Even If Bald, It's Useless

After the Golden Summit Cotton Palm, Miejue also passed on the Qinggong Three Manifestations of the Divine Dragon to Gu Shaoan.

As the Emei Sect's supreme Qinggong, Three Manifestations of the Divine Dragon allows one to use a breath of True Qi to make their body hover in the air, turning and circling in a radius of seven to eight zhang, just like a divine dragon soaring through the sky, ever-changing and unpredictable.

Miejue was the most principled person, always adhering to gradual progress in her cultivation.

Therefore, for her disciples, Miejue also upheld the idea that "martial arts value quality over quantity."

Whether it was Zhao Jingxuan, Ding Minjun, Bei Jinyi, or Zhou Zhiruo, who had only recently joined the Emei Sect, they were only allowed to learn new martial arts after mastering one to the "Entering the Hall" level.

But Gu Shaoan's talent was different.

Coupled with her observations during these days, Gu Shaoan's disposition far surpassed that of his peers. The continuous cultivation over several days could be said to be even more diligent than Zhao Jingxuan and Ding Minjun.

This was why Miejue simultaneously taught Gu Shaoan three martial arts, and after setting a one-month assessment period, she let Gu Shaoan return to cultivate.

Having acquired three martial arts in succession, and all of them being the Emei Sect's supreme martial arts, Gu Shaoan's mood was greatly improved at this moment.

He couldn't help but feel fortunate again for choosing to come to Emei.

If Gu Shaoan had chosen to join Wudang before, what he would be learning now would likely be the most basic martial arts of the Wudang Sect, a waste of time.

Leaving Miejue's bamboo hut, Gu Shaoan did not return directly to his courtyard. Instead, he found a scenic spot not far from the courtyard, rested briefly, and then began to cultivate.

Perhaps he was truly startled by Miejue's use of "Immortal Touches My Crown" before, Gu Shaoan first cultivated the Golden Summit Cotton Palm.

Gu Shaoan had already memorized the stances and Mind Method Incantation of Golden Summit Cotton Palm. He had also personally felt the Golden Summit Cotton Palm from Miejue's hands before. Nevertheless, he still practiced it three times, combining the stances with Internal Energy, and a prompt appeared before Gu Shaoan.

[Golden Summit Cotton Palm mastered to Beginner Level, Achievement Points +50.]

[Golden Summit Cotton Palm (Beginner Level)--Proficiency: 1/100]

"As expected of the Emei Sect's supreme palm technique, just reaching the beginner level grants as many Achievement Points as reaching the Entering the Hall realm with Willow Catkin Sword Technique."

Looking at the prompt before him, Gu Shaoan was pleased rather than worried.

For Gu Shaoan, Achievement Points were what he lacked the most right now.

And the more difficult the martial art he cultivated, the more Achievement Points Gu Shaoan could obtain.

Immediately, Gu Shaoan focused his mind and began to cultivate again.

It was currently June, and the sun was scorching.

Mount Emei was even higher, and under the blazing sun, the heat was even more intense.

Even though Gu Shaoan had chosen a spot under a large tree, in the shade.

After a session of cultivation, he was already drenched in sweat.

But Gu Shaoan seemed oblivious to all this, his mind still fully immersed in practicing the palm technique.

The cultivation of martial arts doesn't necessarily mean one must practice from the first move to the last in sequence.

After reaching the beginner level in a martial art, a martial artist must first deconstruct and refine each move individually. Only after mastering the movements and the coordination of Internal Energy for each move can they attempt to link the martial art's techniques together.

It's like wanting to write a poem; first, you need to understand the meaning and writing of each character in the poem, and then connect each character to form a complete poem.

If you don't even understand how to write the characters or their underlying meanings, how can you write it?

And now, Gu Shaoan was practicing the moves of the Golden Summit Cotton Palm individually, allowing him to memorize the moves while also enabling his Internal Energy to coordinate with the movements.

During the process, Gu Shaoan's movements were sometimes fast and sometimes slow.

If Miejue were watching beside Gu Shaoan at this moment, she would surely be astonished to discover that each time Gu Shaoan finished practicing a move, the angle and timing of his palm strikes in the second practice would differ, either slightly or significantly, from the previous practice.

After a few rounds of practice, Gu Shaoan's gaze flickered to the prompt information for Golden Summit Cotton Palm.

[Golden Summit Cotton Palm (Beginner Level)--Proficiency: 7/100.]

Seeing the proficiency increase by 6 points after just a few glances, Gu Shaoan chuckled inwardly.

For a martial art to improve, it's not simply that the more you practice, the greater the improvement.

Take the eighth stance of the Willow Catkin Sword Technique, "Catkin Falls on Cold River." The mental cultivation method is to sink Qi into the Dantian, circulate through the San Jiao of the hand, pass through the Jianliao acupoint, connect to the Tianjing acupoint, and gather Qi to move.

When executing the move, when should Internal Energy enter the San Jiao meridian of the hand's Shaoyang? When should it pass through the Jianliao acupoint? And when should Internal Energy be made to enter the Tianjing acupoint?

If Internal Energy and the moves are not properly matched, at best, the sword technique's power will be greatly reduced and riddled with flaws; at worst, Internal Energy will stagnate in the acupoints, causing Qi and blood to surge backward.

It can be said that one cannot be a fraction too fast, nor a moment too slow.

Moreover, as the martial art's proficiency increases and the hidden meridians involved in the technique are unblocked, the circulation of Internal Energy will change.

Not to mention the movements, angles, and timing when executing moves.

Some martial arts might still achieve results through diligent practice.

But some martial arts are like the advanced mathematics in his previous life; if you can't learn it, you just can't learn it, even going bald won't help.

If martial arts cultivation were truly that simple, everyone in the martial world could achieve the "Perfected" level in their learned Martial Skills simply by practicing diligently, and the world would already be full of masters.

Nor would many people spend years, or even decades, practicing martial arts until they were deeply familiar with them, yet still be stuck at the "Initial Glimpse" realm.

But Gu Shaoan had no such troubles.

As the ancients said, a bronze mirror can help one adjust their clothes and cap.

For Gu Shaoan, the data on the proficiency panel served as his bronze mirror, verifying whether his cultivation was correct or flawed.

If the cultivation path was wrong, or if the speed of internal energy circulation during palm strikes was wrong, or if the angle of the palm strike, or the contained force was wrong, the proficiency increase for Golden Summit Cotton Palm on the panel would not rise.

If the cultivation was sufficiently standard, one could gain 1 point or even more proficiency.

This allowed Gu Shaoan to actively intervene and adjust his martial arts cultivation during practice.

If this were in a game, it would have almost no effect.

But in reality, the benefits were immense.

He didn't know if he had been cultivating for a quarter of an hour or one incense stick's time.

As his palms flew and internal energy circulated, a profound and mysterious feeling suddenly emerged from the depths of his heart.

At this moment, Gu Shaoan felt as if an immortal was supporting his head, his mind becoming clear, and flashes of inspiration appearing continuously.

As his palms flew, the internal energy within his body also followed a special rhythm, perfectly synchronized with the movements.

And Gu Shaoan's Golden Summit Cotton Palm proficiency began to soar at an extremely rapid pace.

[Golden Summit Cotton Palm successfully entered the Initial Glimpse realm, Achievement Points +100]

[Golden Summit Cotton Palm (Initial Glimpse)--Current Proficiency: 1/500]

[Cultivated High-Level Martial Arts for half an hour, Achievement Points +10.]

The current pace is a bit slow, mainly because this process is needed at the beginning. The corresponding plot will begin later. New author humbly requests data and follow-up support!