Narration System for the Journey of Martial Arts

After examining the first stone chamber, Su Yuchen turned and headed towards the second one.

Seeing the characters "乙一" on the left and "丑一" on the right of the stone wall, he understood that this cave was arranged according to the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches. Based on this, there were at least twenty-two stone chambers waiting for him. Thinking about the true meaning left on the stone wall, how similar it was to Xia Ke Island!

“The martial arts on Xia Ke Island are still within the realm of mortal martial arts, but here they have already evolved into immortal martial arts.” Su Yuchen glanced at the carvings on the stone wall and immediately stopped thinking about it.

Starting with the carving of "Yi Yi", he looked at all the carvings, including human figures, lines, ancient characters, and so on. The true meaning contained in all the carvings was recombined in his Dao heart and gradually evolved into a sword technique.

Su Yuchen circulated his true energy, and two strands of true energy wove together to form a three-foot-long skeleton. Feather-like strands of true energy appeared on the skeleton, resembling two real wings.

With a thought, its wings flutter freely, sometimes enveloping itself, sometimes spreading its wings like swords to perform various moves, and sometimes scattering its wings, which swirl around it like wheels; it attacks and defends with ease, as if it were one with the whole.

You have mastered the Heavenly Feather Sword Scripture of Tianshan.

[In ancient times, some people observed the golden roc spreading its wings, soaring between heaven and earth. They transformed their true energy into roc feathers, using their wings as swords, combining offense and defense, intending to roam the universe and ascend beyond the heavens and earth.]

Su Yuchen withdrew his true energy, and his wings turned into specks of light and dissipated: "The amount of true energy required for the martial arts here is enormous. With my own true energy, I can only achieve the ability to mimic objects and take on forms. If I want to ascend to immortality, the environment of heaven and earth will allow it."

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Having reached the end of the stone chamber, after examining the inscription of the character "乙", Su Yuchen returned to the entrance and started looking at "丑一" again, where there were a series of footprints and lines of varying curves and straightness.

With just a glance at the initial carving, Su Yuchen understood that what was carved here should be the stone carving of the Lingbo Weibu (a martial arts technique). However, the footprints of the Lingbo Weibu only have sixty-four repeating positions, while the stone carving here numbered in the hundreds, occupying an entire stone wall.

Su Yuchen started looking from the beginning, his footsteps moving lightly, leaving many afterimages in the stone chamber. At first, he was stepping on the ground, but as his figure became more and more agile, a force lifted him into the air. With each step he took, illusory Yin-Yang Bagua images appeared under his feet.

Then, inside the stone chamber, there were afterimages everywhere, some normal, some walking on the stone walls, and some walking upside down on top of people's heads, as if the air itself had become flat ground.

Su Yuchen's speed increased rapidly, until his afterimages within the stone chamber had already dissipated. With each casual step he took, it was as if he had traversed space, and eight real figures appeared simultaneously within the stone chamber, each displaying completely different changes in their aura.

You have mastered the Lingbo Weibu (a martial arts technique).

Immortals tread upon the waves, soar through the void on the wind, their silk stockings untouched by dust, floating gracefully like immortals. The ancients, inspired by this, based their observations on Yin and Yang and the Eight Trigrams, suggesting that the interaction of energies creates wind, allowing them to roam freely between heaven and earth.

"No wonder these martial arts techniques are right here, yet Wu Xingyun and the others ignore them. It's not that they don't want to learn them, but rather that these martial arts techniques require too much foundation."

"What is left here is less about martial arts and more about the idea of ​​seeking immortality. Strength and knowledge are both indispensable. The deeper the foundation, the more talents one can acquire."

Su Yuchen sighed inwardly, thinking of the relics of the Hundred Schools of Thought that he had seen on the top floor of the Ten Thousand Treasures Pavilion, as well as the annotations left by Xiaoyaozi.

Even if Xiaoyaozi was very intelligent, he only had this one life. His accumulated knowledge and skills were naturally not as good as his own. He could only rely on the classics left by his predecessors and explore on his own before he founded the Xiaoyao Sect. As for Wu Xingyun and the others who followed Xiaoyaozi, they were entangled in love and romance and were not as good as him. Therefore, they could only study the martial arts passed down by Xiaoyaozi.

Shaking his head, Su Yuchen continued toward the next stone chamber.

In addition to human figures and lines, many animal figures were added to the stone carvings in the later stone chambers. Some parts were not coherent, so many oracle bone inscriptions were added, and some parts were already broken.

In the third stone chamber, the opening carving of 'Bing Yi' depicts a monkey-like beast worshipping the moon. The various shapes, lines, and combinations that follow seem to form a method for absorbing moonlight to cultivate a Daoist Yin spirit and ascend to immortality. Unfortunately, the final method involving the true energy of the brain is clearly illogical and chaotic, difficult to reconcile.

Su Yuchen merged the first half of the content with his own Great Dao Azure Lotus Chapter, making the most profound Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation Chapter even more advanced, and making the primordial spirit more active.

The carving of 'Yin Yi' is a breathing method that imitates the tortoise beast, intending to prolong life and achieve immortality by using the tortoise beast's hibernation. Unfortunately, the creation of the method has obviously failed. There are only a few dozen pictures at the beginning, and the rest is a mess of lines.

As he looked through the carvings, he saw designs that imitated legendary mythical beasts or immortals, all attempting to ascend to immortality. These stone carvings were fragmented; Su Yuchen would stop to examine some, while quickly glancing over others.

Soon Su Yuchen arrived at the last stone chamber, which was actually the smallest of the chambers, only about five zhang in size. Starting from the left side of the entrance, there were eight large oracle bone script characters, and behind them were human figures and symbols that circled the entire chamber.

From the beginning, Su Yuchen saw that the opening was the Northern Darkness Divine Art, but it was more profound and mysterious than he had seen before. It intended to transform the acupoints around his body into the Northern Darkness, accumulate the essence of heaven and earth into the Northern Darkness Sea, and accumulate endless energy.

The next step is to transform the energy of all things into vitality, so that the human body can live forever. Su Yuchen has already figured these out on his own. He just looked at them and combined them with his own creations and ideas to fill in the acupoints that were not covered. The next step is the part of transforming vitality for one's own use that Su Yuchen has never seen before.

As Su Yuchen looked around, his Dao Heart continued to evolve. The essence of heaven and earth accumulated in his Tan Zhong Qi Sea moved with the flow, spreading along the meridians into his limbs and bones. Every cell in his body was cheering and jumping for joy. The Vajra Indestructible, which had been unable to advance any further, once again shone with golden brilliance. The original slight 'stiffness' became more gentle, like golden leather, showing a supple yet firm will, rising and falling.

As vitality flowed through the acupoints and meridians of his body, Su Yuchen's dantian and dantian qi sea spontaneously moved, rushing along the meridians into the dantian qi sea, absorbing the breath of nature, and becoming more lively and agile; then the two combined, rushing up along the meridians to the Xuan Guan acupoint, cleansing the impurities of the primordial spirit.

His true energy merged completely with heaven and earth, undergoing changes that even Su Yuchen could not comprehend. The circulation of his true energy became more complex and indescribable, constantly undergoing endless changes.

At this point, the spirit and qi merged, and the qi and body merged, becoming one entity, no longer separate within the body as before. For Su Yuchen, it was as if the time for intermediate thinking was eliminated. With a thought, the true qi in his body moved in sync. He did not need to think or issue commands; everything he thought of was done immediately, and the method arose spontaneously with a single thought.

You have mastered the art of eternal life and immortality.

The Zhuangzi states in the chapter "Free and Easy Wandering": "Heaven and earth and I were born together; all things and I are one." I am one with heaven and earth; heaven and earth endure, and my life is endless.

You are born alongside heaven and earth, one with all things. Your vital energy interacts with the essence of heaven and earth, constantly absorbing its essence. Your physical body is immortal, with a lifespan of eight hundred years.

[You have cultivated the indestructible Vajra of Buddhism and the immortality of Taoism, your physical body has advanced to an indestructible and indestructible form (still requires the power of time and space)]

[The moment you have a thought, you become one with heaven and earth. Impurities in your Yin spirit are continuously being refined. Your primordial spirit is becoming purely Yin, and in the spiritual world, you can transform into a ghost immortal.]

[Your physical body and primordial spirit continue to evolve. After your departure, your golden body will remain incorruptible for a thousand years (transforming into 'other self,' which can be used upon return). Your yin spirit has been purified and advanced to the demigod realm. You are no longer human.]

The precious essence left behind in your physical body will become the system's energy, allowing you to travel to other worlds. Once your primordial spirit (yin spirit) is fully developed, you can retain your original consciousness when possessing another's body in other worlds.

[Please absorb enough energy as soon as possible, purify your Yin spirit by absorbing the energy of heaven and earth, and proceed to the next world.]

Chapter 333 Tianshan 4

When Su Yuchen regained his senses, the true energy within his body circulated continuously, and the true energy surged through his meridians, limbs, and bones, transforming his entire body into a sea of ​​primordial energy, with his dantian becoming the eye of this sea of ​​energy.

From the dantian sea eye to the tanzhong qi sea, and then to the xuanguan yiqiao, they connect to form a great dragon in the human body, soaring and roaring, while the meridians in the body transform into rivers, lakes and seas.

Invisible, thread-like true energy emanates from the acupoints throughout the body, constantly capturing energy from heaven and earth. The five internal organs continuously transform the essence of heaven and earth into vitality, supplying all the cells in the body with it.

True Qi transforms into energy akin to the primordial energy of heaven and earth. After cleansing the primordial spirit through the Xuan Guan acupoint, it flows back to the Dantian Qi Sea, forming endless vitality to compensate for the consumption generated during the refinement of the spirit, thus forming a perfect closed loop.

"My spirit manifests as a half-immortal body; my fate is in my own hands, not in the heavens!"

"This is the Great Dao of the Primordial Spirit!"

Su Yuchen had a sudden realization.

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Pushing open the entrance to the artificial hill, Su Yuchen stood in the garden. Without thinking, he looked up and, through the thick walls and space, he could 'see' the location of everyone in the Lingjiu Palace. The energy of heaven and earth, like a bright torch, guided everyone's heads.

With a single step, a gentle breeze and force arise spontaneously. Without a second thought, the step takes you ten feet away, as if it were always meant to be this way, without the slightest disharmony. He is heaven and earth, he is the wind, he is speed.

With a sweep of his gaze across the void, Su Yuchen took a few steps, seemingly ignoring the obstruction of the stone wall, and arrived in front of the most powerful aura in the Lingjiu Palace. It turned out to be a girl who looked like an eleven or twelve-year-old girl, who was meditating with her eyes closed.

You encountered Wu Xingyun, the Child Granny of Tianshan.

Su Yuchen stood there, but the other party was completely unaware. His whole body was empty, seemingly neither real nor unreal. With a glance, Su Yuchen could see the red blood and qi, the green vitality, the black evil lesions, and the secrets of the flow of true qi in the meridians within the other party's body. Every detail was clearly visible.

Su Yuchen pressed his right hand against Wu Xingyun's back, causing the true energy within the other's body to pause for a moment, and then begin to circulate along a new route. The true energy flowed faster and faster, the deviated route returned to normal, and the meridians that had been blocked when he went into qi deviation were unblocked again. Everything returned to a state even more perfect than the "Eight Desolations and Six Harmonies, I Alone Am Supreme Technique".

The seated figure's bones cracked and popped as it grew taller, its muscles stretched, and its appearance evolved, eventually transforming into a graceful young woman of eighteen or nineteen.

"If you wish, your true energy will transform into a continuous source of vitality, helping you maintain your youthful beauty forever until you die."

"You will no longer suffer the calamity of 'rejuvenation' and the loss of all true energy. You have truly mastered the Eight Desolations and Six Harmonies Supreme Skill."

"This is my final gift to the Free and Unfettered Sect."

After speaking, Su Yuchen withdrew his right hand, and with a thought, his figure vanished into the world, leaving only his murmured words echoing in the garden.

After a long while, the girl sitting cross-legged on the ground opened her eyes and sighed softly, "Master! Is that you?" But everything had already vanished, and there was no response.

On the Tianshan Mountains, Su Yuchen rode the wind, surrounded by fierce snow and howling winds, as if the gentle hand of heaven and earth was welcoming him as he leaped over mountains, ravines, and cliffs, heading down the mountain.

The grassland below the mountain seemed like layers of green waves the moment he arrived, the tips of the grass lifting him up and carrying him swiftly into the distance, like a fleeting shadow, gone in the blink of an eye.

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Chaotian Temple is located on the shore of West Lake in Hangzhou.

Li Ziqiong watched Su Yuchen appear and disappear in the wind, his figure swaying with the wind, as if he might be swept away by the wind at any moment, becoming more and more inhuman. She couldn't help but swallow.

"Master! This is a letter from Longhu Mountain in Jiangxi Province, summoning you to Longhu Mountain to report on your duties."

"Ignore it! I have no feelings for them whatsoever." Su Yuchen said indifferently, not even glancing at the letter. As soon as he finished speaking, the letter in Li Ziqiong's hand turned into dust and drifted away in the wind.

Li Ziqiong nodded without saying much, and then said, "There is also a letter here from the Mantuo Villa in Taihu Lake, Suzhou. It arrived not long after you left, Master, and has been here until now."

Su Yuchen nodded, and the envelope automatically unfolded, landing in his hand. He quickly scanned it; it was a letter from Wang Yuyan…

“Abi came to the island and said that Chief Qiao went to Yanziwu and dug up Murong Bo’s tomb. This was expected and I didn’t pay attention to it. Later, my cousin Murong Fu returned from abroad and came to the island to meet me.”

“Bao Butong used his words to tarnish my reputation, and I never bothered to take it seriously. He showed no respect for others and was disrespectful to his superiors. Where did he put me? Now that I think about it, it is laughable. I have already killed him without hesitation.”

“My cousin fell out with me over this and was driven away by me. How presumptuous he was.”

“Now the two families are at odds and have no contact with each other. Thinking back on what I said in the past, the Murong family’s actions are all under the watchful eyes of others. I wonder if this move can help my mother escape this calamity? I intend to move Langfu Land back to Wuliang Mountain in Dali. If Taihu Lake cannot be protected in the future, my mother will have a place to stay again.”

"The day before yesterday, while I was reading in the blessed land, the Tibetan National Preceptor Kumārajīva came to my door again and was captured by me. However, his true energy was only slightly stronger than that of the likes of Yun Zhonghe."

"After losing all his martial arts skills and true energy to me, he suddenly realized that he intended to become a great Buddhist monk. During our conversation, I learned that he came to Langhuan Paradise to avoid disaster. He tried to steal the Six Meridians Divine Sword from Tianlong Temple in Dali but failed. Instead, Prince Duan stole nearly half of his true energy with the Beiming Divine Skill. After escaping, he fell into my hands again."

"Although I am not concerned with national or familial matters, I have considered your words, which praise China and belittle the barbarians. Kumārajīva is well-versed in Chinese martial arts. If he were to return to Tibet, it would inevitably cause a loss of martial arts knowledge. I have already imprisoned him at Mantuo Manor and forbade him from returning to Tibet. What do you think, young master?"

"What you said before was a trivial matter, no need to worry about it. Today, after reviewing the Northern Darkness Divine Art, the Lesser Formless Art, the Lingbo Steps, and many other things I have learned, I have discovered that their meanings are quite profound, and not as simple as what you taught me."

"I have already ordered people to bring over many Taoist classics and consulted renowned Taoist scholars in the Suzhou area, but the results have been meager. I have yet to reach the level of a Grandmaster that you mentioned."

The stack of letters was thick, with varying handwriting and ink, indicating they weren't written at the same time. After reading them, Su Yuchen rubbed his hands together, sending the scraps of paper flying away in the wind.

"What else?"

“I have some news about Qiao Feng from my family. Would you like to hear it, Master?” Li Ziqiong asked.

Su Yuchen shook his head and said, "No need. If there's nothing else, I have something for you to do."

Li Ziqiong bowed and asked, "What is it?"

Su Yuchen looked into the distance and said, "I have a pill formula here. Give me ten portions of the medicinal herbs according to it. Consider the pill formula your reward."

Li Ziqiong nodded, and Su Yuchen explained the pill formula in detail. Seeing that she had memorized it, he said, "If there's nothing else, you can go and prepare."

With a thought, a gentle breeze stirred, and clouds intertwined to form a mat, supporting him as he soared into the clouds, quickly turning into a black dot.

Chapter 334 The Ending of Tianlong

Standing on the clouds, Su Yuchen gazed around, taking in the entire landscape of the barren mountains below. Following the principles of Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches, and the Nine Palaces and Eight Trigrams, he visualized the hydrological and geographical features of the surrounding area within his Daoist mind, and a formation slowly unfolded.

Only after confirming that everything was correct did Su Yuchen return to the Taoist temple, draw the array he had deduced on paper, and after thinking for a while, he also wrote a copy of "I Alone Am Supreme in the Eight Desolations and Six Directions".

For some time afterward, Su Yuchen could often be seen moving back and forth between the front and back mountains, constantly quarrying stones. Countless boulders were scattered all over the barren mountain, in a chaotic manner. He also moved the vegetation in the mountains, making them scattered here and there. Later, he channeled underground streams and used his strength to carve along the mountain slopes, channeling living water to surround the barren mountain.

Su Yuchen carved stones from the mountain to form the base of the formation, combined the terrain with the vegetation and rocks in the mountains, and used the hidden water flow in the mountains to create a set of formations.

On the day the formation was completed, Su Yuchen looked at the rocks and trees scattered across the surrounding mountains, with the Taoist temple at its center, and knew that now was not the time.

A gentle breeze blew by, and although nothing seemed to change, Su Yuchen could feel the moisture in the air gradually increasing. However, this change was so subtle that ordinary people wouldn't notice it at all.

All the previous arrangements were made to guide the wind to flow according to the plan, and the key point is where the water turns. As the wind passes and the water rises, over time, the water vapor will naturally condense and cover the entire mountain.

[You have used the mountains and rivers as a foundation, drawing upon underground streams as living water, to arrange this formation. This formation draws upon the great power of heaven and earth, and its power will only be revealed over time. Five years later, when the winds rise and the clouds and mists shroud this place, it will possess wondrous uses such as concealment, confusion, obstruction, and confinement.]

Seeing the narrator's affirmation, Su Yuchen knew that the formation had been successfully completed. As for whether it could achieve his desired outcome, that could only be left to future generations.

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Not long after the formation was completed, Li Ziqiong returned again, bringing all the medicinal materials that Su Yuchen needed. Before starting the alchemy process, Su Yuchen took out his manuscript and said, "Keep a copy for yourself, and make a copy to send to Taihu Mantuo Villa."

Li Ziqiong looked at the words "I am the only one who reigns supreme in the eight directions and six realms" on the left and nodded.

Ignoring her, Su Yuchen sent out the manuscript and began processing the medicinal herbs and refining pills. Half a month later, all ten portions of medicinal herbs were used up, and Su Yuchen had obtained two large gourds of pills.

The pill was completely ground up by true qi the moment it entered the mouth. As the remaining dregs were expelled from the body by the true qi, the remaining medicinal power was rapidly consumed, transformed into true qi, and added to the body's circulation. In less than a few minutes, the pill was completely exhausted.

Su Yuchen hung the gourd on his waist and ate the pills like candy every day, feeling his internal energy surging and increasing, then transforming into the primordial energy of heaven and earth from the Tan Zhong Qi Sea, his primordial spirit being constantly cleansed day and night.

That day, Su Yuchen was meditating when a voiceover began to play in his mind...

Qiao Feng, accompanied by Xiao Yuanshan, and A'Zhu have arrived at West Lake.

Su Yuchen's lips parted, his voice bound together by his true energy. The Thousand-Mile Soul-Searching Sound ignored everything and directly reached Li Ziqiong's heart: "Qiao Feng has led his men to West Lake. Go down the mountain to greet them."

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Upon seeing Xiao Yuanshan, who was unconscious behind Qiao Feng, Su Yuchen frowned. Without needing any introduction, he could tell from Xiao Yuanshan's eyes that his blood and qi were surging red, his true qi was running rampant in his meridians, and his gray-black qi occupied most of his body, indicating that he was on the verge of death.

"Brother Qiao, I didn't expect your father to have such a death wish, and that Murong Bo is already dead?"

"Brother Su has a keen eye." Qiao Feng smiled bitterly.

Then he continued...

"During the trip to Shaolin, I was afraid that Murong Bo would not show up, so I deliberately led Murong Fu up the mountain. Murong Fu was no match for me, and at the critical moment, Murong Bo indeed appeared."

"After confronting Xuanci and Murong Bo, the events of that year have become completely clear. Then my father was brought up. Murong Bo was willing to commit suicide to atone for his sins, only wishing that my father could return to the Liao Dynasty and lead his troops south to invade the Song Dynasty."

"I am unwilling, I only wish to kill Murong Bo myself and settle this grudge. I did not expect that Murong Bo would ambush Master Xuanci, which led to a battle between me and several masters of Shaolin."

"If it weren't for Brother Su's prior instruction, and the fact that I had already achieved some success in internal energy cultivation, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to return from this trip to Shaolin."

"Now that I have killed Murong Bo, Xuan Ci has committed suicide, Murong Fu has gone mad, and my father, in a moment of excitement, aggravated his internal injuries, causing his true energy to surge violently. He is now on the verge of death. Alas, all these grudges and entanglements..."