Ji Feng frowned and said, “There is no end to the cultivation of an Innate expert, I can understand that, however, if a Houtian can’t break through to Innate in his lifetime, but insists on cultivating for the rest of his life, isn’t there a limit?”
Shen Jucheng laughed, “You ask that because your cultivation level is too high.”
Ji Feng froze for a moment, “How do you mean by that?”
Shen Jucheng said, “Let’s put it this way, theoretically speaking, there is a chasm between the Houtian and the Innate, and only when the Houtian reaches the extreme can you break through to the Innate realm. So it seems that there is a limit to the Houtian realm, and if one keeps cultivating, it is only a matter of time before one reaches the limit.
However, this is actually a misunderstanding. The Houtian realm, in fact, also has no limits.”
Ji Feng was stunned, “Oh? The Houtian realm doesn’t have a limit either?”
Shen Jiucheng nodded and said, “Not bad. Houtian and Xiantian, there is a qualitative difference between these two realms, it doesn’t mean that if you practice to the extreme in Houtian, you will definitely be able to break through to Xiantian, it’s different from going up the steps, after you finish the ground floor, you will naturally be on the first floor, but martial arts training is not like that, there are many people who are stuck between Houtian and Xiantian for their whole life, but if they persist in their training, their martial arts will still improve.”
“No one has ever reached the limit state of Houtian?” Ji Feng asked.
“At the very least, I haven’t heard of it.”
Shen Jiucheng said, “But I once heard a story that in ancient times, there were martial artists who pressed themselves not to break through to the Ascendant in order to pursue greater strength, but only cultivated hard in the Houtian realm and raised their strength to the point where they were strong enough to easily defeat ordinary Ascendant experts, and only then did they break through to the Ascendant, and at this time, the Ascendant realm was extremely terrifying, even those who could reach True Qi outward Innate experts, are no match!”
Ji Feng couldn’t help but be stunned, there was even such a cultivation method?
“Because your cultivation level is so high, you broke through to the innate realm early and reached the point of true qi outflow, so your perception of the latter realm is different from those of us, I guess.” Shen Jiucheng said, “But I think that the fact that you are in a bottleneck state right now might not be a bad thing, thicker and thicker, once you make another breakthrough, your strength will definitely skyrocket.”
Ji Feng thought for a long time before nodding slowly, “Uncle Shen, this is the first time I’ve heard of what you’ve said, and I’ve indeed benefited a lot. However, my situation, again, is a bit different from what you said, I am not simply in a bottleneck state, but the next path of cultivation is broken, there is simply no path forward, even if my accumulation is strong, there is no chance of a thin development!”
Shen Jiucheng asked, “Just now I wanted to ask, when you said that the path behind you was broken, did you mean that the internal energy you were cultivating, the cultivation method behind you was gone, or did you mean that you were stuck at your current realm, unable to break through after a long time?”
Ji Feng said, “Both count. Because there is no more cultivation method for the back, naturally, I can’t break through.”
“So that’s how it is.”
Shen Jiucheng dawned on him and said, “In that case, you’re actually not considered to be at a bottleneck, but rather lacking a subsequent cultivation method. As long as there are subsequent cultivation techniques, you can still continue to break through, right?”
Ji Feng nodded and said, “Pretty much, I think if there is a subsequent cultivation method, it’s not difficult to break through.”
Now that he was asking Shen Jiucheng for advice on a difficult problem, Ji Feng naturally would not be modest, but said truthfully.
Shen Jiucheng asked, “Then you are here this time to look for a follow-up cultivation method?”
“Yes.” Ji Feng nodded frankly, “Uncle Shen, I actually came here this time because I want to ask you for advice, hoping to receive guidance. In addition, it is also because I hope to be able to borrow some cultivation techniques.”
Shen Jiucheng’s expression clearly froze for a moment.
Ji Feng immediately said, “Of course, this is a bit presumptuous, so it’s fine if Uncle Shen doesn’t agree, just pretend I didn’t say anything.”
Although he was not a martial artist, Ji Feng knew that cultivation techniques were the core for any martial arts sect or martial arts family, and were treasures that were not pa*sed on. That’s why he said it was a bit presumptuous, and if Shen Jiucheng didn’t agree, it would be reasonable.
After all, he and Shen Jiucheng do not have too deep a friendship, Shen Jiucheng agreed to that is the love, not agreed to that is the nature.
When Ji Feng said this, Shen Jingyi couldn’t help but look at her father.
Now that her father was the head of the family, whether he agreed or not was entirely a matter of his words, but she was afraid that her father would reject Ji Feng in one breath, then everyone would look bad, and she would be a bit embarra*sed when facing Ji Feng.
“Uncle Shen, Ji Feng is my brother in law, I hope you can help him.” Zhang Lei spoke up, he didn’t say much, he just pointed out his relationship with Ji Feng.
“Lei Zi, Uncle Shen has an idea of what to do, so you shouldn’t follow and interfere.” Ji Feng waved his hand. Whether Shen Jiucheng answered or not, he would have no complaints. Of course, he very much hoped that Shen Jiucheng would say yes, but if Shen Jiucheng did not say yes, he would at most only feel regret, but definitely would not resent Shen Jiucheng.
Shen Jiucheng was silent.
Of course he understood Ji Feng’s meaning, it was simple: on the one hand, he wanted to listen to his cultivation tips, on the other hand, he wanted to learn the cultivation techniques of the Shen family.
Listening to him explain his cultivation tips, this was naturally not a problem.
In fact, Shen Jiucheng was, on the contrary, very willing to discuss cultivation issues with Ji Feng, exchange insights with each other and so on, because Ji Feng’s cultivation level was higher than his, and quite a bit higher.
However, to say that he would let Ji Feng learn the cultivation techniques of the Shen family, Shen Jiucheng was still a little hesitant in his heart.
“Ji Feng, to be honest, there is not just one cultivation heart technique of our Shen family, I don’t know which one you want to learn?” Shen Jiucheng asked.
“I don’t want to learn it, but I want to learn about it.” Ji Feng said, but in his heart he was shaking his head, this Shen Jiucheng didn’t say which kinds of heart techniques the Shen family had respectively, so he asked him which one he wanted to learn, how could he answer this?
It seems that Shen Jiucheng still has resistance in his heart.
Ji Feng probably knew that this time when he came to Lanjiang, I was afraid that he wouldn’t get much out of it.
So he explained, “Actually, to be frank, I just want to draw on it, to see if I can get inspiration from other martial arts techniques and find the path I want to take in the future. Uncle Shen, you should understand that even if I want to learn other martial arts techniques, even if I have already reached this point in my training, it may not be effective if I have to change midway to practice something else.”
Seeing Shen Jiucheng’s slight nod, Ji Feng smiled and added: “Moreover, it’s just as well that this method doesn’t conflict with what I’m practicing, but if it does, then if I force myself to learn other methods, it’s not just a matter of greed, it’s a matter of whether or not I’ll go off on a tangent, or even go off the rails!”
Shen Jiucheng nodded his head in deep thought, “That’s right!”
Ji Feng said, “So, I just want to watch it and learn from it, if I can be inspired the best, but if there is no gain, that’s okay ……”
“That’s certainly no problem!” Before Ji Feng had finished his words, Shen Jiusheng immediately said cheerfully.
This in turn caused Ji Feng to slightly freeze in his heart, not expecting Shen Jiucheng’s back and forth reaction to be so different, but he was only surprised in his heart, but on the surface he still smiled as usual.
“Uncle Shen, are you saying yes?”
“That’s right, I’ve agreed!”
Shen Jiucheng smiled and said, “My Shen family has a total of three martial arts techniques, one of which is more suitable for women to cultivate, while the other two can be cultivated by both men and women, let me see, it’s already late today, I’ll have someone bring the techniques tomorrow, what do you think?”
Ji Feng smiled and said, “Of course, no problem! Uncle Shen, thank you so much for being so generous.”
Shen Jiucheng waved his hand, “Eh! What kind of words is that? It’s a martial arts exchange. Besides, you and Zhang Lei are brothers, so naturally you’re not an outsider, so since we’re all family, let’s not talk about family!”
Ji Feng smiled, “Then I won’t say any more polite words.”
“No need to say, no need to say anything!” Shen Jiucheng waved his hand with a smile.
Ji Feng’s face wore a smile, but in his heart he was wondering why Shen Jucheng had suddenly agreed. However, he only half listened and half believed what Shen Jiucheng said later. If Shen Jiucheng really regarded him as a family member, he would not have hesitated and would not have been silent when he proposed to observe and learn martial arts techniques.
It seems that Shen Jiucheng must have figured out something and that’s why he suddenly agreed so readily. Ji Feng didn’t think much of it, it was good enough for people to bring out their martial arts techniques, no matter what Shen Jiucheng hesitated before and what he has figured out now, he wouldn’t mind.
Only, Ji Feng’s impression of Shen Jiucheng deepened a bit more, although this person had the brashness of a martial artist, he also had the kind of shrewdness and falsehood of a businessman, that’s why Ji Feng listened to half of his words and believed half of them.
“But no matter what, since Shen Jiucheng is willing to help, it’s like owing him a big favour.” Ji Feng secretly said in his heart, “In the future, this favour will definitely have to be returned.”
Although Shen Jiucheng tried his best to stay in the guest room of the villa, Ji Feng insisted on staying outside in the hotel, so Shen Jiucheng didn’t insist anymore and enthusiastically sent his driver to see him and Zhang Lei off.
After the car drove away from the villa, Shen Jingyi couldn’t help but say, “Dad, it’s just a martial arts technique, you don’t have to be so petty, right?
Shen Jiucheng said, “What do you know, you little girl! Isn’t it just a martial arts technique? Don’t you know that the reason why my Shen family has come this far and become one of the most prestigious families in Lanjiang City is because of nothing else but the Martial Arts Method! If it wasn’t for the Heart Technique, would you have such good skills? Could our Shen family be as powerful as it is now?”
Shen Jingyi said, “But Ji Feng is not an outsider, he has helped me a lot!”
