Becoming an immortal from a canal worker

Chapter 193: The End of the Cultivation

For the next two weeks.

The gate to Chen Ping's small courtyard, number six in the Xuan section, was as if it had been welded shut; it had never been pushed open even once from the inside.

Every day, they would get up before dawn, practice their martial arts techniques on the training ground, eat, cultivate, and sleep, day after day.

Baguazhang's progress is the fastest.

With the help of the panel, Baguazhang progressed from beginner to master in less than ten days.

After reaching the highest level, he clearly felt that there was more and more overlap between the power generation path of Baguazhang and Liangyizhang.

The core essence of the Two Elements Palm lies in its explosive approach, which combines the interplay of Yin and Yang and the balance of strength and softness.

The underlying logic of Baguazhang is the art of deflecting force by moving around and changing, using roundness to break through straightness.

At the level of mastery, the two palm techniques began to spontaneously converge.

One night.

A waning moon hung high in the sky. Alone in the empty training ground, Chen Ping single-mindedly practiced the Bagua Palm three times, followed by the Liangyi Palm three times with fluid grace.

In the end, the moves of the two palm techniques became more and more similar in his hands, and the trajectory of the force became increasingly blurred, making it impossible to distinguish which palm was Bagua Palm and which was Liangyi Palm.

He stopped, stood in the moonlight, closed his eyes, and felt the residual strength flowing through his arm.

Yin and Yang alternate, moving and changing, combining strength and gentleness, using roundness to break straightness.

It's not two different palm techniques, it's one.

He opened his eyes and began to rise again.

This time, he no longer distinguished between Baguazhang and Liangyizhang, but instead fought according to his body's instincts.

The first palm strike was delivered silently.

This is called yin and soft.

The second palm strike followed immediately, with great force and weight.

This is what is meant by masculinity.

Between the alternation of Yin and Yang, his body moved in an arc, and his palm strikes cleaved out from the tangent of the arc, carrying a rotating force, like a constantly turning millstone. The more he fought, the faster and smoother the movements became.

The techniques of the two palm techniques were finally completely fused into one in his hands, becoming indistinguishable and perfectly integrated.

With the final palm strike, the power exploded in the air, whipping up the fallen leaves on the training ground. The leaves spun twice in the air before finally drifting down.

A prompt appears on the panel.

[Skill: Yin-Yang Eight Trigrams Palm (Perfect)]

[Current Progress: Complete (1/2000)]

Chen Ping withdrew his palm and stood still.

The Two Elements Eight Trigrams Palm.

It cannot be considered a Yuan Gang ultimate technique, nor does it have true meaning, but its strength lies in its versatility. In close combat, it can shift in all directions, switch between Yin and Yang, and exert force from any angle and strike with any posture.

Combined with the effortless power gained from the transformation of defensive strength, his close-combat ability has reached a new level.

......

The progress of Spirit Gathering has also reached perfection within the past half month. [Skill: Spirit Gathering (Perfect)]

[Current Progress: Complete (1/2000)]

After reaching perfection, the most noticeable change is not the speed of gathering, but the perception.

As Chen Ping sat on the futon, circulating his spiritual energy, he suddenly discovered that he could clearly perceive the spirit within everything around him.

It exists in the air, is thin, and flows.

The bluestone ground felt heavy and stagnant.

The walls of the courtyard are silent, almost motionless.

He could even sense the faint life force flowing slowly within those few wild grasses in the corner of the yard, intertwined with sunlight, soil, and water, sustaining the vitality of those few leaves.

Chen Ping stood up, walked to the corner of the wall, squatted down, and looked at a wild grass sprouting from the crack in the brick.

It was small, with only three leaves, covered in dew, swaying gently in the morning breeze.

Chen Ping reached out and tried to touch the spirit within its body.

It was within reach. But that tiny spark of spirit, though faint, was firmly rooted in the roots of the wild grass, unmoved.

He increased his efforts, carefully trying to shake that little bit of spirit.

Ling swayed slightly.

The next moment, a faint trace of evil energy seeped out from somewhere, entered through the crack created by the spirit's movement, and corrupted that little bit of spirit.

In the blink of an eye, the leaves of the wild grass turned yellow, curled up, and withered.

Chen Ping withdrew his hand, looked at the withered weed, and remained silent for a while.

It seems that he is currently unable to extract the spirit from a living being.

It was just a wild grass, yet it took him a lot of effort, and even the slightest movement allowed evil spirits to enter.

However, this mechanism of shaking the spirit of living things and causing evil energy to invade the body is itself a way to defend against enemies.

However, it is unknown whether the living person would sense if he were to disturb their spirit.

Chen Ping kept this discovery in mind and did not try it again.

...The Returning to Origin Technique has also reached its perfection in the past half month.

[Skill: Return to Origin Technique (Perfected)]

[Current Progress: Complete (1/2000)]

The effect is very direct; the recovery speed of Qi and blood and internal energy is even faster.

With the efficiency of his fetal breathing technique, he can now recover to 70-80% of his full strength after a full battle in just the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.

In a low-intensity war of attrition, he can almost maintain his power indefinitely.

......

That evening.

After finishing his cultivation, Chen Ping sat cross-legged on the futon and began to use the Returning Origin Technique for the final refinement.

The vital energy circulated through the meridians for a full cycle before returning to the dantian.

He closed his eyes, sensing the state of the internal energy within his body.

It's thicker. It's more than a circle thicker than it was a month ago.

If his inner energy was like a small lake a month ago, it is now a large lake, with a wide, calm surface and a deep bottom.

However, the pace of refining the Guiyuan Technique has slowed down.

It's not a problem with the technique; it's that the internal energy itself has already approached the limit of the first refinement.

It's like a piece of iron being repeatedly forged. In the end, when the hammer falls, not even a mark can be left on the iron surface.

If we keep going like this, the efficiency will only decrease.

It's time to break through to the second level.

Chen Ping opened his eyes and summoned the Qi Dragon.

Twelve golden-red dragons coiled around its body, their scales clearly visible and their muscle texture solid, appearing thicker than a month ago.

He carefully sensed the changes within the dragon's body.

All 360 vertebrae have been formed, running from the dragon's head to the tip of its tail, one vertebra after another, with golden bone lines subtly floating beneath the scales.

More than six hundred ribs grew, supporting the outline of the dragon's body. The skull, horns, and claws were also complete, and the dragon's features became clearer and clearer, more and more like a real dragon.

But the dragon tendon is still missing a little bit.

More than a thousand bones have grown to 99% maturity, but the dragon tendon that runs through the whole body and connects all the bones has not yet been fully connected.

It's like a suit of armor with all the plates attached, but the last piece of string connecting the plates is still missing.

Once this last thread is added, the dragon tendons will be connected, the bones will be joined, and the twelve dragons will truly take shape.

At that time, it will be the second training session.

The speed at which the Guiyuan Technique refines the Qi has slowed down. This last bit cannot be rushed; it will take a few more days to refine it.

Chen Ping retracted the dragon and closed his eyes.

Just a hair's breadth away.

It's just a hair's breadth away.

He took a deep breath, suppressing his anxiety.

There's no rush. The competition is still two days away, and he doesn't know if he can make up for this last bit before the competition.

Even if he can't make up for it, he won't lose to anyone after one training session.