Traveling through the heavens from swallowing

Chapter 12: You Still Have to Find an Opportunity
After the defense, Liu Mang announced on the spot who had obtained the qualifications to become the priests of the Fuwei Escort Agency. There were 48 people in total. Except for 3 people who refused to be recruited, this event recruited a total of 45 priests, including even a first-class master!
Including the 16 priests recruited in the last "revenge" operation, the Fuwei Escort Agency now has a total of 61 priests!

The strength of the Fuwei Escort Agency can be said to have increased dramatically, and its high-end combat power has fully reached the level of a first-class sect. Among the Five Mountains Sword Sects, only the Songshan Sect is stronger than it, and the other four sects can only be on par with the Fuwei Escort Agency at best.

Of course, we have to exclude some spies sent by other forces, but even if we exaggerate a little, half of them are spies, 30 second-rate high-level masters and above, plus Liu Mang himself, the Fuwei Escort Agency is powerful enough.

What Liu Mang needs to consider now is how to train all these second-rate masters to the first-rate. Since there is no inheritance, the independent masters have basically not practiced any more advanced skills. If the Sanyang Gong and other treasured martial arts are distributed, these skills are all advanced skills that are not inferior to the Huashan Hunyuan Gong, and the upper limit is definitely more than first-rate, which is enough for the priests to practice for two or three years.

After two years, when he has brought his internal strength to the ultimate level, those with better aptitude may be able to break through to the first-class level on their own, but the vast majority of people probably won't be able to do so. At this time, he can rely on his insight and understanding at the ultimate level to guide them one by one, greatly increasing their chances of breaking through to the first-class level!

The top level can already be called a master in the world. The benefits that a top level brings to a force are far more than just an additional high-end combat power.

Just like the Songshan Sect, which was originally quite average in strength and could not produce many top-notch masters. However, Zuo Lengchan transformed the Songshan Sect by himself. He not only organized and integrated the martial arts of the sect, greatly improving the power of the various martial arts of the Songshan Sect, but also vigorously cultivated disciples and created the famous Songshan Thirteen Guardians!

The title of Grandmaster is well-deserved!
Then in the same way, if Zuo Lengchan can do it, why can't I, Liu Mang, do it? That's impossible!
By now, the Fuwei Escort Agency had enough personnel. Next, Liu Mang decided to practice in seclusion and strive to reach the top level as soon as possible.

It is worth mentioning that after the game, Yue Buqun secretly looked for him once. A man in black and masked came up to him late at night and led him to the woods to fight with him.

Zixia's magic skill is indeed a magic skill. Even though Yue Buqun was hiding his true features and did not dare to reveal them, Liu Mang still had a hard time in this battle.

They were both at the first-rate level, and Yue Buqun's internal energy was ten times greater than his, and its purity was also much higher than his. In addition, knowing that he was very good at horizontal training, he completely gave up on sword attacks and used palm techniques to continuously stimulate corrosive internal energy attacks. Even though his physical body had greatly reduced the strength of his internal energy, Liu Mang still almost exhausted his internal energy to gain an advantage and a small victory!
Then there was a back and forth test. Yue Buqun was eager to obtain the Manual of the Sword of Exorcism. He felt that Liu Mang must have practiced the real Manual of the Sword of Exorcism to be able to make such rapid progress in a short period of time, so he wanted to trade with him.

Liu Mang knew very well that this guy was Yue Buqun, who had the Zixia magic skill that he coveted, so he asked him to take out the Zixia magic skill in exchange. He could steal it or rob it, but as long as he brought the Zixia magic skill to him, he would hand over the Sword Manual of Exorcism to him with both hands.

To be honest, Yue Buqun was a little tempted. Although the Zixia magic skill was profound and powerful, it was too difficult to practice. He was almost fifty years old, and he had only practiced the sixth level of the nine levels of the Zixia magic skill. If he wanted to practice to the ninth level, he might need another 20 to 30 years.

However, Zuo Lengchan was ambitious and intended to annex the Five Mountains and control the martial arts world. As a pillar of Huashan, he was still too weak. Once Zuo Lengchan took action, he would be powerless to resist.

Moreover, this time is visibly short. Zuo Lengchan is older than him and it is impossible for him to wait until he is in his seventies or eighties to take action. According to his estimation, the outcome may be known within ten years!
The enormous pressure made him almost breathless. He didn't want to see Huashan's foundation destroyed, but he lacked the strength to resist. Under the boundless pressure, he finally decided to give up Zixia and pursue Kuihua.

"The Zixia secret book is the entry-level foundation, and the sunflower manual is the pinnacle of perfection." These words left by his master before his death kept him awake at night. Sunflower seemed to have become the only way to save Huashan.

However, the Sunflower Manual was at the Black Wood Cliff and there was no way to steal it, so he could only settle for the next best thing and look for the Sword Manual of Exorcism that evolved from the Sunflower Manual.

He thought that he could capture Lin Zhennan and torture him to get the real sword manual this time, but he didn't expect that he couldn't win and was forced to ask for a trade.

But Lin Zhennan's asking price was too high. The Zixia Divine Art was a martial art that was passed down from generation to generation by the head of Huashan. He was unwilling to trade it. This would not only be an insult to his Huashan ancestors, but also to his master who had raised him for many years.

Yue Buqun left after all, saying that he was going back to get the secret book, but in fact he refused the deal. However, Liu Mang did not care and did not leave immediately when he mentioned the Zixia magic skill. This showed that he was shaken, but the pressure was not enough. Ten years later, when Zuo Lengchan took action, he would obediently hand over the Zixia secret book.

In the blink of an eye, nearly two years had passed. In the familiar training room, Liu Mang sat cross-legged again, closed his eyes, and prepared to start adding some points.

Without any hesitation, 600 days of experience were poured into the San Yang Gong. Liu Mang only felt that an endless warm current was continuously pouring into his dantian from an unknown place. The San Yang Gong started to operate on its own, faster and faster, refining the warm current into internal strength.

Afterwards, the tremendous internal force rushed to the meridians that had not yet been opened. The twelve main meridians had been opened as early as when the first-level breakthrough was made, and the circulation of the meridians had been formed.

And the first-class practice is to open up the eight meridians!
Liu Mang's internal force was pure and powerful. The Yin Qiao and Yang Qiao were opened in an instant. The Yin Wei and Yang Wei could not last for ten breaths. The barrier was shattered. It was not until the internal force rushed to the belt meridian that it encountered obstacles for the first time. However, the unknown warm current injected faster and quickly transformed into the three yang internal forces to join the impact on the belt meridian. The solid barrier could not withstand the continuous scouring and gradually cracked. Then the powerful internal force took advantage of the victory and tore the belt meridian barrier in one go!

The obstruction was cleared instantly, the circulation in the interior was no longer stagnant, and the belt meridian was thus unblocked.

The remaining internal force did not diminish, and with an indestructible momentum, it rushed towards the Chong meridian. The surging internal force rushed towards the barrier like a tide, but it stumbled in front of the solid barrier.

The Chongmai barrier seems to be made of gold and iron. No matter how huge the waves are, it remains unmoved!
Liu Mang understood that he could not succeed in breaking through the barrier now and needed to continue accumulating internal strength. Perhaps when the warm current was completely refined, there was hope of breaking through the obstruction of the Chong meridian.

Liu Mang concentrated on refining his internal energy and did not try to break through for a quarter of an hour. After a quarter of an hour, Liu Mang suddenly opened his eyes and mobilized all his internal energy to flow into the Chong Mai. The internal energy traveled throughout his body, passing through the twelve main meridians, the Yin Qiao Mai, Yang Qiao Mai, Yin Wei Mai, Yang Wei Mai, and Dai Mai, accelerating and pressurizing layer by layer, and rushing towards the Chong Mai barrier with an indomitable and invincible momentum!

For a moment, time seemed to freeze, and then, Liu Mang seemed to hear a clicking sound in his mind. A crack suddenly appeared on the solid barrier, and then the crack extended and expanded, gradually spreading throughout the entire barrier.

When covered with cracks, the barrier could no longer block the erosion of internal force, first a trace, then a wisp, and then a beam, until the barrier disappeared and there was no more obstacle.

The Chong meridian suddenly opens up!
Liu Mang changed his mind and tried to mobilize his internal energy to flow to the Ren Meridian, but when he slightly touched the barrier of the human meridian, he knew that he could not break through.

The barrier of the Ren Meridian was much stronger than that of the Chong Meridian. With his current cultivation and internal strength, there was no possibility of breaking through it. He vaguely sensed that the last two meridians of Ren and Du could not be broken through by internal strength alone, and other factors should be involved.

Since there was no hope, he immediately stopped practicing his internal energy. No matter what, he had reached the ultimate realm.

He has now achieved the realm of inner strength, and his swordsmanship had reached the highest level two years ago. Except for the lack of a powerful unique skill, he has now fully reached the level of a top master!

He might still not be a match for Fang Zheng and Chong Xu, but it was impossible for them to defeat him. He could offset internal force attacks with internal force of the same level, and external force attacks could hardly break through his defense. His only weakness was that his means of dealing with the enemy were much worse. After all, they not only practiced more advanced martial arts than him, but also had more martial arts than him. This was a disadvantage that could not be ignored.

But this is also the most difficult one to make up for. In terms of internal strength, Zixia's magical skills are promising, and in terms of horizontal training, the Thirteen Taibao's horizontal training is enough to reach the ultimate level. Only the martial arts for external use have no destination.

The levels of the few martial arts that Lin Yuantu passed down were of relatively average level, only slightly more advanced than the basic sword techniques of the major sects. They were also top-level knife techniques, but he couldn't beat Ji Changkong and Yue Buqun when he used them. He only defeated them by simply rushing past them with his horizontal training.

This won’t work. His shortcomings must be made up for, otherwise he will have to rely on recklessness all his life, which would be unworthy of his identity as a time traveler.

So where can he find advanced martial arts to practice?

There is basically no need to think about the major sects, especially Shaolin and Wudang. There is no way to use them openly if they are stolen, and there is no need to consider robbing them openly. He just doesn't want to be besieged by the righteous martial arts world.

What should I do?
Liu Mang pondered for a while and came up with two solutions.

The first one was created by relying on plug-ins to accumulate experience. With his qualifications, no matter it takes thousands of days or tens of thousands of days of experience, he can always get it together. I dare not say that he can create something comparable to the Dugu Nine Swords, but he can definitely create something comparable to the Seventy-two Unique Skills.

But this is too slow. Even with plug-ins, it will take at least ten years and up to his death. By the time he creates a high-level martial art, it will be too late. Not only will he miss all the most exciting events of "Swordsman", but the mission will not progress at all. This is not advisable.

Then the only option left is the second one, which is to explore the remains of our ancestors!
Robbery and stealing are both unreliable, and creating on your own is time-consuming, so I can only make a living by doing archaeology o(╥﹏╥)o
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(End of this chapter)