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Chapter 319 Unless! There are some legendary cultivation techniques
Chen Zhan traced a faint arc in the candlelight with his fingertips, gently landing on the table and leaving a shallow mark on the hard stone surface.

Internal and external are interconnected, and internal strength is released externally.

He has successfully broken through to the Innate Realm.

From a complete novice in internal energy cultivation to a master of the innate realm, Chen Zhan only took three short days.

It is no exaggeration to say that he is the person who has broken through the internal energy realm the fastest throughout history.

Chen Zhan flicked his fingertips, and a wisp of internal energy overflowed from his fingertips, transforming into a thin stream of air that gently brushed across the pages of the book on the table, causing barely perceptible creases.

"It can be both firm and gentle, with subtle control; it's quite good."

He realized the difference between the two martial arts. If he released a wisp of his blood and qi and brushed it across the pages of the book in front of him, he would destroy the book instantly, and even leave marks on the stone table below.

This is a fundamental issue; no matter how little blood and energy Chen Zhan releases, it won't change the outcome.

Qi and blood are themselves formed from the body's violent energy, which is destructive, violent, and rampant.

A master who can precisely control their internal energy can unleash a burst of internal energy that transforms into a gentle breeze, causing no harm to anyone, not even to their clothes.

But Chen Zhan had to extract several strands of qi and blood, then precisely control them, transforming them into qi and blood that brushed against the opponent's face. The opponent would also become a "blood man," instantly disfigured and unrecognizable.
Qi and blood are fundamentally different from internal energy; they cannot achieve the effect of a gentle breeze.
Chen Zhan smiled. In terms of internal energy cultivation alone, he was probably the one with the least amount of internal energy among the innate masters.

Even if the circulation of Qi is fast, it still needs to be accumulated slowly. Internal strength is already much faster than the cultivation of Qi and blood, but it cannot be achieved overnight.

unless
There are some legendary martial arts techniques.
Chen Zhan withdrew the internal energy from his fingertips, his gaze returning to the room full of books, and a thought struck him.

He got up and walked towards the file shelf that recorded the old stories of the martial arts world a hundred years ago.

His weakness in internal energy is its quantity. With his current amount of internal energy, if he were to use it in sword energy, it would be gone in no more than a dozen sword energies.

This world is somewhat similar to the one in my memory, but it has also changed a lot.

If any special techniques exist, they should be found in the records of the Demonic Cult from a hundred years ago.

Chen Zhan glanced at the rows of dusty wooden boxes and quickly pulled out a yellowed scroll with the words "Record of the Succession of the Holy Masters of the Sun and Moon Holy Sect" written on the cover.

Chen Zhan unfolded the scroll and read it carefully. His eyes quickly scanned the scroll and soon locked onto the key record: The Demonic Sect had been passed down for a hundred years and was already the 23rd Holy Lord. This person was none other than Dongfang Bubai.

He was also the last Holy Master of the Holy Church to survive in the Central Plains. After him, the Holy Church disintegrated and split into two, fleeing to the South Seas and Persia, and never regained its dominance in the Central Plains.

The 22nd Holy Master before Dongfang Bubai was named Ren Woxing. The case file specifically notes that this Holy Master possessed a unique skill that was rumored to be able to absorb the internal energy of others for his own use, thereby rapidly increasing his own cultivation level. He stirred up countless bloody storms in the martial arts world back then.

Upon seeing this, Chen Zhan smiled slightly. The martial arts world of this world a hundred years ago indeed overlapped with the history in his memory, and even the characters and techniques matched to some extent.

He didn't stop flipping through the files, and soon found a detailed record of the 22nd Holy Father Ren Woxing, which meticulously documented all the major and minor events that Ren Woxing accomplished during his ten years in charge of the Holy Church, as well as the cause of his eventual death.

But the further Chen Zhan read, the more his brows furrowed. The records in the case file were completely different from what he remembered.
It doesn't match at all.

The case file clearly states that Ren Woxing and Dongfang Bubai were not enemies who turned against each other in a power struggle, but rather brothers who had risked their lives together.

In his early years, Dongfang Bubai was just a low-level member of the Holy Sect. He was promoted by Ren Woxing from a member to an ordinary incense master, then to an elder, and later became the Right Envoy of the Holy Sect, holding real power. The two were like brothers and never had any grudges against each other.

Ren Woxing's death was neither related to Dongfang Bubai nor was he killed by the combined attack of the Shaolin, Wudang and other famous sects. Instead, he was defeated by the Hengshan Sword Sect.

The records in the case file are more detailed.

Three years before Dongfang Bubai succeeded to the position of Holy Master, a young master of extraordinary talent suddenly emerged from the Hengshan Sword Sect. This person's swordsmanship was divine, and he swept across the Xiaoxiang region from the moment he entered the martial arts world, never suffering a defeat. He was revered by the people of the martial arts world as the "Xiaoxiang Sword God".

A hundred years ago, the righteous martial arts world revered the Songshan Sword Sect, and Zuo Lengchan's icy sword aura shook the world.

The demonic path is led by the Sun Moon Holy Sect, whose mastery of the Star Absorbing Technique is unparalleled in the martial arts world.

The Xiaoxiang Sword God of the Hengshan Sect was originally a junior, a disciple of the sect leader, Master Mo Da, but he mastered the long-lost Five Divine Swords technique of the Hengshan Sword Sect. In the battle at the Fengchan Terrace on Mount Song, he broke Zuo Lengchan's icy sword energy with just three sword strikes, severely injuring him and forcing him to flee.

At the foot of Mount Song, he killed Ren Woxing on the spot with only five sword strikes.

One man and one sword brought two great martial arts legends to an end, completely changing the landscape of the martial arts world at that time.

Mount Song declined, while Mount Heng rose.

The three major righteous sects became Hengshan as the leader, followed by Wudang and Shaolin.

Taking advantage of the situation, Dongfang Bubai rose to power in the Demonic Sect and quickly became its leader. The two became recognized as the two top masters in the martial arts world.

The Eastern Depot's case files clearly state that later, the imperial court joined forces with the righteous path to besiege Blackwood Cliff, and the Demonic Sect suffered a severe blow from then on.

Chen Zhan pondered for a moment.

The cultivation method is correct, the people are correct, and the timeline is correct, but the story seems to be going completely wrong.

Moreover, the Star Absorbing Technique has also disappeared.

This skill seems to have been ignored by everyone; all the case files only contain a few words about it, without any explanation of the power of the Star Absorbing Skill.

Chen Zhan lightly tapped the stone table with his fingertips, and the doubts in his heart gradually began to make sense.

According to common sense in the martial arts world, a martial art that can directly absorb the enemy's internal energy should be a coveted treasure. Once it appears in the world, it will inevitably attract countless forces to fight for it, and may even cause bloodshed.

However, the records in the case file tell a completely different story. After Ren Woxing's death, this martial art disappeared without a trace, leaving no trace of any struggle for it. This is really illogical.

After searching through some records of Ren Woxing's fights with others back then, Chen Zhan suddenly realized what was going on.

In the martial arts world, the various sects have different martial arts techniques, and the internal energy attributes they cultivate vary greatly. There is the cold and yin internal energy of Mount Song, while Buddhist martial arts are more yang and vigorous, and the internal energy of the various sword sects is also different.

These internal forces of different attributes were forcibly absorbed into the body, like hot oil meeting cold water, constantly colliding with each other in the meridians. Ren Woxing was tormented by this chaotic internal force every day, suffering unbearable pain.

It turns out that when Ren Woxing practiced this skill, he had to endure unimaginable suffering.

More importantly, these mixed internal energies cannot be directly used by oneself. To refine and integrate them requires mental effort and time, which is not much easier than cultivating on one's own.

In this way, this seemingly domineering technique has become a useless skill that is more trouble than it's worth.

Therefore, even within the Demonic Sect, knowing the side effects of the Star Absorbing Technique, no one was willing to practice this martial art.

After Ren Woxing's death, the martial arts manuals were shelved and forgotten.

Chen Zhan's sharp gaze wasn't necessarily a bad thing; it indirectly confirmed a problem.

The Star Absorbing Technique is not some evil or strange art that could wreak havoc on the martial arts world, so it's not something that would be completely destroyed by righteous masters after they find it.

Since neither the Eastern Depot nor the Embroidered Uniform Guard's secret files contain any information about this martial art,

It is highly likely that it fell into the hands of the major sects that joined forces to besiege the Demonic Sect back then. After all, before the siege, the imperial court had already agreed with the major sects that the seized techniques would be kept by each sect and would not be handed over.

Chen Zhan closed the case file and walked out of the room.

He secluded himself for three or four days, but his mind and body were not affected at all. When he came out, it was night. Chen Zhan did not say goodbye to Shen Tong and left the East Depot with the token.

Next to the Eastern Depot was the Imperial Palace.

I entered the palace at night, hoping to find the old emperor and ask him about the relics.

(End of this chapter)