The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#788 - Absorbing Yang Qi, returning to nature

Even though he had just obtained the number one divine skill in the world and successfully resolved the subsequent crisis, Lu Jing's expression didn't show much joy. Instead, he seemed preoccupied.

He also lost the desire to go out for a spring outing and hurriedly returned to the academy with the three girls.

Then, Lu Jing plunged into his own courtyard.

At this time, there was only one hour left before his next internal energy refresh.

Lu Jing made some simple preparations and then sat cross-legged on the bed.

The previous battle with Zen Master Yunhe and the thirteen other Buddhist monks had also consumed most of the internal energy in his body, but as a precaution, Lu Jing used the last bit of internal energy to cultivate the Fire Scale Armor.

An hour later, his dantian was completely empty, without a trace of internal energy left.

However, the next moment, the dry dantian miraculously became充盈 again.

But this time, the true energy entrenched within was no longer the Little Vajra Force that Lu Jing was familiar with.

Sure enough, a wry smile appeared on Lu Jing's face.

What he feared most had come to pass.

The first time he possessed internal energy, it was a similar process. Zhang Sanfeng first taught him the Little Vajra Force. Before Lu Jing could even begin to cultivate it, his dantian was filled with the Little Vajra Force the next morning.

Therefore, he had always been careful, consciously avoiding other internal energy manuals.

After all, the Little Vajra Force was already recognized as the most garbage-like mental cultivation method in the martial world, and he was already barely able to withstand it. If he switched to another mental cultivation method, Lu Jing's pressure to consume internal energy every day would only increase.

However, perhaps the long period of peace had made Lu Jing a little mentally relaxed, coupled with the fact that he was aiming for the true solution of the Mad Demon One Hundred and Eight Staffs, and the 《Martial Scripture》 was written in an obscure and difficult manner, by the time Lu Jing realized it, he had already made a big mistake.

Since things had come to this, after a moment of sighing, Lu Jing cheered himself up and began to study his new internal energy.

The internal energy cultivation method recorded in the 《Martial Scripture》 had no name. After all, if the rumors were true, this was probably the first internal energy cultivation method in the world.

Many of the terms inside were even different from those in the current martial world. For example, the 《Martial Scripture》 called internal energy 'Yang Qi,' and this rather misleading wording caused Lu Jing to not realize it until after he had finished reading it.

In short, because it was the first cultivation method, there was no need to distinguish it from other cultivation methods, so the Buddha was too lazy to give it a proper name, and casually called it Nayan.

So Lu Jing also took the opportunity to call the internal energy in his dantian now Nayan True Qi.

Because the 《Martial Scripture》 only had a few hundred words, and the part about Nayan was only a little over a hundred words, there was naturally not a single word describing the characteristics and effects of this true energy.

So Lu Jing could only explore it himself now.

What he was most concerned about was, of course, the consumption of internal energy. After trying a set of Mad Demon One Hundred and Eight Staffs in the courtyard, Lu Jing's heart sank.

Even though he was mentally prepared, the circulation speed of this Nayan True Qi between the Ren and Du meridians still surprised him.

This was too fast.

As soon as he exerted force, new Nayan True Qi was immediately and continuously generated between the Ren and Du meridians, coupled with his meridians that had been modified by the Rat Tail Soup, Lu Jing's current internal energy consumption speed couldn't keep up with the replenishment speed at all.

And it was the same situation after he switched to Wind and Cloud Transformation and Tablet Breaking Palm. Lu Jing even directly used Nayan True Qi to cultivate the Fire Scale Armor, and after practicing for a full incense stick of time, when he turned back to look at his dantian, it was still full.

No, he had to find a way to consume mystic force faster to test where the recovery limit of Nayan True Qi actually was.

The first person Lu Jing thought of was Yan Yun. The last time he competed with Yan Yun in internal energy, although he won, Yan Yun's Nebula Divine Skill had left a deep impression on him.

This supreme secret典籍 of Yunshui Jingci Pavilion allows practitioners to turn their true qi into small cyclones, which greatly consume the opponent's internal energy through rotation.

Unfortunately, when Lu Jing came to Yan Yun's courtyard, he found that no one was inside. After asking the people next door, he learned that Yan Yun had gone out to handle a case and had been gone for two days.

So Lu Jing had to focus his attention on other people. Xia Huai certainly wouldn't refuse him, but Xia Huai's internal energy cultivation was only at the second-rate level after all, and although the cultivation method she practiced was good, it wasn't a unique skill.

Lu Jing was worried that he still wouldn't be able to measure it. As for Wen Xiaochuan, needless to say, she would simply be giving herself away for free.

Seeing that there was no hope for the people around him, Lu Jing had no choice but to expand the scope of his choices. In the end, he really found a first-rate master who was free now and willing to practice with him.

Lu Jing didn't bother to say hello in advance and ran straight to his door.

“Since our separation at the Zhuangyuan Building last time, I haven’t seen you for a long time. I thought you had already left the capital. Why are you suddenly interested in sparring with me?”

Li Bufan led Lu Jing into the Chang Le Gang's martial arts training hall, and then pointed to the weapon rack next to him, “You can choose whatever weapon you want, but they are all blunt.”

“What weapon does Gang Leader Li use?”

“I don’t use any.” Li Bufan shook his head and said, “I’m not being polite with you. Although Li has also practiced some swords and spears, his specialty is still拳掌. Others are fine, but facing Grandmaster Lu, I certainly can’t be careless.”

He considerately dismissed the disciples in the martial arts training hall, and in the end, only the two of them were left. In this way, no matter who won or lost today’s competition, there was no need to worry about it being spread out and damaging their reputation.

The two stood facing each other.

Seeing Li Bufan nod to indicate that he could start, Lu Jing rushed over impatiently.

However, this time, when he used Wind and Cloud Transformation, he felt that it was a little different from before. In fact, Lu Jing had already noticed some differences when he was practicing the Mad Demon One Hundred and Eight Staffs in the courtyard earlier.

But at that time, his attention was mainly on the consumption of internal energy, and he didn’t pay much attention to this kind of thing.

But now that he was sparring with Li Bufan, this feeling was very obvious.

And when Li Bufan saw Lu Jing kick out, his eyes lit up and he praised, “Good leg technique!”

Wind and Cloud Transformation is the most exquisite and complex martial art that Lu Jing has mastered besides the peculiar martial art of Four Steady Eights. However, even so, it is still not comparable to real top martial arts, let alone the镇派 unique skills of the major sects.

For example, the palm technique that Li Bufan practices is the famous先天无极掌 of the Chang Le Gang.

Logically speaking, Wind and Cloud Transformation shouldn’t be able to catch his eye, but this kick from Lu Jing made the gang leader of the Chang Le Gang couldn’t help but want to praise him.

Because he felt a sense of natural perfection and returning to simplicity from Lu Jing’s kick.