"Are you alright?"

Lu Ren glanced at Li Changming, then at the tiny cut on his arm that was slowly closing.

"It was dangerous just now, I almost got seriously injured, but I'm fine now."

"..."

"Really okay?"

Lu Ren glanced again at the now completely closed cut on his arm.

"I'm fine now."

Li Changming: "..."

He suddenly sighed with emotion: "Elder Ji truly gave you an incredible True Skill."

Lu Ren turned his head and asked, "Wudang should have Horizontal Training-type True Skill too, right?"

"Of course, True Martial Emperor Body, a True Skill comprehended by Emperor Zhenwu after becoming an Immortal years ago, want it?"

Lu Ren selectively overlooked the fancy talk about becoming an Immortal, who knows if it's about bodily Rainbow Transformation, spirit disintegration defined as Immortal, or shedding the flesh, spirit ascending to the Spirit Realm.

Lu Ren nodded slightly: "Certainly, having more True Skills can expand ideas and increase inspiration."

In the Realm of Awakened, one must assimilate a multitude of techniques and integrate their essence to forge a new path.

Path Determination inherently requires constant attempts to explore.

Li Changming pondered for a moment and nodded slightly.

"Exchange? Let me see your Ten Lands Great Accomplishment Golden Body Bodhisattva Path."

Lu Ren nodded: "Exchange."

I don't believe without a system you can achieve what I've honed.

Li Changming leaned beside Lu Ren and glanced at the Silk Handkerchief.

"What's this, a map?"

Lu Ren did not conceal, handed the Silk Handkerchief to Li Changming.

"It's a map, seems to be hiding something."

Li Changming received it, after contemplating, hesitated a bit: "It seems to be in the deep sea?"

Lu Ren slightly shook his head: "Could be in the sky as well."

It still requires careful study to know, after all, he's not a professional, it's best to leave professional matters to professionals.

"In the sky?"

Li Changming curiously looked up, just in time to see several helicopters roar towards them, the latest model fighter jets whizzed past, the armed personnel wearing the newest style Power Armor, holding Heavy Weapons.

...

...

Four hours later.

"Is shifting to energy cycling within the body really the breakthrough direction for bodily limits?"

At a base in central Huaxia, Lu Ren watched the researchers closely studying the Pig Demon Inner Core, asking a companion nearby.

"Not sure, we currently haven't obtained pure System Martial Taoist Family High Rank of Bright Awakening info, we dissected Chen Xuzi's corpse, found a tangible energy meridian network, steering us toward a new direction."

Lu Han is in charge of the entire biology base under the Martial Arts Research Center, and the successful development of Super Concentrated Nutrient Pills has at least half the credit of this Biological Research Institute.

Lu Han said, "However, coupled with previous research accumulations, we have garnered some insights into how biological energy is circulated in the meridian system."

He was full of excitement: "Or, biological energy has always existed within us, merely underutilized, like for you martial artists in the Bright Awakening Realm, the utilization of the body has reached the pinnacle, the biological energy generated internally is essential for physiological activities."

If we could share a bit externally, perhaps we could, through some predetermined path state, acquire abnormal power beyond ordinary humans, making you stronger, faster, more powerful, akin to Inner Strength and True Qi seen in movies and novels."

Speaking here, Lu Han rubbed his head in distress.

"But then, post-Bright Awakening this isn't needed, pre-Bright Awakening meridians can't emerge, likely different cultivation direction."

Seeing Lu Han lost in thought, undisturbed.

Lu Ren didn't bother him, he was merely here due to speculation they witnessed post-duel with Chen Xuzi, undergoing body examination monitoring, when normal values couldn't apply, forced to abandon.

Just collating data on martial artists in Bright Awakening Realm, attempting to find a universal pattern to construct a model.

However, Lu Ren didn't hold high expectations for the Martial Arts Research Center gathering data on Bright Awakening Realm martial artists.

In Huaxia not exceeding ten martial artists had reached Bright Awakening, even including Qi Cultivation Cultivators, it's only around fifteen-six.

And this biological energy notion, Lu Ren felt isn't accurate, Chen Xuzi demonstrated to him a genuine energy-conversion attack, far beyond biological energy capabilities.

Just as leaving was on his mind, Lu Han called out.

"Mr. Lu, want to see someone here?"

"Who?"

"A figure we excavated from an ancient tomb."

Lu Han's expression was serious, a sense of incredulity when he mentioned ancient figures.

Lu Ren raised his eyebrows upon hearing: "Take me to see."

Following Lu Han all the way down to the bottom level of the biological base, they even took an elevator descending nearly three hundred meters before it stopped.

To treat a body with such caution, Lu Ren was also greatly curious about what kind of existence this was.

This was a completely enclosed, alloy-made room nearly three hundred square meters in size.

In the center was a fully transparent ultra-reinforced glass covering, and within it lay a woman completely unclad on a machine chair.

Her physique was incredibly perfect, her skin pure and white as jade, her brows like jade, frost forming her skin, red forming her lips.

Under Lu Ren's ability to see extremely minute details, the woman's skin showed no flaws whatsoever.

What surprised him the most was that she bore the typical features of a Western and Eastern mix, with flaxen hair and a high nose bridge.

He slowly stepped forward, inspecting her closely.

The woman seemed as though she was still alive, deeply asleep, her abdomen breathing evenly.

Lu Han said: "This was excavated by our research ship in the Arctic, from the pole; based on carbon analysis, this woman is at least ten thousand years old."

Lu Ren's expression changed remarkably.

"Ten thousand years?!"

"Indeed!"

Lu Han sighed: "We were also very shocked when we first saw her; such a phenomenon completely defies imagination, she still shows signs of extremely healthy life activity, with various internal stats far exceeding that of ordinary people, even more than those of a Martial Arts Family member in the Bright Awakening realm."

This woman's Life Magnetic Field was incredibly astonishing, her abundant life energy moved Lu Ren deeply.

If she awakes, she would unquestionably be a female War God.

Why was she buried in the extreme region?

As Lu Ren pondered slightly, the system's prompt suddenly emerged.

"Ding, you seem to have discovered some secrets hidden in the real world, finding traces from the Ancient Times."

"Ding, this sleeping woman seems to possess indescribable traits, you can try touching her, potentially uncovering some secrets."

Lu Han commented at this moment: "We found some information from the inscriptions on the coffin that held this woman."

His expression turned peculiar.

"This seems to be Athena from Ancient Greek mythology."

"Huh?!"

Lu Ren rarely expressed astonishment, never having expected this woman to be Athena from mythology.

Traces from the Ancient Times.

After thinking for a while, Lu Ren turned his head and asked: "Have you tried to dissect her?"

Lu Han nodded slightly, "Of course we tried, but her skin is extremely tough, regular surgical knives can't dissect her at all, and some rough measures might cause irreversible damage; after all, she is an excellent specimen.

The most important thing is her life energy is too astonishing; every time we cause some damage, she rapidly heals. Currently, we can only extract samples through long needles, and if we make large movements, her brain activity intensifies, seemingly ready to awaken. We dare not take risks."

Lu Han, a bit excited: "Mr. Lu, didn't you feel it too? She seems to be a life form surpassing the Bright Awakening level."

How could Lu Ren not know? He pondered for a while and said: "I don't know if she'd wake up, and if you can hold this place."

Lu Han felt slightly awkward, yet proud: "Rest assured, we are fully prepared; if she shows signs of awakening, the latest developed sleep agent will be injected into her body at once."

Lu Ren: "..."

Regarding the system's encouragement to attempt touching, Lu Ren didn't want to; the life magnetic field of this Athena was unimaginably strong, and if she were startled awake, the consequences would be unpredictable.

There's a significant chance he would be overwhelmed.

Similar to ancient Greek deities along the lines of Old Man Shakyamuni.

Lu Ren's gaze sharpened but he halted his exploration thoughts for now, realizing he hadn't yet been preoccupied enough and investigating here seemed redundant.

With the system panel present, he didn't believe he couldn't find the entrance to the Determination Path realm.

Believing only old figures like Lei Zhao would be interested in a woman in such a state.

After replenishing Super Concentrated Nutrient Pills here, Lu Ren was contemplating a question.

Whether ancient Immortal Buddhas still exist, and if they do, where they would appear, and which places could accommodate these Immortal Buddhas.

In other words, if Athena is real, then there remain many unknown secrets in the real world.

Underground in remote mountains and forests?

He recalled a map obtained from Chen Xuzi, already sent for decryption.

Believing they would soon find the exact location.

It seemed likely that Chen Xuzi's ability to come from Kunlun was largely due to the map recorded on that silk handkerchief.

Returning to Shu Capital, Lu Ren, having entirely relocated to the Martial Arts Dojo, stood before the entrance, gazed at the empty plaque above, pondered for a while, and then took it down.

Using his fingers, he engraved the words "Phoenix Falcon Fist" onto the plaque, then gently tossed it, the plaque seemingly pulled by his hand, directly hanging it up.

Entering the Martial Arts Dojo, he saw Li Qingling practicing punches sluggishly, coincidentally noticing Lu Ren silently emerging from the side door.

Startled, she quickly tried to muster her spirit, loudly practicing the Phoenix Falcon Fist.

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