Narration System for the Journey of Martial Arts

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Behind Chisong, Jiang Tao's eyes darted around, and he said, "With the sect leader in seclusion, a shrewd and experienced person is naturally needed to handle worldly affairs. My master is the perfect candidate for this task!"

"Hmph... That's not right!"

Cangsong snorted and objected, "With the sect leader in seclusion, and the eldest disciple Baishi behind him, how can the elders be in charge?"

Chisong was surprised that Cangsong, who had always stood by him through thick and thin, was so disrespectful, and immediately glared at Cangsong.

Qingsong nodded and said, "I have already asked my senior brother. He wants to focus on finding a way to resolve this and restore his martial arts skills. He doesn't have time to deal with sect affairs."

Cangsong, however, did not take it to heart and cupped his hands toward the person in the head of the table, saying, "Then let Junior Nephew Baishi act as the sect leader and take charge of the overall situation. He has always been friendly to his fellow disciples and is the most trusted by the disciples in the sect. I think no one should disagree with him."

As he spoke, he glanced at Chishong beside him, seemingly casually, and asked, "Senior brother, do you have any opinions?"

Chisong looked at Qingsong, who had a calm expression, and Cangsong, who had a mocking look on his face. He knew he had fallen into a trap, but it was too late.

Qingsong narrowed his eyes and said calmly, "Since no one has any objections, then Baishi will take charge of the overall situation, and the two junior brothers will assist him from the side."

Cangsong nodded and said, "Sect Leader is wise."

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After the two left the Hall of Enforcement, avoiding the crowd of disciples outside, Chishong scolded, "Junior brother, you're so foolish..."

Cangsong coldly mocked, "Even if I'm confused, I'm not as eloquent as your senior brother, who shirks responsibility and lets Guo Xiang take all the blame."

After saying that, he glanced at Jiang Tao, who was standing behind Chishong with his head bowed, and snorted coldly, "We will decide who is right and who is wrong in this matter." With that, he flicked his sleeve and left first.

Behind him, Chishong's face was full of anger, mixed with regret and helplessness. When he looked at Jiang Tao again, his expression was no longer pleasant, and he walked away angrily.

Inside the wooden house on the back mountain, a row of jars and pots were placed against the corner of the wall, containing various herbs that Yun Feiyang had already processed.

Before him, a gleaming iron pot sat heated on the stove. (The narration system popped up...)

[Qingsong, citing Guo Xiang's dereliction of duty, split the alliance between Chisong and Cangsong, and successfully promoted Baishi to power.]

Chishong was filled with resentment, but it was too late to salvage the situation. He decided to wait until Cangsong had calmed down before going to explain the situation to him.

Although Qingsong temporarily resolved the matter of acting sect leader, he also deepened the conflict between the sect leader's faction and the elders' faction, who deeply resented his continued existence.

After glancing at the narration, Yun Feiyang shook his head. If Baishi weren't so pedantic, he could naturally suppress Chisong and Cangsong, but alas...

"Whoever planted the landmine, they'll have to bear the consequences!" Yun Feiyang muttered, focusing his attention on the iron pot in front of him.

So far, he has only collected one herb. If he fails, it will not be so easy to refine it again.

After all, he had no martial arts skills outside, and once Lun Wan'er got him hooked up with her, she definitely wouldn't agree to let him go into the deep mountains to gather herbs alone. Besides, he couldn't explain why he knew how to refine medicine. If he wanted to collect them again then, it wouldn't be a matter of a day or two.

Yun Feiyang reached out to test the temperature, nodded, and poured a plate of greenish-moist powder into it. Then, he channeled his inner energy and began to stir-fry it with his bare hands, and a medicinal aroma slowly filled the room.

As he used his true energy to stir-fry, the powder gradually turned yellowish-brown, and the evaporated water vapor was restrained by his true energy, slowly gathering into a small clump of green liquid at the bottom of the pot.

He swept the yellowish powder away with a flick of his wrist, rolled the green liquid into a plate, and then picked up another herb and poured it in.

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Time flew by, and several hours passed. In the iron pot in front of Yun Feiyang, a thin layer of pinkish-white powder covered the bottom. Ignoring the high temperature, he lifted the pot, wiped the bottom with his right hand, and poured the powder onto the yellow paper beside him.

[You have successfully refined the Heavenly Origin Soul-Dispelling Powder. After being dissolved in water, it is colorless and odorless. It can dispel the mind and spirit, and eliminate true energy. Its effect lasts for six hours.]

Yun Feiyang carefully wrapped the medicine powder, and couldn't help but smile as he read the system's narration. Whether he could obtain the complete Heavenly Silkworm Divine Skill depended on tonight.

Chapter 244: Heavenly Silkworm Magic

After putting away the medicinal powder, Yun Feiyang's eyes darted around. Taking advantage of the early hour, he slung his basket over his shoulder, got up, and went out. Once he reached a secluded spot, he used his lightness skill to head into the deep mountains.

It wasn't until evening that he returned carrying a basket of pig feed, a wild rabbit hanging on his body, and a pheasant in his hand. When he reached the gate of the courtyard, he paused, then walked in as if nothing had happened.

Pushing open the wooden door, I saw Yan Chongtian sitting on the bed, dozing off.

Hearing the voice, Yan Chongtian looked up, intending to scold him: "Where have you been, you brat? Wan'er was looking for you this afternoon... Did you go hunting?"

Yan Chongtian looked at the pheasants and rabbits in Yun Feiyang's hands, forgot everything else, put on his shoes and ran over.

Yun Fei waved the wild rabbit in his hand and laughed, "Lucky me. I was going to the pond to cut pig feed, but I ran into a silly rabbit that had run into a tree. How about it, Uncle Master, how about some for dinner?"

Yan Chongtian stared at the fat rabbit, nodded, and said, "Eat some, eat some! Hey! How can we have meat without wine? Wait for me a moment." With that, he turned and ran out.

Yun Feiyang smiled, knocked a pheasant unconscious, put it in his basket and tucked it in. Then he picked up a wooden basin and went to the yard to kill a wild rabbit. By the time Yan Chongtian arrived, the yard was already filled with a fragrant aroma.

Yan Chongtian pushed open the wooden door, approached the iron pot, and looked at the pot full of braised rabbit meat. He couldn't help but sniff and exclaimed with admiration, "Delicious! Really delicious! Your cooking skills have improved again!" As he spoke, he placed a small jar of liquor on the wooden table next to him.

Yun Feiyang smiled but didn't say much. He picked up a wooden spoon and stirred the pot. Yan Chongtian stared at him for a while before asking, "You kid, are you really not planning to become an apprentice? I've noticed you haven't been very interested lately."

Yun Feiyang shrugged and said, "The sect leader has already gone into seclusion, how can I become his disciple? Besides, didn't you already ask about it last time, Master Uncle? No news is the best answer."

Yan Chongtian awkwardly touched his nose. He was embarrassed to admit that he hadn't even asked Qingsong if he was accepting disciples; he had completely forgotten.

Yun Feiyang glanced at him and had already guessed what was going on, but he didn't take it to heart.

The two chatted about this and that until the rabbit meat was cooked, Yan Chongtian couldn't wait to set out the bowls and chopsticks, beaming with joy as he looked at the full bowl of rabbit meat in the center.

Yun Feiyang smiled as he watched Yan Chongtian eagerly pick up the rabbit meat. He then picked up the wine jar and poured half a bowl for him. With a flick of his sleeve, he silently dropped a pinch of powder into the bowl, where it dissolved into the wine.

Yan Chongtian took a bite of meat, then picked up his wine bowl and took a sip, letting out a satisfied sigh.

Yun Feiyang smiled, and the two of them finished off a pot of rabbit meat by candlelight. Yan Chongtian also drank most of a jar of wine.

Yun Feiyang dared not let him get drunk, otherwise he would fall asleep and all his hard work would be for nothing!

Seeing Yan Chongtian's dazed and confused state, Yun Feiyang used his Soul-Capturing Technique and called out, "Grandmaster Uncle."

As Yan Chongtian looked over upon hearing the sound, their eyes met, and Yan Chongtian instantly lost his composure.

"Master Uncle, what is the incantation for the Heavenly Silkworm Divine Skill?" Yun Feiyang's voice seemed to float in the clouds.

Hearing this, Yan Chongtian felt his consciousness was out of control, and he subconsciously recalled the time when the former sect leader taught him the Heavenly Silkworm Divine Skill.

After a long time.

Yun Feiyang's forehead was already covered in cold sweat. Only after Yan Chongtian finished reciting the Heavenly Silkworm Divine Skill did he circulate his true energy according to the incantation for a while to confirm that the meridians he was walking through were correct, and then he felt relieved.

Then, just in case, he used his Soul-Capturing Technique to transform and weave the content into a scene where Yan Chongtian is drinking from a wine jar, getting completely drunk, thus covering up the last loophole. Only then did he let Yan Chongtian collapse onto the wooden table. Looking at the unconscious Yan Chongtian, Yun Feiyang shook his head, helped him up, turned around and left the courtyard, walking through the night to take him all the way back to his residence.

After thinking for a moment, Yun Feiyang simply tossed him onto the bed, hastily covering him with a blanket. The night dew was deep and cold; Yan Chongtian might catch a cold after waking up. If he then suffered from a splitting headache from drinking, coupled with the cold and general weakness, Yan Chongtian would at most grumble a few words about how inconsiderate he was, but wouldn't think much of it.

Yun Feiyang clasped his hands together in a respectful gesture towards Yan Chongtian on the bed and said, "I'm afraid I'll have to put you through this, Senior Uncle." After confirming that nothing had been overlooked, he closed the door and returned to the wooden house.

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In the stillness of the night, on the back mountain of the Chongzhen Sect.

Yun Feiyang sat cross-legged on the bed, breaking down the Heavenly Silkworm Divine Skill word by word. With his martial arts foundation and reserves, he could understand it.

The more he read, the stranger it seemed. Although the entire book was based on esoteric martial arts, he felt that some of its ideas were peculiar.

After a long while, he quietly reached out and held a ball of Heavenly Silkworm True Qi in his hand. As his mind changed, the true qi gradually became illusory, spreading out in his hand and turning into silk-like threads that wrapped around his palm.

The next moment, his dantian was empty, and his true qi was not strong enough. It turned back into a ball and flowed back into his dantian.

“True Qi transforming into silk, this isn’t a proper cultivation method from the Xuanmen sect. It’s more like the Golden Silkworm Gu’s ability from the ‘Hundred Poisons True Scripture’ that I’ve read,” Yun Feiyang muttered to himself.

Then he recalled the description in the "Hundred Poisons Manual" that the Golden Silkworm Gu could spit out golden silk, which was not only as hard as metal, but could also cut through gold and jade. After wrapping around the enemy, it would bind the enemy's hands and feet, leaving him at the mercy of the enemy.

Yun Feiyang circulated his true energy, and after a long while, he flicked his finger, and a transparent, thread-like strand of true energy hovered in the air in his palm before rolling back.

After pondering for a long time, Yun Feiyang closed his eyes and sank his consciousness into his dantian. Slowly, tentacles emerged from the dormant true energy in his dantian.

After a long while, the tentacles gradually extended, transforming into strands of silk. They emerged from the dantian and flowed along the meridians in the body towards the right-hand meridian. Along the way, the strands wove into a grid-like pattern and attached themselves to the meridians.

Ultimately, all the true energy except for one root that remained in the dantian transformed into a grid attached to the meridians.

As Yun Feiyang stretched out his hand, his true energy spontaneously moved, shooting out through his right hand's Lieque, Taiyuan, Yuji, and Shaoshang acupoints. An invisible stream of true energy shot out three feet before being pulled back into his body by the grid.

As he extended his index finger, his true energy flowed through Yangxi, Hegu, Sanjian, and Shangyang, shooting out from his index finger and then swirling back.

Extending the middle finger, a stream of true energy immediately shot out from the grid attached to the meridians of the arm, along the Laogong and Zhongchong acupoints.

He then tried them one by one, and each finger could shoot out a thread of true energy. Unfortunately, he didn't have enough true energy, so he could only experiment with one finger at a time.

"Is this the Heavenly Silkworm Divine Skill version of the Six Meridians Divine Sword?" Yun Feiyang chuckled for a moment, then muttered to himself.

At this moment, the system narrator prompted...

[You have initially mastered the Heavenly Silkworm Divine Skill]

[Upon mastering the Heavenly Silkworm Divine Skill, true energy permeates the entire body's meridians, bones, internal organs, flesh, and skin, making the physical body indestructible. It can undergo meridian cleansing and marrow purification, transform into a cocoon to heal wounds, regenerate flesh and blood, and break through to a new realm.]

The Heavenly Silkworm Divine Skill can bind and trap enemies in a silken or grid-like pattern, blocking their meridians and acupoints to achieve the purpose of subduing and trapping them.

[Your vital energy is insufficient to continue your cultivation. You can complete your cultivation by absorbing the vital energy and blood of others.]

Chapter 245 The Problem Between Yan Chongtian and Qingsong

Seeing the narration, Yun Feiyang shook his head with a wry smile. With the total amount of true qi he had cultivated for more than ten years in his previous life, he had only managed to complete the meridian grid formation of the Hand Shaoyang Meridian.

In addition to the twelve regular meridians, the human body also has eight extraordinary meridians, the Ren and Du meridians, and even many tiny meridians. The total amount of true qi required to complete the grid formation of true qi is terrifying to even think about.

Without the experience accumulated by Yun Feiyang over several lifetimes, to complete the cultivation of the Heavenly Silkworm Divine Art in this life, one would inevitably have to embark on the demonic path of relying on others as resources, absorbing their true energy, and achieving one's own success.

“Turning all living things in heaven and earth into giant blood bags, and wantonly absorbing the blood and true energy of all things to make oneself, this is somewhat like the Heavenly Demon Path of Freedom! If one is not careful, one may fall into depravity and completely transform into a Heavenly Demon!” Yun Feiyang muttered to himself.

He then shook his head. This path was not what he sought. Although he cultivated the "Way of Self," he would not turn a place into a death zone through demonic means.

After much deliberation, Yun Feiyang decided to abandon this shortcut. After all, while shortcuts are desirable, they are also risky. He could accumulate merit over several lifetimes and prepare some pills that could enhance his physical potential and strengthen his true qi.

“However…” Yun Feiyang raised an eyebrow, remembering that there was a blood pack in the forbidden area of ​​the back mountain that he could make use of. Anyway, his meridians were all broken and his martial arts were all useless. There was no point in keeping his true energy, so he might as well use it to his advantage.

Moreover, he recalled the main plot of the story, which seemed to revolve around the guy's grandson infiltrating the Chongzhen Forbidden Land to try and save him.

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Thinking of this, Yun Feiyang smiled. He wondered what would happen to the people of Xiaoyao Valley if he absorbed the large blood pack in advance.

However, there's no need to rush these things for now. We need to choose the right time to avoid causing unnecessary trouble, since I still need to live in the Chongzhen Sect for quite some time.

Therefore, the best way is to follow the old path of previous lives and increase one's potential and total amount of true qi through pills.

"Fortunately, I have a wealth of knowledge, and I am proficient in both prescriptions and herbal identification. I just need to find a good place deep in the mountains so that Yan Chongtian and Lun Wan'er can't see me, otherwise I'm afraid I won't be able to explain myself," Yun Feiyang thought.

After all, the original owner didn't have the skill of alchemy. If the wooden house smelled of medicine all day long, anyone would be suspicious.

Moreover, the best approach is to perfectly integrate the Heavenly Silkworm Divine Skill and the Great Dao Azure Lotus Chapter.

The Great Dao Azure Lotus Chapter has undergone several revisions throughout my life, encompassing all things and exhibiting countless changes in its energy, reaching the pinnacle of body refinement, energy refinement, and spirit refinement.

At this moment, only a foundation of Heavenly Silkworm True Qi remained in his dantian and sea of ​​qi. With his current cultivation level, he was not afraid that the newly generated Purple-Green True Qi would be unable to absorb and integrate with it. After integration, the Purple-Green True Qi would naturally possess the characteristics of the Heavenly Silkworm Divine Art.

The essence of the Heavenly Silkworm Divine Skill is not above that of the Great Dao Green Lotus Chapter. It is only the true qi circulation route involved that involves placing the whole body inside and outside in a grid-like true qi protection to forcibly achieve indestructibility. This part of the idea is not mentioned in the Great Dao Green Lotus Chapter.

What I need to do is to retain the unique characteristics of the Heavenly Silkworm True Qi, and even the ability to 'transform from a cocoon into a butterfly'.

"Forget it, let's take it slow!" Yun Feiyang sighed.

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At this point, he understood the crux of the problem for Yan Chongtian and Qingsong: if this internal energy was not cultivated properly, it would become extremely exclusive and incompatible with other true energies.

It can only be said that Yan Chongtian truly deserves to be the most outstanding disciple of the previous generation of the Chongzhen Sect. His original internal energy cultivation method was not as good as the Heavenly Silkworm Divine Skill, but he managed to cultivate it to the point where his original true energy was on par with the Heavenly Silkworm True Energy.

As a result, the two streams of true energy have maintained a delicate balance for many years, which has resulted in both streams of true energy being restrained within the dantian due to their mutual restraint.

Unless he encounters external force or his own strong mental influence, the balance will be slightly disrupted, but this balance will be restored quickly. This is why his martial arts skills are sometimes present and sometimes absent, and he ends up having a lot of martial arts skills but being unable to use them!

As for Qingsong, although Yun Feiyang did not know his specific situation, he could make some guesses.

Qingsong's aptitude was probably inferior to Yan Chongtian's. After he became the sect leader, he resumed cultivating the Heavenly Silkworm Divine Art, and the Heavenly Silkworm True Qi he cultivated later surpassed his original True Qi.

Unfortunately, he didn't know that the essence of the Heavenly Silkworm True Qi was to transform into a grid-like silk thread. Instead, like other Xuanmen techniques, he transformed the Heavenly Silkworm True Qi into a whole, resulting in the Heavenly Silkworm True Qi being unable to display its original function and unable to absorb his original true qi.

The two types of true energy have different attributes, and they can only be slowly worn down in the battle. Therefore, the progress of the Heavenly Silkworm True Energy is not obvious, simply because a part of it is worn down in the battle.

Qingsong did not want his strength to decline, so he naturally refused to let the Heavenly Silkworm True Qi wear down the other True Qi. Therefore, he had to try his best to maintain the balance.

As a result, it becomes extremely difficult for him to improve his strength, and he faces the risk of regressing in strength at all times.

The solution to their predicament is actually quite simple: both of them need to abolish their original true energy and leave only the Heavenly Silkworm True Energy.

Unfortunately, Yan Chongtian's body has already achieved a new balance. Once the other true energy is eliminated, the Heavenly Silkworm True Energy might suddenly go berserk due to the lack of an opponent, which would damage his meridians.

Qingsong's situation is much better. He only needs to support the Heavenly Silkworm True Qi to wear down the original True Qi and start cultivating again. He will soon recover his strength.

Thinking of this, Yun Feiyang shook his head, fearing that Qingsong didn't have the determination, after all, he wouldn't allow himself to fall too far behind Dugu Wudi!

As for Yan Chongtian, he would have to wait until he was strong enough to take the initiative to absorb the other true energy in Yan Chongtian's body and protect his meridians.