Chapter 996: Ghost Martial Arts

Hiss!

Strands of hair surged, coiling like a python, and in an instant, they bound Su Bingbing.

Su Bingbing was also a practitioner of martial arts; even if she were tied with thick hemp rope, it was not certain she couldn't forcibly break free.

But this time, she only felt a chill suddenly sweep over her, rendering her limbs unable to move.

"I'm going to die..."

She gazed at the approaching face of the female Weird, a glimmer of crystal moisture gradually appearing in the corners of her eyes.

"Su Bingbing, hold on!"

Amidst a struggle that felt like hell, Xu Yuan suddenly understood a phrase his Master often said.

Before he knew when, Su Bingbing had come up behind him.

The blood vessels all over his body swelled in an instant, and beneath his skin, it looked as if dark green earthworms were constantly crawling and twisting...

Only an extremely faint thought remained, silently lying dormant, hidden in the deep abyss.

This was not a good thing!

His consciousness seemed to have been eroded!

Baiyun Mountain was very remote, with no vehicles going directly there; one had to transfer several times and switch to an ox cart before reaching the White Family Village halfway up the mountain.

On the table in front sat only one dish—a bowl of glistening red-braised pork, emitting an alluring aroma!

At this moment, his ears twitched, and looking over, he called out: "Little Yuanyuan is here... sit down and eat!"

"That's right, after becoming a Grandmaster, what one cultivates is 'Ghost Martial Arts', also called 'Ghost Controlling Fist'. As the name implies, it is a fist technique for how to control the Weird!"

Xu Yuan, however, closed his eyes: "Let me consider it further... after going ashore, I plan to return to my sect first."

After eating, Aaron leisurely lit his Wind Grinding Copper Tobacco Pot, took a blissful puff of tobacco, and then said with an air of composure: "Disciple, what wind blew you here?"

Finally... an extremely cold, incomparably foul-smelling liquid flowed out from beneath the opponent's skin and was swallowed by Xu Yuan.

His pace was fast; a casual leap could carry him ten meters, directly exceeding his original limits.

Su Bingbing was already in despair: "We... are all going to die!"

"Success?"

Originally, his arms were incredibly sturdy, covered in well-developed muscle.

But at this moment, they actually seemed to have been reduced to two skin-and-bone sticks!

His sense of touch could be infinitely lowered, his strength greatly increased, easily exerting the power to bend steel!

The self of one day ago, facing the self of today, was like an ant!

Furthermore, with a thought, a thin layer of mist appeared on his hands.

Therefore, he trusted this Master very much and told him everything about this escort mission.

He waved his hands, mobilizing the surrounding mist to reveal a passageway.

Clearly, the duration of suppression this time would be exceptionally short!

Upon arriving here, Xu Yuan leaped directly into the woods, like a giant ape.

Her heart was filled with extreme anxiety.

The female Weird briefly stopped her movements.

Xu Yuan's ash-gray eyes stared at Su Bingbing.

Aaron seemed to be filled with emotion.

"Although, in the final analysis, using the power of the Weird to oppose the Weird... the foundation is still the power of the Weird..."

Even his teeth were constantly grinding.

If he hadn't used the Red Tassel Spear to suppress the opponent, he might have felt like he was biting into a piece of steel!

Baiyun Mountain.

"Oh?" Xu Yuan revealed an inquisitive expression.

That was—Ghost Blood! The blood of the female Weird!

"It seems he still hasn't given up, but soon he will discover... those ancient fist styles all cling to outdated rules and will not accept a mid-way convert as a True Disciple... his only way out is the Sky Net Bureau!"

Su Bingbing fell to the ground, eyes wide: "The Weird has been split into a part, and it will fall into a state of suppression for a relatively long time... Xu Yuan! Listen... you must use supreme mental cultivation to subdue the Weird within your body, otherwise you will become a brand-new Weird!"

Xu Yuan centered his mind, letting strange sensations spread throughout his body, even as great terror descended, yet he remained unmoved, attempting to enter meditation.

The next moment, he locked his primary consciousness away into the Colorless Realm, and the depths of his heart became a void of deathly silence.

The captain and sailors of the research ship stayed on the vessel, so there were still people to sail it.

When the morning sun rose, the ship had already set sail, moving far away from Luofu Island.

Su Bingbing said: "Different Weird have different abilities, which a Ghost Controlling practitioner may not necessarily be able to develop. At this time, Ghost Martial Arts are needed as the key to development! There are even different Ghost Martial Arts for different types of Weird! These Ghost Martial Arts not only help you develop the abilities of the Weird, but also help you suppress the Weird. Once the Ghost Controlling Fist is cultivated to the Great Success realm, the probability of the Weird reviving will be infinitely reduced!"

"Water benefits all things and does not contend; it is precisely because it does not contend that nothing in the world can contend with it!"

A stroke of luck in misfortune.

As soon as the Ghost Blood hit his stomach, Xu Yuan released the female Weird and collapsed to the ground, letting out a scream.

It was as if... the Ghost Blood was replacing all the blood originally in his body!

Swish!

Countless hairs curled up; the time the female Weird seemed to be suppressed became much longer.

The Colorless meditative state, the Living Dead, and the Way of Utmost Sincerity—these are all the highest mental cultivations for mortals; those who can reach them are few and far between, and many Martial Masters only break through after they are old and have seen through the ways of the world.

Xu Yuan's eyes moved, looking toward that female Weird: "I can feel that her level of terror is too high; I cannot handle her at this moment... she is about to awaken!"

But the tips of her hair were still moving slightly.

Xu Yuan performed a solemn bow; he remembered that if his Master hadn't picked him up, he likely would have starved to death as a child.

The erosion from the Red Tassel Spear seemed far more powerful than that of Su Bingbing, and the suppression effect was not good either.

He could feel that this body of his had already become completely different!

Su Bingbing was constantly making phone calls in the captain's cabin, while Xu Yuan stood on the deck, looking at his own body.

Even Su Bingbing's restraints had not been undone.

But a trace of ruthlessness flickered on his face; like a snapping turtle, once it bit down, it wouldn't let go even if thunder struck!

Although Xu Yuan felt that he no longer needed to eat, he still obediently sat down, picked up his bowl, and began to eat.

Before the words had even faded, he was hit on the head with a tobacco pipe: "Of course... I've eaten more salt than you've eaten rice. Even if I haven't eaten pork, I've at least seen pigs run... This Ghost Martial Arts is not simple. Although it's easy to train yourself to death, once mastered, it is the absolute pinnacle of the world... No mortal can contend with it!"

"That's right... A Grandmaster who has practiced Ghost Martial Arts can't even be considered human anymore; they are transcendent and holy... No matter how many ordinary Martial Artists go up, it's just death," Su Bingbing said. "Actually, among the three great masters of fist techniques, I originally had the lowest expectations for you... because both the Iron Sand Palm and the Through-Back Fist have 'Ghost Martial Arts' inheritances from after the Grandmaster level, but the Formless White Bird Fist is only a minor style. The ancestors never produced a Grandmaster, so there is no Ghost Martial Arts... Different Ghost Martial Arts are most effective against specific types of Weird. In your situation, you can only seek to join the sect of a Grandmaster who specializes in 'blood-water type Weird'... or join the Sky Net Bureau. Our Sky Net Bureau has collected a large number of True Transmissions of Ghost Martial Arts... and there is also a general-purpose Ghost Controlling Fist. Although its effect on suppressing Weird is not as good as specific types of fist techniques, it is still better than nothing!"

This was a small mountain in the south of Great Wu, not particularly famous.

"Xu Yuan, did you succeed?"

"Disciple pays respects to Master..."

"Sky Net Bureau, Ghost Controlling Fist? Hehe..."

Aaron took another puff of his dry tobacco pipe and sneered.

Even so, among ten thousand young Martial Artists, there might not even be one with great enlightenment!

Although Xu Yuan has talent, his lineage is average; is it really possible?

At this moment, Xu Yuan could no longer hear Su Bingbing's words at all; the pain of forced blood-swapping, like being sliced by a thousand knives, was only one aspect.

This moment!

He forcibly entered a state of meditation, with the four elements empty!

He held a large celadon bowl in his hands, filled with high-piled white rice, every grain as round and smooth as a Zhenzhu.

"Master, you seem to know the inside story?" Xu Yuan asked.

Although this was the Ghost Wall of a female Weird, the Ghost Blood was also a part of the female Weird, so it could be easily accommodated, and one could even briefly manipulate the power of the Ghost Domain before that female Weird realized it!

Su Bingbing thought to herself.

"It feels terrible... My personality is becoming cold... even... bloodthirsty and impulsive... My body is gradually dying... If I don't suppress my mind with the Colorless Realm meditation at all times, I even feel that the Ghost Blood will manipulate my body at any moment and act in my place..."

Su Bingbing said with pleasant surprise.

"These are all normal phenomena... Fortunately, Mr. Xu, you realized the Colorless Realm meditation; it can already be considered a relatively perfect containment. Those 'Ghost Controlling' lucky ones even lose control from time to time, and once they lose control too many times, they eventually truly turn into a Weird."

Xu Yuan, however, nodded involuntarily.

"So what if I can no longer use this spear?" Xu Yuan suddenly stepped forward, bear-hugging the female Weird in his arms: "My fate is determined by me, not by Heaven!"

Those two arms, which were originally skin and bone, instantly became full, as if they were balloons filled with air.

He raised his arms, absorbing the white mist from the surroundings.

"After containing the Weird, how do you feel?"

Great Wu therefore opened up the Martial Arts, encouraged Martial Arts combat, and hoped that young people would break through in life-and-death situations; they even secretly formulated policies to adopt an indifferent attitude toward Martial Artists killing each other for revenge.

At this time, Xu Yuan only manipulated his body with extremely subtle thoughts; his face was stiff, and he did not have much emotion, like a talking corpse.

"Join the Sky Net, work for you, and contain Weird?" Xu Yuan said expressionlessly.

In reality, Xu Yuan opened his eyes, revealing dead-gray pupils.

Only at this moment did his face have some signs of life.

A figure lunged out, caught the Red Tassel Spear, and fiercely thrust the spear into the female Weird's chest.

Only extremely tiny thoughts could still turn.

Suddenly, a roar like a dragon or elephant from Xu Yuan reached Su Bingbing's ears.

"That Weird was called 'Ghost Mother' in ancient times, also known as 'Hell Girl'!"

However, after Xu Yuan got off the boat, he headed straight here to visit his Master, who was also a famous master of the Southern White Bird Fist—Fang Yu.

"Could it be..." Xu Yuan's eyes moved, and he had a guess.

"Observing emptiness as not empty, this is the Colorless Realm!"

Su Bingbing said a lot in one breath, looking at Xu Yuan expectantly.

He felt that ever since he contained the Ghost Blood, his temperament was becoming increasingly indifferent...

Incorporating that cold, terrifying, and chaotic will into his own spirit as well!

In an instant, Xu Yuan's main consciousness felt incomparable terror and saw boundless darkness, slaughter, and destruction...

How could he not be moved?

Ever since the Heavenly Qi and Psionic Energy ebbed, there has been no more 'transcendence' in the world!

Mortals struggled to survive in the cracks amidst the encroachment of Weird, and after the efforts of generation after generation, not knowing how many sacrifices and costs were paid, they finally groped their way to this path of Ghost Martial Arts!

'I am very gratified to see that this world can develop a brand-new path...'

Only the skin became incomparably pale, carrying a layer of deathly aura.

But such behavior, for him who had not learned 'Ghost Controlling Fist', was a path to self-destruction!

"No wonder... I once heard people say that Grandmasters and ordinary Martial Artists are like a natural chasm!" Xu Yuan's pupils moved: "This must be... talking about Ghost Martial Arts, right?"

Of course, what Xu Yuan cared about most was not these things.

On the flat ground in front of the thatched cottage, Aaron set out a small table and a small stool... and was eating.

That indifference made Su Bingbing shudder: "There are many benefits to joining our Sky Net Bureau... For example, Mr. Xu, your Formless White Bird Fist is only a second-rate fist technique; once you reach the Colorless Realm meditation, there is absolutely no way forward... But do you know what martial arts the Grandmasters after the Colorless Realm meditation practice?"

What caused him even more pain was that his spirit and will seemed to be expelled from his body along with the blood beads!

Although it was just an illusion, Xu Yuan was very certain that once he gave up, he would definitely become a walking corpse!

"Colorless Samadhi, Fei Xiang Fei Bu Xiang!"

At the summit of Baiyun Mountain, there is a thatched cottage.

Su Bingbing seemed to heave a sigh of relief, then gritted her teeth and offered a suggestion: "What are Mr. Xu's plans for the future? Are you prepared to join the Sky Net Bureau?"

Those who practice Wu have large appetites; his Master even ate three large bowls of rice in a row, and polished off a bowl of braised pork until it was completely clean.

His pores dilated, and beads of blood were expelled directly from his body...

While swallowing the Ghost blood, at the moment between life and death, he finally comprehended the Colorless Samadhi state!

"It's useless... without my Heart-Mind Six Harmonies Spear Secret technique, forcing yourself to use this spear will only yield half the result with twice the effort..."

Furthermore, Xu Yuan had a faint feeling that if he utilized the power of the Ghost blood, he could even achieve an effect similar to teleportation within the range of the Ghost Domain.

The next moment, he opened his mouth and bit fiercely into the female Ghost's neck!

Xu Yuan suddenly felt as if he had bitten into an extremely tough, sturdy piece of cowhide; a cold, sharp pain spread from near his lips into his mouth, and his limbs gradually went numb.

Suppression formed!

This was the Ghost Wall ability of that female Ghost, and he had inherited a portion of it as well.

Meanwhile, Xu Yuan was looking at his own arms.

She thought for a moment and revealed a smile: "Although those documents were lost in the camp, I have seen the deciphered parts, and there is an introduction to that Ghost. Although... it only has a name."

After becoming a 'Ghost Controlling' person, he also understood that no matter how many mortals there were, they were just a joke to him.

As for his Master?

His Master was just an ordinary old Fist Master who never advanced to Grandmaster in his entire life; perhaps... he was no longer his match, right?

(End of this chapter)