This version of the *Martial Scripture* was a special edition, altered using his Heaven-defying Comprehension. It was considerably weaker than the cultivation technique Li Chang’an practiced himself.
However, it was far easier to understand and more accessible to the masses.
The goal was to enable as many people as possible to understand and practice it.
Among this force of ten thousand, many of the soldiers and generals were Martial Artists. When they heard Li Chang’an say he was going to explain the *Martial Scripture* to them, many of the soldiers and generals didn’t really take it seriously.
It wasn’t that they looked down on Li Chang’an.
After all, according to the rumors, this young man who dared to clash head-on with the Demon Sect and the Buddhist Sect was very likely the strongest Martial Artist in the entire Liyang Dynasty today—bar none.
Rather, it was because even when practicing the same cultivation technique, different Martial Artists would have their own unique interpretations and practical applications.
The Martial Arts Experience Li Chang’an spoke of were the insights he had gained as an exceptionally talented Martial Champion Scholar.
And this bunch of grunts were, for the most part, not geniuses.
Many weren’t even what you would call dunces.
Under such circumstances, unless Li Chang’an tutored each of them individually, the vast majority would learn absolutely nothing from a generic, one-size-fits-all lecture.
But when Li Chang’an officially began his lecture...
After listening absentmindedly for just a few sentences, many of the soldiers and generals quickly discovered there was something different about the *Martial Scripture* that Li Chang’an was explaining.
General Li’s understanding of the Martial Dao no longer seemed confined to the level of a genius or a dullard; it had reached a realm that was difficult for an ordinary person to comprehend.
Under Li Chang’an’s profound yet simple and easy-to-understand analysis...
The crowd of soldiers and generals was astonished to find that the Martial Dao bottlenecks that had held them back for so long... were, at some point, actually beginning to loosen!
They hadn’t just loosened.
They even felt a faint urge to break through to the next realm!
"The *Martial Scripture*... What kind of cultivation technique is this? Why is it so miraculous?"
"I’ve never heard of a cultivation technique like this before. Could General Li have created it himself?"
"GASP... Seriously? General Li really comprehended such a miraculous cultivation technique on his own? Then just how high is his Martial Arts Cultivation?"
"How high? I don’t think it’s that high. Probably just three to five stories high!"
"More than just three to five stories? In my opinion, there’s no one in the world today with higher Martial Arts Cultivation than General Li, not even in the Three Great Sects!"
"I must disagree, I must disagree..."
After Li Chang’an finished his lecture on the *Martial Scripture*, packed his things, and left, several hundred of the tens of thousands of soldiers on the training ground immediately broke through a small realm.
Many more soldiers didn’t break through a realm directly, but their understanding of Martial Dao cultivation had deepened significantly.
While this newfound experience and insight couldn’t grant them immediate power, as long as they continued to practice step by step, they would face far fewer bottlenecks than others in the future!
The common soldiers also found this miraculous, but their understanding wasn’t as profound. After all, they had never learned any decent cultivation techniques before. Even if they knew the *Martial Scripture* was powerful, they couldn’t grasp just *how* powerful it truly was.
However, many of the more experienced and worldly Military Generals in the army understood just how terrifying its implications were.
Putting Li Chang’an’s lecture aside, this cultivation technique alone was enough to shock the world if news of it got out!
And yet, General Li had handed this priceless, world-shaking cultivation technique over to them without holding anything back.
What astonishing magnanimity was this?
Not even one’s own parents would be so completely devoted!
Looking at the copies of the *Martial Scripture* that Li Chang’an had printed for them, they carefully studied the contents of the cultivation technique and the names of the realms.
The group of Military Generals was already stunned. For a moment, they didn’t even know whether to praise the loftiness of Li Chang’an’s realm or the sheer miraculousness of the *Martial Scripture*.
Li Chang’an taught the *Martial Scripture* to tens of thousands of soldiers and didn’t strictly forbid them from sharing it.
But because the *Martial Scripture* was so precious, and also so easy to understand, every single soldier treated it like a treasure, reading it nonstop every day. As a result, none of them passed it on to outsiders.
The outside world heard some rumors, but they didn’t attract much attention.
After all, from an outsider’s perspective, no matter how much it was hyped up, what real substance could a cultivation technique taught to common soldiers possibly have?
Just like that, a year passed in the blink of an eye.
During that year, besides training the soldiers every day, Li Chang’an spent most of his time practicing the *Martial Scripture*. His place of practice, however, had moved from the Library Pavilion to Su Ying’s Imperial Palace.
The *Martial Scripture* combined the *Nine Heavens Chaos Decision: Milky Way Chapter* and the *Nine Heavens Chaos Decision: Body Tempering Chapter*, truly incorporating the strengths of numerous sources.
It was the culmination of his efforts, accumulated over several lifetimes.
It was priceless.
For one thing, with the *Martial Scripture*, Li Chang’an’s speed at opening acupoints became several times faster than before. After a year of arduous cultivation, he had opened a total of one hundred and three acupoints.
At this point, Li Chang’an was practically no different from a walking monster.
With one hundred and three acupoints operating in tandem with the *Martial Scripture*, his combat power could be amplified tenfold, allowing him to slap a Martial Arts Mythology to death with a single strike.
Ordinarily, having come this far, Li Chang’an should have been satisfied.
But the enemies he faced in this life were Cultivators, so Li Chang’an still didn’t dare to relax in the slightest.
...
On this particular day, Su Ying was lying with her head in his lap, reading a book on military strategy.
Having spent the entire year together, day in and day out, not only had their affection for each other grown, but their unspoken understanding had also deepened.
Li Chang’an reached out the window and snatched a pigeon that was peeking its head in. After reading the note attached to it, he smiled and said, "My dear, it’s time for me to fulfill my promise!"