Chapter 4: Flying Sideways (Part 1)

  In the past few years since returning to his hometown, Qin Yifan seemed to be getting more and more ordinary in other people's eyes, without any of the sharp edges he had when he was in the military. His simple and honest image made people think that he was a kind and honest person at first glance.

  Qin Yifan's practice method has also changed from sitting on the mountain top to entering that state of mobilizing true yuan at any time and place. Unlike calling up true yuan internal energy in an emergency during combat, this is a kind of cultivation that includes tempering and nourishing the dan Tian meridians. In the past, only when sitting in meditation could one achieve such effects, and of course, the effect was even more pronounced after entering stillness.

  Apart from his own cultivation, Qin Yifan also sensitively discovered that the so-called evil spirit in the Punching Lake seemed to have stronger and stronger magical powers recently. Previously, its influence could only reach the top of the mountain, but now it even covered the tea pavilion at the foot of the mountain, and the aura contained within was thicker than when it was on the mountain top.

  Of course, these things no longer have any impact on Qin Yifan. At this distance, he has fully adapted to such disturbances. In order to increase the difficulty of his practice, Qin Yifan even intentionally gets closer to Fist Mark Lake during his cultivation, feeling the increasingly powerful killing intent, desperately controlling the true yuan within him that becomes more and more uncontrollable as he approaches the lake shore, slowly cultivating.

  After the master's teachings, Qin Yifan deeply understood that even the fastest way to achieve success has its weaknesses. Moreover, in the eyes of the master, Qin Yifan had already broken his innocence in the army, and no matter how hard he practiced, he would never be able to reach that perfect state. Furthermore, the faster one progresses, the greater the hidden dangers become.

  Although the kung fu has been improved, it is still Qin Yifan's correction based on his previous practice experience and the problems he encountered. The meridians involved are not many, and they have no comparability with the kung fu of those big door schools that have been continuously improved by generations of ancestors for thousands of years.

  Therefore, controlling the speed of practice is also a crucial process. Only when the foundation becomes more solid can we move towards higher peaks. Without a foundation, don't expect to have grand buildings, this logic Qin Yifan understands very clearly.

  It's okay, under the influence of this evil energy, Qin Yifan can't speed up even if he wants to. More importantly, after recovering his previous cultivation level, wanting to further improve and reach a higher level is no longer achievable through ordinary cultivation. Qin Yifan's cultivation in the army was already astonishingly impressive, but even with improved techniques, at this stage, he had to admit that his current cultivation had once again entered a bottleneck state.

  Qin Yifan also knew that wanting to break through again was not something that could be achieved with simple daily cultivation, so he chose to get closer to the Fist Mark Lake to stimulate himself. Even if it couldn't achieve the purpose of breaking through his cultivation, getting closer and closer to the Fist Mark Lake was still a comforting achievement for Qin Yifan.

  Fortunately, until Qin Yifan could step into the lake with one foot in the state of Yun Gong, such a life had not been disturbed by anyone. And to reach this state, it took Qin Yifan another year. That aura of killing intent had already unknowingly spread to a distance that even Qin Yifan himself did not know how far. At least, his hunting and living circle had been completely shrouded, and in other more distant places, Qin Yifan basically had no interest in exploring.

  An ordinary Jianghu person, if they dare to practice their skills here, although it may not seem like a problem at first, but within a month, they will definitely suffer from internal injuries. And if someone dares to practice their skills by the Fist Imprint Lake like Qin Yifan, they will absolutely vomit blood immediately and have their martial arts abilities crippled. Qin Yifan being able to achieve such normalcy is already extremely remarkable.

  Normally, people's normal activities here don't seem to be affected at all. Even Qin Yifan finds it a bit strange that these evil spirits seem to choose their targets, those merchants on the official road, the relay soldiers who run back and forth at regular intervals, even the galloping horses, the prey in the forest are not affected, only Qin Yifan seems to be the only one affected. Of course, this doesn't count that person who was struck by lightning and turned into ashes while standing on the Ling virtual station.

  Unable to think of a solution, Qin Yifan could only maintain the dignity of a master as described by this grandmaster, and would never take action against ordinary people who couldn't affect him. However, Qin Yifan had always been unaware of what this so-called "妖孽" (evil spirit) was. Moreover, judging from the scene where the sky turned red that day, it seemed that the higher one's cultivation, the stronger the evil spirit's aura became.

  Strange phenomena also had no one to share with Qin Yifan, of course, the difficulties could only be borne by Qin Yifan alone. After treating Qin Yifan, the master didn't know where he went, maybe to intensify his cultivation or find help to eliminate this so-called evil spirit. However, to be honest, Qin Yifan now hoped that moment would come as late as possible.

  These years, although he didn't know what the demon was, but constantly fighting it was Qin Yifan's only pleasure, making him feel not bored at all when alone. Moreover, his cultivation progress was also controlled by the evil energy emitted by it, bit by bit, if not, Qin Yifan would have been bored to death long ago.

  Similarly, the benefits gained in the process of struggling with it can almost affect Qin Yifan's whole life. The fierce tiger-like Walking Fire Enters Madness is now so ridiculous in Qin Yifan's eyes. Not to mention that there is no interference that can make his heart lose its guard, just the extraordinary recovery ability of the meridians is enough to make those self-proclaimed hundred-year unseen martial arts geniuses blush. All of these are inseparable from the influence of those evil spirits.

  If someone were to come and exorcise the evil at this time, Qin Yifan might hesitate for a moment, wondering whether to help this so-called monster resist. In his eyes, there was no distinction between good and evil. His years in the military had not instilled these notions in him; all he knew was orders and execution. He had never walked the jianghu before, although he had heard of the great battles between good and evil, but that had nothing to do with him.

  From those traveling merchants, even the postal soldiers, Qin Yifan had heard some rumors from the rivers and lakes, but he only treated them as stories to listen to, and would not divide the good and evil sides in his heart just because of the rumors. Moreover, who is right and who is wrong, how many people can say clearly? Is it just because of some unorthodox skills that one can say this person is not a good person? In the army, there are too many such people, most of whom are their own comrades, should they also be eliminated?

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