Chapter 959: Chapter 49 Great Progress in Skill_3
"Yes, Grandmaster," Ah Dai picked up Sheng Xie and quickly walked into the cave. Sheng Xie seemed very tired and had already fallen asleep by the time Ah Dai picked him up.
The Transformation of Life divides into seven stages. Each stage changes the color of the solid-state energy emitted by the cultivator. The first stage involves condensing the liquid True Qi within the body into a solid. As long as one successfully maintains this solid energy, they have succeeded. The first stage is white, and as the energy deepens, the white solid-state energy gradually turns yellow, then light green, light blue, light purple, silver, and finally gold. The Sword Saint of the Tian Gang has now reached the sixth stage. Although he created the Transformation of Life, even he hasn’t achieved the highest state he imagined. The first two stages of the Transformation of Life can gradually be reached after cultivating to the sixth level of the Life Decree. But starting from the third stage, it requires the support of more powerful Life True Qi and must reach the ninth level before it gradually transitions. The Sword Saint of the Tian Gang, gifted from a young age, acquired the cultivation method of the Life Decree and, after nearly seventy years of effort, reached the ninth level. Without the guidance and instructions from the Sword Saint of the Tian Gang, Ah Dai would not likely reach the ninth level before the age of sixty, despite the energy support from the Fruit of Past Life and his hard work.
In the past six months under the guidance of the Sword Saint of the Tian Gang, Ah Dai’s abilities in all areas improved significantly. The Sword Saint transferred ten percent of his power to Ah Dai, allowing him to successfully break through to the seventh level of the Life Decree and greatly increase his powers. Ah Dai’s Transformation of Life had reached the second stage, allowing him to successfully transform and control many things with increased skill and with almost no failures. The Sword Saint had once told him that when martial arts reach a certain level, technique becomes unimportant, only powerful energy is truly reliable. However, that’s not to say that technique is unimportant; good technique can save a lot more physical strength. Initially, the Sword Saint intended to teach Ah Dai some complex swordsmanship, but he soon found Ah Dai’s ability to learn moves was hardly commendable. He barely learned one move and almost forgot it when learning another; the flux of changes was simply beyond his retention capacity. After less than a week, the Sword Saint gave up, realizing that Ah Dai could never become a master of technical skills in his lifetime. He decided to extend his daily meditation time to fourteen hours, hoping to deepen his powers. Now, Ah Dai could successfully circulate the energy within his body for eight hundred ninety-one cycles in a day and night. Under the power input from the Fruit of Past Life and the Sword Saint, Ah Dai’s progress was incredibly fast, and reaching the eighth level of the Life Decree was just a matter of time.
From the second month, the first thing Ah Dai did every morning after waking from meditation was to run down the mountain from the peak to the base and then climb back up, all within one hour as set by the Sword Saint. Initially, let alone one hour, Ah Dai couldn’t make it back even in three hours. Barely making it back, his body’s energy was so depleted that he couldn’t practice anything else. The reason the Sword Saint made him climb mountains was simple; Ah Dai was too naive and vulnerable in fights, and since his powers were not high, he needed to first master the art of escaping. Although Ah Dai was slow, he was an obedient child and no matter how arduous the cultivation, he never complained of fatigue. After another ten percent of power was transferred to him by the Sword Saint in the fourth month, he could barely manage the round trip within an hour. By now, his movement technique had reached a level that satisfied the Sword Saint.
Having reached the second stage of the Transformation of Life, Ah Dai could now successfully transform a three-foot longsword as his weapon. He was deeply fascinated by the myriad transformations of the Transformation of Life, and when not meditating, he was almost always studying how to make his Transformation of Life have more variations and more effectiveness.
Over the past six months, the little dragon Sheng Xie’s body grew at an astonishing rate. Although not provided with any particularly energy-rich food, in half a year, his body length had grown to over three meters. Through his relentless efforts, he could now spread his wings, as large as his body, and fly, though not for long. After half a year of growth, Sheng Xie had initially taken on the form of a dragon, with seven golden horns sprouting from the seven protrusions on his back, clearly still juvenile in their state, tender like bamboo shoots, not very hard but looking imposing. His body covered in gray scales, which were exceptionally tough; even the Sword Saint of the Tian Gang praised its defensive ability. Besides being able to emit gray Dragon Flame, Sheng Xie hadn’t shown other abilities, but even so, he now possessed tremendous physical attack power; ordinary combat energy could not harm his scale-covered body.
Ah Dai and Sheng Xie had grown much closer over the past six months. Sheng Xie almost never left his side. When Ah Dai meditated, he slept; when Ah Dai practiced the Transformation of Life, he played nearby, often flapping his wings, sending dust and stones flying to test Ah Dai’s defensive ability in the Transformation of Life. Since he could fly, every morning, Sheng Xie would flap his wings and descend the mountain with Ah Dai; his diving speed was much faster than Ah Dai’s. But when climbing back up, he often fell behind, as his wings were not yet strong enough to support his heavy body to a height of six thousand meters, often needing to rest several times before flying back to the mountain top. There were almost no humans behind the Tian Gang Mountain; otherwise, if someone saw this astonishing dragon flying, it would be terrifying...
