The Great Martial Arts World: Hot Topics and Great Heroes

Zhao Xiangling's estate is probably doomed too!

Benxin Yaoyue was much easier to coax. She hummed twice and didn't force Chu Luren to give a reason. Instead, she explained the Heavenly Gate of Qi to Chu Luren.

Previously, Chu Luren only knew from the Sweeper Monk and Zhang Wuji that the end of the heart is "following the laws of heaven and earth" and the end of power is "mutual understanding between hearts". He did not know anything else.

Although Yaoyue knew this from the inheritance of Yihua Palace, she felt it was too early and did not tell Chu Luren before—lest Chu Luren go astray, for example… using other methods to simulate the performance after breaking through the Heavenly Gate, which would be futile and a waste of effort, and might end up with nothing.

Even this part was unknown to Lianxing.

However, Chu Luren's progress is now much faster than she imagined, so Yaoyue also told Chu Luren this secret.

The ultimate technique is "Spiritless Rebirth". When approaching the Heavenly Gate Realm, the Qi can already be materialized. For example, Duan Yu's "Six Meridian Divine Sword" is a typical technique. It is as if there are six flying swords condensed from true Qi in his body, which can be released to hurt the enemy. When he completely crosses the Heavenly Gate Realm, he can turn it around and transform the material into true Qi!

When she fought Dongfang before, Yaoyue drew water from the pond and froze it into an ice dragon. She was able to control it freely, making the "ice sculpture" seem to come alive, which is close to "spiritless rebirth".

Once a technique reaches a certain level, it can be "cultivated into power." Chu Luren was no stranger to this; the Dragon Turtle Power and the Returning to Emptiness Power are examples of this. And going a step further, it is similar to Duan Yu's "materialization"...

At this point, going a step further and crossing the Heavenly Gate would allow one to transform matter into true qi. Manipulating the ice dragon like Yaoyue does is merely a temporary transformation of matter into true qi; it can only be considered a means, not a killing move. If Duan Yu were to break through the Heavenly Gate with the Six Meridian Divine Sword, he could refine the six swords into six special qi energies that circulate in his meridians—this is the true "spiritual rebirth."

Essentially, they all strengthen the "energy" within the body!

"Practicing techniques to build strength" is a starting point; other methods can also lead to the same goal.

The same applies to techniques like the "Longevity Wood Cultivation Technique," which requires the use of a coffin for cultivation, and the "Divine Foot Scripture," which requires "dual cultivation" with external objects. When these techniques are fully mastered, they all transform the coffin, external objects, or even external beasts into one's own energy, which can then be released to injure enemies.

At the end of the body is "Indestructible Vajra," which has the least supernatural power compared to the others. The other three can be used to pretend to be gods in folk terms, but "Indestructible Vajra" at the end of the body doesn't have much of a mystical aspect.

However, its actual combat ability is by no means weak. In fact, it is the strongest in close combat. Moreover, when it comes to fighting amidst thousands of troops, the "Invincible Vajra Body" has the greatest advantage, unlike the other three, which consume a lot of energy and recover slowly.

The specific miraculous manifestations are that, depending on the cultivation method used, the body exhibits extremely large phenomena—larger than the phenomena of the twelve constellations—and... the body remains incorrupt after death!

Upon hearing this, Chu Luren suddenly recalled Gu Santong, whose corpse remained as hard as iron after death…

Moreover, speaking of extraordinary phenomena, the transformation of the "Invincible Vajra Divine Skill" could certainly be considered an extraordinary phenomenon. Could it be...?

If the Heavenly Gate hadn't remained unbroken, Chu Luren would probably have suspected that Gu Santong had already opened the Heavenly Gate of the Body!

Chu Luren told Yaoyue this, and although Yaoyue hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she had a similar guess.

Gu Santong was likely close to knocking on the Heavenly Gate, or even... If he hadn't been in the dungeon and his foundation hadn't been weak, he probably would have already knocked on the Heavenly Gate. That's why he was able to pass on a kind of "indestructible Vajra" energy to Cheng Shifei, his blood-related son. And after his own death, he also had some characteristics of "indestructible Vajra".

That is why Gu Santong held extremely high expectations for Cheng Shifei to open the Heavenly Gate of the Body.

That's not just giving him the opportunity to experience the "Invincible Vajra Divine Skill," but truly giving him the chance to ascend to heaven in one step and experience the scenery beyond the Heavenly Gate!

"What about the Heavenly Gate of Qi?" Chu Luren looked at Yaoyue with a puzzled expression—why were the other two mentioned first?

"The end of Qi is the 'Source of All Laws,' which will not only bring about a fundamental breakthrough in one's own internal strength, but also... allow one to take into account the abilities of the other four!" Yaoyue said proudly.

The so-called "fundamental breakthrough" probably refers to the fact that the Mingyu Gong has become able to capture heavy objects remotely.

As for taking care of the other four... of course, it's just "taking care of," and it can't be as specialized as if it had actually broken through the other Heavenly Gates.

The goddess statue that invites the moon is only slightly larger than the Buddha statue of the dog bastard, and not as large as the sweeping monk.

When Dongfang planted the bloodlust in the hearts of others, his destructive power was only slightly stronger than Zhang Wuji's.

Yaoyue can only temporarily control external objects like ice dragons, and cannot truly refine any external object into qi.

Needless to say, their physical bodies are extraordinary. Mingyu's body during the battle with Yaoyue was extraordinary enough, and as for Dongfang, the extraordinary aspect of the Heavenly Mother's body is probably "beauty"...

The reason why "Qi" can be cultivated to its extreme and become the "source of all laws" is that when "mind, body, Qi, technique, and momentum" reach their extreme, they are essentially the resonance between one's own microcosm and the external macrocosm. The "Qi" breaking through the heavenly gate is to connect one's own meridians with the external meridians!

"Qi cultivation" is the foundation for resonating "mind, body, technique, and momentum" with the external world...

Non-Chinese cultivation systems, such as the yoga practice of cultivating the three channels and seven chakras, although not cultivating meridians, are roughly of the same nature, both being key to connecting with the external world...

Chapter 846 Ungrateful Wolf

"Although I don't consider myself to be any kind of benevolent and righteous man, I am still somewhat well-known in Hunan. This matter has absolutely nothing to do with me!" In the front hall, Tie Wushuang spoke with his face pressed against the wall in anger.

Upon hearing this, everyone gave an awkward smile—most of those present were renowned figures whose status was no less than Tie Wushuang's, unlike the younger generation from Hunan, who, regardless of whether they dared to stand up and defend him, at least believed in Tie Wushuang in their hearts.

At this moment, the only person who truly believed in Tie Wushuang was probably Liu Jing, who was standing behind Mo Da.

She is Liu Zhengfeng's daughter and Liu Qin's sister. After the Songshan Sect was in a mess a couple of years ago and the pressure on the Hengshan Sect lessened, Mo Da took her in as his last disciple, as a way of giving his junior brother an explanation.

Liu Qin naturally didn't listen to any evidence and completely believed Tie Wushuang. However, as the youngest disciple of Mo Da, she was standing behind him and had no room to interrupt.

Those present felt awkward upon hearing Tie Wushuang's words.

After all, it seems a bit inappropriate to say that one doesn't trust Elder Tie, since Tie Wushuang has always had an excellent reputation and it's unlikely that he would poison the people of Yihua Palace for the sake of two merchant guilds.

However, to say that one would believe Tie Wushuang solely based on his reputation seems somewhat simplistic...

Although Dongfang had directly questioned Jiang Yulang and obtained important clues, thus involving Jiang Yulang, Jiang Yulang covered it up by saying, "I had long discovered that Zhao Xiangling was acting suspiciously, so I asked someone to keep an eye on her."

Now that everything has been reviewed again, it's clear that Tie Wushuang is the most suspicious person once again...

After all, judging from the scene, there is no other possibility.

Just when things were already at a disadvantage for Tie Wushuang, Jiang Yulang stepped forward and revealed a crucial clue!

Back when Li Dazui's infamy of cannibalism was just beginning to emerge, but he wasn't yet universally reviled like he is now, Tie Wushuang's "love of talent" kicked in, and he couldn't bear to see Li Dazui willingly degenerate and walk the path of evil. At that time, although Li Dazui was a bandit and not exactly a righteous person, he had only tasted human flesh out of curiosity and had just happened to be seen doing so...

After that, Li Dazui discovered that when others knew he was a cannibal, they would be much more restrained and their martial arts skills would be somewhat diminished when facing him, which is when he began to go on an uncontrollable rampage.

Li Dazui didn't think human flesh tasted good, but... others were afraid of him because of it, yet he found it "really delicious".

Tie Wushuang still wanted to save Li Dazui, so she married her daughter to him, making him her son-in-law and keeping him by her side to give him advice. Li Dazui also briefly reformed his ways and even had a daughter with his wife...

However, later, Tie Wushuang's daughter and disciple had an affair, which was caught red-handed by Li Dazui.

Originally, Li Dazui wanted to suppress the matter and prevent his wife from associating with this person again, so as to avoid damaging Tie Wushuang's reputation.

But his wife openly mocked Li Dazui, calling him a blind bastard, and Li Dazui continued to berate her...

We had a delicious meal!

Afterwards, not wanting to embarrass himself or Tie Wushuang, Li Dazui pretended to have gone mad and eaten his wife and daughter, thus embarking on the path of one of the Ten Great Villains.

Tie Wushuang was unaware of the truth. At the time, he even organized righteous forces to hunt down Li Dazui for a period of time. Afterwards, every time he heard Li Dazui's name, he felt both heartache and regret...

There is also something that Tie Wushuang is unaware of.

That is, his granddaughter is actually still alive. Back then, his granddaughter was still young, and everyone thought that Li Dazui would never let his daughter go. However, Li Dazui was not really crazy. His daughter was naturally still alive, but he did not keep her with him. Instead, she was adopted by Yihua Palace after many twists and turns!

Jiang Yulang learned about this from Lianhua. Li Dazui had actually changed his daughter's surname to Tie and her name to Tie Pinggu, and entrusted her to his friend to take care of. But what reliable friends could such a villain have?

Tie Pinggu was abused by her husband and wife since childhood. Later, she escaped and by chance entered the Yihua Palace.

Having heard rumors about Li Dazui's daughter and that Li Dazui had eaten his wife and daughter, Tie Pinggu firmly believed that her father had eaten her mother and sisters, and she planned to take revenge on Li Dazui in the future...

Lianhua was close to Tiepinggu, so she heard about this and later told Jiang Yulang about it!

Jiang Yulang specifically sought out Li Dazui's friend, pretending to have learned about this matter from him, and now revealed it, saying that Tie Pinggu was abused in Yihua Palace and was restricted by palace rules and could not escape, so Tie Wushuang secretly harmed the people of Yihua Palace to take revenge.

Especially after Jiang Yulang said that, it did give me the feeling that Hua Wuque had done something to Tie Pinggu when he was in the Yihua Palace...

Hua Wuque was completely confused. He did know Tie Pinggu, but his closest palace maid was He Lu, followed by Lianhua. He could only say that he was familiar with Tie Pinggu because they were close in age.

even……

Jiang Yulang's implied accusations revealed that Tie Wushuang actually wanted to kill Hua Wuque first, then lure the two palace masters to Sanxiang, and then use his reputation in Sanxiang and Yaoyue's unreasonable nature to cry out for justice, and gather the power of the Sanxiang martial arts world to kill Yaoyue here!

Of course, Jiang Yulang didn't say this explicitly, otherwise he would have to be buried with him no matter what. That's the gist of it.

Now, thanks to the keen insight of the Jiangnan hero and the stability of Chu Taisui, especially... Yaoyue's martial arts have greatly improved!

Of the martial arts practitioners in Hunan, only the Hengshan Sect and the Iron Palm Clan remained; the others had scattered like birds and beasts. Naturally, Tie Wushuang's conspiracy collapsed on its own.

With this evidence, Tie Wushuang's motives suddenly became much clearer.

"Ping Gu... Ping Gu is still alive?" Tie Wushuang was also surprised when he heard the news.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yulang merely gave a cold laugh, as if to say: "Old buddy, stop pretending."

After all, he's going to follow the playboy route, which is different from his father's acting style, so he doesn't need to pretend to be a gentleman.

Unlike his father, who had to act until the very last moment, he looked at Tie Wushuang with a face full of regret, as if he had just learned about the matter from his son.

"I...I just found out about this too! Young Master Hua...Is my granddaughter...alright?" Tie Wushuang was in a state of panic, and without thinking, he instinctively went to check on Tie Pinggu.

“Of course it’s excellent,” Hua Wuque said matter-of-factly.

Although Tie Pinggu had been unjustly beaten by Yaoyue before because of the test of whether she had used the perception of "Mingyu Gong", could it be considered abuse when the master hit her? It was all out of love!

Tie Wushuang finally breathed a sigh of relief, and Mo Da then spoke up: "Since the Tie family's daughter is unharmed, why would Master Tie want to harm the people of Yihua Palace?"

Mo Da also intentionally avoided mentioning Li Dazui, only referring to her as the daughter of the Tie family.

Just as the doubts in everyone's hearts were fading a little, Liu Qin, who was behind Tie Wushuang, was given a subtle glare by Jiang Yulang. Then... she gritted her teeth, stepped forward, and knelt down in front of Jiang Biehe with a thud, saying, "Hero Jiang! I have something to say!"

Upon seeing this, Tie Wushuang was first taken aback, then revealed a look of great anger.

Regardless of what Liu Qin wanted to say, his act of bypassing his master and going directly to pay respects to Master Jiang caused the senior elders present to frown deeply...

“You must be…Young Master Liu Qin? We martial artists only pay homage to Heaven, Earth, Parents, and Masters; no one else can accept such a grand gesture.” Jiang Biehe quickly helped him up.

Tie Wushuang roared in fury, "Liu Qin! What are you doing?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Qin revealed a timid expression and hid behind Jiang Biehe, saying, "I...I saw my master...buy a porcelain bottle from a scholar...it's...it's the one that was found during the banquet! I...I didn't want to say it, but my master...my master wanted to kill me to silence me!"

Tie Wushuang was so angry that her chest ached, her vision blurred, and she almost fainted, but fortunately Bai Qiong caught her...

Unbeknownst to others, Bai Qiong, while supporting Tie Wushuang's hand, was about to secretly twist the iron ring on her finger!

But at that moment, Liu Jing suddenly stood up and shouted, "You beast! What nonsense are you spouting?"

Bai Qiong was already terrified, and this sudden turn of events startled her, making her hesitant to act immediately...

Chapter 847 I Believe in You

Liu Jing suddenly jumped out and berated Liu Qin, which seemed very presumptuous. After all, everyone present was a senior and highly respected figure. What right did she, a junior, have to criticize them? Even if she personally admired Tie Wushuang very much…

However, the next moment, this overstepping of authority disappeared.

"Sister, I'm telling the truth..." Liu Qin said to Liu Jing, still kneeling, feeling guilty.

However, given what he's doing now—reporting his own master—it's understandable that he feels a little guilty.

Upon hearing Liu Qin address the woman as "elder sister," the others refrained from further comment—an elder sister is like a mother, and whatever she says is a family matter.

“Brother Qin, no matter who promised you anything, you must remember that our family was able to survive because of Elder Tie’s righteous words, which blocked the coercion of the Songshan Sect. Our Liu family has never produced a coward, much less an ungrateful villain!” Liu Jing said firmly.