The sea of consciousness is empty, vast, boundless and mysterious.
The Nine Dragon Seal, entwined by nine golden dragons, was suspended in the void, emitting a mysterious glow. The nine golden dragons on the seal opened their mouths wide, greedily devouring the swirling golden sea of clouds surrounding the seal.
Under the golden sea of clouds, a colorful giant cauldron was floating. This colorful giant cauldron echoed the Jing Ding at the Jing Hai position in the Dantian of Yan Liqiang's chest and the Qi Ding at the Qi Hai position.
With every breath Yan Liqiang took, more essence would be produced in the Jing Ding in his chest. A part of that essence would flow downwards and seep into the Qi Ding in his Qi Sea, transforming into more true qi. At this time, the vast amount of true qi in his Qi Sea had solidified like mercury, heavy and deep. The surging true qi rushed up through the central meridian to the Jing Ding in his chest and turned into a stream of energy like water, which circulated with each other. Then the energy in the Jing Ding in his chest evaporated like water and entered the Shen Ding in his Sea of Consciousness. After a turn in the Shen Ding, it turned into golden clouds and mist, swirling in his Sea of Consciousness, forming a small universe of its own. The wonders of the human body are indescribable and mysteries are endless...
At this moment, in the sea of consciousness, there were more than ten colorful light balls surrounding the divine tripod, slowly rotating. The light balls were big and small, and each was different. In each light ball, there was a strange word like a rune, and those words were also different.
The divine tripod appeared in Yan Liqiang's sea of consciousness after he advanced to the Martial King. This was a symbol of advancement to the Martial King, and it did not surprise Yan Liqiang. What really surprised Yan Liqiang was the clusters of light of different colors that appeared around the temple.
No one had ever told Yan Liqiang that after he advanced to the Martial King stage, these balls of light with strange runes would appear around the divine tripod.
Yan Liqiang has been studying the mystery of those light balls for several days in a row, but unfortunately he couldn't get the hang of it. Only this morning, after completing the morning practice of Yi Jin Xi Sui Jing, Yan Liqiang continued to close his eyes and concentrate on looking inward. Then, with an idea in his mind, he blasted his entire mind into one of the small orange light balls. The strange experience that followed made Yan Liqiang stunned - in that light ball, Yan Liqiang seemed to have experienced again the entire process of practicing the blow-needle hidden weapon, as well as all the experiences and insights. In a flash, Yan Liqiang seemed to have relived the process of his original practice.
Yan Liqiang withdrew his mind from this ball of light, and entered another ball of light again. The same strange experience came again, but this time the experience was the process of practicing a set of Iron Wire Fist and all the experiences and insights he gained.
The third ball of light represents the entire training process and insights gained from practicing the Wudang Wandering Dragon Sword.
Then, it was Bajiquan...
There is also the Five Animals Play...
After experiencing all the balls of light, Yan Liqiang finally discovered a pattern, that is, the experiences in those balls of light were all the secret martial arts techniques that he had obtained through the initiation of the Heavenly Dao. In other words, as long as it was the pioneering martial arts technique of the ancestor, for some reason, after he advanced to the Martial King, such a strange and unique ball of light would form in his sea of consciousness.
Could it be because of the initiation of the Heavenly Dao? Then, what is the use of these light balls
Two questions appeared in Yan Liqiang's mind...
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“Boom boom boom…”
The knock on the door brought Yan Liqiang back to reality from his trance. Sitting cross-legged on the bed, Yan Liqiang suddenly opened his eyes and looked outside the door. "What's the matter?"
"Sir, the time for the oath-taking is almost here. The Longya Army has begun to assemble in the city wall. I have prepared the armor and brought it with me. Please put it on!" Hu Haihe's respectful voice came from outside the door.
After hearing what Hu Haihe said, Yan Liqiang gently patted his forehead. From last night until now, except for a few hours of sleep, he had been immersed in cultivation, studying the new changes in his body and sea of consciousness after advancing to the Martial King, and almost forgot the most important thing.
Today is September 9th. Yesterday, I brought the Longya Army to Baishi Pass. Today is the day when we swear to march into battle at Baishi Pass.
Yan Liqiang got off the bed, walked to the door, opened it, and saw Hu Haihe and two bodyguards holding a set of majestic and gorgeous black armor, standing respectfully outside the door.
As soon as the door opened, Hu Haihe came in with two guards, "Your Excellency, just stand there. We will help you put on your armor..."
"Hmm..." Yan Liqiang nodded and stood where he was, letting Hu Haihe and two bodyguards help him put on the armor.
This was the first time Yan Liqiang wore this kind of full body armor. This armor was not an ordinary armor, but a gift from Zhang Yourong to Yan Liqiang. It was called the Black Gold Dragon Pattern Armor. This set of armor was made by Zhang Yourong, the world's number one master of mechanisms. The whole set of armor weighs more than 30 kilograms and is made of extremely rare dragon pattern gold. The weight of the armor is not heavy for armor of this level, but its protective power is amazing, almost three times stronger than the full body black iron heavy armor. Ordinary swords and axes will not even leave a mark when they chop it.
Originally, Zhang Yourong had not personally forged armor or something like that for a long time. However, this time when Zhang Yourong came to Qiyun County and heard Yan Liqiang's order to kill the Hu people, he was so excited that he asked Lingshan Sect to send the dragon-patterned gold stored in Qianji Hall to Qiyun County. Then he spent a month in the manufacturing bureau to help Yan Liqiang make this set of armor, and sent it to Yan Liqiang when he decided to send troops yesterday.
The entire set of armor consists of seventeen pieces, including the helmet, shoulder pads, breastplate, back armor, arm armor, combat boots, and cloak. It is difficult for an average person to put it on without someone to help.
Even for Yan Liqiang, with three people helping him put on the armor, it still took him nearly five minutes.
After putting on the armor, Yan Liqiang's whole temperament changed. He truly became a commander, majestic, solemn and profound. A powerful aura emerged from him, which made Hu Haihe and the other two bodyguards' eyes shine with awe.
"It is indeed the armor made for you personally by the world's number one master of mechanisms. Apart from you, I guess there is no one else in the world who can wear it as majestically as you do..." Hu Haihe exclaimed in praise, and the two guards beside him also nodded.
There was a bronze mirror in the room. Yan Liqiang stood in front of it and looked at it. He tried to move his arms and body, and nodded with satisfaction. "Not bad, not bad, it is indeed the work of a master..."
Heavy footsteps were heard outside the door. Xiao Manyu, who was also fully armored, had already walked outside and bowed to report, "Your Excellency, the Dragon Tooth Army has already lined up, and all officers have gathered. Please move to the parade ground to inspect the troops..."
"Okay, let's go!" Yan Liqiang nodded, flicked his cloak, and was the first to go out. A team of guards was also waiting outside the room. When they saw Yan Liqiang coming out, they escorted Yan Liqiang towards the parade ground.
Because Yan Liqiang lived in Baishishan Pass, he didn't have to walk far before he arrived at the parade ground in Baishishan Pass.
The entire parade ground was filled with banners flying, swords and spears like a forest, and the atmosphere was as solemn as frost. A total of 40,000 soldiers lined up in the parade ground, waiting for today's oath-taking ceremony. In front of the parade ground, there was a command platform more than ten feet above the ground. A group of military officers from Qiyun County and important figures who participated in this expedition to Gulang Grassland were waiting for Yan Liqiang's arrival under the command platform...
When Yan Liqiang arrived, the sun had just risen. The entire parade ground, with four or five thousand people, was silent. When Yan Liqiang arrived, everyone's eyes fell on Yan Liqiang, who was wearing black and gold dragon-patterned armor. Seeing Governor Qi Yun, who appeared in front of everyone for the first time wearing such majestic armor and walking like a dragon and a tiger, everyone felt their eyes brighten and their spirits lifted.
Yan Liqiang came up to the stage and looked around first. As a martial king, he activated his inner strength and his voice spread throughout the entire training ground in an instant, echoing in everyone's ears.
"Today is September 9th, the seventeenth year of Yuanping in the Han Empire. History will surely remember this day..."
Just the first sentence, everyone in the training ground was shocked...
(End of this chapter)