Hyperdimensional Player

Chapter 311 The Demoness Helps Me Cultivate (Part 1)

The day after the massacre of the entire Evil Valley.

At dawn, several experts arrived outside the Valley of Villains. One of them looked at the stone tablet that had been shattered by a single palm strike and his expression changed drastically. He said to the person next to him, "It was a top-notch expert in external martial arts."

The man beside him was beardless, had a very pale face, and exuded a sinister aura. His voice was slightly shrill as he said, "More than just a top-tier expert."

"Perhaps he has already entered the Dao."

"It is said that Li Cunxiao broke through Chang'an with eighteen horsemen back then, and his martial arts skills were not much better than this man's."

The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.

Famous generals who died in battle were often worshipped as local gods. For example, Li Cunxiao, a fierce general of the Later Tang Dynasty, was revered as the "Iron and Stone General" in the Hedong region, and temples were built to ward off disasters. However, such gods may not necessarily be passed down to later generations.

Lord Guan is a special case.

Several men rushed out of the valley, the leading guard exclaiming in a panic, "Lord Chen!"

"Everyone inside is dead!"

Lord Chen was a fair-skinned, beardless man. His expression changed slightly. He entered the valley and investigated for a while, then ordered, "Immediately send someone to deliver a message to the palace."

At this moment, a group of soldiers carried out the corpse. The eunuch squatted down to examine it and said in a deep voice, "The bones are all shattered."

"It's the Vajra Finger."

"Someone is coming."

"Send these corpses to my godfather for inspection."

The godfather mentioned by this person was Chen Yanshou, a powerful eunuch serving Emperor Liu Chang of the Southern Han Dynasty. After ascending the throne, Liu Chang trusted eunuchs such as Gong Chengshu and Chen Yanshou immensely, and even followed their advice to kill his own brothers.

The female servants of the Southern Han were led by Lu Qiongxian, but after Fan Huzi appeared, it was clear that the latter was more valued by Liu Chang.

Yangshuo County.

Before long, those people brought over the corpses of the people from Evil Valley. With so many experts dead, they couldn't possibly explain it without letting Chen Yanshou see them.

At the nearby restaurants and inns.

At that moment, a middle-aged scholar in disguise stood by the window gazing into the distance, while opposite him was a middle-aged man who was weeping.

"Brother Fan."

"Since you've already decided to enter the court as an official, what is there to be reluctant about?"

"It's just a couple of ounces of flesh on my body, I can just cut it off."

Although this person speaks as seriously as possible, there is always a hint of an uncontrollable smile at the corner of his mouth.

Upon hearing this, the man surnamed Fan drank in silence. For some reason, he lifted the hem of his shirt to take a look, then tilted his head back and chugged the wine. Finally, he sighed and said, "Brother Yun is right, I already have offspring."

"For the sake of the family, what is there to be reluctant about?"

"After talking to you today, I feel much more at ease."

"Farewell."

The man stumbled away with the wine jug in his hand, presumably having come to a decision and preparing to end his life in peace by cutting off his limbs, and to settle down as an official.

A moment later, another young man came up to the attic and whispered, "Jingjiang Army has brought back a lot of corpses."

"Rumor has it that the Valley of Villains was wiped out by a group of people!"

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged scholar perked up, immediately pulled out paper and pen from his sleeve, and lowered his head to write something.

This man, named Yun Zhike, is a descendant of the Nine Schools and Ten Families. At that time, in Jiaochi, Dangshan, he unexpectedly met a young man and casually wrote a short plan. Unexpectedly, the bottleneck that had been troubling him for a long time was directly broken through, and now he can be regarded as a first-class master in the martial arts world. That day's encounter was equivalent to his years of hard work.

Unfortunately, there was no news of either Lu Shanjun or the boy. The man could only inquire about the whereabouts of the Jade-Faced Lady and chased her all the way to the Jingnan region.

He was also somewhat lucky; he actually ran into his cousin, Yun Wangji, the day before yesterday.

Yun Wangji's cultivation had become increasingly profound in recent years. When the two met, they sat down and had a drink. Yun Wangji learned about the young man from him. So Yun Wangji headed south and arrived in the territory of Southern Han a few days later.

At this point, he had already decided that the opportunity for him to become a wise man in the future lay with that young man.

The various strange and unpredictable cultivation methods of the nine schools and ten sects can be practiced in countless ways. Some can even enhance one's cultivation and break through realms by farming. Yun Zhike cultivated the "Fengwen Shilu" method. After recording the plan to kill ghosts and gods in one night at the City God Temple, he actually showed signs of breaking through again.

"This child is destined to be my benefactor!"

Yun Zhike wrote hundreds of words, carefully put them away, closed his eyes to sense his inner energy, and found that it was becoming increasingly active.

He has a friend who specializes in cultivating the Qi of the Five Grains, worships Shennong as his ancestor, and takes the Twenty-Four Solar Terms as his foundation, planting in spring, harvesting in autumn, and storing in winter. Although he has no reputation in the martial arts world and looks like an old farmer, he is also one of the top masters of the time.

There are countless strange and wonderful cultivation methods in this world. Some of them are still within the scope of martial arts, but some are no less than Qi cultivation techniques, although the cultivation process is extremely obscure.

Yun Zhike also wrote supernatural tales in his early years, but unfortunately, they were not popular. Later, he switched to writing annotations of military books and found that there were even more experts. After a period of setbacks, he unexpectedly found a new path, which was to write biographies of famous people in the martial arts world. This was less competitive, but it allowed him to make a breakthrough.

His secret technique is not within the scope of true qi and internal energy; it has a bit of the feel of borrowing the fate of others.

"Send a message to the Pavilion Master immediately."

Yun Zhike handed a secret letter to the boy next to him. When he came out, his appearance had changed. He had many identities when he traveled the world and his skill in disguise was superb.

Inside the military camp.

Surrounded by numerous guards, a man in his thirties or forties, dressed in a python robe, held a teacup and gazed at the group of people kneeling below.

"A bunch of trash!"

"We can't get any information out of them."

Chen Yanshou appeared to be a fair-skinned, middle-aged scholar. He possessed extremely high martial arts skills, having mastered a wicked and bizarre technique, supposedly created by a former eunuch during the mid-Tang Dynasty. This technique appeared to be extremely yin in nature, but in reality, its true energy was extremely yang and powerful. A slight mishap could result in the body exploding and death; it was a secret method of generating yang from yin.

Among the extraordinary skills of our time, it may not rank among the top, but in a few hundred years, it might very well become a legendary martial art.

After all, according to the timeline of later martial arts novels, Huang Shang, who wrote the Nine Yin Manual, would not have been born for more than a hundred years.

"Godfather."

"That day I accidentally exchanged a few blows with two masters. Those two were very skilled and were definitely top-notch figures in the martial arts world."

"Maybe it's related to them."

The pale-faced man standing to the side respectfully suggested, "Should I send someone to investigate?"

After hearing this, Chen Yanshou pondered for a moment before nodding and saying, "We shouldn't get too involved in this matter, after all, these people are not simple."

"Let those members of the evil cult handle it."

If they encounter a formidable opponent, they will be the ones to deal with it; there's no need to sacrifice one's own people to fill the gap.

Liu Chang was actually just a puppet.

The eunuchs wanted to control him, and the palace ladies also wanted to control him. Later, a charming girl named Meizhu appeared and was extremely favored. Not long after, Fan Huzi also arrived.

These forces vie for power and profit among themselves, yet they also form a strange balance.

Upon hearing this, the pale-faced man immediately nodded. His godfather meant to hand over the ten seductive women under the command of the seductive pig, preferably to provoke Fan Hu Zi to take action and test the witch's abilities. She claimed to be the beard of the Jade Emperor Dao Jun descended to earth, but outsiders did not know how much strength she possessed.

"Don't waste these corpses either."

Chen Yanshou glanced at the corpses on the ground and pondered, "They died suddenly from the entry of evil energy into their bodies."

"This Zhu Jie corpse is quite a fine piece of evidence." "Didn't some skilled martial artists from western Hunan come here a few days ago?"

"Give these corpses to them and see if you can refine something from them."

Corpse refining technique.

These kinds of secret methods are all inherited from witchcraft religions.

The pale-faced man beside him lowered his head and said, "I'll take care of it right now."

After saying that, he waved his hand lightly, and his men took away the many villains from Evil Valley, as well as Zhu Jie's corpse.

Those unorthodox masters from western Hunan entrenched themselves in the mass grave area and had a great fondness for the corpses of martial arts experts.

Even if a master of external martial arts dies suddenly, his body remains stiff as iron, and his bones and muscles are as if cast in steel.

The fifth day since the massacre of the Evil Valley.

Guizhou, White Fox Manor.

The Jade-Faced Lady has a secluded villa here, where the young man and his companions will rest for the time being.

Lu Shanjun left yesterday.

Many of the cultivation techniques that the Valley of Villains had found were written in text. Lu Shanjun didn't like text; he preferred manuals with auspicious symbols. After selecting a few techniques to copy, he headed to Beihai, intending to travel around the Guangdong and Guangxi regions.

Monk Bujie was taken back to Medicine King Valley. His injuries wouldn't heal so easily, and they might have to rely on Miss Sun to extract the Five Immortals Sect's secret techniques.

Fu Jianhan was quite carefree, spending his days practicing martial arts and reading in the library. He had studied various martial arts schools in the past and had finally acquired a large number of secret manuals, so of course he wanted to carefully study his own martial arts path.

"Son."

"Tea, please."

Yin Meitang cautiously entered the study. As she bent over, a full moon was revealed, resembling a huge millstone. She looked at the young man studying Taoist classics in the room, gently put down the tea and snacks, and turned back for one last look before leaving reluctantly.

For some reason, the courtyard where this young master lived was truly refreshing and pleasant, and once you entered, you didn't want to leave.

Her injuries had not yet healed, but she felt that staying by the boy's side made even her injuries feel lighter.

The Jade-Faced Lady originally lived in the West Courtyard, but she couldn't resist moving here the other day.

"Is this martial arts manual really that difficult to learn?"

Duncan raised his head and rubbed his temples. Ordinary martial arts were easy to learn; he could memorize the moves at a glance, since he had a foundation. Moreover, after killing so many martial arts masters recently, his human form's fist, palm, finger techniques, swordsmanship, and so on had all become more than mastered.

Now he has even mastered the leg techniques he doesn't use often, and he has even reached the threshold of mastery in the ones he uses often.

The monk Bu Tan taught him a Taotie technique, and it took him a long time to refine the Lung Temple.

The Valley of Villains has collected a large number of martial arts manuals, but when it comes to actually practicing them, none of them can be mastered immediately. The "Demon Power of No Thought" is even more difficult to practice, as its contents are extremely obscure. It requires proficiency in both Buddhism and Taoism, as well as knowledge of some of the various schools of thought from the pre-Qin period.

Back then, when he played martial arts games, he wanted to master martial arts skills, so he had to learn music, chess, calligraphy, painting, Buddhist and Taoist classics. Unexpectedly, today all of these have come true.

Duncan's current internal strength cultivation has far surpassed his martial arts techniques and secret methods.

Other martial arts are fine, but he is determined to obtain the "Demon Power of No Thought" because it is also a method for condensing and utilizing evil energy.

However, it is quite special because the evil energy directly enters the brain and enters acupoints such as the ancestral aperture, Baihui point, and the three gates.

"A malevolent aura enters the brain."

"Others may go insane, but I may not."

Duncan suppresses evil energy as easily as playing a game. If he could learn the Mindless Demonic Power, he would most likely only lose the sensation of pain and not necessarily go berserk like others. However, the potential of this secret technique could allow him to break through to the fifth star level and have a chance to touch the sixth star level.

That is, the entry into the Dao realm of this world.

Unfortunately, after pondering it for several days, he only managed to learn less than one or two levels of it.

The threshold for ordinary people to learn this secret technique of the Demonic Sect is extremely high. Even a master of innate external strength like Zhu Jie would have to practice hard for several years. He is still not satisfied with his learning speed. If this were to spread, it would probably shock all the elders of the Demonic Sect.

—Thirteen Bodyguards Horizontal Training Technique, Overlord Lifting the Tripod Technique, Vajra Wheel Seal Secret Method, Bright King Immovable Seal, etc.

Duncan got up and rummaged through the bookshelf, which contained all sorts of strange and unusual martial arts techniques. They weren't systematic or complete sets of techniques; they were just collected items and pieced together.

"The most crucial thing is that there are no basic skills to get started."

"These are all top-tier secret techniques."

"Where am I supposed to even begin practicing?!"

Without studying Buddhist scriptures, he would be completely baffled by the methods of those esoteric Buddhist sects. There were also secret methods involving the three chakras and seven meridians, which were different from the eight extraordinary meridians. They were not internal martial arts techniques at all, but rather visualization methods, belonging to a kind of spiritual cultivation.

In the end, he could only start by practicing external martial arts and then gradually fill in the gaps in his knowledge of Buddhism and Taoism.

"Lu Shanjun is the one who understands things best."

"After looking at it, he simply stopped practicing and went to find the most suitable training method for himself."

Duncan rested his chin on his hand and thought to himself, "But I can't do that. If I want to break through the void and reach the martial arts limit of this world, relying solely on external martial arts techniques is definitely not enough."

"How about I try killing a few masters from the Buddhist and Taoist sects?"

Although there was no Daoist canon at that time, it would definitely take several years to study all these Daoist classics.

He can learn, but he must find a way to improve his comprehension.

Now that Duncan has transformed into this world, he naturally wants to pursue the ultimate. In the future, he might even have to create his own martial arts technique. He will have to study this huge pile of secret manuals sooner or later.

I do not know how long it has been.

The Jade-Faced Lady appeared outside the door. She seemed to have dressed up carefully, wearing a moon-white palace dress that exuded more of the splendor of the Tang Dynasty than before. Even the cleavage of her chest was partially revealed, and that patch of white skin was extremely alluring, reflecting light like porcelain in the sunlight.

At this time, the legacy of the prosperous Tang Dynasty still lingered, and before the Jingkang Incident, the atmosphere in the Central Plains was relatively open.

They lost the war.

Then he began to discipline the women.

"Son."

"The cultivation method you requested has already been copied down."

A fragrant breeze wafted by, and the alluring Jade-Faced Lady sat down to the side, saying softly, "My servant has discovered that someone is inquiring about the young master's whereabouts."

"It seems to be someone who knows everything."

"We met that person once at Jiaochi in Dangshan."

Upon hearing this, Duncan put down the manual in his hand, frowned and pondered for a moment before saying, "Find a way to bring the person to see me."

On that day, many extraordinary people and strange individuals came to Jiaochi in Dangshan.

The Jade-Faced Lady nodded gently, but did not leave. Instead, she gazed at the handsome young man before her with her peach blossom eyes, which were moist and shimmering. She bit her lip, seemingly wanting to say something but hesitating, unsure of where to begin.

This vixen is probably planning to carelessly devour Jingzhou.

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(End of this chapter)