Chapter 280
The dark-skinned young man was fine, after all, he was young.
In addition, the skinny middle-aged man drank a bowl of Feihu meat soup, and his whole face became red, and he even had a nosebleed, which showed that he was too weak to be nourished.
After drinking a bowl of meat soup, the old soldiers felt warm all over, and then they sat in meditation and listened to Qiao Mu talking about the "Humanity Sutra".
These three hundred old soldiers have been practicing the "Sumeru Mountain King Sutra" for some time, and they started practicing in the 100-mile desert.
The mountain bandit Zhang Kui couldn't keep up with the pace, and often looked confused: "Mr. Qiao." "Why is your talk about martial arts different from what I imagined? You don't talk about internal strength, martial arts moves, but only talk about Qi and blood as the foundation of martial artists, eat more and practice more, what's the point?" Qiao Mu shook his head slightly: "Today, I will focus on the foundation of the "Humanity Sutra", which is the root of the difference between this method and the ancient martial arts." "As for moves, martial arts, internal and external skills, I naturally understand them, but they are not so important, so I will talk about them later." Zhang Kui was even more confused: "Martial arts moves, internal and external skills, these are not important?" He wanted to refute, but Qiao Jin is now one of the giants of Kyushu martial arts, and is naturally an authority. Qiao Mu saw his reaction and shook his head secretly in his heart. Why was the martial arts such as "Sumeru Mountain King Sutra" created by Hai Wuya instead of other martial arts masters in the world? In Qiao Mu's opinion, there is a reason.
Hai Wuya is not a pure martial artist. Although he has profound martial arts theory, he only reached the fourth rank at the peak of his martial arts practice, and even fell in his later years.
In his bones, he is actually a scholar who pays attention to "studying things to gain knowledge", so he has studied in Tianlao for thirty years and is a complete theoretical master.
Most of the martial artists in this world are pragmatists.
Like the mountain bandit Zhang Kui, he practices martial arts to strengthen his body and has been trying to practice stronger martial arts and more powerful martial arts all his life.
Knowing the reason, but not the reason.
What exactly are qi and blood and internal strength, and what is the difference between the four paths of strength, strength, skills and spirit... Understanding these will not make their martial arts improve a bit, and will not make their martial arts more powerful.
Pragmatism is certainly correct, but a martial artist like Zhang Kui, even if he is a genius or a master of martial arts, can only create ancient martial arts such as "Pure Yang Wuji Gong".
Although "Pure Yang Wuji Gong" is powerful and can be regarded as the top martial arts in ancient martial arts, the internal strength it cultivates is extremely yang and strong, extremely powerful, and extremely practical, but this martial arts does not jump out of the framework of ancient martial arts.
Hai Wuya took another path.
He spent thirty years reading various medical books in the prison, so the "Sumeru Mountain King Sutra" appeared.
Qi and blood are the foundation of martial artists.
After fully realizing this, Hai Wuya spent thirty years to explore a difficult and tortuous human path.
Qiao Mu is the same.
Hai Wuya is a scholar among martial artists, and he is the same.
The "Humanity Sutra" is not a simple addition of the "Sumeru Mountain King Sutra" and the "Changsheng Fist Sutra".
During the thirty years in the dream, he read a lot of books in the Lonely City Armory just like Hai Wuya did back then, and only then did he explore a path that is compatible with both, rather than simply enumerating and trying his luck.
What he taught to many old soldiers today was not martial arts, but the concept and theory of the Human Dao Sutra... Now it seems a little too early.
"When you reach the first level of soul refining in the future, perhaps thinking about these questions can help you explore your own super-grade path."
Qiao Mu's words directly blocked Zhang Kui's mouth, making his eyes straighten.
Information about super-grade martial arts?
This dark and strong man not only did not feel irritable just now, but also borrowed paper and pen from the old soldiers, and quickly wrote down Qiao Mu's speech.
Although he probably won't reach the first level of soul refining in this life, he plans to memorize this kind of super-grade knowledge even if he doesn't understand it very well, and slowly comprehend it in the future.
Zhang Kui is not the only one who has similar thoughts.
The two beast slaves at the boundary checkpoint were also mixed in the crowd, standing on tiptoe to look inside, trying to listen to Qiao Mu's martial arts talk.
Although they were confused, they thought it was an opportunity to change their fate.
As beast slaves, the Feihu they served was dead, so they naturally had no chance to survive.
And Qiao Mu, a master who was almost a humanoid demon, was naturally a big thigh in their eyes.
Time flew by, and it was already sunset.
Zhang Kui couldn't stand it anymore, so he picked up the small book with dense handwriting and prepared to say goodbye.
Before leaving, Qiao Mu also didn't forget to find him, a local bandit, to pay attention to the news of "Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix Spear", and the latter naturally agreed.
"If Mr. Qiao wants to find out, maybe he can go to Linhe Prefecture City." Zhang Kui said: "Linhe Prefecture City is the largest city in the entire Southwest Province. There are many people in the city, and many people from other places should be gathered there at this time." "If you want to find out about "Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix Spear", maybe you can start here." At this point, Zhang Kui also remembered something and smiled: "With Mr. Qiao's current status in the martial arts world, he can go directly to the storyteller of Tingchao Tower in the city." "If those storytellers know something, I think with the style of Tingchao Tower, they will not hide it in front of Mr. Qiao, and they may even encourage Mr. Qiao to go."
As the former leader of the gun art, the Spear Saint naturally had a high status in the old martial arts world and could be called a martial arts legend.
But Qiao Jin of the Qiao family rushed to the Jinluan Palace and killed Emperor Yonghe, and even fought against the peerless martial arts master Yan Taizu from three hundred years ago.
As long as this matter continues to ferment, it won't be long before Qiao Jin's name will overshadow the former Spear Saint.
If such a martial arts giant, whose status and reputation are similar to that of the Spear Saint, comes to compete for the "Hundred Birds Chao Phoenix Spear" left behind by the Spear Saint, he will be in trouble.
After all, according to common sense, those who compete for the martial arts skills of the Spear Saint are naturally the junior martial arts students who are not as powerful as the Spear Saint.
Zhang Kui even suspected that if the news of Qiao Jin's intention to compete for "Hundred Birds Chaotic Phoenix Spear" was released, the value of the former "Sage of Spears" would greatly increase.
Although the storytellers in Tingchao Tower claim to only listen to the tide but not play with it, they have done a lot of things to add fuel to the flames over the years.
For this kind of thing, I would naturally like to hear about it.
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The sky is getting late and the stars are hanging all over the fields.
Qiao Mu sat under a peach tree in the yard, gently scratching Fat Cat Wuchang's chin with one hand, making the latter comfortably close his eyes and moan.
When he was giving a martial arts lecture during the day, this fat cat sat next to him, sleeping soundly in the form of a cat, with the tip of his nose twitching from time to time, completely turning a deaf ear.
Sleeping soundly and sucking people off at the same time, living an extremely comfortable life. Qiao Mu even looked at this life with envy.
But at this time, there was actually a question echoing in his mind.
After publishing the "Human Dao Jing", he gained a deep understanding of the Qi, blood and inner strength of martial arts.
So, what about the monsters in the human world?
The rumored monsters are born to absorb the essence of the sun and the moon. In this regard, they are even the teachers of immortal cultivators in ancient times.
The demon cat is impermanent and feeds on the energy of death, and it has also shown some miraculous qualities very early on:
Such as smelling the aura of death, such as hiding in the shadow of a tree.
It's just that it usually eats and is lazy, either sucking people or hiding in the shadows to sleep, and its stomach is filled with death energy.
These miraculous features are not skills learned afterward, like those of immortal cultivators, but innate instincts that one is born with.
Other creatures cannot and cannot learn.
Today, Qiao Mu is already a superb martial artist standing at the forefront of human martial arts. There is no way ahead, and there is no trace of his predecessors to follow.
Although the monster beasts have also declined with the revival of spiritual energy, they are no match for the immortal cultivators.
Even the Yunxiao Sect is a weaker party among the nine immortal sects. It uses a vast and sparsely populated place like Southwest State as a place to operate incense.
But a skinny camel is also bigger than a horse.
Is there anything in this monster that a mortal warrior can learn from?
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Linhe Fucheng.
As the name suggests, this city is located on the edge of a large river, surrounded by mountains and rivers.
The name of the river is Tongtian River. It is a large river that traverses several states. It is said that its source is located on the snowy mountains of the northwest state. It is known as the Tongtian River with water coming from the sky.
From Linhe Fucheng to the east and downstream, you can directly reach Heyang Fucheng in Nanzhou.
Even the names of these two cities are derived from this famous Tongtian River.
Of course, the world is in chaos now, and there are rebels in Nanzhou and Southwest State. It is difficult to even convey the emperor's decree, let alone cross the two states along the Tongtian River.
If it were that simple, the bandit Zhang Kui wouldn't have to travel all the way across mountains and rivers.
At this time, in a courtyard in Linhe Fucheng.
""Hundred Birds Chasing the Phoenix Spear"?" Wu Qiankun clasped his hands behind his back and listened thoughtfully to the report of the Xing Xuan Envoy behind him:
"It's better to come early than to come by chance. As soon as I arrived in this southwest state, I heard that the martial arts secret book of the former Spear Saint was released. This thing should fall into my hands."
Wu Qiankun came to Southwest State naturally for the local Immortal Sect Yunxiao Sect.
But it would be a good thing if you can get some secrets.
Wu Qiankun regarded himself as a peak martial arts expert standing at the top of the Nine Provinces, just like the former Spear Saint and other super-classes.
Not to mention, now that he has mastered the "Taotie Devouring Heaven Technique", he thinks that if he encounters Qiao Shuangtuo again, he will be able to defeat him.
Not to mention fighting for the secret book left behind by the former Spear Saint, even if the Spear Saint is resurrected, he will not be his opponent.
After all, Wu Qiankun is also a world-famous martial arts master like the Spear Saint. This wave of fish pond games is easy to fry.
Most martial artists of his level are proud of their status. How could they be so shameless as to snatch the martial arts of the Spear Master like him?
"This is a trivial matter. Get the secret book first, and then attack the Yunxiao Sect. If you ambush the Yunxiao Sect's strangers, you can advance step by step." At this time, Wu Qiankun had not yet realized the seriousness of the matter.
...
On the second day after arriving at Peach Blossom Villa, Qiao Mu took the cat and entered the riverside city alone.
When he first entered the city, he couldn't help but cover his mouth and nose.
There is a faint stench of excrement floating in the streets and alleys of Linhe Fucheng, which even reminds Qiao Mu of the days outside Yancheng.
If you look carefully, you can see that just beside the main road in this city, there are a few pools of fresh cow dung and horse dung, and mosquitoes and flies are blowing on your face.
"This is the largest city? What the hell is this place?" Qiao Mu cursed.
At this moment, urgent shouts suddenly sounded on the street.
"Give way, give way!"
Several tall and strong men shouted loudly, holding long whips and beating them on the bluestone street, making a crisp crackling sound and pushing aside the people who were blocking the way.
Pedestrians around him quickly moved away and moved to both sides of the road.
"It's true that there are dandies everywhere -" Qiao Mu thought of the past in Yancheng and looked up indifferently, then he was stunned for a moment.
The people walking rampantly in the middle of the street were not some playboys, but a few big men with thick arms.
These big men were carrying equally heavy beams on their shoulders. On top of the beam was a magnificent and exquisite shrine.
Qiao Mu would not be surprised if there was some kind of statue of an immortal sitting on top of this shrine.
Carrying a statue of a god and parading it through the streets is a common custom in all parts of Kyushu, so it’s not surprising.
But what is surprising is...atop that golden shrine, there lies a lazy, fat cat.
It's not a statue of an immortal or a beast, but a living big cat.
While Qiao Mu was still stunned, the pedestrians nearby had already knelt down towards the big cat shrine.
"This is the immortal beast of the Yunxiao Sect. It protects this place with good weather and makes the Tongtian River calm..."
"The Great Immortal of Cat Power has boundless magical power!"
The fat cat on the shrine also raised its palm slightly, as if simply responding to the devout believers.
Qiao Mu stood on the side of the road. The slight displeasure that arose in his heart suddenly turned into astonishment. At this moment, he stood among the crowd and felt that he was out of tune with this absurd world.
What's even more ridiculous is that the demon cat Wu Chang who has been lying on his shoulder is also energetic this time: