Top-Class Comprehension: Start with Basic Fist Techniques-Chapter 710 - 240: A Slap Sends the Martial Saint Flying! All the Holy Lands are in Turmoil! _4
First forming a good relationship with Lu Changsheng is never a mistake.
The Sect Leader of Qingshan Holy Land, with the surname Xu, appeared to be quite amiable.
"Brother Lu, the disciples below in the Martial Arts Arena are all elites among the various Holy Lands. They can be called the most extraordinary of disciples."
"However, compared to Brother Lu, they are not worth mentioning. Most of these disciples are much older than Brother Lu, yet they have not even forged a Sacred Body..."
"If I hadn’t witnessed Brother Lu today, I would have found it hard to believe that someone as unparalleled as you could emerge from outside the Holy Land."
"With a talent like Brother Lu, the martial arts of the Holy Land will inevitably prosper!"
Sect Leader Xu glanced at Lu Changsheng, then at the disciples in the Martial Arts Arena.
So-called Holy Land disciples.
So-called prodigies, and peerless talents.
If Lu Changsheng didn’t exist, Sect Leader Xu might indeed think there were many geniuses.
Those disciples were indeed excellent.
However, now there was Lu Changsheng.
In comparison to Lu Changsheng, those top-tier prodigies of the Holy Land paled in comparison.
Completely incomparable.
The scariest thing is always comparison.
Once compared, even the Holy Land disciples seemed unremarkable.
However, Lu Changsheng was very clear that the Holy Lands had deep foundations, and the most exceptional disciples must definitely be within the Holy Land itself.
This was evident from observing the disciples brought by the Holy Lands below.
The disciples brought from the Holy Lands, if placed among ordinary martial artists, would undoubtedly be considered the top talents of their respective forces, belonging to the apex of genius.
Any Great Sect would be overjoyed if they could produce disciples like these.
In fact, purely in terms of Divine Power Realm martial artists, these Holy Land disciples were indeed very strong.
They could dominate the majority of Divine Power martial artists in the broader lands.
But Lu Changsheng was different.
He could be described as a phenomenon.
If the average martial artist in the broader lands was considered a one, and ordinary Holy Land disciples were tens.
Perhaps even twenties or thirties.
They certainly deserved their titles as geniuses and peerless prodigies!
But Lu Changsheng wasn’t merely a twenty or thirty.
He wasn’t even a two-digit number. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶
He was a three-digit number.
Reaching directly above one hundred.
Completely incomparable.
The decennial Holy Land Exchange Conference was indeed a grand spectacle.
Prodigies and peerless talents emerged one after another.
Various Divine Skills dazzled the eyes.
Combinations of Divine Skills.
Stacking of multiple Divine Skills.
Even unique Divine Skills personally created by individuals.
There were even disciples stacking more than ten Divine Skills together.
The battles in the Martial Arts Arena were intense and heated.
Yet throughout, the gazes of the Martial Saint Elders from the various Holy Lands frequently drifted toward Lu Changsheng.
The more they investigated Lu Changsheng, the more astonished they became.
The most astonishing thing was his age.
It was rumored that Lu Changsheng was not even forty years old!
Perhaps just thirty-something.
Or in his early thirties.
The exact age was unclear, but he was undoubtedly under forty!
Under forty—how shocking was that?
It must be understood that, even among Holy Land disciples, most reached the Divine Power Realm after over a hundred years.
Those under forty were not merely rare; there were none.
While Divine Power Realm martial artists did enjoy long lifespans,
even surpassing a hundred years, those individuals tended to have extraordinary talent.
Yet Lu Changsheng had become a Martial Saint at an age under forty.
He still had nearly three thousand years to continue on the martial arts path.
What heights would he ultimately reach?
No one could say.
Lu Changsheng—this was truly the potential of a Heavenly Saint!
Some Holy Lands were already considering:
Should they attempt to recruit Lu Changsheng?
After all, Lu Changsheng was not a disciple of the Heavenly River Holy Land.
He had merely joined the Heavenly River Holy Land as an outsider Martial Saint.
There was still a possibility for recruitment.
As days went by, the Holy Land Exchange Conference finally reached its conclusion.
The top ten disciples among the Holy Lands had been determined.
This time, the Heavenly River Holy Land finally didn’t embarrass itself.
They performed relatively decently.
One disciple entered the top ten.
Becoming one of the ten strongest disciples of the Holy Lands.
Of course, it was a lone representative.
Beyond that, no one even made it into the top twenty.
Still, for someone to enter the top ten, it was already better than the results of previous Exchange Conferences.
Lu Changsheng’s leadership this time could be considered successful. The Heavenly River Holy Land hadn’t lost face.
It was entirely a mission accomplished to perfection.
However, the Heavenly River Holy Land’s disciple was halted within the top ten.
Eliminated in the first round among the top ten.
The eventual first place went to the Dragon Domain Sacred Land.
The disciple from the Dragon Domain Sacred Land was indeed formidable.
He wielded no fewer than six pinnacle Great Divine Powers.
And all six pinnacle Great Divine Powers complemented one another, stacking together in a manner that unleashed earth-shattering power.
Among all the disciples of the Holy Lands, his strength was indisputably first.
Though, Lu Changsheng felt somewhat disappointed.
Ultimately, he didn’t get to see a disciple within the Holy Land condense an Infinite Divine Power.
Wasn’t it said there were legendary disciples within the Holy Lands who had condensed Infinite Divine Power, capable of sweeping across all broader lands upon leaving the Holy Land?
Yet where were those disciples who had condensed Infinite Divine Power this time?
Lu Changsheng saw none.
Thus, Lu Changsheng directly asked, "Sect Leader Xu, I heard that within the Holy Lands, there are legendary disciples who have condensed Infinite Divine Power, and once they step beyond the Holy Lands, they can sweep all broader lands."
"Yet during this Holy Land Exchange Conference, where are those disciples who condensed Infinite Divine Power?"
In response to Lu Changsheng’s question, Sect Leader Xu couldn’t help but smile bitterly. "Brother Lu, it is true that the Holy Lands have occasionally produced martial artists who condensed Infinite Divine Power."
"However, such individuals are as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns, exceedingly few and far between. They are unpredictable and unattainable. At times, one may emerge within a millennium, or even within several millennia."
"And for the majority of the time, there are no disciples within the Holy Lands who have condensed Infinite Divine Power."
Lu Changsheng suddenly understood.
So, the so-called legendary disciples of the Holy Lands were largely exaggerated.
Or perhaps the outside world lacked knowledge of the internal situation within the Holy Lands.
They incorrectly assumed there were always disciples within the Holy Lands who had condensed Infinite Divine Power.
But how could that be possible?
Now, Lu Changsheng finally understood why the martial artists of the Holy Lands drastically changed their attitudes, becoming astonished upon learning he had condensed Infinite Divine Power.
Because condensing Infinite Divine Power was exceedingly difficult.
Almost every ambitious disciple within the Holy Lands had tried to condense Infinite Divine Power.
But the level of difficulty was near despair-inducing.
"Brother Lu, you joined the Heavenly River Holy Land to leverage the momentum of the people to cultivate your Sacred Body, correct?"
Sect Leader Xu suddenly asked.
"Yes."
Lu Changsheng nodded.
This wasn’t a secret.
It was practically common knowledge.
"For martial artists outside the Holy Lands, gaining sufficient momentum of the people is indeed very troublesome."
"Only the momentum of the people within the Holy Lands is sufficient to support a martial artist’s cultivation at the level of the Human Saint, with even a slim chance of ascending to the Earth Saint."
"However, the momentum of a single Holy Land cannot all be allocated to Brother Lu. In fact, you would only gain access to a small portion of it."
"Have you ever considered joining the Qingshan Holy Land to gain the blessing of its momentum of the people as well?"
"At that point, with the blessing of two Holy Lands’ momentum of the people, wouldn’t your cultivation speed soar a thousandfold?"
Sect Leader Xu’s words made Lu Changsheng’s heart tremble.
In fact, Lu Changsheng was slightly astonished.
He had only just thought of this possibility earlier.
Now Sect Leader Xu himself had brought it up.
The momentum of the people was vast, to the point it could crush Martial Saints.
Too much momentum was not necessarily a good thing.
A Sacred Body insufficiently strong to withstand the immense momentum could suffer setbacks in cultivation instead.
But Lu Changsheng was different.
His Chaos Sacred Body was incomparably strong.
Even the momentum of ten Holy Lands wouldn’t be an issue.
For Lu Changsheng, there was only one criterion for the momentum of the people: the more, the better!
But this issue was obviously tricky.
Joining two Holy Lands at once?
Wouldn’t that be akin to playing both sides?
Especially since Qingshan Holy Land and Heavenly River Holy Land had long been embroiled in open and covert conflicts.
Would Heavenly River Holy Land even agree to Lu Changsheng also joining Qingshan Holy Land?
If the two Holy Lands were to clash, who would Lu Changsheng aid?
Such a "naive" question.
Sect Leader Xu, as a dignified Sect Leader, couldn’t possibly be unaware of this problem.
Yet Sect Leader Xu still brought it up.
Was this an attempt to sow discord?
Unlikely.
A dignified Sect Leader wouldn’t stoop to such crude tactics.
So, what exactly was Sect Leader Xu trying to achieve?
