Humans in All Heavens: Starting with Detective Dee

After saying that, Li Yuanfang looked up at Zhou Yi, his meaning already quite clear.

"I understand, Brother Yuanfang. Even if I haven't mastered the martial arts, it's my own fault."

"Alright, since that's the case, then I'll tell you and you'll remember it. From now on, you'll practice your internal energy cultivation method in the morning, and I'll teach you swordsmanship in the afternoon."

"Thank you very much, Brother Yuanfang." Zhou Yi expressed his gratitude again.

He waved his hand, walked up to him, and began to explain the internal energy cultivation method.

On the first day, he was simply asked to memorize the internal energy cultivation method.

Then I gave him a detailed analysis of the meaning of some of the words in the internal energy cultivation method.

Explain it word by word.

Internal energy cultivation methods are extremely important in cultivation. If you misunderstand their meaning, even a single word can lead you astray.

This can lead to mistakes during practice.

Therefore, Li Yuanfang dared not be careless and recounted the story in great detail.

After he finished explaining, he even asked Zhou Yi to explain what it meant, which shows how thoughtful he was.

Di Chun had only practiced some external martial arts before, and did not know any internal energy cultivation techniques.

It's okay to deal with a few ordinary people, but not so good against people who know a little bit of internal energy.

Facing Li Yuanfang, he's someone who can be instantly killed in one move.

The next morning, Di Renjie still hadn't returned.

Zhou Yi then began practicing internal energy cultivation under his guidance, while Li Yuanfang watched from the side.

Generally speaking, when practicing internal energy for the first time, someone should be there to protect the person and prevent any mistakes.

When a master teaches a disciple, the master stands by and protects him.

Zhou Yi sat cross-legged on the bed with his eyes closed, while Li Yuanfang sat beside him.

One hand rested on his wrist, and his internal energy flowed into his body, circulating along fixed meridian routes.

He himself uses his mind to control substances such as blood, flesh, essence, and qi within his body.

Following the path of internal energy cultivation techniques, one should aim to generate a sensation of Qi in the Dantian, which is the first trace of internal force.

Generally speaking, the most difficult part of practicing internal energy cultivation for the first time is generating a sense of Qi; everything is difficult at the beginning.

Once you get past the first hurdle, things will be much easier afterwards.

Many people get stuck at the first hurdle, unable to even generate a sense of Qi.

Being able to generate Qi sensation within a few days already makes one a very skilled person.

When Li Yuanfang was cultivating, it only took him a little over two hours to develop a sense of Qi.

He then diligently practiced and developed his martial arts skills to what they are today.

These were all things Li Yuanfang told him.

More than an hour later, a hissing sound seemed to suddenly emanate from Zhou Yi's body.

The spirit hanging beside him sensed the situation inside Zhou Yi's dantian and opened its eyes in shock.

He stared wide-eyed at him, who was still circulating his internal energy with his eyes closed.

A moment later, the first trace of internal energy generated circulated through Zhou Yi's body along a fixed route before returning to his dantian.

Li Yuanfang tidied himself up and got out of bed.

He slowly opened his eyes.

"Brother Di, if I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would have found it hard to believe."

A person in their twenties should have already developed their physical characteristics.

Moreover, you had never practiced internal energy cultivation techniques before, yet you managed to do so in such a short time.

"They actually managed to cultivate a sense of Qi."

Li Yuanfang's mouth was slightly open, clearly extremely surprised, his face full of disbelief, and he shook his head.

"Ha, Brother Yuanfang, there are always exceptions. Maybe I'm that exception?" Zhou Yi laughed.

He knew it was all thanks to the system; as long as he took the initiative to learn, he would improve no matter what it was.

Without the system, his body would already be over twenty years old. Even if he were to achieve something in martial arts, he would probably be in his forties or fifties by then.

If there's a progress bar, and the progress bar is at 100, someone else might work hard for a long time but only make a small increase in progress.

However, with the system's support, one might make some progress in the I Ching within half an hour.

Because his learning process is free of bottlenecks, he avoids the time spent being stuck by them.

That's roughly the idea.

Of course, these are things that cannot be told to Li Yuanfang.

Although he couldn't believe it, the facts were undeniable, leaving him no choice but to accept them.

He shook his head, clearing his mind of distractions.

Li Yuanfang looked at Zhou Yi again: "Brother Di, you have now developed a sense of Qi."

The first and most difficult hurdle has been overcome. Now you just need to focus on meditation and cultivation, and your internal strength will naturally increase.

I don't need to give you any more pointers.

Continue meditating now, nurturing the internal energy within your body.

To prevent dissipation.

Many people who experience the sensation of Qi for the first time sometimes get too excited and don't continue to nurture it. After a few days, this trace of internal energy may disappear.

We also need to regenerate the Qi sensation.

It's a bit troublesome.

"Hmm." Zhou Yi nodded, quickly closed his eyes, and resumed meditating to cultivate his internal energy.

And so, he spent the entire morning practicing his internal energy cultivation method, and soon he preserved the trace of internal energy in his body.

Although he already possessed internal energy, this energy was still very weak and offered limited help to Zhou Yi's martial arts.

Next, he needs to continue cultivating his internal energy techniques. In addition, if he wants to improve his martial arts skills, he needs to practice external martial arts moves.

For example, Li Yuanfang's chain knife technique.

In the afternoon, Zhou Yi practiced his swordsmanship.

In the backyard of the inn, only two people were standing on the ground.

Li Yuanfang held his chain knife, while Zhou Yi held an ordinary steel knife.

"Brother Di, I will now pass on my swordsmanship to you."

You must remember this well.

"This is the first move..."

Li Yuanfang, holding a chain knife, completed the action in a single, swift movement.

"This is the first move of the first move, and the next move is the second move."

Hey……"

The second action was presented to the Book of Changes.

Generally speaking, a move consists of multiple actions.

Li Yuanfang's chain knife technique consists of twelve moves.

The first six moves are pure swordsmanship, but the last six moves are different and are no longer pure swordsmanship.

Don't forget that Li Yuanfang's knife is not an ordinary knife, but a chain knife.

Pressing the mechanism on the handle will cause the blade to shoot out along with a thin iron chain.

Press the mechanism again, and the chain will return the blade to the handle.

The chain knife combines features of throwing knives, meteor darts, and other weapons.

Therefore, the last six sword techniques are to teach you how to wield this chain sword.

Once the mechanism is activated, how can one control the blade that has already been launched forward with ease using a thin iron chain?

The first six moves are simple, while the last six moves are more difficult.

Li Yuanfang quickly demonstrated all twelve moves of the chain knife technique to Zhou Yi.

After the demonstration, he looked at Zhou Yi and said, "Brother Di, my chain knife is easy at the beginning but difficult at the end."

Learn the first six moves first, and then learn the last six moves after you have mastered the first six moves.

Otherwise, it's easy to accidentally hurt yourself.