Jiang Yuan practiced Tai Chi for a full twenty times, getting more and more into it, but he stopped on the twenty-first round.
"Why did you stop?" Ning Yanlan was watching with great interest, after all, it was quite interesting to appreciate the serious look of someone you liked.
"It seems like I've hit a bottleneck!"
Jiang Yuan said something he himself didn't believe: in just half a day, his Tai Chi skills had reached their current bottleneck.
In the world of ancient martial arts, it takes months or even years to master a particular style of boxing before one dares to say that they have made a breakthrough, but Jiang Yuan only took half a day.
However, he was well aware of the profound mysteries of Tai Chi Chuan. He had no right to be overly ambitious. The bottleneck he was encountering at the moment was just a small setback on the path of Tai Chi. It was still a long and arduous journey to truly understand the first chapter of the true meaning of the boxing technique.
“No real combat!” Leng Yue opened her eyes, her pupils glistening with tears.
“That’s right!” Jiang Yuan nodded. In fact, he hadn’t fully grasped the Yin and Yang principles yet, which meant he hadn’t unleashed the power of Tai Chi in his hands. Ultimately, this was due to a lack of practical experience.
“When you’ve recovered enough, I can be your sparring partner!” Leng Yue stood up expressionlessly, still savoring the inspiration the Wind and Thunder Light Record had given her.
"How are you? I've been sitting here for two hours, have you gained anything?" Jiang Yuan asked.
Leng Yue nodded, then opened her hand, revealing a ball of lightning. "My dual-elemental energy points have increased by two, and my comprehension of the cultivation technique has also improved significantly!"
Jiang Yuan nodded thoughtfully and sighed, "It's time to work harder on our cultivation. I used to think we were pretty strong, but after coming to Nancheng, I realized that there are so many sixth-level cultivators, and even quite a few seventh and eighth-level ones. I seriously doubt whether there are any ninth-level cultivators in Nancheng!"
“No, we are different from them!” Leng Yue seemed to understand Jiang Yuan’s words, and stared at Jiang Yuan after standing up.
"Of course they're different! Their rank is even higher than ours!" Jiang Yuan shrugged helplessly. He wasn't jealous, he just found it unbelievable. They were already lucky enough, so why couldn't they compare to these guys from Nancheng?
“I think Ning Yanlan should know the answer to this question!” Leng Yue turned her gaze to Ning Yanlan.
"I?"
Ning Yanlan snapped out of her daze and asked in surprise, "What's wrong?"
"You've fused bloodlines, don't you know that?" Leng Yue frowned.
"I don't know what you mean?" Ning Yanlan shook her head, seemingly genuinely unaware of the situation.
"You two haven't been hiding in your own little world since the cataclysm, have you?" Leng Yue looked at the two of them in surprise.
Jiang Yuan and Ning Yanlan smiled awkwardly. The two rarely integrated into other teams. Even when they went out to train with the Gale Squad, they formed a small team together, eating and sleeping together. Although they had interacted, they remained relatively independent.
"Alright, haven't you ever met any other people with the same bloodline?" Leng Yue knew she had asked for nothing. These two were obviously people who enjoyed a life of leisure, so why would they bother to inquire about other things?
“Yes, Little Fatty has a bloodline, doesn’t he?” Jiang Yuan gave an example. He had met many people with bloodlines, but Little Fatty was the one he was closest to.
Leng Yue nodded and offered a suggestion: "Do you think there's a reason why his energy points are so high? Or do you think that Little Fatty could reach the fifth level in the Three Nine Camp by relying solely on his own cultivation? You know, back then, after all we went through, we were only about as strong as him!"
"You mean, bloodline?" Jiang Yuan understood Leng Yue's meaning.
After Leng Yue's reminder, Jiang Yuan suddenly remembered the high-level humans he had encountered. They all seemed to have one thing in common: they had integrated other bloodlines.
From the very beginning, Xu Lian's power increased by more than ten points directly after fusing with the wolfhound's bloodline, to Bai Zhi and Yao Deyao, who reached the eighth rank last night, both of them possessed their own bloodlines.
"Just noticed?" Leng Yue smiled, the sunlight falling on her face radiating breathtaking beauty.
"After fusing bloodlines, there will be a period of explosive power, and subsequent cultivation will be much easier, making it much simpler to increase energy points than for ordinary people!"
“But I didn’t!” Ning Yanlan said, pursing her lips.
"Ha!" Jiang Yuan stepped forward and hugged her, explaining, "Silly girl, how could your bloodline conflict have any effect!"
"Logically speaking, the bloodline blessing of the Holy Spirit Clan should be very powerful. If the bloodline conflict in your body is resolved, breaking through to the eighth rank will not be difficult!" Leng Yue selectively ignored the two of them embracing each other.
"If it can be changed, I'd rather not have it!" Ning Yanlan pouted and said.
Jiang Yuan remained silent. Ning Yanlan possessed her own bloodline, and it was no less powerful than the Ten-Round Imperial Bloodline. Her attempt to fuse with the Holy Spirit Clan's bloodline was merely for self-preservation, and the consequence of self-preservation was bloodline conflict. His original intention was to advise Ning Yanlan to abandon the Holy Spirit Clan's bloodline at the appropriate time.
"So what if my bloodline is different, I can become stronger!" Leng Yue thought casually.
"So what do you plan to do now?" Jiang Yuan asked. Leng Yue is a very opinionated person. Right now, she is the only one in the Oath Squad with combat power. If she has any ideas, he will let her do them.
"I need to find a powerful bloodline and reach the ninth rank first! Then I'll kill Sima Sheng!" Leng Yue said calmly, her emotions remaining completely unmoved even though the last sentence was about killing.
"Why don't you come with me to the trading area today? Let's find some useful things!" Jiang Yuan asked tentatively.
"You?" Leng Yue glanced at Ning Yanlan, then looked at Jiang Yuan with a scrutinizing gaze. "You're coming with me, just the two of us?"
"I don't feel comfortable letting Yanlan go out like this. It's safer for her to stay at home!" Jiang Yuan said, trying to calm Ning Yanlan down.
Leng Yue shrugged, indicating that she didn't care.
"Sister Li should have prepared the food. I'm going to take a shower. You guys go and eat first! Don't wait for me," Jiang Yuan said.
Ning Yanlan and Leng Yue took the two little ones downstairs, while Jiang Yuan leisurely took a bath. Strength-based and ancient martial arts practitioners are not good at this; they are the ones who handle most of the dirtiest and most tiring work on the battlefield.
The campsite has very complete living facilities, with both water and electricity available, and its security is far superior to that of the outside world. Staying here is like enjoying top-notch treatment.
After his injuries healed, his tense nerves relaxed. In the early stages of the cataclysm, every second counted. His strength was stagnant due to his injury, but others were different. They might leave him far behind in just a few days. Seizing the initiative was always the shortest path to success.
Just as he was humming a song and enjoying a rare moment of relaxation, two hurried footsteps came from afar. This commotion made Jiang Yuan focus. Although he no longer had the aura of stone, the sensory enhancement brought to him by the Heavenly Eye was still powerful.
“It’s Zhu Penghai and Li Tiegen!” Jiang Yuan said, squinting. “The two of them look very anxious. Could something have happened?”
Jiang Yuan didn't have time to enjoy the relaxation that a bath could bring; he quickly washed himself clean in a few movements.
"It's terrible! The West Gate has been breached by the beast horde, and two million innocent civilians are trapped in the beast horde and are in imminent danger!"
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