Sword from Songshan

Chapter 172 The Dharma of Absorbing Gong
Time flies, and several months have passed in the blink of an eye.

As winter turned to spring, after being dried in the shade, preserved, and even slightly carbonized to prevent insects, the wood that Lu Nanxing had collected before finally turned into a small raft.

The reason why it was not the big raft as expected was mainly because Lu Nanxing's craftsmanship was not good enough and there was too much waste during the process, so the remaining wood was only enough to make such a small raft.

It was a raft after all, and he was only one person, so he didn't necessarily need a big raft.

Lu Nanxing comforted himself again that the small raft needed little wind, and the small sail he made from his coat would not be too far away.

And the key is to be strong enough!

The rope that Lu Nanxing weaves using a lot of tree bark and grass roots, rubbing and soaking them repeatedly, is definitely not inferior to rubber bands.

In addition to the raft itself, what Lu Nanxing valued most was the two to three hundred kilograms stone anchor that took several months to carve out from a hard stone containing unknown elements.

Connected with several strands of hemp rope, even if we encounter a storm like the last time, the raft can be kept steady in place when thrown into the sea and will not be pushed away by the waves.

As for food and other supplies, Lu Nanxing prepared some smoked bird meat and a stone pot of water.

With Lu Nanxing's martial arts skills, he could easily catch fish, birds and the like, and he didn't have to worry about food at all.

The reason for making these preparations is to eat less raw fish.

He hasn't eaten raw food for several months since he came to the island, and he's afraid he'll find it hard to get used to it for a while.

All is well, and it's time to return to land.

"Tonight is the night."

In the evening, Lu Nanxing sat on the highest reef on the island, looking at the sun slowly sinking into the sea, stroking the Seven Treasures Ring in his hand, his expression extremely serious.

This ring contains the secret of free and unrestrained wind control, and there is only one opportunity to comprehend it every year, so Lu Nanxing always carries it with him.

This time, he was accidentally adrift on the sea, and even the Juque was not at hand, but this ring was kept close to him.

After staying on the island for several months, tonight happened to be the day when the ring pattern and the Big Dipper coincided.

In fact, Lu Nanxing had already prepared to go to sea half a month ago, but he was afraid that it would affect his comprehension, so he did not set off yet.

I looked up and saw that fortunately it was a sunny day today.

The weather at sea is unpredictable, and what Lu Nanxing is most worried about is that the weather is bad tonight and he won’t be able to see the stars, which would mean his whole year of waiting would be in vain.

Speaking of which, ever since he discovered the secret of the Seven Treasures Ring, the night sky has been clear for two or three years in a row, allowing him to comprehend the divine power without hindrance.

Got it!

Two hours later, the sun had already set into the sea, and the Big Dipper gradually appeared in the night sky.

Lu Nanxing matched the seven-treasure ring, and then took out a pearl that he had specially obtained from the bottom of the sea some time ago. When the pearl was placed in the middle, the expected brilliance appeared.

Lu Nanxing had a serious expression, took a deep breath, and immediately began to comprehend.

There were so many brilliant lights, blocks of color, lines, etc. Lu Nanxing only had one night and could only choose one.

In fact, after several times of observation and understanding, Lu Nanxing discovered that what he understood seemed to have nothing to do with which color block he chose, but was based on his own situation.

These lights are just a guide, leading the meditators to comprehend martial arts based on what they have learned.

It must be said that the Seven Treasures Ring is indeed magical. It has almost gone beyond the scope of martial arts and is comparable to the legendary magic weapon of immortals.

Although it seems a bit outrageous, in fact, Lu Nanxing has more than one "magic weapon" in his hand.
Isn’t the small wooden tripod that supported him throughout his growth equally mysterious?

Lu Nanxing couldn't trace the origins of the small wooden tripod and the seven-treasure ring, so he decided not to delve into it for the time being.

And now, we must devote ourselves to meditation wholeheartedly.

Crash~crash~!

The waves beat rhythmically against the rocks on the shore, like a clepsydra, and time passed by every second.

In the blink of an eye, a night has passed.

The glow of the Seven Treasures Ring disappeared, Lu Nanxing regained his composure, and a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

After a moment, Lu Nanxing stretched his palm to one side.

Crash~Boom~!

Along with the sound, large and small rocks dozens of meters away were suddenly swept up by a powerful force and flew into the air and formed a neat row, like a stone dragon.

Even later, under Lu Nanxing's control, the stone dragon was still flying in the air!

"interesting."

After playing for a while, Lu Nanxing withdrew his hand, and the stone lost its traction and instantly fell back to the ground from mid-air.

This time, when he comprehended Xiaoyao Yufeng, he did not comprehend a new martial art, but instead strengthened his Xingxu Dafa.

Lu Nanxing previously speculated that what he gained from comprehending Xiaoyao Yufeng was related to what he had learned.

And not only that, it may also be related to one's own subconscious mind.

For the first time, Lu Nanxing comprehended the skill of flying in the air. At that time, he had achieved success in both internal and external skills, but he still lacked a powerful body movement skill.

The second time, he completed the eight sword styles. Otherwise, it would take at least ten to twenty years to fully comprehend these eight sword styles.

And the third time was to strengthen the Star Absorbing Technique.

Practicing the Thirty-two Aspects of Buddha requires a huge amount of internal energy. Recently, Lu Nanxing has been using the Star-Absorbing Technique to crazily absorb the internal energy of others.

Based on what he has learned and following his heart to give the best inspiration, Xiaoyao Yufeng is truly a magical skill, worthy of the four characters "Xiaoyao" and "Yufeng".

"not bad."

After the experiment just now, Lu Nanxing already had some understanding of the enhanced Star Absorbing Technique and nodded slightly.

In principle, there is not much difference from before.

In the gold world, there are two types of skills that can absorb other people's internal energy for one's own use, the Star Absorbing Skill and the North Sea Divine Art.

But in fact, the two are in a heritage relationship.

The Star-Absorbing Art originated from the Beiming Divine Art. Perhaps because it is so old, some of the skills were lost or missed during the inheritance process, or the later generations were limited in their qualifications and were unable to master the Beiming Divine Art, so it had to be changed.

Although the final effect of the two is the same, the principles are very different.

The practice route of Bei Ming Divine Art is opposite to that of other sects' internal skills. It uses the method of negative pole to attract positive pole and absorbs other people's internal force into the body.

The Star Absorbing Law is to always be like an empty box or a deep valley, leaving the Dantian empty like a black hole, so as to absorb the internal force of others.

The Divine Art of the North Sea is the Xiaoyao Sect's unique skill. Lu Nanxing speculated that it should have been learned by Xiaoyaozi from Xiaoyao Yufeng.

So Lu Nanxing thought that the strengthened Star Absorbing Technique would be restored to its original state and become the North Sea Divine Art again, but this was not the case.

The path of energy circulation has not been reversed, and the principle of absorbing energy is still that the empty Dantian is like a black hole, generating gravity.

But after all, it is strengthened, and the Dantian becomes more condensed. The black hole before was just a description, but now it is more appropriate, so it has a stronger suction force.

Although the Star-Absorbing Technique is known as the Star-Absorbing Technique, in fact, in addition to absorbing people's internal energy, it can only absorb objects within a few meters around, and the weight cannot be too heavy. This is not much different from the Dragon-Catching and Crane-Controlling Technique.

Now that it has been strengthened, the suction force has been greatly increased, and the effect is just like the test just now. Even if the distance is a hundred meters or even a hundred-ton rock, it can be easily sucked up and manipulated!

Now it is more appropriate to call it Star-sucking.

Of course, the essence of this magical skill is to absorb people's internal energy.

In this regard, even if you don't hold the other person's acupoints, as long as there is physical contact, you can now forcibly suck out the person's internal energy with the powerful suction force.

In this way, the probability of success increases by more than ten times.

“That’s really good.”

After deep thought, Lu Nanxing nodded again. Although it seemed that the changes were not big, the enhanced version of the Star Absorbing Technique was more than several times stronger.

"Let's call it the Power Absorption Technique."

Although it is just an enhanced version, it has been completely transformed, so it would be inappropriate to call it the Star-Absorbing Technique.

Lu Nanxing smiled and gave this martial art a new name. Although it sounded a bit rustic, it suited some of his mischievous thoughts.

"it's time!"

Having finished his martial arts training and gathered his mind, Lu Nanxing stood up and looked towards the vast ocean with a serious expression.

With the power-absorbing technique, going out to sea becomes more convenient.

Everything was ready. After a hearty meal, Lu Nanxing put the raft into the sea and officially set out to sea.

Wow~!

In addition to the small sail sewn from the coat, a pair of oars were also specially prepared, but it seems they are of no use now.

Lu Nanxing sat at the stern of the boat, pushing the shore with his palms. Under the reverse thrust of the energy-absorbing technique, the small raft rushed out on the sea like an arrow from a bow.

"It's really good."

Listening to the whistling wind beside his ears, Lu Nanxing looked overjoyed.

Next, his entire body was like a jet, constantly using his energy-absorbing technique to strike the sea surface, pushing the raft forward.

Although he only has less than forty years of skill now, the internal force of the Shenzhao Gong is inexhaustible. The consumption of just pushing the raft can be completely ignored.

Although it is much slower than walking on the sea using light skills, with this raft, there is no need to worry about the wind and waves, which makes one feel much more at ease.

Lu Nanxing was in a good mood. He kept exerting force and drove westward.

A few days passed by.

That afternoon, as a dark cloud came, another storm came.

Lu Nanxing was well prepared and lowered the stone anchor. As the stone anchor grabbed the mud on the seabed, the raft stopped. Lu Nanxing was not worried at all, but instead seemed to be looking forward to it.

As expected, with the anchor fixed, the raft was constantly up and down in the wind and waves, but it was not pushed away until the storm passed.

The sky cleared up again. Lu Nanxing frowned as he looked at the fiery sunset in the sky and then at the raft under him.

The stone anchor did weather the storm, but the small raft did not fare so well.

Under the constant beating of wind and waves, some ropes broke or were severely worn and about to break, and some mortise and tenon joints also had cracks.

Despite months of treatment, the wood itself was too poor and the ocean was too harsh.

The originally excited mood almost sank to the bottom of the sea in an instant.

"Let's see where we go."

After a moment, Lu Nanxing let out a long sigh.

On the premise of strengthening it as much as possible, how far the raft can support depends on fate.

If the raft breaks up one day, he can just go back into the sea and use the same method he used to follow the seabirds to get back to land!

In order to sail as far as possible, Lu Nanxing continued to push the boat forward day and night.

After a few days, only seven or eight pieces of wood were left of the original raft, and the rest were scattered in the wind and waves along the way.

In order to reduce the weight, materials such as stone pots had long been discarded. Even the stone anchor was held in Lu Nanxing's arms, and he used his internal strength to lift it up to reduce the weight of the raft as much as possible.

They persisted like this for another three days, then another storm hit. Finally, the few pieces of wood could no longer hold and were broken apart by the waves and completely swallowed up.

Only Lu Nanxing was left, holding on to the anchor chain tightly, like a piece of seaweed, swaying with the waves and dancing in the waves.

"Oh~!"

After the storm, Lu Nanxing lay on his back on the sea, holding a large stone anchor in his arms, looking at the blue sky and sighing again.

This stone anchor weighs at least two or three hundred kilograms. Even if it is the Dead Sea, it will sink Lu Nanxing to the bottom of the sea.

The reason why he was still able to stay floating at this time was that Lu Nanxing was secretly using light skills.

This consumption of internal energy is nothing, but maintaining the state of lightness skill is indeed a bit tiring.

Lu Nanxing couldn't help but wonder whether he should continue to hold on to this stone anchor?

After weighing the pros and cons, I finally decided to go for it.

Although the posture is not very elegant, if a storm occurs, at least he can be tied up and not be pushed back by the waves.

Next, Lu Nanxing held the anchor and followed the seabirds, continuing to move towards the land.

"Huh? That's it!"

Two days later, Lu Nanxing was running wildly on the sea when he suddenly saw a small black dot in the distance.

Lu Nanxing opened his eyes slightly, immediately abandoned the seabird and ran towards the small black dot.

"Great!"

There were still several miles away when Lu Nanxing shouted with excitement on his face.

That's a ship!

Finally, they encountered a boat. Lu Nanxing immediately regained his composure, threw the stone anchor into the sea, and ran over with all his strength using his lightness skills.

After a while, he arrived in front and Lu Nanxing was happy again.

The side of the ship was two or three meters high, and the three thick masts on the deck were more than ten meters high. Due to the headwind, the sails were retracted at this time.

Although it is far smaller than Zheng He's treasure ship, it is still a large ship.

It looked like neither a civilian fishing boat nor an official ship. There were people walking on the deck. Lu Nanxing jumped up and went up to take a look.

"who!"

Seeing the stranger suddenly jumping out of the sea, several men on the deck looked panicked, and then reacted quickly, reaching out to grab the hilt of the knife at their waist.

"Ok?"

I can't understand the words at all. They're not dialects, but why do they sound a bit Japanese?

Look at the way these people are dressed, with their hair in topknots, loose clothes, wooden clogs, and samurai swords on their waists, they could be Japanese.

Unexpectedly, this turned out to be a Japanese ship.

Surprised, Lu Nanxing frowned slightly.

At this time, Japan should be in what they call the Warring States Period. Lu Nanxing didn't know much about the specific situation, but he roughly knew that it was a relatively chaotic period.

Due to the shortage of supplies in their own country, many Japanese began to make a living as pirates, frequently harassing the coast of the Ming Dynasty, and gradually formed a long-term Japanese threat to the Ming Dynasty!

Isn’t the direction of this ship exactly the Central Plains?

Looking at these Japanese who are fully armed, they don't look like they are going there for business.

"kill him!"

While Lu Nanxing was thinking, several Japanese people muttered a few words, then shouted, drew their samurai swords at their waists, and rushed forward.

"I say... is there anyone among you who can speak Chinese?"

They were just a few Japanese. Lu Nanxing looked calm, with a hint of teasing in his eyes, and asked with his arms folded.

(End of this chapter)