Under One Person: Starting with the Dual Cultivation of Body and Soul.

Perhaps out of respect for Lu Jin, Ru Hu patiently continued:

"In our circle, protective techniques are generally divided into two categories: external martial arts and light-based martial arts."

“Like the Golden Light Mantra of Longhu Mountain, the Poisonous Miasma of the Tang Clan belongs to the category of escape light.”

"They use Qi to create a protective shield around their bodies to resist harm."

"The external martial arts I learned, such as the Chai style and the Iron Shirt technique of Shaolin Temple, are both external martial arts techniques."

"We will not form an outward protective shield, but rather strengthen ourselves by filling our flesh and blood with Qi."

“The Chai School of external martial arts that I practice uses Qi to strengthen muscle fibers and epidermis, thereby obtaining a body of steel and the strength of a dragon and tiger.”

"Iron Shirt, on the other hand, uses Qi to strengthen the fascia. When practicing this exercise, the fascia will protrude from the body surface and become as hard as steel. In this state, the fascia appears bluish-black, as if the body is wearing a garment made of iron, hence the name Iron Shirt."

At this point, Ru Hu sighed, "The potential for improving Qi is far greater than that for improving the physical body. Therefore, after physical training reaches a certain stage, the focus will shift to refining Qi, or even cultivating both body and mind. This is what many people mean by entering the Dao through martial arts."

Upon hearing this, Lu Lin respectfully clasped her hands in a gesture of respect and said, "I see. Thank you for your explanation, senior."

"This is hardly a secret," Na Ruhu said with a smile, waving his hand.

Li Chang'an picked up the thread: "Actually, if you put it that way, the external training that the senior cultivates and our reverse life three-stage training are quite similar in principle."

Upon hearing this, Ru Hu looked at Li Chang'an with some surprise and laughed, "How can my external martial arts techniques compare to those of the San Yi Sect?"

Li Chang'an waved his hand: "Senior, you are mistaken. They are all methods, with no distinction of high or low status. They are just different in their goals, but the process of cultivation has many similarities."

"The senior's Chai-style external martial arts training involves integrating Qi into the muscles, thereby obtaining an indestructible body and the strength of a dragon and tiger."

"Our Reverse Rebirth Triple Transformation involves transforming the physical body into Qi to obtain an indestructible body and the mighty power of the dragon and tiger. In principle, it is actually quite similar."

Na Ruhu picked up his teacup, took a sip of water, and laughed, "Brother Chang'an's way of putting it is quite novel."

Although Ru Hu was one of the Ten Elders, he was well aware of the status of his external martial arts techniques within the world of supernatural beings.

If there is a hierarchy of contempt among the cultivation methods of extraordinary individuals...

The Reverse Rebirth Triple is definitely at the top of the hierarchy of contempt.

Horizontal training, on the other hand, is at the bottom of the hierarchy of contempt.

Now, Li Chang'an compared his external martial arts skills with the Reverse Life Triple Technique, and his argument was reasonable and well-founded. Although Ru Hu did not show it, he was actually very happy.

His Xigu Pavilion deals in antiques, and a single item can easily cost tens of millions of yuan, so he's not short of money.

As one of the Ten Elders, he was not lacking in status.

As one of the two heroes in the world of supernatural beings, he is not lacking in strength.

The only thing he was looked down upon in his life was the physical training techniques he had learned.

Not only people in the industry, but even his master Chai Yan, who taught him his methods, thought so.

He still remembered what his master, Chai Yan, had told him back then:

"Don't look down on me just because I specialize in external martial arts. I don't protect my own. External martial arts are low-class and not respectable. I've already reached the pinnacle of external martial arts. You have great talent, so don't waste it on this."

Even so, he did not change to other methods and continued to diligently cultivate his physical strength.

He did this not to prove that he was great.

Rather, it's about showing the world that external physical training can be respectable and even respectable.

Then, relying on his physical training, he rose to the position of one of the Ten Elders through sheer martial prowess.

Immediately afterwards, he went to see his master, Chai Yan, but instead of receiving his master's satisfaction, he was met with disbelief and even a challenge.

He knew his master had a very strong sense of pride, so he declined.

But not long ago, Master made another move.

He was considering whether or not to have a competition with his master.

Even his master looked down on the methods of external martial arts.

The young man before him, who had cultivated to the third level of the Reverse Rebirth realm and was like a banished immortal, actually thought highly of his methods and gave him such a high evaluation!

When one reaches that level of understanding, one can naturally distinguish between polite formalities and sincere words.

In his view, Li Chang'an's words were extremely sincere.

Therefore, his impression of Li Chang'an immediately improved.

Li Chang'an continued, "Once the physical body reaches a certain level, it's very difficult to improve further, but refining Qi is relatively easy. So, senior, you used high-voltage electricity to refine your body, which must have been done while you were in a state of internal energy cultivation, right?"

Na Ruhu nodded: "That's right. High-voltage electric motors can reach temperatures of tens of thousands of degrees. If you rely solely on your physical body to withstand that, that's not called body tempering, that's called courting death."

"Physical cultivation, from lifting weights at the beginning to high-voltage electric body tempering later, is essentially about becoming stronger by tearing oneself apart and rebuilding oneself time and time again."

"Bone breaks and heals, becoming harder; muscle tears and heals, becoming stronger; high voltage electricity causes a tear throughout the body, and after healing, the body naturally becomes stronger."

"Although the improvement is small, if you persist in it over a long period of time, it will eventually add up and you will gain something."

This is one of the secrets to tiger-like cultivation, but there's no need to hide it. The principle is simple: if you can handle it, just practice it.

Of course, how to maintain health and recover quickly after training is the real secret.

Li Chang'an laughed and said, "Yes, that's exactly right. Senior's words have really struck a chord with me. I was thinking, if external cultivation can become stronger through this tearing and reorganizing method, could the Reverse Life Triple Cultivation also do the same?"

"So you want to give it a try?" Naruhu said.

“Yes, I want to give it a try,” Li Chang’an said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Lu Jin, who was sitting to the side, did not react, but Lu Lin had already put on a mask of pain.

Grandpa's unreliable idea has already been politely rejected by that senior, so why are you still going to push it along, Senior Brother?

Na Ruhu paused, carefully choosing his words, and said, "Although, according to Brother Chang'an, the Qi transformation of the Reverse Life Triple and the Horizontal Training do have some similarities."

"But the forms they take are ultimately different. Horizontal training focuses on the physical body, while your Qi transformation focuses more on Qi."

"The physical body can become stronger through constant damage and recovery, but Qi cannot. I have never heard of anyone's Golden Light Mantra's golden light becoming tougher and thicker through external force."

"The strength of one's Qi still needs to be cultivated by oneself. Young Master Chang'an's idea is a bit too..."

Na Ruhu originally wanted to say "wishful thinking," but he found Li Chang'an really pleasing to the eye, so he changed to a gentler word: "too idealistic."

“I still think it’s worth a try!” Li Chang’an said.

Upon hearing this, Ru Hu looked at Lu Jin and asked, "Old Lu, what do you think?"

Having said that, Ru Hu's meaning was quite clear: it wasn't that he was reluctant to part with the equipment, but that this thing was truly dangerous, and the final decision still had to be made by Lu Jin. If any problems arose, it wouldn't be his fault.

Lu Jin looked at Li Chang'an and said seriously, "Chang'an, do you really want to try?"

Li Chang'an nodded: "Give it a try."

"Let's give it a try." Lu Jin immediately turned to Ru Hu: "Little Na, I, Lu Jin, will shamelessly..."

Before he could finish speaking, Ru Hu quickly waved his hand to interrupt him: "Elder Lu, please stop talking. What kind of relationship do we have? It's just a body-refining device. I'll have my brother Ru Bao bring it to you later."

"Xiao Na, I, Lao Lu, owe you a favor."

"Grandma Lu, you're too kind. It's nothing, you're being too polite!"

The two exchanged warm and polite greetings.

Lu Lin, sitting to the side, looked at Li Chang'an with a resentful expression.

Li Chang'an noticed Lu Lin's gaze, but simply responded with a calm smile without offering any further explanation.

He has his reasons for doing this.

Indeed, as Ruhu said, Qi cannot be strengthened by constantly striking it.

The golden light of the Golden Light Mantra will not become more resilient no matter how many times it is struck.

However, the transformation of Qi in the three stages of reverse life is not a complete transformation into Qi.

The Qi transformation of reverse life allows the body to possess the characteristics of Qi while retaining the characteristics of the physical body.

It can be said that it benefits from both sides; it can become stronger not only through Qi cultivation but also through tearing and reorganizing.

As for why Li Chang'an was so certain that this path would work,

The reason is simple: that's exactly what Zuo Ruotong, the advisor, did.

Zuo Ruotong was able to break through three levels precisely because he became increasingly resilient through repeated tearing and recombination, and then broke through naturally!

Lessons from the past, the teacher behind the car.

The path that our ancestors proved with their lives, we, their descendants, have no reason not to follow.

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Li Chang'an even felt that if he was constantly torn apart and reassembled by high-voltage electricity to become stronger while in the Qi transformation state, this strengthening would still manifest in his physical body even after he exited the Qi transformation state.

Because the Qi transformation state is the reverse of the physical body, when the Qi transformation state becomes stronger, it is then transformed back into the physical body, and the physical body naturally improves accordingly.

When the physical body becomes stronger, one's life force will naturally become stronger as well.

Speaking of life cultivation, although Li Chang'an had achieved some success in life cultivation, his strength lay in sexual cultivation, because his awareness in the intermediate state was more about the enlightenment of sex.

As for his life cultivation, he could only improve it by keeping his mind free from delusions, maintaining an extremely high level of stillness, and entering a state of being like a living dead.

This improvement, while much stronger than that of ordinary extraordinary individuals, still falls short compared to his sexual cultivation.

The reason he now gives people the feeling of having a very strong life force is entirely because he cultivates the Reverse Life Triple Stage.

He can use the "blue bar" as a "health bar," directly applying the powerful results of his sexual cultivation to his physical body.

If you switch to a different practice, this feeling will decrease significantly.

Now that he has found this method, Li Chang'an feels that he may be able to make up for the lost life cultivation and achieve a state where sex and life cultivation go hand in hand.

Then, Li Chang'an suddenly wondered, besides high-voltage electricity, would fire work?

After a moment's thought, he decided it wouldn't work; the temperature of the flames was too low to meet the requirements for tearing apart and reversing life.

The tearing and reversal of life is not simply about the transformation of Qi after limb injury, but about forcibly destroying the structure of Qi transformation.

Ordinary flames can at most burn the body and force the Qi transformation to recover, but they can never destroy the state of Qi transformation.

It requires high-voltage currents that can reach tens of thousands of degrees.

In addition, it is not very effective against some common attacks from supernatural beings.

It's useless if you can't tear apart the reverse-generation state.

An attack that can tear apart a state of reverse regeneration could kill an opponent if they are not careful and use too much force, or cause irreversible damage to themselves after tearing apart the state of reverse regeneration.

Moreover, even if such a person existed, who would constantly bother others to practice their skills?

In summary, high-voltage electricity is still the most suitable. Just find a suitable intensity and repeatedly pass the current through it.

Li Chang'an even felt that using a high-voltage electric hammer to refine the rebellious life was more reliable than using a divine hammer to refine the rebellious life.

The gods are just ideals; their actual application is another matter entirely.

Because the essence of the divine spirit is to disperse and organize, it will organize the Qi back to its original form.

In the storyline, Zuo Ruotong was able to withstand the full power of the Divine Spirit Ming, who was in a state of reverse regeneration, and fight against him.

But if someone else were to do it, it might not work.

Both being in a reverse-generation state, Lu Lin was immediately forced to retreat when touched by Zhang Chulan in the story, with no possibility of resistance whatsoever.

Without resistance, there is no reinforcement. It's like lifting dumbbells; you have to lift them repeatedly to get a fitness effect. If you get crushed by the weight in one lift, then it's not a workout.

The same principle applies to using high-voltage electricity to practice rebirth at this stage; you have to resist it to see results, not just endure the electricity to become stronger.

Thinking of this, Li Chang'an then communicated with Ru Hu about how to use his equipment and the precautions during the forging process.

Na Ruhu felt that Li Chang'an was sincere and inexplicably suited his taste, so he recounted the details and some new experiences he had during his training.

Seeing the two talking in such detail, Lu Lin felt she couldn't escape. She looked at her grandfather with a mournful face, only to find that he was also listening attentively. Judging from his posture, it seemed he was also going to use high-voltage electricity to refine her.

Grandpa is over a hundred years old. He wouldn't want to try this kind of technology and hard work, would he?

After discussing the details of the high-voltage electric body tempering, Lu Jin, Li Chang'an, and Lu Lin saw Ru Hu off at the gate of the Lu residence and arranged for a special car from the Lu family to take him to the airport to catch a flight to the capital.

I watched the car disappear at the end of the street.

Lu Lin turned her head and looked at Li Chang'an: "Senior Brother Chang'an, were you... really going to do that just now?"

“Of course it’s for real,” Li Chang’an said.