Wizard: I brought the wrong system...

Chapter 606 Teaching

No sleep for one night.

After Yarrow finished writing the last stroke and closed his notebook, Bevin, who had been standing behind him for a long time, filled with questions, finally couldn't help but speak up:

"Teacher, isn't your newly defined martial arts essence too broad? If someone kills indiscriminately, they won't experience any emotional fluctuations at all. Or, can those villains who are naturally less emotionally volatile also learn the martial arts essence of 'non-action'?"

Yaro glanced back, but didn't refute, instead smiling as he said:

"You understand perfectly."

"As long as you can get past your own mental hurdle, as long as you do bad things without any psychological fluctuations, and are completely and justifiably bad, you can indeed learn the 'Wuwei Technique'."

"After all... by doing nothing, nothing is impossible."

After a pause, Yarrow continued:

"Therefore, this sect must have strict doctrines, a clear lineage, and establish strict master-disciple relationships and sect rules. It must also establish an assessment mechanism to evaluate the disciples' character and temperament, and prevent those with evil intentions from using the 'Wuwei Technique' to commit evil."

In Yaro's vision, the early stages of this new internal martial arts technique, that is, the introductory stage of apprentices, must be restricted by strict rules to regulate their behavior and shape their values.

In other words, it requires new apprentices to be virtuous, and only those apprentices who can rapidly improve their internal skills under the rule of virtuous conduct can later become high-ranking members of the sect.

This is a layer of screening.

Under this screening process, those who "take pleasure in evil" will be eliminated, and the higher-ups of the sect will most likely be occupied by those who favor "goodness" and "non-action."

Just like the black and white fish in Tai Chi, the "true meaning of martial arts" of the sect's higher-ups, even if mixed with a small amount of evil, is at least mostly good, and will suppress obvious "evil".

This is the purpose of Yarrow's design.

Bevin frowned, puzzled, and asked:

"Teacher, why didn't you design this internal energy cultivation method like the 'Heaven-Mending Technique,' where anyone who violates the 'True Meaning of Martial Arts' will be punished? 'Non-action,' this true meaning of martial arts, has no warning effect whatsoever. Didn't you say before that it was necessary to restrain the martial arts community? Didn't you say you were going to design 'Heavenly Will' and 'Enlightened Ghosts' for martial arts practitioners?"

There are two reasons.

Yarrow explained earnestly:

"Firstly, I planned to assign a 'true meaning of martial arts' to each method of the Bajiquan method, but among the various human emotions, it is difficult to find one similar to 'open-mindedness,' an emotion that cannot be produced as long as one does something against one's moral compass. The 'detachment' of the 'true meaning of non-action' is already a relatively righteous emotion among many emotions, and it is already a very good choice."

"To put it another way, all emotions are based on the human body itself. In other words, the standard of judgment is based on one's own values. This includes the 'open-mindedness' in the 'Heaven-Mending Technique.' Whether something is right or wrong does not depend on other people's opinions, but only on whether it conforms to one's own values."

"So ultimately, no matter which emotion is used as the 'true meaning of martial arts,' it needs to be combined with appropriate moral education. If the moral values ​​are not correct, even the strictest 'true meaning of martial arts' cannot restrain evil deeds, and may even have the opposite effect, making those bad people strengthen their bad moral values."

"So this is the second reason why I use 'non-action' as the 'true meaning of martial arts'."

"The true meaning of the martial arts of 'non-action' is neither too extreme, whether it leans towards good or evil. The Bright Moon Palace, which mainly cultivates the 'non-action technique,' acts like a neutral scale, a buffer damper, and the ballast stone of the great ship of martial artists, playing a role in judging and supervising the martial arts community."

"Things that are too extreme are not good; Mingyue Palace will not participate."

"If it becomes too extreme, the Bright Moon Palace will stop it."

"Avoid extremes, do not stand out, and take moderation as your guiding principle."

"It may be difficult to win, but it may only be a temporary prosperity."

"Yet it can preserve the legacy for ten thousand generations."

"This is non-action, this is Mingyue Palace, and this will also be the guiding principle for Wugong Mountain's future conduct."

Bevin was listening intently when he heard this sentence, and he snapped out of his reverie, asking in surprise:

"Does Wugong Mountain also need 'non-action'?"

"certainly."

Yaro nodded slightly.

"'Wuwei' (non-action) and 'Youwei' (action) together constitute Taiji, and the symbol of Wugong Mountain is Taiji."

"Positive intentions? Tai Chi?"

Bevin didn't quite understand these new words.

Yarrow explained:

"'Youwei' is the opposite of 'Wuwei,' and can be understood as 'making a difference.' As for Tai Chi, there are many ways to understand it. I will teach those girls martial arts later, and I will impart this knowledge to them all when they are resting."

……

After a quick wash, when Yaro brought Bevan back into the courtyard, they found the girls already waiting there.

Yaro looked around and said loudly:

"As Bevin told you yesterday, starting today, I will begin teaching you martial arts."

"First, you need to know what martial arts are."

"Martial arts, in its grandest sense, is about stopping violence; it's a means of using violence to control violence!"

"But to put it bluntly, to put it in normal terms..."

Yaro's voice was strong and clear, but the girls below were all trembling with fear and anxiety, showing no excitement whatsoever.

It was as if... they hadn't heard what Yaro was saying at all.

"Wasn't everything fine yesterday?"

As Yaro kept talking, his eyes naturally glanced at the girl from the merchant family at the very front.

"Was it her who told the other girls that I was the 'mystery man'?"

While external martial arts have lower requirements for mental state than internal martial arts, they are not without requirements.

To open up the dantian, one needs to "embrace the original essence and guard the oneness," which means focusing one's mental energy on the dantian.

During regular exercise, you need to focus your attention on your body to activate the involuntary muscles and guide the flow of vitality.

"We need to find a way to dispel their fear."

Thinking of this, Yaro changed the subject and said:

"Martial arts can be broadly divided into internal skills, external skills, and lightness skills."

"But you've seen the effects of external martial arts. Baron Claire, who helped you build this house yesterday, used external martial arts."

"His body is incredibly strong, his strength is terrifying, and his fingers can easily pierce through rocks."

"External skills, however, are only the most superficial part of martial arts..."

The girls finally showed some interest.

Yaro continued:

"When internal energy cultivation reaches a high level, even flying flowers and fallen leaves can be used to injure people, and grass, trees, bamboo and stones can all be used as swords, and there are all sorts of strange abilities."

Yaro assumed a fighting stance and threw a punch at the empty space to his side.

Bang-!

A flash of fire streaked past like a shooting star.

"What I'm going to teach you is this kind of internal strength!"

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