In the early autumn of July, the temperature turns cooler and the sky is clearer.
Outside the capital city, a newly cleared open space now looks like a neat and spacious school ground.
I saw a towering high platform in the middle of the school grounds, with hundreds of chairs placed on all sides; and in a circle further out, dozens of large sheds were erected.
Further away, Zhao Qing stood on the wall of the outer city, holding a thick book in his hand, and sketching with a pen from time to time.
From the corner of her eye, she could catch a glimpse of the school grounds far below. On the side is a turret covered with gray tube tiles and green glazed ridges, which shines in the sun.
The martial arts tournament originally scheduled for early May was postponed by her and him for more than two months. The purpose is to make more adequate preparations and spread the news to all parts of the country, so that more martial arts masters and lay people can come and participate.
It has been three months since Zhao Qing broke into the palace alone. Naturally, she browsed through all kinds of martial arts collected by the imperial court and obtained many magical weapons.
However, there are not many top skills among them, and none can match the profundity of Shenzhao Gong. Even those that can compare with the Blood Knife Sutra, there are only two or three.
The first one is the famous martial arts "Blood Coagulation Divine Claw" by Chen Jinnan of the former Tiandi Hui. It was a secret book accidentally found after the Zheng family's Taiwan was captured.
This skill is an extremely advanced internal energy method that can block blood vessels and even cause the blood to gradually coagulate, quickly losing the ability to fight back.
With Chen Jinnan's skill at that time, the blood in the body of a person caught by this god will slowly coagulate and turn into a paste in three days, which is incurable.
However, his internal strength has not reached the highest level of this martial art. After the dark energy penetrates into the enemy's body, he has to wait for at least half an hour before it starts to take effect. In actual combat with masters of the same level, the effect is not great.
However, at this time, Zhao Qing's Shen Zhao Gong has been fully accomplished. All the meridians in the whole body are unobstructed, and the true energy is flowing continuously. Even the Nine Difficulties and Gui Xinshu in the Deer and Cauldron era were a half-dozen times inferior to her in internal strength, so they quickly mastered this skill. The highest level of gong.
When fighting an enemy, you can use your internal energy to interfere with the movement of the opponent's blood energy. This is somewhat similar to the internal energy interference of the Yi Jin Jing when Xiao Ao Zhong Fang Zheng and Ren Woxing fought against each other, but the effect is much more sinister.
The second sect is the Crane Control Skill, which requires extremely high internal strength. After practicing to an advanced level, you can have the ability to retrieve objects from the air, capture enemies from a distance in a fight, and seize their weapons.
This is not a clever trick such as Xiu Feng, but a mysterious use of internal force, which generates a huge suction force out of thin air.
However, this skill requires both supervision and proficiency before it can exert a powerful effect. Those with low internal strength will gain nothing from practicing it. In fact, the last master to practice this skill to a superior level was Xie Yanke, a layman in the mid-Ming Dynasty.
Zhao Qing used the Shen Zhao Gong of Dacheng Realm to use the Crane Control Technique, and quickly achieved the effect of being able to pick up objects in the air from four to five feet away. However, it was not as powerful as Jiumozhi's Crane Control Technique and Xiao Feng's Dragon Capturing Technique during the Tianlong Period. In comparison, it is still much worse.
It can be inferred that the level of martial arts in the Northern Song Dynasty was indeed much better than that in the Qing Dynasty.
At least, Zhao Qing has the confidence to surpass any master in the entire Qing Dynasty in terms of internal strength. She has practiced the most profound Shenzhao Kung of this era to the upper limit of this internal skill, and there is no way to advance.
The third one on the list is probably a technique called Xuantian Finger. It has the power to condense water into ice when it is extremely cold, and the two index fingers of both hands of the master can be used as weapons. It is extremely powerful and has the ability to hold a sharp blade between its fingers.
In the past, one of the Sun and Moon God Sect practiced this martial art. One of the four friends of Meizhuang, Hei Baizi, was very accomplished in Xuantian Finger, but his skill was indeed inferior. In fact, this martial art is not inferior to the Ice Qi created by Zuo Lengchan.
The reason why it is ranked third is mainly because Zhao Qing has too few opportunities to use it. Deliberately giving up the advantage of having a weapon to fight the enemy with bare hands was not her approach. But Xuantianzhi's method of cooling down the cold also gave Zhao Qing a lot of inspiration, adding various changes in his own internal energy.
In addition to these three schools, Zhao Qing also found secret books such as "Yin Yang Mill, Feifeng Hand, and Diamond Finger" of the Kongtong Sect, and Shaolin's Fuhu Palm, Snow Mountain Palm, and Great Compassionate Qianye Hand, which are between beginners and advanced techniques between.
As well as the Kunlun School's Yudafeihua Sword Technique and Hanmei Sword Formation, Tantra's Big Mudra, Cutting Heart Palm, and Supreme Powerful Pestle, Wuji Sect's "Wuji Boxing Technique" and so on.
These secret books record the best martial arts in the world. Most of them are superior martial arts that ordinary people in the martial arts world would have difficulty accessing in their lifetime.
If he could achieve some achievements, he would be roughly on the level of Yan Daping and Qi Changping. If he could integrate several of them into one, he might not be able to become a top martial arts master on the level of Luohua Liushui.
If you put a copy randomly in the world, although it won't cause a bloody storm, there will definitely be a large number of people vying to snatch it.
But in Zhao Qing's eyes, the level of these martial arts is nothing, and can only be used as nourishment for him to cultivate his internal strength and sword skills.
In addition, among the weapons collected by the imperial court, there are indeed several sharp weapons, such as the dagger in the hands of Manager Sai who had fought with her on the top of Yangxin Palace.
However, in general, the harvest was not satisfactory: although the materials of these weapons were no less than those of blood knives, they did not have the same special experience as blood knives, so the Qi of the Metal Element was not born.
On the contrary, people from the Honghua Society who came all the way from Huijiang brought with them the Hui sword that Princess Xiangxiang used to commit suicide. This sword is extremely sharp, its material is especially superior to that of a blood sword, and its edge has a gleaming purple light.
Zhao Qing didn't know what kind of special metal the purple light was coming from. It might be the material of the Ziwei Soft Sword, but the amount was much smaller.
All in all, this sword relies on a material that seems to be better than ordinary black iron, and a total of three strands of golden energy are born, which is three times that of the blood sword, which is an unexpected gain.
Of course, these are things of the past. After absorbing the golden energy of the dagger and reading the secret books collected by the imperial court, Zhao Qing is now focusing on studying Buddhism and Taoism, hoping to find inspiration to integrate various martial arts.
Now, the volume Zhao Qing is reading at the edge of the city is one of the Taoist canon.
At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, Huang Shang read through the 5,481 volumes of the "Wanshou Taoist Canon" and learned profound martial arts without a teacher.
Although Zhao Qing's reading time was much shorter than his, and his educational level was far less than that of his No. 1 scholar, he still gained many original insights based on superior martial arts and martial arts.
Vaguely, a more advanced internal skill based on Shen Zhao Gong gradually took shape.
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A few days later, the World Martial Arts Competition, jointly organized by many of the world's top masters and government forces, was officially held.
Before the end of the term, thousands of heroes, old and young, had gathered around the high platform in the middle of the school grounds. It was a grand gathering for all the heroes to gather together. Many people who had rarely walked in the rivers and lakes who had lived in seclusion in the mountains and forests also appeared one after another at this time.
Martial arts practitioners from all over the country walked through the authentic areas and surrounded the high platform in the southeast, northwest, and sat on chairs to watch the ceremony.
Ding Dian, Lu Tianshu, Shui Dai, as well as the two top masters from the Northern Four Monsters and Shaolin Temple came to the scene. Di Yun and Qi Fang also came and sat under a shed. They decided that after the conference, they would return to their hometown together and no longer be involved in major affairs.
Under a shed due north, Zhao Qing looked at the noisy Jianghu heroes in the distance, feeling calm in his heart. In fact, after absorbing a large number of excellent martial arts, it is extremely rare for masters in this world to be of benefit to her.
Her expectations for this martial arts tournament were more about getting inspiration from witnessing the heroes competing against each other and trying out their moves, so as to further improve the prototype of her own skills.
Three drums sounded in the distance, and the time had come. Zhao Qing used his Qinggong skills and floated to the edge of the high platform like a light swallow. With his feet a little bit, he rose up from the ground and actually jumped to the top of the flagpole of a giant flag standing on the high platform.
The flagpole only sank slightly and then stayed in place without any movement or fluctuation. The ordinary players in the audience were unaware of the difficulty of this jump, but the masters such as Lu Tianshu and Shui Dai were greatly impressed and couldn't help but cheer.
Zhao Qing glanced at the people in the audience, smiled slightly, and said: "This world martial arts competition is a rare event in the martial arts world for a hundred years. Except for a few seniors and masters, all the heroes in the world are here. here."
"I, Zhao Qing, convened this grand meeting not only to promote China's long-established martial arts, but also to compile a "Weapons Manual" that records the ranking of the masters of the world, so that the heroes and heroes can leave their names for future generations."
The first Zen master of Shaolin Bodhidharma Hall, Fuwu, is a gray-haired old monk. After hearing this, he took the initiative to echo:
"What Benefactor Zhao said is true. Half of the reasons why people of our generation practice martial arts are for fame and fortune. And such a "Weapon Book" has indeed solved the problem of fame.
Bu Wu raised the energy and breath, and said in a loud voice: "Through the point-to-point competition, ranking the world's martial arts rankings, so as to become famous in the world and pass it on to future generations. This is the most reasonable and reasonable way."
"Also, I would like to listen to my advice. If you have any disagreements with each other, it is best not to end it on this stage, otherwise it will violate the original intention of holding this conference."
What's the original intention? Isn't it for the Liancheng treasure? Some people think so.
There are also quite a few people who believe that since the imperial court is involved in the convening of the martial arts tournament, they will not allow the treasure to be lost outside. They are only thinking about how to show off their skills in front of thousands of heroes.
The glory of "leaving a name for posterity" indeed aroused the fighting spirit in their hearts. You must know that even the top masters of every era may not be able to leave their names to future generations. It only takes more than a hundred years for most of them to be forgotten by the world.
For example, when asked about the famous masters in the early Qing Dynasty, basically only the forces with long-standing inheritance in the world can answer. It is quite rare for ordinary people in the world to be able to name Chen Jinnan.
Therefore, it seems that the "Weapons Manual" endorsed by the imperial court is indeed the hope of most Jianghu people to leave their names for future generations.
