Chapter Fifty-Seven: Internal Energy Analysis

  Chen Xiao was planning what to do next, but only heard Qiao Feng say: "Today our gang is going to meet a great enemy, I'm afraid we can't get drunk with the three brothers. It's really a pity. Why don't we drink again after things are over tonight?"

  "Excellent, excellent! This is going to be fun! Haha, let's go take a look at the excitement."

  This old rascal may be a bit scatterbrained, but he's no fool.

  The Beggar Clan has such a great enemy, he said going to watch the excitement is fake, going to help is probably true.

  Duan Yu also said: "Although little brother's martial arts skills are not good, he also wants to go, can Big Brother Qiao allow it?"

  Qiao Feng looked at Chen Xiao again, seeing that Chen Xiao also intended to go together, said: "Brother Zhou is naturally no problem, but I'm afraid the enemy will be ruthless and treacherous, Sixth Brother must be careful. As for Fifth Brother, he absolutely cannot reveal himself rashly."

  Chen Xiao nodded, while Duan Yu happily said: "Of course I will follow Second Brother's instructions."

  The old man immediately helped up Hong Qigong, he and Hong Qigong knew each other through Wang Chongyang, so their relationship was naturally a bit closer.

  A'zhu, A'bi and Wang Yuyan were curious about Qiao Feng's sect having an appointment to fight with others. Anyway, there was no hurry to go to Shaolin Temple now, so they might as well go together to take a look.

  Wang Yuyan originally intended to follow Duan Yu to Shaolin to find her brother Murong Fu, but suddenly had a thought and remembered that Qiao Feng's Beggar Clan was the most informed about news. She immediately stood up and came to Duan Yu's side, saying in a low voice: "Duan Gongzi, can you help me ask where my brother is now? Ah, the Beggar Clan has the most accurate information, but I'm not familiar with Qiao Bangzhu..."

  When Wang Yuyan said this, Duan Yu felt a sour and uncomfortable feeling in his heart. However, he immediately thought of Chen Xiao's words "Genuine sincerity can move even gold and stone", and suddenly became excited again. He secretly thought: "Although Wang Gongzhu is still thinking about her cousin Murong, at least she is willing to talk to me now." Thinking of this, Duan Yu's face lit up, and he asked Ge Qiao: "Ge Erge, do you know where Murong Fu is now?"

  Just now Wang Yuyan was talking to Duan Yu, and Qiao Feng had already heard it in his ear, wondering: "Still don't know who this is..."

  He has always been generous, although he was with the three women at the same table earlier, but after getting Chen Xiao and Duan Yu these three good brothers, for a while, he forgot about Wang Yuyan's identity as one of the three women. Only now did he suddenly realize that he still didn't know the identity of the three women, so he hurriedly clasped his fists and said: "Qiao Mou is used to being rough, earlier I didn't ask for your instruction, please forgive me, miss."

  Duan Yu chuckled and said, "This is Wang Yuyan, Wang Gongzhu. Murong Fu, Murong Gongzi is her cousin."

  The person in front of him was the cousin of Murong Fu, and Qiao Feng was greatly surprised. He said: "I have long heard of the great name of the Murong family of Suzhou. This time I came to Jiangnan, it was for him that I came. I've heard that Murong Fu is refined and handsome, with high martial arts skills, but I've never heard my brothers mention where they saw him."

  Wang Yuyan heard him say that Murong Fu's "martial arts are strong and his appearance is elegant", her heart was sweet and she felt extremely pleased, her face blushing, for a moment she had a very good impression of Qiao Feng, and asked softly: "Qiao Bangzhu has come from afar to find him, do you want to make friends with him?"

  Qiao Feng sighed, his expression gloomy, and shook his head: "I had hoped to make friends with you, but I'm afraid it's not possible now." Wang Yuyan asked: "Why?" Qiao Feng said: "I have a close friend who died unjustly two months ago. Everyone says it was your cousin Murong Fu's doing."

  At this point, Wang Yuyan also looked gloomy. This matter can't be explained no matter what, unless they really see her brother Murong Fu and ask him clearly in person.

  A group of people walked down the stairs, and Zhou Botong asked Chen Xiao Dao: "Fifth brother, will you teach me the Fire Blade technique? Big Brother taught you this set of left and right mutual fighting and Empty Fist techniques."

  Chen Xiao looked at his anxious appearance and knew that Zhou Botong was a bit obsessed with martial arts. If he didn't teach him this set of Fire Flame Knife techniques, he would not give up no matter what. He immediately replied: "Look at you, Zhou Dage, it's just a set of fire flame knives, I'll teach you when we arrive."

  Zhou Botong burst out laughing, while Qiao Feng curiously asked: "Fifth brother, how is it that you don't have even half a bit of martial arts skills?"

  Chen Xiao chuckled and said, "No way, brother I just entered the Jianghu, this martial art hasn't had time to practice yet - right, Qiao big brother, this inner strength, how can it be condensed?"

  He has accumulated more than 20 years of cultivation, but the first step of internal power is not even a little bit clear. Now that he finally has the opportunity, he naturally wants to ask clearly.

  Qiao Feng thought for a moment and asked: "Fifth brother, do you know the acupoints of this person, especially those in his abdomen?"

  Still haven't opened your mouth yet?

  "I know. The seven major acupoints on the Governor Vessel are Zhongji, Guanyuan, Shimen, Qihai, Yinqiao, Shenque and Shuifen. Qihai is also known as Dan Tian. In addition, there are Dahe, Qi Xue, Siman, Zhongzhu, and Ge Shu on the Kidney Meridian of Foot Shaoyin, and Tianshu, Wailing, Daju, Shuidao, and Guilai on the Stomach Meridian of Foot Yangming."

  Chen Xiao's knowledge seemed to come effortlessly, Qiao Feng burst out laughing and said: "Fifth brother has a great memory. Since fifth brother has already memorized all seventeen major acupoints in the abdomen, then this inner strength is as easy to obtain as reaching into one's pocket."

  Chen Xiao was surprised and asked: "Qiao Er Ge, how can you say that?"

  Qiao Feng replied, "This gathering of internal energy is nothing more than using the fingers to press and dredge the sixteen major acupoints outside the body, absorbing the energy from the food we eat into the Qi Hai."

  "Starting from the outermost Tianzhu, Wailin, Dajuhu, Shuidao, and Guilaizhou, circulating once, then passing through Dahai, Qixue, Siman, Zhongzhu, and Ge'yu, to the central Zhongji, Guanyuan, Shimeng, Yinjiao, Shenque, and Shuifen, this is considered one cycle of the Small Heavenly Circuit. By gently pressing these acupoints daily for about a month, you can feel the emergence of internal energy within the Qihai."

  "After the internal energy is generated, there is no need to press with fingers, just guide the consciousness to continue circulating the internal energy in these sixteen major acupoints, this is what we usually call meditation and Qigong practice."

  How... how did this inner power come about?

  Chen Xiao firmly remembered the internal force cultivation method and suddenly had an epiphany.

  This inner strength, put simply, is actually a kind of biological energy. By pressing the sixteen points around the Qihai, it guides the energy from the food we eat into our body, storing the energy produced by what we eat in the Qihai point. Every day some energy is stored, so when it's used, the accumulated amount of this biological energy will be very large, and naturally all sorts of extraordinary martial arts skills beyond those of ordinary people will appear.

  "This... this is obviously the Daoyin technique of Daoism!"

  At this time, Qiao Feng said: "It's just that the storage of internal energy is not enough. We, who practice martial arts, usually have to try our best to keep the air in our body and avoid unnecessary loss."

  "We martial artists also need exercise, and when exercising, heat is generated, and sweat is produced. This heat is the Qi. What is meant by 'refining essence into Qi' is using this generated heat."

  "But our body has countless pores, once we exercise and get hot, the air will be emitted from the pores."

  "So there is a way that martial arts have high and low levels of distinction, the more powerful martial arts are actually able to better control these heat."

  "The time it takes for a person to cultivate is not much different. Powerful martial arts can better store and exert these heat, which we commonly call internal energy. Inferior martial arts, on the other hand, may take ten times the effort but only manage to bring out five or four parts of it, or even just three parts. That's why there are situations where people cultivate for the same amount of time but have different levels of actual power."

  Chen Xiao's eyes lit up: "This martial art, to put it simply, is actually a way to better preserve the biological energy within one's body. For example, when we eat a meal that produces 100 units of biological energy, ordinary people can only retain 30 units for sustaining life, and the remaining 70 units are unknowingly dissipated. Those who practice mediocre martial arts can only retain an additional 20-30 units beyond the initial 30, whereas those who cultivate top-notch martial arts can retain 50-60 units of biological energy!"

  This is indeed roughly the same as what I had imagined before.

  Good martial arts can retain more biological energy, and when used, it will burst out more instantly. Inferior martial arts, on the other hand, retain less energy, and when used, they will also burst out less.

  It's no wonder that martial arts have their strengths and weaknesses, they are indeed different after all.

  Chen Xiao asked again: "Then this heat, that is internal energy, how can it be preserved in the body and not leaked out?"

  Qiao Feng smiled and said, "This is simple. After having internal energy in the body, let the internal energy flow throughout the body, and then close all the pores on the body. Of course, the method we use more often is that when we are not using internal energy in our daily lives, we store all the internal energy in the dantian. That's why it's said that once the dantian is broken, one can no longer store internal energy and will never be able to practice martial arts again for the rest of their life."

  So it was like this, so it was like this!

  Haha, the biggest problem that has been troubling us is finally solved!

  Chen Xiao's eyes were brimming with tears, this time he can finally practice martial arts, the clouds have parted and the moon is shining brightly!

  As long as I have internal energy, I can get the system's twenty... wait a minute, let me calculate. Saving Yilin for ten years, deceiving Dongfang sister for three years, saving Miechu Shitaifu for one year, deciphering Huoyan Knife for six years, and deciphering Xiaowuxiang Gong for four years, that adds up to a full 24 years of cultivation! And it's not even discounted! Not discounted at all!

  These twenty-four years of cultivation are probably more than three or four decades for others...

  But unexpectedly, just as Chen Xiao thought of this, a system prompt suddenly appeared in his mind -

  "Reminder: The storage of internal energy cultivation is based on the host's cultivation of the first part of the inner skill. Please choose the first part of the inner skill carefully, host."

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