Sword Roaring in the Sky

Chapter 23 The Nine Ranks of Martial Arts

Zhang Qingxi felt sorry for his fellow apprentice, so he took Lin Jing and Zhang Faner to bury the heads. When the two children learned that this was the real culprit who massacred the town, their faces turned red with anger. They hit the two heads with hoes seventy or eighty times, smashing them to pieces, and each of them urinated.

Sun Yan finally recovered by the evening.

The strong laborers of the Tianshe Gang had already done a lot of work and had cleared out other houses long ago. He arranged separate accommodation for the two Taoist boys and restored peace and quiet.

He has gradually adapted to this world where there are no heroes in the martial arts world, where life is dull and uneventful, but when heroes appear, it is a world of blood and gore.

After Yuchi Wugong left, Taiyi Temple became peaceful and harmonious again. A few days later, the Lao family father and daughter brought hundreds of Scorpio believers to Taiyi Temple and settled down in the nearby town.

With the addition of several hundred laborers, the repair speed of Taiyi Temple suddenly increased.

In fact, Zhang Yuanqiao and Zhang Qingxi are not good at civil engineering. Although Sun Yanwan is not good at it either, when he was on Earth, he loved to browse luxury home bloggers like Uncle Xiao Ai, and he also watched many videos about the most beautiful homes in the world. Although the Taoist temple cannot be copied, he has countless creative ideas, so he took over the task of renovating Taiyi Temple. In addition, this group of unpaid laborers were very obedient when driven, and the renovation of Taiyi Temple was really unique.

Sun Yanwan also directed these people to build a number of tall towers and pavilions, the kind built with stones more than ten feet high, with a platform built with logs on top, cofferdams on all four sides, and a roof on top.

This was his bad taste. In his previous life, he watched a movie that received a lot of bad reviews online. The villain immortal in the movie sat in a similar building and commanded the crows to do bad things.

He felt that this type of building not only allowed for viewing the scenery but was also suitable for meditation and cultivation. It was particularly pretentious and was both practical and impractical.

It’s a pity that there is no glass in this world. This kind of tall tower pavilion can only be used when the weather is good. It can provide a cover when it rains, but it really can’t withstand the scorching heat or severe cold.

Sun Yanwan led the Scorpio Cult and the Sky Snake Gang to repair the Taoist temple and rebuild the town at the foot of the mountain. The original inhabitants of this town had been killed by the brothers Du Wanli and Du Qianxing, with the Scorpio Cult being the perpetrators. Although the two brothers were now dead and the Scorpio Cult was back in the hands of Lao Qingshan and his daughter, he still felt a strange feeling every time he visited the town.

It's really inconsistent...

In a blink of an eye, more than two months passed, and Sun Yanwan made further progress in his diligent practice of the Ziwu Sutra. One night, the fourth meridian suddenly loosened, and a strand of true energy flowed through it.

He was so excited that he told his master and senior brother the good news the next morning.

Zhang Yuanqiao was silent for a moment and told him not to tell anyone else.

Sun Yanwan didn't know why, but she was extremely obedient and didn't tell the fourth person about this.

On the day that Sun Yanwan opened up his fourth meridian, he was busy daydreaming that as long as he opened up one more meridian, his master would teach him a set of boxing techniques.

He now only knows the Hu family's demon-slaying sword technique and no other martial arts. This set of martial arts is passed down from the Hu family's ancestors and should not be seen by others.

Hunyuan Posture is just an internal skill. Even when fighting with others, ordinary martial artists cannot see through it. Although most people in the martial arts world may not have seen the Demon-Slaying Sword Technique, after all, being proficient in hundreds of martial arts is a top-notch technical job, the probability of being recognized is ultimately greater.

After he finished his own training at night, when he went to instruct Lin Jing and Zhang Faner, he suddenly discovered that the talents of these two Taoist children seemed to be a little average.

Lin Jing was a bit smarter, having already mastered the seventeen movements of Hunyuan Zhuang Gong. Zhang Faner was a bit clumsy, having only mastered six movements of Hunyuan Zhuang Gong...

Well, the difference in the aptitude of the two Daoist children is quite large. Sun Yanwan had been busy cultivating before and hadn't given it much thought. But today, after he opened up his fourth meridian, his mind, which had been tense and strained to the extreme, relaxed a little, and he thought about this question.

Sun Yanwan pondered, "I've been practicing with Master Miao Youxiu for over a month now, and I've already mastered all thirty-six Hunyuan Postures of the Hu family. How come Lin Jing and Zhang Faner have taken almost twice as long to learn, yet they still haven't mastered them all?"

"Although the IQ of the natives of this world cannot compare to mine, these two kids are too stupid."

"Oh no! I still remember Master Miao Youxiu saying: The Hu family's martial arts are also very famous in the martial arts world. To get started, you must first learn the thirty-six moves of the Hunyuan Posture. After standing on the Posture for a few years, you will naturally develop internal strength."

"Will these two idiots also need several years of hard work to cultivate internal strength?"

Lin Jing felt that he had made considerable progress in his Hunyuan Zhuang Gong practice and asked, "When can we learn to practice fists, kicks, and weapons?"

Sun Yanwan said calmly, "You must learn the complete Hunyuan Zhuang Gong and cultivate your internal strength before you can learn boxing and kicking. Lin Jing, please give Fan'er more guidance. His progress is too slow. I'm afraid it will take him a while before he can learn boxing, kicking or weapons."

Lin Jing was a child after all, and his attention was diverted by just one sentence. He really tried hard to teach his cousin how to stand firmly and how to get the right posture.

Sun Yanwan gave some instructions for a while and then went to find his senior brother Zhang Qingxi.

He couldn't help but ask, "Big Brother, how long does it take you to open up a meridian?"

Zhang Qingxi smiled slightly and replied, "The first meridian takes a little longer, about three or four months, and the rest are about the same, about three months each."

Sun Yanwan calculated and found it seemed to be about the same as his own, so he asked again, "Big Brother, in this martial arts world, are there any standards for the level of martial arts? It can't be that everyone below the Grandmaster level is just a mixed bag, right?"

Zhang Qingxi laughed and said, "The difference in martial arts skills is determined by the use of force. Those who lie down are not good enough, while those who stand up are better."

"However, the ancestor of the Dalang Dynasty, for some reason, established a nine-grade martial arts system and four innate realms. He also divided the inner and outer schools into nine grades."

"For example, if one can open up three meridians, or can perform three consecutive slashes with a single breath, and has a basic understanding of Qinggong, then he can be considered an entry-level warrior and can be rated as the ninth rank."

"If one can penetrate all five meridians, or shatter bluestone with one palm, then he will be an eighth-grade expert."

After Zhang Qingxi introduced the nine levels of martial arts, he talked about the four realms of the innate, and explained to his second junior brother in detail: "The four realms of the innate are divided into the initial realm, the subtle realm, the transformation realm, and the ultimate realm!"

"Those who have reached the initial stage of the Xiantian realm are considered Xiantian masters. They are extremely rare in the martial arts world, and most of them have been famous for decades."

"When one reaches the realm of subtlety, he can be called a Grandmaster."

"There are three powerful nations: Dalang, Nanxia, ​​and Beiyan. In addition, there are countless smaller nations. Even if the entire world were combined, there would only be a few dozen Grandmasters. Even the world's top sects would only have one or two Grandmasters. Without a Grandmaster, a sect would be considered in decline."

　"Monster Hunter: I Can Hear the Voices of Monsters" is a book I saw on Zhihu. The author is very perseverant. He wrote from 400 Junding to more than 1,000 Junding. He wants to make a breakthrough in this field. Let's go and have a look.
　　
　
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