When Jiang Yuyan saw that Zhang Weihao didn’t even intend to get up, and even directly slapped her palm, she was both angry and smug.

Since you, Zhang Lingyu, are so arrogant and don’t take me, Jiang Yuyan, seriously, then don’t blame me for making you suffer.

Just as Jiang Yuyan was secretly pleased with herself and was about to unleash the second palm strike with increased internal force, she quickly discovered something strange. Her opponent was not using any internal force at all. Her Mingyu Gong was unable to convert the opponent’s internal energy into its own nourishment, so she directly unleashed all her internal force at full power.

The result was still like a clay ox sinking into the sea, not even a ripple was made.

The biggest difference between internal strength and physical strength lies in accumulation. Physical strength mainly depends on one’s own qi and blood and power. The so-called Chinese martial arts style is to develop the application of physical strength to a certain limit. It is a way of using basic strength to the fullest extent when there is no way to improve the basics.

Simply put, it’s based on a foundation of 100, and by using it, you can unleash over 95% of your power. Through skill and tactics, you can defeat opponents with a power of 200, 300, or even 1000.

After all, having 1000 units of strength doesn’t mean you can actually unleash 100% of it, just like humans can only use about 10% of their brain capacity. Potential and ability are never the same thing.

The difference between internal force and physical strength is that internal force can be accumulated, both in quantity and quality. Good techniques mainly involve higher quality internal force, which can even develop attributes.

The difference lies in the conversion rate.

The worst basic techniques are simply about quantity. Because they are too chaotic and complicated, some of the worst techniques are not even suitable for opening meridians. They can only be used to build a foundation and accumulate quantity for opening meridians. For example, the Huashan Heart Method is such an introductory technique.

Higher-level internal energy cultivation methods, such as the Zixia Divine Skill, are superior to the Huashan Internal Energy Cultivation Method. Since they share the same origin, when one cultivates the Huashan Internal Energy Cultivation Method to a certain level, one can switch to the Zixia Divine Skill to directly purify internal energy, making it cleaner and easier to control, and then begin to open acupoints.

Unlike the Chongmai meridian, which only requires a large amount of gentle and balanced internal energy, the Chongxue meridian is extremely dangerous and requires sufficiently pure and precisely controllable internal energy.

Therefore, this is a watershed moment; good techniques and bad techniques can truly separate the vast majority of martial arts practitioners into different classes.

However, even if internal energy can be accumulated, there will be a total amount and an upper limit, and there will also be an upper limit to the enhancement of one’s own strength.

The main difference between innate and acquired internal energy is that internal energy is transformed into innate true qi. The advantage of innate true qi is that it is highly pure and can be directly absorbed and digested, with a very high conversion rate. It can also be used to perform innate techniques that combine the energy and laws of heaven and earth, similar to innate martial arts.

Therefore, even though Jiang Yuyan had reached the seventh level of Mingyu Gong and entered the Innate Realm, the power she unleashed by combining Innate True Qi was not as strong as Zhang Weihao, who had already perfectly established his foundation and possessed an Innate Body.

Zhang Weihao’s explosive power alone is at an innate level; his basic attack is equivalent to the ultimate move of an ordinary innate master.

“You’re already out of strength? Then it’s my turn to put in the effort. Don’t let you give up before I even try.”

After Zhang Weihao finished speaking, he immediately unleashed another force with a completely different attribute from his inner body. This time, it came from his liver, so it contained a scorching force with the fire attribute, which was exactly the opposite of the water and ice attributes of Mingyu Gong.

“Xiao Bei, make your move quickly!” After realizing something was wrong, Jiang Yuyan immediately used the “Shifting Flowers and Grafting Trees” technique, intending to transfer the opponent’s internal energy (actually, it was force, but ordinary martial artists didn’t understand it). However, just like before, it didn’t work.

He tried to shake off the opponent’s palm and get away, but it was like throwing a stone into the sea. He could only call on Mo Xiaobei and ask her to interrupt the opponent’s move.

Mo Xiaobei had been eager to make a move, and now that her senior sister had spoken, she naturally struck instantly.

As a result, before the blade, which was burning fiercely, could even get close, all the flames were extinguished by Zhang Weihao’s left palm. When the blade touched Zhang Weihao’s palm, sparks even appeared, which is the kind of sparks that only appear when metal rubs against metal, reigniting the extinguished flames.

“Didn’t your elders tell you that little kids shouldn’t play with fire? You’ll wet your pants.”

After Zhang Weihao finished speaking, he attracted the Crimson Flame Blade like a magnet, extinguishing the flames on the blade once again, successfully disarming Mo Xiaobei and taking the Crimson Flame Blade away with his bare hands.

Before Jiang Yuyan could react, Zhang Weihai’s right palm flicked slightly, sending Jiang Yuyan flying and staggering back more than ten steps without moving an inch.

Everyone was completely dumbfounded when they saw Zhang Weihao easily defeat the two disciples of Yihua Palace in an instant.

Everyone knows that Lingyu Gongzi, one of the Four Young Masters of the Martial World, has amazing skills, but no one expected that his strength would be so exaggerated.

Especially Shangguan Haitang, who was so close to Zhang Weihao and quite familiar with him, felt as if she were getting to know him all over again.

Having finally regained her footing, Jiang Yuyan, her face pale and exhausted, exclaimed in shock, “You… what kind of martial art is this? Why is the Mingyu Kung Fu useless against you?”

“I’ve already said it, I, Zhang Lingyu, don’t know martial arts. I cultivate immortality, you know? A true immortal, not the pseudo-immortal you think I am. There are many different realms between them.”

Jiang Yuyan was a truly intelligent and pragmatic person. She immediately lowered her posture and respectfully inquired, “Above the Innate Realm?”

“I am not yet. I have only just established my foundation. I am far from being a true immortal. At most, I have only just begun my journey.”

“Since you have such strength, why did you still join the Huashan Sword Sect?” Jiang Yuyan became the mouthpiece for everyone present, asking a question that everyone was curious about.

“You underestimate the Huashan Sword Sect. I thought it was the Huashan Sect, but it turns out it’s the Huashan Sword Sect. I’ve made a fortune by joining the Huashan Sword Sect and spending 100,000 taels to learn the legacy of Ancestor Chen Chuan.”

Don’t underestimate the Purple Cloud Divine Skill. In terms of internal energy cultivation, it may not be the top-tier or first-class, but in terms of Qi refining and foundation building, it is the most advanced foundation building method.

After all, it was passed down from the immortals of Mount Hua, and it perfectly suits the cultivation methods of this world. To me, its value surpasses even the so-called Ten Great Divine Skills, allowing me to perfectly establish my foundation.

Although there was an element of exaggeration involved, Zhang Weihai was telling the truth. This was a rare Qi-refining technique in the Mingzong world that could directly obtain innate purple Qi. Combined with the Divine Hundred Refinements, Zhang Weihai’s progress was incredibly rapid. Otherwise, it would be difficult to achieve such progress by relying solely on the Divine Hundred Refinements Qi-refining method and the national martial arts training system.

Even if one could break through the innate level using other methods, it would still be impossible to achieve a perfect foundation like Kou Zhong or Xu Ziling.

What is perfect foundation building? It means not cultivating anything at all, having a natural Dao body and innate Qi. This is clearly recorded in Journey to the West.

The birth of a monkey is terrifying; it even shook the heavens.

Because it was an innate spiritual seed with great supernatural powers, but it was tainted by acquired things before cultivation, which damaged its foundation, so it could no longer pose a threat.

Although they will definitely be stronger after cultivating supernatural powers, their potential is far greater. Whether in Journey to the West or Investiture of the Gods, those who directly cultivate from innate spiritual beings achieve very high levels, at least reaching the Great Luo realm.

Therefore, Zhang Weihao looked down on ordinary internal energy cultivation methods and had no intention of cultivating them step by step from the beginning.

Since there’s the Mangekyou Sharingan and the Chinese martial arts system, as well as Qi-refining methods like the Divine Hundred Refinements, the only thing needed is a perfect foundation like the Twin Dragons, starting directly with innate Qi.

Zhang Weihua, who was at the limit of the innate realm in his previous life, was extremely familiar with the innate Qi, so he refrained from having affairs with women and focused on refining Qi to improve his realm, all for the sake of perfectly establishing his foundation.

He has now succeeded, having entered the Innate Realm on his own, and is a true Innate Pure Yang, untouched by any pollution, naturally far surpassing ordinary Innate Realm experts.

Just now, Zhang Weihao only used his physical strength, without even using his true qi. At most, he added some internal energy with attribute changes. Jiang Yuyan’s Mingyu Gong was completely ineffective, almost a natural counter, and he completely dominated her.

As for Mo Xiaobei’s Blazing Blade, Zhang Weihao himself was a demigod, and he cultivated the Tiger Roar Golden Bell Cover and Dragon Roar Iron Shirt techniques, and even combined the two into one, reaching the level of Tiger Roar and Dragon Roar.

It’s hard to say whether Gu Santong’s Vajra Indestructible Divine Skill is more powerful than his. Moreover, he doesn’t even need to circulate his internal energy; his body itself has reached such strength, comparable to the first-grade Vajra Realm in the Snow World, or at least the true Vajra Realm among the great and small true and false ones. He can withstand rockets without any problem.