Travel through the heavens

The sweeping monk sighed again and said, "Looking back now, I feel that I really practiced Buddhism for decades in vain. When I heard what the female donor said, I immediately became noisy and shouted to Brother Lingmen: 'Brother, don't be polite to her anymore. Let her see our Shaolin unique skills.'"

"When the female donor heard what I said, her face suddenly turned cold, and she shouted at Brother Lingmen: 'Master, do you look down on me because I am a woman?' Brother Lingmen put his hands together and bowed, saying: 'Buddha is merciful, and all beings are equal. How could I look down on you?' The female donor said coldly: 'Really? Then why are you being polite to me?' Alas, I lied, but I made Brother Lingmen scold me."

The sweeping monk couldn't help but shake his head slightly when he said this. After a moment, he continued, "Senior Brother Lingmen had no choice but to say, 'If that's the case, I apologize.' Then he jumped towards the female donor and attacked her with the 'Lingshan Worship Buddha' from the 'Weituo Palm'."

"I have often heard people say, 'There are always people better than you,' but it was not until that day that I really understood the true meaning. The martial arts world is so vast that there are many hidden dragons and crouching tigers. The female donor has no reputation in the martial arts world, but her martial arts skills are truly extraordinary."

"Brother Lingmen used seven of the 72 Shaolin Kung Fu techniques, namely, the Vedic Palm, the Paramita Hand, the Formless Robbery Finger, the Dragon Claw Grabbing Hand, the Shaolin Scattering Flower Palm, the Indra Grab, and the One Finger Zen Kungfu. The female donor responded with three palm techniques and three grappling techniques. Her palm techniques and grappling techniques seemed to contain the unique skills of sword, knife, whip, spear, claw, axe and other weapons. They were all-encompassing and complicated."

"Every move she made was dangerous, attacking Senior Brother Lingmen's vital points, but her posture was light and graceful, elegant and beautiful, just like dancing. I have never seen such a martial art that is so effortless and graceful before, and I don't know what kind of martial art it is or what its name is."

"They fought back and forth for thousands of rounds, and both were already showing signs of fatigue. Senior Brother Lingmen saw an opportunity and retreated, and the female donor did not attack again. Senior Brother Lingmen said, 'You have tested me with nearly a thousand moves, and I am no longer strong enough. Please stop now.' The female donor smiled and said, 'Master monk, don't be modest. Even if we continue to fight, I am afraid that we will not be able to determine the winner for two days and two nights. The Shaolin School's martial arts are indeed well-deserved.'"

When Fang Muye heard this, he thought to himself: I didn't expect that Master Lingmen's martial arts skills are so superb. Yes, Tianshan Tonglao has such a peculiar and arrogant personality that she is willing to treat Master Lingmen as an equal. There must be something that convinces her.

Then I heard the sweeping monk continue to say: "Brother Lingmen bowed eleven times and said, 'Thank you for your praise, your martial arts skills are extraordinary and I admire you. May I ask which sect you learned from?' The female donor said, 'The name of my sect is something that no one except a member of the sect can hear. If someone hears it intentionally or unintentionally, our rule is to kill them immediately.' At that time, I thought to myself, 'How can there be such a sect with such weird rules?' I became even more curious about her sect."

"The female donor said, 'But I like you, a great monk, and your martial arts are pretty good. You are qualified to be my equal, so I will tell you the name of my sect, but you two must not mention it to others.' After she finished speaking, she didn't wait for Senior Brother Lingmen to respond before she told him the name. That was the first time I knew there was such a hidden sect like the Xiaoyao Sect in the martial arts world."

"The female donor asked again, 'Master, I heard that your Shaolin Temple has 72 unique skills. How many did you use when you fought me just now?' Senior Brother Lingmen said, 'I used nine in total.' The female donor asked again, 'Why don't you use a few more?' Senior Brother Lingmen replied, 'It is impossible to learn all 72 unique skills of our temple. The more you learn, the easier it is to go astray or have internal injuries that are difficult to heal.' Then he told the female donor the reason behind it. I and Master Xuanku have already said this before, so I won't repeat it to Donor Fang."

Fang Muye smiled and nodded, only to hear the sweeping monk continue: "Unexpectedly, after hearing this, the female donor laughed and said, 'Master, your words are a bit blind. Our sect has a "Small Wuxiang Kung Fu" that can be used to practice martial arts from various schools. With this as a foundation, all the 72 unique skills of your temple can be used.'"

"When I heard this, I was naturally shocked and angry. I felt that the female donor was really talking nonsense. The 72 unique skills of our temple are so profound that even Bodhidharma couldn't master them all. How could she, the Xiaoyao Sect, be able to use them all? Is she deliberately belittling our temple?"

"Brother Lingmen was silent for a moment and then said, 'The 72 unique skills of our temple are divided into two categories: [body] and [use]. [Body] refers to the internal force, and [use] refers to the method of use. The female donor said that your school's "Small Wuxiang Gong" can use the 72 unique skills of our temple. I think it is just the use of the method and the moves, which are fundamentally different. But even so, your school's "Small Wuxiang Gong" is indeed profound and can be said to be a rare skill in the world.'"

"After hearing what Senior Brother Lingmen said, the female donor laughed again and said, 'The great monk's knowledge of martial arts is indeed extraordinary. Yes, yes, I really did not choose the wrong person. Great monk, if I use the "Small Wuxiang Gong" to hit you, how will you respond?'"

"Afterwards, the female donor started a discussion with Senior Brother Lingmen. However, after listening for a long time, I felt that although the female donor could explain the subtleties of the "Small Wuxiang Gong", she had never practiced it. I believe Senior Brother Lingmen must have noticed this. After the two of them discussed the "Small Wuxiang Gong", they also discussed a lot about martial arts. My cultivation was shallow, so I could not interrupt and could only listen, but I also benefited a lot."

Fang Muye certainly knew that of the three major internal skills of the Xiaoyao Sect, the three elders of Xiaoyao only learned one from Xiaoyaozi. The "Little Wuxiang Gong" was Li Qiushui's unique skill, which Tianshan Tonglao naturally did not know. However, although she did not know this skill, she had experienced it many times and was very familiar with the situation of this kung fu.

The Child-Fairy of Tianshan was taught the "Eternal Youth Kung Fu" by Xiaoyaozi. It turned out to be an extremely magical internal skill. However, she started practicing it too early, at the age of six. After several years, the power of this internal skill became apparent, but her body could no longer grow up and she would always look like she was eight or nine years old.

However, although the Tianshan Child-Fairy was short in stature, she was very beautiful. She also practiced the "Eternal Youth Skill", which enabled her to stay young and maintain her looks forever. So Wuyazi fell in love with her.

At the age of 26, Tianshan Tonglao was able to reverse her magic and correct her short stature. At that time, Li Qiushui was only 18 years old and fell in love with Wuyazi. She was jealous of Tianshan Tonglao and when she was at the critical moment of practicing, he shouted at her, scaring her so much that her internal energy went astray and she could never recover and would never grow up.

Wuyazi was not loyal in love to begin with, and when he saw that the Child-Grandma of Tianshan would never grow up and her appearance had deteriorated, he fell in love with Li Qiushui and denied all claims of being the Child-Grandma of Tianshan, and the two women became mortal enemies.

After that, the Tianshan Child-Granny tried to harm Li Qiushui several times, but Li Qiushui was protected by the extremely powerful magical skill "Xiao Wuxiang Gong", and her life was always saved. Naturally, the Tianshan Child-Granny was filled with hatred.

The Child-Fairy of Tianshan came specially to discuss the "Little Wuxiang Kung" with Master Lingmen, probably because she wanted to find a way to deal with Li Qiushui with the help of Shaolin School, the top martial arts in the world.

But the sweeping monk sighed and continued, "After the female donor had a discussion with Senior Brother Lingmen, she disappeared. Since then, I have been obsessed with the idea, and I always wonder: 'Why can the Xiaoyao Sect use the 72 unique skills of our temple, but our disciples can't? If so, are the 72 unique skills of Shaolin Temple still the 72 unique skills of Shaolin Temple?' Once this thought came up, it kept lingering around, like a shadow following you, and like weeds on a prairie, growing stronger and stronger."

"I have already fallen into the devil's way, sinking deeper and deeper, but I still don't know it. It was not until I was on my way back to Shaolin Temple from Mount Wutai that Senior Brother Lingmen discovered the clues and gave me a wake-up call. I suddenly woke up, but I was already deeply trapped and couldn't get out. After returning to the temple, I plunged into the Sutra Library, intending to learn all 72 unique skills to restore the reputation of my Shaolin Temple."

"In the first two years, I would often go out, but later I just hid in the pavilion. As I practiced the 72 unique skills more and more deeply, I was injured more and more seriously, and the evil spirit penetrated deeper into my internal organs. Buddha said: There is no appearance in the world, and appearance is created by the heart. After being trapped in the devil's way, my appearance has changed drastically. I am no longer a human, and no longer a ghost."

"Several years later, I finally suffered the consequences. That night, my inner strength was disordered, my meridians were misaligned, and my life was hanging by a thread. At the moment of life and death, I was blessed by the Buddha. A copy of the Lotus Sutra fell in front of me. I fell to the ground, looked at the sutra, and suddenly woke up. My inner strength and meridians gradually returned to normal, and I survived."

"Buddhist disciples must seek liberation from the Dharma. Buddha is born from the heart, and Buddha is enlightenment. Since then, I have been diligently practicing Buddhism in the Sutra Library and have been enlightened. This can be considered a blessing in disguise. Amitabha, well done, well done."

When the sweeping monk said this, he clasped his hands together and bowed his head in worship.