Sword from the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 14: The Imperial Scroll (Thanks to Ayame Kanjing for being so great!)
Crane Hand?!

The Taiping Dao men were speechless, as they had never heard of such a martial art in their Taoist temple.

But look at the fierce way that senior brother killed the scar-faced thief, this skill is well-deserved!

Zhang Cheng's thick eyebrows were twisted into iron chains due to deep thought. He gestured twice with his hands and then shook his head.

He was in charge of the training room, so how could he not know that there was a book called "Immortal Crane Palm" on the martial arts shelf? He had practiced this martial art for several days.

When my senior brother killed the evil villain Kuang Hui, the moves he used were somewhat similar to the Crane Palm.

but.
The crane silhouette that seemed to be glimpsed for a moment under the broken light just now, the technique of snatching the blade as light as smoothing out the folds of silk, and the sudden and fatal blow!
This definitely cannot be the "Immortal Crane Palm Technique".

Rather than believing in the magic that can be turned into something magical, he is more likely to accept that there is another true teaching in the Taoist temple.

"Senior brother."

Zhou Yi woke up from his daze immediately when he heard Yan Qiu's call, and temporarily suppressed his doubtful and happy mood.

Looking back, I saw that all the people who had invaded the dojo had fallen to the ground.

"Are there any survivors?"

"We couldn't stay," Dou Kui's rough voice said, "These bandits were extremely ferocious, their weapons were aimed at vital points. We were afraid of casualties and didn't dare to hold back at all."

"That scarred man's swordsmanship is formidable. If it weren't for Senior Brother's intervention, he might have gotten away."

Someone else came up and said, "What the hell! Where did this group of fearless people come from? Are they really sent by King Liang?"

"He claimed to be a disciple of Xu Xuanche, the commander of the Yuezhou brigade, and he was indeed from Baling."

Feng Si said to Zhou Yi, "Brother, could it be that the disaster is being diverted to another place?"

"If Empress Liang and her followers are ambitious and want to recruit our Taiping Dao, at the very least, they should use courtesy first and then force. There is no reason to attack and kill right away."

Zhou Yi nodded slightly.

He had thought so from the beginning, but what the other party said before his death did not seem to be a lie.

They searched the corpse thoroughly and only found some silver and money.

There are no special markings on the weapons either.

However, Yan Qiu found a letter from the scarred man. This letter had nothing to do with Kuang Hui's night attack on Fuzi Mountain, but it confirmed his identity!
This letter was written by Lei Shimeng, who asked Kuang Hui to go to Yongqiu Cao Mansion to do a medicinal materials business with Cao Ruinian and at the same time convey the goodwill of King Liang.

Although it was not mentioned in the letter, one can guess that it is related to the uprising and rebellion.

Zhou Yi took the letter and remembered this person.

After Xiao Xin, a woman from Empress Liang, became emperor, he appointed Lei Shimeng as the King of Qin.

This guy was highly valued by Xiao Xin, and his status in Baling was second only to Dong Jingzhen.

Of course, although they are both Kings of Qin, Lei Shimeng is not on the same level as the King of Qin in the north.

After reading the letter, the Taiping Dao members were full of doubts.

Kuang Hui is actually Xiao Xin's man!
I heard that Empress Liang had some of Emperor Wu of Liang's style, but looking at her now, she doesn't look like that.

There are four hundred and eighty temples in the Southern Dynasties, and many pavilions are shrouded in mist and rain, but Emperor Wu of Liang is the Bodhisattva Emperor.

Xiao Xin, you are going too far.

There was a commotion in front of the wooden building, with many people talking and discussing different things.

Zhou Yi remembered Kuang Hui’s introduction of himself as “a disciple of Xu Xuanche”.

He couldn't understand it no matter how hard he tried.

Let’s put this aside for now and order all the disciples to collect the bodies.

Zhang Cheng led people to search outside the mountain gate and found Jiao Ting and Wang Shi in the pine forest. Their larynxes were broken and they were dead.

Although we are all people of the world, we are used to the chaos of this world and have seen bones covering the fields.

But looking at the corpses of their two fellow disciples, and recalling that they had been practicing martial arts together on stone-breaking yesterday, the group of big men felt sad.

They built a mound of earth and buried them in the back mountain.

Fortunately, the Taoist temple had all the necessary supplies. Yan Qiu rang the bell, and Xia Shu burned the city god's letter. Fortunately, they passed the underworld and recited a spell to send them to the fairyland.

Those who had the best relationship with the two men poured out bowls of wine.

It was a sudden departure, but it was quite decent.

Everyone worked until the middle of the night before they rested. As for the corpses of the thieves, they were all thrown onto the cliff behind them, just like the Hunyuan Sect disciples who poisoned them that day, and were fed to the wild beasts in the forest.

Zhou Yi returned to his room and had no desire to sleep.

He lit the candles and took out all the Taoist books left by Master Jiao Wuzi.

I want to find an explanation for my abnormal symptoms, but if there is no evidence, I always feel something is wrong.

There are quite a few scriptures and books. For example, the Dadong Sutra, which was passed down to Yang Xi by Lady Wei of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, is a secret scroll revered as a classic by the Shangqing Sect. I don't know where the master got it from.

There are also the Quan Xing Lan Ming Pian of the Western Han Dynasty inherited by Mu Dao Ren, and the Jiu Shou and Fu Yan of Wen Zi of the Warring States Period.

Some of the scriptures are quite old and covered with dust.

Zhou Yi once maliciously speculated that perhaps his master was once a General of the Fa Qiu family.

However, when I think about the master's ability, I can only attribute it to the fact that "poor students have too many stationery items."

Near noon, Zhou Yi finally made some progress.

He held in his hand the "Thirteenth Volume of the Taiping Imperial Scroll", which was not the original scroll of the Taiping Dao, but came from Bao Liang of the Jin Dynasty, Ge Hong's father-in-law.

This person studied under Zuo Ci. It is said that he preached in Songshan Mountain and hid the scriptures in a cave on Shengguan Peak.

I didn't expect to see you here.

Zhou Yi no longer cared about his origins, he just wanted to find proof.

This Taiping Imperial Scroll inherits Zuo Ci's alchemy techniques, so it quotes the human essence.

The scriptures were confusing, and Zhou Yi pondered over it and roughly understood that "Essence is the key to returning to nature."

There is another one: The primordial essence is stored in the kidneys, and relies on acquired nourishment to gradually fill up and become the root of the primordial energy. This is called the transformation of essence into energy.

The martial arts of various sects in the martial arts world are different, but if you trace their roots, they all come back to the three treasures of human beings: essence, energy and spirit.

Zhou Yi looked at it again and again, and seemed to understand something.

He paced around the room with a scripture in his hand, practicing his mental skills, and his body movements suddenly became faster!

This kind of speed is absolutely not something that can be achieved normally.

Normally, the true Qi will circulate in the meridians and gradually grow stronger.

The peculiar thing is that the Qi in Zhou Yi's foot Shaoyin Kidney Meridian can also circulate, thereby moving the true Qi, causing the true Qi circulation speed to be several times faster.

Then he pulled the true energy out from the Yongquan acupoint, and it burst out through the ancient acupoint, impacting all the major meridians, showing potential several times greater than usual!
The force displayed in this way is certainly not something that can be easily matched.

However, after the sudden outbreak, his body would become weak, and he was anxious at first, but now he felt much more relieved with the scriptures to verify his feelings.

If you think about it carefully, it is normal to become weak after being squeezed dry.

The primordial essence can be nourished through acquired nourishment, which can continuously refine the essence into Qi, which is itself a kind of circulation.

This means that the explosive power generated by the combination of the two energies will not damage the foundation.

It feels a bit mysterious, but also like I completely understand it.

The next day, I got up late.

When Zhou Yi opened the door, the sun was already high in the sky.

The spring breeze blew on his face, and he took a deep breath.

I just felt the sky was clear, the air was fresh, and the breeze was gentle.

He practiced a set of Crane Palm exercises in the yard to stretch his muscles. The fatigue from the fight with the scarred man last night had subsided.

With this method of multitasking, he felt more at peace.

Kuang Hui has nothing to do with those famous figures, but he is extremely fierce in fighting.

When it comes to fighting with these fierce guys who have been in the martial arts world for a long time, he is just a rookie.

However, Zhou Yi also made some progress after the battle.

He took out the letter he had found on Kuang Hui and recalled the threatening words contained in it.

"In a few days, you will all die on this mountain."

He frowned.

"Either Kuang Hui is talking nonsense, or there's something else going on."

"Xiao Xin is secretly claiming to be king right now. Even if he were to fall seriously ill and allow Kuang Hui to 'recruit' the Taiping Sect in this way, he would never lead his men to attack Fuzi Mountain."

Zhou Yi showed a cautious look, put away the letter and walked out quickly.
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