The Great Martial Arts World: Hot Topics and Great Heroes

Mu Renqing frowned and asked, "Full moon? Is it any different from usual?"

"Ahem, it's nothing, I misunderstood." Chu Luren changed the subject.

In short, this is a powerful dynamic exercise that requires a foundation of calm and stillness to cultivate. In terms of its sophistication, it rivals the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra. If we disregard the parts that lack a foundation, it can almost be said to be on par with the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra.

After Mu Renqing left, Chu Luren returned to his room. After repeatedly studying and pondering the "Hun Yuan Gong" several times, he then merged it with the "Linglong Xin Jing"...

As a fusion of the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra and the Complete True Heart Method, the "Linglong Heart Sutra" is indeed a legitimate Taoist martial art, and its foundational parts inherit the stability of the Complete True Heart Method.

Although the "Exquisite True Qi" he cultivated under the influence of the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra was very delicate and vibrant, Chu Luren is now "integrating" it. He does not intend to use the "Exquisite True Qi" as a basis to cultivate the original "Hun Yuan Gong", but rather to combine the two.

In this way, the "Linglong Heart Sutra's" characteristic of first being stable and then developing is actually similar to the cultivation method of first practicing Zixia and then changing to Hunyuan, which can be used as an opportunity for integration.

Chu Luren did not enter a state of enlightenment this time, lest the results become unusable after guidance.

This time, the goal is to integrate internal energy. If one must reach a state of enlightenment to cultivate, then it's far too useless...

Most importantly, the "Exquisite Heart Sutra" was originally designed for the Dream God Body to cultivate—even without the badge, the Dream God Body is fast enough; equipping it only increases speed by a third...

In other words, even if the fusion fails and the results are unsatisfactory, Chu Luren can simply abandon it and let the Dream God "train" the Linglong True Qi without any equipment!

"Master Lin Chaoying is awesome, Master Wang Chongyang is awesome, Senior Mu is awesome..." Chu Luren first silently recited his self-created "Awesome Mantra".

"Huh?" The effect after this fusion was even better than Chu Luren had expected!

"Could it be my 'Awesome Mantra'...?"

Chu Luren carefully studied the new martial art, "The Free Immortal Ape Scripture," and realized that it wasn't his own "awesome scripture" that was effective, but rather that there was indeed a deep underlying connection between the two!

The "Linglong Heart Sutra" is based on the "Jade Maiden Heart Sutra" and supplemented with the "Complete True Heart Method" to make its foundation more solid.

The most mysterious aspect of the Jade Maiden Heart Sutra lies precisely in its depiction of the subtle, elusive, hesitant, shy, and irresistible emotions between men and women.

And it must be the purest kind of love between a man and a woman, where the feelings are so deep yet unattainable, and the love has not yet transformed into a stable familial bond.

"Hun Yuan Gong" is a creative product developed by Mu Renqing based on "Zi Xia Mi Ji" and breaking away from conventional methods.

There was no misplaced nickname. One can imagine that Mu Renqing of the Qi Sect was not called "Monkey" for nothing. He must have had a very lively and unrestrained personality, which was actually more suitable for the Sword Sect.

Indeed, Mu Renqing was also exceptionally skilled in swordsmanship. Therefore, although he cultivated the supreme internal energy of the Qi Sect, he also created variations that suited him, which can be described as stillness giving rise to movement and movement containing stillness.

In terms of mindset, one should also be seemingly active yet not active, seemingly still yet not still...

The "Linglong Heart Sutra" is essentially a martial art developed by Lin Chaoying and Wang Chongyang based on the relationship between men and women, while the "Hun Yuan Gong" is purely something that Mu Renqing forced out while practicing swordsmanship and martial arts on his own!

In this respect, the two methods are highly compatible.

However, the name "Hun Yuan Gong" is obviously exaggerated. Unlike Wudang's "Tai Chi Fist and Sword," which truly elucidate the principles of Tai Chi, this "Hun Yuan Gong" has very little connection with the Taoist concept of "Hun Yuan."

"Hun Yuan" is indeed "seemingly moving but not moving, seemingly still but not still", but the reverse is not true.

Originally, this was a name that Mu Renqing chose himself. Naturally, after the martial arts will was embodied in it, the badge also had this name. However, after the fusion, the "bragging" part of the name was filtered out.

It could also be that... the martial arts will of the "Linglong Heart Sutra" stopped the martial arts will of the "Hunyuan Gong" from continuing to boast?

In short, after the fusion, naming it "The Free and Easy Immortal Ape Scripture" is quite appropriate.

It's not because it's as agile as a monkey or ape, but rather it's taken from the phrase "the mind is like a monkey and the will is like a horse." In Taoism, both "monkey" and "horse" are used to describe a state where the mind and will are difficult to control.

If the "mind monkey" can be "free," it means that the mind has reached a state of self-control and restraint. Moreover, this "immortal monkey" is also connected to "immortal destiny" and retains the emotional meaning of the "Exquisite Heart Sutra."

After the fusion, not only did the internal skill level improve further, almost on par with the "Minor Chaos Skill", but it also maintained its applicability to sword energy. After all, all the materials are designed to be used with swordsmanship, so it would be strange if they were not applicable to sword techniques.

In addition, it greatly enhances resistance to "inner demons" and "mental disturbances"—such as the Soul Transfer Technique in the Nine Yin Manual, or some evil mind-controlling techniques in the martial arts world, as well as the Azure Sea Tide Song of a certain green-robed man. With a significant increase in resistance, it can also prevent one from going into a demonic state!

Because they were of the same lineage, the "Dream God" of the Chu Lu people successfully modified the "Free and Easy Immortal Ape Scripture" in just one night...

Chapter 144 The Sword Sect Reappears

Chu Luren stayed at Mount Hua for several days, but he didn't see Feng Qingyang again, neither at the Cliff of Contemplation nor inside the mountain gate...

These past few days, Chu Luren has been drinking with Linghu Chong every day, praising the Sword Sect lavishly under the influence of alcohol, and endlessly extolling the values ​​of Feng Qingyang from the original work, which emphasizes the fickle nature of good and evil and the pursuit of only uprightness...

For four or five days in a row, Chu Luren kept tacitly accepting Feng Qingyang's presence in the shadows, which exhausted Chu Luren. However, Feng Qingyang showed no intention of even showing himself, let alone teaching Chu Luren the "Nine Swords of Dugu".

Gradually, Chu Luren also realized that Mu Renqing's teaching him the "Hun Yuan Gong" should already be considered a return on the "Five Mountains True Explanation", and even... it might have been given to Mu Renqing by Feng Qingyang!

With no hope of mastering the "Nine Swords of Dugu," Chu Luren had no interest in Yue Buqun either, and decided to take his leave before Yue Buqun returned.

Reluctant to part, Lin Pingzhi ignored his senior sister's resentful gaze and said a few words to persuade her to stay.

Yue Lingshan felt very wronged. Xiao Linzi admired and relied on this guy even more, which not only greatly damaged her senior sister's dignity, but she also found out that her senior brother was also very close to this guy when she wanted to go to the Cliff of Contemplation to play with her senior brother.

Yue Lingshan suddenly felt like she had fallen out of favor...

Of course, out of politeness, Chu Luren would not leave on the same day. Following Lin Pingzhi's invitation to stay, Chu Luren stayed for two more days.

As a result, something happened during these two days – not that Chu Luren had any problems, but that something big happened to the Huashan Sect!

Chu Luren had been enjoying a final drink with Linghu Chong and Lin Pingzhi on the Cliff of Contemplation these past two days, and was planning to leave the next day. But at that moment, Lu Dayou rushed over in a panic, shouting from afar, "Senior Brother, something terrible has happened! Master, Master, he..."

"They've been kidnapped?" Chu Luren couldn't help but ask.

"Arrested? No, they didn't! But Master and Mistress are back..." Lu Dayou was out of breath.

Upon hearing this, Linghu Chong retorted angrily, "What's wrong with Master and Mistress returning?"

“But, it’s not just Master and Mistress who came back; there are also quite a few people from the Songshan Sect who followed them. There are also a few… who claim to be Master’s peers, and they seem to be elders of the ‘Bu’ generation in the sect. However, Master doesn’t acknowledge them, and the argument has become very tense. Now those people are mixed up with the people from Songshan.” Lu Dayou managed to catch his breath.

"An elder of the 'Bu' generation? Could it be..." Linghu Chong and Lin Pingzhi had a feeling that it was very likely the Sword Sect's member!

"What are the people from Songshan Sect trying to do? Even if Master has some disagreements with them, that's our own business!" Linghu Chong didn't know what to say to the Sword Sect, but he had no qualms about dealing with the Songshan Sect, with whom he had already become enemies.

"The Songshan Sect sent a lot of people, and they even brought the Five Mountains Alliance Leader's Order, saying... saying that they want Master to give up the position of sect leader!" Lu Dayou was also very indignant when he mentioned this matter.

"Bullshit! When did the Five Mountains Alliance Leader's decree ever concern me with who I appoint as the sect leader?" Linghu Chong said, standing up abruptly and ordering Lu Dayou to lead the way.

The situation was special, and Linghu Chong, disregarding his own confinement in meditation, was about to go to the "Hall of Righteousness" to help his master.

On the way, Chu Luren also asked Lu Dayou for details...

Meanwhile, Yue Buqun, who had already pursued Tian Boguang to the Shaanxi-East region, rushed back to Mount Hua after learning that Tian Boguang had been executed. However, while passing through the Jinzhong area, he discovered that members of the Songshan Sect were heading towards Guanzhong...

People from Hengshan and Taishan also came—among the Five Sacred Mountains Sword Sects, only the Buddhist-oriented Hengshan did not get involved.

Moreover, Hengshan and Taishan only sent representatives, but Songshan Sect... mobilized in large numbers!

Seven of the Thirteen Protectors arrived, along with fifty or sixty disciples from the sect—this was a "cross-border mobilization." Fifty or sixty people was already a lot, and those who came were definitely elites… Back when Liu Zhengfeng retired from the martial arts world, only twenty or thirty people went.

Chu Luren guessed that it was because he had lost face in Hengshan City that Songshan was putting in even more effort this time.

What troubled Yue Buqun most was that while in Luoyang, he discovered that many "traitors" within the Zhongtiao Mountain sect had actually joined forces with the Songshan sect...

After the sword qi dispute, some disciples of the Sword Sect escaped and went to Zhongtiao Mountain, which is thousands of miles away from Mount Hua, to recuperate.

Moreover, they do not put up a new sect sign, and they are usually low-key and cautious, and do not open their mountain gates. Obviously, they still care about the "Huashan Sect". Yue Buqun's sensitivity to the Sword Sect is mainly because he is wary of these people!

Accompanying the Songshan Sect at this time were three sword sect successors of the "Bu" generation: Feng Buping, Cheng Buyou, and Cong Buqi.

Of course, Yue Buqun would never admit that they came from the Huashan Sect. He only said that the Sword Sect had been expelled from the Huashan Sect and that they had been living in the Zhongtiao Mountains for many years and had long since lost all connection with the Huashan Sect...

However, it's easy to guess that the Songshan Sect's large-scale entry into the pass and their journey to Mount Hua, coupled with their entanglement with the Sword Sect, must be part of a conspiracy.

Lu Lianrong of Hengshan Sect and Yu Jizi of Taishan Sect, who came with them, were both "hearts turned to the Five Sacred Mountains" in their respective sects—simply put, they were backed by Songshan Sect and were vying for power within their sects!

In contrast, the Hengshan School, due to its relatively harmonious "three-fixed" relationship, was not significantly infiltrated by the Songshan School.

After realizing that the visitors were hostile, Yue Buqun rushed back, managing to get back to the sect faster than the people from Songshan. Otherwise, if the sect had no one in charge and was caught off guard by the traitors from Songshan and the Sword Sect, Huashan might have really changed hands.

Even now, the situation is still considered urgent...

In fact, Yue Buqun, who had just returned from the foot of the mountain last night, ran into the Songshan Sect members who arrived at almost the same time, causing a misunderstanding.

However, Qiu Chuji of the Quanzhen School arrived at this time and used the "mountain-paying ceremony" to deflect the Songshan School's attention. Therefore, the other party simply handed over a visiting card, stating that they would come to "visit" again today.

Upon hearing that Qiu Chuji was also there, Chu Luren immediately understood—Yue Buqun must have been busy on his way back to Mount Hua, otherwise, how could Yue Buqun and his wife have traveled from Luoyang to Mount Hua faster than the dozens of people from Mount Song?

It's highly likely that Yue Buqun also invited his fellow cultivators from the surrounding area to Mount Hua to witness this event...

The most important one is definitely the Quanzhen Sect. Firstly, the Quanzhen Sect is large enough. Although it has been targeted by the Mongol Yuan Dynasty in recent years, so it has been relatively low-key and its influence has shrunk. However, it is still among the top sects in the world. The complete merger of the Five Mountains Sword Sects is only to this extent. Secondly, the Quanzhen Sect is also close enough to the Huashan Sect!

Even though the Quanzhen Sect has kept a low profile in recent years, Zuo Lengchan would never dare to bare his teeth at it in Guanzhong.

However, because the Songshan Sect failed to achieve complete victory and kill the entire Liu family during their retirement ceremony, they felt their deterrent power was insufficient. This time, when they threatened Huashan, they were definitely better prepared, with a force far exceeding the scale of the original story...

Chapter 145: The Six Immortals of Peach Valley

After descending from the Cliff of Repentance, Chu Lu and his companions were heading towards the mountain gate when they were unexpectedly blocked on their way...

"Linghu Chong, Linghu Chong, which one of you is Linghu Chong?"

"Is it still one 'Ling', one 'Hu', and one 'Chong'?"

"Doesn't that mean there are two more people?"

"Idiot! There's clearly one extra!"

……

Six old men with craggy, wrinkled faces blocked the way, babbling incoherently.

Although Linghu Chong didn't recognize the person, he still clasped his hands in a fist and said, "I am Linghu Chong. If the six seniors have something to attend to, please wait a moment. I must return to my sect first..."

"Haha, found him! Found him! Tie him up and take him back!" One of the old men, like a child, jumped and clapped his hands, while another man behind him did a somersault with great joy.

If it were any other stranger who said they wanted to tie him up, Linghu Chong would definitely have lost his temper. However, these old men all looked quite old and were acting like children, so Linghu Chong just thought they were talking nonsense.

But just as he was about to explain further, two of the six old men suddenly lunged forward. Their movements were fluid and graceful, yet they didn't seem to be using any lightness skills. It was as if they were simply walking quickly forward, and in the blink of an eye, they were right in front of Linghu Chong...

Linghu Chong initially thought the two old men were going to grab him, like a brothel madam trying to lure customers, and he wasn't on guard at all—wait, why did I use that analogy? I don't go to places like that often!

Unexpectedly, the two of them came right up to him from a dozen steps away.

"Ah!" Linghu Chong exclaimed in surprise. Before he could react, his arms were suddenly gripped tightly. In his fright, he tried to break free but could not.

Seeing this, Lu Dayou became anxious and shouted, "Release Senior Brother!" He then drew his sword and lunged forward to stab him.

When Linghu Chong answered, he took a few steps forward, which was more than Chu Luren and the others. Now that he was restrained, Lu Dayou should have only taken three or five steps forward. However... before Lu Dayou could get close to the two old men, the other four old men had already come to his left and right!

In the blink of an eye, Lu Dayou's sword was disarmed, and in another flash, Lu Dayou was lying flat and being lifted up.

The four of them grabbed his arms and legs, laughing and discussing who would get more "meat" after he was torn into four pieces.

Lu Dayou was drenched in cold sweat. The tight grip on his wrists and ankles told him that these four men were incredibly strong; if they really wanted to tear him apart…