Traveling the Heavens in Thunderbolt

Chapter 38 The Secret of Immortality
The most mysterious thing about the "Secret of Immortality" is the oracle bone inscriptions on it.

In the original novel, Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling only needed to practice one of the seven illustrations each to become great masters, but the crucial oracle bone script at the front was incomprehensible and undecipherable, which also resulted in the complete version of "The Secret of Immortality" never being truly seen.

Since the Tang Dynasty, no one except those related to Shuanglong could learn this skill, which resulted in no follow-up to the "Changsheng Jue" set of skills, making it impossible for people to get a glimpse of the full picture like in "Tianmo Strategy" and "War God Atlas".

You should know that among the four great books, except for the counterfeit "Cihang Sword Canon", the other three are all martial arts that claim to be able to break the void.

If we talk about who in this world knows best about the "Secret of Immortality", Ling Dong is second to none and no one dares to say they are first.

It is said that this book is a Taoist classic written by Guangchengzi when he read "Illustrated Book of the God of War" and realized the mysteries of heaven, earth and the universe from it. It, like "The Plan of the Heavenly Demon", also comes from "Illustrated Book of the God of War".

It was later said that Ying's martial arts skills improved greatly after he read the "Record of the God of War" in Jingyan Palace, and he finally leaped onto a horse and flew away.

There is no reason why Guangchengzi's "Secrets of Immortality" is more difficult to understand than the older "Illustrated Records of the God of War". This also does not conform to Guangchengzi's original intention of writing this book to pass on knowledge to the world.

The cultivation method required in "The Secret of Immortality" made Donglai feel familiar.

This sense of familiarity came from another strange book that he had once sent people out to sea to search for in vain in the Tianlong world, using his power as an emperor.

Taixuan Jing

This book comes from "The Knight-errant" and has remained on the Knight-errant Island since its publication. Although countless martial arts masters have been invited to the island to watch, no one has been able to practice it.

It was not until the arrival of a man that the mystery of this martial art was solved. That man was Shi Potian, who was called the "reincarnation of Buddha", also known as the "Dog Brother" mentioned earlier.

Because he was illiterate and had no intention of practicing, he just read the Taixuan Sutra out of curiosity. However, he did not expect that these reasons made all the words in the Taixuan Sutra meaningless to him.

He just followed the sword intent, sword momentum and the general outline tadpole script on the characters, and his inner energy flowed naturally, with his hands dancing and singing. By the time he had finished reading it from beginning to end, he had already mastered this magical skill.

Just like the method used by "Dog Brother" Shi Potian to practice the "Tai Xuan Sutra".

Ling Donglai has also tried not to treat the oracle bone inscriptions in "The Secret of Immortality" as words, but as a method of operating internal breath.

Let your mind reach a state of unity between man and nature, and your inner breath flow along with the oracle bone inscriptions on it.

Donglai suddenly felt that his mind was guided by the "Eternal Life Secret", and he came to a large hall. The ceiling of the hall was engraved with the stars in the sky, and there were forty-nine reliefs on both sides in front of him. On the huge wall inside the hall, it was engraved: Heaven and earth are not benevolent, and treat all things as straw dogs. Although there were no words on the reliefs, Donglai could feel the martial arts truth.

These reliefs are none other than "The Atlas of the God of War", the most illusory of the four great books, and are also the source of the other three books. Ling Donglai is now in the Jingyan Palace where he has been searching for many years in vain.

However, in a short while, Ling Donglai integrated the true meaning of the forty-nine pictures into his own "Senluo Wanxiang".

Even though Ling Donglai had practiced martial arts such as the "Six Forbidden Styles", he couldn't help but sigh that this skill was truly a work that took away the fortune of heaven and earth.

The martial arts principles in each of the forty-nine pictures can be used in any moves, and the moves obtained through the relief pictures are also different for each person, comparable to the "martial arts fanatic's unique skills", which can enable practitioners to break through to the state of shattering the void (the innate state of the realm of suffering). After reading these relief pictures, Ling Donglai became more certain of his guess that the seven pictures at the end of "The Secret of Immortality" were Taoist classics written by Guangchengzi after watching the catalog and combining his own learning.

But what Ling Donglai never expected was that the oracle bone inscriptions in the first volume were not made by Guangchengzi based on the atlas, but were used to guide the practitioners of "The Secret of Immortality" and to transfer their spirits to the Jingyan Palace through the air, so that they would not have to pursue the Jingyan Palace which could move and change its position on its own and had to cross the magic dragon guarding the palace before they could enter.

But if one's spirit is to be able to reach this place, two conditions must be met. The practitioner must have reached the state of unity between man and nature (supreme master) and be a person who practices "The Secret of Immortality".

Ling Donglai withdrew his mind from the Secret of Immortality, and respectfully placed it on a high place. In the astonished eyes of the crowd, he bowed deeply to it and said, "Thank you for your teachings, senior."

Then he came to Shuanglong and asked curiously, "What martial arts did you learn from the "Eternal Life Secret"?"

Upon hearing this, Ling Donglai smiled and said, "Of course there is, look." He stretched out his hand and attracted the two dragons to stretch their heads to look.

Suddenly, he changed his fist into a finger and pointed out fiercely, restraining the two dragons. He placed both palms on top of their heads, and his extremely strong internal force poured into the two men continuously, opening their tendons and expanding their veins. The pain was like that of thousands of ants biting their bodies, causing the two men to scream in pain.

Fu Jun'er was so concerned that she went forward to rescue them, but was stopped by Song Shidao, "Miss Fu, please calm down. Look carefully. Grandmaster Ling is giving these two little brothers a great opportunity."

However, it was Lingdong who used his own inner strength to guide the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to help the two dragons to change their tendons and marrow and be reborn.

As Ling Donglai injected his internal energy into the two dragons, amazing changes occurred on their bodies. Their originally dark skin gradually turned pink and white. The two of them fainted from the pain and no longer cried out.

It was not until sunset that Ling Donglai finished his training. His face was pale. After asking Song Shidao to arrange for people to carry Shuanglong down to rest, he immediately sat cross-legged and practiced Qigong to recuperate the consumed true energy.

At this moment, Fu Jun'er, who did not enter the cabin with Song Shidao and the others, took action.

She was seen walking slowly towards Ling Donglai who was practicing martial arts, using her palms and fingers as swords, intending to kill Ling Donglai who had exhausted himself from cleaning his tendons and meridians for her two "godsons".

Why did Fu Jun'er want to kill Ling Donglai?

Just because she was from Goguryeo and Ling Donglai was from Central Earth, he had defeated two great masters three years ago and was invincible. An important reason why Yang Guang had failed in his three expeditions to Goguryeo was that no one under his command could stop the assassination of Fu Cailin, the great master, which resulted in his generals being killed one after another. The battlefield command could not be conveyed in time, thus giving Goguryeo a chance to counterattack.

If China wants to start a war again in the future, there is no guarantee that Ling Donglai will come to help, and Goguryeo will undoubtedly be defeated.

Just like the previous Battle of Yanmen Pass, it was Ling Donglai's intervention that caused the Turkic troops to withdraw. Moreover, in the past three years, except for Qu Ao, who was not afraid of death and sent people to Middle-earth to test, no one else dared to enter Middle-earth.

What's more, before she entered the Middle-earth, Fu Cailin not only asked her to assassinate Yang Guang, but also gave her the task of stirring up chaos in the Middle-earth martial arts world. If she could kill Ling Donglai here, the situation would surely return to the three-way balance of power before Ling Donglai was born.

Moreover, this is the only chance to kill Ling Donglai. If he is given time to recuperate and recover, no one will be able to kill him after that.

Fu Jun'er made up her mind and concentrated all her strength on her fingertips, hoping to kill with one strike, but at this moment, a voice came in and resolved the situation.

(End of this chapter)