"What? You have already finished analyzing the flow pattern?" Dugu Liubai was stumped with his jaw open.
You must be kidding! It hasn't even been three breaths and you are telling me that you managed to understand it in less than that?
"That's right!" Duan Li nodded as he recalled something else, "Oh yeah, I also noticed that you.. seemed to have a problem.. down there.."
Dugu Liubai almost keeled himself when he heard this.
"Y-You...!!"
How can he expect that the fellow was even able to notice that 'personal' problem of his?
Usually, no matter how skillful someone was in using Sonar Qi, they would only be able to detect problems with spiritual Qi flow!
After all, it's not like the technique was meant to be able to detect all sorts of problem within a person's body!
That would require an even more difficult and high-level method of probing skills!
Clearly, that fellow's Sonar Qi was entirely on a different level!
Ahem!
"Don't worry about it! For the sake of my cultivation, I had it sealed for a duration of a thousand years! If I am unable to release the second shackle and ascend to the Omnipresence realm state before then, then I shan't be able to use it in this lifetime anymore!" Dugu Liubai answered quickly with a look of an unshakeable conviction to him.
Eh?
This old man even went so far as to seal the function of his p*nis with a time bomb?
How vicious!
Probably, in the entire cultivation world, other than those lunatics whom would voluntarily jump on the band wagon to become an eunuch and castrated themselves, this old man was the very epitome and meaning of being vicious to oneself!
The lengths that a cultivator was willing to go for the sake of obtaining power.. hais!
Duan Li tilted his head 45 degrees to the sky and lamented over the fate of the world.
"What's wrong?" Dugu Liubai asked as he saw that the fellow in front of him had suddenly turned silent while having that profound gaze. Even more weird, was that the other party clasped both hands behind his back, reminiscent to an expert pondering about the fabrics of mystery in the world.
This fellow is broken in his head..
"It's nothing!" Duan Li shook his head as he focused back at the matter at hand.
Ahem!
He then continued, "If I am not mistaken, the crux of this control technique.. lays in the extra cycle that a skill must went through before being released through the acupoints right?"
Oh?
Dugu Liubai was surprised.
'So he did managed to identify the flow pattern in less than 3 breaths using that peculiar Sonar Qi..'
What a scary talent!
Suppressing his awe, Dugu Liubai nodded, "Indeed, the secret lies in the extra cycle.. however, knowing this alone would not make your attack stronger! After all, each skill has their own different pathways, and you must know which route those extra cycle must go!"
Narrowing his eyes with a grim expression, he then warned, "Otherwise, you risk yourself of having internal rupture in your Qi pathways.. which would result in your cultivation going berserk! In the worse case scenario, even death is highly likely!"
This control technique was considered to be an unorthodox secret technique which not many knew about, and naturally, this comes with its severe backlash should the method of practicing it erred from their correct path!
"I understand Lord Guardian Dugu.. if it's not too much trouble, would you be willing to see if I have understood it correctly?" Duan Li said.
Dugu Liubai cupped his chin and pondered for a moment before replying, "Very well! If you could show me at least twenty percent of the mastery behind the control technique, I would consider it as a pass for now!"
In his opinion, while it may be possible for the peerless genius to quickly have a grasp of such a difficult technique, mastering it would still take a few years at least.
Even he himself, still required 10 years before he was able to master it to the pinnacle form which he was quite proud of!
Duan Li clasped both of his fist respectfully. "Thank you Lord Guardian Dugu!" he expressed his thanks as he readied himself into a stance.
"En!" Dugu Liubai nodded at this positive attitude of the other party. While the latter was absolutely detestable to him somehow, at least the fellow still has some proper manners when it came to learning.
"This skill art of mine is a fist art called the Nine Fists Shattering Meteor.." Duan Li said as he punched out.
BAMM!!
Immediately, the sky seemed to have lost its shine as a brutal red meteor vividly bursted out from Duan Li's fist and streaked to the sky!
BOOMMMM!!
As the fist ascended and exploded in the sky, loud reverberations and shockwaves reached the ground, creating ripples of violent waves on the sea surface below it!
Dugu Liubai swallowed his saliva as he stared at this with widened eyes.
"What manner of sorcery is this?! How can the force behind that fist art of his be on the level of a Nascent Soul realm.. no! Even higher than that?!" he thought to himself as he turned to look at Duan Li with a look of incredulity.
This monster!
Back in the past, he was also frequently being labelled as a monster due to his top notch talent, but he came nowhere as close as this fellow in front of him!
A Core formation cultivator with a fist art that could possibly take out Nascent Soul realm experts.. just the thought of that was scary for anyone below the immortal realm!
However, what he didn't know was that, the fist art was not yet at the Consummation level, only at Major mastery at best. If he knew this, he would slap his own face and possibly change his last name to that of Duan Li.
"G-Good! Now, show me the control technique!"
Duan Li nodded and readied himself into his previous stance once more. After taking few a moment to review what he understood of the control technique, Duan Li drove his spiritual Qi along a unique path inside his meridians.
Then, he made an extra cycle which resulted in him exuding out a unique aura.
This was sensed by Dugu Liubai, and his brows furrowed as he noticed something different.
'Eh? Why is he making three extra cycle? Furthermore, his body was able to handle the pressure?'
While the idea behind the control technique was simple, practicing it was a whole different story altogether!
Not only would the extra cycle increased the pressure within the meridians, one would also need to make use of this pressure in place of using spiritual Qi!
This was how using the control technique had managed to cut down the usage of one's spiritual Qi significantly!
However, it also required one's inner body to be as tough as the seabed rocks, capable of withstanding surmounting pressure from the layers of spiritual Qi cycle on it!
Duan Li then stepped his right foot forward at the same time as he throwed out his punch!
Crack!
KABOOOMMMMM!!
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Hello guys, I am back! Sorry for the long wait. Truth be told, I am still quite busy with things happening in real life right now, but not writing for a long time felt quite weird lol. so here you go!
Enjoy and thanks for reading! ;)