Wizard: I brought the wrong system.

Chapter 603 The Beginning of Internal Force

After completing his daily meditation task, Yaro was about to wake up when he suddenly sensed something unusual.

He could vaguely sense that a strange magical power was automatically flowing within his body along the Great Zhou Line of the Heaven-Mending Technique!

That's right, it's the same feeling as when you use your mental energy to capture void magic—a very faint sensation, many times weaker than normal void magic.

—No, wait, that's not right!

It's not magic, it's vitality!
Because the location of this magic power was simultaneously emitting a subtle heat, which was the temperature generated by the life force accelerating the body's reaction speed.

As the designer of the Heaven-Mending Technique and the True Meaning of Martial Arts, Ya Luo was very clear about what this represented.

"Did I reach the level of magnanimity so quickly? Or did I do something that aligns with the true meaning of mending the heavens? I haven't done anything special recently."

The true meaning of martial arts is to link a part of the technique to the subconscious mind. When the emotions are right, this part of the subconscious mind will in turn drive the circulation of internal energy.

The fact that life force is now flowing automatically within the body can only mean that the person has maintained a cheerful and open-minded attitude for a considerable period of time.

I must say, this kind of positive feedback is really good; it gives you a feeling of receiving a reward and being recognized.

Of course, achieving emotional goals is just a minor matter.

The more crucial point is...

"Why can I sense life force? And why can I only sense that small portion of life force flowing through my meridians?"

Yaro had no shortage of magical plants rich in vitality. The moment he opened his dantian, he replenished his vitality to the limit of his body's storage by consuming magical plants.

His life force might not be comparable to that of a formal knight, but it was definitely considerable, far exceeding what his newly opened meridians could withstand.

But here's the problem.

With so much vitality, why is it that I only sense the portion of vitality circulating through the meridians?

Aroma immediately thought of the conjecture that Bevan had proposed a few days ago.

—After life force undergoes multiple cycles of circulation, it will transform into true internal energy!
Based on this conjecture, Yaro also had Claire conduct an experiment, which involved using the meridians of the Vajra Finger, in conjunction with the life force seed's effect on mobilizing life force, to perform a grand circulation.

Unfortunately, the experiment failed.

All that was concluded was that the life force nature of the formal knight had been solidified.

And the conclusion that circulating qi throughout the body can strengthen the meridians, thereby enhancing the effectiveness of martial arts.

"So, has this part of my life force undergone a change in nature, transforming into true internal energy?"

Yaro tried to control it with his mind, but it had no effect at all.

Even if you try to influence that life force by mobilizing your mental energy and using methods that control magic, it will be useless.

After numerous tests, Yaro discovered that the only way to mobilize... or rather, to accelerate the flow of that life force was to silently recite the "Heaven-Mending Technique" and actively circulate his spiritual energy along the Great Circulation route of the Heaven-Mending Technique.

To put it simply, it's about being a lowly henchman, clearing the way for the old man of vitality.

This kind of unyielding nature clearly belongs neither to magic nor to the seed of life force, nor has it reached the level of true inner strength that Yaro imagined.

—In Yaro's vision, internal energy should be similar to magic.

Not to mention the external world, at least within one's own body, one can control it as easily as one's own limbs.

After all, life force can produce life force seeds, and magic can be controlled by mental power, so there's no reason why 'internal force' of the same kind and origin cannot be controlled. Therefore, this is only a semi-finished product, a semi-finished product that is transitioning from life force to internal force.

"But the question is, what caused this change in vitality?"

"Is it because of the Great Circulation of the Heaven-Mending Technique, or because of my meditation just now?"

"Or maybe both?"

This change only occurred after the meditation ended, and only the part of the life force that circulated the Great Circulation experienced this change, so the most likely explanation is the result of two factors influencing each other.

Yaro was somewhat worried that he might need to meditate to bring about a qualitative change in his life force.

If that's the case, then ordinary people simply cannot cultivate internal energy.

"Probably not? After all, Bevan said before that vitality can be regarded as the void magic that is in harmony with the body. His talk of circulating the Great Heavenly Cycle is a kind of meditation, which is indeed very logical."

As for how ordinary people circulate their Qi through the Great Circulation... isn't there an external martial arts technique for that?

You can start by practicing external martial arts techniques, and then switch to practicing internal martial arts techniques once you have sensed internal energy.

One could even go to a more extreme point and design a simplified introductory cultivation method specifically for developing internal energy. Once one has sensed internal energy, one can then switch to practicing the complete version of martial arts.

For example, Yaluo is currently cultivating the "Heaven-Mending Technique," and he can design a "Minor Heaven-Mending Skill" that only uses some acupoints in the "Heaven-Mending Technique" to form a small circulation. After he has cultivated internal strength, he can then cultivate the complete version of the Great Circulation.

The small circulation practiced earlier is not wasted; it can be directly incorporated into the large circulation, or it can be taken out separately to quickly replenish internal energy when it is depleted.

Moreover, this simplified technique can be widely taught as a complementary internal energy cultivation method to ordinary martial arts.

After all, you can't expect other ordinary people to have an endless supply of magical plants like Yaro. You need to find a universal martial art, a technique that can directly cultivate internal energy.

Thinking of this, Yaro once again sensed the life force slowly flowing through his body, hesitated for a moment, and then reluctantly opened his eyes.

If possible, he also wanted to immediately transform the heat in his body into internal energy, so that he could directly control it and properly experience the effects of the internal energy that he had personally designed step by step from beginning to end.

But he had just finished meditating, and his mental energy had already reached the set critical point.

We are currently in the wild, and danger may arise at any time. We cannot waste our mental energy on accelerating the Great Circulation.

"But it doesn't matter. Anyway, the Heaven-Mending Technique can operate automatically, and meditation can also accelerate the conversion of internal energy. It should be completed in a few days."

It was late at night.

A constant, rapid flapping sound came from above, as countless birds or bats flew back and forth in the night sky, like restless ghosts.

The howls of wolves echoed through the woods in the distance, rustling leaves and chirping insects mingled... the deep night revealed an unusual clamor.

Inside the tent, candlelight flickered, and Bevan slept soundly, snoring softly, without a trace of worry.

But Yaro could not sleep.

Although he had set up a warning magic array around the courtyard, the magic array on the ground could not detect the enemy in the sky.

Moreover, those girls are not Claire; they lack the ability to protect themselves. If an enemy appears, they might not be able to issue any warning at all.

Just in time, Yaluo also planned to summarize tonight how the principle of "overcoming strength with softness" should be specifically reflected in martial arts, as well as the scope of knowledge used in external and internal energy cultivation methods.

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