"It is indeed extraordinary. This ancient painting from hundreds of years ago still has the charm of refining spirits today." Hai Wuya spoke first:
"From this, it seems that the martial artist who has been practicing the spirit for hundreds of years may have already become a first-class martial artist."
"I underestimated this blood moon picture." Dong Xinglin smiled and said:
"Qiao Shuanglin, your injury is just a minor matter, not worth exchanging for this blood moon painting. I won't take advantage of you. How about I use a superior martial art in exchange for this ancient painting of yours?"
"What martial arts?" Qiao Mu suddenly became interested.
Time is on his side. As long as he dies enough and often enough, sooner or later he will be able to master the martial arts to a high level and won't have to worry about biting off more than he can chew.
Chapter 145: The Fifth Level Stronger Than the Grandmaster (3k
Dong Xinglin is a famous doctor in the imperial capital. Although he once practiced martial arts, the martial arts he used were not purely for killing and fighting.
This is a technique called "Broken Void Finger".
"The Broken Void Finger also contains acupuncture techniques that can cause blood stagnation and stiffness in the body. It can also be used in medicine... But for a martial artist like you, this finger technique is not weak either."
"Tingchao Tower's ranking of internal strength ranks you at ninety-ninth place, which means that your internal strength accumulation is already quite deep, just right for this 'Shattering Void Finger'."
"The essence of Shattering Void Finger can only be performed by a martial artist with deep internal strength. One can use the finger as a sword, release strength in mid-air, and injure people without being seen. From this point of view, it has surpassed ordinary martial arts."
Once a warrior develops internal strength, he can emit bursts of energy from his fists, feet or weapons, but it is difficult for him to exert force in the air and injure people from a distance.
The Broken Void Finger was developed by martial artists with profound internal strength. It was a superior martial art specifically designed for sending force through the air or striking acupoints from a distance.
There is nothing wrong with tall trees.
Dong Xinglin immediately ordered someone to fetch the secret book of "Broken Void Finger" and asked Qiao Mu to read it in the inner hall, while he himself carefully studied the picture of the blood moon and gradually became absorbed in it.
At this time, Hai Wuya walked towards Qiao Mu.
When Qiao Mu was seeing the doctor before, Hai Wuya had talked with Fang Yuan for a while and learned that Fang Yuan had already given the "Sumeru Mountain King Sutra" to Qiao Mu.
Hai Wuya had no objection to this.
After all, he created this imperfect martial art and had no intention of keeping it for himself.
What surprised him was that the condition of the "Qiao Shuanglin" in front of him was not right.
Judging from his appearance, Qiao Shuanglin looked older than him, with wrinkles all over his face, a sign of declining energy and blood.
But judging from what Qiao Shuanglin had done a few nights ago, Qiao Shuanglin's energy and blood were clearly quite abundant, which gave him a vague guess in his mind.
"At the age of ninety, he looks old, but his energy and blood are full of vitality. This is clearly the goal I have always dreamed of in the "Sumeru Mountain King Sutra."
Hai Wuya was unconsciously a little excited, and his steps towards Qiao Mu quickened.
He studied in Tianlao for thirty years and created the "Sumeru Mountain King Sutra", which actually had two goals.
The first is that the practice does not require any qualifications, and anyone in the world can practice it. This is destined to be a long and arduous journey, and it cannot be achieved overnight.
The second is to try to imitate the "Changsheng Fist Classic" and use another way of thinking to allow warriors to have abundant qi and blood in their later years.
You must know that the foundation of a warrior is still the physical body and blood, and internal strength is born from a strong physical body.
Only when the Qi and blood are abundant can a warrior continue to improve and progress after entering old age.
As the founder of this technique, Hai Wuya practiced the Mount Sumeru King Sutra to the fourth level, which enabled him to regain the seventh level at the age of nearly eighty and enjoy a second spring.
But even so, compared with Hai Wuya's own strength as a fourth-grade middle-aged man, his energy and blood were still much weaker.
And the Qiao Shuanglin in front of him... not only is he older than him, he even proved his strength with his battle record a few days ago. He is definitely not a ninety-year-old man with declining energy and blood.
Isn’t this exactly the dream in the Sumeru Sutra
Hai Wuya couldn't help but walk forward. The more he looked at Qiao Mu, the more he seemed to have mastered the "Sumeru Mountain King Sutra" to a high level.
"Brother Qiao, I heard that Fang Yuan gave you my "Sumeru Mountain King Sutra" a few days ago."
"I see that Brother Qiao has achieved a high level of accomplishment in martial arts. Although he is old and his energy is declining, he is still full of energy. I wonder what level you have reached in practicing this incomplete martial art of mine?" Hai Wuya stared at Qiao Mu carefully with his eyes sharp.
Qiao Mu thought about it and finally decided to tell the truth.
After all, Hai Wuya was the founder of this martial art, and he had studied in Tianlao for thirty years. No one understood the "Sumeru Mountain King Sutra" better than him. Qiao Mu could not deceive Hai Wuya about his attainments in this martial art.
When he asked this, he just felt a little bit unbelievable.
"The fifth floor." Qiao Mu answered truthfully.
Hai Wuya stood up suddenly.
This sudden movement even startled the famous doctor Dong Xinglin who was looking at the painting carefully nearby.
He couldn't help but say, "The 'Sumeru Mountain King Sutra' that I created does not emphasize aptitude, but perseverance. Therefore, it takes a long time to practice, and it is impossible to achieve it overnight."
"It takes an average person 16 years to reach the fourth level, and 32 years to reach the fifth level."
"Although a martial artist with extraordinary talent can practice martial arts with twice the results, it has been less than half a month since Brother Qiao got the "Sumeru Mountain King Sutra". How can he practice to the fifth level?"
This was something Hai Wuya just couldn't understand.
He was considered one of the early members of the Wu Ji Society and was recognized by the Martial Saint as one of the Seventy-two Sages.
He knew very well how many gifted geniuses there were among the Martial Saint's 3,000 disciples.
Even Hai Wuya himself had a very high aptitude in martial arts, but he was not interested in practicing martial arts in his early years. He only regarded martial arts as a shortcut to becoming an official and famous.
But... it takes 32 years of hard practice to master the fifth level of "Sumeru Mountain King Sutra", but this Qiao Shuanglin in front of him was able to master it in less than half a month, and he surpassed the founder of this martial arts in one fell swoop
Even a martial arts genius has to be reasonable. Half a month is equivalent to 32 years of hard training for an ordinary person. If you calculate the progress of training, isn't it thousands or tens of thousands of times that of an ordinary person
"Brother Hai, you don't know." Qiao Mu smiled slightly, rolled his eyes, and prepared to start making up a story.
He is now ten years older than Hai Wuya, but out of respect for Hai Wuya, he still addresses him as brother.
Hai Wuya should be able to see the depth of his attainments in the "Sumeru Mountain King Sutra", so Qiao Mu also had in mind that if the two met in the imperial capital, how would this be covered up
"Brother Hai, do you know where our Qiao family originated from?" Qiao Mu asked.
"Overseas Utopia?" Hai Wuya asked.
"That's right." A look of reminiscence flashed across Qiao Mu's eyes.
"There is a cave in Taoyuan Township. There are many mottled gullies on the stone walls of the cave. In fact, they are all the work of God."
"When my Qiao family's ancestor came to this Peach Blossom Land, he faced the wall for many years and learned peerless martial arts from this stone wall."
"In fact, this 'Sumeru Mountain King Sutra' coincides with the martial arts handed down from the Qiao family's ancestors."
"The two martial arts are similar to each other. I was able to practice to the fifth level because of their mutual support."
“So, the fifth level of the Xumi Mountain King Sutra that I practiced can also be regarded as the fifth level of the Qiao family’s inherited martial arts.”
"How can there be such a coincidence in this world?" Hai Wuya was suddenly surprised.
"Truths are always similar. The 'Sumeru Mountain King Sutra' is close to the ultimate truth of martial arts, and the top martial arts are naturally connected." Qiao Mu smiled, without any flaws on his face.
Hai Wuya didn't believe it at first.
But he had to believe it even if he didn't want to.
Because "Qiao Shuanglin" practiced the fifth level of "Sumeru Mountain King Sutra" in half a month, which requires thirty years of hard practice, which is obviously more absurd than the fact that Qiao family martial arts coincide with "Sumeru Mountain King Sutra".
The latter can be said to be a coincidence under the common principles of martial arts, while the former can be said to be too absurd and has far exceeded the scope of martial arts genius.
He tentatively discussed with Qiao Mu the fifth level of the "Sumeru Mountain King Sutra" and the sixth level which had not yet been deduced.
It turned out that Qiao Mu answered questions fluently and had indeed reached the fifth level of the technique.
Even on the sixth level of the technique, which he had not yet deduced, he was quite knowledgeable, and was slightly more advanced than the founder of this technique, and had gone further than him.
"It seems that this can only be true. I think it really coincides with the martial arts inherited from the Qiao family, so we can draw inferences from one instance to another." Hai Wuya exclaimed in admiration.
Qiao Mu's understanding of the sixth level of the technique was already ahead of him.
He didn't know that as Qiao Mu was talking to him, the memories that seemed like a dream in his mind gradually emerged.
After he turned 90, Qiao Mu went astray several times while practicing the sixth level of martial arts in the old house of the Fang family and died. He then turned into firewood for the Sutra of Humanity.
And now in the extra memories in Qiao Mu's mind, from the age of 90 to 93, he worked day and night to deduce the exercises of the "Sumeru Mountain King Sutra".
This went on for three years, and his understanding of the "Sumeru Mountain King Sutra" was further improved, and he deduced the relatively complete sixth level of the practice...
"The Ouroboros Longevity Lock in my mind can not only allow me to skip time and accelerate my martial arts training, but also deduce martial arts techniques?" This thought flashed through Qiao Mu's mind.
He noticed that after each death, the progress of his martial arts skills was not random, but would change according to his thoughts.
Before his death, Qiao Mu was thinking about practicing Qinggong. So after his death and resurrection, he would focus on practicing Qinggong in the few years between his death and resurrection.
But now, Qiao Mu discovered that this thing can not only be used to practice martial arts and sex techniques, but also to deduce martial arts techniques
While Qiao Mu was thinking, Hai Wuya beside him was also filled with emotion.
"I am not alone!" he sighed from the bottom of his heart.
The foreigners are high and mighty, the Great Yan Dynasty is servile, but Hai Wuya hopes that everyone will practice martial arts, prosper humanity, and open up a humanity without predecessors and companions.
I thought he was a lone pioneer, but now I know that there is another Qiao family in this world who is walking on a similar path as him. The two martial arts coincide and can confirm each other...
"I still underestimated the Qiao family. The Qiao family may have gone further than me on this path. The Qiao family is also more mysterious and more powerful than I thought." This thought flashed through Hai Wuya's mind.
He had also heard Qiao Zhong bragging in the Heavenly Prison about the countless elders of the Qiao family who were extremely powerful and stronger than him.
What? Qiao Zhong is just the weakest of the Qiao family members walking in Kyushu, there are stronger ones behind him...
Now he finally understood why the Qiao family had so many powerful elders. It turned out that they had a martial arts method similar to the "Sumeru Mountain King Sutra" which, like the "Eternal Life Fist Sutra", achieved the effect of "aging without decline" in an alternative way.
"One day, I really hope to go to that Peach Blossom Land and see in person the mysterious stone wall that inspired the Qiao family's ancestors to create their martial arts..." Hai Wuya sighed.
Chapter 146 Accelerating the Process of History
My path is not alone!
After learning from Qiao Mu that Qiao Mu had cultivated the Mount Sumeru King Sutra to the fifth level, Hai Wuya was obviously in high spirits. He pulled Qiao Mu aside to talk about martial arts, as if he had met a soulmate in his old age and could not stop talking.
Hai Wuya said:
"From ancient times to the present, martial artists have only known how to be brave and aggressive, how to improve their martial arts skills faster, and how to develop more powerful moves, but they have not known how to get to the bottom of things and explore the fundamentals of martial arts."
"Without the strong external pressure from the nine great immortal sects, martial arts would just be like the past thousands of years, repeating the same pattern of bravery and fighting without any major development."
"Just like the rise and fall of dynasties from ancient times to the present, it is nothing more than a repetition of history, with only the emperor's family name changed. How big of a difference can there be?"
Qiao Mu's eyes flickered slightly.
He also heard about Hai Wuya's reinstatement. As one of the six ministers of the Great Yan court, Hai Wuya's words sounded a bit treasonous.
He is worthy of being a man who has been in prison twice and spent thirty years in jail.
"The biggest difference between the present era and the past is the strong pressure on our Great Yan Dynasty from the immortal cultivators who suddenly appeared! This is an unprecedented catastrophe for the people of Jiuzhou." Hai Wuya sighed slightly:
"If there were no strange man, the Great Yan Dynasty today would not be much different from the many previous dynasties that were lost in history, and the same goes for the martial arts world."
Hearing these words, the jailer Fang Yuan broke out in a sweat, thinking to himself, is this something I can listen to
The famous doctor Dong Xinglin was absorbed in the painting and acted as if he had heard nothing, or even if he had heard it he pretended not to hear it.
Qiumu nodded deeply.
Hai Wuya said deeply: "If it weren't for the strangers who broke the order of the martial arts world and broke the gates of the Great Yan Kingdom, how could there be more people with lofty ideals and talents who sought change and survival, explored the fundamentals of martial arts, and sought the great cause of conquering the immortals with martial arts?"
"People in the Wu Ji Association often say that the Martial Saint is a natural genius. He has dominated the martial arts world for forty years, and his breakthroughs in martial arts are comparable to those of the past hundreds of years."
"In fact, this statement is also a way of taking credit for what others have done. This is not the work of the Martial Saint alone, but the result of the sacrifice and research of an entire generation of warriors. Although the Martial Saint is brilliant, he is only one of them." Hai Wuya said deeply:
"Saving the nation is not something that can be accomplished by just one or two talented people."
"People like that Martial Saint, and people like you and me, can only speed up the process and narrow the gap between the accumulation of years between the aliens and our human race."
Qiao Mu nodded in agreement.
Apart from anything else, his ability is to speed up the process and skip the accumulation of time through death.
"Brother Hai, can you tell me in detail what the root of martial arts is?"
Qiao Mu knew that Hai Wuya was different from others. He was a martial artist who came from a Confucian family. Although he had quite a lot of experience in martial arts, he was still a Confucian scholar in his fundamental cognition. That was why he was able to create such a unique martial arts method as "The Book of Humanity".
"In my opinion, the essence of modern martial arts is the process of refining essence into qi, and then refining qi into spirit." Hai Wuya explained:
"When the Qi and blood are full, the internal strength will be generated naturally. When the internal strength fills the Dantian, the next step is to cultivate the spirit."
"In my opinion, the so-called four paths of strength, power, skill and spirit can also be seen as the training of a warrior's spirit, energy and spirit, in addition to the skill."