Chapter 36: Introduction to the Dragon Subduing Palm (Request for Follow-up Reading)

"Disciple, when you start cultivating the control of qi and blood, the chicken is too small. The qi and blood can instantly envelop it. How can you improve your control?"

"Find a larger one to practice on."

Li Xuan said with deep concern.

"Yes, Master, I understand!"

Xu Yan's eyes lit up.

He threw the burnt chicken on the ground and enthusiastically approached the horse he had ridden, rubbing his hands together, eager to try.

Li Xuan: ...

This disciple's mind is indeed not very sharp.

"Disciple, this horse is also unsuitable."

Xu Yan nodded, the horse was too large, and the qi and blood could not envelop it. He should find a smaller prey.

"Master, I will go hunting."

Li Xuan was relieved; his disciple had finally understood. It wouldn't be long before he could enjoy some wild game.

Three days later.

Xu Yan's qi and blood surged, a scorching aura spread, and the smell of meat wafted from his hands.

A wild boar had been roasted by him.

Although most of it was charred black, at least half of the meat was cooked and edible.

"My control over qi and blood has greatly improved!"

Xu Yan was extremely excited.

He raised his hand and struck out, a powerful qi and blood palm force erupted, forming a giant python with a long horn.

The outlines of its eyes and mouth were clearly visible.

"It's almost there, not far from condensing the dragon-shaped palm force."

Xu Yan was extremely excited.

He threw down the roasted boar and continued to capture wild boars for practice.

...

"I wonder how my foolish disciple is doing in his cultivation?"

Li Xuan sighed inwardly, ultimately not getting to eat any wild game.

It was all burnt to a crisp by Xu Yan, how could he eat it?

"Your disciple has mastered the art of roasting meat with bare hands, greatly improving his control over qi and blood. Your own roasting technique is now at its peak, with 100% control over qi and blood."

Suddenly.

Golden light appeared, and Li Xuan instantly felt as if he had practiced roasting meat countless times, reaching the peak of mastery.

Moreover, he had 100% control over his qi and blood.

With 100% control over qi and blood, Li Xuan felt his ability to use his own qi and blood had reached an astonishing level.

Every bit of qi and blood could be controlled at will.

With the improvement in qi and blood control, his strength had also greatly increased.

At this moment, his qi and blood could be completely contained without any leakage.

Raising his right hand, qi and blood like flames shot out from his index finger, sometimes growing larger, sometimes shrinking, and the intensity of the heat could be controlled at will.

"This is 100% control over qi and blood!"

Li Xuan was amazed.

The foolish disciple is quite capable, making rapid progress.

That night, Xu Yan returned.

He felt that he was not far from condensing the dragon-shaped palm force.

His control over qi and blood had greatly improved.

Li Xuan sat in a chair, it was time to show his foolish disciple a trick.

"Disciple, come here."

Xu Yan held a freshly slaughtered chicken, preparing to cook dinner.

"Master."

Li Xuan took the chicken from his hand, "Disciple, watch carefully."

He pointed his finger at the chicken leg.

As qi and blood surged, the smell of meat soon spread.

He handed the chicken back to Xu Yan, saying, "Tear it open and take a look."

Xu Yan, upon hearing this, tore open the chicken leg, his eyes widening in shock.

The chicken leg was partially cooked.

But only the meat within the width of a finger was cooked, the rest was still raw.

"This is 100% control over qi and blood.

"If you can do this, cooking the chicken leg while leaving the rest raw, your control over qi and blood will be sufficient."

Finally showing a trick to his disciple, Li Xuan felt a sense of relief.

Xu Yan was greatly impressed, this was 100% control over qi and blood?

"Master, I will definitely be able to do it!"

"Good, do your best, but don't deliberately pursue it, and don't slack off in your cultivation!"

Li Xuan nodded and instructed.

He was afraid that his foolish disciple would slack off in his cultivation to achieve 100% control over qi and blood, leading to slow progress in his cultivation, which would be putting the cart before the horse.

"I understand!"

...

Li Xuan sighed inwardly, his disciple's talent was truly strong.

Since he showed a trick, Xu Yan spent five days and could now cook the chicken leg while leaving the rest of the meat unaffected.

Although he didn't have 100% control over qi and blood, he had about 80%.

This was already very impressive.

Xu Yan was also decisive, not deliberately pursuing 100% control over qi and blood, and instead focused on cultivating the Dragon Subduing Palm.

On the hillside.

Xu Yan struck out with a palm, a red dragon about a meter long and as thick as a calf's leg burst forth, striking the ground and creating a large pit.

"After cultivating the dragon-shaped palm force, the power has more than doubled, but I still feel something is missing."

Xu Yan frowned.

Although he had condensed the dragon-shaped palm force, it did not have the overwhelming power he had expected.

He felt something was still lacking.

"Dragons have supernatural abilities, adapting to the situation—supernatural abilities are powerful, adapting to the situation is flexible... I understand.

"What is lacking is flexibility. My current palm force is too rigid.

"Lacking vitality!"

Xu Yan entered a state of enlightenment, pondering how to truly master it.

In the following days, Xu Yan devoted himself entirely to the cultivation of the Dragon Subduing Palm, not even pondering the Eight Trigrams or practicing movement techniques.

Instead, he repeatedly practiced the Dragon Subduing Palm.

Continuously adjusting and refining his practice based on his understanding of the incantations.

Seven days passed.

While cultivating the Dragon Subduing Palm, Xu Yan struck out with a palm, a red dragon about a meter long, wriggling and writhing, burst forth, about to strike a tree ahead.

Xu Yan's palm slightly turned, and the red dragon suddenly coiled around, passing over the tree trunk, its tail lashing out and striking the trunk.

Crack!

The tree was snapped by the dragon's tail!

The red dragon then plunged into the ground, creating a large pit.

"I have finally almost mastered it. The power of this palm is about ten times stronger than before I cultivated the Dragon Subduing Palm!

"This is the power of the Dragon Subduing Palm!"

Xu Yan was extremely excited.

Raising his hands, he struck out with his right hand, a red dragon-shaped palm force about a meter long burst forth. Then he followed with his left hand, another dragon-shaped palm force burst forth.

He saw his hands in motion, the two dragon-shaped palm forces swirling, one coiling around his body for protection, the other striking out. It seemed to strike with the dragon's head, but just before hitting the target, it suddenly rose into the air, its tail lashing down, and then the dragon's head returned, striking out with a powerful force!

Boom!

On the hillside, the rumbling sounds continued.

The two red dragon-shaped palm forces danced and swirled, sometimes diving, sometimes plunging into the ground, and sometimes wriggling and writhing!

"Dragons have supernatural abilities, adapting to the situation, that's it!

"I have finally understood!

"Although I don't yet possess the power of supernatural abilities, I have grasped the basics, and with my current level, this is already mastery.

"I have finally cultivated the Dragon Subduing Palm!"

Xu Yan was extremely excited.

He had finally understood two lines of the incantation for the Dragon Subduing Palm, although only the basics.

But he had entered the realm of mastery.

If he had cultivated the Dragon Subduing Palm when he killed the bandits, would he have relied on brute force?

A single palm strike would have been enough to kill all the bandits!

"I need to practice more, to achieve complete control and flexibility. And now I can only summon two dragons, which is far from the intermediate stage.

"Moreover, my power is still not overwhelming enough, and the dragons I create are not flexible enough!"

Xu Yan summarized his shortcomings and continued to practice on the hillside. For a time, the hillside was filled with flying debris, destroyed vegetation, and a dense array of large pits.