Chapter 54: The Small Method of Absorbing Stars into the Earth
Chu Lu Ren had quietly returned to Liu's Mansion at this time. He took out the parchment scroll that Ren Yingying threw to him and read it carefully.
"The small method of absorbing stars into the earth? This seems to be... a degraded version of the great method of absorbing stars?" Chu Lu Ren rolled his eyes secretly.
If selling misery is successful, will there be an authentic version of "Star-sucking Art"?
Sure enough, the skill of selling misery is also a must for navigating the world, there is so much to learn...
This "Star-Absorbing Technique" is the "Star-Absorbing Great Technique" taught to Xiang Wentian by Ren Woxing. However, whether due to lack of comprehension or Ren Woxing's hidden desires, he was unable to fully practice it. Therefore, he combined his own understanding and developed a "degraded version" of this technique.
After reading the whole article, Chu Lu Ren roughly understood the logic behind it!
The real "Star-Absorbing Technique" is to form a "hole" in the Dantian, which is completely different from other internal skills, just like the "Guixu" at the end of the sea in the legend. The Star-Absorbing True Qi cultivated in this way can exert suction force - no matter the entity or the true Qi, will be affected by the suction force.
Compared to the "Northern Sea Divine Art" which uses thirty-six major acupoints as the "Northern Sea" that collects hundreds of rivers and relies on the reverse flow of meridians to form "tides" to achieve efficient breathing, this "Star Absorbing Art" is the real practical method of absorbing people!
However, in comparison, the flaws of "Star Absorbing Technique" are also very obvious, and normal practice is far inferior to "Northern Divine Art". It just has the ability to absorb people. If Chu Lu Ren really wants to practice it with all his heart, he will definitely choose the Northern Divine Art...
And precisely because of the particularity of the "Star Absorbing Technique", if it wants to form a void in the Dantian, it means that it cannot coexist with normal internal energy - normal internal energy accumulates internal force or true energy in the Dantian.
Even changing from "Absorbing Stars Technique" to other internal skills is very difficult, unless it is some internal skills with corresponding special effects. And if you want to change from other internal skills to "Absorbing Stars Technique", you can only destroy most of your foundation and start over again.
Of course, this is only the "Qi" part. In terms of "technique", the Star-Absorbing Technique is actually a superb defensive skill that can mobilize the enemy's internal strength and true Qi, and even turn it into one's own use.
Xiang Wentian obviously had no intention of giving up his martial arts and re-practicing the "Star-sucking Art", and Chu Luren estimated that with Ren Woxing's character, he would not teach him the complete version.
This "small method of absorbing stars into the earth" should actually be regarded as the application of the "big method of absorbing stars" in the field of parrying!
Compared to the real Star-Absorbing Technique, since the special Star-Absorbing Qi has not been cultivated, it naturally does not have the effect of actively absorbing people or objects, and it is just a "skill".
However, when the enemy attacks actively, you can rely on this little trick to forcibly "borrow" the enemy's internal force.
It was somewhat similar to Chu Lu Ren's "Kun Travels in the Void". When caught off guard, they also felt that some of their internal energy was drained away, so when Yan Sanxing fought with them, they were also shocked.
In fact, it is very easy to break free as long as you calm down and don't use too much force.
Moreover, the enemy's internal force or true qi that is discharged into one's own meridians cannot be returned to the dantian like the "Star Absorbing Technique". Otherwise, if it is not an ordinary dantian that has "Guixu", and rashly bears the alien internal force and true qi, it will lead to insanity faster than the original Star Absorbing Technique.
Xiang Wentian’s idea was to circulate it through the meridians, unload it into the meridians of the legs, and completely unload it through the Yongquan acupoint!
However, this would create a flaw - when using the "Star Absorbing into the Earth" technique to relieve the force, not only would the meridians in both legs be occupied, making it impossible to use light skills to lift and move, or to change body movements, but also, under the suppression of external true qi, it would feel as if one was being filled with lead...
Basically you can only stand where you are!
Therefore, the name "Enter the Ground" was chosen, which makes people feel that this is to guide the enemy's true energy into the ground, making it difficult for people to notice its weakness of difficulty in moving.
"Parry...Sun Moon Divine Sect..." Chu Lu Ren pondered for a moment and thought of the origin of the Sun Moon Divine Sect.
In fact, in the original work, the Sun Moon Sect and the Ming Cult have nothing to do with each other. Mr. Jin Yong himself also said that the Ming Cult originated from Persian Manichaeism, and the Sun Moon Sect has no religious nature.
However, in this vast world of martial arts, the Sun Moon Sect must have split from the Ming Cult - this matter is also written about in the "Jianghu Chronicle" published by Tianxia Diyi Zhuang and updated every year, but the details are unclear!
It is said that the split of the Ming Cult was caused by the intervention of its source, the Persian Holy Fire Cult, also known as Manichaeism.
After all, during the period of Yang Dingtian, the Ming Cult had flourished and was stronger than the "main trunk", so it ignored the Persian headquarters. On the contrary, the Persian headquarters showed signs of weakness, which inevitably made it feared by the Ming Cult.
After Yang Dingtian went insane and died, the Holy Fire Cult took advantage of the chaos within the Ming Cult to stir up trouble.
In the original work, the "Star Absorbing Technique" is a revised version of the "Northern Divine Art", and now in Chu Lu Ren's opinion, in addition to the Northern Divine Art, the "parry" ability therein may very well... be derived from the Ming Cult's unique skill "The Great Shift of the Universe"!
It is through "parrying" that the "passive attraction" of Bei Ming Divine Art is transformed into "active absorption", but... the flaw is too big.
It's more like combining two incomplete peerless martial arts into one flawed peerless martial arts.
The side effects of the "Star Absorbing Technique" in the original work are so severe that they are unbearable. Linghu Chong relies on the protagonist's halo and practices the "Yi Jin Jing" to save his life, while Ren Woxing, who thinks he has the method of "Rong Gong", eventually dies suddenly from a conflict of true qi.
Whether this is true or not, it remains to be proven when Chu Lu Ren gets the real "Great Shift of the Universe" in the future. As for this "Small Technique of Absorbing Stars into the Earth", Chu Lu Ren did not act rashly for the time being.
From the perspective of seemingly absorbing internal energy, it seems to be a good match with "Kun Travels in the Void", and from the perspective of the essence of parrying and borrowing energy, it seems to be in the same family as "Peacock Spreads its Tail"...
But in fact, no matter which one it is merged with, it is not quite appropriate. "Kun Travels in the Void" is a body movement. Will it really not be a problem if it is merged with a "skill" that has the negative effect of filling the legs with lead?
As for the peacock spreading its tail…
After all, it is "momentum" in itself. Although it can be integrated across categories, and maybe after the integration it can be expressed as both "skill" and "momentum", Chu Lu Ren still feels a little unsafe.
I simply didn't go through with the integration for the time being, but instead looked forward to the trip to Gusu Mantuo Villa.
The next morning, Chu Lu Ren said goodbye to the people in Liu's mansion. Although Liu Mo tried to keep him, Chu Lu Ren still did not bother him much.
However, Liu Mo and Liu Jing decided to give the Chu Lu people a sword that Liu Zhengfeng had left behind during his lifetime and which he had rarely used.
"Brother Chu naturally does good without expecting anything in return. Even this sword cannot repay Brother Chu's kindness. If it weren't for Brother Chu, the Liu family would be in ruins now. If he refuses to accept even a sword, how can we brothers and sisters live with it? If my father knew, he would definitely teach me a lesson!" Liu Mo insisted on giving it away.
Unable to refuse the kind offer, Chu Lu Ren had no choice but to accept it. The name of the sword was "Light Wind and Moon", and it was a relatively soft sword, making it very suitable for the use of Hengshan swordsmanship.
It may not be a peerless sword, but at least it is better than the common sword in Chu Luren's hand.
Leaving Hengshan City, the Chu Lu people headed eastwards...
It was early June, when the weather was extremely hot, but we finally arrived in Gusu!
