Adapting Them to This World

Lu Zeming knew what the two martial arts were supposed to do. His task was to treat internal energy as Chakra and work backward with the figure in his Inner Landscape until he had a viable Chakra circuit.

Then, from that circuit, he would work backward again to devise the Hand Seals.

For a moment, Lu Zeming felt like a shady little workshop copying high-end machinery.

Buy a prototype, take it apart, study how it worked, record its specifications, then make a copy.

"The Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms are, at their core, an instantaneous release and transfer of forceful yang energy."

Lu Zeming first traced a high-pressure channel through the meridians of the figure in his Inner Landscape.

"Judging by the effect and destructive power, that energy should travel straight up the Governing Vessel and burst out through the palms. But in this world, Chakra has more ways to be released. I also have to account for its elemental affinity and changes in nature."

Lu Zeming frowned as though he were solving a complicated math problem.

A more refined Chakra circuit slowly took shape in the figure.

Suddenly, the figure raised a hand and struck out with its palm.

Lu Zeming thought he heard a faint dragon's roar. Then an exceptionally dense, dragon-shaped shockwave flew from the figure's palms.

"The power's there, but it uses too much Chakra. An ordinary Ninja couldn't use it more than a few times. No, I need to change it."

Lu Zeming began trimming it down, removing redundant Chakra pathways and reducing the number of nodes. He kept only the essential circuit to lower its cost.

"As for the Hand Seals: Si, Wei, Shen, Hai, Wu... Forty-eight seals. Too many, and too complicated. I need to simplify them! Change them to Yin, Chen, Chou—three seals. It'll