Chapter 356: 【154】Beneath the Shelter, Another World_3
Thus, aside from the legitimate heir to the throne, even the higher-ups of the White Lotus Society are unaware of the existence of the White Lotus Calming Skill.
And Jiang Xuanhe, who tried to usurp the throne, is naturally not the legitimate successor, so he thought he had fully mastered the White Lotus Thirty-Six Qi Swords.
Now that the truth is revealed, it directly shatters his worldview.
His years of hard practice of the White Lotus Thirty-Six Qi Swords turned out to be an incomplete version.
"Cough!" Wang Longhu clutched his abdomen, coughed up a mouthful of bloody phlegm, and his expression was somewhat grave.
His physique was simply too formidable. Although struck by Jiang Tianzhen’s sword, it merely caused an internal shock, resulting in minor injuries.
Had it been any other Grandmaster with Gang Qi, their heart would likely have been shattered by this sword.
"The use of Gang Qi has developed to such an extent; the person who created the White Lotus Thirty-Six Qi Swords back in the day was truly a Martial Arts genius." Feeling the principle behind Jiang Tianzhen’s sword, Wang Longhu couldn’t help but praise.
If we talk about when martial artists start becoming extraordinary in their practice.
It definitely is when they reach Dark Force.
Dark Force is like a stream of energy existing within the martial artist’s body, which they can inject into others to cause damage, or use it to ward off attacks.
Upon reaching Huajin, this energy can spread throughout the body, allowing the martial artist to repel anything falling upon them at will.
Above Huajin is the Hidden Pill Realm.
It is divided into Upper, Middle, and Lower Dantian. The Lower Dantian requires compressing all Dark Force into the Guanyuan Acupoint, forming Inner Strength, condensing Qi into a pill.
A Grandmaster reaching this stage can inject Inner Strength into others and then explode it, with tremendous power, truly extraordinary technique.
Just like earlier in Vietnam, Wang Longhu used this move to kill Xiaogong Huang Quanfeng and Qiao Qichong.
As for the Middle Dantian, it requires gathering all Qi and Blood into the Shanzhong Acupoint, completing this step allows the Grandmaster to extend Inner Strength from within to six inches outwards.
This is called ’Six Inch Gang Qi’.
In today’s world, fewer than 20 people can achieve this level.
Regarding the Upper Dantian, there have been very few records preserved since ancient times; it’s heard that it requires condensing the soul into the pill. Even Zhang Sanfeng from Wudang was unable to achieve this step.
Therefore, the Qi Blood Condensing Pill of the Middle Dantian is already acknowledged as the pinnacle of the martial artist’s path.
If you wish to seek further breakthroughs, you can only strive to comprehend the Four Breakthroughs.
Three Elixirs and Four Breakthroughs represent the ultimate answer to Martial Arts.
For several hundred years, talented martial artists unable to comprehend how to condense the pill in the Upper Dantian, in their old age and waning interest.
They devoted their remaining energy to discovering ways to develop the use of Gang Qi.
How to make the power of Gang Qi greater, how to shoot it further, and how to have more applications for Gang Qi.
The White Lotus Thirty-Six Qi Swords of the White Lotus Society is among the perfect masters of these principles.
This method presumably compresses Inner Strength within and then explodes, allowing Gang Qi to shoot a considerable distance, its principle remarkably ingenious.
Relying on the White Lotus Thirty-Six Qi Swords, each generation of White Lotus Saint Emperor, as long as their strength is sufficient, can become one of the top martial artists in East Asia.
Wang Longhu, although enhanced by his panel, still falls short of the profound background in the use of Gang Qi possessed by the White Lotus Society’s centuries-old martial arts family.
"Hmm?"
Seeing Wang Longhu merely wipe his mouth corner and then confidently comment on his own White Lotus Thirty-Six Qi Swords as if nothing happened.
Jiang Tianzhen’s expression suddenly showed surprise, wondering if this guy was just stubbornly holding on or if his physique was truly robust to withstand a punch to the Jiuwei Acupoint without harm.
Feeling that his sword failed to kill Wang Longhu, Jiang Tianzhen’s expression turned grim.
No longer holding back, he immediately engaged his fingers in succession, white lights successively shot from his thumb acupoints.
Like the Six Meridian Divine Sword, he densely shot towards Wang Longhu’s Jueque Acupoint, Jueque Acupoint, Qi Sea Acupoint, Guanyuan Acupoint, Middle Cavity Acupoint, Qu Bone Acupoint, Yingchuang Acupoint, and Ruzhong Acupoint, aiming at deadly acupoints.
This scene dumbfounded both Jiang Xuanhe and Zhang Yuanying.
Just as martial artists easily exerting full force can exhaust their stamina, even for a Grandmaster, Gang Qi cannot be infinitely deployed.
Like Jiang Tianzhen using it this way, if he fails to kill his target immediately, it can easily turn into a passive situation for him.
Wang Longhu knew his physique was unmatched, but his mastery of Gang Qi was not as fluent as Jiang Tianzhen’s.
Attacking the enemy’s strength with his weakness, this is an extremely incorrect choice.
Speaking fast and acting quickly, Wang Longhu suddenly stomped hard, and under his immense power, a series of cracking sounds echoed from the iron truss bridge.
The screws anchoring the iron truss bridge to the rock wall suddenly dislodged, causing the steel ropes suspending the iron truss bridge to lose their hold over this several thousand-pound heavy object.
Immediately two ropes snapped, the entire truss bridge lost balance, plummeting downward into the abyss.
Leveraging the falling force, Wang Longhu promptly evaded Jiang Tianzhen’s White Lotus Thirty-Six Qi Swords, grabbed onto the railing of the truss bridge, and swung mid-air.
"Do you think you can escape?"
A figure descended from the sky, forcefully slapping towards the back of Wang Longhu’s head, the palm wind howling.
Wang Longhu countered with a fist, their fist and palm collided, and Jiang Tianzhen’s previously confident and proud expression changed instantly.
He suddenly spouted a mist of blood from his mouth, crashed into the nearby rock wall, embedded into the mountain, creating a human-shaped dent.