"It's too difficult, it's really too difficult, I can't do it!"
In the empty martial arts arena, Xue Cheng knelt on his knees and shouted to the sky.
After being taught by Zhang Mingtu that day, it can be said that he solved many problems in his practice.
The realm of true energy is once again moving forward steadily, and there is no longer any fruitless efforts like before.
But although his true energy is increasing, he has encountered huge problems in other aspects.
The most critical and important practice method, the body of a true dragon, he couldn't get in at all.
Even though Zhang Mingtu had explained it to him in a simple and in-depth manner, the body of the true dragon was too complex and vast.
There is no key point in the entire tome, or in other words, everything is the key point, and no one can be ignored.
Once you make any mistakes or omissions, you will be irreversible. After all, you are changing a person's original bloodline. If you are not careful, you know what will happen.
If ordinary martial arts moves are not practiced well, there will at most be some flaws.
And this magical power of changing one's own bloodline may even turn into a monster if one is not careful.
If the powerful dragon essence and blood is not controlled and refined, it will indeed transform a person into a dragon. Scales will grow on the body, hands will turn into dragon claws, and dragon horns will grow on the top of the head...
All kinds of grotesque changes are possible.
Xue Cheng did not give up before and tried hard to memorize, but after three consecutive days of hard work, he still had no results. He even felt more and more that his talent was different from that of the real geniuses. This method was too complicated and too profound.
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When he first got the method, he wished he could give it all, even if he threw away his life, to achieve the invincible physique after all, but now, he wants to give up.
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In the Jinyi Guardhouse, I feel the third level of Heavenly Dao brand being further consolidated in my body.
The corners of Zhang Mingtu's mouth curved slightly, feeling more and more comfortable.
The Nine Transformations of Dragon and Snake are changing his physique and bloodline little by little, making him more and more powerful. This process cannot be rushed and can only wait for him to slowly improve.
And he silently counted the time in his heart and thought to himself: "Xue Cheng should be giving up soon at this time!"
The Nine Transformations of Dragon and Snake are as natural as Xue Cheng's and should not be practiced. This was Zhang Mingtu's judgment made in a very short time.
After all, he and Yu Zhifu had co-created this technique for many years, and had conducted quite a few experiments back then.
It has been quite a detour.
There are quite a few extremely talented people who have tried to practice spiritual practice.
With Yu Zhifu's martial arts skills at that time and Zhang Mingtu, Donglin was in control, guaranteed by a grand master-level figure.
There are so many geniuses in the world, and even many master-level figures have tried it, but most of them are unable to get started.
Only those who are at the top of the master field can spend a lot of time and energy to write down the relevant maps, and have the relevant mental control to transform the blood in the body bit by bit.
But when one has reached that level of cultivation, it would be too late and too difficult to practice the Nine Transformations of Dragon and Snake.
After all, in the realm of the Grandmaster, he has already undergone marrow cleansing and blood exchange nine times at his peak, and his bloodline is quite stable.
It is not impossible to change one's own bloodline at that point, but it requires blood essence at the level of a true dragon, or the inner elixir of a true dragon.
After all, only a higher level of bloodline stimulation can allow the bloodline in the body to evolve and mutate.
As for a pure true dragon or true dragon inner elixir, only those at the martial saint level can consider acquiring it.
People who are still in the realm of humanity should not even think about it.
Therefore, this step was immediately stuck. Zhang Mingtu was able to get started at that time because Yu Zhifu personally extracted part of the essence and blood from his body to guide Zhang Mingtu in his practice.
After all, the two of them are the founders of the technique. Yu Zhifu himself has the body of a true dragon, so there is no need to try it. Only Zhang Mingtu needs to try and verify it.
"Having experienced such a failure, I think he should be able to accept it if he is asked to switch to the body of wind or metal."
Zhang Mingtu was making some calculations in his mind, preparing to go there again.
Of course, his and Martial Saint Yu Zhifu's research couldn't start directly from the body of the true dragon, and that's not the way to achieve such high goals.
If you want to study the top bloodline and physique in the world, you must start from the basic physique.
His and Yu Zhifu's research was initially based on the royal family and many wealthy families.
To be precise, it was based on the "Martial Arts" of Yu Zhifu's wealthy family and the royal family. Later, Yu Zhifu went to Shaolin alone, and he also received the help of Shaolin. Shaolin's research on related basic martial arts, so that he could move forward.
Move forward step by step.
The top sects of wealthy families have studied for hundreds of years, but it is not that they have gained nothing at all.
Zhang Mingtu can honestly say that he and Yu Zhifu were standing on the shoulders of giants, and that was how they pioneered the research on the true dragon body.
Many bloodline methods, in addition to bloodline inheritance, many aristocratic families and sects are studying how to create them. After all, bloodline is not stable, sometimes it will be revealed, and sometimes it will not show up.
If Zhang Mingtu explains it with corresponding scientific knowledge, this is the expression of dominant genes and recessive genes. Of course, this may not necessarily be the case in this world with unique martial arts, but there should be a high probability.
The royal family and aristocratic families have been studying the creation of top-notch physiques the day after tomorrow. They want to make everyone in their family like a dragon.
Well, everyone among them is like a dragon. As for the wider world and the wider people, they don't care.
There is not much to gain from studying the top bloodlines, but they have made considerable achievements in basic research on the five elements-related systems.
A body with five elements attributes related to metal, wood, water, fire, and earth can indeed be created by using enough treasures with related attributes and using related elixirs and herbs.
Zhang Mingtu obtained this part of the relevant research and kept it all in his mind, but never used it.
Lower levels of physique do not need to be as demanding as the cultivation of the True Dragon Body. If there are enough relevant martial arts and genius treasures, it will naturally bring the physique of a lifetime closer to that level.
After all, practicing martial arts itself is cleansing the marrow and exchanging blood, making the physique stronger from generation to generation. As long as there is a small and subtle guidance in this regard, the relevant physique will naturally be created.
Even the Bull Demon Powerful Fist passed down in Zhang Mingtu's family can strengthen itself, making it infinitely more powerful and biased towards the Powerful Bull Demon Body.
When one reaches a high level of cultivation, almost everyone will have a powerful bull demon body.
Of course, if you change to other exercises midway, your physique may change into something else.
Physique and skills complement each other. When the skills are strong, a strong physique will also make the whole body's skills more suitable for use. Some strengths can be exerted to the tenth or twelve levels.
A stronger physique will also promote the practice of Kung Fu.
It can be said that the two promote each other.
Of course I say that, but usually if you want to achieve a good physique, you have to at least reach the peak of true energy, and even many physiques have to reach the master realm.
At that point, the two can truly complement each other.
However, it is not impossible to use some means to achieve these physical qualities in advance, and it is quite feasible.
After all, the stronger the physique, the stronger the bonus to the Kung Fu. If one is strong, the other will also become stronger.
This kind of blessing from both parties will be of great help to practice.
There is really something like the Five Elements constitution. I dare not say it until I have reached a master, but practicing before a master is still extremely fast.
The most top magical skills in the world, such as the Dragon and Tiger Boxing Sutra that Zhang Mingtu once practiced, or the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's Original Vow Sutra, the Taishang Three Life Explanations of Wrongs, and the Fudo Mingwang Sutra will all have similar effects.
Cultivation is extremely difficult in the early stage, but it becomes extremely easy in the later stage. In fact, it is a subtle change in the physical constitution.
Even those who want to get started with the most advanced magical skills have extremely high requirements, and they will choose to lean towards the system of this magical skill, so practicing will be more effective with half the effort.
In more ancient times, perhaps many people in cultivation were not the principle, but this did not prevent them from using this law.
In the original period, people knew what was happening but did not know why. However, in the period like Zhang Mingtu and Yu Zhifu, they already knew what was happening and knew why.
Creating the Five Elements physique is not too difficult for Zhang Mingtu.
At least with Xue Cheng's position in Jinyiwei and the related elixirs and herbs he can obtain, it won't be difficult to practice, and what Xue Cheng has been practicing is the Soul-Chasing Life-Destroying Knife.
The soul-chasing and life-killing knife focuses on dexterity and speed, especially the fast one, which is said to be capable of chasing souls and killing people.
The faster you go, the stronger this sword technique will be. If you can integrate the Fengxing Body into your body, this sword technique that was originally at the upper level of the second-rate can even go straight to the first-rate and reach the top level.
Just like Zhang Mingtu once saw the evil-fighting sword manual in a martial arts novel.
For those who do not have a self-gong, the sword manual to ward off evil spirits is a third-rate or even inferior method in the martial arts world.
But since the palace, combined with the weird and ethereal swordsmanship, he has been incredibly fast and has gone straight to the top of the world. For eunuchs, the swordsmanship to ward off evil is the supreme swordsmanship.
Zhang Mingtu knew the mystery and key to it, so he was prepared to wait a while before teaching Xue Cheng the Fengxing Body. Having experienced the setbacks of the True Dragon Body, he thought that Xue Cheng should be able to accept it.
People in the world are arrogant. Any martial arts practitioner who has obtained the most advanced cultivation method will give it a try and accept the reality after many setbacks. Zhang Mingtu let Xue Cheng fail in his cultivation for many days just to make him
Take the lesson.
Of course, if Xue Cheng can succeed in cultivation, Zhang Mingtu will also give his blessing. After all, Zhang Mingtu is the only initiate of this method.
If there are still people who can practice successfully in reality, it will be of great help to Zhang Mingtu's theory and related implementation, and Zhang Mingtu will be very happy.
As he was packing his things and preparing to go to Xue Chengzhi's residence, Zhang Mingtu suddenly saw a white-faced man wearing a brocade robe from Dongchang who was going to where Xue Cheng was and stopped immediately.
"If I remember correctly, that was the man from the East Factory who came to investigate the Gu insects before?"
Zhang Mingtu raised his eyebrows. The strength of this man from Dongchang is not weak. He has a formidable aura and has gone very far in the realm of true energy. He is much stronger than Xue Cheng, a member of the Jinyiwei Baihu.
"Are there any new findings?"
Zhang Mingtu said to himself while recalling his experiences in the Book of Life and Death, but he did not find that Dongchang had gained much during this period.
The main reason is that Dongchang is specifically targeting the Jinyiwei. It can mobilize manpower from the Jinyiwei to search for intelligence around the world, and it also has the ability to monitor the Jinyiwei.
It was an institution set up by the later successors of Daxia in order to limit the power of the Jinyiwei. To put it simply, it was usually very expert in civil wars, but when it came to foreign wars...
It's not that Zhang Mingtu looked down on Dongchang, Dongchang was very good at restricting Jin Yiwei's rights.
But when it comes to witchcraft and the investigation of the Land of the Rising Sun, Dongchang is not very capable.
After all, the Witch Gu Rebellion was a huge shock at the time, but over the years, there have been very few cases in various places.
Dongchang still pays attention to this aspect, but the means of investigation are lacking a lot. People in the palace often die because of power struggles, and they don't care about ability at all.
After all, the people above have always followed one thing: nothing has to be done by you.
What they care about is loyalty rather than ability, and after many rounds of purges, those who really have a high level of research on witchcraft and poison are likely to die in political struggles one after another.
Today’s characters pay enough attention to themselves and are loyal enough, but...
Zhang Mingtu did not rush over first, but waited for the Dongchang figure to leave for a while before he walked into Xue Cheng's room.
Xue Cheng originally looked anxious, but when he saw Zhang Mingtu, a smile suddenly appeared on his face.
The keen Zhang Mingtu felt that Xue Cheng was still very close to him now, with a sense of respect, but inexplicably felt that his movements and gestures were a bit too respectful.
But after much thought, Zhang Mingtu couldn't think of a reason.
"Could it be that after practicing the True Dragon Body for the past two days, you realized how difficult it is to practice the True Dragon Body, so you respect me even more?"
Zhang Mingtu was a little confused.
Seeing that Xue Cheng's attitude was a little too respectful, he asked casually.
"Is there no clue?"
"Yes, all the clues have been lost. The Dongchang side found Yihongyuan, but both the people who sold breakfast that day and the Jinyiwei colleagues who gave the breakfast to me all died in the fire.
It was burned beyond recognition and none of their uplines were seen..."
Xue Cheng's answer was quite detailed, so detailed that Zhang Mingtu felt that Xue Cheng was too trusting, so he told him such confidential information directly.
In front of him, Xue Cheng was still hesitating.
"Did I say not enough or detailed enough? Do you want to bring over the corresponding dossier?"
After all, the person in front of him is most likely a prince, and the person who is going tit-for-tat with this prince is suspected to be another member of the royal family.
Zhang Mingtu raised his eyebrows, and instead of thinking too much, he smiled and said: "Since we can't find many clues at Yihongyuan, why not look for it from the chief clerk next to the prefect. I think he also has some clues.