Wizard: I brought the wrong system.

Chapter 608 Strength

"The foundation for the generation of internal strength lies in the body, but its core source is food."

"You must think of your body as a blacksmith, food as iron ore, and internal energy as the weapons the blacksmith forges..."

"Internal energy already exists within our bodies, but we usually can't sense it or gather it. So the simplest way to perceive internal energy is to train our bodies and make them exceptionally strong. That's what 'external martial arts' are..."

"To cultivate internal strength that can be directly perceived by one's own consciousness through external martial arts is as difficult as asking a blacksmith to forge weapons without tools..."

"So our first step is to make this 'blacksmithing' tool, which is to open up the dantian."

“Opening up the dantian also requires internal energy, and this part of the internal energy can only be activated by external techniques.”

“This external exercise for opening the dantian, I call it ‘stance’. There are ‘dynamic stance’ and ‘static stance’. ‘Dynamic stance’ helps to open the meridians, while ‘static stance’ focuses on opening acupoints…”

"If we compare internal energy to viscous honey, 'dynamic stance' is like constantly shaking the bottle, making the honey, internal energy, move back and forth along a specific route. 'Static stance' is similar to turning the bottle upside down, making the honey in the bottle move slowly in a fixed direction."

……

noon.

The sun is shining brightly.

After a morning of exercise and study, the five exhausted girls ate something and prepared for their lunch break.

Yaro and Bevan left the courtyard and returned to their tent.

At this moment, Bevan finally couldn't hold back any longer and asked the question he had been holding in all morning.

"Teacher, I thought you would use the same movement technique you used to carry me to demonstrate your lightness skill to them, but I didn't expect you could shatter such a large rock with a single palm strike! Is this also witchcraft? Can martial arts achieve the same effect?"

"of course can."

Yaro chuckled and said, "Do you still remember the principle behind the Vajra Finger pecking at stone?"

Only a few days had passed, but Bevin naturally remembered.

"Life force repels earth magic. The accumulated earth magic temporarily altered the texture of the stone, thus affecting its density. Combined with the force of an external impact, this caused the stone to crack."

Yaro nodded slightly in agreement, saying, "That's right, that's 'energy'!"

"Jin? What does that mean?" Bevan asked, puzzled.

"When combined with force, it becomes 'power'."

Yaro added, "Just like now, I covered my palm with earth magic and used the principle of 'Diamond Finger' to break the stone, which helped me to crack the stone with my own strength. I call this kind of extraordinary power that works by combining strength 'Jin'."

"For example, fire magic can be called 'Blazing Fire Force', ice magic can be called 'Frosty Force', and neutral life force or magic without obvious attribute bias can be called '罡劲' (Gāngjìn)."

Bevin frowned: "Teacher, isn't this just a normal magic effect? ​​Why do we need to give it a separate name?"

Yaro said, "Because I discovered that the principle of Vajra Finger destroying stone has great potential for further exploration, and it can even be used as a martial artist's main means of destruction!"

Bevin didn't quite understand.

However, he had long understood that his teacher's profound wisdom always allowed him to see subtle details that were difficult for ordinary people to perceive.

So ask directly:
"Teacher, based on this principle, I only thought it could destroy weapons and armor, or counter witchcraft and magic. It probably has no effect on living beings, right?"

“I know the key to your question is that you don’t understand how ‘force’ affects soft things.”

As Yaro spoke, he took out a piece of beef that had not yet been cut from his spatial ring and handed over a short knife.

"Can you cut steak?"

Bevan shook his head: "I don't know much about it." From childhood to adulthood, Bevan has basically only eaten ready-made food and has never cooked anything himself.

Seeing this, Yaro didn't hesitate. He sheathed his dagger and gestured on the beef, saying:

"If you just need to cut the beef, then you should cut along the grain, which will make it much easier."

"But if you're cutting steak, you have to cut the fibers against the grain, otherwise the meat will have a loose texture after cooking."

"The body of a living organism is like this piece of beef, with specific muscle texture directions."

"Even if the nature of internal force changes, its foundation is still vitality, which will inevitably affect the muscle structure of the living body. The parts affected by vitality will naturally proliferate, but the newly grown parts will inevitably be weaker than other parts. It's like adding a line along the direction of the force to this piece of flesh."

As Yaro spoke, he made a small cut along the grain of the beef and then grabbed it.

"Look, like this..."

As he spoke, he exerted force with his arm.

Tear!

A piece of meat was torn off smoothly and directly.

"This is 'strength,' the principle behind amplifying the harm that force inflicts on living things."

"As you know, when combined with the output of force, 'Jin' can amplify the damage of 'Li' to hard objects. I just explained the principle of how 'Jin' damages living things."

“‘Strength’ itself can counteract witchcraft and magic.”

"Then why doesn't it deserve a name of its own?"

……

The term 'internal strength' is not only new in name, but also in its innovative cultivation method.

Unlike professional riders, they don't consistently train their bodies.

Unlike wizards, they don't need to meditate from beginning to end.

The focus of internal strength training differs at each stage.

Developing internal strength emphasizes physical fitness—similar to the training of a knight.

Purifying internal energy requires opening acupoints and meridians to circulate it through the Great Circulation—similar to a wizard's meditation.

Further up the line, Yaro hasn't figured it out yet, but he hasn't even completed the first two steps, so there's no need to rush to think about things that far ahead.

The two points that have already been clarified are enough to form a logical loop.

A strong body can better generate internal energy.

The purified internal energy can, in turn, strengthen the body.

The two are interdependent and mutually reinforcing, and can rise in a spiral.

However, precisely because the 'internal skill' is so novel, there are basically no similar things to learn from, so when teaching it, Yaro needs to explain every detail and teach it personally.

Fortunately, although these five girls are young, they have all experienced the hardships of life.

Given the opportunity to gain power, they were completely unafraid of physical exhaustion. They wouldn't rest until they collapsed from exhaustion. Forget about cheating or shirking their duties; Yaro actually had to order them to stop and rest.

During this process, the slightly older businesswoman stood out.

Not only does she memorize theoretical knowledge very quickly, like a sponge rapidly absorbing all knowledge related to martial arts, but her learning speed in 'static stance' is also astonishing.