The Divine Martial Stars

Li Mu’s decision to teach them a Cultivation Method was not made on the spur of the moment. Instead, he had already thought it over.

Before that, he already handed the military some Cultivation Methods on body-refining and Qi-refining from the Divine Land that had been specially sorted out. Li Mu hoped the military would keep the manuals and popularize the methods in the army to increase the soldiers’ physical strength, reaction speed, and ability to survive. The methods could comprehensively improve the faculty of the soldiers of assorted services, which could be regarded as a contribution to the country.

The Training of Qi Formula that he prepared to impart to the martial arts cultivators was a relatively easy one of the Qi-refining Cultivation Methods Li Mu had found in the storage space of those extraterrestrial cultivators he had killed. If one could cultivate it to the extreme, he would reach the 12th stage of Qi-refining. And it was also possible for him to enter the Worm Realm. Yet, that was very difficult to achieve given the present situation on Earth.

Since those martial arts masters taken to Qinling were all the reliable ones Li Mu had picked in person, this should not count as passing on the Cultivation Method without a discreetness.

Without further ado, Li Mu passed down the Training of Qi Formula.

After reading the manual about the Cultivation Method, the reactions of the cultivators varied.

Some treated it as a supreme treasure. Some focused their attention on comprehending it. Some lowered their heads, studying it. While others immediately began to cultivate, wishing to test the effects.

Experts like Lu Haoran, who stood at the top of the domestic martial arts world, studied it with great care and soon grasped its brilliance. They only felt that a gate to a new world was opened in front of them. The more they thought about it, the more incredible they felt it was. As if suddenly being enlightened, they could not help but gasp.

“This is an immortal’s Cultivation Method! The real immortal method! It is far superior to the top-ranking secret manuals of the major sects. If it is published in today’s domestic martial arts society, no, among the worldwide cultivators, it will entail a bloody fight. He shared such a Cultivation Method with us so nonchalantly. Massacre God Li’s charisma is too overwhelming.”

Some martial arts masters from small sects were so excited that they had tears in their eyes.

The era of cultivation had gradually begun. Those in the martial arts world were quicker than ordinary people to see the opportunity brought by the upcoming great era.

But in order to go further, what could they rely on?

It was, of course, their Cultivation Method.

Nowadays, a ton of bad habits, such as cherishing their own arts and never sharing it, from the old era still existed in the current martial arts society. On the internet, there were many copies of the so-called Tai Chi Boxing, Shaolin Boxing, Eight-pole Boxing, Xingyi Boxing. But most of them were superficial knowledge of some punching skills. The true intendment of those arts was still mastered by the major martial arts sect. For this matter, disciples of small sects or rogue cultivators had no way to learn real Cultivation Methods and further their cultivation no matter how talented they were.

But now, the Training of Qi Formula abruptly broke the artificial chasm between the major sects and the others. Every cultivator was able to have the same footing. Even the grassroots who had not joined any sects could rise because of it.

Lu Xun, Lu Yan’er, and a few other young men from the Seven Sacred Sects all stood around Xiao Dong.

“Are you also cultivating the Training of Qi Formula?” Lu Yan’er’s eyes bent like crescent moons as she inquired with a smile.

Xiao Dong shook his head and said, “Master hasn’t taught me how to cultivate internal qi yet. He’s only taught me a set of punching techniques.”

“Is it the ‘school gymnastics’ that you practiced every day?” Lu Xun couldn’t help but ask.

The knot in his heart had long been untied.

After all, they were both adolescents who had many common topics. The friction between the two soon dissolved by the “no discord, no concord”. After the talk they had on the high-speed train last night, they had already become friends and were on good terms with each other.

In particular, when Xiao Dong got to the story of the battle in Mount Qilian that day, everyone could not help but treat this young soldier with awe. They finally understood why such an immortal like “God of Massacre” named Li Mu favored Xiao Dong so much and had a good opinion of him.

How could such a loyal person who fought to the death for the country be treated without respect?

Lu Xun and the others were ashamed of themselves.

Moreover, they also saw that Li Mu attached great importance to his country and nation.

That was a martial art expert’s spirit.

Very subtly, they were affected by that spirit, too.

“Then, can we practice the ‘school gymnastics’ with you?” Lu Yan’er said, a little abashed. Her eyes were smiley and shaped like hearts.

“Junior Fellow, don’t be rude.” Startled, Lu Xun hurriedly scolded her.

Asking about other people’s Cultivation Methods was a taboo in the Wulin.

Xiao Dong said, “I’d have to ask my master about it.” Then, he did go to inquire his master.

Lu Xun and the other young people saw Xiao Dong and Li Mu talking about something in the distance. Then, Li Mu looked in their way. Instantly, they felt nervous and braced themselves for a harsh reapproach that might come in a moment. But if they left a bad impression on God of Massacre because of this, it was really not worth the loss. They were all very regretful at the prospect of it.

But to their surprise, after a while, Xiao Dong came back with a smile and said, “Master said yes.”

“Ah? Really?”

“Great!”

“Haha, excellent!”

“Senior Li is the idol of my life!”

The young people all roared with cheer.

Although that set of school gymnastics seemed to be very simple and useless, it was the art God of Massacre specially prepared for his disciple, so how could it be lame? It must be because they had not found out its brilliance. Now, all they needed to do was follow Xiao Dong and practice it.

To be honest, Li Mu was not stingy with his own people.

Lu Xun thought to himself.

Two hours later.

“You can go in now.”

Li Mu did a brief observation and nodded.

The crowd tensed up, but soon they were all thrilled.

“You can go in with your new friends.” Li Mu said to Xiao Dong, “Just do as I told you before.”

“Yes, master!” Xiao Dong answered, then went back to Lu Xun and the others. It appeared that he was also very fond of this newly formed group.

One by one, the cultivators stepped into the heavy fog and were soon engulfed.

Lu Haoran and other senior masters greeted Li Mu, and then marched into the vast fog as well.

Li Mu was the last one to go into the fog.

At the Martial Arts Gym in the military district in the desert of Jiuquan.

The cultivators who didn’t get the quota accounted for half of the total number of people who attended the Martial Arts Society Assembly. Most of them were crestfallen, especially those who had participated in the uproar last night. At this time, they were even more panicky, because they feared that Li Mu and the military would settle accounts with them afterward.

The True Spirit Sect and the Star Observing Sect had become the greatest losers.

Before last night, they were the focus of attention in the Martial Arts Gym and were admired by many. A great number of martial arts cultivators scrambled to be friends with them.

Now, they were still the center of focus, but the reason for that attention was the opposite.

When the disciples of the other sects saw members of these two sects, they shunned them as if they were avoiding the plague. They were afraid to have any kind of relationship with them.

Everyone was in a state of panic.

Some people wanted to leave early, but the military stopped them.

In the end, a high-ranking military official, whom they had never seen before, showed up to appease the crowd.

“Everyone, the military has no intention of holding you liable. Please calm down. When the Qinling Heaven is closed, the Martial Arts Society Assembly will be held as scheduled. You still have the opportunity to compete for the chief of the martial arts society.” It was a middle-aged man in a military uniform who spoke. There were strong fluctuations of internal qi around him, which was even stronger than that of Fan Zu’ang, who was in charge of the base.

He had a square face, a resolute look, and a burly figure. He was dressed in a military uniform, emitting a fierce aura.

“I’m Shi Pojun, Deputy Director of the Committee of Martial Arts Society Assembly. You can believe in me. Feel free to come to me if you have any requirements. As long as it’s reasonable, I will handle it for you. You have to believe that the current hardship is temporary, and the country still values you a lot,” the middle-aged man explained patiently.

“Is this fog the Space Miasma?”

Li Mu was quite curious.

The fog poured out from the source of the Jialing River and completely covered the area within a radius of hundreds of miles. After passing through the white fog, Li Mu felt like walking through a vast river of time and space as if he were time-traveling.

Shortly, Li Mu found that his spiritual force was curbed in the fog. He could not sense what there was over 100 meters away. Even his Broadsword Intent Zone could only cover an area with a radius of five kilometers.

He carefully examined the environment but didn’t gain much.

An hour later, Li Mu walked out of the fog.

All of a sudden, his vision cleared up.

Green mountains and clear waters basked in bright light appeared in front of Li Mu.

“This is…”

He was amazed.

The familiar laws of heaven and earth surged and the raging Spiritual Qi felt as though it had taken on a physical form.

“This place… doesn’t seem to be Earth?”

When on Earth, Li Mu felt that his strength had been suppressed. But at this moment, he recovered his strength, and his spiritual force swept out like a tide. In an instant, he could sense what was happening in the radius of thousands of miles. His Broadsword Intent Zone also allowed him to see everything within 100 miles clearly, just like looking at the palm of his hand. The natural qi of the five elements as well as that stream of Primeval Qi in his body were circulating speedily.

He felt like a dragon returning to the sea and a tiger roaring in the depths of the mountains.

All of this gave him the impression that he was standing in the Divine Land.

“Could it be that I’ve returned to the Divine Land?”

Li Mu was surprised and doubtful.

“That fog contains the power of Space Miasma. Is crossing the fog equal to crossing time and space and arriving in an alien world?”

He carefully recalled the information about the first three openings of the Heavens in the country the military had provided, and registered that the previous openings were obviously different from this opening of Qinling Heaven.

The first three openings presented people places more like independent small worlds. The small worlds contained abundant Spiritual Qi. The natural environment in those worlds was very good. Moreover, the people who entered them obtained some rare herbs and fruits. Cultivators could enhance their cultivation if they took them, while ordinary people could also change their physique and became incredibly strong. In addition, there were also some weird creatures that were not aggressive at all, and their flesh and blood contained special energy. Prying on them had almost the same as taking those herbs and fruits.

This sort of independent small space had a limited size. Most of them extended only to a few hundred miles away.

Except that, there were no other wonders about those small worlds.

But the space in front of him… was too large.

Li Mu jumped to the air and cast his Somersault Cloud. In an instant, he crossed hundreds of thousands of miles, but he still couldn’t see the margin of the world.

“This is a big world indeed. There are living creatures in it but no human beings.”

After observing for a whole day and night, Li Mu came to some conclusions.

In this world, rivers and lakes were vast, and mountains crisscrossed. The landscape was magnificent. And there were many kinds of wild animals that had been evolving since ancient times. Under the nourishment of the abundant Spiritual Qi, some primitive beasts had a mighty physique and impressive strength. They were as large as a hill and could knock down mountains with one blow. But curiously, none of them had developed any particularly high-level intelligence.

The intelligence of the terrifying beasts at the top of the food chain was only comparable to that of human children. They could only be considered to have just begun to understand the environment and were still quite uncultivated.

“This is more like a planet that is in the process of nurturing an initial civilization. It’s extremely primordial and pure.”

If the clock on the Divine Land could be turned back by millions or even tens of millions of years to the time before the human race had not yet existed and evolved, the planet would probably look like this.

In such an environment, the laws of heaven and earth were clear and the Spiritual Qi was rich, which was most suitable for the cultivation of martial arts.

The thousands of martial arts cultivators, as well as various sects and troops from the military, who had entered this world, were like a handful of sand sprinkled into the sea. Whatever harvest they could gain, they would have to leave it to fate. But there was one thing that Li Mu was sure about, that this world also housed dangers. Even some ordinary beasts might get people killed, not to mention those giant beasts standing on the top of the food chain.