Poor Taoist Qiu Chuji

Chapter 66 Leaving and Returning

For many days, Qiu Chuji spent his time fighting with swords and drinking with Dugu Qiubai, and his days were quite fulfilling.

At the same time, with the irrigation of a large amount of snake gall wine, Qiu Chuji's Vajra Indestructible Magic Skill finally achieved a small success. He could cover his whole body with golden light in an instant and transform into a little golden man.

But the time it can be maintained is too short and it consumes too much internal energy, so it should not be used lightly.

During a fight with Dugu Qiubai, Qiu Chuji used this move. Even though Dugu Qiubai stabbed him thirty-six times in the same place, he was still unable to break his defense... So Dugu Qiubai's defense was broken on the spot!
After a heavy drunkenness, Qiu Chuji saw a huge sword as big as a door panel on the back of Dugu Qiubai the next day.

So... grass, bamboo, and stone can all be used as swords, but there is a limit. When he meets a weakling like Qiu Chuji, he still has to use his big sword.

Faced with the fierce slashing and smashing of the heavy black iron sword, Qiu Chuji did not dare to resist it with his "mere" Vajra Indestructible Magic Skill. He could only learn Dugu Qiubai's soft sword technique to fight against the heavy sword, trying to overcome hardness with softness.

He didn't really teach Dugu Qiubai's sword skills directly, but after fighting with him many times, with Qiu Chuji's talent, he was able to figure out most of it on his own. Even if there are still differences, they are good differences.

For people at their level, copying everything would be worse than just copying.

In this way, during the not-so-long first period of time, Qiu Chuji learned nearly a thousand kinds of sword techniques and many miscellaneous martial arts from Dugu Qiubai.

Dugu Qiubai was not really proficient in martial arts, but he had fought against too many masters and had some understanding of their moves and methods. With his ability, he could imitate them to a certain extent. Taking this opportunity, Qiu Chuji also consolidated the theory of the martial arts in the Guiyuan Secret Book and gained a deeper understanding.

At the same time, with the nourishment of these nutrients, Qiu Chuji's spirituality, which had been cultivated in Mount Lu, transformed into an edge that was truly unique to him.

When fighting with Dugu Qiubai, the constraints of his original sword path became less and less, and his sword skills became more and more free and casual.

Once he has "restrained" all of this and has a core set of norms, his swordsmanship will be complete, and the swordsmanship he has honed will surely be the best in the world.

And taking sword techniques as the foundation, radiating to internal strength, palm techniques, boxing techniques, finger techniques and so on, will be much simpler and easier.

Everything was just as Qiu Chuji had thought before entering the mountain... This was an extremely rare opportunity.

There is a saying in Taoism: wealth, friends, Dharma and land.

Dugu Qiubai is an excellent fellow practitioner. With decades of accumulation, experience, and thinking, he helps Qiu Chuji reduce the detours he needs to take along the way.

All he needed in return was a series of satisfying battles with Qiu Chuji.

But as time goes by, this "friendly" atmosphere will be completely exhausted.

Dugu Qiubai is actually a rather boring person. He only talks endlessly when he talks about past events and swordsmanship.

Apart from these two things, he was almost indifferent to anything else.

He doesn't care who is in charge of the world, he doesn't care whether the people are displaced, he doesn't care who is the best in the world, and he doesn't pursue fame during his lifetime or after his death. All he has eyes for is the sword.

But perhaps it was precisely because of his concentration that he achieved his excellence in swordsmanship.

Qiu Chuji has many tricks and his level is not low, but he is almost unable to bring anything new to Dugu Qiubai.

Moreover, Qiu Chuji at the moment is still unable to truly defeat Dugu Qiubai, making him feel the frustration of being defeated.

"It's time for me to leave!" Qiu Chuji said this before Dugu Qiubai opened his mouth to drive him away, thus avoiding the embarrassment that might follow.

Dugu Qiubai had no intention of trying to keep you, and just said, "Okay, I'll wait for you to come back and challenge me again."

"Also... I won't just sit there. Your internal strength is very good, and I also learned a little bit from fighting with you. When you come again, your hard Qigong skills will be useless to me!"

Qiu Chuji carried a long mace on his back and took away Dugu Qiubai's last two jars of snake gall wine as a parting gift from the other party. In an instant, his true energy flowed, his whole body turned golden, and his hands crossed and collided, making a clanging sound.

"Okay! I'll wait and see!"

"Next time I come to see you, my swordsmanship will definitely surpass yours."

"Also... you have to practice the Xuanmen internal skills I taught you. Otherwise, it would be boring if you suddenly lose your internal skills and die suddenly at such an old age!"

Dugu Qiubai didn't even look at the luminous Qiu Chuji. "No need. I also learned some Xuanmen internal skills in my early years. Although what you taught is good, it's not the best."

"I have my own ideas."

"Sword energy entering your body? You haven't given up on this yet?"

"No, I thought of something better."

Without further ado, Qiu Chuji quickly left the valley without looking back, and Dugu Qiubai did not even look at him.

The howling cold wind cut the picture in half.

In the outside world, Dugu Qiubai's martial arts world is no longer there, and Qiu Chuji's martial arts world has only just begun to unfold a corner of the picture.

After leaving the barren mountain, Qiu Chuji turned onto the main road and looked for someone to ask for directions.

After figuring out the direction, we returned to Zhongnan Mountain first.

He has been traveling around the world for more than a month since he said goodbye to Wang Chongyang and others at Huashan. Although he has spent most of the time communicating with Dugu Qiubai, he also has a feeling of "homesickness".

When we returned to Mount Zhongnan, the Waking of Insects had already passed.

As the spring rain falls, all things in the mountains and forests come back to life.

Qiu Chuji saw some porters wearing handcuffs and shackles at the foot of Mount Zhongnan.

They all looked to have strong martial arts skills and had ferocious looks on their faces, and were definitely not good people. After seeing Qiu Chuji in a Taoist robe, everyone had murderous intent in their eyes, but they did not dare to act rashly.

Ignoring the offensive looks and worried that something might happen in Chongyang Palace, Qiu Chuji quickly went up the mountain, passed through the mountains and forests, and returned to the outside of Chongyang Palace.

From afar, I saw that although the gatehouse at the main entrance of Chongyang Palace was ruined, the overall layout was still intact. Some Quanzhen Taoist children were still laughing and did not look sad at all, so I breathed a sigh of relief.

"Senior Brother! You're back?" Hao Datong, who had been guarding near the door, came forward with his short legs, followed by another Taoist child who looked quite handsome.

"This is Tan Churui, my fellow villager!" Hao Datong introduced.

The handsome little Taoist boy immediately clasped his fists and bowed to Qiu Chuji, calling him "senior brother".

"Good! Good!" Reaching out his hand to help the bowed Tan Churui up, Qiu Chuji thought, now except for the eldest brother Ma Yu's wife Sun Buer, all the Seven Masters of Quanzhen are together.

"Where is the master?" Qiu Chuji asked Hao Datong.

"In the ancient tomb next door, Uncle Lin's place!"

"Senior Huang is also there. They have been in seclusion together for some time." Hao Datong replied.

"Who are those people at the foot of the mountain?" Those bound martial artists that Qiu Chuji saw were not good people. If Wang Chongyang had not taken action, who else in the Quanzhen Sect could have captured them and tied them up to do the work of carrying heavy loads on the mountain?

"It's Mr. Ouyang!" Tan Churui answered quickly.

"Ouyang Feng?"

"He's here too?" Qiu Chuji was stunned. Is this guy really sticky? Isn't he afraid of being beaten to death by him?
Why didn't he stay in Baituo Mountain and instead stay in Zhongnan Mountain to be the chief steward?

"Where is he now?" Qiu Chuji asked.

Hao Datong said: "I am fighting with Uncle Zhou in the back mountain. The eldest brother and the others are all there."

He added, "Tan Churui and I thought you might come back, so we have been waiting for you at the mountain gate."

(End of this chapter)