Destiny is ashes

Chapter 19 Mastering the Mysterious Steps
"The amount of medicine is quite large, and there aren't that many farmers in Dongshan Farm... There is a group of people in the farm that we don't know about."

"Could it be that those who left would stay at the farm for a while before leaving the mountain?"

"But if that's the case, why do they drink these potions? What is the real effect of these potions without the meat of fierce beasts?"

"Perhaps, the sect is really behind Xuanming Manor..."

After returning from the medicine cabinet and going back to the dormitory, An Jing was full of doubts.

An Jing is a man of innate wisdom. He has studied hard since he was young. He has seen and heard a lot over the years. He also has the channels of the An family. He is definitely a well-informed person in the Huaixu world.

Combined with his experience in Xuanming Manor in recent months, An Jing can actually analyze that the background behind Xuanming Manor is probably not so clean.

But An Jing had never thought about how dirty it was.

From a purely emotional perspective, he was willing to believe in Xuanming Manor, and for this, he would rather ignore some details.

But now that things have come to this, the details are already before his eyes, and he can't ignore them even if he wants to. Now that the doubt has been raised, it is difficult to dispel it.

No matter what, he had to conduct a second investigation to find out the real secret behind Xuanming Manor.

However, An Jing did not plan to conduct a night investigation right away. His strength was not enough and it would be difficult for him to avoid the patrolling instructors.

Moreover, there is only one open straight road from the main village to Dongshan Farm. If you want to pass through it without being discovered, you need a dark and cloudy night.

An Jing didn't sleep in the middle of the night, not because he wanted to go on a night visit immediately, but because he wanted to take the initiative to learn the "Xuanbu" in the Huangtian Guanshen Yiyuan Yangqi Method as soon as possible.

Xuanbu Wuhuo is a kind of "body technique" that is quite rare in Dachen.

Killing methods and nurturing methods are not uncommon in Dachen, but mental methods and physical methods, even the simplest ones, are enough to serve as the core inheritance of a martial arts family.

Just as the other two parts of Huang Tian Yang Qi Method were considered by An Jing to be "assassination methods", Xuan Bu also adhered to the core idea of ​​"as vague as God's will, disappearing without a trace".

It is not very fast, but it can suppress its sound and is extremely stealthy. The key is to come quietly and suddenly explode when necessary, like a thunderbolt from the sky to bring down the will of heaven, and then suddenly disappear and get away.

Moreover, this is where the benefit of a complete set of martial arts lies.

Xuanbu's normal speed is not fast, but at critical moments it can be accelerated by releasing the armor-piercing true energy through 'Guan Shen Bu Yi'. Although the duration is not long, it is definitely enough at critical moments.

In contrast, the 'Hou Tu Body-building Method' should be a martial arts secret book that focuses on body-building techniques and frontal combat? Or it should be mainly about nourishing tendons and veins and better developing physical potential.

At night, An Jing studied the secret book carefully by moonlight and with his eyesight improved after practicing martial arts. During the day, he studied on the surface to hide his progress.

Now that he has become number one and can get all the benefits, there is no harm in hiding something. An Jing is mainly curious about where the medicines have gone.

After all, he had been feeling vaguely uneasy these days.

Those beast bones with black lines that looked like those of demons, those potions of unknown effects, and the overly mysterious background of Xuanming Manor all made him feel at a loss.

An Jing has this kind of personality. If things are out of his control, he will work hard to control them.

He would never remain indifferent and deceive himself that 'nothing happened'.

Soon, more than ten days passed.

An Jing's 'Xuan Bu' has been mastered to a small extent. When he performs it, the power under his feet surges and exhales like stepping on clouds and mist. Even if he breaks branches in the forest, no sound is made, and all vibrations are absorbed.

It can also be used in conjunction with other cultivation methods. With the heart of facing the abyss, walking in the Xuanbu stance can accelerate the efficiency of nourishing qi. With this effect, An Jing felt that the "innate qi" in his body had become more and more powerful, and he would soon be able to break through the internal breath.

But it is not the right time. If he were to break through his inner energy, it would definitely be a huge and shocking event, and he would attract a lot of attention. Then he would not be able to explore Xuanming Manor.

During this period of time, the number of people who stayed in Xuanming Manor also stabilized, totaling 108 people.

Compared to the initial 240-plus people, these 108 people have been reduced by more than half, but those who remain are indeed elites with better talents and better mentality.

This is the final number of people confirmed, and no one will be eliminated after this.

Although the 108 young boys and girls looked happy after knowing this, they did not exclaim in joy. Instead, they breathed a sigh of relief.

They were not eliminated after all.

After nearly half a year of training and development, their personalities have become more "calm", more "mature", or in other words... more "ruthless"?
Even Gu Yeqi and Cang Linzu were not surprised, and their personalities became more and more stable. However, for friends who truly recognize each other, their feelings will become deeper.

An Jing also watched all this.

While practicing the Huang Tian Yang Qi Method, he felt that his state of mind had also changed a little, becoming increasingly like the vast sky. He had a strange, overlooking sense of detachment from everything that was happening before his eyes.

Although An Jing knew what emotions he should have, he felt calm and unmoved, like a character in a game.

At first An Jing didn't feel anything strange, but one day, when An Jing took a bowl of water from Gu Yeqi, he suddenly said very politely "Thank you, Yeqi". After seeing the strange expressions on Gu Yeqi and Cang Linzu's faces, he suddenly reacted.

First of all, what is there for them to thank each other for?
Even if they really wanted to thank him, they shouldn't be so formal - "Thank you" or "Thank you very much!" This kind of colloquial language is more correct! The more formal the etiquette, the more distant they seem in their relationship!
These modifications... and the dietary training are changing my temperament!

【No fear, no self, no doubt, no confusion】

This may be the transformation of human beings by the Imperial Law.

"Indeed, being fearless when facing an abyss will make people restrain their emotions, and being fully confident will make people calm their minds, and suddenly burst out with extreme emotions... And the more you practice Xuan Bu Wu Jue, the more your mind will be lofty, like looking down from the sky."

An Jing became alert: "If I practice the complete Huang Tian Yang Qi method, the effect will definitely be greater... In the end, what will it turn me into?"

It's hard to say it's a good thing.

It is not difficult to resist the influence of the martial arts, but Xuanming Manor is also changing.

After determining the number of people, Xuanming Manor divided the 108 children into twelve groups and practiced in the name of the Twelve Chenci. An Jing was the leader of the first group.

The team led by An Jing is called Xingji. Including himself, there are nine people in total, five men and four women, most of whom are young boys and girls from the vicinity of Mingshan City in Northern Xinjiang.

Gu Yeqi and Cang Linzu were also among them. They were the two remaining members of the small group that originally surrounded An Jing, and now they are An Jing's right-hand men.

In addition to requiring each group member to be in tune with each other and meditate together, Xuanming Manor also requires each group to practice a peculiar battle formation.

An Jing had seen similar battle formations in militia exercises in his hometown before, but the target of their exercises should not be humans, but some kind of creature that is much larger than humans.

Various rolls, gun jabs and attacks on the chassis are all extremely targeted.

"Is Xuanming Manor planning to train the children to...hunt ferocious beasts?"

(End of this chapter)