Practicing martial skills

  Sitting cross-legged on the stone platform in front of the waterfall behind the Du family's mountain, a faint chill emanated from Du Fei's body, as if it was going to freeze everything around him.

  "Shh—"

  As he exhaled in one breath, the water vapor in front of him instantly condensed into ice crystals that fell to the ground, making a crisp tinkling sound.

  "Sure enough, I've broken through. My current strength should be at the level of a mid-9th rank martial artist, right?" Feeling the whirlpool of true energy that had become several times stronger after refining the True Essence, Du Fei said to himself with a face full of joy.

  "I've been cultivating for about half a month now, and being able to reach this level is already beyond my expectations. Next, I need to consider cultivating martial skills... the Xuan Yin Finger and Bing Feng Leg?" Slowly dispersing the true energy from his body, Du Fei clapped his hands, and immediately gave a faint smile, having quickly issued an order.

  "Xiao Bai, let me enter the training space!"

  Not long ago, Du Fei inadvertently asked, and Xiao Bai gave out the name of the system, which was Cultivation Space.

  For this rather apt name, Du Fei was extremely satisfied, after all the benefits that this system brought to oneself seemed to be nothing but cultivation, cultivation, and more cultivation.

  As Du Fei gave the order, a cold voice suddenly echoed in his mind, and immediately afterwards, he only felt a blackness before his eyes, and then he found himself back in the familiar space.

  In this somewhat familiar space, Du Fei was no longer a stranger. After casually sweeping his eyes around, he calmly asked: "Is there any way to make me cultivate the Ice Wind Leg and the Mysterious Yin Finger in the shortest time possible?"

  "Command accepted, system calculating... Calculation results show that although there is a rapid cultivation method, it will impose an enormous burden on the master's spirit and body. Do you want to retrieve the data?"

  "Read!"

  "Command accepted, system data reading in progress, starting input——"

  As Xiaobai's icy voice sounded, outside the room where Xiaobai existed, what was originally just a plain training ground began to undergo some sort of transformation, slowly turning into the scene of the Dou family's rear mountain waterfall where Du Fei had always trained.

  As the scene change came to an end, in front of the waterfall, a vague figure had already appeared on it.

  The figure breathed slowly, and the air around him seemed to be frozen in an instant. Suddenly, at a certain moment, his foot stepped heavily, and his body instantly spun and flew up!

  At the moment he soared, an extremely astonishing aura also spread out instantly, causing the surrounding water vapor to surge violently.

  Soaring to the middle of the air, a phantom figure appeared, and his legs became slightly transparent for an instant. Then, with a slight flick of his right foot, an ice blade condensed from ice crystals was instantly cut out.

  "Hahaha——hahaha——hahaha——"

  As the figure's legs swung out in a continuous motion, ice blades also flew out continuously with his movements, forming a huge net of ice blades in mid-air, which finally slammed heavily into the cliffside.

  "Boom——"

  Ice blade slammed down, and the mountain cliff instantly left a half-meter deep crack, while the cracks around, cold air filled!

  This scene left Du Fei speechless for a while.

  Although it's also a 8th rank martial skill, unexpectedly, the power of this Ice Edge Kick is actually so formidable. In comparison, his previous Breaking Void Flash seems rather mediocre.

  Alternatively, the two martial arts techniques have different focuses. Ice Edge Leg emphasizes the maximum exertion of one's own power with the Ice Heart Technique, while Breaking Air Flash places more emphasis on one's own body shape and speed.

  "If this Ice Blade Leg is successfully cultivated, one's strength will probably rise to another level!"

  After muttering to himself for a moment, Du Fei's eyes suddenly lit up and he said.

  However, what shocked him extremely was that after the move was made, the figure did not disappear as expected, but instead turned sharply in mid-air and landed elegantly on the ground.

  Suddenly, a figure slowly raised his hand, with the index and middle fingers of his right hand slowly converging, then gently pointing at the waterfall in front of him.

  In the instant of sliding fingers, everything around, including trees, cliffs, land and air, seems to be frozen in time. This action does not flash momentarily, but rather continuously flows forward with the push of this finger.

  Finally, when one finger stretched out straight, a extremely intense blue light suddenly appeared between them and instantly fell onto the waterfall in front of them!

  "Seventh Rank Martial Skill! Dark Yin Finger!"

  "Hmph—"

  The ice didn't make a sound as expected, but in almost just one breath, the originally extremely turbulent waterfall was instantly frozen. This freezing lasted for only a moment before countless cracks suddenly appeared on the surface of the formed ice block, and then it rapidly shattered open.

  A gust of clear wind blew by, and the original waterfall had completely disappeared. It wasn't until much later that a faint stream reappeared.

  "This is the power of Xuan Yin Finger! Although it's not as profound and complex as Bing Feng Leg, it's just a simple finger, but the power of this finger can freeze everything!"

  He rubbed his slightly dizzy eyes and waited until the illusory figure in front of him disappeared before Du Fei let out a slight sigh and spoke with difficulty.

  "How much time would it take to cultivate to this level?" Du Fei asked in a low voice after taking a deep breath.

  "As predicted, it will take at least half a year, however..."

  "But what?"

  "If the master had practiced in the practice space first, half a month would have been enough!"

  "It's another cultivation space... Alright, Xiao Bai, everything is up to you now!"

  "Affirmative! Command accepted, cultivation program initiating, please prepare for response, Master!"

  "Haha, cultivation... I've done it before!" Du Fei sneered to himself, slowly closing his eyes as he rapidly ran through the techniques of Ice Edge Leg and Mysterious Yin Finger in his mind. A moment later, his eyes suddenly snapped open, with a sharp glint flashing in his pupils.

  "Men! We must defy the heavens! Ahhhhhh!"

  "Icy Leg!"

  "Mysterious Yin Finger!"

  In the illusory cultivation space, the young man was like tireless, his body quickly spinning and flying out, immediately a series of ice blades and cold air spread out with his movements.

  Cultivating in the cultivation space, although it does not affect one's own true energy, but the feeling of cultivating in this space is incredibly realistic, almost indistinguishable from reality.

  But Du Fei was also clear that the biggest advantage of this training space was that his physical body would not get tired, allowing him to quickly grasp the essence of his skills and martial arts.

  But this is not considered true cultivation success.

  Only by realizing the essence in the practice space and then returning to reality for arduous practice can one master the skills, after all, there's no such good thing in the world that can make pies fall from the sky.

  "Icy Leg!"

  "Mysterious Yin Finger!"

  Another fell, this time Du Fei's movements and posture, as well as the power displayed by his martial arts, although not as strong as the previous illusory figure, seemed to barely pass.

  "I think I've got the gist of these two moves... Next is to consider real cultivation! Time is running out!"

  Heaving a sigh in his heart, Du Fei didn't have the luxury to indulge in spiritual fatigue and had already given the command to exit the cultivation space to Xiao Bai.

  Rumble...

  In a daze, the sound of the waterfall had once again entered Du Fei's ears, making his extremely exhausted spirit slightly more relaxed.

  After a quick glance around, Du Fei confirmed that nothing unexpected had happened during his brief entry into the spiritual space. He slowly took a deep breath and then his gaze fell on the waterfall in front of him.

  Having cultivated in the spiritual realm for so long, I wonder what kind of power those martial skills will have when used in reality for the first time.

  He slowly took a deep breath, and the pure true energy quickly flowed out of the true energy vortex, instantly spreading throughout Du Fei's body. His calm gaze swept across his body, which only slightly trembled.

  With his movement, a burst of skeletal crackling sounds rose rapidly, and then he stomped his foot fiercely, his body already dashing rapidly towards the location of the waterfall, while his legs swung out continuously.

  "Eight Trigrams Martial Arts, Ice Blade Kick!"

  "Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh——" Along with Du Fei's movements, blades of ice formed from crystallized ice instantly cut out, but these ice blades hadn't flown out half a meter before they suddenly exploded in mid-air.

  "Hmmph!"

  Affected by the explosion, Du Fei's body heavily smashed into the water pool below. After a moment, his head emerged from the water, and he couldn't help but let out a sigh, saying: "Reality is indeed different from the cultivation space... This kind of exquisite martial skill, one's own condition, the surrounding environment, and the density of the heaven and earth's aura all have an impact... It's quite interesting..."

  After muttering to himself, Du Fei Bing did not continue to cultivate, but instead stood up again after pondering for a moment, his body once again flying upwards.

  "Boom——"

  "Whoosh——"

  "Icy Wind—"

  "Whoosh——"

  "Icy Edge Leg - Mysterious Yin"

  "Whoosh——"

  All sorts of strange sounds kept coming out as Du Fei cultivated, until finally, Du Fei almost didn't even have the strength to lift his fingers, and with great effort, he collapsed onto the water pool, his slightly empty eyes falling onto the waterfall in front of him.

  "From now on, whoever tells me that there's such a thing as a martial arts prodigy who can master kung fu skills at first sight, I'll smash their brains...Damn it, cultivating this stuff is really frustrating..."

  "But if it's not deceiving, then it won't have any use either!"

  A flash of insight sparkled in his eyes and immediately fell on the frozen waterfall opposite, the young man smiled lightly.

  "Not enough power... Not good enough! Come on!"