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The Arhat's magical skill of subduing demons comes from the world of "Xia Ke Xing" and was created by a senior monk of the previous generation of Shaolin sect.

This magical skill is a culmination of Buddhist internal skills, and its subtlety and mystery are not inferior to the Shaolin School's signature magical skill "Yi Jin Jing".

Before being obtained by Shi Potian, the eighteen clay dolls that recorded this magical skill had changed hands through eleven owners, but no one had figured out the mystery. Unexpectedly, by chance, they fell into Fang Hao's hands.

"The Arhat Subduing Demon Art is extremely difficult to master. Just the first step of focusing the mind and returning to the origin requires the practitioner to eliminate all worldly concerns and distracting thoughts. Not even one in a hundred thousand people can do it." Fang Hao said.

Many of the peerless martial arts skills in Jin Yong's martial arts world have extremely high requirements on the practitioner's character.

For example, the Shaolin School's "Yi Jin Jing" requires practitioners to see through the "self-image and the image of others"; another example is the "Arhat Subduing Demons Magical Art", which requires practitioners to "concentrate the mind and return to the origin". To put it bluntly, practitioners must not have an obsession with martial arts.

Anyone who practices martial arts wouldn't want to improve his or her martial arts skills. But if he or she does so, he or she will fall into the three poisons of greed, anger, and ignorance, and there will be no possibility of mastering the unique skills.

In this way, it became a paradox to want to cultivate the "Arhat Subduing Demons Divine Art". The more people wanted to learn, the harder it was to learn, and the more people didn't want to learn, the less likely they were to learn.

In the original novel, the reason why Shi Potian was able to learn this magical skill was thanks to his "innocent heart" that was not tainted by the dust of the world.

For Fang Hao, he doesn't have a pure heart, but with the help of the innate immortal spiritual light to cheat, he can completely imitate the mentality of "concentrating the mind and returning to the origin", so that it is possible for him to practice the "Arhat Subduing Demons Magical Art".

The martial arts of the Holy Fire Order have extremely strong demonic nature and great lethality, and can be regarded as the pinnacle of unconventional martial arts. However, the unconventional sword skills will not last long after all, and the righteous and unique martial arts are the right way.

It's like Zhang Wuji in the original novel. Although he was ambushed by Feng Yun Yue San of the Persian Ming Cult when they first met, once he adapted to the rhythm of the Holy Fire Token's magic, he understood its essence.

Relying on the solid foundation built by the Nine Yang Magic Art and the Great Shift of the Universe Magic Art, he can turn the tables and beat the three envoys of Feng Yunyue.

Therefore, going from being a demon to becoming a Taoist is the path to success for Fang Hao in the future of martial arts.

However, the starting point of the Holy Fire Token's magic was too high, and it was difficult for him to acquire the righteous skills that matched it.

If Fang Hao was asked to give up the internal force of the Holy Fire Token and learn some Shaolin basic internal skills or other martial arts, he would be unwilling to do so.

Therefore, the idea of ​​"from the devil to the Tao" was delayed. After all, it is better to have nothing than to have something bad.

The appearance of Arhat's magic power to subdue demons perfectly solved the problem Fang Hao was facing now.

"The magical power of the Holy Fire Token originated from Persia. The Qi circulation route is very different from that in the Central Plains. It does not go through the twelve main meridians or the eight extraordinary meridians. This also creates conditions for me to cultivate the Arhat magic power to subdue demons." Fang Hao's eyes were gleaming with divine light.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that his plan was feasible, so he immediately began to practice according to the Qi circulation route on the first wooden arhat.

The qi circulation route on the first wooden arhat starts from the Yongquan point, passes through the Ran Gu, Zhao Hai, Tai Xi, Shui Quan, Tai Zhong, Fu Liu, Jiao Xin acupoints, goes up along the foot, to the transverse bone, Tai He, Qi Xue, Siman, Zhong Zhu, Yu Yu, Shang Qu on the abdomen and ends at the Lian Quan point under the tongue. What is practiced is the "Foot Shao Yin Kidney Meridian".

It doesn't look difficult to practice, but the first step, "Concentrating the mind and returning to the origin", keeps 99% of people who practice martial arts out.

"Calm your mind and concentrate your spirit, and clear your heart and soul!"

Fang Hao tried hard to collect his mind and subdue the distracting thoughts in his heart. This process was not easy, because smart people always think a lot, but if they are dull, they can't figure out the various changes in the myriad of things. At this moment, a point of immortal spiritual light lit up at the position of Fang Hao's upper elixir, illuminating the microcosm of the human body.

Fang Hao completely sank into the ethereal and clear "return to origin state". The internal force of the Holy Fire Order that he had been practicing came out from the Dantian Qi Sea. He practiced it three times according to the method of practicing the "Foot Shaoyin Kidney Meridian" on the first Wooden Arhat. Then he closed his eyes and practiced his energy without looking at the Wooden Arhat. He felt that everything was going smoothly and there was no hindrance at all.

After practicing the first Wooden Arhat, Fang Hao switched to another one. The second Wooden Arhat recorded the practice method of "Hand Yangming Large Intestine Meridian".

Fang Hao followed suit, and before long, he had mastered the "Hand Yangming Large Intestine Meridian" part.

From then on, he devoted himself to cultivation wholeheartedly, and was completely oblivious to the external world. When the east was about to dawn, he finally mastered all the training methods of the eighteen wooden arhats.

Just when Fang Hao was trying to use all of the Arhat Subduing Demon Skills to circulate Qi through the whole body, something strange happened.

It turned out that the scenes of Fang Hao killing greedy local tyrants, bandits and bullies in the past were reflected in the depths of Fang Hao's soul.

Among them, there is a scene where Fang Hao breaks into Wang Yuanwai's mansion at night, kills "Golden Eyed Eagle" Jiang Biao, and kills Wang Yuanwai's entire family.

There are also scenes where Fang Hao kills the magistrate of Mingguang County, the "descending tiger" Tian Heng, and the "sitting tiger" Song Bao during the refugee riot.

There are also the wailings of people who died directly or indirectly at the hands of Fang Hao in the past two years.

These complicated thoughts had clearly been suppressed by the immortal spiritual light in his heart, but they popped up when Fang Hao was using all his strength to control the internal force of the "Holy Fire Order Magic Skill" with the "Arhat Subduing Demon Magic Skill".

"Yes, the Holy Fire Token magic skill is at the pinnacle of the side sects. One must be crazy to succeed. The deeper one is possessed by the devil, the stronger the power. After more than two years of practice, my Holy Fire Token magic skill has already reached the top level. The Arhat Demon Subduing Magic Skill, which I have just learned, seems unable to control it!" Fang Hao understood in his heart.

This is just like the Shaolin monks practicing the 72 unique skills. In Fang Hao's opinion, the idea that every Shaolin unique skill requires corresponding Buddhist teachings to be resolved is all nonsense.

The reason why it is difficult to practice all the Shaolin martial arts skills simultaneously is, on the surface, that the energy of each martial art is different, either hard or soft, or moderate and peaceful, and difficult to control. However, in reality, it is because of insufficient cultivation of the mind and character, and the inability to control the energy with the spirit.

A martial arts master like Bodhidharma has perfected his spiritual practice and can learn any of the 72 unique skills just by bowing his head.

What is the Dharma? Bodhidharma himself is the Dharma!
"Yes, it seems that my physical body has not been cultivated enough. If I want to achieve 'from the devil to the Tao', I still need an opportunity." Fang Hao thought thoughtfully.

Looking at the content displayed in the destiny space, it seemed to confirm his guess.

"Name: Fang Hao
Source: Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber

Identity: Master of the Mingjiao Haozhou branch, leader of the Hengshan righteous army
Realm: First energy level middle

Abilities: Holy Fire Token Magic Skill (mastered), Arhat Subduing Demon Magic Skill (not yet mastered), Heavenly Net Palm (master), Light Smoke Step (master), Bone-piercing Nail (master), Five Tigers Breaking Door Knife (master), Arhat Fist (master), Jade-breaking Fist (master), Muscle-splitting and Bone-dislocating Hand (master), Sound-hearing and Acupuncture Point-identifying Technique (master), Wall-climbing Skill (master)..."

Frankly speaking, Fang Hao had learned a lot of different martial arts in order to learn from the best of many schools, but when it came to fighting against real masters, only the magical power of the Holy Fire Token could help. (End of this chapter)