Chapter 33: Evil of the East Leaves the Island!

"Brother Ning Chuan!"

When these two words clearly issued from his own mouth, Ning Chuan's heart was filled with indescribable joy.

Although the voice still carried a heavy non-human tone, seeming somewhat rough and strange, there was no doubt: he had succeeded!

He could finally, like a human, use language to express his thoughts!

For him, this was of great significance.

It was not merely convenience in communication, but also meant he had taken another huge step toward truly integrating into this world.

However, after the joy, Ning Chuan quickly calmed down.

He did not intend to expose the fact that he could speak human language for the time being.

Having an extra trump card is always good.

Moreover, suddenly changing from a snake that could not speak into a "demon" capable of fluent conversation would likely cause unnecessary shock and trouble.

He still needed a suitable opportunity.

In the following days.

Ning Chuan maintained his previous cultivation rhythm.

Every day he went out to sea to hunt powerful sea fish and sea beasts, using his Devouring Enhancement talent to transform their flesh and blood essence into the energy needed for cultivation, and then refining it into pure Internal Energy through the Water Mystic Snake Method.

As time passed, the Water Mystic Snake Internal Energy within his dantian became increasingly pure and thick.

His Postnatal First Grade realm had long since stabilized and reached its peak state.

He could feel that between him and that mysterious Innate Realm lay only a thin sheet of window paper.

But no matter how hard he tried, he could never pierce through this membrane.

Clearly, he had encountered a bottleneck.

"For human martial artists, the key to transforming Postnatal Internal Energy into Innate true qi lies in opening the acupoints throughout the body, drawing the primordial energy of heaven and earth into the body, and blending and transforming it with one's own Internal Energy."

Ning Chuan coiled within the cave, pondering carefully.

"It is said that the human body has many secret acupoints; every thirty-six opened secret acupoints count as a major hurdle. Postnatal Ninth Grade actually corresponds to opening different numbers of acupoints."

"To break through to the Innate Realm, one must refine Postnatal Internal Energy to its extreme, then in one burst force open the specific 'Mysterious Gate Acupoint,' thereby connecting with the primordial energy of heaven and earth, causing the Internal Energy to undergo a qualitative change and transform into Innate true qi."

"Although I am now at the peak of Postnatal First Grade, the Postnatal section of the Water Mystic Snake Method seems to have reached its limit."

"To break through to the Innate Realm, I must further perfect the Cultivation Method and create the Innate section of the Water Mystic Snake Method!"

With this thought, Ning Chuan came to the Martial Tower of Taohuadao once again.

He needed to draw upon more Famen regarding the Innate Realm.

Most of the Internal Energy Cultivation Methods stored in the Martial Tower stopped at the Postnatal Realm.

But among them, there were a very few that recorded Famen capable of cultivating up to the Innate Realm; although most were merely Fragments or relatively shallow Innate Cultivation Methods, the descriptions within them regarding how to open acupoints, how to sense the primordial energy of heaven and earth, and how to transform Innate true qi still held immense reference value for Ning Chuan.

【You are observing the Fragment of the Seven Mysteries Method Innate Section... You have understood part of the method to open acupoints...】

【You are studying the Hunyuan One Qi Art... You have comprehended the preliminary techniques for guiding the primordial energy of heaven and earth into the body...】

【You are learning the Essentials of the Morning Glow Art... You have gained a deeper understanding of the characteristics of Innate true qi...】

Ning Chuan immersed himself in the realization of these Innate Cultivation Methods, activating his Heaven-Defying Comprehension to its fullest.

He constantly compared, analyzed, and fused the cultivation experiences of these human martial artists with the unique structure of his own snake body.

The theory of human acupoints gradually became clear in his eyes.

And within his own snake body, those hidden energy nodes that vaguely resonated with heaven and earth began to emerge in his perception.

"Humans have three hundred and sixty-five main regular acupoints, as well as countless tiny odd acupoints."

"But the meridian structure of my snake body is far more complex than that of humans, and the potential 'secret acupoints' it contains must be even greater!"

As his realization deepened, the inspiration in Ning Chuan's mind grew brighter and brighter.

Finally, on another sleepless night.

【You have compared dozens of human Internal Energy Cultivation Methods and penetrated the core mystery of transforming Postnatal to Innate...】

【You have deeply excavated the potential of your own snake body, successfully locating and sensing three hundred and sixty-five main 'Snake Acupoints,' as well as over a thousand tiny 'Scale Acupoints'...】

【You have combined the bloodline origin of the Black Water Snake with the characteristics of the Devouring Enhancement talent...】

【You have created the Water Mystic Snake Method — Innate Section!】

It is done!

A surge of indescribable joy once again welled up in Ning Chuan's heart!

The Innate Section of the Water Mystic Snake Method had finally been successfully created by him!

Moreover, the potential of this Innate Section Cultivation Method far exceeded his imagination!

"When human martial artists break through to the Innate Realm, they often open only some key acupoints; thirty-six per hurdle, so even at the Great Perfection, it is merely one hundred and forty-four. Yet my Water Mystic Snake Method Innate Section involves three hundred and sixty-five main Snake Acupoints and over a thousand tiny Scale Acupoints!"

"This number is several times greater than the acupoints involved when human martial artists cultivate!"

"This means that once I successfully break through to the Innate Realm, my foundation will be incredibly solid, and the Innate true qi I can contain and transform will be far beyond that of ordinary Innate martial artists!"

After creating this Innate Cultivation Method, Ning Chuan's understanding of the Martial Dao was greatly enhanced once again.

He vaguely felt that he was forging a cultivation path completely different from that of human martial artists, yet one that was even more powerful and better suited to himself.

At the same time, he did not forget his original goal — to shed his snake form and become a dragon, walking the true path of the Yaoxiufa Sect.

"Yaoxiufa Sect, as the name implies, is the path where demons cultivate, continuously evolve, ultimately transcend the shackles of life, and possess various unimaginable supernatural abilities."

"Its core lies in refining the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, condensing demon power, tempering the demon core, and strengthening the demon soul."

"Although my Internal Energy cultivation base has reached the peak of Postnatal First Grade, my perception of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth remains extremely weak; I can only indirectly obtain energy through devouring flesh and blood."

"To truly embark on the path of the Yaoxiufa Sect and refine my own demon power, my current foundation is still too shallow."

"I can only wait until my Martial Dao cultivation base advances further, at least achieving the Innate Realm, or even reaching the Grandmaster Realm, so that I can actively draw in the primordial energy of heaven and earth and gain a deeper understanding of the power of heaven and earth; only then can I begin to attempt condensing demon power and establishing the Famen of the Yaoxiufa Sect!"

In his heart, Ning Chuan already had a clear plan for the road ahead.

Martial arts cultivation base is the foundation for him to currently increase his strength and enhance his self-preservation ability.

Yet the path of demon cultivation is his ultimate goal and pursuit.

The two complement each other; neither can be lacking.

In the days that followed, Ning Chuan consolidated his Postnatal First Grade peak cultivation base on one hand, while preparing to break through to the Innate Realm on the other.

He still went out to sea to hunt, but no longer devoured wildly as before; instead, he selectively slaughtered sea beasts containing pure energy, storing their flesh and blood essence within his body to accumulate resources for surging into the Innate Realm.

During this period, Huang Rong also often came to play with him, bringing news from Taohuadao.

One day, Huang Rong told him somewhat gloomily: "Brother Ning Chuan, Father... has left Lidao to visit a friend again, saying he is going to see an old acquaintance; we do not know when he will return."

Hearing this, Ning Chuan's heart stirred slightly, and he secretly raised his guard.

Huang Yaoshi has left Lidao?

This timing...

He could not help but recall an important plot from the original work.

I fear Chen Xuanfeng and Mei Chaofeng, those two fellows, are about to take action while Huang Yaoshi is not on the island.

Their target is precisely that peerless manual that has caused bloody storms in the Jianghu—the Nine Yin Manual!