Sword Roaring in the Sky

Chapter 269 One staff strike leads to divine power, possessing vast supernatural abilities!
Although the three of them first deduced the mental cultivation method, only Wuyinghou and Batianmo actually needed to do so. Sun Yanwan, on the other hand, did not need to, since the Xuanhuang Scripture pointed directly to the pinnacle, and he had cultivated it quite well.

The three only briefly discussed the extraordinary skills and then unanimously decided to give up. Sun Yanwan's Xuanhuang Ten Transformations, even if not the number one extraordinary skill in the world, was close enough. Ba Tianmo had no similar need. Wuyinghou's Tianmei Wuying was a combination of mental cultivation and extraordinary skills. He only wanted to push Tianmei Wuying to a higher level and didn't need to deduce any more extraordinary skills.

When it came to fist and palm techniques, the three men each had their own emphasis.

Ba Tianmo was born into the Northern Beggars' Clan, and his foundational martial art was the Dragon Elephant Palm. The Four Symbols Yuan Gong he created was also the most suitable for palm techniques. Therefore, with the assistance of Sun Yanwan and Wuyinghou, he revised the Dragon Elephant Returning to the Source Palm, increasing its power by at least 30%.

Wuying Hou is skilled in swordsmanship and has little need for hand-to-hand combat.

Sun Yanwan didn't actually need any palm techniques. Among the Ten Transformations of Xuanhuang, the one with the greatest advantage in palm power contests was the Xuanbing Treasure Mirror. When the palm force containing the most Yin and cold internal energy was struck, the enemy had to devote three-tenths of their strength to resist it. Even if their strength was similar, or even one or two points higher, after more than ten palm strikes, they often couldn't withstand this cold energy and would suffer a defeat.

Even when it comes to head-on battles, he has "created" his own techniques, such as the Immortal Hammer and the Immortal Fist!

The Immortal-Slaying Hammer, powered by a combination of internal and external strength, has already killed countless opponents.

The three quickly turned to weapons. Wuyinghou's swordsmanship was honed through countless trials, and Sun Yanwan's Songyang School swordsmanship was also a long-standing tradition, with little room for improvement. However, Ba Tianmo proposed revising the Divine Staff Technique.

Before the Beggars' Sect split up, one of its leaders came from the Ma family, the most powerful military clan of the previous dynasty. He brought with him a set of staff techniques, which later became the Southern Beggars' Sect's signature Li Long Staff Technique after the split.

This staff technique originated from the Ma family. Although it is not the original version of the Supernatural Staff Technique, it bears the shadows of countless Supernatural Staff Techniques.

Ba Tianmo traveled the world and collected more than a dozen supernatural staff techniques. The staff techniques he gave to Sun Yanwan were only a few of them. Later, he read through the Ma family martial arts manual that Ma Junwu had obtained. Although the manual itself was incomplete, it was enough for him to understand the general outline of the Ma family martial arts.

When Wuying Hou told Ma Junwu that he also had some fragments of martial arts manuals from the Ma family, the first military power of the previous dynasty, he was telling the truth. He had indeed collected some fragments of the Ma family's martial arts manuals.

In this martial arts simulation, both of them contributed their respective collections, managing to piece together about 70-80% of the Ma family's martial arts techniques.

The martial arts families in the world have different names. For example, the Zhang family is now revered as the Emperor Zhang family, but in the past they were called the Heavenly Martial Zhang family. The Shi family is called the Taiqing Shi family. The Miao family is called the Kuai Zai family. The Hu family is called the Dang Mo family. The Ma family was known as the Divine Power Ma family back then, which shows the status of the Divine Power Staff Technique.

The Ma family was renowned throughout the land for its martial arts skills, particularly those involving weapons, making them the foremost military clan of the previous dynasty.

There are a total of thirteen types of weapon-based martial arts, of which five have been largely lost. Although there are still some incomplete moves, they are not worth the effort for the two veteran masters. Not to mention these incomplete moves, even the complete Ma family martial arts are mostly not worth their attention.

Of the remaining eight martial arts techniques, six were fully completed. Even if one or two moves were missing, the two masters easily filled in the gaps, ensuring that they were no less impressive than the original. Among them was the Rain of Pear Blossoms Spear.

The two most precious items, besides the supernatural staff technique that Ba Tianmo wanted to complete, were the "Withering and Flourishing Blade." The former was only 40% complete, missing 50-60%, while the latter was missing 70-80%. Both Ba Tianmo and Wuying Hou sighed deeply, believing that with so much missing, it was impossible to complete.

Sun Yanwan then understood why the Miao people were called the "Happy Miao" and not the "Withered and Flourishing Miao"...

The reason for this reversal is that the Withering and Flourishing Blade was not an original creation.

However, upon closer examination, it makes perfect sense. The human body only has eight extraordinary meridians, twelve regular meridians, thirty-six hidden meridians, and twenty-four tendons. Even if our predecessors didn't exhaust all the mysteries of martial arts, the gaps they left behind wouldn't be too many. The more later generations learn from their predecessors' martial arts, the broader their knowledge becomes, and only then can they create their own techniques. How can anyone create a new style out of thin air without learning from their predecessors? For example, the Songyang School…

Well, I won't say that, it would be an insult to our ancestors.

Wuyinghou and Batianmo gave up the Kurong Blade, but Sun Yanwan planned to mention to his teacher when he returned to Songyang Sect that the Kurong Blade manuals they possessed were somewhat supplementary than those he had obtained.

Ba Tianmo suggested that the three of them focus on refining the Divine Staff Technique, which naturally had some personal motives; he wanted to fulfill the regret of the previous Beggar Clan leaders.

Wuyinghou and Sun Yanwan both agreed to this, and the three of them worked together to deduce this staff technique. After studying it, they found that this staff technique was indeed infinitely mysterious.

The mental techniques of the Supernatural Staff Technique, combined with this unparalleled staff technique, allow each strike to borrow a portion or two of the enemy's strength, thus making the Supernatural Staff Technique increasingly powerful with each use.

The Four Symbols Yuan Gong and the Heavenly Shadowless Demon are both variations of internal energy, and therefore have limits. However, the Divine Staff Technique uses three parts of internal energy and borrows seven parts from the enemy, making the power of the staff technique endless.

This illustrates the principle that human power has its limits, while the power of heaven and earth is boundless.

Once the Ma family unleashes their full power in the 81 supernatural staff techniques, no one in the world can withstand them.

Therefore, the Ma family was the number one military power in the country back then.

He was renowned for his extraordinary abilities and profound knowledge.

Throughout history, the family has produced seven or eight of the most outstanding generals of their time. With a family history spanning eight hundred years, at least three of its members have been verifiable as exceptional warriors.

Ba Tianmo and Wuying Hou both felt that while they couldn't complete the original version, they could, with their intelligence and wisdom, reinterpret a set of supernatural staff techniques using these fragments.

This time, however, the three encountered a problem. With Ba Tianmo and Wuying Hou's broad knowledge and experience, as well as their foundation as veteran masters, they managed to complete the eighty-one styles of staff techniques. However, the three of them couldn't even get a clue about the Ma family's invincible mental cultivation method that allowed them to dominate the world.

A month passed quickly. Although the three of them had studied this staff technique repeatedly and their moves had become increasingly refined, to the point that it could be considered a unique skill in the world, they still could not restore the divine power of the Ma Family's Divine Staff Technique.

One day, Sun Yanwan suddenly looked out of Tianwang Tower and felt that the surging river was not noticeable. He felt that continuing to study staff techniques was a waste of time. On this occasion, he recited the Preface to the Pavilion of Prince Teng!
As he carried the staff to the point where the sunset glowed and the lone wild goose flew together, and the autumn water blended with the sky, a sudden flash of inspiration struck him as the three men stared in astonishment at his literary talent. He understood the key to this staff technique and immediately chased away Ba Tianmo and Wuying Hou.

His reasoning was that he and his aunt were enjoying the beautiful scenery together, and the two of them were in the way.

Besides, having already gained so much from practicing martial arts together, there's no further progress to be made, so let's call it a day.

Ba Tianmo and Wuying Hou, seeing Sun Yanwan holding Shi Si's jade-like hand with a radiant smile on her face, could only smile wryly and leave Tianwang Tower together, each going their own way.

(End of this chapter)