Chapter 44: Chapter 41: Mixed Yuan Spear Technique_l
Translator: 549690339
“When choosing a weapon, remember not to be careless or casual. A weapon decides a martial artist’s future martial path and is their left and right arms!” the old servant shouted, his voice lingering in the air. “Alright, everyone can start choosing their favorite weapon now.”
Hearing the old servant’s words, the young people stepped forward one by one, carefully selecting from the weapon racks.
No one dared to be careless, as they had already been advised by their family elders beforehand.
“Yang Chen, what weapon do you want to choose?” Elder Yang Si stood side by side with Yang Chen, asking curiously.
Yang Chen, as today’s most outstanding genius, made a choice that not only Elder Yang Si but everyone was extremely curious about.
Yang Chen stroked his chin, contemplating for a while before saying, “Fourth Master, I want to choose a spear.”
“Spear?”
Elder Yang Si and the Yang Family Patriarch exchanged surprised glances.
The spear was considered an unconventional weapon, not the mainstream.
In this world, mainstream weapons include swords, knives, rulers, and staffs, among others.
Not because of anything else, but because swords and knives have more variables, while spears do not. Spears are easy to master but have few variables. When fighting against enemies, using a spear could easily put one at a disadvantage. This is common knowledge among the Great Wild Hundred Clans.
Elder Yang Si was afraid that Yang Chen would go astray and said seriously, “Yang Chen, the key to fighting with others lies in variables. Why can swords and knives become mainstream weapons? Because once used, they have countless variables that are hard to defend against!”
“But a spear appears clumsy, with scarce variables, and it is difficult to gain an advantage when fighting with others. A spear might not suit your talents.” Yang Chen couldn’t help but laugh at this.
It seems that this was indeed the viewpoint of the Great Wild Hundred Clans.
His perspective was different from that of the Hundred Clans in the Great Wilderness.
If it were someone else from the Great Wilderness, they would undoubtedly think that Elder Yang Si’s words were reasonable. Indeed, the path of Spear Dao has few variables and can easily fall into a disadvantageous situation when facing enemies. Compared to the mainstream Sword and Knife Dao, the Spear Dao is incredibly awkward.
However, this is just the viewpoint of the people of the Great Wilderness. The reason they think this way is that the ‘cultivation methods’ in the Great Wilderness are scarce.
In the outside world, it’s different. There, weapons have no superiority or inferiority.
In his previous life, Yang Chen had observed a battle fought by a peerless master from a distance. That battle was the turning point that made Yang Chen determined to practice spear techniques.
Yes, that day, Yang Chen had the good fortune to witness the peerless powerhouse in action. He held a long spear, stood at the top of the heavens, faced the cold wind, and looked down upon the earth. With just one strike of his spear, he caused the mountains and rivers to collapse instantly against the colossal demonic beast.
If it weren’t for Yang Chen being protected by many masters, even the slightest aftershock of that strike would have been enough to shatter him to pieces. Even so, the impression left on him by that spear was deep. He knew very well that the power of this master far exceeded what ordinary martial artists could understand.
From that moment on, Yang Chen deeply researched the path of spear techniques.
At the very least, the path of spear techniques definitely did not have as few variables as Elder Yang Si said. On the contrary, it possesses the most variables!
Moreover, if one could cultivate spear techniques to perfection, they could become like that peerless master, gathering countless variables in one strike, causing mountains and rivers to collapse and heaven and earth to change with one stab!
With such an experience, how could Yang Chen think that the path of spear techniques was just an unconventional way?
In his heart, all weapons were the same. The key was the martial artist who used these left and right arms.
With this thought, Yang Chen’s determination became even stronger. He said without hesitation, “Fourth Master, I have a special love for the path of spear techniques, and besides, I still think that the one I like is the best. While swords and knives may indeed be mainstream, I believe that the path of spear techniques is not inferior to the other two.””You… you are…” Elder Yang Si widened his eyes.
Yang Jinhe said thoughtfully: “Fourth Elder, just let Yang Chen follow his own thoughts.”
“Patriarch, you are… you… sigh, alright.” Elder Yang Si struggled in his heart for a while, and eventually could only follow Yang Jinhe’s instructions.
After all, Yang Jinhe’s thoughts were not wrong, as forcing someone to do something they don’t like won’t end well. Yang Chen loved the art of spear techniques, and as an elder, even if he persuaded Yang Chen, what would it achieve?
Yang Chen immediately took action, selecting a silver spear that he felt suited him and held it in his hand.
The spear was entirely silver, obviously made of a special material. The spearhead was about 20% the length of the shaft, which was the most suitable size ratio. Holding the spear brought joy to Yang Chen’s heart. With this handy weapon, his martial arts training path was now set.
Yes, on the first day of his rebirth, he had already planned his future martial path!
Choosing the path of spear techniques today was also something he had thought through beforehand.
After that, the Coming of Age Ceremony segment ended quickly.
Li Youyan, representing the Li Family Commerce Group, chose to formally start cooperating with the Yang family after the ceremony was over, in front of many foreign tribes. This move greatly boosted the prestige of the Yang family, making many small clans increasingly eager to climb the high branches of the
Yang family.
The best way to climb to a higher branch was through marriage.
After the cooperation between the Li family and the Yang family’s two middle-ranking tribes, Yang Chen became the first choice for a marriage alliance.
This also meant that after the ceremony was over, it was utterly unexpected that several young girls would suddenly appear, vying to accompany Yang Chen home.
Yang Chen couldn’t be so cruel as to refuse the ‘good intentions’ carefully conveyed by these small clans. It could be said that it took him the strength of nine bulls and two tigers to finally return home with difficulty. Once home, Yang Chen finally had some peace and quiet.
However, Yang Caidie was in trouble.
Because he had returned, but Yang Caidie was surrounded by a group of foreign tribes, discussing the ‘marriage’ of Yang Chen in the future.
Now, Yang Chen sat cross -legged on his bed, placing the silver spear beside him, carefully thinking about the path of his future martial arts.
“Having chosen the silver spear, I will walk the path of spear techniques from now on. The ‘cultivation method’ of this spear technique must be carefully figured out.” Yang Chen was calculating in his mind.
Cultivation methods and martial skills are two different concepts.
Simply put, martial skills are more suitable for low-ranking martial artists.
Cultivation methods, on the other hand, can accompany martial artists from low to high ranks. A powerful cultivation method can even increase a martial artist’s chance to advance in rank. Comparatively, cultivation methods are much more precious than martial skills.
In the Great Wild Hundred Clans, a simple cultivation method would probably provoke countless people to fight over it, leaving many injured and bleeding.
But Yang Chen was different; his knowledge was like an invisible treasure trove. A middle-ranking tribe like the Yang family would find it difficult to access ‘cultivation methods’ in the Body Refining Realm. However, Yang Chen had already prepared to start from the bottom and build a strong foundation.
“One Qi Mixed Yuan Spear, also known as the ‘Mixed Yuan Spear Technique’, is the most precious spear technique I acquired in my previous life.” Yang Chen thought to himself.
He didn’t know the origin of this “Mixed Yuan Spear Technique,” but he had studied it and knew that its profundity and subtleties were far beyond his current level of understanding.
Yang Chen understood that this Mixed Yuan Spear Technique was no worse than the Spear Dao Supremes he had seen in his previous life.
With his thoughts fixed, Yang Chen held the silver spear and muttered, “In that case, my future martial path will be dedicated to cultivating the Mixed Yuan
Spear Technique..”