Ming Dynasty: I am truly not the Emperor of Longevity

The original first stream of internal energy was about three times stronger than the two newly absorbed streams, and it could still be suppressed, but its application was no longer as smooth as before.

When Zhao Xixian tried to circulate his internal energy throughout his body, he could clearly feel that the speed at which the internal energy circulated was about 10-20% slower than when he only had that one stream of internal energy.

What would happen if the strength of the newly absorbed internal force were close to or even exceeded that of the first internal force?

Could it be the "qi deviation" that often appears in countless martial arts novels?!

This is extremely dangerous; at best, it could result in serious injury, and at worst, death.

No!

Before the problem of mutual repulsion between internal energies is resolved, one should no longer indiscriminately absorb the internal energy of others.

Zhao Xixian sat cross-legged again, allowing the three streams of internal energy to circulate through the eight extraordinary meridians, sensing the repulsion between them.

Although the two streams of internal energy that were just absorbed today repel each other, the repulsion is much weaker.

I can clearly sense that if there are only these two internal forces in my body, even if their strengths are equal, they can still function normally.

In other words, the speed of operation is slightly slower than when there is only one internal force, but it is not enough to cause qi deviation.

However, these two internal forces generated a strong repulsion between them and the original internal force.

What could be the reason?

Feng Jing and Gao Jian practiced the same cultivation method, which was bestowed upon them as a reward after they made contributions to the Maitreya Sect.

The internal energy cultivated using the same techniques, even if it comes from different people, will not differ much in nature, and the rejection reaction between them will be minimal.

If the internal energy is cultivated using different techniques, the rejection reaction will be much stronger.

This possibility is quite high, and it's the only explanation that can be thought of at the moment.

The first surge of internal energy he absorbed came from a member of the Imperial Guard. To escape from Zhang Yin's clutches, this person must undoubtedly be a master.

His skill level is not much different from that of the seven elders of the Maitreya sect.

To conceal his strength, he never displayed his inner power on Blackwood Cliff, nor did he ever fight with anyone.

After Li Dali led the five elders to the capital, only Bai Sheng remained as the top expert on Blackwood Cliff, but he still dared not make a move against him.

This person is the most senior of the seven elders, and it is said that his martial arts skills are second only to the leader within the Maitreya Sect.

Even if you're prepared but not prepared, you're not entirely confident, and if you make a mistake, there's no going back.

Thankfully, they didn't take action!

The reason why the original internal force can now suppress the two newly absorbed internal forces is because it can crush them in terms of strength.

If I really absorb Bai Sheng's internal energy, the two internal energies in my body, which are of similar strength, will repel each other and neither can suppress the other. I'm afraid I'll immediately go into a state of demonic possession!

Now that he has absorbed the internal energy of the two men, who are both masters of internal martial arts with minor mastery of internal energy, combined with his original internal energy, his skill should have surpassed Bai Sheng's.

However, because the two internal forces later repelled the first internal force, they needed to be forcibly suppressed, which slowed down their operation.

In actual combat, let alone Bai Sheng, the strongest among the seven elders, he might not be able to defeat the other elders with slightly lower skill levels.

It seems that if I want to further improve my internal strength, I can no longer choose targets randomly.

With only two types of internal energy, there are already significant side effects.

It's unimaginable what would happen if someone absorbed a third type of internal force of a different nature.

Even if one were to absorb internal energy, it could only absorb the two types of internal energy that originated from the same source.

Moreover, the first one is the best!

Now that the first type of internal force is already very strong, it is almost impossible to absorb the second type of internal force from a single person in one go, a force that can overwhelm the first type of internal force.

The reason it's not absolutely impossible is because of the existence of Zhang Yin, the leader of the Maitreya sect.

Zhang Yin's internal strength was clearly much higher than that of the first Jinyiwei guard whose internal strength he had drained, and it was possible that he could gain an overwhelming advantage.

However, he had no idea whether Zhang Yin's internal strength was of the same origin as Feng Jing's and Gao Jian's.

Although the martial arts techniques they practiced were bestowed upon them by Zhang Yin, they were not necessarily simplified versions of the techniques practiced by Zhang Yin and his son themselves.

If it were a completely different cultivation method, and he absorbed Zhang Yin's internal energy, the three different internal energies in his body would immediately go berserk due to mutual repulsion.

This is a path to death!

The best way is to find a way to absorb internal energy from the same source as the first type of internal energy, making it even stronger.

The stronger this internal force, the higher the margin of error for absorbing other types of internal force.

Before you can strengthen your first type of internal energy, it's best not to absorb the internal energy of other people!

Fortunately, he already knew the man's identity: Xue Ting, a fourth-rank commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard!

If you want to find out about this person's martial arts lineage, or who else practices the same techniques as him, there are ways to do so.

. . .

West Garden, Renshou Palace, East Side Hall.

"Your Highness, I have inquired and found that the Imperial Horse Administration personnel have recovered twenty-eight 'Red Lead' elixirs from the alchemy room at Leitan and the residences of Duan Chaoyong and his disciple Wang Ziyan."

Tang Zhe reported to Lu Chen.

"The Imperial Horse Administration eunuch, Gao Gong, personally supervised the process, ordering that all the pills be ground into powder and poured into a nearby pond."

After casually issuing an order in the morning to destroy the stock of "Red Lead" elixirs, Lu Chen did not stay in the rear hall of Renshou Palace for long.

Anyway, it's impossible to say when the emperor will wake up.

Empress Fang was the emperor's principal wife, yet she didn't stay by the emperor's bedside all the time. It wouldn't be appropriate for him, as the younger brother, to stay there alone.

Moreover, due to the sudden palace coup yesterday, almost all government departments in the capital were brought to a standstill, and this situation cannot continue.

Today, the Grand Secretaries did not come to the West Garden, but went to the Cabinet Office to handle government affairs.

Lu Chen had already ordered the Directorate of Ceremonial Affairs to send the memorials that were originally to be sent to the Wenhua Hall to the East Side Hall of Renshou Palace for his review instead.

However, after returning to the East Side Hall, Lu Chen immediately summoned Tang Zhe and gave him a task.

The details of what happened when the people from the Imperial Horse Administration secretly searched the residences and alchemy room of Duan Chaoyong and his apprentice Wang Ziyan!

This is, after all, the Western Garden, not the Southern Palace where I reside. The security here is handled by the Four Guards of Tengxiang, commanded by the Imperial Horse Administration.

If I were to insist on ordering the people of the Prince of Ying's mansion to search, or send my trusted confidants to supervise, I would be being a bit too particular.

Some people might wonder if they know something, or perhaps they don't trust the people at the Imperial Horse Administration.

Lu Chen didn't want anyone to think that he really cared about this matter.

It would be best to assume that you simply gave the order because you heard that the emperor's symptoms might be related to the "red lead" elixir.

Shortly after being assassinated at the Wuding Marquis's residence the night before, Huang Jin brought him news of the Renyin Palace Coup.

The Renyin Palace Coup was a real event in the history he knew before he traveled through time.

Although the location changed from Yikun Palace to Renshou Palace in Xiyuan due to the butterfly effect, the palace maid who killed the emperor remained the same, and the method of killing him remained the same.

Even the blunder of tying the rope wrongly hasn't changed.

Lu Chen's first reaction was not to connect it with his assassination attempt.

But as the day passed, Lu Chen felt more and more suspicious about it.

The time traveler behind Duan Chaoyong sent six top experts to assassinate him, which happened almost at the same time as the Renyin Palace Coup!

That's such a coincidence!