Chapter 27: Learning Martial Arts by Reading the Instruction Manual

The Identification Barrier in the Martial World is also called the Martial Arts Barrier; this thing is mysterious and profound, invisible and intangible, caused by the subconscious playing tricks. Many geniuses advance by leaps and bounds from the moment they start learning martial arts, only to be firmly blocked by the Identification Barrier in the end. Break through the Identification Barrier and one soars to the sky; fail to break it and one stops forever.

Wu Chengyu came from a later era and had the Identification Barrier from the very beginning. Wu Mianfeng's memories helped him open the door to martial arts, but he could not even cross the threshold.

But now that he had the Golden Finger Bamboo Slip Dad, the Identification Barrier was broken in such a crude way, and Wu Chengyu's subconscious disbelief immediately became seeing is believing.

But the function of the bamboo slips went far beyond this; to Wu Chengyu, the bamboo slips were an all-purpose instruction manual.

After breaking the Identification Barrier, Wu Chengyu immediately operated the Bibo Heart Method according to the three-dimensional stereoscopic diagram in his mind, able to consciously guide the circulation of his inner force without worrying about it going astray. During the process of inward observation, his attention could also be focused, but the biggest problem still remained.

Wu Mianfeng's body had mediocre aptitude; Wu Chengyu's soul transmigration merely changed the software, while the hardware still belonged to the low-end model.

With the help of inward observation, the speed of inner force circulation indeed improved a little, going from an old lady with bound feet to an old gentleman, able to take larger steps, but it was still very slow.

At this point, he had to rely on the bamboo slips' instruction manual.

"Bibo Heart Method, Peach Blossom Island basic internal art, cultivates the Eight Extraordinary Meridians, mainly walking the Chong Meridian and Dai Meridian, regulating the Yang Linking Meridian and Yin Linking Meridian to harmonize yin and yang, sorting out the Yang Heel Meridian and Yin Heel Meridian to distinguish yin from yang, while simultaneously connecting the three hidden meridians Tianfu Hidden Meridian Hidden Meridian, Tianliang Hidden Meridian Hidden Meridian, and Tianji Hidden Meridian Hidden Meridian, forming its own school."

Advantages: large inner force storage capacity, fast inner force circulation, agile and changeable internal energy.

Disadvantages: merges with the Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian, Hand Shaoyin Heart Meridian, Foot Taiyang Bladder Meridian, and Foot Shaoyang Gallbladder Meridian of the Twelve Regular Meridians, while the other regular meridians are difficult to fully penetrate, especially the Hand Jueyin Pericardium Meridian and Foot Jueyin Liver Meridian cultivation paths have obvious defects.

Correction method: insufficient data, martial arts cannot be perfected.

Evaluation: Host aptitude insufficient, existing cultivation methods are stiff and inefficient; basic heart method practiced for five years still not perfected. Suggest giving up. Rather than wasting time, better to be a happy ordinary commoner with no weapon in hand.

The Bibo Heart Method was originally low-end goods, meant for laying foundations, so having some defects was perfectly normal.

As for the bamboo slips urging Wu Chengyu to give up, Wu Chengyu directly ignored them. Coming to the Martial World and not practicing martial arts would be living a lifetime in vain. Most importantly, in this world, without martial arts means having no ability to protect oneself; who knows, one day a thief might break into the house and he would be completely done for.

Just like that fierce fight at the ruined house—if not for Wu Mianfeng's five years of martial arts cultivation as a foundation, and without the Second Wave internal energy launching a surprise attack to blind that evil beggar's eyes, even if Wu Chengyu risked his life and used every dirty trick, he would only end up being caught by that evil beggar.

Insufficient aptitude is innate. A person's martial arts aptitude is divided into two aspects: intelligence and physical talent.

Wu Mianfeng's intelligence was above average. Usually Huang Yaoshi ignored him, but several senior brothers like Qu Lingfeng treated him decently, and he could understand basic martial arts knowledge. His biggest problem was slow reactions; everything was half a beat slow, his personality was somewhat rigid, and he did not know how to adapt.

However, this problem was already solved after Wu Chengyu's soul transmigration. Wu Chengyu had over forty years of experience, quick reactions, an active mind, and knew better how treacherous human hearts could be. The biggest problem right in front of him still came from Wu Mianfeng's body.

Wu Chengyu focused his attention on the fact that the cultivation method was stiff and inefficient. Wasn't the existence of the bamboo slips precisely to improve these defects?

As expected, the bamboo slips sensed Wu Chengyu's thoughts and immediately provided a new instruction manual targeting the cultivation method.

"Host: among your Eight Extraordinary Meridians, the Chong Meridian is unobstructed, the Dai Meridian is blocked, and the inner force cultivation effect is poor. Suggest that every day at Chen Hour, you operate the Stacked Waves Method from the Bibo Heart Method to penetrate the Dai Meridian, keeping the inner force repeatedly scouring it. But the number of scouring times per day must not exceed 10 round trips, otherwise the meridians will be damaged."

"Host: your Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian and Hand Taiyang Small Intestine Meridian are congenitally insufficient; the meridians are slightly narrow and fragile. Suggest that every night at Zi Hour, you use the Fine Waves Method from the Bibo Heart Method to gradually moisten the meridians, which can slowly improve the meridian condition. Time must not exceed Half Hour."

"In addition, every day at Wu Hour, cultivate the Bibo Heart Method. The Thirty-Six Cycles are performed in two stages: the first eighteen cycles control the inner force circulation speed, slowly passing through the cultivation path, and the time must exceed Three Incense Sticks Time. The last eighteen cycles accelerate the inner force circulation and must be completed within One Incense Stick Time."

When Wu Mianfeng originally cultivated the Bibo Heart Method, it took him half a year just to produce Qi Sensation. Huang Yaoshi cursed him as rotten wood, incapable of achievement. After he gained true qi, Huang Yaoshi casually threw the Bibo Heart Method secret manual to him, telling him to memorize the circulation route and cultivate thirty-six cycles every day without slackening.

After that, Wu Mianfeng never received any guidance from Huang Yaoshi again. Even the circulation path and the actual meaning of the heart method were only learned under the teaching of several senior brothers.

Those few senior brothers had decent cultivation but shallow martial arts knowledge; they simply did not know how to teach Wu Mianfeng. Wu Mianfeng's five years of cultivation only knew to circulate at least thirty-six cycles every day. He was familiar with the path, but progress was extremely slow.

Even the Stacked Waves and Fine Waves Methods in the Bibo Heart Method, he treated as means to control internal energy during combat, never knowing they could actually be used for cultivation.

"Huang Yaoshi, you damn old man." Finally understanding why Wu Mianfeng's cultivation was so low, Wu Chengyu couldn't help but curse the Eastern Heretic once more.

Whether Wu Mianfeng was rotten wood is not worth discussing for now, but Huang Yaoshi was absolutely a mediocre teacher.

Many things seem difficult, but as long as the method is right, everything becomes easy. Huang Yaoshi might not have known this method, but he simply did not teach it to Wu Mianfeng.

The function of the bamboo slips went beyond this. Next, it gave a prescription called Small Meridian-Opening Powder. Taking it daily could mildly but continuously unblock and nourish the meridians.

Afterwards, Wu Chengyu followed the cultivation method given by the bamboo slips, taking Small Meridian-Opening Powder daily, nourishing the meridians or cultivating kung fu at Zi Hour, Wu Hour, and Chen Hour in sequence. Afterwards, his cultivation speed indeed increased significantly, and as the meridians improved, the cultivation speed became faster and faster.

It was like an old gentleman riding a bicycle—he couldn't compare to a genius driving a Ferrari, but at least he left that old lady with bound feet far behind by an unknown distance.

More than twenty days later, Wu Chengyu successfully mastered the Third Wave of the Bibo Heart Method. This was also the mark of perfecting the Bibo Heart Method cultivation. He finally caught up to Feng Mofeng, who had cultivated for two and a half years, except that Feng Mofeng immediately received an advanced heart method from Huang Yaoshi at that time.

And Wu Chengyu naturally had no more Peach Blossom Island arts to cultivate. The Bibo Heart Method was considered cultivated to its limit. Afterwards, circulating cycles every day would at most make his inner force more substantial.

Was he resigned? Wu Chengyu didn't know, but he definitely would not covet Peach Blossom Island martial arts. In the Jin Yong World, there seemed to be many martial arts one could seek. There was a long road ahead.

After perfecting the Bibo Heart Method, Wu Chengyu turned his attention to other aspects. By now he could already get out of bed. A life of lying around all day was actually against human nature. Since his martial arts had reached their limit, developing the bamboo slips more to gain other skills was the real key.

This time he chose to improve his cooking skills. He could imitate his cousin Huang Rong's old tricks. As long as the food was well made, he could really fleece Hong Qigong for all he was worth.

The Beggar Sect's power in Suzhou was not small either, and they would meet again in the future. Next time he would make a few delicacies for Hong Qigong. As for the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms, that could wait for now, but Wu Chengyu did not disdain the Carefree Wanderer Palm.

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Thanks to Gourd Sister for the reward. In the previous book, the first person to reward me was also Gourd Sister. Grateful.

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