Chapter 29: When the Blade Master Met the Dark Lord (1/2)
Chapter 29: When the Blade Master Met the Dark Lord
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If he wanted to reach the Bone-Forging Realm, was it easier said than done?
He was afraid that the only way was just as Qin Xuanlong said. If you were chosen by an elder of the Wu family to become their disciple, then you would a chance to encounter the skill of Bone Forging.
”Now is still a good time to practice the Nine Dragons Heavenly Fire Technique !” Junior Leopard said to himself upon arriving at his dwelling.
Although the Nine Dragons Heavenly Fire Technique and the Ignis Skill were not exercises of common origin, they were both skills with properties of flame. The spiritual energy one must take in and transform was basically the same for both. The main difference was that the spiritual energy needed by the Nine Dragons Heavenly Fire Technique had to be purer, and the process of transformation was more delicate.
All of this was no problem for Junior Leopard, especially the delicate control and transformation of internal Qi. Even if he had not learned how to activate his fantastical eyes, in the half year he had spent training he had gotten a good grasp on his internal Qi, The difference, therefore, between the Nine Dragons Heavenly Fire Technique and the Ignis Skill was no problem for him; he was even looking forward to getting a greater understanding of his internal qi by exploring the fine details of their differences.
The process of transforming Ignis Internal Qi into that which could be used for the Nine Dragons Heavenly Fire Technique wasn't complicated. As for its power, although everything he had learned about it was still quite basic, it was still stronger than the internal qi from the Ignis Skill. That is not to say that the Ignis Skill used by the Sect of Flame was no good. On the contrary, as a comprehensive system of cultivating internal qi, it was still stronger than the Nine Dragons Heavenly Fire Technique, but Junior Leopard had only been able to get a hold of the introductory notes of a mere disciple of the Sect of the Flame. The notes contained only an incomplete outline of the basics. As for what he had studied of the Nine Dragons Heavenly Fire Technique, it was more complete, if still elementary; additionally, upon consideration of the future, his opportunities to practice the Blaze Technique would be greater than his opportunities to practice the Ignis Skill. With this in mind, he had no hesitation to choose the Nine Dragons Heavenly Fire Technique for practice.
He sat quietly in the room, inhaling and exhaling the surrounding spiritual qi from heaven and earth, taking in wisps of elemental flame into his body, and using the Nine Dragons Heavenly Fire Technique to transform this qi into his own internal strength.
The spiritual qi in this room was not strong, but relative to Junior Leopard's present ability to absorb qi it was more than enough.
As Junior Leopard circulated his internal qi, a thin layer of red light began to enshroud his surroundings. He was covered completely in this red light, and as he slowly opened his eyes, he took a sharp intake of breath. The red light wrapped inside his body and split into two separate rays through his nostrils. His eyesight flickered softly for a moment, and then everything returned to normal.
”This Nine Dragons Heavenly Fire Technique is not bad… if I have the chance to study this in its entirety, that would be perfect!” Junior Leopard could feel the full power of fire within his body, and a satisfied expression appeared upon his face.
A Level One fighter. He was now already a Level One fighter. Even though within the three realms and nine classes, first class was the lowest, he was still satisfied.
In the Skin-Toughening Realm, the mark of a Level One fighter was just like what he had just done. He had assimilated his entire body's internal qi with his skin and flesh and then shot it out. Wang Tianlei was also a fighter, and he could concentrate his internal qi's powerful Jingang into any blade, giving the sword in his hand extra lethal force. Such were the characteristics of fighters.
Although a Level One fighter could link up his internal qi with his skin and flesh, they could not control it outside of their body. They could disperse it, but were not able to concentrate it. It was limited to this form. Even though it could strengthen the force of their attack, this also had limits; only by training to second class would he be able to fire out the internal qi he had linked up with his skin and flesh at will. By combining the strength of his body and internal qi, he could command at will this powerful force, and by the stage of a Level Three fighter, he could concentrate the strength of his entire body to its very limit, and with easy, graceful movements link up his internal qi and keep it restrained beneath his skin. Linking it up like this, into this state, his internal qi could not only be used to kill enemies and nourish flesh and blood but at the same time could have a nourishing effect on his skeleton. If he wanted to really reach the bone forging state, he still needed to combine his bone forging fighting technique with a potion bath.
”It is not only that the Nine Dragons Heavenly Fire Technique needs to be comprehensive, it also needs the bone forging technique. Otherwise, even if you master the comprehensive system of the Nine Dragons Heavenly Fire Technique, there will be no way to perfect it!”Junior Leopard got out of his bed, pushed the window open, and gazed out at the sky filled with stars, and the reddish full moon.
”I don't know where I am now and the stars in the sky above must also include the earth beneath my feet!”He thought for a moment, and then he laughed at this foolishness and nodded his head. ”It is impossible to see the Earth, but so long as I can see the sun that is good enough!”
Gazing at the stars and thinking of the earth, his mind slowly drifted towards a scene from his previous life, and he quickly fell into a sorrowful train of thought.
”Junior Leopard, what's on your mind?!”
He had been in a trance, when suddenly a voice came from behind him, making him jump in surprise.
”Hello, Master Qin.” Seeing Qin Xuanlong come in, Junior Leopard was a little surprised — What was he doing barging into his home at so late an hour, without so much as knocking at the door? Was this not poor manners?
”I've been knocking at your door for ages, and after seeing no response I thought something may have happened to you!”
”Oh, I was just thinking about something, I got a bit lost in thought!” Junior Leopard replied promptly, but his heart blushed in shame. It wasn't that Master Qin was impolite and it was that he himself had gone into a trance.
”Thinking about martial arts, eh!” Qin Xuanlong said with a smile and sat down.
What he was thinking of, Junior Leopard naturally could not tell Qin Xuanlong. He just smiled and nodded.
”I know that you are very hard working, especially in martial arts! You do not merely have an extraordinary aptitude, but you give it all of your efforts. Your future achievements will be unlimited!”
”Master Qin, you exaggerate!” Junior Leopard replied cautiously.