Grinding Cultivation Toward Martial Saint-Chapter 453 - 99: New Trait, Writing the Boxing Manual! (Vote for monthly ticket!!)_2
Chapter 453: Chapter 99: New Trait, Writing the Boxing Manual! (Vote for monthly ticket!!)_2
Snow had stopped falling outside the window yesterday.
But the sky remained overcast, the clouds completely obscuring the sunlight.
These past two days, Jiang Ning had no chance to breathe and release the Essence of the Great Sun, necessary for increasing the experience value of his Inner Elixir Cultivation Skill, a technique for augmenting inner strength.
Jiang Ning felt quite annoyed about this.
According to Ji Minghao, the Eighth Prince, the natural disasters of the past year or two had all been influenced by certain individuals.
The battles among the major powers weren’t his concern.
But anything that affected his practice was a major irritation.
His Inner Elixir Cultivation was not far from Great Success now.
With his current efficiency, he would reach the Great Success realm in just over a month.
The Inner Elixir Cultivation at the Great Success stage would allow his inner breath to reach the level of being condensed into Gang.
At that point, his strength would be greatly enhanced.
But now this weather indefinitely delayed the day his Inner Elixir Cultivation would reach Great Success.
Each day the sun failed to appear, his achievement of Great Success in Inner Elixir Cultivation was postponed by a day.
And this winter, if it wasn’t snowing, the sky was covered with clouds, not only causing him to be in a bad mood but also preventing him from breathing and releasing the Essence of the Great Sun, which hindered the growth of experience values for his Inner Elixir Cultivation Skill.
Glancing at the dense clouds outside the window, Jiang Ning shook his head.
Then he opened his status panel to take another look.
[Skill]: Literacy and Judgement Experience (Fourth Break Limit 4589/5000) (Trait: Unforgettable, Extraordinary Five Senses, Divine Thought Agility, Outstanding Comprehension)
"I’m only four hundred points away from the experience value needed for the fifth break limit; not much left!"
Jiang Ning thought to himself.
Then he drank a few sips of hot tea and rested for a moment.
He wrote six characters on a white paper again.
Five Animals Fist, third level.
Based on his Break Limit, he classified the boxing technique by levels.
After Perfection, the next step was to step into the First Level.
The third level, too, was where one could cultivate the Fist Force.
[Literacy and Judgement Experience +2]
[Literacy and Judgement Experience +1]
[Literacy and Judgement Experience +2]
[...]
While pondering, he slightly furrowed his brows and wrote down the insights and bursts of understanding he had during his limits-breaking, as well as the various enlightenments in his heart at that time.
With each limits-breaking of his skills and techniques, he felt as if his mind had countless flashes of inspiration.
It was as if he had undergone a far longer period of cultivation than ever before.
Years of cultivation allowed him to gain new insights, new understandings, and new enlightenments in skills and techniques.
And thus, he made the leap from quantitative change to qualitative change.
At the moment, he was writing down all his insights, understandings, and enlightenments as he pleased.
The writing, if browsed by others, might seem disorganized and chaotic.
But Jiang Ning didn’t care.
He was doing this to try something new and he wasn’t entirely sure if it would work.
The increase in experience points for the Literacy and Judgement Skill was an unexpected pleasant surprise.
Being able to kill two birds with one stone boosted his motivation even further.
Several hours later.
He finished writing.
He read it from beginning to end and nodded in satisfaction.
"Not bad!!"
"Next are the five paintings!"
He then set the boxing manual he just wrote to the side to dry and opened his status panel to take another look.
[Skill]: Literacy and Judgement Experience (Fourth Break Limit 4793/5000) (Trait: Unforgettable, Extraordinary Five Senses, Divine Thought Agility, Outstanding Comprehension)
Writing the Five Animals Fist’s third level boxing manual increased his Literacy and Judgement Skill experience by another two hundred points, getting closer to the five thousand point threshold needed for the fifth limits-breaking.
He then closed the status panel.
And took out a blank white scroll from beside him.
"Thicker ink!" Jiang Ning said.
Hearing this, Lv Yi immediately nodded.
"Yes, Young Master!"
She then lifted the wide sleeve of her right hand with her left, also lifting the white lining that was tight around her wrist.
After revealing a section of her pale wrist, she gripped an ink stick with the index and middle fingers, and thumb of her right hand while elegantly grinding the ink with her raised ring finger.
Shasha shasha—
Shasha shasha—
...
A rhythmic scraping sound filled the air, perfectly ordered.
Outside the window, it was exceptionally quiet.
Though the weather was gloomy, there was no wind or snow.
And with the surface of the lake completely frozen, there were no sounds of waves either.
At this moment, Jiang Ning also closed his eyes.
The first thing that came to mind was a tiger formed of blazing flames.
In the tiger’s eyes, there was an overwhelming fury.
For it was the King of Hundred Beasts, the sovereign who roared through forest and mountain, now trapped in a small cage.
He had completely lost his freedom.
Being a king, how could he not rage?
Anger had been building up, and one day it would break through the cage.
That day would be when the king returned.
The Tiger Posture was also the first posture of the Five Animals Fist.
Jiang Ning kept meditating on the trapped fire tiger, intensifying its influence. frёewebηovel.cѳm
After thirty minutes,
"Is the ink ready?" Jiang Ning suddenly asked.
Lv Yi by his side softly replied, "Young Master, it is ready."
Hearing this, Jiang Ning still did not open his eyes.
After his continuous meditation, the image of the trapped fire tiger in his mind was now incredibly clear.
There was no moment clearer than this.
He picked up the brush, dipped it in the ink, and began to paint on the blank scroll.
According to his definition, the most important aspect of the third level of the Five Animals Fist was the five visceral gods that had already formed in his mind.
This was his intention, and also the fundamental diagram from which the Fist Force could be born.
Now, his task was to vividly portray the five visceral gods from his mind onto the blank scroll.
Although he had learned Chinese painting for a few months in his previous life, his skill wasn’t exquisite, at most it was just at the beginner level.
But he knew that in Chinese painting, the spirit is valued over the form.
Whether the painting looked good or not wasn’t that important, what mattered most was capturing the spirit within the painting.
The trapped fire tiger he was now painting was the same: value the spirit over the form, the meaning over the style.
Not long after,
With his eyes closed, Jiang Ning quickly completed a drawing on the blank scroll.
A picture of a fierce tiger trapped in a cage.
Meanwhile, Lv Yi watched the scene intently.
Then, she saw Jiang Ning dip his brush back into the thick ink.
With a flick of Jiang Ning’s wrist, two drops of ink flew from the brush tip, landing precisely on the pupils of the trapped tiger.
Then the ink spread, turning into two flames burning brightly.
At that moment,
Lv Yi saw a vision.
A fierce tiger bathed in flames, trapped within a small cage.
She saw the once-roaring king of a hundred beasts howl at the sky, the roar infused with thick anger and fiery defiance in its eyes.
She involuntarily took a small step back.
Meanwhile, Jiang Ning was still in meditation, and a notification suddenly appeared before him.
[New skill acquired: Painting]
[Skill]: Painting (Beginner 1/100)
"Painting?"
"To achieve enlightenment through painting?"
Jiang Ning mused to himself.
He wasn’t surprised by the emergence of the Painting skill.
That painting could be recognized as a skill by the system was not strange.
Apart from this skill, he had many other guesses about potential skills.
But having too many skills was meaningless to him.
After all, a person’s time is limited, to just twenty-four hours a day.
Subsequently, he slowly opened his eyes.
He had poured his heart into this painting.
But as to how well it was completed, he had no idea.
Upon opening his eyes,
"Not bad!"
He nodded faintly.
Having achieved success in martial arts, his control over his body had improved greatly.
This improvement also enhanced his painting skills.
It is well known that the fundamentals are extremely important.
In the past, there was a great artist who practiced the fundamentals by drawing eggs day and night.
What that artist did was also to develop a solid foundation.
The first barrier of painting was also the fundamentals.
Now, as he had achieved success in martial arts, his foundations were naturally unshakeable, and controlling the brush was done with ease.
Thus, even without any practice, his level of painting had improved.
Afterward,
He rested for a moment.
Then continued painting.
[Painting Experience Value +1]
[Painting Experience Value +1]
[Painting Experience Value +1]
[...]
With the ongoing painting, his experience value with the Painting skill continued to rise.
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