Chapter 179: A New Path Opens

The wild celebration of the night seemed to have drained the participants of a lot of energy. Some sounds that were usually expected to appear early in the morning were now completely gone. George and the others who had worked the night shift now needed to catch up on their sleep.

After all, during celebrations involving the army, the defense of Brandenburg was often the weakest point. It was not just the soldiers on rest who were so immersed in their own joy that they could not pull themselves out. If any sudden events occurred, they could not quickly form a fighting force. Even the soldiers who remained at their posts were not sure how much focus they could still keep on their work.

As for the nobles, although they were not uninterested in the commoners’ celebration, they could not easily lower their pride. Furthermore, their desire to participate was not very strong in the first place. Most importantly, they wanted to show their responsibility and set an example in front of the ordinary soldiers. In short, it was just about image building. So, the night shift last night was handled by the Knights and squires like George. Anyway, for people with their strength, staying awake all night did not have a major impact.

George, lying in bed, had to make up for the evening lesson he had interrupted the night before. Because of this delay, the effect was immediately obvious: he worked twice as hard for half the result. After making up for everything, George let out a sigh and said to himself, “It looks like I really need to pay more attention in the future. Experiencing this kind of thing too often will definitely delay my cultivation.”

When the sun was high in the sky, George finally woke up from his sleep. He stretched and was about to start his daily work. Just then, a annoying sound from the System suddenly rang in George’s head.

“Complete interpretation of the Eastern Ancient Scroll…”

“Generating the grafting of the related power system…”

“Judging Eastern Martial Arts knowledge…”

“Beep! Beep! Beep! Judgment failed… Loading intelligence bonus for re-judgment… Re-judgment successful…”

“Eastern Martial Arts system officially established… Three Paths and Nine Schools opened… Basic profession template generated…”

“Insufficient information… System completion begins…”

“Completion ended… Sword of Military Path generated…”

“Three Paths and Nine Schools: Steel Soul Style opened… Three Paths and Nine Schools: Iron Heart School opened… Three Paths and Nine Schools: Stone Dragon Style opened… Three Paths and Nine Schools: Tiger Claw Style opened… Three Paths and Nine Schools: White Crow Style opened…”

“Beep! Beep! Beep! Detected all schools of the host… Ocean school of martial arts is merging…”

“Generating three new schools belonging to the Ocean school…”

“Please name the Ocean school of martial arts…”

“Please name the Ocean school of martial arts as soon as possible…”

“Please name the Ocean school of martial arts as soon as possible…”

“…”

When the System seemed to malfunction and kept repeating these sentences, George finally woke up from the long series of System alerts. For George, receiving so many System alerts at once was an unprecedented event. Of course, the shock it brought him was also unprecedented.

‘Looks like this time I really managed to pluck a few feathers from that stingy Wang Qinian. Never mind, never mind, why think about such things? Anyway, that item would just be used as stock in his shop. I don’t think anyone else could afford such a high price to buy that untranscribed ancient scroll.’ George now felt a pleasure similar to finding a bargain. ‘But why does it insist on naming that skill I haven’t named yet? It looks like it’s similar to establishing a new sect!’

“School Name – Wave Treader!”

“Naming successful. Ocean school of wind and water mixed style – Wave Treader generated…”

“Beep! Beep! Beep! Wave Treader Style does not belong to the cultivation range of the Sword of Military Path… Beep! Beep! Beep… Verifying conflict between the two…”

“Verifying conflict… Revising Wave Treader Style… Host’s self-cultivation style Wave Treader merging into the Sword of Military Path system…”

“Known school: Sincere Heart School lacks data and cannot be cultivated… Known school: Desert Wind Style lacks data and cannot be cultivated… Known school: Dusk Sun Style lacks data and cannot be cultivated… Known school: Shadow Hand Style lacks data and cannot be cultivated…”

“System establishment complete… Please host receive…”

After completing all this, George suddenly felt the profession calling to him: “Born for battle, riding the heart of a lion, the speed of a falcon, the power of a Dragon! Understand the way of the heart in the midst of battle. Perfect combat exercises our bodies, and the ecstasy of victory leads to the sublimation of the spirit. Until that moment of glory that even the gods will envy.”

‘The last sentence is really so arrogant! However, as a pioneer who opened a path for future generations, he deserves the respect of us, his beneficiaries. And the two sentences “Perfect combat exercises our bodies, and the ecstasy of victory leads to the sublimation of the spirit” clearly tell everyone that this inheritance can help people step into the realm of the extraordinary! If this system can eventually be integrated into the inheritance of our House Bolerum, then the missing part of our family’s foundation can really be filled up quite a bit.’ George’s heart was now greatly stirred. Although it did not affect his state of mind, in the past ten-plus years, few things could make him so emotional. For a boy who had always been troubled by his family’s inheritance, this was simply a timely rain!

‘Wait, why is this inheritance system so complete? Although I haven’t interpreted it very clearly myself, I know that all the moves are not complete, right? The highest White Crow Style only reached the 5th stage, didn’t it? This, this, this… all five schools have all the moves, steps, and secret techniques from level 1 to level 9. This System’s completion ability is simply too terrifying!’ George once again fell into a state of vigilance toward the System.

After a few breaths to calm his emotional fluctuations, George gave himself a hint: ‘Damn it, why did I think of this again? When the time comes for me to understand these things, I will naturally understand them. Let’s just take a good look at what is special about this profession inheritance called the Sword of Military Path!’

The Sword of Military Path was born for battle. Fast, strong, enduring, and with absolute confidence in combat skills, it seeks worthy opponents to test itself. For those who walk this path, battle is beautiful – that moment when life hangs on a shining blade is perfect.

According to the System’s description, the Sword of Military Path places great emphasis on comprehensive combat skills, so they train hard with the weapons they choose. However, more importantly, it is their mobility, endurance, fearlessness, recklessness, and the enjoyment they experience in danger.

The Sword of Military Path, often called Lords of the Sword, live for the opportunity to test themselves – the stronger the opponent, the more dazzling the glory after defeating them.

George nodded in satisfaction: ‘This matches very well with what Knights know! This will make the difficulty of integrating it into the original inheritance much smaller in the future. Next, I should take a look at the nine schools attached to this profession system.’

The White Crow Style emphasizes that the power of collective cooperation far exceeds fighting individually. Those who follow its teachings often become leaders who boost morale on the battlefield. This is a way of war that focuses on teamwork, which is like adding wings to a tiger for those in the military!

The Iron Heart School focuses purely on weapon usage skills. However, its users can complete these combat skills in a near-supernatural way through body control, flexible movement, and perfect reactions. It can be said to be a straightforward way of focusing on self-cultivation.

Characters using the Steel Soul Style moves can use wit, intellect, and a sense of the battlefield to fight their enemies. Even for martial artists of the Steel Soul school, time seems to slow down. It belongs to the rare schools that focus more on spiritual cultivation than physical cultivation.

The Stone Dragon Style focuses on strength, power, and robustness. It teaches martial artists the power to break gold and split stone in a single strike. The defense of the Stone Dragon focuses on transferring the destructive power of the opponent’s attack to the ground. Unlike other schools, Stone Dragon users rely on the power of the earth and rocks to strengthen their martial skills. Therefore, Stone Dragon moves can only be used when you are in contact with the ground. It can be said to be a good method for attack and defense, unfortunately, the limitations on its use are too great.

The Tiger Claw Style unleashes the wild rage hidden deep in the user’s heart. In battle, warriors of this style roar like wild animals and destroy their enemies with savage and ruthless attacks like Barbarians. This is a school that can cause high damage to enemies in a short time, unfortunately, it is a bit different from the path George is walking!

Among the remaining schools without specific cultivation methods recorded: The moves of the Sincere Heart School are mainly used to strengthen the body, cultivate the nature, and respond to or target specific factions. Those who follow and dedicate themselves to a certain spiritual discipline or faith can use this school to defend their faith in their hearts. They can destroy its enemies and make it flourish. It feels suitable for Paladins and some warriors who use scimitars and war hammers.

The Desert Wind Style moves are mainly composed of fast movement and leaping flames. They often possess high agility and mobility. The complex movements and scimitar techniques in many Desert Wind moves are actually exquisite hand gestures that can summon flames, so they must be used correctly to be effective. It seems to be a school that combines magic and martial arts, but they focus only on wind and fire.

The Dusk Sun Style teaches disciples to use an opponent’s force against them. Relying on the clever strength of moving four ounces to move a thousand pounds, Dusk Sun martial artists can change the direction of an opponent’s charge. It is approximately a combat method similar to Tai Chi or the Eighteen Falls that stick to clothes. However, in this world, it has supernatural effects.

The Shadow Hand Style teaches the arts of sneak attacks, tricks, and ambushes. Its moves allow martial artists to cover themselves in a veil of shadow or guide shadow energy to weaken their opponents’ strength. This clearly belongs to the class of Assassins or killers who operate in the shadows.