Apprenticeship at Qingcheng Mountain, Senior Brother Yu Canghai

Chapter 228 Ascension...

"Senior, you have amazing talent!"

Chu Yuan praised.

Actually, the reason why he has cultivated to his current level is simply because he took a shortcut.

But the Xiaoyaozi in front of him is different. He relied on his own practice for a hundred years to reach his current level.

"Where's senior?"

Chu Yuan turned his gaze to the sweeping monk beside him.

Although the Sweeping Monk has always called Chu Yuan "fellow Taoist", Chu Yuan is still used to calling them "seniors".

"The same goes for the old monk."

The sweeping monk reached his fingers into the chess pot in front of him and picked up a piece. He had just finished speaking.

The next moment, an infinite amount of brilliant Buddha light seemed to appear behind him, but when he looked more closely, there was nothing there, as if everything just now was an illusion.

Chu Yuan knew that this was a manifestation of having comprehended Buddhism to a certain level, having cultivated Buddhist martial arts to the peak of the world, and having abundant innate true energy.

Like Xiaoyaozi, the Sweeping Monk has reached the stage of cultivating innate true qi and has cultivated it to a certain degree.

However, compared with Chu Yuan and Xiaoyaozi, the Sweeping Monk is obviously slightly inferior, and his innate true qi seems to be still a certain distance away from perfection.

Chu Yuan recalled the tentative fight he had with the Sweeping Monk before. The Sweeping Monk must have been hiding his abilities.

"The old Taoist calls the realm we are in 'Xiantian'. From cultivating inner strength to cultivating Xiantian Zhenqi, the Taoists also have the concepts of Xiantian Yuanqi and Xiantian Yiqi. When you reach the Xiantian realm, you can live much longer than ordinary people, and your mortal body will also have incredible power."

"It's just like how Young Master Chu destroyed the city gate of the Liao capital with one palm. However, the Xiantian Realm is the limit of this world. There is no way forward. That's why I, an old Taoist, have been trying to find a way to break the cage and escape from this world for so many years. Unfortunately, I have never found a way."

Xiaoyaozi looked at Chu Yuan and said.

Chu Yuan said at the right time: "Two seniors, recently I often have a premonition that I will soon leave this world."

Chu Yuan's words made Xiaoyaozi and the Sweeping Monk both look at him at once.

Xiaoyaozi looked surprised when he heard this: "Tell me in detail."

Chu Yuan said: "Before I went to the Liao Dynasty, the internal force in my Dantian Qi Sea showed signs of transforming into innate true qi. After going to the Liao Dynasty, the transformation speed was even faster. According to the current situation, it won't be long before my Qi Sea and Jiang Palace will be filled with innate true qi."

Xiaoyaozi was finally moved and asked in surprise: "There is such a thing?"

Although he had cultivated the innate true qi in the Crimson Palace to the limit, the internal force in the Qi Sea was still internal force, with no signs of transforming into innate true qi.

He has tried every possible method to achieve a breakthrough over the years.

He was born a Taoist priest, and he tried all the Taoist methods of inner and outer alchemy, but to no avail.

Some even tried to condense golden elixirs in their bodies like some Taoist predecessors, but without exception, they all failed.

He didn't expect that such a strange thing would happen to Chu Yuan, a teenager in his early twenties.

Could it be that by chance, Chu Yuan actually found a way to escape from this world?

Xiaoyaozi looked at the sweeping monk and said, "Monk, is the internal force in your Qi sea still internal force?"

The sweeping monk nodded and said, "That's natural."

Xiaoyaozi said: "We are all like this. In this case, it is Young Master Chu who is abnormal."

He didn't know whether these changes in Chu Yuan, which were very different from the two of them, were because Chu Yuan had opened up all the meridians in his body.

Xiaoyaozi asked Chu Yuan again: "Does this feeling of leaving this world feel strong?"

Chu Yuan nodded: "Very strong, and this feeling has been getting stronger recently."

Unlike the previous two times, this time the feeling was as if the whole world was secretly rejecting Chu Yuan.

Chu Yuan felt that if he left this world this time, he might be able to achieve enlightenment and ascend to heaven, or even break through the void.

Xiaoyaozi was no longer in the mood to play chess. He was a little excited, so he stood up and said to Chu Yuan, "Come on, Young Master Chu, let's fight a few moves."

He couldn't help but be excited. If what Chu Yuan said was true, then it meant that the method he had previously searched for to break the cage and escape from this world would probably come true on Chu Yuan.

Chu Yuan stood up and said, "It is better to obey than to be respectful."

Discussing and learning from Xiaoyaozi and the Sweeping Monk was the original purpose of his trip to Shaolin Temple.

Chu Yuan and Xiaoyaozi!
Suddenly, without warning, they each slapped out a palm and pushed towards the other's chest.

The palms of the two men collided in the air, and a violent energy burst out, sweeping across the second floor of the Sutra Repository like a hurricane, knocking down many bookshelves on the second floor and overturning scriptures to the ground.

The two men leaped up, their palms swift as the wind, turning into afterimages that kept colliding in the air, making muffled sounds...

As they continued to fight, their bodies rose higher and higher, directly smashing a big hole in the roof, and flew out of the hole, leaving only a mess on the second floor.

"They are both self-aware and did not fight in the Sutra Library. Otherwise, the Sutra Library would have been demolished."

The Sweeping Monk looked at the messy second floor with a somewhat relieved expression.

"I haven't seen you for a while. Little friend Chu's martial arts have become so powerful that he can even fight with my master."

When Wuyazi saw this scene, his eyes were filled with shock.

He and his master Xiaoyaozi have not seen each other for decades. In his heart, his master has always been a god-like figure.

Obviously, when they were at Leigushan before, he didn't think Chu Yuan was much stronger than him. It has only been such a short time since they last met, and Chu Yuan has grown to this level now.

"Don't sigh, fellow Taoist, you have wisdom that ordinary people cannot compare to."

When the Sweeping Monk heard Wuyazi's words, he said to Wuyazi.

Wuyazi: ...

The question is, is he an ordinary person?
He is the current leader of the Xiaoyao Sect. Although he was framed by his disciples and wife, he recovered from his injuries and ability to move with the help of Chu Yuan.

He thought he was one of the best masters in the world, but he was no match for Chu Yuan, his master and the Sweeping Monk.

"Let's go, go out and take a look, don't wait until your master is defeated by your fellow Taoist."

The Sweeping Monk said to Wuyazi again.

“Senior, you said my master would be defeated by Chu Dao…Senior?”

Wuyazi said in surprise.

Seeing that the Sweeping Monk called Chu Yuan "fellow Taoist", it would be a bit inappropriate for him to call Chu Yuan "little friend" again, so he could only change his words somewhat uncomfortably and call Chu Yuan "senior".

However, he felt uncomfortable seeing that Chu Yuan, whom he used to call his friend, suddenly became a peer of his master.

"It's hard to say. It's impossible under normal circumstances. Fellow Daoist Chu, you can't judge it by common sense."

said the sweeping monk.

Chu Yuan is a man of innate wisdom.

He just said it himself that he could leave this world at any time.

As they were talking, the Sweeping Monk and Wuyazi went downstairs together, left the Sutra Library, and started looking for Chu Yuan and Xiaoyaozi who were fighting.

A-Bi, who was waiting on the first floor, heard the noise on the second floor and followed out.

The two of them were very conspicuous and easy to find.

As soon as the Sweeping Monk and Wuyazi went out, they saw Chu Yuan and Xiaoyaozi fighting. Every punch and kick of theirs contained a thousand pounds of power and was indestructible.

Wherever I pass, there are houses, buildings, trees...

All of them were destroyed by the terrifying strength and palm power.

Although their speed was not very fast and everyone could barely see them clearly, the strength they displayed had completely surpassed the limits of what could be achieved through martial arts training.

The power of his palm shattered the wall, and the force of his fist collapsed the monk's house, as easy as tearing a piece of paper.

No one dared to get close within a hundred meters of the fight between the two, for fear of being affected by the aftermath of the fight.

The monks, led by Shaolin Temple's abbot Xuan Ku, had just rushed over after hearing the noise. When they saw the houses and halls collapsed where the two men had passed, everything was reduced to ruins, they immediately looked sad and angry, and looked distressed.

These two men didn't look like they were fighting, but rather they came specifically to destroy the Shaolin Temple.

"A sin!"

"Abbot, are we just going to watch them destroy the buildings of our Shaolin Temple?"

"Yes, is the thousand-year-old Shaolin Temple going to be destroyed in their hands?"

"We have to stop them!"

The old monks behind Xuan Ku were all filled with indignation.

"How can we stop it? Who of you is willing to stop it?"

When Xuan Ku heard this, although he was also heartbroken, he asked the old monks behind him.

Upon hearing this, the old monks were silent for a while, because according to their knowledge, they could tell that the two people fighting were no longer ordinary people, their powers were beyond imagination, and ordinary people could not intervene at all.

They, the abbots of various halls in Shaolin Temple, are also within the range of ordinary people.

"For now, if we want these two to stop, we have to rely on that senior."

Xuan Ku looked at the sweeping monk who had just walked out of the Sutra Repository with Wuyazi.

"what happened?"

At this time, another old monk in gray clothes came late after hearing the noise in the Sutra Repository, with a puzzled look on his face.

The old monk's Buddhist name is Liaochen, and he is none other than Qiao Feng's biological father, Xiao Yuanshan.

These days, after he was ordained as a monk in Shaolin Temple, although he was not accepted as a disciple by the Sweeping Monk, he often went to the Sutra Library to learn Buddhism from the Sweeping Monk.

Among the many monks in Shaolin Temple, he is the one who is most familiar with the Sweeping Monk.

"Liaochen, you have the most familiar relationship with the senior, why don't you ask the senior if you can stop Young Master Chu from fighting with another senior?"

Xuan Ku said to Chen Dao.

"Forget it, you don't have to go."

As soon as Xuan Ku finished speaking, he took back what he had just said.

Because he was watching from afar, at the same time he said this, the Sweeping Monk actually leaped a few times and flew over to join the battle between Chu Yuan and Xiaoyaozi.

I had originally hoped that the Sweeping Monk would help stop the two of them, but I didn't expect that the Sweeping Monk would join in himself.

There was no other way, they could only watch the battle from the sidelines.

……

the other side.

"Your master is not strong enough and may not be a match for Fellow Daoist Chu. I will go up and help him."

The Sweeping Monk watched for a while and suddenly said.

After saying that, he leaped up and joined the group in front of Wuyazi's incredulous look.

"My master and this senior attacked together. Is the senior Chu... really that powerful?"

When Wuyazi saw this scene, he felt a little bit unbelievable.

However, when he recalled that the Sweeping Monk had been chatting with his master before, he said that Chu Yuan was a man of innate wisdom, and later he broke into the palace of the Liao capital alone and forced the Liao emperor to withdraw his troops, he felt that it was reasonable.

"You're here too, monk?"

The original battle between two people was interrupted by another person, and it turned into a three-way fight. Xiaoyaozi took the time to talk to the Sweeping Monk.

"If I don't come, I'm afraid you won't be a match for Fellow Daoist Chu if I fight alone."

said the sweeping monk.

The Sweeping Monk was not worrying too much. He discovered that after the two of them had fought for dozens of moves, Chu Yuan already showed signs of suppressing Xiaoyaozi.

The reason for the gap between the two, the Sweeping Monk suspected, might be related to what Chu Yuan had just said, that his entire body's internal energy was transforming into innate true energy. "In that case, let the two of us work together to deal with Young Master Chu."

Xiaoyaozi said.

He did not look down on Chu Yuan. Chu Yuan was a man of innate wisdom and he could not treat Chu Yuan as an ordinary teenager in his early twenties.

Chu Yuan felt the innate true qi in his Dantian Qi Sea accelerating its transformation. He said to Xiaoyaozi and the Sweeping Monk, "Please help me, the two elders. The speed at which my internal force is transformed into innate true qi is getting faster and faster."

Xiaoyaozi and the Sweeping Monk looked at each other, and Xiaoyaozi said, "Boy, today we want to see if you can achieve enlightenment and ascend to heaven."

The sweeping monk said, "Fellow Daoist Chu, since our cooperation will benefit you, then I will be offended."

Xiaoyaozi and the Sweeping Monk attacked Chu Yuan together!
Chu Yuan said: "Two seniors, the destructive power of the fight between you and me is too strong. If we still fight in Shaolin Temple, this thousand-year-old temple will be destroyed by you and me today!"

The Sweeping Monk heard this and then he remembered that he was also a member of the Shaolin Temple. He secretly said with shame in his heart: "Young Master Chu, then in your opinion, where should we go to fight?"

Chu Yuan said: "Let's go to the mountain of Shaolin Temple."

Shaolin Temple is located at the foot of the Five Breast Peaks of Shaoshi Mountain, and Shaoshi Mountain consists of thirty-six peaks, all of which are places where Chu Yuan and the other two can enjoy fighting to their heart's content.

Xiaoyaozi agreed: "Okay."

Then the three of them fought and retreated, heading out of Shaolin Temple.

Xuan Ku looked at the three people who left and secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "Finally they left."

……

at the same time.

Qiao Feng, Duan Yu, A Zi, Zhang Qiu and others also arrived at the gate of Shaolin Temple.

Before explaining their purpose to the monks welcoming guests at Shaolin Temple, they heard thunderous sounds coming from inside the Shaolin Temple.

"What kind of weather is this on Mount Shaoshi? Why is there thunder on a sunny day?"

Zhang Qiu said with some dissatisfaction.

As soon as he finished speaking, three figures rushed out from the Shaolin Temple quickly, crossed the wall of the Shaolin Temple, flew over the heads of the crowd, and quickly disappeared.

They flew nearly ten feet in the air, using only the roofs and treetops for support, rising and falling like the legendary gods.

One could only vaguely see that among the three figures, there was an old monk and an old Taoist.

The other person looked like a teenager.

"Brother-in-law, why does one of them look like Brother Chu?"

Ah Zi saw this scene and said.

"It's not like that, it's him."

Qiao Feng said with a serious expression.

His martial arts skills were the best among the crowd, so he could see the three figures that just flashed by more clearly.

Among the three people who just fought, in addition to Chu Yuan, there was also the sweeping monk who had been seen in the Shaolin Temple's Sutra Library before.

"I saw it too. It was indeed my second brother."

Duan Yu also said.

Although his martial arts skills were not as good as Qiao Feng's, the gap between them was not that big, and he also saw Chu Yuan.

"You said that among those three people just now, one of them was the Azure Lotus Messenger?"

Zhangqiu wondered.

No wonder he dared to break into the Liao Palace alone and force the Liao emperor to withdraw his troops.

Just the stunning glimpse of lightness skills just now was something Zhangqiu had never seen in his life.

Not only that, the old Taoist and the old monk who just fought with the Green Lotus Messenger Chu Yuan also had extraordinary and otherworldly martial arts.

I really don't know when there appeared so many senior masters in this world who are hard to find and disappear.

"Yes, sir."

Qiao Feng responded.

As soon as Qiao Feng finished speaking, he saw a group of people walking out of the Shaolin Temple.

Among them were some old monks headed by Xuan Ku, the current abbot of Shaolin Temple, and some young disciples of Shaolin Temple who came out to watch the fun, Qiao Feng's father Lechen and Wuyazi, who had already become monks, as well as many pilgrims who came to Shaolin Temple to play and burn incense and happened to see this scene.

"Master!"

When Qiao Feng saw Xuan Ku and Le Chen, he first walked up to Xuan Ku and performed the master-disciple ceremony to him.

"father!"

He walked in front of Chen again and called out to him.

"Amitabha."

Liaochen chanted a Buddhist name: "Donor, I am now a monk. The secular world is far away from me. From now on, there will only be Liaochen, a monk of Shaolin Temple. There will no longer be Xiao Yuanshan."

Seeing his own father say this, Qiao Feng felt a little depressed.

Although Xiao Yuanshan didn't raise me much, he is still my biological father.

"If you are here for Young Master Chu, hurry up and follow."

After leaving a word, Xuan Ku led the monks of Shaolin Temple to follow the direction the three people had just left.

"Follow."

Zhang Qiu said immediately.

He came here just for Chu Yuan. Now that Chu Yuan has been found, he naturally cannot give up.

So Qiao Feng and others followed the steps of the Shaolin monks in front.

They followed for a short distance and then stopped.

Because the three men stopped and continued fighting without any hesitation after they were five or six miles away from Shaolin Temple.

Trees were destroyed and fell to the ground in large numbers by the innate true qi of the three people.

The bluestones, with diameters ranging from one meter to nearly ten feet, would explode when hit by the fists of the three men, with broken stones flying everywhere.

The plants, trees and rocks were all destroyed by the terrifying internal force and energy.

Chu Yuan, Xiaoyaozi and the Sweeping Monk each used their own martial arts.

Chu Yuan's "Nine Heavens Gangqi"!
The Sweeping Monk’s three-foot air wall!

Xiaoyaozi has mastered all kinds of incredible Xiaoyao sect martial arts with ease, and has reached the level of turning decay into magic!
In addition, Xiaoyaozi has reached the state of unity between man and nature. Every move he performs can borrow a little bit of the natural power of heaven and earth, and every punch and palm strike has incredible power.

The same goes for the Sweeping Monk, he integrated Buddhist teachings into his own fists.

Originally, the power of the 72 Shaolin unique skills was only first-rate in the martial arts world, but when they were performed in his hands, there was a feeling of selflessness, invincibility, and yet great compassion, and the desire to save the world.

Everyone was waiting a hundred feet away from where Chu Yuan, Xiaoyaozi and the Sweeping Monk were fighting, and they didn't dare to get too close.

Because when the three men were fighting, the violent gust of wind blew in their faces like a gale, and the splashing gravel could even penetrate the bark of the trees around them. They were afraid that if they got too close, they would be accidentally injured by the aftermath of the fight between the three men.

"Is this really the level of martial arts that human beings can reach?"

Zhang Qiu, the chief officer of the Imperial City Department, saw this scene not far away and muttered to himself.

He even suspected that if such people were surrounded by a large army, the army would not be able to keep them.

No wonder the Liao emperor, when forced to withdraw his troops by Chu Yuan, did not send a large army to encircle and kill Chu Yuan.

Hearing the sigh of Zhangqiu, the eunuch of the imperial court, Qiao Feng, who was standing next to him, also felt filled with emotion.

He originally thought that he had mastered the Shaolin Temple's "Yi Jin Jing" and "Shen Zu Jing" and was already on par with Chu Yuan. But now it seems that there is still a huge gap between him and the real masters in the world.

……

As the last bit of internal strength in Chu Yuan’s dantian was transformed into innate true qi.

The repulsive force of heaven and earth that Chu Yuan had barely felt before suddenly increased countless times.

boom!
Chu Yuan's body resonated with the outside world, and at the same time, a loud bang was heard.

The sky above Mount Shaoshi suddenly broke, and a black crack appeared.

The Sweeping Monk and Xiaoyaozi stopped tacitly. A horrified thought flashed through their minds: could this kid really be going to achieve enlightenment and ascend to heaven, breaking through the void?
Chu Yuan bowed to the Sweeping Monk and Xiaoyaozi and said, "Thank you both for your help. We will meet again if we are lucky."

The Sweeping Monk and Xiaoyaozi were so nervous at this time that they didn't even have time to respond to Chu Yuan.

Chu Yuan's body flew directly into the air. There was a huge suction force in the black gap, controlling Chu Yuan.

Speaking of which, Chu Yuan had been a soul traveler before.

This is the first time that he has relied on his own strength to achieve enlightenment, break through the void, and go to another world.

After his body rose more than a hundred feet, Chu Yuan approached the black gap in the air.

Just when he thought he was about to break through the void.

The black gap suddenly disappeared, and a terrifying force squeezed Chu Yuan's body. After a burst of severe pain, Chu Yuan completely lost consciousness.

……

"What's going on? Has the Azure Lotus Envoy attained enlightenment and ascended to heaven?"

Zhang Qiu asked Qiao Feng who was beside him.

Qiao Feng: ???
You ask me, who should I ask?

From the beginning to the end, I had no idea that my sworn brother could be so awesome, okay?
"Brother Chu..."

A-Bi stood among the crowd, staring blankly at Chu Yuan disappearing over Mount Shaoshi. For a moment, she couldn't even feel sad.

Ah Zi also looked at the direction where Chu Yuan disappeared, her expression complicated.

No matter whether she loved or hated Chu Yuan, from now on, Chu Yuan would no longer exist in this world.

"Old Taoist priest, what do you think?"

The Sweeping Monk asked Xiaoyaozi beside him.

Just now, they were the closest to Chu Yuan, so they saw Chu Yuan's situation most clearly.

“He did ascend, but it seems he didn’t succeed. When the gap finally disappeared, he was squeezed to pieces!”

Xiaoyaozi was somewhat silent.

If even Chu Yuan failed to ascend, then his previous hope of breaking free from the cage and escaping from the constraints of the world would be nothing more than his own delusion.

“The old monk saw it, too.”

The sweeping monk sighed.

"Don't tell anyone about this, otherwise the people related to Fellow Daoist Chu will be heartbroken."

said the sweeping monk.

"I know, I'm leaving first."

Xiaoyaozi turned around and said.

"Where to go?"

"I don't know, find a place to stay!"

After experiencing this incident, it was a huge blow to Xiaoyaozi.

Chu Yuan's appearance was originally his hope, but this hope came and went quickly.

(End of this chapter)