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Chapter 159: Monkey Challenge with Strange Rules (Day 22 )

The challenge point of the Tianxuan Monkey is obviously different from the three challenge points Chu Mu had seen before.

Everything here seems antique, and both the decoration and layout carry a sense of mystery, just like the dojo of ancient practitioners, giving people a feeling of awe.

The venue is open-air, and there are seven stone tablets outside the venue, arranged from low to high. The smallest one is two meters high, and the largest one is five meters high.

There is also a stone tablet in the central area of ​​the venue, which is ten meters high.

At this moment, there were hundreds of people outside the venue watching and waiting, and there were also fifty or sixty participants inside the venue.

These fifty or sixty people were seated in front of the stone tablet in the venue, separated from each other, staring at the tablet, as if they were observing something.

Such a scene made Chu Mu couldn't help but think of himself observing the enlightenment stone tablet.

Although the stone tablet here is insignificant compared to the enlightenment stone tablet, the sense of déjà vu is particularly strong.

Could it be that the challenge from Tianxuan Monkey is related to the comprehension of the stone tablet?

Chu Mu looked around and soon saw the figure of Tianxuan Monkey at the entrance inside and outside the venue.

Different from other zodiac animals Chu Mu had seen, the Tianxuan Monkey was wearing a Taoist-style robe and holding a whisk in his hand. If it weren't for the monkey headgear, he would look like a real Taoist priest.

"Chu Mu, shall we go ask Tianxuan Monkey?" Song Yan planned to be more direct.

"Okay." Chu Mu looked at the crowd around him, nodded slightly, and walked to the Tianxuan Monkey with Song Yan.

"What are the rules of your challenge?"

"30 tokens to enter once." Tianxuan Monkey said calmly, "For more detailed rules, you need to give the token first before you can know it."

Is it really true that 30 tokens are required to enter once?
On this point, the guy named Jin Meng did not lie.

Chu Mu frowned slightly, feeling a little tricky.

The three zodiac animals I met before at least told me how many tokens I could get if I successfully challenged them, but the Tianxuan Monkey didn't even tell me that.

But even for such a challenge, there are as many as fifty or sixty participants.

Obviously, they are not all fools.

So, the challenge here should have some kind of deep meaning.

"Are you participating?" Chu Mu turned his head and looked at Song Yan beside him.

"I want to give it a try." Song Yan touched his head and said with a smile, "I just made some money anyway."

If it were him before, he would probably still hesitate, but now he has more than 200 tokens and is full of confidence.

"Then I'll try it too." Chu Mu didn't hesitate too much and counted out 30 tokens and handed them to Tianxuan Monkey.

Song Yan followed suit and handed over 30 tokens.

"Welcome to my dojo." Tianxuan Monkey was very happy to receive the token. He waved his whisk and walked into the dojo. "Follow me."

Chu Mu and Song Yan followed, and as the three of them approached the stone tablet in the field, Tianxuan Monkey began to explain the rules.

“My challenge is to gain understanding.”

"There is a special secret method engraved on the stone tablet in the inner field. What you have to do is to try to master it by observing the stone tablet."

"30 tokens, enough for two hours of enlightenment."

"Outside the field, there are seven stone tablets. The techniques recorded on them are of the same origin as those on the stone tablets inside the field. As long as the secret techniques meet the corresponding requirements, the stone tablets will light up. Different stone tablets have different requirements for lighting up."

"For every stone tablet that lights up, you will be rewarded with 30 tokens."

"You can get up to 210 tokens."

"Then, can I repeat the challenge?" Chu Mu looked thoughtful. "If I can comprehend it multiple times, the chances of getting all 210 tokens will be much higher, right?"

"Yes, but there are restrictions." Tianxuan Monkey laughed, "Each time you challenge, you need to light up at least one new stone tablet. If you cannot meet the challenge, you will lose the qualification to participate in my challenge forever."

"It sounds like it's not difficult." Song Yan looked eager to try.

"It's not difficult indeed." Tianxuan Monkey pointed at the martial arts students who were watching outside with a smile, "About one-third of the people outside have not even lit up the first stone tablet."

so much? !

Chu Mu's expression became solemn.

Those who were able to enter the re-screening were the most outstanding martial arts students of their age in the alliance. How come so many of them failed to successfully comprehend the secret technique?
Obviously, this secret method is not so easy to comprehend.

As they were talking, the three of them had already arrived in front of the stone tablet.

Tianxuan Monkey pointed to the empty cushion in the field and said, "Sit anywhere you like. If you disturb others' enlightenment, you will be considered to have failed the challenge."

Chu Mu was not polite and found a cushion closer to the stone tablet and sat cross-legged. Song Yan did the same on the other side.

Because there were too many people here, the two people's seats were not next to each other.

After sitting down, Chu Mu began to look at the ten-meter-high stone tablet. After a moment, his expression gradually became confused.

This stone tablet is covered with countless traces, which come from different weapons and are distributed in no regular pattern.

There is only one word to describe the feeling Chu Mu had.

chaos.

Is this really a secret method?
Chu Mu couldn't help but turn his head and look around.

Among the others who arrived earlier than him, many looked dazed and confused, but there were also some martial artists who seemed to be thinking about something, some even closed their eyes, with inexplicable energy surging around their bodies, and they had already realized something.

Seeing this scene, Chu Mu calmed himself down and turned his gaze back to the stone tablet in front of him.

After scanning through countless messy and complex traces, Chu Mu's gaze finally fixed on one of them.

It was a long and straight mark. Chu Mu could tell at a glance that the mark belonged to a straight knife.

That was the strong intuition brought about by countless swings of the knife.

He could even judge the direction and position of the knife from the changes in depth and angle of the mark.

Chu Mu closed his eyes, and a blurry figure holding a knife and standing in front of the stone tablet appeared in his mind.

continue!

From the most familiar traces, Chu Mu vaguely found a breakthrough. He opened his eyes again, and there was excitement in his eyes.

His eyes moved quickly across the stone tablet, and the messy marks seemed to become traceable at this moment.

Not even close!
There was a red light flashing in Chu Mu's eyes.

Transparent vision, first class!
Improve your vision!

Those traces that overlapped and blocked each other were quickly separated under the powerful eyesight. Other traces quickly blurred, and only the knife marks produced by the straight knife became clearer and clearer on the stone tablet.

"36..." Chu Mu muttered to himself, identifying the 36 traces one by one. Every time he finished identifying, a vague figure holding a straight knife would appear in his mind.

Soon, 36 different figures appeared in Chu Mu’s mind.

These figures stood in different positions in front of the stone tablet, swinging their knives at different angles, overlapping each other. Chu Mu took a deep breath and his expression became serious.

Filtering out the traces left by the same weapon and imagining the movements and postures of the person who left the traces is just the beginning.

"Next, we need to determine their order."

The 36 figures were like 36 disordered comic strips. What Chu Mu had to do was to sort out their order and determine how these knife marks were left.

It is neither difficult nor easy.

The movements of the adjacent figures were relatively continuous. With Chu Mu's rich experience in swordsmanship, he was able to easily find the two adjacent figures.

However, it is somewhat difficult to completely sort out these fragmented connections.

The most important question is where do these 36 figures start from.

Chu Mu sat cross-legged and pondered for a long time. After that, he roughly sorted out four possible sequences in his mind.

In these four situations, the 36 figures can be connected smoothly, but the starting and ending figures are completely different.

The truly correct order is most likely among these four.

Chu Mu pondered for a moment, then slowly shook his head.

It is really difficult to find the right one among these four situations through imagination.

So, there is only one way.

That is to actually practice these four sword-drawing sequences and find out the similarities and differences between them!

Chu Mu suddenly opened his eyes and looked around.

In addition to the stone tablet and the large number of cushions in front of it, there are various layouts in the venue, including an open space that is obviously used for martial arts performances.

but…

From the time when I started to realize this until now, no one has stood up to perform martial arts.

Could it be that there is something wrong with the direction of my perception?

Chu Mu couldn't help but doubt in his heart.

But soon, his eyes became firm.

Having spent so much time on it, he had to give it a try.

Thinking of this, Chu Mu stood up and walked towards the open space step by step.

"This kid..."

The Tianxuan Monkey was guarding the entrance and also observing the situation inside. When he saw Chu Mu stand up and walk towards the open space, he subconsciously glanced at the timer.

At this moment, only 52 minutes had passed since Chu Mu began to comprehend.

Tianxuan Monkey knows Chu Mu.

Last night on the Zodiac airship, after telling his own situation, he also learned about the unfortunate experience of Yuheng Chicken.

Although he had only seen the other party on video, when Chu Mu appeared in front of him today, Tianxuan Monkey recognized Chu Mu at first sight.

So, he subconsciously paid more attention to Chu Mu.

"In less than an hour, we're already practicing?" Tianxuan Monkey looked at Chu Mu standing in the martial arts arena with a scrutinizing look, "Is he really quick in comprehension, or is this just a coincidence?"

At the same time, in the monitoring room on the other side of Wanshou Star, many teachers looked at Chu Mu who walked out and made surprised sounds.

The monkey challenge is a test of comprehension, and comprehension is a very important ability for a star warrior.

Before the third level, martial arts skills depend on practice.

After the third stage, martial arts skills depend on enlightenment.

Therefore, no matter which of the Seven Warlords, comprehension is extremely important.

Therefore, the seven zodiac monkeys have received a lot of attention from teachers.

The Tianshu Monkey and Tianxuan Monkey, which are ranked at the top, are the challenges that teachers from various schools pay special attention to.

Chu Mu's special move immediately attracted everyone's attention.

When one of them recognized that he had achieved nine consecutive victories at Yuheng Chicken yesterday, the teachers became more interested in him.

Under the overt and covert attention, Chu Mu, who was standing in the open space, moved.

He drew out the Red Rainbow Sword and slowly and firmly practiced the first sequence of situations that he had already sorted out in his mind.

Type 1, Type 2, Type 3…

The corresponding movements of each figure were smoothly connected in his hands, as if a new set of swordsmanship was about to be born from his hands.

But this smoothness came to an abrupt end when practicing the 21st move.

Chu Mu stopped the knife in his hand and frowned slightly.

Just a moment ago, he felt a great sense of disharmony.

Doing it again, Chu Mu confirmed that this feeling was not an illusion.

Then... let's switch to the second one!
Chu Mu turned the long sword in his hand, and a new sword technique appeared, which was similar to many of the previous sword techniques, but with a completely different style.

Then, it came to an abrupt end at the 27th move.

"It's still not right." Chu Mu shook his head slightly, then began to try the third one, stopped at the 17th one, and then started the fourth one.

Formula 17…Formula 21…Formula 27…

This attempt was much smoother than the previous three. Chu Mu practiced the smoothest of the first three sword techniques in one breath, and he still felt a sense of fluency as he continued.

It works!

Chu Mu's eyes flashed with brilliance, and he continued to try in an orderly manner.

Type 30!
Type 32!
Type 34!
Seeing that only the last two moves were left, Chu Mu's eyes became more and more excited. He immediately performed the 35th move, but his body suddenly froze.

Not right.

This 35th posture has a very strong sense of disharmony.

No, no!

Chu Mu shook his head violently and began to practice the fourth sequence of sword moves again, over and over again.

But every time, he stopped abruptly at the 35th move.

It seems like just one finishing touch is missing, but a breakthrough is still not possible.

Chu Mu put down his sword and fell into deep thought.

What’s the problem?
(End of this chapter)