Poor Taoist Qiu Chuji

Chapter 97: Rebuilding Divine Skills, the Foundation for Eternity

In front of the thatched cottage, Qiu Chuji and Dugu Qiubai had just finished fighting. The surrounding area within a radius of several hundred meters was covered with deep and ugly scratches as if it had been plowed by thunder. The eagle in the sky above their heads let out a terrified cry. Even though the fight between the two had stopped temporarily, it still did not intend to fly down, but continued to fly higher.

"Hahaha! It feels so good! It feels so good!" Dugu Qiubai said this but coughed up blood and laughed as he coughed.

He was not injured by Qiu Chuji, but because he exerted too much power, and the powerful "sword energy" invaded his dantian, causing some damage to his internal organs. If he had not drunk snake gall wine for decades, with too much medicinal power accumulated in his body and extremely strong vitality, he would have had difficulty standing at this moment.

"It still doesn't work. Entering the Qi into Dantian and tempering the internal organs are all slow and painstaking efforts. It also requires good medicine and regular supplementation to maintain balance." Qiu Chuji shook his head and sighed.

Although his current achievements in martial arts are rare in ancient and modern times, he always has a feeling that time is running out.

Although the method of slaying the dragon is also being planned and implemented, it cannot be rushed.

After this period of training and retreat with Dugu Qiubai is over, the matter of him killing Jin Wushu among the three armies may have cooled down a bit, and the tests from envoys from various countries will become more radical.

After all, no one wants to have an uncontrollable sword hanging over their head.

Simply put, as long as Qiu Chuji is alive, the powerful and wealthy who exploit the people and wantonly vent their desires for power and wealth will not be able to sleep well.

By then, Qiu Chuji would use the ultimate move he had prepared in advance, and he would be able to completely ascend to the altar of godhood and would no longer be regarded as a man of the world.

Even if the power to slay the dragon is fully formed, all his actions will have a profound and real impact on this world and all the countries.

By then, the depth of his own foundation will also determine how much energy that was scattered after the fall of the dynasty he can gather after successfully slaying the dragon. If he only has a scoop of it, then even if there is a river in front of him, he can only take a scoop.

If he had the capacity to swallow and spit out the energy of rivers and seas, he would be able to maximize the benefits and not waste any energy.

It doesn't mean that if you choose the method of slaying the dragon, then your own practice and progress will be meaningless.

"The road ahead is open, why worry!" Although Dugu Qiubai is much older than Monk Chuji, he wants to see what Monk Chuji has opened.

In Gu Du Qiu Bai's opinion, being able to break through the stage of hiding the sword in the body is already an unprecedented feat and a great progress in the entire martial arts to a higher level.

Although the threshold for entering the art of hidden swordsmanship is very high, and only the truly top masters can attempt it, who knows whether the so-called top masters today will become second-rate a hundred years from now?
Qiu Chuji shook his head: "Ten thousand years is too long, we must seize the day!"

"I actually have some ideas on how to make use of this compressed energy, but I haven't been able to fully organize them. I came here to discuss this with you, Senior."

Upon hearing this, Dugu Qiubai immediately said, "Hey! Since you already have a direction, why don't you tell us quickly?"

Qiu Chuji said, "I have heard of a martial art called 'Wedding Dress Magic'. Although it says 'year after year I have been working hard to make wedding dresses for others', this magic art is actually a true martial arts Zen. The core is just eight words 'If you want to use its edge, you must first blunt its edge'."

"This principle is indeed quite similar to what our predecessors said, 'A heavy sword has no edge, and great skill is not elaborate.'"

"The method of compressing the true qi used in the inverted yin and yang and six combinations magic skill we practice is originally for the purpose of condensing sword qi in the body. The sharp sword qi can hurt others and yourself. If we can blunt its edge and retain its mellowness, then the skill will be successful!"

Dugu Qiubai's mind raced when he heard this, and he smiled and said to Qiu Chuji, "If you have any ideas, just tell me."

"The magic of the Wedding Clothes Divine Art lies in the fact that the Qi that is cultivated is fierce and unbearable, but it will always harm the practitioner. The Qi circulates in the body, causing extreme pain every moment. Only by wasting the Qi or transferring it away, and then practicing again, can the Qi that is obtained retain its fierceness but no longer be violent and unruly."

"Although I don't know the specific route of the exercise, if we deduce it, we can find a way to pass on the exercise and then try to practice again. Maybe we can really gain something!"

In Qiu Chuji's opinion, the true energy generated by the Wedding Dress Magic Art is extremely powerful and can turn an ordinary iron sword worth a few taels of silver into an indestructible magic sword. The properties it displays are very similar to the Magic Art of Reversing the Two Principles and Six Combinations that he is practicing.

The only difference is that those who practice the Wedding Dress Magic Art are always in great pain, while those who practice the Reversed Two Principles and Six Combinations Magic Art only need to be careful not to let the breath flow into the Dantian and harm the internal organs.

Perhaps they were meant to achieve similar purposes.

Since there are similarities, they can be handled in a similar way.

Qiu Chuji planned to first transfer the energy in his body to Dugu Qiubai, and then try to rebuild it again.

If they succeed, they will receive the skills taught by Dugu Qiubai, and the two of them will pass on their skills to each other. Although there will be losses in the process, both will benefit in the end.

With this idea in mind, Dugu Qiubai is actually the only choice.

Because Dugu Qiubai's skills, background, physical strength and life pursuits all ensure that as long as he cooperates with Qiu Chuji, this matter will be accomplished and there will be no additional risks.

If Qiu Chuji went to Wang Chongyang to practice together, the Quanzhen Sect would be temporarily without a backbone. The spies who were always guarding Zhongnan Mountain and observing the movements at any time would definitely take action, adding countless troubles and variables to Qiu Chuji's reconstruction plan. Dugu Qiubai was just as Qiu Chuji imagined. He did not hesitate at all and said, "Okay! Let's deduce the method of passing on the skills. After success, I will pass on the skills to you first."

Qiu Chuji shook his head: "Let me go first! I have practiced for a shorter time and I am younger. If I cannot practice again, I will not be able to transfer my skills back completely. It will be easier for me to practice again than it was for you, my senior."

Qiu Chuji never worried that Dugu Qiubai would covet his skills, or would take advantage of his loss of all his skills to kill him.

This has nothing to do with character, but rather the purity of Dugu Qiubai.

Such a person who has given up pleasure, glory, fame, and status, has no relatives, friends, or successors, and only pursues self-transcendence, is more worthy of Qiu Chuji's absolute trust than Wang Chongyang.

"Okay! Then you go first!" Dugu Qiubai did not argue with Qiu Chuji.

These meaningless pushes and pulls are meaningless to him.

For more than a month, Qiu Chuji and Dugu Qiubai repeatedly deduced the method of passing on martial arts.

The transmission of power is recorded in many internal skills.

In many cases, internal martial arts masters use their true Qi to help the injured to transfer their power and bleed, which is actually also a kind of power transfer, but the amount given is small, and most of the time it does not hurt the foundation. Some more advanced internal martial arts also have corresponding true Qi recovery methods, so that healing people will not consume too much energy.

When Qiu Chuji and Dugu Qiubai were deducing, their main focus was on how to transmit every last bit of energy without really damaging the foundation of the person transmitting the energy.

"We still have to strengthen the triple burner first. If the triple burner is too strong, all our power will be lost. As long as we have food and good medicine in our body, we will be able to regenerate our strength on our own." Qiu Chuji said to Dugu Qiubai.

“The strength of the internal organs cannot be ignored. You can take a large bell and place it under a waterfall. Stand in the bell and use the force of the waterfall to continuously hit the bell. Using the sound generated by the bell, you can repeatedly temper the internal organs. If the internal organs are strong, life will be preserved.” Dugu Qiubai expressed his thoughts.

In the past, he had tried to nourish his body with true Qi, but his body was never strong enough, and he did not dare to rashly try this extremely destructive method of tempering himself.

Now that his true energy has condensed into "sword energy", he naturally wants to give it a try.

Both of them were men who acted on their words. Qiu Chuji used the medicinal effects of snake gall wine in the mountains to repeatedly exercise his three burners, while Dugu Qiubai "borrowed" a large bronze bell from a nearby ancient temple and placed it under the waterfall.

In a blink of an eye, more than a month had passed. During this period, Qiu Chuji heard the Jade Void Bell ringing twice, and did not meet any new "fellow Taoists" on the star path of the heavens. This was enough to show that although killing Jin Wushu was a great challenge and excitement for the powerful people in the world, it did not essentially change Qiu Chuji's personal destiny and could not be considered a turning point.

Finally, three months after deciding to pass on the skills and re-cultivate him, Qiu Chuji was ready. He sat cross-legged behind Dugu Qiubai, with his palms resting on his back, and sent his unparalleled strength, like a surging river or sea, into Dugu Qiubai's body.

Only Dugu Qiubai's body, which had been carefully honed and trained for decades and nourished with large amounts of snake gall and wine, could withstand such a huge, terrifying and powerful infusion of power.

The whole process of transferring the skills took a whole day and night.

By the time Qiu Chuji had finished imparting his skills, there was needless to say how empty and tired he felt physically, but his spirit was still high.

Without any hesitation, Qiu Chuji directly began to practice the Reversed Two Principles and Six Combinations Divine Art, and started with this internal skill from the very beginning, instead of using the Xiantian Skill, the Vajra Indestructible Divine Art, the Circulating Six Void Skill and other magical skills as a foundation and as a transition.

No matter how good those magical skills are, they are other people's principles and the summary of other people's thoughts.

Although the magical skill of reversing the two poles and six harmonies was not the crystallization of Qiu Chuji's personal thoughts, he participated in its creation from beginning to end, and Qiu Chuji understood every bit of its beauty very thoroughly.

This is the method that Qiu Chuji should regard as the foundation for all eternity. No matter what realm he reaches in the future, this method will always be a help and will never become a constraint because of Qiu Chuji's control and understanding.

Having lost all his power, Qiu Chuji felt his body was empty and he was unable to condense even a trace of true energy.

But as Qiu Chuji worked tirelessly to collect his energy, a force naturally emerged from the triple burner, slowly and firmly flowing into the dantian.

Although this force is weak and seems to dissipate at any time, one can still feel its potential.

It does not have the sharpness and unruliness of a sword. It is solid, complete, and tough, yet gentle and full. Even if it burns slowly like a flame in the dantian, it only brings warmth, rather than strong stimulation and discomfort.

And just at this moment, Qiu Chuji's "Qi Body Source", which had been practicing but had little presence, suddenly moved after sensing this breath.

It's totally alive!
It is no longer just a normative framework, but it really integrates Qiu Chuji's three treasures into Qi, like nurturing a god within the body.

(End of this chapter)