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

Chapter 62 The Divine Power of All Nature

The only thing you can try is the martial arts treasures of the Murong and Wang families that are nearby: Langhuan Jade Cave and Huanshi Water Pavilion.

As a fellow Gusu native, the Murong family existed a hundred years ago. The last head of the family, Murong Fu, was insane and no one knew whether he had any descendants. Wu Chengyu specifically asked Wu Zhenghui about this. As a local tyrant in Gusu, Wu Zhenghui had never heard of anyone with the surname Murong in Gusu.

This proves the saying that once three autumns have passed, the martial arts world will quickly forget you.

Wu Chengyu still asked Wu Zhenghui to help find out the news about the Murong family, such as whether there were any signs of human habitation on the islands in Taihu Lake, but there was no further news in the short term.

In the absence of a famous teacher or secret manuals on internal skills, Wu Chengyu could only find a way on his own.

The only thing that was useful to him was the Quanxing Taoist Canon that he had brought back from Hangzhou according to the map left by Taoist Mo.

Although it was called a Taoist Canon, the wooden box had just been filled up, and there was no valuables inside. If there was any silver, it would have been spent by Taoist Mo long ago. Wu Chengyu was not in a hurry to open it after returning to Wujiaopo, and only remembered it now.

There are very few things inside. First of all, there are a few scrolls of bamboo slips, which should be Taoist scriptures dedicated to Quan Xing. I wonder if they were passed down by Yang Zhuzi himself.

The reason why I say "should" is that it is all in large seal characters from the Spring and Autumn Period. Wu Chengyu couldn't understand a single word and couldn't guess it at all. He wouldn't feel sorry if such a Taoist canon was burned in a fire, and I don't know why Quan Xingren tried so hard to keep it.

Then there are four volumes of animal skins, which are translation versions of bamboo slips left by later generations. Three of them expound the three major concepts of Quanxing Taoism: valuing life, valuing oneself, and preserving one's nature.

Wu Chengyu could understand this version, at least he knew all the characters. However, it was difficult to read and made no sense. Wu Chengyu had to guess to understand the general meaning.

The phrase "Guisheng" (noble life) is also called "quansheng" (full life). It means "nothing in the world is more precious than the body." It also means "full life is the best, incomplete life is second, death is third, and forced life is the worst." It also means "all six desires are properly met." Specifically speaking, this implies a strong emphasis on health preservation.

Chongji further elaborated on the preciousness of life, believing that preserving oneself is the most important thing and that life should not be harmed. He also believed that sensual life is the important meaning of life and disagreed with abstinence. Whether it is the desire for sound, color, mouth, or sex, as long as one knows when to stop, it is enough.

The last one is the whole nature, which is also a summary of the previous two. It means to follow the nature of nature and live life to its fullest. The whole nature means to preserve authenticity and not be burdened by material things.

Wu Chengyu read it over and over again before he came up with this summary. In a nutshell, it means to value life and yourself, to follow nature, and not be burdened by external things.

With Wu Chengyu's superficial understanding, he also felt that Quan Xing had a sense of selfishness. No wonder both Confucianism and other Taoist schools attacked and suppressed Quan Xing.

As for Wu Chengyu, he had absolutely no intention of speaking up for Quan Xing, let alone becoming Quan Xing's successor, although he agreed with some of its ideas. He believed that people should enjoy life, and abstinence was not suitable for him. Apart from that, he had no feelings for Quan Xing at all.

Only the last roll of animal skin caught Wu Chengyu's attention. It turned out to be a set of exercises, which was completely a Taoist internal energy method. There was also a diagram of the human body's meridians and internal force circulation. Some of the exercise paths in it were completely new to Wu Chengyu.

In addition, there are some meridians that do not appear in ordinary human meridian maps. According to Wu Chengyu's understanding, these should be hidden meridians.

This discovery greatly excited Wu Chengyu. The characteristics and power of each family's internal skills are different, which largely depends on whether there are hidden veins and how to use them.

Especially those internal skills with special functions or special properties are due to their unique hidden meridians.

For example, there is the Beiming Divine Art or the Xingxing Dafa that can absorb the internal energy of others, the Flame Knife or the Xuanming Divine Palm that have ultimate properties, the Shenzhaojing that can effectively treat internal injuries, the Bahuang Liuhe Weiwoduzhong Gong that can maintain eternal youth, and the Xiaowuxiang Gong that can transform various internal forces for one's own use.

As time went on, as those magical skills were lost, much of the knowledge about hidden meridians was lost. Huang Yaoshi, one of the Five Great Masters, only knew of six hidden meridians. Wu Chengyu's Bilang Heart Method inherited the three hidden meridians of the Bilang Heart Method, but these three hidden meridians were more of a foundation and did not fundamentally change the nature of internal strength.

Under the premise that Wu Chengyu vowed not to seek a master again in this life, he had almost no way to obtain more information about the hidden veins unless a secret manual of magical skills came from heaven.

Then, this magical secret book really fell from the sky?

Wu Chengyu communicated with the bamboo slips in his consciousness, and the bamboo slips gave an evaluation of this technique at the right time.

The Quanxing Wuming Kungfu is a fundamental Quanxing Kungfu from the Spring and Autumn Period. It is a top-level magical skill founded by Yang Zhuzi and adheres to the three major concepts of Quanxing: valuing life, valuing oneself, and being complete.

Guisheng: A superb health-preserving exercise that continuously develops the body's potential, improves bone quality, expands meridians, increases lifespan, and maintains youthfulness. If practiced successfully, one can live for thirty years and possess five hidden meridians.

Valuing oneself: The art of protecting the Dao, preserving oneself is the most important thing, dissolving external forces and expelling them from the body, making it difficult for anything to harm the body. After successful practice, a repulsive force field is formed three feet outside the body, and within three feet I am invincible, and I have five hidden meridians.

Quanxing: A method of cultivating the five senses: vision, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. When the five senses are successfully cultivated, the mysterious gate is opened, and then it is transformed into a method of spiritual cultivation, which trains the primordial spirit and possesses five hidden meridians.

Just these three things in front of him made Wu Chengyu extremely excited. This was the real secret technique of magic. He no longer cared about the Nine Yin and Nine Yang. With this magic skill, he would be invincible in the world. When the time came, returning to Peach Blossom Island and avenging his broken leg would be a piece of cake.

Apart from anything else, these fifteen hidden veins alone are already a huge treasure.

However, the following comments on the bamboo slips poured cold water on Wu Chengyu.

Disadvantages: The physiques of people in ancient times are different from those of modern people, and the spiritual energy in ancient times is different from that in modern times. It is almost impossible to successfully practice this technique.

It's over. Wu Chengyu felt like she had lost her parents. This was even more miserable than entering the bridal chamber and finding out that the bride was a man. It was basically entering the bridal chamber and finding out that the bride was not a human being.

In fact, he also understood that times have changed and people have evolved, or rather degenerated, with the changes in the environment. The Spring and Autumn Period was more than two thousand years ago, and the change of species was inevitable. The skills of that era belonged only to those sages.

As for the theory of spiritual energy, although it is illusory, based on Jin Yong's novels, with the changes of the times, martial arts are really getting worse with each generation. The martial arts in the Tianlong period were so wonderful, but they were relatively backward in the period of The Legend of the Condor Heroes and The Return of the Condor Heroes.

What about later? During the Smiling, Proud Wanderer era, the Huashan Sect's Purple Cloud Magical Skills came from Hao Datong. Although Hao Datong was one of the Seven True Masters, it's a stretch to call him a top-tier master during the Legend of the Condor Heroes era. He even lost to the newly debuted Little Dragon Girl and was even injured by Huo Du.

Such a person founded the Huashan School after the Quanzhen Sect split up, and created a book called Zixia Magical Skill, which unexpectedly became the top magic skill during the period of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer, second only to the Yi Jin Jing.

Not to mention the later periods, the martial arts masters in the Deer and the Cauldron period relied more on the exquisiteness of their moves, and it was really true that each generation was worse than the previous one.

So this time he went to a mountain of treasures but came back empty-handed. Wu Chengyu looked at the animal skins in front of him and fell into deep thought.

In this book, I don't plan on having the protagonist seek a disciple. Everything depends on himself and the help of a cheat code. The cheat code isn't as exaggerated as in other novels; it only serves a supporting role. Quan Xing's magical skills can't be practiced now. Some people will definitely say I'm deliberately suppressing them. This world is a mid-level martial arts world, or even a low-level one. A little carelessness can cause the power system to collapse. Just because Quan Xing's magical skills can't be practiced doesn't mean they're useless.

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