I Fabricated the Techniques, but my disciple really mastered them?

“Master always emphasizes reverence and understanding. It seems he recognizes my ability to comprehend and reminds me of my strengths.”

“If I want to refine my jade skeleton, I have no choice but to rely on my enlightenment.”

After understanding this, Xu Yan’s mind was once again filled with two lines from the secret code, “Sharpen the mind to nurture the true intention, and like a dragon, build a golden body with blood and energy.”

“I surely haven’t fully grasped the core of these two lines of secret code. If 1 could understand them, wouldn’t I be able to break the golden skeleton’s shackles and refine a jade skeleton?”

Xu Yan poured his whole being into the secret code with a mind free from distractions. Discarding everything else and forgetting self and other, he strove to comprehend its profound meaning.

“That’s it! Nurturing true intention. I was under the impression that to nurture the true intention is to foster blood and energy within the bones, within the bone marrow. But where exactly does this ‘intention’ lie?

“The act of nurturing bone marrow – perhaps that is merely the beginning and does not truly cultivate ‘intention’.”

All of a sudden, a flash appeared in Xu Yan’s mind. He realized that he had misinterpreted ‘nurturing true intentions’ in the secret code.

He hadn’t cultivated any true intention at all.

Furthermore, he didn’t even understand what was meant by ‘intention’.

“When I was refining the golden skeleton, was the circulation of blood and energy truly like a dragon? Is it something hollow, mere appearance without substance? How can the blood and energy ‘dragon’ without nurturing ‘intention’ be considered a dragon?”

In his daze, Xu Yan felt as if he was touching an invisible barrier.

If he could break through this barrier, he would be able to completely understand the secret code, break the shackles of the golden skeleton and advance to the jade skeleton stage.

However, this barrier was always out of reach.

Xu Yan was increasingly distressed.

“Shall I consult Master?”

“No, Master’s instruction has been extremely clear. ‘Intention’ can only be grasped by oneself. There must be something I overlooked…”

For the next three days, Xu Yan sought to comprehend the secret code during his cultivation, trying to grasp the essence of the ‘true intention’. But he always seemed to fall just short.

He was unable to break through the barrier and understand its true essence.

Li Xuan looked at his disciple with a touch of bemusement. For the past three days, his dull disciple had been somewhat absent-minded, occasionally appearing lost in thought.

“It’s been so long without a breakthrough… is he feeling hopeless? Has he lost confidence?”

“My Jade Ruyi is not yet in my possession! How can I retire so soon?”

“Let me think… how can I create a profound statement to hoodwink him?”.

Li Xuan went into deep thought.

One day, after their meal, Xu Yan was about to clean the dishes when Li Xuan spoke, “Persistence is crucial in cultivation. If you find yourself stuck at a bottleneck without progress, you can relax your spirits, clear your mind, and feel the life in a blade of grass or a piece of wood.

“Try to understand the nature of heaven and earth, grasp the hidden Spirit Mechanism around you. If you can have a sudden realization, the gate of Martial Arts will open to you.”

“Many through the ages, stuck at a bottleneck without a breakthrough in their cultivation, have broken their shackles from a sudden realization.”

Unblinkingly, Li Xuan pulled his disciple into a ruse about perceiving hidden Spirit Mechanics and how a sudden realization could open the gate to Martial Arts.

If enduring hardships doesn’t work, then a sudden understanding might.

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