According to Xun Guilan, as per what Yan Chuan and Cheng Fengxiao learned from the Star Stone exploration, this ’Star Stone’ not only requires ’charging’ for two months to make a round trip, but also, during the ’shuttle’ period, the ’Star Stone’ cannot be charged.
Only after returning from the Mountain and Sea Realm and the Star Gate is closed, can charging continue.
Moreover, the ’Star Gate’ can only be opened once for a maximum duration of two months, which means Cheng Fengxiao or Yan Chuan can stay in the Mountain and Sea Realm for at most two months. Once the time limit is up, they are forcibly sent back.
"Opens once every two months."
"Can stay for a maximum of two months at a time."
This way, over a year, they can stay in the Mountain and Sea Realm for half a year, which is sufficient.
Yan Chuan returned to his room and opened the panel—
[1, Inner Strength: ① Huashan Mixed Elements Skill (Fifth Realm); ② Five Animals Qigong (Sixth Realm)]
[2, Fist and Feet: ① Flowers Mistake Fist (Seventh Realm)]
[3, Weapons: ① Cheng’s Six Harmonies Spear (Seventh Realm)]
[4, Qinggong: ① Divine Movement Transformation (Sixth Realm)]
Inner Strength, Fist and Feet, Weapons, Qinggong!
Yan Chuan’s martial arts system has formed.
Among them, "Huashan Mixed Elements Skill" will be Yan Chuan’s main cultivation technique for quite a long time. This Inner Strength technique integrates internal and external cultivation, refining inner strength internally and Gang energy externally, unifying the inner and outer into a Mixed Element Qi.
In the peak battle of the martial arts competition a few days ago, Yan Chuan fought against many and secured victory. Apart from his exquisite boxing skills and the unmatched "Flowers Mistake Fist", "Mixed Elements Skill" was the hidden great contributor!
"With ’Mixed Elements Skill’, every punch and kick of mine is imbued with both inner strength and Gang energy, working in tandem with the strength of my boxing, making it a two-fold attack. Flowing through my body, it becomes a protective energy shield."
Mixed Elements Cultivation Technique!
It can attack and defend!
Unyielding and unbeatable!
Combining the already Seventh and Eighth Realm ’Cheng Family Boxing’, merged with the ’Flowers Mistake Fist’ of Hundred Schools Boxing skill, Yan Chuan’s strength has advanced unimaginably compared to the early days of the martial arts competition!
Just the Eighth Realm ’Tiger Crane Double Forms’, Eighth Realm ’Iron Wire Fist’, and the Seventh Realm ’Six Harmonies Eight Techniques Fist’ from the ’Cheng Family Boxing’ are enough to disdain the crowd. Even if people like Wang Kuan, Wu Qi, and Shao Yancong, the Ten Elders level figures, might exceed Yan Chuan in overall strength, their boxing skills may not necessarily surpass his.
Cheng Family Boxing is divine, reaching the peak.
’Flowers Mistake Fist’ is misleading, unexpected.
Coupled with the "Mixed Elements Skill" internal and external cultivation, unyielding and unbeatable.
Yan Chuan’s victory is only natural.
"Inner strength is ready."
"Nourishment is ready."
"Fist and feet are ready."
As Yan Chuan looked over them all one by one, he realized: "What I lack now are ’hidden weapons’ and ’cross refining’."
’Cross refining’ requires accumulation over time.
’Hidden weapons’ research is immediate.
"Hidden weapons first."
"Then cross refining."
Thinking about the ’Mountain and Sea Realm’ which he is about to enter, Yan Chuan knows he might face unknown dangers. ’Cross refining’ is hard to master in a short time and cannot immediately enhance his strength. But ’hidden weapons’ are different; once developed, they can be used immediately, providing a significant enhancement in skills and methods in an instant.
Considering the current situation.
Naturally, ’hidden weapons’ are better.
Yan Chuan collected various hidden weapons like money darts, flying darts, throwing arrows, flying forks, flying cymbals, flying needles, Emei needes, flying swords, flying daggers, flying locust stones, jujube arrows, Ruyi pearls, Qiankun rings, iron mandarins, iron toads, plum blossom needles, iron tribulus, dart blades, embroidery needles, etc., and practiced them one by one. Considering factors like ’lethality’, ’portability’, ’concealment’, ’suddenness’, and their ’fitting degree’ with his martial arts, Yan Chuan finally selected two types of hidden weapons, developing two hidden weapon skills—
One is the ’Qiankun Ring’!
The Qiankun Ring is a steel ring, about six inches in diameter, with blades along the inside and outside edges, spinning and flying to attack the enemy when thrown.
This is somewhat similar to the ’Mother and Child Dragon Phoenix Rings’ of Shangguan Jinhong. Yan Chuan appreciates the Qiankun Ring for being steel-made, hard, heavy, with strong lethality, capable of injuring muscles and breaking bones.
While Yan Chuan’s main cultivated "Mixed Elements Skill", once succeeded, increased his energy manifold under the enhancement of Mixed Element Inner Power, enabling him to fully utilize the advantages of such hidden weapons as the ’Qiankun Ring’.
But the ’Qiankun Ring’ is ultimately too large, losing the essence of being ’concealed’ within hidden weapons.
Therefore, Yan Chuan further developed a second hidden weapon skill based on his martial arts characteristics—
Compared to the ’Qiankun Ring’, the ’Flying Knife’ is more covert, more capable of surprising.
When encountering a strong enemy—
Firstly, use ’Qiankun Ring’ to captivate the opponent, then secretly launch a ’Flying Knife’ to kill the enemy with one strike!
No need to face directly!
No need to throw fists!
No need to wield knives or spears!
The enemy can fall from a distance of ten feet away.
Life-and-death combat, not shying from any means!
These are the two hidden weapon skills Yan Chuan developed after the ’Huashan Mixed Elements Skill’—in seven days, the first three days spent in developing the ’Little Yan Flying Knife’, though not as divine and unfailing as ’Little Li’s Flying Dagger’, it’s a weapon technique Yan Chuan devised based on his boxing strength techniques, considered moderate, at ’Ren-level One Star’, enough to make do.
During the four days following the martial arts competition, Yan Chuan further developed a ’Mixed Element Qiankun Ring’, combined with ’Mixed Elements Skill’, more exquisite, at ’Ren-level Two Stars’
[5, Hidden Weapons: ① Little Yan Flying Knife; ② Mixed Element Qiankun Ring]
"’Hidden weapons’ technique is also ready."
Still not cross refining!
First, the advanced cross refining techniques, such as ’Golden Bell Shield’, such as ’Vajra Invulnerability Divine Skill’, are bound to be extremely difficult, requiring more time and energy to successfully research, inevitably delaying Yan Chuan’s progress and pace.
Second, the advanced cross refining techniques, even if developed, need either the aid of treasures or require time to successfully cultivate. Not just ten or twenty years, but at least three to five years, which is still too long, not urgent for now.
The third point, also the most important one——
"I have ’Golden Silkworm Silk Armor’, which at level 10 can already ignore attacks from masters like Fan Defang, and I also have spiritual energy, this treasure can continue to improve."
"With ’Golden Silkworm Silk Armor’ for protection, cross refining isn’t as urgently needed for me."
If martial arts aren’t enough!
Let equipment make up for it!
Compared to the time-consuming, labor-intensive cross refining martial arts, treasures like the ’Golden Silkworm Silk Armor’, as long as there’s enough spiritual power, can continually grow.
Growth potential and ease, thin cross refining!
Under such circumstances, Yan Chuan certainly prioritizes other martial arts, mastering skills that can more swiftly enhance both his comprehensive strength and martial prowess as his top choice.
Based on this point and combining with his knowledge systems and martial arts accumulation, Yan Chuan already has a target——
"I practice Cheng Family Boxing, which contains ’Tiger Form Boxing’, ’Crane Form Boxing’, ’Ten Forms Boxing’, the ’Twelve Postures’ from ’Six Harmonies Eight Techniques Fist’, and the ’Five Forms Fist’ from ’Five Forms Eight Techniques Fist’, also the ’Five Animals Fist’ from ’Five Animals Qigong’, all these are Xingyi Boxing."
Not only Cheng Family Boxing.
In the Hundred Schools Boxing skills that Yan Chuan has studied, there are countless Xingyi Boxing techniques, such as ’Crane Linked Fist’ of the Songhe Sect, such as ’White Crane Fist’ in the ’Five Ancestors Crane Sun Fist’, ’Walker Fist’, and so on.
These are all Xingyi Boxing!
"Also in the ’Wensheng Fist’ from the Hundred Schools Boxing skills, containing ’Five Elements Linked Fist’, additionally, ’Fu Fist’, ’Six Harmonies Fist’, ’White Crane Fist’, ’Crane Linked Fist’, they all have ’Five Elements Boxing’, ’Five Elements Freehand’."
"Besides, the ’Six Harmonies Eight Techniques Fist’ contains ’Six Harmonies’, the ’Six Harmonies Fist’ itself and the Six Harmonies concept in the ’Five Ancestors Crane Sun Fist’——"
"Five Elements Boxing."
"Five Elements Freehand."
"Six Harmonies concept."
Based on these various factors and combining common aspects in some large areas of the Hundred Schools Boxing that Yan Chuan has practiced, the next martial art that Yan Chuan will develop is already calling out, which is——