Chapter 69 I opened it!
Wudang Taihe Palace.

It is located in a natural area, following the terrain and built according to the natural ups and downs of the mountain.

In the tenth year of Yongle, Emperor Chengzu Zhu Di of the Ming Dynasty ordered its construction, which had more than 500 houses and palaces.

Later, this place became one of the main palaces of the Wudang Sect.

The ancients praised it by saying: "Thousands of floors rise in the sky, and thousands of clouds and mountains surround you."

today.

In the Golden Hall of the Taihe Palace.

The head of Wudang Sect, Taoist Master Chongxu, welcomed a guest.

A middle-aged monk in his forties, wearing an apricot-yellow monk's robe inside and a cassock outside, chanting Buddhist mantras.

It was Master Fangzheng, the abbot of Shaolin Temple.

"Abbot, how come you have time today to come to Wudang Mountain?"

Taoist Chongxu was wearing a gray and white checkered Taoist robe, his hair was tied into a bun with a jade hairpin, and he was holding a whisk in his right hand. He looked very handsome, with an air of immortality.

"Master Chongxu, have you heard about the Qingcheng Sect?"

After being invited by Taoist Chongxu to sit down and ordering the Taoist priest from Mount Wudang to serve tea, the abbot of Shaolin Temple, Master Fangzheng, went straight to the point.

"Of course I heard about it."

Taoist Chongxu sat in the armchair at the main seat, and he said to himself, "As expected."

It turned out that the abbot of Shaolin Temple, Master Fangzheng, came here for the Qingcheng Sect and Chu Yuan who had recently emerged out of nowhere.

However, it cannot be said that it came out of nowhere.

Because the other party's talent and genius had already been revealed on Lin Yuantu's 70th birthday.

But no one expected that the other party would grow so fast.

"The abbot is here because of Chu Yuan, who defeated the head of the Five Mountains Sword Sect with just one sword at the Fuwei Escort Agency in Fuzhou City?"

Taoist Chongxu asked.

"If Chu Yuan can defeat the Five Mountains Sword Sect with just one man and one sword, I won't be worried. He is just another Lin Yuantu."

"While he is alive, he can make the Qingcheng Sect prosperous for a few years. Once he passes away, the Qingcheng Sect will return to its old state."

The Shaolin abbot, Master Fangzheng, shook his head.

"Not long ago, I received news that he had merged all the Taoist temples on Mount Qingcheng into the Qingcheng Sect..."

Master Fang Zheng's tone gradually became heavier.

Taoist Chongxu understood Fangzheng's tone and expression very well when he saw his tone and expression at that moment.

Because Mount Wudang and Mount Qingcheng are both famous Taoist mountains, he was able to see the heritage contained in Mount Qingcheng.

If all the Taoist temples on Qingcheng Mountain were incorporated into the Qingcheng Sect, the entire Qingcheng Sect would definitely be greatly strengthened. Although the effect may not be seen in a short period of time, over time, the sect's strength will catch up with Shaolin and Wudang.

The problem is that they can only watch this incident and cannot stop it.

"Abbot, have you ever heard that Chu Yuan is extremely talented and can create his own sword skills?"

Taoist Chongxu suddenly asked a question.

"heard."

Master Fang Zheng nodded.

"This is another reason why I feel uneasy and troubled. He is so young, but he has created his own sword skills and martial arts. Master Chongxu..."

Master Fang Zheng leaned forward slightly, getting closer to Chongxu, and lowered his voice and said:

"Do you think this boy looks like the founder of the Wudang Sect, Zhang Sanfeng?"

Taoist Chongxu did not reply, but sat in the chair with a pensive expression, as if he was thinking about this question seriously.

"Chu Yuan is too young. Although he looks good now, it is hard to tell what he will achieve in the future. However, judging from his current performance, he has already achieved 20% to 30% of the demeanor of our Wudang Sect's founder, Sanfeng Zhenren!"

Finally, Taoist Chongxu said.

Master Fangzheng, the abbot of Shaolin Temple, who is a leading figure in the martial arts world along with the Wudang Sect, knew how high was the evaluation of his friend.

It was because of the appearance of Zhang Sanfeng, the founder who was comparable to an immortal on earth, that the Wudang Sect was able to catch up with the Shaolin Temple, which has a thousand-year-old heritage, in just two or three hundred years, and become on par with the Shaolin Temple.

If Chu Yuan could have 20% or 30% of the charm and demeanor of the former founder of Wudang Sect, Master Sanfeng, he would be extremely terrifying.

It is definitely a strong rival of Wudang and Shaolin, and poses a huge threat to both Wudang and Shaolin!
"I wonder what the abbot thinks?"

Then Taoist Chongxu asked again.

"The martial arts world of the Ming Dynasty is not big. The top sects are Wudang and Shaolin."

Master Fang Zheng pondered for a moment and then expressed his opinion.

After he finished speaking, he looked at Taoist Chongxu again: "What do you think, Taoist Chongxu?"

Taoist Chongxu responded carefully: "Although Qingcheng Sect and Wudang are both Taoist sects, Wudang and Shaolin have the same origin. Wudang is willing to stand together with Shaolin."

Hearing Taoist Chongxu's words, Master Fangzheng smiled and said, "Then it's settled."

Taoist Chongxu asked: "Abbot Fangzheng, should we personally go out and take action against the Qingcheng Sect now? I'm afraid now is not a good time."

Master Fang Zheng said, "Songshan Sect's head, Zuo Lengchan, came to me and said that Chu Yuan was colluding with the Demon Sect and had a personal relationship with the Demon Sect's leader, Dongfang Bubai. He asked us, Shaolin and Wudang, to work together to deal with Chu Yuan and Qingcheng Sect."

Taoist Chongxu asked, "What did Abbot Fangzheng say?"

Master Fang Zheng said, "I have the same idea as Master Chongxu. Now is not a good time to take action, so I rejected him."

Taoist Chongxu asked: "Abbot Fangzheng, when do you think is the best time to take action?"

Master Fang Zheng shook his head and said, "Not now anyway."

As he was talking, Master Fang Zheng thought of another thing and said:

"I also heard another story. It is said that Chu Yuan and the Demon Cult leader Dongfang Bubai killed hundreds of Japanese pirates in two counties in Fuzhou Prefecture not long ago. The local people were very grateful to them. The prefect of Fuzhou even asked the court for credit for him and Dongfang Bubai."

Taoist Chongxu said: "Then we can't take action at all."

Master Fang Zheng said, "I have the same idea. Let Zuo Lengchan fight him first. We should not take action for the time being. We should just watch from the sidelines. Once we find his fatal weakness, we can use our magic to defeat him and bring him down to earth."

Taoist Chongxu: "I am glad to see the abbot's insight."

After reaching a conclusion as they wished, Master Fang Zheng took his leave, leaving Taoist Chongxu alone in the Golden Palace.

"In the so-called Jianghu, there is no escape from the struggle for power and profit!"

Taoist Chongxu talked to himself as he looked at the back of Master Fangzheng, the abbot of Shaolin Temple, as he left.

but……

There is no way around this!

When you are in this position, there are many things that are beyond your control and need to be considered.

……

Steal a little time to relax in this busy life, and the best taste in the world is pure joy.

After returning to Qingcheng Mountain, Chu Yuan spent a little energy on the matter of merging the sects at the beginning.

In the following months, Chu Yuan was not busy with training or continuing to make achievements.

Take some time off to teach your new apprentice Qu Feiyan, and help your senior brother Yu Canghai guide his disciples, just like giving yourself a vacation.

Now Chu Yuan is the person with the highest martial arts skills in the entire Qingcheng Sect.

He should naturally take on some responsibilities in guiding his disciples.

Chu Yuan also passed on his self-created "Nine Heavens Gangqi" to Qu Feiyan, asking her to practice internal skills and lay the foundation first.

"Uncle Master, this "Nine Heavens Gang Qi" is too difficult to practice. We have been practicing it until now, but we have been stuck at the second meridian and have difficulty breaking through."

In the small courtyard where Chu Yuan lived, Luo Renjie finished practicing a set of "Autumn Wind Sword Technique" and asked Chu Yuan for comments, then complained to Chu Yuan.

Today, Hou Renying, Hong Renxiong, Yu Renhao, Luo Renjie, Yu Renyan, including Lin Pingzhi and Qu Feiyan are all here.

Chu Yuan's small courtyard, which was not big to begin with, was almost full.

"You are too stupid."

Chu Yuan was lying on a bluestone in the corner of the yard, watching everyone practicing sword skills. He heard Luo Renjie's complaints and said unhappily.

His "Nine Heavens Gang Qi" only has six meridians, and he was originally planning to update the version and upgrade it to nine meridians.

But when he thought about it carefully, he found it simple.

This is because he has the ability to enter dreams and increase his understanding and intelligence while sleeping.

To put it bluntly, he opened it.

Ok!

You have a point.

"Your master has only cultivated to the fourth meridian, don't be too ambitious."

Then Chu Yuan found a reference point. "But you are right, this is not a solution."

Chu Yuan sat up straight.

Apart from the old seniors who were working hard to practice the "Nine Heavens Gang Qi" in order to build the Taoist temple, the people in front of them were the backbone of the future young generation of Qingcheng Sect.

If he can help, he will definitely help.

"Uncle Master, can you help us?"

Hearing Chu Yuan's words, Yu Renyan thought they were saved and his face lit up with joy.

He and his four senior brothers all suffered the same fate.

"No."

Chu Yuan said seriously.

The five of them were all speechless, and they all shouted in their hearts: "What can I say without you?"

"But it's not unsalvageable."

Chu Yuan's tone changed.

Perhaps because he has the ability to enter dreams, the "Nine Heavens Gangqi" he created is a test of talent and understanding, and has a certain threshold for practice.

"I can try to simplify the Nine Heavens Qi to help you lower the difficulty of practicing it. However, if the difficulty of practicing it is lowered, the power will naturally be reduced. Are you sure you want it?"

Chu Yuan said to the people in front of him.

"Want to want."

Yu Renyan spoke first.

"No matter how powerful your martial arts skills are, they are useless if you can't practice them!"

Yu Renyan said with some hopelessness.

Who understands the feeling of having the magical skill right in front of you but just not being able to practice it?
I feel like a piece of trash.

"Okay, I'll help you then."

Chu Yuan said.

In fact, if the merger is successful, the Qingcheng Sect will not only have the two internal skills of "Qingcheng Heart Method" and "Nine Heavens Gangqi".

The Qingcheng Heart Sutra is ridiculously weak, with poor training speed and power.

The Nine Heavens Gang Qi is incredibly powerful, but it is very difficult to practice.

The Qingcheng Sect needs some internal skills that are neither too strong nor too weak, and not too difficult to practice.

Just like the Wudang Sect has "Wudang Nine Yang Gong", "Chun Yang Wuji Gong", "Song Crane Heart Sutra", "Taihe Gong" and "Chun Yang Boy Gong".

Shaolin Temple also has "Arhat Magical Skills", "Dragon-Subduing and Elephant-Subduing Skills", "Bodhi Heart Dharma", and "Kashaya Magical Skills to Subdue Demons".

Instead of just the top-level magic skills like "Tai Chi Magical Skills", "Yi Jin Jing" and "Xi Sui Jing".

"Just wait, I will try to simplify a martial art for you that is not that difficult to practice."

Chu Yuan continued.

He created his own martial arts several times and helped the Emei Sect to repair its remaining skills.

Now that he has accumulated enough knowledge, he can perform simplified martial arts without having to be in a dream state.

Anyway, it's not something I created myself. I'm just trying to simplify a martial art based on "Nine Heavens Gangqi".

Hou Renying, Hong Renxiong, Yu Renhao, Luo Renjie, Yu Renyan...

There were also Lin Pingzhi and Qu Feiyan, who had just arrived, and they all looked at Chu Yuan as if he were a god.

Is it so easy to simplify martial arts?
Compared to Lin Pingzhi and Qu Feiyan who had just joined the sect, Hou Renying, Hong Renxiong, Yu Renhao, Luo Renjie and Yu Renyan seemed much calmer.

It is just using "Nine Heavens Gangqi" to simplify a martial art with weaker power. This is just the beginning!

They have been seeing their uncle's talent and aptitude since they were young.

He learned the sword skills that took them several months to learn in just a few days. He was simply inhuman.

Chu Yuan seemed to have turned into a sculpture, sitting motionless on the bluestone in the corner of the courtyard.

Others did not disturb Chu Yuan and continued to practice sword in the yard.

"Have it!"

Two hours later, when the sun was setting, Chu Yuan came to his senses and suddenly stood up from the bluestone.

"Come here, the five of you, follow the method I told you to circulate the Qi and circulate the Qi. The Qi will flow out of the Dantian, into the Tianchi, and into the Tianquan..."

Chu Yuan had been practicing "Nine Heavens Gangqi" for some time, and he called Hou Renying, Hong Renxiong, Yu Renhao, Luo Renjie, and Yu Renyan to come before him.

After hearing Chu Yuan's words, the five people originally thought that it was impossible for Chu Yuan to simplify a martial art so quickly, but since the uncle-master said so, they could only walk to Chu Yuan's door, sit cross-legged on the ground, put the sword at their feet, close their eyes and try to circulate their qi.

As a result of this trial, the five people discovered that the flow of Qi was indeed much smoother than before.

This method is indeed much simpler than practicing "Nine Heavens Gangqi".

"Uncle Master, what is the name of this martial art?"

After waiting for half an hour, the five people opened their eyes after completing a cycle. Hou Renying asked Chu Yuan in surprise.

"Xuanmen Gangqi!"

Chu Yuan blurted out.

Seeing the five people looking at him with suspicious eyes, Chu Yuan said, "This is the name I just gave it."

Chu Yuan continued, "But don't be too happy yet. Although the Xuanmen Gangqi is simple to practice and has no difficulty, it only cultivates the acquired energy and not the innate energy. After practicing it, the Gangqi transformed from the internal force is not as perfect as the Jiuxiao Gangqi. It has a weakness. Once someone knows the weakness and targets you during a fight, your protective Gangqi will be broken."

Yu Renyan asked with a confused look on his face: "Uncle Master, what will happen if the protective qi is broken?"

boom!
Chu Yuan made an explosion gesture.

Seeing that everyone was frightened and pale, Chu Yuan put down his hands and smiled:

"I'm just trying to scare you. It's nothing serious. Once your Qi is broken, it will naturally dissipate. You just can't protect yourself temporarily. So once you practice this martial art, you'd better keep your weakness a secret and don't tell anyone to prevent others from finding your flaw."

Chu Yuan's words immediately made the five people who were originally worried feel relieved.

In their opinion, it is best to have Gang Qi, but it doesn't matter if you don't have it.

It has been so many years since my uncle created the "Nine Heavens Gangqi". Isn't he the only one in the sect who has cultivated the Gangqi?
"You can record this "Xuan Men Gang Qi" into a book, and anyone who is a disciple of Qingcheng Sect can be taught it."

Chu Yuan said again.

"As ordered."

"Thank you, uncle."

"I have specially simplified a martial art for us to practice."

Yu Renyan and five others spoke one after another.

"Okay, continue practicing your sword skills!"

Chu Yuan sat back on the bluestone and waved his hand.

When he realized that he had just spoken, his disciple Qu Feiyan was secretly glancing at him.

"Why, Feiyan, you also want to change to practice "Xuanmen Gangqi"?"

Chu Yuan asked Qu Feiyan.

"No, I just think Master is amazing."

Qu Feiyan shook his head.

"That's good."

Chu Yuan said with relief.

If his disciples did not practice the more powerful "Nine Heavens Gang Qi" and wanted to practice this "Xuanmen Gang Qi".

Although he didn't say it, he must be very disappointed in his heart.

I feel like I made the wrong choice in accepting this disciple.

"As Master's disciple, I should practice the 'Nine Heavens Gang Qi' created by Master. How can I practice the simplified 'Xuan Men Gang Qi' just for the sake of convenience?"

Qu Feiyan said again.

"Yes, I am ambitious."

Chu Yuan said with satisfaction.

He had just passed on "Nine Heavens Gang Qi" to Qu Feiyan not long ago, and Qu Feiyan probably hadn't started practicing it yet, but he was pleased and satisfied that Qu Feiyan had such ambition.

After hearing the words of the junior sister who had just become their disciple, Yu Renyan and the other four looked a little embarrassed. They felt that they were not as good as a little girl.

But there is really no other way, as they were also determined from the beginning.

But being stuck in the same place for a long time without making any progress has worn out their spirit.

(End of this chapter)