Chapter 75: A New Class
Obsidian Martial Arts Hall, the hall master’s lounge.
“Mental Secret Technique? What is that supposed to be?”
Lin Qi looked at the overjoyed Ye Qinglu, but his heart was filled with curiosity about the Mental Secret Technique.
During this period, he had often gone online to learn about matters of the high martial arts world, especially things related to martial artists. He had checked everything he should, yet he had never heard of any so-called Mental Secret Technique.
He did, however, know quite a few Meditation Techniques that could enhance spirit.
“Could it be a kind of Meditation Technique?”
Lin Qi glanced at the metal plate on the table and felt the possibility was high. The metal plate was very mysterious. At the very least, he had never heard of a method of gaining knowledge directly through blood.
Otherwise, by now, in the City of Light Chasing, martial skills would not still be spread only in paper or electronic form.
This method, which forced people to spend a great deal of time on memorization, was like making someone recite an entire book. Compared with this kind of direct knowledge infusion, its efficiency was countless times lower. There was no way a metal plate technology like this would not have become popular.
And the fact that this technology had never been recorded in the City of Light Chasing showed that such technology did not exist there.
According to the records of the City of Light Chasing, the rise of human race martial arts was not long ago, but many things in human race martial arts came from ancient ruins.
The metal plate was very likely an item from ancient ruins.
At present, in the high martial arts world, the only records related to spirit were Meditation Techniques, which could enhance spirit and will. In a sense, they were indeed a kind of secret technique for improving spirit.
“The method in this Mental Secret Technique is incredible. It can actually use spirit to freely mobilize the internal force formed within the body. It’s a pity my current spiritual power is insufficient, so I cannot mobilize it at all.” After trying it excitedly for a while, Ye Qinglu could not help turning to Lin Qi. “Master of the Pavilion, I want to redeem the Stellar Explosion Meditation Technique to enhance my spirit.”
“Using spirit to freely mobilize the internal force formed within the body?” When Lin Qi heard Ye Qinglu’s murmur, he was stunned for a moment, but still instinctively took out a photocopied Stellar Explosion Meditation Technique and handed it to her.
Only after Ye Qinglu happily left the lounge with the Stellar Explosion Meditation Technique did Lin Qi turn his full attention to the metal plate, his heart endlessly shaken.
Internal force was generally a power that only martial artist-level martial skills could command.
And usually, only after becoming a martial artist could one proficiently use this power. Those below martial artist level could only follow martial skills step by step, which was also the biggest difference between martial artists and those below them.
Yet the metal plate before him recorded how to grasp the internal force formed within the body. This technique was practically invincible against anyone below martial artist level.
Internal force was powerful precisely because it could not be defended against. Even armor could not block it, unless one used internal force to offset it.
Although martial artist-level martial skills could allow apprentices to use internal force, using such skills was like unleashing an ultimate move. It could not be used whenever one wished; it required a certain preparation process. If one’s stance was unstable, it was completely unusable.
But being able to mobilize internal force at will was different.
Although martial artists far surpassed quasi-martial artists in strength and speed, at equal raw strength, a quasi-martial artist still could not withstand a martial artist’s strike. The reason was that even a casual strike from a martial artist could carry internal force.
Every move carried internal force, without needing preparation, and even with an unstable stance it could still be used. This made it impossible for quasi-martial artists to resist.
Thinking of this, Lin Qi could not help cutting open his palm, wanting to learn the Mental Secret Technique.
He had already used up today’s five extraction attempts, so if he wanted to learn, he could only rely on himself.
After Lin Qi copied down the Mental Secret Technique from the metal plate, he immediately began trying the method written on it to mobilize his own internal force.
He was completely different from Ye Qinglu. As the Mental Secret Technique stated, learning it carried no danger; it was like a person learning to walk after being born. One would be clumsy at first, but once familiar, one could control one’s internal force as naturally as one’s own arm.
And the stronger one’s spiritual power, the stronger the portion of internal force one could control.
To master this Mental Secret Technique, one’s spiritual power needed to reach An ordinary person’s spiritual power was roughly
At this point, Lin Qi’s Stellar Explosion Meditation Technique had already reached 39 percent, the level of sharp five senses. In particular, his spiritual perception far surpassed that of ordinary people. He could even roughly judge another person’s strength level.
In Lin Qi’s view, his spiritual power should have reached
After more than ten minutes of attempts, everything went as Lin Qi had expected. He successfully mobilized the internal force within his body. This internal force truly felt like arms and legs; although he was still very unaccustomed to the control, he could condense internal force at any point in his body.
It even gave him a feeling that this internal force could not only be condensed at a point in the body, but could also be drawn outward.
“Go.”
Lin Qi struck toward a helmet on the table with a palm from half a meter away through the air.
Bang!
The helmet flew out directly and rolled several times on the ground.
“This internal force really can be released outward.”
Looking at the helmet on the ground, Lin Qi was completely stunned.
Even for martial artists, releasing internal force outward was not something they could necessarily do, yet he, whose true level was not even that of an advanced apprentice, had accomplished it with ease.
Though this internal force was weak, probably only one to two hundred kilograms of strength, and its effect weakened with distance. For now, he could only release it two to three meters at most, but this was already heaven-defying.
Those below martial artist level had no way to resist an internal force attack. If, in battle, he suddenly hit the opponent like this, it would be unavoidable. And one to two hundred kilograms of force hitting the internal organs would be unbearable even for a quasi-martial artist.
No wonder Gana had treated it as a treasure and had not dared let the metal plate leave his side.
If Gana’s spiritual power had not been insufficient to mobilize internal force, the outcome of the previous battle might have been completely different.
“With this method, it is no exaggeration to say I am invincible below martial artist level.”
Lin Qi could not help wanting to spread this Mental Secret Technique to all players immediately, but he soon gave up on that idea.
This Mental Secret Technique required sufficient spiritual power, which meant that players whose Stellar Explosion Meditation Technique cultivation was inadequate could not learn it at all.
Previously, because of the battle with the White Feather Gang, players had gained many points. These points had led many players to choose to redeem the lower volume of Crushing Stone Fist and Leopard Shadow Steps, both martial skills that required them to practice heavily.
Not to mention that, for players at this stage, upgrading their breathing technique was the most important thing. Otherwise, with his current breathing technique level, it would be very difficult to improve further.
So he could not let players distract themselves now by practicing the Mental Secret Technique.
Afterward, Lin Qi went to the notice board at the training ground and posted the redemption conditions for the Mental Secret Technique.
Mental Secret Technique: with sufficiently strong spiritual power, one can freely mobilize the internal force within one’s body. The stronger the spiritual power, the more internal force can be mobilized. Those without spiritual talent are not advised to cultivate it. （ Redemption requires inner disciple status, 20,000 points, and 500 contribution. ）
A threshold of twenty thousand points was enough to stop the vast majority of players, unless they were very confident in their own talent. Otherwise, directly redeeming Lightning Palm would be far more cost-effective.
“Sis, this is the Mental Secret Technique you mentioned?” After reading the introduction, Yi Ye Fu Yun looked quite excited. “This secret technique is pretty good. It feels like a new profession added in a game update. This new profession is really strong, fighting mainly with internal force. At this stage it’s practically invincible at the same level.”
At Yi Ye Fu Yun’s mention of a new profession, many players present also looked starry-eyed. They had not expected that after a round of main storyline, the game manufacturer would actually open up a new profession.
“This new profession is indeed strong, but its restrictions are also great. The strength of our internal force is closely tied to our physical fitness, and the strength with which we can mobilize internal force depends on spiritual power,” Twilight of the Gods said, analyzing while regretting. “That means to exert powerful combat power, we must cultivate spirit while also improving physical fitness. If either side falls behind, it will not work.”
“It feels like this new profession is designed purely for the first tier. For us veteran players, it’s already difficult enough to improve our physical fitness to catch up with the first tier. We simply do not have that much time to also improve spirit. Only the top experts of the first tier might be able to manage both.”
The veteran players present nodded as well. The newly opened profession was indeed powerful, but it was already hard enough for them to catch up. If they had to spend large amounts of time on improving spirit too, who knew how long it would take to reach the first tier.
“Cultivating spirit to mobilize the internal force of the body, huh?” Li Ranxing, who had just logged on, looked at the notice board, his eyes lighting up. “This new profession suits me quite well.”
Through the battles in the Maze Tunnel, Li Ranxing had already tasted the benefits of internal force. Moreover, in daily practice he focused mainly on improving the Stellar Explosion Meditation Technique, hoping to make breakthroughs in techniques on the Mecha Continent. As for whether he could catch up to the first tier, he did not care at all.
The new profession happened to meet all his requirements. It allowed him not only to spend large amounts of time improving spirit, but also to increase his combat power.
Among the newcomers, a young girl was also very interested in this new profession.
“Brothers, we’ve got a new profession today.” Xiao Yuan introduced herself to the nonexistent audience around her. “And since Xiao Yuan is a newcomer too, I’ll do a strategy guide for this new profession for everyone, so make sure to follow closely!”
Time passed. While the human race vagrants in the Abandoned Area guarded every day against a possible attack from the White Feather Gang, six days went by. Yet in those six days, not to mention the White Feather Gang, not even people of the Winged Tribe came over. Instead, Obsidian Martial Arts Hall had already been repaired by nearly ninety percent and had become the iconic grand building of the human race Abandoned Area.
“Master of the Pavilion, the thirty disciples are all ready. Shall we depart for Crimson Moon Mountain now?” Zhang Qing Wei walked up to Lin Qi in front of the medium transport vehicle and asked respectfully.
“Depart. Have all thirty people get in the vehicle.” Looking at the neatly lined-up players, Lin Qi nodded.
As soon as Lin Qi gave the order, the thirty selected players, under the envious gazes of the others, all filed into the cargo box of the medium transport vehicle, their faces full of irrepressible excitement and exhilaration.
