Chapter 337: Li Family Heart Method

This Blade Intent does not provide a direct bonus to one's own attributes, yet for an opponent, it is extremely Fatal.

One must know that in a duel between experts, even a mere ten percent impact on speed is highly likely to determine the outcome of a battle.

Not to mention, directly reducing an opponent's speed by half—how is one supposed to fight that?

The most critical point is that this is a passive Skill; it activates automatically as long as one uses a blade-type weapon.

"I fear it is precisely because of this Bone-Piercing Blade Intent that the threshold for this martial art has become so high," Lu Yu pondered for a moment, finally resolving his previous doubts.

For a practitioner, if they cannot comprehend the Bone-Piercing Blade Intent in a day, they cannot learn this 【Wind-Facing Blade Slash】 in a day.

But if they suddenly comprehend the Bone-Piercing Blade Intent, they can instantly master this profound blade technique.

It can be said that this martial art is simply a nightmare for those of mediocre aptitude, yet it is most suitable for those geniuses with extraordinary talent.

"Presumably, this Bone-Piercing Blade Intent is just one of many types of blade intent. However, although blade intent is good, for me, being able to master one is enough." Lu Yu shook his head with a bitter smile.

After all, he does not have that much Experience Value to squander at will on weapon-based martial arts.

Moreover, since blades have Blade Intent, then fist and foot martial arts must surely have a fist-path true intent similar to blade intent.

As long as one learns enough fist techniques, perhaps even a seemingly plain and simple punch could contain five, six, seven, eight, or nine types of fist intent.

Lu Yu's gaze fell upon the next characteristic—Wind-Facing Blade Slash.

Ten times the power of a blade technique; at first listen, it sounds similar to a palm technique with ten times the power, but in reality, the two are vastly different.

Because in the vast majority of cases, the power exerted by weapons often exceeds the power of fists and feet.

The most important point is that, unlike fist and foot martial arts, the factors influencing their power are relatively limited, primarily constrained by the Martial Artist's own strength attribute, and wanting to further improve on the existing foundation is as difficult as ascending to heaven.

However, the factors influencing weapon power are much richer; the Martial Artist's strength is merely one of them. The simplest way to increase the power of a blade technique is to switch to a more powerful weapon.

Take the Wanzhang Shenggong for comparison: a Mountain Pushing Palm with ten times the power, even if it strikes out a palm print over a meter high, might not necessarily be able to kill a top-tier Elite Beast on the spot.

Yet a five-meter-high Blade Qi can absolutely do it. And this is merely the power in its initial form.

If it reaches the highest form, a blade with fifty times the power, even though the Blade Qi remains five meters high, has a high probability of killing a Commander-level Fierce Beast in one strike.

Of course, the consumption for such powerful Blade Qi also reaches a terrifying degree.

It requires ten thousand points of True Qi, continuously doubled four times—that is, one hundred and sixty thousand points of True Qi—to swing this earth-shattering blade.

"It is worthy of being a top-tier martial art; it truly lives up to its reputation." Lu Yu could not help but feel deeply moved, and his heart was filled with anticipation for the two martial arts currently in the process of being completed.

As for the present, he slowly shifted his gaze downward, landing on that pile of heart methods.

Among these heart methods, some are worth one or two hundred points, some are worth four or five hundred points, and there are even those worth seven or eight hundred points.

There are also a few that cost over a thousand points, such as the 【Tendon-Changing Classic】, 【Bright Jade Art】, 【Jiayi Sacred Art】, and the like.

The pity is that these advanced heart methods are basically all incomplete.

However, Internal Energy heart methods below seven or eight hundred points are basically all complete.

"Those worth one or two hundred points must be basic heart methods, those worth three or four hundred points might be relatively advanced, and those worth seven or eight hundred points should count as first-class Internal Energy heart methods," Lu Yu analyzed to himself.

Judging from the previous bonus effect of 【Golden Bell Shield】 on True Qi, it is roughly at the level of an advanced heart method. A first-class heart method worth seven or eight hundred points might provide an additional bonus to True Qi of around thirty percent.

However, a realistic problem lies before him, and that is the difficulty of learning.

The more powerful the heart method, although the greater the increase to True Qi, the higher the difficulty to learn it.

The 【Qianyuan Technique】 and 【Yiqi Technique】 learned previously both belong to basic heart methods; learning one of them to the Consummation Realm consumes at least around 5000 points of Experience Value.

If the Experience Value consumed by an advanced heart method were only double that of a basic heart method, that would still be acceptable.

But if it is not, then from the perspective of True Qi bonuses alone, it would not be very cost-effective.

To verify this point, Lu Yu specifically selected an advanced martial art to conduct an experiment.

【Cold Ice Formula】, priced at 400 points.

This is an Internal Energy heart method capable of converting the True Qi within the body into extremely cold energy.

When engaging with an enemy, one can utilize Cold Ice True Qi to obstruct the flow of the opponent's internal True Qi, and it is even possible to freeze the opponent directly into an ice sculpture.

However, the difficulty of practicing this heart method is extremely high; if one is not careful and suffers Qi Deviation, it is easy to freeze oneself into an ice sculpture as well.

"Let's use this martial art to conduct an experiment first." A thought flashed through Lu Yu's mind, and he added one point of Experience Value to the 【Cold Ice Formula】.

He saw the proficiency of the 【Cold Ice Formula】 slowly rise by one four-hundred-eightieth.

"As expected." Lu Yu frowned slightly.

He clearly remembered that when 【Yiqi Technique】 first reached Entry, the consumed Experience Value was only one hundred and twenty-eight points; although 【Qianyuan Technique】 was slightly more, it was only around one hundred and fifty points.

Yet for this 【Cold Ice Formula】, the Experience Value required for Entry was more than three times that of those.

Inferring from this situation, the Experience Value required for those first-class heart methods to reach Entry would likely be far from enough even with two thousand points.

"Let's see what the effect is exactly." While pondering, he added the remaining four hundred-plus points of Experience Value all at once.

In an instant, the True Qi within his body immediately underwent a change.

Lu Yu's expression changed slightly; he clearly felt that the True Qi within his body had indeed increased, yet the magnitude of the increase did not meet his expectations, having only increased by thirty strands.

That is to say, it only increased by one-tenth of his Origin True Qi.

Could it be... He was startled in his heart and hurriedly looked at the skill bar, only to see it displayed: 【Cold Ice Formula: Initial Entry, Characteristic: Qi Nourishment Level 1】

"Qi Nourishment..." Seeing this characteristic, Lu Yu could not help but shake his head.

Originally, he had been full of anticipation that it would be 【Qi Accumulation】, as that would have allowed for an increase of twenty percent to his Origin True Qi.

Now it seems the situation is not so; perhaps the bonus brought by the 【Qi Accumulation】 characteristic is the upper limit for first-class Internal Energy heart methods.

"Since that is the case, then I had better be steady and reliable, slowly improving starting from the most basic heart methods." After pondering for a moment, Lu Yu made up his mind.

After all, five thousand points of Experience Value can grant a fifty percent additional True Qi bonus.

And he currently has sixty thousand points of Experience Value remaining; he could at least improve seven or eight basic heart methods, right?

Not only that, he could also unlock a large number of characteristics to use for unlocking those few incomplete top-tier heart methods; as the saying goes, sharpening the blade does not delay the wood-chopping.

Lu Yu cast his gaze toward 【Li Family Heart Method】: priced at one hundred points, it is said to be a family martial art summarized and refined by a family surnamed Li, synthesizing various heart methods circulating in the Jianghu.

Later, when the family fell on hard times, this heart method was brought out by later descendants to be sold. After practicing this heart method, one can significantly increase internal strength.

Lu Yu invested nearly three thousand points of Experience Value, finally raising this Heart Method to the Consummation Realm.

【Li Family Heart Method: Consummation, Traits: Blood Nourishing Level 5, Qi Nourishing Level 5, Regulate Breath Level 4, Body Protection Level 1】

These traits are all relatively basic, and the 【Body Protection】 trait was only unlocked upon reaching the Consummation Realm.

Whereas the 【Qianyuan Technique】 had already unlocked this trait when at the Great Success Realm.