Chapter 006: The "Changing Sky" Twenty Years Ago
" You don't know any martial arts, but you are interested in the martial arts world?" Chen Xuanfeng glanced at Ni Kun and said calmly.
"Curious, just curious." Ni Kun said with a smile.
Chen Xuanfeng was a cold person. He sneered but said nothing.
Mei Chaofeng frowned and said:
"The world is full of demons and monsters, and it's so chaotic. Not to mention us, even our master can't count how many masters there are in the world..."
She shook her head and sighed:
"Brother Ni, you don't know martial arts, so it's best if you don't have any interest in the martial arts world."
Ni Kun's heart moved, but he looked surprised:
"A riot of demons? Weird and chaotic? What do you mean?"
Mei Chaofeng groaned for a while and said:
"Brother Ni, do you know which dynasty it is and which emperor is in power now?"
Ni Kun confessed his ignorance:
“I don’t know!”
A strange look flashed across Mei Chaofeng's face:
"Now it is Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty who is in power."
Emperor Yang Guang of Sui Dynasty?
Ni Kun blinked and asked humbly: "Is there any problem with this?"
Of course he knew there was a big problem.
Chen Xuanfeng and Mei Chaofeng were from the Song Dynasty.
The birth time of Great Joy Bodhisattva is unknown.
Yagyu Piaoxu was a Japanese from the Ming Dynasty.
The historical background of the Sunflower Manual is vague. The book may have been written in the Song Dynasty, but Dongfang Bubai was written in the Ming Dynasty.
The world where the Moon Worship Cult exists is actually a fictional world of mythology and immortal heroes.
But there happened to be a Sui Emperor Yang Guang...
When all these things are mixed together, it is of course confusing and weird.
At this time, Chen Xuanfeng sneered:
"What's the problem? It's a big problem. Twenty years ago, the emperor was still surnamed Zhao. In the blink of an eye, time inexplicably went back hundreds of years, and the emperor suddenly changed his surname to Yang.
"That's fine. Overnight, all sorts of messy things emerged, even the geography of mountains and rivers, rivers and lakes have changed. To this day, the world is still in turmoil and unrest. Every year, there are masters of unknown origin who emerge from nowhere..."
Ni Kun scratched his scalp:
"But... why is this happening?"
Chen Xuanfeng said coldly:
"Why? We don't know why either. Our master is a great scholar, but he doesn't know why either.
"Ni Kun, since you come from a wealthy family, don't you know anything about this? Didn't your parents teach you anything?"
Ni Kun said frankly:
"My family has lived in seclusion in the mountains for many years. I am sixteen years old this year, but I have never left the mountains since I was born, nor have I seen outsiders. The elders in my family have never told me about things outside the mountains.
"If my family hadn't been robbed, I would probably still be living in the mountains and know nothing about what's happening outside the mountains."
Mei Chaofeng nodded and said:
"So, your family probably moved to the mountains to live in seclusion to avoid the chaos caused by the 'natural disaster'."
"The chaos of the heavens?"
"That's right." Mei Chaofeng said:
“Our master called the time chaos and earth-shaking changes that happened twenty years ago the Heavenly Changes Disturbance.
"Speaking of which, when the turmoil happened, we were actually just a few years old and had just become disciples. We knew nothing about the affairs of the world, the emperor's surname, and what dynasty we lived in. Naturally, we were ignorant.
"If Master hadn't told us this, we would have thought that the world is just like this, and that we are the people ruled by the Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty..."
Hearing this, Ni Kun thought to himself that the "natural disaster" twenty years ago was probably not just a matter of turning back time a few hundred years.
Otherwise, Liu Sheng Piaoxu, Da Huanxi Female Bodhisattva, and the Moon Worship Sect would not appear in this world - they are not in the same system at all!
However, he knew almost nothing about the "natural disaster", so it was not convenient for him to comment. He could only ask a question knowing the answer:
"May I know your name, Master?"
Mei Chaofeng looked admiring:
"Our master's surname is Huang, and his taboo name is Yaoshi. The master is not only a master of martial arts, but also knows everything about music, chess, calligraphy, painting, astronomy, geography, numerology, astrology, the five elements and the eight trigrams, Qimen Dunjia, formations and mechanisms, farmland irrigation, economics and military strategies ... He knows everything and is proficient in everything."
Ni Kun showed admiration on his face, looking up to him:
"You are so knowledgeable! Your Excellency is truly a god!"
Seeing his admiration, the naturally cold Chen Xuanfeng couldn't help but smile and nodded, "Of course."
Ni Kun asked again:
"Since you personally experienced the 'natural disaster', have you ever told Brother Chen and Sister Mei which masters suddenly appeared in the world after the natural disaster? And which martial arts sects have been added?"
Chen Xuanfeng glanced at Ni Kun in surprise:
"Are you so interested in martial arts masters and martial arts sects?"
Mei Chaofeng smiled and said:
"Are you looking for a master or a sect to learn from? Are you really not going to practice the Sunflower Manual?"
Ni Kun smiled awkwardly:
"I... my entire Ni family has been robbed, and now I am the only one left. As the saying goes, there are three kinds of unfilial behavior, and the worst is to have no descendants. I really don't dare to practice the magical skill of the Sunflower Manual."
Actually, even if he dared to practice, he couldn't do it.
In the martial arts world, there is a long-standing sectarianism. When martial arts masters write secret manuals, they have no intention of disseminating them widely. Therefore, the more profound the secret manuals are, the more abstruse terms and even secret words they are filled with.
If you don't have a sufficient foundation, or someone who understands the terminology and secret language to explain and guide you, you won't be able to understand the secret manual even if there is one. Forcing yourself to practice will only cause problems.
For example, Chen Xuanfeng and Mei Chaofeng were both from famous schools. But when they were practicing the Nine Yin Manual, because they only understood the secrets halfway, they turned the good Taoist "Destroying Divine Claw" into the spooky "Nine Yin White Bone Claw"?
Mei Chaofeng later even paralyzed herself from training herself.
Duan Yu was able to learn the North Sea Divine Art and Lingbo Weibu by himself according to the secret manual because he had a family background in martial arts. Even though he had never practiced martial arts, he had a sufficient understanding of the meridians and acupoints under the guidance of his parents since he was a child. He also read a lot of Taoist scriptures, especially the "Book of Changes", so he was able to understand the North Sea Divine Art and learn Lingbo Weibu.
Zhang Wuji was able to successfully teach himself the Nine Yang Divine Art because his parents and Xie Xun laid a very solid theoretical foundation in martial arts when he was a child on the Ice and Fire Island. Later, he learned profound medical knowledge from Hu Qingniu and became familiar with the human body.
Ni Kun had no basic knowledge at all, and was unaware of the meridians and acupoints, let alone the various martial arts terminology and secret languages.
Let alone profound secret books like the Sunflower Manual, even for minor secret books like the Iron Sand Palm and Iron Cloth Shirt, unless the whole text is in plain language, if there is any professional terminology, I am afraid he can only half understand it.
Therefore, it is impossible to study on your own according to the secret manual.
Hearing that he refused to practice the Sunflower Manual, Mei Chaofeng couldn't help but murmur with regret:
“What a pity…”
Ni Kun Da Khan: Why are you so sorry? If you want to see the eunuchs, go to the palace!
Chen Xuanfeng said:
"It's better not to practice it. The Sunflower Manual is not suitable for serious people to practice."
After a pause, Chen Xuanfeng continued:
"But if you, Ni Kun, want to find a famous master to learn martial arts from, there are many obstacles. You are already over sixteen years old, and you have no martial arts foundation at all. It is too late for you to start practicing martial arts. Especially for advanced internal skills, it is very difficult to practice without a foundation laid since childhood."
Mei Chaofeng nodded in agreement:
"In your situation, with the same kung fu skills, others with a basic foundation can achieve almost the same results as you after three years of hard practice in one year. So serious masters and sects will not accept you. You can go to a martial arts school to learn martial arts, as long as you pay money, but where can you learn advanced martial arts in a martial arts school? The evil demons may accept you, but it is hard to say what they will do with you."
Chen Xuanfeng said calmly: "Most likely they will give you some weird skills that they themselves are not sure of to test you and use you to test your skills."
"Hehe..." Ni Kun laughed twice, but he didn't seem disappointed.
Chen Xuanfeng and Mei Chaofeng thought that he was asking about the martial arts masters and martial arts sects because he wanted to become their apprentice and learn martial arts, but they misunderstood him.
Ni Kun was inquiring for information just to understand more about this world and to try to figure out the forces to which Liu Sheng Piaoxu and Dahuanxi Bodhisattva belonged.
As for martial arts training...
He only asked one question: Can I achieve immortality ?
If he cannot achieve immortality and prolong his life, he will have no interest in any earth-shattering magical skill.
After all, he doesn't have too much time to live, only forty-eight years left, and he may lose some of it at any time in the future.
Practicing martial arts can certainly prevent him from having to use his top ten kryptonian life-saving moves lightly when in danger, and he can solve the problem with normal attacks.
But just as Chen Xuanfeng and Mei Chaofeng said, given his current age and physical condition, it is too late to practice martial arts.
Starting to practice martial arts now will only yield half the result with twice the effort. For the same skill, three years of hard practice is only equivalent to one year of practice for others .
In this case, unless it was a skill like Bei Ming Divine Art that could be obtained without any effort, otherwise even if he practiced hard for ten years, he might not be able to defeat Liu Sheng Piao Xu with just one finger.
If that’s the case, how could he have the mood to learn martial arts from a master?
Isn't that a waste of life?
Of course, if there is an old man named "Bodhi Patriarch" who lives in the Xieyue Sanxing Cave and is willing to accept him as his apprentice...
Well, this is a dream.
Then again, he now has the key to the Moon Worship Cult's secret treasure house.
Could there be a genuine method of immortality in that secret treasure house?
Thinking of this, Ni Kun couldn't help but ask the question that he was most concerned about:
"Brother Chen, Sister Mei, have you ever heard of the Moon Worship Sect?"
