hsntnovel Chapter 16 Incomplete Power
Chapter 16 Incomplete Power
Li Hui changed the subject, his expression turning serious: "You must also be aware of the risks involved."
"The meridians are designed for spiritual energy, fragile yet precise; while the qi and blood are violent and coarse."
"Forcibly pouring qi and blood into the meridians is like pouring iron filings into a precision clock. If you are not careful, the meridians will break inch by inch, endangering your life."
"This is like dancing on a knife's edge, or running wildly along the cliff's edge. Do you dare to try?"
Meridians are "non-material energy organs," independent of the human body, yet inseparable from it.
Losing her spiritual foundation had already nearly killed Li Ai; if her meridians were also destroyed, even if she miraculously survived, she would be paralyzed and bedridden.
Upon hearing this, Li Ai not only did not back down, but instead her eyes blazed with a frenzied fire.
"What is there to be afraid of?"
She gritted her teeth, her voice like it came from the deepest hell: "As long as I can kill them, I'll risk everything, even if it means severing all my meridians!"
"Teach me, and I can grant you even more requests!"
Seeing her expression, Li Hui suddenly laughed: "Aren't you mistaken about something?"
Li Ai frowned: "What?"
"That is—I don't know martial arts."
"Damn it!"
Li Ai jumped up, furious.
After all that talk, are you kidding me?!
"Look at you, always in such a hurry."
Li Hui smiled and crossed his legs: "Although I don't know martial arts, I am still very knowledgeable, learned about everything under the sun, and incredibly talented..."
"I'm going to sleep." Li Ai rolled her eyes and burrowed into the covers, not wanting to hear him brag.
"I don't know martial arts, but I understand the essence of combat, physical structure, and energy utilization. I can turn any trashy martial art into a killing move."
"Anyway, if you bring me some martial arts manuals, I have plenty of ways to teach you."
"call--"
Li Hui continued to give instructions, but soft snoring could already be heard from the bed.
The girl had fallen into a deep sleep, but even after falling asleep, her brows remained furrowed.
Li Hui floated to the bedside and looked at her. After a while... he entered the girl's forehead, and the girl immediately opened her golden eyes.
She sat cross-legged, her mind churning with memories of "Zhou Siyu," which ultimately settled on the Zhou family's ancestral martial art, "Qinghan Shadow Blade Technique."
The next day, early in the morning.
A thin mist hung in the air, and light snow was falling from the sky.
It is now January 2nd, 1026th year of the Azure Dragon Calendar. Looking out, the world is covered in silver, a scene of a snow country.
The workload at the university has been reduced considerably, after all, the winter break is just around the corner, and students' minds have long since drifted away from their studies.
The boys and girls, carrying their bags, hurried through the thick snow to the cafeteria.
The dark-haired youth leaned on the girl's shoulder and whispered menacingly, "I died a terrible death, give me back my life~~~"
Seeing that Li Ai remained unmoved, he felt increasingly bored: "I said, this isn't the direction of the teaching building, is it?"
"Didn't you want me to learn some martial arts?" Li Ai put her hands in her pockets and smiled sneer. "Thanks to our young master Lin, he transferred 1000 contribution points to me, which is enough to exchange for some decent martial arts manuals."
1000 contribution points, if converted into cash, would be as much as 100 million Azure Dragon Coins.
As a reward for Zhou Siyu acting as the executioner, Lin Fan generously bestowed upon her a great deal of cultivation resources.
The Zhou family is not short of money, but good cultivation resources are a kind of hard currency that money cannot buy.
Unfortunately, Zhou Siyuan embezzled all of it, and Li Ai only received 1000 contribution points—the one who did the dirty and tiring work got the least, how ironic.
Even the bone-piercing nail artifact was snatched away by Zhou Siyuan, leaving nothing behind.
East of the Martial Arts Hall is the Martial Arts Library.
"The Mine Clearing Palm" sounds pretty intimidating.
[This one is good too; the name "Huangji Jingtianquan" sounds very powerful.]
Ignoring the ghost's interference, Li Ai carefully selected and searched.
Cultivation manuals are graded into four levels: black iron, bronze, silver, and gold, which includes spiritual cultivation techniques.
The higher the rating, the more miraculous the effects are often. It is said that there are ratings above gold, but that is beyond the reach of ordinary people.
Suddenly, Li Ai's fingertips stopped in front of a secret manual, and she murmured softly: "The will to charge into battle, to die rather than live... to die... to live..."
Isn't this my current predicament? Only by fighting to the death can I take revenge, only by fighting to the death can I survive...
Li Ai flipped through the synopsis of "Breaking the Formation Spear" and felt that the concepts aligned with hers more and more as she read on. Her gaze then turned to the price.
[Bronze Grade Low - Formation-Breaking Spear]
Price: 500 Contribution Points
That's roughly equivalent to 50 Azure Dragon Coins, which is already a very reasonable price.
Without much hesitation, Li Ai took out Zhou Siyu's student card, scanned it, and deducted contribution points.
drop!
The machine began spitting out pages, and Li Ai straightened the pages, revised the shrink wrap, and carefully put the book into her handbag.
There was also another low-grade bronze-level martial arts manual inside—"Blood Boiling."
The two manuals, one focusing on internal energy and the other on external energy, can perfectly replace the trashy black iron martial arts she previously practiced.
Let's go find a quiet place.
"Um."
Li Ai decisively left the martial arts library and headed out of the school.
Her original identity had already died in society, and staying in the university was meaningless. Even if she achieved good results in the college entrance examination, that would belong to Zhou Siyu's life, not hers.
Moreover, Zhou Siyu's identity was too attractive; her phone was flooded with messages overnight.
"Honey, did you see that? Why aren't you replying?"
"Woman, how dare you not reply to my messages!"
"My dear little sister~ Come out and play with your big brother~~"
Li Ai frowned as she read the various lewd remarks, feeling nauseous.
Zhou Siyuan kept hinting that Li Ai should simply take leave and go off-campus to avoid trouble and focus on her cultivation.
...........
The VIP training room is located on the third floor of Tian's Martial Arts School.
The black-haired youth looked serious, while the gray-haired girl sat upright, creating a very solemn atmosphere.
On the coffee table in front of the two were two secret manuals, which were the martial arts techniques that Li Ai had exchanged for with contribution points.
silence......
After a long while, Li Ai looked up, her face showing confusion: "Hmm?"
"Um......"
"Um?!"
"Well......"
"Then get moving! Didn't you want to improve martial arts?"
Li Hui looked up awkwardly and explained, "Before that, I need to explain the nature of power to you."
"The essence of 'plunder' is decomposition and fusion; the essence of 'observation' is analysis and reconstruction."
"So far, you've seen all the other powers applied, except for Reconstruction."
"But unfortunately, I have to tell you that these powers are actually flawed."
"The lack of restructuring is particularly serious in this regard."
"...So?" Li Ai blinked. "Didn't you say you would change?"
"Ahem, I already told you I don't know martial arts." Li Hui chuckled awkwardly and urged, "Do it yourself, you'll have plenty to eat and wear."
"Damn it, you're full of bullshit!" Li Ai rolled her eyes and vowed never to believe Li Hui's nonsense again.
This guy never tells the truth. He spoke eloquently before, but in the end, he left it to Quan Neng to change. It was a huge detour, like taking off your pants to fart—completely unnecessary.
Following his instructions, Li Ai lightly touched the cover of the manual with her fingertips, and the golden patterns on her iris flowed.
The pages moved on their own even without wind, and the lines of text were disassembled, reassembled, and reinterpreted in her eyes.
This was a completely different experience from observing humans. In a daze, she seemed to glimpse the door to "intelligence" and see a corner of the truth.
To her, the pages of the book were no longer words, but lines.
Countless luminous lines intertwine, entwine, and extend, like a giant net. Each line represents a "principle"—the principle of force, the principle of energy, the principle of form, and the principle of intention.
But... can someone tell me why this webpage is such a mess?!
[…I said it, it's incomplete.]