The lungs and guts are the starting point of the force for the entire cultivation technique, while the throat's Dantian acts as the endpoint for amplifying power.

If one possesses dual Dantians, naturally, the problem is easily solved.

However, with a single Dantian, it leads to the necessity of finding additional cultivation techniques to enhance the lungs and guts, to compensate for the weaknesses in the technique's power.

Among them, dietary and medicinal supplements, and various lung and gut cultivation exercises, whether in terms of time or materials, all represent significant consumption.

On the contrary, the techniques in the second bookcase generally do not have such obvious shortcomings or defects.

Even if slightly more conservative and mild in power, they allow the cultivator to steadily improve, rather than taking a risky path and leaving significant flaws that exhaust one's spirit trying to compensate with external forces.

Among the risky techniques in the third bookcase, the "Qi Gathering Technique" appears to be the exception.

It's so stable, it hardly seems like it should belong in the third bookcase; the technique is complete, self-consistent, and flawless, having a kind of perfection and universal appeal.

If there is a need to point out a deficiency, it would be that after mastery, the use of Qi lacks uniqueness, and its power is quite ordinary, nowhere near as stunning as those risky techniques.

In summary, it is simply two words: plain.

Yet, this plainness, among the stable yet mediocre techniques of the second bookcase, seems bland and hardly appealing, making it feel like wasted effort.

The incense beside him had almost burnt out.

Fang Yu scanned back and forth through the few techniques in the second bookcase.

"Concentrating Eyes," gathers Qi in both eyes, significantly enhancing dynamic vision to capture any trajectory of the opponent's moves.

"Half-Step Frequency Sword," concentrates the Dantian on the back of the right hand, using high-frequency vibrations of Qi to form an invisible blade, harming the enemy imperceptibly.

"Vortex Shield," uses Qi to form a shield, directly blocking enemy attacks, and when fully mastered, can even form a wall-like barrier to block any frontal assaults.

Additionally, there's "Lotusheart Footwork," strangely mimicking the movement technique of the White Lotus Sect, using Qi force as the power to significantly enhance movement techniques, with the landing spots even showing similar lotus apparitions as the White Lotus Sect.

There are also techniques like "Leaping Dragon Technique," which allows short-term gliding, "Spear Piercing Heart Kick," specializing in airborne sneak attacks, and similar to "Cat Tail Force," the "Three Hand Shadows," where Qi forms additional hands, the stronger the practitioner, the stronger this technique becomes, and having an incomplete "Cat Tail Force" as reference only makes learning it faster and more profound.

Each one of these made Fang Yu incredibly tempted.

But the characteristics of Qi techniques, each technique, due to the restrictions of Dantian locations, mean only one can be chosen, not all.

While continuously deliberating, Fang Yu suddenly thought of Yuan Hongxin's Qi technique.

That move, Qi Explosion Spin, though not understood at the time,

Now, thinking back, it should involve using both hands to guide the flow of Qi.

Thus, it seems "Half-Step Frequency Sword" and "Three Hand Shadows," with Dantian located in the arms or back of hands, could have the potential to mimic the effect of that move.

But Yuan Hongxin uses both hands simultaneously, could it be dual Dantians in both hands?

Furthermore, Yuan Hongxin once used a move similar to an explosive release of Qi, sending people flying around him.

At that time, his hands seemed motionless.

Could it be that he has another Dantian in his chest or abdomen?

A Qi cultivation method with three Dantians??

Such a treasure, yet not leaving behind a true heritage, made Fang Yu feel frustrated.

At the moment, the techniques related to hands have the highest probability of reproducing Yuan Hongxin's Qi moves.

Fang Yu looked towards those few techniques, still hesitating in his heart.

Because once a choice is made, there will be no turning back.

Dantian concentrated in hands and feet can indeed achieve partial specialization of the body, but it also sets a direction for the future.

At this moment, Fang Yu suddenly understood why all the Hall Masters cultivated the "Purple Qi Technique."

As a lower version of "Purple Qi Technique," "Qi Gathering Technique" has already displayed its compatibility feature.

The Dantian is located near the abdomen, and whether borrowing strength upwards to the hands or downwards to the legs, both are possible.

The power, however, is nowhere near those specialized techniques.

But actually, if one continues to focus in a certain direction, it's not impossible to specialize similar to those techniques.

If one can further establish accomplishments and obtain the advanced "Purple Qi Technique," as the first bookcase technique and a top-tier elite technique of the Foolish Underworld cultivated by all Hall Masters, it would be like learning all of the Sect's secret techniques.

This growth potential almost completely overshadows all techniques in the second bookcase.

One must admit, Dong Xingzhou's previous incentives were effective, enticing Fang Yu.

One is the immediate combat power of the middle-grade techniques in the second bookcase.

The other is an investment, laying the groundwork for learning the current top elite techniques of the Sect.

If one has no capital at all, naturally the instant combat power techniques are the best solution.

But in reality, at the moment, he has some capital to erect remarkable achievements.

Just with his current undercover identity, he could at any moment present the identity of one of the Demon Leaders to the Hall Masters.

Additionally, it comes with a complimentary 75,000 HP Bai Wanxi, whose identity remains unknown. It truly is a buy one get one free deal.

Selling the Shu Bird Demon, Fang Yu does not feel the slightest bit ashamed.

Everyone has different stances, so once sold, it's sold.

However, involving the Green Demon and with the identity of a Bird Demon being less convincing, he chose not to mention it.

Now his situation is similar; involving the Green Demon, he is cautious, and now that he's advanced to Demon Foot, with Brother Qing's support, there will be many more opportunities to make achievements.

Shouldn't it be...not too difficult to obtain "Qi Gathering Technique"?

Having weighed the pros and cons, Fang Yu hesitates no more.

As the incense stick nearby was about to burn out, he decisively selected the "Qi Gathering Technique," then turned and made his way downstairs.

As for the Cultivation Techniques on the third and second floors, Fang Yu was somewhat curious, but the labels stuck on the bookshelves suggested they were just ordinary Martial Arts Techniques, including Swordsmanship, Stick Technique, and hand-to-hand combat, unrelated to Qi Force.

Continuing downward, reaching the ground floor, Fang Yu stood in front of the "Qi Gathering Technique" counter.

"Old sir, I would like this book."

Mu Chuan, appearing as if he were dozing with his eyes closed, slightly lifted his eyelids.

Seeing the "Qi Gathering Technique" on the counter, his expression subtly changed.

It was rare for him, but he looked up to size up the visitor.

Young and clearly a naturally gifted genius, the future was immeasurable, but merely immeasurable.

Taking the "Qi Gathering Technique," he then turned away from Fang Yu, searching for something behind.

When he turned back to face the front, he had already prepared a black viscous substance in his hand.

As fluctuations of Qi appeared, Mu Chuan passed his hand over the blank sections of the "Qi Gathering Technique", quickly leafing through the pages, and soon text and diagrams began to emerge.

"It should take about half an hour to fully appear; find a corner here to memorize it. Once time's up, it'll revert to its original form, and you'll need to return the book."

Is it a sole copy???

Fang Yu felt something odd, this manual was thick, and in half an hour, he really wasn't sure if he could memorize the content.

This being related to significant matters of cultivation, Fang Yu hurriedly and respectfully took it and found a spot to sit down and begin memorizing.

This time, understanding wasn't necessary; simply memorizing would suffice.

Fortunately, after cultivating Martial Arts in the game, his physical constitution improved significantly, and it seemed his memory had strengthened as well, making it likely not difficult to memorize.

Sadly, in reality, there were no signs of this improvement. On the contrary, it seemed that with increasing age, he tended to forget things more easily.

For a time, the True Scripture Pavilion quieted down.

Only the occasional sound of turning pages, accompanied by the afternoon insects' chirping, brought a sense of unusual tranquility.

"Qi Gathering Technique, huh..."

Mu Chuan looked at the boy by the table, where sunlight streamed through the window and fell on the boy's face, reminding him of the Hall Masters who, long ago, came to the True Scripture Pavilion to earnestly study the Qi Gathering Technique.

The Purple Qi Technique was a modified version of the Qi Gathering Technique.

But when practicing the Purple Qi Technique and lacking direction, those Hall Masters would come here to study the original Qi Gathering Technique.

Sometimes for a few days, often for months, only leaving satisfied after gaining some insights.

However, those were events of long ago; back then, all the Hall Masters were still young masters in their households, not having yet inherited the position of Hall Master.

Since those lads became Hall Masters, they've had increasingly little free time, gradually having no one to accompany this old man anymore.

Even the time spent studying Cultivation Techniques has decreased, and it's been a long time since the Hall Masters came here to study and understand techniques due to hitting a dead end in their practice.

The Hall Masters of old, like the young boy before him, were all spirited and talented youths.

If it weren't for the mundane matters of the Foolish Underworld entangling them, they might have gone further in Martial Arts.

"Old sir."

Suddenly, a youthful voice interrupted his thoughts.

Looking at the boy handing over the text-free book, Mu Chuan reached out to take it.

"Did you memorize everything?"

"I did."

"Good."

Mu Chuan closed his eyes to rest.

The young man respectfully withdrew.

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