Chapter 212
Chapter 212
Ou Peng drinks a mouthful of water to moisten his throat: "Just now I told you about immortality. Now let's talk about annihilation."
"As I told you just now, Xiuxianists, Xiuyaoists and Xiumoists all use the world's elemental energy as the basis of their practice. It's just that they use different methods and different forms.
Our 9 Xiuxianist sects have existed for who knows how many years. Until 65,555 years ago, for some unknown reason, the world started to change. Not only did the 9 Great Xiuxianist sects notice it, but countless small sects also noticed that the world's elemental energy gradually started to change and become thinner and thinner. "
"The world's elemental energy is the foundation of immortality. Without it, immortality simply cannot exist.
Therefore, both Xiuxianists and Xiumoists abandoned their grudges and grievances and joined hands to find the reason why the world's elemental energy became thinner. But after countless people's efforts, they still couldn't find the source. They could only watch as the world's elemental energy became thinner and thinner day by day. In the end, all the world's elemental energy disappeared and immortality was annihilated. "
Zhang Chengyue is somewhat puzzled. He says: "Didn't the 9 Xiuxianist ancestors use that transmission formation to come here and then use it to leave?"
Ou Peng says smilingly: "The Xiuxianists also considered this. But that thing can only be entered but not exited. Moreover, this transmission formation is not easy to build. By the time countless Xiuxianists had done their best to build it, there was no more elemental energy left to use it. The Xiuxianists couldn't cook a meal without rice. They could only stare at this transmission formation helplessly, unable to use it."
"Alas." Zhang Chengyue is also worried for the ancients. Seeing that they couldn't eat the meat that was right in front of their mouths, they must be very regretful.
"And then, Master, immortality was annihilated. Shouldn't martial arts come out?"
"Yes. Without the world's elemental energy, Xiuxianists lost their supernatural powers. Naturally, they would think of other ways to make up for it. Martial arts are something that the wise Xiuxianists created based on their Xiuxianist experience.
Look at the Internal Strength Mental Cultivation Method. Many names are the same as those of Immortal Cultivation, such as meridians, True Qi, Dantian, and so on. Especially this True Qi, it is not inferior to the True Qi of Immortal Cultivation. That is to draw Qi into the body, but this one can actually be produced from within the body.
Although its power is much weaker, it is still much more powerful than that of ordinary people. Moreover, after tens of thousands of years of perfection, the top experts in martial arts are also comparable to Qi practitioners. Of course, the meridians of this internal strength cultivation method are the same as the meridians of Immortal Cultivators. However, the power of the True Qi in the internal strength cultivation method is limited. It can only cultivate the elementary and shallow meridians. It can't cultivate the more profound meridians. "
Zhang Chengyue thought for a moment and asked, "Then what about fist techniques, sword techniques, spear techniques, and so on?"
When Ou Peng heard this, he couldn't help but smile and said, "Speaking of fist techniques, there is an interesting story. When I was practicing martial arts with your Martial Uncle, I accidentally asked about the origin of fist techniques. Your Martial Ancestor told me that the fist techniques of this world evolved from a set of 815 moves of the Great Heavenly Cycle Star Fist. It was a set of 815 moves of the Great Heavenly Cycle Star Fist. An otherworldly expert practiced the fist techniques under a Bodhi tree and taught them to different people. This resulted in the formation of different fist techniques. There are also many sword techniques and spear techniques that evolved from this first set of fist techniques.
Actually, at that time, I had a question. Since only that unworldly expert knew the complete set of the Great Heavenly Cycle Stellar Fist, and the others only wrote bits and pieces, then who knew that the Great Heavenly Cycle Stellar Fist had 815 moves? "
Zhang Chengyue suddenly understood.
Ou Peng continued, "However, your Grandmaster left as soon as he finished telling the story. His Ethereal Steps was incomparably fast. How could I catch up?
Later on, I never had the chance to ask. It was only when I took over the Misty School that I got the real answer from him. Although the Great Heavenly Cycle Stellar Fist wasn't the first set of fist techniques in this world, it was the only set of fist techniques that cultivators didn't use the Yuan Qi of Heaven and Earth. All of the fights between cultivators used the Yuan Qi of Heaven and Earth as the foundation. To be able to preserve this set of fist techniques that didn't use the Yuan Qi of Heaven and Earth, one can see how precious this set of fist techniques was.
Therefore, after the Immortal Dao was annihilated, many fist techniques couldn't be used, or had no effect at all. Only the Great Heavenly Cycle Stellar Fist was popular for a period of time, and no other 'fist' could compare to it. However, the Great Heavenly Cycle Stellar Fist was a fist technique of the Shendao Sect. After the Shendao Sect disappeared, the other sects didn't learn the complete set of fist techniques. Therefore, based on the incomplete Great Heavenly Cycle Stellar Fist, countless fist techniques evolved. "
At this point, Zhang Chengyue understood and said, "Master, no wonder you valued Zhang Xiaohua so much. Could it be that his set of fist techniques was the Great Heavenly Cycle Stellar Fist?"
Ou Peng shook his head and said, "It shouldn't be. The Great Heavenly Cycle Stellar Fist had 815 moves, and his Big Dipper Fist only had 653 moves.
However, even if it wasn't the real Great Heavenly Cycle Stellar Fist, the 653 moves inside should be very powerful. There must be some secret within. "
Zhang Chengyue asked again, "Then what about the other sword techniques and spear techniques?"
Ou Peng said, "When cultivators fight, they use swords, sabers, and spears. Those sword techniques, saber techniques, and spear techniques have been passed down. However, these techniques must be combined with the Yuan Qi of Heaven and Earth in order to be powerful. Otherwise, they are just empty forms. Therefore, many ambitious cultivators have evolved some of the moves of the Great Heavenly Cycle Stellar Fist into sword techniques, spear techniques, and so on. Therefore, to say that the Great Heavenly Cycle Stellar Fist is the origin of the moves, from a certain point of view, it's also possible.
Of course, in the past, it was combined with the Yuan Qi of Heaven and Earth to form True Qi. Now, it's combined with the True Qi formed in one's own meridians. After ten thousand years of evolution, this move has changed a long time ago. No one can say which move is the most correct. "
"What about those senior cultivators?"
"Alas, the foundation of their longevity is the Yuan Qi of Heaven and Earth. Without this Yuan Qi, they are just like ordinary people and will age very quickly. Oh right, it's said that in addition to the Yuan Qi of Heaven and Earth, there are also some things like stones condensed from the Yuan Qi of Heaven and Earth called Yuan Stones. In the end, many cultivators rely on Yuan Stones to extend their lifespans."
"Eh?
Master, didn't you just say that since they created the 'transportation array', they can't use these Yuan Stones to support it? "
Ou Peng nodded and said in a gratified manner, "Chengyue, your mind is very sharp. When master was looking at it, I didn't pay attention. I only saw the records in the secret book and knew that before the Immortal Dao was destroyed, the Yuan Stones contained a lot of Yuan Qi. They were divided into high grade, medium grade, and low grade Yuan Stones. However, when the Immortal Dao was destroyed, it seemed that these Yuan Stones couldn't be found at all. The Yuan Stones collected by the four great sects also disappeared without a trace. Even the low grade Yuan Stones were hard to find. All the Yuan Stones collected by the sects were gathered together, but they weren't enough, so they couldn't use the Yuan Qi in the Yuan Stones.
As for the Yuan Stones used by cultivators to extend their lifespans, they were just scraps of the Yuan Stones that they didn't even look at before! "
Zhang Chengyue suddenly thought of something and asked, "Master, last time you asked me to get the Levitation Technique from the Misty School's third level technique from He Tianshu. Was it a technique used by cultivators?"
Ou Peng smiled and said, "That's right. Although the Immortal Dao has been annihilated, the Immortal Dao techniques have been passed down. Our Ethereal Sect was one of the Four Great Sects ten thousand years ago. Naturally, we have records of the Immortal Dao techniques. This Levitation Spell is a spell that the Immortal Cultivators of the past cultivated to allow them to fly around. As for the Light Body Technique that we cultivate, it is a Light Body Technique that was modified by the wise seniors in the sect based on the Levitation Spell and their inner strength.
In fact, ten thousand years ago, many sects' techniques still had traces of the Immortal Dao's techniques. However, with the passage of time, these techniques are useless. Without the Qi of Heaven and Earth, no one can practice them. Therefore, they have already been destroyed like the Immortal Dao. What's left are only imitations of these techniques. "
"Sigh, thinking about it, we were really frogs in a well before. We thought that what we practiced was invincible in the world. Looking at it now, it's just imitations of the Immortal Dao's techniques. How ignorant." Zhang Chengyue sighed.
Ou Peng disagreed, "Times have changed. Without the Qi of Heaven and Earth, cultivators are powerless and can only wait to be destroyed. Now is the era of martial arts."
"That's right, Master. Just now, you seemed to be talking to yourself, saying that the world is about to change.
What do you mean by that? "
When Ou Peng heard this question, he immediately became spirited and said, "Chengyue, didn't I just say that these five forbidden areas were the five sacred places of my Misty School? In the past, they were places where cultivators kept their things. Outside, they were protected by something called a formation. Those who didn't have the ability to cultivate were unable to enter. The formation of these forbidden areas has been shrinking over the past ten thousand years. This means that the formation's Qi of Heaven and Earth has been decreasing. But today, it suddenly expanded. It's obvious that it has absorbed the Qi of Heaven and Earth. Since the Qi of Heaven and Earth has appeared, will cultivators also appear?
And our Misty School first obtained a part of the [Da Zhou Tian Xing Fist], and was the first to know about the appearance of the Qi of Heaven and Earth. Naturally, we have more time to prepare. Perhaps in this world, we can reverse the situation and recreate the glory of ten thousand years ago. Otherwise, we will inevitably be like the Shendao Sect and disappear from this world. "
"Actually, do you know?
Chengyue, there's another reason, an extremely advantageous factor. "
Zhang Chengyue was puzzled and said, "Master, please enlighten me."
"Hehe, it's that secret area!" Ou Peng's words woke him up from his dream.
Zhang Chengyue shook his head and said, "Master, I really didn't think of it."
Ou Peng laughed and said, "It's not your fault. You don't even know about the Way of Immortality.
In fact, I didn't pay much attention to it the first time. Even when I got the treasures in the secret plane, I didn't think about the Immortal Path. I just thought it was a relic of a senior in the martial arts world. However, since Lu Yueming failed to explore the jungle for the first time, I suddenly realized that the jungle was an array.
This formation is unique to the Way of Immortality. "
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