Zongwu: Eavesdropping on the inner voices, the female warriors have become strange

"Brother Shi, this is boring." Chen Liuwei sighed and said, "Since I've already come to your door, I naturally know that the "Eternal Life Secret" is in your hands. Why should I pretend not to know?"

Shi Long knew Chen Liu was right. He was silent for a while and then asked, "Who are you? The righteous sect? The demon sect?"

"Is it important?"

"It's important." Shi Long said, "If you are from the Demon Sect, I will not let you get it even if I die."

The Sui Dynasty's righteous path was primarily Buddhist and Taoist. These three didn't look like monks or nuns, and monks weren't married, not counting the nuns from Cihang Jingzhai. As for the Taoist sect, they'd been secluded in recent years, rarely coming out. These people didn't look like Taoists either, but more like demons.

"I'm not from the Demon Sect."

After a pause, Chen Liu smiled and said, "That's not the right way either."

"Are you from an aristocratic family? The Li family? The Dugu family? The Yuwen family? Or the Song family?"

"My last name is Chen, and I have no connection to the Sui Dynasty clan."

"You're not from Sui?"

"No."

"If you are not from the Sui Dynasty, then I cannot give you the Secret of Immortality." Shi Long shook his head.

"Are we still going to fight? Swords have no eyes, have you thought it through, Brother Shi? And once we start, there will be no peaceful ending."

"You think you have me?"

"Husband, let me do it." Wang Yuyan and Lianxing both spoke.

"Let me try first. By the way, don't let him get close to the wall. There must be living walls, secret rooms, secret passages or something like that in this room." Chen Liu casually drew out the Yitian sword in his hand.

Shilong: ...

"Brother Shi, please." Chen Liu made a sword flower.

Shi Long didn't make a move, saying, "Aren't you afraid that I'll destroy the book and leave you with nothing?"

"You can try." Chen Liu said with a smile.

Chapter 281 The Secret of Immortality

If Shi Long chooses not to hand over the Secret of Immortality, then Chen Liu will not tolerate him. Since he is seeking death, then let him die. Shi Long is just an insignificant supporting character, the kind who dies in the first chapter. Even though Shi Long is a master, he was pierced through the throat by Chen Liu's Dugu Nine Swords before he could move a few moves.

After stabbing Shi Long to death, Chen Liu rummaged through Shi Long's body and took out the "Secret of Immortality" that he had hidden in his arms.

The Secret of Immortality is woven with black gold thread, impervious to water and fire. Even with a sword or a knife, it cannot be damaged in the slightest. This is why Chen Liu is not afraid of Shi Long destroying the Secret of Immortality. The Secret of Immortality is not that easy to destroy.

"So that's how it is." After getting the "Secret of Immortality" and entering it into the system, Chen Liu naturally knew what the "Secret of Immortality" was all about.

"The Secret of Immortality" is indeed not a martial arts secret book, but a Taoist Qi-refining technique, following the ancient Taoist method of Qi-refining, refining essence into Qi, refining Qi into spirit, refining spirit into emptiness, and refining emptiness into the Dao.

However, ancient things aren't necessarily good. Taoist Qigong practices focus on cultivating the primordial spirit, ultimately reaching a state where the primordial spirit transcends the physical body, abandoning it and shattering the void with the primordial spirit. In the original novel, it's said that there's a skeleton in the Temple of the God of War, possibly the remains of the physical body left behind by Guangchengzi or someone else when he shattered the void.

If Chen Liu were asked to give up his physical body and transcend his spirit, leaving only a ball of energy, he would not be happy. He preferred to achieve immortality by integrating his essence, energy, and spirit into one, without having to give up his physical body.

Of course, after Guangchengzi shattered the void, he might be able to reshape his body. But Chen Liu didn't know what it would be like after shattering the void, and whether he would be able to reshape his body. Under the circumstances, he didn't want to try the method of soul ascension and transcendence for the time being.

"Husband, what do you think of this secret of immortality? Do you understand it?" Wang Yuyan and Lianxing came over and asked.

"This is Taoist Qigong." Chen Liu smiled and said, "The most important thing about Taoist Qigong is the cultivation of the primordial spirit, which is different from the current martial arts training methods. However, this Qigong technique also has some aspects that we can learn from, which can help us break through to the Grandmaster level more quickly."

One difference between martial arts and qigong is that they prioritize the physical body. While qigong practitioners cultivate the mind, martial arts are closer to physical cultivation. While martial arts also cultivate qi, this practice is intended to strengthen the physical body. For example, at the Grandmaster level, the vital energy of heaven and earth merges into true qi, nourishing the meridians and internal organs. Grandmasters comprehensively strengthen the physical body. Therefore, qigong practitioners are more mentally strong, while martial arts practitioners are more resilient.

Of course, if one wants to continue to break through to higher realms, the primordial spirit is also very important, so martial arts also take into account spiritual cultivation. Chen Liu believes that martial arts is more like an improved form of Qigong, cultivating the physical body while also taking into account the cultivation of the primordial spirit, developing towards the direction of the trinity of essence, energy and spirit.

"Let's talk about it when we get back." Although Shilong lived in the suburbs and there were few people nearby, there were still some.

"Okay!" Wang Yuyan and Lianxing nodded quickly, left Shilong's courtyard with Chen Liu, and quietly returned to the inn.

After returning to the inn, Chen Liu explained the difference between Qigong and martial arts to Wang Yuyan and Lianxing, saying, "You can also practice the 'Eternal Life Secret' to improve your spiritual power."

With the system, Chen Liu naturally understood the "Eternal Life Secret" and knew how to practice it. The seven diagrams represented the Five Elements and Yin and Yang. Everyone possessed Yin and Yang, and the Five Elements. The red dots and paths on the diagrams represented the Yang, Yin, and Five Elements meridians. To practice the "Eternal Life Secret," one needed to cultivate all seven diagrams simultaneously, rather than just one Yang or Yin meridian like Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling.

"The higher your spiritual power, the easier it will be to break through to the Grandmaster level or even the Heavenly Man level in the future. However, I don't recommend that you develop purely into a Qi Refiner. I don't think giving up your physical body is a good choice."

Although Chen Liu still didn't know what it would be like to cultivate to the Heavenly Man Realm, or even the Land God Realm, he felt that the body and the spirit were equally important, both inseparable parts of a person. Giving up the spirit was certainly not an option, but abandoning the body and leaving only the spirit was also unacceptable. The correct path should be to cultivate both the body and the spirit.

"We will listen to our husbands." Wang Yuyan and Lianxing said.

"Okay, then I'll try it first. After I learn it, I'll teach you how to practice it."

To practice the secret of longevity, one needs to consciously or unconsciously draw the vital energy from heaven and earth along the yang meridian into the body, circulate through the meridians of the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire and earth, and finally store the vital energy in the upper dantian along the yin meridian.

Located between the eyebrows or in the forehead, the Upper Dantian (also known as the "Niwan Palace" in Taoists) is associated with consciousness and spirituality, enhancing concentration, intuition, and spiritual attainment.

It is not difficult to practice the Art of Immortality, but what is needed to practice it is the pure essence of heaven and earth, not the true qi cultivated by warriors. Using the true qi cultivated by warriors to operate according to the route map of the Art of Immortality will only make people feel like vomiting blood, dizzy and nauseous, and even possessed.

Before this, people who obtained the "Secret of Immortality" practiced it as a martial art instead of drawing the vital energy of heaven and earth into their bodies, so naturally they could not practice it.

Chen Liu followed the method instilled in him by the system on how to practice the "Eternal Life Secret" and slowly adjusted his consciousness to the point of being intentional or unintentional. Slowly, he felt as if there was some natural energy entering his body from the Baihui point on the top of his head, moving slowly along the Yang meridian, and after completing the Yang meridian, entering the Gold meridian, Wood meridian, Water meridian, Fire meridian, and Earth meridian, and finally following the Yin meridian to the Niwan Palace, opening the upper Dantian.

As soon as his upper Dantian opened up, Chen Liu felt his mental power suddenly surge, and his mind seemed to become much clearer. This surge in mental power also caused the range of his spiritual awareness to surge.

After Chen Liu finished his practice, he realized that it was already dawn, and Wang Yuyan and Lianxing were still guarding him.

"Yuyan, Lianxing, what time is it now?" Chen Liu asked.

"My husband is awake?" Wang Yuyan and Lianxing were delighted to see Chen Liu awake. They said, "It's past the hour of Si."

"It's already past the hour of Si?" Chen Liu was surprised.

Sishi is between 9:00 and 11:00 in the morning. It's already past Sishi, which means it's already past 11:00 in the morning. Last night, when Chen Liu began practicing the "Eternal Life Secret," it was also around 11:00 pm. Doesn't this mean that he's already practiced the "Eternal Life Secret" for over twelve hours in just one round?

"Ok!"

"Then you have been guarding me for six hours?"

"It's okay." Wang Yuyan giggled and said, "Husband, how are you?"

"I only practiced for one cycle last night and opened my upper dantian." Chen Liu said, "But I feel like my mental power has increased significantly, and the range of my spiritual awareness..."

After a pause, Chen Liu expanded his spiritual sense and spread it out.

When he just broke through to the Grandmaster level, the radius of Chen Liu's spiritual awareness range had reached ten zhang. Now it is even higher, with a radius of more than fifteen zhang, about fifty meters.

“It’s increased by about 50%.”

Chapter 282: Twin Dragons (Part )

After getting the "Secret of Immortality", the matter in Jiangdu was settled, and there was nothing wrong with staying in Jiangdu. As for the two gangsters Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling, Chenliu was not interested in them and had no intention of looking for them. They were not peerless beauties.

Chen Liu was not in a hurry to leave Jiangdu. Next, he planned to take Wang Yuyan and Lianxing to Yang Gong's treasury in Chang'an.

In the original novel, there is a saying that "If you get one of the Heshi Bi and Yang Gong's treasury, you can get the world." Yang Gong's treasury contains not only the evil emperor's relics, but also many gold, silver, jewelry, weapons, armor and other treasures.

After Fu Jun'er entered the treasury, she deliberately took a few treasures from the fake treasury and distributed them to the world of Jianghu. This attracted people from all over the world to scramble for it, searching for Yang Gong's treasury. Even the major clans and warlords were jealous of it. This shows how great the influence and temptation of Yang Gong's treasury was.

Because Yang Gong's treasure house is so tempting and the evil emperor's relics are so alluring, Chen Liu will never bring in anyone who is not one of his own.

The day after teaching the practice method of "The Secret of Immortality" to Wang Yuyan, Lianxing and Wanwan, Chen Liu went strolling and playing in Jiangdu City with Wang Yuyan, Lianxing and Wanwan.

Some things are just so interesting. Chen Liu didn't want to look for Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling, the two gangsters, but those two gangsters took the initiative to run into his gun.

The reason was that Chen Liu was regarded as a fat sheep by them. After all, Chen Liu was dressed in luxurious clothes, wearing gold and jade, and was accompanied by three fairy sisters who looked like fairies. The sachet around his waist was also bulging. Such a person could be known as a fat sheep at first glance.

Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling are now thieves and gangsters. When they see Chen Liu, Wang Yuyan, Lian Xing, Wan Wan and other outsiders whose accents do not sound like those of Jiangdu people, they want to slaughter them as fat sheep from outsiders.

Xu Ziling, who was just pretending to play, ran towards Chen Liu from behind, touched Chen Liu's waist, and wanted to cut the string of his sachet with the thin blade between his fingers. Before he could touch Chen Liu's sachet, a flash of knife light flashed from Xu Ziling's hand that was stretched out to Chen Liu, and one of his palms fell to the ground.

Xu Ziling ran a dozen steps before he realized something was wrong. Instead of the sachet, he was missing his palm. The pain started to spurt out of his arm, and blood began to spurt out. Xu Ziling screamed miserably, "My hand! My hand!"

"Mr. Ling! What's wrong with you?" A young man about sixteen or seventeen years old, with broad shoulders and a very strong build, chased up from behind and rushed to Xu Ziling, who had fallen to the ground in pain and covered his broken hand with his other hand.

"Hand, Master Zhong, my hand is broken." Xu Ziling was in so much pain that he was crying.

[Young Master Ling? Young Master Zhong? Could it be those two thugs Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling?]

Chen Liu glanced at Wanwan, who calmly put away her knife as if nothing had happened, and his expression looked a little strange.

If it were them, that would be fun. And Xu Ziling even had one of his hands cut off by Wanwan, which was really funny.

In the original novel, Wanwan loves Xu Ziling, but cannot love him. She ends up saying, "I love you and hate you, for the rest of my life." In this world, Xu Ziling has already had one of his hands severed by Wanwan before he even appears.

Wanwan: ...

Do I like this little punk?

Wanwan couldn't help but feel a sense of absurdity. Hmm! Okay, that definitely wasn't me.

[Can Xu Ziling still thrive after losing a hand? ]

[Alright! Without the Secret of Immortality, they probably won't be able to develop even if they want to.]

Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling are already old, so it's too late to learn martial arts. In this world, most people start practicing martial arts from a young age. The headmaster once told me that if I only started practicing martial arts at my age, I'd never reach a high level. A second-rate martial artist would be the best I could achieve.

In "The Twin Dragons of the Tang Dynasty," Fu Jun'er also told Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling that they were already old, their bones and meridians already fixed, making it difficult for them to achieve success in martial arts. If they hadn't fortuitously learned the Yang and Yin meridians of the "Eternal Life Secret" and practiced them as martial arts, they would never have made any progress in their lifetime.

Wang Yuyan and Lianxing also glanced at Xu Ziling and Kou Zhong, thinking to themselves, "These two are actually the two male protagonists of the Legend of the Twin Dragons that my husband mentioned? Interesting."

[However, now that the "Eternal Life Secret" has been taken away by me, and Xu Ziling has had one of his hands cut off, even if they have another chance in the future, they will definitely not be able to reach the heights described in the original novel.]

"But never mind. I don't like either of them anyway. Xu Ziling risked his life for his brother, then stabbed him twice for a woman, but in the end, he got nothing. Shi Feixuan tricked him into losing his mind, and after asking him to persuade Kou Zhong to give up half of his kingdom to Li Shimin, she turned around and dumped him, running back to the mountains to cultivate."

Wang Yuyan: ...

Lianxing Wanwan:......

A hint of smile appeared in Wanwan's eyes. This really seemed like the style of the nuns in Cihang Jingzhai.

Although Shi Feixuan and Qin Mengyao will become her sisters sooner or later, Wanwan still doesn't like them because they are too artificial.

Kou Zhong wasn't much better. Song Que married him his daughter, sent him soldiers, gave him money, food, and territory, all in the hope that he would conquer the world and allow the Han people to regain their territory. He, however, treated the conquest of the world as a game of jealousy, and finally called it quits, disregarding those who had followed him in his conquest and simply giving away half of his territory. If I were Song Que, I'd have chopped off his head with a single blow. He wouldn't play with people like that.

Wang Yuyan: ...

Lianxing Wanwan:......

Treat conquering the world as a game of jealousy?

The three women couldn't help but reveal a look of disgust in their eyes.