Fantasy: Immortality Begins with Absorbing Demons

Chapter 371 Wood Carving (Part 4)

Many people don't believe it.

Even if a veteran martial artist who has been famous for many years is only practicing a few other skills and has no potential to break through to the grandmaster level, he is still a genuine master of the three strengths.

Although his combat potential might not be comparable to that of a true master of the Three Strengths, no matter how you look at it, how could a new disciple who has only been practicing for less than a year possibly be his match?

Some say that Han Yi's successful attack was due to his ambush and a fatal blow to Lin Zhenwei.

Some analysts believe that Han Yi must have used Jing Tian Manor's background to find his teachers or senior brothers and sisters to confront them head-on.

Some believe that this person must have used poison to drug and incapacitate many of the Mad Lion Gang's high-ranking members, successfully killing them. Opinions vary widely.

Since Meihua Pavilion has not come forward to clarify, various versions of the news have been circulating in great detail.

But no one believed that Han Yi defeated Lin Zhenwei one-on-one, head-on, and even subdued the real mastermind behind it all.

The Mad Lion Gang provoked this first, so there was a reason for Han Yi's actions. Furthermore, given his background with Jingtian Manor, he did not violate any rules or regulations of Huayang City.

So, regardless of the truth of the matter, the name Han Yi became somewhat famous in Huayang City and Jingtian Village.

This also became one of the topics of conversation among the many disciples of the Seven Courtyards of Jingtian Manor during their leisure time.

For a time, the name Han Yi also came into the sight of the top disciples of each academy, but they did not care as much as outsiders.

Lin Zhenwei was, after all, only a martial arts practitioner who practiced martial arts as a side skill. It was only natural that a true martial arts master would be stronger than a martial arts practitioner who practiced martial arts as a side skill.

Some disciples thought it was because Lin Zhenwei had aged and his strength had declined. Or perhaps it was because Han Yi used his background to intimidate others and seized a good opportunity, nothing more.

Han Yi's deeds were like a small pebble thrown into the ocean, only causing a small ripple before being quickly overwhelmed by larger waves, leaving no trace.

The story goes that the eldest son of the You family went out to admire chrysanthemums, fell for a handsome young man, forced himself on him, and ended up being killed by experts from other families afterward…

Once again, a senior disciple from the Jingtian Manor's Chongyin Academy, accompanying the Demon Hunting Association, killed the powerful demon 'Barbarian Bear King', gaining instant fame and breaking the rankings. However, on his return journey, he was ambushed and killed by a sixth-level expert from the Green-Clad Alliance…

Or perhaps a conflict arises between the heads of the academy, with a private struggle determining the victor...

Han Yi's victory over Lin Zhenwei is simply incomparable to these events...

One after another, eye-catching and shocking news stories kept washing over people's memories, and before long, Han Yi's deeds were basically forgotten.

Not to mention, the next major event attracted the full attention of many Jingtianzhuang disciples.

With the arrival of the new year, the annual internal boxing match will begin in a little while.

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Jingtian Manor, the library.

Han Yi stood in the middle of the second-floor hall, slowly scanning the bookshelves filled with numerous books.

The second-floor hall was deserted and eerily quiet. In fact, at this moment, the entire Jingtian Manor was deserted except for a handful of disciples on duty. After all, who would bother coming to the library to read during the New Year holiday?

That is to say, Han Yi, being all alone and eager to practice martial arts, had nothing else to do, which is why he still appeared in the library.

The library remained unchanged; the martial arts manuals on the shelves were only displayed with names and descriptions, the actual texts were not in the shelves.

"The reason why martial arts practitioners are considered to have a bleak future is entirely because the ordinary martial arts they practice have little potential; at most, they can only cultivate to the third level of strength and then there is no further progress."

This is why the practice of cultivating multiple paths was abandoned, and instead, only one true skill needed to be cultivated. Although true skills have great potential, and can be mastered step by step, with the potential to break through to the Grandmaster level, they require a large amount of vital energy, grow slowly, and have poor adaptability.

"Now, thanks to the Heaven-Mending Technique, the total amount of my vital energy has doubled. I can now cultivate multiple martial arts while practicing the True Skill. This will make up for the shortcomings of insufficient combat power and lack of agility in the early stages of the True Skill..." Han Yi looked through the rows of bookshelves and quickly found a martial art that met his requirements.

"My requirements are quite simple. While the Reverse Scale state provides ample burst damage, it lacks sufficient defense. I need to maximize my body's resistance to various abnormal states, such as poison resistance, penetration resistance, or paralysis resistance..."

As his strength increased, the enemies he encountered also became stronger, with all sorts of ingenious and diverse martial arts techniques.

"Furthermore, when it comes to choosing a secondary martial art, the danger of the challenges or whether it is even possible to master it are not within my considerations. The only thing I focus on is its underlying principles. As long as one can get the basics down, the remaining dangers and difficulties are simply a matter of deduction and breakthrough."

"Iron Skin Kung Fu", "The Perfect Indestructible Technique", "The Golden Body That Eats Poison", "The Great Detoxification Technique"...

The manuals of martial arts were arranged on it, and the conditions required for cultivation were also clearly written. Han Yi's goal was to cultivate this kind of martial art with extremely strong resistance to negative effects. He wanted to learn both, and if he cultivated the basics more, it would definitely play an important role in critical moments.

But at that moment, a question suddenly occurred to him.

"Learning a lot of martial arts doesn't necessarily mean being strong. On the contrary, being a jack-of-all-trades and master of none wastes a lot of energy and spirit. Because the effort is scattered, it won't achieve the improvement in actual combat ability that I expect."

Therefore, even with sufficient vital energy, one must be mindful of limits when practicing other martial arts. In other words, I should choose one martial art as my primary focus and then practice other martial arts as well, provided it doesn't interfere with my main practice.

Otherwise, if the secondary cultivation methods negatively impact the potential of the primary cultivation method, wouldn't that be a net loss?

He stood in front of the bookshelf, lost in thought.

After a moment, Han Yi slowly came back to his senses.

"Without a doubt, I have already mastered the Flying Dragon Skill and the Qianyang Skill. The only skill I have left is the True Skill, the Cold Yin Nine-Bend Palm, which is the most suitable for my main practice. The Cold Yin Nine-Bend Palm is profound and complex, with nine levels of skill and immense potential, which is unmatched by any other martial art in this library. When this skill is mastered, one can reach the level of a Grandmaster, which is more than enough for me to study. It is only natural that I would devote a lot of effort to it."

"When choosing a secondary martial art, it must be able to complement the Nine-Bend Cold Yin Palm, or in other words, it must not interfere with the practice of the Nine-Bend Cold Yin Palm..."

Having considered this point, Han Yi looked at the martial arts techniques again and made his decision.