I became a prince in a martial arts world.

Chapter 77 Wang Yu: Why don't you ask me anything?

Yang Weiming did not lead them to the Sword Inquiry Hall, but instead took them to a small courtyard at the back.

As soon as he entered, Wang Yu felt the air suddenly turn colder. Looking inside, he didn't see Liu Wuchen, Fang Shaobai, and the other seven people. Apart from Yan Xiangxue and Alde, there were only two old people in the room.

An old man with gray hair and beard, a stern face, and an imposing presence, whose gaze swept across the crowd like lightning, seemingly penetrating straight into their hearts.

The other old man was tall with completely white hair, but his complexion was ruddy and he looked energetic. He seemed to be younger than the first old man and had a very kind smile.

Wang Yu guessed that these two must be Ling Feiyun and Gu Nanfeng.

Then he saw Yang Weiming bow and greet him, "Grandmaster, Master, Mr. Sun and Prince Zhao have arrived."

"Hiss—"

No one expected that this smiling, seemingly kind old man was the ruthless man who, seventy years ago, roamed the world with his sword and stole the seven sect leaders' swords from the seven major sword sects.

Sun Wenzhu straightened up involuntarily, and Wang Yu's breathing also became lighter.

The gray-haired old man looked at the tall old man, who then looked them over and said with a smile, "Talented people emerge in every generation of the martial world, not bad, not bad."

Everyone bowed in unison, "Greetings, Senior Ye!"

Ye Tianlin glanced at Qianqian but didn't say anything; he simply turned to Sun Wenzhu and said, "I heard that Mr. Sun comes from Huichun Valley."

"I came to Tianshan for the snow lotus."

Sun Wenzhu nodded, "Yes."

Ye Tianlin said, "Mr. Sun has been searching for spiritual herbs all the way, but he only engages in fair trade, healing people in exchange for the spiritual herbs they possess."

Sun Wenzhu replied, "Yes."

Ye Tianlin nodded. "Miss Yan was struck by Hei Qiang Shi Mo's palm. The White Bone Palm technique penetrated deep into her bone marrow. Please take a look and see if there is any way to treat it."

Yan Xiangxue laughed and said, "I'm already eighty-three."

Ye Tianlin also laughed and said, "Even if you are ninety-three years old, you are still a little girl in front of me."

Sun Wenzhu didn't laugh. Instead, she stepped forward without saying a word, sat down next to Yan Xiangxue, and said "Please".

"Thank you for your trouble." Yan Xiangxue stretched out her hand, letting Sun Wenzhu take her pulse.

Everyone in the room fell silent.

Sun Wenzhu listened for a moment with his eyes slightly closed, then had Yan Xiangxue switch hands and listened for a while before opening his eyes.

Sun Wenzhu remained expressionless, but Alde beside her was impatient, "How is it?"

Sun Wenzhu shook her head. "I can't cure it."

Ye Tianlin and Ling Feiyun remained expressionless, clearly indicating that Sun Wenzhu's performance was not unexpected.

Alde's eyes darkened, and her eyes turned red.

Then everyone heard Sun Wenzhu say, "But I can suppress Senior Yan's injuries and extend her life by one year. During this year, as long as we find a master who cultivates water and fire internal energy, well, preferably ice and fire internal energy, we can remove the palm force from Senior Yan's bone marrow."

"Hmm?" Alde's eyes lit up immediately.

Ye Tianlin smiled, "Mr. Sun, could you elaborate?"

Sun Wenzhu nodded. "Senior Yan's internal energy is as cold as ice and as frigid as snow. It is the most advanced ice and snow internal energy. Although he was seriously injured by Shi Mo's White Bone Palm, which caused his internal energy to become chaotic, it has become even stronger."

At this moment, the power of the White Bone Palm had already penetrated the internal organs and bone marrow, mixing with Senior Yan's internal energy. The stronger Senior Yan's internal energy was, the stronger Shi Mo's White Bone Palm power became.

Although Senior Ye's skills are profound, the internal energy of the Tianshan lineage also belongs to the ice system. Although he can help Senior Yan regulate his internal energy, because they are both of the ice system, he cannot separate and expel the White Bone Palm force.

In this way, what appears to be helping Senior Yan heal his injuries actually amplifies the power of the White Bone Palm technique. What seems like saving someone is actually harming them, and Senior Yan will only die faster.

However, those who cultivate water and fire internal energy are different. Water contains fire, and fire contains water. Using gentle water-based internal energy as a surface, they can regulate Senior Yan's internal energy, reaching directly into his internal organs and bone marrow. Then, they can use fire energy to penetrate and separate the White Bone Palm force from Senior Yan's true energy.

Sun Wenzhu concluded, "In this way, the power of the White Bone Palm can be eliminated."

"Although I do not possess such abilities, I do have a Three-Leaf Dragon Beard Ginseng, which can be used to refine a pill that can suppress Senior Yan's internal energy and the insidious palm force within it. As long as Senior Yan does not use his true energy, he can remain unharmed for a year," Sun Wenzhu added.

After listening to Sun Wenzhu's words, Ye Tianlin nodded in praise, "Mr. Sun is indeed a master of medicine."

Alde, holding Yan Xiangxue's hand, exclaimed with delight, "Master, Master, you're saved!"

Yan Xiangxue smiled and nodded, but there was little joy in her eyes.

Ling Feiyun pointed out this point: "Although Mr. Sun can temporarily suppress the injuries of the Yan family girl, where can we find a master who cultivates both water and fire internal energies?"

Everyone fell silent.

There are many people in the martial arts world who practice water-attribute internal energy and those who practice fire-attribute internal energy, but practicing both water and fire is much more difficult than practicing only one type of internal energy.

It is common knowledge in the martial arts world that most people only cultivate one type of internal energy. In addition to upgrading and replacing it, if the internal energy attributes are too different when switching to another internal energy method, it may even be necessary to eliminate the previous type of internal energy.

Sun Wenzhu's so-called cultivation of water and fire internal energy does not mean practicing two different techniques, but rather cultivating water and fire simultaneously within a single technique.

A technique that can harmonize water and fire is considered a divine skill no matter where it is practiced, and a person who can cultivate this kind of internal energy will never remain unknown.

Even so, one must be extremely careful when practicing this technique. One careless move could lead to a clash between water and fire, resulting in minor injuries such as vomiting blood, severe demonic possession, or even a complete restart of one's life.

Therefore, it's not that there haven't been such techniques and people practicing them throughout history, but it's generally difficult to pass them down stably. Most of them are just a few individuals, and after two or three generations, they disappear into the waves of the martial arts world.

Yang Weiming suddenly said, "When I went to the Central Plains, I heard that there was a master in Jiangnan who practiced the Frost and Fire Palm. This person must also practice water and fire."

Sun Wenzhu continued, "When I entered the martial arts world, this master had already died at the hands of the young master of Jade Dragon Manor. I don't know if he had any successors, but he has not appeared in the martial arts world."

Yang Weiming asked Alde curiously, "Master, when you were introducing the seven major sword sects to me, didn't you say that the Qingyang Sect also practices the Five Elements Sword Technique? Doesn't the Five Elements include water and fire?"

Yan Xiangxue shook her head, "The Five Elements Sword Technique practiced by the Qingyang Sect practitioners is based on the Five Elements, which captures the essence of the Five Elements, but their internal energy follows the middle way, not the Five Elements classification."

Yang Weiming thought for a moment, then looked at Ling Feiyun, hesitating to speak.

"Say whatever you want to say," Ling Feiyun said.

Yang Weiming hesitated before saying, "Besides the techniques created by the wise and talented people of the martial arts world throughout the ages, there is actually a sect that has maintained an orderly tradition of cultivating both water and fire—"

Ling Feiyun said calmly, "The Kanli Sect is indeed a place of mutual hatred, but its members and disciples are hiding in the martial world. Where are you going to find them?"

Yang Weiming fell silent.

Alde asked anxiously, "Since it's a sect, doesn't it have a mountain gate? Besides, I can have my father send people to the Central Plains to search for it."

Yan Xiangxue pressed down Alde's hand and shook her head, saying, "Even if I find someone from the Kanli Sect, I won't let him heal my wounds."

"Why?" Aldette asked curiously.

Yan Xiangxue said, "Because the Kanli Sect is a branch of the Demonic Sect, it is divided into internal dual cultivation and external dual cultivation. Internal dual cultivation harmonizes the Yin and Yang Kanli within the body and pursues the self becoming heaven and earth. Unfortunately, this branch has few members. It is said that it is passed down by a single line and rarely appears in the world. Now, it is unknown whether there are any successors."

Another type of practitioner engages in dual cultivation outside the main lineage, but this often leads to demonic possession and is known in the martial arts world as the "Nourishment Cultivation Sect." Their disciples cultivate yin to replenish yang and harmonize water and fire. If I were to be healed by such a person, I would rather be dead.

"Ah!" Alde exclaimed, "Isn't that a lecherous thief?"

Yan Xiangxue nodded. "He is a lecher."

Yang Weiming lowered his head, not daring to speak.

The knowledge of the Kanli School was something my master was telling me. If I could think of it myself, how could my master not? The reason he didn't tell me was because he couldn't do it.

They can't find anyone from the orthodox Kanli school, and they wouldn't bother with anyone from the unorthodox cultivation and replenishment school.

Ye Tianlin looked at Sun Wenzhu and said, "In that case, please make a move, Mr. Sun. I am willing to reward you with two Tianshan snow lotuses."

Sun Wenzhu waved her hands repeatedly, "I'm using live ginseng, and I'll only cut off a quarter at most. I can raise it back later. I only need one snow lotus."

Sun Wenzhu said firmly, "This one of my pills is only worth one snow lotus."

Ye Tianlin's eyes showed appreciation, and he nodded with a smile, "Good."

"Thank you so much, Mr. Sun," Yan Xiangxue said with a smile. "It's always good to live another year, so I'll have time to make arrangements for my affairs after I'm gone."

Alde cried out in a mournful voice, "Master—"

Yan Xiangxue held Alde's hand and said to Ye Tianlin and Ling Feiyun, "This child is half Han Chinese. I usually teach her Central Plains culture. She is actually more like a Qiang person than a Han Chinese."

The Black Qiang King has always wanted to marry his son to Alde. I could refuse while I was there, but if I'm not, no one in the White Qiang can stop him, and Shi Mo can easily abduct her.

Ye Tianlin understood what she meant and agreed, "Let her enter Tianshan, and let Nanfeng take on another disciple."

Yan Xiangxue was overjoyed and pulled Alde to kneel down before Ye Tianlin, saying, "Quickly kowtow and thank Sect Leader Ye!"

Ye Tianlin let Alde kowtow to him three times, then with a flick of his sleeve, he lifted the girl into the air.

Having said that, the rest of the arrangements are basically complete.

Wang Yu was a little confused. It seemed like he had nothing to do with this.

Then he saw Yan Xiangxue turn to him, "It is a great honor to meet the Prince of Zhenxi this time, as I happen to have something to ask of you."

Wang Yu nodded. "Please go ahead."

Although Yan Xiangxue sensed that Wang Yu and the two women beside him looked a little strange after Sun Wenzhu finished speaking, she didn't think much of it, assuming that they knew she was about to die and didn't know how to face her.

"The White Qiang have no intention of being enemies with the Central Plains, but after my passing, I cannot withstand the pressure from the Black Qiang," Yan Xiangxue said. "I intend to have the White Qiang King move another hundred miles south to form a strategic position with Lingwu Pass. If the Black Qiang advances, I ask Your Highness not to doubt and to lend the White Qiang a helping hand."

Wang Yu then realized why she had let him hear so much inside information; it was to gain his trust.

Meeting Yan Xiangxue's sincere gaze and Alde's aggrieved expression, Wang Yu smiled and said, "Of course I believe in you, senior, but after you pass away, can I trust your successor?"

Yan Xiangxue immediately replied, "Of course, my disciple Gulanrena inherited my skills and is also close to the Han people."

Wang Yu shook his head, "I think it's better for the senior to be in charge of Baiqiang."

Yan Xiangxue was puzzled, and Ling Feiyun also frowned. "How about I vouch for this? I'll go down the mountain to Baiqiang next month to see if that Gulanrena is reliable. Does the Prince of Zhenxi think this is feasible?"

Wang Yu laughed, no longer keeping him in suspense, and pointed to himself, "Why don't you ask me if I know any techniques that combine ice and fire?"