Wizard: I brought the wrong system...

Chapter 608 Strength

"The foundation for the generation of internal energy lies in the body, but its core source is food."

"You must think of your body as a blacksmith, food as iron ore, and internal energy as the weapons the blacksmith forges..."

"Internal energy already exists within our bodies, but we usually can't sense it or gather it. So the simplest way to perceive internal energy is to train the body and make it exceptionally strong. This is what we call 'external martial arts'..."

"To cultivate internal strength that can be directly perceived by one's own consciousness through external martial arts is as difficult as asking a blacksmith to make weapons without tools..."

"So our first step is to make this tool for 'forging iron,' which is to open up the dantian."

"Opening up the dantian also requires internal energy, which can only be activated by external techniques."

"This external exercise for opening the dantian, I call 'stance training,' which is divided into 'dynamic stance training' and 'static stance training.' 'Dynamic stance training' helps to open the meridians, while 'static stance training' focuses on opening the acupoints..."

"If we compare internal energy to viscous honey, 'dynamic stance' is like constantly shaking the bottle, making the honey, internal energy, move back and forth along a specific path. 'Static stance' is similar to turning the bottle upside down, making the honey in the bottle move slowly in a fixed direction."

……

noon.

The sun was shining brightly.

After a morning of exercise and study, the five exhausted girls ate something and prepared for their lunch break.

Yaro and Bevan left the courtyard and returned to their tent.

At this moment, Bevan finally couldn't hold back any longer and asked the question he had been holding in all morning.

"Teacher, I thought you'd use the same agility you used to carry me to demonstrate your light-footed skills to them, but I never expected you could shatter such a large rock with a single palm strike! Is this witchcraft? Can martial arts achieve the same effect?"

"sure."

Yaro chuckled and said, "Do you still remember the principle behind the Vajra Finger pecking at stone?"

Only a few days had passed, but Bevin naturally remembered.

"Life force repels earth magic. The accumulated earth magic temporarily altered the texture of the stone, thus affecting its density. Combined with the force of an external impact, this caused the stone to crack."

Yaro nodded slightly in agreement, saying, "That's right, this is 'energy'!"

"Jin? What does that mean?" Bevin asked, puzzled.

"When combined with force, it becomes 'power'."

Yaro added, "Just like now, I covered my palm with earth magic and used the principle of 'Diamond Finger' to break the stone, which helped me to crack the stone with my own strength. I call this kind of extraordinary power that works by combining strength 'Jin'."

"For example, fire magic can be called 'Blazing Intensity,' ice magic can be called 'Frosty Intensity,' and neutral life force or magic without a clear attribute bias can be called '罡劲' (Gāngjìn)."

Bevin frowned: "Teacher, isn't this just a normal magic effect? ​​Why does it need a separate name?"

Yaro said, "Because I've discovered that the principle behind the Vajra Finger technique for destroying stone has great potential for further exploration, and could even be used as a primary means of destruction by martial artists!"

Bevin didn't quite understand.

However, he had long understood that his teacher's profound wisdom always allowed him to see subtle details that were difficult for ordinary people to perceive.

So ask directly:

"Teacher, based on this principle, I only thought it could destroy weapons and armor, or counter witchcraft and magic. It probably has no effect on living beings, right?"

"I know the key to your question is that you don't understand how 'strength' affects soft things."

As Yaro spoke, he took out a piece of beef that had not yet been cut from his spatial ring and handed over a short knife.

"Can you cut steak?"

Bevan shook his head: "I don't know much about it."

From childhood to adulthood, Bevan has basically only ever eaten ready-made food and has never actually cooked it himself.

Seeing this, Yaro didn't hesitate. He sheathed his dagger and gestured on the beef, saying:

"If you just need to cut the beef, then you should cut along the grain, which will make it much easier."

"But if you're cutting steak, you have to cut the fibers against the grain of the beef, so that it will have a loose texture after cooking."

"A living organism's body is like this piece of beef; it also has specific muscle texture directions."

"Even if the nature of internal force changes, its foundation is still vitality, which will inevitably affect the muscle structure of the living body. The parts affected by vitality will naturally proliferate, but the newly grown parts will inevitably be weaker than other parts. It's like adding a line along the direction of the force to this piece of flesh."

As Yaro spoke, he made a small cut along the grain of the beef and then grabbed it.

"Look, like this..."

As he spoke, he exerted force with his arm.

Tear!

A piece of meat was torn off smoothly and directly.

"This is the principle behind 'strength,' which amplifies the damage that can inflict on living things."

"As you know, when combined with the output of force, 'Jin' can enhance the damage of 'Li' to hard objects. I just explained the principle of how 'Jin' damages living things."

"The 'strength' itself can counteract witchcraft and magic."

"Then why doesn't it deserve its own name?"

……

Not only is the name "internal strength" new, but the method of cultivation is also novel.

Unlike a formal knight, who consistently trains his body.

Unlike wizards, they don't need to meditate from beginning to end.

The focus of internal strength training differs at each stage.

Developing internal strength emphasizes physical fitness—similar to knightly training.

Purifying internal energy requires opening acupoints and meridians to circulate it through the Great Circulation—similar to a wizard's meditation.

Further up the line, Yaro hasn't figured it out yet, but he hasn't even completed the first two steps, so there's no need to rush to think about things that far ahead.

The two points that have already been clarified are enough to form a logical loop.

A strong body can better generate internal energy.

The purified internal energy can, in turn, strengthen the body.

The two are interdependent and mutually reinforcing, and can rise in a spiral.

However, precisely because the "internal skills" were so novel, there were virtually no similar things to draw upon, so when teaching them, Yaro had to explain every detail and personally instruct them.

Fortunately, although these five girls are young, they have all experienced the hardships of life.

Given the opportunity to gain power, they were completely unafraid of physical exhaustion. They wouldn't rest until they collapsed from exhaustion. Forget about cheating or shirking their duties; Yaro actually had to order them to stop and rest.

During this process, the slightly older businesswoman stood out.

Not only does she memorize theoretical knowledge very quickly, like a sponge, rapidly absorbing all knowledge related to martial arts, but her learning speed in "static stance" is also astonishing.