The Human Emperor (200-400)

C315: The Changes in Li Heng!

"Your Highness, your foundation is too weak from never having practiced martial arts in the past. Even though your deficiency has been resolved, your condition will not change immediately."

Wang Chong finally understood the reason behind this peculiarity.

Blood Reformation could alter a person's bloodline and talent, but it couldn't make a person grow strong abruptly.

In other words, if Li Heng was weak before, he would remain equally weak now. Naturally, he wouldn't feel any changes internally.

The Stone of Destiny didn't possess the ability to create a supreme expert out of nothing.

Under Wang Chong's reminder, the duo also understood what was going on. In that instant, a ray of hope emerged in Li Heng and Li Jingzhong's hearts.

"There's no need for it, I know a cultivation technique that can work!" Li Heng suddenly said. At this moment, he was even more excited than Wang Chong. For a very long time, he had desperately hoped for a change in his feeble constitution.

The reason why he could maintain his nonchalance wasn't because he didn't care, but the innumerable disappointments he had gone through had numbed him. If it was possible, he would still want to grasp immense strength.

It was always the lame that possessed the strongest desire to walk, and the blind that possessed the strongest craving for light.

Even though it was just an improvement in his complexion, this was the best thing that had happened to Li Heng in all his years.

As for martial arts, that was a secondary concern. The royal palace never lacked martial arts manuals or resources.

Also, there was a martial art that was inscribed deep in his bones.

Peng!

Before Wang Chong and Li Jingzhong's gazes, Li Heng's fist suddenly shot out. His punch was extremely fluid, possessing both force and spirit. It seemed like a punch that had been tempered over innumerable repetitions, instead of one from an amateur.

"Not bad!"

A hint of astonishment flashed across Wang Chong's eyes. Even with his current cultivation and keen discernment, he couldn't pick any flaws in Li Heng's punch.

Peng!

After the punch, Li Heng stepped forward. Peng! His footstep was incomparably heavy, and vaguely, the image of a dragon surfaced behind him.

This dragon was extremely small, only at the size of an arm. If one didn't take a closer look, one would think that it was just a snake. However, when Wang Chong saw the feet of the dragon, he suddenly froze.

"Five claws!"

Wang Chong raised his head to reassess Li Heng, this time with a very different feeling.

"It seems like the Sage Emperor has already made preparations!"

There was a common saying that "four claws mark a python dragon, five claws signify a true dragon, and six claws a flood dragon". It wasn't that the more claws there were, the more sacred a dragon would be.

The dragon image behind Li Heng seemed inconspicuous at first glance, and if Wang Chong didn't pay close attention, he would have neglected the sight.

Even among the royal palace, a technique with the symbol of a true dragon will not be passed down easily. What is going on? Wang Chong was astounded.

There was only a single person throughout the entire Great Tang who would dare to teach Li Heng a technique symbolized by a five-clawed true dragon. However, that person clearly knew that Li Heng wasn't capable of practicing martial arts, and he also lacked the ambitions and goals a ruler should possess. So, why would that person still choose to do so?