I Am Your Natural Enemy

Chapter 823

The Heavenly Gang Eight Trigrams Steps, according to Fourth Great-uncle Master, starts from the Central Palace, steps through the Eight Trigrams positions, and returns to the Central Palace. This counts as one cycle.

To keep walking, one continuously repeats this cycle.

During the preparation of opening the altar, calculations such as positions are pre-determined, all prepared in advance according to the current situation.

After opening the altar, for Taoist practitioners capable of opening it, the steps become instinctive, nearly impossible to do wrong, and require no thought.

The challenge lies in the preparation before opening the altar.

Consider today's date, the position of the Star Lord; combining what is learned with the task at hand beforehand to calculate ten directions, only then, facing the right direction, can the power of opening the altar be maximized.

Thus, nearly all major Dharma altars that can maximize strength are fixed.

From choosing the site, drafting the plan, to materials, carving, to the final construction, starting from scratch, it takes months to build, and that's with the help of some big shot who accelerates many steps.

Like the Old Celestial Master's major Dharma altar, during opening, power can extend through the Magic Sword to seven or eight hundred kilometers away, without any diminishing effect.

Yet, casually opening a small altar outside can't achieve such effects.

Wen Yan attempted the steps without opening an altar, and found the steps to already have some effect.

He could feel the steps were much simpler than the Hand Prints due to the experience from learning Hand Prints; using them directly now posed no difficulty.

He stood still, thinking that many of Fourth Great-uncle Master's words made sense.

If he opened up a bit, wasn't petty-minded, then wherever he walked in a straight line could be considered part of the cycle.

No need to calculate positions, just start walking freely, so he didn't need an altar, thus didn't need to calculate positions.

Unlike those Taoists who open altars and connect to the outside; he himself is a whole, thus any direction is correct.

As long as there are no mistakes internally, then mistakes don't exist.

Inner and outer are connected, yet they are independently divided.

This insight from the trip to Miracle World brought new understanding to Wen Yan.

Reading more books is never wrong, and could prove useful unexpectedly.

Even if not immediately useful, reading extensively will naturally lead to personal insights.

Wen Yan felt the flow of power through his legs anew, sensing a fresh cycle, distinctly perceivable.

He also felt that if blood power merged in reverse into these energies, reflecting acceleration effects, there would surely be a significant enhancement.

Speaking of it, despite just an hour or so passing, he missed the Demon Fox, wondering how its recovery was going.

He stepped with the Heavenly Gang Eight Trigrams Steps, moving continuously forward, resembling the mystical agility seen in TV dramas; the step frequency wasn't high, yet the speed rivaled a hundred-meter dash.

If he were proficient, like those Taoists who made steps instinctual, then even sleepwalking wouldn't lead him astray, and the speed would surely increase further.

Of course, Wen Yan believed speed may not be the strength of these steps; he felt their greatest advantage was agility, not speed.

Arriving at the Desolate Tomb, Feng Wei and Tong Si were already waiting there.

The pair are inseparably bound nowadays, always appearing together.

Tong Si saw Wen Yan, glanced briefly, suddenly swaying almost collapsing headlong.

Caught by Feng Wei's quick reflexes, Tong Si shook her head, eyes fluttering, eventually vomiting a large amount of Black Water.

"What's the matter?"

"I'm fine, just suddenly felt awkward upon seeing you, overwhelmed with severe dizziness."

"Can you tell anything?" Wen Yan's expression changed slightly; Tong Si's eyes seemed to perceive increasingly more, even recognizing unusual temporal flow he experienced.

"No, just felt awkward, looking another moment felt like the world was spinning."

Wen Yan looked disappointed, hoping Tong Si could discern something.

Wanting Tong Si to observe his Heavenly Gang Eight Trigrams Steps, perhaps even record it, but seeing Tong Si skillfully pull out a cloth to blindfold herself, he abandoned the idea.

Taking the Nether Path back to Virtue City, Wen Yan had a meal with Feng Wei and Tong Si before sending them off.

Returning home, Wen Yan's first task was offering incense and tributes to Grandma.

The last trip, he felt he took extra care; for convenience, he brought easy-to-preserve, small-sized candies, sufficient for half a year.

What circumstance could require locking blood for half a year yet insufficient?

This was him learning from past experiences handling Little Mustache.

Offering to Grandma, triggering a Temporary Buff, was time-bound.

Initially upon obtaining this buff, he saw indications that some means exist to reduce or negate the basically Invincible Blood Lock effect.

That time was the first encountering considerable reduction of buff duration.

Thus, he later prepared for expected use tenfold and more.