My Martial Arts Can Train Themselves - Chapter 28

Chapter 28: Cultivating Phantom Dodge

“Lin Yan, that’s amazing. You’ve made a great contribution this time. The sect will certainly reward you handsomely.”

In the pill room of the Harmony Court, a few inner disciples were gathered together as they chatted.

Lin Yan, who had been testing the pills for them previously, was also among them. He was sitting quietly at the side and was meditating.

Only when someone called out to him would he open his eyes and respond with a gentle smile.

“When the time comes, don’t forget the few Senior Brothers who provided for you. Your cultivation speed during this period of time is amazing. It’s all thanks to our great tonic pills, haha.”

Someone patted Lin Yan’s head.. Everyone else laughed along. The atmosphere was harmonious.

Lin Yan smiled as well, but he did not say anything.

If he really could obtain the sect’s reward this time, he wanted to leave this place as soon as possible.

…

Yang Yi stood in the middle of the courtyard with his eyes blindfolded.

In front of him stood a huge wooden frame.

Ropes were tied to the wooden frame, and under each rope were rocks the size of washbasins.

The rocks swayed back and forth like pendulums, making whooshing sounds in the wind. If an ordinary person were to be hit, they would probably spit out what they ate last night.

However, Yang Yi planned to pass through this rocky area with his eyes blindfolded.

This was the cultivation approach recorded in the Phantom Dodge’s scroll.

Without relying on his senses, he would use his body’s instinct of seeking benefits and avoiding harm to dodge the attack.

He would receive information from the outside world through his senses, then transmit it to his brain to think, and then react with his limbs.

This process was complete and accurate, but it was not fast enough.

When faced with attacks that did not require thinking but only needed dodging, he would empty his mind and return the right to use his body to his own body. Only then could he make an instantaneous reaction without any delay.

He understood the logic, but the problem lies with when he really needed to do it.

Yang Yi made sufficient mental preparations.

Blindfolded, he stuffed his nose and ears with cotton. He used his mouth to take a breath, emptied his mind and body, and returned the right to use his body to it.

Then, he slowly took a step forward.

Thump!

Yang Yi had just walked to the first stone area and was hit squarely.

The washbasin-sized stone struck his waist.

He staggered, took a few steps back, and adjusted his condition.

However, he was hit by the stone again before he could take two steps.

Yang Yi, who had lost his senses, was like a headless fly, flustered and helpless.

Time passed by as he trained.

Yang Yi had many injuries on his body.

However, he did not gain anything.

He could not dodge the rocks, nor did he gain any insights.

“Am I really that bad at comprehension?”

Yang Yi was hit so hard that he began to doubt his life.

He sat on the corridor while he watched the swinging rocks in the yard and fell into deep thought.

In the past two days, he had tried to instinctively dodge the rocks that were moving irregularly during the day, and at night, he requested feedback reports for the Mountain-hugging Fist.

He was delighted by the progress made by the Mountain-hugging Fist. It had triggered a few special events, and his experience points were already more than half of the maximum value.

However, he still had no clue about the cultivation of Phantom Dodge.

Yang Yi touched the injuries on his body.

He gradually came to a realization.

From the beginning, he knew that he needed to cover his senses and walk through the rocky area. He had been on guard, as if he was ready to be hit.

It was an instinct to prepare for the worst.

However, the purpose of cultivating Phantom Dodge was to avoid the attack. It was not to prepare for the worst, or to use energy to defend his body and resist the damage!

“Empty my body and mind… Empty my body and mind. I didn’t let down my guard against danger. I was still thinking and didn’t give the right to use my body back to my body.”

Yang Yi seemed to have grasped the crux of the problem.

He stood up and came before the rocky area once again with a flicker in his eyes.

“What if I empty my body and remove the defense of my body? What if I get hit by a rock?”

It would definitely hurt!

However, if he was afraid of pain or of getting hurt, what was the point of cultivating martial arts?

Yang Yi calmed his mind and used the black cloth to cover his eyes. He began to truly empty his body.

The first stone came at him.

He still wanted to defend himself, but he deliberately suppressed the urge halfway.

His body froze on the spot for a moment, and the stone hit him squarely.

“Again!”

Yang Yi ignored the pain and continued to try.

He silently recalled the tips about using Phantom Dodge in his heart. He did not think about anything else. Even if his body was hit, he would let the pain spread. Gradually, he grasped a key point, or rather, a trick.

When a rock flew towards him, his body would instinctively avoid it. Out of 10 times, he could probably avoid it once or twice.

The probability of this was still too low. Moreover, every time Yang Yi avoided it, he moved so much that he could not dodge the next rock. This obviously did not meet the requirements of the Phantom Dodge.

That night.

Yang Yi went to the Spiritual Spring Mountain to cultivate for a while.

He soaked in the spiritual spring, which helped him to recover from his injuries.

He had been holed up in the wooden hut for the past few days. This time, he went out to inquire about the news.

For the matter of the Devil Qi leak from the Devil Imprisoning Cave, two Court Masters, Zhu Zhonghai of the Li Bamboo Court and Wan Hegui of the Dao Yang Court, worked together to reinforce the seal, which was not very loose to begin with.

Wan Hegui was also familiar with Formations. With the two of them working together, this matter came to an end.

Some disciples guessed that the Sect Master might make a move, but the Sect Master did not.

After the matter was settled, Lin Yan received a reward for being the person to report the leak. However, this was not what Yang Yi was concerned about.

He returned from the Spiritual Spring Mountain.

He did not continue to cultivate Phantom Dodge.

He was going to participate in the outer disciples’ assessment the day after tomorrow.

He did not want to go on stage with his injuries.

He opened the attribute panel.

Host: Yang Yi

Realm: Bone Refining (28/800)

Spirit accumulation points: 500

Learned martial arts: Crimson Afterglow Technique, Mountain-hugging Fist

Pending martial arts: None

Number of scans: 1

He looked at the martial arts panel again.

Martial arts: Mountain-hugging Fist (learned)

Realm: Intermediate (258/300)

Characteristics: Competitive

Quality: Body Tempering martial arts

Feedback: …

“At this rate, my Mountain-hugging Fist should be able to break through to the accomplished level tomorrow,” Yang Yi said with satisfaction.

With this, his strength would rise to another level. Even if he were to meet an old man who knew how to use force, he would have absolute confidence in winning!

Of course, it was still debatable whether he should use his full strength in such a minor test.

After the Mountain-hugging Fist had broken through to the accomplished level, he could integrate his own ideas into the moves, and the others would not be able to gauge his true realm that easily.

If his acting skills were up to standard, Xu Menghua should not be able to find out that he was hiding his true strength.

He silently requested 30 feedback reports.

[Your Mountain-hugging Fist attacked an inner disciple. Both sides were evenly matched. Combat ability +8.]

[Your Mountain-hugging Fist secretly helped the kind senior sister repair her wooden hut. One day of cultivation was delayed. Experience +0.]

There were only two special events out of 30 feedback reports.

“Uh…” Yang Yi vaguely felt that something was wrong.

Was the Mountain-hugging Fist too full of itself? It actually dared to attack an inner disciple?

Inner disciples were at least at the Spiral Force realm. Even if they were not good at fighting, they had a natural advantage in using the force.

He really did not know how the Mountain-hugging Fist could win against the other disciple.