Mu Yanxi had also discovered during this time that the importance of martial techniques in this world was much higher than in her previous life.
In the eyes of cultivators from her past life, martial arts were merely low-level tricks used by mortals.
Low-level Qi Refining cultivators might learn some to compensate for their lack of combat power, but they became useless at higher levels.
High-level cultivators all used divine treasures and divine abilities to fight from a distance.
Even physical cultivators followed the principle that absolute strength can suppress any technique.
A left punch dealt high damage, and a right punch dealt high damage; no physical cultivator bothered with martial techniques.
But this world was different. Setting aside that Shangguan Yun’s Entwining Silk Hand and Cloud-Brushing Hand from yesterday’s battle fell under the category of martial techniques, just looking at her current sword dance with Yu Qiuyu, the two had already switched between five or six sword styles.
Each one was immensely powerful and visually pleasing to watch.
Moreover, these martial techniques were not like the mortal martial arts from her past life that were completely unrelated to the immortality cultivation system, nor were they mere stepping stones to use martial arts to enter the Dao.
Instead, they were an important component of the orthodox cultivation path, and everyone would learn a bit.
Even the Virgin Fairy Bathing Method and the Spirit Snake Skin-Shedding Bone-Changing Art that Mu Yanxi studied came with a set of martial techniques, such as the Spirit Snake Punch.
However, the current Mu Yanxi no longer relied solely on the Wenxian Brain. She had begun to gradually learn how to browse the Dao web herself to look up information.
By reading and learning more, she would only ask the Wenxian Brain when she encountered something she didn’t understand.
This allowed her to see more of the common knowledge within the interstellar realm.
When the interstellar realm expanded and conquered other worlds in the past, they had encountered several high-martial worlds.
The people there only cultivated the martial way, capable of splitting the heavens and earth with a punch or shattering stars with a kick.
Relying solely on a tempered physical body, they could overcome divine treasures. Some masters had even caused great trouble for the interstellar realm.
Later, many wise and far-sighted great experts collaborated with some of those martial masters to conduct research.
They integrated these different types of martial traditions into the immortality cultivation system.
From then on, one could cultivate immortality through martial arts or learn powerful martial techniques to face enemies while practicing immortality cultivation.
The martial way also became one of the broad paths leading to the immortal realm, and many chose to become martial cultivators.
Although martial cultivators and physical cultivators were somewhat similar, and the two often overlapped—one rarely found a physical cultivator who didn’t practice martial arts or a martial cultivator who didn’t train their body—the two were so compatible that they were generally practiced together.
The martial way was also compatible with other Great Ways. For instance, in the current sparring match between Shangguan Yun and Yu Qiuyu, their sweeping sword techniques were both the sword way and the martial way.
The two women’s swordplay grew faster and faster, to the point where Mu Yanxi could no longer see their sword paths clearly.
She could only watch the movements after the Wenxian Brain slowed them down and analyzed them, though she still couldn’t learn them.
Finally, Yu Qiuyu gradually fell into a disadvantage.
Unable to restrain herself, her jet-black greatsword suddenly emitted a red glow, thrusting toward Shangguan Yun’s front with lightning speed. This was already her trump card.
Shangguan Yun did not avoid it at all. Her white jade sword also emitted a fiery red light, thrusting straight toward Yu Qiuyu.
Seeing one woman aiming for the heart and the other for the neck, it appeared to be a play where both would perish together.
“Both of you, stop!” Mu Yanxi called out in a hurry. However, she had no time to intervene between them.
With her meager strength, she couldn’t get involved at all. Even if she made it in time, it would be useless; she couldn’t block the lethal sword strikes of the two women.
However, at the critical moment when the two swords were about to strike each other’s vital points, they stopped simultaneously with great rapport, without actually piercing into their bodies.
“Let’s stop here for today. If we continue, it will hurt our friendship,” Yu Qiuyu said as she withdrew her jet-black greatsword.