Narration System for the Journey of Martial Arts

You taught Qiao Feng the entire Yi Jin Jing (Muscle/Tendon Changing Classic), and he entered a state of sudden enlightenment.

After finishing the scripture, Su Yuchen chuckled as he watched Qiao Feng, who seemed to have suddenly grasped the meaning of the text, and then sat down on a rock by the roadside, closing his eyes in meditation.

After a long while, when the sun was already setting, Qiao Feng slowly regained his senses. He only needed to circulate his internal energy slightly, but he felt refreshed and his senses sharpened; his condition was better than ever before. He couldn't help but ask, "Brother Su, this is... an internal energy cultivation method? But I wonder which branch of Buddhist internal energy it is?"

Su Yuchen glanced at the sky and said casually...

"I also obtained this scripture by chance. At first, it was just a fragment, but after several additions, I finally got the complete version. Brother Qiao, there is no need to investigate its origin. Buddhism talks about predestined relationships. Since you were able to learn it, it must be predestined."

"I really can't chat with Brother Qiao any longer. I need to rush to Suzhou as soon as possible. Perhaps we'll meet again someday."

After saying that, Su Yuchen flicked his sleeve and disappeared like smoke. When you looked again, he could no longer be seen. You could only see a small dot in the distance against the setting sun, and then he disappeared in a flash.

"Such lightness skill is beyond human capability! Oh no! The Junshan Gathering!" Qiao Feng stared at the disappearing figure, lost in thought for a moment, then remembered the Junshan Gathering that was to be held. He immediately leaped into the air and headed towards Dongting Lake.

Chapter 294 In the Jade Cave of Langhuan

After bidding farewell to Qiao Feng, Su Yuchen continued his journey and finally arrived at Taihu Lake the next day.

"Boatman, could you give me a ride?" Su Yuchen asked the old man fishing in his boat on the shore.

The old man looked up at Su Yuchen and thought, "What a bright and talented young Taoist priest, living a carefree life!" He nodded and said, "Very well! May I ask where this young Taoist is headed?"

Su Yuchen stepped onto the boat and asked, "Does the old man know about Mantuo Manor? It's full of camellias."

The old man was taken aback upon hearing this, hesitated for a long time, and then said, "I don't know why you want to go there, young Taoist? You must not go there. If there is nothing else, I advise you to turn back."

"Oh?" Su Yuchen raised an eyebrow, just as he heard the system's narration...

Because she failed to keep Duan Zhengchun, Lady Wang believed that all men in the world were unfaithful. She killed all those who mistakenly entered Mantuo Manor and buried them under a tree, which for a long time made people tremble with fear at the mere mention of their names.

Su Yuchen smiled and said to the old man, "It's alright, old man. Just ferry me to that area. I won't make things difficult for you. Just know where it is."

The old man gritted his teeth and said, "I can tell that you, young Taoist, also know martial arts. I will escort you to the vicinity, and you will have to figure out the rest of the way yourself!"

“That’s how it should be.” Su Yuchen nodded in agreement.

Soon the old man untied the fishing boat and set off. The old man was used to ferrying travelers and scholars, and he could tell a story or two about everything he encountered along the way.

The two traveled along the waterway for a long time, and then a large expanse of dark land appeared in the distance. A small courtyard with red bricks and green tiles was hidden among layers of green trees and mountains. Many camellias were dotted on the dock by the water, vying for beauty.

With a flick of his sleeve, Su Yuchen produced a loose silver ingot on the tea table of the fishing boat. He said, "That's enough for now. Thank you for your help, old man." After saying that, Su Yuchen soared into the sky like a crane in the heavens, transforming into a wisp of smoke with the help of the wind, and headed towards Mantuo Manor.

"God... God!"

The old man watched as Su Yuchen vanished like smoke with a flick of his sleeve. He immediately wanted to kneel in worship, but upon seeing the Mantuo Manor in the distance, he forgot all about the immortal and quickly rowed away.

………………

Su Yuchen's true energy circulated around him, as if he were hidden in a layer of mist, swaying in the wind and not being seen clearly, like looking at flowers through the mist, like a non-human, as he landed on the roof.

With a quick glance, the entire area within several miles came into view under the "Heavenly Vision and Earthly Hearing" ability. Then, with a thought, it drifted towards a certain place in the backyard. After turning several corners, it went further and further away from the area, gradually becoming deserted.

Ignoring the hidden stakes along the way, Su Yuchen landed in front of a doorway, which was the "Langhuan Jade Cave". Su Yuchen's eyes swept across the doorway and he found the mechanism. Then, he flashed inside.

What comes into view is a vast collection of books, with rows of bookshelves and many classics piled on the ground because there is not enough space.

Su Yuchen casually walked to the bookshelves on the side. Each bookshelf was covered with labels, with names such as "Kunlun Sect", "Shaolin Sect", "Qingcheng Sect of Sichuan", "Penglai Sect of Shandong", "Tiancan Sect of the South China Sea", "Liuhe Sect of Cangzhou", and "Five Tigers Saber of Shanxi" in order. Among them, Kunlun Sect and Shaolin Sect each occupied a separate bookshelf.

Su Yuchen walked to the Kunlun Sect's bookshelf and picked up a book at random. It was "The Nine Forms of Flying Dragon". The adjacent partition was full of Kunlun Sect's unique martial arts. Looking at the Shaolin Temple's bookshelf, there were books ranging from the beginner's Arhat Fist to Vajra Palm and Flower Finger. Only the leftmost partition had a label that read "Yi Jin Jing is missing".

Further on, you'll see signs for "Dali Duan Clan", "Western Regions Esoteric Sect", "Kunlun Swordsman", "Western Xia Yipintang", "Southern Xinjiang Bai Clan", and so on.

After looking around, Su Yuchen couldn't find the words "Xiaoyao Sect". He shook his head and chuckled. If it were Li Qiushui's unique martial arts, she wouldn't easily reveal it to others. He checked the surrounding stone walls one by one, but still couldn't find it.

Just as Su Yuchen was about to give up, the narration system prompted...

[At the corner of the left-hand stone wall, step on the second, sixth, eighth, fourth, and seventh steps in sequence; you will reap a reward.]

Su Yuchen did as instructed and walked over. At the corner, there were exactly nine stone slabs facing the stone wall. Su Yuchen stepped on them one by one, and then his ears twitched. He heard a faint 'crack' sound, and a gap was revealed in the stone wall, inside which were several books.

Su Yuchen took them out and saw that they were indeed "Xiao Wu Xiang Gong" and "Bai Hong Zhang".

Li Qiushui left her martial arts skills to her daughter Li Qingluo (Madam Wang), but due to emotional entanglements, she only kept them as a collection.

Su Yuchen had no interest in Madam Wang's gossip. He opened the White Rainbow Palm technique and began to study it. After a short while, he understood its essence. In fact, this palm technique was similar to Xie Yanke's "Azure Wave Clear Palm," but one excelled in subtle changes, while the other excelled in long-distance tracking. The power of the White Rainbow Palm could even track, block, and surround enemies from three or four zhang away.

After only a moment's thought, Su Yuchen waved his hand and struck out, a palm strike swirling and dancing around him, agile and natural, but unfortunately it dissipated in just a moment.

"All the methods under heaven, indeed, lead to the same goal! At my stage, it seems that all methods are trending towards unification."

"By combining the White Rainbow Palm and the Azure Wave Palm, one can control a sword with qi over short distances; the Heavenly Silkworm True Qi's unique ability to transform qi into silk and then use the silk to make a sword also allows one to achieve unity between man and sword; while the Eight Famous Sword Styles also have the ability to control a sword, the threshold is the highest, and not everyone can learn them."

Su Yuchen shook his head and continued flipping through "The Lesser Formless Skill," closing the book after a long while...

"These martial arts have some merit at first glance, but unfortunately, the Lesser Formless Skill is elusive and untraceable, so imitating all the martial arts in the world is not very useful to me. The Great Dao Green Lotus Chapter can naturally do the same."

"Moreover, the Great Dao Azure Lotus Chapter can integrate all laws, which is much stronger than the Lesser Formless Skill, which is merely an imitation; and after adding the Heavenly Silkworm True Qi to transform Qi into silk, its movement is even more impressive."

"Now it seems that I can only hope that the Northern Darkness Divine Art, the Eight Desolations and Six Harmonies Supreme Art, the Lingbo Steps, and the Heavenly Mountain Plum Blossom Hand can give me some surprises."

After only a cursory glance, Su Yuchen lost interest in this internal skill. He couldn't help but feel disappointed that he had come with such enthusiasm only to leave disappointed.

"who are you?"

Just as Su Yuchen was lost in thought, a clear, cold voice rang out. Su Yuchen looked up and saw a bright and beautiful girl of about sixteen or seventeen years old standing at the entrance of the "Langhuan Jade Cave," looking at him curiously.

Seeing Su Yuchen looking at her, the girl was not afraid. Instead, she said, "How did you get in? No men come to Mantuo Manor except for my cousin."

Upon hearing this, Su Yuchen immediately recognized who this person was and smiled, "You must be Wang Yuyan."

Wang Yuyan nodded and said, "I am. You still haven't said who you are? Are you here to spy on martial arts too?"

"Oh?" Su Yuchen raised an eyebrow and asked, "Has anyone else been here?"

Wang Yuyan nodded as she walked, and when she reached his side, she looked at the two books in his hands and said, "There used to be a Tibetan monk who secretly read books here. But he hasn't come for a long time. What are these books? I've never seen them before."

Hearing that she was a monk from Tibet, Su Yuchen immediately knew that it was Kumārajīva. Thinking of this, a thought struck him: Could it be that Kumārajīva learned the Lesser Formless Skill from here? But why didn't he take it with him?

[Kumārajīva sneaks into the "Langhuan Jade Cave" and is discovered by Li Qiushui, who has come to search for her daughter. He is then abducted and taken back to Western Xia, and later escapes back to Tibet.]

[Lady Wang will soon retrieve and burn the secret manual, thus it will be lost from Mantuo Manor.]

The narration system answered Su Yuchen's question, and he understood. He then put the book back into the secret box.

Wang Yuyan frowned as she watched the secret box close again, since she had no idea how to open it: "It seems I'll have to ask Mother."

Chapter 295 The Dog-Beating Stick Technique and Abducting Wang Yuyan

Having made up her mind, Wang Yuyan stopped paying attention to Su Yuchen and went to the side to pick up a book that was lying face down on the pile of books and continued reading.

"Have you read all the secret manuals here?" Su Yuchen asked the little girl.

Wang Yuyan nodded, without looking up, and said, "I haven't finished reading it yet, but it will be soon."

Su Yuchen suddenly realized something and asked with delight, "Have you ever seen the Beggars' Sect's Dog-Beating Staff Technique?"

Wang Yuyan nodded, pointed to one of the bookshelves, and said, "The Beggars' Sect's martial arts are all there, but they're missing the Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms."

As Su Yuchen walked, he thought about the many martial arts he had learned. He had mastered all of them, but he had not yet learned the stick technique. The Dog-Beating Stick Technique was extremely exquisite, and it would be a pity not to learn it.

"Hehe! Brother Qiao, you refused to teach me, but you didn't know that the Dog-Beating Stick Technique had already been collected by the Free and Unfettered Sect. Now it can only benefit me."

Su Yuchen followed the instructions and went to the bookshelf. With just a glance, he saw the Dog-Beating Stick Technique. He picked up two manuals and started flipping through them.

The more Su Yuchen looked at it, the more he admired it. Indeed, one should not underestimate anyone. Although the name of this staff technique was vulgar, its variations were subtle and its moves were agile and coherent, no less than other unique skills.

The book is divided into eight techniques: "tripping, chopping, entangling, stabbing, picking, leading, sealing, and turning"...

The "Entanglement" technique adapts to the enemy, moving with them wherever they want, using a bamboo stick to stick to them and prevent them from slipping away;

The "Turning" technique, however, makes the enemy follow you, making your body spin like a top, rotating and rushing around the enemy, specifically targeting the enemy's vital points on the back, which will inevitably make the enemy flustered and unable to defend themselves.

The "Poke" technique is as fast as lightning, with the stick flashing as it attacks the enemy's vital points on the chest. When combined with the "Turn" technique, it becomes even more unpredictable.

……

The upper part of the internal energy circulation method still requires Su Yuchen to carefully comprehend, while the moves in the lower part are much faster. Su Yuchen casually flipped through it and found that this set of staff techniques has six moves, each of which contains six variations, for a total of thirty-six variations.

After a moment's thought, Su Yuchen casually grabbed a rag from the side, flicked it to make it as straight as a stick, and instantly the stick's shadow flew everywhere, with countless stick shadows crisscrossing in all directions.

You've learned the "Dog-Beating Stick Technique"

Based on your own knowledge, you modify the staff techniques, making them more varied, the moves more agile and unpredictable, and the methods of channeling energy gradually become unpredictable.

Upon hearing the voice, Wang Yuyan looked up and, even with her experience, was taken aback: "This person has only been looking at it for a short time, hasn't he?"

The next second, the shadow of the staff in Su Yuchen's hand changed again. His moves were sometimes fast and sometimes slow, seemingly real and sometimes illusory, sometimes empty and sometimes solid, sticking, hooking, thrusting, slashing, sweeping and pressing. His energy was sometimes continuous and uninterrupted, like the Yangtze River, sometimes fierce as a knife, like lightning and thunder with the power to split the heavens and the earth, and sometimes extremely soft and gentle, with every move as slow as a tortoise, seemingly calm but carrying a powerful energy that could hit the target with a single blow, blocking all subsequent changes.

Even though Wang Yuyan was well-read and knowledgeable about martial arts, she was still dazzled by the changes Su Yuchen displayed and couldn't predict how his moves would change next.

“This isn’t the Dog-Beating Stick Technique. It seems you also used the Kunlun Sword Technique, the South Sea Sword Technique, a saber technique, and an axe technique.” Wang Yuyan said after Su Yuchen threw down the rag.

Su Yuchen nodded without explaining. After all, Wang Yuyan only knew how to do it, but hadn't mastered it. If she could master the various martial arts variations, then even if she had no intention of cultivating, she could become a martial arts master without a teacher, just like Huang Shang, and become a grandmaster in a short time.

Thinking that this little girl could memorize all the martial arts in the world, and that it didn't seem to have taken much mental effort, she was obviously very talented, no less than him, who was cheating.

"It's a pity that Murong Fu, that fool, doesn't understand the reasoning behind this at all. Otherwise, if he had just enlightened Wang Yuyan, he could have gained a master-level expert, and one who would be completely devoted to her."

"I wonder who is taller, Wang Yuyan or that old monk hidden in Shaolin Temple?"

Thinking of this, Su Yuchen couldn't help but feel a sense of appreciation for talent and asked, "Are you willing to cultivate the Dao with me?"

"Cultivate Taoism? Become a Taoist nun?" Wang Yuyan frowned and shook her head.

Su Yuchen laughed and said, "Our lineage of Taoist practitioners doesn't discriminate against marriage. Is it because of Murong Fu?"

Wang Yuyan nodded, then shook her head, and said, "I don't know! Mother doesn't like my cousin very much, saying that he's all looks and no substance and not a good match for me. But Azhu and Abi say that my cousin and I are a match made in heaven."

[Murong Fu's four powerful subordinates, in order to realize the Murong family's great cause of restoring the kingdom, instructed A'Zhu and A'Bi to deceive the young girl.]

Although Wang Yuyan was exceptionally talented, she was naive and no match for A'Zhu and A'Bi; moreover, Madam Wang was deeply entangled in love and became careless, which led to Wang Yuyan being easily deceived.

"Ha! These four people really went to great lengths. But then again, with such a large estate like Mantuo Manor, only a widow and her daughter guarding it, it would be strange if they weren't tempted."

"It's just strange, does the Wang family of Gusu just stand by and watch an orphan and widow be bullied? After all, what difference is there between what Murong Fu did and slapping the Wang family in the face?"

The head of the Wang clan of Gusu deeply resented Li Qingluo's (Madam Wang's) infidelity, and he already knew that Wang Yuyan was not his granddaughter.

However, since Lady Wang's mother was the Empress Dowager of Western Xia, the Wang family of Gusu was unwilling to openly break ties and could only choose to watch from the sidelines.

Mantuo Manor is the property of the Wang family; how could it be something that a mere wandering rogue like Murong could possibly manage? His actions are laughable in the eyes of the Wang family.

Seeing the narration, Su Yuchen shook his head and asked, "Do you think your mother is right? Or do you think Azhu and Abi are right?"

Wang Yuyan shook her head and said matter-of-factly, "I don't know!"

"Ha!" Su Yuchen smiled and said, "Since you can't figure it out, why don't you come with me for a walk? The more you see, the better you'll make your own judgment. What do you say?"

Wang Yuyan frowned and said, "But Mother won't let me leave Mantuo Manor. Besides, I haven't finished reading the books here yet." As she spoke, she pointed to the pile of books that she had just been sitting next to.

Su Yuchen waved his hand and said, "What's the big deal? If she doesn't agree, we just won't tell her. We'll leave her a letter explaining. As for these books, if you haven't finished reading them yet, we can take them with us and read them on the way."

“But there are still so many.” Wang Yuyan pointed to the pile of books that was almost half a person tall.

"What's so special about this? Watch me." With that, Su Yuchen flicked his right hand, and countless purple and blue threads surged out from his hand, unfolding the stack of books one by one, before floating in the air beside Su Yuchen.

Immediately afterwards, countless purple and blue silk threads began to weave, and tiny characters, as small as mosquitoes, began to condense. With a wave of Su Yuchen's hand, they adhered to the little girl's sleeve, resembling a landscape painting.

Su Yuchen pointed with his hand, and some of the characters floated in the air, each one the size of a tadpole, floating in front of Wang Yuyan; with another point, they reattached to her sleeve.

Wang Yuyan frowned and said, "What kind of martial art is this? I've never seen it before?"

"You're so young, don't always frown." Su Yuchen shook his head. "As for what kind of martial art this is, I'll tell you after you become my disciple. Can we leave now?"

Wang Yuyan nodded and said, "I haven't left a note yet."

Su Yuchen smiled, flicked his sleeve, and a sword aura shot towards the stone wall before scattering in all directions. Then he grabbed Wang Yuyan's shoulder and said, "Let's go..."

As soon as the two left, the slight vibration from the opening of the door caused a lot of powder to fall from the stone wall, revealing lines of writing: Your daughter and I have a master-disciple relationship; she will return to me in the future.

Sword light flowed across the writing; if anyone forcibly destroyed it, they would inevitably be met with a fierce counterattack of sword energy and intent.

Chapter 296 Kang Min

Wang Yuyan's vision blurred, and then a purple-blue aura appeared around her body. The two of them flashed out of the cave. Just as Wang Yuyan was about to point out the location of the hidden stakes, she saw the two of them soar into the air and rise higher and higher.

Su Yuchen used his lightness skill to move more than ten feet in one step. After seven steps, he had already risen dozens of feet into the air. The two of them stood in the air and looked down. They saw that there was chaos in Mantuo Manor. It was clear that they had been discovered.

Su Yuchen simply smiled, then used the wind to soar through the air and headed into the distance.

Enveloped in a transparent aura shield, Wang Yuyan was clearly very curious about her first flight. She couldn't help but peek out and look around, watching the scenery below gradually disappear. She couldn't help but exclaim, "This is where I live!"