The Song Dynasty was the king for thirteen years before he knew that he was Tianlong.

Chapter 224: Internal and External Cultivation, Martial Arts Concept

Zhao Ti looked ahead and saw the azure blue sea, clear and waveless, calm and peaceful, with the water and sky merging into one color.

He couldn't help but ponder for a moment. The last illusion was a magnificent palace. There were many strange things in the palace that were not from the present world or the Song Dynasty. There was a young girl playing a seven-stringed harp, a beautiful woman wearing strange clothes and skirts, showing her snow-white arms and legs, and dancing to a dance that seemed like that of a demon.

He was wearing a strange and luxurious robe, sitting behind a unique table, eating exotic fruits, watching singing and dancing, and drinking from a silver wine cup.

But now the scene has changed drastically, and I am actually at the coast of the sea.

Although if one keeps the original mind focused and maintains one's original heart, the illusion will disappear briefly, he still wants to see what is in this illusion.

He looked down and was suddenly speechless. He didn't even exist as a human being anymore, but had turned into a mirage dragon.

There was a map of mythical creatures and strange beasts in the palace, and on it was a picture of a mirage dragon. At this time, the shape of his body was exactly the same as that of the mirage dragon in the picture.

It has the body of a dragon, the legs and feet of a unicorn, is covered with scales and has a long tail. When viewed through the sea water, it also looks like a strange head of a mirage dragon, with two horns on its head and breath coming out of its mouth, which is quite strange and majestic.

At this moment, bursts of bird calls were heard from the distant sea. They were actually flocks of swallows. They had unparalleled beautiful figures, melodious voices, and their colors were like snow and jade.

This... Zhao Ti remembered what he had read in the atlas of mythical beasts and rare objects in the palace. It said that mirage dragons like to eat swallows, especially the snow swallows that are as white as sea jade. They can spray air to create illusions and lure swallows to fly into their mouths.

At this time, the breath he exhaled transformed into the courtyard and the houses, the green trees and the shade, which was beautiful and charming. The swallows flew straight to him, trying to fly into his mouth.

Zhao Ti couldn't help but frown. This time the illusion was a little unbearable. Not only did he turn into the legendary ancient mirage dragon, but he also wanted to swallow Yu Yan alive. It was really hard to describe.

He immediately closed his eyes and focused his mind. After a few breaths, the voice in his ears disappeared. When he opened his eyes again, the illusion was gone and he was still in the practice room.

Zhao Ti felt that the Phantom Yin Qi in his body had made further progress and had opened up the passage between the Crimson Palace and the first level of the Twelve-story Tower. His internal energy flowed through it, making him feel extremely comfortable. His breathing was almost soundless, almost imperceptible, and his body became lighter as well.

He got down from the bed, straightened up, and felt his own temperament changing. It seemed that it was constantly alternating between illusion and reality, truth and falsehood.

The true energy in his body was also constantly rhythmically changing, and a word suddenly jumped out of his mind.

Cultivating both inside and outside, is this the true way to cultivate both inside and outside?

He stabilized this state of temperament without using the Phantom Yin Finger. Could this be the martial intention? The martial arts realm, his own martial intention?

Only when the inner force reaches the twelfth floor, will this kind of martial arts artistic conception of cultivating both the inner and the outer appear? Forming this special temperament?

So, the Sweeping Monk, Murong Longcheng, and Xiaoyaozi all used their true qi to walk between the twelve floors, so they possessed their own martial arts?
However, there will inevitably be differences in the levels of martial arts, either because of the different levels of power in their techniques, or because of the different levels of purity and strength of their own internal strength, or because of differences in talent. Even if everyone has martial arts intent, some will inevitably be stronger and some will be weaker.

Zhao Ti took a deep breath and slowly let his true energy sink down, returning all of it to his lower dantian Kun Palace. The martial spirit in his body actually slowly disappeared and became the same as before.

As expected, this state of mind can be received and released. Zhao Ti nodded, and then thought that he had reached this state of mind through the Illusion Yin Sutra, which produced a martial arts state of mind of truth and illusion. Then he wondered if other skills, when cultivated to a very high level, could also travel through the Twelve Floors, would another kind of martial arts be born again? He now possessed many kinds of skills, and he could not help but summarize and analyze them secretly in his mind.

Among them, the Sunflower Manual, the Small Wuxiang Kung, the Dragon Elephant Prajna Kung, the Ice Qi, and the Eternal Spring Kung, these are all internal skills that can be cultivated to a higher level.

However, the Changes of the Stars and the Shift of the Universe are skills, martial arts, not internal strength. There is no such thing as cultivating internal strength.

However, the Great Zhoutian Dou Zhuan Xing Yi passed down by Murong Longcheng is a set of internal energy and martial arts that can be further cultivated.

As for the Shenzu Sutra, it is an auxiliary technique that can quickly increase the speed of internal force cultivation of other techniques. Lingbo Weibu is a light technique that also has a slight auxiliary effect in increasing internal force, but it is far inferior to the Shenzu Sutra.

Taizu's Thirty-Three Postures Long Fist is an external skill to train internal strength. In theory, it can also bring the internal strength to a high level. I wonder if it can impact the twelve-story tower.

The Bei Ming Divine Art can cultivate Bei Ming Qi, but absorbing other people's internal force is an art and skill. This art and skill does not record the method of absorbing the opponent with just opening the mouth, so even if one can practice to the point where the Qi can reach the twelfth level, it is unlikely to absorb the opponent's power with the mouth.

Finally, the nameless sword energy required the transformation of one's own internal force, but there was no direct method to practice it, nor was it among the advanced methods of practicing the Twelve Levels. It was somewhat close to a skill.

In this way, it seems that he can develop the martial arts with the Sunflower Manual, the Small Wuxiang Gong, the Dragon Elephant Prajna Gong, the Ice Qi, the Eternal Spring Gong, the Great Zhoutian Douzhuanxingyi, the Taizu Changquan, and the Beiming Divine Art.

However, the progress of Xiao Wuxiang Gong is very slow. Although it can generate internal force, it is not its strong point. Even with the help of Shenzu Sutra, it is unknown how long it will take to reach the level of walking in the Twelve Floors.

The same goes for the Ice Qi, which is a miraculous skill produced by the fusion of the Shenzu Sutra and the Ice Silkworm Cold Poison. It is difficult to reach the top if you only rely on the Shenzu Sutra to advance without any method of cultivation of your own.

However, the man in white whom I met last time in Kunlun misunderstood that the Ice Palm was another kind of martial art, which seemed to belong to the Ice Silkworm Palace. It was probably related to the cold poison of the ice silkworm, but I didn't know how to practice it.

Of Taizu's Thirty-Three Postures of Long Fist, only the first posture, Flying to the Sky, and the second posture, Wandering in the Sky, have been deduced so far. It will be a long process to deduce it further, and it cannot be said that one will definitely develop the martial arts spirit, so it can only be excluded for the time being.

If the Bei Ming Divine Art has not been practiced, then it is also ruled out.

The only ones left are the Sunflower Manual, the Dragon Elephant Prajna Sutra, the Eternal Spring Sutra, and the Great Circulation of the Stars. These four martial arts are suitable for testing to reach the top, to see if one can roam through the twelve floors and whether one can develop new martial arts.

Zhao Ti summarized it in his mind and sorted out his future practice ideas. In addition to the Huan Yin Sutra, he would basically practice these four types of exercises.

Among them, the Sunflower Manual and the Dragon Elephant Prajna Sutra are both considered to be highly accomplished, so you can practice them more diligently. The Changchun Gong and the Great Zhoutian Dou Zhuan Xing Yi have not yet been practiced, so you can take your time.

After thinking about all this, Zhao Ti walked outside. It was already early morning outside the practice room. Without realizing it, he had been practicing for half a day and even more than a night.

After tidying up and having breakfast, he went back to his study to rest.

In the afternoon, Tong Guan came to report that Yang Jian had arrived and Zhao Xu had verbally summoned him to the palace.

(End of this chapter)