Playing with fantasy beasts in the martial arts world

Chapter 24's favorite thing is to tease the white moonlight.

“Then teach me the Listening to the Tide Technique first!” Cha Nan said.

Guo Fu said, "If you want to learn, of course I will teach you. However, you should first practice the Azure Wave Heart Method to the fifth level before switching to the Listening Tide Technique. Although these two internal skills are related, the Azure Wave Heart Method cultivates the surging waves of the ocean, while the Listening Tide Technique cultivates the raging waves of the ocean. When the two are combined, one can see the vastness, twists and turns, and myriad changes of the ocean."

Cha Nan looked at Guo Fu with some surprise, not expecting that this silly girl would have such knowledge. Seeing her serious way of explaining, Cha Nan couldn't help but imagine what she would look like if she wore a Japanese-style professional teacher's skirt and put on some sexy stockings.
Then wouldn't they have to work day and night, until the sun was high in the sky?

Feeling embarrassed by Cha Nan's stare, Guo Fu blushed slightly and then shrank back a little, afraid that Cha Nan would grab her long legs and put his arm around her shoulder again. At the same time, she explained in a low voice, "These are words that my grandfather used to say. I just... remembered them."

In the martial arts world, advanced internal energy cultivation methods are generally divided into levels and stages, progressing step by step from shallow to deep.

Taking the Azure Wave Heart Method as an example, according to Guo Xiang's explanation, when one first cultivates internal energy, the meridians are fragile and the dantian is small. At this time, neither the frequency of breathing to stimulate internal energy nor the way of regulating internal energy should be too frantic. Therefore, the internal energy circulates in the body in a simple and direct manner, and the speed of rotation is slow.

Once the body adapts and certain meridians and acupoints are strengthened, the next level of cultivation can begin. This involves adding new energy pathways and adjusting breathing rhythms to achieve more efficient storage and transformation of internal energy.

It continues to climb upwards in this way until it can completely cover the twelve regular meridians and the eight extraordinary meridians.

It's not that once you reach a certain level of understanding of the practice, you can skip the initial stage and directly cultivate the later levels. It's a process of understanding and comprehension, as well as a process of getting used to and adapting to it.

This is especially true for beginners.

Cha Nan is currently in the first level of the Azure Wave Heart Method. He originally wanted to switch to a more powerful and efficient internal energy cultivation method while he was still not deeply versed in the Azure Wave Heart Method.

After all, apart from those so-called "general principles of martial arts", "source of all methods", and "ultimate internal strength", most internal strength cultivation methods, even so-called martial arts secrets, cannot be switched to casually.

"Based on your experience, how long would it take for me to cultivate my Azure Wave Heart Technique to the fifth level?" Cha Nan asked again, while pulling Guo Fu back into his arms.

"No...no! I'm already using my internal energy to reduce the swelling, but...it's still not enough!" Guo Fu's expression changed drastically; she was no longer the arrogant woman she once was.

She was not a virgin, but Yelü Qi had always respected, loved, and protected her. He had never dared to do his best for her.

Just now, Cha Nan hadn't actually stood up and kicked.

I wonder if anyone has seen what a stamping machine looks like when it's working. It's really putting in a lot of force! If Guo Fu wasn't a third-rate martial artist, her corpus luteum would have ruptured.

"Don't worry, I won't touch the injured area!" Cha Nan reassured her, then gestured for Guo Fu to answer the previous question first.

Guo Fu placed her hand on Cha Nan's pulse point, sensed it with her own internal energy, and then said, "You're almost finished with the first level!"

"Once you have used your internal energy to nourish the meridians and acupoints recorded on the first level, you can immediately begin the cultivation of the second level."

"The Palu Egg is quite useful; it saved you at least three months of training."

Cha Nan laughed and said, "Don't underestimate yourself, you played a significant role!"

Palu Egg is highly nourishing, while Guo Fu's cultivation aids are like a daily cheat code. Only by advancing both can Cha Nan's internal energy cultivation progress by leaps and bounds.

The two lingered for another half hour before washing off the dust, putting on their clothes, riding their hunting wolves, and returning to the mountain valley to find Guo Xiang and Guo Polu.

However, when the two returned to the mountain hollow where they had left Guo Xiang and Guo Polu, they could not find them.

Guo Fu was so anxious that tears almost fell from her eyes.

Her parents sent her out to gain experience with her younger siblings. If something went wrong, and it was because she was indulging in momentary pleasure, how would she face her parents when she returned?
"What should we do? Xiang'er and Po Lu are missing. Could they have encountered some danger...? Quickly ask that old thief if he has any accomplices." Guo Fu grabbed Cha Nan's arm, tears welling in her eyes, while simultaneously turning her head and using her inner strength to call out the names of Guo Xiang and Po Lu. "Don't worry!" Cha Nan reached out and patted the head of the wolf he was riding, then said, "Can you find their scent?"

Cha Nan remembered that after he and Yun Zhonghe activated the teleportation point, stole three wolf eggs, and teleported back to their base, the wolf brothers soon came looking for them.

This shows that even if the wolf itself is not necessarily good at scent tracking, there must be one wolf brother with a particularly sensitive nose.

Upon hearing this, the wolf brother that Cha Nan was sitting on nodded in a human-like manner, then let out a loud shout and transformed into a whirlwind, carrying the two of them as they sped off into the forest.

Now that we're not running for our lives, there's no need to sprint at full speed. Wolf Brother's relatively conservative running style has improved his endurance to some extent.

Even so, it kept running and stopping. After about half an hour, having changed two hilltops, it finally slowed down completely and instinctively carried Cha Nan and Guo Fu into the shadows.

Guo Fu was about to speak when Cha Nan covered her mouth first.

To prevent any accidents, Cha Nan summoned Wolf Brother and Yun Zhonghe separately, placing them in two different locations so they could immediately surround them if danger arose.

From the woods not far away, the sound of conversation could be heard.

"The Ghost Path of the Western Mountain Cave has passed through your esteemed land, but I have not paid you a visit. Please forgive my rudeness." Judging from the voice, it was an elderly man.

But then another voice said, "Are you the Ghost of the Western Hills? Are you Master Fan, the Long-Bearded Ghost?"

Upon hearing this, Cha Nan realized that Guo Xiang had encountered a group of treacherous individuals from the Western Hills.
Is this truly a predestined fate?
So, could Yang Guo also be in this vicinity?

Cha Nan turned her head and looked into the dark forest, but found nothing.

Guo Fu whispered, "You rascal! Why are you doing this to me at a time like this?"

Cha Nan then realized that he had actually...

"Sorry! I'm used to it!"

This was a bad habit he developed before he transmigrated; he would get extremely excited whenever he heard that a certain senior or junior was someone's "white moonlight."

Was Guo Fu Yang Guo's ideal woman?

That's probably true!

The reason why young Yang Guo and Guo Fu didn't get along was probably like many awkward and insecure teenagers: they used hurting and teasing their crushes to get their attention.

Cha Nan patted the wolf's head. The wolf understood what Cha Nan meant and quietly moved to a better position to observe the situation.

Then an old man with a long beard in the field said, "That's right, we have something to attend to at Daomaping, and we'll come to apologize later."

The person opposite said, "Please wait a moment, everyone."

Then he raised his voice and shouted, "Brother, it's the ghost from Xishan Cave who went to Daomaping, saying he'll come to apologize later."

But then they heard someone say loudly from deep within the woods, "There's no need for apologies. Let them walk around the woods."

(End of this chapter)