Chapter 27: Exhaling Like A Dragon, Tiger Leopard Thunder Sound
What happened in the Ren Family, Li Ye naturally did not know. He only felt that for this kind of trouble he currently could not handle, throwing it to someone who could handle it was the best thing.
Not using one’s connections would be foolish.
Instead, he had fired two shots in a row piercing Liu Ying’s thigh. The first shot indeed made one somewhat uncomfortable, but as a martial artist who had always trained in martial arts and had even broken through Dragon Gate, the circulation of qi and blood forcibly suppressed it. The second shot completely let loose.
Martial artists were inherently full of vigor, let alone those who had broken through Dragon Gate. If Shenzhou were not strong enough to suppress people, no one knew what chaos the world would be in.
After returning home, Li Ye chatted with his parents for a while.
During this time, his parents clearly had much more energy. The previously borrowed three hundred thousand was paid back, and along the way, some of the high-quality ingredients that Li Ye had brought back from the Disinfection Bureau were also given out.
Li Ye did not even need to ask to know that they must have received quite a bit of admiration. People breaking through Dragon Gate was certainly worth celebrating, but not like Li Ye, who started bringing expensive ingredients from outside right after breaking through Dragon Gate.
Those things were much more expensive than the ingredients Liu Qingxia usually used to supplement Li Ye’s nutrition. Giving them to others naturally boosted face.
Li Ye did not mind. He could continue to get ingredients from the Disinfection Bureau once he used them up, as long as it was not too excessive. After a while, he could get some more to bring home.
These ingredients were also great supplements and delicacies for ordinary people, with no issues other than being expensive.
After chatting for a while, Li Ye washed up and went to sleep. The next day, he got up very early, first went to the rental room to unload the delivered rice, and then headed to the large courtyard house.
Xu Yanwu was already waiting there early.
“Master.”
Li Ye called out, then saw the stone table covered with a pile of delicacies.
Xu Yanwu pointed over. “Eat first.”
Li Ye did not stand on ceremony either and took out the Five Flavors Chopsticks to start eating.
Similarly, it was a pile of high-quality ingredients that promoted digestion, seemingly even more carefully prepared than yesterday, with much larger portions. Under the effect of the Five Flavors Chopsticks, Li Ye gained 50 qi and blood just from this one meal.
This made Li Ye feel that the rice he had ordered before seemed to have little use and just took up space.
“Full?” Xu Yanwu asked.
“Full.” Li Ye answered honestly.
“Stand over there. First, practice once the Dragon Gate I taught you yesterday.”
Xu Yanwu pointed to the center of the courtyard. Li Ye stood over, just like yesterday, condensing qi and blood into the tail vertebrae, then to the cervical vertebrae, then spreading to the limbs and hundreds of bones, rushing out the crown of the head, and finally exhaling white qi from the nostrils.
“Mm, qi exhaled like dragon whiskers—this is the characteristic of Dragon Gate. But when cultivating, the more advanced it gets, the more hidden these dragon whiskers become. The movements slowly become smaller. These all require slow practice, but no rush for now. Now, I’ll teach you Tiger Gate.”
Xu Yanwu said, “Your qi and blood control is very strong, so I won’t go slow. Similarly, start from the spine. This time, first descend from the cervical vertebrae to the tail vertebrae, left five right nine, spread from the tail vertebrae to your whole body’s tendons and bones, then make them tremble. Remember, no matter what, do not open your mouth.”
While Xu Yanwu was speaking, Li Ye had already begun condensing qi and blood, following his words, at a specific frequency from the cervical vertebrae to the tail vertebrae, then spreading throughout the body again.
Different from Dragon Gate, which mainly targeted blood vessels and organs when spreading throughout the body, this Tiger Gate focused on tendons and bones. After the overall spread, Li Ye condensed qi and blood again for small-scale tremors.
This was not difficult for him either.
But with this tremor, Li Ye felt that if Dragon Gate was like the whole body swelling with qi, as if someone had thrown a bomb into his body, then Tiger Gate was like being scraped raw by a knife.
All over the body, fascia, bones, bone marrow, as if being finely sliced into minced meat by a sharp fast knife, indiscriminately hacking in the direction guided by his qi and blood. The pain made him want to cry out.
But just as he was about to open his mouth, he tightly closed it again.
He could feel that as soon as he opened his mouth, although this knife-like sharp sensation would dissipate, it would also make his current efforts useless.
The qi and blood would be consumed!
Not yet seeing an increase, it could not be wasted!
Li Ye continued to make the qi and blood tremor against the tendons and bones until the whole body was guided. The knife-chopping pain became greater, collectively rushing to the cervical vertebrae, forcing him to grit his teeth.
Boom!
Like thunder, or like a roar, Li Ye’s whole body steamed with qi and blood, emitting a muffled thunder-like shock in the courtyard, seeming to carry a bit of wind howl.
“Tiger Leopard Thunder Sound.”
Xu Yanwu’s eyes were full of approval. “This is Tiger Gate. Practiced for a long time, it can generate strength, with infinite power. Once tendons and bones are tough, it can also condense and explode with thunder sound.”
Li Ye first took a sharp breath, endured the soreness from the tendons and bones, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and asked, “It’s done just like this?”
Xu Yanwu nodded. “Tiger Gate is done, but Dragon Tiger Gate is not yet. The two sets of qi and blood guidance must be fused into one. Condense qi and blood separately at the tail vertebrae and cervical vertebrae, guide each other, then collectively expand to the whole body. Blood, organs, tendons, and bones all must be condensed, and when guiding to the crown of the head, it must explode inside the body. Then your Dragon Tiger Gate is accomplished. Now continue practicing!”
Li Ye panted a few breaths and, following Xu Yanwu’s words, began condensing qi and blood, combining the two sets as instructed.
Double qi and blood guidance, from top to bottom and bottom to top, spreading again to limbs and hundreds of bones, blood, organs, tendons, and bones, then rushing together to the forehead, exploding inside the body, emitting thunder sound tremors, while also making Li Ye spray a stream of white qi from his nostrils, spreading on the ground like dragon whiskers.
More qi and blood was consumed.
Clearly, practicing each set singly was down 7 up 2, but combined, it dropped 18 points. Overall, it only increased a little more than a single set. In quantified terms, a single set was 2, but both together could only increase 2.5.
“Continue. This time, slower, the slower the better.”
After Xu Yanwu said that, he entered the house. Li Ye had no choice but to continue circulating and condensing.
Slower was fine; it was just slowing down the speed of condensing qi and blood. Under his authority, this was not difficult, just very uncomfortable.
Overall, it was like a shrapnel grenade exploding inside the body, scraping the body on one side while swelling from the explosion on the other.
As if the next second, if not controlled well, the whole person would burst into fragments.
He understood what Pan Zhengyang meant by ‘enduring hardship’.
The previous idea of enduring hardship was at most like when he trained at the martial arts school, crazy training, kicking until both legs were bruised and swollen, blood vessels bursting. If not handled well at the time, even bone fractures.
But under professional matching medicinal baths and dietary supplements, these could be cured without leaving hidden injuries.
Learning this martial art, Li Ye thought it would at most be a bit harsher than before. Worst case, practice to bone fractures, but there must be matching medicinal baths, as long as no hidden injuries.
Turns out it was not like that at all. He was dancing on a steel wire.
First, pay attention that qi and blood does not drop too much. Dragon Gate Realm does not mean dropping tiers if qi and blood decreases, but qi and blood loss is inevitable. If not careful, once the loss starts, it damages the foundation.
Now also pay attention to this martial art’s training method, must strictly follow the energy circulation frequency, without the slightest deviation. He had authority so he could detect it. If truly deviated, he would not die, but not only would previous efforts be wasted and qi and blood squandered in vain, the feeling of exploding into fragments would intensify.
This was much harder than physical hardship!
Especially now, he still had to circulate energy slowly, like a dull knife scraping flesh, the kind that slowly cuts in.
Li Ye grimaced in discomfort.
But after all, it was top-tier martial arts. Although slower made it more unbearable, and qi and blood continued to drop, he could subtly feel that his tendons, bones, and strength were changing.
If it was just this price, it was not unbearable.
Li Ye had just thought this when his eyes widened. He saw Xu Yanwu appear holding an iron rod as thick as an arm.
He quickly finished circulating energy, exploded with Tiger Leopard Thunder Sound inside his body, sprayed out a stream of white qi, and exclaimed in shock, “Master, what are you doing?!”
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