Chapter 98

Dozens of whale oil candles in the cave burned brightly, illuminating the originally dark cave to the finest detail.

"Junior Brother, the martial arts manuals accumulated by our Xiaoyao Sect are all here."

Madam Wang pointed to the dozen or so large bookshelves in the secret room.

Zhang Jie looked and saw labels like Western Shaolin, Kongtong, Kunlun, Beggar Sect, etc., on the bookshelves.

Every major Jianghu sect had a corresponding bookshelf.

Zhang Jie was extremely happy; this was the cornerstone for him to roam the world!

After sending Madam Wang away, Zhang Jie came to the bookshelves one by one.

On the Western Shaolin bookshelf, Zhang Jie discovered a label:

Missing "Yi Jin Jing," "Xi Sui Jing," what a pity!

Zhang Jie flipped through it casually and discovered that "Burning Wood Saber Technique," "Vajra Indestructible Divine Skill,"

"Luo Han Fist," "Kasaya Demon-Subduing Skill," and other Western Shaolin Seventy-Two Ultimate Skills were surprisingly present.

Putting down the Western Shaolin manuals, Zhang Jie came to the Beggar Sect's bookshelf:

Missing "Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms."

Zhang Jie wasn't surprised by this.

Because the "Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms" were derived from the man who brought his own sound system, who deleted

and improved the "Twenty-Eight Dragon-Subduing Palms."

Zhang Jie looked casually and discovered that the Beggar Sect's other great ultimate skill, "Dog-Beating Stick Technique," did have a full version.

He thought about it and knew the reason:

Compared to the "Twenty-Eight Dragon-Subduing Palms," which even the transmission elders only had the first nine palms,

and only the leader could be taught the full version,

the "Dog-Beating Stick Technique" was known by all elders of the Beggar Sect above eight bags.

The Beggar Sect also researched the "Dog-Beating Stick Array," which was claimed to be comparable to the Western Shaolin Luo Han Array, with the "Dog-Beating Stick Technique" as the center.

In this way, the more people who knew the "Dog-Beating Stick Technique," the better.

Of course, whether this array could really be compared to the Western Shaolin Luo Han Array

was a matter of opinion.

Zhang Jie scanned each bookshelf one by one.

Kongtong Sect: Missing "Seven-Injury Fist."

Dali Tianlong Temple: Missing "One-Finger Zen" and "Six-Meridian Divine Sword."

Da Jiang Gang: Missing "Iron Lock Across the River Divine Skill."

"Da Jiang Gang?"

Zhang Jie's brain, which had been strengthened many times, turned slightly, and he thought of the information on the Da Jiang Gang.

Ever since Emperor Yang of Sui used the Great Sui's hundred-year national fortune to open the Grand Canal,

a group of people who relied on the canal for food was born around the Grand Canal; these people were generally collectively called canal workers.

This Da Jiang Gang was originally built by a group of canal workers.

At the beginning, the Da Jiang Gang was just a small gang,

no different from other Giant Whale Gangs, Yellow Sand Sects, and so on.

Until a hundred years ago, the Da Jiang Gang produced a leader with extraordinary talent,

who improved the Da Jiang Gang's previously second-rate Jianghu martial arts into

a divine skill that could be compared to the town-sect divine skills of major Jianghu sects,

and renamed it "Iron Lock Across the River Divine Skill."

It is said that once this "Iron Lock Across the River Divine Skill" was unleashed, it was like iron locks lying across the Great River,

teaching people who came that they could neither advance nor retreat!

"How many heroes are there in this world!"

Thinking of this Da Jiang Gang, which had no record in Tian Long Ba Bu, Zhang Jie sighed.

Heroes of the world are like crucian carp crossing the river, emerging one after another; how could a single book record them all?

"Tch tch!"

"It's just that Madam Wang's mind is not on martial arts.

Otherwise, sitting on these manuals, becoming a top expert wouldn't be a delusion."

Zhang Jie clicked his tongue in wonder at these massive amounts of manuals.

The Xiaoyao Sect almost wiped out the manuals of the major Jianghu sects!

That was because the Xiaoyaozi and the Xiaoyao Three Immortals of that year were terrifyingly strong.

Otherwise, it would have been another siege of Bright Peak by the Six Major Sects—oh, it would have been Mount Leigu.

As for now, the Xiaoyao Sect had disappeared for decades,

and the older generation of other sects had almost all died; not many people knew about these things.

After roughly looking at the bookshelves of other sects like the Kunlun Sect and the Nanhai Sect,

Zhang Jie returned to the bookshelf representing Western Shaolin.

He pulled out a manual, and on the cover of the manual were written six large characters—"Vajra Indestructible Divine Skill."

"This manual is destined to be with me."

Zhang Jie rubbed the somewhat yellowed pink cover of the manual and smiled slightly.

He didn't first pay attention to the various Qi-refining manuals that were blown up by major sects as miraculous.

Not to mention that he already had the "North Ming Divine Skill," "Nine Yang Divine Skill," etc., which focused on Qi-refining,

what he lacked were manuals for body-refining and spirit-refining.

Besides, only by living can one output.

For Zhang Jie, who had a shared space, living would eventually lead to invincibility!

"Gold is eternal and immortal; Vajra is something that nothing can break.

Vajra means firm, sharp, indestructible..."

Opening the manual, the essence of the "Vajra Indestructible Divine Skill" flowed slowly into Zhang Jie's heart.

The true Qi in his body began to carefully circulate according to the route of the "Vajra Indestructible Divine Skill."

Slowly, his skin, which was like the finest mutton-fat jade, began to turn waxy yellow.

This waxy yellow was not the waxy yellow of illness, but the waxy yellow of gold, eternal and immortal.

Half an hour later, Zhang Jie, who was testing the skill, stopped,

and the waxy yellow color on his body faded, and the skin on his face and limbs returned to its original color.

"Hmm, I should experiment."

Zhang Jie's thoughts moved, and his left arm turned waxy yellow again.

He raised his right hand, which had returned to normal, and knocked on his left arm, and it actually made a clanging sound,

as if he wasn't knocking on an arm, but a piece of metal that had been tempered a thousand times!

"Not bad."

Zhang Jie nodded with satisfaction.

With the defensive power of his right arm now, I'm afraid even military crossbows couldn't break his skin!

"Continue."

Zhang Jie, satisfied, picked up the Western Shaolin Luo Han Fist and continued to watch the manual.

He intended to use his photographic memory to record the manuals here first.

However, although he intended to record all the manuals here, apart from a few martial arts,

he didn't intend to practice the other Western Shaolin martial arts, but to use them to broaden his horizons.

According to the Sweeper Monk who lived in seclusion in Western Shaolin, when Western Shaolin martial arts are practiced to a deep level,

one needs to use Buddhist Dharma to resolve the hostility within them.

Xiao Yuanshan and Murong Bo, these two top experts, were because they only knew how to practice martial arts that competed for strength,

and did not practice Buddhist scriptures that were compassionate, leading to Qi deviation, practicing themselves into five labors and seven injuries.

In the end, they had to rely on the Sweeper Monk, this peerless expert, to save their lives.

It is said that Western Shaolin Temple had a martial arts genius decades ago.

He had practiced thirteen of the Western Shaolin Seventy-Two Ultimate Skills by the age of thirty,

and had almost no rivals in the Jianghu; people in the Jianghu respectfully called him the Thirteen Ultimate Monk.

At the same time, the people of Western Shaolin Temple also had high hopes for him:

believing he could learn all seventy-two ultimate skills and become the second Bodhidharma.

However, this genius suddenly vomited blood while practicing the fourteenth ultimate skill.

If he hadn't decisively abandoned his skill to save his life, he would have almost died from Qi deviation.

Since then, this genius had a great awakening, no longer practicing martial arts, but green lamps and ancient Buddhas.

For the rest of his life, this genius focused on worshiping Buddha and never left Western Shaolin Temple again...

However, Zhang Jie thought that the so-called Buddhist Dharma resolving hostility was too high-end.

The Tian Long world, to put it bluntly, was just a low-martial world.

The only one with hope of being mid-martial was the Sweeper Monk who could form a three-foot Qi wall.

There was no high-martial world like Tian Zi Chuan Qi or Hai Hu,

where martial arts have their own will and will subtly influence the practitioner.

Those who practice the "Heavenly Demon Skill" passed down from the Heavenly Demon become evil Heavenly Demons,

and those who practice the "Hun Tian Bao Jian," said to be passed down from the Goddess Nüwa, become compassionate.

According to Zhang Jie's understanding, the Buddhist Dharma in the Sweeper Monk's mouth is actually finding the common points in martial arts,

and transforming them into martial arts suitable for one's own constitution.

Because the running route of every martial art is fixed,

and the more advanced the martial art, the more meridians it involves:

Generally speaking, a martial art that involves eight meridians and can develop more human potential

is stronger than a martial art that can only involve three meridians.

And the more martial arts one practices, the more conflicts and even contradictions there are between martial arts.

One wants to go east, one wants to go west;

one wants to go forward, one wants to go backward; it would be strange if they didn't conflict.

At this time, one must choose to give up a part of them,

or transform the martial arts, taking the strengths and discarding the weaknesses of all martial arts, and melting them into one.

And for the martial arts of the Buddhist gate, their foundation lies in the Buddhist Dharma;

the more Buddhist Dharma one reads and understands, the greater the possibility of finding common points.

"So that's it!"

His brain running at high speed, Zhang Jie, who felt suddenly enlightened, smiled.

He knew it was time for him to create a martial art of his own!

"In what direction should my cultivation method strive?"

Zhang Jie fell into deep thought.

'Currently, the main power system of the shared space is still martial arts,

but later there will definitely be more Zhang Jies and many power systems coming in.

Not to mention anything else, he was already planning to enter the Big Mom Pirates in One Piece to learn Armament Haki and Observation Haki.

As for Conqueror's Haki, known as the strongest of the three types of Haki, it is said to be an innate qualification.

We were ordinary people who were unremarkable before and after crossing; let's not consider this for now.'

'But no matter what, all changes remain the same; various power systems, except for a few that are rule-based

or indescribable, cannot be separated from Essence, Qi, and Spirit!'

'The Daoist scriptures say: Heaven has three treasures: sun, moon, and stars; Earth has three treasures: water, fire, and wind; Man has three treasures: Essence, Qi, and Spirit.

If Heaven lacks three treasures, the universe is chaotic;

If Earth lacks three treasures, there is no life;

If Man lacks three treasures, it is difficult to survive.

The three superior medicines are Spirit, Qi, and Essence.

Man must restrain desires to nourish Essence, reduce thoughts to nourish Spirit, and speak less to nourish Qi.

Only by accumulating Essence can one be strong; only by accumulating Qi can one defend oneself; only by accumulating Spirit can one flourish.'

'My martial arts should start with improving Essence, Qi, and Spirit!'

The inspiration in Zhang Jie's mind collided fiercely, and finally, he reached a conclusion.