Narration System for the Journey of Martial Arts

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With a series of creaking and groaning sounds, it crashed to the ground.

"Is that so?" Yue Yuchen asked Lan Fenghuang.

"I don't know. I can't understand any of your moves, but your free and unrestrained style is similar to hers." Lan Fenghuang looked at the broken tree trunk and didn't hide anything.

Yue Yuchen nodded, saying nothing more. The voice in his mind echoed again…

[You've confirmed Dongfang Bubai's cultivation level; she seems to be at the initial stage of the Innate Realm, just like you. You've become interested in the Celestial Transformation Technique of the Sunflower Manual. Do you want to learn it? Castrate yourself.]

Aside from the two frail old eunuchs in the palace, the only person in this world like you is Dongfang Bubai.

[Twenty years from now, Wang Shouren, who leads the army to quell the rebellion of Prince Ning, will reach your current level. You should understand what it means to be able to fight against an entire country single-handedly.]

Yue Yuchen twitched his lips, suppressing the urge to complain. This system is getting more and more unreliable.

With a casual wave of his hand, the withered branch flew out and, with a "thud," embedded itself deeply into the rock wall, its depths unfathomable: "Alright, you can go now."

Lan Fenghuang did not leave, but instead smiled and said, "Young Master Yue, you must have something to do by staying here. If possible, I would be happy to help."

"You want to kill Dongfang Bubai? Why? Many people from the Five Poisons Sect have died at her hands. Who are you among them?" Yue Yuchen asked.

Lan Fenghuang's face stiffened, and she gave an awkward smile, a shadow of gloom flashing in her eyes...

Yue Yuchen ignored the struggle in her eyes and continued, "I am not a power you can borrow at will. What Dongfang Bubai can do, I can do as well. You and the chieftains of Yunnan and Guizhou can behave yourselves from now on."

Halfway up the mountain, Yue Yuchen watched with his hands behind his back as Lan Fenghuang led her Miao people away step by step; in the dense forest, Bao Weng's figure emerged, and the two brushed past each other, both showing a hint of curiosity about the other's appearance.

Yue Yuchen looked up into the distance, where the wind blew and the clouds drifted by...

"Dongfang Bubai? Perhaps I should also go and see her level of cultivation."

………………

“Who are the Han Chinese witch doctors? Are they also your friends?” Bao Weng ran up to him and asked.

Yue Yuchen glanced at him: "How is your mother?"

Bao Weng nodded happily: "Mother is much better now. The Gu Master in the village said that in a few days, Mother will be able to work normally again."

Then his expression changed, and he looked at Yue Yuchen cautiously...

“Some people asked Father how Mother recovered, but Father didn’t say. But many people know you now, the Han Chinese witch doctor.”

"The sorcerer in the stronghold said that you exchanged your mother's lifespan with the devil, and that the devil stole a lot of her lifespan. Is that true?"

“My father won’t let me come here anymore. He’s very scared. He said he wants to arrange a marriage for me. Only if I have a child can I inherit his ancestral home and wealth in the future.”

Yue Yuchen nodded: "Your father is a very skilled hunter. He can catch a whole wild deer. You can learn from him."

“But I want to become a Gu Master,” Bao Weng said with dissatisfaction. “Or, to become a warrior like the chieftain, who can easily kill herds of wild boars with swords.”

Looking into his hopeful eyes and the ambition he revealed, Yue Yuchen knew what he wanted and shook his head.

Bao Weng lowered his head, his mood also downcast, lost in thought. The two of them stood quietly on the edge of the cliff.

Chapter 24 Yue Yuchen meets Yangming

Time passed day after day, and Yue Yuchen's life remained unchanged: practicing martial arts, collecting herbs and poisonous insects, and researching new prescriptions.

On this day, Yue Yuchen was preparing a new batch of pills. This medicine was called Lingxi Detoxification Pill, which could cure hundreds of kinds of poisons in the world.

Wang Shouren has arrived. You are filled with anticipation for this last sage of all time, this great master of humanity. You don't know if he has already found his own path. Perhaps he has. This is your only expectation.

You expect the philosophy of mind to inspire you, but most people are fond of fighting and martial arts, unaware of the vastness of the 'Tao'.

A system notification sounded in his mind. In a moment of distraction, Yue Yuchen accidentally cut the gourd in his hand...

"finally come……"

Yue Yuchen began to quietly pack his things, knowing that after meeting this grandmaster, it would be time for him to leave.

………………

Sure enough, in the afternoon, Yue Yuchen felt a stirring in his heart and sensed an approaching aura. He walked to the edge of the cliff and just happened to see the figure emerging from the woods.

The newcomer had clearly noticed him as well. The moment the other person looked up, Yue Yuchen realized that he had underestimated this future grandmaster.

Those eyes, with their gentle, jade-like light, were calm and serene, yet occasionally flashed with sharpness and wisdom, as deep as the ocean, encompassing the world.

In an instant, Yue Yuchen felt as if the entire world was contained within his gaze.

A glint flashed in his eyes, and a sword light cleaved the heavens and earth, breaking the boundary between yin and yang, and everything returned to normal.

"Such high level of spiritual cultivation!"

The two, separated by half a mountain, smiled at each other, both feeling as if they had known each other for a long time.

When the guests arrived at the mountain, Yue Yuchen had already brewed tea to welcome them...

"My name is Yue Yuchen, a native of Mount Hua."

"My name is Wang Shouren, from Yuyao. Are you not a Taoist priest, sir?"

"I was just wearing a Taoist robe. It is an honor that Mr. Wang could come."

Once the two were seated, Wang Shouren said with certainty, "Young master was waiting for me."

Yue Yuchen nodded and said, "I set off to wait for you after I saw in the official gazette that Mr. Wang had been demoted to Longchang."

"Can you predict the future, young master?" Wang Shouren asked.

Yue Yuchen shook his head: "I just knew that you would definitely come, sir."

Wang Shouren neither confirmed nor denied: "Where my heart lies, I have not yet confirmed."

Yue Yuchen shook his head and said, "All things are within my mind. If you don't come, I will continue to wait."

Wang Shouren laughed and said, "Everyone has desires. What I desire is the same as yours, and what do you desire?"

Yue Yuchen asked, "How do you seek the heart?"

After a long silence, Wang Shouren said, "Only the utmost sincerity in the world can establish the great foundation of the world. The heart of utmost sincerity is the essence of the heart."

"Only with sincere will can one cultivate one's mind and body. The mind is principle; there is no principle outside the mind, no thing outside the mind, and no event outside the mind."

Yue Yuchen nodded and said, "The Buddha said that only when the mind is like a clear mirror can it reflect the void, mountains, rivers, and earth. What do you think?"

Wang Shouren countered with, "What does the young master think?"

After thinking for a long time, Yue Yuchen said, "My heart is like a pearl, my heart is like a mirror."

Wang Shouren shook his head and said, "Before I came here, you were not in my heart. Now that I am here, you are in my heart."

He paused, then continued, "When I didn't see you, didn't hear your voice, and didn't realize you were here, did you never come? Did you never exist?"

Yue Yuchen pondered for a moment and said, "A single thought arises, a single thought is known—what kind of supernatural power is this?"

Wang Shouren shook his head and said, "Supernatural powers are not worth pursuing, nor are they to be feared. The mind knows the vastness of heaven and earth. If you know this mind, first follow your own path."

Yue Yuchen asked, "Where is the Dao?"

"The path is beneath your feet," Wang Shouren said, pointing to the mountain path with his hand behind his back.

In the darkness, a faint cracking sound echoed in Yue Yuchen's heart, and all the knowledge he had learned in the past, including various martial arts, medical classics, and Taoist scriptures, slowly flowed through his mind.

Stripping away the complexities of his learning, only the simplest principles and truths remain. As a hazy light rises in his mind, Yue Yuchen thrusts forward with his fingers together.

A simple thrust, yet it seems to contain all variations, transforming countless skills into one sword; a single sword strike that moves from stillness to movement, leaving no room for evasion, all at ease within one's own heart.

You have grasped the location of the inner light, you have understood the state of mind in stillness, and it is omnipresent whether you are sitting, lying down, or walking.

[You have grasped the essence of the mind; all conditioned phenomena, you see, you know; all martial arts techniques, you can learn at a glance, and master in a short time.]

You have realized the location of the light of your heart; your entire being, seven feet in size, is contained within that light.

………………

Yue Yuchen stood up, bowed, and then went down the mountain.

With each step, the various changes of the Golden Goose Skill become clear to him; with each stride, he is already seven feet away, and all the complex changes are under his feet.

With a sway of his body, neither trees nor rocks blocking his path became obstacles. All his movements were transformed into subtle adjustments, and in a few steps he was already far away, crossing the forest and disappearing from sight.

True Qi moves freely and spontaneously, constantly circulating. At this moment, the Complete Perfection Great Dao Song is fully perfected.

The journey back to Huashan from Guizhou was no longer far; a mere seven feet could be covered in a single stride. Not only was his true energy not diminished, but it grew even stronger with the passage of time.

Thus, an astonishing scene unfolded on the road from Guizhou through Sichuan and Chongqing to Mount Hua: a young Taoist priest in a robe seemed to teleport, his steps flickering and disappearing until only his back remained.

………………

Huashan.

Yue Yuchen had not yet arrived, but his legend had already been spread back by the disciples of Mount Hua.

At this moment, Ning Zhongze, Linghu Chong, Shi Daizi, Lu Dayou, Yue Lingshan, and Lin Pingzhi were all eagerly waiting at the mountain gate.

Upon seeing a blurry figure in the distance, Yue Lingshan excitedly exclaimed, "Mother, it's Senior Brother! It's Senior Brother!"

Ning Zhongze patted her daughter's hand and laughed, "Even if it's your senior brother, he's still dozens of feet away. He can't hear you."

Before the words were even finished, a voice rang in my ears: "Master's wife, junior sister. Long time no see."

Accompanied by the sound, Yue Yuchen appeared at the foot of the mountain gate as if by shadow.

"Wow... Senior Brother, have you really become an immortal?" Yue Lingshan said, pulling on his arm.

Yue Yuchen shook his head and said helplessly, "Don't talk nonsense. I've just improved my martial arts. You can do it too when you master the Golden Goose Skill. Gods and immortals, those are all illusions."

Seeing that Yue Lingshan clearly didn't believe him, Yue Yuchen ignored her and looked at Ning Zhongze, asking, "Are you all alright, Master? Has he finished his seclusion?"

Ning Zhongze nodded and said, "Your master came out of seclusion half a year ago. Let's go back and talk about it."

"it is good."

Surrounded by the crowd, everyone returned to the mountain gate together, leaving behind Yue Lingshan's chattering voice along the way.

Once they reached the mountain, everyone had already dispersed, leaving only Ning Zhongze leading Yue Yuchen and Linghu Chong towards the Ancestral Hall.

Chapter 25 Discussion of Shaolin in the Ancestral Hall

Inside the Ancestral Hall, Yue Yuchen paid his respects to the Ancestral Master's tablet.

Yue Buqun looked at the many memorial tablets with his hands behind his back, sighed deeply, his expression complex and unreadable, and picked up a cassock from the offering table.

Yue Yuchen knew that this was the Evil-Repelling Sword Manual he had brought back from the Lin family.

Yue Buqun's expression was obscure and he didn't say anything...

"Six months ago, Chong'er and Lingshan brought this sword manual up the mountain with your junior brother Lin, and I placed it in the Ancestral Hall."

"Hehe, to practice this skill, one must first castrate oneself. I remember that this sentence was not in the Sunflower Manual copied by the two patriarchs Cai and Yue. Otherwise, your grandmaster and all the grandmaster uncles would have reminded me."

"Moreover, before Chong'er and Ling Shan went up the mountain that day, they were ambushed by an unknown force. Fortunately, their martial arts skills were not weak, which is why they were able to protect your junior brother Lin and ensure his safe arrival at Mount Hua."

Yue Yuchen looked at Linghu Chong, who nodded and said, "The people who surrounded us used a variety of martial arts, not Shaolin martial arts. Most of them were martial arts from the border regions and those of wandering martial artists."

Yue Yuchen looked at Yue Buqun: "What are your plans, Master?"

Yue Buqun threw the sword manual on the offering table and said, "Your Uncle Liu from the Hengshan Sect sent someone to tell you that you want to retire from the martial world."

"And I heard that Zuo Lengchan has also emerged from seclusion and proposed that the Five Mountains Alliance reunite to jointly attack the Demonic Sect."

Yue Yuchen said noncommittally, "Nearly ten years ago, Dongfang Bubai's martial arts were already no less than mine. Although I have made further progress now, no one can be sure how Dongfang Bubai's martial arts are now after seven or eight years."

"Oh? He's very powerful?" Yue Buqun frowned.

Yue Yuchen thought for a moment and said...

"If he advances further in the future, without a master of the same level to restrain him, no matter how many people surround him, they will just be pigs and sheep waiting to be slaughtered by him."

"Moreover, if he really reaches the realm of celestial transformation of the Sunflower Manual, any ambush, poisoning, or other such methods will be useless, and mental warning can avoid all of this."

Yue Buqun frowned even more and asked, "Even with your martial arts skills, it's not enough?"

Yue Yuchen said helplessly...

"If it were a one-on-one fight, I would probably be evenly matched with him, and the outcome would depend more on the timing and location."

"It's just that my martial arts are more comprehensive, while Dongfang Bubai's martial arts are more focused on speed. If he is determined to escape, even at the same level, my martial arts may not be able to catch up with him."

"Shaolin is hiding behind the scenes, letting the Songshan Sect take the lead, probably to test Dongfang Bubai's current martial arts level."

Linghu Chong said, "It may not just be a test of Dongfang Bubai, it could also be a test of you, Senior Brother."