Gao Yuan was lying quietly on the carved leisure chair. On the table beside him, there was a stack of jade slips of uniform shape neatly stacked.
These jade slips are all the classics he took from the special session of 'Gongfa Array' today.
At this time, he was using his consciousness with his eyes slightly closed, browsing through the three jade slips at the top one by one, each of which recorded the Hunyuan realm skills.
With the help of the final description of these three exercises, combined with the pre-auction introduction given by the auctioneer in the morning.
He quickly had a clear concept in his mind of the general characteristics of these three techniques.
The first is a frequent visitor to the Alliance Auction - "Qingming True Secret".
This is a water-based skill. It is said that if practiced for a long time, it can not only harmonize the five qi of the human body, but also solidify the foundation of cultivation.
It can also subtly improve the cultivators' cultivation qualifications.
Similarly, as a water-based skill, the "Qingming Zhenjue" naturally has its own corresponding characteristics in terms of cultivation.
In a nutshell, when practicing this method, it has a calm and honest nature, and it pays special attention to accumulation and success.
The exclusive spiritual power cultivated by this technique is also warm and mellow in nature, and has the advantages of endless endurance and extremely strong endurance.
But on the contrary, in the early stages of practicing this technique, it will inevitably have the disadvantage of slow progress in practice.
Especially when encountering battles in the early stages, there are also obvious shortcomings such as slow movement speed and lack of explosive power.
In short, this "Qingming True Technique" is a technique whose early training speed and combat performance are both very weak.
Only when his cultivation reaches the late stage of Hunyuan Realm and he has successfully practiced the technique, can the true power of this technique gradually be revealed.
When he saw this, in Gao Yuan's heart, he had basically given up on the "Qing Ming True Art".
For him who had just broken through the Hunyuan realm and needed to make up for his lack of combat effectiveness.
Only the short, flat and fast techniques that can be practiced quickly and can immediately improve his combat effectiveness in all aspects are his best choices.
As for "Qingming Zhenjue", a technique that requires a long development cycle to see results, it is undoubtedly the least cost-effective option for him now.
After all, his top priority now is to improve his combat effectiveness as quickly as possible to the point where he can fight against the 'devil'.
Then go to the ‘Grey Desert’ as soon as possible and complete the mission of ‘Hunting a Strange Demon’.
In this way, your cultivation life can return to the normal track with the assistance of system functions.
As for practicing these short, flat and quick exercises, there are some unavoidable shortcomings.
For him, who has the blessing of the system's 'deduction' function, it is actually not a big deal.
First, he can use the system's 'deduction' function to make targeted 'deduction' improvements to the shortcomings of these exercises.
If it doesn't work, if you encounter a more suitable method later, you can change the path and practice it again!
As soon as he thought about this, he immediately put aside the "Qingming True Secret" in his hand.
Then he picked up the "Dingyang Zhenjue" on the side and studied it carefully.
As its name suggests, this skill is a rather rare Yang attribute skill.
In other words, only male monks can practice this technique.
According to the general principles of the exercise, the power of this exercise is very overbearing.
Once you get started, you will become extremely powerful with the help of the 'spiritual power' developed through the exercises.
Whenever you launch various types of attacks based on the spiritual power cultivated by this technique, a certain amount of the power of the Sun will be passively attached.
It can not only produce a considerable amplification effect on the power of all attacks with other attributes except Yin attributes.
At the same time, it will also produce varying degrees of resistance when faced with attacks from various evil spirits, monsters and other evil things.
What is particularly rare is that the speed of practicing "Dingyang Zhenjue" from the early stage of the Qi training stage to the late stage of the Hunyuan stage is not too slow among various types of techniques.
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From this, it is not difficult to see how domineering this "Dingyang True Technique" is!
What he is doing is an extremely powerful and excellent technique!
Of course, as the price of its tyranny, "Dingyang Zhenjue" is naturally inevitable and has certain flaws.
The most important point is that during the practice of this technique, the yang energy in the body of the practitioner will be excessively strengthened, thus causing a certain degree of yin and yang imbalance.
Therefore, in the process of practicing this skill, it is necessary to continuously supplement it with specific dual cultivation methods according to the progress of the practice.
With the help of the various wonderful functions of the combination of yin and yang, the two qi of yin and yang that are somewhat unbalanced due to the practice of exercises can be reconciled and balanced in the practitioner's body.
Otherwise, once Guyang becomes evil, various hidden dangers will inevitably arise in the body of the cultivator.
It may at least affect the speed of practicing the exercises, or it may affect the mood of the practitioner, causing him to become irritable, irritable, out of control and other symptoms.
In severe cases, it may even lead to obsession, and ultimately the practitioner will become a monster dominated by desire.
"Damn it! Isn't this the legendary 'Yin and Yang Tonic Technique'?"
As soon as he thought about this, he subconsciously skipped the main text of "Dingyang Zhenjue" and looked at the end of this jade slip.
After he carefully read the various practice details of the so-called 'Double Cultivation Method' in the last talisman of this jade slip called "Eight Methods of the Jade Cave".
It suddenly became clear in his mind, and at the same time he was even more sure of his suspicion.
"These damn auctioneers, when introducing the auction items, they really try their best to maximize their strengths and avoid their weaknesses!"
"When this guy introduced the situation, he was so quick to boast about the "Dingyang True Technique", but he explained the exaggerated side effects of this technique in just one sentence!"
"God, you just need to use the secret of reconciliation that comes with the technique and practice to balance the yin and yang in the body!"
"That's easy to say!"
"According to the description of the "Eight Methods of the Jade Cave", this is just the beginning of the Hunyuan Chapter, and it is clearly marked that at least three female cultivators of the Kaiyuan Realm are needed to be able to barely supply the supplements for the advanced techniques!"
"As your cultivation improves, the demand for yin energy in "Ding Yang Zhenjue" will also increase exponentially."
"Especially when we reach the late stage of Hunyuan Realm, we actually need to prepare at least twenty female cultivators of Kaiyuan Realm in order to barely meet the needs of daily cultivation without harming their lives!"
"That's so outrageous!"
"According to this calculation, if I practice this "Dingyang True Technique", once my cultivation reaches the late stage of Hunyuan Realm, unless I find a suitable female cultivator of Hunyuan Realm!"
"Otherwise, if I just rely on those low-level Kaiyuan realm female cultivators, will I still have the chance to get out of bed?"
"This is so fucking deceptive!"
I remembered that I spent a high price of 1.35 million intermediate spirit stones in order to bid for this "Dingyang True Technique".
Gao Yuan was full of resentment in his heart, and started to complain in a somewhat off-guard manner.
Unless he ignores the condemnation of his conscience and forcibly commits the crime of kidnapping a girl from a good family.
Otherwise, the huge amount of spiritual stones he spent to purchase the "Dingyang True Technique" would be destined to be in vain.
After all, limited by the oath he swore to the inner demon, he couldn't even sell this technique at a low price to regain blood!
"Fortunately, I made a fortune from the auction of 'Baohe Dan' the day before yesterday!"
"Isn't it just over a million intermediate spirit stones? I can't afford to lose!"
He comforted himself through gritted teeth.
Gao Yuan shook his head and forced his scattered thoughts back.
Then he picked up the last jade slip containing the "Red Flame True Secret", and began to study it carefully with his spiritual consciousness.
As a fire-attributed technique, the characteristics of the "Red Flame True Technique" are quite opposite to those of the water-attributed "Qingming True Technique".
For example, the latter's practice speed is slow when he first gets started, but as his practice improves, his practice speed will gradually increase.
"Red Flame True Art" is exactly the opposite. In the early and middle stages, its practice speed is relatively fast, and only after it reaches the later stage, will it gradually slow down.
Secondly, although the running speed of "Qingming Zhenjue" is slow, its stamina is long and endless.
However, "Red Flame True Art" has the characteristics of fast running speed, rapid explosion, but also lack of endurance.
After some comparison, Gao Yuan finally chose the last "Red Flame True Technique" as his temporary main practice.
Although the latter is not as domineering as "Dingyang Zhenjue", it can basically meet his initial expectations of quick results.
As for his so-called slowdown in practice in the later stages, it will definitely be greatly improved after he improves his proficiency in the technique to the master level.
Not to mention that there is no problem at all, but if you practice and improve at a normal speed, there is no big problem.
As for the problem that is more prominent in each stage, the battery life is poor.
You can also rely on the current top-quality ‘Yun Shen Dan’ and the subsequent large supply of other top-quality elixirs for relief.
What's more, he doesn't intend to practice with this original version of "Red Flame True Technique" until he finds a way to 'deduce' the system after the Hunyuan Realm's ability is unlocked.
We can also make some targeted deduction improvements based on the various flaws of "Red Flame True Art".
With the miraculous performance of the system's functions, even though the original version of "Red Flame True Art" had a low starting point.
You can also slowly make up for it in subsequent deductions and improvements!
Thinking of this, I have reached a conclusion regarding the choice of majoring in exercises.
Putting aside the jade simple letter that recorded the "Red Flame True Art", Gao Yuan then devoted his attention to the remaining letters that recorded the "Four Heavenly Styles", "The Roar of the Giant Spirit" and "The Blue Sky Sword"
》 and other jade slips.
He unhurriedly explored his spiritual consciousness and understood it one by one.
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Seventeen days passed in a flash.
In the underground stronghold, in the lounge.
Gao Yuanzheng, with his eyes slightly closed, sat cross-legged on the practice couch.
Within a few feet of his body, a layer of looming spherical translucent air was evaporating.
Along with the rhythm of his breathing, this hazy and abnormal spherical air mask also undulated and shrank slightly visible to the naked eye.
And in the void outside this layer of air shield, there are still faint illusory roars that are constantly echoing.
From time to time, you can see traces of red linear light and shadow emerging suddenly from the depths of the surrounding void.
As soon as the latter appeared, it immediately seemed to be pulled, and spontaneously merged into the translucent aura around Gao Yuan's body.
Then, following the rhythm of his breathing, it quietly blended into his body.
Affected by this, the surface of Gao Yuan's skin would flash dim red shadows that flickered on and off from time to time, fleetingly.
I don't know how long it took, but I saw that his two palms that were originally resting on his knees suddenly came together and slowly raised their palms upward.
After reaching the height of his chest, he turned his two palms over, and then slowly pressed down with his palms downward.
Following his movements, the translucent air mask surrounding him suddenly dispersed on its own after a slight tremor on the surface.
After a moment, Gao Yuan slowly opened his eyes.
At the same time, a dim fiery red light emerged from the depths of his eyes and disappeared in a flash.
"call!"
He looked up to the sky and exhaled a long breath of turbid air.
Then he tilted his head slightly, as if he was sensing something.
I didn't see him move at all, I just saw that the space around his body, less than a foot away, suddenly rippled gently like water waves.
A strange and mysterious energy filled his side spontaneously.
If you observe carefully, you can vaguely see wisps of light red threads in this layer of invisible energy.
"Is this the 'gang qi' that is spontaneously formed after the 'spiritual power' of the Hunyuan realm monks reacts with the surrounding heaven and earth energy?"
“It’s really amazing!”
He subconsciously raised his hand, wanting to touch the essence of these 'gang qi', but he missed it.
The latter is like the heat coming out of the mouth, and its existence can be felt through the slight temperature difference produced by contact.
But if you want to reach out and touch it, you are completely unable to grasp its physical location.
He was amazed in his heart, and suddenly slightly changed the rhythm of the "Red Flame True Art" in his body.
Almost simultaneously, the layer of 'Gang Qi' lingering around him also changed slightly.
Although it was not very obvious, there was a sense of blood connection, stability and control that filled his heart.
…
After sitting there and exploring the existence of 'Gang Qi' for a while, Gao Yuan immediately gathered his thoughts and focused on his own skills.
He subconsciously opened the system panel:
【Name】: Gao Yuan
【Shouyuan】:26/523
[Realm]: First level of Hunyuan realm
【Exercise】:
(Main): Red Flame True Technique Hunyuan Chapter, Introduction, (0%)
(Deputy): Tong Shen Jue, Grandmaster
Blood Jade Skill, Grandmaster
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[Analysis]: Twisted Will: 758126, parsable
[Deduction]: Source of mutation: 195862, can be deduced
"It took more than ten days to practice the Qi Training Chapter and the Kaiyuan Chapter of the "Red Flame True Art"."
"To this day, I have finally learned the Hunyuan chapter of this technique!"
He whispered to himself, and then opened the 'Analysis' page.
"Fortunately, improving the proficiency of the Hunyuan chapter is still the same as before. You only need to consume 'Twisted Will'!"
"Although the cost of upgrading is ten times higher than that of Kaiyuan Realm skills, just to upgrade the proficiency from beginner to proficient requires 10,000 points of twisted will."
"But after a long period of accumulation during the Kaiyuan Realm period, I am now unable to find either the 'twisted will' or the 'source of mutation' that is generally sufficient."
With his mind turning, he directly used the system's 'analysis' function and began to quickly improve his proficiency in the "Red Flame True Art Hunyuan Chapter".
[The analysis of the Hunyuan Chapter of the Red Flame True Art is successful, and your proficiency in the Hunyuan Chapter of the Red Flame True Art has been raised to the proficiency level!]
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[The analysis of the Hunyuan Chapter of the Red Flame True Art is successful, and your proficiency in the Hunyuan Chapter of the Red Flame True Art has been raised to the Grandmaster level!]
Along with the gray-white system text, flashing in front of his eyes like a screen, a large number of related memories are also emerging in his mind.
It took him a long time to completely digest this extra memory in his mind.
And his understanding of the entire "Red Flame True Art" has also been greatly deepened.
At the same time, many of the confusions he had in his mind during his previous training in the Hunyuan Chapter were also solved.
The most important point is that the speed of practicing "Red Flame True Art" is much slower than he had expected.
Of course, this so-called slowness refers specifically to the Hunyuan Chapter Kung Fu.
In the previous Qi Training Chapter and Kaiyuan Chapter, he practiced very quickly.
Benefiting from the solid foundation he laid in the previous two realms.
This time he practiced the techniques of "Red Flame True Art" in these two realms. From understanding to using the system to 'analyse' and raise their respective proficiency to the master level, it did not take him a day in total.
However, from the early morning of the next day, when he began to meditate on the "Red Flame True Art Hunyuan Chapter", until just now, he completed a standard weekly movement.
This process took him a full sixteen days!
Even here, there is the content of understanding and deliberation of the magic formula, which takes up almost three days.
But it took him a full thirteen days from the time he officially started practicing to successfully completing a great cycle!
You know, this is the "Red Flame True Art" which was famous for its faster cultivation speed in the early days!
If calculated at this speed as a normal standard, then if he had chosen to practice the "Qingming True Jue" before, wouldn't it be necessary to start on a monthly basis if he wanted to complete a great cycle?
This doubt accompanies him throughout the entire process of "Red Flame True Technique Hunyuan Chapter" from practice to introduction.
It wasn't until he upgraded his proficiency in this technique to the master level and mastered all kinds of knowledge related to practice that he finally understood the root cause.
When he thought of this, he closed his eyes subconsciously.
He tried to practice again according to the newly mastered master-level "Red Flame True Technique".
After a while, he slowly stopped practicing and sighed in a low voice:
"Sure enough, even if it is a master-level technique, without a sufficient supply of spiritual energy, its cultivation speed is more than twice as fast as when it was first introduced. However, if you want to completely transport the Great Zhoutian, it will be difficult to say.
It will take five or six days!”
The aura mentioned by Gao Yuan is a brand new energy that cultivators can only come into contact with after entering the Hunyuan realm.
The latter was exactly what was mentioned when he issued a mission to learn about the various abilities of the Hunyuan Realm. It was the so-called "deep heaven and earth vitality" hidden deep in the superficial heaven and earth vitality.
At the same time, it was also the mysterious energy that he briefly came into contact with when he activated the 'Excellent Talisman'.
Because this kind of 'deep-level vitality of heaven and earth' is different from the common vitality of heaven and earth in many characteristics.
Therefore, in order to distinguish it, this special "deep heaven and earth energy" was renamed "spiritual energy" by the high-level monks by convention.
Just like ordinary heaven and earth vitality, it is the same to Kaiyuan realm monks.
‘Aura’ is also closely related to the daily practice of monks in the Hunyuan Realm, as well as the ‘magic weapons’, ‘supernatural powers’ and many other methods used by the latter.
Taking daily practice as an example, Hunyuan realm monks mainly use corresponding exercises.
Produced by the 'Original Pearl', a kind of energy is called 'Jing Yuan', which is an intermediate energy between 'True Yuan' and 'Shen Yuan'.
Combined with the 'spiritual energy' absorbed by the physical body from the outside world.
Let the two follow the movement of the exercises and eventually transform into a brand new energy - 'spiritual power'!
This special energy named "Spiritual Power" is not only the main carrier for monks in the Hunyuan Realm to use various methods, but also the foundation for the latter to strengthen the "Original Pearl" and improve their own cultivation.
It can be seen from this that the thinness of the 'spiritual energy' in the external environment will directly determine the monk's cultivation speed and the upper limit of the power of various means that he can display.
In this world, except for some specific areas, most other areas are "spiritual energy" barren lands.
Normally, it is a bit reluctant to absorb it for fighting, let alone use it for training, and the huge consumption of "supernatural powers" and "magic weapons", etc.!
Unfortunately, the area near the underground stronghold where Gao Yuan lived at this time was an area where the density of 'spiritual energy' was quite thin.
And this was also the fundamental reason why his speed was extremely slow when he practiced the "Red Flame True Technique Hunyuan Chapter" before.
"Based on the results of my attempts to improve my skills just now, if I don't solve the problem of 'spiritual energy', I'm afraid I won't be able to practice quickly, just by converting my own 'essence' into abundant 'spiritual energy'.
It will take a month or two!”
"Originally, I wanted to wait until I went to the Gray Desert and completed the mission of 'Hunting the Strange Demons' before I considered comprehending the contents of the 'Little Sumeru Yin-Yang Five Elements Spirit Gathering Array'."
"It seems that before setting off, we have to take some time to set up this formation in the underground stronghold!"
"Even the least powerful version, once successfully deployed, will be far better than the current slow pace of cultivation!"
In the rotation of the mind, Gao Yuan didn't rush to get up.
After taking out the jade slips that recorded the array of "Xiaosuyi's Yin Yang Five Elements", carefully realized it.