The Great Martial Arts World: Hot Topics and Great Heroes

Song Yuanqiao and Zhang Songxi wanted to postpone it to a few months later, but they knew that the Golden Wheel Monk would not agree.

"Brother Chu, you can rest in the guest room first, or... you can go down the mountain first. Someone will definitely take Junior Brother Yu to visit you later." Song Yuanqiao did not want to involve others at this time.

Chu Luren, however, took the initiative to say, "Where is Yu Sanxia now? Why don't I heal his wounds first?"

"Thank you for your kindness, Brother Chu, but... the bone-setting effect of the Black Jade Bone-Setting Ointment can't be achieved in a day, can it? There might be a major change on the mountain tomorrow..." Song Yuanqiao was clearly worried that treating Yu Sandi's injuries at this time would delay things.

Not to mention that he cannot rest, Yu Daiyan has been disabled for so many years, so he must need to have his broken bones broken again, and he probably will have difficulty moving during the treatment!

What if something unexpected happens? Wouldn't that make things worse?

"Don't worry, Sect Leader Song. I've tried it before. This 'Black Jade Bone-Regenerating Ointment' can regenerate broken bones. Moreover, after applying the medicine, I can use 'Divine Illumination True Qi' to heal him, which will greatly reduce the time required. Although Yu Sanxia has been paralyzed for a long time, we need to break all the blunt parts of his body first. However, after a day, he will at least be able to walk slowly with a cane, which is better than being unable to move at all now." Since Chu Luren made this suggestion, he had naturally already tried it on A'er and A'san.

The effects of this "Black Jade Rejuvenating Ointment" are much stronger than those in the original work...

In the original work, when Zhang Wuji used the "Black Jade Broken Ointment" to heal his uncles and senior brothers, Yin Liting took the medicine for two months before he could move his hands. Yu Daiyan, because of his old injuries, took even longer, half a year, before he could walk slowly with a cane.

However, judging from the previous cases of Ah Er and Ah San, their broken bones had barely healed within a few days—although they were still very brittle, at least they could move around.

Ah Er could be considered exceptionally gifted, but judging from Ah San's situation, he should be the "Black Jade Broken Heart Ointment" from the martial arts world, whose effects are much stronger.

Chu Luren was worried that their bones might grow crooked, so he broke them again to ensure that their bones would heal properly. In order to avoid any misunderstanding, he also used "Divine Illumination True Qi" to assist them in healing the second time, and it worked much faster!

Within a day, Ah Er recovered to the point where he could barely fight back, although he couldn't fight at full strength.

Upon hearing Chu Luren's words, Song Yuanqiao quickly thanked him and summoned Yu Daiyan's young disciple to lead Chu Luren to see Yu Sanxia.

Yu Daiyan was completely crippled and could hardly move at all. Naturally, he did not take on any disciples and only had some young Taoist boys to take care of his daily life.

"Qingfeng, take Alliance Leader Chu to see your grandmaster," Song Yuanqiao instructed.

Following the young Taoist boy, Chu Luren arrived at the back mountain of Wudang Mountain, at the place where Yu Daiyan was recuperating.

As for the discussions between Song Yuanqiao and Zhang Songxi, it was clearly inappropriate for him to interfere.

"Grandmaster, Alliance Leader Chu Tai... has arrived." Qingfeng called out to Yu Daiyan inside the house from outside the courtyard.

Yu Daiyan has been disabled for many years and needs to be fed. He inevitably feels sorry for himself and usually doesn't want to see people.

"Quickly, invite him in!" Yu Daiyan's excited voice rang out.

Clearly, Song Yuanqiao and Zhang Songxi must have told Yu Daiyan about this "good news" beforehand, which is why they were so excited when they heard that the Chu Lu people had arrived.

"Third Master Yu, then I, Chu, will be entering." Chu Luren said, then pushed open the door and entered.

At this moment, Yu Daiyan was sitting in a mechanical wheelchair—with the mechanical skills of the martial arts world, Wudang could easily make a wheelchair with more functions.

In this critical situation, Chu Luren went straight to the point, explaining the pros and cons to Yu Daiyan.

Before long, faint cries of pain, barely audible, could be heard coming from Yu Daiyan's room...

Chapter 667 The Worst Preparation

Chu Luren broke all the bones in Yu Daiyan's joints again, during which Yu Daiyan displayed astonishing endurance.

Chu Luren originally wanted to give him a towel to bite on, but Yu Daiyan simply ignored it and clenched his teeth without making a loud noise!

Back then, Yu Daiyan, Yu Lianzhou, and Mo Shenggu were similar in temperament, and they all preferred to roam around as chivalrous knights. So, his complete paralysis was an especially heavy blow to him.

From Zhang Sanfeng to the other six heroes of Wudang, everyone cared deeply for Zhang Wuji. In the original work, when Zhang Wuji first returned to Wudang and disguised himself as Yu Daiyan's Taoist apprentice, he told Qingfeng that his third senior uncle would be overjoyed to see him return and would not blame him.

It is clear that the brotherhood between Yu Daiyan and Zhang Cuishan was genuine, however...

At his master's 100th birthday banquet, Yu Daiyan was still unable to let go of Yin Susu's voice—when he discovered that she was the woman who had poisoned him that day, he immediately lost control of his emotions.

In the end, Zhang Cuishan was too ashamed to face Brother Yu again, and he and his wife committed suicide in front of all the major sects.

It wasn't that Yu Daiyan was unforgiving; it was simply that this incident had dealt him such a heavy blow that he couldn't suppress his anger.

He has been disabled for almost twenty years now, and his once sharp temper has become much more subdued...

However, when he heard Chu Luren say that he would help him heal his injuries, even though Song Yuanqiao had told him about it before, Yu Daiyan was overjoyed. He didn't care about the fact that all his bones and tendons would break again or that the current situation was critical. He didn't ask a single question.

Chu Luren was also surprised to find that Yu Daiyan's internal strength... was actually higher than Yu Lianzhou's!

Although he did not deliberately use his internal energy, Chu Luren could naturally feel the instinctive rebound of internal force when the bones were broken.

Unlike Wu Yazi, Yu Daiyan was simply crippled by the "Vajra Finger Technique." Although his meridians were not completely undamaged, it was a hard skill and did not specifically target the meridians. After being healed by Master Zhang, he recovered in no time.

Indeed, in the original work, Zhang Sanfeng described Yu Daiyan's injuries as "severed tendons and broken bones in his hands and feet, which could not be repaired," without mentioning the condition of his meridians.

Unlike Wu Yazi, who suffered not only external injuries but also a sneak attack by Ding Chunqiu, no one could heal him with his internal strength, and now his meridians are completely destroyed.

It seems that although Yu Daiyan has been disabled all these years, he has never given up practicing martial arts. On the contrary, this "extreme stillness" has made it even easier for him to calm his mind when practicing the Wudang Nine Yang Skill.

Twenty years of meditation have enabled his internal strength to even surpass that of Yu Lianzhou, the most talented martial artist among the Seven Heroes after Zhang Cuishan's death!

Next came the application of the medicine. As soon as the Black Jade Broken Heart Ointment was opened, a pleasant fragrance wafted out, and it also brought a refreshing coolness after application...

Normally, at this point, the bandage should be wrapped tightly, and the dressing should be changed after ten days, and then changed a third time after one month.

However, after applying medicine to Yu Daiyan, Chu Luren directly lifted up Yu Daiyan's newly broken arm and placed his palms against it, using "Divine Illumination True Qi" to help him heal!

Yu Daiyan couldn't tell for a moment whether his nose had adjusted or the fragrance of the "Black Jade Broken Heart Ointment" was truly fading away...

If he opened his eyes, he should be able to see that, under the effect of the Divine Illumination True Qi, his whole body was overflowing with golden light, while the layer of ointment on his body, which was originally as clear as black jade, quickly faded to blackish-gray.

In less than half an hour, the ointment all over Yu Daiyan's body had dried completely, cracked, and started to fall off. Chu Luren then applied the ointment a second time...

Two hours later, after Yu Daiyan absorbed the medicinal effects twice, Chu Luren applied the medicine a third time and then wrapped bandages around his body.

Then they must absorb it gradually; haste makes waste. This is the lesson the Chu Lu people learned by comparing Ah Er and Ah San.

Looking at his trembling hands, Yu Daiyan couldn't help but burst into tears. He tried to get up and bow deeply to Chu Luren, but Chu Luren pressed him back down.

"Young Master Yu, please rest and recuperate first. There may be unforeseen circumstances at Wudang. You must take care of yourself then," Chu Luren said.

Even if they had to run, Yu Sanxia, ​​who could barely move with crutches, would have had a much easier time moving than Yu Sanxia, ​​who was completely crippled...

As darkness fell, Chu Luren visited Song Yuanqiao again, believing that he and Zhang Songxi had already discussed their strategy.

As soon as Chu Luren left Yu Daiyan's place, he noticed that many Wudang disciples looked hurried and were... packing their belongings?

Upon seeing Song Yuanqiao, Chu Luren realized that the two had finally made the worst-case scenario plan—Zhang Songxi would lead the vast majority of his disciples down the mountain first, and Yu Lianzhou, Chongxu, and others who were not currently on the mountain would not need to return...

If Wudang were to close its gates for ten years, then Song Yuanqiao, the sect leader, would stay with his master, who was in recuperation, and a few disciples to guard the Wudang sect alone. The other disciples could then announce their withdrawal from Wudang and establish their own sects!

Before closing the mountain, Wudang will also announce that it will no longer have contact with its various tributaries during the closure period.

Of course, Song Yuanqiao, as the sect leader, and Zhang Zhenren, as the founder, certainly couldn't leave; otherwise, it would be too embarrassing.

Moreover, if this were to happen, the Wudang Sect would inevitably suffer a severe blow. After Yu Lianzhou and others left Wudang, they would essentially become a tributary. And if the Wudang Sect were to be emptied out and then closed off, the entire Wudang lineage would not only be torn apart, but at the very least, the close connection between the various branches and the main body would cease to exist.

It's estimated that the impact of the Shaolin sect on the Shaolin branch will be even less significant.

The main lineage and tributaries of Wudang are closely connected, even more so than the thousand-year-old Shaolin lineage, simply because their patriarch Zhang Sanfeng is still alive. If Master Zhang were to close the mountain...

One of the two pillars of the martial arts world that had risen rapidly over the past century, if not immediately collapsed, will suffer a severe setback and gradually fade into obscurity.

Even so, both the sect leader Song Yuanqiao and the shrewd Zhang Songxi hoped to preserve the fighting force against the Tatars.

I'm sure Master Zhang must be looking forward to it too!

Preserving their strength for ten years would certainly make it easier to reunite with their branches and dominate the martial arts world after ten years, but it would also mean that Wudang could only watch the fierce battle between the Song and Yuan dynasties.

The lineage that perishes when people descend the mountain is gone; what remains in the mountain is integrity that dies!

The Golden Wheel Monk probably never imagined that Wudang would do such a thing...

After all, if we were talking about Tantric Buddhism and Tibet, Tantric Buddhism's doctrines would obviously be the foundation.

Tibet? Isn't that just a place ruled and preached by Tantric Buddhism? It only has preachers and ignorant masses, with no concept of fellow countrymen…

It was under this logic that the Golden Wheel Monk resolutely went north and took the initiative to submit to Kublai Khan—if Tibetan Buddhism could be made the state religion of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty, then this would obviously be the expansion of Tantric Buddhism, rather than the annexation of Tibet by the Mongol Yuan Dynasty.

The Golden Wheel Monk was undoubtedly an exceptionally intelligent person, but due to his different circumstances, he was destined to judge others by his own standards and fail to guard against this blind spot.

Chapter 668 Golden Wheel

"Thank you so much, Brother Chu, for your righteous help! We, the brothers of Wudang, will always remember this kindness!" Song Yuanqiao finally smiled when he heard that everything was going well for Yu Daiyan.

Although the situation remains gloomy, at least there is some good news.

"The duel with the Golden Wheel Monk tomorrow..." Chu Luren was clearly more concerned about this matter.

Even when Song Yuanqiao mentioned "Wudang", he deliberately avoided referring to it as "our fellow disciples", which shows that he already had the intention to sacrifice the Wudang tradition.

"I will then go and ask my master for permission. By then, Brother Zhang will have already led his disciples down the mountain. I will then have a go at King Jinlun!" Song Yuanqiao said in a deep voice.

Song Yuanqiao admitted that his chances of winning were slim, but he also thought that he shouldn't be destined to lose either.

Because the Heroic List does not include Mongol masters, and the Golden Wheel Monk had previously traveled mostly in Tibet and the Western Regions, after joining the Mongol Yuan Dynasty, he became a martial arts master for Kublai Khan to unify the Western Regions. Masters from the Central Plains only knew his name but not his skill level.

However, Chu Luren naturally didn't think highly of Song Yuanqiao...

If the prototype of the Golden Wheel Monk in the Great Martial World is the Golden Wheel Monk from the first Heroes' Gathering in Xiangyang in the original work, then Song Yuanqiao could say that he "was not entirely without a chance of winning."

After all, when the Golden Wheel Monk in the original work led his men to interfere in Xiangyang, his martial arts skills were comparable to those of Guo Jing at that time!

If we compare him to Guo Juxia today...

While he is far superior to Song Yuanqiao, he is not incomparably superior. Even if there is a difference in strength, it cannot be said that he has no chance of winning if they really fight – what if Tai Chi Chuan and sword strike unexpectedly and happen to counter the opponent?

Tantric martial arts are mostly characterized by their powerful and aggressive style, so it's not surprising that Song Yuanqiao would have such thoughts.

However, when Chu Luren was at Bright Peak, he had inquired about the Golden Wheel Monk from Zhao Min.

Although the Ruyang Prince's Mansion and the Golden Wheel Monk were two factions with conflicting interests within the Mongol Yuan Dynasty, Zhao Min couldn't possibly leak highly confidential information to Chu Luren, and besides... she really didn't know the Golden Wheel Monk's weaknesses or anything like that.

However, Zhao Min did not keep some less important information from Jinlun Fawang...

Therefore, Chu Luren knew that the Golden Wheel National Master's cultivation methods, besides the strange weapon "Five Wheels Great Turn" and the internal energy "Supreme Yoga Tantra", were most famous for the "Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill" which he had already mastered to the tenth level!

Therefore, Chu Luren predicted that this Golden Wheel Monk should be closer to the Great Completion Golden Wheel Monk sixteen years after the original work.

If Song Yuanqiao is careless for a moment, he could very well be crippled on the spot by Song Yuanqiao's "uncontrollable attack" when he is defeated...

What kind of martial art is the "Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill"?

Zhao Min didn't know either, only that it was a secret esoteric Buddhist technique, incredibly powerful...

However, after Chu Luren mentioned the Golden Wheel and the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill to Tongtong, she showed surprise and also learned some of the secrets of this skill!

According to Tongtong, the "Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill" was not originally a secret transmission of Tantric Buddhism, but a martial art that was passed down in both Zen and Tantric Buddhism. The creator of this skill is unknown.