Chapter 113 Cultivating the Innate Qi

After the banquet.

Two days passed.

Yu Canghai brought Master Jin Guang and Taoist Master Song Wen to the courtyard where Chu Yuan lived to say goodbye to Chu Yuan.

Chu Yuan stayed in the courtyard these days and did not go anywhere, recovering his tense spirit and inner strength from the battle.

"Why don't you stay in the mountain for a few more days?"

Hearing the noise outside the house, Chu Yuan, who was reading a Taoist scripture in his hand, walked out of the house and saw Master Jin Guang and Taoist Master Song Wen standing in the yard, led by his senior brother Yu Canghai. After learning their purpose, he invited the three of them into the house, asked them to sit at the low table, and poured tea for them.

The temperature on the mountain is much lower than that at the foot of the mountain. Therefore, even though the heavy snow a few days ago has stopped for two days and the weather has cleared up, with the sun coming out briefly today, the snow in many places on the mountain has not melted. I have cleared the snow in the yard, but there is still some snow on the roof.

In such cold weather, we naturally cannot let the guests sit in the yard. It’s warmer inside the house.

"No, we have been down the mountain for some time, and there are still some things to do in the sect. It's time to go back."

The head of Emei Sect, Master Jin Guang, refused.

"The Emei Sect is not like the Qingcheng Sect. It is very powerful and has many experts. Without us two brothers, many things will come to a halt. It is time for us to go back down the mountain."

Taoist Master Songwen also said.

"Junior brother, Fellow Daoist Jin Guang and Fellow Daoist Song Wen are leaving and came to say goodbye to me. I originally wanted to send them off directly, but they insisted on coming to say goodbye to you, Junior brother."

Yu Canghai smiled bitterly.

Now, in the eyes of outsiders...

The status of his junior brother, the "Qingcheng Sword Immortal", is probably much higher than that of himself, the leader of the Qingcheng Sect.

Just like Master Jin Guang and Taoist Master Song Wen, even if they left, they had to say goodbye to their junior brother Chu Yuan.

"Thank you for the help from Emei Sect this time. Qingcheng Sect will remember it in our hearts."

Chu Yuan thanked him again.

"Qingcheng and Emei have long been allies, helping each other. This is as it should be."

The way of the golden light.

Although the Emei Sect did not provide much help in this rescue, it had shared weal and woe with the Qingcheng Sect and could be considered a true ally.

Only by making friends with the Qingcheng Sect, its "neighbor", and gaining its support, can the Emei Sect develop better.

"I heard that Taoist Priest Chu is getting married. Remember to invite us then."

Taoist Songwen said.

"Don't worry, I will not forget you two on the wedding day. I will send you invitations in advance."

Chu Yuan said.

After some greetings, Chu Yuan and his senior brother Yu Canghai escorted the Emei disciples, led by Master Jin Guang and Taoist Master Song Wen, to the archway with the words "Qingcheng Blessed Land" inscribed on it and watched them leave.

Chu Yuan was just about to go back to the courtyard when he met his family members, who also came to him to say goodbye.

"Father and mother, elder brother, second brother, elder sister-in-law, second sister-in-law, since we are here, why don't you stay in the mountains for a while?"

Chu Yuan tried to keep the family.

"We are not used to living in your mountain. You are all Taoists who practice asceticism. We have nothing to do all day long, and we need to be served by Taoist priests. We always feel out of place in the mountain."

Chu Qiao declined politely.

After all, they are not Taoists from Mount Qingcheng. It is okay for them to stay in Mount Qingcheng for a while, but they will feel extremely uncomfortable if they stay there for a long time.

"That's right, I'm still used to living in the village."

Chu's mother also said.

"Since we are here, elder brother and elder sister, please stay on the mountain. It won't be too late to leave after Brother Chu and Yingying get married!"

Upon learning that Chu Yuan's parents were leaving, Ren Woxing and Xiang Wentian also rushed over to try to keep Chu Yuan's family.

"Yes, father-in-law and mother-in-law, it won't be too late for you to leave after I get married to Brother Chu!"

Ren Yingying also said.

After spending a few days together, Ren Yingying finally stopped calling Chu Yuan in front of the Chu family.

"When you get married, it won't be too late for us to come to the mountain. Huaishu Village is not far from Qingcheng Mountain anyway."

Chu Qiao refused again.

"Then we'll see you off!"

Seeing that Chu Yuan’s parents were determined to leave.

Chu Yuan and Ren Yingying together escorted the Chu family down the mountain to the foot of Qingcheng Mountain.

The foot of Qingcheng Mountain, where a great battle had taken place a few days ago, had now been cleared out by the disciples of the Qingcheng Sect.

After the snow melted, all that was left were the spots of bright red blood on the ground, the mummified bodies of ten underworld masters hanging on the cliff not far away, and the weapons of the leaders of the Wudang, Shaolin and Five Mountains sects that were stabbed into the cliff.

There are no traces of the battle from the past few days.

The Qingcheng Sect specially arranged a carriage for the Chu family, and the carriage and the Qingcheng Sect Taoist priests escorted them back together.

"Sanlang, Yingying is a good girl. You must treat Yingying well and don't let her down. If you bully Yingying, our family will not allow it."

Before getting on the carriage, the more Chu's mother looked at Ren Yingying, the more satisfied she became. She gave Chu Yuan some instructions and was pulled into the carriage by Chu Qiao.

Chu Yuan: ???
"Yingying, have you been getting along well with my parents these past two days?"

Watching the two carriages carrying his family going farther and farther on the road and finally disappearing at the end of the road, Chu Yuan looked at Ren Yingying.

He felt that Ren Yingying got along better with his parents than he did with his own.

"It's OK. My parents-in-law like me very much."

Ren Yingying looked a little proud.

After dealing with Chu Yuan's parents and family, their marriage became more of a foregone conclusion.

"By the way, Brother Chu, my parents-in-law asked you to help arrange for our two children to become Taoist priests in Qingcheng Mountain..."

Then Ren Yingying suddenly said.

"Why didn't they tell me themselves?"

Chu Yuan looked puzzled.

"My father-in-law was afraid that you would not agree, so he told me about this matter and asked me to tell you."

Ren Yingying said to Chu Yuan.

"Which two children?"

Chu Yuan asked Ren Yingying.

"It is said that your eldest brother and second brother each have a child..."

Ren Yingying said.

"Actually, they don't need to tell you. If they tell me directly, I will agree to their request..."

Chu Yuan thought about it and said.

In Chu Yuan's opinion, it was not a big deal to just accept two members of the Chu family into the Qingcheng Sect.

But that’s all. Apart from accepting him into the Qingcheng Sect, he won’t give him much special care.

"Maybe your parents-in-law think you will refuse."

Ren Yingying said.

In fact, during the time that Chu Yuan's family lived in Qingcheng Mountain, she got to know Chu Yuan's parents better than Chu Yuan himself.

"Let's go back to the mountain!"

Chu Yuan held Ren Yingying's soft, delicate and smooth hand, interlocked their fingers, and walked towards Qingcheng Mountain.

I don't know when this hand-holding action started.

It has become a natural movement for two people to be together.

It seems to have become a habit.

……

Suddenly.

A month has passed.

Qu Feiyan and Lin Pingzhi, half a month ago.

They had already brought the Qingcheng Sect disciples who had gone down the mountain with them back to the mountain.

Chu Yuan asked about their journey down the mountain.

After learning that they had come down the mountain and the details of their encounter with the enemy in the Fuwei Escort Agency, and that Qu Feiyan was only slightly injured and that the injury had almost healed on the way back to the mountain, he no longer paid attention to the two of them.

However, with the return of Qu Feiyan.

Chu Yuan's originally quiet little courtyard began to become noisy again.

I don’t know why Ren Yingying always likes to argue with Qu Feiyan every time she comes to see Chu Yuan.

Qu Feiyan also seemed to dislike Ren Yingying, especially after learning that Chu Yuan was about to marry Ren Yingying.

The two would argue whenever they got the chance.

Sometimes, it was just because of a small thing that Chu Yuan couldn't understand. Every time, Qu Feiyan lost more than she won, but she still enjoyed it.

During this period, Chu Yuan went to the Sutra Library to get some peace and quiet, and spent more time there than in the yard.

……

This day.

The sky was overcast.

The sky was overcast with dark clouds.

After having breakfast in the dining hall, Chu Yuan came to the Qingcheng Sect's Sutra Library.

The Qingcheng Sect's Sutra Library is located in the center of the backyard.

It is a building with a shape not much different from other palaces and tall buildings in Qingcheng Sect, but its height is high enough to rank among the top few. It is a seven-meter-high, three-story, single-eaved hip-and-gable style building.

The roof is covered with green glazed tiles, and the eaves, beams and walls are all painted red.

The walls of the first floor are built with solid stone. The gate is a semicircular arch that looks like a city gate. There is a plaque with a gold border and a blue background with the three characters "Scripture Repository" written on it.

"Uncle-master, great-uncle-master!"

When Chu Yuan walked in, the Taoists who saw him along the way all bowed to him.

"Ok!"

Chu Yuan nodded, walked up the steps, passed through the gate, and entered the Sutra Library.

On the first floor, there were densely packed and neatly arranged bookshelves. Everything on the shelves was neatly arranged. The bottoms of the boxes were filled with wood ash and treated to be moisture-proof and insect-proof. The name labels of each Taoist scripture were affixed to the wooden boxes.

According to Chu Yuan's master Ziyun, the Qingcheng Sect's Scripture Library today contains more than 80,000 volumes of Taoist scriptures, excluding duplicate content. There are also many unique copies handed down from ancestors in various Taoist temples with a long history.

In the entire Ming Dynasty, apart from Mount Longhu, Mount Zhongnan, or the Imperial Palace, there is no other place that has more and more complete collections of Taoist scriptures than Mount Qingcheng.

However, the Taoist scriptures on the first floor are just some ordinary Taoist scriptures that are easy to find.

But because the Qingcheng Sect is a Taoist sect, there are quite a lot of Taoists who come to the first floor to borrow Taoist scriptures.

For Taoists who truly love to learn Taoism, martial arts secrets may not be as attractive as Taoist scriptures.

On the left and right sides of the main entrance on the first floor, there were two long square tables, behind each table sat two Taoists.

Taoists who want to borrow Taoist scriptures usually have to queue up and register their name, Taoist name, the title of the borrowed scripture, and the borrowing date. After stamping the seal with a red seal, the disciples guarding outside the scripture pavilion will allow the Taoists to take the scriptures out.

In fact, to be on the safe side, the Taoist scriptures borrowed from the Sutra Library are usually just copies.

A Taoist scripture, in addition to the rare edition, has five or six copies.

The Sutra Repository only lends out copies; rare books are not loaned out.

The so-called rare edition means the original version.
This avoids the situation where the Taoist scriptures are damaged or lost due to the disciples' carelessness after being borrowed out.

Chu Yuan walked up to the second floor along a corner staircase.

Compared to the first floor which looks very crowded with densely packed bookshelves, the second floor is much more sparse.

In such a large space, there are only less than ten bookshelves, and most of the compartments on these bookshelves are empty.

Because the second floor is filled with martial arts secrets!

These martial arts secrets mainly focus on the martial arts of the Qingcheng School and the Emei School.

Chu Yuan's original creations include "Nine Heavens Gang Qi", "Xuanmen Gang Qi", "Eternal Spring Immortality Skill", "Four Wonders Flying Immortal Sword Formation" and "Purple Yang Divine Art".

Even the Qingcheng Sect's original martial arts, "Qingcheng Heart Technique", "Qingfeng Sword Technique", "Songfeng Sword Technique" and "Cui Xin Palm" are included.

The martial arts of the Emei Sect were mainly the ones that Chu Yuan helped the Emei Sect to repair their remaining skills. After that, the Emei Sect gave a copy of the repaired martial arts to the Qingcheng Sect.

Including sword techniques such as "Extinction Sword Technique", "Flowing Cloud Sword Technique", and "Catkins Sword Technique"; palm techniques such as "Four Aspects Palm of Heaven and Earth", "Falling Snow Piercing Cloud Palm", "Emei Mian Palm", "Seven Evil Palms", and "Demon Subduing Palm"; and internal skills such as "Shaoqing Qigong" and "Three Yang Gong";

However, the martial arts of the Emei Sect belong to the Emei Sect after all, and very few people in the Qingcheng Sect practice them.

"Purple Yang Divine Art"!
After Chu Yuan improved the drawbacks, he no longer needed to castrate himself or mutilate his body to practice. He combined the incomplete version of "Sunflower Manual" and "Bixie Sword Technique" into a new martial art.

To practice this magical skill, one only needs to find a man who is willing to endure pain for him, and transfer the internal yang force that he has cultivated to him every month.

Until the extremely Yang internal force in his body accumulates to the limit and reaches the point where Yang extreme produces Yin, and then he can take back the extremely Yang internal force stored in other people at once, and then he can practice the "Marry Yang Divine Art" in one fell swoop.

However, if you entrust the wrong person to practice the "Marry Yang Divine Art", it will be very easy for your efforts to go to waste.

In the last step of practicing "Marry Yang Divine Art", when taking back the ultimate yang internal force, the cooperation of the other party is required. If the other party is unwilling to cooperate, the ultimate yang internal force that has been cultivated for several years or even more than ten years will be used to benefit others.

"Why have you been coming to the Sutra Library every day these days?"

Seeing Chu Yuan coming to the Sutra Repository again, and personally guarding the second floor, Chu Yuan's master Ziyun, who was sitting behind a square table at the foot of the stairs on the second floor and handling the things at hand, he raised his head and said.

Since the martial arts secrets stored on the second floor are very important and related to the inheritance of the Qingcheng Sect, Ziyun usually guards the second floor personally.

There's not only the second floor, there's also a third floor above the second floor of Qingcheng Sect.

The third floor houses five hundred rare and precious Taoist scriptures.

Each one is very precious and unique.

Some of them were even Taoist scriptures written personally by great Taoist masters who were rumored to have achieved immortality in history.

So he was on the second floor to guard both the second and third floors.

"Master, I have nothing to do during this period of time, so I came to the Sutra Library. The Sutra Library is quieter and can be used to borrow Taoist scriptures at any time."

Chu Yuan said with a smile.

"Then you can do whatever you want. I have to take care of my own business."

After Ziyun finished speaking, he lowered his head and continued to work on his tasks.

It is not an easy task to manage such a large scripture repository, let alone to manage it in an orderly manner.

There were more than a hundred Taoists under his direct supervision.

So he has a lot of things to deal with every day.

Fortunately, he knew how to delegate power. Later, following Chu Yuan's suggestion, he clearly defined responsibilities and handed over most of the tasks at hand to his Taoist subordinates.

So he was only busy for a while.

Seeing that Master Ziyun was busy, Chu Yuan did not disturb him.

He first went to the third floor, took out the basic rare Taoist scripture, found a corner on the second floor, sat on a cushion, and read and thought quietly.

He had a lot of things to do, except upgrading the "Nine Heavens Gangqi" which originally only cultivated six meridians to nine meridians.

He had been trying for a long time before he prepared to create his own martial arts, which was centered around Taoist dual cultivation. He had already had some ideas before and was about to create it, but was interrupted by the sudden Hengshan City Retirement Conference and the appearance of Ren Yingying.

Now I have just the right amount of time, and I'm getting married soon, so I'll need to put this skill to good use right away. I have to create this skill before getting married.

After Ziyun finished his work, he looked up and saw the rare Taoist scripture that Chu Yuan had thrown on the floor beside him after reading it.

He recognized it!

This unique copy of Taoist scripture is called "Guangcheng Ji".

It is the only Taoist scripture annotated by Du Guangting, a famous Taoist master known as the "Tianshi Zhen" in Qingcheng Mountain in the late Tang Dynasty.

Du Guangting was one of the few Taoist celestial masters whose surname was not Zhang. He was given titles such as "Mr. Guangcheng" and "Emperor's Teacher" by the emperor of the time.

However, he is most famous for writing the first novel about chivalrous knights in history, "The Biography of the Bearded Man".

Seeing that Chu Yuan did not cherish the only Taoist scripture written by a Taoist predecessor.

Ziyun couldn't help but frown, but after looking for a while, his brows relaxed and he turned his head away from looking at Chu Yuan.

As the saying goes, out of sight, out of mind; out of hearing, out of hearing; and out of thought, out of peace.

It is basically impossible for ordinary Taoists from the Qingcheng Sect to go to the third floor of the Sutra Library to take rare and precious Taoist scriptures.

It requires extremely stringent conditions, and even if the conditions are met, only a copy can be borrowed.

As the person in charge of the Sutra Repository, he was afraid that the rare and precious Taoist scriptures would be damaged by human beings.

It would be impossible for someone like Chu Yuan to be able to borrow rare and precious Taoist scriptures so easily and not cherish them at all.

But there is no way around it, the conditions are used to restrict ordinary Taoists.

For a genius like Chu Yuan, with his current prestige and status in the Qingcheng Sect.

As long as he is reading a rare or precious copy of the Taoist scripture, he is not intentionally damaging the scripture.

He just turned a blind eye and pretended he didn't see it.

When other veteran Taoist priests in the sect saw this, they probably had the same idea as him.

After careful consideration, Chu Yuan has decided to add those three meridians.

They are Shaoyin Heart Meridian, Shaoyang Gallbladder Meridian, and Shaoyang Kidney Meridian.

The "Nine Heavens Gangqi" he created has a bit of the flavor of returning to the innate from the acquired.

After the six meridians are opened, they can circulate endlessly and cultivate a breath of innate true qi.

But it was just one bite.

And this innate true qi is also the main reason why practitioners can transform the invisible and intangible internal force into protective qi, resist external swords and guns, and make people invulnerable to swords and guns.

So Chu Yuan decided that the next step was to cultivate this innate true qi.

　ps: I'm stuck with a writer's block. I think I won't be able to finish the next chapter before 12 noon, maybe until the early morning. This world is already ready to be finished, and I will probably have about words. If you think the next world is better to write, you can leave a message to the author.

　　
　
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