Transplanting Conceptual Martial Arts

Chen Bin opened his mouth and rattled off, "The Five Animal True Form Diagram is no ordinary martial art. It is an exceptionally intricate conceptual martial art, one ordinary people cannot cultivate..."

Chen Mo immediately cut him off. "Young Master Mingxi may not know this, but the Five Animal True Form Diagram is not a martial art cultivated by the common world. It was created by hunters beyond the frontier, who observed vicious beasts fighting and imitated the phenomena of heaven and earth. Its purpose lies not in 'practicing martial arts,' but in 'killing living things' and 'seizing forms.' Therefore, the Five Animal True Form Diagram has only concept and no method of practice. My father was quite fond of it, yet even after pondering it for half his life, he failed to complete its method.

Young Master Mingxi would be better off choosing another martial art. There is no need to stubbornly gnaw at the Five Animal True Form Diagram, lest you get half the result for twice the effort."

No wonder it looked extraordinary, yet he had no idea where to begin. So it was a conceptual martial art.

Others might not be able to cultivate it, but Xie An could.

Judging from his previous use of Ten Thousand Questions, the more intricate a martial art's moves were, the greater the expenditure of blood-and-vitality computational power. The Five Animal True Form Diagram had no method of practice, only concept. Perhaps, to Ten Thousand Questions... it was very simple.

Xie An accepted the booklet. "This one will do nicely. Take the rest of the martial arts back."

"Yes."

Chen Mo nodded in surprise, closed the wooden chest, and carried the three chests out with Chen Bin.

Xie An sat in his grandmaster's chair and watched. Then, as if recalling something, he opened his aura sight and examined their vital energy.

He looked at Chen Bin first. His vital energy was fifty to sixty percent stronger than Zhou Ji's.

Although Zhou Ji was a Bone Tempering martial artist who had passed the Three Gates, he had already begun to challenge Organ Tempering. By comparison, Chen Bin's martial arts realm should have reached Organ Tempering.

Reaching Organ Tempering at sixteen or seventeen counted as genius.

Xie An then turned to look at Chen Mo and was immediately startled.

Chen Mo's vital energy was vast and heavy, more than five times greater than Chen Bin's.

She looked to be only around twenty. Was her martial arts talent really this outrageous?

"Miss Chen Mo, please wait."

Chen Mo, who had just stepped outside, immediately stopped, turned around, and cupped her hands. "May I ask what other instructions Young Master Mingxi has?"

Xie An asked, "May I ask what realm Miss Chen Mo's martial arts cultivation has reached?"

Chen Mo answered with utmost respect, "Thanks to the proprietor's support, this humble woman broke through to Manifest Force half a month ago."

Martial arts were the painstaking work of years upon years, like water grinding through stone. Reaching Manifest Force before forty was already quite good.

Unfortunately, Chen Mo was a woman, and he did not know her background well enough. Keeping her by his side would be inconvenient in many ways. If she had been a man, Xie An would have asked her to become his guard.

Xie An waved his hand, signaling for Chen Mo to leave.

"Qiu Lan, I'll be cultivating in seclusion in my room for two hours. This afternoon, have Zhou Ji come to the courtyard and practice with me."

After dismissing Qiu Lan, Xie An opened the Five Animal True Form Diagram.

The Five Animal True Form Diagram did not emphasize rigid moves. Its focus was killing living things and seizing forms.

Condense intent into an image; use martial arts to comprehend form.

The Five Animals did not refer to ordinary tigers, deer, bears, apes, and birds, but to "five categories of primordial Gods and Devils forms deep within the bloodline."

It was divided into five True Forms.

The first form was the tiger. Metal governed slaughter, drawing upon its violent, ferocious might to ride the wind and command thunder.

The second form was the deer. Wood governed vitality, drawing upon its antlers propping up the vault of heaven to draw life into the body.

The third form was the bear. Earth governed heaviness, drawing upon the marrow of the earth to remain still as a mountain.

The fourth form was the ape. Fire governed nimbleness, drawing upon the monkey mind and horse thoughts, agile and ever-changing.

The fifth form was the crane. Water governed extreme speed, drawing upon wings beating through the sky and yin-yang escape arts.

"It encompasses metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, covering slaughter, vitality and recovery, heavy defense, agility and nimbleness. It is remarkably comprehensive. This single martial art encompasses the effects of seven or eight others. It suits me."

Xie An immediately turned to the detailed records of the first form.

First Form: White Tiger Sky-Roar.

Observe a white tiger descending the mountain. With one step, it shattered mountain stone; wherever its fist edge passed, even a graze against flesh was like a steel blade scraping bone, specialized in breaking hardened external arts.

"Ten Thousand Questions, calculate the blood-and-vitality value needed to transplant White Tiger Sky-Roar!"

[Calculating...]

[Calculation successful: Transplantation requires 1.2 units of blood and vitality]

"So it really can be done..."

Xie An was instantly overjoyed.

The so-called lack of a method of practice applied only to ordinary people.

But the Martial Arts Grand Model thought differently from ordinary people. It could directly transplant conceptual martial arts.

It was like AlphaGo, the first-generation intelligent agent from his previous life. It did not need to learn the rules and techniques of Go at all. It only needed several tens of thousands of game records fed directly into it. AlphaGo could learn on its own and eventually defeat the world Go champion.

The martial arts of Ten Thousand Questions... worked by the same principle.

"Transplant!"

As the command was issued, his blood-and-vitality value immediately fell to 0.2. A weak sensation of bodily emptiness and nausea arose, but an incomparably pure true intent of the tiger form directly poured into Xie An's mind.

In a daze, Xie An felt as though he had become a tiger trainer, living beside tigers day and night, intimately familiar with their every movement, and thoroughly making this true intent his own.

Every gesture and movement contained the profound essence of the tiger's true form.

A quarter of an hour later, the transplantation was complete.

[Transplantation successful]

[Five True Forms: White Tiger Sky-Roar (Perfected)]

Xie An took a Blood Essence Pill from the drawer and swallowed it, restoring his blood and vitality. He then practiced White Tiger Sky-Roar once in the room.

Its force was immense and weighty, in no way inferior to the Mountain-Taming Fist.

Moreover, it did not adhere to rigid moves. Every attack carried the might of a fierce tiger, leaving others unable to guard against it.

"Conceptual martial arts have always been the nightmare most difficult for martial artists to cultivate, yet I can transplant them directly... My path in martial arts will be much faster from now on."

"Since transplanted martial arts are directly perfected, perhaps I can try transplanting the second form of the Five True Forms."

Xie An sat down cross-legged again and opened the second form of the Five True Forms: Azure Deer Life-Attraction.

Likewise, there was no method of practice, only its essential principles.

The body was like willow catkins, the steps like treading upon water.

This form was one of recovery and perception. Those who mastered it could listen to the voices of grass and trees and detect malicious killing intent within several zhang around them.

"Ten Thousand Questions, identify Azure Deer Life-Attraction, the second form of the Five True Forms."

Meanwhile, Chen Bin and Chen Mo carried the heavy wooden chests out of Xie Residence. After loading them onto the carriage, they drove away.

As Chen Bin drove, he could not help muttering, "That young master of the Xie Household has quite the nerve. He even dared choose the Five Animal True Form Diagram. Father pondered it for half his life and still could not write a complete method of practice. Yet a wastrel young master like him wants to cultivate a conceptual martial art? He truly does not know how much he weighs."

This time, Chen Mo did not rebuke Chen Bin. She merely said, "Young Master Mingxi was raised in a greenhouse from childhood and does not understand the hardships of martial arts cultivation. It is only natural for him to occasionally overestimate himself."

Chen Bin snorted. "Right? Elder Sister thinks so too."

Chen Mo shook her head helplessly. "That said, this Young Master Mingxi has quite a good eye. With one glance, he picked the best martial art from among several hundred."

Chen Bin said, "After choosing for so long, he picked one he cannot cultivate. Isn't that all for nothing? Also, Elder Sister needs to be careful around that eldest young master."

Chen Mo raised a delicate brow. "Hm?"

Chen Bin said, "I heard that Li Family Village of the Xie Household ran into something ghostly. Yesterday, they invited an outer disciple Daoist priest of Returning Dragon Abbey to perform rites, but that Daoist priest died at the village entrance. Now Xie Residence is sending people everywhere to invite martial arts experts and wandering Daoists, hoping to spend money to hire someone to deal with the matter at Li Family Village.

Just now, he asked about Elder Sister's cultivation realm. I fear he had the thought of sending Elder Sister to settle matters in Li Family Village. Elder Sister's martial arts talent is beyond compare, and your future prospects are boundless. You absolutely cannot go and do such a dangerous thing for the Xie Household."

Chen Mo furrowed her brows tightly and said nothing more.