Free Web NovelChapter 165: Chapter 142: Cultivation, [Spring of Tribulation Ashes], and News
The Three Talents Step was a Body Technique, mainly used for close-quarters maneuvering in combat.
The Cultivation Technique’s description stated that the Three Talents Step was a simplified version of an Inner Qi Body Technique and possessed considerable potential. The materials included supplementary information like the Three Talents Position Map and Qi Blood circulation routes.
The Cultivation Technique named its three footwork styles after Heaven, Earth, and Man. The Heaven Step was for dashing, the Earth Step was for dodging, and the Man Step was for maneuvering. Upon reaching the Perfection stage, one could activate Three Talents Unity, which would briefly boost speed and allow for completely unrestricted movement.
Yu Fei mulled over the Cultivation Technique for a while before beginning his practice in the training room.
He drew squares on the ground in front, behind, to his left, and to his right. Standing in the center, he silently began to regulate his Qi Blood.
He had just started to get the hang of it and was about to dash forward when he moved his foot, causing his Qi Blood to instantly go awry.
PFFT—
Yu Fei’s knees buckled, and he slid forward for three meters on them. He couldn’t help but blush. ’Thank goodness no one’s in the training room,’ he thought. ’Otherwise, that would have been mortifying.’
This served as a stark reminder: if he wasn’t proficient in this footwork and used it rashly in battle, he could easily end up in a humiliating position, kneeling as if presenting his head to the enemy for the taking.
Snapping out of it, Yu Fei continued to study the Heaven Step. After several more attempts, he finally managed to execute it successfully.
With a flash, his figure shot forward more than ten meters.
It looked similar to the Light Swallow Shadow technique when enhanced by Ruyi Shen Jin, but this was his first time ever using the Heaven Step. He hadn’t even reached the Entry stage with it.
According to the Cultivation Technique’s description, once the Heaven Step reached the Minor Accomplishment stage, he would be able to change direction mid-dash, making it much more forgiving.
After a whole afternoon of stumbling through his training, he finally reached the Entry stage for the Three Talents Step.
The Earth Step proved to be the most difficult; one wrong move and he’d end up eating dirt.
And he was only learning this quickly thanks to the enhancement from his Ruyi Shen Jin. The Ruyi Shen Jin, generated from perfecting the Six Harmonies Killing Fist, signified that a Martial Artist had integrated their own internal power. This would greatly reduce the difficulty of learning the basics of any future Cultivation Technique.
The next morning, Yu Fei didn’t practice his pillar exercises. Instead, he prioritized his Swordsmanship training.
Now that his Five Viscera Mansions were open, if he failed to complete a session, he wouldn’t be able to attempt it a second time in the same day. Therefore, he decided to practice the Taiwei Profound Origin Pillar in the afternoon.
A cold light glinted in the training room. An occasional flash of sword light flickered from the wooden sword in Yu Fei’s hand, which was modeled after the Cyan Lotus Sword. He was on the verge of perfecting this basic Swordsmanship. freewebnσvel.cøm
Suddenly, Yu Fei stopped. His left hand unconsciously formed a sword seal, but the wooden sword in his other hand remained perfectly still.
He couldn’t help but give a bitter smile. "Ah, I forgot. The Cyan Lotus Sword is already broken."
This ironwood training sword was identical to the Cyan Lotus Sword in shape and weight. When he became engrossed in his practice, he would often get them confused.
The eastern sky grew bright, the great sun about to rise. Yu Fei sheathed his sword and faced east. Circulating his Qi Blood, he used the absorption method from the Pure Yang True Body technique to draw in the purple qi from the east, wanting to see if it was the same as the wisp of Supreme Yang Flame Qi he absorbed each day.
As the morning sun completely cleared the horizon, Yu Fei felt a familiar yet shockingly potent stream of Primordial Qi being absorbed into his body. It was indeed what he had always thought of as Supreme Yang Flame Qi, only this time, there was three times as much.
He immediately changed his Finger Skill, sensing the changes within him. A gentle, warm wisp seeped in through his nose, silently suffusing his entire body. It felt as if stardust was flowing through him, with tiny specks of light flickering in and out of existence.
’It’s enough!’
The amount of accumulated eastern purple qi now met the requirements to begin the next stage of the Cultivation Technique. Following the technique’s instructions, he circulated his Qi Blood. The specks of light began to converge on his heart. This was the First Stirring of Qi!
Countless specks of light gathered until they finally surpassed a certain threshold. Suddenly, a faint Primordial Yang Fire ignited within his spiritual consciousness.
Pure Yang True Body: Entry Stage!
This formless flame was the very foundation for cultivating the Pure Yang True Body. It was formed by gathering the vibrant eastern purple qi and the Martial Artist’s own essence. Without the required innate aptitude, it was impossible to cultivate.
Now that the Yang Fire was formed, Yu Fei attempted the next stage of cultivation.
He sat down cross-legged in the Five Centers Facing Heaven posture, immersing his consciousness in that faint flame. His Qi Blood began to vibrate at a specific frequency. After a long while, he finally found the unique catalyst described in the Cultivation Technique.
He suddenly noticed that the sunlight on his skin felt warmer than usual, almost scorching.
Within his consciousness, countless red particles rushed into the flame, one after another, and melted. They transformed into a golden fluorescent light that permeated his entire body from the inside out.
This was Yang Fire Body Tempering!
During this process, the Primordial Qi Sword Lotus secretly siphoned off at least twenty percent of the golden light. Yu Fei was pleasantly surprised when he discovered this. The Tribulation Sea Sword Lotus Transformation Skill stated that the Primordial Qi Sword Lotus required all sorts of treasures to grow. Although the five elemental energies were sufficient for now, it would become a burden in the future. If he could find a way to supplement its resource needs, that would be for the best.
All top-tier Iron Body Skills were merely the introductory techniques for various advanced physiques. In the Scripture Pavilion, their exchange prices were very low because their cultivation requirements were incredibly demanding.
Take the Pure Yang True Body for example. It was exceedingly rare for a person to naturally awaken the talent to absorb the eastern purple qi. Such a special ability was exceptionally uncommon, regardless of its quality.
For top-tier Iron Body Skills, the bottleneck was never the contribution points, but finding people suited to practice them. Therefore, the Scripture Pavilion set their exchange prices very low, hoping more people would give them a try. There were always a few lucky individuals with special constitutions who could successfully begin cultivation, even if their general aptitude was poor.
In fact, the contribution point cost for top-tier Cultivation Techniques used to be extremely high, and very few Cultivators were willing to attempt them back then.
The vast majority of Martial Artists were self-aware enough to know their own limits. Contribution points were hard to come by, and they wouldn’t rashly attempt a top-tier Cultivation Technique. They already struggled with ordinary techniques; they were even more reluctant to try something so demanding.
