Becoming a Saint From the Iron Armor Skill

Chapter 401: Chapter 205: Sect Wanderer

Shen Zhiming nodded. "The Taiyi Sect is indeed very powerful.

"Lord Chen may not know this, but the reason the Taiyi Sect is so powerful stems from their focus on the Literary Dao.

"The Taiyi Sect’s heritage is the Taiyi Numerology, Qimen Dunjia, and Great Liu Ren.

"This Taiyi Numerology is a grand synthesis of astronomy, calendrics, I Ching divination, Yin Yang, and the Five Elements. It can be used to divine the world’s fortune and is both mysterious and profound.

"As for Qimen Dunjia, it incorporates the eight gates—Open, Rest, Life, Injury, Block, View, Death, and Fear. When integrated into the Martial Dao, its power becomes immense.

"Using Taiyi Numerology to divine the world’s fortune, the Taiyi Sect discovered a cavern-residence left behind by an ancient sage and obtained the Nine Palaces Secret Skill from within.

"Qian Palace is one, Li Palace is two, Gen Palace is three, Zhen Palace is four, Dui Palace is six, Kun Palace is seven, Kan Palace is eight, and Xun Palace is nine.

"By fusing the Eight Gates of Qimen and the Nine Palaces, the power of their Martial Arts Cultivation Techniques was elevated even further.

"With their enhanced cultivation heritage, combined with the Taiyi Sect’s inherent skill in divining fate and discovering disciples of supreme talent, the Sect has flourished greatly.

"Now, they have the Nine True Inheritor Disciples under them, known as the Taiyi Nine Sons, all of whom possess supreme Martial Arts Talent.

"Lord Chen, if you encounter them in the future, you must be cautious."

Chen Cheng’s interest was suddenly piqued. He asked, "What is the Martial Arts Power of these Taiyi Nine Sons?"

Shen Zhiming shook his head. "That, I’m not too clear on.

"Back when I was in Cultivation at the Great Dao Sect, the True Disciples from the various peaks were generally exceptional disciples who had entered the Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm before the age of thirty and mastered one or two types of Realms.

"And the Taiyi Nine Sons of the Taiyi Sect are likely a bit more formidable than the True Disciples of the Great Dao Sect.

"Back then, among the Taiyi Nine Sons, there were two who were experts that had entered the Organ Refining Realm before thirty and had also mastered a Second Layer Realm."

"They’re that formidable!" Chen Cheng clicked his tongue in amazement.

Shen Zhiming sighed with emotion. "The Taiyi Sect’s Taiyi Numerology allows them to divine the world’s fortune, so naturally they can acquire a great deal of Martial Arts Resources.

"The Taiyi Nine Sons already possess supreme talent, and with the Taiyi Sect pouring all kinds of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures into their training, it’s only natural that they are formidable."

Chen Cheng deeply understood this point. In Martial Arts Cultivation, resources were truly crucial.

The people he knew, like Liu Yunfeng, had strong Martial Arts Talent.

But he had only just reached Muscle Strengthening Realm Perfection, undoubtedly because he lacked Low Grade Bone Tempering Pills.

Meanwhile, disciples from the Four Great Clans of the Inner City, such as Shen Qingquan of the Shen Family, didn’t have particularly impressive Martial Arts Talent.

Yet they were still piled high with vast resources and managed to cultivate to Muscle Strengthening Realm Perfection.

’For a Sect as formidable as Taiyi Sect, who knew how abundant the Martial Arts Resources they controlled were?’

’Martial Artists in Linji City only have Low Grade Muscle Strengthening Pills and Low Grade Bone Tempering Pills for their Cultivation.’

’The True Disciples of those Major Sects probably cultivate with Middle Grade, or even Upper Grade, Elixir Pills. How could they not be powerful?’

"Could it be that a conflict is about to break out between the Taiyi Sect and the Great Dao Sect?" Chen Cheng asked.

A hint of surprise once again appeared in Shen Zhiming’s eyes.

’The more contact I have with him, the more I discover that this Chen Cheng not only has supreme Martial Arts Talent, but also seems to possess a heaven-defying gift for the Literary Dao.’

’Logically speaking, a disciple from a Humble Family like Chen Cheng would typically have his perspective limited to the lands of Linji Prefecture.’

’Even if he had supreme Martial Arts Talent, he wouldn’t have the broad perspective to consider the overall situation of the entire world.’

’It’s a natural limitation that is very difficult to transcend.’

"Did Qingyao and Qingshuang tell you about the Major Sects of the State City, Lord Chen?" Shen Zhiming finally couldn’t resist asking.

Chen Cheng thought for a moment and said, "Senior Sister Qingshuang seems to have mentioned a few things before. Also, as a Purple-clothed Guard of the Demon Suppression Department, I’ve been to the Cold Crow Village Black Market to investigate external forces."

"Oh," Shen Zhiming acknowledged. "There are indeed some conflicts between the Major Sects of the State City, but they rarely escalate to all-out war. Instead, it’s a struggle between experts.

"After all, those Innate Realm Martial Artists are so powerful they could destroy a Prefecture City with a wave of their hand.

"If the various Sects were to attack each other, it would only end in mutual destruction.

"When Major Sects expand their influence, it is more often a competition for various Martial Arts Resources.

"Innate Realm Martial Artists tend to cherish their lives. They fear that fighting will consume their body’s Innate Origin qi, affecting their lifespan, so they won’t act rashly.

"Therefore, the contests between Major Sects are duels between their True Disciples.

"The True Disciples of each Sect are also known as Sect Wanderers, which means they represent their Sect while traveling abroad.

"For a long time, the Sects of the Northern Territory have had a tacit understanding.

"The Sect Wanderers from each Sect would only operate within the territory governed by their own Sect, rarely venturing into the territories of others.

"But in recent years, the Taiyi Sect has grown powerful and developed ambitions to expand outward.

"Their Sect Wanderers don’t care about such things. As long as Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, cavern-residences, or Secret Realms appear, they will go and try their luck.

"Sometimes, they even cultivate figures in the Jianghu to act as subordinate forces at their command.

"With the Taiyi Sect setting a precedent, the recently risen Blood Moon Sect and Sutra of Ultimate Sect are unwilling to be left behind, and have also sent out their True Inheritors to wander abroad."

"Isn’t that just blatantly robbing resources? Don’t the Sects that get robbed do anything in response?" Chen Cheng said.

Shen Zhiming smiled. "It is indeed blatant robbery, but how should they respond?

"Are they supposed to let the older generation of Innate Realm Experts in the Sect kill the other side’s painstakingly nurtured True Disciples?"

Chen Cheng understood his meaning.

’You kill my Celestial Pride, so I’ll kill your Celestial Pride. If it comes to that, the world will descend into chaos!’

’But in Martial Arts Cultivation, resources are the most important thing. How could they just let others snatch them away?’

"What if they announced it to the world, sealed off their Sect’s territory, and forbade Sect Wanderers from other Sects from setting foot inside?" Chen Cheng asked.

"That’s also an option," Shen Zhiming nodded and said, "but the older generation of experts still cannot intervene."

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