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

Chapter 369 The Mystery of the Life and Death Talisman
Feeling that he had found some clues, Wu Chengyu finally had nothing more to ask. He patted Wu Qianyu on the shoulder, expressing his condolences for this absolutely pitiful person, and then silently turned and left.

Wu Qianyu was left alone in the sedan chair, still agonizing over the upcoming marriage of Yeli Mingzhu and Princess Yuzhu, letting her sorrow flow like a river.

Like Princess Yuzhu who had already fallen asleep, when Wu Qianyu woke up, she would only remember that she had chatted with Wu Chengyu for a while. She would not care at all what she had said or done. Her memories of them would still be there, but she would subconsciously put those memories out of her mind and not delve into them.

Wu Chengyu returned to his courtyard, instructed the maid to prepare hot water, and then dismissed the maid. He sat alone in the bath. Now the entire Yangwu Guild knew the reason why he was not interested in women, and the guild no longer needed the maid to spy on him by helping him bathe.

He tilted his head back, closed his eyes, and felt the warmth emanating from his skin. His whole body was completely relaxed, but his mind was racing, pondering the information he had received that day.

The old monster's identity as Meng Gu has been confirmed. Wu Chengyu has also basically figured out what she wants to do. One day in the future, she will use the Beiming Divine Art to absorb the internal energy of Princess Yuzhu and Wu Qianyu in order to achieve the balance of Yin and Yang and completely master the Free and Unfettered Wind Control.

It must be said that this method is very creative. After thinking it over, Wu Chengyu realized that this method was not a wild idea and had a certain success rate.

But Wu Chengyu would definitely not let the old monster get what he wanted. If this extremely vicious person were to master the Free and Unfettered Wind Control technique, there would really be no one in the world who could control her, and who knows how many people would be killed in the future.

The best approach would be to strike first and eliminate either Princess Yuzhu or Wu Qianyu, cleanly and decisively, leaving no future troubles. However, such a ruthless approach would seem somewhat inadequate for the old monster's years of painstaking planning.

If, at the moment of her success, she were to suddenly discover that everything she had achieved over the past century was a fleeting dream, and then fall into utter despair after extreme joy, that would be consistent with Wu Chengyu's consistent style of doing things.

Therefore, eliminating Wu Qianyu or Princess Yuzhu is only a last resort to ensure the old monster's ultimate defeat. Before that, Wu Chengyu still wants to test his skills against the old monster, as such an opponent is extremely rare.

Now only two questions remain troubling Wu Chengyu.

One question is what exactly the Western Xia royal family discovered in Yipintang, and what kind of trump card made them no longer afraid of the old monster.

He had too little information to make any deductions, so Wu Chengyu decided to find an opportunity to sneak into the palace at night to see what secrets were hidden there.

Another question is why the old monster made Princess Yuzhu cultivate the Supreme Pure Yang Technique, which women cannot practice, and why he made Wu Qianyu cultivate the Limitless Profound Yin Technique, which turned him into a cross-dresser. Wu Chengyu felt that only by understanding this point could he truly find the old monster's weakness.

The ambiguous gender of Princess Yuzhu and Wu Qianyu is due to a forced yin-yang swap, which the old monster clearly did intentionally and must have had a specific purpose. Ultimately, all of this should be attributed to the concept of yin and yang.

The Xiaoyao Sect's divine skill begins with the control of Yin and Yang, making it extremely difficult to master. So much so that Xiaoyaozi had to divide the Xiaoyao Yufeng into four parts in order to pass it on, just as the original Quanxing Wuming Divine Skill could not be cultivated and had to be modified.

I don't know if something has happened to the world, but things from the past can no longer adapt to the changes of today.

The Yin-Yang unity of the Free and Unfettered Wind and the Yin-Yang transformation of the Six Yang Palms of Tianshan are the true foundation of the Free and Unfettered School's martial arts.

Wu Chengyu's innate skill is based on the Five Elements and then transforms into Yin and Yang. Now he has reached the stage of studying the changes of Yin and Yang. Of course, his understanding of the unity of Yin and Yang is definitely not as good as the old monster's, but his foundation is extremely solid. Compared with the old monster's opportunism, he is not at a disadvantage.

To understand the old monster's intentions, one must first understand her methods of controlling Yin and Yang. This is not something that can be done by simply talking about it. Even if everyone in the world knew this, how many people could truly understand it? Wu Chengyu is now absolutely qualified.

Therefore, the twelve life-and-death talismans that he risked to allow the old monster to implant in his body were the key to understanding the true meaning of the Free and Unfettered Sect's martial arts.

The human body has twelve meridians, six yin and six yang. Therefore, the Xiaoyao Sect created the Tianshan Six Yang Palm, which is both yang and yin, based on this.

The Life and Death Talisman is the product of the Six Yang Palms of Tianshan reaching its highest level. It contains twelve secret techniques for Yin-Yang transformation, which encompass the Xiaoyao Sect's understanding of Yin and Yang.

If Wu Chengyu can fully comprehend the mysteries of these twelve techniques, it will be equivalent to deciphering the secrets of the Xiaoyao Sect's martial arts.

Not only could he understand the old monster's motives for those inexplicable actions, but he also found a way to improve his innate skill to the next level.

Thinking of this, Wu Chengyu no longer hesitated. His previous goal was to master the Innate Skill as soon as possible to counter the Northern Darkness Divine Skill. Therefore, the twelve Life and Death Talismans in his body were still there, which was a hidden danger.

Wu Chengyu began by planting the first Life and Death Talisman on the Taiyin Lung Meridian of his hand.

Without external activation and before a year had passed, the Life and Death Talisman had perfectly concealed itself within Wu Chengyu's meridians. Even with his internal vision, Wu Chengyu couldn't find its trace, but the Life and Death Chain could force it to manifest. Wu Chengyu once again used the Life and Death Chain on the meridians near his Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian, inevitably causing him excruciating pain.

Despite the excruciating pain, Wu Chengyu's veins bulged on his body, and even the water in the bathtub rippled without a breeze.

He gradually channeled his inner energy into controlling the Life and Death Chain, and finally, through this intense pain, he forced out the hidden Life and Death Talisman.

All of these methods utilize the changes and stimulation of the meridians themselves to act on the body's internal systems. Without the life-and-death chain, the life-and-death talisman cannot be forced out, and without introspection, one cannot discover the true mystery of the life-and-death talisman that has appeared.

Only Wu Chengyu could do this, and the Life and Death Chain and the Life and Death Talisman seemed to be mutually reinforcing and mutually restraining.

As the Life and Death Talisman was activated amidst excruciating pain, Wu Chengyu once again felt that unbearable itching emanating from within his body. He immediately increased the intensity of the Life and Death Chain, using the intense pain to suppress the itching of the Life and Death Talisman, while carefully observing the changes in the Life and Death Talisman.

First, there is the natural exchange of Yin and Yang after leaving the body. When it enters a Yin meridian, it becomes Yin, and when it enters a Yang meridian, it becomes Yang. Then, when it occurs, it automatically changes its attributes, causing Yin-Yang conflict in the meridians.

This alone surpasses most martial arts techniques in the world. Wu Chengyu slowed down the transformation process of the Life and Death Talisman by forcing it through the Life and Death Chain, and then gradually revealed the transformation process.

Despite the excruciating pain, Wu Chengyu observed this change more than a dozen times, finally understanding how the Life and Death Talisman changed its properties on its own after entering the human body.

Surprisingly, it is also related to the Five Elements. The five internal organs of the human body correspond to the Five Elements and are also divided into Yin and Yang. After the Life and Death Talisman enters the body, it will automatically absorb Yin and Yang Qi from the five internal organs. According to the Five Elements cycle of the five internal organs, it forms an operating mechanism. This operating mechanism is limited to one year, so it will take effect once a year.

At the same time, the Life and Death Talisman also uses the power of the Five Elements to transform Yin and Yang.

When Wu Chengyu understood this, he admired Xiaoyaozi, the creator of this martial art, to the point of complete awe. This technique was extremely profound and the imagination was beyond the heavens. Only someone who had a thorough understanding of Yin and Yang, the Five Elements, and the meridians and internal organs of the human body could do it.

If Wu Chengyu hadn't been able to control the changes of the Life and Death Talisman with the Life and Death Chain, and if his own innate skill of the Five Elements hadn't been perfected, he wouldn't have been able to discover this at all.

The Xiaoyao Sect's control over Yin and Yang allows them to communicate with the five elements of the human body from the very beginning. Once Yin and Yang are united, they can naturally transform Yin and Yang into the five elements, thus achieving a true state of carefree existence.

This surpasses Wu Chengyu's innate skill, because even after Wu Chengyu perfected the Five Elements, he still couldn't find a way to communicate with Yin and Yang. Only the original Quanxing Nameless Divine Skill can truly be compared with the Free and Easy Wind Riding Skill. Wu Chengyu's improved version is ultimately a step behind.

But now that he understood how the Life and Death Talisman changed and how it involved the five internal organs and the five elements of the human body, Wu Chengyu immediately found a way to remove the Life and Death Talisman.

He did the opposite, using his mastery of the Innate Skill to control his own internal organs and the Five Elements, severing the connection between the Life and Death Talisman and the Five Elements, making the Life and Death Talisman a rootless tree and water without a source.

Without the energy supply from his internal organs to the Life and Death Talisman, the original internal energy contained in the Life and Death Talisman, no matter how pure, would be limited.

Then, Wu Chengyu used his own internal energy to continuously wear down the Life and Death Talisman, and soon completely removed the Life and Death Talisman from the Lung Meridian of Hand Taiyin.

Immediately afterwards, Wu Chengyu used the same method to eliminate the other eleven Life and Death Talismans in his body, and carefully studied the technique of planting Life and Death Talismans.

Each technique is different, the method of Yin and Yang interchange is different, and even the corresponding human organs are different, resulting in vastly different effects.

The interplay of Yin and Yang, the balance of Yin and Yang, the deficiency of Yin and the excess of Yang, the embracing of Yang with Yin, the growth of Yin and the inversion of Yang by Yin—all these techniques were presented to Wu Chengyu as if turning the pages of a book.

Each of these techniques contains the secrets of the Tianshan Six Yang Palms, and Wu Chengyu can even use these secrets to recreate the Tianshan Six Yang Palms.

If Wu Chengyu were given the manual for the Tianshan Six Yang Palms now, he could master it completely in just a few days, and even reach a state of perfection. After all, other practitioners of the Tianshan Six Yang Palms cannot perceive all the changes of Yin and Yang within their own bodies.

After Wu Chengyu eliminated all the life-and-death talismans, he gained a breakthrough understanding of the changes in yin and yang in the human body, and he also understood the mystery of the mutual transformation between the five elements and yin and yang. At this point, his innate skill finally found a direction for further advancement.

At the same time, Wu Chengyu finally understood why the old monster insisted on going against the grain and making Princess Yuzhu and Wu Qianyu cultivate a completely Yin-Yang inverted technique. In the end, it all came down to the old monster's own lack of ability and the Wuji Xuanyin Gong's flaws, so he had to find a unique path.

(End of this chapter)