Martial Arts and Longevity: Starting from the Spiritual Beast Picture

Chapter 138 Tianshui Pavilion Looking for Strange Beasts
After exchanging a few more pleasantries, Zhao Lin said goodbye to the two enthusiastic senior brothers, and went straight to the "Tianshui Pavilion" at the foot of the mountain without stopping.

There is a natural lake at the west foot of Xingyun Mountain, and there is a book collection pavilion beside the lake.

Because there are few trees by the lake and a wide field of vision, looking from the lake to the distance, the sky and water are one, so Zangshu Pavilion is named Tianshui Pavilion.

Tianshui Pavilion is shared by the disciples of the Outer Academy and the Dance Elephant Academy.

It was already afternoon, and most of the disciples had finished their day of cultivation. Hundreds of disciples were reading books at their desks in the pavilion, or wandering through the bookshelves to browse.

Contrary to what Zhao Lin thought at first, Tianshui Pavilion has almost no cultivation methods, but a large number of martial arts practice notes and miscellaneous books of seniors.

After some inquiries, Zhao Lin understood the intention of doing so.

Cultivation techniques are the foundation of the sect. Putting the precious exercises together in one place, in case of fire, water or accident, the sect will suffer heavy losses.

Moreover, there is another disadvantage of open exercises: most of the disciples have limited concentration, and they are easy to be happy when they see a good exercise, and they can't help practicing according to it.

In the end, I learned a bunch of messy and useless exercises, which delayed my normal practice.

Therefore, if a disciple wants to practice a certain method, he must seek instructions from his master or the elders who teach it, and they will decide whether to teach it or not according to the student's situation.

Another point is that reading in Tianshui Pavilion does not require any sect achievements or expensive purchases.

The reason is very simple, every sect hopes that their disciples will cultivate diligently, and they will not artificially set up obstacles, or play tricks.

Doing so will only force the disciples to go out to watch the scene for escorts to earn money, or even kill people and sell goods.

Zhao Lin has been here many times, so he is familiar with the road, so he went directly to the second floor and looked from the eighth row of bookshelves.

The Xingyun Sect has a long history and has accumulated a large number of practice notes over thousands of years.

These notes are very useful for those who practice the same skills. Zhao Lin has read a few notes on Shi Xiaoquan and Guijia Jin, and he feels that he has benefited a lot.

However, the purpose of his visit this time was to find records about strange beasts.

Martial arts practice is very important, but the spirit beast picture is even more important.

Zhao Lin recently observed the five spirits in the spirit beast map, and found that their speeds of producing white mist were very different.

Xiong Wei's spirit is still strong, releasing a large amount of white mist every day, followed by leopards, white-throated swallows, and mink smelling slightly worse.

As for the chrysanthemum-headed bat, it seems that the energy has reached its end, and the white mist released is getting less and less.

Zhao Lin speculates that this is because the spirit's ability has reached its upper limit, and it is already difficult to provide assistance to himself.

If you want to continue to improve, you must absorb stronger spirits.

The Xingyun Sect does have a catalog of strange beasts in Yanyun Mountain, but it is only in the hands of the head, elders, and head of the school, and it is not open to disciples.

The reason is, firstly, the internal organs of many alien beasts are precious medicinal materials, and they cannot be hunted casually, otherwise the alien beasts will die, and they can only be replaced with low-level beast internal organs, which will greatly reduce the efficacy of the medicine.

So the fewer people who know about the beast, the better.

Two, the beasts are ferocious, and even blood-level disciples will be in danger if they encounter them, so the mountain where the beasts infested is simply designated as a restricted area, and people below the elders are not allowed to enter.

Zhao Lin couldn't get the catalog of alien beasts, but he figured out a way: through the notes of the seniors of the sect, look for the texts related to alien beasts!
Most of the martial arts practitioners write practice notes very casually. They not only record their martial arts experience, but also often write some trivial matters that have nothing to do with martial arts, which is a bit like a travel journal or even a diary.

After looking through the notes a lot, Zhao Lin really found a lot of descriptions about strange beasts.It’s just that the workload is very heavy, and you can only read one by one, which is quite time-consuming and energy-consuming.

After more than half a month, more than [-] records of strange beasts were found.

Zhao Lin categorized these strange beasts, and found that they can be roughly divided into two types in terms of appearance.

One type is the same species as bears, which can be found in wild animals.

For example, Zhu Hao's similar species are wild boars, green scorpions, fire cloud silkworms, and silver-winged bats, which are insects and beasts that can be known by their names.

Another type of strange beast has no similar close relatives among wild beasts.

A senior warrior recorded in his notes a strange beast with the head of a leopard and the body of a bull with a single horn on its head.

There are also people who have seen a fish on the seashore, which not only has the same fins and scales as ordinary fish, but also has a pair of non-wet wings that can take off from the water.

Zhao Lin could only guess what they looked like based on his imagination.

Why are there strange beasts?
Zhao Lin has always been curious about this question.

This world is similar to the ancient times in my previous life, the difference is the prosperity of martial arts and the existence of strange beasts.

"Perhaps there are some invisible things in the air of this world, subtly transforming the bodies of birds, beasts, insects and fish, including humans."

While thinking, Zhao Lin flipped through the notes with his eyes.

Suddenly, a paragraph of text came into view and attracted his attention.

"In June of Ganlu 43, I met a strange fish on the third mountain from the east of Yuanze..."

Strange fish?

Zhao Lin frowned, slowed down the page turning, and began to read carefully.

I saw that the note went on to write: "I was sitting by a pool to rest at that time. The water in the pool was clear and without waves. I happened to be thirsty, so I took out the water bag to fill some water."

"Unexpectedly, as soon as the water bag was put into the pool, the water suddenly boiled like boiling, and a big black fish the size of a calf floated to the surface."

"I thought to myself that even the food was also taken care of, so I waited for it to get close and swung the sword to chop it off. Unexpectedly, the big fish twisted and shot a white light, which hit the blade of the sword."

"I just felt convulsions all over my body, like a lightning strike, and I lost consciousness immediately. When I opened my eyes again, it was already dark, and I was lying a few feet away from the pool..."

Zhao Lin slowly turned the note back to the first page, and read it again from beginning to end. He was sure that this big fish was a strange beast like an electric eel.

The person who wrote the notes was named Wu Jiangwei, who was born in the third year of Ganlu. He was 40 years old at the time.

The discharge of the strange fish can fly out the flashlight of the blood-level master, which is much more powerful than the electric eel.

Judging from the later description, Wu Jiangwei didn't know what electricity was, thought he had encountered a monster, had a deep fear of strange fish from the bottom of his heart, and never set foot on Yuanze Mountain again in his life.

"Manna 43 years..."

Zhao Lin muttered softly. He had read the history book of Dayue "800 Years of Jianyuan", and vaguely remembered that Ganlu was the year name more than 100 years ago.

I wonder if that big fish is still alive?
Zhao Lin has long wanted to have the ability to discharge electricity, but he has never encountered any animal or fish with this ability.

Discharge is simply an ability stronger than strength and speed. No wonder even blood-level warriors are psychologically shadowed.

"Yuanze Mountain, the third peak from the east, a deep water pool..."

Zhao Lin silently kept the information in his heart, and prepared to go back and write it on paper.

Let alone longevity, if you get the ability to discharge, then you will not be far from being invincible.

(End of this chapter)