With all these qualities, I will eventually become immortal.

Chapter 424 Exploring the Immortal Shrine: The Eight Immortals and the Spirit Official Pay Homage to the Heavenly King!
However, this method is indeed quite suitable for me.

The Weituo Mountain-Carrying Skill is a low-level true skill. If one focuses on defense, it will be overridden by the Treasure Appearance Golden Venerable Skill.

The internal strengthening type will be overwhelmed by the effect of Brahma's Prison Suppression.

Therefore, focusing on strength enhancement is just right for me.

The Shaolin Iron Crotch technique is about to break its limit, at which point this method will be perfectly integrated into the combined training of the four schools.

Perhaps through my subsequent travels, I can learn a lot of good martial arts skills from Wudang and Shaolin.

Once you have mastered more external training methods, you can then adjust your daily practice accordingly.

Even after breaking through level two, his physical endurance still couldn't support "training all five gates together".

Once I break through to master the Brahma Prison Suppression Technique, it should be about time.

Coming to his senses, he listened to Gang Ge's explanation while practicing the "Erlang Carrying the Mountain" posture.

Li Weigang's voice slowly drifted over:

"There are three important stages in practicing this method: proficiency, mastery, and perfection."

With practice, one can achieve effortless mastery, easily supporting thousands of kilograms with both arms. Of course, if you already have a good foundation, you may improve even further.

After reaching the highest level, it is called "lifting a hundred tripods". At this time, the palm force is concentrated with the power of "carrying a mountain". When it hits the target, it is as if it is crushed by a hundred tons of weight. With every move, the object it touches will shatter. It can easily break rock walls or overturn the ground.

Ahem, your brother Gang is currently working hard to reach the mastery level before reaching this stage.

When the technique is perfected, one is like a reincarnation of the legendary Bodhisattva Wei Tuo, possessing the strength to lift mountains. Beyond the further enhancement of power, when employing forceful fist techniques, one's aura and magnetic field can be as overwhelming as Mount Tai.

The minds of the weak and cowardly will be severely burdened; at best, they will lose the courage to fight you; at worst, their spirits will be shattered, and they will flee in panic, their martial will damaged.

Meng Chuan nodded repeatedly, practicing along with the exercises, and thought to himself:

"Zen Buddhism truly lives up to its reputation as a sacred place for external martial arts training; it's indeed formidable. To create a martial art with the strength of Weituo carrying a mountain—what a genius! How could I not have imagined it?"

Although the Weituo Mountain-Carrying Skill is a low-level true skill, its power is beyond doubt.

There are many other ways to increase strength.

However, once perfected, it can enhance one's aura and magnetic field, which is a relatively rare effect in martial arts.

In particular, now that he has grasped the "Inventive Form of the Imagery," when he activates it, his fist power can transform from an illusion into reality, altering the reality.

At that time, one can also gain the blessing of martial arts power from this method, thereby further enhancing the power of the artistic conception.

Meng Chuan snapped out of his daze and continued practicing with Brother Gang.

After learning the Wei Tuo breathing method, I practiced the Great Circulation three times and quickly mastered it.

With two even more powerful martial arts techniques already established, the practice of the Weituo Mountain-Carrying Skill is not as difficult as Brother Gang described.

Seeing how quickly Meng Chuan mastered the skill, Li Weigang felt a pang of admiration.

I practiced for more than half a month when I first started, but this kid practiced for less than an hour.
It can only be said that he truly deserves the title of Innate Mortal Body.
Before leaving, Meng Chuan copied a copy of the "Bao Xiang Jin Zun Gong" and left it for Gang Ge.

Master Dong has already handed this method over to the United University Martial Arts Pavilion, and it can be made public.

Now that he holds the original text containing the true essence of martial arts, he can be considered the new generation successor of the Golden Venerable of Precious Appearance.

He has the right to hand it over to Brother Gang, and he won't make any mistakes.

This handwritten copy contains many of my own insights, which will be helpful to Brother Gang's spiritual practice.

Li Weigang was quite moved after reading it.

"Thank you very much, Xiao Meng. This external martial art is extremely valuable. I will study it in detail after I break through to the second level."

"Okay, if there's anything you don't understand, Brother Gang, just give me a call. Don't be shy!"

"no problem!"

After saying goodbye to Li Weigang, Meng Chuan then looked at the newly learned martial arts on the panel:

[Weituo Carrying the Mountain Skill: Beginner Level (2%) - Awaiting Breakthrough]

[Limit Breaking Trait: Strength to Carry Mountains (Intermediate)]

"I've only just started, yet I've already improved my proficiency a bit. It seems I'm very close to the realm of 'effortless mastery,' or perhaps my strength simply far exceeds the description of that proficiency level, hence the low difficulty of cultivation."

After all, it's a beginner-level skill, one of the easier skills to cultivate among all the true skills.

In addition, his solid foundation in physical training made his cultivation efforts much more efficient.

As Meng Chuan headed towards the Dingxian Temple on Anren Street, he pondered:

"Once my groin strength breaks through its limits, I will begin practicing. This is my first time training, a physical martial art that focuses on strength."

The effect on improving physical strength should be quite noticeable.

Furthermore, he can liberate his body through the [Flower of Flesh], increasing his strength by a percentage on top of his base power.

Practicing the Weituo Mountain-Carrying Exercise is equivalent to reaping three parts harvest from one part effort.

The power boost after liberation is even stronger, making it practically invincible.

Finally, the "Power to Carry Mountains" trait, which breaks through limits, sounds pretty good too.

It is estimated to be related to further enhancing power after breaking the limit.

The extreme approach I took suited me quite well.

As I said before, it would be even better if I could improve my physical training talent and comprehension.
Learning the techniques took a while. When he arrived at the gate of Dingxian Temple, Meng Chuan checked his watch.

It's already six o'clock in the afternoon.

He is currently at the outer entrance of Dingxian Temple.

It was originally called the "Baxian'an Cultural Complex Square".

With the reform of Wuci Temple, the vendors who used to set up stalls and tell fortunes around the square have all disappeared.

Putting aside the matter of external training for the moment, Meng Chuan stepped into the square and looked around.

The tourists of yesteryear are all gone, leaving me wandering alone, feeling somewhat lonely and desolate.

After all, this place is famous for offering incense and drawing lots to pray for good fortune from the Eight Immortals.

With the reform of Wuci Temple, all of these things have come to an end.

Meng Chuan felt a surge of emotion, as if a new chapter had been turned in a history book.

The old-fashioned beliefs in incense were ultimately submerged by the tide of the new era.

After passing through the square, you will arrive at the interior of Dingxian Temple.

Originally, it was divided into three main halls: front, middle, and rear, as well as two courtyards on the east and west sides.

Later, with the reforms of the Qi and Blood Martial Arts era, Baxian Temple was upgraded from a Taoist temple to an "academy," and the two courtyards were used as student dormitories. The front hall was left for tourists to enter and worship.

The middle and rear halls were also converted into martial arts teaching areas.

The first building in the front hall is the Lingguan Hall, which enshrines Wang Lingguan.

He is the foremost guardian deity of Taoism, known as "Marshal Wang, the Impartial Enforcer of the Law".

In most Taoist temples, the statues are usually placed at the front gate in order to ensure peace and protection.

Meng Chuan stepped into the hall and took a quick look.

The spirit official was gone, leaving only the gilded base engraved with cloud patterns and the Eight Trigrams, standing bare.

The Wuci Temple was reorganized, and no temples or Taoist monasteries were allowed to have any gods or Buddhas.

Although it is still unclear whether the other seven immortals besides Lü Zu have been convicted of demonic possession.

However, judging from the current situation, let alone the Eight Immortals, the entire Taoist temple has been converted into a martial arts shrine.

Even if a kennel had been built for the Celestial Hound inside the temple, it would have to be removed.
Meng Chuan knew in his heart:

"I'm afraid that's the significance of the Martial Shrine. It can only contain traces of martial arts, and no incense or religious beliefs are allowed to exist there."

Passing through the Lingguan Hall, you'll find the original Baxian Temple, which housed statues of the Eight Immortals and served as the main place for tourists to offer incense and prayers.

【Eight Immortals Hall】.

The interior remains grand and solemn.

It was just like what I had seen in the Lingguan Hall just now.

The Eight Immortals are gone; only eight large seats remain.

After losing the object of worship, Meng Chuan's memory of the rich scent of incense vanished completely.

Buddhism and Taoism are the orthodox representatives of ancient martial arts and represent the greatest lineage of martial arts from ancient times to the present.

It marked the beginning of a golden age for martial arts and laid a solid foundation.

The ancient holy site of Quanzhen Taoism has now fallen into ruin.

Meng Chuan couldn't help but feel sentimental and nostalgic.

Here, scattered here are tourists from other places who have come from afar.

These people didn't check the latest announcements online and ended up missing out.

There was nothing there, just a desolate place, so they had no choice but to leave, completely bewildered.

Seeing that Meng Chuan was still standing there watching, a tourist returning from deeper inside kindly reminded him:
"Brother, don't go in. The Eight Immortals Temple has suddenly been converted into some kind of shrine. There's nothing inside."

They wouldn't even let us into the innermost school; it was a wasted trip, truly bad luck.

Meng Chuanchao smiled, then vanished in the other's eyes like a gentle breeze.

"Hiss! Is this a powerful martial artist, or... the Dao Ancestor himself manifesting?"

Meng Chuan walked through the area of ​​the front hall to the last [Doumu Hall].

There's nothing to see; it's still empty.

Standing outside the central hall, which is now the [Dingxian Martial Arts Academy].

He could smell that the aura representing martial arts in the air had become noticeably stronger.

Meng Chuanxian strolled around outside the door, taking a casual look.

Let's see if we can evoke that inexplicable feeling that surfaced last night.

After a moment, there was no reaction whatsoever.

He then returned to the academy gate, ready to go inside.

Standing at the gatehouse, with the aid of the Qi Observation Technique, Meng Chuan sensed that the Qi was becoming more pronounced.

However, upon closer examination, it often carries a sense of approaching old age.

It's not that there's no vibrant martial arts spirit, but rather that it's too weak.

"The temple was in a period of food shortage, and this is the root cause of the Eight Immortals being corrupted by demons."

[Immortal] is someone who becomes a god through incense offerings, but faces the corruption of celestial demons.

Besides the blessing of incense and faith, it also needs to rely on the luck of martial arts to maintain itself.

Meng Chuan said that apart from one aura as bright as the sun in the sky, the rest were not even as good as himself.

The owner of that aura was none other than Daoist Wuyang.

Within the academy, he mostly relied on himself to support the entire institution.

"The old Taoist priest has it tough; he's carrying the entire academy on his own."

The characteristics of Taoist practices are high barriers to entry and slow results.

In addition, the Eight Immortals Temple was smaller and less established than the Wutian Celestial Master's Mansion.

And failing to keep up with the times in Qi and Blood Martial Arts, its decline was to be expected.

The "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea" mural at the entrance of the academy has also been demolished, leaving only a mottled gray wall.

Although I feel sorry for the changes to Dingxian Temple, it is a choice made by the times.

Meng Chuan concluded with a sigh:

"Nothing in this world is perfect. If the era of Qi and Blood Martial Arts had not been created, humanity would probably have been wiped out by the Heavenly Demons long ago."

With the world changing hands, there's no need to talk about things like demon-infected temples anymore.

At the gatehouse, he knocked on the glass, interrupting:

"Hello, I am a student from Beilian University. I've come to your college to see Daoist Wuyang."

The first thing to do is to see the abbot of the academy, the Six Limits Heavenly King.

The gatekeeper was surprised, wondering if the young man was joking.

He was dressed in a shabby Taoist robe. After getting up from the recliner, he carefully examined the other person's face.

Upon seeing Meng Chuan's face, his previously lazy expression suddenly turned serious.

He had seen this person on TV before, and only then did he remember that this kid was the "number one martial arts genius" in the entire Yong'an City.

(End of this chapter)