Travel through the heavens

The Child-Granny of Tianshan led Fang Muye and Duan Yu to the back hall of the Lingjiu Palace and said slowly, "When my master was traveling around the world, he came to this Piaomiao Peak and accidentally discovered a cave built in the mountain. There are many exquisite martial arts engraved on the stone walls of the cave. In addition to the "Eternal Spring Skill", "Northern Divine Skill" and "Little Invisible Skill", our sect's powerful martial arts such as "Heavenly Mountain Six Yang Palm", "Heavenly Mountain Plum Blossom Hand" and "White Rainbow Palm Power" are all in it. My master also lived here for a long time and founded the Xiaoyao Sect."

As they were talking, the three of them arrived at the garden at the back hall.

The Child-like Grandma of Tianshan stretched out her foot and stepped on the stone steps of the pavilion in the garden. The sound of a mechanism turning was heard, and a rockery next to it moved away, revealing an underground tunnel entrance. She lit a torch and went in first to lead the way. Along the way, she kept pressing the mechanism in secluded places to prevent the hidden weapon traps from being activated. Fang Muye and Duan Yu followed closely behind her.

This tunnel twists and turns, spiraling downward, and sometimes suddenly opens up to reveal a huge cave. It can be seen that the tunnel was built based on a natural cave in the mountain. The tunnel and cave are magnificently constructed, and it took at least decades of work and consumed enormous manpower and material resources.

After walking for more than two miles, they reached the end. The Tianshan Child-Fairy stretched out her hand and pushed open a rock on the left, revealing a huge stone chamber.

The three of them entered the stone chamber one after another. Fang Muye took a look around and saw that the rocks on all four sides were polished smooth and engraved with countless circles about a foot long. Various figures were engraved in each circle, some were human figures, some were animal figures, some were incomplete text, and some were just marks and lines. Next to the circles were written words such as "甲一", "甲二", "子一", "子二", etc. If the number of circles was not more than a thousand, there must be at least eight or nine hundred.

Tianshan Child-Grandma lit several oil lamps on the stone wall one by one and said, "There are a total of 22 kinds of martial arts in this stone room, each of which is extraordinary. I don't know who left them behind, but I think they must have been famous at that time."

Fang Muye sighed: "No matter how amazing an existence is, it can't escape death and resist the passage of time."

Tianshan Child-Grandma sighed and agreed, "Yes, sects rise and fall, and people also die and die. It is difficult for anything to last forever in this world. Even though our sect's 'Eternal Spring Kung Fu' is said to make people immortal, in fact, it only means living a few more years."

After a pause, he continued, "Mr. Fang, please read the martial arts in this cave. I have studied several of them for decades and have some experience. If you have any questions, you can discuss them with me."

Fang Muye said: "Okay."

The Child-Girl of Tianshan said to Duan Yu again, "Duan boy, I have taught you the Tianshan Six Yang Palm and other Kung Fu in the past few days. You should study it carefully according to the diagram on the stone wall." After saying that, she walked to the side, sat cross-legged on the cushion, and began to study the Hunyuan Gong.

Duan Yu walked to the circle marked "甲一" and immediately recognized what was drawn in the circle. He said to himself, "This is the first move of the Tianshan Plum Blossom Hand. Why is there no name marked on it?"

Upon hearing this, Fang Muye looked towards the stone wall and discovered that all the martial arts illustrations on the wall were only marked with serial numbers but no names of the martial arts. He guessed that names such as "Tianshan Six Yang Palm" must have been given by Xiaoyaozi himself later.

Judging from the serial numbers, the one beginning with "甲" is "Tianshan Zhemei Hand" and the one beginning with "乙" is another set of martial arts. There are twenty-two kinds of martial arts, which are just marked with the ten heavenly stems and twelve earthly branches.

Fang Muye stopped thinking about it and immediately calmed down. He read the books in order according to the sequence, studied them according to the illustrations, and soon he was immersed in it.

With Fang Muye's current martial arts skills and powerful consciousness at the perfect state of the Great Zhoutian, it only took him a few hours to understand and apply all the twenty-two martial arts on the stone wall.

The martial arts on the stone wall were indeed mysterious. After studying them, Fang Muye was able to make further progress in martial arts.

A few days later, in front of the stone fortress gate of Lingjiu Palace.

Tianshan Tonglao clasped her fists and bowed to Fang Muye, saying, "Mr. Fang has profound knowledge of martial arts. I have benefited a lot from discussing martial arts with Mr. Fang these past few days. I bid farewell today and hope to see you again in the future and discuss martial arts with Mr. Fang again."

Fang Muye smiled and said, "I have benefited a lot from this trip to Piao Miao Peak. Thank you for the hospitality of Tong Lao these days. We will see you later."

The Child-Grandma of Tianshan said, "We will meet again." Then she called out, "Xiao Yu, Xiao Shi, Xiao Fu."

"My subordinate is here."

An old woman in her fifties or sixties wearing a green shirt, a woman in her thirties wearing a purple shirt, and a girl in her twenties wearing a green shirt immediately responded and walked out from the dozen people behind the Tianshan Child-Fairy.

The Child-Granny of Tianshan looked at Duan Yu and said, "Duan, you are going to Xingxiu Sea to kill Ding Chunqiu as the leader of Xiaoyao Sect. If you are alone, it will weaken the reputation of Xiaoyao Sect. Besides, the journey is long, and you need someone to accompany you. I will send the Haotian tribe, Zhutian tribe, and Yangtian tribe to serve you."

Duan Yu declined, "Uncle Master, I really don't deserve this position. How can I trouble you sisters to serve me?"

Tianshan Tonglao scolded, "You are the leader of Xiaoyao Sect and my nephew. From today on, you are the young master of Lingjiu Palace of Piaomiao Peak. You are a servant of the Nine Heavens and Nine Divisions of Lingjiu Palace. Your life and death are at your will. What's the big deal about just accompanying and serving me?"

Duan Yu was shocked and said hurriedly: "Uncle Master, this is absolutely not allowed. I am not worthy of being the young master of Lingjiu Palace."

Tong Lao said angrily, "What do you mean by absolutely not? How dare you disobey the orders of your elders! Don't try to make excuses. You are a man, but you act like a girl."

Duan Yu smiled helplessly and had to agree.

Tianshan Child-Grandma's face showed joy, but then turned cold and stern, and she ordered Yu, Shi, and Fu Minyi: "You must serve the young master wholeheartedly, and seeing the young master is like seeing me. If you are negligent, you will be severely punished."

Yu, Shi, and Fu Minyi immediately bowed to the ground and said, "We obey your orders and will serve you well. We will never dare to disobey your orders."

After saying this, they all turned around and kowtowed to Duan Yu, saying, "Your servants pay their respects to the young master."

Duan Yu hurried forward to help the three of them up, saying, "Grandma Yu, please stand up, Sister Shi, please stand up, Sister Fu, please stand up."

Fang Muye and Duan Yu, along with three members of the Yu family, bid farewell to the Child-Fairy of Tianshan and arrived at the foot of Piaomiao Peak. There, more than a hundred people from the Haotian, Zhutian and Yangtian tribes had already gathered, and more than a hundred camels were ready for riding.

Without further delay, the group immediately mounted their camels and headed towards the Xingxiu Sea, listening to the clear "ding-dang, ding-dang" sounds of the camel bells.