The Song Dynasty was the king for thirteen years before he knew that he was Tianlong.

Chapter 10: One Yin Finger
"How can you practice the manual without castration?" Li Xian looked at Zhao Ti, his frosty white eyebrows trembling.

After a long time, he said, "The martial arts in the treasure book are extremely Yin, without Yang fire. The sky produces water, and the earth produces six. It is extremely Yin and soft, extremely evil and charming. When Yang fire rises, everything will be burned. It is a small matter to lose all previous efforts, but it is a big matter to go crazy and become possessed by evil. There is no possibility of success."

Zhao Ti pondered and said, "If this is the case, then doesn't it mean that we should just stop having any delusions?"

Li Xian sighed, "Your Majesty, we are all mortals. How can we not have delusions? Even if we have the will but not the strength, the will comes first and the strength comes second. If there is a will, the fire will arise. Unless we solve the problem from the root, the thoughts will arise and the Yang meridians will be activated. It will be in vain. Not only will everything become a dream, but we may also go crazy and die suddenly."

Zhao Ti stood up and walked around the room twice: "Can women practice?"

Li Xian said: "The treasure book is not an ordinary cold and cool method. Men can use it, but women cannot get rid of their false fire. It is difficult to adjust yin and yang. It is not allowed!"

Zhao Ti smiled and said, "That's right. This manual is based on the word 'fire'. Women's yin attributes cannot practice it either. This shows how it has nothing to do with the human body. As long as one can absorb yang and conceal fire, and contain strength and conceal fierceness, then ordinary men and women can practice it."

"Your Majesty only read the book once, yet you understand it so deeply?" Li Xian stared at Zhao Ti. "If Your Majesty really had no inner strength, I would have thought that Your Majesty had been immersed in this for many years. However, even if this is the case, it is still extremely difficult to solve the problem."

Zhao Ti pondered, "I have only learned the external sword technique these years, and my understanding of internal skills is limited. I can see the truth, but I don't understand the internal skills of the world. Mr. Li, think about it again. I don't believe that since there is a truth... there is no solution."

"This..." Li Xian showed a hint of hesitation, but immediately hid it.

Zhao Ti keenly caught the change in his expression and said in a gloomy voice: "Mr. Li, I like martial arts and nothing else. Last night in my dream, the late emperor asked me about my life. I answered truthfully that I was honing my strength every day, but my punches and kicks were clumsy and not worthy of being in a high-class hall. The late emperor sighed and finally left in anger. When I woke up from the dream, I was uneasy and dazed as if I had fallen into an abyss. I didn't know what to do."

"Ah, Your Majesty." Li Xian looked at the copy of the Sunflower Manual in Zhao Ti's hand. His lips trembled, but then closed again.

Seeing that he was unmoved, Zhao Ti reached out his hand to Tong Guan and handed the treasure book back to him: "In fact, this king did not want to practice this treasure book. After all, it was tailor-made for the eunuchs. This king just had doubts in his heart. The treasure book is returned to Li Xianggong. You don't need to read it anymore. If Li Xianggong knows how to solve it, please tell me. It will also satisfy my curiosity, otherwise it will be very uncomfortable."

Li Xian breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Tong Guan returning the book. This treasure book had nearly 30,000 words, and it was impossible for the other party to remember it all. In fact, he was not afraid that Zhao Ti would secretly learn this martial arts. This martial arts was born in the palace to serve the royal family, so outsiders would naturally be on guard against it. As for the royal family, even if he was asked to destroy it directly and not practice it again, he would obey without hesitation. He was afraid that Zhao Ti was really as crazy about martial arts as he claimed, and would castrate himself if he had any unstable thoughts. Then he would become a sinner.

At this moment, the treasure book was returned, and Li Xian felt relieved. He could not help but say: "Your Majesty, this old minister once had some speculations about the lost Zixia Power. I suspect that practicing this skill first may save one from the pain of castration, but it is only a guess and may not be accurate."

"Purple Cloud Strength..." Zhao Ti shook his head. He then remembered why he was familiar with the name of this martial art. It was because it was too similar to the name of the Huashan Sect's Purple Cloud Divine Art.

The Huashan Sect is not the sect founded by Hao Datong, one of the Seven Masters of Quanzhen, in the early Yuan Dynasty. The Taoist Huashan Sect founded by Quanzhen is located at the foot of Chaoyang Peak and is a Taoist temple, while the real Huashan Sect is located at Yunu Peak. The two are not the same thing.

If Zixia Jin is the predecessor of Zixia Divine Art, then Huashan Sect was most likely founded by the Chen family, which is consistent with the close connection between Patriarch Chen Tuan and Huashan.

He didn't quite believe that learning Zixia Jin would allow him to practice the Sunflower Manual without castration, not to mention that it was just Li Xian's own guess.

Zhao Ti was not giving up. "Mr. Li, I heard that when Emperor Taizong went south to conquer the underworld, he collected a lot of martial arts secrets. Dou Dahuan was by his side, so he must have taken charge of them. Later, he created the Sunflower Manual, which should have been related to studying those martial arts. Isn't there a solution?"

Li Xian was stunned when he heard this: "How did the king know this?" Zhao Ti said: "It's not difficult to guess."

Tong Guan brought water over, and Li Xian wet his lips with it. He was silent for a long while before he said, "Since Your Majesty knows about this, I will no longer conceal it. The Sunflower Manual was indeed created by Dou Zushi with reference to those martial arts books. The old ancestor said that if you can practice a kind of martial arts method of the Mountain and Sea Temple on the banks of the Yangtze River, you don't have to castrate yourself and practice the martial arts in the manual.

"Huh? Seriously?" Zhao Ti narrowed his eyes.

"It's just that the original intention of the founder to create this treasure book was to pass it on to his disciples and sons. They are all pure people, so it doesn't matter whether they practice the skills or not, so no one cares about this matter."

"What kind of martial arts is there in Shanhaiguan beside the Yangtze River?" Zhao Ti asked.

"The Shanhai Temple is a Taoist temple. It has a unique martial art called the Yin Finger, also known as the Phantom Yin Finger. It is extremely cold and fierce, and has a chilling and enchanting appearance. If you practice it, it can harmonize the Yang Fire and conceal the True Strength. Then, when you practice the Sunflower Qi, you won't be burned by the False Fire."

"Phantom Yin Finger? So this is the martial art!"

Zhao Ti remembered this martial art. It was the unique skill of Cheng Kun, the Hunyuan Thunderbolt Hand in the Yitian era at the end of the Yuan Dynasty. It was extremely cold and vicious. Cheng Kun had used this skill to severely injure the seven masters of the Ming Cult on Guangming Summit.

This Phantom Yin Finger was originally called One Yin Finger, but was later renamed this. It is a bit like the Tianshan Life and Death Talisman. A cold and yin internal force is attached to the body and will travel through the limbs and bones. Because it is attached and moving, it is not a specifically restrained internal force. Once you are hit, it is difficult to cure.

This finger technique is not only powerful, but also insidious. Once injured, the poison will possess the body, which is difficult to resolve during the battle without pure Yang internal energy.

His mind was racing with thoughts at this moment. If he didn't want to learn the Book of the Sunflower, it would be possible to learn the Phantom Yin Finger.

"Mr. Li, where is this Phantom Yin Finger now?"

Li Xian shook his head: "Your Majesty, it's not that I concealed it at the beginning. In fact, I don't have the Phantom Yin Finger anymore..."

"No more?" Zhao Ti was stunned.

"Since Wang Jia knows that Emperor Taizong went south to collect martial arts secrets, doesn't he know that Emperor Renzong later destroyed the Three Repositories?" Li Xian wondered.

"Emperor Renzong destroyed the Three Treasurys? What Three Treasurys?" Zhao Ti was puzzled: "I have never heard of this matter in the palace since I was a child, and there is no record of it in Emperor Renzong's daily records."

Li Xian thought for a moment and said, "I am sorry for what I have said. The Three Treasurys were built by Emperor Taizong. How can we record them after Emperor Renzong destroyed them?"

"Please tell me the whole story, Mr. Li. What warehouse was destroyed and what does it have to do with martial arts?" Zhao Ti asked with a frown.

(End of this chapter)