Hyperdimensional Player

Chapter 310 Opening the Gate of Martial Arts!

Inside the Valley of Villains.

Upon hearing the young man's words, Miss Sun looked up at him in surprise, wondering if he was talking nonsense or if he had no reverence for gods and Buddhas.

Ironically, from the late Tang Dynasty to the Five Dynasties period, the incense offerings of Buddhism and Taoism have been far more abundant than during times of peace and prosperity.

However, after hearing his words, Monk Bujie did indeed gather his inner energy, and his complexion improved somewhat. The monk dared not say it out loud, but he secretly believed that the young man in front of him was probably not a true demon in this world, otherwise it would be difficult for an ordinary person to condense such evil energy.

But this demon is not that demon.

In ancient times, Chi You forged hundreds of weapons and was revered by later generations as the Lord of Weapons. This was the way of killing and warfare, and it was the source of suppressing evil spirits in the world.

This can also be considered the origin of military strategy.

In ancient mythology, after the Yellow Emperor killed Chi You, he dismembered his body and buried it in different places, sealing it with divine power to prevent Chi You from being resurrected. Furthermore, there are two theories about the source of the Demonic Blood Pool: one is that it came from the blood flowing from Chi You's dismembered body, and the other is that it was the blood pool left behind after Xing Tian's death in battle.

The Blood God Curse, the Blood Refining Technique, the Blood Child's Immortal Body, and other demonic arts are said to allow one to be resurrected and fight again after losing a head when mastered to the highest level. These originate from ancient legends.

The monk Bujie also knew some secrets of the demonic sect. In fact, when he learned that the boy was born a blood child, he wanted to ask him a question.

Young hero, have you ever been soaked in the blood pool of the Demonic Sect?

The Blood Child Refining Technique of the Demonic Sect involves many secret methods and cannot be accomplished by simply casting a few spells. Some Blood Children used as substitutes for the deceased must even be soaked in a blood pool.

The boy has already reached the Innate Realm, but he has not yet completely broken through the Blood Refining Secret Incantation in his body. If it were an ordinary incantation, his Innate True Qi would easily vanish.

Miss Sun moved her fingers swiftly, sealing all the major acupoints on Monk Bujie's body. Then, she used silver needles to transfer qi to protect the monk's heart meridian. As long as his heart meridian was not damaged, at most his arms would be crippled. If they could find treasures like the Black Jade Bone-Mending Ointment, they could save him.

Save your life first, we'll worry about the rest later.

Just as everyone else's attention was focused on Monk Bujie, suddenly, from among a pile of corpses, Poison Heart Scholar, who had just been shot through the chest and abdomen by Duncan's arrow, and whose spine was probably broken, got up.

This person had been faking his death the whole time!

No, it should be said that he was pulled back from the brink of death, because he was still bleeding from his chest and abdomen, but the injuries were no longer so fatal.

As soon as Poisonous Heart Scholar got up, he immediately tried to use his movement technique to escape.

"This person isn't dead?!"

Fu Jianhan happened to be standing nearby. When he saw the other party get up, he was first startled, and then he slashed out with a sword aura, trying to stop the man. However, Poison Heart Scholar was focused on escaping and pushed his movement technique to the limit. Fu Jianhan's sword aura could not even keep up with his speed.

Lu Shanjun looked surprised, and without hesitation, he struck out with his palm, shouting, "Where do you think you're going!"

Still alive.

Could it be that this guy possesses some kind of secret technique for resurrection?

The Jade-Faced Lady's lightness skill was superb. At this moment, she also reacted. Her figure flew through the air and directly blocked the Poison Heart Scholar's retreat. A finger strike shot out.

"Don't kill me!" Poisonous Heart Scholar's knees buckled, and he immediately knelt down and begged for mercy.

Faced with the encirclement and pursuit of three experts, Poison Heart Scholar knew that he had no way to escape. Even if he were completely unharmed, he might not be able to get away, let alone now that he was seriously injured.

He was truly at his wit's end.

He originally wanted to play dead to escape, but Fu Jianhan was touching the corpse and showed signs of finishing it off. This guy had suffered losses before when chasing bandits in the northern frontier because he didn't finish them off, so now he always finishes them off when he kills someone.

"The Great Monk."

"Looks like you're not destined to die!"

When Miss Sun saw the Poisonous Scholar who had come back from the dead, her eyes lit up. She stared intently at his back, where the arrow wound on his spine was still there. The arrow had pierced through his chest and abdomen, and should have pierced through his spine as well, but the Poisonous Scholar's spine appeared to be completely intact.

"You also know the Heavenly Serpent Bone-Changing Technique?"

Miss Sun's figure flashed out, and she sealed the meridians of the Poisonous Scholar by striking acupoints from a distance. Then she walked up to him, as if a medical student had seen a perfect cadaver. Her eyes were full of the desire to dissect it. She even reached out her hand, ignoring the filth and bloodstains on the Poisonous Scholar's body, and touched him all over, counting along the spine one vertebra at a time, as if she was looking for something.

Poisonous Scholar's face turned deathly pale instantly, and he hurriedly cried out, "Don't kill me!"

"I do know a little bit of the Heavenly Serpent Bone-Changing Technique, but I only stole one page of the secret technique."

This secret technique is a unique skill of the Miao region. Many of the inheritances of the Jiuli lineage are peerless secret techniques that can reverse life and death. Although it is not as domineering as the Blood Child Immortal Body, the Heavenly Serpent Bone-Changing Technique can heal almost any injury.

As long as the person is not dead, there is still a chance to save them.

Miss Sun's slender hand touched the top of Poisonous Scholar's spine, as if she had grabbed a snake's vital spot. With a gentle lift, Poisonous Scholar instantly collapsed to the ground, her face full of disappointment. "You are still a human bone spine."

"You didn't use any secret method to transform into the Heavenly Serpent Bone! And you didn't even use the molted skin of the Spirit Serpent to cultivate your secret techniques!"

Upon hearing Miss Sun's words, Duncan suddenly thought of the Five Immortals Sect expert he had encountered at Jiaochi in Dangshan. The expert had hurriedly fled with a scroll of snake molts, without taking any other rare and precious materials.

The man ran incredibly fast, his movements like a snake's skin, and he carried away a roll of snake molts.

It must have been used to cultivate extraordinary skills and secret techniques.

"I……"

For some reason, Poisonous Scholar was more afraid of Miss Sun than of Lord Lu. Lord Lu could at most smash him into mincemeat with one palm, but Miss Sun's squinting eyes made him feel that he would be skinned alive, bones shaved and flesh scraped off in the next second, so that she could study which level of his Heavenly Serpent Bone-Changing Technique he had reached.

There are many secret techniques in this world. Miss Sun herself also knows one of the Eight Gates of Life and Death, which can transfer injuries, activate the eight meridians, and stop injury with injury. However, compared with the opponent's Heavenly Serpent Bone-Changing Technique, it is still far inferior.

"I also know where Zhu Jie's secret treasure is!"

At this moment, in order to save his own life, Poisonous Scholar could not care about anything else and hurriedly said, "In order to win him over, the Demonic Sect gave him a copy of the Heavenly Demon Strategy."

"It contains a part of the Heavenly Demon Secret Technique."

"It is called the Demonic Power of No Thought."

"It is a fragment of the 'Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique'."

"In order to enter the Dao, Zhu Jie has been collecting all kinds of martial arts manuals for many years, including many secret scrolls from the Qin and Han dynasties."

"If you spare my life, I will take you there."

Poisonous Heart Scholar's words caused everyone present to hesitate for a moment, and then many eyes focused on the young man.

Duncan pondered for a moment and said, "Take us to see it."

Killing someone doesn't necessarily mean you'll find a martial arts manual.

He was unlucky and couldn't find anything, while others managed to find several books.

Lu Shanjun also seemed interested in the Heavenly Demon Strategy Secret Technique. His skills were rather rudimentary, belonging to ordinary martial arts of the Jianghu. Not long ago, he had comprehended a supreme palm technique by chance. Upon hearing the news of the Demonic Sect's secret technique today, he naturally wanted to see it for himself.

The Jade-Faced Lady gestured to Miss Sun beside her. The two best friends exchanged glances, and Miss Sun immediately understood. She reached out and released the acupoints of the Poison Heart Scholar, then directly fed him a dark green pill.

"You should know who I am, right?" Miss Sun said threateningly.

Poisonous Scholar nodded obediently, as if he were frightened like a quail.

This guy is good at pretending.

When he fought with the group, he shielded the others without saying a word.

"It's good to know."

Miss Sun was too lazy to say more. She was a descendant of both the Medicine King and Hundred Flowers Schools of medicine. In terms of poisoning skills, she was among the best in the entire martial arts world. It's just that she didn't like using poison.

She was skilled in both medicine and poison, knowing that every medicine had some degree of toxicity. The Five Immortals Sect in the Southern Frontier was known for its use of poison, but she belonged to a reputable sect and had to be careful with her methods. The Poisonous Scholar led the way, and Fu Jianhan, without a word, carried the Unrestrained Monk on his back.

The Heavenly Serpent Bone-Changing Technique on this person must also be extracted through interrogation. Miss Sun is even more interested in this secret technique than in the Heavenly Demon Strategy.

"Son."

"The Heavenly Demon Strategy consists of three volumes and was written during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han."

"The first volume records the martial arts of the demonic sect, all of which are unparalleled skills in the world. The second volume records the secret arts of the pre-Qin period, which are said to be able to reverse life and death. The third volume records ancient incantations, but they have been lost for a long time."

The Jade-Faced Lady's words immediately piqued Duncan's interest.

Seeing Duncan's interested expression, the Jade-Faced Lady explained in detail: "After Emperor Wu of Han 'dismissed all other schools of thought and exclusively honored Confucianism,' the secret methods of the nine schools and ten schools of thought were gathered together and compiled into three volumes of the Heavenly Demon Strategy by many great masters."

"The first two volumes are in the hands of the six branches of the Demonic Sect."

"The last volume, however, was destroyed by witchcraft. It is unknown whether it was lost or where it ended up."

Emperor Wu of Han used his imperial status to suppress everything!
He wanted to abolish all other schools of thought and exclusively promote Confucianism, and even the most learned scholars from the nine schools and ten schools of thought were helpless against him. However, in the end, Emperor Wu of Han also suffered a backlash. It is said that the witchcraft calamity was the revenge of the various schools of thought, and the last volume of the Heavenly Demon Strategy was lost during the witchcraft calamity.

Those were incantations and secret techniques passed down from the pre-Qin era, which, along with the deaths of tens of thousands of people, vanished.

The Han dynasty had its own system, which was a mixture of hegemonic and kingly ways.

The martial arts world only began to take shape around that time, but it was still quite rudimentary. During the late Eastern Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period, even the most skilled martial artists had to keep a low profile. The Way of Peace commanded thirty-six directions, and even the Yellow Turban warriors were considered lowly soldiers. Military strategists and fierce figures emerged one after another. There were wonderful methods passed down in the world, but if someone angered you, you would dare to kill anyone with the reputation of being a god.

It wasn't until the Sui and Tang dynasties that people in the martial arts world gradually became active.

Many of the martial arts styles used in martial arts circles today only took shape after the Wei and Jin dynasties.

Even during the Tang Dynasty, the genre of fantasy and chivalry was the most popular.

— He can kill one person in ten steps and leave no trace for a thousand miles.

—Once upon a time, there was a beautiful woman named Gongsun. Her sword dance moved all directions. The spectators were as numerous as mountains, their faces downcast, and heaven and earth seemed to sway in hushed tones.

— He threw the sword into the clouds, dozens of feet high, like lightning shooting down. Min reached out and caught it with the scabbard. The sword pierced through the air and entered the clouds. Hundreds of onlookers were all shocked and terrified.

The three great masters of the Tang Dynasty were Li Bai's poetry, Pei Min's swordsmanship, and Zhang Xu's cursive calligraphy.

Sword Saint Pei Min, whose sword and painting are one, can shoot tigers and strange spiders.

This was Li Bai's swordsmanship teacher. As a youth, he fought and killed several people. At twenty-five, he left his homeland with a sword, bidding farewell to his family for a long journey. Without martial prowess, one cannot roam the world. Many Tang Dynasty literati practiced martial arts; Du Fu was an expert archer, Wang Wei was skilled in riding and archery, and Li Bai was a disciple of the Sword Saint.

It's just that many people don't know that.

In later martial arts novels, there is a well-known fist style called "Taizu Changquan" (Emperor Taizu's Long Fist), but it has not yet been created.

Because Zhao Kuangyin's dragon-patterned staff hadn't yet made him invincible, but he was indeed a martial arts master of his time.

If we were to rank generations according to later novels, Qiao Feng would have to wait several more years for the Taizu Changquan (Emperor Taizu's Long Fist) to be born.

Duncan's boxing skills are also decent.

If needed, he could create his own style of boxing.

However, the fact that a martial arts grandmaster would die in the "Candle Shadow and Axe Sound" incident was quite strange to him, suggesting that there might be other secrets hidden in this world.

The treacherous scholar opened a secret chamber with trembling hands.

Upon entering, they indeed saw a large number of martial arts manuals, all collected by Zhu Jie. This man had become famous in the martial arts world in his youth and became a master of the innate realm in middle age, but he had not been able to enter the 'Entering the Dao Realm' until he was over fifty years old.

As he grew older, Zhu Jie worried that his vitality would decline and he would no longer have the chance to enter the Dao through martial arts. So he colluded with the Demonic Sect and searched for martial arts secrets from all over the world, hoping to gain insights and break through to the Dao realm.

"That Zhu Jie took in all the evil people in the world."

"But if they want to seek refuge in the Valley of Villains, they must offer up a secret martial arts technique."

Poisonous Scholar opened a bookshelf in front of him and said cautiously, "This contains secret techniques from the Southern Frontier, which I usually manage."

"Inside are martial arts techniques from the Jianghu (江湖, the martial arts world)."

"The bookshelves outside are full of Taoist classics, but Zhu Jie has no patience to study them and leaves them all outside to gather dust."

hiss!
Is the foundation of this Valley of Villains really that strong?

Duncan casually flipped open a scroll, which was written in Sanskrit, which he couldn't understand. There was a scroll next to it with annotations, which, upon closer inspection, described a secret technique called "Divine Foot Power," which was actually a strange movement technique from the Western Regions.

The martial arts collected here are all kinds of strange and bizarre, mostly evil techniques, as well as the secret arts of the sorcerers of the Southern Frontier, and even the Gu insect refining method of the Miao region.

Miss Sun picked up a secret manual on cultivating Gu worms and read it with great interest. Lu Shanjun, who was not very literate, searched around for manuals with pictures, such as those depicting the flow of meridians. Fu Jianhan, on the other hand, was interested in swordsmanship and knife techniques. He held a secret manual that was "both sword and knife" but couldn't understand it. It contained moves that used a sword to wield a knife and a knife to wield a sword.

The level of education of the people was immediately apparent.

The Jade-Faced Lady, with the deepest background, didn't care much about these martial arts manuals. She coldly asked, "Where are the transcribed fragments of the Heavenly Demon Strategy?"

"where!"

The Poison Heart cultivator carefully pressed the switch, took out a sealed jade box, and respectfully presented it, saying, "The fragments of the Heavenly Demon Strategy are inside."

A tattered scroll, as fine as silk or cloth, was taken out.

——The Demonic Power of No Thought (Ancient Secret Technique - God).

The Jade-Faced Lady reached out and took the document, examining it closely for a while before transmitting her voice to the young man beside her, "Young Master."

"It is a genuine fragment of the Heavenly Demon's Manual."

This secret technique can unleash the full potential of one's body, causing a sudden burst of power. However, it is extremely taxing on lifespan, so even those in the demonic sects rarely use it.

"Take them all with you!"

With a wave of his hand, the young man abandoned the gold and silver treasures of the Valley of Villains, deciding to take these martial arts manuals with him first.

The world has such a high limit to martial arts, yet ordinary people have no way to learn martial arts.

When he has some free time, he will print tens of thousands of copies and distribute them.

It's time to raise the level of power in the martial arts world!

Is it true that one cherishes their own worthless possessions?

That is impossible.

I'll do what they dare not do. If the overall strength of the martial arts world improves, maybe some masters who can break through the void will emerge.

In any case, the stronger the enemies Duncan kills, the faster his strength increases.

The Southern Han Dynasty had one or two thousand eunuchs.

Scholars were castrated in order to become officials.

This is because he didn't have the "Sunflower Manual." If he did, Duncan would have given a copy to every eunuch he met.

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(End of this chapter)