Sword Roaring in the Sky

Chapter 134 Sun's Martial Arts
Sun Yanwan inexplicably had many more martial arts skills in his hands.

He really didn't have the time to practice these miscellaneous martial arts. After flipping through them, he had a half-baked idea: "The Tianma Gang is just starting out, there really aren't many powerful masters. Without enough masters, there's no potential for development."

"If I compile all these miscellaneous martial arts into a martial arts manual, establish some rules within the gang, and teach a few moves to those who have made achievements, wouldn't the Tianma Gang have a new group of martial arts experts over time?"

Sun Yanwan also had no plans to teach the Tianma Gang complete martial arts. After all, these gang members were of varying quality and their moral character might not be up to par. After learning advanced martial arts, they might become disloyal and think about leaving the Tianma Gang and hanging out in the underworld.

These people who are proud of their martial arts and want to betray their gang will most likely hate the gang they came from.

Sun Yanwan sorted out all the martial arts he had, and found a staggering thirteen. Besides the Hunyuan Posture, Dangmo Sword, and Miao Family Heart Healing Technique taught by Miao Youxiu, there was also the Nameless Sword Scripture and the Blind Man's Divine Sword he had "accidentally picked up." The martial arts manual given by Miao Canglang also included the Hunyuan Posture and Dangmo Sword. Besides these two, there were seven other martial arts: the Thirteen Moves of the Shocking Shadow, Treading Snow to Find Plum Blossoms, Swallow Returning to the Nest, Zheliu Style, Stormy Pear Blossom Spear, Little Jingzhe Finger Technique, Crane's Cry in the Blue Sky, and the Withered Glory Blade given by the five elders of the Hu family.

Sun Yanwan was familiar with the Hunyuan Pillar and the Demon-Slaying Sword, needless to say, but the Miao family's healing method was more interesting. He received the Withered and Blooming Sword from the five elders of the Hu family, and vaguely felt that there was some connection between the two.

Miao Youxiu did not allow him to teach this healing method to others, nor did he let anyone know. When Sun Yanwan heard this complicated request, he wanted to give up learning it, but Miao Youxiu did not give him a chance to refuse.

So when he asked his master for advice, he did not forget to mention this request to Zhang Yuanqiao.

Zhang Yuanqiao did not bother to be polite with his apprentice. He asked him to recite the Heart Healing Method first while he flipped through the book of Withering and Flourishing Sword Manual.

After Sun Yanwan finished reciting the Healing Heart Technique and he finished reading the Sword Manual, the Grandmaster marveled at it and said with a smile, "This Healing Heart Technique isn't just a standalone healing technique, but the introductory mental method for a superior martial art. The Withered and Blooming Sword given by the five elders of the Hu family possesses internal energy, moves, and various other profound accomplishments, but it lacks the introductory mental method. Only when the two are combined can it become a complete Withered and Blooming Sword."

"The sword manual given by the five elders of the Hu family lacks the introductory mental method, so it cannot be practiced in the proper way. I can only rely on my own internal strength as a foundation and practice it forcefully. However, ordinary internal skills do not have the magical effect of this healing method to regulate the body, so there are bound to be hidden dangers."

"From this, it can be seen that the Miao family has indeed lost the Withered and Blooming Sword Manual. Otherwise, even if it is a method of healing the heart, they would never reveal it. The Hu family gave you this sword manual, which can be said to be harboring evil intentions."

"However, even if the mental method and the sword manual are integrated, there are still slight flaws. I'm afraid there are lost mantras in the middle. If you don't tell me and practice secretly, not only will you delay your regular studies, but you may also suffer internal injuries. I will ponder for a few days and complete the whole thing for you."

Sun Yanwan originally had a little bit of good impression towards the five elders of the Hu family, but it disappeared immediately. He really didn't expect that the five elders of the Hu family would actually use such a shady trick to plot against him by giving him martial arts.

However, the five elders of the Hu family had not anticipated that Miao Youxiu still had the fragments of the Withered Glory Blade in his hands. They also had not expected Miao Youxiu to make an exception and pass on the family's healing method to Sun Yanwan. They also had not expected that Sun Yanwan would not hide it and directly explain it to his master...

The Withered Blade is truly a supreme martial art. Its most subtle and profound aspect isn't the blade technique itself, but the Withered and Blooming Skill that complements it. This mental method can transform the body between two states. In the Withered state, the meridians are in a strange state, impervious to internal forces and able to withstand greater damage. Even severe injuries can be sealed, allowing one to escape from powerful enemies. In the Blooming state, the Qi and blood flow invigorate, allowing rapid recovery from all kinds of internal injuries. No matter how severe the injuries are, finding a secluded place, remaining silent, and secluded for several days will allow for a near-complete recovery.

There is no need to mention the Blind Man's Sword and the Nameless Sword Manual. The Thirteen Styles of the Shocking Shadow, Treading Snow to Find Plum Blossoms, and The Swallow Returns to the Nest are all light skills. The Willow-Breaking Style is a palm technique. The Stormy Pear Blossom Spear and the Little Jingzhe Finger Technique are one spear technique and one finger technique, while the Crane's Cry in the Blue Sky is an internal skill.

When Zhang Yuanqiao heard that his disciple wanted to teach the gang members martial arts, he said, "Even if you break down these martial arts, most of the gang members won't be able to learn them."

Sun Yanwan pondered for a moment and felt that his master was right. The vast majority of ordinary people in this world had no chance to receive education, and the gang members were almost 100% illiterate. Not to mention compared to the modern society before he traveled through time, even compared to the people of the Qing Dynasty, they seemed stupid.

The martial arts he possesses, such as the complete version of the Withered and Blooming Sword, are not inferior to the nineteen long and short sword techniques of the Songyang School. Although the rest of his martial arts are not as good as the authentic ones of the Songyang School, they are enough to be passed down by the major families or first-class martial arts sects. It is indeed not something that ordinary gang members can learn.

Zhang Yuanqiao flipped through it, spending an entire afternoon picking out twenty-three sections of the Heart Sutra and seventy-seven separate moves. Each section of the Heart Sutra could be practiced independently, and each separate move could be used against an enemy on its own. Even if one learned all of them, it wouldn't be a complete set of martial arts, with a very low ceiling. The main point was that it was easy to get started, requiring only diligent practice. Sun Yanwan received the Heart Sutra and separate moves circled by his master and couldn't help but sigh, "Since ancient times, a master and apprentice are like father and son, while gang members are like cattle and horses."

"It's not that I look down on the gang members, it's about the people's support."

"Apprentices are carefully selected and have certain moral standards. They are raised by their side and carefully educated from a young age. Gang members are roughly selected, with very low standards. Their character is complex, and most of them are adults. Their temperaments are determined early and extremely difficult to change. They also don't have much potential to learn martial arts."

Zhang Yuanqiao wanted to complete the Withered Glory Sword, so the sword manual was left elsewhere. Sun Yanwan took the rest of the martial arts manuals, as well as the techniques and individual moves annotated by his master, and went to find Sun Lingdie, Namco, and Shi Si, asking them to help re-transcribe it into two volumes. The original eleven martial arts were listed in the upper volume as the Sun family's private secret manual, and the techniques and individual moves picked out by Zhang Yuanqiao were recorded in the lower volume to be taught to the gang members.

It was okay for Shi Si, but her aunt came from Shaochan Temple and really looked down on these martial arts. Sun Lingdie and Namco were both shocked, but then they felt sweet again.

Among the five great martial arts families, the Miao and Hu families rank above the Nanmeng family, and the Tianji Sun family is even worse. The eleven martial arts that Sun Yanwan brought out are top choices for both families, and there are even one or two that even the Nanmeng family cannot desire.

Sun Yanwan just threw these martial arts to them, which obviously had "something behind it".

Little Butterfly and Xiao Nanmeng immediately filled in countless details in their little heads...

A few days later, Sun Yanwan reported to his master again and merged the Tianshe Gang and Tianscorpio Sect under the control of Taiyi Temple into the Tianma Gang. He disliked the three gangs and found it inefficient to be involved with each other, and the Tianshe Gang and Tianscorpio Sect had a bad reputation.

Zhang Fan'er, leader of the Scorpio Cult, still nominally led the Tianma Cult, but all gang affairs were taken over by Sun Lingdie and Namco. Thanks to the "Sun Family Martial Arts Classics, Volume 2," the two women's efforts to annex the Sky Snake Cult and the Scorpio Cult went remarkably smoothly. Ordinary gang disciples, where was their loyalty? Of course, they immediately joined the Cult when they could learn powerful martial arts.

What's more, the two women each have the support of their families and have a group of capable people on their own.

While Sun Yanwan was practicing hard in Taiyi Temple, the Tianma Gang had expanded unnoticed. Its transportation business reached the five roads of Dalang, it controlled five or six villages, had more than twenty freight yards, and the number of gang members had expanded to two or three thousand, making it a medium-sized gang.

Sun Yanwan neither worried about the Sun family martial arts classics nor paid much attention to the expansion of the Tianma Gang. Under the guidance of Zhang Yuanqiao, he returned to Taiyi Temple and practiced hard for two or three months. Finally, he opened up an extraordinary meridian and two main meridians, and the routes for the circulation of true qi increased greatly.

With the addition of these three extraordinary meridians, Sun Yanwan's Hunyuan sword technique is no longer limited to three moves, but has expanded to five moves.

The number of meridians that were connected reached sixteen, and even though six of them: Di Ting, Yue Hua, Hei Chao, Han Quan, Xumi, and Wu Xiang were hidden meridians, his internal strength also grew to a certain level.

At Zhang Yuanqiao's suggestion, Sun Yanwan began her first seclusion in Namco's manor.

Sun Lingdie, Namco prepared dry food and water for him.

Even Shi Si couldn't help but help him make two pots of fasting pills.

(End of this chapter)