Primordial Chaos Technique Simplified

"Whatever you say—everything as you say. Train however you want."

Yue Buqun smiled broadly, feeling a kind of blissful relief at letting it all go. So reviving Mount Hua no longer required him to painstakingly manage everything himself. He only needed to let his young disciple casually practice, and Mount Hua would be revived along the way.

"Then, Master, I'll practice the Primordial Chaos Technique first. I'll return the Purple Mist Manual to you."

Yue Buqun reached out to take it, then politely said, "Why not keep it for now? You'll have to practice it sooner or later anyway."

Ji Boying lightly waved his hand.

"No. Coming once a month gives it more of a sense of ceremony. Master, I'll head back first."

Ji Boying returned to his quarters with the Primordial Chaos Technique.

After washing his hands, he began preparing to simplify the Primordial Chaos Technique.

Based on his experience with the Mount Hua Swordplay last time, he had already cultivated the previous breathing-based internal art to perfection. This internal art should therefore inherit the previous art's simplified method—his internal energy would grow as long as he breathed.

"Detected Mount Hua internal art 'Primordial Chaos Technique.' Simplify?"

"Simplify!"

"Mount Hua internal art 'Primordial Chaos Technique' is being simplified... Simplification successful... Mount Hua internal art 'Primordial Chaos Technique' → Activity."

Activity?

Ji Boying thought he had misread it and hurriedly rubbed his eyes.

Proficiency +1

Primordial Chaos Technique: Beginner (2/300)

"What's going on? Why wasn't it simplified into breathing, but turned into activity instead?"

Ji Boying was somewhat baffled.

"Does this activity mean physical movement in the literal sense?"

Ji Boying guessed that it was very likely.

He had done nothing, yet the Primordial Chaos Technique had already reached Beginner level and gained two points of proficiency. One point naturally came with reaching Beginner level, while the other had naturally come from him lifting his hand to rub his eyes just now.

Though he did not understand it, his joy did not diminish in the slightest.

This method of simplification was undoubtedly a stroke of luck. It was no worse than breathing.

Whether he practiced Fist Technique or swordplay, it could increase his internal energy.

According to the manual, the Primordial Chaos Technique had nine levels. Now that Ji Boying had entered the Beginner stage, he had naturally entered the first level as well.

Ji Boying guided the internal energy in his Dantian, slowly circulating it through his meridians. The change was extremely obvious.

Having cultivated the Primordial Chaos Technique, his internal energy had become more solid and condensed.

This was the natural refinement of lower-tier internal energy by a higher-tier internal art.

There was no need to elaborate on the benefits. Ji Boying felt that every strand of his internal energy now possessed 1.2 times its original power.

Though the change seemed small, it was a qualitative transformation.

As he continued cultivating the Primordial Chaos Technique, the quality of his internal energy would naturally grow ever higher.

And after cultivating the Primordial Chaos Technique, the change in the quality of his internal energy was only the most basic effect. Ji Boying could clearly sense that his originally unending internal energy had retained its long, steady flow.

His once ordinary internal energy had now gained a trace of Primordial Chaos's forceful yang vigor.

Using the Primordial Chaos Technique to drive his swordplay or Fist Technique would naturally make them far more powerful.

"Let me test out my current internal art!"

Ji Boying rose to his feet with great enthusiasm.

Sword in hand, he walked into the courtyard and stood still in focused concentration.

With a light stir of internal energy, he circulated it through his meridians and performed that set of Mount Hua Swordplay he had long since mastered.

Sword light flowed, the blade edge sharp and fierce.

The foundational Mount Hua Swordplay, which Ji Boying had already cultivated to perfection and could advance no further, seemed to offer fresh insights in his hands now.

Originally, the swordplay was defined only by the word "marvelous," like a pair of nimble swallows weaving through willow branches in spring.

But the Mount Hua Swordplay performed with the Primordial Chaos Technique now carried several measures of the proud, ringing backbone of a dark swallow!

Ji Boying flicked his wrist, turning the sword light, and seamlessly switched from the Mount Hua Swordplay to the Rising Sun Vitality Sword.

The sword light was like a startled rainbow. Guiding the sword with qi, he sent the blade cutting through the air with sharp hissing sounds.

The Rising Sun Vitality Sword, vibrant with life yet tightly condensed, was naturally even more condensed now.

Its original vitality and continuous flow now held a few more traces of aggression.

"Fine internal art, fine internal art."

"As expected, guiding the sword with qi is the proper way. Practice martial arts without practicing internal arts, and you'll have achieved nothing by the time you grow old. To pursue the pinnacle of martial arts, you still have to cultivate internal arts."

Ji Boying happily sheathed his sword and stood tall.

With the support of internal energy, the Mount Hua Swordplay that had seemingly reached its limit appeared to have improved once more. Yet the panel still showed only the two words: Perfection.

These new insights seemed to turn into proficiency, all of them added to the Rising Sun Vitality Sword.

Rising Sun Vitality Sword: Mastery (301/800)

After practicing those two sword styles and working his body a little, the Primordial Chaos Technique naturally improved as well.

Primordial Chaos Technique: Beginner (14/300)

"This beginner stage is when proficiency rises fastest. If I didn't have the panel, truly cultivating this Primordial Chaos Technique to its highest realm would take quite some time."

Name: Ji Boying

Skills: Primordial Chaos Technique: Beginner (14/300), Stone Splitting Jade Breaking Fist: Mastery (358/600), Rising Sun Vitality Sword: Mastery (301/800), Golden Wild Goose Technique: Proficient (445/600), Mount Hua Breathing Technique: Perfected, Mount Hua Swordplay: Perfected

Talent: Skill Simplification. Spend Simplification Energy Points to simplify skills.

Energy Points: 0. The system automatically restores 1 Energy Point every month. It automatically resets at midnight on the first day of each month.

"Eh? The Golden Wild Goose Technique's proficiency rose too. Only by ten, though—not much."

The Golden Wild Goose Technique truly was an exquisite lightness skill that complemented inner cultivation. Changes in his inner force had also driven its improvement.

Ji Boying roughly understood why the simplified method for the Primordial Chaos Technique was activity.

The Primordial Chaos Technique differed from ordinary inner cultivation methods from the start. Rather than working from within outward, it worked from without inward.

Ordinary people cultivating the Primordial Chaos Technique did not need to sit in meditation and refine their qi. Instead, they had to rely on a set of Primordial Chaos Palm techniques. As they performed the palm art, it set their bodies in motion, stirred their meridians, and circulated their inner force.

That was why this simplification was not breathing, but activity.

In truth, it had been influenced by this set of Primordial Chaos Palm techniques.

Ji Boying had not learned the Primordial Chaos Palm, but now that he had cultivated the Primordial Chaos inner art, he only needed to circulate his inner force normally to immediately reverse-engineer how this palm art was used.

Ji Boying struck out with his palm, casually sweeping it through the air before his chest a few times.

"Pa! Pa!"

Though he had merely swung twice through empty air, one could faintly see the tyrannical force of his palm wind.

"This Primordial Chaos Palm is quite powerful. It can be used together with the Jade Breaking Fist."

"Most importantly, this palm art does not really count as a separate skill. It is bound to the Primordial Chaos Technique—so long as the Primordial Chaos Technique improves, my attainments in this palm art will naturally improve as well. That saves me an Energy Point. Wonderful, wonderful."

Simplifying the Primordial Chaos Technique had brought him considerable gains.

Ji Boying reined in his joy.

He wasted no more time.

"Time to train! Time to train!"