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Ling Wuji examined his slender and pale right hand.
I thought that since things have come to this, I might as well just practice martial arts.
Maybe after practicing martial arts and developing the sword spirit, you can even use the sword-controlling technique.
He was not completely without foundation in martial arts. He had learned some swordsmanship when he was practicing Taoism in the mountains with Lu Wenyuan. However, compared with his talent in Taoism, his talent in martial arts was a little pale in comparison. In addition, the martial arts in the acquired realm were not as fashionable as the Taoist techniques in the Qi training period. Moreover, he was the kind of person who preferred quietness to movement, so naturally he never took it seriously.
But now that it has become this situation, and since we have to take action, Ling Wuji will naturally choose the path that will bring better returns in the long run.
"But who should I find to practice with?"
As we all know, the essence of martial arts is to fight against others.
Practicing alone is just laying the foundation.
Compared with the average acquired martial artist, Ling Wu Ji's foundation is already as solid as it can be.
Although in reality no one is as weird as him, the problems of most cultivators in the Yin Shen realm do not lie in the "harmony between qi and form", but in the "harmony between spirit and qi". A situation like Ling Wuji can even be said to be unique.
Volume 2: Yi Tian Wan Li needs a long sword: Chapter 50: Practice and communication
Ling Wuji thought about it and decided that among the people he knew, Lu Yinghua was undoubtedly the best candidate. Unfortunately, he ran away after the fight between him and Luo Hao. Of course, he actually had no reason to stay in Japan. After all, the task assigned to him by Luo Hao was to break the seal of the Monkey King, and he had now completed this task. As for the cooperation with the IS forces, it was just a gimmick. It would be the same with or without him.
As for Awashima Seri, she does have some basic knowledge in martial arts. After all, the Blue King's clan all carry swords. With the accumulation of skills and the influence of her surroundings, she has a certain level of strength. However, Wu Ji suspects that her skills are essentially just to make the most of the power of the Blue King's clan members more efficiently.
This practice is not even qualified to be called martial arts.
Same as above for Munakata Roshi.
Besides, it would be inappropriate for Ling Wuji to disturb such a workaholic.
"Then, only Kamijou Kaori is left..."
Although now that he thinks about it carefully, Ling Wuji feels that he has made many enemies in the mysterious side of Japan. He has been so reckless and yet he is still safe and sound until now, and he can even act as the sword of Damocles hanging over the heads of the Japanese. This kind of life experience is a bit too outrageous.
However, when he actually started to practice with Kamiya Kaori, he found that the gap between them in martial arts or physical conditions was so great that Wu Ji's thoughts often came first, and then led to the flow of true qi, but his body could not keep up with the reaction and he was unable to respond, so that the true qi would unconsciously penetrate the meridians. Often when the practice reached an intense level, he would be the first to have problems.
After this happened several times, Ling Wuji realized that he had chosen the wrong opponent.
Kamiya Kaoru's level is too high, and his mind is also too high, but his body cannot keep up with the reaction of his mind. If he continues to practice like this, before he achieves his goal, his body will definitely not be able to adapt to the too fast reaction of the true energy, and will become like a leaky dustpan.
So he held his hand where the meridians were penetrated by the true qi, and with a pale face he used the "pot technique" to sort out the disease qi, and then proposed to stop.
Kamiya Kaori just looked at him, wanting to say something but stopping herself, and finally said, "Hasn't your Excellency always been famous for his Taoism? Why do you suddenly want to practice martial arts?"
Although she had not had much contact with Ling Wu Ji, Kamiya Huozhi knew very well that Ling Wu Ji was definitely not the kind of person who would do something without a purpose. When he said he wanted to come and practice with her, his purpose was definitely just to practice with her. He would never cover up that he was practicing with the intention of getting along with her. Of course, she didn't think Ling Wu Ji was someone who had that kind of intention. It would be better to say that because this man was so talented, he was somewhat indifferent to these worldly emotions.
"It's just a preparation for Dan-forming."
"Pellet formation?"
Seeing her puzzled look, Ling Wuji suddenly felt that the mysterious side of China had been keeping to itself for too long. It was obvious that the mainstream of Taoism had evolved from the Talisman School to the Inner Alchemy School during the Song Dynasty, but a neighboring country like Japan, which was separated from it by a narrow strip of water, still knew nothing about the standard division of the mysterious side of China.
This is of course because Taoism has never passed on the corresponding method of practice.
Back then, the Onmyoji of Japan at least managed to pick up some of the talisman school's ideas and methods to form their own school, so traces of the talisman school such as the "Taishan Fujun Festival" can be found everywhere.
Although the talisman school's corresponding practice methods for the golden elixir's condensation stage have basically never been leaked.
However, Ling Wuji had nothing to do, so he used the technique in the pot to sort out his illness while explaining it to himself.
Although a natural saint like Kamiya Kaori basically has nothing to do with the inner alchemy school's practice system.
After listening to this, Kanzaki Kaori shook her head and said, "So, your problem, Lingjun, is that your body can't keep up with your reactions?"
"Not really."
When Ling Wu Ji heard her say that, he immediately knew that she didn't fully understand. If it was just that kind of problem, Ling Wu Ji could solve it through individual training and there was no need to find someone to practice with.
"But do you want to solve that problem by improving your martial arts?" Kamiya Kaoru didn't dwell on the details. For her, as long as she understood that Ling Wuji's problem was that he was out of sync, she just sighed quietly and said, "Ling Jun, has anyone ever told you that you are too greedy?"
"greedy?"
"The road must be taken step by step. Even though I am a natural saint, I understand this truth. But you, Lingjun, chose to take a more complicated road for the sake of the problem at hand. Although you will achieve your goal and gain more benefits after completing that road, that road is already extremely difficult for others. How can you guarantee that you will be able to complete that road?"
"So you're saying I'm going the long way?"
Kanzaki Kaori nodded.
However, Ling Wuji did not mean to give up. He just said, "I still have plenty of time. Since I can do better, why not give it a try?"
He was still unsure about the issue of his nature, so he naturally let it go for now. Anyway, he couldn't think of any good way to make the "heart fire" hotter and purer. If he could make the foundation of his body and spirit more solid before that, why not give it a try?
Although the problem of Athena and Medusa is close at hand.
But he does still have plenty of time.
It is unrealistic to want to break through to the Golden Core or even Nascent Soul stage just to solve the problems of those two "people".
If that's the case, why can't we do it more thoroughly?
When Kamisaki Kaoru saw him like this, she couldn't help but think of how this young boy had accomplished the feat of defeating Luo Hao at such a young age. This was something that many people on the mysterious side of China and even the whole world dreamed of, and he had done it at the mere age of fourteen or fifteen. Moreover, he was not a godslayer, and he didn't need to fight with the God of Disobedience. Although she heard Athena talk about his "heterogeneity" in Kyoto that time, those things sounded too illusory.
The only fact was that he was only fourteen or fifteen years old.
He was indeed right; he still had plenty of time.
And the mysterious side of China does have a cultivation system that can allow him to continue to improve.
On the contrary, she has always been focusing on the physique of a natural saint, and all her means are aimed at bringing out the effect of this physique, which makes her seem a little too petty.
"In that case, you should just find the most suitable opponent at this stage," Kamijou Kaori said, "What do you think of the Amakusa-style Cross?"
Volume 2: Yitian Wanli Xu Changjian: Chapter 51: Expectations, Theological Tendencies, and Advertising
It doesn't matter if Ling Wuji is sick.
It would be better to say that he had few friends on the mystical side in Japan, so he had few choices, which led him to choose an opponent like Kamijou Kaori whose configuration was too outrageous.
But since she could help introduce him, Ling Wuji was too lazy to go through all the small gyms in Tokyo one by one as he had originally planned.
Although high-end combat forces were often involved in the mysterious side events that Ling Wu Ji was involved in in the past few months, that was because he himself was comparable to those people in a sense. Even normal beings at the same level as Yin Shen were already quite rare. Although each school had its own standards, as far as Ling Wu Ji knew, the vast majority of people in the mysterious side were just at the Qi training stage.
Therefore, even before Ling Wuji came to Japan, even though he had not yet broken through to the Yin God level, he had already been regarded as a rare genius on the mysterious side of southern China, although now he has been touted as the second person on the mysterious side of southern China.
As for a small sect like the Amakusa-style Cross Sect, except for the current acting Pope Kenmiya Saiu who can barely be considered to have innate combat power, the rest are basically in the Qi training stage or the acquired realm.
Although it is difficult for Ling Wuji to make an accurate evaluation of this messy, general store-style Shinto system.
However, Kenmiya Saiu can indeed be his opponent.
This of course refers to opponents in martial arts.
If Ling Wu Ji used magic, he would probably be killed in one blow.
Tatemiya Saiu was also full of curiosity about this young man who was already famous throughout Japan at the age of fourteen or fifteen, and perhaps also harbored a lot of jealousy, because he was the one recognized by Kanzaki Kaori, the one who was approved to fight together with her, while the Amakusa people were the ones abandoned by her. She believed that her innate luck came at the cost of the Amakusa people's misfortune, so she resigned from the position of Pope and chose to stay away from this small sect.
Of course, Tatemiya Saiu had no reason to refuse the request made by Kamijou Kaori.
He was even very clear that if this young man continued to stay in Japan, he would most likely surpass the Official History Compilation Committee and the Non-History Institute in the future and become the maker of the mysterious order of this land.
He wasn't sure whether Kamijou Kaori was hinting at him to get along well with the boy in advance.
So he just practiced according to Ling Wuji's requirements.
But a month later, even though Jian Gong Zhai Yu had never truly witnessed Ling Wu Ji's attainments in magic, after witnessing Ling Wu Ji's unreasonable progress in swordsmanship, the jealousy hidden in his heart was frightened away. He just thought to himself that being as powerful as Kamiya Kaori was somewhat imaginable, because she had her own clear limits of ability, and he had some idea of what she could achieve.
But for a monster like Ling Wuji, Jian Gong Zhai Yu had no way of predicting how far he would advance.
Because Ling Wu Ji had the vision of "human sound", he was not completely unaware of his thoughts.
But he also didn't think his progress was unreasonable.
Because his progress was totally different from what he expected.
However, although he was now stuck at the peak of the acquired realm and was only one step away from the innate realm, he had barely grasped the method of integrating the state of "qi and form". He had no obsession with whether it was innate or whether he could use sword-wielding skills. He ended this sparring and returned to normal life.
At the end, he also asked Jian Gong Zhai Yu if there was anything he could help solve, but Jian Gong Zhai Yu said: "If possible, I hope you can lend a hand to those who cannot be saved."
"That's said to be Kanzaki's creed?"
"Yes."
"But in the end, what are those who cannot be saved?" Ling Wuji did not agree, but just said, "For those of you who are theologically inclined, the so-called salvation, or redemption, means washing away the original sin that one is born with, becoming a person chosen by Yahweh, and ascending to heaven after death, right? And the so-called unsalvable people, don't they refer to those who are bewitched by the devil and are destined to go to hell? Do you also want to lend a helping hand to such people?"
In response to Ling Wuji's tricky question, Jian Gong Zhai Yu had no choice but to say, "But before the final judgment comes, who can prove that he will not repent? You cannot speculate on God's intentions! You cannot call His name directly!"
"But since you said that, there is no way to prove that he is the so-called person who cannot be saved, right?"
Ling Wuji just waved his hand casually, turned around and left:
"Anyway, I'm not theologically inclined, so this kind of thing doesn't really fit in with my philosophy of life. If you need anything else, I can still help you, but let's forget about this one."
Although Ling Wuji has already established his own secret cult, it is inevitable that he may shoot himself in the foot by saying this.
He has claimed to be a god, yet he still says he has no theological inclinations?
But when Jian Gong Zhai Yu heard him say this, he didn't say anything.
If a person always lends a helping hand to others, he is putting himself in the position of being the rescuer, so they always feel that they are a little more noble than others, so naturally they will not put themselves in the position of being rescued or given. Therefore, whenever someone says they want to give them something in return, like now, they will most likely ask the other person to lend a helping hand to more people like they have done.
Ling Wu Ji also understood their psychology to some extent.
However, Confucius had already made his comments on this kind of behavior similar to "Zi Gong redeeming people" more than two thousand years ago. He believed that if people who do good deeds do not get the benefits they deserve, people will not follow suit.
After all, there are very few true "saints".
What's more, Kamiya Kaori is not a saint as defined by Confucianism.
And Amakusa Shiki's group are just following the shadow left by the former Kamijou Kaori.
But after all, the other party practiced with him for a month, so Ling Wu Ji could only keep it in mind for the time being and think of finding a chance to repay him later.
Although he felt that it would be better to credit this favor to Kamiya, after all, no matter how you look at it, it would be more pleasant to repay a favor to a beautiful girl than to repay a favor to a rough man like Kenmiya Saiu who has a lot of complicated thoughts.
"Come to think of it, the Einzbern family seemed to have mentioned that the ruler they summoned in the Third Holy Grail War seemed to be Amakusa Shiro Tokisada? It would be interesting to let Kanzaki participate in the Holy Grail War. After all, didn't the Cathedral Church also get involved in it, acting as some kind of supervisor?"
However, when he was going back, he saw that the pedestrians on the street were already wrapped in thick clothes. He realized that it was already winter in November. He had been in Japan for almost a year. It seemed that too many things had happened in the past year, so much so that he, whose original motto in life was to lie down and spend the day, felt overwhelmed. He looked at the advertisements on the street and suddenly felt as if he was in another world:
"Sword Art Online? Fully submerged technology? When did Japan's civilian technology develop to this level?"
Volume 2: Yi Tian Wan Li Xu Chang Jian: Chapter 52: Technology, Concept and Death Game
Ling Wuji immediately took out his phone and searched for it. Then he found that there was indeed a large-scale promotion when the game was tested half a year ago. However, at that time, Ling Wuji was working for Wu Tiao Wuhui and the people she hinted at. Moreover, the promotion used the words VR technology, which made him think that it was similar to the VR glasses and sensors in his previous life, so he didn't pay much attention to it.
But now it seems that this is the way it is?
Ling Wuji thought about it and took the initiative to contact the old man in the temple.