Chapter 123 The Disadvantages of the Star Absorbing Technique

"Brother Chu!"

As soon as Chu Yuan walked out of the Tianshi Cave, he saw his wife Ren Yingying, who was wearing a Taoist robe and holding a food box, coming to bring him food.

"Yingying, what month is it now?"

Chu Yuan asked Ren Yingying who was walking up the stairs.

He thought that he had missed the agreed time for the martial arts conference.

"Brother Chu, it's only October now. Winter has come early this year and it's cold early. It's just the beginning of winter and it's already snowing."

Seeing Chu Yuan, Ren Yingying explained to Chu Yuan.

The so-called Mengdong, Zhongdong and Jidong refer to the three months of winter, namely October, November and December respectively.

The beginning of winter and the middle of winter meet at the end of October and the beginning of November.

"Brother Chu, do you think you missed the martial arts conference?"

Ren Yingying asked Chu Yuan.

"Yes."

Chu Yuan nodded.

This martial arts conference was proposed by him.

It is not only a chance to lay the foundation for the Qingcheng Sect, but also a good opportunity to compete with the masters of the world. If you miss it because of seclusion, it will be a big mistake.

"Shu is adjacent to Shaanxi, and Qingcheng Mountain is less than a thousand miles away from Huashan. It's still possible to set off a few days in advance. I'm counting the days for Big Brother Chu. If Big Brother Chu is still in seclusion when the time is almost up, I will go to the Heavenly Master Hall to remind Big Brother Chu."

Ren Yingying said.

"Yingying, thank you for your hard work during this period."

After hearing what Ren Yingying said, Chu Yuan thanked Ren Yingying.

"It's not hard. I'm just delivering food to Brother Chu."

Ren Yingying smiled.

As she spoke, she looked at Chu Yuan with surprise.

"What's wrong, Yingying, is there any change in me?"

Chu Yuan asked Ren Yingying.

"I always feel that you, Brother Chu, have changed a lot since you came out of seclusion this time. You have an immortal aura and an otherworldly temperament. You look like you have become an immortal."

Ren Yingying said to Chu Yuan.

Chu Yuan immediately understood what Ren Yingying meant. After he cultivated the Shaoyin Kidney Meridian, it can be said that he broke the life span limit of mortals of 120 years, which was almost equivalent to a complete rebirth.

Compared with the inner changes, there were also changes in temperament. So after not seeing each other for several months, when they met again, Ren Yingying felt that her temperament was more ethereal and untainted than before.

"I have gained something from my practice in seclusion this time."

Chu Yuan explained.

As they were talking, they returned to the Qingcheng Sect.

After returning to Qingcheng Sect, Chu Yuan first went to the Sutra Library.

He copied down all the martial arts he had comprehended and sorted out from the "Nine Heavens Sutra" and gave them to his master Taoist Ziyun, who stored them in the Sutra Library.

When Chu Yuan wrote down these martial arts into a secret manual and gave it to Taoist Ziyun, who was guarding the Sutra Library, Ziyun looked at these martial arts, especially the "Longevity and Longevity Skills", and said with emotion: "When we merged with our sects, I thought you said those words for the sake of merging with our sects. I didn't expect that after such a short time, you actually created a martial art that can make people live forever."

Chu Yuan shook his head and said, "Master, this skill is called "Longevity Skill", but it can only help people break the lifespan limit of 120 years, but it won't last too long. It will most likely allow people to live to around 150 years old, so it can't be considered a martial art that can make people live forever."

Taoist Ziyun said, "The Taoist scriptures say that the fixed number of human life is 120 years. Your "Longevity and Longevity Skill" can break the fixed number and allow people to live 30 years longer. It can be considered a method of longevity."

Those Taoist masters who live for hundreds of years are just myths and legends.

However, the "Longevity Skill" created by Chu Yuan is a martial art that can actually allow people to live to over a hundred years old after practicing it.

Chu Yuan looked at his master, Taoist Ziyun. He felt the breath of innate true energy from him: "Master, have you mastered the Nine Heavens Gangqi?"

Taoist Ziyun smiled when he heard this and nodded, "Yes, I just mastered the Nine Heavens Gang Qi a few days ago. My talent cannot compare with Bixiao and Cuixia, so I was a step late. Fortunately, I finally mastered it."

Upon hearing this, Chu Yuan felt happy for his master Taoist Ziyun.

He knew that these old Taoists had been practicing Taoism for many years, and although they had not achieved anything, they had developed an amazing foundation, which was why they had made such amazing progress.

Don't underestimate the difficulty of practicing "Nine Heavens Gang Qi". Many young Taoists in sects who have practiced "Nine Heavens Gang Qi" for a long time but have not made any progress have given up practicing "Nine Heavens Gang Qi" and turned to practice "Xuanmen Gang Qi" which is less difficult.

"Master, in this 'Nine Heavens Manual', apart from the 'Eternal Spring and Immortality Technique' that I originally created, and the sword technique 'Male and Female Dragon and Tiger Sword' that I learned from the stone statue of the Heavenly Master when I was in seclusion in the Heavenly Master Cave, the other three martial arts 'Nine Heavens Divine Art', 'Nine Heavens Gang Qi', and 'Longevity and Longevity Technique' are all three martial arts that I disassembled from the new version of 'Nine Heavens Gang Qi'."

"I think the new version of 'Nine Heavens Gang Qi' is too difficult to practice, so I split it into three martial arts. Among them, 'Longevity Extension' is the most difficult martial art to practice. You and Master Bixu and Master Cuixia can try to practice these three martial arts one by one."

Chu Yuan instructed Taoist Ziyun.

"Master, I know."

Taoist Ziyun nodded.

"I never thought that one day, I, an old Taoist priest, would benefit from my disciple's help and have the hope of immortality."

Taoist Ziyun sighed.

He is only over seventy years old this year, so there is still hope that he can master the "Longevity Technique" in his lifetime.

"Master, I am lucky that you accepted me as your disciple and gave me your full support, which is why I have achieved what I have today."

Chu Yuan said.

"With your intelligence and talent, even if you don't become a Taoist priest, you will definitely be an extraordinary person if you do something else."

Taoist Ziyun said.

After finishing everything and chatting with his master Taoist Ziyun for a while, Chu Yuan left the Sutra Library.

After a few more days, Chu Yuan felt that the time was about right, so he decided to set off for Mount Hua.

After discussing with his senior brother Yu Canghai, Chu Yuan finally decided that Chu Yuan would lead two younger generations with good martial arts skills this time.

Including Lin Pingzhi and Qu Feiyan, you can bring them along!
After all, it is a desperate place with steep cliffs. If your martial arts skills are not good enough, you cannot climb up Luoyan Peak.

Senior brother Yu Canghai, as well as Bixu, Cuixia, Ziyun and other masters of the older generation, all stayed in Qingcheng Mountain to prevent any accidents from happening to the sect.

After Chu Yuan returned to the courtyard, he heard that he was not among the people going to Huashan, and was strongly opposed by Ren Yingying, so Chu Yuan had no choice but to add Ren Yingying.

The next day.

In the midst of wind and snow, the group of four said goodbye and went down the mountain with the farewell of the leader Yu Canghai.

But just after leaving Qingcheng Sect and walking onto the Qingcheng Mountain Road, he heard a voice behind him: "Wait, Yingying, Brother Chu!"

Chu Yuan and his companions turned around and discovered two Taoist figures in Taoist robes chasing after them at a very fast speed. It seemed that they used lightness skills and were extremely fast. In the blink of an eye, they arrived in front of Chu Yuan and his companions.

These two people were Ren Woxing and Xiang Wentian.

"Uncle, are you going to Mount Hua with us too?"

Chu Yuan asked Ren Woxing.

Chu Yuan thought of how Ren Woxing had addressed him just now, and said helplessly, "Uncle, in this situation, it's not appropriate for you to call me Brother Chu!"

Ren Woxing patted Chu Yuan on the shoulder and said with a smile: "A real man should keep his word. Let's talk about our own affairs. No matter what you call me, I will still call you Brother Chu."

Chu Yuan said helplessly: "Okay, whatever uncle says is fine."

"Yes, I want to go to Huashan with you. After all, it's time to settle the feud between me and Dongfang Bubai. Why, do you still want to stop me now?"

Then I continued walking.

Chu Yuan thought for a moment and said, "Uncle, to be honest, I don't want you to be in charge of the Sun Moon Sect. Your personality is not suitable for being the leader of the Sun Moon Sect. In addition, don't you feel that the Star Absorbing Technique you practice has great drawbacks?"

Ren Woxing frowned and said, "Brother Chu, what do you mean by this?"

Chu Yuan said seriously, "When my uncle and I fought at Plum Manor in West Lake before, I vaguely felt that the internal force in my uncle's body was scattered. It seemed to be integrated, but in fact it was restraining each other, and there were various conflicts. In addition, my uncle has a bad temper, which makes it easier for the internal force in his body to get out of control. If it is not resolved in time, it will lead to the loss of martial arts and become a disabled person; in serious cases, the meridians will be broken, or even death. If my uncle stayed in Qingcheng Mountain and talked about scriptures and Taoism with my uncles all day long, and stopped practicing the "Star Absorbing Art", he might live a hundred years. If you continue to use your "Star Absorbing Art" frequently, I'm afraid you won't live for two years."

Chu Yuan's words made Ren Yingying and Xiang Wentian's expressions change drastically.

Only Ren Woxing looked at Chu Yuan with suspicion. He said in disbelief, "Brother Chu, I'm afraid you are just exaggerating to prevent me from fighting Dongfang Bubai, right?"

Chu Yuan said: "It's up to you whether you believe it or not, but the grudge between you and Brother Dongfang does need to be resolved, otherwise you will not be willing to accept it. Since Uncle Ren wants to go to Huashan, then let's go together."

Ren Woxing then smiled and said, "That's right!"

Then they went down the mountain, and there were two more people in the team heading to Huashan.

"Brother Chu, is what you just said true?" On the way down the mountain, Ren Yingying, who was walking with Chu Yuan, asked Chu Yuan with a worried look.

Chu Yuan nodded and said, "It's absolutely true."

Ren Yingying's eyes were red as she said, "Brother Chu, do you have any way to save my father? I have just been reunited with my father not long ago, and I don't want him to die."

Chu Yuan said: "It is actually very simple to save uncle. It depends on whether he is willing to do so. Just stop using the "Star Absorbing Technique". The "Star Absorbing Technique" has great disadvantages. You can practice some Taoist martial arts of the Qingcheng Sect to cultivate your body and mind, and then you will gradually get better. But the prerequisite is that uncle stops using the "Star Absorbing Technique" and is willing to join the Qingcheng Sect and modify the Qingcheng Sect's martial arts."

After all, Ren Woxing's situation is different from Ren Yingying's. Ren Yingying married into the Qingcheng Sect and is considered a member of the Qingcheng Sect, so she can basically practice all the martial arts of the Qingcheng Sect.

But Ren Woxing was an outsider after all, so he could not practice the Qingcheng Sect's martial arts.

Ren Yingying was silent for a moment and said, "Is there no other way?"

As a daughter, she gradually understood her father's character after spending some time with him.

Knowing that her father Ren Woxing had an extremely strong desire for power, the reason why he had been so cooperative on the Qingcheng Mountain these days, and even treated Taoist Cuixia as a brother, was that he was actually enduring it.

In order to get rid of the Qingcheng faction's suppression of him, she didn't even know why her father Ren Woxing supported her to marry Chu Yuan.

Was it because he wanted her to live a happy life, or was it because he wanted to win over Chu Yuan, prevent him from leaning towards Dongfang Bubai, and stop him from taking revenge on Dongfang.

"No."

Chu Yuan shook his head.

When he was at Jiangnan Meizhuang, his feelings were not too deep, he just felt that something was not right with Ren Woxing.

As his martial arts skills have improved greatly recently, he recalled the situation when he fought with Ren Woxing, and then he realized what happened to Ren Woxing.

"Maybe there is another way."

Chu Yuan seemed to remember something.

"any solution?"

Ren Yingying looked delighted.

"If you disperse your energy, you can still survive."

Chu Yuan said.

A hint of helplessness flashed across Ren Yingying's eyes when she heard that. How could it be possible for her father, a martial arts hero, to disperse his power?

Martial arts is the prerequisite for him to gain all power.

Then Ren Yingying didn't say anything more, but her face became sad.

Xiang Wentian listened attentively to the conversation between Ren Yingying and Chu Yuan who were walking behind him. After listening to what Chu Yuan and Ren Yingying said, he said to Ren Woxing: "Master, what Taoist Priest Chu said..."

Ren Woxing said: "Don't worry, I practiced martial arts myself, so how can I not know if there are any problems?"

Seeing the leader's impatient look, Xiang Wentian didn't want to mention the matter to Ren Woxing again.

Seeing that Wentian no longer mentioned this matter, Ren Woxing's expression changed. He became a little gloomy and worried. He thought back to all these years, every time he used the "Star Absorbing Technique" to absorb other people's internal energy, he felt a swollen and painful feeling in his meridians and dantian.

Ren Woxing thought to himself, "Could it be that what this Chu kid said is true?"

While they were talking, they went down from Qingcheng Mountain.

After crossing Xujiadu by boat, they headed northwest.

This time they still took the Shu Road. The Shu Road was difficult to travel, but that was for ordinary people.

For these martial arts masters, it was as easy as walking on flat ground.

They didn't even ride horses. Riding horses was inconvenient and it was more reliable to travel on foot.

After crossing the Qinling Mountains, you will reach the territory of Chang'an Prefecture.

After walking for another two days, they arrived at Huayin.

And on the day they arrived in Huayin, heavy snow began to fall.

The group did not delay and after walking for another half a day, they finally arrived at the foot of Mount Hua.

Look at Mount Huashan standing tall in the wind and snow, with its cliffs thousands of feet high and majestic.

"Uncle Master, this mountain is so steep, I'm afraid it will be difficult to climb up, right?"

Lin Pingzhi walked in front, looking a little fearful.

He was from Fuzhou in the south, and it was his first time to visit Mount Huashan. While he was amazed at the ruggedness of Mount Huashan, he was also a little afraid of climbing such a majestic mountain.

Especially since it had been snowing heavily for a day, the entire sky and earth were covered with ice and snow.

You can even see that the Huashan Mountains not far away seem to be covered with a layer of white snow.

"Let's go. If you don't go up, you won't be qualified to participate in this martial arts conference."

Chu Yuan said.

"Master, which mountain is Luoyan Peak?"

Qu Feiyan couldn't help but ask.

Seeing the steep peak of Mount Huashan, she felt a little uneasy.

Chu Yuan had said before that this martial arts conference would be held on Luoyan Peak in Huashan.

Chu Yuan pointed to the highest peak on Mount Hua and said, "That is the South Peak of Mount Hua. Luoyan Peak is just above the South Peak of Mount Hua."

As he spoke, Chu Yuan didn't say much. He took Ren Yingying and followed the mountain path towards the South Peak of Huashan.

Lin Pingzhi and Qu Feiyan looked at the mountain peak, which pierced the sky. There was a small section on the top of the mountain that was covered by clouds and mist, as if it was in the clouds.

Lin Pingzhi and Qu Feiyan gritted their teeth, mustered their courage, and followed.

Ren Woxing and Xiang Wentian also followed.

It is not easy to climb a snowy mountain path, especially a mountain path like Huashan, which is extremely steep at ordinary times and becomes even more slippery after the snow accumulates.

If you are not careful, you may fall into the abyss.

To be on the safe side, everyone started to use Qinggong.

Chu Yuan held Ren Yingying's right hand, like a fairy couple flying in the air, with toes stepping on the stones, he jumped thirty or four feet away, and advanced towards his target, South Peak, at an astonishing speed.

When Ren Woxing and Xiang Wentian first saw the fear on Lin Pingzhi and Qu Feiyan's faces, they thought that the martial arts of these two younger generations were much weaker than theirs.

It turned out that from the beginning of the climb, the speed of the two people climbing using Qinggong was only slightly slower than the other two.

Although their movements were a little clumsy and they lacked courage, their lightness skills were not bad at all and they were able to follow them the whole time.

Ren Woxing wanted to get rid of the two men, so he gathered all his strength, used his lightness skills, and ran wildly along the mountain road.

But when he exerted his strength, Qu Feiyan and Lin Pingzhi also exerted their strength, and they actually followed him and Xiang Wentian closely.

After trying several times and seeing that he could not shake off Qu Feiyan and Lin Pingzhi, Ren Woxing sighed, "I never thought that the older generation of Qingcheng Sect masters were so powerful, and the younger generation is also so powerful."

He had been in Qingcheng Sect for such a long time and knew that there was another expert in Qingcheng Sect besides Chu Yuan, who was ranked as the top expert of the righteous path along with Dongfang Bubai.

There is also Cuixia who is with him, as well as Bixu, the head of the sect Yu Canghai and others, whose strength is no less than that of his own masters.

As Xiang Wentian climbed the mountain, he explained to Ren Woxing, "One of them is the disciple of Qingcheng Sect's leader Yu Canghai, and the other is the disciple of Taoist Priest Chu. It is said that several of the Thirteen Guardians of Songshan Sect died at their hands. So although they are young, their martial arts skills are not weak."

Ren Woxing said: "The Qingcheng Sect is really full of talented people."

Two quarters of an hour later, everyone reached the South Peak of Huashan.

At the top of Mount Huashan, surrounded by clouds and mist, everyone was standing in the clouds.

"The Falling Wild Goose Peak is just ahead. We're almost there. Come on, everyone!"

After Qu Feiyan, Lin Pingzhi, Ren Woxing and Xiang Wentian reached the top of Huashan South Peak, Chu Yuan and Ren Yingying had already been there for a while. He pointed to the small peak not far away that seemed to be able to touch the sky with one's hand and said.

Then Chu Yuan took Ren Yingying and went to Luoyan Peak not far away.

When they reached the top of the mountain, everyone was afraid to use their Qinggong skills.

Because there was a lot of snow on the top of the mountain, no one knew whether the place to land was a gap or cliff covered by snow.

If you take a wrong step and fall off the cliff, no matter how high your martial arts skills are, you will end up being smashed to pieces.

The group took one step at a time and soon they arrived at Luoyan Peak.

　ps: The previous part was written wrong, it should be Nanfeng Luoyan Peak, and it has been corrected.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)