Sword from the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 27: Sky Frost
Fule, in a dilapidated temple.

The clay Buddha statue with its golden body peeling off sat quietly, gazing at the broken steps and withered grass.

"I think this Taoist is very slippery. I'm afraid his talk of showing off his own classics is just a lie."

Shan Xiongxin stared at the short and fat Taoist priest and spoke righteously.

"How dare he!" Zhou Yi's face was unkind. "This guy made an enemy of me in Yongqiu for no reason. I just saved his life out of kindness. If he's lying, we'll just bury him here with this Eastern Han Dynasty Buddha."

Shan Xiongxin nodded and discussed as if no one was around:

"This Taoist's lower body skills are extremely stable, like an old tree with deep roots in the ground. I will pull out the tree later, and you brothers will deal with his strange Qi."

Zhou Yi echoed, "It's very simple. He's only lost about 70% of his power now. I'm not afraid of his intimidating alien Qi."

He then warned, "Old Dan, once you start, you must not show mercy."

Shan Xiongxin rubbed his palms together and said, "Of course, until his head is taken off."

The short and fat Taoist priest in front of the monk's room placed his hands on his knees with seals, trying to heal his injuries, but his brows were twisted like iron locks, and the veins on his forehead were twisted like earthworms.

The two people in front of me kept chattering and there was no chance of me calming down for a moment.

When I heard their words, I felt my meridians burning and my inner demons running wild.

I finally couldn't help it!
"Can you guys be quiet!" Taoist Mu's face flushed red as he glared at the two of them. "I never break my promises. This method of mine is taught orally and by hand. There are no secret manuals. How can I give it to you now?"

"Just now, during the chaos, the Iron Cavalry Society and the Haisha Gang each hit me with a palm. No matter how anxious you are, you have to wait until I force out this blood."

Zhou Yi and Shan Xiongxin both smiled and watched him meditate in silence.

After a while, Mu Dao Ren circulated his Qi in his body and indeed spat out a mouthful of turbid blood.

Looking at his face again, the swollen purple color had completely disappeared.

I think the internal injuries have been stabilized.

The two men saw this and knew that this short and fat Taoist had great internal skills. No wonder he could still be alive and well despite being chased by so many people.

Taoist Mu was afraid that the two guys in front of him would really attack him, so he quickly opened his eyes.

He did not mention the alien true qi first, but instead mentioned the matter of Yongqiu:

"Boy, I have offended you, but it wasn't without reason. At first, I suspected you were just swindling and had no moral integrity, so I was rude to you. But that's just my character."

"Nonsense," Zhou Yi said, completely unconvinced. "If that's the case, you should have gone to Fuzi Mountain. Why are you hanging out with people from the Baling Gang and the Hunyuan Sect?"

Mu Dao Ren stood up anxiously to defend himself:
"I had no idea they were from the Baling Gang! Ma Shouyi deceived me, but for the sake of an old friend, I didn't bother to argue with him.

Over thirty years ago, a Taoist master practiced the "Dayu Mo" technique, emphasizing the principles of being cautious, subtle, and focused. This is what the ancient Book of Documents says: "The human heart is perilous, the heart of Tao is subtle. Only by being focused and focused can one truly hold to the middle ground."

When I first began cultivating my integrity, I was perverse and violent. It was this senior who enlightened me with his subtle wisdom and advised me to study Zhuangzi, which helped me to avoid the evil spirits in my heart."

Zhou Yi felt that he was not talking nonsense, so he asked, "What does that have to do with Ma Shouyi?"

"Eh!" Taoist Mu hammered the door frame of the monk's room in frustration. "After this elder passed away, he left behind a secular successor who was on good terms with Ma Shouyi, but died on the expedition to Liao. Ma Shouyi invited me in his name to remember him together, so naturally I came to Yongqiu."

"If it weren't for this, I wouldn't care about the Taiping Dao's affairs."

"Alright, I'll trust you for now," Zhou Yi said, not wanting to pursue the matter any further. "You've dissolved the blood clots. As agreed, what about the method for cultivating the alien true qi?"

"The Taoist will naturally not break his promise."

After saying this, the short and fat Taoist smiled cunningly: "But if you can't practice this secret method, I can't help you."

He paced back and forth a few times, muttering to himself, "In the Outer Chapters of the Zhuangzi, it is recorded that a disciple of Lu Ju said: 'I have learned the Master's way. I can cook in a cauldron in winter and make ice in summer.'"

Shan Xiongxin thought for a moment: "What does this mean?"

Taoist Mu looked at Zhou Yi with a strange smile and thought to himself.

"What if I teach you the secret method? If you haven't studied the classics for many years like me, how could you possibly understand the profound secrets? However, this doesn't count as a breach of trust."

"You little bastard, you want to steal my fortune? It's not that easy."

Zhou Yi said without hesitation: "What he means is that you can use fire to heat the cauldron in winter and use water to make ice in summer. This means that he has found the law of things."

Mu Daoren's smile faded slightly, "You are quite understanding."

Then he looked at Shan Xiongxin: "Much stronger than him."

Shan Xiongxin spat to the side: "I am not Shan Mouxue. I don't think your secret method is very advanced. Brother Zhou will definitely learn it in one go."

"Hahaha!"

Taoist Mu covered his round belly and laughed, "You are not from my sect, what you said is ridiculous, what you said is funny, hahahaha!"

After laughing, he shouted at Zhou Yi:
"Look at me meditating and practicing!"

He sat cross-legged, his hands slowly raised, his fingers slightly bent as if holding a ball, his palms empty as if holding a crescent moon. His thumb and middle finger touched together, forming a "lotus seal," while the other three fingers stretched out, a cold light swirling through their tips.

Taoist Mu explained while practicing:
"There are six He points at the elbow: Chize, Quchi, Quze, Xiaohai, Shaohai, and Tianjing. Qi and blood converge here, creating the atmosphere of Heze." "And Chize is straight relative to Qu. The Lung Meridian is located at the elbow, which happens to have the smallest bend, so it can combine with water!"

"According to my training method, the true qi flows through the hand Taiyin lung meridian and condenses at the Chize acupoint. At this time, I understand the metaphor of 'Zhuangzi making ice in summer' and combine the yin energy of heaven and earth. Using the Taoist method of mixing the circle and embracing the ball, I integrate it into the water gathered at Chize."

"Frost arises from cold, and covered water turns to ice. This is the natural law of frost and cold."

"Boy, look carefully!"

He dug up a ball of dirt from the ground with his right hand. Wherever his true energy passed through it, the dirt turned like new frost, cold and white.

Taoist Mu threw the dirt on the ground and looked at Zhou Yi with great pride:

"Have you learned it?"

Shan Xiongxin could see that Mu Daoren's kung fu was quite good. Although he was harsh in words, he still admired him in his heart.

The short and fat Taoist spoke in a crude manner, but once he sat in meditation and practiced his skills, he had a sense of naturalness and inaction. This would have been impossible without studying Zhuangzi's classics for many years.

This threshold alone is enough to stump countless martial artists.

With this in mind, Shan Xiongxin prepared the way:

"If Brother Zhou can learn it, then there is nothing wrong with the technique. If you can't, then you must be hiding something."

"fart!"

The short and fat Taoist cursed: "Don't try to make excuses. This is how I practiced. If he can't succeed, it's his own fault."

I thought to myself, there’s no way I can master it.

How can a person who practices the Taiping Dao and reads Laozi Xianger's Notes practice the method of combining the whole nature with Zhuangzi's method?

The method of luck can be learned, but that is just the surface and you cannot get the essence of it.

As he was thinking this, Zhou Yi had already sat down cross-legged, and according to his meditation method, he slowly raised his hands, with his ten fingers slightly bent as if holding a ball.
"This kid is learning very well and has mastered the tricks very quickly."

Taoist Mu was not busy practicing his internal energy to heal his wounds. He wanted to see Zhou Yi make a fool of himself and change his mood.

One of the two meridians that Zhou Yi has opened up now is the Foot Shaoyin Kidney Meridian.

In order to benefit the crane hand, the second one is the hand Taiyin lung meridian.

Therefore, according to the short and fat Taoist's method, it is basically not difficult to transport the true energy to the Chize acupoint. The threshold is suddenly raised by the "Combining the Meaning of Zhuangzi's Classic of Internal Medicine with the Circle and the Ball".

When making the lotus seal with your hands, you naturally cannot make a circle.

The circle here is the circle formed by true Qi, which slowly settles at the Chize point.

After the true qi becomes a circle, it generates a suction force, which draws the yin energy between heaven and earth into the body according to Mu Daoren's method.

There was something obviously wrong with Zhou Yi's face, with a faint icy glow.

When Taoist Mu saw this, his face darkened.

"This kid picked up the technique pretty quickly. It seems he's already mastered the Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian. He's also a Taoist disciple, so it's not surprising that he understands the meaning of things like Hunyuan Baoqiu and Liangyi Fenshui."

"Yes."

Taoist Mu pondered secretly and thought again.

"Attracting cold air into the body is futile. It goes against the principles of the classics and fails to understand the laws of nature. It will only be a superficial cold. Furthermore, you are now shivering all over, your meridians are frozen. I wonder how long you can hold out, Taoist priest?"

Just as Taoist Mu had thought, although Zhou Yi brought the cold and yin energy into his body, he was unable to integrate it into his true energy.

A damp, cold and gloomy feeling is spreading throughout my body!

If I continue practicing this, I'm afraid I'll freeze myself to death.

The cold air continued to spread, and Zhou Yi was concentrating on thinking about how to merge them. Under normal circumstances, he would have given up long ago.

But it seemed as if a trace of inspiration emerged and was about to escape!

Zhou Yi frowned and his head felt swollen.

At this moment, an old and vicious face suddenly appeared in my mind. It was Ma Shouyi!

Lao Ma, help me!
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