Chapter 214: True Martial (First update, asking for monthly tickets on the last day)

Possessing both the True Martial Demon-Sweeping and Lu Zu Pure Yang Daoist lineages.

Cheng Xinzhan knew the weight of this sentence. If it spread out, he didn't know how many people's eyeballs would be shocked.

He took the flying sword handed back by Daoist Tianzhen, thinking to himself that it was no wonder "Taodu" was so close to Temple Master Wen, and no wonder this Temple Master was famous in the Wuling mountains, cultivating quietly in the temple, and killing demons when leaving the temple, still living well.

Cheng Xinzhan put away the flying sword, still having a question in his heart. Before, he had never met this Daoist, and the Soul-Lost Ravine was not close to the True Martial Temple. How did Daoist Tianzhen come over and help?

He opened his mouth to ask.

Daoist Tianzhen explained after hearing it,

"This poor Daoist was sitting quietly in the temple, contemplating the Dao, when I suddenly heard a rooster crowing from the south, the sound shaking the wilderness, the Dharma containing Pure Yang, and the intent being to sweep away demons. I was very curious in my heart, so I got up to go and see. Only then, by chance, did I save you."

Cheng Xinzhan and Shen Zhaoming then understood, so they bowed and thanked him again.

"Coming out of a great sect, this is the only bad thing—the etiquette is too complicated, not good, not good. In the future, you are not allowed to bow and thank this poor Daoist again."

Daoist Tianzhen waved his hands repeatedly, his face showing displeasure.

The two had no choice but to say yes.

Seeing this, Daoist Tianzhen then revealed a smile again. Afterward, it seemed to be a sudden whim, looking at the True Martial statue, and then looking at the two, opening his mouth to say,

"Your roots and comprehension are both good, and meeting is fate. I don't know if you are willing to stay in my True Martial Temple for a while and follow this poor Daoist to learn the True Martial Demon-Sweeping Method? Let's say it first, this is not asking for repayment for kindness. This poor Daoist sees that you two have an eye for fate. Whether you learn or not is up to you. Moreover, one does not recognize ancestors, and two does not record names, only to spread the True Martial Dharma lineage."

The two were naturally happy upon hearing this, but their subsequent expressions were different.

A flash of joy passed through Shen Zhaoming's eyes, and in the end, he showed a look of regret, bowing,

"Daoist, please forgive me. The sect has teachings: family laws cannot be passed on to outsiders, and external laws cannot be practiced privately. So this little Daoist has no fortune to listen to the True Martial wonderful method."

Daoist Tianzhen didn't care at all, waving his hands to let Shen Zhaoming not need to explain. He also said,

"Great sect inheritance has its own laws. You don't need to mind. Moreover, the Jingming Sect upholds the true transmission of Xu Zu and is a first-class Dharma lineage. Ordinary people can't get one ten-thousandth even if they exhaust their whole lives. You should cultivate well and carry forward Xu Zu's Daoist method."

Shen Zhaoming nodded and said yes, "I will follow the Daoist's teachings."

Cheng Xinzhan felt regret for his friend. Seeing Daoist Tianzhen look over, he was from the Wanfa Sect, so he naturally had no scruples. He brought joy to his face, immediately bowed, and said,

"Master, the disciple is willing."

Daoist Tianzhen laughed loudly, "Good, good."

Afterward, the three chatted for a while, and Shen Zhaoming proposed to leave. He had forced open his Dharma eye this time, which actually caused him no small injury, and he needed to return to his sect to recuperate and treat it. Before leaving, he also invited Daoist Tianzhen to visit Wan Shou Mountain when he had time, allowing him to thank him properly.

Daoist Tianzhen smiled and agreed, saying that visiting the mountain was fine, and he could admire Xu Zu's immortal traces at that time, but thanks were unnecessary.

After Shen Zhaoming left, only the two were left in the temple. The two sat face to face on the cushions in front of the incense table.

Daoist Tianzhen looked at Cheng Xinzhan and said,

"Although there is no status and no genealogy, we still have to talk about the origin of the Dharma lineage first."

Cheng Xinzhan sat upright and listened.

"The True Martial Dharma system has been passed down since ancient times, and the incense has been endless since the Han Dynasty. But to truly say that the incense is prosperous and becomes a great belief, it started in the present dynasty. This cannot be separated from two things. The first is the mortal incense, which started when the current Emperor Taizong claimed that True Martial manifested as a saint, and he seized the throne by 'obeying heaven and pacifying difficulties,' so True Martial palaces and temples can be seen everywhere in the mortal world. The second is the mountain Dharma lineage, which started with the Sanfeng Ancestor's Jiazi Demon-Sweeping, shaking the world. Afterward, he founded the sect on Mount Wudang, enshrining the Nine Heavens Demon-Sweeping Ancestor, and carrying forward the True Martial Dharma lineage."

Cheng Xinzhan nodded. These two things could be called the two biggest things of the current dynasty, and he had naturally heard of them.

"This poor Daoist comes from a humble background, but my fate is prosperous. I was originally an abandoned baby in the Xiangxi mountains during the early Ming Dynasty. But by the luck of heaven, I was saved by the Sanfeng Ancestor who was traveling the world, brought back to Mount Wudang to be raised, and kept by his side as a child. So you can rest assured that the True Martial Dharma lineage I pass on is the orthodox of the present world, and definitely not a disciple who stole the Dao and passed it on again. If anyone asks in the future, you can just tell them directly."

Cheng Xinzhan's heart was shocked!

So it was the orthodox Sanfeng Ancestor!

At this time, Daoist Tianzhen said again,

"Sanfeng Ancestor was a crown-wearing figure, possessing many Dharma lineages, and the inheritance has other Inner Alchemy Dao and Louguan Dao. On these two paths, he was also a master of a generation. These two paths were passed from Wenshi True Person to Ma Yi Ancestor, Ma Yi Ancestor to Chen Tuan Ancestor, Chen Tuan Ancestor to Fire Dragon True Person, and Fire Dragon True Person to Sanfeng Ancestor.

"Besides these two paths, Sanfeng Ancestor also created the Yin-Yang Taiji Dao, as the true ancestor of the sect.

"As for the True Martial Demon-Sweeping Dao I want to pass on to you, it was another opportunity Sanfeng Ancestor obtained while traveling the world, and the Daoist lineage was passed on by the True Martial Emperor's legacy Dharma body."

Cheng Xinzhan only felt deafening and mouth-drying when listening to these words.

Daoist Tianzhen continued, "However, Sanfeng Ancestor knew that the Inner Alchemy Dao and Louguan Dao of the present world were manifest teachings, while the True Martial Dharma lineage was declining, and the demon path of the world was rampant, repeatedly banned but not eliminated, causing disaster to the world. So after the Jiazi Demon-Sweeping, he founded the Wudang Sect on Mount Wudang in Jingchu, with the True Martial Emperor as the main enshrinement, promoting the true meaning of demon-sweeping and protecting the world."

Cheng Xinzhan nodded lightly, secretly thinking that it was so.

And at this time, Daoist Tianzhen's words changed, somewhat showing a feeling of hating iron for not becoming steel,

"However, since Sanfeng Ancestor ascended, Mount Wudang seems to have forgotten what 'Wudang' is. The disciples under the sect take elixirs and absorb Qi, build buildings and observe stars, claiming to be immortals on the mountain, only caring about carefree longevity, not caring about human welfare. And the sect masters and elders are even more obsessed with the repeated conferments of the secular Ming royal family, repeatedly entering and leaving Jin Ling, manifesting as saints in front of people. Who still remembers the true meaning of demon-sweeping?! Who still remembers the warning of Sanfeng Ancestor before ascending?!"

Cheng Xinzhan was silent and thoughtful.

In fact, this phenomenon is not unique to Mount Wudang. Sanfeng Ancestor became famous for Jiazi Demon-Sweeping, Ancestor Ancestral Tian Shi became famous for killing ghost commanders in Shu, Xu Zu became famous for beheading water demons overseas, Lu Zu beheaded evil dragons in the Jianghuai area, and Sa Ancestor inspected the city gods of the world, burning their temples with thunder fire if they did evil. In all these cases, the ancestors of each family had the ambition to descend demons and eliminate evil, and also had the actions to descend demons and eliminate evil. It was just that once the ancestor ascended, it was rare for descendants to be able to carry out their ambitions.

People leave and ambitions decline, how can it be broken?

Only by staying in the world forever!

Daoist Tianzhen didn't know that his complaints had strengthened Cheng Xinzhan's inner ambition.

"This poor Daoist felt more and more uncomfortable the longer I stayed on Mount Wudang. I really couldn't stand that bird-like anger, so I left Mount Wudang more than two hundred years ago and came to Xiangxi to build the True Martial Temple, eliminating demons and defending the Dao."

Cheng Xinzhan listened with excitement in his heart. It was exactly so!

Eliminate demons! Defend the Dao!

Neither can be missing!

He was excited in his heart, so he revealed his heart to Daoist Tianzhen, talking about his travels to the Southern Wilderness, West Sea, and East Sea, and even more so, after returning from the East Sea, he strengthened his Jingwei ambition, and even didn't wait for the Second Realm to be complete, just to reach the Third Realm, and contribute to demon-sweeping as soon as possible.

"Hahahaha——"

Daoist Tianzhen laughed loudly. He hadn't laughed so heartily for many years.

"What a Jingwei!"

He praised, wishing he could immediately pour out all his cultivation and teach it to him.

Daoist Tianzhen was a person of temperament. Being revealed his heart by Cheng Xinzhan, his inner heart was also unable to calm down for a long time. After calming down for a long while, he also talked about his past experiences, focusing on the source of another Pure Yang Dharma lineage inheritance,

"After this poor Daoist left Mount Wudang, I went south along the Han River, arrived at Yueyang, climbed the Yueyang Tower, and then entered Dongting Lake to watch the lake scenery. It was truly time and fate, and fortune followed fate. This poor Daoist was observing the immortal trace site of Lu Zu crossing the willow at the center of the lake, Jun Mountain, and didn't expect that my heart would be blessed, and I would understand the riddle left by Lu Zu when he crossed the willow, obtaining the original text of "The Secret of the Golden Flower of the Supreme One," thus passing through the Pure Yang Dao. After obtaining the Dharma, I went upstream along the Yuan River and came to Xiangxi to build a temple."

Cheng Xinzhan was also greatly moved when listening. Master Wen was truly blessed with deep fortune. Being raised by Sanfeng Ancestor and obtaining Lu Zu's inheritance, what kind of opportunity was this?

Sanfeng Ancestor and Lu Zu were both masters of health preservation, practicing both True Martial and Pure Yang. It was no wonder that despite his age, which could scare away Cao Jin, he was still a child's body.

Daoist Tianzhen smiled and said, "True Martial Demon-Sweeping, Pure Yang breaking evil, so what this poor Daoist seeks in this life is just how to integrate the two."

Cheng Xinzhan bowed, "I only wish Master Wen will get what he wants."

Daoist Tianzhen smiled, "Difficult, difficult. However, seeing Xinzhan's Yang sword rooster spirit just now reminded this poor Daoist of an old matter."

"Oh? I don't know what matter Master Wen is talking about?"

Cheng Xinzhan was a bit curious. What matter could be related to "Taodu"?

"It's been many years. At that time, this poor Daoist was killing demons in the Miao territory and passed by a mortal Miao village. This village raised chickens, and they raised them extremely well. This poor Daoist actually saw a trace of Pure Yang flavor from these poultry, so I stayed to live temporarily and observe these Yang poultry.

"After a long time, this poor Daoist truly gained something. To thank them, this poor Daoist left the drawing of the rooster to the villagers to ward off evil and suppress souls. This painting contains the Dharma intent of True Martial Demon-Sweeping and Pure Yang breaking evil. So just now, hearing the rooster crowing sound emitted by Xinzhan's magic spell and magic treasure, I felt very close."

"Eh, what's wrong with Xinzhan?"

Daoist Tianzhen suddenly found that Cheng Xinzhan's expression was wrong, his eyes wide open.

Cheng Xinzhan's expression was strange, only feeling that the word "fate" was so interesting. He said,

"May I ask Master Wen, is the Miao village where Master Wen lived the Lixi Village in Hongjiang, East Miao? Is the house where Master Wen lived the high pavilion south of the village? Is the painting Master Wen drew the 'Red-Crowned Old Master Town House Picture'?"

Now it was Daoist Tianzhen's turn to widen his eyes, "Could it be?"

Cheng Xinzhan nodded with a smile, "The disciple also stayed in this village and visualized the Yang poultry divine form, thus opening my heart mansion!"

He also said, "Previously, the Southern Border was in chaos, and demons went north. I warned this village to escape. Now, the people of that Miao village are in a hidden Miao village in Xiangxi, and there is even a red-crowned big rooster that has become a demon and transformed!"

Daoist Tianzhen clapped his hands and laughed, "Interesting! Wonderful!"

In this way, it was the grace of saving lives, the same ambition, and now, there was such a fate. The two felt even closer.

After talking about these side matters for a long time, Daoist Tianzhen finally began to talk about the main topic,

"Sanfeng Ancestor once said that the True Martial Emperor is called the Nine Heavens Demon-Sweeping Ancestor. Therefore, all Daoist practitioners in the world who have the ambition to sweep away demons can be True Martial believers. So when he traveled the world, he passed on quite a few True Martial Dharma lineages."

"This poor Daoist is the ancestor's attendant. Following the ancestor's story, I will now pass on the True Martial Demon-Sweeping Method to you, and allow you in the future, when you see fellow Daoists with this ambition, to observe their character, and those who are upright and can take on great responsibilities can also be passed the Dharma."

Daoist Tianzhen said with a solemn face.

"The disciple will follow the master's wishes."

Cheng Xinzhan said firmly.

"The True Martial Dharma lineage, if subdivided, can be divided into four paths: Sibei, Mysterious Water, Edict Suppression, and Demon-Sweeping. Today we only talk about the Demon-Sweeping Dao. The essence of True Martial Demon-Sweeping lies in 'stopping fighting with martial arts, and governing the extreme with mystery.' This is also the origin of the name Mount Wudang. To put it in plain words, it is to fight out a bright world."

"The True Martial Demon-Sweeping Method has two biggest differences from other offensive magic spells: one is close-body technique, and the other is the combination of movement and stillness."

Daoist Tianzhen pointed at Cheng Xinzhan and said,

"You were approached by Cao Jin and had no power to fight back. You can imagine how poor your body technique is. With such a body, how can you carry the ambition of demon-sweeping?"

Cheng Xinzhan lowered his head in shame, only saying, "The disciple is ashamed."

"After Sanfeng Ancestor obtained the True Martial inheritance, he studied the True Martial body technique thoroughly and combined it with the Yin-Yang Taiji Dao to create Taiji Fist and Taiji Sword. If these two methods are practiced by oneself on ordinary days, they are health-preservation and body-strengthening techniques. When fighting demons and enemies, they are supreme offensive wonderful methods. Now, this poor Daoist will pass these two techniques to you."

Cheng Xinzhan was overjoyed upon hearing this and listened attentively.

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A few months later, late autumn.

At this time, the autumn wind was bleak, blowing the Xiangxi mountains into layers of dyeing, and the ginkgo in the True Martial Temple courtyard had already turned yellow.

According to Daoist Tianzhen, this ginkgo tree existed first, and the True Martial Temple existed later.

When he was looking for a place to build a temple in the Xiangxi mountains, it had to be hidden and quiet, and have scenery like poetry and painting. He searched for a long time, and finally took a fancy to this thousand-year-old big ginkgo tree at a glance, and built the True Martial Temple around this ginkgo tree.

Under the ginkgo tree, yellow leaves were flying, and a young Daoist was dancing with a sword. The Daoist was as light as a swallow, and the long sword in his hand was like autumn water.

Under the ginkgo tree, yellow leaves fluttered in the wind as a young Daoist priest danced with a sword; the priest was as light as a swallow, the long sword in his hand resembling autumn water.

And the long sword in his hand changed in thousands of ways. Sometimes it was like a white horse passing through a gap, and a sword stroke was so fast that the traces couldn't be seen, and sometimes it was like chaotic flowers confusing the eyes, flying into a group of sword flowers.

He walked in the yellow leaves filling the sky, and the force brought by the sword dance made the yellow leaves fluctuate, like butterflies with spirits.

When he stopped the sword and stood still, Daoist Tianzhen, who was watching from the side, clapped his hands and praised,

"Xinzhan, you are truly a genius who is not born in the world. It's only been a few months, and you have already realized the essence of the True Martial Taiji Sword."

At this time, a goldfinch was pecking at fruit on the ginkgo tree, its bright feathers almost merging with the yellow leaves on the book. It looked at the fallen leaves under the tree and felt a bit strange.

The courtyard was covered with fallen leaves, but a round piece of ground in the middle of the courtyard was very clean, and only a few fallen leaves were neatly arranged into a curved line. The two people talking in the courtyard stood in this clean circle, one at one end of the curved line, and the other at the other end of the curved line.

The bird naturally didn't know that this circle was called Taiji, and the place where these two people stood was called the Yin-Yang Eye.

Cheng Xinzhan held the sword and bowed, "All thanks to Master Wen's teaching."

Daoist Tianzhen waved his hands, "This set again, how can I change it no matter what I say."

Cheng Xinzhan smiled and was about to speak, but his expression suddenly changed drastically.

Daoist Tianzhen took a step and came to Cheng Xinzhan, asking repeatedly, "What's wrong?"

Cheng Xinzhan felt the tribulation clouds in his Huang Tinggong flying toward the Jin Dan, only feeling incomparably absurd. He said,

"Master Wen, my Jin Dan tribulation is coming."

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First update, I'll write the second update after finishing, but I don't necessarily know if I can finish writing and send it today. If it's too late, I'll send it after midnight or tomorrow morning. (I know some people don't look at "Author's Words," afraid of waiting, so I wrote it here. This paragraph is less than 200 words, no charge)

It was truly squeezed out of time to write, so I beg for monthly tickets.

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