Shi Potian travels through Linghu Chong

Chapter 107 I'm Not Interested in Martial Arts
Dongfang Bubai keenly caught the "also" in Shi Potian's words and asked in surprise, "Young Master Linghu, have you ever seen any other martial arts that require castration of the body to practice?"

Shi Potian nodded.

Dongfang Bubai asked, "What kind of martial arts is that? Does Young Master Linghu know what it contains?"

Shi Potian did not answer the first question——

When Yue Buqun was in Fuzhou, he and Yue Lingshan were reminded that the matter of "The Book of the Sword of Exorcism" was related to the reputation of the Lin family of the Fuwei Escort Agency, and that they should not tell others that practicing the Book of the Sword of Exorcism required castration of one's self.

He only said: "That technique has been destroyed. I only know that to practice it, one must castrate oneself first, but I don't know the specific content."

Dongfang Bubai sighed deeply and said with regret: "What a pity."

There are many martial arts in this world, but only a few require castration to practice. Even if the martial arts book mentioned by Shi Potian has no direct connection with the "Sunflower Manual", it can still be said that "a stone from another mountain can be used to polish a jade."

Dongfang Bubai said again: "Young Master Linghu, what do you think of my proposal just now?"

Shi Potian refused without hesitation: "No. My master said that the secret of Zixia Magical Art must not be revealed to anyone."

Dongfang Bubai said anxiously: "It won't be leaked. Three days, I only need three days, after three days you kill me, the formula of Zixia Magic Skill will never be leaked."

Shi Potian shook his head again, his attitude firm.

His master forbade him to reveal the secret of Zixia Magical Art to anyone. Even if he killed Dongfang Bubai to silence him afterwards, he had already violated his master's words.

Not to mention, he never thought of killing anyone from beginning to end.

Dongfang Bubai couldn't understand why Shi Potian disagreed, so he threw out the "Sunflower Manual" as a bargaining chip again and said, "Zixia Secret Manual is the entry-level foundation, and Sunflower Manual is the pinnacle. You have already mastered the "Zixia Secret Manual", don't you want to take a look at the "Sunflower Manual"? "

"The path of martial arts is endless. Even if you are already the best martial artist in the world, the Sunflower Manual will never let you down. The martial arts recorded in it will definitely interest you once you take a look at them!"

Seeing that Shi Potian remained unmoved, Dongfang Bubai became completely anxious. After thinking for a while, he said, "Imagine that a celestial being comes with incense, and the energy is generated from the dantian, passing through the right kidney and swirling down to the right foot..." He directly recited the contents of the "Sunflower Manual" in an attempt to arouse Shi Potian's interest.

Yang Lianting and Qu Feiyan's martial arts skills were mediocre, so they did not understand the secret of this formula.

After hearing a few sentences, Qu Yang's mind was completely immersed in them. He felt that these few sentences were extremely exquisite and pointed directly to the great path of martial arts, making him feel as if he had suddenly realized something.

"Master Dongfang, you don't have to carry it anymore."

Shi Potian interrupted Dongfang Bubai and said, "I am not interested in martial arts."

Dongfang Invincible: "..."

Qu Yang: “…”

Yang Lianting: “…”

Qu Feiyan: “…”

Dongfang Bubai was choked by these words and his voice stopped abruptly.

There was deathly silence in the garden.

Shi Potian noticed the strange looks from the crowd and thought they didn't believe him, so he quickly explained, "I'm telling the truth. I'm really not particularly interested in martial arts."

"I practice martial arts because I can use it to kill time when I'm bored. I close my eyes and open them again, and half a day will pass. It doesn't matter what kind of martial arts I practice."

The expressions on everyone's faces became more complicated.

Practicing martial arts is never an easy thing.

Even Yang Lianting, who had the weakest martial arts among the four, had put in 120% of the effort. It was only because of his poor aptitude and the lack of a good master and good skills when he was young that he is only at this mediocre level now.

But in Shi Potian's words, practicing martial arts became "a way to kill time when bored, any martial arts is the same", but his martial arts are still the best in the world.

Qu Yang suddenly recalled the thought that came to his mind when he witnessed Shi Potian, Lu Bai and the other two fighting at Liu Zhengfeng's residence: "The Huashan Qi Sect is a force that infuriates people!"

Now it seems that his understanding at that time was still a bit superficial.

This is not just anger that makes people angry, it is clearly anger that makes people die!

Qu Feiyan and Shi Potian had a close relationship, so she didn't have so many concerns. She rolled her eyes and said, "Brother Gou, I used to think that the reason you could live well was because no one could beat you. Now it seems that I was right."

Shi Potian exclaimed "Ah", his face full of confusion.

Qu Feiyan couldn't help but ask, "Brother Gou, do you speak the same truth to your master?" She raised her voice unconsciously a little, with a hint of gritted teeth when she uttered the last four words.

Shi Potian nodded.

Qu Feiyan hesitated to speak, and finally said: "No wonder your master has the nickname 'Gentleman Sword', it's not easy for him!"

Shi Potian was confused, not understanding what his master's nickname "Gentleman Sword" had to do with his honesty. Qu Yang and the other two all looked like they agreed with him, so he couldn't help but ask, "Fei Fei, why do you say that?"

Qu Feiyan stepped forward and patted Shi Potian on the shoulder, saying earnestly: "Brother Gou, you don't have to know why. Just practice hard and always be the best in the world."

Dongfang Bubai saw Shi Potian like this, so he stopped wasting time and went straight to the point: "Young Master Linghu, what do you want in exchange for telling me the details of the Purple Cloud Magic Skill?"

Shi Potian said: "This matter is of great importance. I cannot make the decision. I must get my master's consent."

Dongfang Bubai hesitated for a moment, and finally made up his mind. He reached into his shirt pocket, took out a thin old book, handed it to Shi Potian, and said, "This book is the Sunflower Manual."

Qu Yang and the other two were all shocked. They never expected that Dongfang Bubai would just hand over the "Sunflower Manual" like that.

Yang Lianting was shocked and angry, "What are you doing! If you hide this treasure book, we still have a chance of survival. If you hand it over, we will surely die!"

Shi Potian shook his hands repeatedly and said, "Without Master's consent, I cannot tell you the Purple Cloud Divine Art."

Dongfang Bubai was startled. Seeing Shi Potian's serious and sincere eyes, he was stunned for a long time before he came back to his senses. He smiled slightly and sighed, "There really is such an open-minded gentleman in the world."

He ignored Yang Lianting and said, "Young Master Linghu, you don't need to tell me the Purple Cloud Magic Skill. I only ask you to look through the Sunflower Manual here and verify the contents with the Purple Cloud Secret Manual. I want to know if there is any problem with this manual and if I have practiced it wrong. I hope Young Master Linghu can help me."

Dongfang Bubai held the "Sunflower Manual" in both hands above his head, bent his body down, and knelt on the ground.

"I promise you."

Shi Potian knew very well how hard his master had worked to find the Sunflower Manual over the years, and he also wanted to know whether the Sunflower Manual was an evil skill. This time he did not refuse and agreed. Shi Potian opened the booklet and saw eight big characters written in the center of the first page: "If you want to practice magic skills, you must castrate yourself." When he turned to the back pages, it was filled with small characters.

There are mantras for exercising, methods for cultivation, techniques for taking elixirs, and on the title page there are also the experiences written by successive leaders of the demon cult.

The garden became quiet again.

There was only the rustling sound of Shi Potian flipping pages.

Qu Yang, Qu Feiyan, Yang Lianting and Dongfang Bubai looked at Shi Potian quietly, each with different thoughts in their minds.

Qu Yang was obsessed with music and didn't really care about martial arts.

But today, after listening to Dongfang Bubai reciting the opening formula of "Sunflower Manual", my heart was itching as if by a hundred claws, and I was eager to know what was to come.

It was just that due to Shi Potian's superb martial arts and the fact that the "Sunflower Manual" was the Huashan Sect's martial arts (which Qu Yang and the others mistakenly believed it was), they could only endure it.

Qu Feiyan was very curious about the "Sunflower Manual", an evil skill that required castration to practice, but she also knew that learning martial arts secretly was a taboo, so she did not approach him by relying on her good relationship with Shi Potian.

Seeing Dongfang Bubai looking so dirty and miserable, her heart softened. She went to bring a chair for Dongfang Bubai to sit on, and then got some water to help Dongfang Bubai wash up.

Ever since Dongfang Bubai mastered the "Sunflower Manual", he has been extremely envious and yearning for women, especially beautiful young women. However, he is not jealous, but treats them very well.

This is true for Ren Yingying, and even more so for Qu Feiyan.

——Compared to Ren Yingying, Qu Feiyan is more eloquent, better at reading people’s expressions and pleasing others.

During the time at Black Wood Cliff, Qu Feiyan kept calling Dongfang Bubai "sister and brother-in-law" and made him dote on her.

Apart from restricting her freedom, she was allowed to have almost anything she wanted. Her food and drink were all the best, and her musical instruments, such as her zither and flute, were all rare antiques.

In contrast, Ren Yingying held her hostage and forced Qu Yang to rescue Ren Woxing, which caused them to be involved in the battle for the leader of the Sun and Moon Sect, which made her even more disgusted and angry.

Dongfang Bubai thanked Qu Feiyan with gratitude, and looking at Shi Potian who was carefully flipping through the "Sunflower Manual", he thought of the scene when he first read the "Sunflower Manual".

At that time, he was already the Right Envoy of Light of the Sun-Moon Sect, and was designated by Ren Woxing as the next leader of the Sun-Moon Sect.

The moment he saw these eight words "If you want to practice magic skills, you must castrate yourself", besides being shocked and unbelievable, he also suspected that there was something wrong with "The Sunflower Manual" and that it was a trap set for him by Ren Woxing on purpose.

Especially after considering that Ren Woxing was devoted to practicing the "Star Absorbing Technique" and had never practiced the "Sunflower Manual", he was even more convinced of this point.

Therefore, in the first few years after he obtained the "Sunflower Manual", he did not try to practice it.

It was not until he took advantage of Ren Woxing's obsession and imprisoned him in the West Lake dungeon and took over the power of the Sun Moon Sect that he picked up the "Sunflower Manual", the most precious treasure of the Sun Moon Sect.

It was also for this reason that he chose to imprison Ren Woxing in the West Lake dungeon instead of killing him directly.

For this reason, he went to the West Lake Dungeon many times to interrogate Ren Woxing, but Ren Woxing insisted that there was nothing wrong with the "Sunflower Manual".

Later, he could no longer suppress the excitement in his heart and began to try to practice the "Sunflower Manual".

At first, he did not follow the instructions to castrate himself, but skipped that step and first tried to comprehend the martial arts in the practice manual. As a result, he went astray and it took him more than two months to recover.

As he studied the "Sunflower Manual" more deeply, he found that castration was indeed the best way to solve the problem of being possessed by the devil. After a struggle, he finally ruthlessly swung the knife.

Since then, he no longer encountered any bottlenecks in practicing the "Sunflower Manual", and his martial arts skills also greatly improved. He led the Sun and Moon Sect to suppress the righteous forces in the martial arts world, and won himself the title of "the best martial artist in the world".

However, he himself was becoming less and less interested in these things, and he even didn't bother to pay attention to Ren Woxing.

Every day, apart from practicing the "Sunflower Manual" and thinking about turning herself into a real woman one day, all her thoughts were on Yang Lianting.

Later, even the power of the Sun and Moon Sect was directly handed over to Yang Lianting.

As Dongfang Bubai was thinking, he noticed that Shi Potian had finished reading the Sunflower Manual, and a bit of joy appeared on his face. He immediately asked, "Young Master Linghu, is there any problem with the Sunflower Manual? Is there any problem with my practice?"

Shi Potian said: "There is nothing wrong with the Sunflower Manual, and there is nothing wrong with your practice, but this practice is due to the lack of the Purple Cloud Secret Manual. It is an evil path, not the right one."

Although Shi Potian only took a quick look at it, he already knew the "Sunflower Manual" by heart.

Most of the internal strength in the world is sought from within. First, exercise the body to fill up your qi and blood, and then refine the qi and blood into true qi, store it in the dantian, and run it through the meridians.

But, "Sunflower Manual" is different.

The "Sunflower Manual" is sought from outside.

The so-called "the goddess arrives with incense" means to draw the righteous energy between heaven and earth, or the yang energy into the body and refine the yang energy into true qi.

Compared to one's own qi and blood, the yang energy between heaven and earth is inexhaustible, but it is also more violent and difficult to control, and more dangerous than the entry of alien qi into the body.

In order to refine the Yang energy of heaven and earth into true Qi and absorb it into the meridians, one not only needs the special exercises in the "Sunflower Manual", but also needs to possess extremely deep internal strength, extremely precise control over the true Qi, and the ability to nourish the body and repair the meridians and dantian.

The former ensures that one can control the Yang energy and refine it into one's own true Qi.

The latter two ensure that damage to one's own meridians is minimized during this process.

And this is only the first step in practicing "Sunflower Manual", the real difficulty is how to introduce true energy into Dantian!
The Dantian in the lower abdomen is where one’s yang energy gathers.

When the yang energy of heaven and earth flows through the kidney meridian and reaches the dantian, it can easily cause one's own yang energy to surge, which is often referred to as spontaneous combustion of the heart fire.

Under attack from both inside and outside, even a peerless master may go insane, have his meridians severed, or even die on the spot!
The Zixia magic skill can refine different kinds of true qi, enhance the five senses and six consciousnesses, and nourish the meridians and dantian. It can be said that it fully meets all the needs of practicing "The Sunflower Manual".

The "Sunflower Manual" draws the yang energy of heaven and earth into the body, and the true energy formed by refining it is far more violent and powerful than ordinary true energy, and also makes up for the shortcoming of Zixia magic art that is insufficient to enhance strength.

The two can be said to complement each other, which is why there are Zixia Secret Book, the basics for getting started, and Sunflower Manual, the pinnacle of perfection.

However, since the Sun and Moon Sect did not have the "Purple Cloud Secret Book", it could only find another way, through castration and taking elixirs to weaken its own yang energy, cut off its own desires, nourish its meridians and dantian, and reduce the risk of going astray.

In other words, castration of one's own skin is a problem of the Demon Cult, not a problem of the "Sunflower Manual"!

The "Sunflower Manual" of their Huashan Sect is not an evil skill, but an upright and peerless skill!
This is also the reason why Shi Potian is so happy.

(End of this chapter)