The fifth volume is full of awe and martial arts legends Chapter 233: Divine Power
Before he finished sighing, Li Muchan had already drawn his two swords, and saw Hongfa falling down from the Buddhist platform, sitting cross-legged on the ground, his face ashen.
This time he was really going to die.
"Don't be happy too soon. The man in the capital is much more difficult to deal with than me." Hongfa said quietly.
Li Muchan's eyes flickered. "Is that the one with the surname Liu?"
Hongfa lowered his eyes and whispered, "This man also practices Deadwood Zen. Not only that, but the martial arts he's cultivated are incredible. Hehe, he's actually managed to reversely cultivate the Wedding Dress Divine Art with his crippled body by chance, and then used a strange method to transform that fiery, overbearing true energy into the power of the Extreme Yin Divine Water. He only hopes that the yin will be combined with the yang, achieving the power of yin and yang creation, so that he can mend his flaws and become a man again. Now he's in the Leopard Pavilion day and night, gathering yin and replenishing his yin, and I'm sure his magical power is almost complete."
Li Muchan said indifferently: "Is this your last words?"
Hongfa looked at him, his eyes calm, as if relieved, as if letting go. Near death, as if he had nothing more to ask for, he casually tore a piece of lining from the corner of his clothes and said calmly, "That man was supposed to be my disciple. He also learned the Dead Wood Zen from me. Once his divine power reached perfection, his first act would be to support a new emperor and change the ruler of Shenzhou... I give this to you... I hope you can complete the Four Illuminations Divine Power... and stop him..."
He casually threw the cloth away and looked at the shriveled corpse on the altar. He was stunned for a moment, then put his hands together and chanted a Buddhist mantra, "Amitabha, sin, sin."
But unexpectedly, Hongfa waited for a while, but Li Muchan never came to kill him.
Li Muchan had a calm expression. He suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed the cloth while grabbing Hongfa and Shen Tianjun's body in his palm. He jumped out of the Shoufo Hall and disappeared into the continuous mountains and ravines.
Behind him, the disciples of the Azure Dragon Society exclaimed and shouted, "Quick, quickly report to the masters that Shen Tianjun's body has reappeared in the world."
And among the mountains, Hongfa hesitated and asked, "What are you doing? Are you trying to humiliate me again?"
Li Muchan asked, "Old monk, how do you practice the Four Illuminations Divine Art?"
Hongfa was stunned for a moment, then sighed, "So you don't know how to practice."
Li Muchan was carrying a dead man and a dying man, and he walked very fast. With a few leaps, he got rid of the figures chasing him from behind.
"Two miles west, there is a hidden cave. That's where I usually practice martial arts."
Hearing Hongfa's words, Li Muchan took a deep breath, moved a few times in the mountains and forests, and ran quickly. After a while, he found a huge rock half a person's height on the hillside of a low mountain as Hongfa said.
He held his breath and moved it away, and sure enough, a hidden cave was revealed behind it.
There is still light in the cave, and the lights are always on.
Li Muchan only carried Shen Tianjun's body and Hongfa inside, then moved the boulder back to its original position. He then sat on the cushion , staring at the old monk with a half-smile. "Since you are also a great monk, as long as you tell me the truth about the practice of the Four Illuminations Divine Art, I will leave your body intact."
He spoke lightly, as if forgetting the life-and-death confrontation between the two of them.
Hongfa took a few breaths, and the expression on his face actually eased a little.
Li Muchan disagreed. Just now, he had swung his two swords, and this man's heart and lungs were not only destroyed, but his liver and intestines were also broken. It was shocking that he didn't die on the spot. Now he was still breathing, probably because he was relying on the dead wood Zen to stay alive.
Hongfa said weakly, "To be honest, I don't know how to practice it either."
Li Muchan raised his eyebrows and sneered, "If you don't know how to practice, why are you going to so much trouble to find this corpse?"
Hongfa looked at Shen Tianjun's corpse, forcing himself to sit up. After a while, he said, "Alliance Leader Li, you don't know that after mastering the Four Illuminations Technique, the meridians and acupoints will be different from those of ordinary people. We need to peel off the flesh of this corpse with a knife, and then we can find the unusual features. The intersection of blood vessels and meridians will be the acupoints. As long as we understand the trajectory of the true qi and combine it with the withered wood meditation, we can make the Four Illuminations Technique reappear in the world."
Li Muchan just narrowed his eyes and stared at Shen Tianjun's body without responding.
Hongfa continued, "Shen Tianjun has been dead for decades, yet his body still hums with vital energy. He practices the art of dead wood meditation. His internal energy is concentrated and stagnant, like an old tree in winter. Once exposed to an external force, it spontaneously releases energy. If he were still alive, he could regain vitality and awaken from his dead state, just like the return of spring after winter, a dead tree revives in spring. This could also protect him from sneak attacks. But he's already dead. Once this vital energy is released, within twelve hours, his body will turn to dust. You... must think carefully..."
After saying this in one breath, Hongfa took a few more breaths. Every time he exhaled, blood and flesh would flow out from the corners of his mouth. It was obvious that he was seriously injured.
Li Muchan's eyes gradually widened. She saw that Shen Tianjun's clothes had long ago been blown away by the wind, and the corpse seemed to be changing every moment. From its previous lifelike state to its current shriveled state, it was as if the past decades were replaying on this corpse at an astonishing speed.
It seems that what Hongfa said is true. This corpse will probably turn into dust before tomorrow morning.
If the mystery of the Four Illuminations Technique had not been uncovered at that time, this peerless martial art would probably have been lost.
Li Muchan whispered, "Are you going to do it or should I?"
Hongfa seemed to be waiting for these words, and the broken knife in his hand reappeared, "Well, all the sins will be taken by me alone."
He had endured a lifetime of hardship just to witness the wonders of the Four Illuminations Divine Art. Now that it was right in front of him, if he could take a look at it before he died, he would die without regrets and could rest in peace.
"Thank you, Alliance Leader Li, for your help."
As he spoke, he took off the gold and silver gloves and immediately lowered the blade.
This scene seemed to have been rehearsed countless times in Hongfa's mind . The blade passed by the flesh, carefully separating and peeling off the skin of the corpse, revealing the meridians and blood vessels underneath.
This scene is really scary.
The corpse, which originally still vaguely resembled a human figure, was soon skinned and stripped of its flesh, becoming extremely horrific.
But both of them had calm expressions, their eyes moving quickly among the muscles, looking for those unusual meridians and acupoints.
It is said that Qi circulates throughout the body and strength flows through all the bones. Once one is discovered, one can unravel the mystery and find all the meridians and acupoints.
He just kept saying this and that, and who knows how long it had passed. Hongfa's face had turned pale, cold sweat was on his temples, and the broken knife moved even faster.
Suddenly, Hongfa paused with his right hand, his breath trembling, and his voice hoarse, " Found it."
Li Muchan fixed his gaze and looked as he was told. Sure enough, he saw a shallow mark between the dark brown muscles.
It is like the riverbed of a long river after it has dried up, or like a tangled spider web extending outward.
Hongfa did not dare to hesitate. He changed the direction of his knife and began to explore the remaining part along the meridian.
Every time he found an acupuncture point, he would recite its name, "Jiquan, Shaohai...Shenmen, Shaofu, Shaochong..."
Li Muchan's eyes were blazing as he whispered, "Heart Meridian of Hand Shaoyin."
However, the meridians and acupoints seemed to be different from those of ordinary people. The acupoints were shifted, the tendons were widened, and the distribution was completely different from the meridians that Li Muchan knew.
Seeing this, he sighed: "Haha, it's a waste of time."
These meridian acupoints are clearly reshaped after birth. To achieve such changes, one must practice secret methods from a young age when the bones have not yet taken shape and grown.
As his meridians and acupoints have already been formed, it would be a waste of time to practice this skill again.
It seems that I will never be able to obtain magical powers.
