Narration System for the Journey of Martial Arts

You have mastered the Sumeru Mountain Palm and the One-Slap Two-Scatter Palm.

Su Yuchen paid no attention to the system's narration. Now, his internal energy was ever-changing and could move at will. He could do whatever he wanted. He could simply shift the opponent's true energy and it would become part of his own true energy.

As for the three old monks, after being manipulated by his own energy, they suffered from various injuries and, even if they didn't die, they wouldn't have much time left.

"I never imagined that my guesses back then were all wrong. This old monk is neither Xiaoyaozi nor Murong Longcheng, but he really is a direct descendant of the Zen sect."

Having resolved a long-held suspicion, Su Yuchen felt a momentary pity for the old monk guarding the scripture pavilion, but then dismissed the matter and quickly disappeared down the official road.

After passing through Gansu and Shaanxi and reaching the grasslands of the Western Regions, Su Yuchen gradually regained a sense of familiarity. Unfortunately, Zhu Wu Lianhuan Manor did not exist at this time. After a moment of reflection, Su Yuchen followed the caravan towards Western Liao.

At this time, the Liao people were at the height of their power, occupying vast pastures, and their tribal cavalry roared back and forth, forcing even merchants to tread carefully. Although the Liao Empress Dowager had foresight, she could not prevent the Liao nobles from outwardly complying but inwardly defying her.

"*******"

"The Knight Commander said that the Royal Tent is about to begin migrating with the water and grass, so this amount of money is not enough."

At the front of the caravan, a group of Liao cavalrymen spoke in a string of gibberish. After the accompanying Han and non-Han soldiers translated, the caravan erupted in commotion, but the caravan leader quickly stopped them.

The Liao cavalryman leading the caravan glared fiercely at the chaotic caravan, his hand already gripping the scimitar at his waist. The Han and Tibetan soldiers following behind showed no sign of surprise, quietly placing their own swords on their hilts. Fortunately, the caravan leader intervened in time; otherwise, even if a pile of corpses appeared on the vast grasslands, no one would care.

"Have all the Han people in the Sixteen Prefectures of Yan and Yun been assimilated? Empress Xiao is indeed a woman of profound wisdom, no less than Wu Zetian." Su Yuchen couldn't help but sigh to himself as he looked at the fierce-looking cavalry.

The caravan leader turned around to indicate that he had no weapons, then stepped forward and whispered to the cavalry captain for a moment, while a bag of coins slipped into the captain's sleeve.

The other party didn't stand on ceremony. He simply weighed the money bag in his hand, then laughed heartily and led his cavalry away, leaving only a series of whooshing sounds behind.

“Uncle Liu, why do you have to give them money? We have a relationship with the tribal chiefs here…” A young man in the caravan said with a frown.

“Young Master! Don’t try to reason with swords and spears. Although they need us, if we die, other caravans will still be willing to come here,” Uncle Liu said to the young man.

Seeing that the young man was still unconvinced, Uncle Liu shook his head and didn't say anything more. He stood aside and signaled the caravan to continue on its way, while he stayed behind at the back.

"Please excuse my poor Daoist priest." The middle-aged man called Uncle Liu stayed behind and bowed to Su Yuchen, who was riding a rickety horse. "I must thank you for your protection along the way, Daoist priest, which saved us a lot of trouble."

Su Yuchen waved his hand: "I took your map and escorted you to the tribe ahead. It's just a matter of everyone getting what they need."

The middle-aged man called Uncle Liu nodded and said, "The journey from here to Tianshan is not far, but you must be careful, Daoist. There is a group of black-robed men traveling to and from the grasslands ahead. Even the tribes of the Western Regions do not want to provoke them."

"It is said that many of the people in the Western Liao Kingdom have been subdued by those men in black robes. They even disobey the orders of the Empress Dowager of Liao. They are very strange," Uncle Liu said in a low voice.

Lingjiu Palace is located in the Western Regions. Wu Xingyun, the Child Granny of Tianshan, used the Life and Death Talisman to subdue the Western Liao and Kashen tribes near Tianshan. Represented by the Four Envoys, she roamed freely across Tianshan.

Su Yuchen suddenly realized what he meant and knew which force he was referring to: "Is there a vulture on the embroidered robes of those black-robed men?"

The middle-aged man called Uncle Liu nodded upon hearing this. Su Yuchen looked at the distant, continuous Tianshan Mountains and compared the route indicated by the narration. He no longer had any intention of lingering any longer: "In that case, we'll meet again someday."

Before the other party could stop him, Su Yuchen flicked his sleeves and drifted more than ten feet away like a wisp of smoke. With a light touch of his toes on a blade of grass, he disappeared into the distance after a few turns in the air.

The middle-aged man called Uncle Liu sighed sadly, lowered his hand that he had just raised, shook his head, and then caught up with the caravan ahead and headed toward the pre-arranged destination. No one noticed that one person was missing from the caravan.

After leaving the caravan, Su Yuchen no longer concealed himself. His figure drifted across the grassland like the wind and mist, often leaving only a black dot before disappearing, thus leaving behind a legend on the grassland.

He quickly approached the Tianshan Mountains and plunged into the fierce wind and snow at the summit, becoming one with the wind and snow, as if he were a part of the Tianshan Mountains!

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Following the narrator's instructions, Su Yuchen braved the wind and snow to arrive at a mountain cliff. Looking at the iron chains swaying in the cold wind, he was certain that he had come to the right place.

On the other side of the cliff, beyond the openings of the steep walls on both sides, there are patches of greenery, clearly indicating a place where spring lasts all year round.

The patrolmen on the opposite side, seeing the human-shaped mist, were still in shock when Su Yuchen took a step and dissipated like clouds, drifting away with the mountain wind, causing a stir.

Suddenly, the mountain wind stopped, and Su Yuchen appeared on a rooftop. Below him was a cluster of buildings, with lush green grass, blooming flowers, and short green trees. There were wooden structures and stone halls, all piled together like a palace complex.

With just one glance, Su Yuchen shook his head. Judging from the scale of this complex, it was definitely not something that a few people from the Xiaoyao Sect could build.

Having confirmed his suspicions once again, Su Yuchen did not linger. His figure vanished again and reappeared on the highest pavilion in the palace complex.

"Wan Zang Ge"

Looking at the inscription on the plaque, Su Yuchen pushed open the door and went inside. A sacrificial altar was immediately visible, and behind it, shrouded in incense smoke, hung a portrait of a venerable figure. Su Yuchen closed the door and approached to examine it. The inscription in the lower left corner read, "Written by disciple Wu Xingyun, disciple of Master Xiaoyaozi."

After glancing at it only once, Su Yuchen stopped paying attention and turned to look at the attic. The attic was filled with bookshelves, densely packed with books. Su Yuchen walked over and casually pulled out a book, which turned out to be a book about water conservancy construction.

Wandering around for a while, I found this floor filled with miscellaneous books, ancient texts on astronomy, geography, agriculture, water conservancy, and so on, numbering no less than several thousand volumes. I wonder how much effort it took to collect them.

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Su Yuchen went up the stairs to the second floor along the corner of the wall. He looked up and saw that the bookshelf at the top of the stairs was labeled with Suzhou. He flipped through it casually and found that it introduced the hydrology, geography and cultural landscape of the Suzhou area in the Central Plains. The last book was a record of the Suzhou clans in the late Tang Dynasty.

Looking around, the labels on each bookshelf recorded everything from 'Suzhou', 'Huainan', and 'Dali' all the way to the Sixteen Prefectures of Yan and Yun, making it almost an encyclopedia of the Central Plains.

Su Yuchen glanced around casually and continued upstairs. On this floor, the names of various sects appeared, from 'Western Regions Esoteric Sect' and 'Tibetan Esoteric Sect' to 'You Family Village', 'Gansu Lan Clan', 'Shaolin Temple', 'Beggars' Gang', 'Qingcheng', 'Mount Emei', and so on.

Su Yuchen picked up a book and flipped through it for a moment, revealing a hint of confirmation. This floor contained martial arts manuals from various schools, which were more numerous and comprehensive than those in the Langhuan Paradise.

As Su Yuchen passed by the bookshelf labeled 'Beggars' Sect,' his gaze swept over it and he was slightly taken aback. He then picked up the book in front of him, 'The Twenty-Eight Subduing Dragon Palms,' which contained ten more palms than he knew.

After carefully reading through it, Su Yuchen nodded. This Dragon Subduing Palm manual was recorded during the Tang Dynasty. He didn't know if it was written by Xiaoyaozi or someone else. The last ten palms had already added many variations based on the principles of the I Ching, making the moves much more complex. Unfortunately, the framework was still within the principles of the I Ching, and it didn't offer him any inspiration.

After casually brushing off the dust and putting it back in its place, Su Yuchen went to the 'Shaolin' bookshelf. As expected, he didn't see the Yi Jin Jing or the legendary Xi Sui Jing, so he lost interest.

On the next level, the bookshelves were arranged according to the eight trigrams, forming a neat array. Su Yuchen glanced at them and saw that it was just the most basic eight trigrams array, so he immediately stepped into the array.

Starting from the Qian position, Su Yuchen looked through them one by one. They were classics and scriptures from various schools of thought, including Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism. Many of them were rare bamboo slips, and some even involved the Warring States period, a time when the Hundred Schools of Thought, such as Taoism, Yin-Yang School, Mohism, and Agricultural School, were vying for supremacy.

Unfortunately, these rare copies were incomplete. Su Yuchen flipped through them for a while and found that much of the content was quite different from what is available today. There were many annotations beside them, and Su Yuchen looked through them; most of them were left by Xiaoyaozi.

After looking around for a long time, Su Yuchen went upstairs. The place was much simpler, with only a futon upstairs. On the table near the window, a set of writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone were covered in dust, indicating that no one had been here for a long time.

Through the crack in the window, one could see many men in black leaping back and forth below the pavilion, clearly searching for something. Su Yuchen shook his head. From here, the entire palace complex was in sight. The next second, Su Yuchen's gaze sharpened. Looking down from above, he saw that this architectural complex was arranged according to the principles of the Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams.

Su Yuchen used his mind to calculate and looked at a building in the distance. That was the vital energy position and auspicious position in this group of buildings, which was the most suitable position for Taoists to seek longevity. Then, his figure flickered and disappeared from the pavilion, turning into the clouds and mist of Tianshan. When he reappeared, he had already arrived at that building.

Standing on the ground and looking around, Su Yuchen's gaze fell on a rockery in the garden. This rockery was somewhat out of place with the scenery in the garden and served to suppress the life force.

Su Yuchen pressed his right hand against the artificial mountain, and invisible true energy spread out like threads, probing the top and bottom of the artificial mountain. Soon, the true energy touched the location of the mechanism, and then an entrance appeared before his eyes.

Su Yuchen circulated his true energy into his eyes, and golden light flickered in them. The dark entrance was as bright as day in his eyes. Su Yuchen stepped into the door, and as soon as he entered, the artificial mountain behind him automatically returned to its original position, blocking the entrance.

Su Yuchen glanced at it dismissively and walked forward along the passage. A dry breeze occasionally wafted through the passage, indicating a hidden passage connecting it to the outside world. Life seemed to be thriving there. Knowing he hadn't guessed wrong, Su Yuchen continued forward.

Su Yuchen continued forward, his feet barely touching the ground, seemingly flying as if he were riding the wind. The passages ahead were endless, winding and turning all the way down, getting closer and closer to the mountain's interior. Su Yuchen didn't care and continued deeper into the mountains.

After walking for an unknown amount of time, Su Yuchen stopped. He had already exited the passage and was standing in front of a cave. A stone door was embedded in the cave wall, with three characters that looked like oracle bone script carved crookedly. He only glanced at them and did not recognize them.

Pushing open the stone door, one is greeted by a spacious stone chamber. The ceiling of the chamber is inlaid with countless pearls and mirrors, illuminating the dimly lit chamber.

Looking at Su Yuchen from the left, there was a circle drawn at the beginning, with "A1" engraved inside. Behind it were various figures, including human figures, one hand, two hands, words, lines, etc., and further on were "A2" and so on.

Su Yuchen nodded, knowing he had found the right place. He immediately turned back to the entrance, focused his mind and looked at the first one from the top. Putting aside distractions and the chaotic patterns, Su Yuchen sensed with his Dao heart and looked at the hundreds of patterns one by one from the first one.

Soon, the diagrams on the wall in the Dao Heart formed a circle with Taiji at the center, surrounded by layers of Yin and Yang, the Four Symbols, the Eight Trigrams, and the Nine Palaces, in a contradictory yet harmonious way.

As soon as Su Yuchen's Dao heart stirred, a sword intent that shattered the void disrupted the center of the circle. He quickly realized that this was a martial art that integrated basic moves such as fists, palms, fingers, knives, spears, swords, halberds, and clubs.

Su Yuchen stood at the end of the first floor, concentrating for a moment. He then spread his hands, and with each opening and closing of his fingers and palms, his moves were continuous and endlessly varied. He could incorporate almost all the martial arts moves he knew. As his moves continued to change, Su Yuchen began to innovate and show many changes that were not there before.

After a long time, Su Yuchen casually waved his hand, his fingers and palms changing back and forth between fist techniques, palm techniques, finger techniques, knife techniques, etc., without any rules, moving at will, and coming at will; Su Yuchen slapped the end of the stone wall with his palm, leaving a mark that resembled fist techniques, palm techniques, and also contained the true meaning of knives, spears, swords, halberds, etc.

You have mastered the Tianshan Plum Blossom Hand, a technique with endless variations. By simplifying complexity and applying it voluntarily, you have reached the pinnacle of skill.

As he continued to comprehend, the variations of the moves in his Daoist mind became more and more numerous and inexhaustible. More and more moves were deduced, and Su Yuchen realized that this set of Plum Blossom Hands, based on the principles of the I Ching, had already exhausted the changes of Tai Chi, Yin and Yang, Bagua, and other innate and acquired aspects. If he continued to deduce it, there would only be an astronomical number of moves.

"This martial art is based on Tai Chi, incorporating the transformations of Yin and Yang; it uses Taiyin, Taiyang, Shaoyin, and Shaoyang as its framework, and is further supplemented by the sixty-four hexagrams of the pre-heaven and post-heaven, creating an infinite cycle of Yin and Yang."

"From then on, any martial arts technique, as long as it cannot be separated from the framework of the Hundred Schools of Thought, can be deduced by myself."

"The changes in techniques are no longer meaningful to me; what remains is the understanding of the true meaning."

Once he understood, Su Yuchen's primordial spirit stirred, and he stopped continuing to deduce. He knew that he had already grasped the true meaning of this martial art. Continuing would only lead him into endless and complicated changes of moves, until he exhausted his mind and soul.

Without further hesitation, he turned around and looked at 'A2'.

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Su Yuchen composed himself and arrived at Section 2. Looking up, he saw hundreds or even thousands of patterns on the stone wall, with lines stretching endlessly.

Su Yuchen began to examine the first stone carving, carefully comprehending the profound meaning it contained. After a long while, the true energy within Su Yuchen's body changed, a surge of yang energy coursed through his entire body, making his true energy lively and giving him a feeling of ethereal bliss.

Reaching the end of the second level, Su Yuchen paused for a moment, shook his head, and returned to the starting point to carefully comprehend it. This time, Su Yuchen's true energy underwent another change, as if from the dormant yang energy of heaven and earth, to a warm breeze blowing across the world, and then to the rising yang energy and the revival of all things.

The changes of Yang energy are ever-changing and endless, revealing the mysteries of the six Yang changes in heaven and earth, and the principle of the flow of the six Yang true Qi in the human body according to the seasons.

The yang energy of heaven merges with the yang energy of the human body, and the true energy in the six yang meridians of the body rolls like a river, changing unpredictably like the changing yang energy of heaven. It rushes towards the head of the six yang meridians, passes through the Xuan Guan acupoint, and merges with heaven and earth. The spirit and soul become clear, and Su Yuchen's eyes turn golden red, as if they are about to shoot out golden light. When they open and close, fine golden light flashes, intense but not violent. From the primordial spirit to the body, it is as if he has returned to the innate state, and an endless warm aura envelops his whole body.

Su Yuchen stood in mid-air, surrounded by a faint golden hue, as if an immortal had descended to earth.

You have mastered the Six Yang Palms of Tianshan.

In ancient times, the weather was considered Yang, and the earth's energy was considered Yin. The six Yang elements represent the dormancy and ascent of the Yang energy of heaven and earth, and the birth and development of all things, which are the beginning and end of life.

The Six Yang Palms of Tianshan utilize the yang energy of the human body to merge with the yang energy of heaven, aiming to achieve a state of pure yang in the physical body and ascend to immortality.

After a long time, Su Yuchen woke up and felt that the energy in his body was lively and endless, with endless vitality locked inside, and all kinds of evil energy being expelled from his body.

The next second, Su Yuchen withdrew his energy, causing his true energy to return to a state of primordial chaos...

"Pure Yang is not what I desire; I seek it on the Great Luo paper."

By this time, Su Yuchen had grasped the changes in this palm technique. The moves still couldn't escape the framework of the Taoist Wuji to Taiji, but they fully expressed the changes in the Qi of Heaven from the dormancy of Yang Qi to the rise of Yang Qi.

Unfortunately, what he sought was not the Pure Yang Immortal of the Daoist sect, but the Great Luo Dao, which allows one to travel to all realms and is a unified entity of immortals, gods, Buddhas, demons, monsters, and ghosts.

"It's more accurate to call it the Six Yang Transformations of Heaven than the Six Yang Palms of Tianshan. Unfortunately, Wu Xingyun and the others seem to have completely misunderstood its true meaning and simply used it as a set of palm techniques."

"Therefore, the Free and Unfettered Sect reverses the six yang of heaven and transforms yang into yin. The so-called life and death talisman is actually just the change in the amount of yang energy. No wonder those people in the original work could not break it."

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After a moment of thought, he understood the changes in the Tianshan Six Yang Palm and the Xiaoyao Sect's Life and Death Talisman. This cave had reached its end, and beyond it was another stone cave.

Su Yuchen turned around and went back to the entrance, continuing to look at the 'Zi Yi' on the right side of the stone wall.

At first glance, the first line is an endless array of lines of varying lengths, some circular, some wavy, and some twisted and contorted, interspersed with countless human figures, appearing chaotic and disorderly.

Su Yuchen disregarded external objects and looked at the first diagram. After a long time, he moved his right hand, and fine strands of energy appeared above his palm. As he focused his mind, these strands of energy swirled around his palm like swimming fish.

As Su Yuchen's primordial spirit stirred, the true energy within his body transformed into pure yang energy. The fine, misty energy transformed into strands of crimson-gold that floated around his body, gradually forming a protective golden light.

"A torrential downpour of pear blossoms and golden needles? The Taoist Golden Light Mantra?"

Sensing the changes in the energy, Su Yuchen gained further insights. After a long while, with a flick of his hand, the golden light that possessed him disappeared from his palm.

Looking further ahead, not long after, Su Yuchen paused, and a surge of energy reappeared on his right hand. The energy swirled and rippled around his palm, emitting a repulsive force that shifted the attack.

As he unleashed his inner energy, his true energy surged like a tidal wave, with ripples enveloping his entire body inside and out without any blind spots. The boundless repulsive force pushed outward, not only rejecting everything but also carrying an infinitely fierce energy that shattered everything.

With a change of mind, ripples spread outwards, accompanied by countless fine needles shooting outwards. A faint hissing sound emanated from the stone wall, and many fine holes, like cow hair, appeared out of nowhere. Tiny specks of stone dust fell into the corner of the wall.

With a swift withdrawal of his energy, Su Yuchen took a few steps back. The energy in his right hand then underwent another transformation, condensing into a single entity. Immediately, streams of 'raindrop' energy exploded and scattered in all directions.

Su Yuchen's energy surged again, countless streams of true energy swirling around him like shooting stars, each 'raindrop' as swift as a meteor, piercing through everything. With a thought, all the true energy retreated back into his body, leaving only a wisp of energy swirling around his palm.

After that, every few steps, Su Yuchen would pause for a moment, his energy constantly changing: sometimes it would spread out like mist, penetrating everywhere; sometimes it would be as resilient as flowing water, ever-changing; sometimes it would spin like a wheel, with unparalleled suction, as if all attacking true energy was shattered and sucked away, dissipating into nothingness; sometimes it would clash with softness, looping back and forth, sealing and destroying.

By the time Su Yuchen reached the end of the "Zi Yi" (子一) point, his internal energy had manifested seven changes. These seven changes then merged into one, becoming complex and unpredictable once more, allowing his internal energy to move at will. With each change in his energy, Su Yuchen stood suspended in mid-air, his energy constantly shifting and repeating, allowing him to move freely without touching the ground.

You have mastered... the White Rainbow Palm Force.

In ancient times, some people observed that after rain, the sky and earth were filled with seven colors, the reddish ones like the blooming of the golden sun, the orange ones...

"So, this is... the White Rainbow Palm Force? What does the Curved and Straight Mantra mean here?"

Su Yuchen looked at the narration, and it seemed that the system itself also felt that the so-called White Rainbow Palm could not encompass all the changes, so it seemed hesitant.

Having now finished viewing the first grotto, Su Yuchen shook his head as he felt the martial arts of the Xiaoyao Sect that he had learned. The martial arts inscribed here must be at the level of the Immortal Martial Arts, right?

No wonder the Free and Unfettered Sect only appeared as a background element in the original novel; with just the three martial arts he had learned, he was already capable of fighting against a thousand troops single-handedly. And if you add the limitless endurance of his internal energy cultivation technique…

Thinking of this, Su Yuchen shook his head. Although he still didn't understand why such a bugged sect would appear in this high-martial arts world, what did it have to do with him?

Moreover, it seems that he exaggerated the martial arts of the Free and Unfettered Sect quite a bit; the original work should not have shown such an exaggerated version.

"The saying goes, 'If you understand one method, you understand all methods!' From this perspective, it's hard to say whether the Free and Unfettered School made me who I am, or I made the Free and Unfettered School who I am."

"However, the so-called Taoist supernatural powers are developed on this basis. Everything is connected at this point. If you continue on this path, you will eventually reach the legendary realm of immortals and gods."

Seeing that there was a road ahead, Su Yuchen was overjoyed.

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