Chapter 188: Reading All the Secret Books in the World
After agreeing to the deal, Mrs. Wang said goodbye and left.

Wang Yuyan took Chu Yuan to the two-story attic called "Langhuan Jade Cave" to look at the martial arts secrets inside. Duan Yu, Azhu and Abi also followed.

After entering the Langhuan Jade Cave, Wang Yuyan said to Chu Yuan: "Young Master Chu, this is the Langhuan Jade Cave. You can watch the martial arts inside at will."

"Miss Wang, thank my wife for me."

Chu Yuan nodded.

As he spoke, Chu Yuan looked around and saw nearly a dozen square bookshelves on the first floor of Langhuan Jade Cave.

Each layer of the bookshelf is divided into identical small spaces.

There is a wooden box in each small space, and the outer wall of the wooden box is covered with label paper.

The signature paper contains the name of the martial arts secret book and the sect it belongs to.

"Zhou Gong Sword" One Word Wisdom Sword Sect
"Heavenly King Heart Needle" Penglai School
"Feathered Sword" Taiyi School
……

Chu Yuan looked at a few of them at random and found that they were all sects and martial arts that he had never heard of.

"Young Master Chu, most of the martial arts secrets on this floor are from local sects or some less famous sects in the martial arts world. The martial arts secrets of the major sects in the martial arts world are all on the second floor."

Wang Yuyan reminded Chu Yuan.

"I see."

Chu Yuan nodded.

He now has no shortage of extremely powerful martial arts and has many martial arts secrets, so the reason why Chu Yuan wanted to take a look at the Langhuan Jade Cave was mainly to broaden his martial arts horizons.

So he walked back and forth on the first floor of the Langhuan Jade Cave, took a general look at the Langhuan Jade Cave, then returned to the starting point, picked up a copy of "Five Bushels of Rice Magic" from the Chiyan Cave in the Five Fingers Mountain, and began to read it with relish.

This "Five Bushels of Rice Divine Art" is a very vicious martial art that requires killing people to practice.

It is somewhat similar to the "Nine Yin White Bone Claw" in the "Nine Yin Scriptures".

Unconsciously, Chu Yuan's mind was immersed in the secret book. He was so absorbed in reading it that he stood there motionless. Then he simply sat down on the ground and started reading.

I saw Chu Yuan picked up a martial arts secret book, sat on the ground in the corner, and read it intently.

Wang Yuyan thought to herself, "No wonder he has such powerful martial arts at such a young age. With his concentration, he will be able to achieve great success in other things."

I saw my second brother picked up a martial arts secret book and was reading it intently.

Duan Yu also picked up a martial arts secret book from the side and started reading it, but perhaps because he was not interested in martial arts, he couldn't finish reading it.

After forcing himself to read for a while, Duan Yu could no longer bear it, so he put the martial arts manual back to its original place, walked to Wang Yuyan and said, "Miss Wang, didn't you say you were going to Shaolin Temple to find your cousin? When are you leaving?"

Wang Yuyan glanced at Chu Yuan who was reading a martial arts manual not far away and said, "Azhu and Abi are mediocre in martial arts, and I don't know martial arts at all. Young Master Chu said before that you guys are also going to Shaolin Temple, so it's a good opportunity for us to go together and take care of each other on the way. It all depends on when Young Master Chu decides to set off."

Ah Zhu also said: "Yes, Young Master Chu is very skilled in martial arts. It is safer to travel with Young Master Chu."

Speaking of martial arts, Ah Bi looked at Duan Yu curiously and asked, "Mr. Duan, when you rescued Miss Wang yesterday, it seemed that you also knew martial arts. Why did you say before that you didn't know martial arts?"

Duan Yu said a little embarrassedly: "My martial arts skills are not acquired by myself, but through chance encounters, so they sometimes work and sometimes don't."

Wang Yuyan said: "No matter what, I have to thank you, Master Duan, for saving me yesterday."

She always remembered the life-saving grace yesterday.

She was especially moved by the scene in which Duan Yu, after defeating the Xixia warrior Nurhai, picked her up and tried to escape.

Unfortunately, she already has her cousin in her heart.

As for Duan Yu's kindness in saving her, she could only keep it in her heart and wait for a chance to repay him in the future.

Hearing Wang Yuyan's words of thanks, Duan Yu felt as if he had been injected with chicken blood. All the resentment he had when he saw Wang Yuyan often talking about her cousin Murong Fu and saying that her cousin Murong Fu was all good immediately dissipated.

He quickly smiled and waved his hands, saying, "It's okay, Miss Wang, it's just a small favor."

After the four of them chatted for a while, seeing that Chu Yuan was still immersed in the many martial arts secrets in the Langhuan Jade Cave, the four of them quietly left for fear of disturbing Chu Yuan.

The four of them!

Wang Yuyan has memorized the martial arts secrets in the Langhuan Jade Cave by heart.

Duan Yu is not very interested in martial arts, and Azhu and A-Bi are limited by their talents and are not very interested in martial arts either.

After the four people left the Langhuan Jade Cave, only Chu Yuan was left in the Langhuan Jade Cave.

Chu Yuan reads martial arts secrets very quickly. On the first floor of Langhuan Jade Cave, he can finish reading a martial arts secret book in an average of half an hour.

This was mainly because Chu Yuan's martial arts had been at the top of the world in his previous two lives. Now that he was looking at the ordinary martial arts secrets in Langhuan Jade Cave, Chu Yuan was looking at them from a high-level perspective. Therefore, half an hour was enough for him to understand the concept and core of a martial art.

Later, Chu Yuan read the martial arts secrets faster and faster, and he could even finish four, five, or even ten books in one hour.

No matter how martial arts change, they all remain essentially the same. After Chu Yuan figured out the martial arts concepts and core of a certain number of martial arts, he could tell what the opponent's martial arts concepts were with just one look at many martial arts!
Internal strength, lightness skills, fists and palms, swords, and Qimen...

Chu Yuan simplified it and absorbed the core of these martial arts.

Chu Yuan felt that he understood more and more about martial arts, and used it to perfect his own "Nine Heavens Sutra".

In addition, he has the ability to enter dreams, which can help him understand the martial arts secrets he has read in his dreams.

It took Chu Yuan about half a month to finish looking at the first floor of Langhuan Jade Cave.

During this period of time, Chu Yuan took the time to ask the maid at Mantuo Villa for pen and ink, and wrote down the three martial arts secrets that he promised to give to Wang Yuyan and her daughter, and gave them to Wang Yuyan.

Then Chu Yuan went up to the second floor of Langhuan Jade Cave. Compared with the first floor of Langhuan Jade Cave, there were about 1,500 secret books.

On the second floor of the Langhuan Jade Cave, the bookshelf containing martial arts secrets is much more sparse than that on the first floor.

Chu Yuan counted carefully and found that there were only about 700 martial arts secrets books on the second floor of Langhuan Jade Cave, nearly half less than that on the first floor.

However, the martial arts secrets collected on the second floor are all from major sects such as Shaolin, Beggars' Sect, Dali Duan Family, and Xiaoyao Sect.

Regardless of their power, the martial arts from these major sects are not bad in themselves.

Chu Yuan picked up the secret book and continued reading it. After going up to the second floor, Chu Yuan's reading speed slowed down again.

Because the quality of the martial arts secrets on the second floor is much higher than that on the first floor.

However, on the second floor, Chu Yuan discovered that under the "Shaolin School" sign, it was noted that the "Yi Jin Jing" was missing.

Under the "Beggars' Gang" signature slip, it is noted that "Eighteen Palms of the Dragon Subduing" is missing.

Under the signature note of "Dali Duan Family", it is noted that "One Yang Finger Technique" and "Six Meridians Divine Sword" are missing.

All other martial arts from various schools and sects are included in it.

Even the "Dragon Capturing Skill" that Qiao Feng had performed before is also included here. As for the 72 Shaolin unique skills, needless to say, they are all here.

But when Chu Yuan walked to the bookshelf with the "Xiaoyao Sect" sign on it, it was empty.

Chu Yuan knew about the "Northern Divine Art" and "Lingbo Weibu", these martial arts, but he had never seen them.

"It seems that the "Northern Divine Art" and "Light Footsteps" should have been obtained by Duan Yu."

Chu Yuan speculated in his mind.

The Langhuan Jade Cave here should be the place where Li Qiushui and her disciple Ding Chunqiu moved the "Langhuan Blessed Land" where Li Qiushui and Wuyazi once lived in seclusion to Mantuo Villa in the south of the Yangtze River after they attacked and killed "Wuyazi", which is now the Langhuan Jade Cave.

Two of the martial arts should have been left there, and were obtained by Duan Yu who accidentally broke in and knelt down to worship the jade carving.

These two martial arts are none other than "Northern Divine Art" and "Lingbo Weibu".

Chu Yuan looked carefully and found that there was a martial art in the corner of the bottom row of Xiaoyao Sect's secret books.

There was a lone sign with the words "Xiao Wuxiang Gong" written on it, but the wooden box corresponding to the sign was empty.

"It should have been taken by Jiumozhi. No wonder he retreated so easily. It turned out that he got the "Small Wuxiang Gong" from this Langhuan Jade Cave."

Chu Yuan recalled the scene when Jiumozhi left, and he said thoughtfully.

He didn't care too much. Although this "Xiao Wuxiang Gong" was the magical skill of the Xiaoyao Sect, after mastering it, it could imitate other people's unique skills and even surpass the original ones, but he had no shortage of martial arts now.

Chu Yuan took a copy of "The Kasaya Subduing Demon Skills", one of the 72 unique skills of Shaolin Temple, and sat in the corner on the second floor to read it. After finishing reading it, he switched to another secret book and continued reading.

In the blink of an eye, a month passed.

Chu Yuan finally read through all the martial arts secrets in the "Langhuan Jade Cave".

This day.

Chu Yuan put the last copy of "Five Luo Qingyan Palm" in his hand back to its original place.

Chu Yuan walked to the window and opened it. A cool breeze blew over the lake, caressing his face and clearing his dizzy mind. He stood on a high place and looked into the lake from the second floor. He saw that all the lotus flowers on the lake were in full bloom.

In his mind, he recalled the core of each martial art from the more than 2,000 martial arts manuals he had read in the past month.

These more than 2,000 martial arts not only broadened his knowledge of martial arts, but also allowed him to look at martial arts from a higher perspective.

As the saying goes, the higher you stand, the farther you can see.

So now Chu Yuan has some different views on martial arts.

"All martial arts and internal skills in the world are nothing more than running the meridians. After years of meditation and breathing, you can develop internal strength, store it in the Dantian, accumulate strength, and then make a concerted effort to open up the meridians throughout the body. You will have strength and potential that surpass that of ordinary people. Different martial arts may have different effects due to different training methods, but they cannot escape this barrier."

"My self-created 'Nine Heavens Divine Art' has already involved the twelve main meridians, and after practicing the 'Shen Zhao Jing', one can naturally increase the internal energy and open up the Ren and Du meridians among the eight extraordinary meridians. The 'Tai Xuan Jing' can string together hundreds of acupuncture points throughout the body into one internal energy."

"In this case, why don't I integrate the Shenzhaojing and Taixuanjing into the Jiuxiao Shengong and absorb their advantages. If I can absorb the advantage of the Shenzhaojing in naturally increasing my internal strength, my internal strength will be able to grow day and night. One day, I may be able to open up the meridians in my whole body. The more meridians I open up, the faster I can practice, and this will fall into a virtuous circle..."

"If I can open up all the meridians in my body, then all the meridians will be open. My martial arts may reach a level that is unprecedented and will never be surpassed in this world."

A thought flashed through Chu Yuan's mind.

Moreover, in the previous world, he had absorbed something that seemed to be the spiritual energy of heaven and earth on the Island of Heroes, which greatly improved his martial arts. However, after coming to this world, he had never seen it again.

I don’t know if it was because his martial arts skills at that time were much higher than they are now, so he discovered it only then, or if he discovered that ray of spiritual energy from heaven and earth just by chance and it happened to be on the Island of Heroes.

This made him feel that there were many secrets between heaven and earth, but with his current martial arts skills, these secrets could not be discovered.

"In addition, there is the Nine Heavens Qi. The wider the Nine Heavens Qi is spread around the body, the weaker the defense becomes. If you encounter a Jiumozhi, you will consume so much internal energy. If you encounter masters like Li Qiushui, Tianshan Tonglao, and the Sweeping Monk, the situation will probably be even worse. It is best to control the protective Qi within a certain range."

Chu Yuan thought of his previous fight with Jiumozhi.

When Chu Yuan first created the "Nine Heavens Gangqi", the range of the Gangqi was only one foot.

And if he could make it so that no one could break his protective aura within a foot of him, he would be invincible.

"One foot is too small after all. Three feet is just right. From now on, my "Nine Heavens Gang Qi" will be maintained within the range of three feet."

Chu Yuan made up his mind.

"in addition……"

Chu Yuan felt the two newly opened meridians in his body, a total of ten meridians:

"I didn't expect that during this retreat, after reading almost all the martial arts secrets in the world, perhaps because of my understanding of martial arts, I also made some breakthroughs in my own martial arts. The 'Nine Heavens Divine Art' was able to open up the 8th meridian naturally to the 10th meridian."

After practicing the "Shen Zhao Jing", it has the effect of naturally increasing internal energy. During this period of time, Chu Yuan's internal strength has also increased a lot.

"I don't know how Qiao Feng is doing in Shaolin Temple in the past month."

After finishing his retreat in the Langhuan Jade Cave, Chu Yuan came back to his senses and said.

Although he was secluded in the Langhuan Jade Cave reading, he still had a rough idea of ​​the time in the outside world.

He went downstairs immediately, and after a month, he walked out of the Langhuan Jade Cave.

It was noon outside, the sun was at its brightest, scorching hot and making people dizzy.

"Young Master Chu, if you don't come out, we will leave you behind and go to Shaolin Temple alone."

Chu Yuan had just come out of the Langhuan Jade Cave. Wang Yuyan, A'zhu, A'bie, and Duan Yu, not knowing how they got the news, hurried over and happened to meet Chu Yuan by the lake. Wang Yuyan complained to Chu Yuan.

"Are we leaving now? Miss Wang, your mother doesn't seem to let you go out!"

Chu Yuan said to Wang Yuyan.

"Who would listen to her? Let's sneak away while my mother isn't paying attention."

Wang Yuyan said to Chu Yuan.

"My aunt seems to have gone to visit friends in the city today. Let's leave quickly while my aunt is away."

Abi whispered.

Chu Yuan had no objection, and the group of five left the villa, boarded a small boat from the pier, and quietly left Mantuo Villa along the waterway.

……

"It takes longer to travel by land, so why don't we travel by water?"

Ah Zhu said to Chu Yuan and the others while rowing.

"I have no objection, what about you?"

Chu Yuan turned around and asked Wang Yuyan, A Bi and Duan Yu.

Ever since Emperor Yang of Sui built the Grand Canal, Jiangnan and the Central Plains have been connected by the Jiangnan River. Traveling by water is much more convenient and easier than traveling by land.

"I have no opinion"

"We don't have any objection either."

Duan Yu, A-Bi, and Wang Yuyan said.

"If we want to go by water, we should change boats, otherwise we won't be able to reach the Central Plains with this small boat, right?"

Chu Yuan pointed at the small boat under their feet, which was only a little over ten feet long.

"Of course. If we really use this boat to row to Luoyang, I'm afraid it will tire me to death."

A-Bi covered her mouth and laughed when she heard that.

Ah Zhu turned around and glared at Ah Bi who dared to make fun of her, then said to Chu Yuan: "Young Master Chu, Master Duan, let's row the boat to Gusu City first, and then take a passenger ship to Luoyang from the dock outside Gusu City."

Seeing her sister angry, A-Bi walked aside and stopped talking.

With Azhu and Abi rowing the boat, the speed is quite fast.

More than an hour later, Azhu and Abi rowed the boat to a pier outside Gusu City, deposited the boat there, and after paying a certain amount of storage fees, they boarded a passenger ship to Luoyang from the pier.

This boat was much larger than the small boat they had rowed before.

The Song Dynasty's shipbuilding industry and inland waterway transportation industry were extremely developed, and there was even a shipping department specifically responsible for managing river transportation.

The ship that Chu Yuan and his crew were on was an official ship of the Song Dynasty court used specifically to carry passengers. It was ten zhang long, twenty-three zhang wide, and six zhang high, and could carry three hundred passengers.

There are three types of tickets on the ship: Class A, Class B, and Class C.

Class C has no private space. You sit together with many people in the cabin, with only a small sitting area to shelter from wind and rain.

Class B has a small room, less than two square meters in size, with a wooden bed that is just big enough for someone to lie down.

Class A is the best ticket and is an independent room of about six or seven square meters. In addition to a wooden bed with a mattress, there are also tables and chairs for reading. Although the space is still not large, it is much better than the Class B ticket which is just enough for lying down.

The prices of the three types of boat tickets, Class A, Class B, and Class C, are two strings of coins, five hundred coins, and one hundred coins respectively.

Chu Yuan originally said that they only needed to buy second-class tickets.

However, Duan Yu, as the prince of Dali, was a wealthy man. In addition, he wanted to perform well in front of the "Fairy Sister" Wang Yuyan, so he was very generous and directly paid for five first-class tickets.

"Mr. Duan is really generous!"

Wang Yuyan's compliment made Duan Yu so happy that his lips almost curled up. Chu Yuan also followed Duan Yu and enjoyed a first-class ticket on the Song Dynasty ship.

The time on the boat was very boring.

Because they were sailing against the current, there were many boats on the river, and coupled with their bad luck, they encountered a grain ship transporting grain to the imperial court.

Fortunately, the weather was good and the wind was always in our favor.

But even so, it still took Chu Yuan and his team seven days to reach Luoyang.

In fact, it takes no less time than traveling by land.

After arriving in Luoyang, you are very close to Shaolin Temple.

Chu Yuan and his companions got off the boat outside Luoyang City and headed west. After walking for more than a hundred miles, they finally arrived at the foot of Shaoshi Mountain.

They walked up the stairs and saw an ancient temple at the end.

"We're at Shaolin Temple!"

Ah Zhu said as he looked at the Shaolin Temple in front of him.

(End of this chapter)