Yang Feilong glanced at Xiao Jingwen and said, "Go take a look!"
"What about you?" Xiao Jingwen asked worriedly.
"I've had some insights into my cultivation and want to cultivate a bit more. After all, we still need to go to the Yang family today," Yang Feilong said with a smile.
"Okay." Xiao Jingwen nodded.
She also wanted to see what was happening with her great-grandfather and if he had changed his mind. Perhaps it would be clearer without Yang Feilong present.
So, she left.
After Xiao Jingwen left, Yang Feilong stood still for a moment, then began to cultivate. He had previously intended to practice ancient martial arts, but he had changed his mind. Even if he made a small breakthrough in ancient martial arts, it would be meaningless.
Now, he wanted to try fusing the internal energy of the early Spirit Martial Realm with true qi and water-fire abilities.
If he succeeded, it would be far more important than breaking through from the early to the middle stage of the Spirit Martial Realm in ancient martial arts!
Yang Feilong had initially thought that adding another type of power would disrupt the balance between true qi and water-fire abilities. However, this attempt revealed that the difficulty of fusion was far less than he had imagined!
Previously, true qi was the primary force, with water-fire abilities as a secondary support. They fused and intertwined with true qi. Later, when water-fire abilities surpassed true qi, the balance was maintained because single true qi was not weaker than water or fire abilities. It was only suppressed because both were abilities. However, once a balance was found, the power remained formidable.
After the Qi Refining path broke through to the early seventh level, the complementary balance was restored.
Now, with the fusion of internal energy from ancient martial arts, the previous balance was disrupted. Yang Feilong needed to find a new equilibrium. However, according to his plan, the three energies could form a stable triangle.
Of course, to make fusion easier, Yang Feilong released true qi and water-fire abilities that were on par with the internal energy. Otherwise, the seventh-tier water-fire abilities and seventh-level true qi would not match the early Spirit Martial Realm internal energy of the fourth level of ancient martial arts.
Whoosh!
The three energies fused in a parallel triangular formation.
"What is the most stable? A triangle," Yang Feilong murmured. "This is a universal truth, and it's true!"
This was not the first time he had done something like this. When he first started attempting to fuse true qi and water-fire abilities, he had done the same, and it had been successful.
Now, he first fused the water-fire abilities, treating them as a special energy, and then fused them with true qi and internal energy. When the energy levels were the same, it formed a relatively stable "equilateral triangle." If one side became stronger, the equilateral triangle became an isosceles triangle. If all three energy levels were different, it became an irregular triangle.
Of course, the description was simple, but the principles involved were not. However, all three energies contained the characteristics of yin and yang, complementing each other without major issues!
Yang Feilong went into the courtyard and tested the power of the fused three energy systems.
Boom!
With a punch, immense power erupted.
Yang Feilong continued to punch, one after another. Initially, his movements were a bit unskillful, but as time passed, he became more adept.
Then, Yang Feilong retracted his fist and stood still, murmuring, "With only the early fourth-tier water-fire abilities, early fourth-level true qi, and early Spirit Martial Realm internal energy from the fourth level of ancient martial arts fused, the power has reached the early Heaven Martial Realm. This is a leap of three major realms!"
Even though Yang Feilong had prepared himself mentally, he was startled by the fused power.
"If my ancient martial arts also broke through to the seventh-level Heaven Martial Realm, then my fusion of three energies would be able to contend with cultivators who have just entered the Innate Realm!" Yang Feilong became more excited as he thought about it.
Of course, there might be a gap compared to cultivators who had just entered the Innate Realm, but he believed the gap would not be too large!
Next, Yang Feilong began to increase the energy level infusion of water-fire abilities and Qi Refining true qi. However, gradually, the internal energy began to fall behind.
When the true qi and water-fire abilities returned to their normal state, the fusion failed!
"It's not that it failed, but because the internal energy was too weak to form a stable 'corner' of the triangle!" Yang Feilong shook his head. "Indeed, the gap was too large, and the triangle wouldn't be stable! However, it could hold on until the true qi and abilities were maximized before failing. This also shows that if my ancient martial arts cultivation breaks through further, perhaps to the middle or late stage of the Spirit Martial Realm, it could increase my overall combat power!"
When he tried earlier, he found that the triangle could still be maintained when the water-fire abilities were raised to the perfection of the sixth tier and the true qi to the perfection of the sixth level. The combat power was stronger than the fusion of sixth-tier perfect water-fire abilities and sixth-level perfect true qi. The fused power was equivalent to the power of seventh-tier early water-fire abilities and sixth-level perfect true qi from before.
"I won't think about it anymore for now!" Yang Feilong thought to himself, as it was already bright daylight after this attempt.
Just as he was wondering if the Xiao family had changed their minds, Xiao Jingwen returned with a look of joy on her face.
"Judging by your expression, your great-grandfather and the others haven't changed their minds?" Yang Feilong asked, looking at Xiao Jingwen's appearance.
"It seems a grandfather from a collateral branch had some inappropriate thoughts, like proposing a marriage in which the man moves in. As soon as he mentioned it, my great-grandfather scolded him severely, and then everyone, even those with other ideas, dared not bring up such matters!" Xiao Jingwen said with a smile.
As expected, some people had developed strange thoughts due to Xiao Xuhong's breakthrough. Fortunately, the ancestor of the Xiao family, Xiao Xuhong, was not a fickle person.
Why did Xiao Xuhong not have this idea? The reason was simple: cultivation would lead to injuries, and impacting higher realms could cause hidden ailments. Hidden injuries from reaching a certain stage, true qi clinging to the bones, internal energy damaging internal organs, and so on, all required martial medical treatment. Yang Feilong not only had astonishing martial talent but had also grown into a formidable divine physician.
Such a perfect son-in-law, and yet they considered marrying him off? Wasn't that offending someone?
Of course, Xiao Xuhong also wanted to marry him off, but he knew such a person was proud. Daring to propose such an idea would undoubtedly offend such a top-tier prodigy in both medicine and martial arts!
Even in the spiritual realm, such a prodigy was among the very best. While some prodigies might have stronger martial talent and strength than him, would they dare to compete with him in medicine?
And among those prodigies with astonishing medical skills, could their martial talent and strength compare to Yang Feilong?
Achieving this level in both disciplines before the age of twenty, what a terrifying and dazzling prodigy!
If they truly angered him and he decided not to marry Xiao Jingwen, it would be a case of losing both the wife and the soldiers.
Looking at the happy Xiao Jingwen, Yang Feilong smiled and said, "Isn't this a happy ending for everyone?"
He also felt a sense of relief. He naturally did not want this matter to change, otherwise, he would make the Xiao family regret it.