Li Jiang has been practicing Hunyuan Palm for two days.
After converting the skills in his mind into muscle memory, he gradually became proficient in the moves and became fluent.
During this period, Mu Renqing had been silently guarding him. Although he kept a straight face, Mu Renqing was actually very nervous, fearing that Li Jiang would practice wrongly and lose his temper, destroying this good seedling.
Li Jiang was really up to his word. He acted in a very orderly manner and did not give Mu Renqing any chance to get angry.
The internal strength value on his system panel has reached 150 points, which shows how hard he has practiced.
Seeing that he had practiced well, Mu Renqing was greatly relieved. He called Yuan Chengzhi to give him a few instructions, and then went down the mountain with peace of mind.
A few days later, after Li Jiang finished playing Hunyuan Palm, he found that his internal strength had only increased by 3 points. He did it again for unknown reasons, and still only increased by 3 points.
This left him scratching his head a bit, wondering why there were 2 points less than before.
After thinking for a long time, he couldn't figure it out, so he had to put the problem aside and continue practicing.
After being beaten for more than a dozen times, something went wrong again. The meridians all over his body began to hurt, and his Dantian also felt swollen. The pain became more severe the more he was beaten.
Li Jiang could only stop practicing. He had a feeling that as long as he continued, his meridians might rupture.
He was at a loss, what should he do, and the master was not here? Could he only go to the little senior brother?
Ordinarily, the younger senior brother would not reject me, but the relationship between the two of them is not good at ordinary times, they just say hello when they meet.
He usually doesn't burn incense and just improvise. In this situation, Li Jiang couldn't lose face, so he hesitated.
He walked around the practice ground, occasionally glancing at Yuan Chengzhi who was practicing beside him.
After deeply analyzing his heart, Li Jiang believed that although he didn't like Yuan Chonghuan, it had nothing to do with Yuan Chengzhi; Yuan Chengzhi would do some stupid things in the future, but after all, it had not happened yet, and he could not be considered a bad person based on his innocence.
Finally, Li Jiang came to the conclusion: If a person is shameless, he is invincible. No matter whether he is a good person or not, a master is a teacher, so he should not be ashamed to ask questions.
After making up his mind, as if the dust in his heart had been wiped away, Li Jiang's eyes towards Yuan Chengzhi became friendly.
When Yuan Chengzhi finished his homework for the day, he was surprised to find that Li Jiang did not leave alone as before. What was even more strange was that the senior disciple came up to him with a smile.
When Yuan Chengzhi was puzzled, Li Jiang had already walked up to him and said, "Senior brother, have you finished practicing? You are hungry. Let's go back together."
As he was about to reach out to pull himself, Yuan Chengzhi quickly turned to the side and avoided Li Jiang's hand.
Yuan Chengzhi is not stupid. As the son of a Jinshi, he basically knows how to distinguish people's hearts. Moreover, before going to the mountain to become a disciple, he also practiced martial arts with his father's subordinates, killed people, and saw the darkness of society.
So what he was thinking at this time was: "If you show courtesy for nothing, you are either committing adultery or stealing!"
"What's the matter? Junior brother." Yuan Chengzhi asked directly.
"Haha, no, no, I just finished practicing, so I wanted to go back with my junior brother." Li Jiang replied.
Yuan Chengzhi curled his lips and thought, "You are a liar. You have obviously finished practicing a long time ago. I saw it all while practicing. Do you think I am blind?"
Then he asked again: "Junior brother, just tell me if you have anything to do. Master told me before going down the mountain that I would do my best to help you."
Li Jiang smiled and said: "It's really no big deal. I just think that since we have known each other for a month or two, we should be close to each other..."
Seeing Yuan Chengzhi's clear eyes looking directly at him, Li Jiang's voice became lower and lower, and he finally couldn't speak anymore.
Gritting his teeth secretly, Li Jiang muttered: "What, I just want to ask my junior brother about the cultivation of Hunyuan Palm."
Yuan Chengzhi was obviously relieved. He was afraid that this senior disciple would come up with other tricks. He was not a whistleblower by nature. Li Jiang had concealed it for him last time, but deceiving his master made him very sad.
Tangled.
So he happily said: "Okay, tell me what problems you encountered?"
Li Jiang enthusiastically raised his hand in front of him, and then said: "Senior brother, if you're not busy, let's talk as we walk."
The two of them turned around and walked towards the big house.
On the way, Li Jiang decisively talked about the situation he encountered. Unexpectedly, Yuan Chengzhi replied that this was a normal situation. You must practice in moderation and not endlessly squeeze the body. Pain in the meridians means that you have reached the limit of practice today.
It is not advisable to continue, otherwise it will cause serious harm to your body.
Li Jiang once again asked about the internal strength caused by each line of Hunyuan Palm. This question made Yuan Chengzhi stop, frowned and thought for a moment, and said that he had never encountered such a problem of decreasing with practice.
Under normal circumstances, with the deepening of cultivation, the meridians become tougher, which makes the internal force move faster every day, and the internal force should bring more and more. However, Li Jiang did the opposite, allowing Yuan Chengzhi to
Confused.
He couldn't solve this problem, so he embarrassedly asked Li Jiang to practice until the meridians swelled slightly and then stop until the master came back.
In desperation, Li Jiang had no choice but to agree to practice this way.
The practice yielded no results, but after this incident, the two brothers' relationship deepened and they began to talk and laugh.
After practicing for a few more days, Mu Renqing still didn't come back. Li Jiang couldn't stand the slow feeling of being pulled by an old ox, and he became more and more anxious.
He decided to rely on himself, so the communication system in his brain wanted to scan himself to find out the cause and see if there was something wrong with his body.
Unexpectedly, after the scan, all the bones and internal organs in his body were normal. Li Jiang was happy but disappointed at the same time. He murmured to himself: "There is no problem with the body, why is the internal strength reduced? I can't figure it out. I can't figure it out."
After pondering for a long time, he came up with a plausible answer. Based on his many years of experience in reading novels, each protagonist faces a test of his own skills and character.
Many protagonists have problems with their psyche, so no matter how well they practice their skills, they cannot go any further and are stuck at a certain level. In severe cases, they may even go crazy.
Well, it seems like I can't keep up with my character.
But there are many ways to temper one's character, such as taking the Long March, entering the mortal world to practice, and killing anyone to achieve enlightenment. None of them are very suitable for him. Without him, there are no conditions for implementation.
Then there was only one way left for him, which was to study and cultivate his mind.
There is a room in the Huashan sect that is used to store books.
There are second- and third-rate martial arts secrets collected from the martial arts world, as well as a small number of Taoist books. Mu Renqing did not lie to him. From this aspect, the Huashan Sect can still have something to do with Taoism.
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Now Li Jiang's life has become more regular. After practicing Hunyuan Gong to the limit every day, he will come in and read books in his spare time. Most of them read second- and third-rate martial arts to increase his knowledge and do not practice. After all, he has better skills.
no?
He mainly watched the classics, but it gave him a huge headache.
Although Li Jiang majored in Chinese, he had just started his sophomore year in college and had studied for a total of one year. Apart from being able to recognize most traditional Chinese characters, he did not have an in-depth study of ancient Chinese.
He could understand the general meaning of many books, but some were confusing to him.
Because Taoist books mostly use lingo, this makes him a little helpless. "Tao Te Ching" is better, after all, it is very famous. "The Tao can be Tao, it is very Tao, its name can be famous, but it is very famous" is something that every Chinese person can recite.
This is philosophy, politics!
The other "Lao Zi Xiang Er Zhu", "Zhuangzi", "Wen Shi Jing", and "Huang Di Yin Fu Jing" are metaphysics! Li Jiang was confused and completely blind, so he had to memorize them from memory.
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Sometimes, he would shyly ask Yuan Chengzhi for advice. After all, he didn't understand some ancient Chinese texts, and he really knew some of Yuan Chengzhi's family history. He couldn't possibly ask a mute, right?
However, reading also has its benefits, and Li Jiang slowly calmed down.
Time passed peacefully like this. After Mu Renqing left for more than half a year, Li Jiang finally completed the practice of the Twelve Serious Sutras and achieved the Hunyuan Gong. At this time, his skill had surpassed Yuan Chengzhi and became the number one master on Mount Huashan.