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Chapter 213 Divine Thunder Transformation!
Why would Jiang Mingzhe have such thoughts?

According to Xiao Yuanshan, this Thunderous Divine Might Skill has neither external techniques nor internal cultivation methods, but rather a very special cultivation path.

What's so special about it?

Eight words: unorthodox and utterly absurd.

As we all know, different internal martial arts have different principles. For example, some internal martial arts focus on nourishing the body's functions, progressing gently and gradually, and may be less lethal. Other internal martial arts pursue extreme power, explosive and fierce, but are harmful to the body.

In short, there are countless skills, each with its own unique characteristics.

Regardless of the type of internal energy cultivation, its operation is based on acupoints as points and meridians as lines, only the emphasis on the operation method and route differs.

Why is Xiao Yuanshan's kung fu considered unorthodox? It's because it completely breaks free from the constraints of meridians!

Why is it described as utterly absurd?
This skill, however, actually considers muscles, blood vessels, bones, internal organs... as part of the path!

Each internal martial art has a clear method of practice and application. The method of practice is how to breathe and exhale, and circulate and grow. The method of application is how to circulate internal energy, increase damage and accelerate progress.

Unfortunately, this method, which Xiao Yuanshan, who was terrible at naming things, named "Thunderous Divine Might Skill," can forcibly change the existing operating route and method of any internal energy you practice, and instead operate according to its strange way.

According to Jiang Mingzhe's understanding, internal energy cultivation is like a person walking on the street. Whether you run, jump, walk diagonally, or walk upside down, you have to follow the road, right?
Old Xiao's kung fu is parkour.

I don't care if there are houses, walls, ponds, or green belts in front of me, I'll just go in a straight line.

Therefore, the most important thing in this skill is the concept of "divine".

The spirit is the essence of things.

Or rather, it could be described as a person's strong subjective consciousness.

Even ordinary internal energy cultivation requires concentration, meditation, and deep thought to guide the generation and circulation of internal energy when first practiced.

But once you get the hang of it, it becomes more and more natural.

Just like a baby learning to walk, it is difficult at first, but later, it runs when it is time to run and jumps when it is time to jump, and it is completely integrated into the body's instinct.

However, Lao Xiao's kung fu requires strict control of internal energy from beginning to end, operating in a very unique and even awkward way, maintaining focus at all times, and not being able to slack off in the slightest.

Just like a parkour master, no matter how good your skills are, you still need to maintain a high level of focus every time you run a different route.

Old Xiao said that this skill requires extremely high internal strength, and that's why.

Just like a person walking on the street, all you need is legs.

If you really have no legs, you can crawl or roll.

But parkour is different; it requires not only agility in both hands and feet, but also physical strength and quick reflexes.

So what are the benefits of this parkour-like skill?

Old Xiao's mnemonic clearly states:
It can penetrate walls and carve through barriers with divine gravity, cross mountains and seas with the power of spiritual energy, thunder roars and shines throughout the universe, and an awe-inspiring and invincible power arises spontaneously.

It means that by maintaining a highly focused mind, one can guide internal energy through the body, opening up the meridians, bones, muscles, organs, blood vessels, etc., into a unified whole. This is considered achieving the stage of divine attraction, after which one will naturally enter a state of divine enlightenment.

According to Lao Xiao, when he uses this technique, he can tell what move the other person is going to make as soon as they move their hands or feet! At the same time, the other person's movements seem incredibly slow to him, while his own movements are as fast as lightning, and every punch and kick has great power!
What's even more bizarre is that once this skill is unleashed, the enemy unconsciously shrinks in dread, trembling with fear. Even if they possess full skill, they can only unleash seven or eight tenths of it, just like an ordinary wild animal encountering a tiger or leopard.

Jiang Mingzhe became more and more excited as he listened. In his previous understanding, internal energy could be regarded as an element between nourishment and fuel.

In Lao Xiao's description, internal energy becomes a bridge that transcends different dimensions!

Once the technique is activated, it can gather and condense a person's different levels of energy into a powerful point, directly elevating their level of life.

This feeling of elevating one's life level is based on the effect described by Lao Xiao.

Jiang Mingzhe felt that being able to predict an opponent's moves based on their actions and to sense when their movements were slow was clearly a result of extremely strong mental abilities.

The fact that every move he made possessed the power of thunder was a testament to his extremely strong physical strength.

As for the enemy's genuine fear, it clearly stems from a genetically induced panic when facing a higher level of life!

In other words, when Lao Xiao uses this kung fu, he looks like an ordinary human being, but in terms of life level, he is already superior to his opponent.

In some ways, it's essentially the same as transforming into Ultraman or a Super Saiyan!

What excited Jiang Mingzhe even more was that, according to Lao Xiao's description, only with sufficiently strong internal energy could one remain concentrated and not disperse after leaving the meridians, enough to circulate in the bones, flesh, internal organs, and blood.

However, he deeply understood that the transformation technique of the Northern Darkness Divine Art was best at changing the nature of internal energy, and compared with other internal energy techniques, it naturally had stronger plasticity and adaptability.

In other words, with the same amount of internal energy, the consumption of the Northern Darkness Divine Art is probably less than that of other techniques when using the Thunderous Divine Might Technique, and the power that can be unleashed is naturally greater.

Perhaps only the Lesser Formless Skill can rival the Northern Darkness Skill in this respect.

However, the Lesser Formless Skill does not have the characteristic of the Northern Darkness Divine Skill of absorbing people's true energy and growing stronger rapidly.

Thinking of this, Jiang Mingzhe couldn't help but ask Old Xiao, "Uncle Xiao, this skill is truly groundbreaking. I wonder who your master is? How could he have come up with such a miraculous technique!"

Old Xiao's eyes showed a look of reminiscence as he gently shook his head: "Heh, actually I don't know who he was, or even his name. It was quite a strange encounter, really. I was in my early twenties that year, returning home from a banquet, when I met an old Taoist priest sleeping in the snow. I thought he had frozen to death and asked my servants to collect his remains. But the old Taoist priest woke up as soon as I touched him, insisting that I had spilled the wine in his dream and demanding compensation..."

Back then, Xiao was a bold and generous man. He not only gave Xiao some wine but also gave him an extra portion of meat. Unexpectedly, he was then entangled with the Taoist priest. Every day, he would sing Taoist ballads outside the mansion, asking Xiao for food and drink, and specifically requesting good wine and meat.

Everyone around said that the old Taoist priest was a fraud, but Xiao Lao was generous, saying that an old Taoist priest like him could not possibly spend much money on eating and drinking.

So he treated the Taoist priest to a hearty meal every day for more than three months.

Spring arrived in the blink of an eye. One day, after finishing his meal, the old Taoist wiped his mouth and said to young Xiao, "Young man, you have some talent, and your martial arts are quite good. But no matter how much you practice, you're still stuck in a well. I've created countless divine skills in my life, and in my old age, I've accidentally created a skill that's outside the well. I originally planned to take it with me to my grave, but since I've enjoyed your good food and wine for several months, I feel bad not leaving something behind. If you swear that you will never kill Han people again, I will pass this skill on to you. What do you say?"

Xiao Yuanshan didn't care at first, but after the old Taoist explained it to him, Xiao Yuanshan immediately realized that this was a peerless martial art unlike any other martial art in the world!

He was mild-mannered and did not want the Liao and Song dynasties to go to war. He immediately swore an oath as the old Taoist priest asked, and the old Taoist priest passed on this set of skills to him. Xiao Yuanshan asked what the skills were called, and the old Taoist priest laughed and said, "The Great Way has no name. This skill is already outside the well, so why bother giving it a stupid name?"

They then left without a trace.

Xiao Yuanshan thought to himself, this skill can't just be nameless. Calling it "Nameless Divine Skill" would feel like something he picked up off the street. How about "Well Outside Divine Skill"? Oh dear, that's even stranger…

After thinking about it for three days and three nights, I decided to name it Thunder God's Might Skill.

After hearing this, Jiang Mingzhe had a vague idea of ​​the old Taoist's identity, but he didn't say much. He just smiled and said, "Uncle, if you ask me, the true core of this skill is actually the word 'transformation'! Once you circulate your energy, your body becomes like thunder, and your divine power is astonishing. It's like a python transforming into a dragon. Why not call it Divine Thunder Transformation!"

(End of this chapter)