“Boom!”

There was a loud sound, and Teng Qingshan flew backwards like an arrow, rubbing against the ground for dozens of meters before looking at Xu Zong with a shocked expression.

“What kind of martial skill is this?”

“This is the internal martial arts skill I created, the Realm of Inner Strength!”

Xu Zong proudly raised his head.

If the other Xu Zongs were here, they would probably scold him for being shameless.

“Inner Strength?”

Teng Qingshan was instantly shocked upon hearing this.

He had also thought about creating a realm beyond the Grandmaster level in recent years, but he had gained nothing. Unexpectedly, his cousin had already created it and even surpassed it!

It was clearly Teng Qingshan who passed on the internal martial arts skills to his cousin. He never expected that his cousin would leave him far behind. He was truly a genius!

“Come, let’s sit down and I’ll explain the Realm of Inner Strength to you in detail!”

Immediately, the two of them sat cross-legged on the open ground. Xu Zong, like a teacher, demonstrated the Realm of Inner Strength from the early stage to the later stage to Teng Qingshan, explaining all the key points.

Teng Qingshan was even more shocked. He didn’t expect that his cousin not only created the Inner Strength, but he himself had already reached the peak of the Inner Strength, unable to make any further progress!

“You have reached the peak of the Innate Realm now, right?”

“Yes, I am thinking about how to break through this realm. Unfortunately, I don’t have the secret manual for the Innate Realm, so I can’t grasp it.”

“In that case, you don’t need to think about it. Innate True Origin and our Inner Strength are completely incompatible. If you use Innate True Origin, you cannot use Inner Strength. Just continue to cultivate the Inner Strength. Those who are strong in the Inner Strength are much stronger than those who have Innate True Origin!”

Xu Zong continuously shared his insights with Teng Qingshan, so that he wouldn’t follow the same path as in the original story, stepping into the Innate Realm first and then giving up the cultivation of Innate True Origin after comprehending the Inner Strength. That would be a detour.

The two of them discussed enthusiastically, with Teng Qingshan asking most of the questions and Xu Zong answering. They continued until evening before returning to Teng Family Village, without mentioning their respective parents and loved ones.

That night.

Xu Zong gave Teng Qingshan a liter of Red Fruit Wine, which increased his physical strength to over 190,000 jin. He was only one step away from entering the initial stage of the Inner Strength. Xu Zong also taught Teng Qingshan the Desolate Buddhist Scriptures and warned him not to spread it.

In order to enter the Realm of Inner Strength, Teng Qingshan immediately expressed his desire to go out and gain experience.

A few days later, Teng Qingshan bid farewell to his relatives in the village and left Teng Family Village.

As a replacement, Xu Zong stayed in Teng Family Village.

Xu Zong’s current strength had reached a level where going out to gain experience was of no use. He only needed to comprehend the Dao of Heaven and Earth and enter the Illusory Realm.

From then on, Xu Zong stayed in Teng Family Village, constantly comprehending the Dao of Space every day.

One day, suddenly.

“Qinghu, there is a monk outside the village who insists on seeing you!”

A young man from the village came to Xu Zong’s house and said to him.

“A monk? What kind of monk is he?”

Xu Zong was slightly surprised and said in disbelief.

Could it be someone from the Celestial God Mountain?

Impossible. It took me several days to return home riding on an Innate Demonic Beast. It is impossible for a normal Innate expert to travel from the extreme northern grasslands to Yangzhou in the southeast in just twenty or thirty days.

“He is a very poor monk. His robe and fan are all torn. Did you owe him money outside?”

“Don’t talk nonsense. Am I the kind of person who borrows money and doesn’t pay it back?”

“When you were thirteen, you borrowed money from me to buy candy and never paid me back.”

“I will definitely pay you back later. I’ll go out first.”

Xu Zong left his house and walked towards the village gate.

As soon as he arrived at the steel gate, Xu Zong saw a thin monk wearing a tattered robe with many patches on it lying in front of the gate, leisurely fanning himself with a broken fan, looking completely at ease.

“Old monk, you want to see me? Do we know each other?”

Xu Zong approached and carefully observed the thin monk, showing a puzzled expression in his eyes. He was certain that he didn’t know this monk. Could he be here to cause trouble?

“Hehe, you naturally don’t recognize me, but we may get to know each other in the future!”

The thin monk looked at Xu Zong up and down, revealing a satisfied expression.

Then he pointed his finger.

The finger came without any warning, and it was as fast as lightning. Before Xu Zong could react with his current strength, the monk’s finger had already touched his forehead!

Xu Zong’s expression suddenly became trance-like, and then he fell to the ground with a thud.

“Qinghu!”

“Ah Hu!”

Two Teng family disciples guarding the gate were shocked and ran forward to check on him.

They found that he was breathing evenly and had no injuries at all. He just had his eyes closed and didn’t respond no matter how they called him.

“He… fell asleep?”

“That monk… huh? Where is the monk?”

One of the guards glared angrily at the thin monk, but was stunned to find that the monk had disappeared without a trace.

The two of them quickly carried Xu Zong into the village and reported to the Lord and others. In a short while, the entire Teng Family Village was in an uproar.

Ignoring the reactions of the people in the village.

After being pointed by the thin monk, Xu Zong found himself in front of a stone corridor. The corridor was carved with numerous patterns and texts, all of which described incredible supernatural powers and Dharma doors that left Xu Zong dumbfounded. He started observing from one end of the corridor and spent thousands of years before reaching the end of the corridor.

As soon as he walked out of the corridor, a bright light suddenly appeared in front of him. A huge female figure with a human head and a snake tail appeared in front of Xu Zong, emitting an infinite, gentle, and loving light.

Xu Zong suddenly sat up, his eyes confused as he looked around.

“Qinghu, you’re awake!”

“Qinghu, are you okay? Is there anything wrong with your body?”

Old Lord Teng Yunlong and others surrounded the bed, looking at him with concern.

“How long was I unconscious?”

Xu Zong asked in a daze.

“Just the time it takes for an incense stick to burn!”

Teng Yunlong quickly replied.”The time it takes to burn an incense stick? Why does it feel like a thousand years have passed?”

Xu Zong rubbed his head.

Suddenly, he remembered the lean monk, with his ragged kasaya, split fan, and a dream that lasted a thousand years.

“Damn it!”

Xu Zong suddenly thought of something, and a curse slipped out of his mouth.

He spent a few minutes calming the villagers, then directly opened the chat group.

Wild Xu Zong: “Damn it, damn it, damn it, guess who I met?”

Wild Xu Zong: “……”

Wild Xu Zong: “Gan Linliang’s spoiler dog chat group!”

Battle Through the Heavens Xu Zong: “Who are you?”

Martial World General Xu Zong: “Wild? Could it be Wild Chronicle Xu Zong? When did you join the group? Why wasn’t there any notification in the chat group?”

Wild Xu Zong: “It’s me, The Nine Cauldrons Xu Zong, my group nickname was changed by the chat group.”

Martial World General Xu Zong: “Huh???”

Battle Through the Heavens Xu Zong: “What the hell?”

Wind & Cloud Xu Zong: “Huh? (Oh, it seems that our previous guess was correct.)”

Swallowed Star Xu Zong: “There really is such a thing!”

Martial World General Xu Zong: “What’s going on? Why did it suddenly change? You haven’t shattered the void yet, have you?”

Wild Xu Zong: “That’s the case, so and so, like this and like that… do you understand?”

Battle Through the Heavens Xu Zong: “A lean monk with a split fan and a ragged kasaya, who let you dream for a thousand years, I can only think of one person when you say that.”

Swallowed Star Xu Zong: “Ji Dian from the world of Wild Chronicle!”

Wind & Cloud Xu Zong: “Huh… (I remember he is a disciple of Bodhi, a true god-level powerhouse, who inherited Bodhi’s Dream of Three Thousand, he could shatter my world with a slap…)”

Martial World General Xu Zong: “I didn’t expect that the small world of The Nine Cauldrons is actually in the big world of Wild Chronicle, and it’s one of the three realms, the three thousand big worlds, and countless small worlds!”

Swallowed Star Xu Zong: “Actually, it makes sense to think about it. The Dao of the world of The Nine Cauldrons and the Dao of the world of Wild Chronicle have many similarities. It’s entirely possible to fit into one worldview.”

Wild Xu Zong: “But there are many contradictions between the world of The Nine Cauldrons and the world of Wild Chronicle. In the world of Wild Chronicle, space can be comprehended, and it’s a major Dao. There are also the Dao of wind and thunder. Although in the world of The Nine Cauldrons, they can only master one-tenth of the power of heaven and earth, but in the Three Realms, they are also a major Dao!”

Swallowed Star Xu Zong: “Indeed, there are contradictions, but it’s not impossible.”

Wild Xu Zong: “Why?”

Swallowed Star Xu Zong: “Because Earth is a paradise created by the Nuwa faction, it must have been personally transformed by Nuwa, the world god. World gods can create and destroy a chaotic world, so it should be easy for them to cover up and hide the Dao of a chaotic world. She herself seems to have comprehended more than 80,000 Dao.”

Wild Xu Zong: “So, the Dao of time and space is not revealed, could it be that they don’t want people to move in and expose the paradise?”

Swallowed Star Xu Zong: “And you, despite the Dao of time and space not being revealed, still forcibly comprehended a bit of the Dao of space, so you attracted Ji Dian.”

Battle Through the Heavens Xu Zong: “I remember, the paradise world is managed by Bodhi, and Ji Dian, as a disciple who inherited Bodhi’s Dream of Three Thousand, may also be watching on his behalf.”

Martial World General Xu Zong: “What did you get in your dream?”

Wild Xu Zong: “In my dream, I seemed to comprehend a complete Dao of space, and I also got the Nuwa contemplation map… But now when I think about it, only the Nuwa contemplation map can be used, the Dao of space seems fake.”

Wind & Cloud Xu Zong: “Huh. (That’s normal, right? What you get in a dream is of course fake, but with this experience, you should be able to comprehend the Dao of space much faster in the future.)”

Wild Xu Zong: “So Ji Dian came to me, could it be because he saw my natural talent and wanted to take me as his disciple?”

Swallowed Star Xu Zong: “He didn’t directly take you as his disciple, but passed on to you the contemplation map and the Dao in the dream. He probably wants to observe you a bit more, and I guess he will consider taking you as his disciple when you reach a certain realm.”

Swallowed Star Xu Zong: “But I still suggest you to take Bodhi as your master, otherwise you will be born shorter than Ji Ning for a lifetime!”

Battle Through the Heavens Xu Zong: “Isn’t it a bit difficult to take Bodhi as a master?”

Swallowed Star Xu Zong: “One possibility is like Ji Ning, to get the legacy of Bodhi’s old friends, Bodhi may take you as his disciple out of nostalgia. Another possibility is to integrate the Dao of time and space, and be able to inherit Bodhi’s mantle. If you can’t do either, you can only hope that when Bodhi dreams of three thousand, he can find you, and your qualifications can move him.”

(End of Chapter)