: Changing Muscles and Forging Bones Chapter

Chapter 25: Yi Jin Duan Gu (Please read and add to your favorites)

Since the herbs needed to temper the body are not yet fully collected, we must find other ways to improve our aptitude and physique.

Among the secret manuals collected by the Ten Directions Holy Sect is a miraculous skill.

This technique doesn't have a particularly catchy name; it's simply called "Yi Jin Duan Gu Pian" (Muscle/Tendon Changing and Bone Strengthening Chapter). It consists of 108 movements, cultivating both internal and external strength, and it doesn't conflict with other internal energy cultivation methods. Although it's not as advanced as the Shaolin Yi Jin Jing (Muscle/Tendon Changing Classic), it's still an extremely profound technique. Its greatest function is to improve one's aptitude and strengthen one's physique.

Moreover, besides this effect, this set of movements, when combined, forms a complete martial arts technique.

This movement technique was originally called the Monkey's Hundred Transformations Movement Technique. It was created by a villainous master, the Nine Nether Old Monster, while observing monkeys on a dangerous peak in a solitary mountain. His descendants combined it with their own medical skills, modified it, and innovated upon it, turning it into the "Tendon Changing and Bone Strengthening Chapter" we know today.

Don't be fooled by the fact that there are only about a hundred movements. When they are varied, they are incredibly profound and can be transformed into thousands upon thousands of movements. Without profound internal strength, it is impossible to reach the superior level.

You can't become a master just by sitting in meditation. As the ancients said, people only know that sitting still and calming the mind is a way to improve one's virtue. But they don't know that those who reach the highest level are well-rounded in both meditation and wisdom, cultivating both the body and the mind. They are still even when they are in motion, and peaceful even when they are in turmoil.

At this time, Alphonse's internal energy was still weak and his ligaments were not yet stretched. He could only practice the first dozen or so movements. Only after all the meridians were gradually opened could he continue practicing.

This is a process that takes time and patience; you can't rush it.

The room was small and cluttered with furniture, making it difficult to move around freely.

After practicing only seven or eight movements, Alphonse was already drenched in sweat, his whole body ached, and he felt a little dizzy.

This body's physique is really too poor.

The harder it is, the more you have to persevere; the more tired you are, the more effective you will be.

Before we knew it, the sun had risen in the east.

Suddenly, a deep, gruff voice rang out.

"What do you want me to do today?"

Alphonse knew it was Tessie just from the sound.

Turning around, I saw it was indeed Taixi, still carrying that big backpack, looking like he was about to go on a long adventure.

Alphonse shifted his position and said, "Go and carry the herbs out of my room, find a cloth, separate the herbs one by one, and find a sunny spot nearby to dry them."

When there's a lot of this stuff, it's not as precious anymore.

Having acquired a large quantity of Divine Incense, Alphonse lost interest in carefully managing and drying it, so he handed it all over to Tessie.

Taixi obediently went to work, and he was very quick and efficient. In no time, he had dried all the herbs.

"What else do you expect me to do?"

Alphonse stopped moving, panting.

This is a good opportunity to take a short rest.

I also want to try something out.

"Look me in the eyes."

"Huh?" Tessie looked up in confusion, staring directly into Alphonse's eyes.

Due to the constraints of the slave contract, he had no way to refuse Alphonse's orders.

In an instant, it felt as if Alphonse's eyes had transformed into a lake, rippling outwards in concentric circles.

The slow tone of voice also seemed to carry a peculiar rhythm.

"Taisi, how old are you this year?"

Taisi shook her head, as if trying to shake off the feeling of confusion, but still answered truthfully with her head held high, "I'm thirty-eight."

"Oh, you're getting on in years," Alphonse continued, "Are your family members doing well?"

"I should be alright. I haven't been back for many years. For you humans, thirty-eight is considered middle age, but among us dwarves, I'm still very young. As long as the slave contract is lifted in the future, I probably won't even be middle-aged by the time you're buried," Tessie said frankly.

Alphonse's face darkened upon hearing this. Damn long-lived creature!

Although it was like casual conversation, I was actually using a soul-capturing technique. But Taixi showed no signs of being affected at all, and his answers were still very fluent. If he had fallen for the trick, he would have answered whatever was asked yesterday, just like that fat man, without getting into any other conversation.

It seems that his second-tier battle qi still has a resistance effect against the Soul-Seizing Technique.

Alphonse had no choice but to give up, and then thought of something else: "Could you show me how to unleash your battle aura?"

"Okay." Taisi slightly raised her hands and clenched her fists.

In an instant, Alphonse felt a stream of air, faintly glowing white, rise out of thin air and envelop Tessie's body.

Unlike first-tier battle qi, which is colorless and transparent, its existence can only be detected by the changes it causes in the air.

Second-tier battle aura is already clearly visible to the naked eye, it's just a bit pale in color.

"Don't move, let me touch you."

Alphonse gave another order.

Mia had demonstrated the power of first-level battle qi to herself, and her level was even higher, but she would never allow herself to examine her body closely.

Even if you make that request to her, you'll definitely get beaten up.

The West doesn't have this problem.

Alphonse bent down, reached out, and struck Tessie's left chest.

A wisp of true energy was instantly poured into it.

Tessie's face tightened instantly. He didn't understand Alphonse's actions, but he could feel a strange current of energy entering his body.

Alphonse simply pressed his hand to his chest, channeled his inner energy through it, and then strolled around for a bit.

I could feel a slight counterforce; the core of my fighting spirit was definitely in my heart.

Immediately, Alphonse's hand moved downwards and pressed against the dantian (lower abdomen) of Tessi.

Taixi's eyes widened suddenly, and her face turned pale instantly.

Oh no! Oh no!

I had thought this nobleman was being excessively kind! But now his true colors have been revealed! He definitely has some strange fetishes!

That's too far in the area he touched.

A brave dwarf warrior would never sell his butt!

Just you wait, I'm definitely going to take you down with me!

He was struggling internally, but Alphonse had just told him not to move, which was tantamount to giving an order that he couldn't resist.

It's no wonder that Tessie would have wild thoughts. The dantian is located very close to the lower abdomen, and his body is already short. When Alphonse pressed, he was almost touching that vital part.

Alphonse merely channeled his true energy into the area, examined it briefly, and then withdrew his hand.

Taixi's deathly pale face immediately regained some color.

Thankfully, he didn't continue touching her from there.

Alphonse straightened up, raised his hand and gently touched his chin, and began to think.

Tai Xi's dantian was empty, without a trace of energy; instead, his body was filled with fighting spirit.

It is a completely different kind of power from internal energy.

The true energy cultivated through internal energy practice is condensed and solid, and the higher the level, the purer it is.

Battle aura, on the other hand, is more dispersed and circulates around the body's surface.

At this moment, Taixi was merely channeling his battle qi, which was constantly being consumed and lost.

"Can I move now?" Tessie asked in a muffled voice.

He was also somewhat puzzled; it seemed that this minor nobleman didn't have any designs on him.

"Oh, sure," Alphonse nodded in response, then asked, "How do you usually train your battle aura?"

(End of this chapter)