Thunderous Juggernaut

Baili Qingfeng was exhausted after a day of training, but his special physique had restored his energy by the time he returned home thirty minutes later.

"You're back. Did you spend the day training in the second grandpa's place? How was it?" His father, Baili Hong, was watching TV in the living room.

His family was not very rich, but thanks to the economy of Wuhe City, they had a 19-inch color TV in the house.

On the TV, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' speech on the Aurora Empire's attack at a border convoy was being broadcast.

"It was good. Second grandpa said that you should come with me tomorrow."

"Okay. It's time that I visited your second grandpa, too. Now that you've decided to train there, devote yourself to it instead of dropping it after a few days," Baili Hong said.

"Alright."

"You seem to have grown a lot in the past year. You're like an adult now. I cannot teach you like before. You should know what you are doing."

"Alright."

"Is Qingfeng back? Come and help me fetch the food." Baili Die's voice came from the kitchen.

"Alright."

Baili Qingfeng went to the kitchen and brought out the dishes.

The Kingdom of Shea got rid of colonization and announced its independence a mere fourteen years ago. The mayhem claimed their mother and nearly escalated into a national war. Baili Hong and Baili Die managed the family affairs ever since.

"Qingfeng, did you really go to second grandpa's to practice martial arts?" Baili Die asked on the dinner table.

"Yes."

"What a shame. Actually, I thought you were talented in music. The song you sang the other day was much better than the songs on the CD. You can publish an album if you have a few more of them."

"The song the other day…"

Baili Qingfeng thought of three days ago.

What did he sing exactly?

Long Time No See…

He was just wallowing in the love that had never begun.

She was a sweet, gentle, graceful and knowledgeable girl. Born in a musical family, she was like a comforting song herself that always touched his soul.

He listened to songs and practiced songs just to get close to her, but they had no interaction except for nodding at each other as classmates until the destruction of the world.

"What were the lyrics? 'Would you suddenly appear in the coffee shop at the turn of the street, and I would smile and chat with you? How I want to see you again and say to you, long time no see…" Baili Die sang part of the song.

Baili Hong, as a man who did not know music, felt that the melody was not bad. Also, since his son allegedly wrote it, he remarked, "Not bad."

Then, he continued with his real thoughts. "Have you fallen in love, Qingfeng?"

"Not exactly. It's just a song. Also, I did not write that song. I heard it elsewhere."

"Okay."

"Really?" Baili Die was not convinced.

"Really."

Baili Qingfeng said and put down the bowl. "I'm full."

Watching Baili Qingfeng leave, Baili Die was feeling regretful. "I think Qingfeng has brighter prospects as a music creator."

"Is that so? Then, help him as his sister. Martial arts can be a hobby but not a profession. Your second grandpa was once a royal bodyguard, but he is just teaching a few students for a living today."

"Alright. Now that Qingfeng has learned to dress in college, and he is rather good-looking himself, he is very hopeful. I'll give the song to my best friend and see what she can do."

…

Baili Qingfeng went upstairs and turned on his computer.

This planet, with a diameter of 49,000 kilometers, was bigger than that one. Other than the different human races, there were other quasi-human species such as orcs and cavemen. Quasi-human species were not friendly to mankind. The first world war broke out in 1925 in this world and there was no second world war. The nuclear bomb hadn't been invented yet. The military aspect of this world was underdeveloped compared to 1980 of that world.

The inclination towards capital and human resources facilitated the development of techniques for civilians, as seen from computers and phones.

Baili Qingfeng turned on the computer that he bought with his extra income last year. He then typed in 'Wang Gang'.

A moment later, he found useful leads.

Wang Gang, an elder of the Iron Sword Sect, a great expert of the Roaring Tiger Punching, famous martial arts master, chairman of the Martial Arts Society of Miluo Society, and a level-three martial fighter…

"Miluo City, the capital of the Daluo State, is 420 kilometers away from Wuhe City."

Baili Qingfeng typed in 'Jiang Ziheng' next.

There were plenty of results.

Leader of the Jiang Martial Arts Club, master of Dragon-Shaped Punching, senior manager of the Martial Arts Society of Sumen City, special consultant of the police department, and a level-two martial fighter…

Sumen City was next to Wuhe City. Just like Wuhe City, it belonged to the Xiahai State, one of the twelve states of Shea.

"Level-two Martial Fighter Jiang Ziheng, and Level-three Martial Fighter Wang Gang… Very good."

Baili Qingfeng recorded it.

Then, he searched for information about martial arts.

There was plenty of information on the Internet. He found even Thunderous Juggernaut, the meditation method his second grandpa said had gone missing.

Baili Qingfeng was at a loss for words.

It was possible that he had been practicing something that everybody knew.

Had he known it, he would've applied to a famous sect and practiced there.

Like this one here, you could tell that it was great just by its name. Also, this one has eight million disciples and three thousand masters? That's something!

But it's a pity that…

He could only read the advertisements in regret.

Now that his second grandpa had admitted him, he had to persist whether he wanted to or not.

"I should write the Thunderous Juggernaut Method. Isn't it lost in second grandpa's place? I should complete it for him."

Baili Qingfeng browsed through the method. It was mainly about picturing the Primeval Thunder Beast in the head and stimulate the body with its power…

However, the method did not provide a central image of the Primeval Thunder Beast.

He did not know what the Thunder Beast looked like.

But it was not a problem.

Baili Qingfeng searched for 'primeval thunder beast' again. Soon, the computer displayed different images of the thunder beast in the results.

But… why were they all different?

How could he tell which was authentic and which was fake?

Baili Qingfeng searched for a long time and found the most majestic-looking of them. Memorizing it, he turned to the Thunderous Juggernaut Method again.

The method was divided into ten levels in great detail.

After memorizing it, Baili Qingfeng contemplated it for a while. Then he felt…

"It's rather simple. Let me give it a shot."

Baili Qingfeng had always been a doer.

He immediately crossed his legs and closed his eyes.

He began his training in the Thunderous Juggernaut Method.

After a long time, Baili Qingfeng opened his eyes again.

"The first level of the method is to calm and concentrate. As long as I can enter the meditation state in three minutes and stay focused for half an hour, I will pick up the first level of the Thunderous Juggernaut Method…"

Then, looked at the clock on the desk.

An hour and six minutes had passed.

"The first level is done. Simple. Let me continue and try the second level."

The second level of the method was introspection. One had to reflect oneself in one's mind and sense the subtle changes.

Three hours passed.

"It's also simple. Is this a pirate version? Or maybe it is very simple at the beginning but slow towards the end, like when you are downloading certain movies from the internet?"

Baili Qingfeng was worried. Then, he recalled the Thunderous Juggernaut Method, fearing that he would see 'Premium Content' on the tenth level.

Thankfully, there wasn't.

So, he focused his attention on the third level.

It was external sensation.

Introspection and external sensation built up keenness and made it easier to detect hostility.

Baili Qingfeng tried it…

It was finally a little tricky.

He estimated that it would take him a few days to grasp it.

The result relieved him.

It was great that this was not one of those cultivation methods which brought him to the ninth level easily but divided the tenth level into 99 sub-levels.