The Legend of the Condor Heroes: I became one of the Five Great Masters by drawing cards

Chapter 12 Ruohua's Past

[Note: The revised version of The Legend of the Condor Heroes contains bugs in the martial arts settings of the Nine Yin White Bone Claw and other techniques. This book refers to the Sanlian edition for the martial arts settings of the second volume of The Nine Yin Scriptures, and adheres to the revised version for all other settings.]

Gradually becoming familiar with the darkness, Gu Ping'an vaguely saw the scene in the cave with the faint light coming in.

She was a woman with disheveled hair. Her features could not be seen clearly, but one could see that she was thin and wore a black robe.

She held the snack in both hands and brought it to her mouth. She took each bite quickly and deeply, but she still forced herself to chew it slowly.

Mei Chaofeng's hunger subsided a bit, and her mind cleared up a bit. She asked again, "Tell me, who asked you to come?"

Gu Ping'an was not one to indulge her, and he started sarcastically: "I was so kind as to give you food and drink, but you didn't thank me, and instead you questioned me."

"I didn't ask you for it, you gave it to me voluntarily, why should I thank you?"

Mei Chaofeng was unwilling to accept the favor and remained stubborn.

She has been a loner for many years and rarely interacts with others. Although she is over 30 years old, her mind is not very mature.

Gu Ping'an could tell that she was not completely unmoved, so he didn't argue with her and just waited patiently for her to finish eating.

"Who are you? How do you know this is where I'm hiding?" Mei Chaofeng couldn't resist her curiosity any longer, so she changed her tone and asked again.

Gu Pingan chuckled and said in a pretentious tone, "Not only do I know you're hiding here, I also know that something went wrong with your training. Your Qi is blocked, and you can't move. Am I right?"

Mei Chaofeng was not very smart to begin with, and when he pointed out her situation, she was surprised and a little scared.

"how do you know?"

"A brilliant plan, able to predict the future."

Mei Chaofeng thought about it over and over again, but apart from this reason, she could not think of any other possibility.

She thought the other person must be a master, and immediately lost her previous momentum. She whispered, "May I ask why you are helping me, sir?"

She wanted to change her words and call him "senior", but then she remembered that the other person's voice was just that of a teenager, so she quickly changed her words.

"You ask so many questions. Are you really planning to be a paraplegic for the rest of your life?" Gu Ping'an asked while suppressing his smile.

"Can you help me?!"

Mei Chaofeng was so shocked that she didn't even bother to use the honorific title and asked anxiously.

"You've turned the Nine Yin Manual into something neither human nor ghost, yet you've managed to gain such a great reputation. I don't know whether to call you clever or foolish."

Nine Yin Manual?!
Mei Chaofeng was horrified when her secret was revealed again, and she was a little dazed for a moment.

"Thief, are you still alive in the underworld? Are you asking someone to save me?"

Tears welled up in her eyes and she struggled to get up, but fell heavily off the stone bed.

Gu Ping'an had no choice but to help, only to feel that everything his palms touched was as cold as ice. Even though he had the Nine Yang Internal Force, he couldn't help but shiver.

She was extremely lucky that she became paralyzed after practicing kung fu to this extent. If it had been delayed for a few more days, she might have died of thirst, starvation, or even go crazy.

"How can you, that thief, order me around?" Gu Ping'an said coldly, "What's the problem? If you don't understand anything in the scriptures, ask immediately!"

"Yes!" Mei Chaofeng nodded repeatedly. "Two days ago, I was training very hard, and suddenly a surge of Qi reached my Changqiang acupoint and couldn't come back out. My lower body has been unable to move since then."

Her words were incoherent and it was impossible to tell what the problem was, so Gu Ping'an had no choice but to ask about the route of the exercise and asked her to continue.

He acquired the "Wudang Nine Yang Gong", and gained more than just internal strength, but also integrated all of Zhang Cuishan's life insights.

When it comes to understanding the inner family's inner principles, it's like being mentored by the Wudang Master Zhang. While the "Wudang Nine Yang Gong" is a Nine Yang technique, it was created by Zhang Sanfeng based on the "Nine Yang Manual," incorporating numerous Taoist texts and incorporating Taoist Qigong techniques.

The Nine Yin Scriptures was originally realized by Huang Shang when he was engraving the Wanshou Daozang. The great Dao contained in it also belongs to Taoism.

The two are of the same origin, so he knew what Mei Chaofeng's problem was as soon as he heard it.

"Do you know what posture to use when practicing internal energy meditation?"

Mei Chaofeng said honestly, "Master taught us that we need to step on the eight trigrams and practice while walking. There's no need to meditate."

The practice method of "Nine Yin Scriptures" is very different from the martial arts of Peach Blossom Island. The two "Black Wind Devils" relied entirely on trial and error to practice martial arts. They did not understand the basic Taoist methods such as nourishing qi and returning to the origin, and they had only a superficial understanding of the contents of the scriptures. As a result, they practiced their superior martial arts astray.

"Destroying the enemy's head is like cutting through rotten soil." This was originally used to describe the amazing finger strength of the "Nine Yin Divine Claws", but they misunderstood it as practicing with human skulls. No wonder it became so sinister.

Illiteracy really does harm people.

"This martial art is different from what your master taught you. Next time, remember to sit cross-legged with your five hearts facing the sky when practicing."

"What are the five hearts?" Mei Chaofeng had naturally seen these words in the scriptures, but she didn't understand them.

"The palms of your hands, the palms of your feet, and the top of your head are the five hearts."

"But now I can't move half of my body, how can I sit cross-legged?"

Mei Chaofeng was sad, and her tone was a little aggrieved.

Gu Ping'an rolled his eyes and said, "Since I said I'd help you, how can I ask you to continue lying there? Now, how do you breathe when you practice?"

"When you exhale, your belly expands, and when you inhale, your belly is sucked in and pressed against your back."

"Taoist Kung Fu is exactly the opposite. Why don't you try changing it?"

Following Gu Ping'an's instructions, he tried his best to position himself with his five hearts facing the sky, changed his breathing method and circulated his Qi again. He immediately felt that the Qi in his body was slightly warmer.

"Is there anything else you don't understand?"

"What does it mean to gather the five elements?"

"Eastern soul is wood, western soul is gold, southern spirit is fire, northern spirit is water, and central spirit is earth."

Mei Chaofeng suddenly understood and asked, "What are the Four Symbols of Harmony?"

All the questions she asked were about the most basic contents of Taoist exercises. With the "Wudang Nine Yang Gong" in his hands, Gu Ping'an knew everything.

Sanhua Juding
Five Qis Returning to the Origin
The two asked and answered each other, and Mei Chaofeng felt a little dazed as she listened.

She felt that although this man spoke harshly, he would answer every question asked, completely unlike the hesitant Ma Yu of the past.

Willing to teach anything
Back then on Peach Blossom Island, her master treated her the same way.
In her daze, she was sometimes happy, sometimes sad, and scenes from the past came to her mind.

Gu Ping'an was speaking with great interest when he suddenly noticed that Mei Chaofeng had stopped responding. When he looked again, he heard her mumbling to herself.

"I was originally an innocent little girl, playing all day long. My parents loved me like their darling. My name was Mei Ruohua at that time."

Gu Ping'an was speechless for a while.

He came patiently to answer his questions, but he never expected that this crazy woman seemed to have triggered some key plot and started telling him about her own life story.

"My master is Huang Yaoshi, the master of Peach Blossom Island. He already has a senior disciple, Qu Lingfeng, and a secondary disciple, Chen Xuanfeng. My master changed my name to Mei Chaofeng."

(End of this chapter)