redvbooks #234 - Innate Zixia!
#234 - Innate Zixia!
The Hunyuan Gong was not peaceful, and its internal energy attributes didn't match, leaving Liang Yue at a loss.
Fortunately, although the Kongtong Sect was close to the Western Regions, its cultivation methods weren't too far removed from Taoism. In its long history, it had gradually integrated the concepts of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism into itself.
After reading through "Sa'ta Meteor," Liang Yue discovered that the best way to practice this lightness skill was to start with its original internal cultivation method.
Peaceful, resistant to torment, and with the added effect of preserving youth, even Li Qiushui, nearly a hundred years old, could maintain the appearance of a young woman.
Unfortunately, the Xixia Imperial Palace had long been reduced to ashes, the monarchy destroyed, and the entire Xixia clan slaughtered by the Mongol army.
The chance of finding traces of this divine art in a pile of ruins or spoils of war was extremely slim.
As for ~ Tianshan Lingjiu Palace…
Liang Yue would definitely have to go there eventually, but not now. And with the passage of time, it was unknown whether this Lingjiu Palace, which once intimidated all directions, still existed.
"Since the Xiao Wu Xiang Divine Art cannot be found for the time being, I can only settle for second best."
""...Zixia Divine Art?"
"This seems to be a good choice too ~"
"Neutral and peaceful, good at healing injuries, and with internal energy resilience to the point of directly resolving different types of true energy, and it's inherited from the Hunyuan Gong, so it should be able to be converted smoothly, right?"
Thinking of this, Liang Yue's eyes lit up, and he began to make calculations in his heart.
The lightness skill "Sa'ta Meteor," just like its name, once used, moves like a galloping horse and is as swift as a meteor!
It emphasizes explosive movement within short to medium distances.
It's somewhat similar to the energy-storing and launching characteristics of "Stepping Across the River on a Reed," but on this basis, it goes a step further and forms a system exclusive to catapulting and launching lightness techniques.
In addition, the appearance of this unique lightness skill also greatly compensates for the lack of mid-air flight ability in "Stepping Across the River on a Reed."
With it, Liang Yue could probably be like Zhang Wuji, Zhao Min, and even Zhang Sanfeng in this world, able to walk in the air for a certain period of time and fly freely in the sky.
Of course, this process consumes a lot of internal energy.
Zhang Wuji relied entirely on the abnormal Qi recovery ability of the Nine Yang Divine Art. Zhang Sanfeng was able to fly from the top of the mountain to the town at the foot of the mountain purely because of his own profound skill.
As for Zhao Min, it was probably just because she was in a hurry to escape…
In addition, after reading through this "Sa'ta Meteor" lightness skill several times, Liang Yue seriously suspected that this lightness skill must have some connection with the legendary Poet Immortal, Li Bai.
Moreover, when he was ransacking the "Weapon" Pavilion in the Kongtong Sect's cave, he seemed to have seen Li Bai's inscription on the wall, as well as his sword…
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"~~~… …"
Not long after, just as Liang Yue was sitting in front of the cave entrance, sipping tea and carefully studying the secret manual in his hand, a series of chaotic footsteps suddenly came from the direction of the mountain road, gradually approaching.
Hearing the sound, Liang Yue's eyes flashed, he closed the book, leaped up a tree, and looked into the distance.
He saw a group of hundreds of soldiers wearing Yuan Mongol military uniforms, led by more than twenty court lackeys, slowly advancing towards the Huashan Sect.
Judging from their current marching formation, this group of people seemed to be planning a frontal assault, no longer resorting to the previous sneak attack ~
But thinking about it, it made sense. As the saying goes, there's only one path to Huashan since ancient times.
Although the Huashan Sect's location wasn't on a dangerous peak, the terrain was still very treacherous. It was quite difficult to sneak attack up the mountain.
Too many people would definitely be exposed, too few people would be afraid of death, and real experts would rarely take risks unnecessarily, especially by using poison to sneak attack others ~
"It really is, coming early is not as good as coming at the right time. I came early and at the right time, and after taking a nap, my condition has returned to its peak. It's just right that I waited for you to come."
"Originally, I thought I would have to wait another day or two. Now it seems, it's just right ~!"
Watching the Mongol army slowly pass by in a long line, Liang Yue's lips curled slightly, and a wicked smile appeared on his face.
Then, this guy quietly followed along, carefully tailing them, waiting for the best moment to slack off.
About half an hour later, the Mongol Yuan army arrived at the gate of the Huashan Sect.
However, what happened next greatly exceeded Liang Yue's expectations.
He stood far away on the opposite cliff, watching the confrontation between the two sides.
With his hearing far surpassing ordinary people, he could barely hear the negotiations over the cliff, carried by the mountain breeze.
As a result, under the scolding and coercion of a group of court lackeys on the Yuan army's side, the Huashan Sect's people, led by several gray-haired elders, actually knelt down and surrendered ~
Liang Yue, who was watching from the side, really…
…wished he could just…
Um ~ After shaking his head, Liang Yue didn't bother to get angry over these trivial matters.
He grabbed the cliff with his large dog paws, and with a few steps, he flew up the steep cliff and into the gate of the Huashan Sect.
It was still the same operation as before, still the same style of doing things as before.
Liang Yue then transformed into a running dog shadow, leaving behind a row of blurred phantoms. Taking advantage of the moment when the two sides were still confronting each other at the mountain gate, he disappeared into the Huashan Sect's buildings in a few steps.
In less than a quarter of an hour, he had turned the entire Huashan Sect upside down.
As a result, the gains from this circle far exceeded his previous expectations.
At this time, Liang Yue was squatting on the steps of the Huashan Sect's ancestral hall, used to worship the sect's past ancestors. In his fat dog paws, he was holding two thick secret manuals.
One of them was the Zixia Divine Art, which only the successive leaders of the Huashan Sect were qualified to practice.
After turning the Huashan Sect leader's residence upside down, Liang Yue finally found this unique divine art in a secret compartment in the wall.
The secret manual was written on thick, purplish-red paper, which had been specially processed to facilitate preservation.
The surface of the cover was even engraved with a dark floral gold seal, looking extremely cautious.
Liang Yue didn't find this surprising. After all, this was the personal cultivation technique of the Huashan Sect's successive leaders, so it naturally needed to be treated with solemnity.
What really surprised him was the other secret manual he found in the ancestral hall behind him ~
It was yellowish-brown, and the paper was old. Although there was no obvious damage, the secret manual itself had begun to come apart.
It was relatively well-preserved, without being eaten by insects or gnawed by rats, or even suffering from mold, but compared to the other deluxe hardcover edition of the Zixia Secret Manual, the treatment of this one was definitely not perfect.
"Xiantian Gong… …"
"I didn't expect that this supreme esoteric art of the Quanzhen Taoist tradition would be hidden in this small ancestral hall!"
"Legend has it that this was the inheritance that Wang Chongyang obtained by chance from the Pure Yang Immortal, Lü Dongbin. The Huashan Sect's people don't know how to cherish such an important thing."
"It's really a waste of a precious gem in their hands ~!"
"Hoo ~ ~ ~"
After taking a deep breath, a gratified smile appeared on Liang Yue's old face.
"This trip was really not in vain ~"
"I don't know if there are any secret treasures on this Huashan Mountain like in the Kongtong Sect, but that doesn't matter. With these two secret manuals, I probably won't have to worry about not having any techniques to practice for a long time ~"
Almost at the first moment of obtaining these two secret manuals, Liang Yue had already clearly decided on the main cultivation techniques for himself in the next period of time.
Especially after he roughly flipped through this Xiantian Gong and Zixia Divine Art, he became even more certain of this plan.
"This is the real inheritance ~!"
"Speaking of this Zixia Divine Art, could it be that Wang Chongyang simplified and decomposed the Gongfa parts from the Xiantian Gong back then?"
"It looks too similar. Practicing Zixia Gong to the highest stage can just meet the entry conditions for Xiantian Gong."
"A strand of Xiantian-level True Qi? I didn't expect that the threshold for Xiantian Gong would be based on the Xiantian realm. Amazing!"
"In addition, judging from the attributes of the Zixia Divine Art, converting Hunyuan internal energy into Zixia True Qi doesn't seem to be a problem at all. People like me, who are already at the peak of the acquired realm, with all eight extraordinary meridians connected, are even easier to practice this technique."
"Tsk tsk ~ It's really the work of fate ~!"
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