Once the wounded soldiers had recovered sufficiently, Zhu Youning led his army back to Bian Prefecture.
The return to Bian Prefecture was not a matter of great urgency, so it took Zhu Youning a full twelve days to arrive.
During these twelve days, Zhu Youning frantically supplemented his training with medicinal herbs. After consuming nearly all the tonics in his system inventory, he harvested a total of 134 Martial Arts Practice Waves.
To date, Zhu Youning now possessed a total of 222 Martial Arts Practice Waves.
Consequently, Zhu Youning opened the system shop and quickly exchanged for two peerless martial arts.
[Wedding Dress Divine Art (Pseudo): Exchangeable for 100 Martial Arts Practice Waves]
[Yin Yang Fusion Art: Exchangeable for 100 Martial Arts Practice Waves]
For one of them, Zhu Youning chose the Wedding Dress Divine Art.
The reason was simple.
One word: powerful!
The Zen sect of martial arts, the Wedding Dress Divine Art!
In I Practice Martial Arts From the Heart, the Wedding Dress Divine Art is a rare peerless divine art with four entries.
For instance, the Yin Yang Fusion Art only has two entries: Constant Readiness and Yin Yang Harmony.
The Wedding Dress Divine Art, however, boasts a full four entries!
They are: Mysterious Origin Heavenly Stellar Earthly Fiend Qi, Indestructible Diamond, As-You-Wish Realm, and Break Then Establish.
Of course, having four entries does not mean the Wedding Dress Divine Art surpasses all other martial arts; rather, it means the characteristics of the Wedding Dress Divine Art are quite unique.
Its primary feature is Break Then Establish.
Wedding dress, wedding dress... the original meaning of a wedding dress is that a woman is at her most beautiful when she is to be wed. A woman donning a wedding dress sheds her old clothes for new ones, as if being reborn into the world.
Simply put, a practitioner of the Wedding Dress Divine Art must destroy all the internal energy they have cultivated—or transfer it to another—once they reach sixty or seventy percent of their potential, and then start training from scratch.
To use its benefits, one must first blunt its edge; that is the principle.
The Wedding Dress Divine Art is inherently a martial art designed to be cultivated and then destroyed.
After destroying the energy, the practitioner still retains the roots within their body. When they pick it up and train again, they achieve twice the result with half the effort, and their internal energy will be even deeper than before.
The more times the Wedding Dress Divine Art is dispersed and retrained, the more powerful it becomes.
If one never undergoes this retraining, the Wedding Dress Divine Art can only ever reach seventy percent, never achieving the state of perfection.
This point is actually evident from the system's display.
An un-retrained Wedding Dress Divine Art will have the word "Pseudo" as a suffix in the system display.
Only after Zhu Youning has retrained once will the "Pseudo" suffix on the Wedding Dress Divine Art disappear.
And without retraining, the Wedding Dress Divine Art only possesses a single characteristic: "Mysterious Origin Heavenly Stellar Earthly Fiend Qi."
As for the other, Zhu Youning chose the Yin Yang Fusion Art.
Its function needs no explanation; it primarily acts as a mediator.
By practicing the Yin Yang Fusion Art, Zhu Youning can not only cultivate more internal arts but also allow multiple types of True Qi to coexist, achieving a state similar to "a hundred schools of thought contending."
Simply put, if Zhu Youning had only exchanged for the Wedding Dress Divine Art without the Yin Yang Fusion Art, the Mysterious Origin Heavenly Stellar Earthly Fiend Qi cultivated by the Wedding Dress Divine Art would conflict with the Northern Dark True Qi of the Northern Dark Divine Art.
Both types of True Qi are extremely pure and powerful.
As the saying goes, one mountain cannot contain two tigers. Although the Northern Dark Divine Art can encompass all martial arts in the world, that is only possible when the Northern Dark True Qi is in a dominant position; it converts all other True Qi into Northern Dark True Qi to achieve this inclusion.
The Mysterious Origin Heavenly Stellar Earthly Fiend Qi, however, is also an extremely domineering True Qi.
If Zhu Youning wanted to retain both the Mysterious Origin Heavenly Stellar Earthly Fiend Qi and the Northern Dark True Qi, he had to exchange for a technique to harmonize the two.
That technique is the Yin Yang Fusion Art.
After exchanging for these two peerless martial arts, Zhu Youning replaced the Tiger Roar Art and the Nine Yin: Healing Chapter in his automatic martial arts training slots with these two new arts.
In this way, all four of Zhu Youning's automatic martial arts training slots were now occupied by rare, peerless martial arts.
And from this moment on, his martial path stepped onto the right track.
In addition to this, Zhu Youning also exchanged for a martial art that was not very profound but highly practical.
[Breath Concealment Technique: Exchangeable for 10 Martial Arts Practice Waves]
In the game I Practice Martial Arts From the Heart, the function of this Breath Concealment Technique is simple and practical: it gives a certain probability of skipping combat in dungeons. It is an essential technique for almost all players.
After being exchanged into the real world, its function is also simple and practical: it masks one's internal breath.
Once the Breath Concealment Technique is practiced, as long as he does not actively engage others in combat, it is difficult for others to discern his true martial arts rank.
After exchanging for the three martial arts, Zhu Youning opened his personal panel once more.
[Zhu Youning]
[Rank: Great Heavenly Rank]
[Martial Arts: Tiger Roar Art, Dragon-Snake Spear Technique, Calm Heart Technique, Cold Heart Art, Nine Yin: Healing Chapter, Northern Dark Divine Art, Qi Scripture, Wedding Dress Divine Art, Yin Yang Fusion Art]
[Currently Automatically Cultivating: Northern Dark Divine Art, Qi Scripture, Wedding Dress Divine Art, Yin Yang Fusion Art]
Qi Scripture: One of the most profound internal arts in the Central Plains, capable of cleansing the meridians throughout the body. It not only possesses the miraculous effect of nourishing the origin and consolidating the foundation but also enables the external projection of Qi. Traits: Tendon Changing and Bone Forging, True Qi Projection. Tiger Roar Art: An internal art synthesized from the essences of various sects in the Central Plains, featuring fierce and powerful Qi energy. Traits: Fierce True Qi. Dragon-Snake Spear Technique: A spear technique developed by Zhu Youning based on battlefield drills; the moves are sharp and swift. Traits: Swift. Cold Heart Art: A relatively basic technique that can cultivate cold-natured True Qi; it can be used in conjunction with the Yin Yang Fusion Art. Traits: None. Calm Heart Technique: Based on meditation, this technique controls breathing to master the movement of True Qi. It is the foundation for practicing more advanced internal arts and has the effect of regulating breath and relaxing the body. Traits: None. Nine Yin: Healing Chapter: The healing section of the martial arts manual Nine Yin Manual, which is highly beneficial for the recovery of internal injuries. Traits: None. Northern Dark Divine Art: The supreme martial art of the Xiaoyao Sect. Once mastered, every acupuncture point on the body can absorb the internal energy of others and convert it into Northern Dark True Qi. Traits: True Qi Reversal, Constant Readiness. Wedding Dress Divine Art (Pseudo): The Zen sect of martial arts, the Wedding Dress Divine Art! This martial art is the signature divine skill of the Iron-Blooded Banner Sect. Created by the Yun and Tie clans, it contains the power of heavenly thunder and earthly fire, allowing it to sweep across thousands of troops. Traits: Mysterious Origin Heavenly Stellar Earthly Fiend Qi. Yin Yang Fusion Art: Excellent when used in conjunction with internal martial arts, it has the effect of harmonizing multiple types of True Qi. Traits: Constant Readiness, Yin Yang Harmony. Breath Concealment Technique: A special technique that can conceal one's internal breath to a certain extent. Traits: None. Talents: Battle-Hardened, Born Savage, Pure Internal Strength. Current Status: Full Stamina. Items: Cold Steel Sword*12, Cold Steel Spear*12, Horse-Chopping Saber*8, Ring-Pommel Saber*5, Ghost-Head Saber*4, Green Mandala Flower*7, Jade Bee Honey Syrup*11, Tiger Bone*21, Bear Gallbladder*14, Schisandra*13, Velvet Antler*4, Bird's Nest*9, Polygonum Multiflorum*16, Lingzhi Mushroom*12, Trogopterus Dung*1. Current Training Wave: 12.
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