Sword Roaring in the Sky

Chapter 267 What is the strongest martial arts technique in the world?

In the most bustling part of Longhu Road, Nansheng City, the Tianwang Tower, built along the river and weathered by a century of history, was rented out for a fortune.

The person who booked the Tianwang Tower did not order any singing or dancing, nor did he summon any beautiful women. He simply had two or three hundred burly men surround the building, preventing any unauthorized personnel from entering. Instead, he provided fine wine, delicious food, and a constant supply of writing materials every day.

Countless rumors circulated in Nansheng City, saying that a great talent from Luojing wanted to compose an article that would shake the heavens and move the gods to tears, so he rented out a pavilion and pondered day and night.

Well, actually, the person who booked the Heavenly King Tower was Wuying Hou. He had been a great pirate for many years and also worked as the Wuying Thief. He had stolen and robbed countless treasures in his life and was considered the richest man in the world. Even though he had lost a lot to Sun Yanwan, he was still very wealthy and generous.

Wuyinghou, Batianmo, Sun Yanwan, and Shi Si stayed at Tianwang Tower during this time, reading through the martial arts manuals they had collected.

Sun Yanwan then realized that the martial arts manual Miao Canglang had given him contained martial arts techniques that Wuyinghou and Batianmo had also collected. In fact, these martial arts techniques were extremely rare, but Wuyinghou and Batianmo were not ordinary people after all.

He had even considered taking out the Golden Sutra of the Sun to make up the difference, but then he discovered that the martial arts collected by Wuyinghou also included the Golden Sutra of the Sun, and its content was even richer than that given by Xiximuli, with about 30% to 40% more content.

Xiximuli was just a merchant; he was content with having collected all the cultivation secrets of the Thirty-Six Hidden Meridians.

Wuyinghou was a true martial arts master. He spared no expense, copying all the Sun Sutras enshrined in the Sun Temples of Boshi Kingdom, removing duplicates, and also including the wisdom accumulated over many years by the priests of the Sun Temples.

The first thing Sun Yanwan did was to categorize these martial arts manuals into different categories. The second thing was to eliminate them. Many martial arts were crude in themselves, and the essence of martial arts was contained in other martial arts. These martial arts were ruthlessly discarded by Sun Yanwan.

Finally, with 130 volumes remaining, Sun Yanwan set aside the categories of extraordinary skills, fist and palm techniques, and weapons, and only discussed the category of mental cultivation methods with Wuyinghou and Batianmo.

Sun Yanwan had experience revising the Five Classics and Thirteen Wonders with the Seven Friends of Songyang, and he also had a whirlwind of life experiences during his studies. When doing these things, he seemed confident and incredibly professional.

Even Wuying Hou and Ba Tianmo were intimidated by him, and Sun Yanwan was subtly taking the lead.

When Sun Yanwan was practicing the Meridian Scripture and the Profound Yellow Scripture, she once thought about a question—what is the strongest martial arts mental cultivation method in the world?

Humans only have eight extraordinary meridians, twelve regular meridians, and thirty-six hidden meridians. There must be a combination that surpasses all other mental cultivation methods in the world.

The twenty-four meridians of external martial arts are not so complicated; in fact, they do not require much thought. Once all of them are mastered, the problem is solved.

First, we can rule out the possibility of fully connecting all eight extraordinary meridians, twelve regular meridians, and thirty-six hidden meridians, because the Songyang School's Meridian Scripture is an example of this. It's likely that other martial arts holy sites also have similar mental cultivation methods. The internal energy cultivated in this way is stable and balanced, but it is definitely not the strongest.

Throughout history, the pinnacle of martial arts, the grandmasters, and the great masters have explored countless paths, which have led to the myriad categories of internal energy cultivation methods in the world.

The most mainstream martial arts path in the world today is the Heavenly Martial Divine Skill of the Zhang family of the Emperor, which divides internal energy cultivation methods into six categories. In each category, one strives to reach the pinnacle of the world, but does not pursue being the strongest in the world.

The Taiqing Master family also followed this line of thinking, which is why they developed the Six Arts of Xuantian.

However, although these two approaches led to the creation of two of the five great martial arts families, with the Zhang family producing a peerless master and the Shi family standing strong through two dynasties, they are far inferior to the three great holy lands of the martial arts world today.

Whether it's the Songyang School, Shaochan Temple, or Longzang Temple, none of them have reached the pinnacle of martial arts in every direction. The martial arts of the three great martial arts holy lands have formed a wonderful system that supports each other, such as the Tathagata Ten Powers of Longzang Temple and the Xuanhuang Ten Transformations of Songyang School.

During the discussion, Sun Yanwan abandoned the idea of ​​creating the strongest martial arts manual in the world, as well as the idea of ​​creating a comprehensive and profound manual that encompasses all aspects of strength, softness, yin, and yang. Instead, she wanted to create a unique skill that allowed her to freely change the attributes of her internal energy, thereby achieving complete control and wielding all martial arts techniques in the world.

When Ba Tianmo and Wuying Hou heard this idea, they both strongly opposed it, believing it to be impossible!

Once any internal energy cultivation method in the world is practiced, the internal energy attribute becomes fixed, and there is no possibility of changing the method.

This is already a well-known fact, and countless people have tried it, all to no avail.

Sun Yanwan discussed with the two for more than ten days and tried countless methods. Finally, she admitted that the two were right and that such a martial arts technique could not possibly exist.

This discussion deepened his admiration for Master Feng, who may have had similar thoughts back then.

This founding patriarch of the Songyang School must have tried countless times and failed countless times before creating the Xuanhuang Scripture.

The Xuanhuang True Qi can be transformed into several other types of True Qi. Although it cannot achieve countless transformations, arbitrarily change attributes, or convert power without restriction to drive any martial art in the world, it is already an unprecedented innovation.

Sun Yanwan discussed the past ten days with Wuyinghou and Batianmo, reviewed the various martial arts manuals they had collected, and constantly verified what she had learned. Through this process of analogy and understanding, she suddenly had a flash of inspiration one morning. After trying for a whole morning, she actually found three methods for circulating true qi.

These three methods of circulating true qi can all be transformed into other forms of power, just like the Xuanhuang Scripture. However, they are not as profound as the Xuanhuang Scripture. The best method can only transform into three types of power, while the worst method can only transform into one type of power.

Sun Yanwan told Ba Tianmo and Wuyinghou about her discovery that day, and both of them were extremely shocked.

Ba Tianmo immediately announced that he was going into seclusion, but Wuying Hou, holding the true energy of these three mental cultivation methods that could only be converted into one type of power, pondered for a day and a night, because this true energy could only be converted into Wuying True Energy.

Sun Yanwan didn't see any use for these three mental techniques either.

After all, none of the mental cultivation methods were as good as the Xuanhuang Scripture, and the converted true energy was not a powerful technique. To him, it was quite useless.

Wuyinghou leaned against the railing, watching the rising sun. He tried to transform his internal energy, and suddenly burst into laughter, shouting, "I understand, I understand! This is my way out!"

He landed with a leap, his body swaying slightly, leaving two or three afterimages in his wake. His lightness skill was already unparalleled, but now he had taken it to an even higher level.

Sun Yanwan was also taken aback and asked, "How did you do that?"

After pondering for a long time, Wuying Hou said, "The mental cultivation method you created is not perfect, but the approach is correct. It just happens to fill in some of the flaws in my Wuying mental cultivation method. By constantly switching between these two mental cultivation methods, you can break through the upper limit of a single mental cultivation method. True Qi and body become one, the body becomes lighter and lighter, the lightness skill becomes faster and faster, and the attack can be two or three points faster."

Wuyinghou smiled slightly, extremely pleased, and said, "Sun Yanwan, you helped me cultivate and opened up a completely new path of martial arts. I, Wuyinghou, am deeply grateful for this favor. I can swear here that I will never kill a single member of the Sun family in this lifetime."

He glanced at Sun Yanwan and added, "This only applies to your descendants and concubines; your disciples, students, and adopted sons don't count."

(End of this chapter)