Chapter 250: Acquired Realm
Chapter 250: Acquired Realm
"Gah~"
Flocks of river gulls circled in the sky, dropping guano and bombarding the area like raindrops. For the white giant, it was of no pain, except that it slightly affected its appetite.
"Da da da……"
The water was rippling and the two boats met beside the sandbar.
"Thank you boatman."
The old man was wearing a straw raincoat and a bamboo hat. He had a thin and tall figure and a haggard face. He was wearing a long green cloth robe that had been starched until it turned white.
He sat cross-legged on the deck and poured the wine from the large yellow gourd into his own small gourd.
Not a drop spilled.
After pouring it, he looked at the young man who had boarded the sloop.
"Is the matter done?"
"I got rid of a green-headed fly, thanks to the boatman who lent me the black boat."
“Good wine!”
The old man handed the empty yellow gourd back to Zhang Yu and jumped into the black boat.
"Oh~"
Ye Zhao Yu Shi Zi rolled in the river water to wash off the bird droppings and shake off its hair. When its owner whistled to call it, it ran a few steps on the sandbar, leaped onto the deck with all four hooves, and the whole sloop was shocked. The young boatman rowing at the stern was so scared that he quickly hugged the mast.
"Sir, it looks like it will rain in the evening. Do you want to sail now?"
"sail!"
Zhang Yu threw a silver ingot over and slowly sat down.
After taking off his outer robe, he saw several serious wounds on his shoulders, with bruises all over, and he grimaced in pain.
"Mu Tuozi, don't let me see you again, I'll chop off your dog head sooner or later!"
He took out the golden needle and inserted it into the acupuncture point. The black blood clot was pulled out of the body like a very thin thread.
The two ships slowly separated.
With the help of favorable wind, the boat followed the flow of the river and passed by the side of the sandbar. The Jade Lion Zhaoye looked back at its happy place, still a little reluctant to leave, and let out a long neigh, almost attracting the angry pursuit of the river gulls again.
"Blue sky, sandbank, and white horse."
"River boat, swordsman, sunset glow."
There was a pool of black blood on the deck, and the sharp blade in the sheath was cold.
The setting sun was swaying in the water, and suddenly I heard a melodious huqin sound coming from behind me, which was so sad and sorrowful that it could make the listeners cry.
“What a sad song.”
Zhang Yu looked back and saw that the black boat was still anchored beside the sandbar. The old man sat on the bow, took out his huqin, and slowly started playing it. He was completely absorbed in the music, with his back against the setting sun, as if there was no one else in the world.
"It can't be him, right?"
Zhang Yu was suddenly startled, remembering the image of a big shot in the martial arts world who was similar to him.
"If it really is that person, I can be considered to have managed to escape death."
Zhang Yu chuckled and glanced at his shoulder. The bruise had almost healed.
He then sat cross-legged with his five hearts facing the sky, and began to practice the Bei Ming Divine Art.
When he was in Pingyang Prefecture, he absorbed the inner strength of three Qi Hai realm masters, Zhong Zhen, Qiao Wuyong and Le Hou. The third purple gold lotus in his Dantian blossomed completely, his Ren meridian was opened, his internal breath became mellow and full, and his true qi circulated smoothly.
That’s why he could fight with Mu Gaofeng, a strong man in the acquired realm, for more than a hundred rounds without being defeated.
"When the Qi Sea is perfect, it is the acquired nature. There is only a fine line between the two."
"To be precise, we are just one breath away, the breath of succession!" "So there is a hermit in the martial arts world who summarized in his notes that Dan Jin, Po Jia, and Qi Hai, these three realms, are just the foundation of martial arts, in order to cultivate this breath of succession."
“This breath is an expression of all that has happened before, whether it is righteous or evil, good or evil, hard or soft, yin or yang. It can be all-encompassing, as small as a corner, as boundless as the sky, or as fleeting as the beauty of a moment.”
"Anything is fine! The key is just one word: trust."
"In the martial arts world, among the evil cults and villains, masters often emerge in endlessly and last for a long time. However, after the glorious first generation, if there is no genius to revive the society, or even if there is, they are constrained by dogma and go against their original intentions, becoming like Fang Zhongyong, they are often in an awkward situation of being neither up nor down, just like today's... Huashan Sect."
"Because human hearts are complicated, with many desires and demands, pure goodness is always more difficult to achieve than pure evil."
“If we use painting as an analogy, after the day after tomorrow, we are just painters and artisans.”
“No matter how exquisite the work is, it is just a copycat, with form but no spirit, color but no rhyme. Only when you reach the acquired realm can you be qualified to be called a painter and explore your own path of martial arts. As for how far you can go, that is another matter.”
There is a saying in the martial arts world, "Take your enemy as your teacher." Fighting a life-and-death battle with a strong opponent is the best way to break through the shackles of martial arts. However, the price of losing is a bit high, so not everyone will take this path.
Otherwise, there wouldn't be the relationship between master and apprentice, the most solid relationship in the world.
After fighting with a brutal and powerful warrior like Mu Gaofeng, Zhang Yu broke free from those mysterious and ethereal martial arts theories and vaguely saw his own direction.
...............
At the upper reaches of the Minjiang River, thirty miles away from Jianning County, there is a reed marsh on the south bank with a temple dedicated to the dragon in the middle.
Originally, the temple was very popular, but more than ten years ago, a flood submerged the surrounding villages, and the surviving villagers moved away.
After the flood peak receded, only reeds and this dilapidated temple were left here.
Tonight, a bonfire was lit in the temple.
The beams were covered with spider webs, the statue of the dragon god on the altar was in tatters, and its head had long disappeared.
There was a heavy storm outside, and the mountain wind was howling.
Mu Gaofeng put down his Panlong walking stick, stood up and closed the temple door, then picked up the stone pillar and held it against the middle gap.
"It's really evil!"
He then felt a little relieved and limped back to the campfire. He took out the golden wound medicine, sprinkled it around the bloody hole on his leg, and then wrapped it with gauze.
"Ren Wei has been in obscurity for more than ten years, and his successor has now come to the fore."
Talented people emerge in the martial arts world in every generation, and each of them leads the trend for decades.
In the previous generation of the martial arts world, Ren Woxing of the Sun and Moon Sect was undoubtedly the most dazzling sun.
With the help of his Star-Absorbing Art, he defeated all the masters in the world. Even Zuo Lengchan, the leader of the Five Mountains Sword Sect, was defeated more often than he won against Ren Woxing. Only Fang Zheng of the older generation of Shaolin could compete with him.
To be honest, Dongfang Bubai is still a rising star compared to them, but because his record is too dazzling, no one dares to regard him as a junior.
Eleven years ago, Ren Woxing suddenly disappeared and there were rumors that he was dead.
Mu Gaofeng didn't believe it and always thought that he was hiding in some corner, continuing to practice his peerless magic skills in seclusion.
"The magic of attracting stars!"
"He actually knows the Star Absorbing Technique."
During the battle at Wadang Wharf, although Mu Gaofeng was seriously injured, he was not exhausted and had several killer moves that he had not yet used.
The reason why he fled in a hurry was that he thought Ren Woxing was nearby, which made him so scared.
Later, when he saw that Zhang Yu did not chase him but instead sailed away, he realized that his judgment was wrong and Ren Woxing was not nearby.
"If I can obtain the Star Absorbing Technique, I, the hunchback, may have a chance to break through to the Xiantian realm."
A hint of greed flashed in Mu Gaofeng's eyes.
(End of this chapter)