Chapter 192: Chapter 192: Brahma-I Unity
The green horse didn’t mean any harm, its head hung low, its tongue reaching out to lick Shi Xiaole’s cheek. Shi Xiaole hastily invoked the Tianluo movement technique to dodge.
A wet trace streaked across his face. Shi Xiaole was horrified to find that he couldn’t evade the ’sneak attack’ of the green horse. Moreover, the green horse didn’t have the typical smell of a horse but a faint fragrance instead.
Neigh.
The green horse happily neighed, rubbing its head against Shi Xiaole’s neck in an extremely affectionate manner.
Moved by the horse’s gesture, Shi Xiaole couldn’t help but pat its head. The green horse immediately lay down halfway and relaxed on the grassland, appearing to enjoy it so much that it almost fell asleep.
With a rare grin on his face, Shi Xiaole walked towards the stone table and opened the box. Inside, there were three items: a secret manual, a letter, and a black metallic cylinder about three inches long.
Shi Xiaole first opened the letter.
"Fated one, if you can open this letter, it proves you have passed my test. If anyone removes my skeleton, the whole tunnel will collapse, and everything will cease to exist."
Reading this far, Shi Xiaole felt lucky.
"I am the 32nd sect leader of the Positive Pole Sect from Yunfeng Domain. After retiring, I roamed around the world, fell ill due to missing my lover, and passed away here, unwilling to set foot in the mortal world again. Fated one, once you have mastered the Yangxuan Heavenly Scripture, I hope you can pass it on to the current Sect Leader of the Positive Pole Sect. I will be greatly indebted."
"There is also a secret weapon in the box, the Storm Pear Blossom Needles of the Shu Tang Sect, I’ll leave it to you as well... Hahaha, with your aptitude, within twenty years, you may reach the peak of martial arts, making a name in the martial world and not letting my techniques be buried in the dust, which would be extremely comforting!"
Putting down the letter, Shi Xiaole sighed.
This Gu Danchen was indeed quite a character to bury his bones in the wilderness and leave everything behind, which invoked regret.
Picking up the metallic cylinder, surprisingly heavy, he found it to be about twenty pounds. Shi Xiaole noticed that the front end of the cylinder was filled with small holes and the back had a discreet mechanism.
"Storm Pear Blossom Needles, one of Tang Sect’s Hundred Secret Weapons, even a person weak in martial arts can use it to kill a high-level Xuanqi Realm master. And after loading with silver needles, it can be used multiple times."
During this period, Shi Xiaole had learned a lot about the forces of the Flying Horse Dynasty and naturally knew about the reputation of the Storm Pear Blossom Needles, so he promptly put it away in his arms.
Finally, he picked up the secret script.
A second-tier superior grade Internal Power, Yangxuan Heavenly Scripture.
Opening the book and reading page by page, after a while, a shocked expression appeared on Shi Xiaole’s face.
Second-tier superior grade Internal Power was indeed second-tier superior grade. From the introductions and descriptions, Shi Xiaole could imagine the power of this technique.
If cultivated to perfection, one would probably hold a high position even in Qingxue State. But cultivating a second-tier superior grade Internal Power to perfection is too hard.
A person with superior aptitude would need at least ten years, if not more, to perfect a lower-level second-tier Internal Power. However, for a higher-level second-tier Internal Power, which is more than ten times harder, it is essentially impossible.
Even a martial arts genius would need many years to perfect a second-tier superior grade Internal Power.
One should know that among the top sect masters of Qingxue State, who are all gifted, how many of them have perfected their Internal Power?
Of course, some of them are practicing first-tier lower-level Internal Power, which is many times more difficult than a second-tier superior grade Internal Power. But nonetheless, for most people in the world, it is extremely difficult to reach a high level in a second-tier superior grade Internal Power in a lifetime.
From this perspective, Gu Danchen, who created the Yangxuan Heavenly Scripture, could indeed be called a prodigy.
"The Yangxuan Heavenly Scripture is divided into twenty-five realms. If you have not reached the 23rd realm, you can’t break the primal yang[sexual restraint], otherwise, you would lose all your prior achievements and even risk your life."
Seeing this, Shi Xiaole frowned deeply.
This was equivalent to making him avoid all women and temporarily live as a monk. While Shi Xiaole was not a womanizer or overly fantasized about such matters, he disliked restrictions.
In his opinion, any martial art with restrictions could bring unpredictable consequences.
Internal Power has a great influence on martial artists, the higher the level, the greater the impact. When it comes to a second-tier superior level, it is very difficult to change once it is started.
Therefore, Shi Xiaole had to be careful.
Luckily, he still had a trump card - the Grand Wuxia System.
With the Grand Wuxia System, Shi Xiaole could completely memorize the Yangxuan Heavenly Scripture and then use it to exchange for martial arts of the same level.
If he draws Internal Power at that time, he can choose one from the two. If he draws techniques, it indicates the will of heaven, so he doesn’t have to hesitate anymore.
The Yangxuan Heavenly Scripture, with its dense and hard-to-understand tens of thousands of words, did not confuse Shi Xiaole, who possessed an eidetic memory. He then started to exchange it in the system.
A square halo swiftly moved around the second floor of the Martial God Hall.
Fine sweat broke out on Shi Xiaole’s palms.
Although he was considered unbeatable among his peers, he didn’t encounter any genuine talents.
Whether it was Tao Baichuan, Li Wufeng, Song Wuji, or Hou Tianping, they were just small figures at the tail end of the Junior Heroes Ranking.
There’s a vast difference between the top fifty and the last thirty-one in the Junior Heroes Ranking. It’s said that those in the top fifty could defeat the other people in just a few moves.
And the top ten and the bottom ten are of a different concept as well.
So far, Shi Xiaole could only rely on the most powerful Moon Concealing Sword Technique to secure victories. Essentially, he wasn’t much stronger than Hou Tianping.
The most crucial thing was, in recent years, there were endless talents in the martial world, and rumors said the next Martial Arts Grand Competition would exceed all previous ones in terms of the competitors’ level, even being called the best in a hundred years.
Shi Xiaole could completely imagine the grand scene at that time. Even though he had no desire for fame, he did aspire to compete. The whole scene of racing with the currents, breaking through the waves, competing with his peer prodigies, how exhilarating it would be!
But he was too weak.
It wasn’t that his aptitude was weak, or that his comprehension was poor, but rather his foundation was weak.
Given two people with similar overall conditions, one who cultivates a second-tier low-grade martial arts and one who cultivates second-tier mediocre or high-grade martial arts, it doesn’t take much thought to determine who’s stronger and who’s weaker.
Those prodigies on the young hero board all come from renowned sects and the martial arts they cultivate are beyond the imagination of common folk. For Shi Xiaole to compete with his Purple Light Divine Skill and Moon Concealing Sword Technique, it was, after all, a bit too forced.
Therefore, being able to acquire a second-tier high-grade martial arts was enough to excite him, regardless of whether it was internal cultivation or skill tactics.
Under Shi Xiaole’s intense gaze, the square halo finally settled onto a particular spot on the stone wall.
Ding.
"Congratulations, host, you have drawn second-tier top-grade internal skill, the Brahma-I Unity set by Fu Nantu."
His breathing quickly became rapid, and despite Shi Xiaole’s usually steady mind, he found it somewhat difficulty to remain calm at this moment.
It was actually the Brahma-I Unity.
This was a martial arts skill that was famous in the martial world of the Tang Dynasty, deriving from the India’s Crazy’ Monk Fu Nantu.
This skill begins with cultivating the three meridians and seven chakras, although it is closely related to Buddhism, it does have its differences. It is precisely because of this skill that Fu Nantu was fearless, able to journey from India to the Middle Kingdom uncontrolled, undefeated by anyone.
Later, when Kou Zhong and Xu Zilin learned this set of martial arts, their power significantly increased, and it laid an indispensable foundation for them to eventually ascend to the master realm.
However, these reasons alone were not enough to make Shi Xiaole lose his cool.
What delighted him was that this Brahma-I Unity was an extraordinary internal art. The internal power cultivated from it was neither cold nor hot, neither attractive nor repulsive. It was famously bizarre and wicked, it would not make Shi Xiaole’s internal power biased in any way, and it would greatly reduce the difficulty if he wanted to cultivate a more advanced internal art in the future.
In this sense, if he had drawn the Nine Yang Divine Skill or the internal cultivation section of the Nine Yin Scripture, he would not have been as ecstatic as he was now.
Having obtained the Brahma-I Unity, making a choice was not hard. Shi Xiaole immediately abandoned the restrictive Yangxuan Heavenly Scripture. After all, Gu Danchen’s dying wish was to pass the Yangxuan Heavenly Scripture to the next generation of the Positive Pole Sect, and he could just make a trip to the Positive Pole Sect himself when the time came.
Hee, hee.
There was a warm sensation around his neck, it turned out that the mysterious green horse saw that Shi Xiaole was ignoring it and came over to act spoiled again.
"Horse, where did you come from?"
Shi Xiaole suddenly remembered that Gu Danchen had not mentioned the green horse in his letter, which was strange.
The green horse seemed to understand human speech. Upon hearing Shi Xiaole’s question, it squatted down. Seeing this, Shi Xiaole thought for a bit and climbed onto the horse’s back.
Whoosh.
The green figure flickered, covering ten meters in an instant, leaving Shi Xiaole completely stunned.
He found that he had still underestimated the speed of the green horse. Riding on the horse, the surroundings became blurry and receded quickly. Oddly, the wind in his ears was not as harsh as he expected, a result of the speed being so fast that it surpassed the limit.
The valley was uneven, and the green horse’s jumps were large, but Shi Xiaole amazingly didn’t feel the slightest bit of shake, as if he was sitting on a soft sofa. If he was tired, he even thought he could fall asleep comfortably on it.
With a single leap, the green horse reached a height of three zhang (approximately 9 meters) and made its way nimbly through the steep mountains of nearly seventy-five degrees. It managed to climb several hundred zhang (approximately 310 to 600 meters) of the mountain in less than quarter of an hour.
Roar!
The green horse screamed to the sky, the sound echoing far and wide.
Looking at the layers of clouds in the abyss in front of him, the sun seemed to be at the same height. Shi Xiaole felt an upsurge of heroic spirit, feeling as if the world was under his feet.
He lowered his head and saw the endless river at the bottom of the abyss, finally understanding why the green horse had been trapped here. Perhaps the latter accidentally entered here after Gu Danchen passed away.
"Horse, how about I take you away after some time?"
Shi Xiaole asked.
Nee, nee.
The green horse neighed joyfully.
In the following days, Shi Xiaole was completely focused and began cultivating his martial arts. As for the free draw of the system, he thought he would use them all at once later.
Green horse was quite understanding of human nature. Each time it was mealtime, it would bring Shi Xiaole wild fruits it had somehow managed to pick, saving him a lot of effort.
The first thing Shi Xiaole cultivated was the Purple Light Divine Skill.
He had a feeling that after elevating the Purple Light Divine Skill to a flawless state and then starting to cultivate the Brahma-I Unity, he would yield better results.
Half a month passed.
Shi Xiaole was seated on the ground, encircled by a purple aura, which reached a radius of five zhang (approximately 15 meters). This was a precursor to a break through.
Another seven days passed.
The purple aura was vast and expansive, like a precise ripple created by a large rock thrown into a lake. Layers of ripples passed through each other, covering the sky and the earth, shaking loose the nearby flowers and grass.
Purple Light Divine Skill, achieved perfection.
A perfectly achieved Purple Light Divine Skill, unexpectedly increased Shi Xiaole’s internal power by about 20%. However, he didn’t have time to celebrate, immediately concentrating his spirit and delving into the cultivation of the Brahma-I Unity.
The basis of Brahma-I Unity is the ’three meridians and seven chakras’ which is related to the theory of meridians in the secret sect. Fortunately, Shi Xiaole had some understanding of this, so the practice didn’t feel alien.
Time lost meaning in the mountains. In the blink of an eye, three months passed.
