Chapter 457: Chapter 392: Shocked Everyone (Celebrating Alliance Leader "I Like Reading Your Books")_3
Tao Zhengren wouldn’t teach Gao Xuan the martial arts of Wudang. However, when Gao Xuan actively inquired about the essence, he didn’t refuse. Because these were things Gao Xuan learned on his own and had nothing to do with him.
Helping Gao Xuan interpret the essence was something he did in passing.
Of course, this actually violated the sect’s rules. But since Gao Xuan had saved Tao Zhengren’s family twice, he had to make some concessions in such matters.
Tao Zhengren didn’t know that Gao Xuan wasn’t from this world, and his understanding of this world’s language was always a bit lacking.
Though Tao Zhengren’s explanations of the essence weren’t too significant, they allowed Gao Xuan to truly understand the real meaning conveyed by the Golden Silk Palm and the Pure Yang Wuji. He comprehended the essence of inner strength.
Inner strength differs from Source Power; inner strength is obtained by cultivating the body’s qi and blood. You can see inner strength as the power of the internal organs; as you continuously cultivate, the stronger the organs become, the stronger the inner strength grows.
This is similar to training muscles and bones. Thus, the longer you cultivate, the stronger the inner strength becomes.
Different inner power techniques are just different training methods. Powerful inner power techniques are more efficient. Of course, there’s also a question of compatibility between inner strength and the individual.
When the right person cultivates the suitable inner power technique, progress can be exceedingly fast. On the contrary, no matter how you cultivate without compatibility, you won’t achieve much.
Once the Heaven and Earth Bridge is connected, the internal body can complete the inner strength cycle, absorbing the endless Primordial Qi of nature. This is what is called Innate.
Reaching this step, the inner strength becomes endless, making one the top strongman of the era.
In fact, this is equivalent to the level of a swordsman in the Interstellar Era.
Generally, there are no shortcuts with inner strength. Because the operation of inner strength is complex, cultivators can only keep elevating their inner strength through repeated cultivation.
However, Gao Xuan found a shortcut for cultivation. By adjusting the route and method of inner strength’s operation to best fit his state, efficiency in cultivation could be enhanced tenfold or a hundredfold.
For example, if inner strength cultivation requires opening up an acupoint, a cultivator might spend one or two months on it. In fact, adjusting the route of inner strength can bypass this acupoint.
Even top martial artists take decades of exploration to be qualified to adjust the route of inner strength. Even so, there are huge risks involved.
A slight mistake could lead to deviation and immediate death.
But it’s different for Gao Xuan; even if his Spiritual Power is suppressed, he can sense the Six-winged Celestial Cicada.
If there is a huge danger in the adjusted route of inner strength, the Six-winged Celestial Cicada will warn him.
Through the reactions of the Six-winged Celestial Cicada, he can choose the safest route for inner strength operation. With keen perception, he can also determine the advantages and disadvantages of the adjusted route.
Pure Yang Wuji is a top-tier inner power. After Gao Xuan’s adjustments, his cultivation advanced rapidly.
The Fish Dragon Transformation is much more complex than Pure Yang Wuji, and its level is higher.
Gao Xuan studied it within closed doors for a few days and found an extremely aggressive cultivation path.
Actually, inner strength cultivation doesn’t mean much to Gao Xuan. These low-level techniques for energy usage don’t help him much.
What truly has meaning involves the people and matters of this world.
Gao Xuan didn’t want to waste much time on cultivation. After analyzing the essence of inner strength and obtaining top-level inner power techniques, he had no interest in wasting time further. He directly activated the inner strength cheat.
Dozens of silver needles pierced various major acupoints on Gao Xuan’s body, and a stream of inner strength circulated repeatedly within these acupoints without any outlet.
It could only keep attacking the connection point of the Ren and Du Meridians. When repeatedly attacking, Gao Xuan seized the opportunity to insert a silver needle into the Huiyin Acupoint.
The inner strength, accumulated to the extreme, found a slit and fiercely pierced through the Huiyin, opening the Ren and Du Meridians.
Upon this, the inner strength completed a cycle within the Ren and Du Meridians. Gao Xuan also perceived the external Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi.
With the automatic breathing of the acupoints all over his body, continuously absorbing Primordial Qi and converting it into inner strength, his inner strength in his body flowed like the Yangtze River, endless and unceasing.
This clever technique is also recorded in the Fish Dragon Transformation as Fish Leaping the Dragon Gate.
Using a risky and aggressive method to forcefully open the Ren and Du Meridians, it’s like fish leaping over the dragon gate, transforming instantly into a dragon. But this step is extremely dangerous.
The Fish Leaping the Dragon Gate technique also has many pitfalls. If others use this method for cultivation, they would surely die on the spot.
Only Gao Xuan could discern the pros and cons within and find the route best suited for his own inner strength operation. Thus he achieved success in one stroke.
To Gao Xuan, this wasn’t significant; this level of energy is just the level of an Interstellar Swordsman. In terms of combat power, it’s still lacking quite a bit.
Even so, it’s enough to be invincible in the world.
With a strong foundation of powerful and overwhelming inner strength, the two inner power techniques, Pure Yang Wuji and Fish Dragon Transformation, were immediately cultivated to the highest level.
Pure Yang Wuji is pure and robust, Fish Dragon Transformation is agile and profound. The differences between the two inner power techniques become not significant when cultivated to the highest level.
Gao Xuan stayed in his room studying martial arts, not going out for three days.
Tao Min and Tao Hui, the sisters, became worried, and on the fourth morning, they came to find him.
With Gao Xuan having achieved great inner strength, there were no urgent matters left. Tao Min and Tao Hui were very happy to see Gao Xuan unharmed.
Both sisters eagerly invited Gao Xuan to attend tonight’s banquet, saying that Plum Blossom Swordsman Pei Tianyuan was hosting a banquet for their father, as well as to gather the heroes to discuss important plans.
Plum Blossom Swordsman is the leader of the Four Great Swordsmen of Jiangnan, and also a good friend of Tao Zhengren. Tao Zhengren wanted to help Gao Xuan get rid of the Feihua Sect and had been working hard to rally support, creating quite a stir.
Of course, Tao Zhengren was still sensible. He hadn’t publicly stated what he was planning to do.