"Neijiaquan, from exercising full-body strength to exercising internal power, and then reaching the realm of a master, is actually the Lianjinghuaqi stage."

  "In ancient times, people did not focus on exercising their muscles and bones. In their view, that was a minor path. What they valued was absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, refining it into internal power. After all, in ancient times, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was abundant, and a large amount of internal power could be refined, even stored in the dantian. As for us who practice Neijiaquan, we rely on refining the essence and blood within our bodies to refine a bit of internal power, which is extremely scarce. Its all just circulating through the meridians."

  Teng Qing Shan also sighed with emotion upon hearing this.

  Now strong people fight, internal energy is just an auxiliary, most of them rely on muscle and bone strength.

  Ancient people relied purely on their powerful inner strength.

  After all, having a lot of money makes one feel carefree, but modern people have too little "inner energy". So little that it doesnt even need to be stored in the dantian.

  "However, compared with the ancient training methods, internal martial arts have both weaknesses and advantages."

  "The weak is the pinnacle of the internal family fist, probably also the strongest in ancient times. And in ancient times, there were also innate strongmen. The innate realm was even divided into three stages: virtual elixir, real elixir and golden elixir. Much stronger than now."

  "The advantage is that the grandmasters of internal martial arts have all their meridians fully opened."

  "In ancient times, it was extremely difficult to open up the meridians. To be able to open up the Ren and Du channels seemed like a remarkable achievement."

  Hong Qingshan also saw this and smiled.

  Indeed, modern-day grandmasters, which one is not fully opening up the entire bodys meridians? Whether its the Eight Extraordinary Meridians or the Twelve Regular Meridians, all the way to the various small branch meridians, they are all completely unblocked. Internal energy can reach every part of the body in an instant.

  "I didnt understand at first, ancient cultivators had stronger internal energy, shouldnt it be easier for them to open up their meridians? Why is it harder for them to open up their meridians than us?"

  Hong Qingshan nodded slightly.

  "After understanding and investigating, I have some conjectures."

  "In ancient times, practitioners absorbed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, accumulated enough internal energy, and then relied on their powerful internal energy to gradually open up one meridian after another. This method is like clearing a river channel, constantly pushing back the silt and garbage in the channel, the more garbage that is pushed back, the more congested the channel behind it becomes."

  "Although it is said that in the process of dredging the meridians, many impurities are excreted from the pores, but more impurities are squeezed into other meridians."

  Hong Qingshan nodded silently.

  "Every time a meridian is opened, the impurities in other meridians will become more concentrated, making it even harder to open the next one." Teng Qing Shan was completely absorbed by this reasoning. "So, ancient cultivators who could open the Eight Extraordinary Meridians and Twelve Regular Meridians were extremely rare. As for opening some of the smaller branch meridians, thats almost impossible!"

  Teng Qing Shan nodded in agreement.

  Methods determine results.

  The method of clearing the meridians used by ancient people was purely based on brute force, relying on strong internal energy to constantly squeeze out impurities, making it increasingly difficult to clear as time went on. This is not surprising, since their cultivation methods mainly focused on cultivating strong internal energy.

  "But our familys fist is different!"

  "My internal family fist is to exercise every part of the body, whether its muscles, tendons, bones, etc. They are all being exercised and stimulated, including the meridians, which become wider and more resilient over time. The impurities inside the meridians were not many to begin with, and as one exercises, they gradually seep out through the pores."

  "Because our internal energy is scarce, it doesnt compress at all. As we cultivate over the years, impurities constantly seep out, and eventually, one day, we can open up all the meridians and reach the realm of a grandmaster."

  Hong Qingshan also smiled.

  He himself is an internal martial arts master, he understands this point.

  If we say that ancient cultivation methods relied on internal energy to forcibly expel impurities.

  Now, Nei Jia Quan is to strengthen all parts of the body, including the meridians. Those small meridians connecting the pores, during exercise, the impurities in the collateral meridians have long been filtered out through the pores. Naturally, the impurities in the main meridians will also slowly flow into some collateral meridians and then be filtered out through the pores.

  Silently and quietly, through small branches of veins, all impurities are filtered out.

  What about ancient people?

  It started with compression, squeezing a large amount of impurities into the branch veins, causing the small branch veins to become completely blocked all at once.

  Its better to let things go than to block them.

  "So, Neijiaquan training, from the perspective of opening up the meridians, should be far superior to the ancient peoples training methods!"

  Teng Qing Shan was extremely in agreement with this conclusion.

  After all, how many people in ancient times were able to unblock all the meridians?

  "I often wonder, if a master of internal martial arts were to return to the Xia, Shang, Zhou, Spring and Autumn, Warring States, Qin and Han dynasties - an era where heaven and earths spiritual energy was abundant. With all meridians in his body open, he would then cultivate various ancient secret methods, his achievements would be boundless." In the end, this Republican-era internal martial arts master couldnt help but sigh with emotion.

  A master is always lonely.

  That Willow Spirit Ape master, in the Republic of China era, also stood at the pinnacle of human power. When he learned that ancient strongmen cultivated to the point where they had three innate realms, how could his heart not yearn for it?

  Hong Qingshan finished reading Liu Shen Hou this long description, and his heart was also filled with emotion.

  "Its a pity I wasnt born in ancient times."

  Teng Qing Shan sighed, in this modern society, he was already considered a top-notch master. However, in the distant ancient times, even after achieving great success through hard work and dedication, he was only an ordinary expert, not even close to touching the threshold of innate mastery. Just thinking about that era when experts were as common as clouds made Teng Qing Shans blood boil with excitement.

  "I really dont know why, from the Sui and Tang dynasties onwards, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth began to sharply decline." Teng Qing Shan thought to himself as he continued to flip through this "Thousand Year Chronicle".

  "The Millennium Chronicle" is indeed a book that records the training methods of the divine thief.

  The back of this book purely describes the training methods of Monkey Fist from beginner to master, although there are methods to follow, but it is extremely difficult for ordinary people to practice internal strength. Not to mention becoming a master.

  "Huh?"

  Heng Qingshan was shocked when he flipped to the last few pages.

  "I stole the gate of gods, and passed down several ancient secret books. At first, I didnt take these secret books seriously, but after investigating the secrets of ancient cultivation, I realized that these secret books were real. However, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth has decreased sharply. These secret books are no longer useful."

  "However, apart from the cultivation manual, there is another top-grade lightness skill manual of my thieving sect, Journey to the Edge of Heaven. This ancient manual doesnt cultivate internal energy, but rather a pure method of using internal energy. Ive reached the Master level for over 20 years and have accumulated quite a bit of internal energy. After trying it out, I found that just one use would exhaust my internal energy completely! All I can do is sigh... The internal energy of ancient people was too profound."

  Teng Qing Shan couldnt help but smile bitterly at this sight.

  The masters of modern internal martial arts fight, at most occasionally releasing a burst of inner energy, after all the inner energy inside the body is small and scarce to the point where it doesnt need to be stored in the dantian.

  In ancient times, it is said that being able to fill the lower abdomen with energy was a certain amount of internal power.

  "I, Liu Shenhou, am most proud of my agile physique and swift speed. However, I discovered that executing this Tian Ya Xing has exhausted my internal energy in just one attempt, but the speed... is truly too fast, too fast. I couldnt bear to let this secret technique disappear like this, so I recorded it at the end of this book."

  The last few pages of "Thousand Years Chronicle" recorded the ultimate body technique manual - "Journey to the Edge of Heaven".

  This book of secret recipes was perhaps very precious during the Spring and Autumn Periods, Warring States period, Qin and Han dynasties.

  But in this era, this secret book can only be used as a collection at most, and its actual effect is extremely small. After all, using it once can exhaust the internal energy of a Tai Chi master, who would dare to use it? After all, without internal energy, its extremely dangerous during battle.

  "Tian Ya Xing", I dont know how powerful it is." Teng Qing Shan thought carefully.

  According to the description of this secret book "Tian Ya Xing", when reaching the realm of Pre-Heaven Golden Elixir, using "Tian Ya Xing" can achieve the highest level effect of "Chai Chi Tian Ya".

  "What a waste, such a waste."

  Teng Qing Shan carefully observed the method of exercise and couldnt help but sigh in admiration.

  ******

  As the sun rises, in the residential courtyard where Teng Qing lives, a figure is walking with an unusual gait, and on the cement ground, there are depressions of footprints.

  This sunken footprint is the Teng Qing Mountains deliberate trampling of the footstep position described in "Tian Ya Xing", and then began to train continuously. According to the records of this secret book, the most basic step method of "Tian Ya Xing" seems simple, but actually contains endless mysteries.

  "This step method is quite peculiar." Teng Qing Shan followed the sequence, treading this step method from midnight to now. As he treaded for a long time, Teng Qing Shan gradually discovered that this step method contained special rules.

  This law cannot be deduced by logic.

  But Teng Qing Shan can feel it.

  "Its useless to just practice this step, with the agility Ive cultivated through the Twelve Forms of Xingyiquan, its not inferior to this Tianya Xing step. Teng Qing Shan stopped, "It seems that only by truly coordinating internal energy can this Tianya Xing step display its true power."

  Teng Qing Shan used to be a super killer, so his memory was naturally good. This "Journey to the Edge of Heaven", that short secret manual with only a few thousand words, as well as those three footwork diagrams and six pulse diagrams, Teng Qing Shan had deeply memorized them in his mind.

  "Try it out and see how powerful this Tian Ya Xing is."

  Hong Qingshan was itching in his heart, just like the great master "Liu Shenhou" of the Republic of China era, he couldnt resist the temptation and decided to try it out.

  "Enter the door with vigor, go straight down, through the Sea of Blood, Earth Machine, and Shangqiu, meet at the capital, return...". Teng Qing Shan still clearly remembered in his mind the method of operating vigor. At the same time as the inner vigor circulated inside his body, Teng Qing Shans entire person seemed to transform into a bolt of lightning, suddenly shooting forward with great force.

  Whoosh!

  Suddenly, he disappeared in the courtyard.

  "Halt!" Teng Qing Shan abruptly cut off his internal energy circulation.

  "In the blink of an eye, he had already leaped out of the yard, which was at least thirty meters away." Teng Qing Shan turned his head to look back and found himself in a small grove outside the courtyard. Teng Qing Shan was completely stunned by this terrifying speed, as even with his tiger-like pounce, he could only cover ten meters, yet in just one blink of an eye, he had covered thirty meters."

  "This internal energy consumption is too fast, I just started and its already cut off, but this internal energy has been consumed by two-fifths." Teng Qing Shan somewhat understood what Liu Shen Hou said, if he reacted a little slower, he was afraid that the internal energy in his body would be completely consumed.

  "Inconceivable, but during battle, I wouldnt dare waste it like this." Teng Qing Shan sighed silently.

  The Tian Ya Xing light skill is indeed extraordinary, but it also consumes internal energy at an alarming rate.