Chapter 110, Borrowing the Secret of Immortality
Two days later, Danyang.
Song Shidao, the son of Tiandao Song Que, took the white-clothed woman whom he had just met in the city and whose name he didn't even know, and two friends out of the city. As they were happily heading towards the Song clan's fleet moored at the dock, two people suddenly came towards them and blocked their way.
Song Shidao was startled and stopped to look. He saw two people blocking the road, a man and a woman. The man was dressed in white, tall and straight, heroic and handsome, with an extraordinary demeanor. The woman was dressed in crimson-purple martial arts uniform, with a slender figure, a long sword hanging from her waist, and a veil on her head. Although it was difficult to see her true appearance, her aura was sharp, giving people a sense of sharpness.
Song Shidao had a feeling that the two men had bad intentions, but he still bowed and said with a gentle smile:
"My two friends are welcome. I am Master Song. What are your names? Please stop me. What can I teach you?"
"My name is Ouyang Feng."
Ouyang Feng looked at the white-clothed woman Fu Jun'er, Kou Zhong, and Xu Ziling behind Song Shidao, and said calmly:
"This trip is not for Young Master Song, but for the two guys behind Young Master Song."
Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling, who originally thought that it had nothing to do with them, were shocked when they heard this. They instinctively guessed that he was Yu Wenzhi's man, but they still pretended to be stupid.
"Looking for us? Mr. Ouyang, we don't seem to know you at all, right?"
"Yes, Master Ouyang, did you find the wrong person?"
While Kou and Xu pretended to be confused, their eyes rolled around and they were secretly planning their escape route.
"No mistake." Ouyang Feng said, "I'm looking for you, the Yangzhou Twin Dragons, Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling."
"..."
Seeing that Ouyang Feng even called out the nickname they had given him in private, Kou Xu couldn't help but widen his eyes with a look of astonishment.
Afterwards, these two guys who were good at currying favor with others quickly looked at Fu Jun'er for help.
Fu Jun'er also ran into her destined enemy.
Her acquaintance with Kou Xu was not pleasant, but after spending only two or three days with the two boys, she inexplicably grew fond of them. She would often shout at them to kill and even call them "puppies", but whenever the two boys got into trouble, she could not help but support them and help them out.
This moment is certainly no exception.
Receiving Kou Xu's pleading gaze, Fu Jun'er took a step forward without any hesitation, standing in front of Kou Xu and said in a deep voice:
"Who are you, sir? Why are you looking for these two guys?"
Ouyang Feng said bluntly:
"I don't have any other purpose, I just want to borrow the 'Eternal Life Secret' from them to see."
He didn't need to get the book himself, he just needed to flip through it and make a copy of it using the Tongtian Baojian.
But Fu Jun'er, Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling thought that he wanted to seize the secret of immortality, and their faces changed immediately.
"You are indeed Yu Wenzhi's man!" Kou Zhong shouted.
Xu Ziling looked around nervously, fearing that Yu Wenzhi was nearby.
"You want to seize the 'Eternal Life Secret' for the tyrant?"
Fu Jun'er's face turned cold, she pressed the hilt of the sword, held the sword across her chest, and said in a cold voice:
"You must first ask my sword if it agrees!"
"gentlemen?"
Seeing this, Shan Wanjing also pressed the hilt of the sword, looking eager to try.
Seeing that the two sides were about to fight, Song Shidao hurriedly tried to smooth things over:
"Master Ouyang, I have heard of the 'Eternal Life Secret'. It is said to be one of the four great books, a Taoist longevity technique. However, it has changed countless owners since ancient times, but no one has ever succeeded in practicing it. I guess the so-called method of longevity is just a vague and false rumor. Besides, a gentleman does not take away what others like. Since the 'Eternal Life Secret' belongs to the two little brothers..."
"Mr. Song." Ouyang Feng interrupted Master Song and said, "What if the 'Eternal Life Secret' of these two boys was stolen from someone else?"
"Uh……"
Song Shidao was startled and looked at Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling. Seeing that they were avoiding his gaze and looked guilty, he was speechless.
Ouyang Feng looked at Fu Jun'er again, "You seem to be injured?"
Fu Jun'er's eyes were sharp, "So what? My sword can still kill people!"
Ouyang Feng nodded and said to Shan Wanjing:
"She is the first disciple of Fu Cailin, the 'Master of Swords' of Goguryeo. She is a rare swordsman. She tried to assassinate Yang Guang three times. Although she failed, she escaped unscathed and earned the name 'Rakshasa Woman'. Wanjing, you can demonstrate your swordsmanship with her. Be gentle and don't kill her."
"One of the three great masters, the first disciple of 'Master Yijian' Fu Cailin, the Rakshasa Fu Jun'er? She is indeed a rare and good opponent!"
Shan Wanjing's spirit perked up, her pupils sparkled, and her sword intent surged. Even though her face was covered by a veil, the fierce sword intent also made Fu Jun'er's heart tremble. "Don't worry, sir. Since she is injured, Wanjing will be gentler."
"Is he Fu Cailin's disciple?"
Song Shidao was stunned for a moment. He fell in love with the woman in white at first sight and wanted to pursue and marry her, but he didn't expect that she was actually a foreigner.
Song Shidao was open-minded and generous by nature. He grew up in Lingnan and had been dealing with the Li and Liao ethnic groups in Lingnan since he was a child. Many of his subordinates were Li and Liao people. He had no discrimination or prejudice against other ethnic groups, but he wanted to marry a woman of a foreign ethnic group as his wife, which was obviously not acceptable to his father.
Just when I was feeling distracted and sad, I suddenly heard the sound of swords clanging and the whistling of swords, and the sharp sword energy cutting my face painfully.
When Song Shidao came to his senses, he saw that the woman in the crimson purple tights had already started fighting with Fu Jun'er.
Fu Jun'er in white was like a ghostly smoke, moving at a dazzling speed. The long sword in her hand swung out a dazzling sword light, and she attacked wildly like mercury pouring out of the ground.
The purple-clad woman has a graceful figure and elegant posture, and moves as fast as lightning. The sword light is sometimes like a rainstorm of meteors, sometimes like thunder and lightning, and sometimes like a rainbow piercing the sun, giving people a thrilling feeling that is both beautiful and dazzling, and extremely dangerous.
Song Shidao came from a prominent family, and although he had not practiced swordsmanship, his martial arts skills were quite high and his eyesight was extremely accurate. He could see at a glance that although Fu Jun'er seemed to be evenly matched with the purple-shirted woman, her momentum was gradually suppressed by the woman and he was gradually falling into a passive position.
And given the purple-clothed woman's fierce and dangerous swordsmanship, once the winner is decided, Fu Jun'er will most likely be seriously injured or even die on the spot.
Song Shidao was very anxious for a moment and was about to ask Ouyang Feng to stop the fight, but when he glanced sideways, he saw that Ouyang Feng had arrived next to the two guys Kou and Xu, and was reading a silk book that seemed to be woven with gold thread.
Kou Xu stood still, his eyes darting around, his face full of panic, but he couldn't make any movement. It was obvious that his acupoints were controlled.
"Master Ouyang!"
Seeing that Ouyang Feng did not kill the two boys, Song Shidao did not care about the two pickpockets for the time being. He walked over quickly and bowed deeply to Ouyang Feng, "Miss Fu is injured. This fight is not fair. I beg Master Ouyang to stop the fight. Song will be grateful."
Ouyang Feng was looking through the "Eternal Life Secret". As he was reading, he glanced at Song Shidao and thought that Song Que, who was the best swordsman in the world, had raised a bunch of pacifists - his son Song Shidao was a kind and honest gentleman, and his daughters Song Yuhua and Song Yuzhi were not politically savvy, forcing Song Que, who had no successor, to put the chip on Kou Zhong.
But who would have thought that Kou Zhong was an even bigger scumbag, who abandoned half of his empire, his loyal subordinates, his adoptive father, and his father-in-law.
It can only be said that although Song Que is highly skilled in martial arts and military tactics, his judgment of people is really worrying. He not only misjudged his sworn brother Jie Hui, but also misjudged his son-in-law Kou Zhong.
While he was sighing in his heart, he had already finished reading the Book of Immortality, and used the "Treasure Mirror for All Heavens" to print all the seven qi-circulating diagrams of the Book of Immortality, as well as all the more than 7,000 oracle bone inscriptions, including the translations and annotations of more than 3,000 oracle bone inscriptions, into the mirror.
After that, he closed the silk book and stuffed it back into Kou Zhong's chest. He waved his sleeves, untied Kou and Xu's acupuncture points, and said to Master Song:
"Since Master Song is worried, why don't you come forward to help?"
Song Shidao smiled bitterly, "Brother Ouyang, please stop joking. If I take action, how could you just stand by and watch?"
Ouyang Feng said calmly: "Fu Jun'er is the only disciple of a great sword master in the world. It is not easy to find such a sword opponent. Let them fight for a while. If there is any danger, I will stop it."
Song Shidao had no choice but to suppress his anxiety and continue watching the battle.
At this time, Shan Wanjing and Fu Jun'er had already fought for hundreds of moves, both of them had exerted their full strength. As they chased each other and fought, the grass and small trees on the side of the road were all destroyed by the sword energy and scattered all over the ground. Even the ground was covered with sword marks in all directions, all of which were caused by the overflowing sword energy.
Seeing that the two men's sword moves were becoming more and more dangerous, they might lose control if they continued to fight, and they would not stop until a victory or even a life-and-death struggle. Ouyang Feng stepped forward and said in a deep voice:
"That's it for now."
Upon hearing this sound, Shan Wanjing immediately used "Beidou Death" and the sword light split into seven parts, killing seven people in an instant. When Fu Jun'er was forced to return to defend, she flew out of the battle group and returned to Ouyang Feng.
Judging from the fact that she was able to stop and retreat on her own initiative, she had the upper hand in this fight.
"Sir, if I use 'Flying Fairy from the Sky', I will definitely be able to defeat her."
Shan Wanjing's cheeks flushed, her eyes sparkled, and she looked as if she was still unsatisfied.
Fu Jun'er was breathing rapidly, her face was pale, her forehead was covered with sweat, and the hand holding the sword was trembling slightly. It was obvious that her injuries had worsened.
"She was injured and not in good condition. Your victory was unfair." Ouyang Feng said calmly, "If you can defeat her without killing her with 'Flying Fairy from the Sky', then your swordsmanship will be considered to have truly surpassed her in all aspects."
Shan Wanjing is currently in the "showing her edge" stage, and is unable to restrain her sword intent and hide her edge in the sheath. Naturally, her most fierce killing move can only be launched but not retracted. Once she uses the "Flying Fairy from the Sky", it will be a matter of life and death.
Of course, the one who will die will be Fu Jun'er.
However, Fu Jun'er was taught by the grandmaster himself, and she also had a secret technique that allowed her to sacrifice her life. In the original world line, it was with this secret technique that she severely injured and forced Yu Wenzhi to leave.
Therefore, even if Shan Wanjing could kill Fu Jun'er, Fu Jun'er's counterattack before her death would be enough to seriously injure Shan Wanjing.
Now that the "Eternal Life Secret" was in hand, and Shan Wanjing had also witnessed the swordsmanship of the disciple of the most powerful swordsmanship grandmaster in the world, Ouyang Feng did not stay any longer, and nodded slightly to Master Song, "Mr. Song, I will say goodbye now."
After saying that, he took Shan Wanjing and headed straight for Danyang City.
Song Shidao, Fu Jun'er, Kou Zhong, and Xu Ziling all looked confused and still haven't fully understood what had happened.
That Mr. Ouyang actually just borrowed the Secret of Immortality for a "look", and after taking a look at it, he returned the book to Kou Zhong.
There was no life or death battle with Fu Jun'er, it was just a sparring match.
So, what on earth was Mr. Ouyang thinking?
Not only did they not understand, Shan Wanjing was also quite puzzled:
"Sir, you came here by speedboat for the 'Eternal Life Secret' and even followed the Song clan's ship for two days and nights. You finally found the 'Eternal Life Secret', so why did you return the book to those two guys?"
Ouyang Feng put his hands behind his back and said leisurely:
"Now that I've seen it, I'll naturally return it to those two guys."
"Have you seen it?"
Shan Wanjing looked bewildered and casually flipped through the book for dozens of breaths. Did that count as having read it?
"I have memorized the whole book. It doesn't matter if I have the book or not."
Shan Wanjing came to her senses at this moment. Yes, sir, as a celestial being, isn’t “photographic memory” a basic ability?
After understanding this, she asked curiously:
"Sir, can this 'Eternal Life Secret' really make people immortal?"
"Of course the Art of Immortality can make one live forever." Ouyang Feng said, "The author of the Art of Immortality is the ancient golden immortal Guangchengzi. This is not a rumor. If one can cultivate the Art of Immortality, it is not impossible to achieve immortality."
Shan Wanjing believed what the gentleman said without a doubt, but she still had some doubts:
"Then why is it that since the Immortality Secret was passed down, none of the owners have been able to cultivate the method of immortality?"
"Like peerless martial arts, the Art of Immortality is not something that everyone can practice. This strange book is extremely demanding on aptitude, and there are several difficult hurdles in practice. If you can't break through them, and practice forcefully, you will only go astray."
"Sir, do you think Wan Jing has the qualifications?"
Since the teacher said that the secret of longevity can be practiced, Shan Wanjing naturally wanted to ask about her own qualifications.
She was not greedy for immortality, but she felt that if she could cultivate an immortality tactic as famous as the "Heavenly Demon Strategy", perhaps her path to becoming a sword immortal would be smoother.
After all, although she was born in the Demon Sect and practiced the martial arts in the Heavenly Demon Strategy when she was a child, ever since she broke away from the sect and betrayed her religion, Shan Meixian no longer taught her the Demon Sect's internal skills and instead taught her other internal skills. Although these were also the superior internal skills that the Demon Sect had plundered and collected over the years, they were certainly inferior to the Four Great Books.
Besides, the "Heavenly Demon Strategy" mastered by the Yingui Sect is not complete to begin with, and neither the "Heavenly Demon Secret" nor the "Channu Dafa" of the Yingui Sect are in line with the path of sword immortal that she wants to follow.
"you?"
Looking at Shan Wanjing's expectant eyes, Ouyang Feng pondered for a while and said:
"Let me ponder for a while, and then see if there is anything suitable for you to practice."
The seven pictures of Changsheng Jue correspond to the seven attributes of "Five Elements, Yin and Yang" respectively.
But it does not mean that knowing this and the secret of practicing the Longevity Technique will allow you to practice smoothly.
The seven pictures of the Changsheng Jue not only correspond to seven attributes, but also to seven kinds of root bone qualifications.
The reason why Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling were able to practice the last two pictures was because the two dragons, as the protagonists of the era, not only had extraordinary comprehension, but also happened to have two special physiques, one yin and one yang. They each practiced the last two pictures suitable for them based on their instincts. When they practiced, they had no internal strength, and their martial arts skills were almost zero. There was no "obstacle to knowledge and perception", and they accidentally met all the conditions for practicing the Changsheng Jue.
Therefore, even if one can meet the other conditions for practicing the "Eternal Life Secret", if one does not have the innate aptitude corresponding to the five elements or the yin and yang attributes, one will not be able to achieve any success.
Although Shan Wanjing has high aptitude and has obtained the Tongtian Spirit Seed and Yi Jin Duan Gu Chapter to improve her root bone endowment, it is really uncertain whether the Yin and Yang attributes of the Five Elements can meet the requirements of the Changsheng Jue.
(End of this chapter)
