Mysterious Gates and Palm Force

Because of his training in the art of Empty Palm Strike, Ji Boying did not have any special abilities.

Therefore, it does require a lot of one's energy to integrate several palm techniques.

However, by using cheat codes, one can open up another path, and by doing both, one can improve their skills even faster.

The Mysterious Gates Five Revolutions Dunjia was something Ji Boying had always coveted.

"If my idea comes to fruition, it will truly save me more than a decade of hard work."

Ji Boying ignored the pile of related documents and directly opened the secret manual of Mysterious Gates Five Revolutions.

After flipping through only two or three pages, he had already grinned and scrunched up his face, involuntarily tightening his chin and pulling his head back.

"What the hell is all this stuff?!"

The Mysterious Gates Five Revolutions are indeed extraordinary.

Ordinary martial arts manuals would leave a normal person completely bewildered, but only those who have studied them, like Ji Boying, can understand the hidden meanings of the Three Flowers, Five Qi, and Lingtai, and truly grasp the essence of each meridian and acupoint.

The secret manual of the Mysterious Gates Five Revolutions is more than ten times more obscure than ordinary martial arts manuals.

What about the Eight Solar Terms, the Three Solar Terms, the Three Periods, and the concepts of "living situation" and "dead situation"?

I recognize each of the individual characters, but when put together, I have no idea what they are trying to say.

In particular, Huang Yaoshi combined martial arts with esoteric arts, turning some familiar martial arts terms into these incomprehensible gibberish.

Only some things related to Yin and Yang and the Eight Trigrams were barely understandable because he had mastered several Daoist Internal Cultivation and practiced skills like the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms.

The difficulty wasn't just in not being able to understand the characters, but also in dealing with many strange and bizarre symbols.

Looking through these things is truly painful.

Ji Boying only glanced through it once, going over it word by word.

Having finally finished reading the manual, Ji Boying was confident of success, even though he didn't understand anything about it.

I'm about to unleash my cheat codes!

"Is the Mysterious Gates Five Revolutions' martial arts from Peach Blossom Island simplified?"

"Simplify!"

"Peach Blossom Island's unique skill 'Mysterious Gates Five Revolutions' is being simplified... Simplification successful... 'Mysterious Gates Five Revolutions' → Star Gazing."

Mmm! That felt great!

[Mysterious Gates Five Revolutions: Beginner (1/600)]

Once Ji Mysterious Gates Five Revolutions of Ji Boying, countless prerequisite knowledge instantly flooded his mind.

After reviewing the manual again, the meanings of many of the terms written on it were already imprinted in my mind.

Each of the scribbles has also acquired a clear meaning.

Ji Boying's interest in learning this skill was not due to any desire for the power of the Mysterious Gates Five Revolutions.

The prerequisite knowledge contained in this martial art is what Ji Boying truly wants.

As one's martial arts skills improve, one may encounter countless divine techniques and unique skills in the future. One may even need to create new martial arts, and must have a thorough understanding of the principles of Mysterious Gates and Hidden Jia, the Five Elements, and the Eight Trigrams.

But learning this kind of knowledge truly requires painstaking effort; even with the dedication of those who studied diligently for ten years during the imperial examinations, it's not guaranteed that one could delve into it deeply.

Now, through a clever trick, I've mastered the basics of this skill.

He had already mastered all the knowledge about Qimen Dunjia, such as the Yellow Emperor creating Qimen Dunjia with 4,320 formations, Feng Hou creating Qimen Dunjia with 1,080 formations, and Jiang Taigong being well-versed in military strategy, dividing it into eight sections and establishing 72 flexible formations.

"Now we only have a foundation; we still need to continue learning in order to gain a deeper understanding."

The so-called Mysterious Gates and Hidden Jia is based on the I Ching and Bagua, combined with astrology, calendar systems, astronomy, geography, the Eight Gates and Nine Stars, Yin and Yang, the Five Elements, the Three Wonders and Six Instruments, etc., to analyze the principles of things and coordinate all things.

"Mysterious Gates and Hidden Jia is inseparable from mathematics. I originally thought that the simplification would involve doing math problems or something, but I didn't expect it to be simplified to Star Gazing. That's good, it's actually easier."

Although the Quanzhen Sect has always emphasized the unity of the three teachings (Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism), and the Mount Hua Sword Faction is not entirely a Daoist sect, they are ultimately based on Daoist esoteric arts.

Naturally, this also involves the study of celestial phenomena.

Therefore, Ji Boying had this foundation, making Star Gazing much easier for him.

Although Ji Boying had a foundation in mathematics and was not bad at it, he ultimately kept his distance and had no interest in it.

I had prepared for the worst, but there was a pleasant surprise. Star Gazing is truly wonderful.

Ji Boying searched through the pile of books on Mysterious Gates and Hidden Jia that Huang Yaoshi had given him and found a star chart.

Mysterious Gates and Hidden Jia is ultimately inseparable from astrology.

"My mind is full of knowledge, which makes me feel energetic and refreshed, so I won't sleep."

He grabbed the star chart, picked up his longsword, opened the door, and flipped onto the roof.

The moon was bright and the stars were few, with a cool night breeze blowing.

Ji Boying first deduced from the solar terms and then identified some remaining stars hanging in the sky.

Based on the identified stars, they deduced the locations of some stars that were hidden by the moonlight.

After watching for a while, he sat on the roof ridge and moved his hands around. He gently waved his hand and unleashed an Empty Palm Strike, not actually exerting any force, but just feeling the process of channeling his energy, slowly pondering how to integrate the power of the Dragon Subduing Palm Iron Palm Technique and the Heart Severing Palm into it.

After practicing a few times to clear my head, I continued to Star Gazing.

[Mysterious Gates Five Revolutions: Beginner (9/600)]

"This kind of Qimen skill really takes a lot of time!"

Ji Boying gazed at the pale dawn in the distance and sighed inwardly.

"It would be too difficult to directly integrate the power of the three palm techniques into the Empty Palm Strike. We need to further integrate these three palm techniques first."

However, it is still necessary to carefully select which palm technique to use as a composite material for disassembly and discarding.

After much deliberation, the best choice is naturally the Heart Severing Palm.

The Heart Severing Palm is, after all, just one of the martial arts recorded in the Nine Yin Manual. It is relatively short and concise.

Ji Boying practiced for a long time and mastered the skills deeply.

He has completely mastered the essence of this palm technique.

Although it is an external martial art, it places greater emphasis on the development of internal strength.

It injures the lungs and internal organs, but not the bones.

Once you see through this essence, you can discard all other external shells and only take the internal energy to unleash its essence.

It can be incorporated into the Iron Palm, adding to its ruthlessness, or into the Dragon Subduing Palm, helping it achieve a balance of Yin and Yang.

As for Iron Palm Technique and the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms, we still need to make a decision.

Iron Palm Technique is more agile and refined, simple and unadorned, Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms are indestructible and unbreakable.

However, after only a brief deliberation, Ji Boying decisively chose the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms as the core of his strategy.

"I'm not doing this for anything else, I just hope that one day this Empty Palm Strike will actually create a dragon!"

Regardless of the pros and cons, at this moment, Ji Boying just wanted to be willful for once.

To unleash a dragon with a single palm strike—that's been my dream since childhood.