The Great Martial Arts World: Hot Topics and Great Heroes

Chu Luren's feelings were genuine; he wasn't worried that Feng Qingyang was nearby and hadn't left...

Indeed, this was the case. In the original work, Lin Pingzhi, who had practiced the "Evil-Repelling Sword Technique," was still not as skilled as Yu Canghai, according to the narrator. However, the "Evil-Repelling Sword Technique," which was derived from the "Sunflower Manual," was simply too fast. Lin Pingzhi made a sudden move and, before Yu Canghai could react, he subdued his vital acupoints, thus defeating the stronger opponent with the weak.

If Yu Canghai had been prepared, Lin Pingzhi, whose internal strength was insufficient at the time, probably wouldn't have been able to win.

Upon hearing this, Lin Pingzhi outwardly agreed to Chu Luren's advice, but his face clearly showed a conflicted expression, indicating that he was still eager for revenge.

Seeing this, Chu Luren pondered for a moment and then said, "How about this? I've also gained some insights from within the stone wall. Shall we exchange them?"

"Brother Chu, you..." Lin Pingzhi's eyes reddened with emotion. Indeed, only his senior sister and Brother Chu were the best to him in the world.

It's obvious that Chu Luren benefited the most before. Is there anything you need to discuss with him?

I'm just saying this to give him pointers!

Indeed, Chu Luren did not believe that he could gain any inspiration from Lin Pingzhi or Linghu Chong regarding the "Five Mountains Sword Technique".

The previous fusion of Chu Luren was unsurprisingly successful—the True Explanation of the Five Mountains Sword Techniques, which is a culmination of the Five Mountains Sword Techniques, not only included the brainstorming results of the creators of the Five Mountains Sword Techniques, but also the masters of the Sun Moon Sect, who approached the Five Mountains Sword Techniques from the perspective of "deciphering" them, that is, from another level. After that... they were fused together!

Indeed, the reason why Chu Luren did not hesitate to merge the two seemingly opposite martial arts was because "Breaking Through the Five Mountains" seemed to be incompatible with the Five Mountains Sword Technique, but in reality it was different from other incompatible martial arts. Its essence was an analysis of the Five Mountains Sword Technique from the perspective of its weaknesses.

After the two were combined, they created the "True Understanding of the Five Sacred Mountains," which contains all the secrets of the Five Sacred Mountains. It is equivalent to the founder of each sword technique of the Five Sacred Mountains, and a group of masters who were trying to decipher the sword techniques, who joined forces to create it...

Even if we take the Five Sacred Mountains Sword Techniques individually, even the "Hengshan Five Divine Swords" is far less exquisite than the "Love and Affection Sword" or even the "Jade Maiden Pure Heart Sword" made by Lin Chaoying.

Compared with other "techniques", it is not as good as the several unique skills of the Xiaoyao Sect.

However, the final fusion of the "True Explanation of the Five Sacred Mountains" led to a qualitative change, and in terms of its sophistication, it can be considered top-notch among the "techniques" currently mastered by the Chu Lu people!

At the same time, Chu Luren discovered the "drawbacks" of participating in and guiding the fusion through his own enlightenment as soon as he ended his enlightenment...

Those who have participated in the fusion process through a state of "sudden enlightenment" will be limited by their level of enlightenment when "equipping"!

In fact, all martial arts, whether high or low, have limitations in comprehension. However, normal Chu Lu people can directly "read" the martial arts will within them, which is very pure. Even if they cannot cultivate normally, they can ignore their own comprehension level.

However, once Chu Luren personally intervenes to guide the fusion, the result will contain Chu Luren's own will and will no longer be pure. When equipping the items, Chu Luren will also be subject to the limitations of his own comprehension!

Without sudden enlightenment, the "True Understanding of the Five Sacred Mountains" occupies a "technique" position, which is completely unusable for Chu Luren!

Although I fully understood it before, this feeling...

It's like after the college entrance exam, you drift aimlessly for four years, graduate, and then write six years of flopping articles, only to look back at the college entrance exam math questions—you can't even understand the questions.

Therefore, after Chu Luren regained consciousness, he transferred the "True Understanding of the Five Sacred Mountains" to the "Dream God's" equipment slot...

If a "sudden enlightenment" is needed, it must be when Chu Luren faces a formidable enemy. In that case, the Dream God is the strongest to achieve enlightenment, and the Dream God's "Exquisite True Qi" is also more suitable for unleashing sword energy.

In this way, the Chu Lu people will now have three layers:

The first level uses the Lesser Chaos Technique to imitate the Dragon-Capturing True Qi, employing the Dragon-Crane Great Capture Technique, combined with the "Flower in Full Bloom" momentum...

The second level involves entering the Dream God state, using "Exquisite True Qi" to wield the "Sword of Love and Devotion," and having unlimited mana...

The third level is the sudden enlightenment of the Dream God, which directly unlocks the "True Understanding of the Five Sacred Mountains"!

Chapter 142 The Banquet

To keep his younger brother Lin Pingzhi in line, Chu Luren specially shared some of the profound meanings of "The True Explanation of the Five Sacred Mountains" with him.

Seeing this, Linghu Chong originally wanted to avoid the conversation, but Chu Luren specifically asked him to stay.

Firstly, Linghu Chong discovered the Five Mountains Sword Technique and brought him here; secondly, although Linghu Chong has a lot of inner monologues and minor quirks, he is generally a good friend, and even if they are not like-minded, they are not people who cannot be friends; thirdly... Senior Feng, I have already discussed the Five Mountains Sword Technique with the successor you have chosen, so shouldn't you return the favor?

The three of them talked in the cave until evening—mostly Chu Luren chattering away…

Chu Luren's understanding of the "True Explanation of the Five Sacred Mountains" is now incomplete; he only expressed about 70-80% of what he understood, but that was enough to enlighten Linghu Chong and Lin Pingzhi, leaving them feeling both amazed and bewildered.

Finally, Laudenau's arrival interrupted the three's conversation.

"Master Chu, a senior from Mount Hua, moved by your righteous deeds, has prepared a banquet at our gate tonight and invites you to join us," Lao Denuo said, inviting Chu Luren to the banquet.

Laudenok wasn't lying—a senior member of "Huashan," though he didn't say he was from the "Huashan Sect." Huashan is so big, Mu Renqing really does live here!

Chu Luren agreed, but he was also a little puzzled—you Mount Hua actually have seniors?

Could it be Feng Qingyang? Knowing his temperament, would he even bother with you?

At the same time, in the cave that Chu Luren, Linghu Chong, and Lin Pingzhi all thought was empty, Feng Qingyang was mockingly saying, "Oh? You old monkey are actually going to host a banquet for Yue Xiaozhe's guests? Have you finally decided to come out of seclusion and support the Qi Sect?"

"No, Senior Brother, you're overthinking it. Since I've said I won't get involved in any more sword qi disputes, I won't interfere anymore... It's just that little girl asked me to help her this year." Mu Renqing forbade the people of the Huashan Sect to call him Uncle-Master or Grandmaster, but he still referred to himself as Feng Qingyang's Junior Brother.

"Hmph, why should I care about your affairs? Even if you really want to return to the Qi Sect, it's none of my business... I just don't want to cause trouble for those juniors, but if the Qi Sect has an elder... heh." Feng Qingyang said with hostility.

Mu Renqing continued to pretend he hadn't heard her.

"It's fine if you go to the banquet. After all, you've cultivated a successor for your Qi Sect. You old monkey shouldn't be shameless enough to forget your kindness!" After saying that, Feng Qingyang drifted away.

Mu Renqing looked helplessly at Feng Qingyang's departing figure. Firstly, he was frustrated that his senior brother still couldn't let go of what happened back then, and secondly...

"A successor of the Qi Sect? You've practically turned a successor of the Qi Sect into a successor of the Sword Sect, and you still expect me to repay you?" Mu Renqing shook his head with a strange expression.

However, this statement was obviously not something that could be explained to Feng Qingyang. Otherwise, Feng Qingyang would have definitely labeled it as "you still think about the Qi Sect after all," and then continued to make up stories about what happened back then.

……

Mu Renqing was invited by Yue Lingshan to preside over the banquet as a senior member of the sect.

After being introduced by Laodenuo, Chu Luren finally knew who the "senior" was, but he didn't know that this person had observed him not long ago.

Chu Luren, unaware of the "agreement," still had some doubts—according to rumors in the martial arts world, shouldn't this "Divine Sword Immortal Ape" senior Mu Renqing have already severed ties with the Huashan Sect?

If he were still in charge of the mountain gate, Zuo Lengchan wouldn't dare to put too much pressure on Mount Hua, would he?

As soon as the banquet began, Chu Luren gradually realized what was going on...

Although Mu Renqing was nominally the host of the banquet and was very kind to him, the first thing he said was either "representing all the people under heaven" or "drinking for the righteous path," or "this old man is just a leisurely person."

In short, the implication was that he was trying to distance himself from the Huashan Sect.

It was as if this was merely Mu Renqing's territory in Huashan, representing only himself, inviting Chu Luren to dinner, and as for the cost of the banquet... one could only say that "the Huashan Sect did it voluntarily."

Although the banquet wasn't all fish and crabs, the "Kunpeng Mending the Sky Skill" emphasizes longevity and subtle influence, so a single meal wouldn't have a significant impact.

After a banquet where "the conversation was devoid of substance, consisting mostly of polite banter, but it was quite delightful," Mu Renqing specially called Chu Luren out alone.

"Young Master Chu not only dealt with that villain Tian Boguang this time, but also... instructed those two junior disciples of Mount Hua in swordsmanship. I haven't had a chance to formally thank you yet at the banquet!" Mu Renqing said with a sarcastic tone.

Chu Luren knew perfectly well that the old man had been secretly watching them on the Cliff of Contemplation.

Mu Renqing, the Divine Sword Immortal Ape, was known in the martial arts world in his early years for his "eccentric temperament" and "difficulty in getting along with others." Later... he didn't change his personality, but rather became too much of a homebody, and as his seniority gradually increased, no one mentioned him anymore.

In the original novel "The Sword Stained with Royal Blood", Mu Renqing is a top martial arts master with a notoriously difficult personality, but he gets along quite well with the protagonist Yuan Chengzhi.

Nowadays, Mu Renqing is only a little less confident when facing "Senior Brother Feng". Otherwise, he would be someone who is not easily swayed by either soft or hard tactics. You can tell by his current attitude towards the Huashan Sect.

"Not at all, senior, you flatter me. I'm just passing on a friend's gift," Chu Luren said modestly, pretending not to notice the barb in his words.

Mu Renqing had an eccentric temper, but he wasn't "unable to distinguish right from wrong"; he was just instinctively pricking Chu Luren.

Seeing Chu Luren say this, Mu Renqing snorted twice and said, "Don't worry, although I am no longer a member of Huashan, I will not stand by and watch the younger generation of Huashan receive benefits without knowing why!"

"Senior Xie Mu, please pass on your skills!" Chu Luren bowed directly.

Upon hearing this, Mu Renqing's eyes widened—he had clearly seen through Chu Luren's thoughts... Chu Luren was afraid that he wouldn't repay her with his martial arts!

"Watch closely, I'll only do it once." Mu Renqing didn't say much more; that was what he had been thinking all along.

As Mu Renqing spoke, he performed a set of monkey boxing moves...

No, it's much more composed and dignified than the "monkey fist" that Chu Luren was familiar with. It doesn't have that sharp-mouthed, monkey-like, or cunning feeling. So... is this considered ape fist?

At first, Chu Luren thought this would be a set of boxing techniques containing "momentum," but gradually he realized something was wrong.

As Mu Renqing fought, he chanted the incantation for practicing his internal energy...

Chu Luren gradually realized that this was a set of dynamic exercises—also a type of "qi"!

Internal energy cultivation is generally divided into "static cultivation" and "dynamic cultivation". Most internal energy cultivation is static cultivation, which involves sitting cross-legged and meditating to move internal energy. Dynamic cultivation, on the other hand, requires coordination with movements, such as dancing or leaping, to move internal energy.

Furthermore, most dynamic exercises can only be practiced after static exercises have reached a certain level of proficiency.

In the original work, Hong Qigong practiced dynamic exercises. When he was struggling to recover from his injuries, he even lamented that he had used the wrong method and that he shouldn't have used stillness to heal his injuries, as he was practicing dynamic exercises...

However, there are exceptions. For example, "Lingbo Weibu" can also achieve the effect of cultivating internal strength when performing footwork. In terms of "qi", it is also a dynamic exercise, and it can be started from scratch.

Mu Renqing's nickname is "Divine Sword Immortal Ape". The "Divine Sword" clearly refers to his swordsmanship. As a master of the Qi Sect, although he is strong in both swordsmanship and Qi, just like Feng Qingyang, his "Qi" is more prominent. This "Qi" is embodied in the "Immortal Ape" technique!

After mastering the Zixia Gong, Mu Renqing, combining his own "preferring movement to stillness" nature, created a set of dynamic exercises based on the Zixia Gong, practicing them with a posture resembling that of a monkey...

Furthermore, because this skill is derived from the most "still" Zixia Gong, the entire technique can be described as a combination of movement and stillness.

It is clear within, yet dark without; between light and darkness arises a void, and within that void arises primordial energy—this is called the "Primordial Energy Skill"!

Chapter 143 The Free and Easy Immortal Ape Scripture

Mu Renqing only taught Chu Luren the latter half of the Hunyuan Gong, or rather... only the latter half is the Hunyuan Gong.

While the most authentic method for laying the foundation in stillness exercises is the "Zixia Gong," which is how Mu Renqing practiced, in reality, any stillness exercise that is calm and preferably from the Taoist lineage can be used.

The Zixia Gong is now a closely guarded secret of Mount Hua, and Mu Renqing would naturally not pass it on to outsiders, so he only passed on the Hunyuan Gong, which he created himself.

"Did you remember it?" Mu Renqing asked after typing it a second time.

He had previously stated that he would only demonstrate it to Chu Luren three times at most; if he couldn't remember it completely after three demonstrations, then they were no longer meant to be...

After all, Chu Luren wasn't his disciple, so his teaching method was naturally very perfunctory, and most people really wouldn't be able to learn it!

"I've got it." Chu Luren nodded, not even bothering to repeat it a third time.

Actually, he should have learned it on the first try, but Chu Luren was distracted and didn't watch Mu Renqing's demonstration completely.

Mu Renqing swallowed back what he was about to say, and then glared at Chu Luren like an old child.

He even suspected that the kid in front of him was deliberately trying to annoy him because he couldn't learn it even after three tries...

After noticing Mu Renqing's attitude, Chu Luren quickly praised the wonders of the "Hun Yuan Gong" and used the opportunity of demonstrating the cultivation method for the third time to "beg" Mu Renqing to change it to a demonstration after mastering the skill, which finally calmed Mu Renqing down.

Mu Renqing crossed his arms in front of his chest, then shook them at his waist, and then... his whole body was covered with a layer of bright golden light, and even his long hair started to sway without wind!

Chu Luren: ...

Compared to the Purple Light Curse... no, I mean the Purple Cloud Skill, Mu Renqing's "Hun Yuan Skill" has a more explosive internal force when activated, unlike Yue Buqun's peaceful Purple Light, which instead has a feeling of intense burning!

"Senior Mu, you are called 'Divine Sword Immortal Ape,' could it be because... there was something unusual during the full moon?" Chu Luren felt that the special effects made it seem like he could be called a Super Saiyan.