Although scattered, Yan Chuan finds it difficult to organize immediately, but this is accumulation.
Regardless of whether it can be understood or not, first read through it as a whole, memorize it, and it doesn’t matter if it cannot be understood or digested now. Later, when teaching boxing or martial arts, by referencing the many reflections from "Mutual Teaching and Learning", combining this accumulation might inspire some inspiration.
Only with inner content can there be inspiration.
Without inner content, even with "Mutual Teaching and Learning", a skillful worker cannot cook a meal without rice, and inspiration is hard to grow.
Yan Chuan is now charging intensely.
He absorbs like a sponge, endlessly, first filling his stomach without thinking about digestion.
In a flash, seven days passed.
"Tighten the valley path internally, lift between the tails, the jade pillow is hard to overcome eye viewing the cauldron, reach the dantian, keep the message. Carefully connect the Magpie Bridge road, drop to the ground pool in twelve hours. Control the monkey of the heart, tie the horse of the mind, to establish a foundation at the bottom of the dantian sea. A time of endless joy, returning to the original essence, the heart itself. Long practice naturally becoming the Cloud Whale Body, qi-blood like the cloud, body like the whale."
Yan Chuan had long reached the sixth layer, browsing various analyses and experiences of inner strength, and was currently reading a section named "Cloud Whale Skill", a Human-level Secret Manual.
The ’section’ did not contain the "Cloud Whale Skill" secret manual, but had an overview and forty-four analyses and experiences surrounding this skill.
"This skill consists of twelve layers, corresponding to the twelve main meridians. Each layer cultivated converts all the acupoints of one meridian, expands deeply, and transforms them, doubling the qi-blood capacity. One layer one meridian, doubling, two layers two meridian, doubling, three layers three meridian, tripling..."
"Until all twelve meridians have been cultivated and transformed, qi-blood will be thirteen times the original!"
"Like clouds gathering, vast and magnificent, like a giant whale in the torrential waves, qi-blood is extensive, every move carries great power."
Long practice naturally becoming the Cloud Whale Body, qi-blood like the cloud, body like the whale.
This is the "Cloud Whale Skill"!
The prospects are endless, entry is very simple, even unbroken limit martial artists, as long as they are willing to invest time and effort, can cultivate at least one or two acupoints, slightly increasing qi-blood.
However, truly mastering it is actually very difficult.
Completing the first layer of "Cloud Whale Skill" can accumulate twice the qi-blood, but this qi-blood is not generated out of thin air; it needs cultivation and replenishment after consumption.
Onefold is just onefold difficulty!
Twofold is double the difficulty!
This is the first point, it’s difficult but not overly so.
The second point is truly difficult.
In "Cloud Whale Skill", each acupoint of the twelve meridians has a unique ’transformation skill’, a method different for each, there is no ’practice makes perfect’, it’s not faster the further you go, not at all.
Each acupoint in this skill is a new barrier, requiring practitioners to ’solve it’ anew.
Thus increasing the difficulty drastically.
The first few acupoints might be completed in three or five months, but encountering a difficult one that can’t be solved might halt progress for three or five years, unable to advance.
"If this ’Cloud Whale Skill’ can find a ’transformation skill’ or ’solving method’ suitable for all acupoints, it wouldn’t be excessive to call it a Heavenly Secret Book."
"The creator of this skill is a genius, but unfortunately not everyone is as talented as him."
The prospects are vast, but unfortunately, no one can reach such vast prospects.
According to the forty-four analyses and experiences, eleven people haven’t even completed the first layer, twenty-four completed the first layer, seven completed the second layer, and only two completed the third layer.
Reaching the third layer, there is fourfold qi-blood.
It seems the proportion is all right.
But in fact, those who leave analyses and experiences here are surely ones who have practiced "Cloud Whale Skill" fairly well, more likely, many haven’t even completed the first layer and won’t write analyses or leave experiences, considering those, the proportion completing the first layer must be pitifully low.
Even those who reach the third layer, it is the achievement of a lifetime.
At old age, with fourfold qi-blood, the energy spent pursuing other Human-level Secret Manuals or even Earth-level Secret Scriptures yields benefits tenfold more than "Cloud Whale Skill".
For a commoner who managed to enter the Martial Cave with the ’Hundred-mile Order’, choosing this skill would be an irretrievable regret afterward.
"The ’Cloud Whale Skill’ has an extremely high difficulty in cultivation, theoretically, reaching the twelfth layer can refine twelvefold qi-blood, but in fact, you’ve seen it, those who have reached the third layer are rare as could be, and the fourth layer has never been heard of."
"I advise you to choose another,"
The elder, stationed at the Martial Cave, named ’Baili Hong’, with kind eyes kindly reminded Yan Chuan.
But Yan Chuan, determined as iron, said, "Thank you, elder, but this ’Cloud Whale Skill’ looks interesting, even if I can’t master it, it’s great to take back and look at."
Human-level Secret Manual?
Approximately at the level of Great Yan Secret Martial, the second to last ’Ren Level’ martial arts in the "Derivation Skill" only, equivalent to the level of ’Six Harmonies Eight Techniques Fist’, ’Divine Movement Transformation’, and ’Flowers Mistake Fist’.
Martial arts of this level, Yan Chuan could even create by himself, needing just a day or two to create one.
Rather than choosing a common, conventional Human-level Secret Manual, it’s better to choose "Cloud Whale Skill".
Baili Hong, seeing this, no longer advised. He took out a small booklet from his pocket and handed it to Yan Chuan, "Here is an introduction to the eight Earth-level Secret Scriptures collected by my Baili family, take a look, and you can choose one to take away."
"Returning Mountain Technique","Blood Transformation Palm","Cloud Mist Nine Transformations","Rain Covering Sword Technique","Silkworm Silk Saber","Coiling Dragon Stick","Tuo Ta Skill","Sky Blue Soaring Technique"!
Eight Earth-level Secret Scriptures, including inner strength, hand techniques, movement techniques, swordsmanship, saber skills, staff techniques, cross refining, and qinggong.
Eight secret manuals!
Yan Chuan, with a brief glance, didn’t hesitate and directly chose "Returning Mountain Technique"!
Still Inner Strength!
"This is ’Cloud Whale Skill’."
"This is ’Returning Mountain Technique’."
Baili Hong retrieved two secret manuals and handed them to Yan Chuan, then said to Yan Chuan, "The Baili family has established a ’Baili Guard’, widely inviting heroes from all over, with preferential treatment, offering better terms compared to the ’City Guard Army’ and ’Green-maned Riders’. The ’City Guard Army’ and ’Green-maned Riders’ are filled with the children and disciples of the ’Four Families and Three Sects’, with various factions deeply intertwined. For martial artists like us from small cities, even if we pass the evaluation and join in, it’s hard to gain attention, and life becomes difficult if we accidentally offend the influential. ’Baili Guard’ is different, purer. If little brother is interested, you might want to know more about it."
Yan Chuan nodded seriously without any intention of considering it.
Yan Chuan returned to Divine Doctor Valley.
Compared to when Yan Chuan left, the valley was noticeably deserted.
Upon calculating carefully.
Yan Chuan had left with Fu Zhe and others for the ’Black Dragon Heavy Cavalry’ encampment since January 22nd, more than half a month had passed.
During this time, without Yan Chuan teaching boxing, the number of martial artists visiting Divine Doctor Valley sharply reduced, leaving only Wang Zhengyi and a few others, naturally appearing desolate.
The absence of Yan Chuan was one factor.
"All of Nanxiong City is talking about the impending ’Black Tide’. Martial artists in Nanxiong City either stay within the city or distance themselves far from ’Nanyue Lake’, filled with fear and anxiety."
Wang Zhengyi explained to Yan Chuan.
This was the real reason for the desertion of Divine Doctor Valley.
Not only Divine Doctor Valley, but the entire ’Nanyue Lake’ region, where many martial artists were previously entering and exiting, striving within—either searching for rare flowers and herbs or hunting alien beasts and rare beasts.
But now, faced with the potential oncoming ’Black Tide’, not even limit-breaking level experts dared to venture deep—
Stay away from Nanyue Lake!
Yan Chuan, deaf to outside matters for the past half month, now learned that the uncertain arrival of ’Black Tide’ had already caused great panic in Nanxiong City.
He looked towards the direction of Nanyue Lake, having different thoughts than Wang Zhengyi and Fu Zhe. In fact, he hoped that the ’Black Tide’ wouldn’t come: "Recently ’Twelve Forms’ made rapid progress, mastering hundred beasts effectively. Deep in Nanyue Lake, there’s a place called ’Iron Arm Monkey Mountain’, which is a treasure ground for practicing ’Monkey Form’."
Since learning about such a place in Nanyue Lake from Fu Zhe, Yan Chuan had asked for guidance from Fu Zhe, Li Hang, Hu Yanmo, and others, specifically getting detailed information about ’Iron Arm Monkey Mountain’ and the ’Iron Arm Monkey Group’, hoping to find a more suitable ’Beast Master’ after the ’Black Dragon Colt’!
"The Black Tide is coming."
"Unfortunately, the time left for us is not much."
Wang Zhengyi was somewhat regretful.
Yan Chuan turned and looked at him, feeling strange. While thinking about the ’Black Tide’, thinking about ’Iron Arm Monkey Mountain’, he hadn’t noticed until now that Wang Zhengyi seemed different.
It wasn’t easy to pinpoint.
In particular, his attitude toward the ’Black Tide’ was one——
Initially, Wang Zhengyi was extremely hopeful for the ’Black Tide’ to arrive early, and now, with the ’Black Tide’ about to erupt at any moment, and with them drawing closer to their departure, even if the ’Black Tide’ erupted, they would have little time left to benefit.
Based on Wang Zhengyi’s thoughts, he should be very regretful.
But instead, he seemed indifferent?
"Could it be a change of heart?"
"No longer attached?"
Yan Chuan’s heart slightly doubted but didn’t delve deeper.
However, after a brief conversation, Wang Zhengyi uncharacteristically initiated a discussion about ’Xingyi Boxing’ and ’Twelve Forms’ with Yan Chuan: "’Black Dragon Colt’ is a rare divine colt under heaven, reportedly its strength is at least comparable to the limit-breaking level. Brother Yan, after observing the ’Black Dragon Colt’ these days, have you made progress in ’Horse Form’?"
Talking about this, Yan Chuan showed a smile on his face.
The ’Black Dragon Colt’ indeed provided significant help, and currently, the progress of ’Horse Form’ in ’Twelve Forms’ had significantly outpaced the other eleven forms, all thanks to the ’Black Dragon Colt’.
Yan Chuan thought Wang Zhengyi wanted to discuss ’Horse Form’.
But he guessed wrong again——