When I returned to the house, it was completely dark.
Qin Tiexin did not rush to check Jade Slip, but first sat down cross-legged and ran through the "Qi-Entraining Technique".
Spiritual Qi slowly merged into Dantian, flowing in the cyclone. He could feel that the cyclone was a little more solid than a month ago, but there was still a long way to go before the second cyclone could be generated and break through the second level of Qi Refining.
At this rate, it will take at least two and a half months.
He stopped practicing, opened his eyes, and frowned slightly.
Too slow.
If he could reach the second level of Qi Refining, he could try to forge half Law Artifact by himself. He had long heard that in addition to fighting skills, Xiaobi also had a weapon refining assessment. If he could get good results in both fighting skills and weapon refining, he would have a much greater chance of entering the outer gate.
But there is no need to rush when refining Qi.
Qin Tiexin remembered that he had heard someone say before that absorbing spiritual crystals or Spiritual Qi in Spirit Stone can greatly speed up cultivation. He did try it once, and the effect was much faster than absorbing it from the air.
But the problem is also obvious: one spiritual crystal is only enough to support a short period of practice, and it quickly turns into powder.
He made some calculations: with his five Spirit Root qualifications, from Qi Refining First Layer to the second level, if he relied entirely on spiritual crystals to practice, he would need at least a thousand spiritual crystals. And his current daily income is based on fifty spiritual crystals. After excluding the expenses of meals, ointments, and feeding Edgeless, it would be good to save ten.
A thousand spiritual crystals, an astronomical number, a long way to go!
"Let's just practice the breathing method honestly." Qin Tiexin shook his head and gave up the idea.
Spiritual crystals must be used on the blade - Edgeless needs spiritual materials, and body tempering requires ointments. These are all things that can actually improve combat power. As for Qi refining, just take it slow. Anyway, he mainly relies on body refining.
After adjusting his mentality, Qin Tiexin took out the Jade Slip of "Zhongyue Sword Technique".
Jade Slip is warm and moist, with a faint aura.
He put Jade Slip on his forehead, and his spiritual consciousness slowly penetrated.
First, there is a text description that is more detailed than the introduction, and then the screen unfolds-it is a demonstration video.
In the image, a burly Liuyun Sect disciple is holding a heavy sword and practicing in the open space. The sword looks lighter than Edgeless, and the blade is narrower, but the wind whistling sound when it is swung is extremely shocking.
There are only three styles.
But every move is as heavy as a mountain.
After the demonstration, the video did not end, but began to be broken down and explained.
The first style·Negative Mountain.
In the starting position, the blade of the sword is placed across the back of the shoulder, like carrying a mountain on one's back. The practitioner is required to use a special breathing method to sink Law Power into the legs and waist. This posture itself is not an attack, but a build-up of momentum to prepare for the next two postures.
Cultivation difficulty: one star.
The second form·Zhenyue.
Hold the knife with both hands and chop it down from right in front of the head. When you ask the knife to fall, it is as if you are smashing a mountain into the opponent. Techniques for exerting force: starting from the feet, issuing from the legs, focusing on the waist, reaching the shoulders, and ending with the knife.
Cultivation difficulty: two stars.
The third form·Beng Yue.
Sweeping the force of thousands of armies, the sword blade sweeps flatly. Different from the previous two styles, this style requires the blade to explode with all its power the moment it touches the target. It does not "cleave" the opponent, but "collapses" the opponent.
Cultivation difficulty: three stars.
When the three postures are over, the image disappears.
Qin Tiexin slowly opened his eyes, and there were fine beads of sweat on his forehead.
When he was watching the video just now, it was as if he was actually facing an approaching mountain. The heaviness almost made him breathless. Especially when the third form of Bengyue swept across, he subconsciously wanted to retreat, and he didn't come back to his senses until the video ended.
Sit quietly for a moment to calm down.
He began to carefully recall the three sword techniques.
The more I think about it, the more familiar it becomes.
"Negative Yue gathers momentum, Zhenyue slashes, Bengyue sweeps..." Qin Tiexin murmured to himself, "Isn't this similar to the 'Mountain Collapse, Sever the Flow, Return to Stillness' I realized on the battlefield?"
They are all methods of heavy swordsmanship, and they all use force to suppress people.
It's just that "Zhongyue Sword Technique" is more systematic, more complete, and the technique of exerting force is more sophisticated.
"It shouldn't be too difficult to practice." Qin Tiexin thought to himself.
He stood up, walked to the center of the stone room, and lifted Edgeless with one hand.
The weight of two hundred and sixty pounds is still a bit light. Although the hunger coming from Edgeless has weakened a lot, it still exists, like a faint desire.
Qin Tiexin took a deep breath and assumed the "negative mountain" starting position.
The blade of the knife was placed across the back of his left shoulder, with his right hand holding the handle and his left hand supporting the back of the knife. According to the special breathing method recorded in the knife technique, he began to mobilize the weak Spiritual Qi in Dantian, slowly sinking to his legs, waist and hips.
The moment Spiritual Qi sank into his waist and legs, a heavy pressure suddenly came.
It's as if there really is an invisible mountain pressing on my shoulders!
Qin Tiexin His knees bent and he almost fell to the ground. He gritted his teeth, exerted strength on his waist and legs, and straightened his body. Sweat immediately seeped out from his forehead and slid down his cheeks.
It turns out that this is "Ningyue".
It's not just posture, but also the unity of breath, Law Power, and mind. With the body as the base, the sword as the mountain, carrying the mountain on your back, accumulating but not releasing.
Qin Tiexin maintained this position, feeling the heavy pressure. He could feel the muscles in his legs trembling and his waist and hips sore, but there was a strange sense of stability deep in his bones.
After persisting for about a cup of tea, he slowly stopped.
The first move is where I hit the door.
Next is the second form, Zhenyue.
Qin Tiexin Adjust your breathing, hold the knife with both hands, and slowly raise it above your head.
"Starts from the feet, originates from the legs, dominates the waist, reaches the shoulders, and ends with the sword..."
He silently recited the force Mnemonic, starting from the soles of the feet, and the force was transmitted along the legs, waist, and shoulders, and finally penetrated into both arms and into the blade.
Then, it fell.
Edgeless with a dull sound of wind whistling, crashed down from the top of the head--
Just when the knife fell into the air, a sudden change occurred!
Qin Tiexin only felt his arms sink, and a huge force far beyond expectations came from the blade, as if Edgeless suddenly became several times heavier at this moment! He couldn't control it at all, and the muscles in his arms instantly tightened to the limit, and then--
"Crack!"
Two crisp sounds sounded at the same time.
Dislocated arms.
Immediately afterwards, there was a sharp tearing pain in the arm muscles, which was the sound of muscle fibers being forcibly pulled apart.
Edgeless flew out of his hand and hit the ground with a "boom". The blade was deeply embedded in the bluestone, leaving a crack half a foot deep.
Qin Tiexin stood there, his arms hanging limply by his side, and cold sweat dripping from his forehead.
He took a breath.
So difficult?
How do the disciples of Iron Ridge Sect practice? How do the senior brothers before Liuyun Sect practice?
He tried to move his arms, but the severe pain made him frown. Both arms were dislocated and the muscles were strained. The injury would not heal for three to five days.
But Qin Tiexin had no expression on his face.
He walked to the wall, leaned his back against the wall, put his left shoulder against the wall, held his left arm with his right hand, and twisted and pushed it violently.
"Crack."
Reduction of dislocated joints.
Switch to your right hand and do the same thing.
After two soft sounds, the joints of both arms returned to their original positions. The pain was still severe, but at least I could move.
Qin Tiexin looked at his trembling hands, and then at Edgeless deeply embedded in the ground, and suddenly remembered something.
The introduction to "Zhongyue Sword Technique" states that this sword technique requires the practitioner to have a strength of at least 500 kilograms in one hand.
He is currently at the fourth level of body tempering, and his strength in one hand has already exceeded a thousand kilograms, which should be more than enough.
But why is this still happening?
Qin Tiexin thought for a moment and suddenly understood.
It's not that you don't have enough strength, it's that your technique for exerting force is wrong.
The core of "Zhongyue Sword Technique" is the "integration of body and sword", which requires the whole body's strength to penetrate the blade, rather than simply relying on the arms to exert force. Although he used Mnemonic to exert force just now, he actually still used his arms mainly, and his waist and legs as a supplement.
As a result, the shock force when the knife fell was far greater than expected, and the arm could not bear it.
"You have to start from the basics." Qin Tiexin said to himself.
In fact, what Qin Tiexin didn't know was that before, both the disciples of the Iron Spine Sect and the Liuyun Sect used ordinary swords to practice, so their arms were easily strained. Qin Tiexin started practicing with a two hundred and sixty kilogram heavy sword. Only dislocations and strains were considered a blessing among misfortunes. If he hadn't reached the fourth level of body tempering, his bones would have been broken.
Looking at his torn arms, he suddenly had an idea and remembered the medicinal bath he used during body tempering.
Qin Tiexin walked to the corner of the stone room, where the medicinal materials he bought before were piled up. He rummaged through and found a pack of medicated bath materials for the third phase of body tempering - this is the most basic body tempering medicinal material and is cheap. He bought a lot of spares. However, after the fourth layer of body refining is completed, it is difficult to let his muscles be so strained, and the medicinal bath gradually loses its effect. He did not expect that this time it might be a blessing in disguise.
Make a fire and boil water.
After boiling a large bucket of water, he poured the medicinal ingredients in. The medicinal ingredients melted quickly in the boiling water, and the color of the water turned into a thick dark brown, exuding a pungent herbal smell.
Qin Tiexin Wait for the water temperature to drop slightly, then immerse both arms in the liquid.
"Zi--"
The moment the hot liquid touched the skin, severe pain was felt.
But Qin Tiexin didn't even frown.
He could feel that the medicinal solution was seeping along the tiny cracks in the skin, getting deep into the muscles, and even seeping into the bones. The feeling was dense, like countless fine needles pricking, or like countless ants crawling.
The pain was accompanied by a strange numbness.
He closed his eyes and silently operated the absorption method recorded in "Basic Body Training Technique" to guide the power of the medicine to flow in his arms.
After a quarter of an hour, the color of the liquid medicine became noticeably lighter.
From a thick dark brown, to a light brown, and finally almost clear.
Qin Tiexin Raise your arms and feel carefully.
The strained muscles no longer have severe pain, leaving only a dull soreness. There is still some discomfort in the dislocated joints, but they can move normally.
He made a fist.
The strength seems to have... increased?
It wasn't an illusion. He could feel a more solid texture coming from deep within the bones of his arms, and the muscle fibers seemed to be tougher.
"This medicinal bath can actually speed up recovery and even strengthen it?" Qin Tiexin was a little surprised.
But after thinking about it again, I understood it again.
"Zhongyue Sword Technique" is originally a sword technique that tempers the physical body. The continuous damage and recovery during the practice is a kind of tempering in itself. The medicinal bath accelerates this process, which naturally has a strengthening effect.
Qin Tiexin moved his arms, walked to Edgeless, and pulled it up from the ground with one hand.
Two hundred and sixty pounds, still light.
But the hunger coming from Edgeless seemed to be a little heavier.
"Yes, your strength has increased, and you need more spiritual materials." Qin Tiexin said to himself to Edgeless.
This means higher costs in the future.
But it also means that my future self will be stronger.
Qin Tiexin stood Edgeless by the wall, looking at the dark heavy knife, a trace of determination flashed in his eyes.
Three months from now, he will definitely be in the top ten.
It's not for the limelight, it's for entering the outer gate, it's for finding Lin Household, it's for... living and living better.