Chapter 16 Retreat
Having completed a mission, Fang Xian had a half-year break.
He lived in seclusion in a monastery, ignoring the outside world and focusing on practicing martial arts.
Three months passed quickly.
A medicinal fragrance spread within the temple.
Fang Xian used up the last bit of the 'Dragon and Tiger Refining Cream', smeared it all over his body, and began to stand in a stance.
Under the effect of the ointment, his skin seemed to turn into a bronze color, and white steam was faintly coming out .
"The snake pile turns into a swimming dragon!"
"The dragon changes into a tiger!"
"Change the tiger form to a flying crane!"
"Flying Crane turns into Spirit Ape!"
His stances were constantly changing, presenting five different styles.
Sometimes it looks like a dragon or snake swimming, sometimes like a crane spreading its wings, and sometimes like a tiger descending the mountain or a monkey picking fruit.
"Not only did I break through the Fierce Tiger Fist, but after a hundred days of hard training, I finally made some progress in the other four styles of the Five Forms Fist..."
Fang Xian stood up.
At this moment, he restrained himself and no longer had the aura of a tiger, as if he had become an ordinary boy.
But in fact, it is the perfect tiger form, with the strength hidden deep in the bones. If it is not released, it will be terrible, but once it is released, it will be amazing!
He glanced at his attribute bar:
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[Talent: Mysterious Eye]
【Tiger Fist: Level 7】
【Crane Fist: Level 3】
[Dragon Fist: Level 3]
[Snake Fist: Level 3]
【Monkey Fist: Level 3】
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"The other four minor forms all have their own unique ways of exerting force and strength... What I need to do now is to integrate and combine the strength, and strive to achieve unity of the five forms?"
Fang Xian dared to say that among the Wuxing Sect at this moment, few could match himself in terms of understanding of the Five Elements Fist.
"By combining the five forces into one, I can probably impact Qi training and use horizontal training to enter the innate realm... But I always feel like something is unsatisfied. This isn't the boxing style that truly belongs to me..."
Fang Xian fell into deep thought: "What is the martial art that is most suitable for me?"
After living in this world for so long, he gradually developed the heart of a warrior.
At this moment, I began to imagine the original intention of the martial artist who created the Five Form Boxing technique.
"Kung Fu needs to be innovative and I must add my own things, but the Five Forms Boxing is already perfect enough, how can I add to it?"
Fang Xian had long wanted to learn from others and create his own martial arts.
Now, I can't help but fall into deep thought.
After a long while, he sighed: "It is indeed not easy to create a new martial art. Even if I have the [Dongxuan Eye] and learn from many people, it is still the same..."
Feeling his thoughts drifting, Fang Xian no longer forced himself to summon inspiration, but casually opened the "Qingyu Heart Sutra".
He had read this internal skills manual obtained from the Qingyu Sect many times during this period.
The conclusion is that if an ordinary warrior wants to cultivate true qi in this way, the qualifications required are probably one in ten thousand.
The essence of cultivation is to combine meditation first and hypnotize yourself into thinking that there is a "qi" in your body that travels everywhere and impacts the meridians and acupoints.
This is of course false, but over time, with the help of vigorous blood and various tonic medicines, it may become 'true'!
If there is a 'real seed', the probability of success can be greatly increased.
However, the requirements for entering the innate through horizontal training are even higher than this!
"My goal is to stand at the top of the world and see more scenery. I must be more strict with myself. I should try to create my own martial arts first, and practice it to the level of Xiantian. If it fails many times, I will settle for the next best thing."
Fang Xian made up his mind and prepared to put away the secret book.
When he flipped through the ancient book again, his mind moved and he opened the [Eye of Dongxuan], and his expression changed slightly.
Then he grabbed the cover of the book and tore it off.
Swish!
The cover of the secret book was torn open, and a page inside emerged.
'It's in stock!'
Fang Xian was delighted and picked up the torn page that floated out from the interlayer.
The remaining pages were made of unknown paper, dark gold in color, very tough, palm-sized, with obvious gaps on the corners.
What you see at this moment is a vivid picture of a white tiger, which looks ferocious and has dots and lines like constellations in its body.
"This... seems to be an incomplete meditation map?"
Fang Xian just glanced at the white tiger, and he seemed to hear the roar of a beast in his ears, which made him feel a chill in his heart.
This style of painting cannot be described in vivid terms.
There is an ancient legend that a painter painted a picture of a tiger and scared a man to death.
Fang Xian didn't believe it at first, but now, he believes it!
"Why is there such an incomplete meditation picture in the Qingyu Sect's inner skills secret manual?"
He felt something was strange, but didn't look at it any further.
Meditation is a very high level of spiritual practice!
For example, in the "Qingyu Heart Method", there is also a "Qingyu Picture", which requires practitioners to visualize themselves as green jade glass, and use a series of gestures, breathing and mantras to hypnotize themselves continuously.
"This White Tiger Painting only has meditation patterns, but lacks the most crucial hand gestures and spells, as well as mental methods and moves. Forcing yourself to observe it will do more harm than good."
Fang Xian shook his head and put the things away.
He took a nice bath, changed into clean clothes, and walked out of the monastery.
Looking at the dazzling sun and the pedestrians walking not far away, I couldn't help but squint my eyes, having the illusion of being reborn.
This is because he has been immersed in his own world and has not communicated with the outside world for too long.
"I have gained a lot from this hundred-day training."
Fang Xian sighed.
It is not only about integrating the Five Forms Boxing, but also a summary of what one has done before.
In terms of mentality, it is even more different from before. Not only has he found his position in the world, but he has also completed a transformation.
"In this life, I will live a wonderful life."
Fang Xian stretched and walked towards the martial arts arena.
It was his daily routine to go to the place where the disciples of the Five Form Sect practiced martial arts to "steal skills", otherwise he would not be able to learn the Five Tigers Breaking Mountain Sword Technique.
However, today's martial arts arena seems to be more lively than before.
He moved his ears, and the many distant sounds around him suddenly became clear.
"Big Brother has come out of seclusion."
"My elder brother from the Wuxing Sect, 'Zhou Wuming', is the sect's first true disciple, but unfortunately his reputation is not as good as Lu Changfeng and Wu Yong..."
A disciple just sighed when he was glared at by the junior sister next to him: "Big Brother has been in seclusion before, trying to break through the innate realm. Once he succeeds, what will Lu Changfeng and Wu Yong be? Among the young generation of the entire Yaofeng County, only Bao Qian, the 'Tianluo Star', can be compared..."
This junior sister probably belongs to the type of brainless fans in later generations.
After listening to this, Fang Xian realized that there had been a lot of turmoil in Yaofeng County City recently. Many rising stars in the martial arts world had arrived, and Zhou Wuming, the eldest disciple of the Five Forms Sect, had also come out of seclusion.
It's a pity that he probably hasn't cultivated true Qi and achieved the innate realm, otherwise there would have been a big .
"But what does this have to do with me?"
He shook his head and prepared to go out to buy some supplies.
As a guardian who joined halfway through, I have never been a direct descendant of the Wuxing Sect. It is quite good enough for me to climb to the position of elder in my lifetime.
Instead of being obsessed with fame, power and the like, it would be more practical to improve your martial arts.
For the rest, there is no need to think too much.
