Chapter 3: Wait for me, I haven't boarded the vehicle yet!

After obtaining the Wudang Internal Gong, Zhang Xuan did not immediately go silent; he chatted with Zhang Sanfeng for a while. After all, he was a future fat sheep, and a martial arts Grandmaster like this must possess many treasures.

One must plan for this carefully.

And only after Zhang Sanfeng had gained a slight understanding did Zhang Xuan go offline.

After struggling to calm his excited mood, Zhang Xuan sat cross-legged on his bed, assumed the "five hearts facing the sky" posture, carefully recalled the mental cultivation method of the Wudang Internal Gong, and slowly attempted to practice.

Before practicing, Zhang Xuan had countless thoughts in his mind.

Could it be that this world of mine is a low-magic world where internal gong cannot be practiced?

Could it be that my talent is too low, and I will be slow to enter the door of the internal gong mental method?

Will the internal gong mental method be as legendary as imagined, making one light as a swallow and strong in body?

But when he calmed his mind, focused his whole being on regulating his breathing, and tried to capture that glimmer of spiritual light in his heart.

And then used this to absorb bits of Heaven and Earth Essence, transforming it into Internal Energy, all distracting thoughts vanished.

Zhang Xuan only felt his whole person quiet down, and a bit of warm airflow circulated within his body, gestating in his dantian.

The first gestation of the airflow even made him feel a slight stinging pain in his body; it was a bit uncomfortable, as it was his first time in this life.

But as an old hand, he quickly adapted, controlling that airflow to constantly wander through his body, up and down, left and right, and soon completed a Small Heavenly Cycle.

The speed was incredibly fast. When he came back to his senses from the practice, Zhang Xuan did not feel exhausted; he even felt mentally invigorated, only his stomach felt a bit hungry.

After eating several large pieces of chocolate in a row and then replenishing with some beef jerky, Zhang Xuan felt his state was much better.

He was quite excited in his heart and tried to throw some random, clumsy punches.

His body was lighter and more agile than before. After throwing punches randomly for over ten minutes, Zhang Xuan only felt his body slightly sweating, which seemed much better than his previous state.

Of course, he did not directly "explode" into a superman as he had imagined, which Zhang Xuan said he could understand.

After all, it was the Wudang Basic Internal Gong, which required years of practice to become light as a swallow and leap several zhang in a single bound.

But even so, he was very excited.

The Wudang Internal Gong not only contained basic practice methods but also some common knowledge about martial arts.

Normal practice of Wudang Internal Gong required chopping wood and carrying water under Wudang Mountain to temper the body; this was both a test of character and a way to exercise the body.

Only with a strong body could one perform Refining Essence into Qi and enter the door of internal gong.

Every sect and faction had such a process, whether it was Wudang or Shaolin.

Even for beginners, it took about three months to succeed in practice, which was commonly known as the Hundred Days Foundation Establishment.

Yet Zhang Xuan had succeeded in such a short time, which could be considered a heaven-sent talent even within Wudang.

Having understood the details, Zhang Xuan was quite excited and took the initiative to bubble up in the group.

Zhang Xuan: @Zhang Sanfeng, I was able to complete a Small Heavenly Cycle when I practiced the Wudang Internal Gong this afternoon, and my whole body feels a bit lighter. Could there be a problem?

On the mountain peak, Zhang Sanfeng was still deep in thought. Hearing the voice ringing in his mind, his first reaction was disbelief.

Practice in the pugilistic world was all about accumulation over time; there was no such thing as being able to complete a Small Heavenly Cycle all of a sudden without any prior foundation. That was unrealistic and too absurd.

Even he had spent a not-insignificant amount of time before he could practice the Small Heavenly Cycle.

How long had it been since he gave the Wudang Internal Gong to Zhang Xuan, and the other party had already practiced the Small Heavenly Cycle?

Zhang Sanfeng's first reaction was disbelief.

Zhang Sanfeng: Fellow Daoist, you are surely joking. Perhaps you had a foundation before, understood these things, and had a master in the past?

Having lived for nearly a hundred years, Zhang Sanfeng still had the demeanor of a Grandmaster; he did not directly say Zhang Xuan was talking nonsense, but said it tactfully.

Zhang Xuan: No, Daoist, perhaps you don't understand. I have lived for over twenty years in my world and have never received any cultivation inheritance.

No other fellow Daoists in the Chat Group have taught me internal gong either; I am just an ordinary person.

Zhang Sanfeng: Then perhaps the world where you reside is the Immortal Realm, where the concentration of Heaven and Earth Essence or spiritual energy is higher.

In my youth, I heard that there were many experts in the pugilistic world whose strength could reach my level, but now it has almost vanished. Perhaps it is related to the heavens and earth.

"The heavens and earth?"

Zhang Xuan was stunned; this was a very peculiar idea.

But he had tried various things, asked around everywhere, and searched during these three years.

There was basically no talk of Immortal Gods on the social level, nor were there any martial arts experts, and he had never heard of any supernatural events at the social level.

Though the "Lightning Five-Combo Whip" had made people laugh for a long time.

The overall social situation was very stable and peaceful, much like it was before he was reborn in his previous life.

America was number one in the world, and China was a latecomer catching up.

The development of technology in all aspects was also very normal, with no supernatural factors at all.

"Could it be that the Chat Group improved my aptitude, so I found it very easy to practice?"

Zhang Xuan couldn't help but think of this and used his intent to ask the Chat Group.

As it turned out, the Wanjie Chat Group was not very intelligent; like a tool, it popped up a vague rule, and the general meaning was very brief.

"The Chat Group currently does not have this function."

Zhang Xuan was stunned, and a bad feeling inexplicably arose in his heart.

For all these years, it had always been that the good things didn't come true, but the bad things did.

He had a bad premonition; he was quite clear about Murphy's Law.

The Chat Group had made him wait for a full three years before opening, and there had been no abnormalities during that period.

He did not believe that a bunch of good things would happen just because a new group member had arrived; he figured there must be something happening that he didn't know about.

"My world... is probably a bit problematic."

Zhang Xuan had never been to the world where Zhang Sanfeng resided and could only speculate based on the Wudang Internal Gong mental method.

In the Wudang Internal Gong, there were also some notes written by predecessors; they had written down their insights on practice.

And in their perception of practice, the heavens and earth were chaotic, and the spiritual energy, or Heaven and Earth Essence, was quite thin.

It requires a great deal of energy to be able to sense the Essence of the outside world with the bit of Essence within one's body and refine it into the body.

And Zhang Xuan closed his eyes and sensed for a while, and he reconciled his mind and spirit very easily, guiding the Qi into his body; the process was not very difficult.

As long as he opened his heart, the corresponding Essence would naturally flow into his body.

This was not an illusion; cultivating here was indeed very easy, at least cultivating Wudang internal arts was very easy.

It was many times denser than the Heaven and Earth Essence annotated by the predecessors in the Wudang internal arts.

"Could it be that this world really has the extraordinary? It's just that I haven't understood it, my level is too low, and I can't come into contact with such a side?"

Zhang Xuan inexplicably felt that his surroundings were becoming a bit unsafe.

Previously, the world was a low-magic world, a no-magic world, and he felt very restless.

But now that he knew this world had unusual extraordinary factors, he felt his surroundings becoming unsafe again.

No matter which extraordinary world he landed in, as long as the corresponding protagonist of the book was there, he would definitely not end up too well.

Regarding this point, Zhang Xuan had a profound self-awareness.

"I hope it's not too strong, I hope it's not too strong. At most, let it be 'The Personal Bodyguard of the School Beauty', don't be stronger than that. If that really doesn't work, I can accept 'Dragon Snake'..."

Zhang Xuan prayed silently, and even took the initiative to search on the internet to see if there was anyone named Wang Chao.

Well, the fact was there was not.

As for 'The Personal Bodyguard of the School Beauty', Zhang Xuan only remembered that this book existed, and that there were martial arts masters in it.

He didn't even remember the protagonist's name; he only remembered there were a bunch of beauties.

"Sigh, the world is truly difficult!"

Zhang Xuan sighed silently.

Clearly, the Chat Group he had waited for for three long years had finally become effective;

Clearly, there was the first new member in the Chat Group;

Clearly, he had successfully swindled the new member and obtained the method of extraordinary cultivation from him;

Clearly, he had entered the door of the extraordinary cultivation method, and clearly, everything was developing for the better.

"I clearly should be happy, but why do I feel so uneasy?"

In the Chat Group, Zhang Sanfeng even specifically comforted Zhang Xuan.

Zhang Sanfeng: Judging from your description, Fellow Daoist, the Heaven and Earth Essence or, in other words, spiritual energy in the world you are in is indeed denser than in my world, but it shouldn't be too exaggerated.

Zhang Sanfeng: Perhaps there can be more people at the Innate Realm, and occasionally there might be people above the Innate Realm, but there shouldn't be many people at higher levels.

Zhang Sanfeng: You should be happy about such a thing. Your cultivation talent is so excellent, it is obviously better in a world with denser spiritual energy.

You don't need to be like this old Daoist, who has no path to follow if he wants to go further.

Zhang Xuan felt slightly comforted and was just about to reply to Zhang Sanfeng's message when he suddenly heard a pop-up notification on his Mobile Phone.

He thought it was some junk message, took the Mobile Phone, and was just about to close it casually.

When he was about to remove the message, he glanced at the message title, and then his hand froze.

"Nine Dragons Pulling Coffin falls on Mount Tai, causing the summit to collapse and revealing a Five-Colored Altar!"

With just one glance, Zhang Xuan's pupils could not help but dilate.

Then, before he could move his hand away, ding-ding-dong-dong, several more messages popped up in a row, all of them news about the Nine Dragons Pulling Coffin and Mount Tai.

"Nine Dragons Pulling Coffin, is it the opening of a myth, or a prank by an extraterrestrial civilization?"

"Nine Dragons Pulling Coffin fell from beyond the sky, causing many tourist deaths and injuries."

"According to the Aerospace Bureau, they once observed the Nine Dragons Pulling Coffin from the International Space Station!"

"Nine Dragons Pulling Coffin..."

Zhang Xuan felt a lump in his throat, and his whole person was stunned.

As if to match the explosive news, there was also a photo of the Nine Dragons Pulling Coffin taken by some media reporter, which should have been taken by a drone.

Nine black dragons, each a hundred zhang long, lay across the ground. The black dragons were crystal clear throughout, manifesting a mysterious and noble temperament.

Even though there were no souls left in their bodies, there was still a noble temperament flowing from them.

Chains a hundred meters long were connected to them, running through to behind them, connecting to a huge Bronze Ancient Coffin.

Just a photo that was not very clear gave people an endless sense of shock, as if things from the ancient myths of Huaxia had flowed into reality.

It made people feel a huge sense of shock in their hearts, and when Zhang Xuan saw the picture of the Nine Dragons Pulling Coffin, panic and unease first arose in his mind, followed by a huge sense of regret.

"I am currently in the southern Jiangnan region, so far away from Mount Tai. If I go now, can I still catch the ride?"

"Ye Tiandi, wait for me! I haven't gotten on the ride yet!"

(End of this chapter)