Chapter 48: Martial Arts

  By the way, if you haven't seen Roman Holiday, go take a look. Although it's an old movie, it's really good. At the same time, thank you to Tian Xun and Shen Wang for saying I'm too ordinary.

  The crew arrived at Daluo Temple and did not shoot the shot of the lion's mouth. Perhaps feeling the sincerity of Daluo Temple, Director Chen took many more exterior shots, and Wu Yuan and Yu Xianrong supplemented some shots.

  Have to admit, the scenery of Daluo Temple is very beautiful, with lush trees, ancient temples with a hint of old fragrance, and a 300-year-old temple that gives people a sense of elegance and refinement amidst the hustle and bustle of the city.

  Hmm, maybe the only problem is that Master Yuan Zheng looks like a businessman no matter how you look at him. He doesn't have the air of a high-ranking monk and isn't particular about etiquette. With his quick wit and speech, he quickly reached an agreement with the crew.

  It's already evening now, after eating Su Zhai, everyone is following Yuan Cheng Fangzhang to visit the Daluo Temple.

  "This is the scripture storage room of our temple, which houses over 10,000 volumes of Buddhist scriptures. If Master Wu is interested, he can enter and browse them. The scene of the movie 'Burning of the Great Temple' was filmed here."

  The Burning of the Da Luo Temple Wu Yuan naturally knew that it was a martial arts action film, centered around a martial arts manual called Yi Jin Jing, which produced a series of joys and sorrows.

  "Does Daluo Temple still have the Yi Jin Jing?"

  The speaker was Wu Yuan, who had been studying the internal heterogeneity scenario recently, but unfortunately there was no progress.

  "There are various versions available. If Wu Shi is interested, he can enter and browse them. The Da Luo Temple has not only the Yi Jin Jing but also many other martial arts secret manuals. However, those things..."

  He smiled and said mysteriously, "There are also people in our temple who study it, but unfortunately, no one has succeeded."

  "Someone is actually practicing martial arts and wants to cultivate immortality?"

  The young man from the crew spoke with a look of yearning on his face, "What level have you cultivated to."

  "It's just for physical exercise."

  Yuancheng Fangzhang smiled slightly and said, "As for becoming an immortal or a Buddha, no one has been able to achieve that yet."

  "Cultivating immortality?"

  Wu Yuan's heart skipped a beat as he suddenly thought of something.

  "Uh, speaking of cultivating immortality, countless people have devoted themselves to it over the years. After all, 500 years ago, many people succeeded. Now there are many scammers in the market, what spiritual energy cultivation, what magnetic force cultivation... some people even put a transformer next to them when meditating, saying that the electric current passing through the body can be converted into true energy... someone from Qingxu Temple did that and was electrocuted to death two years ago..."

  Hei Qi's rival, Yuan Cheng Fang Zhang, was not polite at all.

  "Hush!"

  This sentence was like the Huangzhong Dali, echoing in Wu Yuan's mind, just like a ray of sunlight passing through the clouds, and Wu Yuan suddenly grasped something.

  Cultivate immortality!

  For five hundred years, no one has succeeded in cultivating it, all because it was forbidden by the Tathagata Buddha, but the stone monkey on his body is a small incarnation of the Great Sage Equal to Heaven.

  He's really an idiot, a super idiot. He discovered the heteromorphism in his body and started exploring it on his own, but he didn't think that there were endless treasures waiting for him outside.

  Those divine skills for cultivating immortality have been thrown into a corner and are gathering dust.

  If he could cultivate immortality, then...

  "Once you've said it, I'm interested. Can you recommend a few cultivation manuals for me to take a look at? Which one is effective?"

  The little drama said, he suddenly became enthusiastic.

  "It's very effective, the problem is that you can't master it, nobody can master it. If someone really mastered it, we wouldn't need to use wires or computer special effects when filming martial arts movies."

  The speaker was Director Chen, and then Xue Wei'er continued: "Wanting to cultivate immortality, there are many heart methods, the library has countless rare books, after the great calamity that year, those untransmitted secrets became worthless, and many were passed down."

  You want to learn Xian, it's better to learn the skills of strengthening your body first, such as that book over there, Shaolin's Yi Jin Jing is very good. If you can persist in practicing for twenty years, when you reach forty, you will find that your body is as healthy as a thirty-year-old.

  Xue Wei'er smiled and pointed to a book on the nearby bookshelf.

  "Really?"

  "It's really not too late, from now on, insist on exercising for three hours every day, after twenty years of exercise, your body will definitely be very healthy, and whether you have practiced Yijinjing or not is irrelevant."

  "...... I thought it was really going to work out, by the way, this Easy Tendon Classic, is it the original from back then?"

  "Of course not, this Yi Jin Jing has been reduced by 100%."

  After the great calamity, all kinds of divine skills and secret books were scattered all over the streets. The cultivation methods recorded in them were so profound that even emperors couldn't grasp them, let alone ordinary people.

  No innate spiritual energy, no divine elixirs or magical medicines, no sacred stones or talismans, no blessed lands or heavens. Wanting to cultivate successfully is like trying to manufacture computer chips in the era of primitive humans.

  Then, the work of cutting down began, removing all sorts of necessary conditions and chopping off external factors that couldn't be done, then everyone started trying to cultivate, only to find it didn't work, and continued to cut down and change, continuing to cultivate.

  The true energy turned into internal power, the internal power turned into external work, and the external work became what is called gymnastics. The "Easy Tendon Classic" referred to by Xue Rongrong was actually just a way of exercising the body.

  "This manual is already very good, if you want to find the original cultivation, the Royal Library has it, but the problem is that those conditions and requirements inside, you can't do them in this lifetime. By the way, Wu Yuan, don't randomly read or learn from those books online, they're all wrong and can easily lead to mental illness."

  Yu Xianrong took down the book and put it into Wu Yuan's arms. Wu Yuan flipped through it, finding that it was published twenty years ago with a print run of 400,000 copies.

  "This version is good, with very detailed corrections. If you achieve anything in your practice, remember to teach me."

  Looking at the puzzled Wu Yuan, Yu Xianrong smiled and said, "The ancients could refine their qi, but now we can only cultivate our tendons and bones. This Easy Tendon Classic is about how to exercise your tendons and bones."

  One method is to have someone use all their strength to grip a peach pit for as long as possible.

  "It sounds easy, but it's hard to stick with it. However, if you can really stick with the above exercises, they are very beneficial for your body."

  Alright, Wu Yuan had nothing more to say. When martial arts had degenerated into a form of exercise like running, people naturally no longer had any reverence for it.

  "Right, if you really want to cultivate, I have a Taoist cultivation method on my phone that I can send to you later. They are all corrected and won't produce any problems, but also won't produce true qi. The biggest benefit is that it can calm your mind and spirit."

  Wu Yuan smiled wryly. This kind of secret recipe was really making his head ache, but it could also be explained clearly. Teaching primitive people calculus was not as good as teaching them 1+1.

  "By the way, Mr. Wu, we also have Shaolin's 72 ultimate skills here..."

  He pointed to a row of secret books not far away, with a very sincere attitude.

  "What's the use of Shaolin Temple's 72 ultimate skills? Now there are only two distinctions: killing techniques and striking techniques. The ancient manuals can't be practiced, now they just look fun. Wu Yuan, don't be deceived..."

  Director Chen's nature is very high, he used to be a martial arts coach and has a deep understanding of many internal affairs.

  "En, I will cultivate it, but I don't want to be a monk, I still prefer the Taoist secret recipe."

  As he spoke, Wu Yuan took down a book from the bookshelf, "Shaolin 72 Supreme Techniques - Great Power Vajra Palm", and put it in his bosom.

  Five hundred years ago, Shaolin Temple was just a small sect, the highest elder in the sect was only a high-ranking master of the Refining Qi period, but time flies, and now Shaolin Temple has become a banner of Buddhism.

  Times are changing, everything is changing. No one considers the legendary manual of that year as a treasure anymore, unless someone can re-take the path to immortality and cultivate true energy again.

  Wu Yuan put the ancient book of Yi Jin Jing into his bosom, which had the running route of true qi, and this was the foundation of all ancient martial arts.

  What does losing inner energy or true qi mean for martial arts?

  There are countless muscle fibers in everyone's body. If these fibers work together at the same time, they can produce a force of more than twenty-five tons.

  But in reality, no one can achieve it.

  However, five hundred years ago, some powerful people could easily throw giant elephants with a flick of their sleeves.

  The true energy in the human body is like gasoline for a car or electricity for an appliance. Without it, everything fundamentally does not exist.

  But... with a subtle expectation in his heart, Wu Yuan felt the warmth flowing through his body.

  He is really different from others.