Chapter 49: Extreme Martial Arts Theory
Faint green light emanated from the old demon's body, and it surged towards Chen Nan from his right palm like a stream of water. He frowned lightly and said, "All five organs have been injured, his cultivation has been damaged, and his life will be in danger if he is not saved by a supreme expert."
The edge of the forest glowed greatly, and green light like water completely surrounded Chen Nan and the old demon. It was only after a long time that the old demon stopped. However, immediately afterward, he lifted Chen Nan up and threw him into the air, stretching his palms and striking him all over his body, one green light after another surging into Chen Nan's body along his major acupoints.
After a quarter of an hour, the old monster placed Chen Nan on the ground.
The sky gradually darkened, Chen Nan opened his eyes in a daze, and in an instant, he came to his senses, and he hurriedly jumped up. The three masked men were long gone, and the old demon was standing not far away quietly watching him.
Chen Nan was startled and could not help but take two steps back. It was only then that he realized that his severely injured body was actually no longer in any serious condition, and the forceful cohesion of his power at the expense of damaging his body had not left the slightest after-effects. At this moment, his body was as strong as before, except for being unusually tired, he was pleasantly surprised.
"Elder, it was you who saved me with your magic."
The old demon nodded and said, "Today, I returned from the depths of the mountain, coinciding with you chasing the enemy and falling to the ground."
Chen Nan bowed deeply to the old demon and said, "Thank you senior for saving me, otherwise my life would be in danger." At this moment, Tatsunami was really grateful to the old demon, relying on the old demon's power, otherwise, even if his life was saved, I'm afraid that he would have to destroy a small part of his power.
"Oh, no need to be polite. The old monster smiled faintly and said, "I see that your injuries are really too heavy to save you, otherwise, if you can rely on your own cultivation to slowly heal and recover the damaged power, I think you may be able to make great gains."
Chen Nan laughed bitterly, "How easy is it to talk about, if it wasn't for senior, my cultivation might have fallen a lot. I'm afraid it would take at least a year and a half to recover."
The old demon said, "The path of martial cultivation is inherently full of ups and downs, we are cultivating our bodies against the heavens, and it is inevitable that we will encounter all sorts of trials and tribulations in the course of our cultivation. However, if we can rely on our own strength to break through one hurdle at a time, the gold stone will become brighter the more it is polished."
"Elder, I have been taught."
The old demon then said, "There are some things that should be looked at in the long run, don't be blinded by the illusions in front of you. In the path of cultivation, there are peaks and valleys, there are always ups and downs."
Chen Nan knew that the old demon was instilling some martial concepts in him, the old man in front of him had already connected martial arts with life, and had risen from martial arts techniques to martial arts theory.
In the past, his father, Chen Zhan, had also often spoken to him about some martial theory, and although he seemed to understand the martial meaning of that realm, he knew that the cultivation of those who had dived into the study of martial theory had all reached a level that was inconceivable to ordinary people.
According to Chen Zhan's words, when a martial artist is no longer intoxicated by the changes in martial arts techniques, and begins to speculate on martial arts theory, only then can he be considered to have stepped into the sacred hall of martial arts, and only then can he be considered to have understood the true meaning of martial arts for the first time. This realm is the realm of true martial arts, only after reaching this realm of physical and mental cultivation, can enter the supreme martial arts realm.
There was no doubt that the old demon had already reached the True Martial Realm. According to the current division of cultivators' realms, the sixth realm of Eastern martial artists was undoubtedly the True Martial Realm.
All along, Chen Nan had an inscrutable feeling towards the old demon, and was always wary of him. This time, the old demon had come to his rescue, causing Chen Nan to feel much more favorable towards him.
"Senior, I would like to ask you some martial arts questions."
"Yes, go ahead and ask."
"A few months ago, I entered the sword qi out of body realm of oriental martial artists, and I am on the verge of the third stage realm, but no matter how much I have practiced in the past few months, why has my cultivation not progressed in the slightest?"
The old demon said: "Oriental martial artists will encounter several difficult hurdles in the process of cultivation, here I only want to talk about the hurdles you have already encountered. The first hurdle is the heavy obstacles encountered in the transition from ordinary master to rank master. You've already experienced this barrier, and I'm sure you have a deep understanding of what it's like.''
Chen Nan nodded, he had indeed encountered quite a few dangerous obstacles when he had marched towards the ranked expert realm.
The old demon continued, "The second barrier has a very meaningful name: Trapped Dragon. As the name suggests, the third rank realm is a very big barrier, some people have stepped into this realm very early, but they have never been able to make any more breakthroughs in their entire life, and have stayed here forever."
"In fact, martial artists, cultivators, and magicians will all encounter the barrier of the trapped dragon when they cultivate to the Third Order Realm. When a cultivator goes from the First Order Realm to the Third Order Realm, his or her own strength is changing in a quantitative manner, and although there is a gap between the strengths of cultivators of different orders, the difference will not be too drastic. However, once one breaks through the third order realm and breaks through the barrier of the trapped dragon, the cultivator's strength will have a qualitative leap, and the fourth order cultivator will be significantly stronger compared to the first three realms, although there is no difference between heaven and earth."
"Martial artists, cultivators, and magicians have different methods of cultivation, but they are all pursuing the use of power. Human physiology is the same, and the amount of power that can be utilized and withstood should also be roughly the same, which is why different cultivators have the same trapped dragon barrier. Your current stagnant cultivation is not an isolated phenomenon, everyone who has cultivated to this realm will encounter the same problem. If you want to make another breakthrough at the third stage realm, you not only need to practice hard and diligently, but you also need various opportunities. The most effective way was to constantly engage in life and death battles, and to realize martial arts, Taoism, and Dharma in the realm of death in order to make a breakthrough. This is also the reason why some people are exceptionally crazy, constantly looking for people to duel with.''
Chen Nan pondered, enlightened.
The old demon continued, "No matter which type of cultivator it is, they all have to use their body as a vehicle to bear power. Among the various types of cultivators, magicians have the softest bodies, they focus on the spiritual realm of cultivation, focusing on invoking external forces, and their bodies bear power for just a moment. Comparatively speaking, the body of a martial artist is the strongest, although martial artists are able to manipulate the power of heaven and earth even when they have cultivated to a high level, but their original power still originates from themselves, so they must have a strong body. Cultivators have traditionally been very mysterious, in addition to cultivating the power of their own bodies, they will also have Taoist techniques similar to magic, and those who are successful in their cultivation are truly terrifying.''
Chen Nan kept nodding, his heart feeling something.
The old demon said, "Cultivation is not only about cultivating the body, but also the mind. Early on, a martial artist focuses on cultivating the body, but once they enter a deeper realm, they have to start cultivating the mind, or else it will be difficult to make a breakthrough. In fact, the process of cultivation can also be described as a process of evolution, that is, constantly changing the physical body, breaking through the various shackles of the human body, so that people can evolve to a perfect state.
Chen Nan was shocked, "Evolution, human body evolution"
"Yes, it is evolution, self-sublimation, sublimating the body and mind to a perfect realm. Do you know that ten thousand years ago many powerful gods and demons died, but why there are still gods, immortals and demons ten thousand years later is not only because some of them escaped that unknown disaster, but also because many mortals cultivated into gods, immortals and demons. When a cultivator's cultivation reaches the extreme realm, he is not far from being a God, Immortal, or Demon.''
Chen Nan's long talk with the old demon was very fruitful. After bidding farewell to the old demon, he returned to the inn in Sin City.
Thinking back to all the experiences he had today, he felt a bit scared, if it wasn't for the old demon's rescue at the last moment, he was afraid that he would have already lost his life in the woods outside the city.
After washing up, he began to meditate on the bed, his true qi constantly running through his meridians. The process of today's battle flashed continuously in his mind, the movements of Leng Feng and the three masked men slowly slowed down and reappeared in his mind.
Chen Nan closed his eyes and concentrated, his body glowed with a gust of light, a halo like water waves continuously spreading outwards, the entire room was filled with a faint glow.
Only after a long, long time did he open his eyes, the fatigue from the great battle swept away. He came to the courtyard and lay on top of a rattan chair, looking up at the stars in the night sky.
Today's two great battles may seem like he had suffered a considerable setback, but it had sounded an alarm for the comfortable life he had been leading in recent days. He had already pondered over it when he was running his Xuan Gong just now, that in the future, if he wanted to increase his cultivation, he could no longer cultivate in a step-by-step manner.
When he was running his Xuan Gong just now, he realized that the true qi in his body seemed to have solidified a lot. Perhaps it was really as the old demon had said, when one's cultivation reached the third stage realm, one had reached the barrier of the trapped dragon, and the most effective way to cultivate was to find someone to engage in a life and death battle.
Chen Nan's right hand flicked up, and a golden sword qi broke through the air, striking the flower bushes not far away. He was startled in his heart, the true qi in his body seemed to have really grown a bit, and it operated more freely.
He raised his hand again, aiming at a sycamore tree a few meters away, and the sword qi came out through his fingers. Under the night sky the golden sword qi connected between the sycamore tree trunk and his arm, as if it was divine light.
His arm kept shaking, wood shavings flew, and two words appeared on top of the tree trunk: Enlightenment Martial Arts. The two words were like iron hooks and silver strokes, strong and powerful.
Chen Nan was overjoyed, after two life and death battles today, his harvest was indeed not small. In the past, if this day like this to sword energy in the tree trunk carving words, I'm afraid that the trunk has long been pierced, but now he can send and receive from the heart, out of the body of the sword energy is like their own arm in general, the intention to the force to.
After a long time he calmed down, began to contemplate how to cultivate in the future.
The stars were dotted and the moon was like water.
Chen Nan lay on the rattan chair, his mind tranquil, contemplating the essence of cultivation. Using the body as a carrier, accumulating, withstanding, and manipulating one's own or external power, breaking through the shackles of the body, and realizing self-sublimation
He suddenly sat up and said, "Cultivation is to change one's physique, so that the body and mind can reach a perfect state, if understood in this way, cultivation can be difficult or easy. It is indeed easy to make a breakthrough by finding an expert of the same level to duel with, and giving full play to one's physical potential in the realm of death, it is indeed a shortcut, but it is not the only one.''
Chen Nan got up from the rattan chair and slowly paced a few steps in the courtyard, stopped and stood still and muttered to himself, "Push yourself into a desperate situation, break the barriers in a dangerous situation, and make your cultivation level rise."
A crazy idea formed in Chen Nan's mind and he decided to take a chance. He turned around and walked into the house, sitting cross-legged on the bed and started meditating. He put his family's Xuan Gong into motion, causing the true qi in his body to travel through the various meridians. It was only when he felt his entire body relaxing and surging power covering his entire body that he carefully separated a weak true qi to explore the unknown meridian realm of his body.
The human meridians were spread all over the body, and there were mainly twelve major meridians, including the Three Yang Meridians of the hand, the Three Yin Meridians of the hand, the Three Yang Meridians of the foot, and the Three Yin Meridians of the foot, which were known as the "normal meridians" of the human body.
In addition to the normal meridians, the human body also has a number of strange meridians and veins such as the Directing Vessel, Ren Vessel, Chong Vessel, Belt Vessel, Yin Dimension Vessel, Yang Dimension Vessel, Yin Stilts Vessel, Yang Stilts Vessel, and Extra Meridian Qi Vessel.
The average oriental martial artist is able to penetrate the major meridians connecting the major acupoints of the body, i.e., the twelve main meridians, and only martial artists who have reached the rank realm are able to penetrate the odd meridians and eight veins.
Ren, Governor, with the three veins in the most important of the eight odd meridians, three veins, such as through, the other five major veins will also be through, the meridians open, full of qi and blood, the true qi running unceasingly, the internal energy is thick, unceasing.
In addition to the twelve main meridians and odd meridians, there are many unknown meridians are not known. In addition, even among the known major meridians, there are many subtle meridians connected to each other.
Twelve main meridians and odd meridians outside the veins are generally closed, non-cultivation deep martial artists dare not easily try to open. This was because there were too many variables and the danger was very high.
Usually the higher the cultivation level, the more meridians were opened, the process was gradual, and no one dared to force their way through.
Chen Nan wanted to make a bold attempt today, he wanted to separate a small portion of his true qi to forcibly impact the unknown meridian fields, using his strong true qi to punch through some of the meridians that he did not understand, but were real.
The chest of the human body was the centralized area of the meridian network, where the Hand Triple Yin Meridian and Foot Triple Yin Meridian of the Twelve Orthodox Meridians, as well as the Eight Extraordinary Meridians were densely spread out.
Chen Nan was bold enough to gather a trace of his true qi in his chest, advancing towards the endings of the major meridians here, probing into unknown territory. Points of light came out from his chest through his body, and the room was filled with a hazy glow.
If anyone knew that Chen Nan dared to be so bold, they would have opened their mouths wide in surprise, forcing his way through the chest where the meridians were intertwined and the acupoints were dense was undoubtedly knocking on the door of death.
At first, Chen Nan could not feel anything unusual, but as time passed, a sharp pain came from his chest, during which his meridians felt as if they were being torn apart as if they were uncomfortable.
He wanted to retreat several times, but forced himself to hold back. Although he knew that it was extremely dangerous, he was never able to overcome the crazy thoughts in his heart.
The path of cultivation was full of hardships, and many supreme experts had died tragically on the path of cultivation in a desperate attempt to break through their limits.
Chen Nan's forceful rush had already achieved a little result, he had sensed some faint meridians that seemed to have been impacted and opened up. However, right at this moment, his keen spiritual sense caught a hint of danger.
Before he had time to react in any way, his body shook greatly, his chest felt like it had been struck by lightning, and the intense pain caused his five senses to distort. Blood arrows sprayed out from his mouth, the powerful blood stream piercing through the wall against the window.
Chen Nan felt countless golden stars swaying in front of his eyes, and his eyelids sank as heavy as Mount Taishan. He wanted to close his eyes at this point, but he was afraid that he wouldn't wake up from this sleep.
He steeled himself and withdrew the True Qi that had forced him to break through the barrier and explore the unknown territory. And then he operated the family's Xuan Gong over and over again, causing the true qi to flow through the familiar major veins.
The pain between his chest gradually disappeared, and the feeling of drowsiness also gradually disappeared, but it was replaced by a tingling sensation, and he felt that he gradually lost consciousness below his chest and abdomen.
Chen Nan was alarmed, this was a sign of going off the deep end, many senior masters had experienced similar situations when practicing kung fu. Although anxious, he did not panic, slowly he quieted down again.
The family's Xuan Gong was running unceasingly, and he gradually settled into a peaceful state in his mind. While he was forgetting himself, the heaven and earth vital energy surged towards him like waves of water, slowly penetrating through the pores of his body.
After absorbing quite a bit of Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi, Chen Nan's body slowly regained consciousness, and the paralyzing sensation gradually disappeared. He hurriedly got out of bed and stretched his muscles in the room.
"It was so close, I almost went off the deep end. It seems like there really are no shortcuts on the path of cultivation."
He took a deep breath and felt that there was no longer any major problem between his chest and abdomen. Although he had forced his way through the gate and rushed through some weak, tiny meridians, Chen Nan did not feel the slightest change in his body, and there was not the slightest sign of progress in his cultivation.
He smiled broadly and said to himself, ''I'm really in a hurry to get things done, punching through some minuscule meridians is insignificant to the entire human body's veins, and there will definitely not be any noticeable transformation. If I had flushed open some every day, perhaps some unexpected changes would have occurred in my body soon afterward. But I nearly lost my life just this once, if I do this every day, there will definitely be death.''
Chen Nan didn't dare to gamble with his life again, but he was somewhat unwilling to do so, and after some careful thought, he decided to shift his position and experiment with one of his fingers.
Although the meridians connecting the fingers, the Three Yang Meridians of the hand and the Three Yin Meridians of the hand, had long been unimpeded, he firmly believed that the human body was the most marvelous, and that even a single finger would surely have a number of microscopically thin and unknown strange and tiny vein networks.
He had an idea, assuming that the entire middle root of his right hand was full of tiny vein networks, and every day he gathered his true qi to impact this middle finger. He firmly believed that by impacting his right middle finger in this way day after day, he would definitely open up those mysterious, undiscovered, tiny meridians.
Although this might cause serious damage to his right middle finger, his life would never be in danger. Chen Nan desperately wanted to know what kind of changes would occur after completely connecting the veins of the entire middle finger.
It was certain that most people would not do this, nor would they have such an idea. Martial artists emphasized balanced development in their cultivation process and would never want to have a weird finger. This was because impacting the veins of one finger alone would most likely cause that finger to be incongruous with the other fingers.
However, the more Chen Nan thought about it, the more excited he became, the process of cultivation was a process of evolution, if he succeeded in "transforming" this finger, in the end, it was very likely that this finger would metamorphose into a "Divine Finger" or a "Demonic Finger". Perhaps at the end of the day, one could use the "divine qi" or "magic qi" of this finger to change one's physique.
Of course, there are always variables in everything, and this was just his wishful thinking, but he had already made up his mind to transform this finger successfully.
