Chapter 257 The Change of the Nature of Internal Force
The father and son of the Lin family finally took the bait, which made Yan Xu, who was always trying to be mysterious and make big promises, secretly relieved.

To be honest, he would rather fight and kill than play this game, it's too torturous.

But the Ming world is different. There is a unified political power here. Even if it is very backward, even like a shit mountain code that is close to collapse, as long as it has not collapsed completely, once mobilized, especially internally, the military force will start at at least 100,000.

Once Yan Xu chose to rebel, the pressure he would face can be imagined.

At the same time, the classes here are more rigidified. Imperial power and aristocratic families are like two shackles that lock the lower class tightly. So the methods he used in the Japanese world are not ineffective here, but they consume too many resources and time.

In addition, he discovered that although this world was called the Ming Dynasty World, the key point where luck gathered was the characters in The Smiling, Proud Wanderer.

Even though he has only come into contact with the Lin father and son, Yan Xu still feels that his guess is correct.

This is better. Compared to rebelling in the Ming Dynasty, Yan Xu prefers to stir up trouble in the martial arts world. After all, the difficulty of the two is not on the same level.

Yan Xu set the time for him to become his disciple one month later. Although the Lin father and son wanted to become his disciples right then and there, they were still rejected by him on the grounds that the time was not right.

Time is on Yan Xu's side. In about twenty days, the first month will be over. By then, he will not only have a way out, but will also be able to make more preparations. After all, this time of apprenticeship will not be too peaceful.

Yan Xu would not be idle during this period. In addition to teaching Lin Pingzhi to lay the foundation of internal martial arts, he would also study the Exorcism Sword Technique, which was also the purpose of his visit.

Yan Xu is taking the path of physical sanctification in the realm of the supernatural. This path is not easy to walk, as can be seen from the several people who walked this path in mythological stories. Therefore, one cannot be stubborn and forceful, but must absorb more nutrients to help himself.

He was very lucky and chose the right path. The internal martial arts he learned in the late Qing Dynasty greatly accelerated the development and utilization of his body.

But internal martial arts alone are far from enough. In order to go further in the extraordinary field, Yan Xu has been seeking more powerful skills. It was not until he met Uncle Jiu that he achieved his goal.

But after obtaining the Lightning Thunder Fist, Yan Xu found that he had oversimplified the problem.

After all, he is not a genius. He is not destined to learn something quickly or become proficient in it in a short time.

The reason he was able to achieve success in internal martial arts is that he had already developed his physical body to the extreme. It is no exaggeration to say that he had an innate holy body of internal martial arts.

But stepping into the extraordinary realm is just the beginning. There, every step Yan Xu takes is difficult, and there are never smooth sailing due to bumps and bruises.

After receiving guidance from Uncle Jiu and the Lightning Thunder Fist, Yan Xu did not enter the fast lane. Instead, he felt that the road ahead was becoming more and more difficult.

There is no shortcut to the accumulation of knowledge and experience. Even with Uncle Jiu and Simu around, it is impossible for him to skip this process.

Secondly, the Lightning Thunder Fist is a magical skill for protecting the religion. It took Maoshan’s eldest senior brother Shi Jian a full thirty years to practice this skill to near perfection. This was due not only to the guidance of Maoshan’s elders, but also various corresponding resources. It can be said that Shi Jian is a protector of the religion carefully cultivated by Maoshan.

Yan Xu does not have such conditions. Maoshan is willing to give him the skills, but it does not mean that it will give him the foundation to cultivate another pillar. These are two different things.

The slow progress made Yan Xu a little anxious, but Uncle Jiu told him the reason and advised him to calm down first.

To put it bluntly, Yan Xu took too big a step and failed to connect the dots.

In fact, it is true. To put it simply, internal martial arts is to temper the bones and strengthen the blood. Even if it can continuously tap into potential and improve the utilization rate, there is always a limit. Although the Lightning Thunder Fist cannot become an immortal, it can produce lightning and thunder, which is obviously not related to mortals. You can imagine how big the gap between the two is.

Yan Xu originally wanted to combine the two through his self-created electric current martial arts, but he overestimated himself, or he was too impatient and was unwilling to spend many years to accumulate and break through.

Cheating is fun for a while, and it’s fun to keep cheating. Who can resist the temptation of cheating?

Yan Xu couldn't do it either, so he became anxious.

Just when Yan Xu was becoming more and more anxious, the Ming Dynasty world and the martial arts system appeared. The magical internal strength immediately gave him hope of filling the gap between the internal martial arts and the Lightning Thunder Fist. He happened to have a unique skill in his hands, so he studied it a lot during this period.

The Exorcist Sword Technique is divided into two parts, one part is Qi training, the other part is luck. The former is the most dangerous, because the Exorcist Sword Technique does not follow the ordinary path, but instead takes a different approach to allow the internal force to undergo a certain nature change, allowing the practitioner to quickly transform himself and possess unimaginable speed and explosive power.

The internal force of the Exorcist Sword is very special. If ordinary internal force is used to activate sword moves, the true power cannot be exerted at all. Instead, it is limited by the awkward force-generating method of the Exorcist Sword Technique.

This is also the reason why everyone knows that the Fuwei Escort Agency possesses the once world-renowned Exorcism Sword Technique, but no one has actually taken action, because they cannot figure out the details of the Lin family.

The Exorcism Sword Technique has been included in the system, but Yan Xu has no intention of practicing it. He just wants to extract the inner strength method from it to supplement the electric current martial arts he created.

Although the martial arts system has not been upgraded yet, its built-in auxiliary training function is quite good. In addition to allowing it to observe the route of the internal force, it can also simulate the effects of the internal force operation. The only difference is that these two functions require additional consumption of internal force. If you don't have it, then it's physical strength.

Even though Yan Xu had an extraordinary physique, he didn't dare to use it for a long time. After all, he needed to ensure that he was in good enough condition to deal with possible emergencies.

Even so, Yan Xu has simulated the internal power part of the Exorcism Sword Technique more than once, trying to avoid the problem of self-cutting, but always failed.

Although he had failed all the time, Yan Xu did not gain nothing. At least his understanding of the Exorcism Sword Technique had begun to touch upon the essence.

Due to the lack of other internal skills for comparison, Yan Xu was mostly guessing.

But in his opinion, the Exorcism Sword Technique is indeed a unique skill, and its starting point is above the end point of other skills, because it involves not simply the operation and accumulation of internal force, but the change of nature.

In terms of attack, defense, and speed, in addition to the differences in martial arts, most masters rely on the depth of their internal strength. The deeper the internal strength, the stronger the strength, and there is no room for shortcuts.

The Exorcism Sword Technique, however, overtook others by pursuing the ultimate change in nature and taking speed as the core of all martial arts, it managed to carve out a niche for itself in the world.

However, taking shortcuts will inevitably come at a price. Self-cutting is just the beginning. This practice will also deepen the impact of endocrine disorders and ultimately completely distort the original nature.

If you read the original novel, you will know that, except for Lin Yuantu, almost no one who practiced the Sword of Exorcism had a good ending.

The problem was that Lin Yuantu was originally a highly-trained monk. Although he was tempted by worldly desires and thus lost his integrity in his later years, his foundation from years of practicing Buddhism was still there. In addition, his martial arts skills were not weak to begin with and he was also old, so the impact he suffered was not enough to cause a drastic change in his temperament. At least he could hold on until his death.

Even so, Lin Yuantu actually paid a price. He was originally a great monk, but ended up losing his integrity in his later years. Not only did he suffer the consequences himself, but he also planted the seeds of disaster for future generations. Isn't this a price to pay?

(End of this chapter)