Chapter 00129: Internal Energy
# Internal Energy
Chapter 129
Novel: AFK Game: Portal to Another World
Chapter 129 Internal Energy
The next morning, Li Chengxi opened his shop as usual.
He stretched his body at the entrance, finding it a bit strange that no students had come by to buy bread or milk for breakfast.
Usually, there would be quite a few people by now.
But he didn't pay it much mind.
He turned, went back behind the cash register, and sat down, flipping open his newly bought laptop.
Since it was around seven in the morning, the time in the game was three in the morning.
On the screen, the chibi-style Viola was fast asleep in bed.
She was using a pillow as a bolster, clamped between her legs, grinding her teeth and tossing and turning, occasionally muttering a few disjointed words in her sleep.
Her sleeping posture was as terrible as ever.
Speaking of which, Viola was certainly carefree.
After so much had happened yesterday, she was somehow able to fall asleep without any stress.
Her quality of sleep was admirable.
Holding down the Alt key, Li Chengxi moved the mouse to pan the camera, looking around Viola's room and the surrounding area.
He confirmed that only patrolling soldiers and Royal Guards were in the corridor and found nothing suspicious.
For now, he would set aside the question of why the Master of a Hundred Feet had come to confront Viola.
In any case, he needed to pay more attention to her safety before she returned to the Leon Territory.
After confirming that everything was fine, Li Chengxi opened his old laptop, and to his surprise, he found that Yang Yiyi was already up.
Yesterday, she had been in deep meditation for the entire day.
Although Li Chengxi had never experienced what deep meditation felt like, he guessed it was similar to light sleep.
In a way, Yang Yiyi had slept for a whole day, and now she was up early, practicing her fist techniques.
Father Eagle, who perhaps hadn't slept, was currently guiding Yang Yiyi in practicing the most orthodox Eagle Claw Technique.
This girl was indeed suited for this kind of external martial arts, using her fingers to directly claw at hard rock to train their strength.
Exquisite and nimble techniques were not as fitting for her; this kind of simple martial art that required perseverance was a much better match.
Opening Yang Yiyi's character panel, he could see that this time, there was a blue bar beneath her HP bar.
This must be the internal energy often mentioned in wuxia novels.
Before, Yang Yiyi had never learned an internal energy cultivation method, so naturally, her character panel didn't have a blue bar.
Now, even though she had only learned what seemed to be the most basic breathing technique, it was still considered an internal skill, so the blue bar had appeared.
But representing it as a 'bar', while intuitive, was not as precise as numbers.
Li Chengxi couldn't tell exactly how much 'blue' she had.
Considering her comprehension and meridian attributes, it probably wasn't very high.
Perhaps...
He could try teaching her some martial arts that required the support of internal energy to test it out.
Li Chengxi picked up the microphone, and just as he was about to speak, he saw Yang Yiyi swing her pigtail and ram her head into the wall...
Well, that was indeed how one practiced the Iron Head Skill.
And the commotion she made crashing into the wall was much greater than the Eagle Claw Technique.
From his side, Li Chengxi could see large chunks of rock being knocked off the stone wall, and there were even circles of cracks that were extremely clear even in pixel style.
Could this girl really be the reincarnation of a dump truck?
"How do you feel now?"
Yang Yiyi, who was practicing the Iron Head Skill, immediately took the Jade Tablet out from her robes upon hearing Li Chengxi's voice.
"Brother Li, I feel a bit at a loss."
"How so?"
"Emmm... It's a hard feeling to describe. It's like a continuous stream of power is welling up inside my body, but my actual strength hasn't increased that much."
"In any case, it's not a bad feeling, right?"
"Mmm."
Perhaps this was what internal energy felt like.
It was just that Yang Yiyi was a novice and wasn't yet familiar with how to use it.
"We of the demon race cannot understand the cultivation techniques of you humans. Heaven-Holding Immortal, you should be the one to teach her how to use it."
Father Eagle had accepted the idea that Li Chengxi was an immortal, and since he saw the words 'Sky-Upholding Book' written on the Jade Tablet, he started calling Li Chengxi 'Heaven-Holding Immortal'.
It sounded kind of cool anyway, so Li Chengxi didn't correct him.
"Let's try something first. I'll teach you the Black Bear Demon's 'Black Bear's Three Pushing Hands'. That should be a martial technique that relies on internal energy."
Skills like the Tiger Roar Skill and the Lion's Roar Skill, which clearly required a high amount of internal energy, were definitely out.
In comparison, judging by its style, the Black Bear's Three Pushing Hands should consume relatively less internal energy, so it was worth a try.
Of course, Yang Yiyi had no objections.
On his end, Li Chengxi clicked to add it under her skill bar.
This time, no prompt saying 'Learning conditions not met' popped up.
The progress bar above Yang Yiyi's head showed that the transmission would take three and a half hours to complete.
This was even shorter than the time required for Monkey Boxing; back when he taught Yang Yiyi Monkey Boxing, it took four hours.
The reason was simple: the Black Bear's Three Pushing Hands only had three moves.
A left palm push, a right palm push, and a push with both palms together.
Simple and brutal.
Its moves weren't important; what mattered was the force channeling method, which was why the transmission time was shorter than that of Monkey Boxing.
Yang Yiyi had to wait for the bar to load, and Viola was still sleeping.
Li Chengxi mulled it over and thought about checking if Audel was still awake.
It was said that this girl was used to pulling all-nighters to grind.
She might not be asleep yet.
Li Chengxi planned to send her a 'Divine Oracle' to tell her about what happened to Viola.
Perhaps Audel could find out the reason.
Just as Li Chengxi was about to move his mouse, the sensor doorbell dinged.
Li Chengxi looked up and saw Lei Lei walking in, carrying a small paper bag.
He was instantly puzzled.
"Aren't you at school? It's already past seven. High school should have started the morning self-study session by now."
"Brother Li, are you still sleepy? Today is Saturday."
Oh, no wonder no students came to buy breakfast this morning.
Only then did Li Chengxi remember that he had planned to open the store later today.
But so much had happened yesterday that he had completely forgotten about it.
Lei Lei went to the stationery shelf, picked up a few workbooks, grabbed two bags of potato chips, and returned to the cashier counter to check out.
Li Chengxi stood up to scan the items.
At that moment, Lei Lei suddenly pushed the paper bag toward him.
"The delivery from my master yesterday arrived. This is for you. Thank you for your help last time with the Gan Xiaoyan matter, Brother Li."
"Again?"
"Again?"
"Oh, Gan Xiaoyan also came by yesterday. She brought me some homemade cupcakes. They were quite tasty."
Hearing that Gan Xiaoyan had come, Lei Lei's eyes darted around.
Gan Xiaoyan was indeed her good friend, and the two had hit it off right away, but she was, after all, a member of Section Nine.
There were some things that weren't suitable for Section Nine to know.
Most people from Section Nine were also quite tactful.
As long as no relevant laws or regulations were violated, they wouldn't deliberately probe.
For example, the matter of the spiritual energy around Li Chengxi being overly dense.
Gan Xiaoyan was already showing signs of developing a fear of men.
Logically, she should be very reluctant to interact with unfamiliar men.
Even if she wanted to thank Li Chengxi, she should have asked Lei Lei to deliver the gift.
But she came by herself without even discussing it with Lei Lei...
Lei Lei immediately felt something was off, but she certainly couldn't say it directly to Li Chengxi, as that would be too awkward.
So she just gave a soft "uh-huh" and then said:
"That was then, this is now. After all, I was the one who troubled you. You have to accept this gift."
"What is it?"
"Just some Fourth-Grade Immortal Tea. It's not anything valuable. Brother Li, just take it and drink it. It's good for your health."
"Uh... alright then."
Since it truly wasn't anything valuable, it wouldn't be good to just reject her gesture so bluntly.
(End of this chapter)