Traveling through the heavens from swallowing

Chapter 6: Thirteen Taibao Horizontal Training
Liu Mang once again began to practice martial arts day and night. After reaching the first-rate level in all martial arts, it now takes about 100 days of accumulated experience to upgrade his swordsmanship and lightness skills to the next level, and 200 days of experience to upgrade his internal strength.

At this time, even if he improved his internal strength and swordsmanship by one level, his strength would probably reach the middle-class level, but this would require a full year of experience and would not give him a sense of security, because with this kind of strength he would definitely not be able to defeat Yue Buqun!

Ever since the sudden appearance of a top-notch master, Jia Zhengpeng, he had felt a great sense of crisis in his heart, which made him very uneasy.

"System, why did a Jia Zhengpeng suddenly appear? If such a master had attacked Lin Zhennan in the original novel, he would obviously not have lived to see the beginning of the plot. What is going on?" Liu Mang finally asked the question in his mind.

The system seemed to have expected this and immediately responded: "Butterfly Effect."

That's it!

Liu Mang frowned. The butterfly effect was very serious. There was now an extra top-notch master!

"The host's idea is not entirely correct, you just have bad luck. After all, Jia Zhengpeng originally had the strength of the top second-rate, and he is not far from the first-rate, so it is not surprising that he broke through. There are very few unknown first-rate masters in the current world, and there is no top or peerless one. As long as the host is not too unlucky, he will not encounter too many such situations, and he does not need to worry too much about the strength issue." Sensing Liu Mang's thoughts, the system immediately added that Lin Zhennan's wish is not to practice martial arts alone, other tasks are also indispensable, and practicing martial arts alone cannot complete the main task!

Liu Mang felt relieved and breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it was not a life-and-death race or interference from the Lord God, otherwise he would have to practice martial arts 24 hours a day. If that were the case, wouldn't it be ten times more painful than Lin Zhennan's pain?
Since the power of the plug-in is guaranteed, he must pursue stronger combat effectiveness in the same amount of time. The development of power cannot wait, he must start expanding his power as soon as possible, and the first task is to recruit enough masters!
Although Fuwei Escort Agency now has a large number of people, but apart from him, the top experts are only of the third-rate level, which is really not worthy of such a huge force. He must personally recruit some second-rate or even first-rate experts, so as to avoid some forces that could have been won over by the good and evil forces being wasted in the war, so that he must train enough experts himself!
Liu Mang has received news that Yue Buqun took over the position of the head of Huashan two years ago, which means that before the plot begins, there is only one major event left in the martial arts world, that is, Dongfang Bubai's sunflower mastery, and his seizure of the position of the leader of the Sun Moon Sect in one fell swoop! This event was only mentioned briefly in the original work, and it was bound to be accompanied by a lot of bloodshed and sacrifice.

When Dongfang Bubai first ascended to the position of the leader, he was still ambitious and would not tolerate other voices in the sect. The original core members of Ren Woxing must be purged, and he also needs a large number of masters to support him. All this is inseparable from the free masters who have not yet been assigned. Instead of letting these people die in the internal strife of the Demon Sect, it is better to be my subordinates and enjoy the good life. Moreover, by doing so, there is a high probability that the internal strife of the Demon Sect can be avoided. After all, Dongfang Bubai did not openly rob Ren Woxing's position. When there is not enough backup force, Dongfang Bubai can only pinch his nose and use the people of the former leader. Liu Mang thought so.

The period of time when Dongfang Bubai dominated the world was about 10 years, and now it is about 12 years before the story begins.

In Liu Mang's impression, during this period of time, Ren Woxing probably studied the secrets of the Sunflower Manual for a long time, but gained nothing. He was unwilling to let his years of research go to waste, so he gave it to Dongfang Bubai, intending to let this trusted younger brother try it out for him. If it worked, it would be great, but if it didn't, he would just lose a younger brother and he would make a lot of money!
However, what Ren Woxing did not expect was that Dongfang Bubai, a genius, was keenly aware of the problem after practicing the Sunflower Manual for the first time. He found that the extremely yang internal force cultivated by this magical skill would arouse boundless sexual desire, causing the practitioner to have hallucinations and lose control of the internal force, causing the internal force to run wild and go astray! If you want to practice safely, castration is the best choice. This not only avoids the impact of sexual desire, but also secretly conforms to the way of heaven and man, which has boundless benefits for his enlightenment of the heaven and man to give birth to all things!

Therefore, for the sake of his own hegemony, Dongfang Bubai gritted his teeth and castrated himself, and also completed the incomplete parts of the treasure book by himself. After that, he made elixirs and took medicines to connect both inside and outside. In just two years, he achieved great success in his magical powers. As soon as he came out of seclusion, he brought down Ren Woxing. Then he was invincible for ten years until he died in a siege!
In other words, at this time, Dongfang Bubai might have just started practicing the Sunflower Manual, or even not started yet. He had a full two years to gather some masters to relieve the pressure of training himself in the future!

But this kind of thing is not something that a beginner like him can do easily. Since ancient times, there is no first in literature and no second in martial arts. Martial artists are people who hold sharp weapons in their hands. It is not so easy for them to submit to others. If you want to convince them, it is not enough to just defeat them. What is needed is to crush them, kill them instantly, and then give them fame and fortune, so that they can initially win over.

Money is a small matter. He has plenty of money, and he doesn't need to spend extra money. The money he used to take care of various parties is enough. He is now very powerful in the martial arts world. The number of forces that dare to accept his money has greatly decreased. There are also gifts from various forces to apologize and make friends with him. He suddenly has a lot of extra money with nowhere to spend. So much money, only when it is spent is it called money, and the money in the account is just numbers. It is enough to keep a hundred thousand taels for emergencies, and the rest should be spent. It is definitely worth it to use it to recruit masters. The money is guaranteed, and the rest is how to crush them. Needless to say, he doesn't like the third-rate ones, and he won't take the initiative to recruit them; and for the second-rate masters, even if he has just entered the second-rate, it is difficult for him to kill them in seconds, let alone the peak of the second-rate, but unfortunately, the people he wants to recruit are precisely these peak second-rate people!

Those at the peak of the second rate are already very close to the first rate. If they have a profound internal skill or powerful martial arts, then the chances of crossing the threshold are not small. If they are coupled with his in-depth guidance after becoming a peerless master, then their probability of becoming the first rate will increase greatly. Only in this way will there be enough masters to surpass the Sun Moon Sect!
Some people may ask why he doesn't just recruit top-notch experts? It's not that Liu Mang doesn't want to, but it's mainly because it's hard to find top-notch experts in the world. He has nowhere to recruit them, so he can only train them himself.

But as mentioned before, a peak second-rate person is considered strong to someone who has just entered the first-rate level. It would take at least forty or fifty moves to defeat him. Even if the Sanyang Kaitai he practiced was good at bursting out explosiveness and was insidious and vicious, and was very efficient in dealing with people of lower levels, it would still take about twenty moves, not to mention that he had to show mercy to avoid hurting the other person too badly and creating a mortal enemy!
In short, his strength was far from enough, and he did not have enough time to improve his realm, so he decided to practice a horizontal martial art!
Horizontal training is different from ordinary martial arts or internal strength. Its practice is extremely slow and requires a lot of auxiliary means and items. As a result, it is rare to see masters of horizontal training in the world. But once they appear, they are basically the top masters of the same level.

Liu Mang has the cheat of "Accumulating Earth into a Mountain", which can completely ignore the problem of slow horizontal training and high consumption. Experience points are only based on realm and not consumption, and the price is the same as the internal force upgrade! He can directly achieve it in one step, and only needs less than 200 days of experience to make it directly into the first-class and obtain the strength of the first-class peak! At that time, with his first-class internal cultivation and martial arts, it is not impossible for him to clash with the top!
Since he had decided to practice horizontal training, the next step was to choose an excellent horizontal training technique. After a month of research, Liu Mang decided to practice a horizontal training technique that was widely circulated in the martial arts world - the Thirteen Taibao horizontal training technique!
Different from the widely circulated saying in the previous life, the Thirteen Guardians' Horizontal Training is not a martial art passed down from the Shaolin Temple. Instead, it is really related to the fierce general Li Cunxiao in the late Tang Dynasty. It is said that it is a profound horizontal training kung fu formed by summarizing his own training methods. When practiced to the peak, one can reproduce the power of General Flying Tiger!

Who is Li Cunxiao? As the saying goes, "No king is better than Xiang Yu, and no general is better than Li Yu." The "Xiang" here refers to Xiang Yu, and the "Li" refers to Li Cunxiao!

He was a fierce general in the late Tang Dynasty. He was captured by Li Keyong when he was young and later adopted by him. He was brave and good at fighting, riding and shooting. He followed Li Keyong to rescue Chenzhou and Xuzhou and to conquer Huang Chao and never lost a battle. There are even unofficial historical records that he once led 18 riders to capture Chang'an!
It can be said that when Li Cunxiao was alive, he represented the real invincibility of the world. He was a terrifying master who was difficult to defeat with numbers! In the end, he was torn to pieces by a chariot because he was desperate and did not resist. Otherwise, it would be hard to say!

Why is it that although the Thirteen Guardians' Horizontal Training is widely known, few people practice it? This is mainly because this martial art lacks the most precious part of the horizontal training method - the prescription!
The prescription is related to the core component of a horizontal training method - the nourishing method! Without the prescription, the nourishing method cannot take effect. If you only practice the training method without cultivating the nourishing method, it will be difficult to live past the age of 40!
Unlike the Golden Bell and Iron Shirt, the Thirteen Taibao Horizontal Training is a pure physical training method, not hard Qigong. Although it does not require the consumption of internal force to activate its power, it also eliminates the use of internal force to assist its training. Without the assistance of internal force, this horizontal training method can only strengthen the body by consuming the power of secret medicine, and if there is no secret medicine, it can only consume vitality!

Therefore, although this martial art has spread widely and even become a household name, almost no one has achieved any results from practicing it.

But Liu Mang is different. For the essential improvement of internal strength and physique, experience points are added regardless of conditions. It directly transcends time and overlaps the future results with the present body, and the results do not include damage!

In other words, he can enjoy the benefits of horizontal training by adding experience points, but he will not suffer any disadvantages. The consumption of vitality has nothing to do with him at all!

The Thirteen Guardians' Horizontal Training was born for him!

The Sunflower Manual was stolen from Mount Hua by the Sun Moon Sect. It was originally incomplete and the original version had been burned by Zen Master Hongye.

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