Having studied for a hundred years, why do you call me the Martial Saint?

Inside room number nine, Gu Shuxian sat cross-legged amidst a mountain of books, taking a deep breath.

Place the star chart, the Thirteen Chapters of the Chess Classic, and the Star Chart on the ground and spread them out.

With the support of a thousand books, Gu Shuxian's mind was clearer than ever before.

A total of 408 daily cultivations were recorded in the sea of ​​consciousness.

With a single thought, he poured everything into it.

On the first day, he studied the two chess manuals no less than a hundred times, memorizing the star charts, but gained nothing...

On the third day, he tried to break down the game, matching each move with a star on the star chart, and seemed to have some understanding...

On the seventh day, the opening moves in the chess notation and the constellations on the star chart were dynamically analyzed in his mind, simulating hundreds of possible correspondences...

On the thirty-sixth day, he suddenly had an inspiration and discovered that the overall offensive and defensive postures of the chess score corresponded to the yin and yang changes in the movement of the star field...

On the 108th day, he perfectly correlated the chessboard with the movement patterns of the seven northern constellations in the star chart, finally seeing what was hidden behind the astrological chessboard: a complete map of energy movement! But that wasn't enough…

On the 199th day, the contents of the two chess manuals and the star map were completely memorized. Starting with the Big Dipper, the chess pieces on the chess manual corresponded one by one with the star map. The words in the books were rearranged and combined, and a mysterious Xuan Yin internal skill emerged!

"The Mysterious Netherworld Scripture!"

Xuanming governs the snow, and all things adhere to strict rules.

The Xuanming True Scripture corresponds to the Big Dipper and harbors hidden killing intent. It can unleash boundless power with extremely cold true energy, determining a person's fate in the blink of an eye!

As Gu Shuxian continued to study this technique, a discovery shook him to his core.

"This technique can actually convert Vajra Internal Energy into Profound Yin Internal Energy?"

What does this mean?

There are differences in quality among internal martial arts techniques, and this is naturally also true for internal martial arts techniques of the same element.

Common sense tells us that good internal energy cultivation produces pure internal energy, while poor internal energy cultivation produces mixed internal energy.

However, practicing good internal skills and bad internal skills together is likely to be like two people with different paces playing three-legged race, tripping each other up and making it difficult to make any progress.

Martial artists usually only choose one major internal skill to cultivate, and even if other skills are of the same attribute, they will consider whether to cultivate them as well as their compatibility.

Ignoring the fact that the internal skills given to outer disciples and miscellaneous disciples by the Suishan Sword Sect are all degraded or super-degraded versions of the sect's signature techniques, rather than just any internal skill of the same attribute.

Therefore, the extraordinary nature of this technique lies in its ability to defy the heavens.

Whether you are the pride of Vajra Inner Force or the shame of Vajra Inner Force, you can all be transformed into high-quality Xuan Yin Inner Force!

That's absolutely incredible!

This means that Gu Shuxian can practice any kind of Vajra Internal Energy Technique from now on!

No need to consider compatibility at all!

"If there were another technique that could transform Yin energy into Zixia energy, and Zixia energy into pure Yang energy..."

"If one could obtain five such internal cultivation techniques, forming a complete closed loop of the five elements generating each other, then one could cultivate any internal cultivation technique in the world without worrying about impurities in one's internal energy!"

Gu Shuxian was incredibly excited after just imagining it!

But he quickly calmed down. The Xuanming True Scripture was already so hard to find, how easy would it be to collect the other four?

Gu Shuxian continued to study this internal skill.

I realized I was shocked too early.

This Xuanming True Scripture actually leads to realms beyond the True Essence Realm!

He didn't know what was above, but why did he say that...?

Because he had only deciphered the secrets of the "Thirteen Chapters of Chess Classic" and the "Star Chart," there was still one book, "The Frosty Record of the Chessboard," that he had not yet deciphered.

Now, two-thirds of the Xuanming True Scripture can be cultivated to the True Essence Realm!

It should be noted that the Suishan Sword Sect's "Suishan Nine Yang Skill" can only be cultivated up to the True Essence Realm, and it is already the sect's most treasured skill.

And he now has an internal energy cultivation manual of the same grade... no, even a higher grade!

Realizing this, Gu Shuxian felt a mix of emotions.

Although I knew that the sect's unique internal skills were nothing special in the eyes of the five major sects, I still felt like I had lost.

After all, as disciples of a sect, they have a sense of belonging to some extent.

However, Gu Shuxian quickly perked up and, based on his senior brother Zhou Ji's teachings, he soon found a way to win!

Our sect leader's internal strength isn't top-notch, yet he's renowned throughout the martial world, holding the title of Sword Master, which shows that our sect's swordsmanship is truly extraordinary!

Yes, they were originally from the Suishan Sword Sect, and they practiced swordsmanship!

Why bother with internal strength!

Thinking of this, Gu Shuxian felt much more at ease.

"However, isn't the Star-Picking Pavilion worried that such an important internal skill has been lost to outsiders?"

Gu Shuxian suddenly had a new question.

Yan Xiaoshuang's grandmaster was able to steal the star map from the Star Picking Pavilion, so either he was incredibly powerful, or...

Does the Star-Picking Pavilion not care at all?

Thinking of this, Gu Shuxian narrowed his eyes.

After all, the Star-Picking Pavilion had left half of the Heavenly Book, which was actually a chess manual, out in the open, seemingly without any fear of others figuring it out.

"Perhaps these things mean nothing to them at all?"

The five major sects are too mysterious to people in the martial arts world, and Gu Shuxian knows very little about them.

He felt an invisible sense of oppression.

"Forget it, there's no point in thinking about it anymore, stop thinking about it."

Suppressing his chaotic thoughts, he began to try to cultivate this Xuanming True Scripture.

Gu Shuxian first spent thirteen days practicing this internal skill to the point of mastery.

Next, he began to try to condense his inner energy.

He silently circulated his internal energy, allowing the Vajra internal force within his body to flow slowly.

After a while.

"Indeed, metal generates water, and Vajra internal energy is indeed helpful for cultivating Xuanming True Qi."

Gu Shuxian carefully sensed the changes in his internal energy.

But soon, he frowned.

"Even so, with my current aptitude, it would probably take me more than a year to cultivate my first strand of profound Yin inner energy."

Having mastered an internal martial art, Gu Shuxian could roughly estimate the time required for his internal energy to condense.

A mere wisp of internal energy every year or so—this pace is far too slow.

At this rate, how long will it take to reach the perfection of inner energy? And how long will it take to condense it into true qi?

He now has a profound understanding of why almost no one in the martial arts world practices multiple internal skills.

It's really too energy-consuming.

Instead of wasting time on this, it would be more practical to diligently cultivate a natal martial art and elevate one's cultivation level.

"My talent is ultimately just average."

Gu Shuxian sighed.

but……

Suddenly, a thought struck him.

"Health-preserving boxing!"

This boxing style is said to be able to nourish the five internal organs and regulate one's innate endowment.

The five internal organs correspond to the five elements. For example, the kidneys belong to water, govern bones and produce marrow, and are the foundation of the Xuan Yin lineage.

Improving the endowment of the five internal organs might also increase the speed of cultivation.

With this in mind, he devoted the remaining 196 days to practicing the health-preserving boxing.

Close your eyes.

I began to mentally simulate each move of the health-preserving boxing routine.

The five elements rotate and generate each other.

One hundred and ninety-six days, day after day, in endless cycles.

The five internal organs undergo subtle changes during the simulated cultivation.

……

"call……"

Gu Shuxian let out a long breath.

When he opened his eyes again, he felt incredibly comfortable in his internal organs, as if a vibrant energy was flowing through his body.