Chapter 182

Whoosh~

The thunder eagle spread its wings, tearing through the sea of clouds.

In just a few breaths, Qin Shuo and Nie Jinfeng returned from the Thunder Pool Forbidden Zone to Divine Arrow Peak.

"Alright, while there's still time, today I will teach you the remaining two forms of the Wind and Thunder Arrow Technique."

"The Wind and Thunder Arrow Technique consists of four forms: Arrow of the Violent Wind, Arrow of Thunder, Wind-Thunder Dragon, and Wind-Thunder Slash!"

"You have grasped the essence and divine intent of the Arrow of the Violent Wind and the Arrow of Thunder, but to learn the remaining two forms, your current cultivation makes it somewhat difficult."

"The essence of the Wind-Thunder Dragon and Wind-Thunder Slash lies within in the fusion of wind and thunder divine intent, and without in the interaction of true essence with external airflow, forming a unique vigorous qi."

"So when you practice, you must also train together with the vigorous qi…"

Speaking, Nie Jinfeng again took out the Thunderstrike Iron-Wood Bow and the Black Iron Heavy Arrow, slowly drawing the bow.

"To simultaneously condense two kinds of vigorous qi and weave them into a Wind-Thunder Dragon,"

"first you need to alternate the wind and thunder breathing techniques of different frequencies, so that when true essence rubs against the heaven and earth qi, the violent-wind vigorous qi and thunder-punishment vigorous qi are condensed together at the same time."

"Pay attention to my breathing and my force circulation, focusing your concentration on the fingers that pluck the string."

Nie Jinfeng explained in detail; after demonstrating the breathing frequency and force circulation techniques, he suddenly drew a long breath, and as his arms opened and closed, strands of true essence seeped out from within his body, slowly intertwining with the heaven and earth qi,

at a speed that seemed slow but was actually extremely swift, upon the Black Iron Heavy Arrow he traced and intertwined a Wind-Thunder Dragon that appeared as if wrapped in electric light, illusory and faint.

This thunder dragon, formed from the intertwining of blue-white vigorous qi, took the iron arrow as its spine, thunder as its flesh, violent wind as its scales, ferocious beyond compare.

"Roar!"

Qin Shuo's vision darkened; he seemed to hear a dragon's roar and thunder exploding in his ears, and his body involuntarily shuddered.

At that moment, he felt his blood and qi and true essence circulation thrown into disarray.

An intangible pressure descended like a substance, making his heart turn cold uncontrollably.

"This…"

Qin Shuo's heart pounded like a drum; even though he knew Nie Jinfeng would not strike him, he still felt his heart race.

"This is the Wind-Thunder Dragon!" Qin Shuo's eyes shone brightly.

All along his journey, since entering the Meridian Passage, no one had taught him martial arts in such meticulous detail for a long time.

Although he could learn the corresponding martial arts by refining divine intent maps and the spiritual remnants on weapons,

but this is like reading an answer key versus listening to a teacher explain the problem-solving approach—two completely different learning methods.

With the aid of the Taotie Cauldron, any martial art, as long as he is given a complete divine intent map or spiritual imprint, he can write down the steps and answers exactly, just like memorizing an answer key.

But this has a major drawback: he will forever know only one way to solve a problem, and if conditions change slightly, he may be unable to solve it.

Applied to martial cultivation, this means he knows only fixed routines and cannot adapt his moves flexibly.

If this continues, not only will he fail to grasp his own unique arrow technique, but even the seamless conversion between various martial arts could become problematic.

Therefore, even though he knew that once the Taotie Cauldron recharged he could learn this Wind-Thunder Dragon, Qin Shuo still listened attentively to Nie Jinfeng's explanation, absorbing his understanding of arrow technique, vigorous qi, and martial dao.

And this is exactly what he most urgently needs right now.

What is called grasping one's own arrow technique, in Qin Shuo's view, is to construct a cognitive system of his own arrow martial dao.

Such cognition must encompass blood and qi, true essence, vigorous qi, force exertion, divine intent, arrow technique skills, and many other aspects.

A bookish fool who only memorizes answer keys finds it hard to devise his own unique problem-solving logic.

At this point, a master's guidance becomes extremely important.

And right now, Nie Jinfeng is that master who guides Qin Shuo to form his own martial dao cognition.

Boom!

The arrow surged forth, like a thunder dragon roaring across the sky.

Its exterior, formed from dense wind blades condensed into scale armor, was razor-sharp, grinding the heavenly gusts into powder.

This arrow, even if Nie Jinfeng did not exert his full strength, already possessed terrifying, boundless power, directly flattening a small hill beneath Divine Arrow Peak.

"What an overbearing arrow technique!" Qin Shuo couldn't help but praise.

The power of this Wind-Thunder Dragon far exceeds that of the pure Thunder Arrow and Violent Wind Arrow, being vastly greater.

However, the flaw of this arrow technique is also obvious: its charging time is very long.

That extremely intricate weaving of vigorous qi, even for a martial dao master like Nie Jinfeng, took several breaths to construct.

A few breaths may sound short, but on a battlefield where things change in an instant, it is enough to decide life and death, victory or defeat.

Although just now that arrow, Nie Jinfeng deliberately slowed the speed so that Qin Shuo could clearly see the entire process of vigorous qi construction and wind-thunder intertwining.

But what kind of person is Nie Jinfeng?

He is a super tough guy capable of firing eight Thunder Arrows in an instant.

His true essence circulation and vigorous qi weaving speed absolutely far surpasses that of ordinary martial dao masters; otherwise he would not have earned the title of Eight-Armed Evil Dragon.

"Alright, now go back and practice slowly on your own."

"To simultaneously control two kinds of vigorous qi to build the Wind-Thunder Dragon, the most important thing is meticulous control over one's own strength."

"This requires you to master the control of your own breathing, divine intent, true essence, and the external heaven and earth qi to an extremely profound degree."

"With your current cultivation, practice thirty times a day."

"When you can construct the Wind-Thunder Dragon within thirty breaths, that counts as entering the hall; achieving it within ten breaths counts as minor accomplishment…"

Qin Shuo listened, entranced and intoxicated; having read many answer keys, suddenly hearing such meticulous explanation gave him a feeling of sudden enlightenment, of clouds clearing.

"Your talent and comprehension are better than mine, but the Wind-Thunder Dragon focuses on the control of one's own strength; it is a skill honed through painstaking effort."

"Back when I mastered the Violent Wind Arrow and the Thunder Arrow, I also spent a full three months before completely forming the embryonic thunder dragon."

"So you need not rush at all; if you can master it within a month, you will already be peerless!"

"I was already peerless to begin with!"

Qin Shuo muttered softly, but still clasped his fists in thanks.

Although they were merely in a cooperative relationship, the other party's meticulous explanation deserved his sincere bow.

Sect Master Nie, I have a request I'm embarrassed to make!

Seeing Nie Jin Feng put away his Thunderstrike Ironwood Bow and turn to leave, Qin Shuo hastily called out to stop him.

Speak!

Nie Jin Feng turned back indifferently, his eyes filled with questioning.

"This old man changes his face so fast!" Qin Shuo thought to himself.

Just moments ago he still had the appearance of a kindly teacher, earnestly instructing.

In the blink of an eye he seemed to become a different person, once again restoring his former aloofness—as if everyone owed him millions.

"I want to borrow your Thunderstrike Ironwood Bow for a moment!" Qin Shuo said, cheeks flushed.

"Huh?"

Nie Jin Feng suddenly turned around, his sharp gaze frightening!