Chapter 27: Internal Strength

"How did you do that?"

Seeing that Ji Cha could ignite a flame with a wipe of his two fingers, Hong Chen was very surprised, and he stretched out his right hand in the same way, rubbing his thumb and index finger, but nothing happened.

Ji Cha was very angry, and said, "This is my unique secret method, the 'Fire Separation Divine Technique', you can take a look!" He picked up a sword from the ground and burned it on the pale red flame. The sword began to turn black little by little, accompanied by drops of crystal liquid oozing out of the sword's body, like translucent beads that slowly rolled. The blade of the sword slanted, and those droplets rolled down one after another, and Ji Cha took out a small crockpot and caught them all.

The sword was thrown to the ground, and with a "pop" it turned into a pile of black shards. Hong Chen took a piece of it in his hand, and when he grabbed it, it became a pile of powder, and the originally tough alchemy iron was as brittle as coal.

"It's amazing. ”

Hong Chen's face was incredulous, and when he looked at Ji Cha again, he saw that his face had turned pale and his wheezing was uneven.

"There's more to it than that. Ji Cha stopped and took two deep breaths, his face regained a little ruddy, and glanced at Hong Chen, "Will you give people internal force?"

"No, it won't. ”

Hong Chen's answer was completely unexpected, Ji Cha snorted and said, "Then quickly stretch out your hand." ”

Hong Chen stretched out his right arm, and Ji Cha put his left hand on his forearm. Suddenly, Hong Chen only felt a strange feeling in the meridians, as if there was an extra river, and the river water that was originally flowing in his body actually flowed away quickly through the new river.

"Pick it up!"

Ji Cha pointed to the ground with a knife.

Hong Chen picked up the knife, and Ji Cha stretched out his right hand to burn the knife with the red flame that had been jumping on his fingertips.

After another moment or so, the knife became a pile of black waste, just like the previous one, with only a few crystal droplets flowing into the crockpot.

"Did you suck my internal strength?"

Hong Chen suddenly asked.

Ji Cha nodded directly and admitted: "You spent a lot of internal strength last night, and it was quite difficult to even move, but after a night, you were alive and kicking again, and you couldn't see a little loss of internal strength." It can be seen that the internal strength of your cultivation is continuous and long-lasting than self-recovery. If I don't take the opportunity to use your internal strength to refine these blades, wouldn't it be a waste of your internal strength?"

Hong Chen didn't seem to care about the internal force being absorbed, his right hand was still raised, and asked: "You said that your secret method of playing with fire is called the 'Fire Separation Divine Technique', so what kind of kung fu is it that absorbs my internal force now?"

"This is the Great Law of the Northern Underworld!" Ji Cha said his name proudly, and when he saw that Hong Chen didn't react, the energy he just had quickly fell back again. The heart said, talking about unique martial arts to a guy who doesn't know everything, isn't it playing the piano to the cow? But he was unwilling to be looked down upon, and added an explanation: "The Great Law of the Northern Underworld and the Fire God Technique are all peerless secret methods of the Emperor Heavenly Sect, and ordinary people can't learn them at all." ”

At this point, there was another twist: "But-I'm the leader of the Emperor Heavenly Sect, if you follow me and behave well in the future, it will make me happy, maybe I will be happy and accept you as a disciple." At that time, there will not only be the Great Law of the Northern Underworld, but also the Fire God Technique, and there will be many secret methods that can be passed on to you. ”

Hong Chen shook his head and said, "The Emperor Heavenly Sect doesn't seem to be a good place, I don't want to join." It's easy to urinate on the kang when playing with fire, and it's useless for me to absorb other people's internal force, so I still don't learn these two. In fact, it is still the most fun disguise technique that can change the appearance. ”

"Others begged grandpa to tell grandma that they also wanted one move and one style in the martial arts of the Emperor Heaven Sect, aren't you rare?" Ji Cha couldn't help but scold, "You are really a stupid pig." ”

One weapon after another, refined and melted by Ji Cha and Hong Chen. Of each weapon, only a small fraction of the material can be utilized. But once those substances are lost, the weapon will be burned to the point that only black impurities remain.

It took more than half a day, and when the sun was setting, the two of them had melted and refined all the weapons in the bamboo basket before. There are many more black "cinders" in the big pit that will crumble when touched.

"Bang", the clay pot was also smashed by Ji Cha, leaving only a piece of metal less than the size of a fist exposed from the broken tiles, the whole body was dark, slightly purple red, and very metallic shiny, illuminated by the red sunset, and reflected a very bright light.

"That's it. ”

After refining all the divine weapons, Ji Cha was so tired that he was out of breath, his arms and legs were sore, and he couldn't wait to lie down and sleep now. Picked up the piece of metal, put it into the baggage, looked sideways at Hong Chen, and saw that he was still in good spirits, and couldn't help muttering in his heart. What kind of internal strength is cultivated, and what kind of internal strength realm can be used to allow yourself to absorb for more than half a day without showing half of your fatigue?

Hong Chen suddenly said, "What is internal strength?"

This question can be answered by any person in the rivers and lakes, such as "It is the power stored in the body, which makes you faster, higher and stronger" and so on. Ji Cha came to a crepe explanation, saying: "Internal strength is to absorb the qi of the sky and replenish oneself, so that the abundant energy between heaven and earth can be turned into a part of one's body." ”

Hong Chen nodded thoughtfully, and then asked, "Listening to others, it seems that the internal strength is still divided into realms?"

Ji Cha finally had a kind of omniscient satisfaction, and patiently replied: "Different talents, different cultivation methods, different levels of personal diligence, and different times of cultivating internal strength, will make everyone's internal strength level different, and some people use 'realm' to distinguish it." In fact, the realm of internal strength is only a general level division for most people, not an absolute boundary. ”

"Then what realm are you, and what realm am I? What realm are the other people we have seen? Which realms are considered powerful? Which realms are not?"

Since he came into contact with people and things on the rivers and lakes, Hong Chen has always had a lot of problems in his mind, and internal strength is one of them. Seeing that Ji Cha seemed to know everything, he was extremely impressed, and threw out all the questions in a row.

Ji Cha was also stunned by the question, sorted out his thoughts, and then said slowly: "Let me first talk about the general division of the realm of internal strength-the lower three, three middle and one, a total of seven realms." ”

"The first realm, called 'Enlightenment Qi', can only be cultivated by sensing the qi of the outside world and the body;

"The second realm, called 'Jueming', can not only absorb the qi from outside the body and store it in the dantian and acupoints, but also control the movement of the qi in the body in the meridians, so that it can be regarded as stepping into the threshold of internal practice;

"The third realm, called 'subtle', because the storage of qi in the body reaches a certain level, a person's five senses, including sight, hearing, and smell, will be enhanced, and the body's endurance, explosiveness, and flexibility will often be improved, which can be regarded as a small success in the cultivation of internal strength.

"These three realms are the 'lower three realms'. In fact, the internal strength of the lower three realms is not of great significance. Many people are gifted or have been trained to have a keen five senses and extraordinary strength. Ordinary Jianghu guests basically do not practice internal strength, or the level of internal strength is only in the lower three realms.

"When you reach the middle three realms, the advantages of internal strength will be obvious.

"The fourth realm, called 'Dawn', the meridians in the body are connected, the dantian opens up a sea of qi, and a large amount of internal force is stored in true qi, and even the true qi penetrates the body to form a gang qi, which is used to protect the body, or hurt people in the air, with the help of special martial arts, you can also pick leaves and fly flowers to hurt people, fly eaves, walk on the wall, float on the water, etc.;

"The fifth realm is 'wandering in the sky', and the sixth realm is 'retreating to the sky'. These two realms, the means that can be used are more powerful than the fourth realm, and I don't know too much about the specifics. Basically, those who have reached the middle three realms are generally masters in the martial arts. In the fourth realm, they can often be the head of a small gang or a small faction, or a brave general in the army.

"For example, Wang Yuanwei can lift a three-hundred-pound big sword, relying on the internal strength of the fourth realm; Song Xiao can wrap the knife with qi and hurt people, and it is also the internal strength that has reached the fifth realm at work; Luo Qinghan is a first-class master in the world, and his internal strength has reached the sixth realm, and with the internal force covering the sword alone, he can split the Xuantie weapon into powder.

"As for the previous realm, there is only one realm, the 'seventh realm', called the 'Thousand Armies', which is rumored to be invulnerable, and one person can sweep away the thousand armies...... I'm afraid it's the reckless people who are bragging. How can there be such a powerful person? If you can really enter thousands of troops and horses like entering a no-man's land, you can already kill the court with one person and one sword, splash gold with blood, and angrily behead the emperor's old son. ”