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However, he could analyze this brand-new design—the Three-Part Return to Origin Qi—from a higher perspective.

Chu Luren also discussed with Zhou Botong very seriously, striving to achieve the "most perfect" level that they could currently do.

After all, this time it's not a "Golden Immortal" trying it, but Chu Luren's true form trying it!

Another day later, Chu Luren was going into seclusion. He asked Huang Rong to prepare some dry food and water, and then locked himself in the training stone house of Peach Blossom Residence—the place where Huang Yaoshi usually secluded himself for cultivation.

Of course, even so, Chu Luren didn't want to take too much risk; he had a relatively safer method...

That is to combine the "Nine Yin Manual", "Healing Chapter", "Tendon Changing and Bone Strengthening Chapter" with the "Minor Chaos Skill"!

Firstly, it is to integrate the effects of the "Nine Yin Manual" on innate Qi into the "Minor Chaos Technique" which consumes innate Qi. It would be even better if the nature of the "Healing Chapter" and the "I Ching Bone Forging Chapter" could also become part of the internal skill, since the new technique itself is for improving innate Qi.

Secondly, it was to initiate a brainstorming session among the major martial arts "giants"—in this way, Chu Luren could then use his own will to guide the process through enlightenment, injecting the concept of "Three-Part Return to Origin Qi" into it, striving to generate a martial art that itself conforms to the "Three-Part Return to Origin Qi" system.

If successful, Chu Luren can simply copy the cultivation method afterward, saving him the trouble of figuring out the details and greatly reducing the danger—the worst outcome would be that the "Minor Chaos Technique" would be ruined!

"Senior Brother Wang Chongyang is awesome, the founder of the Xiaoyao Sect is awesome, the founder of Huang Shang is awesome..." While reciting the awesome mantra, Chu Luren did not forget to inform Wang Chongyang - Boss, we're on the same side!

Then...a sudden realization, a fusion.

If someone were to open the stone door and take a look, they would see Chu Luren's face, which would be flashing with all sorts of colors. The KTV-like lighting effects really had the style of "Three Parts Returning to Origin".

However, what might make people feel uneasy after seeing this is...

It is obvious that Chu Luren's forehead, between his eyebrows, would occasionally sink in, making it look like he had a hole in his head, and then gradually fill out again, forming a bump, and so on!

This is still visible; the location of Tan Zhong is not visible, and it is probably the same.

This was an unusually long fusion process, taking a full hour before the result was finally achieved...

Chu Luren's expression gradually "extinguished," returning to normal.

Focusing his attention on the equipment bar in his mind, he saw "Chaos Technique" prominently displayed in the dantian!

Furthermore, the "Chaos Technique" has extended new equipment slots, located in the Tan Zhong Jiang Palace and Ni Wan Heavenly Palace of the consciousness form.

Clearly, both are subordinate to the "Chaos Technique." Even though both are still empty, one can vaguely see the interaction between the three. Moreover, as the true qi circulates and the innate qi is gradually consumed and then restored, Chu Luren's meridians are also undergoing changes...

It can be vaguely seen that the middle dantian and upper dantian also have the meaning of differentiating and extending into the equipment slots of "techniques".

Chu Luren then immersed his consciousness into the "Chaos Technique," and immediately felt a sense of enlightenment, which brought him a refreshing and invigorating feeling!

Just now, Chu Luren essentially handed his thesis over to a group of experts as their project, and these experts were all experts in various aspects of his thesis's field. After the final result came out, Chu Luren's first draft, which he originally thought was already very complete, seemed a bit superficial in comparison.

By learning from the achievements of the experts again, Chu Luren naturally felt enlightened.

However, Chu Luren also discovered something at this moment...

The Great Chaos Technique, as expected... His comprehension limitations have exceeded Chu Luren's current limits!

Perhaps it was because the "Minor Chaos Skill" was in the equipment slot during the fusion, or perhaps it was because the Chu Lu people had already done their "homework".

The fused "Chaos Technique" did not immediately break free from Chu Luren's control; it was just that... its cultivation level was limited!

Chu Luren could still practice his internal energy as usual, but he could sense that he had only grasped one level of the "Chaos Technique" that he could understand. The deeper parts were beyond his comprehension, and he felt that they were truly in a state of chaos.

At the same time, Chu Luren also discovered that the biggest difference between the "Chaos Skill" and what he had imagined was that the middle and upper dantian were still not true dantians. Theoretically, one could "cultivate internal energy," but one could not actually cultivate it...

Simply put, you can equip internal energy into these two areas, but after equipping them, you cannot use the internal energy in these two areas to increase your own power. You can only use the properties of the two internal energy. As for the power in these two dantian, it all depends on the "Chaos Technique" to supply it.

After all, it wasn't that Chu Luren truly gained an extra dantian; it was merely a part of the Chaos Technique.

In this regard, Chu Luren pondered that although the first level of the "Chaos Technique" was faster than the previous "Minor Chaos Technique" in terms of cultivation speed, if he had to cultivate two more dantians, he was afraid that his cultivation speed would decrease rather than increase...

Of course, compared to the benefits of "Three-Part Return to Origin Qi", this is still a minor issue.

However, this is not yet "Three-Part Return to Origin Qi". Three-Part Return to Origin Qi is not a martial art, but rather, like the Ambidextrous Fighting Technique, it is the construction of a martial arts philosophy.

The "Chaos Technique" can serve as its framework, but to truly reach the level envisioned by Chu Luren, it is necessary to have a Northern Darkness system internal skill that excels at containing and accumulating, as well as a force-absorbing system or a Phantom system internal skill that excels at deflecting force!

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In the blink of an eye, seven days had passed since the snake formation besieged Peach Blossom Residence. Ouyang Feng, who had gradually figured out the formation's structure using the snake formation, was starting to get restless...

A few days ago, the snake slaves discovered the person Chu Luren had brought back, and Ouyang Feng already had a guess—Zhou Botong!

Although Ouyang Feng obtained some of the martial arts left behind by the lineage of the Carefree King and perfected the "Toad Stance," the more perfect it became, the more flaws he could find. Both the "Toad Stance" and the Carefree King's martial arts were biased towards extreme hardness...

Therefore, Ouyang Feng's desire for the Nine Yin Manual, which could complement his own martial arts, remained as strong as ever!

Chapter 297 Forced Entry

“My dear niece, your father has not returned for several days, and some prisoners have broken into Peach Blossom Residence. I was worried that Zhou Botong would be ruthless and harm you, so I came in to rescue you!” Ouyang Feng’s voice was sent into Peach Blossom Residence by his internal force.

"You old poisoner, what kind of stinky fart are you spewing? It's absolutely disgusting! Am I barging in? I'm here as a guest!" Zhou Botong cursed in Peach Blossom Residence, but Ouyang Feng didn't answer at all.

"Oh no! Something seems to have gotten into the mechanism; the winding won't budge." Huang Rong said, her expression changing as she stood in front of the chessboard.

"Don't be afraid, Little Huang Rong. If that old poisoner dares to come in, I'll beat him up for you," Zhou Botong said smugly.

Huang Rong looked at him with suspicion. Indeed, Zhou Botong had been in seclusion for the past few days.

Considering Zhou Botong's temperament, Huang Rong also felt that he was not very reliable. However, Ouyang Feng was determined to come in. Not to mention that he had used the snake formation to explore some changes in the formation, and had also driven the small snakes to crawl into the gaps of some mechanisms to hinder their operation.

In this way, the static Qimen formation alone cannot hold him off for long!

The old rascal then turned to Huang Rong and said, "I'll go greet him myself, so he won't be so arrogant."

"I'll go call Brother Lu out," Yunluo said at this moment.

"No, no, no! My junior brother is in seclusion, please don't disturb him! I can handle the old poisoner myself." Zhou Botong quickly stopped them.

After thinking for a moment, Huang Rong decided, "Don't rush to call Brother Chu. There's a secret passage inside the stone chamber. If you get poisoned by the old poisoner, we'll escape first."

Although they couldn't escape the snake formation, it was still better than being blocked by Ouyang Feng. Huang Rong also knew about two secret hiding places on the island.

While Huang Rong was speaking, the group from White Camel Manor was about to cross the courtyard. Before they could pass through the main hall, several people from the inner courtyard of Peach Blossom Residence took the initiative to go to the main hall to greet them!

"Old Poisoner, it's been almost twenty years, and you're still as shameless as ever. What are you doing at Huang Yaoshi's house? Are you going to tear it down?" Zhou Botong mocked Ouyang Feng as soon as he saw him.

After a slight hesitation, Ouyang Feng said, "I have learned that there seems to be some misunderstanding between you, Zhou Botong, and Brother Yao, so I have come here to clear things up."

Just moments ago, he acted as if Zhou Botong was a dangerous person and that he had to capture him to prevent his niece Huang from being in danger, but now he's here to clear up the misunderstanding.

"Don't pretend to be kind, you old poisoner. We'll handle things ourselves! You should go back to your Western Regions and stay out of the affairs of the Central Plains," Zhou Botong said impatiently, waving his hand.

Ouyang Feng was somewhat wary of Zhou Botong because the Nine Yin Manual had been in Zhou Botong's hands for so many years. He even thought that if he could win over this fool, it wouldn't matter if he offended Huang Yaoshi.

However, seeing that Zhou Botong had repeatedly been disrespectful to him, Ouyang Feng's face darkened and he said, "Zhou Botong, back then your senior brother cheated and won the Nine Yin Manual, and then it was placed in your possession, right? I wonder how many moves you have mastered? Seeing that you have been imprisoned by Brother Yao for more than ten years and have not ventured into the martial world, I suppose... you are not very capable."

Indeed, in Ouyang Feng's opinion, since the Old Urchin had been imprisoned by Huang Yaoshi for so long, whether or not he had used strange formations or mechanisms, his martial arts skills must be inferior to Huang Yaoshi's!

Ouyang Feng believed that after incorporating the martial arts of the Carefree King into his Toad Stance over the years, the other three masters were no match for him.

"My martial arts skills are naturally far inferior to even a tenth or a twentieth of my senior brother's, but they are more than enough to deal with you, you old poisoner!" Zhou Botong said, taking the initiative to meet Ouyang Feng's attack.

Ouyang Feng snorted disdainfully—Zhou Botong's skill level was immediately revealed to him with this one move.

His internal strength is far inferior to mine!

A toad phantom flashed around Ouyang Feng, and a shockwave struck the Old Urchin...

However, as the Old Rascal threw this punch, a layer of blue energy enveloped him, seemingly real yet illusory, and not quite there. It wasn't a straight punch, but rather the back of his hand striking Ouyang Feng. When it hit the surface of the toad's energy shield, it was only slightly blocked, and then the fist passed through and continued towards Ouyang Feng!

Ouyang Feng reacted quickly, immediately raising his hand to block. He felt that Zhou Botong's punch was unpredictable in its force, and that if he parried with all his might, he would be tricked. But if he pretended to parry, that might not be right either...

Only by relying on his internal strength advantage and forcefully pulling and blocking could he stabilize his position.

Back then, the martial arts of the Carefree King were extremely powerful and fast, but he was defeated by the Tai Chi Chuan, which uses softness to overcome hardness. Now, Ouyang Feng's Toad Stance is also extremely powerful and stable, but he is facing the Empty Fist... If Tai Chi Chuan is "using softness to overcome hardness", then the Empty Fist is "using emptiness to strike solidity".

Upon first encountering this move, Ouyang Feng was slightly flustered, but he quickly regained his composure. Relying on his solid skills, he returned to a stalemate in a dozen or so moves, and after thirty moves, he suppressed Zhou Botong. After fifty moves, Zhou Botong used the force of Ouyang Feng's palm strike to break free and retreat several feet.

"Old Poison Master, you really are something else. No wonder my senior brother said back then that if you had followed the right path, you would have been the most successful of the other four masters." Zhou Botong said these seemingly complimentary but actually infuriating words.

After all, Ouyang Feng considered himself a grandmaster, so how could he be happy to be condescendingly told he had "made it"? Especially since it included the qualifier "walking the righteous path"...

Ouyang Feng didn't bother arguing with the Old Urchin. Instead, he struck out with his palm. Unlike the Toad Stance, this palm strike was accompanied by a swirling, snow-white aura of true energy, creating a hazy, snowy atmosphere that made it difficult to distinguish between feints and real attacks. It was Ouyang Feng's other martial art, the "Divine Camel Snow Mountain Palm"!

Compared to the fierce, explosive, and steady Toad Style Kung Fu, the Divine Camel Snow Mountain Palm is known for its unpredictable and ever-changing nature.

In recent years, Ouyang Feng's understanding of Toad Stance has deepened, and he no longer relies on this palm technique much. On the contrary, Ouyang Ke prefers the "elegant" palm technique that his uncle taught him.

This is also an advantage of knowing a lot of martial arts. He found that Toad Style was somewhat countered. Although it was not as effective as "Innate Skill + One-Finger Divine Skill", Ouyang Feng immediately switched to another martial art.

With his profound skill and equally powerful palm technique, the old rascal was immediately unable to defend himself. After thirty moves, a phantom of a snake's head rushed out from the snow and struck the old rascal's chest!

It was another superior boxing style of White Camel Mountain Manor—the Spirit Snake Fist.

Fortunately, the force of the punch was only faintly present around the fist, forming a faint purple outline resembling a snake's head. Therefore, it was not enough to trigger Zhou Botong's fear of snakes. Moreover, before the fist was about to hit him, the old rascal had time to pull back his fist to block it, and a dark blue aura appeared in front of him.

It wasn't like a toad-shaped aura covering the whole body, but rather it was as if he was holding a giant bowl half the size of a person, directly containing Ouyang Feng's attack!

Kongming Fist is inherently a defensive style of boxing...

And just then, Zhou Botong chuckled at Ouyang Feng. While Ouyang Feng was still puzzled, Zhou Botong's other hand had already sneakily reached out to Ouyang Feng's side.

Just as Ouyang Feng was about to exert more force and use brute force to overpower the old rascal, he was startled and quickly withdrew his strength to dodge. However, he then saw that the old rascal was fighting more and more fiercely. Although he seemed to have no advantage in any move, he was able to force Ouyang Feng to retreat all the way back to outside the main hall!

"What's going on? How come Zhou Botong is suddenly so powerful?" Mu Wanqing wondered.

Mu Wanqing had no concept of respecting the elderly and caring for the young. In addition, she vaguely guessed the connection between Zhou Botong and Ying Gu from his actions. Out of her affection for her kind uncle, she became even more disrespectful to him and always called him by his name.

"I feel like... something's off. I feel like... he's not a real person!" Yunluo's background wasn't particularly strong, but it was quite diverse, so he noticed something.

Huang Rong, who had the most solid foundation in martial arts, watched for a while and then confirmed, "It's definitely not one person; he's using two sets of kung fu at the same time!"

Chapter 298 Practical Combat

After Zhou Botong tested Ouyang Feng's strength with two moves, his arms and fists were shrouded in a dark blue light, and then... his moves suddenly became "strange".

In the battle with Ouyang Feng, after Zhou Botong used the Ambidextrous Fighting Technique, he quickly sided with Ouyang Feng!

Even if the Old Urchin's skill and techniques are indeed inferior to Ouyang Feng's, then when he takes out a single move, he doesn't show any advantage, and is even slightly at a disadvantage.

However, upon closer inspection, one will find that the Old Urchin's moves are completely separate, one on the left and one on the right—they can be continuous, or even used simultaneously, just like two masters working together seamlessly to besiege Ouyang Feng!

Normally, this wouldn't be considered martial arts.

For example, the punch that Zhou Botong blocked from the Snake Fist was the "Empty Bowl Filling Rice" move from the Empty Fist. Although Ouyang Feng had already blocked the initiative, he still wanted to win by force. However, when they were competing, Zhou Botong struck with the "Empty Hand" move.

According to normal martial arts theory, if the "empty bowl serving rice" technique is being maintained with all efforts on one side, how could the "empty bowl skill" technique, which is also almost at full strength, be used on the other side?

This isn't about having two hands; it's about the fact that when two moves are used, firstly, there's overlap in the flow of energy through the meridians, making it impossible to use them simultaneously; and secondly, the internal energy in the dantian can't maintain a full-power dual output!