Yamafu Military Affairs

Chapter 556 Practice
call!
Purple-black demonic energy was spreading, and in the thick smoke where one could not see one's hand in front of one's face, Qin Huai seized the opportunity, and stretched out his ferocious claws like lightning, directly grabbing Wang Haijiao's neck and throwing him to the ground, creating a dent with a radius of half a meter.

At this moment, the demonic energy that surged in wrapped around Qin Huai's body and began to stimulate his limbs and bones. The bliss that could not be described in words made him feel like he was floating in the air.

Qin Huai's heart trembled, knowing that if he did not calm down, even his Qi energy, which was as condensed as steel, would be distorted and divided by this force, turning him into a group of guerrillas that could not be mobilized.

Soon, as the skin, muscles, tendons and other organs were affected by the devil's internal energy, the tens of trillions of cells in his body seemed to be sinking, and tens of millions of new consciousnesses were born, each with its own actions, not subject to any constraints from the main body, and delusionally pursuing supreme freedom and infinite bliss.

"Is this how Emperor Xin, who has been immersed in the [Devil Power] for many years, understands [Devil Bliss]?"

After subduing Wang Haijiao, Qin Huai, who was affected, did not immediately break away from the influence of the purple-black internal energy. Instead, he relaxed his mind and carefully felt the impact of [Demon's Bliss] on him, intending to take the opportunity to figure out the essence and learn something new from it.

'From the perspective of Emperor Xin, the descendant of the Heavenly Demon, the core of [Heavenly Demon Bliss] is actually that the strong use killing and plundering to carry out the law of the jungle to the extreme, and then explain the continuation, inheritance, and sublimation of life. Although the method is extremely primitive and barbaric, it is indeed in line with the way of heaven. After all, whether it is sexual reproduction, eating and drinking, or living in peace and security, solving problems and overcoming difficulties, these ways of obtaining pleasure, the fundamental purpose is indeed to continue life. In this way, the intention of this move [Heavenly Demon Bliss] is much higher than other moves. '

Qin Huai, who had previously studied the martial arts of gods and demons carefully, knew very well that most of the moves in the [Heavenly Demon Art], like the [Heavenly Demon Four Eclipses] and the [Heavenly Demon Golden Body], existed only for fighting. Only the [Heavenly Demon Extreme Bliss] move had a grand purpose, and the threshold to fully unleash its power was very high. Even he had to experience Emperor Xin's move personally before he could grasp some of its true meaning.

Qin Huai, who controls the [moment] and can accurately control his movements at a hundred and twenty-eight times acceleration, has long been accustomed to the abnormally fast thinking speed. Even in fierce battles, he has enough room for detailed thinking.

Thoughts raced in his brain, and after firmly remembering the feeling brought by [Demon's Bliss] at this moment, thick black Qi gushed out of Qin Huai's body, which swallowed up all the demon's internal energy and turned into chains to completely bind Wang Haijiao under him.

"roll!"

Wang Haijiao's eyes were red and his forehead was flaring with anger. He was trying to break free from the restraints with the energy of ice and fire, but he was firmly trapped by the vicious mud chains. The power of Taowu corroded his body and soul, and the needle-like pain was infinitely magnified under the influence of [Demon's Bliss], making him feel even more miserable.

After glancing at Wang Haijiao's yin-yang face, which was blue on the left and red on the right, with the bridge of his nose as the dividing line, Qin Huai raised his heavy black fist and knocked him out without any mercy, then threw him to Nangong Yu who rushed up to help.

"Are you okay?"

Emperor Xin, who was following closely behind, looked at Qin Huai, who seemed not to be affected by [Demon's Bliss], with a surprised expression.

"What, it's weird?"

Qin Huai clapped his hands to disperse the dust, hid the blue-black shield scales back under his skin, and turned to look at Emperor Xin.

"It's only been three or two days. Even if Ji Kao hadn't had the chance, he wouldn't have been able to master the Heavenly Demonic Art so quickly."

Emperor Xin narrowed his eyes slightly and murmured in a low voice, talking about some past events that few people knew.

Ji Fa, who was not far away, heard this and opened his mouth to say something, but in the end no sound came out.

While Qin Huai and others were accompanying Nangong Yu to solve the problem, several groups of forces were watching the fire from the other side of the river in the mixed night market. Most of them were masters of Dharma who came to Wudang from all over the world. Among them were the Rakshasa White Lotus who enjoyed a great reputation in Japan and South Korea and the Huo Luo Sect who dominated the Western Regions.

They came to join in the fun at this moment, on the one hand to see what was going on, and on the other hand to test Wudang's attitude.

A strong dragon cannot defeat a local snake. This is a truth understood by gangs all over the world, and it naturally applies to the current undercurrents in Wudang Mountain.

".Yes, it has been confirmed that this lunatic is from the Korean Evil Fist Sect."

Nangong Yu was calling home. The unconscious Wang Haijiao had been handcuffed with special internal energy suppressants and handed over to the special security guards stationed at the night market.

"Nangong Yu, I want the [Seventh Heaven of Ice and Fire] on him. If you can get it, I'll treat you to supper tonight."

"Okay, I'll let them try."

Qin Huai, who led everyone back to their seats by the shimmering lake, found that the stall owner was frightened and had no idea where he had gone. He had no choice but to cook by himself, pouring oil into the wok and cooking in one go. The cold oil slid into the iron plate, turned the button to increase the fire, and spread the whitebait wrapped in egg liquid directly on the iron plate, where it solidified into a pancake under the heat.

The tempting aroma was brought out by the hot oil. Qin Huai was not in a hurry. He flipped the pan with the spatula in his hand and directly served the whitebait omelette, paired it with light soy sauce and chili dipping sauce, and brought it to the table.

"Our conditions are limited, so just eat what you can. If it's not enough, I'll make you some more noodles with physalis."

Before the few people had finished all the food on the table, a prison van used to detain serious criminals drove into the night market and braked to a stop in front of Nangong Yu.

"Mr. Yu, we checked the entry and exit records and found that he was a stowaway who entered through the waterway and killed an entire ship of border guards on the high seas. He is a dangerous person who is wanted."

A special police officer wearing a dragon and tiger armband jumped out from the co-pilot seat and handed the freshly printed materials to Nangong Yu.

"Clear the area, evacuate the crowd, and interrogate me to find out what I want first.

As the saying goes, speed is of the essence in war. Nangong Yu had no intention of changing the venue and planned to take Wang Haijiao directly to the prison van for interrogation.

Fifteen minutes later, Nangong Yu took a stack of bound A4 papers and sat next to Qin Huai, who had eaten and drunk his fill.

"This is the [Seventh Heaven of Ice and Fire] you requested, but the authenticity still needs to be verified."

"I think that lunatic is a tough guy, how come he gave in so quickly?"

Qin Huai took the bound volume and asked casually.

Nangong Yu raised his chin and continued, "The [Demon Bliss] move just now broke his psychological defenses, so the interrogation went very smoothly."

[Seven Heavens of Ice and Fire (Incomplete)] Category: Codex

Upper limit: Seventh Palace

It originated from a set of arduous training and unique skills from ancient India. After being introduced to the Central Plains, it was combined with the Yin-Yang theory of the Book of Changes and later improved by the ancient king of Baekje. It can enable practitioners to possess powerful internal energy of ice and fire, and absorb external heat and ice energy to strengthen themselves, thereby raising the level of the skills.

If one practices on their own, the emphasis is on constantly stimulating the body with alternating hot and cold, overdrawing the physical limit, and cultivating a deep ice and fire internal energy from the outside to the inside. Progress is rapid, but the process is dangerous.

There are seven heavens:
To get started with the first level of training in luck, one needs to endure being hit by other people’s sticks. If one succeeds in training, his body will be stronger than that of a tiger or leopard.

The luck of the second level can lift objects six times heavier than one's body weight and withstand heavy blows from hard metal objects, but the lower body, throat, and head are still vulnerable parts, and the power of punches can easily break rocks and crack monuments!
Practitioners of the third level must cultivate both inside and outside on the basis of having mastered the first two levels. They should immerse their hands, feet and limbs in boiling water at 100 degrees every day to absorb heat energy and adapt to the intensity of the flame. Then, they should insert the burned limbs into a zero-degree water bucket filled with ice. The alternating cold and heat will torture the body's skin and flesh, and the cycle of training will last until the muscles are immune to cold or heat!

Note: If combined with certain Buddhist martial arts, this skill may be able to make up for the shortcomings and go a step further.

'This method can really cultivate ice and fire internal energy with completely different properties. As for the difficulty of cultivation, with the foundation of human immortal martial arts, plus the help of the power of the four seasons of the body, there will be no obstacles at least before the sixth heaven.'

After Qin Huai looked at the [Seven Levels of Ice and Fire] in his hand, he realized that the speed of progress in practicing this martial art actually depends on the practitioner's recovery speed and the extreme upper limits of hot and cold in the external environment.

The former is easy. Even if he does not have the foundation in human immortal martial arts, Qin Huai can perfectly adapt to the requirements of [Seven Heavens of Ice and Fire] just by relying on the status blessing of Taowu inheritance and his own talent [Mastery of All Martial Arts].

As for the latter, it is indeed difficult to create a hot or cold environment that can make the ether dragon body feel the near-death high pressure with ordinary technology.

But Qin Huai is a wandering Yama after all, and Tian Wu's body is strengthened with the secret treasure of the power of the four seasons, which can condense the extremely cold and hot frost and water. Combined with the future technology he got from the [Flowing Light Dream] fruit, it is not a difficult task to quickly push the [Seven Heavens of Ice and Fire] to a high level.

"That ant just now was far less powerful than you and me. Do you really want to switch to practicing the third-rate kung fu you learned from him?"

Emperor Xin looked at Qin Huai, who was immersed in [Seven Heavens of Ice and Fire], and could not help but ask.

"Perhaps. In fact, I would rather eliminate the dross and retain the essence, gather the strengths of hundreds of schools, and fuse them into the true meaning of martial arts."

Qin Huai nodded without comment, put away the booklet that recorded [Seventh Heaven of Ice and Fire], and as if he suddenly remembered something, he asked Nangong Yu: "By the way, how would you deal with someone like him? Shoot him, let him serve his sentence, or let him continue to participate in real fighting?"

"You'll know in a few days."

Nangong Yu shrugged, looked around the night market which was extremely deserted due to the sudden change, and took everyone back to Tingyuxuan.
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In the guest room, Qin Huai sat cross-legged silently, holding a bottle of [Manqiu Water] in his left hand and a bottle of ice essence condensed from the power of frost in his right hand. In front of him was a huge bathtub with a peculiar shape that combined the structural features of a liquid nitrogen cryotherapy device and a sunbed.

This scientific instrument used to simulate extreme environments is about three meters long, enough to wrap anyone who enters tightly. The surface of the bathtub is etched with an intricate alchemical matrix, and there are several grooves made of high-quality shadow metal extending from the main body. The size is just right to hold the bottles and jars in Qin Huai's hands.

[Ice and Fire Barrel (Alchemy Modified Version)]

The prototype design is the S13 carbon-based biological body medical repair cabin produced by the Earth·Yi Hai Sixty-three Fruit. It later underwent a certain degree of material replacement and alchemical modification. The Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Barrel was named by the modifier himself.

Category: Alchemical Items

Quality: Rare

After allocating the essence of the power of the four seasons to a sufficient concentration, the corresponding extreme environment can be simulated in the cabin.

Note 1: Since the concentration of the Four Seasons Essence is too high, frequent use will cause unpredictable effects on the device. Please always pay attention to metal fatigue to prevent danger.

Note 2: After starting the device, the environment inside the cabin will become extremely extreme, so users must act within their capabilities!

"Come on, try it."

After taking a look at the [Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Barrel] that Qin Huai had hurriedly completed after getting out of his warm bed in the middle of the night, he inserted the two bottles of essence in his hand into the groove entrance, twisted and tightened them, and after fixing them, he lay down in it without saying a word. Outside, Ye Kui directly pressed the start button, and the liquid level of [Manqiu Water] in the crystal bottle gradually dropped, and the temperature in the cabin rose sharply.

Surging heat and extremely cold air alternately invaded his body, but Qin Huai's expression remained unchanged. While mobilizing the three treasures of essence, energy and spirit along the exercise route, he recalled the ideas of [Seven Levels of Ice and Fire] to solve the problem of coexistence of different internal energies.

The Seven Levels of Ice and Fire Internal Power combines the theory of the three channels and seven chakras of yoga with the Chinese theory of tendons and meridians and the theory of yin and yang.

Although fire energy and ice energy are also stored in the Dantian, the fire energy is stored in the Qihai point in front of the Dantian, runs in the Ren meridian in front of the body, and is connected in series to the nine important points of Qugu, Guanyuan, Qihai, Shenque, Zhongwan, Juque, Tanzhong, Xuanji, and Tiantu.

The icy air is gathered from the root chakra (perineum) at the bottom of the spine behind the dantian, and runs through the Du channel at the back, causing it to rise along the spine, passing through the seven important acupoints of Changqiang, Mingmen, Xuanshu, Zhongshu, Shendao, Dazhui, and Baihui.

Internal Energy rises from Dantian, while the two energies of ice and fire run through the Ren and Du meridians separately, running in parallel. As long as one does not go astray, the two forces of ice and fire will never conflict with each other. After reaching the fifth level of ice and fire, the two energies of fire and ice, which were originally distinct and independent in running through the Ren and Du meridians, will blend and work together, reaching a higher level of unity of ice and fire, with fire in ice and ice in fire.

However, Qin Huai's twelve main meridians and eight extraordinary meridians had already been fully opened up. As long as he could master the exercise route of [Seventh Heaven of Ice and Fire] and allow the two energies of ice and fire to merge at the junction of the Ren and Du meridians, he could reach the fifth heaven at any time.

“That feels pretty good.”

In the hot cabin, Qin Huai was transformed into a half-red and half-white man by the influence of the ice and fire in his body. A dark red flame shone from his left side, like the hot molten steel in a steel furnace, containing extremely strong heat; the icy and restrained right side was freezing cold, with a thick layer of frost covering the inner wall of the barrel cabin, like the white jade snow on the top of Mount Kunlun, which did not melt at all due to the extremely high temperature.

"It's done!"

(End of this chapter)