Chapter 012 Dragon Elephant Prajna
Ni Kun got off the carriage with the others, stretching his hands and feet while looking around.
It was nearly dusk, the sky was dim, and surrounded by mountains, it was clearly a mountain valley.
The carriage stopped in the woods, in front of a manor.
The manor was built on the mountain and covered a vast area. It was unknown how many courtyards it had.
There are dense forests on both sides of the manor, a clear stream runs across the front, and on the other side of the stream there is also a dense forest that stretches as far as the eye can see.
Seeing that there were high mountains and dense forests all around, the young men didn't know where they were. Under such tension, even though they regarded each other as competitors and had hidden hostility towards each other, they couldn't help but whisper to each other to ease the tension.
"Quiet!"
Deacon Lin shouted in a low voice, which was like thunder, making the eardrums of the young men buzz, showing his extremely high level of internal strength.
He stood in front of the young men with his hands behind his back and said in a deep voice:
"Next, you will practice martial arts here. If you practice diligently and learn something, you will have a bright future. If you cheat and disobey orders, you will suffer for it! Now follow me!"
After saying this, he waved his hand and walked towards the gate of the manor.
The young men looked at each other for a while, then followed closely.
Ni Kun followed the crowd and walked forward, feeling very surprised:
"Are you really bringing us here to practice martial arts? There won't be such a good thing as pie in the sky, right?"
Although he had doubts about what Deacon Lin said, he decided to make the best of it. Even if the worst happened, Ni Kun had his own support, so he took it calmly.
After entering the manor and handing over to a middle-aged man who looked like a manager waiting in the front hall, Deacon Lin and his companions left directly, and no one knew where they went. Only the seemingly honest middle-aged man was left standing on the steps of the front hall, looking at Ni Kun and others with a smile.
He carefully looked at the young men from left to right, nodded and praised:
"Yes, you are all good guys. Let me introduce myself. My last name is Song, and I am the supervisor here. From now on, you can call me Supervisor Song. As for the purpose of selecting you to come here, Deacon Lin has already said it just now, so I will not repeat it. In short, as Deacon Lin said before, as long as you are willing to practice hard and concentrate on your studies, you will have a bright future.
"As for being sneaky...haha, you have all experienced tragic things, so you know how valuable strength is. I think as long as you are not hopelessly stupid, you will cherish this opportunity.
"Okay, you've all been exhausted from the journey, so I won't say any more today. Go down and rest first."
Immediately, a servant came forward, took the young men away and arranged accommodation for them.
Ni Kun was quite surprised by the accommodation . Every young man had his own private courtyard, and Ni Kun was no exception.
Although the yard is small, in addition to the main house, it also has a separate toilet, bathroom and kitchen.
There were even servants serving.
The servant in Ni Kun's courtyard was a middle-aged man in his forties with a simple and honest face. Although he was a mute and could not speak, he was diligent and quick, and had already boiled hot water and was waiting for him.
As soon as Ni Kun moved in, he took a comfortable hot bath to wash away his fatigue.
After taking a bath, the mute servant prepared the meal, which included two dishes and a soup, both white flour bread, which was very good compared to the free meals provided by the Hanshui faction.
After eating and drinking to his heart's content, Ni Kun took a walk in the yard to digest his food. Then he returned to his bedroom and lay down on the soft and comfortable big bed. He smelled the fragrance of the new bedding and couldn't help but mutter to himself:
Isn't this treatment too good? Could it be that the Yin Gui Sect is really going to recruit a group of core disciples?
After pondering for a while about the possible purpose of the Yingui Sect, the fatigue from traveling all day and night gradually set in. Ni Kun's eyelids became heavy and he fell into a deep sleep.
He slept well that night, and at daybreak, the mute servant knocked on the door to wake him up.
Ni Kun put on his clothes, shoes and socks, and with the help of a mute servant, he cleaned his mouth with a willow branch dipped in green salt and washed his face. After having a breakfast of egg pancakes and millet porridge, he followed the mute servant out of the courtyard and came to a lobby.
After the mute servant brought Ni Kun here, he left alone. Ni Kun walked into the hall and saw that more than 30 young men had come to the spacious hall, and all of them were good-looking.
There were less than ten people who came with Ni Kun yesterday. There were so many people in the hall, which showed that in addition to Deacon Lin's group, there were other people who were looking for handsome boys to send here.
Ni Kun entered the lobby, and without communicating with the anxiously expectant teenagers, he walked straight to the corner of the lobby, watching coldly and listening to the teenagers' whispers as he collected information.
"I am Wang Wu, a native of Huyang, Chongling County. May I ask your name? Where is your immortal hometown?"
"Tao Chun, from Jiangling, Nanjun..."
"Brother Han, where are you from?"
"I'm from Padang County."
After listening for a while, Ni Kun discovered that the young men in the hall came from various places. Some were from Xiangyang, Chongling, Jingling, some were from Nanjun, Badong, Mianyang, and some even came from Jiangxia County .
Although their origins are varied, they all have one thing in common, that is, they all suffered from war and became lonely people.
Ni Kun thought to himself:
"Are they all orphans? That makes sense . The Demon Sect has always had the cruel practice of 'severing worldly ties'. If there were no orphans, they would create them. Now that war is raging everywhere, there are orphans everywhere, which makes it easier for the Demon Sect to recruit people...
"But even if they are all orphans and their backgrounds meet the requirements of the Demon Sect, how can they not look at their qualifications but only their appearance?"
After a while, several more young men arrived, and there were now exactly forty young men in the hall.
At this time, Manager Song brought four sturdy and handsome men into the hall, walked to the front desk, and said with a smile:
"Everyone is here. Now, let's talk about the rules here..."
The rules were explained first, which were nothing more than not leaving the village without permission, not fighting in private, etc.
After explaining the rules, Manager Song clapped his hands again. The four burly men behind him each held a wooden box, took out scrolls of silk books from the boxes, and distributed them to the young men in the hall one by one.
"This is the martial arts you are going to practice."
As the four men distributed the silk books, Supervisor Song explained:
"This skill is called Dragon-Elephant Prajna Skill, and it consists of thirteen levels. When you master each level, you can gain the power of a dragon and an elephant.
"Of course, this is an exaggeration. But depending on the individual's physique, each level of practice can at least increase one's strength by a hundred kilograms. If one practices to the tenth level, one can become a top martial arts master, with a thousand kilograms of strength in every move..."
When Ni Kun heard the familiar name "Dragon Elephant Prajna Kung Fu", he suddenly realized why Deacon Lin had not measured his aptitude before.
Because the Dragon Elephant Prajna Sutra does not require any strong physique at all, so it doesn't matter if you are old.
It is said that even a "stupid" person can master the first level of this skill in just one or two years as long as he is willing to work hard.
What is a "stupid" person? Of course, it refers to the person with the dumbest brain and the worst character.
As long as one has a little bit of talent, it will be no problem to reach the first level in a few months.
If one has excellent aptitude, he or she can master the first level in a month at most.
However, the Dragon Elephant Prajna Sutra has a special feature: each level is twice as difficult as the previous level, and the time required to practice it also doubles.
Therefore, even though the first level only requires one month, the second level only requires two months, the third level requires four months, the fourth level requires eight months...but when it comes to the tenth level, this level alone will take 512 months.
All in all, it takes a total of 1023 months, or a little over eighty-five years, to practice from the first level to the tenth level. If one starts practicing at the age of seven, one has to wait until the age of ninety-two to reach the tenth level. How many people can live so long?
As for the eleventh level, it takes a full 1024 months, or more than eighty-five years, to achieve it. The time required to cultivate this level is equivalent to the time required to cultivate the first ten levels combined.
Therefore, unless one can cultivate to the first level in just one or two days, it is impossible for any person with a normal life span to cultivate the Dragon Elephant Prajnaparamita Merit in his lifetime. Even the tenth level is extremely difficult to achieve.
But the Dragon Elephant Prajna Sutra is, after all, a superior martial art. No matter how easy it is to get started, how is it possible to complete the first level in just one or two days?
It's impossible to accumulate internal strength that quickly.
Even so, in theory, the Dragon Elephant Prajna Sutra is also the best method for training cannon fodder.
Anyway, there is no need to practice to perfection. Just practicing two or three levels will increase your strength by several hundred pounds, and you can become a brave armored soldier.
So the question is - if the Yingui Sect just wanted to train cannon fodder, would it be worth it to go to so much trouble to specifically pick a group of handsome young men to train?
Wouldn't it be enough to directly distribute the first few levels of the skills to peripheral forces such as the Hanshui Sect?
Even if they are worried about the outflow of skills and being obtained by hostile forces, they still train a large number of high-quality cannon fodder. However, according to the characteristic of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Sutra that the difficulty is doubled, as long as they can gain the upper hand for a year or two, they will be one step ahead at every step and basically do not have to worry about being caught up by the opponent.
Dragon Elephant Prajna Kungfu is such an excellent cannon fodder skill, but instead of promoting it widely and training elites, some handsome guys are selected to practice it secretly in hidden valleys...
The intentions of the Yingui Sect are very suspicious.
As for the origin of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Sutra, it is not worth thinking about it.
The world is so chaotic, and Ni Kun has a copy of the "Sunflower Manual" in his hand. What's so strange about the Yingui Sect accidentally obtaining the "Dragon Elephant Prajna Sutra"?
While he was thinking secretly, Manager Song saw that the forty young men each had a scroll of silk book, and he began to explain the first level of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Sutra.
Ni Kun also suppressed his thoughts, spread out the silk book, and listened attentively while comparing it with the first level of the mental method - since even "ignorant" people can practice the Dragon Elephant Prajna Sutra, then I, Ni Kun, should be able to practice it too, right?
After all, my great Ni Kun is also a scholar after all. Although his physique seems to be very weak, his comprehension is definitely not a problem.
