Just Discharged From the Military and Got Tied Down by A Cold Beauty
Chapter 271: Ahong, Sit

Chapter 271: Chapter 271: Ahong, Sit

After the Night Demon left, Lu Xiao was again pulled into the pavilion by Liuli Hong.

Liuli Hong activated his Inner Qi, directly blocking all surrounding observation and eavesdropping.

"Was that Inner Qi you just fired out?"

"How did you do it?"

"Can I learn it?"

Liuli Hong bombarded him with three questions in quick succession.

Lu Xiao blinked a few times before shaking his head, "I don’t know, I’m not sure, I just flung it out casually. Why don’t you give it a try, team leader?"

"How can I try without a method? Do you think I haven’t tried before?"

"For so many years, nobody has ever been able to shoot out Inner Qi like that!" Liuli Hong said with a face full of helplessness.

He really didn’t understand why everything became so strange and quirky when it came to Lu Xiao.

"Method, let me think."

Lu Xiao pondered for three seconds, then aha-ed, "I got it, it’s about first compressing the Inner Qi, then releasing it, and at the moment of release, you need to slice it, which means separating the compressed Inner Qi from the Qi inside your body."

Liuli Hong’s head was full of question marks.

I can understand every word you’re saying, but put together I’m completely lost.

First off, how exactly do you compress Inner Qi?

And what in the world is Qi slicing? Are you doing welding or something? Can it really be sliced just because you want to?

Even if we managed to compress and slice it, how do we release the compressed Inner Qi?

After compression, the Inner Qi is bound to be even more powerful and turbulent. As cultivators, our Inner Qi flows through meridians; it’s impossible to just burst out a large amount of it suddenly.

"Let’s take it step by step, starting with the compression of Inner Qi," said Liuli Hong as he inexplicably pulled out a notebook, looking at Lu Xiao with expectation.

If he could replicate Lu Xiao’s method of releasing Inner Qi, the Heavenly Man would become even more fearsome in the future.

"Like if I want to release Inner Qi on the palm, then concentrate all the Qi toward the palm, right. While concentrating it, first seal off the meridians in the palm," Lu Xiao explained.

Liuli Hong: ???

Goodness, the first step was already leading him to a dead end.

"The meridians... can you close and open them at will?" asked Liuli Hong.

"Huh? You can’t?" Lu Xiao was also surprised.

Liuli Hong felt like he was getting autistic. Should I... be able to do it?

Lu Xiao frowned lightly. It seemed Liuli Hong really didn’t know these things. He, as a Heavenly Man, was indeed quite different from traditional Heavenly Men in many ways.

When had he gained control over the opening and closing of his meridians?

That’s it, the Locking Eight Gates!

Ever since he had invented the Locking Eight Gates, he had been able to freely control his meridians.

What’s called the Locking Eight Gates is essentially like forming gates within the meridians. When the gates are closed, they store up Qi, and when opened, they release the flood.

"Team leader, hold on a second," Lu Xiao told Liuli Hong before standing up and running to his own room.

In less than a minute, Lu Xiao returned to the pavilion with a laptop.

After firing up the computer and logging into the cloud drive, Lu Xiao clicked open the "Eight Gates.pdf" folder within it.

"What’s this?"

"It’s the Locking Eight Gates. Once you learn it, you can control the opening and closing of your meridians," Lu Xiao replied.

Liuli Hong was all set to study it, but upon hearing what Lu Xiao said, he forcibly shifted his gaze away.

Seeing Liuli Hong’s action, a smile also appeared on Lu Xiao’s face. The old man was pretty honest.

His master had been the same way, the older generation regarded the transmission of magic skills quite seriously.

"This is something I created myself. Feel free to look at it, learn it, there’s no issue of stealing knowledge. Relax," Lu Xiao patted Liuli Hong’s shoulder with pride. "But team leader, after you learn it, you’ll have to call me ’Sect Leader’ at least once."

Upon hearing Lu Xiao’s words, Liuli Hong whooshed his head back, eyes glued to the screen.

Before long, Liuli Hong was completely engrossed in it.

Muttering to himself, he began to attempt it within his body.

About half an hour later, a resounding roar like ocean waves crashing against the shore erupted from Liuli Hong’s body.

"Incredible! Truly incredible!" Liuli Hong exclaimed again and again.

Having delved into the Martial Arts for over a hundred years, with a broad study of various Cultivation Techniques, he even knew many Ancient Skills that had lost their transmission, but Lu Xiao’s Locking Eight Gates was entirely different, like a novel phenomenon on a completely different level.

At first, his impression of the Locking Eight Gates was that it was bizarre, dangerous, and even a bit reckless.

But as he delved deeper, he realized that what seemed bizarre was due to his own overly fixed perspective, and what seemed dangerous was because of his own ignorance about the meridians.

All this time, every Martial Artist, every Heavenly Man, only considered the meridians as a channel to carry Inner Qi.

Their focus was always on the Inner Qi within the channel, and no one ever thought about doing something with the channel itself.

What Lu Xiao’s Locking Eight Gates did was essentially install bridges and construct gates over the channel.

"Disciple Liuli Hong, thanks for the Sect Leader’s teaching grace," the next moment, Liuli Hong stood up with a cup of tea in hand and bowed to Lu Xiao with the utmost respect.

Lu Xiao sat up a bit straighter too, accepting the honor. He was worthy of this bow; he could drink this cup of tea.

Lu Xiao took the cup of tea from Liuli Hong’s hand and drank it in one go.

"Ahong, sit, don’t be so formal with the Sect Leader." After drinking, Lu Xiao gently lifted Liuli Hong’s hand.

Liuli Hong naturally rose and sat back down, feeling refreshed.

If Lu Xiao had dodged, he might have been troubled by it; but Lu Xiao’s straightforward acceptance of his gesture made him feel much more at ease.

This young man’s way of doing things was indeed beyond words.