Poor Taoist Qiu Chuji

Chapter 8: Zhou Gong Sword Technique
"Smells good! Really smells good! Brother Qiu...you are this!" Wang Chuyi, with his mouth full of oil, had a crutch under one arm, while his other hand kept reaching into the charcoal fire.

Qiu Chuji's cooking skills are actually average, but he is a time traveler after all, and he has watched a lot of short videos about survival in the wilderness. He cuts open small animals, removes their internal organs, stuffs some plants that can remove fishy smell and enhance fragrance into their stomachs, sews them up, spreads a little salt on them, wraps them in layers of leaves, and throws them into the charcoal fire to bake. The taste is really good.

Liu Chuxuan was more honest than Wang Chuyi. He just kept his head down and ate voraciously. After all, if he said one more word, he would have to eat one less bite, and if he ate one less bite, he would have to eat one less bite. He couldn't afford to lose.

"I have now taken the Grandmaster as my master, and I will not forget you. When the Grandmaster returns to the mountain, I will recommend you to him."

"If the master is willing to accept you as his disciples, that would be the best. If you are hesitant, I will let you be Taoist children first." Qiu Chuji threw away a pheasant bone and said while licking his fingers.

"I'll listen to Brother Qiu! You won't lie to me!" Wang Chuyi smiled innocently.

Liu Chuxuan looked up and said only one word: "Pretend!"

Then he continued to work hard. He was really hungry and even the rabbit heads were not spared.

Wang Chuyi raised his crutch and stabbed at Liu Chuxuan, but he dodged it nimbly.

"Okay, stop making trouble. Chuyi, have you got any results on the matter I asked you to find out?" Qiu Chuji turned his head and looked at Wang Chuyi.

Wang Chuyi swallowed the meat in his mouth and nodded. "I asked my fellow villager Hao Datong. He knows Zhou Botong and they have some relationship. According to him, Zhou Botong is indeed in Zhongnan Mountain, but he doesn't live here often. He likes to fool around and is hard to figure out. But if Zhou Botong comes back, he will notify me and introduce him to me. Then I will take you with me."

Zhou Botong, Ma Yu, Tan Chuduan, Wang Chuyi, Hao Datong, Sun Buer and others are all from the same hometown, but Wang Chuyi and Zhou Botong do not know each other.

"By the way, why do you want to see Zhou Botong?"

Qiu Chuji sighed, "Although my eldest brother is a kind-hearted man, he only knows some methods of inner cultivation, and does not know any means of defending against enemies and subduing demons. You all know what our Quanzhen Sect does. Although the Zhongnan Mountains are vast and forested, and it is safe to hide in them, the north is now almost completely occupied by the Jin people. Master has raised the banner of resistance against the Jin people, and there is no guarantee that the Jin people will not attack the mountain. To prevent it... we must learn some means of killing the enemy."

Although one can dominate the world if one masters Taizu Changquan, wouldn’t it be better to learn superior martial arts and dominate the world faster?

"Then there is no need to look for Zhou Botong. Brother Qiu can go find Taoist Jingshu. He is in charge of us Taoist children and he was once the master's bodyguard. He must have real skills." Liu Chuxuan was finally full and started to speak.

If any ordinary Taoist child goes to learn martial arts, he will definitely be turned away.

However, Qiu Chuji is now Wang Chongyang's disciple, so there is a high probability that he will gain something if he comes to ask for advice.

"Then let's go find Taoist Master Jingshu first!" Qiu Chuji did not waste any time. After burying the chicken and rabbit bones on the ground, he carried Wang Chuyi on the carriage and went to find Taoist Master Jingshu together.

Before Chongyang Palace was built, most Taoists lived nearby, including Taoist Jingshu.

He arrived at the camp every morning and led the Taoist children in reciting Taoist scriptures. He then spent an hour teaching them to read and write, and then he would leave them alone, allowing them to develop on their own.

When Qiu Chuji and his two companions came to the door and told him their intention, Taoist Jingshu did not refuse. He just said, "I do have a sword technique. Although it is only a fragment, it can be considered top-notch. It is not difficult to teach you. But what can you give me in return?"

Taoists do not engage in "selfless dedication", but they are not ashamed to talk about profit. Besides, Jingshu cannot be considered a proper Taoist.

Qiu Chuji immediately replied: "I have a set of body-building methods that I learned from an old Taoist priest. I can share them with you, Taoist priest."

What he was talking about was of course the 'Eight Parts of Vajra Kung Fu'. This training method has been spread everywhere in later generations. I think Mi Jingzi would not mind Qiu Chuji passing it on to other people in this life.

Wang Chuyi and Liu Chuxuan retreated at the same time. "No need to do that, we don't have to learn it either!"

"Yes! Yes! We haven't mastered the Eight-part Vajra Exercise you taught us yet, so how can we be distracted by other things?"

They are not stupid. Jingshu asked to exchange, probably because she saw that the two of them were there.

If only Qiu Chuji came to ask for advice, Jingshu would definitely teach him directly.

"Stop talking nonsense. I can't take advantage of Taoist Jingshu for nothing, and the same goes for you!" Qiu Chuji grabbed one of them and prevented them from running away.

There were clearly hundreds of Taoist children, big and small, on this mountain, but in the end, only the Seven Quanzhen disciples remained. If Ma Yu and Sun Buer were excluded, then among the more than a hundred people, only five successfully became Wang Chongyang's disciples.

Qiu Chuji had no idea whether Wang Chongyang was too picky in choosing his disciples, or whether some unexpected events happened later that left too few options to choose from.

He traveled through time and space and was taken care of by Wang Chuyi and Liu Chuxuan. They saved his life, so he would spare no effort to gain more capital for their survival.

"Has it been discussed?"

"Now that we've discussed it, come with me!" Taoist Jingshu saw the three Taoists arguing with each other and just rolled his eyes. Then he led the three people into the courtyard and took out an iron sword from the inner room after a while.

"The sword technique I am going to teach you is called Zhou Gong Sword. I don't know where it came from, but this sword technique has complicated moves and requires extraordinary wisdom to master its essence."

As he spoke, Taoist Jingshu had already started waving the iron sword in his hand.

I saw a cold light flashing, the sword was like a meteor, and the sound of air tearing kept coming, making people's hair stand on end.

Qiu Chuji and the other two were all watching in fascination. Among them, only Qiu Chuji had profound skills and extraordinary talent, so he could see the sword technique clearly.

“This sword technique is mostly fake moves, almost nine fake and one real. However, this only real move is hidden among the fake moves, making it difficult to distinguish. Sometimes the fake move in the previous moment becomes a real move in the next moment. This kind of sword technique is really good. If it is the complete version, it is probably not much worse than the Quanzhen sword technique. However, this is only martial arts in the martial arts world and cannot be used on the battlefield.” Qiu Chuji understood something in his mind, but he had already begun to use his fingers as swords and dance along.

Taoist Jingshu was delighted to see Qiu Chuji was so talented that his hands moved faster instead of slower.

Zhou Gong's swordsmanship is more virtual than real. If the sword is drawn slowly, the whole body will be exposed to flaws. Only speed can combine the virtual and the real.

However, Taoist Jingshu did not give up on Wang Chuyi and Liu Chuxuan. While wielding the sword, he also recited the sword techniques.

Although the talents of these two people cannot be said to be top-notch, they are not mediocre either. With the guidance of Taoist Master Jingshu and Qiu Chuji setting an example beside them, they soon started to practice well.

Of course, this is also because, whether it is Qiu Chuji, Wang Chuyi, or Liu Chuxuan, they all have a certain foundation and are not outsiders. Otherwise, unless their qualifications are comparable to Bodhidharma and Zhang Sanfeng, they can't expect to become masters just by looking at the sword moves and listening to the mantras.

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On the other hand, after most of the Taoist fire workers were driven down the mountain, they took off their Taoist robes and did not return home. Instead, they continued to hang out in nearby towns. Some of them went back to their old ways. After gathering together, they gained some notoriety with some crude boxing and kicking skills they learned from Quanzhen.

These people had no self-control, let alone restraint. After succeeding several times, they became more and more rampant and soon attracted the attention of Jin officials.

After being overthrown, the group confessed their martial arts skills in order to save their lives, and were willing to be the vanguard, leading the way up the mountain to capture the Quanzhen Taoist priests.

(End of this chapter)