Besides this, there is also the famous "Tiger and Leopard Thunder Sound" and the "Fishing Toad Skill" from the Three Pure Ones Mountain, both are extremely unique Inner Cultivation Techniques.

As for External Training, it focuses mainly on muscles, bones, and skin, but each school's Cultivation Technique differs greatly. In the "Six Military Techniques," the Fire Technique can strengthen muscles, the Mountain Technique can forge bones, but their effects are quite average.

Unless you're like Ye Qingzhou, who has reached the mastery in both Fire and Mountain Techniques, it's hard to make a name for oneself.

Ye Qingzhou possesses advanced Muscle Strengthening and Bone Forging Magic Techniques. "Refining True Gold in Fire" can significantly enhance muscles and tendons, while the Bone Forging Secret Technique of Rattling Iron Bones grants Ye Qingzhou powerful Martial Bones.

"External training of muscles, bones, and skin; internal breathing unifies into a single breath, I am now ready to advance to the Professional Level at any time."

Ye Qingzhou sat quietly with closed eyes, starting to integrate what he has learned.

For Muscle Strengthening, there's the Undying Golden Body trained from "Refining True Gold in Fire".

For Bone Forging, he obtained Rattling Iron Bones from an official Bone Forging Secret Technique.

For Inner Breath, not only does the Dragon Breath Technique convert Acquired Inner Breath into Innate Inner Breath, but Ye Qingzhou has also mastered the Five Stances—Wind, Fire, Mountain, Yin, and Thunder—to perfection, only lacking the Forest Technique for the last step.

"Once I master the Forest Technique, I can close my pores, complete Skin Refining Without Leakage, thereby transforming Inner Breath and forming a single True Qi. After imprinting my Martial Arts Will, I can fully transform my Primordial Qi into Martial Arts True Qi."

Ye Qingzhou sees through all the secrets of reaching the Professional Level.

"According to the Fish-into-Dragon Transformation's description of Inner Breath, Inner Breath includes Innate Inner Breath and Acquired Inner Breath; the former transforms into Innate True Qi, while the latter only becomes Ordinary True Qi."

Though the book doesn't specify the differences between the two types of Martial Arts True Qi, Ye Qingzhou faintly feels that the differences are likely substantial; otherwise, the book wouldn't have specifically mentioned it.

"The Dragon Breath Technique converts the Six Stances Inner Breath from Acquired to Innate Inner Breath, but the Inner Breath of Wind, Fire, Mountain, Yin, and Thunder, after transformation by the Dragon Breath Technique, greatly surpasses the Forest's Inner Breath. It seems the mastery level is crucial, hiding secrets yet unknown."

The more Ye Qingzhou pondered, the more he felt something was amiss. It appears that due to mastering the Five Stances, he is now nearing the deeper secrets of Primordial Qi, creating an odd feeling within him.

The biggest issue lies in the origin of Primordial Qi's liveliness.

"Primordial Qi being influenced by the mind and will is clearly abnormal."

Suddenly, Ye Qingzhou had a sudden insight—a premonition that he is close to uncovering the true secret of Primordial Qi, which awaits him at the moment of his advancement to the Professional Level, during the first life sublimation.

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The next day, Ye Qingzhou returned to school.

Seeing his deskmate Huang Liwen copying homework again, Ye Qingzhou patted his shoulder, "Brother Wen, didn't you say you were going for night runs in the park? Why haven't you gone recently? Have you seen the light, or are you in despair?"

"Neither."

While speaking, Huang Liwen didn't look up, still engrossed in writing, "Haven't you heard about the weirdo lurking around lately?"

Ye Qingzhou widened his eyes, "What are you afraid of as a man?"

Huang Liwen coughed lightly, showing slight embarrassment, "Afraid of being recognized."

Ye Qingzhou laughed helplessly, "Goodness, so that weirdo was you all along."

"Sigh, everyone admires beauty, I just like pretty girls, what's wrong with that?"

"Men are like that, even glancing at a little fairy is a crime, might even be falsely accused of peeping and filming, and then get slandered online."

Huang Liwen was moved to tears, feeling he found a true friend in life, "Old Ye, you really understand me."

Ye Qingzhou casually suggested, "Speaking of which, if finding a girlfriend in real life is difficult, why not try online dating?"

"Better not, there are too many scammers online."

"You're broke, what's there to scam you for?"

"Oh, true!"

Huang Liwen immediately perked up, set aside his finished math homework, sat up straight, and began copying his language homework.

After school, at the Fighting Center.

Xu Lan gathered Linjiang First High School's eight new stars for preparation and began special training in a new mode for the Phoenix Cup Competition.

"Earlier provincial competition was mainly a ring battle model to decide the victor, where each side sent five people for one-on-one battles until one side was entirely defeated."

This rule was the most familiar model to everyone.

Previously, Linjiang First High School couldn't even make a mark in Xiang Province and got eliminated at the provincial stage, being merely a backdrop in the national high school Martial Arts League, making later rules unnecessary.

In the provincial competition stage to save resources, they directly went by the ring battle model to decide the victor.

However, this year is different; the authorities increased efforts to nurture civilian martial artists. Thus, the provincial competition followed the national high school Martial Arts League format and organized the Phoenix Cup.

Xu Lan began to introduce the subsequent rules, "In addition to continuing the tradition of a five-person ring battle, this Phoenix Cup will introduce a three-on-three small team battle in the ring, and a five-on-five team hunt for points within a secret realm."

"In the three-on-three mode, it still takes place in the ring, where each side sends three people until all three members of one side fall, determining the victory."

"The most different is the five-on-five team battle. In the team battle, the venue won't be a ring but a secret realm filled with rare birds and exotic beasts, making the terrain and environment more complex and changeable. Therefore, participating teams need not only robust combat power but also overall adaptability."

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