Chapter 301: Practice in the Storm
Chapter 301: Practice in the Storm
Woo~
In the shadow under the eaves, the ball of light turned into a human figure, and the voice was erratic, and only Yan Chunyang could hear it:
"Five days ago, the prince accompanied His Majesty in sacrificing the 'Escape Sky Boat'. They were supposed to explore the Nine-Layered Windy Heaven again and search for the Eight Directions Temple..."
"Eight-way Temple."
Yan Chunyang frowned slightly: "Did the old man give any instructions?"
"The prince said that everything has been arranged. All the marquis needs to do is to have fun and win the first place in the martial arts performance."
The figure in the shadows said.
"The first place in the martial arts performance was not very difficult. The five great Dao sects have no outstanding figures this generation. Only Long Xinglie, Shi Qingyi, and Pei Xingkong can still fight, but they are no match for me."
Yan Chunyang turned the beads and said indifferently: "I am just worried that since this is related to the Dragon-Tiger Health Furnace, the old dragon may not be willing to give in, right?"
He naturally trusted his master, but the Dragon-Tiger Health Furnace was the foundation of the Dragon-Tiger Temple. Even if he just borrowed it, it would be extremely difficult.
If something goes wrong, the gods will get angry...
"Wouldn't it be better if he didn't follow the rules?"
The figure in the shadows paced a few steps, somewhat worriedly: "Long Xinglie and the others are supported by Dao Sect, are you sure? This is related to the prince's 'He Xuanbing', so you must not be careless."
"I won't say that I will definitely win if I don't fight you, but..."
Yan Chunyang smiled slightly, with a hint of freedom and pride between his brows:
"Seven days ago, I dreamed of entering my master's 'Demon Subduing Divine Realm' on the boat. In a battle of the same level, I was able to fight with my master for more than a hundred moves."
Hearing this, Yingxin's brows relaxed in the shadows, and he turned into a ray of light and disappeared into the beads in his hand:
"If that's the case, then we're invincible."
Yan Chunyang gently turned the beads on his wrist. There were a total of 108 beads. Upon closer inspection, there seemed to be various patterns covering them.
As it gently rotated, rays of light of different colors enveloped him like water, nourishing his spirit and body.
"The Eight-Directions Temple..."
As the breeze blew gently, Yan Chunyang closed his eyes slightly:
"There are still nearly two years left. This time is already very long."
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After going down the mountain and into the city, Li Yuan saw ten times more masters than in the past few years combined.
The lights of various weapons intertwined into a sea, making him overwhelmed.
There were quite a few of them that made him jealous, and along the way, he was distracted, looking at this and that.
"So many weapons that are above famous weapons."
In front of the gate of Longhu Mountain, Li Yuan used a lot of willpower to stop himself from looking around. He had never seen such a scene where high-quality weapons were everywhere.
"There are still not enough divine soldiers."
There were crowds of people in front of the mountain gate, including some powerful people and even masters from other Taoist sects, but there were no magical weapons.
The [Wind and Thunder Sword (Level 6)] carried by the young swordsman who caused the white tiger to appear was also only a quasi-divine weapon.
In comparison, the disciple of King Zhenwu was really too extravagant. Most masters did not have two magic weapons, let alone an eighth-level magic armor.
"The martial arts performance will last for nearly two years. I am afraid that as time goes by, there will be more and more masters... For such a grand event, the masters of the five major sects will probably attend in person..."
Li Yuan had some thoughts in his mind.
He watched the excitement for a while. A large number of young masters were shuttling back and forth under the mountain gate, trying to cause unusual phenomena, but apart from Pei Jiu, no other such masters appeared.
After a while, seeing that there was nothing exciting to watch, Li Yuan turned around and went back to the restaurant.
Shi Yulou, Xin Wenhua and others also returned one after another. However, Long Xinglie went to receive Pei Jiu. Although the relationship between the sects was not good, as they were all Taoist sects, they still had to observe the proper etiquette.
After this interruption, no one was in the mood to talk anymore. Xin Wenhua was in a very bad mood and left after a while. Soon, only Shi Yushu and Li Yuan were left in the box.
The two of them did not waste any food and ate most of the food on the table before returning to the mountain. Li Yuan used 12,000 taels of gold to buy 160 Angry Sky Eggs, which was a friendly price with a discount.
Li Yuan felt a little pain. He found that the more something was out of the needs of most people, the more outrageous the price was.
The reason is that those who can afford these things are all wealthy.
"too expensive."
After bidding farewell to Master Yushu, Li Yuan felt a little pain on the way back to the mountain. He wanted to use the "Mysterious Whale Secret Realm" even more.
Apart from anything else, you can also grow some good rice and raise chickens and ducks.
"In Hengshan City, anyone who dares to start a war will be killed, and their clan will be expelled from the city and fined 10,000 taels of gold!"
Elite soldiers patrol the streets, their voices deep and powerful enough to be heard for miles.
When there are too many people, chaos is likely to occur. People from all over the world gather together, and many of them have grudges against each other, so naturally there are more fights and killings.
More than 20,000 elite soldiers from the Dragon and Tiger armies were dispersed to various urban areas, patrolling day and night to maintain order.
In the several urban areas that Li Yuan passed through, there were several very tall flagpoles with the bodies of the troublemakers hung on them. It was crude and bloody, but effective.
Otherwise, it would be impossible to intimidate the many illiterate people in the underworld.
boom!
When passing by a certain urban area, Li Yuan heard an explosion and a figure rushed out from a house in the distance.
The man was very strong and could rise to a height of two meters with each step. With one step, he could cross half the street. It was obvious that he had mastered the Yi Xing skill.
"Go away!"
The man glared and shouted, charging forward violently. Li Yuan's heart moved, but before he could make a move, a patrolling team of Dragon and Tiger soldiers rushed up to kill him.
He bent over, his blood and energy burst out. Although he was wearing heavy armor, his speed was faster than that man.
They were divided into groups of three, each holding a sword. When they jumped up, they looked like one person. After a scream, the man with a bandit-like look on his face had his hands cut off and his head chopped off.
One of the soldiers shook his wrist, and the head was already stuck ten feet away. The protruding iron spike on the flagpole was covered in blood, which was very creepy.
"This man disobeyed orders and used weapons without authorization. Kill him!"
Several patrolling soldiers spoke loudly to calm the pedestrians on the long street, and then split into two teams, one team patrolling and the other team to look for the sect's forces.
"Capable and courageous, proficient in combined attack, and has merits in horizontal training and light skills."
Li Yuan, who witnessed the whole process, nodded in his heart.
In the year since he joined the sect, he had only occasionally seen soldiers from the Dragon and Tiger Army. It was because the inner disciples were not qualified to enter and leave the Dragon and Tiger Army’s base at will.
But from what he had seen, the Dragon and Tiger Army was worthy of its reputation as a strong army. Whether in terms of individual bravery or weapons and armor, they were superior to the Divine Guard Army.
The number should also far exceed.
"Heavy armor is really a good thing."
Li Yuan had a good eye. After all, the bandit was a shape-changing warrior and his counterattack was fierce, but he was unable to break the armor of the three Dragon and Tiger soldiers.
There are no master craftsmen in the Longhu Temple, but the assembly line-like manufacturing method has allowed famous weapons and sharp blade-level armor to be widely popularized.
He had inquired about the four types of armor in the Dragon and Tiger Army, and the worst one was a blade-level armor.
"To combine a divine weapon-level armor, at least 730 pieces of first-level armor are needed. If we calculate it based on 300 taels of silver per piece, this is only over 200,000 taels of silver. It's really not expensive."
Li Yuan muttered to himself.
If there is enough incense, it is more cost-effective to use the combined furnace to combine soldiers than to make them yourself. At least there is no need to search for those rare treasures.
But incense is hard to find, and things like dragon and tiger style heavy armor and bows and crossbows are also difficult to collect. He can't make them on a large scale. Not to mention the imperial court, even the sects will not allow it.
"There are ways to solve other problems, the main one is the incense."
Li Yuan's heart was filled with waves.
He couldn't help but look at the temple nearby. The temples in Hengshan City were very popular, with many third- and fourth-tier incense sticks, but he had never seen any higher ones.
"It should be that the Dao Yamen harvested and stored it somewhere..."
Li Yuan recalled the information he had heard earlier through the Listening Sound Talisman. That group of mysterious people should probably take action after the New Year, right?
Li Daoye thought about robbing his fellow thieves, but...
"There are too many experts in the city now." Li Yuan glanced at the flashes of weapons around him, and thought to himself that he should get a few pairs of high-end boots first.
After seeing the old dragon head's speed, he felt somewhat insecure.
If you can't bear it, at least you can run away, right?
“How many pairs of seventh-level boots can outrun a grandmaster?”
Li Yuan's mind was wandering and he had returned to the main peak of Longmen.
He went to pay his respects to the old dragon head first, but found the temple door closed. So he carried the angry egg back to the house opposite and made some fried rice.
The magical eggs and magical rice taste great and are very effective.
After eating a large pot of rice, Li Yuan felt warm all over. He practiced standing meditation for more than an hour. After nightfall, he returned to the room and took out the "Qi Boosting Pill".
"Normally, twelve energy channels are already considered a lot, but the sword master in the Bronze Tower Divine Realm definitely has more than twelve. When he moves, the sky is filled with sword energy. I'm afraid he has more than twenty-four."
Sitting cross-legged in meditation, Li Yuan was thinking in his heart.
The library of Longhu Temple is all-encompassing. During this year, his martial arts foundation has been deepened a lot, and he is also quite familiar with various realms.
The superior secret to opening the meridians is six, and the unique skills are ten to twelve. He has not learned any magical skills, but he can get a glimpse of it through the old dragon head's "Dragon and Elephant Confluence".
This shape-changing combination requires a combination of at least eighteen energy channels to unleash its strongest power.
"Eighteen, almost enough to support the Black Whale Diagram, but..."
Li Yuan closed his eyes, and visualized his spiritual self emitting a bright light. With the nourishment of the black whale's energy, his mental strength became more abundant and pure.
"Legend has it that the orthodox method of worshipping gods is divided into thirteen branches, all named after gods. They are the Divine Foot Sutra, the Divine Palm Sutra, the Divine Eye Sutra, the Divine Ear Sutra, and the Divine Organ Sutra..."
"Thirteen gates may not be the limit of the god worship method, if there are 'gods' or 'acupoints' in all organs."
"'The highest truth is not complicated, and all the joints have spirits.' If there are really hundreds of spirits, then the energy channels I have condensed must at least cover all the internal organs, leaving room for the 'acupoints'."
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When it comes to martial arts, Master Li Dao never blindly believes in anyone. He believes in practice and seeks verification from multiple sources.
For now, he believed it.
Because he really lit up the two 'acupoints' on the soles of his feet through the Shenzu Meridian. Including the Dantian, his total amount of internal energy now should be at least twice that of someone with the same twelve meridians.
This is while the acupoints are still being nurtured. He estimated that if the Shenzu Sutra is cultivated to the seventh level, his total amount of internal energy will be more than twice that of the same level.
"If there really were a hundred gods, then my internal energy..."
Just thinking about it, Li Yuan's heart was a little excited. No matter whether it was as he imagined or not, he wanted to forge as many energy channels as possible to leave enough room.
"This bottle of Qi-boosting pill should be enough."
Li Yuan let out a long breath and blew out the oil lamp. He concentrated his mind and calmed his breath, then began to move his internal energy, moving it through the meridians and energy channels, exploring the unknown areas within his body bit by bit.
At the same time, in the place of spiritual light, I visualized that my spirit self also stood up, practicing various standing exercises, and my body shape changed, sometimes turning into a spirit monkey, sometimes into an ancient elephant, and sometimes into a dragon.
After a long time, the light and shadow changed, and the "Picture of the Black Whale Splitting the Sea" began to emerge from nothing.
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"call!"
In the small temple, the bright white light gradually dimmed.
Long Xixiang opened his eyes with a tired look on his face, and saw Jin Shengwu with his hair and beard flying wildly and a face full of shock and anger.
"How much?"
Long Xixiang asked.
"One hundred and sixty dollars."
Jin Shengwu's chest rose and fell, and he felt a little annoyed: "The sword intent left by Wan Zhuliu seems to be even stronger?"
"With an Eternal Talent and two Heavenly Profound Weapons, he is definitely stronger than he was forty years ago."
Long Xixiang was somewhat surprised:
"Can you withstand one hundred and sixty cuts?"
"It's still a long way to go. I have to withstand at least three hundred blows before I can be sure of dying together with him. I'm just over a hundred short..."
Jin Shengwu frowned, this was his best performance among more than thirty battles.
"Come again!"
Jin Shengwu gritted his teeth.
Long Xixiang did not refuse. With such a top master around, he could become more familiar with Wan Zhuliu's swordsmanship and increase his chances of winning.
hum~
The divine light spread and Long Xixiang closed his eyes.
"Three hundred knives..."
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The small temple of Long Xixiang was closed for more than ten days. The New Year was over, and Li Yuan still hadn't seen the old dragon head. He wanted to ask for details about Tongmai, so he could only go to find Dou Yue and Long Xinglie.
As the martial arts performances approached, the Dragon and Tiger Temple became bustling and busy. Building a venue that could accommodate so many martial artists was a huge project.
Call ~
In the small courtyard, the sound of the wind was like a tiger's roar.
Li Yuanxu practiced the standing meditation. His movements were gentle and slow. With every move, the air in the entire courtyard was stirred by him, moving around his body like a living thing.
His muscles and bones were shaking violently. The tendons under his skin were sometimes tense and sometimes relaxed. Every sound of shaking seemed to shake the whole courtyard.
"Crack!"
After a long time, Li Yuan opened his eyes. He clenched his five fingers, then loosened them, and swung his arms like a snake, as if he had no bones. When he tensed his arms, a loud noise was made, and the air in the yard was dispersed.
"Eight Snake Transformations, Great Perfection."
The pores relaxed, and a strong smell of sweat filled the courtyard. Li Yuan shook his sleeves to blow away the sweat, his eyes bright.
Time is like water, passing by in the blink of an eye.
More than twenty days later, the three superior standing exercises, Tiger Form Communication, Yuan Python Devouring Stars, and Snake Form Eight Transformations, have all been pushed to perfection. The forms have changed, and the Hundred Beasts Thunder Dragon has gained some more power.
"All we need is the Dragon-Tiger Hammer to complete the Hundred Forms!"
Li Yuan closed his eyes slightly, and after the six-door stance training was perfected, the unique stance training "Nine Transformations of Dragon and Snake" contained therein naturally emerged.
"Nine Transformations of Dragon and Snake. This stance is much more complicated than Dragon Zen and Hun Tian Stance."
After sensing it for a while, when he opened his eyes again, it was already dark. Li Yuan was in a good mood. He cooked a big pot of spiritual rice and beat a few angry eggs to reward himself.
"call!"
In the darkness of night, Li Yuan raised the hammer and moved it slowly and silently. After a moment, he slowly retracted his movement.
"In half a month at most, the Dragon-Tiger Heaven Hammer will be able to be cultivated to the seventh level... Hundred Forms is just around the corner!"
Muttering to himself, Li Yuan took a deep breath, suppressed his throbbing, washed up briefly, and went back to the room to meditate, continuing to deduce the diagram of the Black Whale that Splits the Sea.
More than twenty days passed, and he had used up seven Qi-enhancing pills. The number of Qi channels in his body increased from twelve to twenty-six, almost covering his entire body.
Unfortunately, without the subsequent practice methods of worshipping gods, he has not yet found the "gods" in other organs.
"You can slowly find the acupoints. First, build the Qi channels and then break through the internal organs... The limit of the Qi channels should be thirty-six?"
With thoughts in mind, Li Yuan concentrated and calmed his mind.
hum~
In the place of spiritual light, the spiritual self has disappeared.
Instead, there was a picture of a black whale splitting the sea, and the scene was vivid.
Woo~
Suddenly, Li Yuan sensed a familiar aura fluctuation.
"coming?"
Li Yuan's mind turned, and when he opened his eyes again, he saw the bronze tower standing in front of him.
(End of this chapter)