Chapter 22 Li Mochou's existential crisis
Chapter 22 Li Mochou's existential crisis
His secular name was Li Ke, and his Buddhist name was Li Zhiguang.
Li Ke answered Li Mochou's question.
In the doctrines of Quanzhen Taoism, becoming a monk or nun means escaping worldly entanglements and cutting off worldly connections.
Once you formally become a disciple and receive the precepts, you must give up your secular name and be given a new Dharma name by your master.
The three generations of disciples all belong to the "Zhi" generation, and their names often contain the character "Zhi".
People like Zhao Zhijing, Yin Zhiping, Li Zhichang, Cui Zhifang, and Shen Zhifan are all third-generation disciples, just like Li Ke.
"Li Ke, Li Zhiguang? I understand."
As she spoke, Li Mochou seemed to have thought of something, and her eyes lit up as she said:
"I've noticed you often practice martial arts within the territory of our Ancient Tomb Sect. How about we have a match?"
After thinking for a moment, Li Ke accepted Li Mochou's invitation.
Upon seeing this, Li Mochou drew her long sword.
"Little Garden Chrysanthemums!"
The first move of the Jade Maiden Sword Technique was unleashed, the sword tip trembled, and it thrust several times toward Li Ke's lower body, transforming into a series of sword shadows.
"good!"
Seeing the incoming sword shadows, Li Ke shouted "Good!" and then unleashed a "Peacock Spreads Its Tail".
"Clang! Clang! Clang!..."
The sound of swords clashing rang out, and Li Mochou was so shocked that she took several steps back.
"You're incredibly strong, like a bull."
Li Mochou rubbed her aching right hand and said in surprise.
"It's just that God gave us this talent."
Li Ke responded with a smile.
They become stronger, faster, have amazing endurance, possess extraordinary sense of smell and hearing, and have powerful self-healing abilities.
This is the benefit that Li Ke gained after simultaneously killing the demon in the gray fog space.
Of course, you have to pay a price for every benefit you gain.
The price was that Li Ke developed a deep aversion to sunlight, both mentally and physically.
Although the sunlight shining on him did not cause him to vanish like a demon.
However, it will cause Li Ke's skin to feel a burning sensation, and over time it will make his skin turn red, like Guan Yu reincarnated.
Therefore, when Li Ke goes out, he usually carries a paper umbrella with him to shield himself from the harmful rays of the sun.
"Again!"
As she spoke, Li Mochou swung her sword again.
"Parting the flowers and brushing against the willows!"
The sword tip trembled, seemingly about to pierce Li Ke's left chest, but in reality it turned midway and stabbed Li Ke's right chest, making it impossible to defend against.
"A fierce wind sweeps away the leaves!"
This is the most powerful and sweeping slash in the Quanzhen Swordplay, and also the one with the largest attack range.
Seeing this, Li Mochou had no choice but to abandon her attack and leap back slightly to dodge the fierce sweeping slash.
With a slight grit of her teeth, Li Mochou unleashed the strongest sword move she had ever mastered.
"A masterpiece!"
Li Mochou's sword tip transformed into a continuous sword shadow, like a painting being executed with a brush, making it difficult to distinguish between reality and illusion.
Among these attacks, a silver needle of ice-cold energy shot out along with a sword shadow, a truly insidious move.
"A peacock spreading its tail feathers!"
After blocking the continuous sword attacks, he then slashed away the incoming Ice Soul Silver Needles.
Li Ke shook his head and said:
"If it's a sword fight, then it's a sword fight. Suddenly using a hidden weapon is cheating."
This Li Mochou truly lives up to her name; at such a young age, she uses such insidious methods, showing absolutely no regard for the rules of the martial arts world.
As expected, the Crimson Serpent Fairy wasn't made in a day.
"Hmph, it's none of your business."
As she spoke, Li Mochou continued to brandish her longsword, but Li Ke blocked it all.
After fighting for more than ten minutes, Li Mochou was exhausted.
Taking two steps back and slightly out of breath, Li Mochou sheathed her longsword.
Looking at Li Ke, who wasn't out of breath at all, only his skin was a little red, and his internal energy showed no signs of depletion, I couldn't help but ask:
"How come you're not tired at all? Your internal energy seems inexhaustible?"
As she spoke, Li Mochou looked at Li Ke with the eyes of someone looking at a monster.
Judging from Li Ke's age and appearance at this time, he was at most one or two years older than her.
As a result, Li Ke was terrifyingly strong in terms of strength, speed, endurance, and internal energy.
Thinking about all this, Li Mochou really suspected that Granny Sun was lying to her, that she was not actually a martial arts genius, but just an ordinary person.
Otherwise, if she really is the martial arts genius that Granny Sun is talking about, then what is Li Ke? A martial arts immortal reincarnated?
"The body is a gift from God, as for internal strength..."
The reason my internal energy can be continuous is that I can refine it during combat.
"How is this possible?!"
Upon hearing Li Ke's answer, Li Mochou looked at him in disbelief.
It is common knowledge in the martial arts world that one must sit cross-legged and have no distracting thoughts to refine internal energy.
The reason is that if one cannot achieve a state of complete mental clarity during the process of refining internal energy, it is easy to go astray and become possessed by evil spirits.
The reason for sitting cross-legged is to lock in the flow of qi and blood, making it easier to circulate qi throughout the body and refine internal energy.
This also makes it almost impossible to cultivate internal energy while fighting.
After all, just requiring one to be completely focused during combat is a daunting task.
Even the Quanzhen Martial Arts, which claims to allow one to practice while walking, sitting, or lying down, cannot cultivate internal energy while fighting.
After all, the essence of Quanzhen Mental Cultivation is that it allows one to practice while walking, sitting, or lying down, which is to make breathing and internal energy circulation an "unconscious instinct".
This does not include the ability to cultivate internal energy during combat.
If one were to cultivate internal energy while fighting, the intense mental strain, rushing blood and qi, surging meridians, and violent techniques would easily lead to internal injuries.
Internal injuries are different from external injuries. External injuries can heal in three to five months, and even severe external injuries take at most a year.
For internal injuries, even minor ones require half a month to a month to heal, while moderate internal injuries require three months to half a year to heal.
If it is a severe internal injury, it will take at least three to five years to heal. Moreover, once you have a severe internal injury, the sequelae will last a lifetime, and your bones and body will be much worse than before.
As for more serious internal injuries, that would mean disordered meridians and destroyed foundation, resulting in either instant death or the inability to cultivate internal energy for the rest of one's life.
Therefore, even masters like the Five Greats are extremely cautious when it comes to refining their internal energy.
He dared not refine his internal energy during battle, lest he suffer severe internal injuries from qi deviation.
But Li Ke actually claimed that he could refine his internal energy while fighting, how is that possible?
Meeting Li Mochou's gaze, which seemed to regard him as a monster, Li Ke simply smiled and offered no explanation.
With his super self-healing ability after synchronizing with Demon Slayer, he suffered internal energy backlash, disordered meridians, destroyed foundation, and went into qi deviation.
nonexistent!
After synchronizing with Demon Slayer, Lee gained a powerful self-healing ability that was sufficient to repair all hidden and internal injuries.
Of course, the pain caused by internal injuries was unavoidable, which is why his skin turned so red.
The real reason was that he forcibly refined his internal energy during the battle, which caused damage such as backlash from internal energy, disordered meridians, and destruction of his foundation.
However, due to its powerful self-healing ability, the body repairs internal injuries simultaneously, causing the skin to become congested with blood and appear somewhat red.
"Hmph, I'm not fighting anymore. I'll definitely beat you next time."
With that, Li Mochou turned around and drifted away.
"Oh, by the way, you stinky Taoist priest, my name is Li Mochou, don't forget!"
Listening to Li Mochou's words and watching her departing figure, Li Ke smiled and shook his head.
Turning his head to look at the sun rising higher and higher in the east, Li Ke knew he had to go back, after all, he hadn't finished his morning classes yet.
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