Master of Kaidan
Chapter 192: The Power of Martial

Chapter 192: Chapter 192: The Power of Martial

"Report the situation."

In a brightly lit meeting room, the Director, who was leading the meeting, signaled the head of the Martial Arts Experiment Group to brief the other members who were unaware of the current events with a serious expression on his face.

"Alright." Lin Xinze nodded, then reported in a tone that had a military style,

"Currently, all 90 volunteers in our group have experienced a surge in progress, and even the recently added newcomers have progressed quicker than the previous cultivation pace. According to intelligence from other branches, several experiment groups are experiencing similar situations."

"Uh..." Deputy Head Xiao Zhang of the Investigation Team showed a hint of surprise upon hearing this statement. Noticing his expression, the Team Leader beside him immediately said,

"Xiao Zhang, do you have any leads on your end?"

"I just got the news myself and was about to report it when I got pulled into the meeting." Xiao Zhang explained with a conflicted expression that said, "Please don’t consider me as withholding information,"

"News just came from Lao Qin’s sports school. It seems the students there felt like they took stimulants today with improvements in various aspects, but preliminary urine tests didn’t find any issues. Our undercover agents are worried it might be related to the Kaidan..."

At that moment, the office door suddenly knocked, and the Director frowned slightly but nonetheless said,

"Come in."

"Director, the Investigation Team received several urgent letters." The person who entered reported promptly without any pause. The Team Leader nodded, and Xiao Zhang immediately stood up and followed that person out, but not before returning quickly, as if in a rush, shutting the meeting room door and announcing,

"Director, we just got word that similar situations have occurred at the second and third sports schools and at Lao Qin’s Martial Arts school as well..."

"Speaking of which, old man, I feel quite invigorated myself..." In the brief silence that followed in the meeting room, Old Wang suddenly uttered a peculiar sentence. Upon hearing his words, the others couldn’t help but reflect and then realized that today they indeed felt better than usual. However, since they had no significant illnesses to begin with and did not have the habit of frequently testing body metrics like athletes, they hadn’t noticed.

Listening to these statements, the Director’s expression became somewhat calmer, and he turned toward the communication group, asking,

"Is the phone still unreachable?"

Team Leader Li of the communication group shook his head upon hearing the question,

"We’ve maintained high-intensity communication since receiving the orders, but it’s always been unreachable. The same goes for Xiao Chen’s side, always out of service. Xiao Chen says it’s been like this for several days now. We suspect the target has returned to the Infinite City."

"Director, do you mean this is related to the code name ’Instructor’?" Lin Xinze chimed in, to which the Director nodded and responded,

"Though we cannot confirm it yet, I think this could be a widespread Kaidan event. And this particular Kaidan, which enhances so many people’s constitutions, for now, the only one I can think of is the ’Instructor’ who claimed to become the ’Source of Martial Arts in Yan Country.’ Of course, other avenues of investigation should not be excluded. There’s a possibility a new Kaidan is being generated. Also, conduct a sample survey to perform comprehensive physical examinations. We need to understand what specific changes have occurred, and alert our brother units to prepare. We cannot rule out the potential for some to develop evil thoughts due to the surge in power..."

...

While the Yan Country Kaidan Countermeasure Bureau was busy, Feng Xue, on the seventh layer of the Tower of Babylon, sensed, bewildered, the new flame within her.

The flame was so weak that Feng Xue, previously caught up in a killing frenzy, hadn’t even noticed that a new Kaidan entry was coagulating.

"What could it be? Such a weak flame, could it be that the Demon Chef finally coagulated an entry?"

Holding onto a sense of anticipation, Feng Xue directed her consciousness toward the flame, and her expression immediately became quite interesting.

What appeared in her consciousness was an ancient and well-trodden trope—

Entry: Martial Arts in Yan Country - Origin

Tags: [Yan Country], [Kung Fu], [Learning], [Mastery]

Introduction: In the eyes of foreigners, the ancient Yan Country, which has never severed its cultural heritage, holds numerous mysterious legends, the most well-known being the "Yan Country Kung Fu."

It is a magical combat technique, unlike the fighting techniques of other countries, filled with many mysterious hues.

Some say it can allow a featherweight to easily knock down a super heavyweight; some say it can let an octogenarian old man wrestle with a muscular giant; some say it’s a kind of magic capable of keeping a person ageless and ever youthful; some say...

However, such an enigmatic technology seems to be a common knowledge in the eyes of Yan Country people.

Look at those seemingly frail and timid Yan people who can effortlessly knock down seven or eight brawny men. Isn’t that the power of Yan Kung Fu?

But where exactly did these mysterious martial arts come from?

Power: [Martial]

Current World Rules: [Kung Fu Dream]

...

Looking at this entry, Feng Xue momentarily found herself at a loss for words.

Based on this Kaidan’s description, she could determine that it was not something caused by Yan Country. Instead, it more likely appeared to be a product of the Western notion of "distance makes beauty."

And the weak flame of this Kaidan entry wasn’t difficult to understand. After all, this was a long-standing trope, with origins traceable back to Bruce Lee and other senior martial artists and martial arts stars’ cultivation that formed this cognition.

Furthermore, it was a large-scale Kaidan, even without counting the overseas Chinese, potentially covering nearly 1.4 billion people. In fact, every Infinite individual originating from "Yan Country (including the Otherworld’s Yan Country)" and Kaidan, may currently be sharing a sliver of this entry’s power.

However, it was just power alone. After all, the entry was "Yan Country people all know Martial Arts," not "Yan Country people all are Kaidans." Therefore, those Yan Kaidan and Infinite could at most have their martial prowess enhanced and wouldn’t directly coagulate an associated tag—

Unless someone attempted to portray this "origin".

And that would inevitably establish a no-rest until death connection with Feng Xue.

Although the flame was weak, the power provided by this entry was not weak at all.

Compared to the three practical powers of the Swearer, the entry that all Yan people know Martial Arts only granted him a power named [Martial], but this [Martial] expanded upon Yan Country’s traditional subtle and profound meanings.

This power could, in a sense, be seen as the crystallization of the concept of "Martial Arts." Although one wouldn’t say that obtaining this power meant learning all martial arts, it at least granted the qualification to learn any martial arts.

Besides providing an overall enhancement to martial arts aptitude, its greatest feature was a kind of "feeling."

Just as in the eyes of a top poet, the universe is filled with poetry, and in the ears of a top musician, all things are symphonies.

In the eyes of Feng Xue, who possessed the power of [Martial], everything in the world could be integrated into Martial Arts.

Although this was limited by the strength of the Kaidan and one’s experience, having the "Supreme Martial Arts" in his hands made him undoubtedly hold the best reference book in the world.