Chapter 45: Wulin Master Flying Koo Web

  Zhang Jun looked at Zhang Wu, who waved his hand, indicating for him to go in.

  Xiao Dao Tong led Zhang Jun to the front of the grand hall. The grand hall was over 10 meters high and at least 20 meters wide, with nine red lacquered pillars standing upright on its facade. The massive doors were closed, exuding an air of majesty.

  "The master and Zhang have arrived." The little servant boy shouted towards the interior of the hall.

  Then, from within the palace came a clear male voice: "Let him enter."

  Xiao Dao Tong then pushed open the temple door and said to Zhang Jun: "Go in."

  Zhang Jun nodded and stepped over the threshold of more than half a meter high, entering the hall. As soon as he entered the hall, he found that Hua Bu Yi was sitting on one side of the main hall with his eyes closed, motionless and silent. And around the main hall, there were three other people, two men and one woman.

  The woman's age was indistinguishable, at first glance seeming to be in her twenties, but upon closer inspection, she appeared to be at least thirty or forty years old. She wore a purple martial arts uniform, with her hair tied back in a ponytail, and had a clear and elegant face as she looked over at Zhang Jun.

  Zhang Jun felt that the other person's gaze was moist and jade-like, not shining brightly, but gave people a kind of oppression from the depths of their soul.

  The woman on the left is an old man, thin as a stick, wearing only a sweatshirt on top and a pair of black trousers on the bottom, with a pair of thousand-layer-soled shoes on his feet, looking like a rustic old man from the countryside.

  He was also staring at Zhang Jun, his eyes shining brightly in the dimly lit hall like two balls of ghost fire, emitting a faint blue light.

  The third person wore a long Taoist robe, with a stout and round body, his ears almost reaching his shoulders. He smiled and looked over, his eyes narrowing into slits, shooting out two cold glints that made one's heart feel chilled.

  Zhang Jun swept a glance at the three people, then lowered his head and said loudly: "Master, I'm here."

  Hua Bu Yi slowly opened his eyes and said, "Zhang Jun, the three people in front of you are all top-notch masters in the Chinese martial arts world today." He pointed to the woman and introduced her, "This is Liu Zhenru, who has settled in the United States. She is well-versed in ancient and modern lightness skills and hidden weapons, and her kung fu has reached a high level, with the nickname 'Zhen Ru Fairy' in Jianghu."

  Zhang Jun was shocked to learn that Hua Bu Yi had only reached the level of Huajing, yet this woman had actually reached the level of Danjing? He hastily paid his respects: "Greetings, Senior Liu."

  Liu Zhenru nodded slightly and didn't say anything.

  Hua Bu Yi pointed to the thin old man and said, "This is Lu Yun Xiang, a master of continental martial arts, proficient in Xingyiquan, Tai Chi, Wing Chun, Baguazhang and many other skills. He is known as Lu Wudi, undefeated for thirty years, and also a master of Dan Jin."

  Zhang Jun hastily paid his respects, and the thin old man hummed a sound from his nose, without any other expression.

  "This is Yu Xuguan's master, the Tai Chi Kung Fu is pure and strong, the fist strength is unparalleled in the world, known as the Tai Chi King."

  Having met the three martial arts masters, Zhang Jun thought to himself, "Why did Master suddenly invite three people? Are they all going to become apprentices?"

  At this thought, Hua Buqi said: "After Zhang Jun's expedition, the three of them will owe me nothing."

  The old man's eyes flickered and he said, "Mr. Hua, you could have made a higher demand, don't you think this approach is a waste?"

  The woman also said: "Mr. Hua, you let us three people who have never met before teach an apprentice together, I don't know what kind of idea you have in mind? Are you trying to cultivate the number one master in the world?"

  Hua Buqi smiled slightly: "Can't be done?"

  Yu Xuguan smiled and said: "If this child is dull, we three will have to teach for ten or eight years, or even sacrifice the second half of our lives."

  Huabo Yidao said, "This is not to be worried about, how the qualifications are, you will know at a glance." He turned to Zhang Jun and said, "Half a month ago, I taught you Hunyuan Gun, how's your stance now?"

  Zhang Jun hastily said: "The whole energy has come out, but the clear energy hasn't come out yet."

  Hua Buqi laughed and said: "You just stand there, you'll never be able to make a name for yourself in your lifetime. Alright, let's see how you perform."

  Zhang Jun's feet were nailed to the ground, and he stood like an old pine tree between heaven and earth. Wherever his mind went, the qi and blood in that part of his body would surge and roar.

  Everyone including Hua Buqi slightly moved their ears and heard Zhang Jun's blood flow, each of them revealing a look of surprise.

  Liu Zhenru said, "In just over a month, he can make the Hunyuan Pill stand like this, and his qualifications are indeed top-notch. What's even more surprising is that he has already tried to control his qi and blood."

  Yu Xuguan said, "We martial artists, our skills are all based on our inner energy and blood. I didn't expect this kid to have such talent. Mr. Hua, you have a good eye for spotting treasure."

  Hua Bu Yi smiled slightly and said, "I didn't expect him to cultivate to this level either, just like you all are surprised." Then he looked at the thin old man and asked, "Teacher Lu, what do you think?"

  Lu Yunxiang nodded: "When I was young, I was called a prodigy by the national masters, but compared to you, this disciple is not inferior in any way. At that time, I also practiced the Hunyuan Pillar, and it took more than half a year to achieve such an effect, and it still hasn't reached the point of touching the blood energy."

  Ears listening to three people all mouth praise, Hua Bu Yi knew that today's big thing has been accomplished, so he said: "Three, what I wanted to say before, I've already said it. I'll leave Zhang Jun behind and hope you three will make his foundation more solid."

  Lu Yunxiang snorted and said, "Hua Bu Yi, you really have a big temper. Letting the three of us take orders from a little kid, I'm afraid only you can do something like that in this whole world."

  Hua Buqi smiled: "At first, I learned medicine before learning martial arts, but the result was twice the effort and half the effect, which left me with some regret. Later, after careful consideration, I realized that learning martial arts first and then studying medicine would be able to achieve twice the effect with half the effort."

  "Martial artists' understanding of the body far surpasses that of ordinary people, especially for the three masters who can control their qi and blood to a high level, learning medicine is almost effortless. Moreover, my Shennongmen's Dalo Divine Needle and Medical Nine Jins are purely based on the foundation of martial arts."

  Liu Zhenru was an expert in hidden weapons, and when he mentioned the Nine Elixirs of the Divine Farmer's medical arts, he couldn't help but ask: "Mr. Hua, if your Shennongmen's Nine Elixirs are practiced to the point of unity, how great will their power be?"

  Hua Buqi said: "I have now only practiced to the point of seven strengths combined as one. If I were to strike out with a single palm and none of you three resist, I could kill any one of you. As for reaching nine strengths combined as one, the Shen Nong Sect calls it the 'Divine Finger', capable of killing someone with a single finger, or bringing someone back to life with a single finger."

  Three martial arts masters changed color slightly, and the master of Yuxu Temple said: "If I'm not mistaken, that divine finger should have reached the divine communication stage. After the elixir energy is the divine communication energy, but from ancient times to the present, there are too few people who have touched this level, only a handful of people."

  Hua Buqi nodded: "The Shen Nong Sect once had a master who achieved the unity of nine powers, and he indeed reached the realm of divine comprehension."

  All four of them were strong men standing at the pinnacle of humanity, and once they started talking, they couldn't stop. Lu Yunxiang said: "According to legend, when one reaches the Divine Realm, one can possess many divine abilities, such as Heavenly Eye, Heavenly Ear, Mind-reading, Past Life, and Body Transformation. Mr. Hua, do you think this is true?"

  Hua Bu thought for a moment and said: "The universe is wonderful, everything is possible, we should be brave and make progress."

  Everyone thought so and nodded in agreement.

  The four of them seemed to have forgotten about Zhang Jun, and they talked for half a day. Finally, Hua Bu Yi said: "I'll come once every three months, gentlemen, farewell." He didn't even bid farewell to Zhang Jun, and directly walked out of the hall, going down the mountain with Zhang Wu.

  In the grand hall, Zhang Jun faced the three great martial arts masters, his heart slightly trembling. He forced a smile and respectfully bowed: "Three seniors, thank you for your trouble."

  But the three people didn't pay attention to him at all. Liu Zhenru said, "Mr. Hua comes back once every three months, why don't we take turns teaching, each person teaches for three months?"

  The other two agreed, so Liu Zhenru stayed behind and the other two left. In this way, in the desolate great hall, only Zhang Jun and a beautiful woman with extremely high martial arts skills began to practice martial arts.

  On the first day, Liu Zhenru asked Zhang Jun to hold an axe and go to the mountain to cut wooden stakes. The diameter of the stakes should be about 10 cm, the length should be about 1 meter, and the cross-section should be flat. This was undoubtedly a hard task, and he chopped for five days before gathering 99 wooden stakes.

  However, as the axe was not sharp at all, the cross-section he chopped out was extremely uneven, with bumps and protrusions, and even had thorns on it. Soon, he drank his own bitter wine.

  On the sixth day, Liu Zhenru ordered Zhang Jun to plant eighty-one wooden stakes in the ground according to a specific order and distance, with half a meter exposed above the ground. Next, Zhang Jun was about to follow the breathing method taught by Liu Zhenru and walk through the eighty-one wooden stakes one by one.

  The first time he walked from one end to the other, he fell down six times and got his nose and face bruised. What's worse, some parts of the wooden stakes were very sharp and left many bloody holes on his body.

  Fortunately, Zhang Jun was able to observe himself through introspection, adjust his breathing, and get back on track quickly. Three days later, he was able to walk smoothly again and didn't fall off once more.

  Liu Zhenru immediately arranged another difficult task for him. She made Zhang Jun utter a complex and strange syllable every time he took a step. Strangely, whenever he uttered the syllable, he felt his internal energy stagnate, and his movements would slow down, almost causing him to fall to the ground nine times out of ten.

  In this way, Zhang Jun walked back and forth on the stake thousands of times every day. Through introspection, he overcame the interference brought by the sound segments one by one, and his walking became more and more smooth. At the same time, he was surprised to find that as the speed of walking on the stake became faster and faster, the circulation of qi and blood in his body became more and more regular.

  Eighty-one postures, starting from the first posture, he has to take ninety-nine eighty steps. Each step has a different movement, and the syllables that come out are also different, naturally accompanied by different ways of running qi and blood.

  He walked for half a month, and after repeated introspection and adjustments, his qi and blood circulation became extremely regular. Through this highly regular qi and blood circulation, he gradually grasped the threshold of qi and blood transportation, that is, adjusting the flow of qi and blood through movements and breathing.

  Apart from walking the stake, Zhang Jun still had to stand on the mixed yuan stake every night, continuing to feel the flow of qi and blood. At the same time, Liu Zhenru would also take out a green ointment and apply it to Zhang Jun's body for massage every night, doing so every night without interruption.

  Every time this happens, he feels extremely comfortable all over his body, and the fatigue of the day disappears completely, and soon falls asleep soundly.