Elderly Martial Saint: Sixty Times the Cultivation Speed ​​at the Start

Yi Yang pushed open the courtyard gate, went into his room, and locked the door.

He walked to the bedside and sat down, taking out the yellowed booklet tied with hemp thread from his storage ring.

"The Mind-Monkey Guardian Technique: The Dynamic Image Chapter"

Yi Yang turned to the first page.

A musty, stale scent of ink, mixed with the dry aroma of paper, wafted towards me.

The first page contains a few lines of general outline.

The handwriting was exactly the same as the one he had seen in the armory of Suining Prefecture.

"Stillness is the foundation, movement is the application. Observe yourself in stillness, and control all things in motion."

"If the mind is not kept still, the spirit will wander and the will will scatter, like a wild ape breaking free of its cage."

"When the mind is like a monkey guarding its position, the will is concentrated and the spirit is focused, like a Vajra guarding a mountain."

"The five techniques of movement do not rely on brute force to prevail, but on the intent to subdue—"

"It enters people's hearts, burns their altars, and shatters their souls."

Yi Yang stared at the last sentence, "to kill with intention," his gaze hardening.

To kill someone with intent.

This goes beyond the realm of martial arts and is almost a supernatural power.

He suppressed his excitement and continued scrolling down.

The booklet contained several human figures, with lines outlining the pathways of fine meridians, and small print indicating the key points for the circulation of spiritual consciousness.

As Yi Yang looked at the complex route maps and tried to mobilize his divine sense, which was at the "Breaking Illusion" level, to perceive the true meaning of the ancient book, a sudden change occurred.

My mind went blank.

His vision went black, and the nine-foot-tall golden-haired giant ape in his mind let out a short roar, but its voice seemed to be blocked by a force and could not be transmitted.

Yi Yang didn't even have time to react before collapsing onto the bed, unconscious.

The room fell silent.

Only the Xuan Yuan Black Blade, which Yi Yang had casually placed on the bedside table, silently emitted a faint, inky black light from the ancient patterns on its blade.

……

cold.

Bone-chilling cold.

The boundless darkness and icy water pressed in from all directions.

Yi Yang felt the chill coming from beside him and suddenly opened his eyes.

He found himself floating in a dark body of water.

There was no light around.

Above and below, there was only bottomless, ink-like darkness.

"Where is this?"

Sensing his surroundings, Yi Yang's expression instantly darkened.

He remembered clearly that just a moment ago he was in the courtyard he rented in Hengyue Town, studying the book "The Mind Monkey's Guide to Guarding the Mind".

How did we suddenly end up in this godforsaken place?

Yi Yang tried circulating the true energy within his body.

Fortunately, his True Qi of the Yi Wood Realm flowed smoothly through his meridians without any obstruction.

He then tried to sense his physical body.

The immense power brought by the perfected "Martial Dragon Elephant Body" still lies dormant within every inch of flesh and blood.

"Their strength remains."

Finding that his strength was still there, Yi Yang felt a little more at ease.

As long as we have the strength, we have the confidence to deal with any unexpected situation.

He calmed down and carefully observed his surroundings.

This body of water is so vast that it seems to have no boundaries.

He looked in all four directions—up, down, left, and right—but saw no trace of the shore except for endless darkness.

It seems no one will come to rescue me, so the only way out is for me to find it myself.

Without hesitation, Yi Yang chose to go down.

In this unknown place, instead of searching upwards for a vague, ethereal surface of water, it's better to explore downwards to uncover the very foundations of this body of water.

He swung his arms, his muscles bulging.

He pushed the Perfected Martial Dragon Elephant Body to its limit, causing his body to swell up and his bones to crackle.

His powerful physical strength was his greatest protection in these unfamiliar waters.

He sank straight down into the depths of the water like a black cannonball.

The water pressure is increasing.

The surrounding darkness grew thicker and thicker.

Yi Yang dived into the Black Water.

As he went deeper, he finally saw some living things in the surrounding darkness.

Fish of unusual shapes swim in the water.

These fish all carried a considerable martial arts aura.

Most of them are at the level of internal energy cultivation.

Several of them were exceptionally large, and the aura they exuded was clearly that of the True Qi Realm.

But the fish seemed to be wary of him, swimming at a distance. Sensing the powerful aura emanating from him, none of them dared to approach him.

After discovering these fish-like monsters, Yi Yang became even more on edge.

Because his consciousness was severely suppressed here.

The divine sense of the "Breaking Illusion" realm is capable of perceiving even the slightest movement within a radius of a hundred feet.

However, in this strange body of water, his range of perception was compressed to just a few feet in front of him.

This greatly weakened his ability to issue early warnings.

He could only proceed with even greater caution as he continued his exploration.

Just then.

A chilling sense of crisis crept over him from behind without warning.

Yi Yang didn't even have time to turn around.

The experienced man only had time to cross his arms and protect his chest.

boom!

A tremendous force, like a landslide or tsunami, slammed into his back.

Yi Yang was thrown dozens of feet into the water before he could finally regain his footing.

He felt a sweet taste in his throat, a metallic taste rising within him, which he forced back down.

He turned around and looked at the thing that had attacked him.

That was a fish.

A ferocious giant fish, over five zhang in size, covered in bluish-black scales.

Its head is flat, and its mouth splits to behind its eyes, revealing rows of razor-sharp teeth.

Most striking of all is the single, spiraling horn, over a foot long, that grows right in the center of its head, its tip gleaming with a chilling light.

The aura that made his heart tremble was emanating from this giant unicorn fish.

His strength was clearly at the first level of the Profound Realm, "Qi Xuan".

Sensing the monster's strength, Yi Yang's expression darkened completely.

In this underwater environment where perception is suppressed and movement is restricted, facing an opponent of the same level, especially one fighting on home turf, would definitely be a tough battle.

The giant unicorn fish struck hard, giving him no chance to catch his breath.

Its massive tail fin slapped violently in the water, and its enormous body transformed into a streak of bluish-black lightning, charging towards Yi Yang once more.

This time, its sharp horn was aimed at Yi Yang's heart.

Yi Yang stomped his feet hard in mid-air, bursting the water with a muffled thud.

Instead of retreating, he charged towards the giant one-horned fish.

In water, the space for dodging is limited, so it's better to face the attack head-on than to be passively attacked!

He pushed the power of the "Martial Dragon Elephant Body" to its limit, his muscles bulged and his skin glowed with a faint golden light.

Just as the unicorn was about to pierce his chest, he suddenly shifted his body to the side, narrowly avoiding a fatal blow. At the same time, he clenched his right fist and punched the giant fish in the side of its face.

boom!

The dull thud echoed far and wide in the water.

Yi Yang felt as if his fist had struck a boulder covered with iron sheets.

The immense recoil caused his entire right arm to go numb.

The giant unicorn fish merely shook its head, its momentum slightly deflected, and it grazed past him.

Such hard scales!

Yi Yang's heart sank. His punch was enough to shatter an artificial mountain into pieces.

But hitting this giant fish only had this little effect.

Before he could adjust his posture, the giant fish's tail, like a steel whip, swept across with a whistling sound.

Yi Yang had no time to dodge and could only raise his arms to block again.

Another loud bang.

He was whipped so hard he rolled around in the water several times.

Before he could regain his footing, the giant unicorn opened its blood-red maw, and a visible white chill spewed out from its mouth.

Wherever the cold air passed, the surrounding water began to freeze into ice at an astonishing speed!

Yi Yang's movements suddenly became sluggish.

That chilling aura seeped into his body through his limbs and bones, even slowing down the circulation of his internal energy.

opportunity!

A glint of human-like cunning flashed in the eyes of the giant unicorn. It turned around again and launched a deadly charge towards Yi Yang, who was trapped by the cold air.

This time, Yi Yang had no way to avoid it.

He stared at the unicorn horn that was growing larger in his field of vision, a fierce glint in his eyes.

No refunds!

He took a deep breath and concentrated all the strength in his body into his arms.

Just before the horn pierced his chest, he suddenly stretched out his hands and grabbed the spiraling horn tightly.

puff.

The horn tip still pierced half an inch into his chest, and the golden blood stained the water in front of him.

But Yi Yang, with his own flesh and blood, withstood this fatal blow.

The muscles in his arms bulged like mountains, veins popping out, unleashing astonishing power to forcefully stop the unicorn fish from charging forward.

The giant fish thrashed its body wildly, trying to shake him off.

Yiyang, however, was like a rock welded to its head, and no matter how much it struggled, it remained unmoved.

He clung tightly to the giant fish's body, his entire body like an octopus.

then.

He released his grip on the unicorn's horn and rained down punches on the giant fish's enormous, unsuspecting eyeball.

boom! boom! boom!

He used all his strength in every punch.

The giant fish's eyeballs burst open with the first punch, and dark green fluid mixed with blood spread throughout the water.

A mournful, silent roar came from the giant fish's mouth.

It frantically rolled and thrashed in the water, trying to shake off the "parasite" on its body.

But Yi Yang's legs, like iron clamps, locked its body tightly.

His fists didn't stop for a moment, punch after punch, smashing the flesh and bones in that area to pieces.

I don't know how many punches he threw.

Until the struggle of the giant unicorn fish gradually weakened.

Finally, its massive body stiffened for a moment, then began to sink helplessly into the deeper waters.

Yi Yang released his grip, panting heavily.

The wound on his chest has begun to heal under the self-healing power of the golden blood.

He looked at the massive corpse sinking and was just about to breathe a sigh of relief.

Sudden.

He suddenly raised his head and looked into the deepest part of the water.

After the fish died, the entire dark body of water was illuminated.

Two enormous, sun-like golden orbs of light slowly rose from the endless abyss of darkness.

That ball of light was too big.

So large that even Yi Yang could not estimate its complete outline.

As he looked at the two "great suns," a chill ran through his very soul, making every hair on his body stand on end.

That's not the sun.

Those are... eyes.

He felt as if he were staring into the eyes of some unimaginable, ancient, and great being.

Just as Yi Yang's consciousness was about to be completely swallowed up by that vast pressure.

The scene before him was like a shattered mirror, broken into pieces.

……

"call!"

Yi Yang suddenly sat up in bed, panting heavily.

He looked around.

It was that familiar house in the important town of Yokogake.

Outside the window, the sky was just beginning to lighten.

He looked down at his chest and found that his clothes were intact and his skin was smooth, without a single scratch.

The extremely fierce battle just now felt like a nightmare.

Is it a hallucination?

Yi Yang frowned, recalling the two terrifying golden suns deep in the water.

If that really is an eye...

Just how big is that thing?

Just then, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the Xuan Yuan Blade lying on the bedside table.

On the hilt, a drop of pure golden liquid, the size of a grain of rice, lay quietly, emitting a faint yet warm glow.