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If he could thoroughly study these moves and assimilate them into his body, it would undoubtedly be a huge supplement for Yi Yan's close-combat abilities.

It was a pity that Yi Yan did not see a single cultivation technique even though he had scouted so many Spatial Channel s. Otherwise, even if he did not become a martial cultivator, their cultivation method and close combat skills would still be incomparably precious.

In the hundreds of years of Yi Yan's Cultivation Realm, he had never heard of martial arts cultivation methods. In fact, he hadn't even heard his master Hao Cheng mention it before.

It had to be known that among the ordinary cultivators, Devil Cultivator s, Demonic Cultivators, Swordsmen, and Martial Cultivators, the combined fighting strength of the ordinary cultivators was the weakest. Devil Cultivator would normally be able to surpass a small realm and fight, but Demonic Cultivators were even stronger than Devil Cultivator by half a realm.

The most powerful were the sword cultivators and the martial cultivators. To them, even if they were to challenge a cultivator two levels higher than them, they would still be able to remain undefeated.

Especially for martial cultivators, their physical body was the basis of their cultivation. Ordinary cultivators that were one or two levels higher would find it difficult to inflict fatal damage to them in long-ranged attacks unless they had a high-grade magic treasure or a special attacking technique.

As for martial arts and sword cultivation, they were on the same level of strength as each other.

However, swordsmen had a balanced ability to attack in close range while martial arts cultivators focused on close-range combat.

Now, since he knew that the martial arts passed down in his family could have been created by an official cultivator, there was no reason for Yi Yan to leave the treasure mountain alone.

Even if he had studied it thoroughly, it had only taken Yi Yan half a month to completely master all the fist and leg techniques his father had taught him.

However, this speed was really a bit scary. Yi Yan didn't tell Yi Zhao and Yi Yang directly, but continued to practice.

This was because he knew that if he wanted to integrate these moves into the battle, he needed to practice them to the point where they were instinctive. Only then would he be able to make use of them in close combat.

No matter how fast a cultivator's Spiritual Awareness reacted, it would still require a certain amount of time. Only the body's instinctive reaction could display the greatest power.

A year later, when Yi Yan felt that he had already achieved his goal, he finally mentioned to his father that he had learnt these two sets of martial arts.

Even though he had already extended the duration by several times, Yi Yang was still dumbstruck.

Back then, he had used five years to practice his fist and leg techniques!

Now that Yi Yan told him that it only took him a year, he was not surprised.

However, he did not know that Yi Yan's so-called learning of moves was not just about learning the moves, but also about turning the essence of the moves into instinct in his body.

However, even if it was just grasping a technique, Yi Yang still couldn't believe it. He instructed Yi Yan to spar with him to test his actual progress.

In the beginning, Yi Yang was afraid that Yi Yan was a child. He had just demonstrated his moves and he claimed that he had learned them already.

However, when he saw that Yi Yan always casually blocked his moves, he couldn't help but become more spirited, and the strength in his hands gradually increased as well.