Chapter 35: Secret Art

Chapter 35: Secret Art

The biggest trait when consolidating qi to form a Core was the coagulation of qi and blood into one, like a big pellet that was stored in the body indefinitely.

A flawless state such as this allowed qi and blood consumption to be minimized to the bare minimum. With that, the excess qi and blood would naturally separate and nurture the body, strengthening one's qi and blood levels.

Core Formation in the context of martial arts is different from the Golden Core phase of the Innate Qi-Nurturing Technique, but they bring about similar results.

Core Formation focuses more on using the qi and blood to strengthen the physique. The Innate Qi-Nurturing Technique's Golden Core phase focuses on the gentle nurturing of primordial qi, surpassing innate condition and maintaining the body's pureness, promoting longevity and immunity to illnesses.

As for the difference between the two, it was like swimmers who were in the sea and amongst surging waves—one fights the waves with a strong physique while the other attempts to merge with the waters, attempting to be one with it.

Li Pin continued to practice the Xuan Pin Gate. As he experienced the extraordinary unification of the Core Formation, he worked to perfect the Core Formation part in the Xuan Pin Gate.

The time passed quickly and it was already afternoon.

When it was time for him to knock off from work, Xu Huan packed up and greeted Li Pin with a smile when he passed by him. "Still practicing, Master Li?"

"I'll head back in a bit," Li Pin replied.

Xu Huan sighed with emotion. "You have such great aptitude, Master Li, but you're still so hard working. It's no wonder you have got such accomplishments."

Xu Huan came from a family with a good background. They weren't that rich, but their assets amounted to tens of millions nonetheless. The key part was that the elders in his family had gone into politics. His eldest uncle had a seat in the Zanglong City's Public Prosecutors Office as head of the investigation department—a level-five official in the nation.

In comparison to the mayor of Zanglong City, the local council, and the Attorney General, who were all level-three officials, the difference between them was two levels. This was the reason Fang Lingjue had accepted him as a disciple and taught him with care. However, Li Pin was very different from him, so much so that Xu Huan couldn't feel proud of his status as a second-generation official.

Li Pin was currently in his peak breakthrough period, he could achieve Aura Force in the future.

Even if he could not achieve Aura Force, as long as he could shine in the Jiang Province Martial Competition, he could make a name for himself. Relying on the relationship with the Five Elements Sect and a few more years of experience in Zanglong City, there are high hopes that he could potentially be named the vice president of the martial society in the future.

He could be on par with his eldest uncle. Or even better, which was less likely but still possible, was that he could achieve Aura Force and contend for the position of president in the martial society. At that time, he would be second to only the big three, and on par with influential figures like the Investigations Department’s Deputy Attorney General.

"I see that you are not far from achieving Covert Force," commented Li Pin. "Continue with your practice and you should see a breakthrough in a few months."

Glancing at Li Pin, Xu Huan muttered, "I don’t know when that will be."

He felt that there was something different about Master Li, but he somehow couldn't put a finger on it.

It was only natural, however. Xu Huan hadn't attained Core Force and had not experienced the extraordinary unification of the Core Force and hence would not be able to pinpoint Li Pin’s level of achievement.

As the circulation of qi and blood accelerated, the depletion when they flow would also be lowered tremendously. Therefore, one would be able to exhibit stronger combat power.

Li Pin memorized this state with his ability to grasp and control his body accurately.

Unknowingly more than two hours had gone by and the effects of the Blood-Seething Grass had worn off.

A sense of weakness crept up on him. However, since he hadn't consumed the Blood-Seething Powder, the after-effects of weakness were not very obvious, and through the circulation of the Innate Qi-Nurturing Technique, this weakness diminished.

Li Pin recollected the wonderful state he had been in when his qi and blood were active and seething after he consumed the Blood-Seething Grass. He immediately attempted to mimic that state by consciously manipulating his qi and blood.

Very soon, Li Pin was able to mimic the effects, but they were hardly noticeable.

If the level of the qi and blood seething achieved by consuming the Blood-Seething powder is measured by 30%, the same effect when Blood-Seething Grass is consumed would be 5.14%. My attempt to replicate the effect... only reached 0.32%. it was close to no effect at all, but ...

Li Pin understood this was a process where practice makes perfect.

He consumed another portion of Blood-Seething Grass, he memorized the qi and blood activeness and qi and blood seething effects.

Effectiveness was 5.33%.

After the medical effectiveness had worn off, he tried to replicate the effects.

This time, the effectiveness had increased to 0.39%.

The difference was minute, only 0.07%.

Li Pin wasn't discouraged and smiled. As long as there are effects.

With more practice, he could turn that state into an explosive secret art, allowing him to have no more need to rely on the Blood-Seething Grass to enter into a state where his qi and blood were active and seething

Also, I sensed earlier that the only reason why there were side effects was because my body was not used to such an active qi and blood state. It was as if a normal person, who hadn't exercised for years, was made to run three thousand meters. After the run, the person would naturally be out of breath. All I need is more practice, and the side effects will gradually reduce.

Li Pin was very clear about the situation of the secret art.

Since this secret art is mimicked from effects brought by the Blood-Seething Grass, I’ll call it the Blood-Seething Secret Art.

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