79: Chapter 79: New Martial Arts

For the average person, while one can learn many other martial arts such as fist techniques or blade styles, it is best to stick to only one Internal Skill.

This is because if multiple different types of Internal Energy exist within the Dantian simultaneously, it is highly likely to cause a conflict of Internal Energy, leading to Qi Deviation.

However, Lu Siye now possesses the Bei Ming Divine Art, which is based on Yin and Yang, as his foundation for Internal Energy, allowing him to harmonize all martial arts under heaven.

Therefore, he does not need to worry about Internal Energy conflicts and can proceed to Cultivate directly.

After selecting the Nine Yang Divine Art, Lu Siye searched again, wanting to find a palm or fist technique.

Currently, Spiritual Qi has not yet undergone Spiritual Energy Revival, so the probability of him encountering a Ghost is not high. With his current strength, ordinary punches and kicks are enough to deal with various malicious Ghosts.

However, after the Spiritual Energy Revival, although it is unclear how the world's landscape will change, the number of Ghosts will certainly increase greatly, and the probability of encountering powerful Ghosts will also increase significantly.

Therefore, learning one more martial art will better improve his strength.

After searching for a while, Lu Siye finally saw the martial arts technique he wanted—the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms.

The Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms is also a supreme palm technique from the works of Master Jin. This technique is incomparably fierce and was once praised by the sweeping monk of Shaolin Temple as the number one palm technique in the world.

Lu Siye reached out his hand to grab the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms and pulled it out.

Clatter!

Just as he pulled out the Secret Manual, another Secret Manual next to it was brought down with it.

Lu Siye squatted down, picked up the Secret Manual on the ground, and glanced at the title—Dragon Capturing Skill.

Lu Siye was stunned for a moment. His memory seemed to have no impression of this technique. Which Wuxia novel was this martial arts technique from?

Opening it to take a rough look, it seemed to be an Internal Skill. The description of the technique did not have many special features.

The only feature was that when cultivated to Major Achievement, one could retrieve objects from a distance and snatch weapons from others.

Just as Lu Siye intended to put it back, the bookstore owner finished his noodles and walked over.

The owner became excited immediately. In his eyes, that book being put back was not just a book, but money that the customer was about to pay.

"Dragon Capturing Skill is good stuff! Don't look at it as just writing about retrieving objects from a distance or snatching weapons and think it's not strong; actually, it's incredibly powerful," the owner said hurriedly.

Lu Siye became interested and turned his head to ask: "Oh! How so?"

"Look here, what is the basis for retrieving objects from a distance and snatching weapons?

It is that you can control the object you want to manipulate. If you use this ability on an enemy, wouldn't they be at your mercy to be molded however you like?" The owner racked his brains to start his sales pitch.

"Moreover, this technique is a top-tier crowd-control divine skill.

Think about it, when you stand in front of a million-strong army, facing the sky full of arrows about to rain down.

You wave your hand, use the Dragon Capturing Skill to control all the arrows, and then turn around to wave your sleeve, sending all the arrows flying back.

That scene, in one word, is incredibly cool!" The owner became more excited as he spoke, gesturing while he talked, his inner middle-schooler spirit burning fiercely.

Lu Siye also followed the owner's train of thought and imagined it. He had to admit, it was indeed quite tempting.

"Boss, with that mouth of yours, it's a pity you aren't in sales!" Lu Siye did not put the Dragon Capturing Skill back.

"Sigh! How can sales be as fast and easy as selling books to elementary school students here?" The owner turned around, revealing a side profile full of stories.

He secretly glanced at Lu Siye, as if waiting for him to quickly ask about his glorious past.

But Lu Siye did not indulge the owner, instead bringing the three Secret Manuals to the counter and slapping them down.

"Boss, time to check out!" Lu Siye turned his head and shouted to the owner.

The owner was a bit regretful, regretting that he couldn't share his glorious deeds with someone.

"Hey! Coming!" But as soon as he heard the word 'check out', his eyes lit up, and he ran over happily.

Before long, Lu Siye walked out of the bookstore carrying a plastic bag containing the three Secret Manuals.

All three Secret Manuals had illustrations, and they cost him a total of 90 yuan—incredibly cheap.

Looking up at the pitch-black night sky, Lu Siye walked into an empty alley and immediately disappeared inside.

Tongjiang Residential Area.

After returning to his small room, Lu Siye impatiently laid out the three Secret Manuals he had acquired on the table.

Nine Yang Divine Art, Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms, Dragon Capturing Skill.

After thinking for a while, Lu Siye chose to Cultivate the Nine Yang Divine Art first.

"System, strengthen the Nine Yang Divine Art!" Lu Siye recited silently in his heart.

"Does the host wish to consume 1000 Fear Points to strengthen the Nine Yang Divine Art?"

"Yes!"

Divine light shone, golden-red flames rose on the Secret Manual, and countless characters were reborn in the flames.

"Ding~ Congratulations to the host for obtaining the Nine Yang Divine Art Volume I!"

After the strengthening ended, Lu Siye hurriedly picked up this new Secret Manual.

The Nine Yang Divine Art Volume I contains three levels of techniques, and each level mastered will improve one's Internal Energy by one layer.

And when cultivated to the third level of Perfection, the Nine Yang Divine Art will also give birth to the supreme Pure Yang True Fire, which is the nemesis of Ghosts.

After seeing this, Lu Siye began to Cultivate.

Because he had previously taken the Medicinal Pill gifted by the System, his cultivation speed was very fast.

In less than one night, he had mastered the first and second levels of the Nine Yang Divine Art.

The extremely rigid and extremely Yang Nine Yang Internal Energy born from cultivation, after being recorded by the Bei Ming Origin True Qi, was all integrated into the Taiji diagram in his Dantian.

Lu Siye exited the cultivation state and looked at the dim sky outside the balcony. He did not continue to Cultivate the third level of the technique.

Although the first and second levels of the Nine Yang Divine Art had no other restrictions, if one wanted to master the third level and produce the Pure Yang True Fire, it would require cultivation at high noon under the most intense sun to have a chance of success.

After storing the Nine Yang Divine Art Volume I into the System Space, Lu Siye turned his gaze to the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms.

The Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms is one of the two major town-guarding supreme skills of the Beggar Sect from Master Jin's works; the other is the Dog Beating Staff Technique.

Actually, the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms originally consisted of twenty-eight palms, but by the time it was passed down to Xiao Feng, the man who arrived with his own background music, it was simplified into eighteen styles, but its power increased instead of decreasing.

And the eighteen moves of the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms are:

Repenting Dragons Pride, Flying Dragon in the Sky, Dragon Appears in the Field, The Wild Goose Lands on the Land, Hidden Dragon Should Not Be Used, Profitable to Cross the Great River, Sudden Arrival, Shocking a Hundred Miles, Or Leaping into the Abyss, Two Dragons Fetching Water, Fish Leaping in the Abyss, Time Rides Six Dragons, Thick Clouds but No Rain, Loss Has Trust, Dragon Fights in the Wild, Treading on Frost until Ice Arrives, The Ram Butts the Fence, Divine Dragon Wags Its Tail.