Cultivating with Top Enlightenment
Chapter 41 - 37 Silence Technique

Chapter 41: Chapter 37 Silence Technique

On the Martial Arts Arena.

Everyone’s attention was captivated by the battle between the two.

At the ninth fold of the Inner Essence Realm, the inner strength was extremely solid, capable of attaching to the body or weapons, and those more skilled could extend it to a length of ten feet, but once it left the body, it would immediately dissipate.

One of them practiced Heaven-shaking Strength, the other practiced Sea-covering Strength. The destructive power of their every move was astonishing.

Ning Qi watched intently.

Yet, in his heart, he felt increasingly odd.

"Senior Brother and Fifth Brother are very strong, their inner strength nearly ten feet, but why do I feel that I have the strength to fight against them?"

He had some desire to battle the two of them to verify his current level of strength, but eventually suppressed that thought.

Soon.

Jiang Baishan won by a narrow margin.

The crowd watched with excitement and enthusiasm.

Luo Wentian, full of satisfaction, said:

"Fifth Junior Brother, from now on, you are the second strongest in the True Martial Sect!"

Jiang Baishan waved his hands repeatedly:

"If it weren’t for Senior Brother being distracted by sect chores, you would have broken through to the Gang Essence Realm long ago. I am ashamed, Junior Brother."

Luo Wentian laughed heartily:

"Why must we, as brothers, be so formal? Your strength is also a reflection of my strength!"

Everyone was moved.

Taoist Longshan, seeing his disciples in such harmony, also smiled with contentment.

Next.

The True Disciples sparred with each other, and the other disciples watched with great fascination and were even more motivated.

They witnessed the prowess of the Superior Stacking Strength Skill. In the True Martial Sect, as long as you make contributions, you have the opportunity to acquire the Superior Stacking Strength Skill.

Ning Qi looked at Luo Wentian, feeling emotional. The True Martial Sect is one family, so who is strong or weak doesn’t really matter. Being stronger or weaker than Senior Brother or Fifth Brother now is not important at all. A little competitive thought he had instantly vanished.

He suddenly realized that he had been somewhat naive before. Previously, when the Divine Sword Sect came to the mountain, even if the little chubby guy defeated everyone in the True Martial Sect, what of it?

Before he knew it, he felt that his mindset had become much more open.

This was learned from Senior Brother.

...

The annual competition ended smoothly, and the cohesion of the True Martial Sect reached unprecedented levels, with disciples more enthusiastic about martial arts than before.

Winter receded and spring came.

Outside the Seeking Tao Institute.

A few peach trees had been added.

Ning Qi had moved them from True Martial Mountain. He always felt that the yard was sometimes too monotonous. Now, it looked much better. The blooming peach blossoms had a certain charm, which also made him feel more at ease.

Ning Qi was creating skills.

The White Ape, after delivering a few secret manuals, went off to play.

Now, Ning Qi seldom went to the Scripture Pavilion. Since the last annual competition, the disciples’ enthusiasm for martial arts had surged, frequently visiting the Scripture Pavilion to borrow texts, making it not as quiet as before.

Thus, Ning Qi simply let the White Ape bring out the books he wanted to read from the Scripture Pavilion.

Ordinary disciples were strictly forbidden from approaching the Seeking Tao Institute.

Ning Qi looked at the martial arts texts in his hands.

"Profound Turtle Breath Technique."

"Withered Wood Breathing Technique."

"Breath-holding Skill."

"..."

"These martial arts are all superior techniques for concealing breath. If mastered to a high level, they can make it difficult for the average person to discern reality, a must-have for traveling in the martial arts world."

Ning Qi contemplated.

His aura had already begun to change.

Sometimes, his breath was long and slow, barely audible; sometimes, it waned like withered wood, as if there was no life in the hidden pool; sometimes, it completely disappeared, leaving people seeing only emptiness...

Evidently, he had already mastered these martial arts to an impressive level.

After chatting with Taoist Longshan last time, Ning Qi thought about paying more attention to concealing his breath. When his Senior Brother and Sister seemed to partially notice something peculiar this time, it further solidified his determination to create a powerful breath-concealing martial art.

"These breathing techniques are good, but they all have flaws. Once executed, others indeed can’t discern your depth, but they can immediately tell you’re unusual."

For example, when the Profound Turtle Breath Technique is executed, the breath is long and slow. As long as you don’t use your skills, the average person indeed can’t discern your strength, but the characteristic of concealing breath is also highly obvious, so others naturally know you’re deliberately hiding.

The other breath-concealing martial arts were similar.

This did not meet Ning Qi’s expectations.

He needed something that others couldn’t discern his life force intensity at all, or even reach a level of perfect disguise.

"Perhaps... I can borrow the fake death state of the Great Dream Nine Deaths Skill."

A flash of inspiration appeared in Ning Qi’s mind.

The essence of several breath-concealing martial arts flowed one by one.

Soon.

A martial art had taken shape. For Ning Qi, creating these technique-oriented martial arts was much less difficult than cultivation techniques.

Silence Technique.

It is a technique where the physical body falls silent, and the life force becomes calm.

Ning Qi executed the newly created cultivation technique, and the life force within his body immediately decreased. Soon, it approached a life force intensity similar to the average Tendon-Refining Realm.

He showed a slight smile at the corner of his mouth.

Then reversed the cultivation technique, and the life force intensity surged at a speed visible to the eye, in an instant surpassing the level of Luo Wentian and Jiang Baishan!

"The Silence Technique I created not only can conceal life force intensity but can also mimic a higher realm. Although for Gang Essence Realm experts, I’ve only seen Master and Divine Sword Old Man, so the mimicry might not be so great, but even so, it’s enough to fool the average person."

Ning Qi was in a good mood.

He was confident that using the Silence Technique, even Taoist Longshan couldn’t see through him.

Even during fights, as long as he didn’t go all out, he wouldn’t reveal his true level.

However, he had not yet encountered the Celestial Being Realm.

He was unsure what the so-called Celestial Being Resonance of this realm was, so the Silence Technique might not fool a Celestial Being, but dealing with such experts in the future while gradually improving it would suffice.

For now, it was adequate.

"Besides breath-concealing martial arts, I also need a martial art for changing the body."

Ning Qi thought, as his current body was too young, with obvious features. If one day he really needed to act, it would be best not to reveal his identity.

He kept in mind the reminder from Taoist Longshan that day.

Two days later.

Ning Qi looked at the pile of Horizontal Martial Arts and Bone Shrinking Skill in his hand, satisfied with what he had longed for.

Body Shifting and Bone Changing Skill.

It can disguise, it can transform.

Ning Qi’s medical skills played a significant role in this. With the advancement of his Martial Path to the Inner Essence Realm and the birth of inner strength, his medical skills became even more profound, with his mastery over acupuncture techniques becoming more skillful. The Body Shifting and Bone Changing Skill was just one manifestation of this.

Ning Qi executed the Body Shifting and Bone Changing Skill.

Only to see his once jade-like face change rapidly, with his features becoming ordinary, and the sound of bones cracking echoed as his body began to lengthen. In the blink of an eye, he transformed into what a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy would look like.

The originally elegant little Taoist child instantly became an ordinary and unremarkable young man.

Ning Qi nodded with satisfaction.

"Not bad, although this isn’t the limit of the Body Shifting and Bone Changing Skill."

"This type of technique ultimately requires some medicinal assistance to reach the Perfection Realm, at which point, both the effects of disguise and transformation will be better."

This is different from the various techniques previously created, such as the Iron Cloth Shirt. Even if Ning Qi could instantly comprehend its intricacies, it still needed to be practiced step by step because, by nature, these techniques must refine the body and cannot rely solely on learning the principles.

However.

Ning Qi’s physical body was very strong, which made practicing it take less time than it would for the average person.