The Post Sky Tipping Era
Chapter 191 - 151: Cultivating Both Internal and External Skills

Chapter 191: Chapter 151: Cultivating Both Internal and External Skills

At this moment, Li Yi was alone in a quiet room, his eyes closed as he began to recall the Guiding Skill’s cultivation method from his mind.

Before he came to the Four Seas and Eight Continents, he had already memorized the Guiding Skill. However, he had been busy re-engaging with martial arts so he hadn’t had the time to focus on it. Now that he was free for a few days, he should definitely spend some time learning this Guiding Skill, especially if he could successfully cultivate it here and integrate it with martial arts.

Then, Li Yi’s strength could greatly improve.

As Li Yi’s understanding deepened, he gradually grasped the way of cultivating the Guiding Skill.

"Use your intent to guide the cosmic energy within your body and then gather it in one place. The principle is simple, but it requires a high level of intent from the cultivator. If the guided cosmic energy is not bound and controlled by intent, it will quickly disperse within the body, failing to enhance one’s strength."

"Thus, the Guiding Skill is easy to learn but hard to master. I remember how Yang Yilong managed to gather cosmic energy within his body, transforming it into a sharp treasure sword that lasted a long time. I really don’t know how he did it."

"First, I’ll try to cultivate and see. After all, so many cultivators have learned the Guiding Skill, there’s no reason I can’t."

At that moment, Li Yi felt as though he was back to the first time he entered meditation for cultivation, allowing himself to enter the state of meditation because only then could the power of his intent be fully realized.

After entering meditation, his intent no longer directed the cosmic energy outward but inward, gathering even the slight amounts of cosmic energy within each of his cells.

However, something astonishing happened.

As soon as Li Yi entered meditation, he transformed into a small figure seated on a Lotus Platform, his hands forming a Treasure Seal, appearing both like a Buddha and an immortal. This small figure then stood up from the Lotus Platform and started waving its arms forward.

As the small figure waved its arm, numerous cosmic energies from all around surged and swiftly gathered at its limb.

That arm glowed brightly, dazzlingly brilliant.

Li Yi was startled and suddenly opened his eyes, only to find that one of his arms was glowing just as it had in his consciousness, brightly and dazzlingly brilliant.

The hardest part of the Guiding Skill was using intent to guide the body’s energy, but now, he had done it with ease.

It seemed as though he had been able to do it all along, and even better than he had imagined, he just hadn’t discovered it until today.

"Did I just learn the first step of the Guiding Skill?" Li Yi was amazed and incredulous.

But the reality was right before his eyes, forcing him to believe it.

Ever since mastering the White Bone Temple Cultivation Skill, Li Yi had noticed many inexplicable things about himself, such as the crazy increase in cultivation value, the accelerated evolution and transformation of his body... and now, he had quickly gotten the hang of the Guiding Skill.

As Li Yi’s mind relaxed, the previously luminous arm quickly dimmed again.

The cosmic energy, which had been guided without the maintenance of intent, returned to the cells throughout his body.

"Guiding is only the first step. The second step is condensation, gathering the guided cosmic energy to one place, and the smaller the area the better because highly condensed cosmic energy has destructive power. As for the third step, it involves maintaining the gathered cosmic energy for a long time, which is also crucial."

"However, there is a fourth step to the Guiding Skill, which is the flexible use of the cosmic energy within the body. As for how to use it, that depends on the individual’s talent and comprehension abilities," said the script on the Guiding Skill.

Li Yi continued to cultivate the Guiding Skill.

With a successful first attempt, it became much easier.

Under Li Yi’s guided intent, the previously dispersed cosmic energy gathered again on his arm, and this time he intentionally compressed this energy, focusing it as much as possible on his palm.

At first, the process didn’t go smoothly.

But having the foundation of the White Bone Temple Cultivation Skill, it wasn’t too difficult, and after a few attempts, he gradually found the knack.

Thus, the cosmic energy on his arm began to move towards the area of his palm.

After such condensation, the cosmic energy became increasingly brilliant; initially, he had needed to activate Spirit Medium to see it, but later, the cosmic energy on a small part of Li Yi’s arm became visually manifest, visible to the naked eye as a thin halo.

But this was still not enough.

Because the more the body’s cosmic energy condensed, the greater its power became, creating significant differences among cultivators who possess the Guiding Skill.

Li Yi, seeking to integrate the Guiding Skill with Combat Skill and blend it into his Martial Arts Cultivation, must gather the cosmic energy in his body as much as possible only on his fist.

Only in this way could his Fist Power become more ferocious, even capable of slaying ghosts.

However, as beautiful as the concept was, Li Yi only realized the myriad difficulties when he actually began the cultivation.

A day quickly passed.

During this period, Li Yi became increasingly proficient in guiding Cosmic Energy, but he could only compress it to his forearm before it stagnated.

"It seems that rushing the cultivation of Guiding Skill won’t do, it not only requires time, but also patience," he understood in his heart, realizing that he had been too eager for success, seeking to achieve it all at once without patiently cultivating was almost unrealistic.

Therefore, Li Yi still had a long way to go before he could integrate Guiding Skill into his Boxing.

But he was quite satisfied with the past two days of training in the Guiding Skill; after all, during this short period he had successfully mastered the basics. Next, he planned to try to combine it with Boxing and cultivate together.

After all, they were quite similar.

Boxing involved mobilizing the body’s power to converge at one point, while Guiding Skill involved mobilizing the body’s Cosmic Energy to converge at one point.

One external, the other internal.

If he could achieve the integration of internal and external, unifying body and intent, Li Yi could create a unique power system that combines Martial Arts and Cultivation, surpassing everyone at his level. Although there was still a long way to go, at least he now had a direction, and all the necessary elements were in place, promising a bright future.

Suddenly, Li Yi inadvertently entered into a time of fantasy, a surge of excitement and joy spontaneously arising within him.

But soon, the knocking on the mansion’s door pulled Li Yi out of his fantasy.

Though the knocking sound was very soft by the time it reached his room, almost inaudible to the average person, Li Yi, who had activated his inspiration, was very sensitive to it and immediately disturbed.

Li Yi opened his eyes again, and stood up helplessly, "Now I understand why cultivators need a Cultivation Cabin or Cultivation Room. After activating inspiration, the senses become unbelievably sharp, especially during Meditation when the senses are even stronger, any slight wind or movement nearby can disturb one, hence a very quiet cultivating environment is needed."

However, he still left the room and went to the front gate of the mansion, opening the door.

"Fellow disciple."

Outside, Rong Niang stood in her robe, her black hair hanging down to her waist, standing there quietly. Her eyes brightened when she saw Li Yi, and she seemed to radiate more brightly.

"Rong Niang, what’s the matter? It’s almost night; weren’t you helping Master at the martial hall? How come you have time to come here?" Li Yi asked curiously.

Rong Niang knew that Li Yi had been cultivating at home these past few days, so she didn’t interrupt, and Master Zhao Ge understood that someone with Li Yi’s talent should not waste time on trivial matters like rebuilding the martial hall. Thus, unless there was something important, he didn’t allow the disciples of the martial hall to disturb Li Yi.

"Fellow disciple, the thing is, a few days ago, Master Shen from the Treasure Pavilion agreed to refine the Resurrection Pill for our master. Now all the big medicines have been collected, and the Resurrection Pill is soon to be successfully refined. Master asked me to invite you back to the martial hall to oversee things, lest any chaos ensues."

Rong Niang immediately relayed the important matter.

"I see, refining the Resurrection Pill to heal Master’s Divine Soul injury—everyone in Sanyang City knows about this. It makes sense for Master to ask me to oversee things now, especially since we just killed so many people a few days ago, offending who knows how many. It’s indeed easy for issues to arise," said Li Yi as he nodded his head. "Okay, let’s set off immediately. Rong Niang, wait for a moment; I will go and fetch the horse."

"Fellow disciple, there’s no time to delay. The medicine is almost ready at Master’s place; let’s use my horse instead," Rong Niang immediately suggested.

"Fair enough."

Li Yi promptly closed the door, not dawdling at all. He mounted the horse, but then looked around and immediately said, "Rong Niang, I’m riding your horse, what will you ride? I don’t see a second horse brought along."

"It’s not far to the original Jin Family Martial Arts Hall; it won’t take much time to ride over. If my fellow disciple doesn’t mind, I can share the ride with you," Rong Niang said.

Without a second thought, Li Yi replied, "Alright, let’s set off."

After saying this, he extended his hand to Rong Niang and made room beside him.

Rong Niang immediately took Li Yi’s hand, and then felt a strong force pulling her smoothly into the air before lightly landing her on the horseback, showcasing Li Yi’s exceptional control over his own strength.

"Giddy up!"

Li Yi immediately spurred the horse into a gallop, heading straight for the original Jin Family Martial Arts Hall, knowing the route and location.