Ling Yi didn't want to waste words.
He came to kill Ding Chunqiu. Did he expect to explain the concept of True Yuan Form Condensation to him before killing him?
Ling Yi raised his hand, and three azure short swords appeared out of thin air, hovering in front of Ling Yi.
"Wait, spare me! I can buy my life with my cultivation technique." Seeing Ling Yi's move, Ding Chunqiu knew he was no match for Ling Yi.
Moreover, all his strength lies in his poisonous Internal Energy.
Since the opponent is not afraid of poison, his strength is greatly reduced.
But he didn't want to die.
" The Great Skill of Energy Dissipation? Sorry, I don't care." Ling Yi once again activated the three green short swords, moving a few steps closer to Ding Chunqiu.
"No, it's not the Great Skill of Energy Dissipation, it's the Heaven-and-Earth Enduring Ageless Eternal Spring Art, the ultimate skill of the Carefree Sect. After mastering it, one can directly reach the Master."
"Do you possess the Heaven-and-Earth Enduring Ageless Eternal Spring Art?"
"Yes, this technique can not only improve one's martial arts aptitude, but also preserve youth and extend lifespan. My grandmaster, Xiaoyaozi, practiced this Ageless Eternal Spring Art and lived to be three hundred years old, yet still looked like a young man."
"You know my eldest grand-uncle, Wu Xingyun, also known as the Child Elder of Tianshan, right?"
Seeing Ling Yi nod, Ding Chunqiu quickly continued, "She also cultivated this Ageless Eternal Spring Art. Although she is 96 years old, she still looks like a young girl."
"My question is, do you possess this Ageless Eternal Spring Art?"
"Have!"
Why don't you cultivate yourself?
After a few seconds of silence, Ding Chunqiu said with a sigh, " My the Final Master said that my aptitude is limited. Whether it's the Northern Darkness Divine Art Ageless Eternal Spring Art, they are both difficult to learn and master. Learning them would be a waste of energy and time."
"So, you've framed Wuyazi and caused his death?"
"The one who truly killed the Final Master was not me, but Master's wife, Li Qiushui. Li Qiushui became jealous when she saw that the Final Master favored Grand Master Wu Xingyun, and poisoned the Final Master."
"Taking advantage of my the Final Master's poisoning and inability to use his Internal Energy, I stole the martial arts techniques of the Carefree Sect and pushed him off the cliff."
"So, Li Qiushui originally didn't intend to kill Wuyazi, but only wanted to poison him as a punishment?"
Ding Chunqiu shook his head. "What Master's wife wanted to punish was her eldest grand-uncle, to make him back down and stay away from the Final Master. She also didn't want to put the Final Master in a difficult position, so she poisoned him."
Wuyazi, what a tragic fate!
But thinking about it, it makes sense. Li Qiushui loves Wuyazi, albeit somewhat obsessively, but how could she possibly actually kill Wuyazi?
However, Ding Chunqiu, a traitor, seized the opportunity and betrayed them.
What's even more ridiculous is that Li Qiushui had no idea that Wuyazi was killed by Ding Chunqiu.
She continued to teach Ding Chunqiu, still acting as his teacher's wife.
After Wuyazi's death, he trusted Ding Chunqiu even more, to the point that they even shared a bed.
Only when Xuzhu revealed the truth did Li Qiushui's mental state collapse, causing her to seek death and ultimately perish together with Wu Xingyun.
Li Qiushui was not a good person, and she also suffered from a serious mental illness, but her ending was still quite poignant.
Ding Chunqiu gave a wry smile, "Unfortunately, the Final Master was right. My aptitude is indeed average. I can hardly even Entry the Ageless Eternal Spring Art, and I've only comprehended a few basic aspects of the Northern Darkness Divine Art."
"Finally, he comprehended a unique, hybrid Great Skill of Energy Dissipation."
You seem to have gained some profound insight from this, and Ling Yi was too lazy to waste any more words with you.
"Give me the martial arts manual, and you can live by crippling yourself."
"Impossible!"
"I can give you the martial arts technique, but you cannot abandon your own martial arts. The Great Skill of Energy Dissipation has already merged with the poison technique. If you abandon your own martial arts, you will not be able to suppress the poison's toxicity, and you will surely die."
"Don't even think about taking it from me. I've already poisoned the cultivation scroll. If you try to take it, I'll destroy it without a second thought."
"Show me the technique now. If it's genuine, I'll consider sparing your life."
"How can I trust you?" Ding Chunqiu stared intently at Ling Yi.
You can only trust me.
Ding Chunqiu lowered his head, seemingly deep in thought, but a sinister glint flashed in his eyes.
After a long pause, he said, "I hope you can keep your promise."
With an extremely reluctant expression on his face, he took out a leather scroll from his belt.
Ding Chunqiu gritted his teeth, as if making a final decision, and tossed it to Ling Yi.
However, the scroll stopped in mid-air.
A pair of azure hands appeared out of thin air, caught the scroll, and unfolded it in mid-air.
Upon seeing this, Ding Chunqiu's face was filled with shock and despair.
"You old bastard, you're about to die and you still want to trick me." Ling Yi sneered when he saw Ding Chunqiu's expression.
Knowing that Ding Chunqiu was skilled in poison techniques, how could Ling Yi possibly have come into contact with this scroll?
Who exactly are you?
"My name is Ling Yi, the director of the Ancient Country Martial Suppression Bureau, specifically targeting people like you from the Jianghu."
"Any further questions?"
"Did Li Qiushui and the others also come to this world?" Ding Chunqiu asked.
"Yes!"
"What kind of world is this? Why did I come here?"
"I also want to know the answer to this question. Alright, go in peace. If you have a chance to survive and travel to other worlds, remember to keep a low profile!"
After Ling Yi finished speaking, he waved his hand, and the three azure short swords that had been floating in the air instantly flew towards Ding Chunqiu.
Ding Chunqiu circulated his Internal Energy, his figure floated up and retreated, at the same time releasing a cloud of powder.
His only goal was to hold Ling Yi off for a moment, and then escape.
Fight Ling Yi to the death? He simply didn't have that courage.
Moreover, he is currently injured.
However, Ding Chunqiu overestimated himself.
Those three green short swords were too fast. Ding Chunqiu's movements were undeniably fast, but he was still pierced through by the three short swords while in mid-air.
One sword pierces the brow, one sword pierces the heart, one sword pierces the Dantian.
In reality, Ding Chunqiu was already dead after the first sword strike. The remaining two sword strikes were just Ling Yi adding two more stabs as a precaution.
Ding Chunqiu's body fell to the ground.
Moments later, a foul stench filled the air, and his corpse began to decompose rapidly, bubbling up large amounts of gas.
In just a few breaths, it had turned into a Masai.
" Ding Chunqiu's poison skills are truly damn powerful," Ling Yi sighed.
He shook his head, picked up the scroll, and turned to leave the cave.
The focus now is on the training methods.
This scroll is almost identical to the one Li Qiushui gave to Ling Yi.
They are all made of extremely thin, soft leather. When rolled up, they don't look very big, but once unfolded, they are about the width of a palm and several meters long.
It is covered with a large amount of text and small drawings.
Sure enough, it recorded the Northern Darkness Divine Art and the Heaven-and-Earth Enduring Ageless Eternal Spring Art.
Ling Yi had already mastered the Northern Darkness Divine Art, so it was useless to him. Therefore, Ling Yi mainly focused on studying the Ageless Eternal Spring Art.
The Ageless Eternal Spring Art ultimately consists of more than three thousand characters and thirty-six meridian diagrams.
Just as Ling Yi finished reading it, the scroll suddenly burst into flames, releasing a large amount of thick smoke.
"Damn it, that bastard really did tamper with it."
Fortunately, Ling Yi Photographic Memory; otherwise, this divine skill would have been ruined.
That was a close call.
Ling Yi turned around and sat down under a tree. He reviewed the contents of the Ageless Eternal Spring Art and breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that his memory was correct.
"The meridian diagrams of the Northern Darkness Divine Art and the Ageless Eternal Spring Art seem to be related," Ling Yi murmured.
The Northern Darkness Divine Art consists of thirty-six energy circulation diagrams, forming a Great Perfection Zhou Tian that connects one hundred and eight meridians.
The Ageless Eternal Spring Art also consists of 36 meridian diagrams, a Great Perfection Zhou Tian, and 108 meridians connected to form a large circulation.
However, the paths taken by the True Yuan in the two meridian circulations are completely different.
"I wonder what the effects would be if we cultivated at the same time."
Ling Yi acted on his thoughts immediately.
For anyone else, it would be almost impossible to operate two divine skills simultaneously.
But for Ling Yi, whose comprehension was extraordinary, it was very simple.
When Ling Yi entered a meditative state, the 108 meridians of the Northern Darkness Divine Art and the 108 meridians of the Ageless Eternal Spring Art automatically formed a large cycle.
There are a total of 216 meridians, with the Ren and Du meridians as the main channels. After the True Yuan circulates through the Great Zhou Tian, it passes through the Heavenly Gate acupoint.
The Northern Darkness True Yuan underwent another qualitative change.
The Northern Darkness True Yuan in his Dantian, which had turned from azure to green, was now brimming with vitality.
Under the cleansing influence of this green celestial True Yuan, Ling Yi's body became several times stronger, and his internal organs were also cleansed and strengthened once again.
At this moment, Ling Yi felt that his life had been elevated.
Ling Yi thought that was the end of it and was ready to finish his cultivation and do his research when he got back.
But at that moment, a large amount of green True Yuan actually converged towards the Heavenly Gate acupoint.
Centered on the Heavenly Gate acupoint on the top of the head, nine more meridians extend outwards.
These nine meridians are all located in the head.
The green cesium True Yuan circulated among these nine meridians, and surprisingly, it began to cycle again.
At the same time, within Ling Yi's Dantian, the inner Inner Core, which had also turned green, suddenly surged in size.
The green cesium True Yuan, which should have been full of vitality, was instead filled with Berserk Aura.
At this moment, Ling Yi felt a throbbing pain in his Dantian, and a similar throbbing pain in his brain.
At the same time, a sharp pain came from the center of both ribs, on the upper part of the abdomen, at the location of the Tanzhong acupoint.
This sudden change greatly surprised Ling Yi.
But at this moment, the circulation of the green cesium True Yuan was completely out of control.
The green cesium energy surged, and green light lingered around the Heavenly Gate acupoint, the Tanzhong acupoint, and the Dantian acupoint.
If there were outsiders present, they would have noticed that Ling Yi had a green light emanating from his forehead, upper abdomen, and lower abdomen.
Meanwhile, the surrounding flowers, plants, and trees withered and decayed rapidly at that moment.
In the blink of an eye, all animals and plants within a radius of a kilometer, even an ant, lost their lives, turning into dust as if weathered away.
The scene was extremely bizarre.
A full hour later, the three green lights on Ling Yi's body suddenly receded and disappeared.
Ling Yi finally opened his eyes.
A green light flashed in Ling Yi's eyes.
"Is this the complete version of the Ageless Eternal Spring Art? That Xiaoyaozi, he's definitely a cultivator!"
At this moment, Ling Yi's upper Dantian has nine meridians forming a self-circulating system, and between Dantian lower and upper Dantian, plus the Ren and Du meridians, a total of 218 meridians form a large circulation.
The middle Dantian also uses the Ren and Du meridians as its center, connecting the upper and lower Dantian, but it also expands to include 138 meridians, forming a cycle.
In total, there are exactly 365 meridians!
"What realm am I at now?" Ling Yi's figure slowly floated up, looking at his hands and whispering.