Chapter 304 - 267: First Grade Zhengyang, Number One Under Heaven! (Double - s)
Song Changming looked at the martial arts options available for promotion, numbering in the dozens.
The martial arts he had included in the panel, ranging from low-level martial arts to the Third Grade True Yang Technique, all met the promotion conditions.
This means the subtle aspects of these martial arts, the true meaning of martial arts, are all assumed by the panel to have further potential to be unearthed.
The only ones that couldn’t be promoted were the two secret techniques he had mastered outside of the martial arts system.
"How should I choose?" Song Changming murmured to himself.
The reward opportunity for martial arts promotion appeared for the first time this year; he had no prior experience to draw on.
Therefore, he couldn’t determine how to maximize the effect of this reward.
This annual high evaluation, which triggered this reward item, indirectly proved that this reward opportunity was not ordinary. If utilized well, it might yield great gains!
Revisiting the martial arts he had learned in the past in his mind.
First, he excluded all those martial arts from the options.
After all, the most exceptional martial arts could not compare to the martial techniques that utilized inner Qi.
The two fundamentally differed, and low-level martial arts were of little use to him.
Among the remaining martial techniques, theoretically, choosing the Third Grade True Yang Technique was the most reliable.
Refining an already high-level skill to achieve ultimate optimization in this martial arts direction.
The only uncertainty was how much potential for promotion this martial technique still had.
If the creators of this martial technique had already reached the end of this path, then the remaining optimization space would naturally be limited.
And if he chose other martial techniques, there might be a higher optimization ceiling, potentially bringing unexpected surprises.
In fact, once a martial art was practiced to the Perfection Realm, Song Changming could make a rough assessment of its potential optimization ceiling.
For example, with his Level Eight Flying Thunder Technique, he felt the end of this martial path was still far away, with boundless imaginative space to explore.
It was his second choice, apart from the Third Grade True Yang Technique.
Conversely, the Third Grade True Yang Technique was only at the Great Success Realm, not yet practiced to perfection, making accurate prediction impossible.
After a brief hesitation, Song Changming ultimately decided to play it safe and chose to promote the True Yang Technique.
After all, the Flying Thunder Technique was only Level Eight. If this reward could only promote it by one level at most,
changing from the Level Eight Flying Thunder Technique to the Seventh Grade would offer limited improvement for Song Changming, not significantly enhancing his strength.
Therefore, for the initial choice, Song Changming chose to be cautious.
No matter what, the Third Grade True Yang Technique was currently his highest-level, most powerful martial technique, and regardless of the final optimization results, he could accept them.
Once decided, his mind was quickly flooded with many unfamiliar contents.
A martial path began to extend infinitely; the originally distant end of martial Tao was replaced by numerous profound and hard-to-understand essentials.
New barriers rose, blocking this infinitely extending martial path.
On his body surface, the True Yang Qi began to burn uncontrollably.
Golden flames, like satin, swirled and fluttered around him.
He suddenly opened his eyes, and his once-clear pupils gradually emitted a golden firelight.
This was a sign of his martial technique operating at full power.
Then, the change happened!
The golden firelight in his pupils was the first to undergo transformation.
The original hot golden color gradually took on a purple hue.
The purple hue intensified, and the original pure gold began transforming into purple gold!
The True Yang Qi surrounding him transformed into streams of Purple Gold Flames!
The temperature of the entire room intensified, and the drink in his hand quickly began to boil!
The tables and chairs turned to dust, and the doors and windows were blown open by powerful Qi surges.
With a whoosh, Su Qingqing appeared in the courtyard, looking toward the commotion coming from the house.
With a cold aura surrounding her, she thought it was some uninvited thief disturbing Song Changming’s peace.
But then she saw Song Changming, in his Purple Gold Flame form, slowly walking out from the inner room.
The heat waves swept through the entire courtyard, the Liu Residence, and even several streets outside, affecting half the County City!
Thousands of citizens, still in their dreams at night, only felt hotter and hotter, sweating profusely.
Within the Governor’s Mansion.
Ma Shisheng was discussing important matters with his advisors. Just as he picked up a cup to drink, he suddenly felt a gust of hot wind blowing through the window gaps.
"Why has it suddenly become so stifling?" Ma Shisheng was puzzled.
"It’s strange, where did this hot wind come from..." The advisor also stood up, wondering aloud.
"Someone come!"
"Lord Governor, this is the aftershock of Fire Attribute Inner Qi. I fear a very strong Qi Refining powerhouse is battling in the city!" A general of the mansion reported, striding over.
"What! Quickly, let’s go see!" Ma Shisheng, concerned for the city’s safety, hurried outside.
The general, seeing this, quickly assembled soldiers, preparing for formidable danger.
At this time, a Jianghu guest landed outside the mansion and reported with cupped hands.
"Lord Governor, the disturbance came from the Liu Residence, possibly that person’s doing..."
"Liu Residence..." Ma Shisheng, upon hearing this, breathed a sigh of relief, and issued new instructions.
"Go stand guard outside the Liu Residence. No matter what happens inside, do not let outsiders disturb."
"Yes." The general took the order, finding nothing amiss, and directly took people to the location.
Nowadays, Song Changming’s status in the entire Wangyue Prefecture is utterly transcendent.
Ma Shisheng, as Governor of Wangyue, when seeing Song Changming, a commoner, on a regular day, even if not bowing down, remained courteous, not daring to display the slightest neglect.