Chapter 25: No women in the heart, practicing fists is naturally divine

Three months later.

On the East Sea, a green-robed youth was traveling by boat. While paddling the long pole with his palm to move forward, he looked down at the human skin scroll placed in front of him.

"The 'Destroying Firmness Divine Claw', 'Heart-Destroying Palm', 'Great Demon-Subduing Fist', 'Waving Five Strings', and Qiu Qianren's 'Iron Palm' recorded here have added a few more excellent hand techniques for me."

"The essence of Quanzhen internal energy obtained from Guo Jing has played a role again. With this internal energy trick, I can barely understand the Daoist terms mentioned in the scriptures."

"In addition, the 'Golden Bell Shield' version recorded by Huang Shang also benefited me a lot. The practice method of the second half of the Golden Bell Shield, improved with its superior internal energy, is ten times more powerful than the first half."

Zhuang Buran raised his eyes and muttered to himself:

"'Nine Abysses Art' takes the best of 'Toad Technique', 'Dragon Subduing Eighteen Palms', and 'One Finger Art', and has been greatly improved, which can be considered a more perfect combination of internal and external cultivation."

"Now, taking the essence of the improved 'Golden Bell Shield', I am gradually integrating the missing parts of the 'Nine Abysses Art', not only eliminating the few remaining covers on my body but also increasing the strength of my hard training."

As he muttered, his internal energy operated unconsciously, and his nasal breath became hot, as if his internal organs were like a pill furnace, operating around his body like surging magma.

If there were others present, they would definitely be able to see red-gold patterns faintly appearing on the green-robed youth's chest.

"After practicing for only a month, the hard training has gone a step further, tempering the muscles and bones like mysterious iron, which is 30% stronger than before, and the cover is only one inch left."

"If I can get the upper volume of the 'Nine Yin Manual', I think I can make my hard work reach the peak."

"It just so happens that during this period of time, besides diligent practice, I haven't been idle, and I have become proficient in Sanskrit."

Zhuang Buran's nose twitched, smelling the floral fragrance mixed in the sea breeze. Looking out, he saw a sea island. Squinting and observing carefully, he praised:

"Sure enough, it is not comparable to the Peach Blossom Island where I only lived for three years. The scenery is very pleasant."

After half an incense stick of time, he waited for the boat to approach, jumped ashore, walked about ten or twenty feet, and laughed lightly:

"Hehe, this strange gate and five elements technique is only at a barely passable level."

He wandered around and came to a mountain cave. His eyes seemed to have a trace of memory. It was in this mountain cave that he obtained various remnants of the Xiaoyao Sect's unique skills on the stone wall.

The person in the cave seemed to hear the footsteps outside without any concealment, and then poked his head out.

This was an old man with long hair hanging down to the ground, long eyebrows and long beard, with his nose and mouth covered.

He stared at the visitor, couldn't help rubbing his eyes, and said ridiculously:

"Is this Huang Laoxie's cultivation reaching the peak, returning to his youth, or does he have a son outside?"

Immediately, an old man with gray hair and beard, not all white, stood at the entrance of the cave and looked at the green-robed youth carefully for a few times, shaking his head repeatedly:

"That's not right. I have been on the island for fifteen years, and I haven't heard that little girl say she has any brothers. Looking at his age, he is older than that little girl."

He asked happily:

"Kid, what is Huang Laoxie to you?"

"Old Urchin, I know 'Dragon Subduing Eighteen Palms'. Do you want to learn it or not?" Zhuang Buran asked with a smile.

"Ah?!" Zhou Botong was full of question marks, then slapped his forehead, put his hands on his hips and shouted to the surroundings:

"Huang Laoxie, what tricks are you playing again? Could it be that you want to use 'Dragon Subduing Eighteen Palms' to exchange for my 'Nine Yin Manual'? Do you think I will be fooled?"

"Just based on your martial arts style, where could you learn that old beggar's palm technique? And I don't believe you can seize the Beggar Sect's unique skill from his hands."

"Stop shouting. I just walked around the island, and he hasn't returned to the island yet." Zhuang Buran had a playful look on his face:

"I also know the Southern Emperor's 'One Finger Art', the Eastern Heretic's 'Flicking Finger Divine Skill', and the Western Poison's 'Toad Technique'. Do you want to learn them?"

"Pfft, do you think..."

Just as Zhou Botong opened his mouth, he looked dumbfounded.

Because he saw the green-robed youth raise his hand and strike a 'Dragon Regrets its Pride', breaking a big tree beside him. He pointed out, and the One Finger Art force instantly pierced through another tree.

The soles of his feet shook, a pebble fell into his palm, and then he flicked his fingers. The sound of breaking the air was exceptionally loud, quickly piercing through five or six big trees.

Afterward, a faint, dull sound like a toad croaking came from his body. For a short time, there seemed to be many toads croaking one after another outside the cave.

Zhou Botong opened his eyes wide:

"That is, the 'Toad Technique' is not very similar, but the others are real unique skills that the Five Greats do not pass on."

"Zhuang thinks the posture of practicing 'Toad Technique' is too ugly, so I took the essence of martial arts and practiced it." Zhuang Buran's smile became stronger:

"How about it, want to learn?"

"Are you really going to teach me?" Zhou Botong was somewhat dry-mouthed and couldn't help swallowing.

"The toad is a thing that hides in the soil for a long time, accumulating energy, and does not need to eat much after coming out of the soil..."

Zhuang Buran said unhurriedly: "This is the essence of 'Toad Technique'."

"You just taught it like this?" Zhou Botong was incredibly surprised, then said: "Who exactly are you?"

"Zhuang Buran, a person who is pure and detached from low-level interests."

"What is a low-level interest?" Zhou Botong asked with great curiosity.

"No women in the heart, practicing fists is naturally divine." Zhuang Buran's tone was full of seriousness.

"Good, just because of this sentence, you are the brother I have decided to make." Zhou Botong stomped his feet excitedly:

"You know, if you marry a wife, there are many good skills you can't practice. It's truly a pity. I... often regret it."

Before he finished speaking, he was like a gourd with its mouth sawed off, and he stopped talking.

"It makes sense. Watch carefully, now it's 'Dragon Subduing Eighteen Palms'."

Zhuang Buran set up the starting stance of the Dragon Subduing Eighteen Palms, 'Dragon Regrets its Pride', and then explained the essence of the palm technique.

Zhou Botong couldn't help but gesture along. When the green-robed youth finished striking the palm technique from beginning to end, he had already understood the palm technique.

"Old Urchin has never liked taking advantage of others. Although I can't pass you the 'Nine Yin Manual', I haven't wasted these fifteen years. Watch carefully!"

"This is the wonderful meaning I realized after practicing hard for more than ten years, suddenly realizing how to use the virtual to strike the real and win the sufficient with the insufficient, so I created the 72-road 'Empty Bright Fist' mainly based on emptiness and softness."

Zhou Botong set up his fist stance and struck out fist techniques that were extremely soft, soft with toughness, and the fist force was as if it existed or not.

After watching, Zhuang Buran only felt that it deeply grasped the meaning of 'nothing in the world is softer and weaker than water, and nothing can overcome the strong and firm, and nothing can replace it'.

"I will return the 'Toad Technique' from just now to you."

Zhou Botong's moves changed, and he struck out a set of palm techniques that looked weak and powerless. As the wind around him changed suddenly, as if he had encountered some enemy, the moves were like a sudden heavy snow, with endless power, continuous and endless.

After this set of palm techniques was finished, he also explained the essence of the palm technique.

"This should be the Quanzhen Sect's 'Lüshuang Pojing Palm', truly exquisite and sharp." Zhuang Buran set up the 'One Finger Art' posture:

"The mixed origin one qi method is natural. Between one finger, it penetrates heaven and earth. This is the general outline of 'One Finger Art'. Look!"

Zhuang Buran practiced the martial arts while explaining the essence of the finger technique.

After watching, Zhou Botong suddenly felt it was very fun, and his interest rose immediately. He soared into the air, picked a branch, used it as a sword, and shouted loudly:

"This is 'One Qi Transforms Three Pure Ones', stabbing eighteen swords in two nines. Each sword can be divided into three, but there is only one move when stabbing. With a shake of the wrist, the sword move is divided into three."

Zhuang Buran clapped and laughed:

"Hahaha, worthy of being the skill created by Wang Chongyang, the number one in the world in the past. Look carefully, this is the 'Flicking Finger Divine Skill' with divine finger strength."

After the demonstration, Zhou Botong was not to be outdone and struck out a sword technique again, saying:

"Although this is the introductory sword technique of the Quanzhen Sect, the changes are subtle and complement the Quanzhen mental method. Seven swords and seven styles, a total of forty-nine styles."

While he was practicing the moves, he not only recited the key points of the sword technique but even explained the 'Quanzhen Mental Method'.

Just as Zhuang Buran was about to practice again, Zhou Botong let out a strange cry:

"Brother, stop. Even if I have practiced martial arts for decades, I still can't memorize many martial arts unique skills in a hurry, at most learning seven or eight percent. Are you sure you can learn all the martial arts I taught just now without any mistakes?"

"How do you know that sometimes the difference between people is greater than the difference between people and dogs." Zhuang Buran joked.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 26 =====