Chapter 36: Beginning of Descending Dragon Palm (Please Follow Up)_i

"My dear disciple, you’ve just begun practicing the control of Qi and blood. Chickens are too small. The Qi and blood can envelop them instantly. I know that can improve your control?” "You need to practice with something bigger.” Li Xuan advised earnestly. "Yes, master, I understand!” Xu Yan’s eyes lit up. With the burnt chicken tossed aside, he excitedly approached the horse he arrived on, rubbing his hands together and eager to try. Li Xuan:… This disciple. His brain indeed doesn’t work too well. "Young one, this horse is also not suitable.” Xu Yan nodded. The horse was too big for the Qi and blood to envelop; he should look for smaller prey. "Master, I’ll go hunting right away.” Li Xuan felt relieved; his disciple finally understood. With some luck, he would get to eat game in no time. Three days later. Qi and blood surged on Xu Yan’s hand, spreading a hot breath, and a scent of cooked meat arose. A wild boar was roasted to perfection by him. Although half of it was charred, at least the other half was roasted and worth eating. "My control over Qi and blood has improved tremendously!” Xu Yan was ecstatic. He swung his hand, and a palm energy of Qi and blood rumbled forth, condensing into a long-horned python. Even the contours of its eyes and mouth were clear and distinct. "I’m close to being able to condense the Dragon-form palm force.” Xu Yan was beyond thrilled. He tossed down the roasted pig and continued to catch wild pigs for practice. "I wonder how my silly disciple is progressing with his cultivation?” Li Xuan sighed inwardly, he still hadn’t tasted any game. All of it was burned to charcoal by Xu Yan. How could he eat it? "You, my disciple, have gotten the hang of roasting meat bare-handed. Your control of Qi and blood has greatly improved. Your bare-handed roasting skills are excellent with a hundred percent control of Qi and blood.” Suddenly. A golden light emerged, and Li Xuan felt, in an instant, as if he had practiced bare-handed roasting countless times and reached a masterful level. Moreover, he had complete control of the Qi and blood. With the one hundred percent control of Qi and blood, Li Xuan felt his usage of his own Qi and blood reached an astonishing stage. Every bit of Qi and blood could be manipulated at will. His control over Qi and blood improved, and his abilities greatly enhanced. At this moment, his body’s Qi and blood could be completely contained, without leaking at all. He lifted his right hand, and Qi and blood gushed out from his index finger like a flame, sometimes enlarging, shrinking, and the intensity of the Qi and blood could also be freely manipulated. "This is what a hundred percent control of Qi and blood feels like!” Li Xuan was stunned. His silly disciple was doing well, progressing rapidly. That night, Xu Yan returned. He felt that he was close to condensing the Dragon-form palm force. His control over Qi and blood had improved significantly. Li Xuan sat in his chair. It was time to show his silly disciple a thing or two. "Disciple, come here.” Xu Yan was holding a chicken that he had just slaughtered, ready to make dinner. "Master.” Li Xuan took the chicken from his hand. “Watch closely, my disciple.” Saying that, he placed his finger on the chicken’s leg. As the Qi and blood churned, the scent of cooked meat wafted through the air in no time. He handed the chicken back to Xu Yan. “Tear it open and take a look.” As Xu Yan did as he was told, he tore the chicken leg, his eyes widened in shock. The chicken leg was partly cooked. Only the section within a finger’s width was cooked; the rest was still raw. "This is what one hundred percent control of Qi and blood looks like. "If you can do it, roasting a chicken leg completely without cooking the meat around it, then you have enough control of your inner energy.” Li Xuan finally revealed a trick in front of his disciple, feeling fulfilled in body and mind. Xu Yan was greatly shocked. Was this total control of inner energy? "Master, I will be able to do it!” "Hmm, do your best, there’s no need to pursue it relentlessly. Don’t neglect your cultivation because of it! Li Xuan nodded and reminded him. Fearing that his silly disciple might neglect cultivation to pursue total control, which would slow down his progress, things would be inverted. "Disciple understood!” Li Xuan sighed internally. His disciple indeed possessed extraordinary talent. After he displayed the technique, Xu Yan was able to roast a chicken leg perfectly in five days, without affecting the surrounding meat. Although he hadn’t gained total control over his inner energy, he had already reached eighty percent. This was already quite impressive. Xu Yan wisely didn’t obsess over achieving total control and shifted his focus to practicing the Descending Dragon Palm. On the hillside. Xu Yan thrust out his palm, and a red dragon about a meter long and as thick as his calf shot out, crashing into the ground and blasting a large hole. "After cultivating the dragon-shaped power in my palm, my strength has more than doubled. But I still feel like something’s missing.” Xu Yan frowned. Although he’d succeeded in cultivating the dragon-shaped power, it had not produced the overpowering might he’d expected. He always felt like he was missing something. "Dragons bear divine skills, they transform according to circumstances – the ability to transform means flexibility… I get it now.” "What’s missing is flexibility. My power is too rigid.” "It lacks vitality!” Xu Yan again immersed himself in comprehension, wondering how he could truly get started. In the following days, Xu Yan devoted himself to practicing the Descending Dragon Palm, neglecting even the Eight Diagrams and his movement technique. He kept practicing the Descending Dragon Palm again and again. He was constantly adjusting, constantly cultivating the Descending Dragon Palm according to his comprehension. And so, another seven days passed. Xu Yan, who was practicing the Descending Dragon Palm, struck out with his palm, and a red dragon about a meter long writhed and shot out, heading straight for a tree. Xu Yan slightly overturned his palm, and the red dragon suddenly wheeled around, bypassing the tree trunk and striking the trunk with its tail. Crack! The tree was struck and broken by the dragon’s tail! The red dragon plunged into the ground elsewhere, leaving a huge pit. "I’ve almost mastered it. This palm attack is about ten times stronger than before I began practicing Descending Dragon Palm.” "This is the power of the Descending Dragon Palm!” Xu Yan was incredibly excited. Raising both hands, he projected a meter-long red dragon-shaped force from his right hand. Then, with a follow-up strike from his left hand, another dragon-shaped force spouted out. Both forces twirled around his body, one protecting while the other was a fierce onslaught. The dragon’s head was about to hit its target when it suddenly surged upward, its tail whipping downward, immediately followed by a swift turnaround and a powerful slam by its head! Boom! On the hillside, roaring sounds echoed continuously. The two red dragons, spouting force, dancing and swirling around, sometimes diving down, sometimes burrowing into the ground, sometimes swinging their heads and wagging their tails! "Dragons bear Divine Skills, transforming according to circumstances, so that’s it!” "I’ve finally figured it out!” "Although I still don’t possess the Power of Divine Abilities, only grasping the basic concept, my current realm is still low-level. This is already an initiation.” "I’ve finally managed to cultivate the Descending Dragon Palm!” Xu Yan was incredibly excited. He had finally understood the phrases of the Descending Dragon Palm, even though only superficially. But he had initiated it. If he had cultivated the Descending Dragon Palm when he fought the bandits, would he have relied on brute force? With one palm strike, he could have killed all those bandits! "I need to practice more to do it effortlessly and fluently. Now I can only mobilize two dragons, far from a small achievement.” "Also, my power is still not imposing enough; the dragons I launch are not flexible enough!” Xu Yan was summing up his shortcomings, practicing on the hillside nonstop. For a moment, the hillside was a scene of flying fragments and crushed vegetation.. There were numerous large pits on the ground, densely packed!