation surpassed that of Big Brother Tie Shan in all aspects within five years! This also made Tie Shan often praise him privately, saying he was a martial arts prodigy.

  From Iron Mountain Pass, Ling Qingyan also knew that even in modern society, there is still the existence of "jianghu", only that at that time, the "jianghu" had completely become commercialized... Those so-called martial arts families who passed down through generations also entered into modern society to make money! This also made the "jianghu" gradually decline, and even the post-heavenly peak martial artist never appeared again.

  "The true power cultivation method in my family's secret book, 'Lingyun Decree', has some similarities with the internal breath cultivation method taught by my big brother Tieshan in his previous life! Both involve guiding the true power and internal breath into the dantian, forming a cycle of rotation within the body's many meridians, absorbing the external heavenly and earthly spiritual energy to strengthen one's own abilities!"

  After many years of true energy cultivation, Ling Qingyan had a great understanding of the method of true energy cultivation in this world. "However, compared to the 'Lingyun Decree', the cultivation method that Tie Shan Gege taught me is much more rough..."

  Ling Qingyan didn't know that Tiě Shān's ancestors were only third-rate figures in the ancient martial arts world. The cultivation methods passed down were extremely crude, making it difficult to reach higher levels!

  Moreover, compared with the return of the breath to its true nature in the previous life...

  At some point, Ling Qingyan's right hand raised his index finger, and a deep yellow flash of light flickered between them. "The true power of this life is indeed somewhat eye-catching! Once the true power is used, the true power that passes through the body will inevitably burst out with a brilliant light of its own color! However, this can easily reveal the level of cultivation of a warrior. It's also because people in this world are used to it, otherwise, if it were placed in the previous life, they would definitely be said to be 'not understanding low-key', 'arrogant and self-aggrandizing'..."

  If the martial artist of the previous life was a person who had a lot of wealth at home but hid it, then this life's martial artist is considered to be that kind of nouveau riche who loves to show off.

  "In my past life, my internal energy cultivation was probably only at the level of a mid-tier Red Rank if I were to compare it with my true strength in this life!"

  Ling Qingyan recalled his cultivation situation in his previous life, and for a moment, he compared it to this life. "In my previous life, due to the influence of modern industrial technology, the air around me was polluted, and the spiritual energy from heaven and earth that cultivators relied on became extremely scarce! So, even though I cultivated for seven years in my previous life, it wasn't comparable to half a year of cultivation in this life. After all, the world I'm in this time is completely free from any industrial pollution..."

  Martial artists require extremely high spiritual energy from heaven and earth! The thicker the spiritual energy of the place where they cultivate, the better the effect of their cultivation. This is also why there were many ancient pre-heavenly masters in the Eastern country where Ling Qingyan was in his previous life, but now there are so few high-level martial artists.

  In this world, being in the unpolluted continent of Chongwu, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is extremely dense, making it much easier for warriors to cultivate.

  "Half a year ago, I reached the yellow level stage. After this coma, it even seems to have affected my true strength... I vaguely feel that the day of breakthrough is not far away," Ling Qingyan's eyes flashed with bright light, full of confidence.

  ………

  In the Zhongwu Continent, there were many warriors, but the higher the level of the warrior, the rarer they became.

  Unlike Ling Qingyan's previous life, the martial artists on Chongwu Continent are divided into seven levels and twenty-one ranks!

  The warriors of the Chongwu continent are divided into levels based on the color of their true strength! The colors of true strength are divided into red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue and purple, so it is said that warriors are divided into seven levels. Among them, the red-level warrior is the lowest level warrior, and the purple-level warrior is the highest level warrior!

  And within these seven levels, each level is further divided into three sub-levels: primary, intermediate, and advanced.

  As for Red Rank Warriors, the strength of Red Rank Warriors is not equal, and the color of true power is also different.

  Generally, warriors who have just entered the red level have a shallow reddish true energy in their bodies. These warriors are called primary red-level warriors. Further on, the color of the true energy becomes pure red, neither deep nor light. These warriors are called mid-level red warriors. As they continue to cultivate, the red true energy gradually transforms into a deeper red color. These warriors are called advanced red-level warriors.

  The gap between warriors of different levels is large, but it's far from comparable to the gap between ranks.

  If a red-level late-stage warrior can fight two red-level mid-stage warriors at the same time, then an orange-level early-stage warrior can fight five or six red-level late-stage warriors! The transformation effect between each level of true strength is extremely large, and it's completely different from before!

  So, true power cultivation is the foundation of martial artists on the Chongwu Continent!

  The pinnacle of a martial artist's cultivation, however, is far beyond the Purple Rank. Above these seven ranks, there exists a legendary group of extremely powerful martial artists who are revered by the martial artists on the Chongwu Continent as "Respected-Level Martial Artists".

  What is the strength of a high-ranking martial artist?

  In the eyes of the people on the Chongwu Continent, top-class warriors have always been a mysterious synonym. And those who have appeared in their field of vision and made shocking achievements are only three people.

  Three people, namely the founding emperor of Xia Yu "Yu", the founding emperor of Shang Tang "Tang", and the founding emperor of Qin "Qin Shi Huang".

  A battle made a thousand-meter-high mountain suddenly shorter by several hundred meters;

  With one man's strength, a river thousands of miles long was opened up in just a few months.

  Standing in mid-air, with a flip of his palm, he would bury hundreds of thousands of soldiers.

  This is the eternal legend left by the three strongest emperors of the Chongwu continent for thousands of years.

  All three of them were top-notch warriors!