Chapter 335: Chuang Gong and Zhongli Chaos
Chapter 335: Chuang Gong and Zhongli Chaos
In vernacular novels and rumors, creating martial arts is extremely difficult, awe-inspiring, and vague, but once created, the reputation can even be passed down along with the martial arts.
Li Yuan was very cautious about achieving success. In the past few days, he read a lot of books, discussed with Lao Han, and consulted Lao Longtou and the mysterious owner of the bronze tower many times.
Gradually, Li Yuan discovered that creating merit was not complicated. After removing the hazy veil, he found that it was actually not difficult to understand.
Especially the shape-changing combination.
Li Yuan sat cross-legged in the house, his mind drifting into the secret realm of Xuanjing.
"Shape-changing combinations are like puzzle pieces, or stacking blocks."
Hanging upside down on the top of the mountain, with a gentle breeze, Li Yuan pressed the stone tablet with one hand to attract the omnipresent black whale energy here, and such a thought flashed through his mind.
hum~
The aura of the black whale floated in, moving with Li Yuan's thoughts, and transformed into a violent thunder dragon over thirty meters long at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The thunder dragon roared and flew in the air.
Li Yuan concentrated all his energy, and under his control, the black whale energy transformed into the forms of various mortal and spiritual beasts he possessed.
White ape, spirit ape, fierce tiger, spirit tiger, old turtle, white crane, goshawk, spirit wolf...
In less than half an hour, dozens of beasts of various shapes and various weapons including the Bingdao Fighting Hammer appeared around Li Yuan.
The most eye-catching ones are naturally the Thunder Dragon of Hundred Beasts, the Spirit Dragon of Ten Thousand Blades, and the surrounding dragon and tiger shapes.
"call!"
Li Yuan kept his hand on the stone tablet, transforming all the forms he had cultivated into it.
It was almost impossible for him to transform into dozens of forms in one breath and exist at the same time by himself. Even if he succeeded by chance with the help of various elixirs, he would not be able to maintain it for long.
“This way, it’s much more intuitive.”
Feeling the various shapes transformed by the Black Whale's energy, Li Yuan nodded in his heart. Ordinary warriors who created merits would never have the same treatment as him.
He once asked Lao Han in detail about the whole process of creating the Hundred Beasts Thunder Dragon. It was purely based on visualization, and then he spent a lot of energy and time replicating the visualization outside and slowly trying it out.
A trial may take at least half a month, or even three to five months.
In this way, it took him seventy years from the time he came up with the idea to the time he founded Thunder Dragon.
"With the Thunder Dragon as the spine."
Li Yuan's mind moved, and the thunder dragon in the air let out a low roar, and its curled up body instantly straightened up, like a long stick.
"The bones of the Ten Thousand Blades Spirit Dragon!"
"The dragon, tiger and the whole sky are meridians."
……
hum~
hum~
Li Yuan muttered something in his mind, and the corresponding beast shape moved accordingly.
He had a plan in mind and didn't need to think about it. Soon, all the beasts on the ground had joined in the attempt.
"Thunder is the shape of the mouth and tongue."
As a thunder exploded and disappeared above, Li Yuan looked up.
What appeared before his eyes was a huge monster with various shapes, with a fighting hammer as its horns, a green snake spear as its claws, fish scales as its skin, and a ten thousand blade spirit dragon as its bones...
"ugly."
After just one look, Li Yuan couldn't help but twitch his lips, but he still had high expectations:
"Come on, move a little."
"Roar!"
The roars of beasts were like thunder, it was like various roars of beasts superimposed on the thunder, indescribably harsh and noisy.
Li Yuan's eyelids jumped. The giant creature in the air had flapped more than ten pairs of wings of different sizes on both sides. With a "puff", the two monkeys fell down.
With another pounce, two tigers and three giant bears also fell down.
With a dive, the various animal shapes that filled the space fell down like hail, and in the blink of an eye, they were scattered beyond recognition.
Only a few dragon-shaped true qi, led by the Thunder Dragon, were still flying in the air.
"..."
Li Daoye's first attempt ended in shameful failure, and he only lasted for about thirty or forty seconds?
"How can you succeed in creating something in one go?"
Li Yuan comforted himself in his heart.
For Lao Han, a failure would mean at least a month wasted and a large number of pills would be lost, but for him, failure would only take more than an hour at most.
If he is more diligent, he can try at least ten times a day, and there are plenty of opportunities and costs for trial and error.
"First find out where the problem lies."
Li Yuan was not discouraged. He sat down against the stone tablet and thought about the problem.
"I originally wanted to use the dragon-elephant fusion as the bones, the diamond, dragon and tiger as the meridians, and the filling of various forms as flesh and blood. Now the dragon-elephant fusion has not been completed, and the diamond has not been fully perfected, so there are some obstacles..."
"Also, there may be some conflicts between the various forms, which I have not considered..."
Li Yuan analyzed the problem and soon started his second attempt.
This time, he first visualized the diagram of the Sea-Splitting Mysterious Whale, and then compared it with the diagram and began to put the puzzle together.
……
……
Huhu~
As the sun was setting, the disciples outside the Dragon-Tiger Pagoda gradually dispersed. Pei Jiu, with a stern expression, slowly walked out of the pagoda gate.
"Senior brother."
Several disciples of the Changhong Sword Sect who were waiting outside went to greet them.
"Brother, how far is it from the sixth floor?"
A disciple asked.
"There are still two people missing."
Pei Jiu's face was cold. He answered casually and walked towards the huge monument.
On the giant monument, his name was in the middle and lower part. There were only six people above the seventh level on the monument, but there were as many as hundreds of people on the sixth level. Among the people at the highest level, Long Xinglie's name was prominently listed.
"Long Xinglie."
Pei Jiu muttered to himself and thought of Li Yuan whom he had just met.
He was born with a clear mind and courage of swordsmanship, and was one of the two most talented swordsmen in the Changhong Sword School. He had already achieved success in marrow refining at the age of thirty, and was not inferior to Xin Wenhua, the second most talented swordsman in the contemporary Longhu School.
But these two people...
"Dragon and Tiger Show?"
Without any reluctance, Pei Jiu turned and left.
The Longhu Temple opened its gates, and all sects participating in the martial arts performances were allowed to enter the gates. Unfriendly sects like the Changhong Sword Sect were no exception. However, accommodation was naturally not provided.
A group of disciples from the Changhong Sword Sect, under the watchful eyes of the patrolling disciples, left the inner gate and rode in a carriage into the city.
"If you want to advance to the sixth floor, it is not enough to practice Changbai Sword Skill to Great Perfection. You also need to practice Changhong Sword Skill to Great Perfection. If you can practice 'Hundred-Step Flying Sword', there will be no problem."
In the carriage, Pei Jiu was thinking in his heart.
Hundred-Step Flying Sword is one of the four great magical skills of the Changhong Sword School. Only those who have cultivated the sword form can master it. Moreover, unless the sword form is cultivated into a spiritual form, one can only achieve minor success.
He is extremely talented and was born with a sword form, but he is still at the entry level.
"I am already over 30 years old. This is my only chance to participate in the martial arts performance. If I don't seize it, I will have no chance to compete with 'Gu Xuanshang' for the Daozi!"
Pei Jiu let out a long sigh and slowly closed his eyes. His mind was as clear as a mirror, and he could sense the outside of the carriage and even the pedestrians and vendors on the streets on both sides with his eyes closed.
"Ok?"
At a certain moment, he opened his eyes as if realizing something:
"parking!"
"Brother?" The disciple driving the carriage reined in his horse and stopped.
"You guys go back to the guild hall first, you don't have to wait for me."
Pei Jiu got off the carriage without looking back and walked straight into the "Chunyun Tower" on the side of the road. The few disciples who accompanied him did not dare to disobey him and had to leave.
"Young Master Pei!"
"Brother Pei?"
Chunyunlou is one of the largest restaurants in the northern part of the city. All the guests who feast and drink there are people from the martial arts world. Many of them recognized Pei Jiu and stood up to greet him.
Pei Jiu nodded slightly, and without stopping, went straight up to the ninth floor.
The environment on the ninth floor was very good. There was no lobby, only boxes. When Pei Jiu came up, the door of one of the boxes was pushed open, and a tall and handsome young man greeted him with a smile: "Brother Pei, it's been a few years since we last met. Are you doing well?"
"Brother Chu is still as charming as ever."
Pei Jiu responded with a smile.
This tall young man is called Chu Tianzhu, he is the second most successful disciple of Samadhi Cave in the contemporary era. He has mastered the Red Flame Palm technique and is a very skilled martial artist, having already achieved great success ten years ago.
Although he looks young, he has actually been famous for 20 to 30 years.
"When did Brother Chu come to Hengshan City?"
Pei Jiu was familiar with him. He walked into the box and found that he was the only one there, but there were three pairs of bowls and chopsticks.
"They just arrived today. This pair of bowls and chopsticks are new. That pair belongs to Uncle Zhong."
Chu Tianzhu invited him to take a seat.
"Senior Zhong is here too?"
Pei Jiu's heart trembled. Compared with Chu Tianzhu, his uncle Zhong's reputation was much greater, and not limited to Yanshan Road.
At the last martial arts competition among all the sects, Zhongli Luan surpassed all the other martial artists on the Zuowang Peak and became famous throughout the world. Now, he has become a master-level giant who has entered the sect.
"Just now there was a madman shouting loudly on the road. You know this man, Uncle Zhong..."
Chu Tianzhu sighed. He really felt helpless towards his uncle Zhong.
He didn't say it, but Pei Jiu understood it in his heart.
Zhongli Luan's name often appears among storytellers, and his frequency is second only to that of the legendary Yuan Qing Zhenren. The reason is that he likes to stand up for the weak.
In the words of his Taoist master, he is 'a man of great chivalrous spirit, pure masculine and strong character'.
Although he understood it in his heart, Pei Jiu would not judge his uncle. He just smiled and raised his glass to drink with him.
"Ugh."
Chu Tianzhu felt somewhat annoyed. He had to clean up countless messes for his uncle-master along the way, and now that he had taken over Hengshan City, he was still restless.
"Drink, drink."
Pei Jiu clinked glasses with him.
"When I first came to Hengshan City, I heard about Brother Pei's great name, the appearance of the White Tiger, and his peerless talent. I heard that you even reached the fifth floor of the Dragon and Tiger Tower?"
Chu Tianzhu suppressed his depression and asked with a smile.
"Brother Chu is well-informed, but please don't make fun of me."
Pei Jiu shook his head, knowing that he wanted to ask for information, but he didn't care and told him all the big and small things that happened in Hengshan City in the past six months.
"Li Yuan?"
Chu Tianzhu was very sensitive to Pei Jiu's emotions: "Is this person very talented?"
"Excellent."
Pei Jiu looked solemn: "I heard that before, there was a scene of a dragon and a tiger appearing at the gate of Longhu Temple. I suspect it was this person!"
"A dragon and a tiger appear together. This must be a talent of the millennium level at least?"
Chu Tianzhu was somewhat moved.
An eternal talent, this was a rumor that only circulated between the imperial court and Dao Zong, and it came from Tianyun Xuanbing.
The complete version should be "outstanding", "one in a million", "a rare talent", "unparalleled in the world", "unparalleled throughout the ages".
As far as he knew, it was hard to say whether there were hidden talents in the world today. On the surface, there were only two people with eternal talent, Wan Zhuliu and the Emperor Qian, whose authenticity was unknown.
"It's hard to say whether he is immortal, but his talent is indeed amazing. Unfortunately, I have entered the tower many times and never got him randomly, so I couldn't weigh him."
Pei Jiu felt a little regretful.
"It seems that in the next martial arts competition, the Dragon and Tiger Temple will take the lead?"
Chu Tianzhu sighed slightly, but didn't care much. A Tongmai warrior, no matter how talented he was, couldn't catch up with this martial arts performance.
"As for Long Xinglie..."
The two talked for a long time, and most of the questions were asked by Chu Tianzhu. In addition to Longhu Temple, he also asked about other Taoist sects.
Historically, before any martial arts performance, the major Taoist sects and the major state sects would arrive in advance.
"It's hard to say about Yiqi Villa. I heard that Master Yuanqing is in seclusion and may be the last to arrive. Besides, my Changhong Sword Sect should arrive in half a month..."
Pei Jiu looked at Chu Tianzhu, who replied, "My Samadhi Cave should be about the same. Uncle Zhong and I got here first."
"As for Qinglong Pavilion and Xinyi Sect, I guess they will be here soon, right?"
While drinking, the two exchanged information. They both had hopes of competing for the true teachings of their sect's Taoist master, and they had great expectations for this martial arts performance.
"Speaking of which, the biggest variable in this martial arts performance should be Yan Chunyang."
As Pei Jiu spoke, Chu Tianzhu's expression suddenly became solemn.
"This person Yan Chunyang..."
Recalling the sect's intelligence, Chu Tianzhu didn't know what to say for a moment. At this time, footsteps were heard.
When the two stood up, the newcomer had already walked in.
'Good man!'
Pei Jiu's eyes narrowed.
The man who came was very tall, probably over eight feet tall, with broad shoulders and a thick back, round eyes and big ears, and a beard as thick as grass on his face. He looked like an unkempt hero.
It was Zhongli Luan.
"Junior Pei Jiu, greetings to Senior Zhong."
Pei Jiu's eyes brightened up.
Chu Tianzhu felt a headache, because behind this big man was the madman who was shouting on the roadside before:
"Uncle Master, what are you doing?"
"sit."
Zhongli Luan's face was as gloomy as water. He asked everyone to sit down. The man with messy clothes and hair and a frightened face kept waving his hands and did not dare to sit down.
"Eat something so you can have the strength to take revenge!"
Zhongli Luan threw the whole chicken over to him, and the latter hurriedly took it. The way he wolfed it down made Pei Jiu and the others frown.
"This man's name is Liu San, and he is a constable in the C-room of the Dao Yamen."
Zhongli Luan drank a glass of wine, his face was slightly red. "He said that his little sister got lost in the Daoyamen a few days ago, and he insisted on looking for her, but was beaten out with sticks..."
Chu Tianzhu's eyelids jumped after listening to only half of it:
"Uncle Master, did you break into the Taoist temple?"
"Do you think I'm stupid?"
Zhongli Luan glared at him and said, "I went in openly, walked around, and didn't find anything, so I brought him back."
"That is not bad."
Chu Tianzhu heaved a sigh of relief.
"I looked through the files in the government office..."
Chu Tianzhu breathed a sigh of relief. Breaking into the archives was just a small matter.
"It's hard to say where his little sister went missing, but it's true that a great pervert has appeared in this city."
Why are you so nosy?!
Chu Tianzhu almost cursed out loud, but he could only persuade him helplessly: "Uncle Master, this is the government's business. At the very least, it is also the business of the Dragon and Tiger Temple. You..."
Pei Jiu listened in silence. He did not care about the conversation between the two, but was sensing Zhongli Luan with his sword heart.
In his perception, this burly man was just like the sun, extremely masculine and strong.
"Do you know why you can't comprehend the Great Sun Gold Form?"
"Ok?"
Chu Tianzhu was slightly stunned.
Zhongli Luan wiped the oil off his mouth and stood up:
"If you think too much, your heart is not pure."
(End of this chapter)