Guidance Technique

Guidance Technique

Bang!

A thunderous explosion echoed through the living room.

Li Yi was holding a punch stance as he threw a punch.

Punch force condensed, sending chills through anyone who saw it.

"Sister Lin, did you understand it? This is the Fist Technique I learned. Unfortunately, I didn't learn all of it. I only learned a single punch stance, so I can only slowly explore and deduce the rest on my own." Li Yi withdrew his fist and spoke seriously.

After watching Li Yi's punch, Lin Yue pondered for a long while. She seemed to be analyzing the mysteries of the punch in her mind, but soon discovered that although Li Yi's Fist Technique appeared simple, it actually contained the secrets of the human body. It was the culmination of an entire cultivation system and was extremely precious.

Once mastered, it could immediately be integrated and transformed into one's own foundation.

"Li Yi, your Fist Technique is very basic, but that's precisely what makes it especially precious. As long as you continue learning it, you can use the punch stance you just displayed as a foundation and derive a martial art uniquely your own. I understand now why Yang Yilong couldn't bear to let you go."

Lin Yue's expression turned solemn. "You probably don't know this yet, but Yang Yilong previously learned a Guidance Technique that can guide the energy within the human body. You should know that we cultivators continuously absorb Cosmic Energy to evolve, but after the energy is absorbed, it doesn't disappear for no reason. Instead, it's stored inside our cells."

"The human body has sixty trillion cells, while we cultivators have even more—at least eighty trillion—because our bones and muscles have a higher density. The Guidance Technique draws out the Cosmic Energy contained in those eighty trillion cells and gathers it in one place."

"If he learns your Fist Technique on top of that Guidance Technique, then with Yang Yilong's talent, there's a very good chance he'll fuse the two together and evolve them into a terrifying high-martial art."

Li Yi was immediately astonished. "A Guidance Technique? There's such a thing?"

But he soon remembered how the energy in Yang Yilong's right arm had gathered into a dazzling, brilliant mass, forming a sharp sword invisible to the naked eye.

That was probably one application of the Guidance Technique.

Li Yi quickly calmed down and smiled. "Sister Lin, your concern isn't unfounded, but Yang Yilong can't learn my Fist Technique."

"Oh? Why not? If you demonstrated those movements in Yang Yilong's underground training ground, he'd have a very high chance of learning them. I've been there. His basement is equipped with many concealed high-definition cameras. If he recorded you punching and then used a supercomputer to analyze the footage, he could definitely reconstruct your Fist Technique. Although I hate him now, I have to admit that he's talented."

Lin Yue shook her head slightly, feeling that Li Yi had underestimated how frightening Yang Yilong was.

Li Yi said, "No, Sister Lin, you're mistaken. I'd already guessed all the methods you mentioned, but I didn't teach Yang Yilong my entire Fist Technique. I held something back—I taught him nine parts truth and one part falsehood."

"The greater the punch force of this false technique, the greater the damage to the body. If he really combines the Guidance Technique with the Fist Technique, the consequences may be even worse."

"What? You taught him a fake Fist Technique?"

Lin Yue was startled at first, then suddenly threw her head back and laughed. "Hahaha, I'm dying! Yang Yilong was clever his whole life, yet he never expected to be tricked by you. How did you manage to fool him? Come on, tell me!"

"It's very simple. The punch stance is merely a posture for throwing a punch. It's something extremely basic and cannot be changed, but once you learn it and truly integrate it, that's a different matter."

After speaking, Li Yi simply sat down on the sofa and lazily sprawled out.

"Watch closely."

Then he raised his hand and threw a punch.

It looked casual, but the moment he struck, the same punch force burst forth, followed by another explosive bang.

However, this bang was not as condensed as the previous one. It sounded somewhat hollow.

"This is an incorrect way of exerting force, and it's liable to damage the body. Sister Lin, look at my back." Li Yi stood up, felt the pulling sensation in his back, and pointed toward it.

The wounds on Li Yi's back, along with the bandages, had been torn open slightly by the force.

"I see. I understand now. Yang Yilong never saw you punch before, so even if you demonstrated an incorrect version of the Fist Technique to him, he would take it as genuine. No wonder he didn't discover it." Lin Yue's eyes lit up as she understood what had happened.

"If he really comes to negotiate with you and buy my Fist Technique, I might actually sell it to him for the sake of the work I did for him before. But if he drags me into his basement and tries to force me into buying or selling? I won't indulge him. When someone respects me by an inch, I return it by ten feet. Since he played dirty, he can't blame me for playing the villain."

After saying this, Li Yi changed the subject and stared at Lin Yue. "If you want to learn it, Sister Lin, I can teach you. You only need to promise me that you won't pass it on to anyone else."

Lin Yue had been his guide on the path of cultivation and had helped him through his most difficult period. Without Sister Lin, Li Yi would still be an ordinary person, so he wanted to repay this favor.

"You're going to teach this Fist Technique to me?" Lin Yue's eyes widened, and then her heart began pounding.

Oh no.

What was this damn excitement?

Lin Yue forcibly calmed herself. Her eyes shifted slightly, and she smiled. "If I really learned it, I'd never be able to repay you in this lifetime. Don't test me with something like this."

"It's fine. You taught me how to enter meditation and cultivate, while I'll teach you how to throw punches. We can improve together. That's a good thing, so don't talk about repaying me or not." Li Yi spoke with great sincerity.

Seeing this, Lin Yue began to ponder. Then she said, "That may be true, but what kind of person do you take Sister Lin for? If I took such a huge advantage for nothing, I'd feel guilty for the rest of my life. Besides, one shouldn't accept a gift without deserving it. How about this? Let me handle your deal with Yang Yilong. I'll ask him for that Guidance Technique on your behalf. If I succeed, you can consider teaching me your Fist Technique afterward. How does that sound?"

"Will that work? I only just tricked him." Li Yi was somewhat doubtful.

Lin Yue rolled her eyes. "He doesn't know that you held something back from the Fist Technique you taught him. His Guidance Technique isn't unique to him either; he learned it from someone else. Your Fist Technique is far stronger than the Guidance Technique. Even if you didn't teach him everything and only taught him ninety percent, it would still benefit Yang Yilong immensely. Seeing you suffer such a huge loss, I can't swallow this grievance. Besides, if someone bullies you and you don't fight back, they'll only take another inch after gaining a yard. So no matter what happens, you must resist immediately. Never let anyone think you're easy to bully."

"If I succeed, you won't lose out. One Fist Technique in exchange for one Guidance Technique. Even if I fail, it doesn't matter. At least I can prove that there's nothing wrong with your Fist Technique and keep him from becoming suspicious, saving you trouble later. Sister Lin is cleaning up your mess."

Li Yi nodded. "All right, then we'll do as you say, Sister Lin. If it works, let's see whether we can combine these two techniques and deduce an even more powerful Fist Technique."

"You're really generous. You don't treat techniques as important at all. Do you know how expensive techniques are on the market?" Lin Yue smiled and blinked.

Li Yi shrugged, showing that he didn't care.

His stinginess depended on the person. He had always been generous toward those who sincerely helped him, but he refused to be a sucker for people with ulterior motives.

"All right, let's not talk about this for now. We'll discuss it after I get the Guidance Technique. I came to find you for another reason as well—I want to understand why you're cultivating so quickly." Lin Yue said, "This time, you entered the Spirit Medium Realm not only because you had an encounter after accidentally entering Ghost Street. There's another reason. I already mentioned that I suspected the place where you cultivate wasn't ordinary."

"The area where your home is located may have particularly active Cosmic Energy, making it more suitable for cultivation. So I wanted to investigate and see whether it matches my guess."

"If that's really the case, I'll immediately buy the house beneath yours or the one next door. Then we can become neighbors and cultivate together."

With this thought in mind, Lin Yue immediately sat down on the floor and began trying to enter meditation with her eyes closed.

"By the way, Sister Lin, after entering the Spirit Medium Realm, I felt that the speed at which my body evolved had clearly slowed down. Is that normal?" Li Yi suddenly remembered something and asked a cultivation-related question.

"Of course it's normal. You're in the Spirit Medium Realm now, so even if you do nothing all day, you still need to consume Cosmic Energy. And the stronger you are, the more Cosmic Energy you consume each day. It's like how babies need milk and children need food—the stronger the individual, the greater the consumption. Did you think the conservation of energy was fake?"

Lin Yue opened her eyes and gave him a sidelong glance. "When the speed at which you absorb Cosmic Energy each day can no longer keep up with your consumption, you'll have reached your limit. That's why the higher your cultivation efficiency, the greater your achievements will be in the future. To be honest, I don't recommend cultivating long-term for anyone whose cultivation efficiency is below fifty percent. Just awaken your Spirit Medium ability and stop there. There's no need to climb any higher."

"Of course, there are ways to change this situation. You can change your cultivation environment and enrich the pure Cosmic Energy around you. For example, you can use a Cultivation Pod or hire a guide. You can also enter the energy field of a strange object. The Golden Academy has a strange object that can increase the concentration of Cosmic Energy within a certain range, which is why our country's experts have all gone there."

"Shallow waters cannot raise a true dragon; that truth has remained unchanged since ancient times. In reality, our world has abundant Cosmic Energy, but unfortunately, it has been polluted. If we can find and resolve the source of the pollution in the future, that would be wonderful. By then, the entire world could cultivate, with billions of cultivators gathered together. Just imagining it is terrifying."

"All right, Li Yi, I'm going to enter meditation. If you have any other cultivation questions, ask me later. From the moment I entered this room, I've felt that something was wrong, but I can't put my finger on it. Once I enter meditation, my instincts will grow stronger. By then, I'll be able to sense the things around me without even using my eyes. Perhaps I'll be able to find what's wrong."

After saying this, Lin Yue closed her eyes again.

This time, Li Yi didn't disturb her. Instead, he grew somewhat uneasy.

Li Yi felt that there was nothing wrong with his home.

The problem lay with that damaged strange object.

However, Lin Yue had never considered the strange object. After all, not the slightest bit of information about it had leaked.

Forget it. I'll let nature take its course. Rather than worrying about this, I'd better worry about whether Old Crow will suddenly come knocking one day. After all, Old Crow and his people are the real hidden enemies. Li Yi stopped dwelling on the matter.