Martial Arts World Assassin

Chapter 269 Supreme Martial Arts
Tong Lao shook her head slightly: "Human life span is unpredictable. I can't accurately sense whether life span increases or decreases!"

But there was no trace of regret on her face. Instead, she showed a calm and indifferent demeanor.

She then said to Huang Sixi, "Since the deadline for my third rejuvenation came last month, I have benefited from the mental method you, Xiao Ah Si, have helped me grow again and my internal strength has increased dramatically. Now, I have the Changchun True Qi to nourish my body. I can live another 30 years, and there will be no problem for me to hold on until the fourth rejuvenation!"

She is ninety-six years old this year. The deep Changchun Qi in her body can help her stay away from all diseases, and she can live to at least one hundred and twenty-six years old.

In fact, this is to increase lifespan, but she cannot rely on her talent like Huang Sixi to accurately calculate her lifespan.

Huang Sixi became more and more curious: "After you have gone through the fourth rejuvenation, your body functions will still be like those of a young person. You should be able to live another 30 years, right?"

"The key lies in how to get through it?" Tong Lao said seriously:
"Little Ah Si, although you have completed the "Eternal Youth Kung Fu" yourself, this magical skill does not introduce the fourth method of rejuvenation. This is actually a barrier that I need to break through. If I can't break through, my body will slowly age and I won't be able to maintain my youthful appearance. I will eventually turn into a pile of dry bones!"

"What if we can break through?" Huang Sixi asked.

“After breaking through the past, I will naturally continue to regain my youth. By then, grandma can live to be 156 years old!” Tong Lao laughed. She was looking forward to such a long life.

"Grandma, every time you rejuvenate, your internal energy doubles!" Huang Sixi was still puzzled: "If you break through the fourth rejuvenation, your internal energy will reach 480 years of Changchun Zhenqi. Isn't this far beyond the limit of the human body?"

“That’s why grandma said that this is a hurdle and it is extremely difficult to break through!” Tong Lao couldn’t help but sigh.

The 240 years of Changchun true Qi she has accumulated in her body is already the acquired limit of human endowment. Her level of internal strength has reached its peak.

If she cannot find a way to break through the human body's potential in the future, her internal strength will never be able to continue to increase, and she will not be able to survive the fourth rejuvenation.

As for how to break through, she was at a loss.

But she knew that Huang Sixi was a martial arts genius and might be able to figure out a way to break through.

She then told Huang Sixi an old story: "Little Ah Si, when my master was alive, he often explained Taoist scriptures to the three of us disciples. The "Northern Divine Art" and the "Small Wuxiang Art" are all Taoist martial arts, including the "Eternal Spring Art of Eternal Youth" which also came from Taoism!"

Huang Sixi already knew that Xiaoyao Sect was a Taoist sect, but he didn't understand what Tong Lao meant: "Grandma, what exactly do you want to say?"

Tong Lao said mysteriously: "In Taoism, there is a distinction between 'acquired' and 'innate'. According to my master, although there are thousands of sects in the world, the internal skills they practice remain the same. The true energy in the body is all limited to the acquired realm. The acquired true energy is limited by a person's physical potential. Once it reaches the top, it will stay where it is!
When my master created the "Northern Divine Art" in his middle age, his internal strength had already reached the peak of the acquired realm. Unfortunately, he spent the rest of his life trying to find a way to break through from the acquired realm to the innate realm!"

After listening to these profound remarks, Huang Sixi had some understanding in his mind.

Ever since he started studying martial arts, he has never had a clear judgment on the level of his martial arts skills.

But Tong Lao's theory of "acquired" and "innate" gave him a clear standard of measurement.

He immediately asked: "Grandma, if the inner strength breaks through to the innate level, what kind of realm is that?"

Tong Lao spread her hands and gave him a bitter smile: "How could I know this? I am also crossing the river by feeling the stones! But my master said that acquired true qi can only be generated in the body, while innate true qi can be strengthened by absorbing external forces. Acquired true qi has limits, but innate true qi is endless. If a warrior can cross the innate realm, he can advance into the supreme martial arts!"

Tong Lao paused for a moment and added, "These are all my master's speculations. He never achieved the Xiantian realm in his life. He never proved whether there is a supreme martial art until his death!"

In the past, when Xiaoyaozi taught Tong Lao about the perception of the 'acquired' and 'innate' realms, Tong Lao's internal strength was still very shallow, and she simply couldn't understand at that time.

When she had completely mastered the "Eternal Youth Kung Fu" and her internal strength had reached its acquired limit, she recalled Xiaoyaozi's teachings and finally understood Xiaoyaozi's martial arts skills.

Huang Sixi repeatedly thought about what Tong Lao said, thinking: "Tong Lao said, 'Innate Qi can be strengthened by absorbing external forces.' Could this be referring to the most basic breathing method of Taoist Qigong practitioners, 'absorbing the essence of heaven and earth' and 'seizing the essence of heaven and earth'?"

This was just Huang Sixi's initial impression, and he did not reveal it to Tong Lao.

He only asked Tong Lao: "Li Qiushui has the ability to capture and suppress the royal families of Song, Liao, Tubo and Dali. Her internal strength must have reached the limit of the acquired realm. Is it possible for her to break through to the innate realm?"

"Absolutely impossible! Who the hell is she? How could she be worthy of comprehending the supreme martial arts!"

Tong Lao's face was full of disdain: "Her current internal strength was cultivated by the "Northern Sea Divine Art". In just a few months, she has acquired three hundred years of Northern Sea True Qi. It is not her own practice at all. She wants to comprehend the innate, that is a foolish dream!"

Tong Lao's Changchun Qi was actually cultivated by herself. She started to study "The Eternal Spring Skill" when she was six years old, and has been contemplating this internal skill for ninety years. If she were to face Li Qiushui, she is confident that she can kill Li Qiushui right away.

After she finished speaking, she looked at Huang Sixi and said, "Little Ah Si, when we had our martial arts competition at the foot of Piao Miao Peak, you used the 'Eighteen Palms of the Dragon Subduing'. Although your internal energy is extremely masculine and strong, it is still a little short of the mark. It seems that your internal energy is not at its peak, so you will suffer a loss against Li Qiu Shui!"

She has now mastered her magical powers and thinks she has surpassed Huang Sixi, but she does not know that Huang Sixi possesses the gift of enlightenment.

A few months ago, Huang Sixi successively infused his body with the "Yi Jin Jing", Jiumozhi's Buddhist beads, the original volume of "Six Meridians Divine Sword", and the internal energy of the Seven Treasures Ring. His current infused internal energy has reached the upper limit of three hundred years of Beiming true qi, and his realm is on par with Li Qiushui and Tong Lao, all of whom are at the peak of the acquired realm.

However, Huang Sixi's self-cultivated internal strength is still far from enough.

He asked Tong Lao: "If I practice the "Eternal Spring Kung Fu" now, can I increase my internal strength in a short period of time?"

Tong Lao shook her head: "The essence of the 'Eternal Spring Kung Fu' is rejuvenation and maintaining a youthful appearance! No matter who practices this magic skill, they must use the Changchun True Qi to nourish the body year after year to ensure that their appearance does not age. If they want to increase their internal strength, they can only wait for the rejuvenation that happens once every thirty years. There is absolutely no shortcut!"

After hearing this, Huang Sixi finally understood that, in fact, the "Eternal Youth Kung Fu" is similar to the reverse practice of "Rama Qi", and both have the magical effect of preserving youth.

The main function of Changchun Qi is to maintain youthfulness, but the internal strength doubles every thirty years, which can also ensure that the practitioner's martial arts skills are maintained at the peak state.

Huang Sixi thought: "This 'Eternal Youth Kung Fu' is most suitable for women to practice. It can be said that it is a match made in heaven for women. It can not only allow women to maintain their youthful beauty all year round, but also allow women to gradually increase their Kung Fu!"

Unfortunately, it is not of much use to Huang Sixi.

Huang Sixi must practice the "Eternal Spring Kung Fu" step by step for thirty years before he can obtain the sixty-year long spring true energy, but how can he wait for thirty years?

Huang Sixi temporarily gave up practicing the "Eternal Youth Kung Fu".

He needed to find a profound skill that could improve his inner strength in a short period of time. He couldn't help but think of the legendary Knight Island, where there was a copy of the Taixuan Sutra, whose inner strength level was even higher than the Nine Yang Magic Skill.

Thinking of this, Tong Lao took on the responsibility and made a bold statement to him: "Little Ah Si, Li Qiushui is going to hold a ceremony to abdicate today. I will take care of this bitch. Just go and do your thing. Whether you want to support the royal family of the Song Dynasty or become the emperor yourself, I will support you!"

Huang Sixi couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "It will be very convenient for me to do things if grandma holds Li Qiushui back!"

He then extended his hand: "In order to demonstrate the orthodox status of replacing the Song Dynasty, Li Qiushui chose Chenqiao Inn outside the city of Bianjing as the location for the abdication ceremony! Grandma, let's go directly to Chenqiao Inn!"

Tong Lao had no objection. She and Li Qiu Shui had a feud that lasted for decades and it had already reached the point of a life-and-death feud. When they arrived at Chenqiaoyi, only one of her and Li Qiu Shui could survive.

Huang Sixi settled in a mountain village house outside the city of Bianjing. After he finished his secret meeting with Tong Lao, they stepped out of the room together, only to see thousands of people gathered inside and outside the house.

These people included hundreds of palace maids from Lingjiu Palace, as well as servants from the Thirty-six Caves and Seventy-two Islands, and they all obeyed the orders of Tong Lao.

The only Jianghu figures Huang Sixi could mobilize were Zhao Qiansun, Mr. Tan and Mrs. Tan, as well as Wang Yuyan.

Tong Lao looked around at everyone and shouted, "This time we are going to Chenqiaoyi to drive the Xixia invaders out of the Central Plains. When the task is completed, I promise to remove the life and death talismans for all of you. But if you are afraid to move forward and dare not fight the Xixia people, then I don't mind letting you remove the talismans in advance!"

Everyone present knelt down and responded to Tong Lao: "We are willing to die for you!"

Tong Lao waved her hand and said, "Okay! Let's go to Chenqiao Station right now!"

After hearing this, everyone headed towards Chenqiao Posthouse in a mighty manner.

When they were about to arrive at Chenqiao Post Station, they were stopped by a group of gangsters.

Huang Sixi was quite unfamiliar with this group of people.

Tong Lao was very familiar with them. She pointed at a few of them and introduced them to Huang Sixi: "They are Wuyazi's disciples. The old man with white beard in the lead is Su Xinghe. The others are all Su Xinghe's disciples. They are known as the Eight Friends of Hangu in Jianghu!"

After Wuyazi passed on his skills to Wang Yuyan at Leigushan, he also gave the Xiaoyao Sect's leader ring to Wang Yuyan, and asked Su Xinghe and his disciples Xue Muhua, Kang Guangling, Gou Du, Wu Lingjun, Feng Asan, Shi Qinglu, Fan Bailing, Li Kuilei and others to respect Wang Yuyan as the new leader of the Xiaoyao Sect.

But before Wang Yuyan could inherit the position of the leader of the Xiaoyao Sect, Li Qiushui suddenly attacked Leigushan Mountain and sucked away the internal energy of Su Xinghe and others, and Wang Yuyan disappeared shortly thereafter.

From then on, Su Xinghe led his disciples to rebuild their martial arts while inquiring about Wang Yuyan's news. They learned that Li Qiushui was going to hold a ceremony of abdication at Chenqiao Inn, and guessed that Wang Yuyan would also be present, so they arrived outside Chenqiao Inn in advance, waiting for Wang Yuyan's arrival. As a result, they really met Wang Yuyan in person.

Wang Yuyan saw Su Xinghe and the eight disciples kneeling in front of her. She did not respond, but walked to Huang Sixi and asked, "Brother Huang, how should I place them?"

Huang Sixi glanced at her and said, "They respect their teacher and only listen to you. You might as well take them with you. When you get to Chenqiaoyi later, if you see Murong Bo, you can ask them to help you besiege him!"

After saying that, he took out the Seven Treasures Ring and handed it to Wang Yuyan.

Wang Yuyan was surprised: "Brother Huang took the ring when we were in Changchun Valley, there is no need to return it!"

She pointed at Su Xinghe and the others and said, "They only recognize the rings and not the people. Brother Huang can command them to do things for you!"

Back then in the Eternal Spring Valley, Huang Sixi took the Seven Treasures Ring from Wang Yuyan in order to inherit Wuyazi's internal strength. Now that he has successfully infused his internal strength, the Seven Treasures Ring is no longer useful, so it doesn't hurt to return it to Wang Yuyan.

Huang Sixi said, "They recognized Wuya's granddaughter, not the ring!"

Huang Sixi stuffed the Seven Treasures Ring into Wang Yuyan's arms, and then signaled Tong Lao and Lingjiu Palace Maid to go with him to Chenqiao Post Station.

Wang Yuyan stepped forward to help Su Xinghe and others up, and followed behind the Lingjiu Palace team.

At this time, all the royal family members of the Song Dynasty, Western Xia, Liao Dynasty, Tubo and Dali gathered at Chenqiao Post Station, waiting for the abdication ceremony to be over, and then the whole world would belong to Western Xia.

The Liao Dynasty, Tubo and Dali were far away from Bianliang, and the royal families of the three kingdoms were all captured and brought to Bianliang, and they all lost the power to resist.

Only the Song Dynasty is located in the heart of the Central Plains. The martial arts heroes of the Central Plains are unwilling to succumb to the Western Xia. They have formed an alliance several months ago and are determined to join forces to deal with the Western Xia villains on the day of abdication and save the Song Dynasty.

After Huang Sixi and Tong Lao led the Lingjiu palace maids and thousands of servants and rushed into Chenqiao Posthouse, they saw a battle between martial arts masters breaking out.

In the center of the post station, Western Xia warriors and nobles from various countries stood on one side, including the Song Emperor Zhezong Zhao Xu and the Empress Dowager Gao, the Dali Emperor Baoding and his wife and the three Dali dukes Hua Hegen, Ba Tianshi, and Fan Hua, as well as the Liao Emperor Yelü Hongji and the Crown Prince Yelü Chongyuan.

All these people were captured by the Western Xia and taken to Bian Jing, where they became puppets. After the abdication ceremony, they would become nobles in name only.

On the other side of them were a group of masters from the Central Plains martial arts world.

Huang Sixi looked forward and saw Dali Zhennan King Duan Zhengchun, Princess Dao Baifeng, Crown Prince Duan Yu, Qin Hongmian and Mu Wanqing, Gan Baobao and Zhong Ling'er, Ruan Xingzhu and others were there. Dali's four major ministers Fu Sigui, Chu Wanli, Gu Ducheng and Zhu Danchen surrounded them. It was obvious that they came to rescue Dali Baoding Emperor.

Beside them are the four great ministers of Gusu Murong family, Deng Baichuan, Gongye Qian, Bao Bu Tong and Feng Bo'e, as well as the maids Azhu and A Bi, and other famous figures in the Central Plains martial arts world.

But at Chenqiao Post Station, Li Qiushui was seen fighting fiercely with a young man, who was none other than Murong Fu, also known as 'Southern Murong' in Jianghu.

Everyone's eyes were focused on Li Qiushui and Murong Fu.

When Huang Sixi and Tong Lao arrived at the post station, they caused a commotion, but it was soon drowned out by the decisive battle between Li Qiushui and Murong Fu.

Seeing that Li Qiushui was actually matched against someone else, Tong Lao was surprised and asked, "Who is that young man? How could he fight against that bitch Li Qiushui?"

Wang Yuyan took one look and responded to Tong Lao: "He is my cousin Murong Fu! But his martial arts are not that strong. He must have encountered some adventure during this period, otherwise he would never have been able to fight with my grandmother!"

(End of this chapter)