Zongwu: Aspiring to be the mastermind behind the scenes

Chapter 137 Fu Jun'er, Yijian and Dugu

In the nameless valley.

Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling also woke up and immediately felt refreshed. Everything in front of them became extremely clear, as if it was several times more beautiful than before.

"Congratulations, you have mastered the Art of Immortality."

Taoist Baisun said with a smile.

"What? We've mastered the Art of Immortality?!"

The two were extremely surprised, but they could also feel that their ears and eyes were sharp and they seemed to have endless energy.

"To be precise, I have mastered a part of the secret of longevity..." Taoist Baisun explained.

Only then did the two understand.

"So, Dad, you deliberately didn't teach us kung fu before because you wanted us to truly practice the Longevity Technique?"

"That's right. If you want to master this skill, you must have a desireless heart. Only by not caring about this magical skill can you master it. But if I tell you in advance, I'm afraid you will never be able to master it!"

Kou Zhong was shocked: "Ah? Then, Dad, if you tell us now, won't we be able to practice it?"

"Stupid!" Xu Ziling said, "We've already learned the basics, why bother with all that trouble?"

Taoist Baisun nodded: "That's right, now that you've entered the door, there's no need to go through so much trouble."

Xu Ziling felt the power within him and asked, "Dad, you said I was practicing the Yin element of the Seven Diagrams. I seem to have been practicing while standing still, but why do I feel a burning sensation within me, like the power of Yang?"

Kou Zhong also felt it, and waved his hand to release the power, and suddenly a gust of cold air blew up.

"Yeah, I'm training in Yang, so why is the power in my body so Yin?"

Taoist Baisun explained, "Everything has yin and yang, and the techniques you two practice are similar. Yin and yang are in harmony, so you, Kou Zhong, are refining yin with yang, while Xu Ziling is refining yang with yin!"

The two of them finally understood.

Kou Zhong asked again: "Then, old man, what realm are we in now?"

"Just entered the Xiantian realm."

"Ah?" The two were startled again: "Dad, didn't you say that the martial arts realm should start with foundation building, then acquired, and then innate?"

Taoist Baisun laughed and said, "Otherwise, how can it be called a divine power?"

"So that's how it is. The Art of Immortality is so powerful!"

Although the prerequisites for the Art of Immortality are incredible, the effects are equally incredible. Once you get started, you can draw the power of heaven and earth into your body, and what you cultivate is directly the innate true qi.

There is no need to lay a solid foundation like ordinary warriors, then practice acquired skills, and then transform from acquired skills to innate skills before reaching the innate realm.

So it can be said that these two people are really lucky. They are only fifteen or sixteen years old, but they have already reached the innate realm.

Not to mention that these two had never practiced martial arts before, even for those who had practiced martial arts since childhood, it was almost impossible to reach the innate realm at their age.

Looking through history, I'm afraid there aren't many.

Kou Zhong said excitedly: "Dad, since I am already an innate warrior, can I learn those powerful martial arts?"

"You're learning nothing!" Taoist Baisun tapped Kou Zhong on the head with a finger and said, "You just slapped me, how much Qi do you have left in your body now?"

Kou Zhong estimated and said, "I can still strike out the same two palm strikes again..."

"That's it. Have you ever seen a Xiantian warrior who can only use three moves in a fight? You should first honestly accumulate your true energy and increase your strength!"

"Uh...okay..."

How can there be no flaws if it is done so quickly?
Of course, the so-called flaws weren't actually flaws. After all, if you didn't have enough Qi, you could just practice more.

If you get stuck in the future because of this skill, that would be a real flaw.

But in fact, the secret of longevity does not have such side effects.

But if we talk about problems, there are actually some.

Because these two people only practiced one picture each, they would be affected by the corresponding skills, causing their personalities to gradually change.

However, this was created by Guangchengzi after all, and it is a true Taoist skill that emphasizes orthodoxy. It is impossible for it to go astray.

Even if personality changes, and this change reaches an extreme, it will not make people inhuman, and this change can be easily restrained.

It is absolutely incomparable to those evil magic skills that can control people's minds.

"From now on, in addition to training, you will also be responsible for your daily meals. This is to help you become familiar with your own strength as quickly as possible!"

"Okay, Dad." The two agreed happily.

For a period of time afterwards, the two hunted around the valley. With the abilities of their innate realm, although the amount of true energy stored was very small, it had a strong effect on the body.

Especially since they are practicing the art of immortality, it has miraculous effects on perception and recovery that are far beyond the reach of other ordinary techniques.

After half a month, the two of them had already fully understood the improvement brought about by their rapidly rising realm.

On this day, the two went out hunting again, but a woman in white came into the valley.

"Two little hooligans, in such a short time, have already become innate warriors? Could it be the effect of the Longevity Art?"

If that's the case...

The white-clothed woman's eyes sternly said, "We must not let this technique fall into Yang Guang's hands!"

She landed in front of the cabin and was about to reach out.

"It's not polite to enter without an invitation!"

An old voice suddenly sounded from behind.

"I was wondering how those two guys could become innate, but it turns out there's a master guiding them from behind."

The woman in white turned around and looked at the person in front of her, and she couldn't help but be surprised.

This old man looks like skin and bones, like a skeleton...How could he still be alive?

"If you want to seize the secret of immortality, you'd better get past me first!" Taoist Baisun circulated his true energy and was about to start a battle.

"Wait a minute! I don't mean to start a war with you!" the woman said hurriedly.

But Taoist Baisun didn't listen at all and directly slapped out with his palm, and a biting cold air came towards him.

The woman in white quickly drew her sword to respond.

Palms and swords intersected, and true qi collided.

In the blink of an eye, the two sides exchanged several moves.

Taoist Baisun is in a very bad condition, and this is just a projection. On the other hand, the woman is a real master, and her swordsmanship is even more mysterious.

"So it's the Yi sword technique of that ugly bastard Fu Cailin!"

Taoist Baisun laughed strangely and said, "That ugly fellow has three beautiful disciples. Judging from your age, could you be his eldest disciple, Fu Jun'er?"

The woman in white was Fu Jun'er.

After Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty ascended the throne, he invaded Goguryeo three times. Goguryeo was just a small country and it was basically impossible for it to withstand the invasion of the Sui Dynasty. However, it is unknown how many years of national destiny Goguryeo sacrificed to produce a great master.

Fu Cailin!
In a big country like the Ming Dynasty, the Grand Master is still the pillar of the country, let alone a small country like Goguryeo.

From the founding of the Sui Dynasty by Yang Jian to the succession by Yang Guang, there were only two generations of emperors, with a shallow foundation and no great master loyal to them.

Facing the great master of Goguryeo, he was helpless and attacked three times, but was blocked by Fu Cailin. Fu Cailin knew that Yang Guang would not give up and would probably attack Goguryeo for the fourth time, so he sent his eldest disciple Fu Jun'er to the Sui Kingdom to inquire about the news.

After Fu Jun'er came to the Sui Dynasty, she tried to assassinate Yang Guang. Although she failed, she heard that Yang Guang had been looking for the secret of immortality. This secret was mysterious and might allow people to live forever.

Fu Jun'er could not find another opportunity to assassinate for a while, but she heard that Yang Guang had found the location of the secret of immortality and sent Yu Wenhuaji to Yangzhou, so she followed and came to stop him.

"Your Excellency is insulting my Master, and that is rude!"

"Insult? Isn't what I said the truth?" Taoist Baisun laughed: "Telling the truth is an insult?"

Fu Jun'er suddenly fell silent.

As Taoist Baisun said, Fu Cailin was very ugly, with a face as long as a donkey, and all the facial features seemed as if the ugliest one was picked out from everyone else and then squeezed onto his face.

It can be said that it is ugly in a unique way.

Perhaps because of this, the three disciples Fu Cailin found were all beautiful female disciples.

I don’t know if it’s because he suffered a great loss in this regard, so he wants to make up for it on the younger generation.

"As a grandmaster, you are so obsessed with external appearance...haha!" Taoist Baisun sneered.

Fu Jun'er was unable to refute and immediately asked, "Who are you to dare to judge my master?!"

"I am a Taoist who is good at dealing with the poor!"

"Master Baisun?"

Fu Jun'er had also heard of this title; after all, he was a Grandmaster. Furthermore, not long ago, thanks to the two Xuanming Elders, this title had been dug up from history and had become quite popular.

However... legend has it that Taoist Baisun was captured long before the founding of the Ming Dynasty and should have died long ago.

Even if he was not dead, why would the great master of the Ming Dynasty come to the Sui Dynasty?

The most important thing is that from the few moves she just made, she could clearly sense the opponent's strength.

Grandmaster?
Do not make jokes!
How could there be such a weak grandmaster?

Seeing the other party's expression that said, "Are you kidding me?", Taoist Baisun sighed, "It seems that I have been gone for too long. Now that I have revealed my name, no one cares."

Fu Jun'er was even more incredulous and said, "If you don't want to reveal your name, then that's fine, but thinking of using the title of Grandmaster to scare me away is wishful thinking."

"Haha... In that case, then we can only show our true strength!"

Taoist Baisun waved his palms, and cold air spread out. Before he even released his palms, the power from his palms had already made Fu Jun'er's body feel cold.

"What a sinister palm technique! No wonder he dared to impersonate Taoist Baisun!"

Fu Jun'er still didn't believe that the other party was Taoist Baisun, but she also knew that although this person was old, his strength was not inferior to hers at all. She immediately secretly used her true energy, and the sword light danced out, like a chess piece, and stabbed out with a sword.

Taoist Baisun's pair of flesh palms seemed to be made of solid ice to form armor. He was not afraid at all when colliding with the long sword.

Goguryeo did not have any advanced martial arts inheritance. Fu Cailin was able to become a grandmaster because he learned all over China and used his own superior comprehension to create a magical skill called Jiuxuan Dafa.

When practicing this method, extremely high requirements are placed on the state of mind. It can make people enter a state of complete tranquility, and even in battle, they can maintain extreme rationality, so that their moves are completely unaffected by emotions, as if they are not participating in the battle, but just watching from the sidelines.

This state of mind requirement happens to coincide with the secret of longevity, which shows that all paths in the world lead to the same destination.

In the original plot, Kou and Xu received the essence of the first level of the Jiuxuan Dafa from Fu Jun'er, and while they were practicing, they accidentally comprehended the secret of immortality.

Fu Cailin's swordplay was created based on the principles of chess.

When performing this technique, one needs to keep an eye on all directions, observe all details, and remain extremely calm and rational in order to draw the sword calmly.

This kind of swordsmanship is exactly matched with the Nine Profound Art.

However, Zhou Ming felt that this sword technique should be more compatible with the Art of Immortality.

After practicing the Art of Longevity, one can have sharp ears and eyes, and enhance the perception of heaven and earth. To some extent, it can be regarded as an enhanced version of the Nine Profound Art.

and so……

Overlapping projections!

Zhou Ming himself was directly projected onto Fu Jun'er.

Taoist Baisun's palm sent out a cold wind, and he had the upper hand in the battle, forcing Fu Jun'er to use more moves.

Zhou Ming could clearly sense the patterns of Qi circulation in these moves through the overlapping projections.

He couldn't help but admire: "Yi Jianshu, taking in all directions and anticipating the enemy's moves, is truly amazing!"

Fu Jun'er said complacently, "Of course. How could a fake Grandmaster like you possibly be able to fathom the essence of Master's swordsmanship?"

"Then do you know? In the Ming and Song dynasties, there was a man named Dugu Qiubai. When he was in his twenties, he created a sword technique that could also predict the enemy's moves. It's even more powerful than your Yijian technique!"

"Hmph! Impossible!"

"A frog in a well doesn't know how vast the world is. I'm telling you, that young man dominated with this sword technique, forcing everyone in the world to rack their brains to break it."

Taoist Baisun said, and his tactics suddenly changed: "To anticipate the enemy's moves, all I need to do is be ahead of you!"

He attacked fiercely with his palms, and the sword in Fu Jun'er's hand became messy in an instant.

This chaos was never recovered.

Uncomfortable!

So uncomfortable!

The so-called Yijianshu is actually like playing chess. You need to look three or even ten steps ahead before taking one step. You need to predict the enemy's moves in advance, and then attack his vital points before he makes a move, making it impossible for him to perform any move.

But at this moment, every time Fu Jun'er wanted to make any move, she found that Taoist Baisun's palm had blocked her vital points, forcing her to be unable to perform any move.

She was proficient in the art of swordplay, and combined with what Taoist Baisun had just said, she immediately realized that she had been seen through by the other party!
It is extremely uncomfortable to feel defeated by the other party in the area that you are most proud of and best at.

But more importantly, she already had some people who believed in Taoist Baisun.

The man named Dugu Qiubai may have created the crystallization of Fu Cailin's lifelong swordsmanship when he was in his twenties.

If that's the case... then what is this Yi Jian Shu? What is Fu Cailin?
Taoist Baisun continued as he attacked, "After this sword technique was broken, do you know what Dugu Qiubai did?"

"what?"

"He created a new sword technique! At that time, he was thirty years old! How is the sword technique of that ugly guy Fu Cailin now? It has been so many years since the Yi sword technique was created. Has there ever been a sword technique that surpasses the Yi sword technique? Hahaha..." Taoist Baisun revealed a sarcastic sneer.

"It can't be that there has been no progress at all since then? No way? No way!"

Fu Jun'er's heart skipped a beat, and her mind, which was as calm as water, suddenly began to ripple, and then turned into a sweeping wave.

Her sword skills also completely collapsed.

Taoist Baisun's eyes lit up, and he said, "The weakness of the Nine Profound Technique is as obvious as ever!"

This extremely sarcastic remark also explained why he had talked so much nonsense just now.

At the same time, he also saw this opportunity with great accuracy, slapped the sword in Fu Jun'er's hand away with one palm, and hit her heart directly with the other palm.

Fu Jun'er turned around and dodged in a hurry, but was still hit on the shoulder by the palm and flew backwards.

She took this opportunity to get away, used her lightness skills, and escaped quickly.

Taoist Baisun did not pursue him, but turned his head to look into the distance.

Behind a big tree, Yu Wenzhi quietly took half a step back.

(End of this chapter)