Mount Huashan in Xiyue has clear sky and clear air.
Welcoming guests under the pine tree, the pavilion-like canopy of trees casts a green shade.
Yue Pingshan was sitting in the shade, surrounded by a bunch of children who were asking questions. The oldest was ten years old and the youngest was six or seven years old. They were all sons and nephews of the Huashan sect.
"Master Yue, Master Yue." A child was lying on the hot boulder and asked, "Did you see anything new when you went to Huashan this time?"
"Have you met any martial arts masters?"
"How did Uncle Ning die? I remember he was a good person, so why did he suddenly become a bad person?"
"Who is that little beggar named Gouzazhong?"
As soon as someone asked, there would be a lot of chatter and questions.
Yue Pingshan had a doting smile on his face, holding the hilt of the Yinghuo Sword in his hand, the ruby on it shining brightly.
"Come one by one, come one by one." Yue Pingshan said.
So a teenage boy stood up and looked at Yue Pingshan: "Is there a river and lake at the bottom of the mountain?"
"Yes, there are rivers and lakes at the bottom of the mountain." Yue Pingshan nodded and said: "And not only at the bottom of the mountain, there are also rivers and lakes above Huashan."
"It's only because our Huashan Mountain has a profound heritage and many masters guard the mountain gates that we can prevent the young people from invading and give you a peaceful and pure land."
"So Uncle Yue is considered a master?" someone asked again.
"Me?" Yue Pingshan laughed dumbly: "There are mountains outside the mountains, and there are people outside the people. In the ordinary market, I can release my true energy and kill people in ten steps. I can be regarded as a little master, but in front of a real master , but can’t even hold on to a face-to-face meeting.”
"So there are three levels of masters?" A child asked curiously.
"Of course, Jianghu Ninth Grade is not just a joke." Yue Pingshan said.
"Then what is the ninth grade of Jianghu?" the child asked?
"You all know that there are nine ranks of officials in the imperial court, from the ninth rank Sesame Officer to the first rank Taishi Taifu, and above them there is the emperor." Yue Pingshan said with a smile: "Of course there are also some in the world. Ninth grade.”
"There are ordinary gangsters who wield swords and sticks, and there are also swordsman-level masters who kill one person in ten steps and travel thousands of miles without leaving a trace. Many of these are among the ninth rank in this world."
Seeing the children all nodding their heads in confusion, Yue Pingshan continued: "The nine ranks of Jianghu are also divided into upper, middle and lower grades."
"The so-called lower third rank means that he has only learned a few moves, only knows a few tricks to mobilize the body's muscles, and has quick reactions. In an ordinary fight, a warrior with only a ninth rank can beat two or three ordinary big men without any problem. "
"The stronger the strength, the faster the speed, the human power will eventually have its limit, and reaching the seventh level is already the limit for such a martial artist who has not been inherited through the system."
"After all, practicing strength without practicing Qi is all an empty trick."
"If you want to truly enter the martial arts, the circulation of true energy is particularly important. Although the mental methods of practicing internal strength are very different, some are fast and some are slow, and the power is not uniform."
"As well as those who are beginners of internal energy and are unable to use the treasures of the human body and apply themselves, these are not considered to be in the third grade."
"Because martial arts requires both internal and external training, there are also people who only practice internal strength. But unless your internal strength is several levels deeper than others, and ordinary punches and kicks are extremely powerful, then it's a different matter. It's just this level. Generally speaking, people cannot be classified into the middle and third levels. If they achieve 80% of their internal strength, they will go directly to the third level. The best among them is Shaolin's Vajra Indestructible Magic."
"If King Kong is indestructible, he will be a top master of the third level."
The children listened with rapt attention, but some couldn't help but ask: "How does our Huashan martial arts compare with Shaolin's martial arts?"
"The master of Shaolin martial arts, the ancestral court of martial arts, has a long inheritance, and the seven famous sects in the world rank first. This is incomparable." Yue Pingshan shook his head and said: "It's just that those monks don't like to fight and don't go down the mountain very much, but they have so many unique skills and martial arts. You are so strong that you don’t think twice in the world.”
"But then again, martial arts are practiced by people. Any martial arts, once practiced to a profound level, will be infinitely powerful, and internal strength is the key to turning decay into magic."
"The third level of the Middle School focuses on a master who is both internal and external. He is a master who can flexibly mobilize the true energy in his body for his own use. A punch or a palm may seem ordinary, but its power is extraordinary."
"Whatever your favorite Qinggong, acupoint-pointing, ladder, and cloud maneuvers can only be used flexibly by a mid-level master."
"When you reach the middle level of the third level, it is not something that ordinary people can match. The so-called two fists are difficult to defeat with four hands. This is for those martial arts of the lower level of the third level. No matter how strong their martial arts are, they can only be captured without help when surrounded. But for the middle level of the third level, The masters can run fast and strike hard. They can climb over walls and climb mountains and ridges. Even if they are patting a horse, they are out of reach. Therefore, the masters of the third grade are already extremely difficult for the government. If such masters commit crimes, they will be punished. Either invite the masters from the six gates to come and arrest him, or invite us to come down from the mountain and kill the evildoers."
"This is the so-called chivalrous use of force to break the ban."
The children were already listening to it with great interest. They thought that the third level was already so powerful, so what kind of monster would it be if it was the third level?
"What about the third grade?" the children couldn't help but ask.
"Reaching the third level is the so-called master realm." Yue Pingshan said: "Usually, only a third level master can establish a sect, occupy mountains and teach disciples. When they meet in the world, they can be called a master without any loss of value."
"However, for the same three-level Grandmaster realm, the gap between each level may be so large that it is unimaginable."
"The sign of being in the third level is that you are superb both internally and externally. You can release your true energy to the outside and kill people from a distance. This is a requirement for internal strength and true energy. Likewise, your moves and footwork must also be profound, otherwise you cannot be called a master."
When the children heard this, they half understood: "For example?"
"For example?" Yue Pingshan smiled and pressed the hilt of the sword with one hand. No movement was seen, and he saw the Yinghuo long sword in his hand come out of its shell. Yue Pingshan took advantage of the situation and pressed the hilt of the sword, drawing it out in the air. Suddenly, they saw a pine branch falling slowly ten steps away. The children were stunned for a moment, and then cheered loudly.
"Uncle Yue, is he so powerful?"
"You must be a first-grade grandmaster."
"Can I be as powerful as you when I grow up?"
For a while, the children were noisy.
Yue Pingshan sheathed his sword, lay down again under the green shade of the welcoming pine, and grinned: "First-grade Grand Master?"
"It's far, far away."
"I have just reached the third level, so I can barely call myself a master. The second level is a minor master." Yue Pingshan shook his head and smiled.
"Otherwise, I wouldn't have gone down the mountain to be rescued this time, otherwise my head would have been removed and I would have died in a foreign country."
