The Great Martial Arts World: Hot Topics and Great Heroes

"Good! I'm hungry!" Yu Ziya said succinctly.

After having dinner with a group of elderly people, Chu Luren followed their example and went outside to bask in the sun and play the suona (a traditional Chinese wind instrument)...

The thirteen elders also helped each other. For example, as soon as Ghost Child opened his mouth and said something about comprehending martial arts, he was immediately stopped and severely criticized by the others.

The demon child immediately realized his mistake and hurriedly shut his mouth—talking about cultivation during rest was a sign of degeneration from lying down and complacency!

After resting for an hour, Chu Luren and Gou Zazhong returned to the stone chamber with the thirteen Sima-faced men.

In fact, Chu Luren and Gou Zazhong had not reached their limit, but the Thirteen Elders' realm clearly required them to start working.

Chu Luren felt that after a morning, the influence of the Dao patterns on him had become more solidified and could not be completely eliminated by a sudden enlightenment!

Now, I'm just lying flatter than the thirteenth elder.

But that mongrel...

He really wasn't affected at all; he just went to take a look anyway, because everyone else was practicing their skills and he would be bored, since he couldn't even understand what others were saying.

In the afternoon, Chu Luren did not enter the first stone chamber again—since he could gain something different no matter how he looked at it, and Chu Luren didn't know when the "end" would be, he might as well go and see the new ones.

So the Chu Luren arrived at the second stone chamber—Wu Gou Shuang Xue Ming.

Before Chu Luren's sudden enlightenment ended, he repeatedly reminded himself not to be attracted, not to become obsessed, not to work overtime, and to leave on time...

……

Another afternoon passed, and although Chu Luren still couldn't "wake up" on his own, this time, as soon as the dog bastard came to call him, he realized what was happening and immediately had an epiphany!

"Off work, off work." Chu Luren hurriedly came out with Gou Zazhong.

"Huh? What are you going to do?" The bastard didn't understand, and Chu Luren didn't explain further.

As for comprehending martial arts...

Like "Zhao Ke Man Hu Ying," "Wu Gou Shuang Xue Ming" is something that can be seen and is always new, and it is no less powerful than any martial art that the Chu Lu people have ever seen.

Within this "Wu hook gleaming in the frost and snow" lies a sword technique; when mastered to its highest level, one can wield the heavens and earth as a sword.

Although the gains in martial arts were considerable for Chu Luren, they were clearly not the most important things right now.

After dinner, Chu Luren went out to play music with the Sunset Red Orchestra again. Gou Zazhong, worried about Bai Zizai, brought him some dry food, but Bai Zizai only scolded him for disrupting his train of thought, which made Gou Zazhong a little depressed.

Instead, after being hungry for more than a day, Murong Jiu finally came out to eat...

Chapter 956 Fusion

Before resting that night, Chu Luren saw Murong Jiu come out and immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

At the same time, I was also a little curious—Murong Jiu was determined to restore the country and almost became a demon, so her temperament should have been poor, yet she was considered to have appeared relatively early?

With her martial arts skills, going hungry for a day shouldn't have much of an impact...

"You're out?" Chu Luren quietly walked up behind her and patted her on the shoulder—there was no one else in the hall now.

Murong Jiu, with a chicken leg in her mouth, turned around and looked at Chu Luren innocently, nodding and saying, "Mmm, I'm hungry. She's so silly!"

Chu Luren: ...

Reduplicated words, cute and adorable—it's definitely a clever trick!

So, Little Jiu Jiu was starving, that's why it came out?

"Little Jiu Jiu? Did you practice the martial arts in the stone chamber? Eat slowly..." Chu Luren asked curiously.

"I don't want to practice..." Xiao Jiu Jiu choked a little as she spoke, and Chu Lu Ren casually handed her a juice, which she then gulped down.

“Okay, then don’t practice! Can you stop A-Jiu?” Chu Luren asked, patting her back as he confirmed.

“We can now, but Benben Jiu will definitely rebel in a little while… Oh right! We can go back to our room and do some things she likes to do! Maybe that will help her last longer!” Little Jiu looked at Chu Luren innocently.

Seeing this, Chu Luren blushed and said, "Don't talk nonsense! I won't go!"

Although the essence of the plan was to wait for Murong Jiu to "come out" and then do some things he liked to distract her and ensure that she could rest peacefully afterwards, Chu Luren simply couldn't bring himself to go back to the room with Xiao Jiu Jiu and wait to do "that kind of" thing.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Jiu Jiu pouted and said, "Alright then... I'll try my best to measure, hoping that silly Jiu Jiu can rest a little longer."

……

After returning to his small courtyard, Chu Luren took the time to reflect on this further—this was a matter of initiative, and Chu Luren reminded himself that this did not count as "working overtime"!

The two badges, "Zhao Ke Man Hu Ying" and "Wu Gou Shuang Xue Ming," floated in the sea of ​​consciousness of the Chu Lu people, and they also used the badges to gain a deeper understanding of them.

Unlike in the stone chamber, there was no sense of "constant novelty" between the two places.

It's clear that the strange thing isn't the martial art itself, but the Dao patterns in the stone chamber—the insights gained from these patterns are constantly changing, rather than the martial art itself evolving and updating...

This gave Chu Luren a chance to think things through more deeply.

……

The night passed, and the next morning, Chu Luren passed by Murong Jiu's courtyard. Sure enough, she was no longer there; she must have gone to "work overtime" early in the morning.

After all, even Chu Luren was "awakened" three times from his Dao Embryo state last night. Each time he "woke up," the first thing that came to mind was "Should I sleep this much?" and "Should I go to work overtime so as not to waste my life?"

Fortunately, the Dao Embryo itself has strong resistance, and Chu Luren was able to "sleep" again after calming down a bit.

During his time in the Dao Embryo stage, Chu Luren also continued to comprehend "Zhao guest wearing a silk tassel" and "Wu hook gleaming like frost and snow"...

After waking up, Chu Luren and the Sunset Red Orchestra kept in sync. They ate breakfast first, and then leisurely entered the stone chamber.

Just as he woke up today, Chu Luren had already written his "work log" in his mind. Today's goal was to write the third and fourth lines: "Silver saddle shines on white horse" and "Swift as a shooting star"!

And the basic principle is never to work overtime, two hours in the morning and two hours in the afternoon, and never to be subjected to psychological manipulation...

……

Another day of hard work. Under the reminder of Gou Zazhong, Chu Luren ate and rested on time. In the evening, he accompanied the elderly members of the Sunset Red Orchestra to perform, which cultivated their sentiments and also gave Mad Lion Iron Warrior some pointers.

After nightfall, return to the courtyard to rest and maintain a regular sleep schedule...

Today's phrases "silver saddle shines on white horse" and "swift as a shooting star" refer to different techniques: the former is a movement technique, and the latter is a general outline of hidden weapons.

Compared to ordinary light-footed skills, "Silver Saddle Shining on White Horse" is better at using leverage and is especially useful in strong winds and waves. "Swift as a Meteor" is a set of hidden weapon techniques that are known for their speed!

However, aside from acquiring new martial arts skills, Chu Luren still had no clue how to "break the deadlock"...

……

Five days passed in the blink of an eye, and Chu Luren had already practiced ten lines of poetry and ten paintings, and had visited more than half of the twenty-four stone chambers.

Following the tradition of the Sunset Red Band, Chu Luren also planned to rest for two days to avoid being further subjected to the PUA of the Heaven and Earth Dao Patterns!

After twelve consecutive days of cultivation, or sixteen days later, Chu Luren had gathered the entire poem in his sea of ​​consciousness.

Starting on the seventeenth day, Chu Luren revisited the first stone chamber from the beginning...

In fact, based on Chu Luren's current martial arts skills, he judged that he should be able to enter the final cave and see the "tadpole script" there.

However, Chu Luren had not yet figured out many of the strange things about Xia Ke Island, especially the twenty-four martial arts manuals, so he did not set his sights too high.

Sure enough, watching it again brought many new insights...

A month after arriving at Xia Ke Island, Chu Lu Ren finally decided to take the risk of "fusion"!

Chu Luren has tried to "integrate" many times, but the martial arts of Xia Ke Island are quite strange, and Chu Luren doesn't know what the result will be!

Unable to decipher the secret, the Chu Lu people prepared to resort to some extreme measures—first, the "Zhao guest wearing a silk tassel" and the "Wu hook shining like frost and snow"...

Although the underlying principles of martial arts are not identical, they are at least two adjacent sentences.

These twenty-four martial arts techniques, from the perspective of martial arts philosophy, are indeed not very similar!

After Chu Luren gritted his teeth and fused with the weapon, the result left him both amused and exasperated—"Zhao guest with a silk tassel, Wu hook gleaming like frost and snow," well, the badge had the two poems written together!

The effect is basically 1+1, not much difference...

However, Chu Luren suddenly realized something was wrong.

Not only did the fusion seem unremarkable, but why didn't my own fragments of enlightenment increase?

This was the first time Chu Luren had encountered a phenomenon where fusion did not increase the number of enlightenment fragments...

What does this really mean?

Chu Luren pondered for a long time but could not find the way in, so he had to try to use the "Marrow Washing Classic" to break down the two.

This time it was still very "smooth", and it was directly broken down into the original two lines of poetry and two martial arts techniques, without needing to consume any fragments of enlightenment.

After two days of rest, Chu Luren tried many things, even combining the entire poem—only then would the name change, no longer the dull, complete record, but titled "The Knight-Errant's Journey".

Afterwards, using the "Marrow Cleansing Classic", it is also possible to break it down into individual sentences, without obtaining any "fragments of enlightenment" or consuming any resources!

Chapter 957 Obstacles of Knowledge and Perception

The "Xia Ke Xing" in the 24 stone chambers of Xia Ke Island seems to be a special existence for the "fusion" ability of the Chu Lu people.

The process of merging and decomposing the "Wandering Swordsman" abilities is very smooth, lacking the randomness unique to the "fusion" ability...

What this means is still unknown to Chu Luren. He has spent two months lying down with the "Sunset Red Orchestra"!

Over forty working days... no, cultivation days, Chu Luren believed he had thoroughly explored the twenty-four parts of "Xia Ke Xing"—provided, of course, that he didn't revisit the Dao patterns in the stone chamber, otherwise he would definitely have gained new insights.

Moreover, these new gains are not necessarily beneficial "version updates." Sometimes, new bugs may appear, or issues that prevent older versions from running smoothly may arise...

The Chu Lu people were already used to this!

"Hmm? Little Zhou, it's time for you to come to the final stone chamber?" Ghost Child asked curiously, seeing that Chu Luren had been following them all day and had come to the innermost part.

“That’s good, I’d like to see it.” Chu Luren nodded.

On the contrary, Gou Zazhong couldn't come. Although Gou Zazhong was completely unaffected, his speed in comprehending the martial arts of the Twenty-Four Stone Chambers was not as fast as Chu Luren's. Moreover, he was completely "memorizing by rote" to remember every stroke and every line. He had only reached the seventeenth or eighteenth stone chamber.

The progress is similar to that in the original work; it takes more than three months to fully comprehend the "Tai Xuan Jing".

Chu Luren arrived at the final stone chamber first...

Ghost Child and the others were not surprised. Among the thirteen elders, five or six people would usually come to the final stone chamber to compete with the Dao patterns of heaven and earth.

Generally, people only return to the previous stone chambers to "catch up" after reaching a bottleneck in their understanding in the final stone chamber—so the number of people is dynamically maintained at five or six.

Besides these, there are the two island masters, Long and Mu, who sit in the final stone chamber year after year!

According to Ms. Xiao's explanation, the two old men felt guilty for discovering the "Tai Xuan Jing," which had trapped everyone here, so they never lay down and voluntarily worked overtime—these were words they had learned from Chu Luren.