Niang Xi Pi!

After finishing the pirated copy of the True Origin Sword Finger Technique, Shi Feizhe then looked at the Nether Springs Divine Shadow Record he had copied during the day. This secret manual was relatively simpler compared to the True Origin Sword Finger Technique.

The Blood Qi Barrier is the first barrier in martial arts. Through breathing techniques, exercise methods, and consumed medicine and food, one increases their physique and trains their five internal organs!

The so-called "Blood Qi" refers to the point where muscles, bones, and skin are trained to a certain degree, allowing one to easily sense the flow of their own blood throughout their body, feeling as if there is "Qi" within the body. This stage is considered passed only when one can circulate blood and Qi, control muscles, and sense their internal organs.

Generally, as long as a person doesn't have congenital issues with their muscles and bones, or any defects, with perseverance and financial resources, they can eventually reach this stage.

The Nether Springs Divine Shadow Record contains four sets of training methods, named "Reward Good Fist, Punish Evil Leg, Yin Law Stake, and Investigate Course," used to train muscles, bones, and skin. It's important to note that these four sets of techniques are not for combat, but purely for training, similar to calisthenics.

As for combat techniques, there is a配套 (matching) Senluo Palm!

Although it's called a palm technique, if you hold a saber, it becomes the Senluo Saber. If you hold a sword, it becomes the Senluo Sword! The combat techniques are not limited to fists, palms, or weapons, making them very flexible. This truly overturned Shi Feizhe's impression that masters of palm techniques only use palms, and masters of sword techniques would see their combat power decrease if they switched weapons.

The secret manual is very detailed. As long as one can understand it, they can practice step by step.

The only problem is that half of this secret manual is based on guesswork, and the Blood Qi Barrier requires a large amount of medicinal herbs and food. With Shi Feizhe's current financial resources, he only has two or three taels of silver. In such a high-consumption tourist area, it might only be enough to last a month, right?

He didn't even dare to eat dinner last night. In his previous life, not eating dinner was to control his weight. In this life, not eating dinner was purely because he couldn't afford it!

If he had the living conditions of his previous life, breaking through the Blood Qi Barrier would definitely be very easy!

What a pity...

Thinking about this, Shi Feizhe continued to study the "Spirit Barrier."

The "Spirit" in "Spirit Barrier" is not the "spirit of mental illness" from Shi Feizhe's previous life, but is divided into "Essence" and "Spirit."

"Essence is the root of life." The so-called "Essence" is a person's vital energy, the foundation of life, not something strange like "semen." When training Blood Qi, one needs to use methods of nourishing Essence, simultaneously strengthening and solidifying "Essence" to make the vital energy abundant.

"Spirit" is more mysterious. Externally, Spirit is called the Heavenly God, the creator and ruler of all things in heaven and earth; for humans, Spirit is also the ruler of one's own thoughts and actions. However, ordinary people have many杂念 (distractions) and cannot perceive "Spirit," so they need to visualize deities, borrowing the false to cultivate the true and make their "Spirit" manifest.

According to the Nether Springs Divine Shadow Record, one should visualize the Ten Kings of Hell, from the first King Qinguang to the tenth King Zhuanlun. When one can simultaneously visualize all Ten Kings of Hell, the "Spirit" cultivation is complete.

At that time, Blood Qi and Spirit, the four combine into one, and upon Seeing Truth, True Qi is formed!

How do the four combine into one? How do they combine? What if they can't combine? This part of the Nether Springs Divine Shadow Record is summarized in one sentence, which truly left Shi Feizhe confused.

It was already based on guesswork, and now it's vague, making Shi Feizhe unable to help but scratch his head!

The method for the Blood Qi Barrier cannot be cultivated now. Should he try the visualization method for the Spirit Barrier?

The visualization method is also simple; one only needs to calm their mind and meditate, outlining the visualized deity in their consciousness.

He might as well try it; there would be no harm even if he was wrong.

Thinking this, Shi Feizhe sat cross-legged, emptied his mind, and calmly entered a state of meditation.

The result... he fell asleep while meditating.

When he opened his eyes again, it was already dawn! The landlord's family had already started boiling hot water and cooking.

Shi Feizhe couldn't help but sigh, meditation also requires practice!

The reason he chose this place was because every morning, this family could provide hot water and a meal of coarse grains.

This family consisted of an old couple in their fifties or sixties. When he rented the room, he heard them say that they had a son who went out to explore the Jianghu and hadn't returned for several years!

Shi Feizhe washed his face and head with hot water, ate a bowl of coarse grain porridge and two coarse grain cakes. He had originally planned to do his sword stake exercises, but thinking of the two secret manuals from last night, he skipped the exercises and went out directly.

Today, he would first look for a copy of the True Origin Sword Finger Technique, and then go to Three Talents Manor to discuss the Nether Springs Divine Shadow Record. Yesterday, when he was copying the Nether Springs Divine Shadow Record, he saw many people copying it as well, so they must also have many questions, right?

As expected of a common commodity, Shi Feizhe found a copy of the True Origin Sword Finger Technique after asking at just two bookstores.

Under the curious gaze of the bookstore's attendant, Shi Feizhe opened the True Origin Sword Finger Technique. After simply reading a few pages, Shi Feizhe returned the True Origin Sword Finger Technique to the attendant and left, leaving the attendant bewildered.

The attendant looked at the True Origin Sword Finger Technique. To be honest, he had secretly practiced it too. Who doesn't have moments of dreaming?

It turned out to be just a waste of time!

Shi Feizhe went to the next bookstore and opened the True Origin Sword Finger Technique. It was also thanks to this bizarre martial arts secret manual; otherwise, he might not have been allowed to browse it.

"Hey, hey, hey, do you want it or not? If not, stop looking around!" This bookstore didn't have an attendant, and the owner was a stingy person. Seeing Shi Feizhe flipping through this trashy book, he couldn't help but say.

"No, no!" Shi Feizhe threw the book back to the bookstore owner and continued towards the next bookstore.

"Niang Xi Pi!" The bookstore owner looked at Shi Feizhe's back and couldn't help but curse in his hometown dialect.

How could Shi Feizhe care about this owner? He ran to every bookstore in Three Talents Town, looked at all the True Origin Sword Finger Techniques in all the bookstores in the entire Three Talents Town, and finally spent four coins to buy another copy.

He returned to his rented room in a daze and lined up the three copies of the True Origin Sword Finger Technique.

The first one with blood, the second one bought yesterday, and the third one bought today.

Each of these three copies was different!

There were two versions of the True Origin Sword Finger Technique in Three Talents Town. One version was like the second copy bought yesterday; although the layout was occasionally incorrect, the content was basically the same. The other version was the one he bought today.

This version differed greatly from the bloody version and also differed greatly from the one bought yesterday.

Three books with the same name, True Origin Sword Finger Technique, but the content was different!

Which one of these is the correct one?

Shi Feizhe's scalp tingled, and he cursed Niang Xi Pi in his heart!

No wonder that arrogant person said that practicing martial arts is bound to drive one crazy. Even such a widely circulated trashy book has several versions, let alone others?

Perhaps there are other versions of the True Origin Sword Finger Technique in the Jianghu!

How to prove that these three versions of the True Origin Sword Finger Technique are correct?

There is only one way!

That is to practice the other two versions as well!

Practicing martial arts is too crazy!