The Great Martial Arts World: Hot Topics and Great Heroes

Following them was definitely the right decision...

But then the assassin leader suddenly stopped in his tracks: "Brother Hua, what are your plans after this?"

Chu Luren didn't know how he became "Brother Hua". It was probably because the other party had already assumed that he would not reveal his real name and had also sensed the other party's subtle hostility!

In the original work, there were quite a few Japanese masters under the orders of the Divine Marquis. Just the Wu Huan who was involved in the kidnapping of the Empress Dowager was second in strength in the whole series, not to mention the Giant Whale Gang and even the other secret subordinates of the Divine Marquis. Chu Luren had just suffered internal injuries from Cao Zhengchun's shock, and he pretended to ignore it all the way without recuperating. His condition seemed to have worsened a bit...

If things turn sour, it might not be so easy for me to leave.

"A moment of spring night is worth a thousand pieces of gold. I wonder if I could borrow a small room?" Chu Luren was holding Princess Yunluo in his arms at this moment.

"Haha, Brother Hua is so generous! We naturally welcome you." The assassin leader said, leading Chu Luren to a secluded courtyard of a private residence.

Clap, clap, clap—in a specific rhythm, after the door was opened, someone inside welcomed the assassins and Chu Luren inside.

Sure enough, there were also experts from Japan or the Giant Whale Gang around!

Chu Luren appeared unconcerned, but inwardly he was calculating.

After the assassin leader went in, he seemed to communicate with the people inside before letting his group in. It's unclear whether he informed the people inside about the Chu Lu people, or whether... coming to this stronghold was just a spur-of-the-moment decision!

After all, Chu Luren remembered that in the original work, the Empress Dowager was supposed to be hidden in the state guesthouse.

“Brother Hua, my humble abode is quiet and secluded, and there will be no spring scenery to accompany you. I believe you will not be lonely... How about we discuss some things again tomorrow morning?” The assassin leader said, gesturing towards a room deep inside.

"That's very good." Chu Luren had no choice but to agree.

After Chu Luren carried Yunluo into the room, he placed her on the bed, looked around to make sure no one was hiding in the room, and then gestured for her to be quiet.

Seeing this, Princess Yunlu blinked hard—because of the impression that Chu Luren had saved her from Cao Zhengchun, and because although Chu Luren was rude, he hadn't done anything really excessive and was obviously just trying to fool the other party, so although Yunlu was embarrassed and angry, she knew what was good and bad.

Chu Luren nodded, then reached out and waved his hand across her chest to release the pressure points.

Yun Luo breathed a sigh of relief and was about to speak in a low voice when Chu Luren stopped her again, and then...

"Don't rush, my darling, let me release your pressure points first."

"Ah! What are you doing?"

"The stars tonight are not those of last night; for whom do I stand in the wind and dew all night long? In this mortal world, it's rare to find someone to laugh; I must return home with chrysanthemums adorning my head..."

tear...

what……

crackling sounds...

Chirp chirp...

Yunlu stared blankly at Chu Luren, who was playing two roles and imitating various sounds of tearing cloth and pressing down on the bed. How incredibly lifelike!

Chapter 256 Two Divine Skills

Hearing the soft, seductive music emanating from Chu Luren's Spring Light Pavilion, the leader of the assassins outside also pulled off his mask.

Chu Luren naturally didn't recognize this face, but if the people of the imperial court saw it, they would definitely recognize it—this person was none other than Kararu, the envoy of Izumo!

At this time, Izumo Province sent an envoy to Lin'an under the pretext of sending a concubine for a marriage alliance, with the Karaju delegation being the chief envoy.

Of course, in reality, the envoy from Izumo had already been intercepted and killed by the Japanese people under the orders of the God-King. Now, Karasuma, Princess Toshihide, and others are all Japanese people in disguise.

Seeing that this "playboy" was indeed a daring and lecherous man, Karasuma felt relieved and even wondered if he could cooperate with him!

After all, the fact that "Young Master Hua" was able to enter the palace and abduct Princess Yunluo suggests that his martial arts skills are no less than his own.

Because of the lack of understanding of this complex situation, it is hard for a normal person to imagine that Chu Luren could still act as a representative of the Song court after already kidnapping Princess Yunluo!

Inside the house, Chu Luren said in a low voice, "Don't be afraid. I'll take you back when the opportunity arises."

Under the lingering effect of the "Nine Netherworld Sound Soul Technique," the voice that Chu Luren had previously "imitated" continued as background noise. As a result, if the voice in the room was lowered further, there would be no one to eavesdrop.

"I know! You saved me from that eunuch Cao, didn't you? Don't worry, this princess is very righteous and won't hold it against you for... pulling my hair!" Yunluo said, rubbing her hairline, and then continued, "But it's not just me! They've also kidnapped Mother. We have to find a way to rescue her too!"

Yunluo's foolish boldness amazed Chu Luren—he originally thought the little girl would be terrified by now, and Chu Luren was thinking of making sure to comfort her, but who knew... he could even see a hint of "excitement" in her eyes.

"Empress Dowager?" Chu Luren had already guessed, but still confirmed it.

“That’s right, the blanket of the person they kidnapped is the Empress’s phoenix blanket. It must be the Empress who has been kidnapped!” Yunluo was only unable to speak due to acupressure, but she could still see.

"Your martial arts seem pretty good? Who are you? Where is your 'shiny' friend?" Yunlu asked Chu Luren.

"I might have gotten separated along the way. I'm just a wanderer in the martial world... I was slightly injured by Cao Zhengchun's palm strike earlier. He also has some experts on his side, so I need to recuperate for a night." Chu Luren thought for a moment and then told the truth.

"That damned servant! Once I've rescued the Empress Dowager and returned to the palace, I'll give my brother and mother a good dressing down!" Yunluo was still indignant when she mentioned the matter.

"Huh? Wait a minute, that passerby... that's Chu Tai Sui from the Heavenly Ranking!" Yun Luo immediately realized.

Chu Luren didn't say much about this, but he didn't think Yunluo was going to file a complaint. Given the circumstances at the time, Cao Zhengchun had plenty of excuses to make.

Of course, whether he, a eunuch, would ultimately be dealt with depended on whether the emperor and empress dowager were willing to do so.

However, thinking about it... the emperor or empress dowager probably intends to use him to counterbalance the Iron-Blooded Marquis, and may not be able to really hurt him.

Yunluo glanced at Chu Luren, then stood up and pulled Chu Luren to the bedside, pressing him down to sit: "You come and recuperate, I will protect you. When we rescue the Empress Dowager, my brother will reward you handsomely!"

As Yunluo spoke, she really did act like a protector, standing aside, looking left and right, appearing very wary.

Chu Luren: ...

"There's no need for that. Don't get up, lest someone see your shadow through the window," Chu Luren reminded him.

Given her level of "vigilance," even if Chu Luren were to recuperate, he would still be able to detect any enemy she could spot.

Just then, a seductive female moan was heard—this was simulated by Chu Luren using his sonic powers and was now being "played" out with a delay.

Chu Luren blushed. Yun Luo didn't understand what was going on, but she was also instinctively embarrassed. She muttered, "Why are you making such a shameless sound?" Then she couldn't help but quiet down and pulled the blanket over herself to sit against the wall on the other side of Chu Luren's cross-legged position.

Fortunately, Chu Luren was only regulating his breathing and healing his injuries and did not need to go into seclusion, otherwise... under such sound effects, the probability of going into qi deviation would increase exponentially!

The internal organ shock was easily relieved. It was originally a minor internal injury. The "Minor Chaotic True Qi" had the foundation of "Innate Skill". It overdrawn some of its innate Qi and quickly stabilized.

The injuries to the meridians were mainly manifested in the "Dream God's Body," since Chu Luren had suddenly awakened the Dream God and faced Cao Zhengchun.

While it's not fair to say that the Immortal Ape's True Qi is inept at healing, it's only mediocre at best...

When practicing his internal energy, he didn't need to concentrate too much. He just used his breathing and energy to ease the damage to his meridians. Chu Luren even had the leisure to look at the "Invincible Vajra Divine Skill" and the "Energy Absorption Technique".

The Vajra Indestructible Divine Skill can simultaneously affect the "body" and "qi," meaning it is an internal skill in itself, and can also use the cultivated internal energy to train the body.

After mastering the art, one will also acquire the nature of "technique"—that is, "transformation".

It is completely different from the "Indestructible Vajra Body" of Shaolin. Even if one has not reached the highest level and cannot transform, the protective effect of the Indestructible Vajra Divine Skill is still constant. It does not have the defect of the "Indestructible Vajra Body" that requires the use of internal energy to resist attacks.

As for the aspects of "momentum" and even "mindset," they may not be absent, but they are not yet apparent and require personal understanding.

The Absorption Technique, contrary to Chu Luren's expectations, also works on both the "body" and "qi" simultaneously. Moreover, after mastering it, it will have the nature of a "technique"—ordinary absorption techniques are not considered "techniques," just like the absorption effect of the Northern Darkness Divine Art, which belongs to the nature of internal energy itself. However, the one that absorbs a person entirely into itself falls into the category of "techniques," and it also requires mastery to use.

Furthermore, the two are completely opposite. The Vajra Indestructible Divine Skill focuses on physical training, and Qi training is only to provide the Vajra Indestructible True Qi for physical training. On the other hand, the Absorption of Power Great Law focuses on internal power, and physical training... is only for better "absorption of power". The improvement in offense and defense is far less significant than that of the Vajra Indestructible Divine Skill.

Gu Santong was quite considerate; he even wrote down the flaws of the "Absorption Technique" on the rag. Otherwise, Chu Luren wouldn't have been able to discern anything from the technique itself...

In fact, both of these martial arts were left behind by the legendary martial arts master "Tianchi Eccentric" three hundred years ago. Back then, Tianchi Eccentric wanted to break through the two great gates of "body" and "qi" by himself, so he gathered all his knowledge and skills to create these two martial arts.

however……

Ultimately, due to the flaws in the "Absorption Technique," he lost the opportunity to knock on the Heavenly Gate!

The Strange Swordsman of Tianchi had a good idea: to "seize the creation of heaven and earth and devote the whole world to himself" so that his internal strength could reach the level of knocking on the gates of heaven.

Therefore, he created the "Absorption Technique," which can plunder everything!

However, this has led to a problem: the "Absorption Technique" is too domineering. In theory, it can even absorb a portion of an enemy's meridians, aptitude, and even blood and qi.

While this technique is undoubtedly terrifying, it has a major problem...

If the human body is a gold mine, and one needs to refine it into real gold before one can advance further, then Tianchi Guaixia originally wanted a technique that could be refined with "infinite fuel" to refine real gold.

However, this energy-absorbing technique, while adding fuel, also makes its own "gold mine" grow ever larger, never running out...

After Gu Santong mastered the "Absorption Technique," he kept it under control and never absorbed the power of others. It was only after he was imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison and had no hope of knocking on the Heavenly Gate that he absorbed the power of masters from various sects in order to summarize the martial arts of each sect.

This is why, when the technique was taught to Cheng Shifei, the "Absorption Technique" was not also passed on to him!

However, Gu Santong didn't have high expectations for Chu Luren, so he simply gave him the "Absorption Technique" as well, since he had already told him about the side effects. Besides, given the nature of the "Indestructible Vajra Divine Skill," Chu Luren wouldn't be able to absorb his successor's energy...

Chapter 257 Stealing Food from the Fog

After "seeing" the badges for "Invincible Vajra Divine Skill" and "Absorption Technique", Chu Luren had a thorough understanding of the basic knowledge of the two martial arts.

However, without the annotations of Gu Santong, one would not be able to see the flaws based solely on "basic knowledge".

only……

The Chu Lu people can only believe half of the annotations in the Gu San Tong!

After all, this guy has such a terrible personality, and I'm not his son. Even if he doesn't have any ulterior motives and is just doing it for fun, it's quite possible that he's just fooling me before he dies.

Overall, Chu Luren believed in this explanation. Considering the martial arts techniques, Chu Luren felt that Gu Santong's explanation was very self-consistent.

If one relies on the "Absorption Technique," especially the "Absorption Technique" to absorb others, one can continuously increase one's internal energy, even improve one's aptitude, and obtain part of the opponent's meridians, thereby reverse-engineering the opponent's martial arts!

It is much more reliable than the Star Absorbing Technique and the Northern Darkness Divine Art in absorbing internal energy. As long as you don't act recklessly, the internal energy conflict can be gradually digested and completely eliminated.

If Chu Luren had been able to cultivate the "Absorption Technique" when he first transmigrated, he would have done so without hesitation.

However, after cultivating to a certain level, the side effects of the "Absorbing Power Technique" will also appear. Although it will not cause the danger of conflicting internal forces or going into demonic possession like the "Star Absorbing Technique", it will make the body and meridians "too many impurities", making it difficult to reach the ultimate state and the limit of heaven and earth, and naturally unable to knock on the gate of heaven!

It's like a computer where the graphics card, sound card, and RAM are all locked, and you can only keep plugging in extra hard drives...

Of course, Chu Luren had no intention of giving up the "Absorption Technique".

Although Chu Luren didn't want his potential to be locked, he still possessed the "Dream God Body"!

Locking the upper limit of the "Dream God Body" in exchange for an extremely powerful Dream God state is perfectly acceptable to Chu Luren—the Dream God Body becomes stronger in the short term to ensure his basic safety, while he himself breaks through the limits.

Chu Luren didn't rush into any fusion process. Instead, he first carefully studied the two techniques.

By the time dawn broke, Chu Luren's injuries had fully healed. When he opened his eyes, he found Princess Yunluo curled up on the other side of the bed, asleep against the wall.

This night was filled with fright and exhaustion, and I was truly exhausted.

However, Chu Luren had no intention of showing any mercy and letting her sleep a little longer. After all, this was the enemy's lair. He gently poked her and said, "Wake up!"

"Hmm! There's an enemy..." Yunluo was startled when she opened her eyes, but Chu Luren quickly sealed her acupoints.