I'm Just Making Up The Exercises, My Disciple, Have You Really Mastered Them?

Chapter 36: Introduction to Dragon Subduing Palm (Seeking to Catch Up)

"Disciple, when you first start practicing controlling qi and blood, the chicken is too small. The qi and blood can instantly envelop it. How can you improve your control?"

"Go find something bigger to practice on."

Li Xuan said with a serious tone.

"Yes, Master, I understand!"

Xu Yan's eyes lit up.

Throwing the charred chicken on the ground, he eagerly approached the horse he had ridden, rubbing his hands together, looking eager to try.

Li Xuan: ...

This disciple's brain really doesn't work well.

"Disciple, this horse is also not suitable."

Xu Yan nodded. The horse was too big, and the qi and blood couldn't envelop it. He should find a smaller prey.

"Master, I will go hunting."

Li Xuan was pleased. His disciple had finally awakened. It wouldn't be long before he could taste wild game himself.

Three days later.

Qi and blood surged in Xu Yan's hands, and a hot aura filled the air. The smell of meat wafted from his hands.

He had roasted a wild boar.

Although most of it was burnt, at least half of the meat was cooked and edible.

"My control over qi and blood has greatly improved!"

Xu Yan was excited.

Raising his hand, he struck out with a palm strike, and a condensed qi and blood took the form of a long-horned python.

The contours of its eyes and mouth were clearly visible.

"It's getting closer. I'm not far from condensing the Dragon Form Palm Strike."

Xu Yan was excited.

Dropping the roasted pig in his hand, he continued to hunt wild boars to practice.

...

"I wonder how my foolish disciple is doing with his cultivation?"

Li Xuan sighed in his heart. He still hadn't tasted any wild game.

They had all been roasted to charcoal by Xu Yan. How could he eat them?

"Your disciple has mastered the art of roasting meat barehanded. His control over qi and blood has improved. He can control it perfectly."

Suddenly.

Golden light appeared, and in an instant, Li Xuan felt as if he had practiced roasting meat barehanded countless times, reaching a state of perfection.

And he had complete control over his qi and blood.

With this complete control, Li Xuan felt that he had reached an astonishing level of mastery in using his own qi and blood.

Every bit of qi and blood could be manipulated at will.

With the improvement in control over qi and blood, his strength had also greatly increased.

At this moment, he could completely converge his qi and blood, without leaking a trace.

Raising his right hand, the qi and blood on his index finger surged out like flames, sometimes growing larger, sometimes shrinking, and the intensity of the qi and blood could also be controlled at will.

"So this is perfect control over qi and blood!"

Li Xuan exclaimed in amazement.

His foolish disciple was quite impressive, progressing rapidly.

That night, Xu Yan returned.

He felt that he was not far from condensing the Dragon Form Palm Strike.

His control over qi and blood had greatly improved.

Li Xuan sat in a chair, it was time to show his foolish disciple a thing or two.

"Disciple, come here."

Xu Yan was holding a freshly slaughtered chicken, preparing to make dinner.

"Master."

Li Xuan reached out and took the chicken from his hand. "Disciple, watch closely."

Saying that, he pointed his finger at the chicken leg.

As the qi and blood surged, the aroma of meat quickly filled the air.

Returning the chicken to Xu Yan, he said, "Tear it open and take a look."

Xu Yan, upon hearing this, tore open the chicken leg and immediately widened his eyes in shock.

Part of the chicken leg was cooked.

But only the meat within a finger's width was cooked, while the meat beyond that was still raw.

"This is complete control over Qi and blood.

"If you can do it, roast the chicken leg until it's cooked, but the meat outside the chicken leg remains uncooked, and that would be sufficient control over Qi and blood."

Finally, Li Xuan revealed his skill in front of his disciple, feeling relaxed both physically and mentally.

Xu Yan was greatly shocked. Is this complete control over Qi and blood?

"Master, disciple will definitely be able to do it!"

"Mm, do your best. There's no need to pursue it deliberately. Don't slack off in your cultivation because of this!" Li Xuan nodded and advised.

He was afraid that his foolish disciple would slack off in his cultivation in pursuit of complete control over Qi and blood, resulting in slow progress in his cultivation.

"Disciple understands!"

...

Li Xuan sighed in his heart. His disciple's talent was truly strong.

Since he demonstrated his skill, Xu Yan had spent five days and was already able to roast the chicken leg until it was cooked, without affecting the meat outside.

Although he didn't have complete control over Qi and blood, he had about eighty percent.

This was already very impressive.

Xu Yan was also decisive. Without deliberately pursuing complete control over Qi and blood, he focused his thoughts on cultivating the Dragon Subduing Palm.

On the hillside.

Xu Yan struck out with his palm, and a crimson dragon, about ten feet long and as thick as a calf, roared out and hit the ground, creating a large pit.

"After cultivating the Dragon Subduing Palm, the power has increased by more than double, but I still feel like something is lacking." Xu Yan frowned.

Although he had condensed the dragon-shaped palm force, it didn't have the mighty power he had envisioned.

He always felt that something was missing.

"The dragon has Divine Ability, it changes according to the situation—Divine Ability is powerful, it changes according to the situation, and change is flexibility... I understand now.

"What's missing is flexibility. The palm force I have now is too rigid.

"It lacks vitality!" Xu Yan once again entered a state of enlightenment, contemplating how to truly grasp the essence.

In the following days, Xu Yan devoted himself wholeheartedly to the cultivation of the Dragon Subduing Palm. He didn't contemplate the Eight Trigrams or practice body techniques.

Instead, he practiced the Dragon Subduing Palm over and over again.

Continuously adjusting and practicing the Dragon Subduing Palm based on his understanding of the formula.

In this way, seven more days passed.

While practicing the Dragon Subduing Palm, Xu Yan struck out with his palm, and the ten-foot-long crimson dragon shook its head and tail, about to strike a tree in front of him.

Xu Yan's palm slightly turned, and the crimson dragon suddenly coiled around, bypassing the tree trunk. The dragon's tail whipped and struck the trunk with a crack.

Snap!

The tree was broken by the strike of the dragon's tail!

The crimson dragon then plunged into another spot on the ground, creating a large pit.

"I've finally reached a basic level. The power of this strike is about ten times stronger than before I cultivated the Dragon Subduing Palm!

"This is the power of the Dragon Subduing Palm!" Xu Yan was exhilarated.

He raised both hands, struck out with his right palm, and a ten-foot-long crimson dragon-shaped palm force surged out. Then, he followed with his left palm, and another dragon-shaped palm force surged out.

He saw his hands move, the two dragon-shaped palm forces intertwined. One coiled around his body for protection, while the other struck out fiercely. It seemed like the head of a dragon was attacking, but just as it was about to strike the target, it suddenly raised its head and soared into the air. The dragon's tail then whipped down, followed by the return of the dragon's head, striking with a loud boom!

Boom!

The sound of rumbling echoed on the hillside.

The two crimson dragon-shaped palm forces danced and circled, sometimes diving, sometimes plunging into the ground, sometimes shaking their heads and tails!

"The dragon has Divine Ability, it changes according to the situation. So that's how it is!

"I finally understand!

"Although I still don't possess the power of Divine Ability, I've only grasped the surface, but my realm is still low. This is already considered a basic level.

"I have finally cultivated the Dragon Subduing Palm!" Xu Yan was extremely excited.

He had finally understood two lines of the Dragon Subduing Palm formula, although it was only a superficial understanding.

But it was still a basic level.

If he had cultivated the Dragon Subduing Palm when he killed the bandits in the mountains, would he have relied on brute force?

With one strike, he could have killed all those bandits!

"I still need to practice more, to be able to use it freely and effortlessly. Right now, I can only activate two dragons. I'm still far from mastery.

"And the power of my strikes is still not fierce enough. The dragons I unleash are still not agile enough!" Xu Yan summarized his shortcomings and continued to practice on the hillside. For a while, stones flew, vegetation was destroyed, and the ground was filled with one pit after another, densely packed!

(End of this chapter)