Chapter 46: The Fundamental Diagram of Internal Strength (Thanks for your support)
Gudong!
The pill tastes slightly sweet when you take it.
Li Yuan just felt his mouth watering, he held it in his mouth for a while, then swallowed it down with the mixture.
Not long after, a warm feeling rose in the abdomen, as if I had swallowed a big mouthful of chili pepper, which meant that the stomach was strongly stimulated.
"It's more than ten times stronger than the Blood Nourishing Pill! No wonder Master said that you can't take too much of the pill. Too much will hurt your stomach and intestines, and even your heart..."
Li Yuan did not dare to be careless. He raised the hammer and stood in a stance, actually assuming the "soldier's posture", which was the fundamental stance of the military fighting hammer.
Although both are standing exercises, this superior martial art, ranked first among the five inner secrets of the Divine Weapon Valley, is far more complicated than the White Ape Cloak Hammer.
Just by posing, Li Yuan felt his whole body tense up, as if someone was wrung out wet clothes, and his blood and energy consumption increased dramatically.
"Can standing meditation strengthen blood and energy?!"
Li Yuan didn't expect this either, but he quickly gathered his spirits and slowly and difficultly performed the "Bing Ti Shi" to move blood and energy and digest the heat in his abdomen.
Pills are not elixirs.
The effect will not be seen immediately after taking it, but it needs to be digested slowly, nourishing the internal organs with the help of blood and qi, and ultimately achieving the effect of strengthening the body and increasing muscles and bones.
Normally, one Leopard Embryo Yijin Pill is enough for digestion for more than half a month, even if you train your body intensively every day.
"call!"
"Suck!"
Even without the corresponding breathing method, the standing meditation can still be effective. Li Yuan is immersed in it, his chest rising and falling.
There are 24 forms of military postures. Li Yuan was sweating all over when he reached the sixth form. By the eighth form, his blood and energy were exhausted and his tendons and bones were making a crackling sound.
"With my current physical strength and blood energy, I may not be able to exhaust it even if I stand on the White Ape Pillar for a whole day. This soldier's physical strength..."
Li Yuan's eyes lit up:
"When I use the White Ape Hammer Technique, I need more than 20 days to digest this Leopard Embryo Yijin Pill. But now, I'm afraid it will only take four or five days at most, or even faster. And this is just the pile training!"
Li Yuan became more positive and full of motivation.
He found that the heat in his body continued to flow to his limbs and bones, and even the blood behind his knees that had been motionless for a long time began to flow towards his calves.
……
Li Yuan didn't want to go out. He only came out to eat a meal after noon at the urging of Fatty Sun, and then went back to his room to practice martial arts.
"This kid..."
Fatty Sun was puzzled by what he saw. He gritted his teeth, went into the room and stood still, and even took a blood-nourishing pill with great pain.
He has practiced martial arts for many years and rarely takes elixirs. What's the difference between paying six taels of silver for a bottle of elixirs and robbery?
But during this period, I also secretly bought a few bottles.
"practice!"
There are elixirs to use and superior martial arts to practice. Li Yuan is immersed in it, feeling his blood and energy growing, wishing he could practice to perfection in one breath.
But as it was getting close to evening, the screams coming from outside forced him to go out.
"My brother-in-law is back!"
Just as Li Yuan opened the door, Fatty Sun rushed out like the wind and almost knocked Niu Gui to the ground in the yard.
"The master wants you to come over. He is seriously injured..."
Niu Gui rubbed his painful shoulder, whispered something with a complicated expression, then turned and left.
"Is the injury serious?"
Li Yuan frowned and walked quickly towards the inner courtyard.
Soon, we found out how serious the injuries Niu Gui mentioned were.
As soon as I entered the door, a pungent smell of blood rushed straight to my head, and even the smell of medicine that filled the room could not suppress it.
"Cough, cough, cough..."
Tang Tong was sitting on the armchair wearing a gown. Yue Yunjin and Wu Ming arrived before him, their faces full of sorrow and sadness.
Fatty Sun is not here. I don’t know where he was sent.
"Master, are you injured?"
Li Yuan felt a chill in his heart.
The loose gown could not block the smell of blood. He could even see blood stains on his clothes, and the wound was still bleeding.
This is because the injury is too severe, and even the qi and blood cannot be controlled.
"Almost died."
Tang Tong's voice was weak, his face was dark yellow, and his sharp eyes became cloudy.
"Master, your injury, that, that year nine..."
Yue Yunjin was still ill and was frightened. He stumbled when speaking. Wu Ming supported him and he did not fall to the ground. "No one is born with a hundred battles. Yunjin, you have never experienced anything before, so it is inevitable that you will panic for a while..."
Tang Tong sighed, disappointment flashed in his cloudy eyes, but unusually he did not scold:
"It will be better in the future, I suppose?"
"I am sorry to disappoint you, disciple."
Yue Yunjin still fell to his knees, tears streaming down his face: "Please go and heal your wounds, please..."
"It's useless whether you heal or not."
Tang Tong tugged at his clothes. The knife wound was as wide as a palm, his sternum was cracked, and one could even vaguely see his internal organs.
Even though he was wearing the second-level inner armor, he was injured so seriously?
Li Yuan took a deep breath and felt his heart pounding.
The second-level inner armor can withstand the powerful stabbing and slashing of the second-level, that is, top-grade sharp blades. Tang Tong has been tempered with his physique for decades, but he was injured like this?
"Master, who hurt you?"
Wu Ming's chest heaved.
"Qiu Long!"
This thought popped up in Li Yuan's mind.
Within the 500-mile radius of Gaoliu County, the only one with such strength is probably the poisonous dragon of the Divine Weapon Valley holding the sharp blade.
He had heard Zhang Ben mention that the Conglong Sword was an extremely sharp blade and it cost more than one hundred taels of silver to repair its broken blade.
"That year, September..."
Tang Tong curled his lips, reached out and picked up two rolls of something that looked like sheepskin from the table:
"Among the inner courtyard disciples, there are many who have achieved great success in hammering blood and energy, but you three are the only ones who can really hope to break through your inner strength..."
"Cough cough!"
Tang Tong's mouth was bleeding, but he pushed away the flustered Yue Yunjin and looked at Li Yuan, who was worried but very calm:
"Li Yuan, you are pretty good. Although your physique is not good enough, you have great talent. You have a good chance of improving your internal strength and being accepted into the Divine Weapon Valley!"
"Master, please heal your wounds first."
Li Yuan felt a little reluctant.
In the weapon forging shop, apart from Zhang Ben and Fatty Sun, only Tang Tong looked at him differently.
"You can't die yet!"
As soon as Li Yuan stretched out his hand, he was glared back. Tang Tong shook the two pieces of parchment in his hand. There were two pictures on them, one of which was a monkey and the other was a green snake spitting out its tongue.
"Basic diagram!"
Wu Ming shuddered and blurted out.
Li Yuan had already sensed the faint white light on the two pieces of parchment. As he took a few steps closer, a light flashed in his eyes.
[Basic Diagram of White Ape Cloak Hammer Technique (Level 1)]
[The fundamental diagram of internal strength drawn on the 'white sandalwood sheepskin' by a warrior who has achieved great perfection in hammer technique. If a warrior who has achieved great perfection in hammer technique comprehends it, he or she will understand the secret of internal strength...]
[Control Condition: White Ape Cloak Hammer Mastered]
[Control Effect: White Ape Cloak Great Perfection, Ape Arms and Wasp Waist, White Ape Strength]
nice one!
One has the power of a white ape, the other has the power of a green snake!
Li Yuan clenched his palms and muttered to himself, can this parchment be considered a 'weapon'?
Is it because there is a depiction of "killing martial arts" on it?
"This is the 'Fundamental Diagram of Internal Energy' for the White Ape Hammer and the Green Snake Spear. It is a treasure that can only be drawn by a warrior who has cultivated a martial art to the Great Perfection realm and has broken through."
Tang Tong glanced at Li Yuan:
"Without this diagram, if you want to break through the inner strength, you must be able to perfect the hammer method. In the past two hundred years of the Weapon Forging Shop, few people have this ability."
Li Yuan lowered his head.
He had never heard of such a thing before.
Who could have expected that the White Ape Cloak Hammer, which is divided into standing practice, training methods, breathing methods, and fighting methods, actually has a basic diagram?
Or is this the way to control the inner courtyard apprentices?
Does Bingdao Doushachui also have a basic diagram?
"Beginner's entry, mastery, minor success, major success, and perfection are beyond words. Before internal strength, there are only these four levels of Qi and blood in martial arts...
This diagram is usually taught only after one has mastered the Six Directions. Many of your senior brothers from the previous batches did not receive the basic diagram today."
Tang Tong's spirits improved a lot, and he even staggered to his feet. The armchair was covered in blood.
Yue Yunjin also struggled to stand up, worried.
"Of the three of you, Yun Jin has gone the furthest, and Li Yuan the least, but none of you have reached that level yet, and have never been tested. In theory, I shouldn't show you this 'Fundamental Diagram of Internal Strength' now..."
As he spoke, Tang Tong threw the two fundamental maps to Li Yuan and Yue Yunjin respectively, then turned around and sat down, feeling silent in his heart.
Just remember as much as you can...
(End of this chapter)
