Chapter 122 "Nine Heavens Scripture" is released!
There are still a few months left before the middle of winter and the beginning of winter meet.

Chu Yuan plans to go into seclusion for a period of time.

The small courtyard where he lived was a bit noisy, and the Qingcheng Sect's Scripture Library was also busy, so it was not suitable as a place for retreat.

After being recommended by Master Ziyun, as well as the two Taoist masters Bixu and Cuixia, it was said that Tianshi Cave was relatively quiet.

Taoist Cuixia was originally the abbot of Tianshi Cave Temple, but ever since the merger of Qingcheng Sect, few people have lived there. Apart from a small number of Taoists left to guard and clean the place, and to serve as temporary Taoist temples when the Qingcheng Sect's temples were not enough, there is no one else living there.

So Chu Yuan decided to go into seclusion in Tianshi Cave.

Tianshi Cave is also known as Changdao Temple.

It is rumored that during the Eastern Han Dynasty, Heavenly Master Zhang Daoling practiced here.

Zhang Daoling is the founder of Tianshi Dao and Zhengyi Dao.

"Brother Chu, you can rest assured in your retreat. I will bring you meals on weekdays."

On the small road leading to Tianshi Cave, Ren Yingying and Chu Yuan walked together.

"Thank you for your help, Yingying."

Chu Yuan didn't refuse either.

He hasn't practiced martial arts to the point of fasting, so he still needs to eat. It would be nice to have someone bring him meals, which would save him a lot of trouble.

Tianshi Cave is not far from the current Qingcheng Sect. It is two kilometers north of Jianfu Palace.

The two soon arrived at Tianshi Cave.

This place is surrounded by mountains on three sides and faces a stream on one side. It is very quiet and secluded with towering ancient trees.

All I could see were the solemn halls and the winding outer corridors, which were scattered along the terrain, connecting the palaces and pavilions into one. There were steep cliffs all around, and the mountains were towering over it, with warm green mist floating in the air.

It can be said that: Thousands of winding cliffs hide secluded and beautiful scenery, and tens of thousands of trees are shrouded in mist and the peaks are strange.

Two young Taoist priests from the Qingcheng Sect, in their early twenties and wearing dark blue Taoist robes, had been waiting in front of the door.

"Uncle Chu, Aunt Chu, we have received an order to wait here!"

Seeing Chu Yuan and Ren Yingying coming to the gate of Tianshi Cave, the two Taoists came over and saluted respectfully.

Facing this legendary Master Chu, who was incredibly talented and was said to have single-handedly facilitated the merger of the Qingcheng Mountain sects, they were very awed and looked at Chu Yuan with respect.

"No need to be polite. I'm here to retreat. Just help me find a quiet place."

Chu Yuan said to the two Taoists.

"The Heavenly Master Hall is more in line with Uncle Chu's requirements. It is said that the Heavenly Master Hall is where the ancestor Heavenly Master practiced and preached. It is relatively quiet. The rest of the Three Emperors Hall and the Yellow Emperor Temple are usually visited by disciples to burn incense."

Another Taoist said.

"Then let's go to the Tianshi Temple. You lead the way."

Chu Yuan nodded.

Under the guidance of the two Taoists, Chu Yuan and Ren Yingying stepped into the Tianshi Cave and walked towards the Tianshi Hall.

Soon everyone arrived at the Tianshi Temple, and saw an ancient ginkgo tree in front of the cave entrance. It was about 130 feet high and as thick as three people could hug it. The crown of this giant tree was huge, giving people a feeling of blocking out the sun and reaching into the sky.

"Uncle Chu, Aunt Master, it is said that this tree was planted by Tianshi Zhang. It is over 1,300 years old and is the treasure of Tianshi Cave."

Seeing Chu Yuan and Ren Yingying stopped at the door of Tianshi Temple, a Taoist priest who was leading the way introduced them to Chu Yuan and Ren Yingying.

"It turns out that this tree was planted by the ancestor Tianshi himself. It is more than a thousand years old..."

Chu Yuan was a little surprised. No wonder he could grow so tall.

Legend has it that Zhang Daoling, the founder of Heaven, ascended to heaven and became an immortal, which means that this tree was planted by the immortal.

Regardless of whether Zhang Daoling became an immortal or ascended to heaven, even if it was just a younger disciple exaggerating the words of his elders, Zhang Daoling was able to create the Tianshi Dao and the Zhengyi Dao, and left behind many myths and legends, so he must have been a remarkable person.

While sighing, Chu Yuan and Ren Yingying walked into the Tianshi Cave.

As soon as he walked in, Chu Yuan saw a stone niche on the top level of the cave, in which was enshrined a stone statue of Zhang Tianshi carved from the Sui Dynasty.

There are three eyes on his face, and his expression is majestic.

His left palm is stretched out straight outward, holding the "Yangping Zhidu Gong Yin", the treasure of the Tianshi Mountain, and the left hand holds the "Sanwu Zhanxie Male and Female Sword".

"Uncle Chu, Aunt Master, this is the Heavenly Master Hall."

"We'll take our leave now. We'll be staying in the Taoist temple downstairs. If you need anything, you can always call us."

After bringing Chu Yuan and Ren Yingying into the Tianshi Temple, the two young Taoists said goodbye and left.

For a moment, Chu Yuan and Ren Yingying were the only ones left in the Tianshi Temple.

"Brother Chu, you should stay in seclusion. I will leave too. During this period, I will deliver meals to you on time every day."

Ren Yingying said to Chu Yuan.

She also had a lot of things to do. Besides playing the piano and the flute, she also practiced some martial arts of the Qingcheng Sect.

She married Chu Yuan. Although she was the Saint Lady of the Demon Sect, she was also a disciple of the Qingcheng Sect, so she was able to practice the martial arts of the Qingcheng Sect.

She has no interest in other martial arts.

But the Qingcheng Sect's "Eternal Youth Skill" alone was extremely tempting to her.

Having been married to Chu Yuan for so long, she already knew that although Chu Yuan was over 30 years old, he still looked like he was in his early twenties, because he practiced the "Eternal Spring Skill".

She didn't want Chu Yuan to always be in his early twenties after she married him, while she could only watch herself getting older day by day.

So no matter what, she was determined to master the "Eternal Youth Skill".

"Go."

Chu Yuan nodded.

The two have been married for a short time, so they won't get bored with each other even if they spend a long time together.

But it is not a big deal to be together every day and practice the "Yin Yang Huan Yang Gong".

Practicing "Yin Yang Huan Yang Gong" was of great benefit to Ren Yingying, but it did not bring any improvement to Chu Yuan.

Under Chu Yuan's gaze, Ren Yingying turned and left.

The Tianshi Hall was very quiet, with only Chu Yuan left. Chu Yuan looked around the environment of the Tianshi Hall.

Apart from the lifelike stone statue of Heavenly Master Zhang Daoling in the hall, the area of ​​the cave is not particularly large, only four meters long and wide, and more than three meters high.

Chu Yuan casually glanced at the back of the Tianshi Hall, and found a dusty cushion in the corner. He used his inner strength to shake off the dust on the cushion, then placed the cushion on the ground. He sat cross-legged in the center of the Tianshi Cave, with his five hearts facing the sky, meditating in seclusion, and practicing the "Nine Heavens Gangqi" according to the exercise route of the "Nine Heavens Gangqi".

Chu Yuan is in seclusion this time, preparing to practice the upgraded "Nine Heavens Gangqi".

As he focused his mind on Dantian, his body's internal energy, like a vast ocean, rushed out from the Dantian Qi sea and impacted the meridians in his body like endless waves.

Originally, six of the twelve main meridians in his body had been opened, so these six meridians were naturally unobstructed.

Now three new meridians have been added, and these three meridians need to be opened up before the upgraded "Nine Heavens Gangqi" can be practiced.

The amount of internal energy needed to open up the meridians is astonishing. Fortunately, the internal energy in Chu Yuan's Dantian Qi Sea is already overflowing and is extremely strong.

Therefore, the internal force in the Dantian Qi Sea was like an invincible army, destroying everything in its path and easily opening up one of the three newly added meridians.

This meridian is the Shaoyin Heart Meridian!
There are nine points on the left and right sides of the Shaoyin Heart Meridian, totaling eighteen points, namely Jiquan Point, Qingling Point, Shaohai Point, Lingdao Point, Tongli Point, Yinxi Point, Shenmen Point, Shaofu Point and Shaochong Point.

Chu Yuan felt that it took only a short time and all nine acupoints were opened one by one.

When I tried my luck again at this time, I felt a lot more refreshed.

The original six channels were increased to seven, increasing efficiency by one-sixth.

However, after opening up the Shaoyin Heart Meridian, Chu Yuan discovered that his innate true qi in the middle dantian, the crimson palace, located between his breasts, had not increased at all.

"It seems that opening up the Shaoyin Heart Meridian has no effect on cultivating Xiantian Zhenqi. Let's open up the Shaoyin Kidney Meridian first."

Chu Yuan said secretly in his heart.

Compared with the Shaoyin Heart Meridian, the number of Shaoyin Kidney Meridian meridians has suddenly increased by three times.

There are twenty-seven acupoints in total, totaling fifty-four acupoints on the left and right.

This time, Chu Yuan spent nearly ten times more time than before.

Because to open up the meridians, you need to do it in one go and you cannot stop in the middle, otherwise the acupoints that were opened will be blocked and closed again. Once you stop, all your efforts will be in vain.

Even though Chu Yuan's Dantian Qi Sea was already overflowing with extremely strong and inexhaustible internal energy, after completely opening up the fifty-four acupoints, he still felt a little powerless, and the internal energy left in his Dantian Qi Sea was very little.

"Fortunately... I succeeded. I successfully opened up the Taiyin Kidney Meridian."

Chu Yuan was extremely happy and excited.

After opening up the Shaoyin Kidney Meridian, Chu Yuan immediately felt as if his whole body was cleared up and he had a feeling of floating in the air.

The improvement after opening up the Shaoyin Kidney Meridian is more obvious than any previous practice.

It's a feeling of being broken free from one's own shackles.

Chu Yuan tried to practice his luck and found that the innate true qi in his dantian, the crimson palace, had actually become stronger.

Although it was only slightly stronger, so weak that it was barely noticeable, Chu Yuan could definitely feel that the innate qi had become stronger. As the innate qi became stronger, his spirit and vitality also became stronger.

This is a very wonderful feeling. Although I don’t know why my spirit and vitality have become stronger after my innate true qi has become stronger, they have indeed become stronger.

"So, if you practice Xiantian Zhenqi, your own Xiantian Yuanqi will also increase, and your life span will also increase at the same time."

Chu Yuan suddenly realized.

The Taoist scriptures "Taiping Jing" and "Huangdi Neijing" say that the maximum human lifespan is 120 years.

In other words, as long as ordinary people take good care of themselves and do not die from illness or disaster, they can live to a maximum of 120 years old.

However, if one can open up the "Taiyin Kidney Meridian" and increase one's innate vitality through practice, one can increase one's lifespan and break the lifespan limit of 120 years.

Chu Yuan is in this state now. He feels that after he has opened up the "Taiyin Kidney Meridian", he has opened up the life span limit of ordinary people of 120 years.

The only way to know how old you can live is to keep living.

After being upgraded by Chu Yuan, "Nine Heavens Gangqi" has truly become a magical skill that can grant immortality.

When Chu Yuan opened his eyes, he found that it was already night.

Chu Yuan stood up, walked to the entrance of the Tianshi Temple, looked up, and saw the night sky full of bright stars and a crescent moon hanging high in the sky.

I don’t know how many days and months have passed during this training.

Goooo!

At this moment, his stomach began to growl and a strong feeling of hunger swept through Chu Yuan's body and mind.

Chu Yuan glanced at the door of the Tianshi Temple and found a food box covered with a lid. Chu Yuan opened the food box and saw two dishes in it, one meat and one vegetable, and a bowl of sorghum rice.

Originally, members of the Qingcheng Sect were not allowed to eat meat, but since the merger, this rule has been abolished.

It looked like it was delivered by Ren Yingying during the day. Chu Yuan didn't mind that the food was cold. He sat on the floor in the Tianshi Hall and started eating.

After wolfing down the meal, he put the bowl and chopsticks into the food box, then sat cross-legged on the cushion and continued his practice.

He meditated to restore his internal strength, preparing to take this opportunity to open up the last meridian in one go.

Shaoyang Gallbladder Meridian!

There are a total of forty-four acupoints on the Shaoyang Gallbladder Meridian, and a total of eighty-eight acupoints on the left and right, which is more than thirty more than the Shaoyin Kidney Meridian.

As expected, Chu Yuan's plan to open up the Shaoyang Gallbladder Meridian failed.

Even though he meditated and regulated his breathing to recover all his internal energy and practice the Shaoyang Gallbladder Meridian, in the end, when he had only a dozen or so acupoints left, his internal energy was exhausted and he failed.

After trying three or four times in a row and seeing that he still couldn't succeed, Chu Yuan finally realized that based on his current internal strength.

He was unable to open up the Shaoyin Gallbladder Meridian, so he had to give up.

"It seems that when I created the Nine Heavens Gang Qi, the six meridians I selected from the twelve main meridians all have very few acupuncture points. This is very correct."

After a long time, Chu Yuan opened his eyes and sighed.

The more acupoints a meridian contains, the more difficult it is to practice and open them up, which requires extremely deep internal strength.

Just like the "Six Meridians Divine Sword", it also requires extremely deep internal strength to practice it.

The internal strength of the top masters such as Emperor Baoding could only cultivate one of the meridians. It is known that Duan Yu is the only one who has cultivated all the meridians of the Six Meridians Divine Sword.

The rest of them only practiced the lower-level martial arts "One Yang Finger" and were considered masters.

It is conceivable that although true magical skills are powerful, they are also extremely difficult to practice.

Ordinary people with inferior aptitude may practice for a long time without making any progress.

This is also the reason why Chu Yuan created the "Xuanmen Gangqi", which is weaker than the "Jiuxiao Gangqi".

……

When Chu Yuan opened his eyes again, it was already daytime.

Chu Yuan was secretly discouraged when he suddenly let out a sound of surprise.

Facing him face to face was like looking at the stone statue of his ancestor, Heavenly Master Zhang Daoling. The way he raised the sword looked like an exquisite sword technique.

Chu Yuan stood up and walked around in the Tianshi Cave, looking at the stone statue of Tianshi Zhang Daoling from various angles and postures.

Sure enough, every posture and every angle looked like a different sword move from this set of sword techniques.

Chu Yuan immediately put the matter of "Nine Heavens Gangqi" behind him and concentrated his attention on comprehending this set of swordsmanship.

“This is how it should be done!”

"No, it should be stabbed two inches further forward."

"This move should be a horizontal sweep instead of a straight chop!"

……

Although Chu Yuan didn't have a sword in his hand, he couldn't stop him. He condensed the protective energy in his hand and used it as a long sword, and made movements in the Tianshi Cave.

After three days, Chu Yuan had mastered a complete set of sword techniques.

Chu Yuan didn’t know what to call this sword technique.

He didn't know whether Heavenly Master Zhang Daoling deliberately left this sword technique to future generations, or whether he had created so many martial arts on his own and had an amazing talent, and when he saw the stone statue of Zhang Daoling, he learned by analogy and created his own sword technique.

This sword technique has a total of 128 moves, but Chu Yuan felt that there were many repetitive parts.

He then tried to trace the origin and simplify the matter, which took him several more days.

From 128 moves, it became 64 moves, and from 64 moves to 32 moves...

Eventually, this set of sword techniques was returned to its original source by Chu Yuan and transformed into two sword techniques.

"This sword technique is incredibly powerful, with the power of gods and ghosts. Although it only has two moves, these two sword techniques complement and counteract each other, and can be used to evolve into millions of sword techniques. Otherwise, let's name this sword technique "Male and Female Dragon and Tiger Sword"."

Chu Yuan comprehended this sword technique.

He felt that this set of sword techniques was actually created by the Heavenly Master Zhang Daoling.

Although Zhang Daoling is said to have become an immortal, in such a martial arts world, Chu Yuan is more inclined to believe that Zhang Daoling is an unrivaled master.

Just like Wang Chongyang who founded the Quanzhen Sect, and Zhang Sanfeng who founded the Wudang Sect.

In the eyes of many ordinary people, these peerless masters who have profound Taoism and live longer than ordinary people are immortals.

"Yes, this time of retreat, I not only further practiced the "Nine Heavens Gang Qi", but also comprehended a sword technique created by the ancestor Tianshi."

Chu Yuan came back to his senses and felt very satisfied.

"It's time to get out."

Chu Yuan then said.

Although he didn't know how long he had been in seclusion this time, he felt that it should be quite a long time.

"However, it is no longer appropriate to call this skill 'Nine Heavens Gangqi', because in addition to the Gangqi, the most important thing about this martial art is actually the method of practicing internal strength, which can even break the limit of lifespan and prolong life..."

After returning to Qingcheng Mountain, Chu Yuan also read the "Yi Jin Jing" he got from Shaolin Temple. He felt that his current martial arts, in addition to the effect of Gang Qi and breaking the limit of lifespan, was not inferior to the "Yi Jin Jing" he got from Shaolin Temple in terms of the method of practicing internal strength.

It may have been inferior before, but after he upgraded it, this "Nine Heavens Gangqi" is already comparable to the "Yi Jin Jing".

"Why not just call it The Nine Heavens Scripture?"

Chu Yuan said thoughtfully.

Chu Yuan split the original "Nine Heavens Gangqi" into several martial arts, which would also be convenient for later disciples to practice.

A martial art that is too powerful requires a certain level of aptitude and aptitude from the practitioner. Unless one encounters an extraordinary genius, the art will be lost.

After being split up by Chu Yuan, "Nine Heavens Scripture" has a total of three martial arts.

They are the "Nine Heavens Divine Art" for cultivating internal strength!
"Nine Heavens Gang Qi" for practicing Gang Qi!
In addition, the "Longevity Exercise" can help you cultivate innate true qi, increase your innate vitality and lifespan!
Chu Yuan also added the "Male and Female Dragon and Tiger Swords" that he learned from the stone statue of his ancestor, Tianshi Zhang Daoling.

Plus, he created the "Eternal Youth Technique" which can make the practitioner keep their youthful appearance forever!
In other words, "Nine Heavens Scriptures" contains a total of five martial arts.

These five martial arts are arranged in order of difficulty:

"Nine Heavens Divine Art", "Nine Heavens Gang Qi", "Eternal Youth Art", "Male and Female Dragon and Tiger Swords", "Longevity Art"!
After doing all this, Chu Yuan stood up and prepared to walk out of the Tianshi Temple where he had been in seclusion for a long time.

But after thinking about it, Chu Yuan bowed to the stone statue of Heavenly Master Zhang Daoling on the wall of the Heavenly Master Hall in front of the Heavenly Master Hall.

He never thought that one day he would be able to inherit the martial arts from his predecessors like the protagonists in martial arts novels.

Moreover, this "Male and Female Dragon and Tiger Sword" is a martial arts inheritance left by Heavenly Master Zhang Daoling.

On this point, as a younger generation of Qingcheng Mountain, he should indeed pay tribute to Zhang Daoling.

After Chu Yuan walked out of the Tianshi Temple, he discovered that it was freezing cold outside and snowflakes were floating.

Chu Yuan looked confused for a moment, he didn't expect that he had been in seclusion. He entered the Tianshi Temple in midsummer, but when he came out it was already winter.

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