All five hundred monks in Shaolin Temple surrendered under the leadership of Abbot Juechan.
Xiang Nan detained them separately and asked for Shaolin's best martial arts secrets.
After interrogation, Xiang Nan learned that in this world, there were not as many Shaolin Temple stunts as Jin Yong's 72, and there were only 24 in total.
Among them, six palm techniques, five leg techniques, four boxing techniques, three stick techniques, two sword techniques, one sword technique, one spear technique, one light skill, and one internal skill are all at the level of unique skills. His own unique internal strength and operation methods.
Unlike Luohan Fist, Fuhu Fist, White Eyebrow Cudgel, etc., they are just pure moves and cannot be regarded as unique skills.
What Xiang Nan is most interested in is the internal skill called Golden Bell Glove and the light skill of crossing the river with a reed. As for palm skills, kick skills, boxing skills, etc., they are actually not too important to him.
After all, his Tai Chi is considered a unique skill, no worse than the boxing and palm techniques of Shaolin Temple. He learned the boxing, kicking, and palm techniques from the Shaolin Temple, but it could only be used as a reference, and it was far from achieving the purpose of improving his strength.
Just like Jiumozhi in "Dragon Babu", his own flame sword is already a unique skill. Learning the seventy-two stunts of the Shaolin Temple did not improve his martial arts to a higher level.
The internal skills of the Golden Bell Cover are an advanced version of the external skills such as the Pot Lifting Skill, Iron Sand Palm, and Iron Head Skills that Xiang Nan had previously practiced. It not only strengthens the body and enhances the ability to resist blows, but also strengthens the internal organs from the inside out, making the body function healthier and maintaining optimal condition.
Just like the first enlightened mind in front of the Bodhidharma Hall, he did not retire until he was eighty years old. Before that, his body was very strong and he could carry hundreds of kilograms of large stone mills. Therefore, this skill is naturally excellent for Xiang Nan.
As for the qinggong skill of crossing a river with a reed, it is of course impossible to cross a river with a reed after mastering it, but it can still make a person as light as a swallow. A wall that is usually three or four meters high can be easily climbed by jumping. After completing the course, it will undoubtedly be excellent.
As for sword skills, Tao skills, stick skills, and spear skills, they are also pretty good. Especially the swordsmanship, which provided him with a lot of inspiration to create the Tai Chi Sword, which is also worth the money.
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Xiang Nan then presented the internal strength he had summarized, named "Yi Jin Jing", to Emperor Jiajing.
This "Yi Jin Jing" is compiled based on Patriarch Chen Tuan's "Fei Xijue", Qiu Chuji's "Da Dan Zhi Zhi Sheng Inner Canon", Bai Yu Chan's "Jin Hua Chong Bi Dan Sutra Secret Purpose", etc.
Coupled with Indian yoga, the Baduanjin and Wuqinxi of traditional Chinese medicine, they are all mixed together. Xiang Nan didn't dare to say more about other effects. Anyway, as long as Jiajing is willing to practice, it will definitely have the effect of prolonging life.
However, he knew that practicing martial arts was a very boring thing, and Jiajing had lived a good life since he was a child and could not live a hard life. Just like Tai Chi, he originally learned it happily, but after learning it for a short time, he forgot about it.
For him, this kind of radio gymnastics-like boxing is too tiring to fight, let alone this "Yi Jin Jing".
He just wants to be fresh for two days, and when the freshness wears off, he will throw it aside.
If he wanted to live forever and prolong his life, Emperor Jiajing still wanted to take a shortcut, so he recruited a group of alchemists to burn elixirs and refine mercury to ward off disasters and pray for blessings.
Just like modern people losing weight, they can't keep their mouth shut and can't move their legs, so they hope to lose weight easily by taking a few weight loss pills. That is of course impossible.
Xiang Nan also knew that burning elixirs to refine mercury and praying for blessings to ward off disasters were of no use at all.
Burning elixirs and refining mercury will produce heavy metals. If you swallow them, let alone immortality, you may whimper and mourn on the spot. As for praying for blessings to ward off disasters, it is even more nonsense.
However, Emperor Jiajing was very stubborn. Xiang Nan tried to insinuate him several times. Seeing that he couldn't listen to his opinions, he had no choice but to give up and stop trying to persuade him.
After Xiang Nan mastered the twenty-four stunts of Shaolin Temple, he asked Jiajing to issue an order to send these monks back to Shaolin. After all, he only wanted to learn martial arts and didn't want to hurt anyone.
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"Master, Junbao and I came to see you." Xiang Nan and Junbao stood in front of Jueyuan's spiritual bone tower and worshiped. "My disciple is unfilial and I only come to see you now. I'm really sorry."
"Senior brother, I want to take Master's bone tower to Laojun Temple for burial." Jun Bao said to Xiang Nan.
"Well, take him away." Xiang Nan nodded, "We have become enemies with the Shaolin Temple this time. They can't do anything to us, and they might take it out on Master's ashes. So we'd better take him away."
They confiscated all the martial arts secret books from Shaolin Temple, which is a heinous crime in the martial arts world. If you peek at others practicing martial arts, you have to gouge out your eyes and lose your martial arts skills.
Taking away all the secret books is an unrelenting hatred.
However, Xiang Nan is not afraid. He has martial arts skills and is not afraid of the Shaolin monks seeking revenge. As for other disciples of Taiji Sect, whether they will be chased and beaten by Shaolin Temple monks while walking around the world is none of Xiang Nan's business.
The master leads you in. Cultivation is personal. If you haven't practiced kung fu well enough, it's normal to get beaten.
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After worshiping his master, Xiang Nan returned to the capital.
In the next few years, he still studied martial arts every day and went to the palace to give lectures.
However, he also did several good things. First, he popularized the method of treating smallpox with cowpox, so that this disease, which once wreaked havoc in all directions and caused countless deaths and injuries every year, no longer continued to be vicious. This alone has saved countless lives and won the admiration of people all over the world.
Second, he ordered people to buy sweet potato, corn and pepper seeds from Portuguese merchants in Macau. The yield of sweet potatoes is extremely high. One acre of land can produce nearly a thousand kilograms, which is higher than rice and wheat. Moreover, sweet potato leaves and sweet potato seedlings can be eaten, which greatly alleviates famine.
Corn is also a high-yield crop. Compared with wheat and rice, it has strong drought tolerance, cold tolerance, barrenness tolerance and excellent environmental adaptability.
As for chili, it is a spice and an excellent condiment. Before chili peppers were introduced to China, the spices used by the Chinese were mostly onions, ginger, garlic, pepper, Sichuan peppercorns, dogwood, etc. The introduction of chili peppers has greatly enriched the taste buds of Chinese people.
Third, Xiang Nan contributed methods for making glass, mirrors and cement.
Glass has been around since ancient times, and Chinese people call it medicinal jade. Because locally made glass is not pure enough and has poor heat resistance, it has never become popular.
Xiang Nan knew the manufacturing technology of glass, so he quickly made a large piece of glass and presented it to Emperor Jiajing. He built a palace made of glass in the palace. This made Jiajing very happy and gave it the name Crystal Palace. .
And after glass was made, it was no surprise that mirrors were made. At that time, there were glass mirrors imported from the West in the palace, but Xiang Nan's mirror was larger and produced a more realistic image, which naturally made Jiajing like it more.
Cement is an excellent building material. It can not only build houses, but also build fortifications, build flood control dams, build bridges and pave roads... It can be said to be quite practical.
Emperor Jiajing even gave it the name "Xi soil". In ancient times, Dayu used soil to build dams to prevent floods. Emperor Jiajing felt that cement had this effect.
Xiang Nan, who donated the cement, is naturally a major contributor. And if he can get this treasure, he is naturally a wise and wise king.
Therefore, he gave Xiang Nan a great reward and the title "Fengtian Fu Guotong Wei Qing Xu Yuan Miao Yin Xian Yu Hua Hong Ren Ji Shi Pu Du Zhong Yi Zhenren".
Reward the jade seal of "Explaining Teachings and Protecting the Country", platinum, elegant silk, crown, robes, and mink fur. He governs the three palaces of Chaotian, Xianling and Lingji in the capital, and is in charge of Taoism.
In other words, all Taoist priests in the world are managed by Xiang Nan, which can be said to be extremely honorable.
