The First Volume of the First Palm Gate Chapter 92: Borrowing and Practicing

  Ye Wen ignored Ning Ruxue's unimpressed expression due to her comment that it would take a year to get started, and left the valley with a flourish.

  In fact, he thought that Ning Ruxue was able to master the basics of this divine art in just one year was a manifestation of his extraordinary talent, otherwise, given the complexity of this kung fu, it would not be strange if it took three to five years to still not understand its meaning.

  After all, this kung fu in the original work is known as one of the most powerful and perverted schools in history, with a top-notch mental method that can drive any martial arts move in the world with internal strength, and make people unable to distinguish between true and false. This makes it quite troublesome to cultivate this kung fu, and it's a great test of the cultivator's talent.

  Especially in the original book, it is clearly written that when recruiting disciples, this sect attaches great importance to innate talent, and those with insufficient innate talent will not be accepted as disciples.

  Of course, there is another requirement, which is to have a handsome appearance. As a result, this sect consists of only handsome men and beautiful women. Ye Wen thought that the founder of this sect was quite interesting, as he not only selected disciples with exceptional talent but also examined their physical appearance. This special standard can be said to be unique in the Jianghu world.

  This sect is the Carefree Sect, and the internal skill that Ye Wen summoned this time with his personality explosion is the Small No Phase Skill, one of the three great strange skills of the Carefree Sect.

  At that time, when he got this set of internal skills, he was so surprised that he almost threw the book away, because the name of this martial art is so loud that there are probably only a few people who haven't heard of it.

  At the same time, in the original work, those who practiced this set of skills were all top-notch masters, among whom Li Qiushui, one of the three old demons of Xianyao, was the most powerful.

  In the original work, Li Qiushui's combat power has already surpassed that of most top masters. His palm force is almost effortless, and this cultivation is likely to inspire awe in anyone who sees it.

  According to the original text, he expected that in order to obtain this kind of divine skill, at least after reaching the Great Completion of Purple Mist, but unexpectedly it was summoned out now. This strong sense of contrast made him think that what he got was not the small Wu Xiang Gong he knew.

  "Maybe just homonym?"

  However, after carefully reading it again, he realized that he had been overthinking, and this little Wu Xiang Gong was indeed the one he knew. At the same time, while watching the secret recipe, he also figured out why he could get this secret recipe.

  He focused his attention on Li Qiushui's combat strength, but overlooked the fact that Li Qiushui was an old demon nearly a hundred years old, and this woman had spent most of her life cultivating this divine art. Over the course of nearly a century, even ordinary internal energy would accumulate to a terrifying extent, let alone the Small Wu Xiang Gong, which was a highly advanced mental technique.

  In addition, this set of skills is now available, only because Ye Wen's cultivation has reached the level where he can practice and enter the door, not that he already possesses the equivalent combat power after mastering this set of skills. Therefore, obtaining this internal skill is not surprising, just like when he first mastered the Quanzhen Heart Method and was able to practice the Purple Mist Skill, but it didn't mean his cultivation had reached the same level as the Purple Mist Skill.

  Reconnecting with the original work, Li Qiushui seems to have started practicing this inner skill early on. At that time, Li Qiushui's cultivation may not be much stronger than it is now.

  Looking at the secret book in his hand, and then looking at the pure Yang Wuji Gong he had summoned last time, it seemed that any one of them was enough to move him. However, cultivating internal skills is not like practicing external techniques, and careless practice can easily lead to accidents. If he accidentally conflicts with his internal energy, the result will be entering madness, and then he won't even have a place to cry.

  "Never mind, I'll just focus on cultivating my Purple Mist Skill for now. It would be a waste to give up on the progress I've made with the Purple Mist Skill and switch to these two skills."

  He then called over Ning Ruxue and Xu Xian, placing the two rewritten secret books in front of them, explaining the general characteristics of the two sets of skills - of course, most of what he said was intentionally vague, letting the two think that many things were their own guesses.

  He then let the two choose for themselves, but still gave his own suggestion: "Actually, I suggest you both cultivate this little Wu Xiang Gong that I came up with later." Although the pure Yang Wu Ji Gong was also powerful, its reputation was not as loud as the small Wu Xiang Gong. Moreover, at present, he hoped that the two would become top-notch combatants as soon as possible, so he recommended what he thought was a better choice.

  Alas, these two people didn't have that kind of thinking at all. Xü Xián actually directly picked up the Pure Yang Infinite Skill and said: "This skill suits my taste, I'll just practice this one then. That Little Wu Xiang Skill is too troublesome, I really can't understand it."

  Ye Wen saw Xuan say this, and it wasn't good to stop him. He took advantage of Ning Ruxue studying the Xiaowu Xianggong on the side and secretly asked: "Younger brother, are you still a virgin?" According to Ye Wen's guess, Xuan, as a young master of a wealthy family, even if he hadn't gotten married yet, was probably already not a virgin. After all, there were many maidservants in those wealthy families, and who knows which one would be chosen by the masters to warm their beds.

  "If you've lost your innocence, then the Pure Yang Infinite Skill won't be suitable for you to practice." Yu Wen's words finally made Xu Xian understand why his senior brother was asking such a strange question.

  This Pure Yang Wuji Gong is a part of the Jiuyang Zhenjing that Zhang Sanfeng heard when he was lecturing on the Avatamsaka Sutra, combined with his decades of martial arts experience and the integration of various Taoist classics to create a unique skill. Although it was created based on the Jiuyang Gong, it eventually transcended the category of Jiuyang Shen Gong and became a school in its own right.

  At that time, when Guo was lecturing on the scriptures, there were three people listening to the scriptures. Because Zhang Sanfeng was the youngest and had the lowest cultivation level, he only remembered one-tenth of what he understood. However, because of this, what he remembered was the purest. Moreover, having maintained a childlike body throughout his life, the pure yang energy inside him was extremely vigorous. In conjunction with the traditional Daoist stored-up energy, this style of gongfu emphasizes purity as well. Therefore, if one wants to learn this style of gongfu, they must cultivate it with a childlike body.

  Of course, after practicing to a high level and having a body of pure yang energy that is condensed and not scattered, at that time you can go find a wife without any impact. However, to practice to such a realm, I estimate it would take decades of bitter cultivation, and by the time you reach that age, finding a wife might be quite difficult too.

  It's not that it can't be achieved, but the pure Yang energy is scattered and contaminated with impurities, its power is no longer as strong as before, and it can never reach the state of great achievement again.

  These things are not written in the secret book, but Ye Wen's 'original version' has a detailed explanation. It is precisely because of this that Ye Wen really fears that after Xu Xian practices this skill, he will never marry again. At that time, Old Man Xu will find out that his youngest son practiced martial arts and had to cut off his descendants. The old man will be so angry that he will come up the mountain with a stick to beat Ye Wen to death in revenge for cutting off his descendants.

  After saying all these taboos, I thought this playful little brother would give up on his cultivation. Who would have thought that not only did he not give up, but instead smiled and said: "This skill is exactly what I wanted, Brother, don't say any more. If it's really as you said, then I, as the younger brother, will be overjoyed. It's just in time for me to use this as an excuse to tell my mother to reject all those marriage proposals."

  As soon as Xu Xian said this, Ye Wenyu was so depressed that he almost hit his head against the wall. It turned out that Xu Xian had thought of this excuse from the two words "pure yang", and it wasn't expected that the Pure Yang Wuji Gong would have so many taboos. The lie prepared to deal with the family's urging for marriage suddenly became true, and even if he found some good hands at home who were familiar with martial arts, they might not be able to find any flaws.

  Looking at Xuan holding the secret book like a treasure, as if afraid that Ye Wen would snatch it away, he felt an urge to vomit blood. Ye Wen even seemed to see the scene of Master Xu leading people to kill him on the mountain to settle accounts.

  Originally, after Xü Xiān joined the Shǔ Shān sect, he didn't run around much either. Mr. Xü thought that this young son was just playful and would come back after going out for a spin. Later, he also heard that Xü Xiān spent most of his time practicing martial arts and reading books on the mountain, so Mr. Xü wasn't as angry as before.

  "It's better for him to focus on his studies in the mountains, anyway the environment is good there and he won't be disturbed by trivial matters."

  As for practicing martial arts, the old man didn't take it seriously and said directly: "Is martial arts that easy to practice? I reckon he's just going to practice a few fancy moves for fun, don't bother with him, anyway after some time he'll realize how hard it is to practice martial arts and come back on his own."

  In addition to Old Lady Xu occasionally blowing some pillow wind, the old man had long forgotten that sentence "You are no longer a member of the Xu family". Plus, Ye Wen would also let Xuhui return home during holidays, so this runaway Shidi had long since restored his relationship with his family.

  After the relationship was restored, the Xu family would occasionally discuss marriage with Xuhui. The old master of the Xu family even said: "If you hurry up and get married to give me a grandson, then whatever you want to do is up to you." The words even subtly implied that Xuhui could freely arrange his own life in the future, even if he didn't go to Beijing for the imperial examination.

  Xu Xian, however, made all sorts of excuses and managed to squeeze in a sentence with Ye Wen: "My dad really thinks I'm an idiot. If we really get married, won't that mean being stuck at home every day? And then I'll still have to be controlled by my dad - I'm not that stupid."

  The most speechless thing is that Ye Wen cried and laughed, the emotional battle between the two has begun, but the chosen battlefield is really embarrassing for Ye Wen, intervening is not good, not intervening is also not good, in the end can only watch the excitement on the side, let them toss around.

  But unexpectedly, today's efforts were originally intended to help Xu Xian improve his martial arts skills, but who would have thought that it would end up like this? Hasn't he inadvertently helped Xu Xian escape marriage instead?

  "Alas, dodging left and right, still couldn't dodge it in the end."

  Xu Xian couldn't wait and started practicing immediately, but Ye Wen wanted to stop him, it was too late. He could only let Xu Xian do as he pleased, then began guiding Ning Ruxue in practicing the Xiaowuxiang Gong.

  Guiding his junior brothers and sisters to learn new internal skills is not a simple task, more importantly, because of the practice of new kung fu, both of them will spend most of their time practicing, so things in the sect need Ye Wen to handle, including teaching apprentices kung fu, these days are basically Ye Wen doing it alone.

  But this trip wasn't a complete loss, as he occasionally guided his disciples on the basics of their skills. It also helped him review his own foundation from before. For someone like Ye Wen, who had reached such a high level in just over two years, what he worried about most was that his foundation wasn't solid enough.

  Relying on guiding his disciples to continuously improve himself is also a way to enhance his own cultivation. In addition, he has to help Ning Yuxue and Xu Xian cultivate two different profound internal skills, which also allows him to gain a lot in terms of internal skills.

  Xiao Wu's internal energy manipulation is more refined than his physical body, otherwise how could he imitate various techniques? The way his internal energy operates is complex and difficult to comprehend, just the basics are enough to make Ning Ruxue want to tear her hair out.

  Although the method is good, if one's own knowledge and experience are not sufficient, it will be difficult to practice, let alone the Xia Wu Xiang Gong, which emphasizes technique in internal work.

  Fortunately, Ye Wen's Purple Mist Skill also emphasized internal energy control, so it was still able to help. And from the Wu Xiang Skill since childhood, Ye Wen also gained a lot of inspiration, and even some places in the Purple Mist Skill that were not originally thorough, now not only understood but also had new insights.

  At this time, Ye Wen's cultivation had not greatly improved, but if he were to truly take action, it would likely be even more formidable.

  To put it another way, if Ye Wen were to encounter Wei Peng again at this time, even with the same internal skill and cultivation as before, he would no longer need to exhaust his own strength to kill Wei Peng like he did that day. What he needed to use ten parts of his strength to accomplish back then, now only requires nine parts, eight parts or even seven parts.

  Don't underestimate this little difference, after all, Ye Wen's current cultivation is not low, but considering that once the Purple Mist Skill is activated, the consumption of internal energy is simply a flowing water-like situation, being able to save a bit of strength and energy is a major breakthrough.

  Think about it, Yue Buqun usually doesn't use the Purple Mist Inner Energy at ordinary times, only using it once or twice in critical moments, which can be seen how terrifyingly this inner energy is consumed. Therefore, how to reasonably allocate internal energy is an important course for exerting the full combat power of the Purple Mist Inner Energy.

  In the past, Ye Wen was lacking in guidance and relied solely on a annotated ancient book to cultivate himself. The internal skill is something that requires personal experience and insight to fully comprehend.

  How did this thing come about? Apart from accumulating experience, it can only be improved by seeing and hearing more. Now that I have a more profound secret recipe, it's just in time to give Ye Wen the opportunity to enhance his vision.

  Since childhood, Ye Wen has been learning how to use his inner energy through the Wu Xiang Gong, and from the Chun Yang Wu Ji Gong, he learned how to mobilize his own pure yang internal energy - after all, Ye Wen still maintains a pure yang body. Although he doesn't dare to use this pure yang energy as the foundation for his cultivation like the Chun Yang Wu Ji Gong, by using it as a reference, he can still dig deeper into his potential.

  He did this with great care, fearing that if he wasn't careful, he would fall into a desperate situation. Although it's said that falling into desperation can also lead to rapid progress in internal strength, this is purely a matter of luck, and he simply didn't have the guts to try it; instead of risking everything for overnight success, he preferred to accumulate his power gradually, which made him feel more at ease.

  Time flew by as the three of them continued their non-stop cultivation, and before they knew it, another two months had passed.

  Ning Ruxue's Xiao Wu Xiang Gong finally had some leads, and she herself began to practice the introductory part of Xiao Wu Xiang Gong in an orderly manner. As for when it would be successful, that would depend on her own innate talent and opportunities. Fortunately, with Han Chi and She Dan as basic guarantees, Ning Ruxue was not afraid that she would be unable to master this divine skill.

  What was most unexpected, however, was Xu Xian. This bookworm not only had a wealth of knowledge, but also had some understanding of Buddhist scriptures and Taoist classics. After practicing the Pure Yang Wuji Gong, he didn't have any stagnation at all. With the stimulation of the cold energy from the pool water, his pure yang internal energy had already made some small achievements.

  This made Ye Wen quite depressed, and even suspected that this Xu Shidi was a guy with the protagonist's halo? Thinking carefully, this kid went up the mountain to watch the sunrise and received the old man's transmission of power, after getting the strange fruit he took it randomly but not only didn't die, his internal strength suddenly increased. Now he got a good manual that perfectly matched his own conditions, practicing it was simply like flying.

  Adding that cold pool seems to have a matching function with his set of kung fu, even Ye Wen has the urge to abandon his own Purple Mist Skill and practice Pure Yang Skill.

  He was reluctant to give up the achievements of his hard work in cultivating the Zi Xiaogong, and finally said sourly: "You little scoundrel, you've cultivated your pure yang gong so quickly, aren't you just making up for the twenty plus years you've been suppressing it?"

  Xu Xian was not bothered by his senior brother's teasing, but instead felt relieved that he had solved the pile of family matters with a letter stating "I have made a breakthrough in my cultivation and am now starting to practice a profound technique" and other excuses.

  Of course, corresponding to this is Old Master Xu's furious outburst on the spot, which almost drove Xuan out of the Xu family again. Moreover, what's even more important is that this time, not even Madam Xu was willing to help her own son, and she nearly handed over a pen and paper for Old Master Xu to write an oath to expel Xuan from the Xu family.

  Xu Xian didn't mind his parents' anger, and in his words, "After some time has passed, I'll go back and take a look, comfort them properly, that's all. At worst, when the imperial examination comes around, I'll just make a trip to the capital myself."

  "Are you going to take the imperial examination?" Ye Wen knew that this junior brother was how unwilling to be an official. "Do you plan on becoming an official?"

  Xu Xian said with an air of nonchalance: "I'm just going for the exam, didn't say I'd pass, just casually dealing with it"

  Upon hearing Xuan's words, Wen had an expression of "as expected", but thinking about it, the old master of the Xu family didn't seem like a good person either. He patted his shoulder and said: "I'm afraid that even if you don't get any results from the exam, your father still won't let you off." Moreover, those who can participate in the imperial examination basically all have a place to settle down afterwards, so what's there to worry about?

  It seems that the possibility of this is indeed very great, Xü Xiàn finally hesitated for a moment: "Then just take a general rank, and before taking office, resign and don't do it" This way, no one can say anything. "What's the fun in being an official compared to the freedom of Jianghu?"

  After finishing, he even played a sword move, pointing directly at the Shendong acupoint on Ye Wen's hand. It was an idea that Ye Wen had mentioned to him some time ago - to create a set of sword moves specifically targeting the Shendong acupoint. At this moment, his heart was filled with excitement and he casually made a move: "Master brother, how is this sword move?"

  Xu Xian had been researching this set of sword techniques day and night, as if he was possessed. From time to time, he would suddenly make a move, without thinking much about it. A layer of purple energy would suddenly appear on his palm, but his face remained unchanged. With the help of the Small No-Phase Skill, he had become even more adept at manipulating his internal energy.

  "This move was sudden, but it lacked variation. The enemy didn't find it hard to respond." With a flip of his palm, he looked straight at the sword hilt and slapped it directly, slapping Xu Xian's long sword onto the table with a "pa" sound, unable to move again.

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