Little Shiba slowly put the paper back under the quilt and covered himself with the quilt. He took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and began to figure out the operating route of the Ignis Skill in his mind.
If Little Shiba had just crossed over, he would not have been able to practice it even if he had obtained the complete Ignis Skill and recited it from top to bottom. That was because he did not know the knack of practicing Internal Qi.
Now it was different. He knew the knack. Although Unusual Strength Qigong was the most superficial mental cultivation method for Internal Strength, it was still an authentic one after all. Its entry point was no different from other mental cultivation methods, and its key points were also the same.
The Ignis Skill was obviously a level higher than Unusual Strength Qigong, and it was much more profound and subtle. However, the entry point was not much different from Unusual Strength Qigong.
After carefully going over the operating route and practicing method of the Ignis Skill in his mind, Little Shiba had a general idea of this mental cultivation method. There were two differences between this Internal Strength Qigong and Unusual Strength Qigong. The first was the operating route of Internal Strength. The operating route of Internal Qi in the Ignis Skill was more than twice as complicated as that of Unusual Strength Qigong. In this way, the speed of the Internal Qi running in a circle was naturally much longer than that of Unusual Strength Qigong. The most important thing was that the operating route of Internal Qi was longer, and the requirements for the control of Internal Qi were naturally much more complicated. With Little Shiba's current control ability, he could only run it in two circles at most. The second was the way to absorb the essence of heaven and earth. The so-called Internal Strength, in essence, was to absorb the essence of heaven and earth and use a special method to assimilate it into one's own strength. This was the most basic principle of Internal Strength. No matter how profound the Internal Strength was, it could not be separated from this origin. Unusual Strength Qigong and Ignis Skill were the same. The difference was that Unusual Strength Qigong was like a big eater with indigestion. It swallowed everything that could be eaten and could not be eaten in one gulp. Once it reached the stomach, it would be indigestion. After spitting it up and down, whether it was nutritious or poisonous, all of it would be left in the body, making it impure. However, the Ignis Skill was different. From the beginning of the absorption to the refining, it had a strong purpose. It seemed to only absorb the essence of heaven and earth with a certain attribute. Except for this attribute, the pneuma of other attributes were excluded. The reason why its operating route was more complicated than that of Unusual Strength Qigong was because it was much more difficult to digest the pneuma of a single attribute than to obtain the heterogeneous pneuma after eating indiscriminately.
"Ignis, Ignis, it's obviously absorbing the essence of heaven and earth with a fire attribute and refining it!" Lying on the bed, Little Shiba opened his eyes. In the darkness, a pair of eyes flashed with incomparable brightness.
Lying on the bed, Little Shiba opened his eyes. In the darkness, his eyes flashed with a bright light. "Although the Ignis Skill is much more profound than Unusual Strength Qigong, it is obviously a basic mental cultivation method. Otherwise, a rookie like me would not be able to understand it. Wang Tianlei said that it was a trophy he got from the battlefield, which means that he got it from the people he killed. Those who were killed by him were naturally not very good at martial arts, which in itself shows that he could not have a very profound script. However, this is really a bargain for me. If this mental cultivation method was a little more profound, I would not be able to understand it and it would be useless for me to get it. If it was a little more superficial, it would be no different from Unusual Strength Qigong. This level is really good!" Little Shiba opened his eyes and said, "Although this mental cultivation method is much more profound than Unusual Strength Qigong, it is obviously a mental cultivation method for beginners.
Thinking of this, Little Shiba laughed. It suddenly occurred to him that when he was a child in his previous life, his teacher always asked him to set a learning goal. The characteristic of this goal was that it could be achieved by making an effort to jump. When he grew up, these so-called learning goals became a joke in his eyes. Little Shiba did not expect that in this life and reincarnation, the legendary goal that could be achieved by making an effort to jump would gradually come true.
It was said that practicing Internal Strength could strengthen one's body and prolong one's life. Wang Bo also thought so when he read martial arts novels in his previous life. However, in this life, Little Shiba, who had practiced Internal Strength, knew that at least half of this rumor was false.
It was true that practicing Internal Strength could strengthen one's body and prolong one's life, but only after one had practiced it to the advanced level of Bone Forging. Otherwise, the more profound one's Internal Qi was, the shorter one's life would be. This was because one's body could not bear too much Internal Qi. It was like a container. When the liquid contained in the container exceeded its limit, it would overflow. If the container was closed, then the container would collapse. The relationship between the body and the Internal Qi was like that of a closed container and a liquid. Therefore, if one wanted Internal Qi to bear more Internal Qi, one must strengthen the body. The more Internal Qi there was, the more it would explode.
What the Ignis Skill cultivated was the authentic and pure Internal Qi with the property of fire. Naturally, it required more tendons and meridians than Unusual Strength Qigong.
Therefore, it was conceivable that the progress of practicing Internal Qi would be slower than that of Unusual Strength Gold Internal Qi. However, what Little Shiba needed to do was not to absorb the essence of the world with the property of fire, but to transform all the impure Internal Qi cultivated by Unusual Strength Gold Internal Qi into Ignis Internal Qi with the property of fire.
After truly understanding the method of practicing Internal Qi, Little Shiba was not only happy, but also a little worried.
What I have obtained is only the most superficial mental cultivation method and body refining method of Internal Strength. However, with them, I can infer what kind of power I will possess in the near future. Then, what about those who have more profound mental cultivation methods and body refining methods? How strong will they be? Damn, this world is really scary. Now, I am just a country bumpkin in a small mountain village. Life is only one life, and the grass and trees have only one autumn. Unless I really open the legendary protagonist mode and encounter one after another miraculous encounter after another, I'd better take it easy!
Staying in this small mountain village is not the way to go. The old man wants me to be an apprentice. Maybe this is an opportunity. Qingyang Market, hehe, I really look forward to it!
Lying in bed, he thought about Qingyang Market. Similarly, in Qingyang Market, there were also people who thought about this small mountain village.
Qingyang Market was a small town on the edge of Misty Mountain in Yunzhou of Great Jin. Although it was very remote, it was very prosperous, because it was the most convenient passage to Misty Mountain, and also every trading point between Yunzhou and Yunzhou.
Yunzhou was the outermost province among the 13 provinces of Great Jin, and Misty Mountain was the natural border between Great Jin and Northern Yuan.
However, the Great Jin and the Northern Yuan had been in confrontation for hundreds of years, and there had never been a war in the Misty Mountains. This was mainly because the Misty Mountains stretched for thousands of miles and were known as the Hundred Thousand Mountains. Not only were there numerous snakes, insects, and beasts in the mountains, there were even some powerful evil beasts, which were not something a human could fight against. Although the possibility was small, it was not impossible for a super expert to cross the Misty Mountains from the Great Jin to the Northern Yuan. However, it was a joke to say that he could cross the Misty Mountains with tens of thousands of troops.
Therefore, whether it was the Great Jin or the Northern Yuan, they would not set up any fortresses or armaments on the edge of the Misty Mountain. Instead, some merchants were very interested in the furs, animal cores, and medicinal herbs produced in the Misty Mountain. This was also the reason why the remote Qingyang Market was so prosperous.
Although it was prosperous, it was only a small town after all. Qingyang Market was not very large. It had four streets at its widest, two vertically and horizontally, dividing the whole town into a "Jing" shape. The most prosperous place was naturally the center of the "Jing" shape, where all the big warehouses were gathered. This was the so-called "Jing" shape. Incidentally, this "Jing" shape was the characteristic of all the small towns in Yunzhou of Great Jin. In addition to the "Jing" shape in the middle, the town had two entrances, "East" and "West". In the north was the office of the yamen, and in the south were some small workshops and shops. The entire town's warehouses and inns were concentrated in the northeast area, because it was close to the entrance to Misty Mountain. The southeast area was inhabited by the town's influential people, so it could be said to be the residential area of the rich. As for the peddlers and ordinary citizens, they concentrated in the northwest area. The southwest area, like the yamen in the north, was a restricted area. It was the territory of the Black Dragon Triad.
The Black Dragon Triad, a medium-sized gang in Yunzhou of Great Jin, controlled more than a dozen small town centralizations, including Qingyang Market. It also controlled the water and land docks here. Whether goods were transported out or brought in, they had to pay a considerable fee to the Black Dragon Triad, which was also one of the main sources of income for the Black Dragon Triad.
The gangs in this world were not completely of the nature of the underworld. In a sense, they were a kind of monopoly organization that controlled effective resources by virtue of their powerful strength. They were an economic entity with the nature of the underworld. Their main income was not the collection of protection fees, debt collection, and the like, as Little Shiba had seen on TV. These kinds of things were done by loafers.
What they did was to control the economic lifeline of the whole place. Didn't your goods need to be transported by water? Did you need a boat? Did you need a dock? Did you need a worker to load and unload the goods? All of these were in his hands. As for the goods from the Misty Mountain, it was not easy for foreign merchants to buy them. Generally speaking, the annual harvest of a small village like Little Shiba's could only be sold to the stores and local merchants in Qingyang Market. Most of these local merchants were inextricably linked to the Black Dragon Triad, and many of them were even members of the Black Dragon Triad. The largest stores in Qingyang Market were also controlled by the Black Dragon Triad. Therefore, the Black Dragon Triad was the actual ruler of Qingyang Market. Like Little Shiba's village, after Wang Tianlei's arrival, the income had indeed greatly increased. However, in Qingyang Market, they still had to sell their goods to the local merchants who were inextricably linked to the Black Dragon Triad. Now, they had more opportunities to bargain. This was the unspoken rule that everyone acquiesced to. As for the government, it was like the chairman of a large company, who did not have to do anything but collect taxes.
However, this did not mean that the Black Dragon Triad dared to confront the government. There were a total of 30 or 40 people in Qingyang Market. Except for a dozen government runners and constables who knew a little martial arts, the rest were ordinary people. However, the Black Dragon Triad would not casually provoke these ordinary people, because the government represented the authority of the government and the face of Jin. The Black Dragon Triad was just a gang at the bottom of the Jianghu in Jin and did not have any conditions to challenge the government. Although their influence in Qingyang Market could destroy the entire government in Qingyang Market within an hour, the government of Jin would then wipe out the entire Black Dragon Triad within the time it takes to burn a stick of incense.
Therefore, although the behavior of the Black Dragon Triad was somewhat arrogant, they also strictly abided by the bottom line that all the gangs in Jianghu abided by. They had always lived in harmony with the government. Not only did they live in harmony with each other, but they even had a feeling of being in cahoots with each other.
This was not difficult to understand. There were only a few people in the government of Qingyang Market, and the head of the government changed every few years. If they really wanted to manage Qingyang Market well and not cause trouble, they still needed to rely on the help of a local snake like the Black Dragon Triad. This kind of thing also existed in Yunzhou and other places of Jin. It could be said that this was the unspoken rule of the entire Jin officialdom. Small towns relied on low-level gangs like the Black Dragon Triad, and large cities relied on some famous schools in Jianghu. As for the few big schools in Jin, they had close ties with the royal family of Jin, as well as the powerful families.
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