Episode 11: To practice divine power, one must first!

  That night, Duan Yue slept soundly, but the entire Blackstone City was stirred up. In this small city where even seventh-level or higher high-ranking warriors were considered top-notch, a pre-heavenly realm expert had actually appeared, which was truly astonishing.

  At this moment, the lord of Blackstone City, Liu Zhenshan, was summoning his general Lu Yun for a night meeting. Lu Yun was Liu Zhenshan's junior fellow disciple and although he had not yet reached the Pre-Heavenly realm, he was still a top-notch martial artist at the peak of the Post-Heavenly tenth layer. Moreover, with the practice of Pre-Heavenly martial skills on his body, he was indeed one of the most outstanding masters below the Pre-Heavenly realm. Liu Zhenshan had been able to establish himself in Blackstone City for ten years, largely thanks to Lu Yun's assistance, and could rest easy without worries.

  The entire Blackstone City, there are never more than five innate experts, but tonight, another powerful innate expert was born. This is indeed a surprising and unpredictable piece of news. Moreover, the aura emitted by this innate expert is extremely powerful, far surpassing that of ordinary innate experts. A dazzling three-colored beam of light shot up into the sky, shining brightly and radiating in all directions, visible for tens of miles around...

  "Lord, it's a great pity. This congenital strongman has an aura that is both majestic and powerful, but also elusive and unpredictable. Now, he has vanished without a trace, and we still don't know anything about him." Lu Yun shook his head with some regret. Such a congenital strongman, if they could win him over, would be a force not to be underestimated.

  "Can't we grasp even a bit of information?" Liu Zhenshan furrowed his brow, feeling somewhat annoyed. Ever since the decline of the sect's power five years ago, his position as the lord of Blackstone City had become less secure, and it was only natural that he would have some worries.

  "Indeed, City Lord, this congenital strongman's realm seems to be not just at the congenital initial stage. His breath flashed by and disappeared, making it impossible to capture his existence."

  "Where is the specific location of that congenital light beam? Who is the measurer? This is the best opportunity to enhance the strength of the Black Stone City Lord's Mansion, and he must be found!" The city lord Liu Zhen Shan was about to go crazy, a congenital strongman had appeared in Black Stone City, but unfortunately, no one knew who he was, whether he was friend or foe, this was really maddening!

  "According to the information from my informants, that innate light beam appeared in the eastern part of the city, and it's hard to determine its exact location. However, with such a dazzling innate light beam and such a big commotion, I believe there must be people who have seen it, especially those night owls like assassins and thieves. If we offer a generous reward and conduct a thorough investigation, following every lead, we should be able to find that innate strongman." Lu Yun thought for a moment before sharing everything he knew and his plan. He had come down from the mountain five years ago with the responsibility of revitalizing their sect, and he was well aware that it would be impossible to do so on his own; he still needed to rely on his senior brother Liu Zhenshan, who had already become an innate strongman, which is why he was willing to assist him wholeheartedly.

  That night, the city master Liu Zhen Shan and Luo Yun discussed for a whole night, finally deciding to post a reward of 1,000 taels of gold in the Hunters' Guild and Assassins' Guild to find the newly promoted Pre-Heavenly expert in Blackstone City. Even if someone saw the exact location of the Pre-Heavenly light beam that night, they could receive a heavy reward of 100 taels of gold.

  At that moment, both the Hunter's Guild and the Assassin's Guild went crazy. Strangely enough, no one saw the column of light rising from the small courtyard where Duan Yue lived. Although a large number of messengers rushed to report the news, Liu Zhenshan and Luoyun would not show mercy to those who dared to fabricate information.

  Unfortunately, at this time Duan Yuetong was sulking in his own room.

  He had been pacing back and forth in the room countless times, until the sun set in the west, when Duan Yue suddenly changed his expression, a resolute look appearing on his face, as if he had just made some earth-shattering difficult decision.

  Sitting cross-legged on the bed, he then took out a book from the empty spirit ring. On the cover, four large and striking characters were written: "North Ming Divine Merit"!

  "Northern Mi Godly Technique: Xuanhuan category, Gongfa classification, Mythical level summoning object, collected by Pifu, a member of the Transcender Welfare Association, this divine technique is from Jin Yong's martial arts world and belongs to an extremely heaven-defying martial art."

  In the Spring and Autumn period, a hundred schools of thought contended, and the Carefree Sect was founded by the Carefree Master. The Northern Profound Divine Technique is one of the most profound and esoteric martial arts texts of the Carefree Sect, unparalleled in its ability to seize the power of creation from heaven and earth. Practitioners' true energy increases extremely quickly, with a unique feature being the ability to absorb others' internal energy for their own use, providing a shortcut to rapid advancement in power. With thick internal energy, all martial arts under heaven are at one's disposal, just like the Northern Profound, which can carry both large and small boats, and accommodate both big and small fish. "In the Northern Profound there is a fish named Kun, whose size is unknown, spanning several thousand miles..." A sea that can hold a massive fish of several thousand miles must be incredibly vast, so the Northern Profound Divine Technique embodies the meaning of grandeur and magnificence, also reflecting the power of the divine technique.

  Note: Before practicing the North Ming Divine Art, you must abandon all previously practiced techniques and disperse your entire body's true yuan, returning to a state of primordial chaos. Otherwise, if any adverse consequences arise, this association will not be held responsible.

  Taking a deep breath, Duan Yue gritted his teeth and finally opened the scroll with the "North Ming Divine Art" secret manual. On the illustrations, there were many human figures, some standing, some lying down, some facing forward, and some showing their back. The facial expressions of the figures were all similar, but some were joyful, some were sorrowful, some were filled with emotions, and some were lightly angry, each with different expressions.

  There are thirty-six pictures on the book, each with colored lines indicating the location of the acupuncture points and the practice methods. These female figures are vividly depicted, charming and seductive, with expressive eyebrows and eyes. Fortunately, Duan Yue is a traverser from an information explosion world, with deep skills in this aspect and extremely strong tolerance, so he can hold on to it!

  Under the picture of a woman, there is an annotation about the purpose of "Bei Ming Shen Gong": "In 'Zhuangzi' 'Xiaoyao You', it says: 'In the north of the exhausted hair, there is a dark sea, which is the heavenly pool. There are fish in it, and its width is thousands of miles, but no one knows its depth.' It also says: 'Moreover, if the accumulation of water is not thick, then it has no power to carry a large boat. Pouring a cup of water on the top of a hall, a small mustard seed can be used as a boat; placing a cup on it will make it stick, and the water is shallow but the boat is big.' Therefore, Bei Ming Shen Gong takes accumulating and storing true yuan as its first important meaning. If the true yuan is thick, all martial arts in the world can be used by me, just like the northern dark sea, both large and small boats can be carried, and both large and small fish can be contained."

  Then he said: "The hand Taiyin lung meridian and Renmai, is the foundation of Beiming Shen Gong. Among them, the little Shang hole of the thumb and the Zhongzhong hole between the two breasts are especially important. The former takes in, the latter stores. People have four seas: the stomach is the sea of water and grain, the Chong pulse is the sea of the twelve meridians, the Zhongzhong is the sea of Qi, and the brain is the sea of marrow. Food and water are stored in the stomach, babies can do it as soon as they are born, without waiting for practice. With Shang taking in human internal force and storing it in my Qi Hai, only the Xianyao sect's authentic Beiming Shen Gong can do this. People eating food and water, only lasts one day, all discharged outside. I take in human internal force, take a little, store a little, don't leak endlessly, accumulate more and more, like the giant pool of Beiming Tianchi, can float for thousands of miles."

  "In the end, I say: 'Everyone practices their skills, all start from the Cloud Gate and at least reach the Lesser Merchant. My Carefree Sect does the opposite, starting from the Lesser Merchant to reach the Cloud Gate. When my thumb touches someone else's, their true energy enters my body and is stored in the Cloud Gate and other acupoints. However, if the enemy's true energy overpowers mine, it will be like seawater flowing into rivers, extremely dangerous. Be cautious, be cautious! The side branches of our sect have not grasped the essential principles, they can only dispel the enemy's true energy but cannot draw it in for their own use. It is like taking a thousand pieces of gold and then discarding them on the ground, wasting precious things, truly laughable.'"

  Duan Yue read the text under the picture and understood the principle of 'taking one part, storing one part, not leaking endlessly, accumulating more and more'. He thought to himself: "If I can cultivate the 'North Ming True Qi', this skill will allow me to absorb people's true qi and yuan, and also transform people's true qi and yuan. The stronger my cultivation is, the greater my absorption power will be, and the greater my transformation power will be." In his heart, he secretly thought: "This really is a selfish skill that harms others for one's own benefit. However, I like it. In this era, when fighting against enemies, being ruthless is always better!"

  Sitting on the bed, Duan Yue carefully read the small characters of the first picture several times, making sure to memorize them. Only then did he sit cross-legged on the stone bed, thinking silently according to the first picture.

  The text says: The inner work of this school is contrary to the inner work of various schools and factions, so anyone who has practiced internal work must completely forget their previous learning, focus on practicing new skills, if there is any confusion or disorder, the two skills will collide, causing dizziness, vomiting blood, and all pulse failure, which is extremely dangerous. The text repeatedly emphasizes this crucial point.

  Duan Yue hesitated for a moment, but when he repeatedly felt the ferocity of the North Ming Divine Art, his heart finally made up its mind. He gritted his teeth and let out a muffled hum as the Water Spirit Incantation's technique suddenly burst forth, causing the true yuan in his body to surge and thoroughly disperse throughout his limbs.

  Congenital boundary, Duan Yue took the water system congenital boundary pill, it was not easy to break into the congenital boundary, but did not think that in just two short days, he himself was beaten back to his original form.

  However, the North Ming Shen Gong is so powerful that in order to cultivate this skill and make some sacrifices, Duan Yue feels that it is still worth it.

  Besides, he didn't gain nothing. At least yesterday, with the momentum of breaking through his innate abilities, he took a "Mid-level Strengthening Pill" and strengthened his body once again, enough to rival a late-stage Innate expert. If he waits for some more time, allowing the medicinal effects to fully take hold, even just physically, he can sweep through the Innate realm.

  At this moment, that is not the key point, what he cares about is whether he can successfully cultivate the North Ming Divine Art after abandoning the Water Spirit Technique.

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