Practice starts with skill points.

Chapter 435 The true meaning of martial arts
"Are you planning to cultivate the Hundred Sutras in the furnace?"

"That's not the case. I just want to take the essence and create my own martial arts." Zhong Lin said.

Chi Zhonglin felt a toothache when he heard this. Creating his own martial arts method is more difficult than cultivating hundreds of classics in a furnace. After all, the best one is the one that suits him.

"How did you... Never mind, just pretend I didn't ask."

Chi Zhonglin waved his hands, really not wanting to be hit again. His mind was immersed in the "Five Elements Hunyuan Gong", and he was studying it carefully.

The Five Elements Primordial Qi Gong is only a ground-level technique. For Chi Zhonglin, a true disciple who has already cultivated to the realm of life and death, he has mastered it in just a moment. This is mainly because the techniques he has come into contact with are at least heaven-level, so with such a high-level perspective, he can naturally achieve twice the result with half the effort.

"I see."

Zhong Lin's heart was shaken, and he asked expectantly, "Brother, have you figured it out?"

"Hmm, I have some ideas. The Five Elements Primordial Mixed Kung Fu is indeed good. It melts the five elements and is boundless. It has a profound meaning. If your martial arts cultivation can continue to improve, there may be another martial art in the world that can create a holy land level. But now..."

"Second brother, please stop keeping us in suspense." Zhong Lin said speechlessly.

"Look at you, you are anxious. Let me ask you, do you know what is the biggest difference between Tianji Gongfa or Tianji martial arts and other martial arts?" Chi Zhonglin asked back.

Zhong Lin hesitated for a moment: "Secret technique?"

"Wrong. Whether it's the Yellow, Mysterious, or Earth level, they all have secret techniques. The only difference is strength. The biggest difference between Tianji Kung Fu and them lies in the true meaning of martial arts. The so-called true meaning of martial arts can be understood as the creator's perception of the mysteries of heaven and earth and the summary of his own wisdom. Just like two people who comprehend the sword intent at the same time, the final result will be different.

"Your 'Five Elements Primordial Qi Gong' borrows the true meaning of many other techniques, but it's not your own. It lacks your own spiritual imprint, so it looks like a dead object. This is why you couldn't complete your transformation just now," Chi Zhonglin explained.

At this moment, Zhong Lin felt like he was struck by lightning, and a flash of thunder exploded in his mind.

"The true meaning of martial arts, inanimate objects, spiritual imprints... I see, I see. Brother, do you have a solution?"

"Yes, one way is to continue to improve your cultivation. When your cultivation and understanding of the world reach a certain level, you will naturally be able to create your own martial arts. This is also the way most martial arts in the world are born."

Zhong Lin nodded to show his understanding. This was also the simplest and most intuitive method.

"Any more?"

Chi Zhonglin smiled gently and said, "The second method is to 'enlighten the spirit'."

"What is the spirit?" Zhong Lin asked excitedly.

"The so-called spiritual enlightenment means learning from the heaven and earth, and using the power of heaven and earth to help you complete your transformation. The skills you practice belong to the five elements, so naturally you need the help of five-element spiritual objects. And they can't be ordinary five-element spiritual objects. Junior brother, do you know the five divine beasts?"

Zhong Lin’s eyes widened instantly and he almost jumped up.

"Brother, you're not thinking of using the five divine beasts to summon spirits, are you? You must be joking."

"That's a nice thought. If you just keep pulling out the Five Divine Beasts here, their aura will be enough to shock you to death."

Chi Zhonglin rolled his eyes. The five divine beasts were the true spirits of heaven and earth. Any one of them had the strength of an emperor, but the Azure Dragon had disappeared ten thousand years ago.

"I'm talking about the Five Elements Divine Beasts in the Five Elements Secret Realm. They are monsters derived from the interaction between the Five Elements' vital energy and this secret realm. They can be understood as weaker versions of the Five Elements Divine Beasts. Their strength is comparable to that of warriors at the peak of the Yin-Yang Realm, or even the Life and Death Realm."

"There is such a thing?" Zhong Lin asked in surprise.

"Yes, the five divine beasts were originally formed by the interaction between heaven and earth. This Five Elements Secret Realm can be understood as a small world, and nature can also give birth to them. However, their number is extremely rare. If you want to explore their location, you need to go to the Unenviable Land."

Zhong Lin nodded. The so-called "Unenviable Land" was a region opened up by many warriors. It was the place where the five elements converged, and there was no obvious five-element vitality. This allowed many warriors to coexist and also served as a place for trade. "Let's go!"

The two of them restrained their breath and flew towards an unenviable location.

We stopped and walked along the way, mainly to deal with attacks from various monsters.

Water whales, stone men, fire snakes, wood monsters, golden spiders...

There are countless kinds of five-element monsters. Although you can absorb the five-element vitality from them to strengthen your golden elixir after killing them, it is still very tiring to do so all the time.

"Brother, are you sure you're not going the wrong way?"

"I've been to the Five Elements Secret Realm at least eight hundred times, how could I possibly get lost?"

"get lost?"

Zhong Lin narrowed his eyes and looked at Chi Zhonglin dangerously.

"Brother, I didn't say you were lost. Are you admitting it?"

A hint of embarrassment flashed across Chi Zhonglin's face. He took out a piece of animal skin from his storage bracelet and said, "I did follow the route. There must have been a dragon or some kind of war nearby that changed the terrain. Otherwise, I wouldn't have gone the wrong way."

"So you admitted it?"

Zhong Lin's face darkened and he gritted his teeth.

"Oh! Don't worry about these details! Besides, you are a five-element spirit body and you can gain experience anywhere. You have made good progress these days and your Yin Sha realm is almost complete." Chi Zhonglin said.

Zhong Lin snorted coldly. Fortunately, he was a five-element spirit, otherwise he would have been killed by his senior brother.

Suddenly, the two of them stopped and looked up ahead.

In the distant sky, I heard a loud sound of water rushing from afar, as if a river suddenly appeared in the sky.

"Another wave of water monsters. I wonder what's coming this time?"

"Go and have a look."

Chi Zhonglin urgently needed to change the subject, so he took a step and ran away, with Zhong Lin following closely behind.

There was the sound of rushing water in the distance, and they could feel the surging water vapor rushing towards them. The faces of the two people flying changed.

"Brother, something is wrong. How could any monster have such a huge amount of water vapor?" Zhong Lin said solemnly.

Chi Zhonglin's face lit up with joy, and he quickly jumped over the hill in front of him. Suddenly, a huge monkey came into view.

The monkey was surrounded by countless water vapors and held a huge water stick in his hand. He looked neither human nor flying demon, and the water energy hidden in his body was surging and boundless.

"What is this thing? Its aura is so powerful, and the water vapor on it is even richer than those water monsters we hunted before."

"Haha, this is the ancient water ape, Zhong Lin, what luck, what luck! Didn't we say before that we were looking for the five divine beasts? This ancient water ape is one of the five divine beasts." Chi Zhonglin said in surprise.

Zhong Lin was stunned for a moment, his face full of confusion. "Aren't the Five Divine Beasts Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermillion Bird, and Black Tortoise? When did the Black Tortoise become a Water Ape?"

(End of this chapter)