Chapter 195: Framework (I)

Another three days had passed since the day of the monthly assessment.

During this time, the name “Chen Yiming” was not only known to everyone in the Mantis Snake Court, but also to the other 11 inner courts of the Myriad Phenomena Sect.

His experiences since stepping onto the path of martial arts had not only become a topic for discussion among the inner and outer sect disciples, but also among the upper echelons of the Myriad Phenomena Sect at the level of the elders and court heads.

He had completed the leap from the disciple realm to the warrior realm in a year, and used another month to complete the cultivation of the transformation of his internal force.

Such a cultivation speed had never been seen before in the history of the Myriad Phenomena Sect. Even the current sect master, Ye Jianyuan, could not compare to him.

At the very least, Ye Jianyuan had spent much more time at the second stage of the warrior realm.

Whether he could maintain his unstoppable momentum in the future and complete the internal force fusion at the third stage of the warrior realm or not, the disciples had already made it sound like Chen Yiming was going to become the next sect master.

The elders and heads of the court were much more rational.

This was because the complete cultivation technique of the Myriad Phenomena Sect was extremely profound. It used 12 different types of internal force as the foundation. The more types of internal force one cultivated at the same time, the greater the pressure on one’s mind.

This way, after completing the fusion of 12 types of internal force, one’s combat strength would definitely surpass those of the same level. However, the threshold for breaking through would also be much higher.

Jiangnan province was one of the largest provinces in Daxia Kingdom. Even though the Myriad Phenomena Sect had taken root here, and generations of martial arts geniuses had entered the sect, there were still many times in history when their legacy had almost died out.

Just because his cultivation at the second stage of the warrior realm went smoothly, it didn’t mean that his cultivation at the third stage would be just as smooth. Therefore, whether he could truly become the next sect master would still require further observation of Chen Yiming’s cultivation of multiple types of internal force.

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On a mountain road in the Myriad Phenomena Sect, Zhou Xuesheng had just brought Chen Yiming to take a look at the concept diagrams of the other 11 inner courts. The two of them were walking back to the Mantis Snake Court along the mountain path.

The Myriad Phenomena Sect had a set of rules for nurturing geniuses. Even if Chen Yiming’s talent was outstanding, they wouldn’t let him study the sect’s core cultivation techniques for a long time. Instead, they would allow him to take a simple look around before letting him choose an inner court cultivation technique.

The first reason was that cultivating 12 cultivation techniques at the same time was not only difficult, but it was often equivalent to biting off more than one could chew, which would affect one’s confidence in martial arts cultivation.

Secondly, it was to prevent the sect’s secret techniques from being leaked. After all, Chen Yiming had only joined the sect for a short period of time. The higher-ups felt that he didn’t have a deep sense of belonging to the Myriad Phenomena Sect yet, and they needed time to see if he was worth nurturing as the next sect master.

“Which of the cultivation techniques from the other inner courts do you feel the strongest about?” Zhou Xuesheng suddenly asked in a low voice.

The path of martial arts was ultimately a personal journey. Only he would know if a cultivation technique was suitable for him. Therefore, Zhou Xuesheng didn’t overstep his boundaries and let Chen Yiming choose for himself.

“I’ll go with the Flying Crane Sword Technique,” Chen Yiming replied.

Considering that Wan Ya was an inner sect disciple of the Flying Crane Sect, he chose an inner court where there was someone that he knew.

Zhou Xuesheng nodded and said, “I’ll communicate with the court head of the Flying Crane Court when I get back. In the future, you can enter and leave the library of the Flying Crane Court at will.”

“Thank you, Master,” Chen Yiming said solemnly.

No one knew that after just one round of viewing, Chen Yiming had secretly learned all the concept diagrams.

Zhou Xuesheng organized his thoughts for a moment and continued, “There’s no detailed method for how to achieve the fusion of internal force. There’s only a general direction, which is to try to build a larger framework to stabilize the newly added concept diagrams.”

Hearing this, Chen Yiming asked in surprise, “Even the previous sect masters of the Myriad Phenomena Sect couldn’t come up with a good method?”

Zhou Xuesheng sighed and explained, “This is the reason why there are very few people at the third stage of the warrior realm.

Everyone’s spiritual strength is different, so the framework each person constructs is different. The problems they encountered during the internal force fusion were naturally also different.

Therefore, whether or not one can break through in the end will depend on the timing, location, and one’s own strength. If any of these is missing, one will fail.”

Chen Yiming nodded, then asked in confusion, “Does this framework mean that one concept diagram is the main thing, and the others are just added as support?”

Zhou Xuesheng said solemnly, “That’s right. This is the experience passed down from the sect masters of the Myriad Phenomena Sect who had broken through successfully. It’s impossible to obtain a stable concept diagram by directly fusing them. It can only be done by embedding them in the gaps between the concept diagrams.”

Chen Yiming was enlightened.

With one main force and 11 supporting forces, which force was used as the main cultivation technique would give rise to very different fusion results. Furthermore, the size of the framework would be different, and the order and location of the embedding would not be the same. No wonder there was no detailed method.

On the other hand, he had only figured out a portion of the path that he needed to take. Searching for the connection points between the concept diagrams was an essential process, but he had never thought of using one as a support.

This was not a simple connection. Instead, it was equivalent to building a concrete pillar. The cement served as the main body, and the steel bars inside were used as fillers.

In the end, the result of fusing different internal forces was using multiple types of internal force to support one’s main internal force.

Zhou Xuesheng looked at Chen Yiming, who was deep in thought, and thought of something. He reminded him, “The consumption of one’s mind and spirit when fusing internal force is far greater than when one cultivates a single cultivation technique. What I was talking about just now was the entire cultivation process.

Now, you need to proceed step by step. Start with the fusion of the two internal forces and find the connection between them. Don’t bite off more than you can chew.”

What Zhou Xuesheng had reminded him about was exactly what Chen Yiming had been researching.

“Got it.” Chen Yiming nodded.

He had secretly learned the concept diagrams of the 12 inner court cultivation techniques and obtained the general idea of the internal force fusion from Zhou Xuesheng. It could be said that he had obtained the last missing pieces he needed to complete the internal force fusion.

All that was left was to rely on time to figure out the connections between the 12 inner court cultivation techniques one by one, then determine which one was the main cultivation technique.

…

In the courtyard, Qian Bingnan pushed open the courtyard door and entered. When he saw Dai Yuanhang sitting at the stone table in a daze, he shouted,

“Even your pen has fallen to the ground. Don’t feel like studying anymore?”

Dai Yuanhang scratched his messy hair and replied, “You’re really carefree. At the very least, I maintained the same score as the last time. Your score has dropped by another point.”

Qian Bingnan didn’t think much of it and said calmly, “Scores are just numbers. It doesn’t mean that I’ve forgotten the concept diagram I comprehended. Let’s go and eat together.”

Dai Yuanhang was feeling frustrated, so he nodded in agreement. He turned to the room and shouted, “Bai Hengliang, do you want to eat together?”

After a while, Bai Hengliang replied weakly, “You guys go ahead. I want to continue sleeping.”

Qian Bingnan asked in surprise, “What happened to Bai Hengliang?”

Dai Yuanhang spread out his hands and said helplessly, “He is probably brokenhearted and on top of that, he didn’t perform well in the monthly assessment.”

Those with poor grades would be assigned to go down the mountain to carry out missions. Some people looked like they did not care on the surface, but their mentality was still affected. Bai Hengliang was such a person.

During the assessment, his mind was disturbed by distracting thoughts, so his score was much less than last month’s assessment.