After Xue Fang reached home, he felt he needed to study this body technique, in the near future, even if he won he wouldn't know how.
Standing in front of the old desk piled with old dusty books in Old Li's secret basement, Xue Fang found the book format of The Perching Phoenix and started researching the information in it.
Xue Fang realized the book was incomplete, the middle was completely torn off.
When Xue Fang first used the book, compared to other body techniques books, this one was lighter and wasn't bulky, Xue Fang thought it was mostly related to the technique, maybe it wasn't too profound and that was why he actually opted to practice it, since he thought there would be little risk compared to other ones Old Li created which was like tomes.
But it appeared the middle had been torn off, almost like a secret that shouldn't be known, and in that middle, Xue Fang saw a cryptic chip.
"A cryptic chip? I thought all Old Li's Cosmic body arts in chip version had been destroyed"
If a Cosmic body art made it from theory to practical, from practical to chip version which also means it is ready to be released for public use, it means it is a validated one.
But most of the practitioners of Old Li's validated cosmic body arts were either dead or disabled.
Which could only mean one thing, this book with torn middle pages actually had the authentic one in this memory chip or even a variant one.
Variant ones were body techniques evolved from both incomplete and complete ones, but the incomplete ones might have certain reasons for why they weren't completed, like a high risk of disability when practiced to a certain level which led to a variant one to be created which has no risk of disability.
Xue Fang put the cryptic chip in a computer, navigating into the memory, Xue Fang realized there wasn't a passcode.
"I wonder what type of cosmic body art is in this cryptic chip, it didn't even have a passcode, what type of cryptic chip doesn't have a passcode?"
Xue Fang found a demo file, the name of the file read "Legacy of Ice Phoenix family"
"Huh? What type of family is it, never heard of it, is it a noble family?"
Xue Fang had never heard of such a family.
"Ice scripture? a variant? I see. This could only mean one thing, The Perching Phoenix was actually an incomplete Cosmic body art, perhaps it even had a higher risk of disability than others since it was incomplete"
A feeling of dread washed over Xue Fang, he knew this body art had configured something in his body such that he couldn't even predict his own battle move just like his opponent, much like his brain hadn't adjusted to his energy flow, which means something bad would have happened if he continue practicing it.
After Xue Fang fought with the guy, he noticed the energy structural path of his body had changed, such that anytime he performed a move, it became unpredictable—even he was unable to predict his moves, just like his opponent.
Nope, it was like when he had a barely formed thought to move, he had already done it. This made his moves faster than his will to perform the action. He hadn't had the intention yet, only a barely formed thought of doing so. This made his brain fail to adjust to his own style of fighting, and his moves unpredictable even for him.
"Is it because there wasn't synchronization of the mind and body?"
He wondered, an incomplete technique that didn't incorporate the synchronization of mind and body in its concept would result in what Xue Fang passed through.
Back then, although he didn't know how strong Wuying's punches were, there was one thing he knew, dodging through powerful attacks would only make the opponent frustrated and they would eventually lose their cool, and this was when the opponent thought that they should actually be the one having upper hand in the fight but it turned out otherwise, they would see themselves as stupid person punching and striking anyhow, this would eventually make them lose confidence in their fighting styles.
Xue Fang put those thoughts aside and started practicing Ice Scripture. It wasn't hard at all, and it felt as if Xue Fang had already met the requirements for practicing it. Everything went smoothly.
"With this type of body technique, even a kid would be able to practice it."
Xue Fang was amazed at the smooth process. After practicing for several hours, Xue Fang felt his body temperature drop like that of the dead, but somehow he felt energetic, and with every task he performed, it was as if the straining tasks weren't demanding anymore.
He was even able to harvest a field of Yang Spirit Tea in a day—a Supernatural species of plant, for that matter, something that should have taken him three days at least with specialized farming robots.
"Or more correctly, it seems this technique utilizes the least energy to perform greater tasks."
"Like it's related to absolute efficiency?"
Absolute efficiency? Xue Fang realized what had happened during the battle—how his body had moved on just a barely formed thought.
Since Ice Scripture is a variant of The Perching Phoenix, it seemed the latter also followed the same concept, using minimal energy to do greater tasks.
That was how he could make a breakthrough in his inability to harness his Soul Will, this also shows why he had no level, yet, he could perform extraordinary tasks.
And before Xue Fang knew it, his skin had become smoother much like that of a porcelain doll, Xue Fang now brimmed with absolute vitality.
Later in the day, Xue Fang searched up Ice Phoenix family on the net but found no information about them, some articles and accounts related to them were said to have been deleted, why would the details be deleted, or is the family involved in some sort of conspiracy?