The First Sword of the Universe

Chapter 311 Shaolin Temple: The defense is so loose, no wonder it was stolen!

"Of course."

Hong Qigong only said four words and changed the subject: "Boy, when I saw you exert the power of the second breakthrough, your body was like a towering green mountain, very much like the man who abducted the princess in the capital of the Great Jin Kingdom not long ago."

Xu Xingchen smiled calmly: "Senior, you are well-informed. That person is exactly me!"

Hong Qigong squinted his eyes and said, "I don't think you are a womanizer, so why did you snatch the princess away?"

Xu Xingchen did not hide anything and told the story of the bet between the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan and Qiu Chuji, as well as the experiences of the Yang and Guo families.
After hearing this, Hong Qigong's eyes widened and he asked in surprise, "So, you are one of Guo Jing's masters?"

"It seems that you have indeed met before," Xu Xingchen thought to himself, pretending to be surprised: "Oh, Senior also knows my disciple?"

"We have met before. Huang Rong used delicious food to whet my appetite and asked me to teach that kid fifteen moves of the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms." Hong Qigong raised his eyebrows and warned, "Boy, I have to tell you first, you can't let that kid teach you my Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms."

Xu Xingchen smiled and said, "Don't worry, senior, I won't do that kind of thing. Even if I want to learn your Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms, I have to ask for it from you!"

Hong Qigong immediately shouted, "Great, you really want to learn my Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms!"

Xu Xingchen admitted very frankly: "I wanted to learn it originally, and after fighting with you, I wanted to learn it even more."

Hong Qigong sneered: "Give up on this idea. My martial arts are not something that anyone can learn."

"Maybe, Senior, you will change your mind in the future?!" Xu Xingchen slapped his forehead and acted as if he had suddenly realized something: "Ah, I was thinking your martial arts looked familiar. It turns out that I have seen the shadow of your martial arts on Yang Tiexin's adopted daughter Mu Nianci."

Seeing Hong Qigong frowning in confusion, Xu Xingchen said, "The girl is only about seventeen or eighteen years old this year. I heard that she was taught by a master named Hong a few years ago. After learning from that master for three days, her martial arts skills surpassed her father's."

"A girl named Mu? Three days." Hong Qigong murmured twice, and soon revealed a hint of realization: "It turned out to be that little girl."

Afterwards, he looked Xu Xingchen up and down and muttered, "How come the two young men I taught are both related to this kid?!"

"Oh, that's not right!" Hong Qigong suddenly remembered something and asked in a deep voice, "I see that Guo Jing's inner strength is pure and unparalleled, combining both hardness and softness. It is an extremely superior inner strength method. It has nothing to do with your weird inner strength. How can he be your disciple?"

Xu Xingchen smiled and said, "My internal skills are profound and varied, but Jing'er is a little slow and can't learn them. So, I taught him another internal skills."

Hong Qigong sneered at these words: "Do you really think that the best internal skills are everywhere?"

Xu Xingchen blinked and said in a nonchalant manner, "I don't know about others, but I do have a lot of magical skills. Teaching students in accordance with their aptitude is nothing."

Hong Qigong rolled his eyes and said unhappily, "What a toad blowing big words. What a big mouth."

Xu Xingchen smiled and did not respond.

Soon, the two of them took out a new set of clothes from the packages they were carrying and put them on.

Bringing more clothes has become a standard travel requirement for people like them.

Two large fish with white bellies turned up that had not been washed away were fished out of the pond, their scales and internal organs were removed, and some damp dead branches were found nearby and piled together.

Seeing Xu Xingchen wave his hand, a ball of fire fell on the dead branches, and soon they were roasted with steam and black smoke. Hong Qigong couldn't help but say: "Your internal skills can not only control the power of sinking and floating, but also the power of ice and fire; it is indeed mysterious and profound."

Use two dead branches to string the two fish together, then grill and smoke them over the fire.

Using two cooking methods at the same time is a great test of Xu Xingchen's skills.

As Xu Xingchen flipped the grilled fish, he said, "My inner strength is a combination of the best of many schools, and is no less powerful than any other martial arts in the world. However, in terms of strength and power, it still has to be your Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms, senior."

After hearing this, Hong Qigong was somewhat happy, but also somewhat alert: "Don't flatter me, kid. Just because of these two nice words, don't expect me to teach you the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms."

Xu Xingchen complained: "Senior, why do you look at me like that? I'm grilling fish for you!"

"Adding grilled fish is useless." Hong Qigong scolded with a smile, and then said: "The food you made is far inferior to that girl Huang Rong. I don't like it at all."

Xu Xingchen said dissatisfiedly: "You have tasted Huang Rong's cooking skills, but I, Jing'er's master, have not tasted it. It's really unfair!"

When mentioning this, Hong Qigong suddenly became complacent: "Hey, I am one of the four great masters in the martial arts world, and a master as famous as Huang Rong's father, Huang Lao Xie. As the saying goes, a man's reputation is like a tree's shadow. When Huang Rong sees me, she will naturally be respectful. But in front of you, it may not be the case."

Xu Xingchen smiled and said, "This is easy. When I meet Senior Huang in the future, I will have a good fight with him. This will also let Huang Rong see how powerful I am."

With Guo Jing as the hub, the atmosphere gradually became peaceful as the two chatted and laughed. After a while, the two grilled fish were ready, and each of them ate one, their mouths full of oil.

After fighting for a long time, the half fish that he had eaten earlier had been completely digested, and his stomach felt empty and uncomfortable.

While eating fish, Hong Qigong also used the wine in the red gourd to accompany the food and asked Xu Xingchen if he wanted to drink some, but Xu Xingchen politely refused.

After all, he couldn't get used to the taste of alcohol, and now, even tea was gradually becoming unpalatable.

After eating and drinking, Hong Qigong suddenly asked before leaving: "Boy, let me ask you again, you really won't kill the emperor, right?"

Xu Xingchen shook his head: "I won't take his life, but I'm going to give the emperor something exciting."

Hong Qigong frowned and asked, "What are you going to do now?"

"I haven't thought about it yet." Xu Xingchen grabbed his Dragon Slaying Sword, stood up leisurely, and suddenly smiled at Hong Qigong: "I will let you know when I have thought about it."

Hong Qigong left with a lot of doubts in his mind, and Xu Xingchen also left the valley, leaving behind the devastation, quietly waiting for time, the greatest master of restoration, to slowly repair everything here.

After leaving Lin'an City, Xu Xingchen's next destination was Xiangyang. He planned to look for the burial place of Dugu Qiubai and see if he could find the ugly eagle and the heavy black iron sword, and by the way, find a few Bosuqu snake gallbladders to taste.

The heavy black iron sword from the previous world was melted and mixed with other materials to form the Dragon Slaying Sword and the Heavenly Sword; later, the Dragon Slaying Sword was melted again and forged into the Dragon Slaying Sword in Xu Xingchen's hand.

This world is obviously in a different time and space dimension from the previous world. Perhaps there is another black iron heavy sword left in that valley? !

As for the ability of the Bosuqu snake to increase strength, Xu Xingchen, who was always in a state of harmony between man and nature, naturally did not take it seriously. But if he found it, he would not mind taking two snake gallbladders to taste it.

Or maybe hold a snake gall feast? !

With this thought in mind, Xu Xingchen came to Xiangyang City.

I rested in the city for one night first, then strolled around the city the next day and ate some local specialties before leaving the city to look for the hidden valley.

The result was somewhat unexpected.
He searched outside Xiangyang City for more than a month, almost covering an area of 100 miles in radius and thoroughly searching all the canyons and crevices in the mountains.

The strange-looking eagle was not found.
Naturally, Dugu Qiubai's tomb was not found either.
Even the unique-looking Bosuqu snake was not seen.
Xu Xingchen stood on the top of a towering mountain and looked into the distance. There was a vast sea of clouds and continuous mountains, but he could not find the valley he was looking for.

".Does it mean that the valley will not appear before the time comes?"

In the end, he could only leave in disappointment.

Next, it’s our second destination, Shaolin Temple in Songshan, Henan!
The Shaolin Temple of this era, perhaps because it had witnessed the chaos and disorder in the world and the years of war between the Jin and Song dynasties, had been closed for its own safety.

The masters in the temple rarely walk around in the world, and rarely leave their names in the world.

Xu Xingchen traveled along the way and came to Songshan Mountain in Henan Province, and went to Shaolin Temple with ease.

Of course, hide your body and sneak in quietly.

There are many masters in Shaolin Temple, and there are countless people with profound skills, but there is no one who can be truly compared with the four great masters of the martial arts world.

This also allowed Xu Xingchen to sneak in easily.
There are not many monks in the temple, and they recite scriptures, practice martial arts and meditate every day.

In addition, tasks such as fetching water, chopping wood, making fire and cooking, cleaning the yard, lighting incense and worshiping Buddha are also carried out in an orderly manner.

Sutra Library.
The location of the Shaolin Temple’s Buddhist classics and martial arts secrets.

Perhaps it was because the Shaolin Temple had been isolated from the outside world for too long and had enjoyed peace for so long that the people in the entire temple had lost their vigilance.

There were no experts guarding the Sutra Repository, nor were there any strange people like the Sweeping Monk. There was only a simple and honest looking young monk staying in there. Apart from the basic tasks like sweeping and dusting, his daily duties included taking out the old, tattered, and worm-infested scriptures to dry in the sun, revising them, and re-copying them.

Re-copying the scriptures is the best way to update the Buddhist classics!
Xu Xingchen secretly observed for several days before he finally confirmed that there was indeed only a young monk who did not practice martial arts guarding the Sutra Library.

".With such lax supervision, no wonder Xiao Xiangzi and Yin Kexi stole the Nine Yang Magic Skill."

(End of this chapter)