The Prefecture City is different from Jade Water City.
The Prefecture City is bustling, with hidden talents and powerful figures.
He may be invincible in Jade Water City, a county city, but in the Prefecture City, that’s not necessarily the case.
While he was pressing Ou Tianhao for the cultivation thod of the Celestial Deford Foot, he also asked about the cultivation thod after the Qi Blood Realm and the strength of the Martial Artists in the Prefecture City.
The realm after the Qi Blood Realm is called the ridian Opening Realm.
ridian Opening involves using True Qi to expand the body’s ridians.
After the expansion of the ridians, the capacity for True Qi and Qi Blood multiplies, allowing them to circulate more smoothly.
Under the stimulation of True Qi and Qi Blood, a Martial Artist’s strength, speed, and other aspects of physical fitness will be further enhanced.
Moreover, after expanding the ridians, the released True Qi will be even more powerful.
The ridians are divided into Main ridians and Extraordinary ridians.
There are twelve Main ridians: the Hand Three Yin ridians, Foot Three Yin ridians, Hand Three Yang ridians, and Foot Three Yang ridians, collectively called the "Twelve Main ridians."
There are eight Extraordinary ridians: Du, Ren, Chong, Dai, Yin Qiao, Yang Qiao, Yin Wei, and Yang Wei, collectively called the "Eight Extraordinary ridians," which have the function of commanding, connecting, and regulating the Twelve Main ridians.
The ridian Opening Realm begins with the Twelve Main ridians.
As for which ridian to start with, it purely depends on the Martial Artist’s expertise in martial arts.
So Martial Artists are skilled in fist and palm techniques and thus begin with the Hand Three Yin ridians or the Hand Three Yang ridians.
So Martial Artists excel in footwork techniques and thus begin with the Foot Three Yin ridians or the Foot Three Yang ridians.
If the Martial Artist’s martial arts are yin-based, they begin with the Yin ridians.
If the Martial Artist’s martial arts are yang-based, they begin with the Yang ridians.
The more ridians one opens, the higher the Martial Arts Realm.
According to Ou Tianhao, his family’s patriarch, also his father Ou Haquan, has opened twelve ridians.
His grandfather, before going into seclusion, opened thirteen ridians, but they don’t know his current situation.
As the Chief Constable of the Prefecture City, Ou Tianhao has investigated many cases, and he estimates that there are more than thirty Martial Artists in the Prefecture City who have reached the ridian Opening Realm.
This is undoubtedly a minority in a Prefecture City with over one million people.
And the strongest Martial Arts Realm on the surface is the commander of the Thunderbolt Army, Li Tunshan.
In the martial world of the Prefecture City, it’s said that he has opened the twelve Main ridians plus three Extraordinary ridians, totaling fifteen ridians.
Because of Li Tunshan’s supre Martial Arts Realm, he is able to keep multiple forces in the Prefecture City in check.
Su Que also asked Zhang Bengen about the Martial Arts Realm of the Tang Sect’s head in Jiannan Prefecture City.
But Zhang Bengen, being at a low level, did not know.
However, Su Que speculated that since the Tang Sect, an assassin organization, could exist in the Prefecture City, the Martial Arts Realm of the Tang Sect leader, even if weaker than Li Tunshan, would not be much weaker.
’So, in that case, there are at least thirty Martial Artists in the Prefecture City who are stronger than .’
’These are just the ones on the surface; combined with those in the shadows, there are even more.’
’I must continue to enhance my strength to prepare for the trip to the Prefecture City!’
At this thought, Su Que followed the ridian opening thod described by Ou Tianhao to perform "ridian Opening."
He practiced both fist and foot techniques; both the Seven Injuries Fist and Celestial Deford Foot were equally powerful.
And his True Qi possessed both yin and yang qualities.
Thus, it didn’t matter which ridian he started with.
He imdiately chose to open the "Hand Yangming Large Intestine ridian" from the Hand Three Yang ridians.
While enhancing his Martial Arts Realm, he didn’t forget to cultivate his martial arts.
In martial arts, he had the fiercely imposing Seven Injuries Fist for close combat and the longer-ranged attacking Celestial Deford Foot.
However, he lacked thods for long-range attacks.
And the Tang Sect’s hidden weapons happened to fill this gap.
He glanced at Zhang Bengen’s diagrams of the Tang Sect’s hidden weapons.
Among the hidden weapons, there were those with simple construction and those more complex, chanism-based ones.
However, even the simple ones were only so when compared to the complex Tang Sect’s chanisms.
If crafted, they were harder than swords, spears, sabers, and halberds.
And those chanism-based hidden weapons, like crossbow arrows, were extrely complex; it’s estimated that the blacksmiths in Jade Water City couldn’t forge them.
If he relied on hidden weapons, he would have to find skilled craftsn to forge them, which would be very troubleso.
Therefore, he decided not to rely on hidden weapons but to cultivate the Tang Sect’s hidden weapon techniques.
From Zhang Bengen, he forced out the hidden weapon techniques, "Rain of Falling Flowers" and "Picking Flowers and Leaves."
Zhang Bengen primarily cultivated "Rain of Falling Flowers."
He progressed slowly with "Picking Flowers and Leaves," so he didn’t practice it much.
Zhang Bengen said that when this hidden weapon technique is cultivated to a profound level, even flowers and leaves can injure others.
This was exactly what Su Que wanted to practice.
As long as he cultivated it to a high level, he could pick any object as a hidden weapon.
Recalling the cultivation thods ntioned by Zhang Bengen, Su Que began to practice.
Hidden weapon techniques first involve practicing the use of power and True Qi.
Once one knows how to utilize power and True Qi, the thrown hidden weapons beco more forceful.
After roughly understanding how to exert power and use True Qi, he practiced the accuracy of hidden weapons.
For several nights, Su Que first decocted and drank dicine in Cyan Flower Mountain, circulated his True Qi, and opened the "Hand Yangming Large Intestine ridian."
About an hour later, he would leap to a forest, using the stones there to practice the "Picking Flowers and Leaves" technique.
At the beginning of his practice, he followed Zhang Bengen’s thod, initially ignoring accuracy, and instead focusing on the use of power and True Qi.
Practicing power involves the entire body, from the feet to the waist to the hand, coordinating multiple muscles and bones when throwing an object.
The training of True Qi focuses on the mont of power release, with True Qi simultaneously released in coordination with the power, pushing the object forward.
Initially, his use of power and True Qi during launching was not adept.
When the stone was thrown, it only penetrated one tree before its montum was exhausted, dropping to the ground.
He practiced with stone after stone, gradually increasing the speed of the stones as they shot out.
He summoned his attributes, practicing while observing them.
In the "Martial Arts" section of his attributes, "Picking Flowers and Leaves" was added.
Picking Flowers and Leaves (Beginner 21%)
Picking Flowers and Leaves (Beginner 22%)
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As he threw the stones repeatedly, continually adjusting his application of power and True Qi,
the cultivation progress of this martial skill, Picking Flowers and Leaves, was rapidly advancing.
After his one hundred and twenty-first throw,
Picking Flowers and Leaves (1st Realm Initial Insight 1%)
Upon breaking through with Picking Flowers and Leaves, Su Que twisted his wrist, transmitting power to his fingers, while True Qi entwined the stone and burst forth.
Swish!
A stone the size of two fingers cut through the air in a trajectory barely visible, shooting forward!
Thunk thunk thunk!
In an instant, three large trees simultaneously exploded with wood chips, revealing a hole the size of two fingers once the chips settled.
In just a mont, the stone flew nearly a hundred ters, passing through three large trees, ultimately exiting the furthest one before falling to the ground.
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