Chapter 130: Let's call it

Half a month later, outside Ruoshui Ju.

Someone was constantly blowing a very awkward and difficult piece of music; it was Nie Feng, concentrating on playing the melody with a bamboo leaf.

Beside him sat Second Dream, and not far away under the old peach tree were the others.

"After Senior Brother Feng learned to play the 'Zhou Tian Ling Fei Tune,' he really gradually detached himself from the state of being possessed by the devil." Youruo looked at the white-haired, black-robed man lying lazily on the chair:

"Father, didn't you say that Senior Brother Feng's family-inherited 'Ice Heart Formula' could help him suppress the devil-possessed state? In the future, will he only need to multitask—playing the 'Zhou Tian Ling Fei Tune' while practicing the 'Ice Heart Formula'—to no longer worry about being possessed?"

Zhuang Buran's expression was calm:

"Why go to such trouble? Practicing the 'Ice Heart Formula' requires self-forgetfulness and guarding the one, with the six senses firmly settled. One must strive for concentration, not generate distracting thoughts, and maintain a clear state of mind."

"Only then can one practice and cultivate, making the mind reach a state of being unstained by dust and unpolluted by worldly appearances—that is, being able to get rid of the contamination of worldly dust, not be confused by worldly phenomena, and cultivate a clear and ethereal heart to suppress the mad blood inherited by the Nie family for generations."

"And the 'Wonderful Music Ling Fei Scripture' I passed on is a method of entering non-mind from mind. The music is born from the heart, naturally making the spiritual platform clear and empty, and the heart and mind galloping freely."

"It can make one forget the boundary between self and external objects, merge with the heaven and earth that are integrated into one, and reach the mysterious state where the flowing water does not startle the heart, and the clouds are slow in intention."

"The flowing water ripples, and the waves are not startled. Practicing this skill allows one to respond like flowing water, unmoved by external objects, maintaining inner peace and freedom."

His tone was leisurely:

"As the saying goes, subduing the devil is not as good as crossing the devil. The 'Ice Heart Formula' is merely forcibly suppressing the devil heart that has already taken root in Feng'er's bones. If one cultivates my skill to perfection, not to mention being able to guide the heaven and earth to be used for oneself..."

"A mere devil heart can naturally be kept between being possessed and being divine at a moment's notice, and the Demon Blade can also be retracted and released freely."

"Then what about the 'Universal Flow of the Six Voids Technique' that Senior Brother Yun practices?" Youruo asked suspiciously.

Bu Jingyun also looked over upon hearing this. Recently, he had felt that practicing this skill was incredibly miraculous, and he couldn't believe that this person didn't have some ulterior motive.

"Although I don't practice the sword, I have some insights into the sword path. I have seen many brilliant swordsmen, but regarding their methods of controlling the sword with the person, I always feel that the sword is a tangible object, and no matter how sharp it is, it lacks a bit of spiritual energy."

The white-haired, black-robed man's expression was indifferent:

"The Sword Sect's 'Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin' is quite to my liking. The human body should be in harmony with heaven and earth to glimpse the ultimate martial path."

"And the 'Universal Flow of the Six Voids Technique' is a martial art that grows by itself, develops by itself, and acts automatically. It can be controlled by a person, and it can also control the host, making up for the insufficiency of human strength."

"Ordinary people who cultivate this divine art often suffer a backlash upon reaching two types of internal energy; either water and fire will torment each other, wind and thunder will strike one another, or heaven and earth will be overturned, leading to a miserable death."

"Jingyun possesses six completely different mellow true Qis in his body, yet it hasn't endangered his life, so he has the aptitude to practice this martial art."

His gaze fell on Bu Jingyun:

"This skill uses the 'Harmony Dao' mental method to merge them into one, practicing into a mass of chaotic Qi. This mass of true Qi is different from any internal skill in the world. Once practiced, it can be called the melting pot of all internal skills in the world. Any true Qi or internal strength that encounters it is like a sharp blade piercing paper, breaking ice, and cutting snow. It can even transform into heaven and earth, and even control various great powers between heaven and earth—heaven, earth, mountain, marsh, wind, thunder, water, and fire—all becoming its sharp weapons."

"But every twenty years, one must undergo a 'Six Voids Tribulation,' using the method of rebuilding meridians to accommodate the self-growing and endless 'Universal Flow of the Six Energies.' And each tribulation is stronger than the last. One day, one will die miserably under the heavenly tribulation."

When the crowd heard this, their pupils shrank, their hearts tightened, causing the sorrow in their hearts to lose control, and they couldn't help but shed tears.

Bu Jingyun steadied his mind and said coldly:

"I knew you wouldn't show kindness for no reason."

"Father, don't tell me you also practiced this skill?" Youruo asked hurriedly, then suddenly shook her head:

"Brother Xiong, since you don't even care about immortality, why do you have to make things difficult for the common people of the world?"

Zhuang Buran smiled faintly:

"I already said that I practice the Dao, not the so-called technique. Naturally, I can use the great heaven and earth outside the human body to control the small heaven and earth inside the human body, making the strange gate true Qi in the body move as easily as an arm, flowing as the heart desires."

"Alright, today's Q&A is over. I'll probably sleep for a few months this time. You all go practice your skills."

He chanted a line:

"My nature is clumsy and I only like to sleep; outside of breathing, there is no burden."

After saying this, he closed his eyes and slept on his side, like a dog curling up to sleep, and also like a dragon coiling around. His breathing gradually stopped, and he actually looked like a corpse.

In the dark, he fell into the state where heaven and earth all return to him. The essence of heaven and earth poured in continuously, immediately making his Qi meridians like a dragon. Between gathering water and hiding wind, the stars crossed the sky, and the five elements changed, as the Qi mechanism waxed and waned.

An illusory Eight Trigrams diagram appeared in his ancestral aperture between his eyebrows, then evolved into the momentum of heaven, earth, mountain, marsh, wind, thunder, water, and fire.

"Senior Brother Shuang, this should be the 'Hibernating Dragon Sleep,' right?" Youruo asked in a low voice.

"Self-breathing, opening and closing naturally, so that the heart and breath depend on each other—this is the essence of 'Hibernating Dragon Sleep'." Qin Shuang said in a daze:

"Within chaos, emptiness, and forgetting, in freedom and without restraint, the spirit enters the Qi, the Qi wraps around the spirit, and the spirit and Qi merge into one, entering the state of forgetting both heart and breath. This is the 'Mountain and River Hidden Dragon Art'."

He suddenly came to his senses:

"It feels a bit wrong again. I'm not very clear either. Master's martial arts cultivation is unfathomable. Even if I practiced the 'Mountain and River Hidden Dragon Art,' I'm afraid it would be difficult to sleep for months without eating or drinking."

"Senior Brother Yun, the consequences of this martial art are unimaginable after you practice it. Why don't I beg my father to help you change to another skill after he wakes up?" Youruo walked to Bu Jingyun's side.

"Since he can manage not to be harmed by the Six Voids Tribulation, of course I can too. Isn't it just letting myself enter the state of heaven and man as one? I can do it too."

After Bu Jingyun finished speaking, he prepared to practice and walked toward the bamboo forest outside the peach forest.

Half a year later, Bu Jingyun practiced the Eight Energies of Universal Flow and left Ruoshui Ju. After about two years, Nie Feng succeeded in his practice, no longer had the danger of being possessed, and also took Second Dream away.

Time flew like an arrow, and time passed quietly and inadvertently. In the blink of an eye, another ten years passed.

During this period, the years in Ruoshui Ju were peaceful, while the outside world was full of disputes. Under the instruction of a certain white-haired, black-robed man and the intentional fulfillment of Wuming, the martial arts world all believed that the destruction of Jue Wushen's palace was entirely due to Bu Jingyun and Nie Feng, who was willing to be possessed to save the common people.

Later, the Emperor of Dongying led an army to invade the Central Plains. First, he used a scheme to bomb and injure Wuming. Just when he felt that without this Martial Arts Myth, his hegemony could be achieved, Bu Jingyun, who had been living in seclusion in Huo Family Village, and Nie Feng, who was in the Broken Love Residence, arrived together.

The former used the same method to treat the other, seemingly also using explosives to blow the Emperor of Dongying and his group into heavy casualties, while the latter used a world-tilting hundred-foot blade Qi to hack these people to death.

Since then, the two have become saviors again.

On this day, outside the Broken Love Residence.

Nie Feng and Bu Jingyun protected their wives and children behind them, looking at a strange man with a cold expression.

He wore a mysterious ice mask, his hair was disheveled, and his eyes, deep as an abyss, gave people a lazy feeling of playing with all living things.

"Who exactly are you? Why do you always have to make things difficult for us, Feng and Yun?" Nie Feng held the Snow Drink Saber.

Bu Jingyun's Qi condensed slightly:

"Entangling us in every way, provoking us again and again, what exactly is your purpose?"

"You two are really heartless. If it weren't for me, how could your wife, Second Dream, be resurrected? And your two sons, Bu Jingyun..."

The strange man shook his head with a giggle:

"No, that's wrong. One is an adopted son, one is a biological son. How could they be regained after being lost?"

"You two should thank me for my entanglement and repeated provocations!"

"Suddenly beating people to death, then saving them, then wantonly abducting children." Nie Feng said word by word:

"Where exactly did we, Feng and Yun, offend you that you have to make us suffer so much?"

The strange man counted his fingers in boredom:

"The pain of losing a wife has been played, the resurrection of the dead has been played, and the reunion of flesh and blood has also been played. Next, I will play a more exciting and interesting game with you."

He giggled:

"Let's call it 'breaking up a pair of lovebirds,' how about that?"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 131 =====