Water Ink Panel: Starting with Bow Technique to Hunt the Sun and Patrol the Skies

Shen Qing quickly made a decision without much hesitation.

In his view, a useless cultivation technique was as good as no technique at all. Letting those points go to waste was a travesty.

It was better to refine those points and put them into something useful.

The Blood Dominance Technique originated from the Nine Skills, which even in the Martial Arts of the Martial World was considered second-rate. Achieving such a level was already beyond his expectations; it was time for a change.

"Exhale..."

Shen Qing took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and used the [Never Forget] ability to recall all the martial arts he had learned at the Martial Arts Hall that day.

Then, using the [studying and inquiring, integrating and understanding] ability, he quickly made a choice and selected three martial arts related to the Nine Skills.

These three martial arts could greatly enhance True Qi, and some foundational aspects employed the stance training from the Nine Skills, making them somewhat related and suitable for refining the Blood Dominance Technique.

Shen Qing assessed the three martial arts and finally chose one named the [Six Paths Whale Swallowing Technique].

This martial art emphasized "swallowing True Qi like a whale, rapid refinement, restoration like a tide, and continuous vitality."

Cultivating this technique allowed one to absorb nature's spiritual energy from the surrounding environment like a whale swallowing the seas, with a refining speed several to dozens of times faster than normal.

It could greatly shorten recovery time, allowing the cultivator to quickly replenish True Qi during battle.

Moreover, thanks to its unique cultivation path, when cultivated to the extreme, combined with its powerful speed of refining nature's spiritual energy, it allowed for self-repair from both external and internal injuries with astonishing speed. In life-and-death struggles, this was akin to having a second life.

It was truly mystical.

The greatest drawback, however, was its difficulty in practice.

It's important to know that the martial arts of the Zhou Country Court were wisdom crystallized by countless martial masters, simplified for easy entry.

If a martial art labeled by the court as difficult to practice, it meant it was genuinely difficult, extremely so.

Nevertheless, since even the challenging Sky Flipping Seal could be learned, Shen Qing believed this martial art could be learned as well.

Difficulty was not an issue, especially with the Panel's aid. All that was needed was to add points.

Shen Qing memorized all the key points of the Six Paths Whale Swallowing Technique and then opened his eyes to begin entry-level cultivation.

He took a deep breath, exhaled slowly twice, then once briefly.

A lush breath spun a white thread in mid-air.

Time ticked by, nearing midnight.

Shen Qing sat cross-legged on the bed, gradually surrounded by a faint glow, an indicator of beginning mastery of the Six Paths Whale Swallowing Technique.

Shen Qing closed his eyes, focusing, silently reciting the obscure mantra, attempting to guide the surrounding nature's spiritual energy into his body, slowly refining it according to the technique's path.

However, this first step was extraordinarily difficult.

Shen Qing felt an invisible barrier within his flesh and blood, hindering the unique path of circulation.

As time passed, sweat appeared on Shen Qing's forehead, his face growing paler.

He could feel that the True Qi, which should have been docile, was now as hard as stone, ignoring him.

Each attempt to guide it felt like trying to pry a boulder with a fine needle, not only futile but leaving him increasingly exhausted.

He did not know how long it took, but leveraging the massive amount of True Qi he had refined, he finally pried away the barrier slightly, barely completing one week-long circuit before dawn broke.

Just from this one rotation, Shen Qing felt as if he'd run a marathon, utterly exhausted, truly a difficult technique.

[Skill: Six Paths Whale Swallowing Technique (Entry Level)]

[Progress: 1/500 points]

[Status: Cannot be improved]

[Note: Difficult for non-experts, easy for those who know. This is a particularly difficult martial art to learn, but persistent practice guarantees results.]

"Entry Level?"

Just as Shen Qing breathed a sigh of relief, a Red Ink alert appeared on the Water Ink Panel: [Similar martial art "Blood Dominance Technique" detected, would you like to refine and extract its points to fill the new martial art?]

"Yes!"

[Blood Dominance Technique successfully refined, a total of 4003 points extracted.]

[Would you like to fill them into the Six Paths Whale Swallowing Technique?]

Without hesitation, Shen Qing chose to [Fill].

Boom!

At the moment Shen Qing made his decision, a strange wave surged from the depths of his dantian.

Accompanied by a low rumble, it was as if a massive machine awoke from slumber, slowly operating.

In his vision, the Six Paths Whale Swallowing Technique's points kept rising, and the status shifted from Entry Level to Skillfully, then from Skillfully to Small Success.

[Skill: Six Paths Whale Swallowing Technique (Small Success)]

[Progress: 1003/2000 points]

[Status: Cannot break through]

[Note: After days and nights of intensive training, you've finally reached the level of Small Success with this technique. In the process of cultivation, you've grasped the concept of 'pocket,' doubling the capacity of your True Qi while maintaining your body's size.]
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"Pocket?"

Shen Qing didn't ponder too much, quickly gathering his thoughts.

Soon, a flood of memories from cultivation rushed in.

This time, the volume of memories far exceeded the past, making it feel as if he had been cultivating this technique for thirty to fifty years, leaving Shen Qing's mind groggy.

As memories surged, droplets of blue imprints resembling water appeared around Shen Qing's dantian, shining brightly, while his internal meridians underwent change.

A surge of cold, pure True Qi gushed forth like a tide, rushing along the original circuit path.

Crack!

Suddenly, the invisible barrier in his flesh and blood was broken through, and the circulation of True Qi became unobstructed, galloping like an unleashed horse.

Ignoring the haze in his mind, Shen Qing clenched his teeth, focusing all his thoughts, quickly grasping the rhythm and pattern of that surge of True Qi.

Following this pattern, he gently guided the surging True Qi to circulate within his body.

When it was By Dawn, Shen Qing subtly mastered this surge of True Qi.

At that moment, he seemed to hear the rush of vigorous True Qi within him, feeling unprecedented power coursing through his body.

The dawning light shone through the window onto Shen Qing's face, making his face appear brilliant and translucent.

After a night of arduous cultivation, he'd successfully mastered this martial art.

He smiled slightly, suddenly activating the Six Paths Whale Swallowing Technique, instantly draining the surrounding spiritual energy in just a few breaths, causing his True Qi to surge.

At this point, Shen Qing noticed the "pocket" around his dantian beginning to gleam, turning even more extraordinary, as subtle changes started occurring in his body...