The Legend of the Condor Heroes: From Being Expelled from Peach Blossom Island

Chapter 367 Deeply Rooted in Love
The cunning Wu Chengyu knew that his conspiracy theory was ultimately just a conjecture, but he was convinced that he had come across the truth.

Next, he wanted to delve deeper and continue to probe the old monster's secrets, but Princess Yuzhu's subconscious fear of the old monster was already deeply rooted, and Wu Chengyu's verbal persuasion techniques could not cover up this fear in a short time.

As Wu Chengyu's questioning deepened, Princess Yuzhu showed great resistance. Wu Chengyu knew that if he continued to press her, Princess Yuzhu's resistance would erupt, and his brainwashing process would be forced to stop.

Therefore, Wu Chengyu could only turn to other aspects, such as how the old monster was progressing in restoring the carefree and wind-riding technique.
"I wonder if the Divine Skill that Master Canmeng has always wanted to restore has been fulfilled?"

Princess Yuzhu shook her head: "It's not that easy. My great-aunt suddenly became depressed for a while. I took good care of her at the time. She seemed to want to talk to someone, so she told me about the insurmountable difficulties she encountered in her martial arts."

She said that this divine skill must be achieved through the harmony of Yin and Yang, progressing in tandem, and then using Yin and Yang to transform the Five Elements to enhance oneself, thereby reaching a state of freedom and ease in the world.

However, this divine skill is divided into four parts: one is the fundamental skill, one is specifically used to harmonize yin and yang, and then there is my Supreme Pure Yang Skill, which is a special yang attribute skill.

The only thing she lost was the original Yin-attribute cultivation technique, which is why she created the Limitless Profound Yin Technique based on the Supreme Pure Yang Technique. However, the Limitless Profound Yin Technique never met her requirements; its internal flaws were too great, with Yang dominating Yin, preventing this divine technique from truly being integrated.

Wu Chengyu nodded. All top-tier Taoist martial arts are inseparable from Yin and Yang and the Five Elements, only the process may differ.

Wu Chengyu's Innate Skill follows the path of the ancient Quanxing Gongfa, which emphasizes first unifying the five elements to replenish oneself, and then transforming the five elements into yin and yang.

This carefree wind-riding technique involves first unifying Yin and Yang, then transforming Yin and Yang into the Five Elements, thereby enhancing one's own foundation and ultimately elevating one's life level.

The two methods of cultivation follow different paths, but they lead to the same goal: to conform to the natural order and live a carefree life in the world.

Now that Wu Chengyu's Innate Skill has been perfected and the Five Elements have been unified, the version of Innate Skill that he deduced can be considered to have been fully cultivated.

To advance the level of the Innate Skill again, one must comprehend the transformation of Yin and Yang. When the Innate Skill truly unifies Yin and Yang, it may be no less powerful than the Free and Easy Wind Technique.

However, this goal is too far from Wu Chengyu's reach and requires gradual deduction; it is not something that needs to be considered in the short term.

As for the Free and Easy Wind Riding technique, it is probably based on the Northern Darkness Divine Art. The Northern Darkness Divine Art develops the acupoints of the whole body outside the dantian, and transforms the main acupoints into dantians. The primary task is to accumulate internal energy and lay the most solid foundation. It is indeed the most suitable technique for the foundation.

Absorbing others' internal energy for one's own use is merely a side effect of the Northern Darkness Divine Art. This is because the dantian and major acupoints can store internal energy, but individual cultivation cannot keep up with such a large storage space. When the space is not full, it naturally generates a suction force, actively absorbing others' internal energy for one's own use.

However, the internal energy cultivated by each person contains different characteristics of the technique and their own essence, energy and spirit, and is relatively independent. Therefore, forcibly absorbing the internal energy of others and fusing it into one will result in different attributes of various internal energy techniques and more and more impurities, which will damage one's own foundation.

The Northern Darkness Divine Skill also has the effect of dissolving impurities in other internal energy techniques, but it can never achieve true purity in the end. In fact, it has great potential for future problems, although it is not as serious as the Star Absorbing Skill.

Absorbing too many of others' techniques will eventually reveal its drawbacks over time.

Therefore, those who truly understand the essence of the Northern Darkness Divine Art focus on their own cultivation and try their best not to absorb the internal energy of others.

The Northern Darkness Divine Skill that Li Qiushui left in the Jade Cave of Langhuan emphasized absorbing the internal energy of others, like the ocean embracing all rivers. This was inherently malicious. How could Li Qiushui be so kind as to hand over such a peerless divine skill so easily? She must have made some modifications.

So when Duan Yu first started practicing the Beiming Divine Art, he fell into a trap. Fortunately, he only cultivated the two meridians in his hands, and the manual was destroyed afterward, so he wasn't completely caught in the trap. But when he got old, his body still developed serious problems.

Especially in the later part of the original novel, Duan Yu absorbed the internal energy of Kumārajīva. Kumārajīva had been practicing various martial arts forcibly and eventually went mad with evil, so in the end, all these drawbacks fell on Duan Yu.

Wu Chengyu speculated that Duan Yu would inevitably be plagued by all sorts of illnesses in his later years, and that the reason he didn't pass on the Beiming Divine Skill was probably because he knew there was a problem with it, and that his lifespan would definitely not be very long.

In contrast, although Xu Zhu also practiced the Beiming Technique, he only absorbed the internal energy of Wu Yazi, Wu Xingyun, and Li Qiushui from beginning to end. Although the three of them practiced different techniques, they were from the same school, so the drawbacks were not so great.

Besides the Northern Darkness Divine Skill, which is the fundamental technique, the Lesser Formless Skill is responsible for harmonizing Yin and Yang. Only by being formless and without shape can Yin and Yang be united.

Then, the divine skills with Yin and Yang attributes rely on the Northern Darkness Divine Skill as the foundation, and advance in tandem with the Lesser Formless Skill. After Yin and Yang are united, the five elements of the body are integrated, so that the carefree and wind-riding demeanor can be truly restored.

The old monster could obtain the Northern Darkness Divine Art from Xu Zhu, the Supreme Pure Yang Art from Lingjiu Palace, and the Lesser Formless Art from the Western Xia Imperial Palace, but she lacked the Yin-attribute divine art. Therefore, when she wanted to restore the Free and Easy Wind Control, she was missing a quarter of the content.

She attempted to create her own divine skill, but the old monster lacked the talent, skill, and martial arts prowess of the founder of the Free and Unfettered Sect, Xiaoyaozi. Therefore, the Wuji Xuanyin Gong she created was always missing some crucial elements, which could never be remedied.

Wu Chengyu suddenly remembered that the so-called Three Elders of Xiaoyao were actually four. Xiaoyaozi had taken in four disciples, three of whom appeared in Tianlong.

The only one whose name is known but who has never appeared is Li Canghai, the younger sister whom Wu Yazi truly loved and who is also Li Qiushui's younger sister. Therefore, if Xiaoyaozi divided Xiaoyao Yufeng into four parts and taught them to four different people, then the Yin attribute internal energy contained in Xiaoyao Yufeng should have been taught to Li Canghai. However, Li Canghai has long since disappeared, so the old monster is missing this part.

Wu Chengyu now understood the old monster's real problem: she had virtually no chance of succeeding.

Looking back now, the old man's sudden mention of Yipintang was probably because he wanted to find out Li Canghai's whereabouts.

Li Qiushui only learned on her deathbed that Wuyazi loved Li Canghai, and that she and Li Canghai shared the same face. She had always thought that the statue Wuyazi made was of herself.

Therefore, Li Qiushui, who had lost her own sister and was unaware that her sister had stolen her lover's heart, did not harbor deep jealousy or hatred. Instead, she still felt a strong sisterly bond with her sister. It is highly likely that Li Qiushui established Yipintang as an intelligence agency and used its intelligence capabilities to find Li Canghai's whereabouts.

It's highly likely that Yipintang contains information about Li Canghai. The old monster sent the Western Xia emperor to Yipintang to find information, and the Western Xia emperor must have discovered something there, thus gaining his own trump card, which is why he dared to confront the old monster.

This whole drama has really taken a dramatic turn; the old monster has gone through countless twists and turns, spending his entire life on it.

At this point, Wu Chengyu had learned most of what he wanted to know. The next step was to satisfy his perverse sense of humor and gossip a bit.

“I don’t think the princess actually resents Yeli Mingzhu outside. Otherwise, given the princess’s personality, she would have driven him away long ago. Moreover, although the princess often disciplined him before, she never really seriously injured him.”

Upon hearing Wu Chengyu's words, Princess Yuzhu seemed to suddenly recall Yeli Mingzhu, who was still shouting outside. Under the control of her subconscious, she no longer concealed her true feelings. Her face, which could have deterred a million soldiers, actually flushed slightly, and she rubbed her hands together gently, showing a rare hint of shyness.

"I've been with Yeli since we were little. He's always been good-looking, and everyone likes him, but I'm the one who likes him the most."

However, I was pretty back then, and he was willing to play with me. We were together every day from the age of three or four, and we didn't want to be apart for a moment. Later, we got engaged early on.

That day, we were playing a game and made a doll out of mud. He said he was the doll's father and I was the doll's mother, and that we would always be a family. I remembered those words from that moment on and will never forget them.

Later, ever since my great-aunt taught me the Supreme Pure Yang Skill, my physique and appearance have changed day by day, becoming thicker, taller, and more... like a man.

Those who have surrounded me since I was a child still flatter me on the surface, after all, I am still a princess.

But children are the most perceptive. I knew they all disliked me, but I didn't care. I only cared about Yeli's attitude.

But as we grew up, one day, Yeli started avoiding me. He started running away every day, and later, after he became an adult, he spent all his time in brothels and never saw me again.

However, since she has pledged her life to me, she cannot go back on her word. Moreover, I have been determined for many years that I will not marry anyone but Yeli Mingzhu.

No matter how much he despises me or fears me, I will not give up. The lessons I taught him before were because he dared to provoke other women and had to be severely punished.

But as his fiancée, how could I possibly hurt him? I couldn't bear to.

When my father issued the decree to arrange our marriage, I was overjoyed. Then, the very next day, I learned that he had run away overnight. But I still forgave him, since I've grown up to look like this.

So I just brought him back as a minor punishment to teach him a lesson. Whether he likes it or not, he can only belong to me for the rest of his life.

Wu Chengyu finally understood Princess Yuzhu's feelings. No matter how much she acted like a man, she was still a woman with normal sexual orientation and deep affection for Yeli Mingzhu.

Yeli Mingzhu is so lucky. Handsome guys always get benefits; he actually got Princess Yuzhu as a super gift.

After chatting about gossip, and after a period of subconscious control, coupled with unpleasant memories of the past, Princess Yuzhu finally felt sleepy. Wu Chengyu then hinted that she should rest well, and Princess Yuzhu fell asleep on the recliner in the blink of an eye.

Wu Chengyu then stood up to leave. He had gained so much by taking advantage of the situation today, and he had finally solved the mystery in his heart. He finally knew how the martial arts of Tianshan Lingjiu Palace appeared in Xixia.

He had just stepped out of Princess Yuzhu's courtyard when he saw another familiar face. A sedan chair was placed in the corner of the courtyard wall, indicating that the person had just arrived. Lying in the sedan chair was Wu Qianyu, who had just completely lost his dignity as a man.

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