Bamboo Mound

"Arrows...spears, yes, if they were like spears, they could be thrown and hit their target, then I wouldn't have to worry about being attacked at close range. It would be even better if they didn't have to be retrieved and wouldn't be picked up by others and thrown at me. But where can I find such a thing? Even crossbows have to be loaded!"

"Simply sharpening a wooden stick isn't enough; if you use an iron head, it becomes a gun—shorter for easy throwing, but it still requires considerable strength..."

Ning Chang knew that fighting was inevitable in this world, and if he could, he didn't want to get hurt in these inevitable battles.

"Modern firearms might be able to do it, and the principle is nothing more than kinetic energy compression, but that's only in the early stages. It will probably be useless in the later stages."

"If melee combat doesn't work... we're in a cultivation world now, so there must be magical attacks, like small fireballs or water balls. I'll wait until Master takes me to choose a cultivation technique and then we'll see."

Ning Chang brought out an armored wooden doll, removed its armor, and placed it in the center of the small house.

It's called a doll, but it only has an upper body; the lower body is a wooden stick about the size of a bowl, and the bottom is a stone base.

He took a breath and punched the doll's cheek; the side was relatively flat and there was nothing sharp there.

The doll swayed and then fell silent, but his hand throbbed with pain.

Ning Chang stared wide-eyed, not believing her own weakness.

"There must have been some kind of workmanship used to make this wood so sturdy."

He shook his hand, drawing out a stream of spiritual energy from his dantian and filling his hand with it, before throwing another punch.

The puppet just swayed slightly, showing no change in its injury, but the recoil it received wasn't as strong as the first time.

“The pain sensation will be slightly reduced in the areas with spiritual energy, and the changes in damage will not be obvious. It cannot be ruled out that the problem is due to incorrect application.”

Then, Ning Chang tried to cover his hands with spiritual energy, but as soon as he drew the spiritual energy out of his body, it began to spread.

Seeing this, he immediately stopped this step of the experiment and instead released a small wisp of spiritual energy from his palm. As the wisp of spiritual energy spread, he guided it to stay on the surface of his skin.

The difficulty lies in ensuring that the spiritual energy adheres to the skin's surface, controlling its dissipation while simultaneously counteracting the skin's natural absorption of it.

After several attempts, the spiritual energy finally managed to form a thin film that adhered to my palm.

"Find this feeling, and then cover the entire palm."

In this way, Ning Chang drew spiritual energy out of his body, strand by strand, and covered his hands.

More than half an hour later.

"Finally finished. Now let's test its power."

Covering one's hands with spiritual energy is not easy. Perhaps it is because of his meticulous operation that he has to ensure the successful coverage of a new wisp of spiritual energy while also stabilizing the already covered spiritual energy.

He clenched his fist, and then... that was it.

The moment he clenched his fist, the spiritual energy covering his hand instantly dissipated.

A surge of inexplicable anger welled up in his heart, but he suppressed it instantly.

"You wasted more than an hour of my time, and gave me this whole show?"

As he clenched his fist, the spiritual energy that remained in the shape of a glove stayed in place, but was dispersed by his grab.

He took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and then began to reshape the "glove".

Another half hour passed, and this time he was faster because he had the experience from the first time.

After completing the "glove" again, Ning Chang slowly moved his hand upwards while controlling the movement of spiritual energy. He noticed that the spiritual energy was becoming slightly unstable, so he quickly stopped.

After reflecting on how he had just guided the spiritual energy, Ning Chang moved his palm slightly once more.

After another half hour, Ning Changcai finally grasped the feeling of spiritual energy moving with his body.

During the practice, Ning often found that he seemed to have figured out the principle of Qi!

When the intention applied is not strong enough, the movement of spiritual energy will generate inertia based on the speed of movement!

"Perhaps those sword energies, saber energies, fist energies, and leg energies are like this, using force and wind to guide spiritual energy, causing it to move in a predetermined direction."

With this in mind, Ning Chang added another project to his experiment.

He slowly clenched his fist, controlling the shape of the spiritual energy to keep it always covering his fist.

Slowly gather your strength, then unleash a powerful punch!

Then... the doll swayed...

The spiritual energy exploded the moment it collided with the doll.

Ning Chang remained silent for a long time, silently noting down the data.

"After the fist was covered with spiritual energy, the recoil pain almost disappeared, and the attack damage did not change significantly, so it cannot be ruled out that it was used incorrectly."

"Then there's the speculation about the fist's wind."

After spending nearly half an hour again, he finally condensed a pair of spiritual energy "gloves".

Ning Chang mimicked the actions from the previous experiment, gathering his strength... and then suddenly struck the puppet.

However, unlike last time, when his fist was a fist's distance from the puppet, he suddenly stopped and released his control over the spiritual energy, letting the fist shadow fly towards the puppet on its own.

The moment the spiritual energy fist made contact with the puppet... it exploded.

The puppet didn't even shake!

"It seems that once it's no longer manipulated, it's just a collection of spiritual energy gathered together."

After a brief silence, Ning Chang began to verify the next conjecture.

"What if the impact was manipulated after that?"

As he gathered spiritual energy once more, he glanced out the window and saw that it was already evening and the rain had long since stopped.

"I didn't expect to do nothing all afternoon but master the art of projecting spiritual energy, haha," he said self-deprecatingly.

This time, Ning Chang finished condensing the spiritual energy in just half an hour. He was already very familiar with covering his palm with spiritual energy.

Ning Chang threw another punch, stopping his fist when it was a fist's distance from the puppet. The force of the punch, combined with the momentum and Ning Chang's control, slammed into the puppet!

The fist shadow still exploded outwards, but this time, the puppet swayed a few times. Although the swaying was not as great as before when it directly punched, it was still considered a success!

Upon arriving here, Ning Chang lost interest in continuing to play. As he left the side room, it was already dark, with only a sliver of the setting sun visible.

Seeing that the light in the side room was still on, Xiao Li must not have gone to sleep yet.

Thinking of Xiao Li, Ning Chang suddenly remembered that the punch he threw this afternoon, which was covered in spiritual energy, had almost no recoil.

He originally wanted to test the defense after covering it with spiritual energy, but he had to give up because he had no one to help him. Now he remembered Xiao Li's existence, so it was just a matter of throwing two punches, and it wouldn't take too much time.

Thinking of this, he immediately shouted, "Little Li!"

In less than five breaths, Xiao Li had already pushed open the door and stood respectfully in front of Ning Chang.

"You take the hit..." Ning Chang suddenly thought of something and asked.

"What is your cultivation level?"

Xiao Li replied, "Young master, I have no spiritual root and no cultivation whatsoever!"

"How much power do you have?" "By the way, you don't have to say 'Replying to Young Master' when answering my questions in the future."

Xiao Li immediately replied, "He's taller than the average person."