Chapter 22
Mutual Help
The Mysterious Jade Hand is a training method from the Mysterious Heavenly Treasure Record. When practiced to its extreme, it can make one immune to all poisons, as hard as a rock, and as hard as jade.
It can even assist Tang Clan disciples in crafting hidden weapons.
Clearly, this technique not only provides Tang Clan disciples with a certain level of defensive capability, but also makes their hands more dexterous.
But this is a technique that Tang San already knows.
This really piqued Xiang Yang's curiosity.
Tang San grew up in Holy Soul Village, and he never had the opportunity to access outside resources.
In other words, cultivating the Jade Hand does not require external resources.
Training can be done using only the body's own internal energy or soul power.
That's actually true. During the Douluo Continent II: The Peerless Tang Sect era, Bei Bei taught Huo Yuhao all the Tang Sect techniques in just one afternoon.
It is evident that this exercise is not very difficult; it is an exercise that requires perseverance.
In addition, Tang San's Xuan Yu Hand is definitely not very strong defensively at the moment.
With Tang San's current level of control, it's clear that he can't compare to a high-level Soul Master.
Even advanced Soul Masters cannot use Soul Power to strengthen their physical bodies, so Tang San would never be able to use it for defense either.
Generally speaking, it seems that only Soul Saint level experts with Soul Power Qi and Martial Soul True Body have much higher physical strength.
If the Xuan Yu Hand is indeed the kind of soul power that only Soul Saints can use, then Tang San's talent can only be described as incredibly heaven-defying.
But it's clear that Tang San doesn't have that ability right now.
The changes in Xuan Yu's hand were achieved through clever tricks.
After a moment's thought, Xiang Yang took the initiative to follow Tang San's guidance and began to learn.
The more Xiang Yang studied, the more he understood what the Mysterious Jade Hand was all about.
It turns out that to cultivate the Xuan Yu Hand, one must first open up the meridians in the hands, and then use the internal energy of the Xuan Tian Gong to strengthen the hands.
Finally, the bones are stimulated to allow a special energy to attach to the hands, transforming them into Xuan Yu Hands.
In Xiang Yang's view, it was only natural that the Xuan Yu Hand could connect the meridians in the hand and use the internal energy of the Xuan Tian Gong.
The opening of the meridians indicates that the internal energy or soul power of the Xuan Tian Gong can be better controlled in the hands.
Using the internal force of the Xuan Tian Gong is also for better control, since soul power is much more volatile than the internal force of the Xuan Tian Gong.
As for the final stimulation of the bones, Xiang Yang understood that the key to this Xuan Yu Hand lay here.
Bones, jade hands...
Xiang Yang thought of several possibilities almost instantly.
The first step is to use the internal force of the Mysterious Heaven Skill to continuously cleanse the bones, promoting the highly ordered crystallization of hydroxyapatite in the bones, forming a structure similar to bioceramics.
Secondly, the bones, fascia, and tendons directly form a jade-like buffer layer, giving the Xuan Yu hand both hardness and toughness.
Third, the Xuan Yu Hand is immune to all poisons, which may be consistent with the concept of flowing water not stagnating. With the continuous flow of Xuan Tian Gong internal energy to cleanse, toxins cannot flow backward and enter the human body.
Xiang Yang felt that his imagination had gone too far, but fortunately with Tang San's guidance, he quickly mastered the Xuan Yu Hand.
It was almost exactly as Xiang Yang had guessed.
Xiang Yang has now mastered the Mysterious Jade Hand technique, but he doesn't have any anti-poison function when using it.
Because he's still too inexperienced.
Similarly, Tang San is also unable to use the Xuan Yu Hand effectively at present.
When Tang San finally mastered the Xuan Yu Hand for the first time, he would be twelve years old, at which point he would no longer be able to determine his bone age by examining his hands due to his cultivation of the Xuan Yu Hand.
In addition, Xiang Yang discovered that this Xuan Yu Hand was indeed quite good.
It seems that practicing the Jade Hand technique can increase the sensitivity of his hands.
He could sense even the slightest changes.
"This is unbelievable, mistress, what are you thinking?"
Xiang Yang exclaimed in surprise, his face filled with shock.
Xiang Yang knew the truth about Tang San's Xuan Yu Hand technique, but he had to pretend that he was finding out for the first time.
Of course, he was also shocked when Tang San explained some of the principles to him before.
However, Xiang Yang was surprised because Tang San was able to come up with an excuse.
Tang San said he learned it from forging metal, which means that there is not much difference between cultivating the Xuan Yu Hand and forging.
One is constant hammering and squeezing, the other is the internal force of Xuan Tian Gong washing away the impurities.
"Little San, you will definitely become an amazing Soul Master in the future."
Xiang Yang continued to praise him, making Tang San feel embarrassed.
"Oh, Xiang Yang, it's nothing!"
"Besides, didn't you also recommend that I acquire excellent spirit rings and give me advice on how to cultivate Blue Silver Grass?"
Tang San said in a very serious tone.
Ever since they successfully hunted souls in the Soul Hunting Forest, Tang San has been practicing Blue Silver Entanglement from time to time.
Because Tang San's Blue Silver Grass itself has the shape of a wrapped bamboo shoot, Tang San finds cultivation very easy.
Almost as soon as I thought of it, the Blue Silver Grass began to twine around me on its own.
After Tang San's testing, the strength of this blue silver binding was not low.
It's like stacking a dozen pages together and then trying to pull them apart; that would be very difficult.
Tang San's Blue Silver Grass is the same; in fact, because it can bend in shape, the friction of the Blue Silver Grass is even greater.
This means that instead of trying to escape from the Blue Silver Entanglement, it's easier for the enemy to simply destroy the Blue Silver Grass.
This already greatly satisfied Tang San.
Later, Tang San even tried the so-called simulated cultivation environment, which was something Tang San thought of asking Xiang Yang after he hunted souls.
After Xiang Yang explained that the simulated cultivation environment was real, Tang San began planting Blue Silver Grass in front of his house.
As expected, Tang San's cultivation speed increased even more.
Tang San obtained all these methods of becoming stronger from Xiang Yang.
This made Tang San trust Xiang Yang completely, so Tang San also taught him the Xuan Yu Hand technique, and planned to teach him other techniques like Controlling Cranes and Capturing Dragons when the opportunity arose later.
"Alright, I told you you were good, but you're already out of breath."
Suddenly, Xiang Yang's expression changed, and he became serious, fearing that Tang San might become arrogant and complacent.
Tang San felt a little scared when he saw this.
Whenever Xiang Yang showed such an expression, Tang San felt an instinctive fear.
It wasn't that he was afraid Xiang Yang would hit him, but rather that he was afraid Xiang Yang would show him that disappointed look.
"Xiao San, you have innate full soul power, but you are also a Blue Silver Grass Soul Master. Without considering other factors, your martial soul still doesn't have a strong advantage."
As soon as Xiang Yang said this, Tang San immediately understood that this was an attempt to awaken his second martial soul.
He's not considered powerful because he can't use his second martial soul.
Fortunately, Xiang Yang is about to provide a solution.
Tang San listened attentively.
"But," as expected, Xiang Yang said.
"Your advantage lies in your continuous consumption."
"I'll draw you a picture, and then you'll know what you need."
After saying that, Xiang Yang took out a notebook from home and drew a function graph in front of Tang San.
Xiang Yang pointed to the vertical and horizontal axes of the function graph and immediately began to explain.
"This is the vertical axis, which represents your soul power. This is the horizontal axis, which represents the resilience of your Blue Silver Grass."
"If you want to control your enemy, you must perfectly conform to this straight line."
"The more soul power you have, the easier it is for you to control it. At the same time, the stronger the resilience of your Blue Silver Grass, the stronger your control ability will be."
"These two abilities are directly proportional."
"However, the enemy's situation is different."
"The enemies include those with high defense, those with powerful attacks, those that are uncontrollable, and those with abundant soul power."
"The stronger the enemy, the harder it is for you to control them."
After saying that, Xiang Yang drew another arc on the graph, this time an inverse proportional function.
The horizontal and vertical axes represent control time and enemy strength, respectively.
"You must find the perfect balance, ensuring that your soul power is abundant while maintaining strong control over the Blue Silver Grass."
"The enemy's strength is not fixed, but you can understand the strength of your own Blue Silver Grass."
Xiang Yang said a lot, and Tang San gradually understood.
The longer he wants to control his enemies, the stronger his Blue Silver Grass must become.
Moreover, there are certain methods involved.
For example, he could tell from this graph that no matter how strong the enemy was, as long as his Blue Silver Grass was strong enough, he could control it for as long as possible.
To maintain control for as long as possible, his Blue Silver Grass must simultaneously increase its soul power and resilience, and bring the two values close together.
One hundred times one hundred is the same as two hundred times fifty.
If it becomes difficult to improve in one area, he should decisively choose to improve in another area.
"Brother Xiang Yang, I understand."
Tang San nodded seriously: "I will record exactly how much my Blue Silver Grass's soul power and resilience increase when I absorb a soul ring."
"Once the percentage increase in soul power becomes smaller, I will choose a soul ring that increases resilience."
Tang San wouldn't specifically request the four spirit rings of earth, water, wind, and fire to enhance his spirit power; everything would depend on future circumstances.