Starting from Tianlong, Wudu Tianxia

Without the slightest hesitation, Gao Yuan took out his tinderbox and slowly stepped into the cave.

After walking a hundred meters, you see a stone staircase leading downwards. After climbing more than two hundred steps and turning three corners, you climb a total of more than three hundred steps. A pungent plum smell enters your nose.

Light the candlestick in the stone chamber, and the space before you suddenly opens up.

The candlelight reflected off the white jade statue that had bewitched Duan Yu.

The woman in the picture wore a pale yellow silk shirt that trembled slightly. Her eyes were like autumn waters, her nose was like a hanging gall, and her lips were like cherry petals, naturally red without any makeup. When the corners of her lips were slightly raised, they seemed to contain three parts smile and three parts coldness. She was truly "delicate and gentle, with a refined and genuine demeanor, and her skin was delicate and her figure well-proportioned."

Although it is carved from jade, it seems to contain a radiant glow, captivating the soul with its beauty.

"My sister-in-law's allure is indeed powerful." Gao Yuan's expression immediately changed.

It's beautiful, but the thought of Wu Yazi staring blankly at his sister-in-law's jade statue every day sends chills down my spine!

You old man, you're among the top three in the entire server in terms of combat strength, but instead of focusing on developing your guild to dominate the server, you're indulging in these superficial things and playing with abstract concepts.

Isn't it more comfortable to hug a living person than a jade statue?

Looking further into the stone chamber, one sees diamonds embedded in the walls, their brilliance reflecting each other. On the west wall, there are six large crystals, with glimpses of green water visible outside the crystals.

Gao Yuan was heartbroken upon seeing this.

It's one thing for the three senior executives to be jealous of each other, but it turns out that Wu Yazi also used the gang's public funds to invest in jade to increase its value!

Confiscated!

Such extravagance is detrimental to our sect and must be confiscated.

It wasn't until he caught a glimpse of the two prayer cushions, one large and one small, beneath the jade statue that he realized what he had come there for.

Gao Yuan stepped forward, tore open the small prayer mat, opened the silk bundle, and the silk scroll inside was immediately revealed. Unrolling the long scroll, the Northern Darkness Map at the front goes without saying.

Turning to the end of the book, his eyes suddenly lit up.

The scroll ends with the four characters "Lingbo Weibu" (凌波微步), and is covered with numerous footprints and the words "Fumei" (妇妹), "Wuwang" (无妄), etc.

Holding the candlestick, I wandered around the four stone chambers. The main chamber, the secondary chamber, and Langhuan Paradise were all covered in dust, and the bronze mirrors were covered with verdigris. I wondered how many years it had been since anyone had been here.

Thinking of the empty bookshelves, he couldn't help but curse again, "What a spendthrift!" He would have to go to Mantuo Manor sooner or later and retrieve all the martial arts manuals that had been taken away.

With the Lingbo Weibu (a martial arts technique) in his arms, he couldn't suppress the urge to practice it.

He shook the large prayer cushion under the jade statue, then found a bamboo broom and brushed away the dust from the stone bed in the main bedroom.

Gao Yuan jumped onto the stone bed, sat cross-legged on the cushion, and found a rare tranquility in this blessed land where the words "There is no sun or moon in the cave, the greatest joy in the world" were once written.

Turning the scroll and gazing intently, one finds not only clear depictions of the steps but also detailed annotations of the sixty-four hexagrams of the I Ching.

Fortunately, he studied the "I Ching" diligently every day, and was able to understand the obscure content in the book, so it was not like reading a "heavenly book".

After reciting silently, Gao Yuan closed the book and pondered quietly.

The Lingbo Weibu footwork is quite strange. According to the footwork drawn in the scroll, it is chaotic and disorderly. After taking one step, it is often impossible to follow up with the next step. Sometimes, one must leap forward and backward, and dodge left and right.

I closed the scroll, slowly shut my eyes, and my mind kept flashing through the hexagrams of the I Ching, such as Tongren, Dayou, Guimei, and Weiji.

At this moment, he was both focused and rational, his mind clear and bright. He virtually repeated the footwork in his mind, the first step, the second step, the third step... and he was unstoppable all the way!

Until the seventy-eighth step of the deduction, his face turned pale and red. When it turned pale, his body trembled slightly as if he had fallen into ice, and when it turned red, he was sweating profusely.

Martial artists comprehend profound truths, aligning themselves with the natural order of heaven and earth. Taoist martial arts place particular emphasis on the word "enlightenment." If there is feedback, the spirit will naturally react, and the mind will begin to activate, which is described as meditation.

It should be understood that Lingbo Weibu is a superior martial art. When it is used, the movements of the whole body are closely related to the internal energy. It is by no means just a matter of taking quick steps.

When Duan Yu first began his cultivation, he also practiced step by step, thinking and practicing on the spot. He was far from being able to reach such heights, and there was no situation where he relied solely on virtual deduction to induce the circulation of internal energy.

Gao Yuan had an epiphany at this moment, but he got stuck on the seventy-eighth step and could not continue the deduction. His stubborn insistence caused a sudden inner demon to arise.

At a critical moment of life and death.

A cool sensation emanated from the jade pendant on his chest. Gao Yuan suddenly opened his eyes, panting heavily.

"Thank goodness! If I hadn't had the jade tablet to clear and calm my mind, my meridians might have become disordered and I would have been paralyzed if I had continued to be so obsessive!"

"It must be that I don't understand the essence of the I Ching correctly. I haven't been able to figure out how to proceed with the seventy-ninth step. I'm just too stupid."

If Wu Yazi were here at this moment, he would surely leap three zhang (approximately 10 meters) and curse Gao Yuan.

The Lingbo Weibu technique consists of over a hundred steps, each containing the essence of Taoism. He mastered seventy-eight steps in one night, something even he couldn't do. If Gao Yuan is considered stupid, then there is simply no one more intelligent in the world.

"Forty-three hexagrams, seventy-eight steps..."

A sharp glint flashed in his eyes, and his body moved abruptly.

He began with the "Mingyi" star, guided by the star chart beneath his feet. His steps shifted between reality and illusion, drifting like wisps of smoke and willow catkins, each step unimpeded.

The stone chamber was originally windless, but now Gao Yuan's steps created a gust of wind, stirring up afterimages, which was truly terrifying.

suddenly.

He stopped abruptly at the seventy-eighth step, a cold sweat breaking out on his back, unable to take the seventy-ninth step.

Gao Yuan pondered the Book of Changes again, but the effect became minimal, and his thoughts still could not be fully understood.

"No, you can't force it."

He felt a growing urge to retreat and decided to stop and regroup.

But at this very moment...

His eyes lit up, and dozens of lines of text appeared in his pupils.

It contains excerpts from Wu Yazi's works, including "Free and Easy Wandering," "The Principle of Nourishing Life," "Autumn Floods," and "Supreme Happiness," which he carved on the east wall.

"The ultimate joy is no joy; the joy lies in gain and loss, in finding joy in non-reliance on nature..."

True joy comes from being carefree and at ease!

Gao Yuan's heart suddenly became clear, like a sage, without desires or wants, no longer striving.

The step that had been impossible to take suddenly became clear.

He laughed heartily, no longer using his mind to control the Northern Darkness True Qi, but instead focusing on non-action and non-interference, achieving everything through non-action, and no longer deliberately pursuing results.

next moment.

He seemed to have no bones, and moved with the grace of a startled swan, turning in mid-air and stepping onto the seventy-ninth step, the "Ji Ji" position.

"Wonderful! Wonderful!"

His subsequent footwork flowed smoothly, and in no time, he had mastered most of the Lingbo Weibu (a martial arts technique).

Indeed, although the martial arts of the Free and Unfettered Sect are all unparalleled masterpieces, they are extremely difficult to master. A slight mistake can lead to obsession and demonic possession. No wonder they need to study and understand the Taoist classics thoroughly.

They practiced for a full two hours.

A strong hunger struck, and his energy and spirit were pushed to their limits, yet he still had to seek it outwards.

The human body adapts to the universe. Taoism emphasizes the natural laws of the universe: when full, it overflows; when deficient, it is replenished.

When martial arts practitioners deplete their inner energy, they meditate to recover, not only by looking inward but also by seeking externally without realizing it.

Only in this way can it be continuously produced.

"This is entirely consistent with the logic of 'following the principles of Heaven, opening the major gaps, and guiding the major cavities' in the 'Nourishing Life Principle'."

I was enlightened by the words carved on the wall.

Sitting cross-legged, Gao Yuan ate his dry rations while reminiscing about Wu Yazi's virtues.

"Wu Yazi, oh Wu Yazi!"

"Good brother, good senior brother, I misunderstood you before. You're not so... abstract!"

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Having found the blessed land of Langhuan, they also gained enlightenment.

Gao Yuan was in high spirits. After filling his stomach, he began to study classics such as the Book of Changes and the Book of Leisure. Things he didn't understand before suddenly became clear, like breaking through the clouds to see the blue sky.

Once he grasped the meaning, his excitement was truly indescribable, and he couldn't help but feel:

"In martial arts, it's like solving a riddle; when you guess correctly, you gain endless joy!"

Once he got into the mood, he forgot about the time and stayed at Langhuan Paradise for two days.

Over the course of two days, Gao Yuan tidied up all the stone chambers and then went to Sword Lake, which was surrounded by cliffs in the east, west, south, and north, to retrieve the precious sword that was hanging under the hollow of the cliff and inlaid with various gemstones.

In the original story, Duan Yu fell down and, lacking martial arts skills, naturally couldn't retrieve it.

Just as Duan Yu had predicted, there was indeed a book wrapped in oilcloth placed in the hollow of the cliff.

Lifting the oilcloth, a blue and white, dark green book appeared before one's eyes, with the inscription: "The Nineteen Styles of Heavenly Mirror and Wind Control".

Gao Yuan was overjoyed.

Sure enough, with Wu Yazi and Li Qiushui practicing swordsmanship at Sword Lake all day long, how could the Xiaoyao Sect not have sword techniques?

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