CHAPTER 576: CHAPTER 576: YIN AND YANG ATTRIBUTES, EXTERNAL GUIDANCE

However, after confirming it, Xiao Zhan felt somewhat disappointed.

He really thought this was the true Absorption Star Technique.

Would it not be delightful if that were the case?

But it’s not.

He immediately reread the book for the second time and studied it carefully before he understood. Although this National Martial Arts Secret Book was not the true Absorption Star Technique in a literal sense, it shared the same ingenious essence.

Through cultivation, both could transform the opponent’s energy into one’s own power.

The only difference is that the Absorption Star Technique is direct and has a very high conversion rate. This technique, however, requires a combination of a special breathing method to exert its effect.

Moreover, one cannot forcibly absorb energy; it requires the opponent’s cooperative consent.

Overall assessment, this is a castrated version of the Absorption Star Technique National Martial Arts Secret Book!

But Xiao Zhan didn’t mind.

After all, this was a National Martial Arts Secret Book he got for free. Other secret books require confirmation before one could browse them, but not this one.

Why not take advantage of free stuff?

Thus, Xiao Zhan put the secret book back in its place, hiding it a little deeper, and used other books to cover it up.

He couldn’t let others discover this secret book. Now everyone was in a competitive relationship, Xiao Zhan had to play some clever tricks.

After putting everything in order, Xiao Zhan went to confirm the Taiji Hand book. Once confirmed, it meant he had chosen this National Martial Arts, and it could not be changed.

Even after confirmation, it could not be taken out, only browsed in the Federation Library.

However, the library had provided a dedicated Practice Hall, which was separate for individual use. Xiao Zhan and the others could directly practice here.

Xiao Zhan asked for a Practice Hall and then began to learn the National Martial Arts.

The first thing he learned was the Taiji Hand, as it was Zhan Yuntian’s assignment. Xiao Zhan didn’t know what he was planning, but it was a problem for which learning this skill would be no issue at all.

After a closer study, Xiao Zhan discovered that the Taiji Hand was very similar to the Taiyin Hand, and many parts were exactly the same — they came from the same origin!

But the Taiji Hand was a bit more advanced than the Taiyin Hand because Taiji includes both Taiyin and Taiyang, while Taiyin Hand possesses only Taiyin.

Xiao Zhan studied diligently.

Learning the Taiyin part was very easy, but learning the Taiyang part proved to be difficult for him.

Since his body’s Death Aura belonged to Taiyin, and was rich in Yin energy, and with the Taiyin Hand as a basic foundation, it was very easy to learn.

But Taiyang represents another kind of attribute energy, diametrically opposite to Taiyin. Xiao Zhan had problems learning it; while not clueless, it felt like nine orifices connecting out of ten.

Learning time ten minutes, progress fifty percent!

Learning time ten hours, progress still fifty percent!

"Really difficult; no clue."

Xiao Zhan lay on the floor of the Practice Hall, giving up.

Taiyin focuses on overcoming hardness with softness, while Taiyang emphasizes using hardness to tame softness. The combination of the two, hardness and softness complementing each other, constitutes Taiji!

Xiao Zhan’s skill in overcoming hardness with softness had already reached a very high level, but using hardness to tame softness was still only on the surface.

Only form, devoid of essence.

Without the internal Power of the Taiyang to support him, Xiao Zhan feared he might never master Taiji.

Time quickly moved to the next day.

Every morning, everyone had to gather.

"How’s everyone’s learning and cultivation?" Zhan Yuntian looked at the crowd and asked.

People shook their heads; nobody stepped forward to say they had learned.

What a joke, it had only been one day, who could master it?

This was no child’s play.

Zhan Yuntian smiled at the crowd, "Continue with the National Martial Arts cultivation today."

Then he said nothing more and left directly.

The crowd couldn’t figure out what Zhan Yuntian was up to. Could it be that he was making them compete in cultivation speed?

Confused, but still, they went to the Federation Library to continue their cultivation.

Xiao Zhan entered the Practice Hall today, specifically selecting a Wudang Mountain simulated cultivation environment. The advantage of such a simulated environment was that it could help better comprehend the mysteries of National Martial Arts.

Xiao Zhan had visited Wudang Mountain in his previous life, and as the almost identical landscape appeared before his eyes, he felt a warm sense of familiarity.

After briefly admiring his surroundings, Xiao Zhan came to the exclusive practice arena of Wudang Mountain.

A huge Taiji Yin-Yang symbol appeared on the ground.

Looking at this pattern, Xiao Zhan became lost in thought.

Having read many novels and documents in his previous life, he knew that Yin and Yang are two sides of the same coin. Yin gives birth to Yang, and Yang begets Yin, and they transform into one another.

But the key issue now is how to transform, in what way to do it?

Xiao Zhan analyzed the energy within his body, aside from Death Aura, he only had Fire Attribute Energy. However, his fire was clearly Yin Fire, not Yang Fire, and thus not very helpful.

At a loss, Xiao Zhan once again admired and worried.

At this moment, Ye Youlong spoke, "If we can’t produce it internally, we can utilize external forces to guide the transformation of the energy inside our bodies."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Zhan’s eyes lit up, "That’s a good idea."

Thinking it, he acted immediately.

Xiao Zhan found some Spirit Fruits with strong Yang Attribute from his Dimension Space and ate them. As the energy entered his body, Xiao Zhan carefully felt it.

This time, he didn’t absorb the energy directly because the process of absorption meant converting these energies into ones that matched his own.

That is to use one’s own attribute to transform it into a compatible attribute.

But since Xiao Zhan’s attribute was Yin and this energy was Yang, he could convert very little and the process would be painful.

Yin and Yang generate each other, but also, Yin and Yang can counteract each other. Xiao Zhan was not suited to consume fruits with such attributes.

But now he had to consume them.

After entering his body, Xiao Zhan set out to do the opposite: using this energy as bait to assimilate his own.

This operation was extremely difficult because these two energies naturally oppose each other, and one was not under his control, making it very hard to manage.

Xiao Zhan anticipated this, so he chose low-grade Spirit Fruits, around Fourth Grade, to test the waters and see what happened.

The Fourth Grade energy, though unruly, was tamed under Xiao Zhan’s firm control and obediently complied.

Once it was subdued, Xiao Zhan utilized Dual Tasking, controlling his Death Aura to make contact with it.

To his surprise, he succeeded at the first attempt.

Xiao Zhan had expected the two energies to neutralize each other, but they were successfully assimilated with remarkable ease!

Xiao Zhan rejoiced, which also indirectly proved that Yin and Yang are indeed from the same source, generating each other.

He guessed that if Fire Attribute Energy and Water Attribute Energy were put together, they would likely directly antagonize and neutralize each other, without being converted at all.

In any case, he had succeeded, and Xiao Zhan was delighted.