The Villain's Counterattack

Chapter 405 Jiumozhi: I’m late

Tianlong Temple is the royal temple of Dali. The ancestors of the Duan family who were emperors often abdicated and became monks in Tianlong Temple. Therefore, Tianlong Temple is the ancestral temple of the Dali royal family and the most honorable among all the temples in the country.

Ever since Murong Fu intimidated the monks with his finger techniques and obtained the Six Meridians Divine Sword, he has actually brought many benefits to the Duan family in Dali. Whether it is the internal power techniques, martial arts secrets or medicinal food prescriptions, they are all valued by Tianlong Temple and Emperor Baoding. As a result, Emperor Baoding and Duan Yu have been visiting Tianlong Temple many more times.

This time, the Tubo national teacher Jiumozhi sent a visiting card to ask for the Six Meridians Divine Sword. Although the reason was quite ridiculous, the visitor was extraordinary, so they had to be careful and cautious. If they were not careful, it would cause a dispute between the two sides. If Tubo invaded on a large scale, the Dali Kingdom would surely suffer a lot. They had to deal with it carefully.

Duan Zhengming's martial arts skills are much stronger than before. The monks in Tianlong Temple have also made great progress with the help of medicinal food. Only Zen Master Kurong has not yet mastered the Kurong Zen skills and it will take some time to achieve great success, but his internal strength is definitely the best in Dali Kingdom.

Because Duan Yu practiced the "Purple Air Coming from the East" arduously, he had to absorb the internal energy that the monks were unable to absorb and transform in the initial period. He was quite friendly to them. This time, he came again and was valued by Zen Master Kurong and was brought by his side.

Although Master Xuanbei and Master Huangmei were monks, they were guests and only witnessed the incident with no intention of taking any action. Ma Dayuan was under strict protection and refused to leave the two masters' side. Fortunately, he had most of Ma Dayuan's memories, and with his knowledge of the Vajra Finger and Vajra Palm in the previous world, he was able to talk to them.

Zen Master Kurong was different from before. This time he planned to suppress the Tubo national teacher Jiumozhi with force and show the power and majesty of the Dali Duan family. A few years ago, Murong Fu came to visit with a very humble status and did not use any threats or inducements. The reason why he obtained the Six Meridians Divine Sword was more because Zen Master Kurong was too playful and played too much.

This time, the Tubo State Master Jiumozhi came with ill intentions, and Zen Master Kurong also had a bad temper. For the sake of long-term stability in the future, he did not intend to back down, but just wanted to intimidate the visitor. He was afraid that only five monks might not be able to succeed, so he asked Emperor Baoding to shave his head in advance and make him the sixth person.

Emperor Baoding Duan Zhengming has been cultivating himself over the years and has also learned the "Purple Qi Coming from the East Divine Art". His internal strength is even better than Duan Yu's, but he is more suited to the One Finger Zen and has only learned the Guanchong Sword of the Six Meridians Divine Sword.

"The Great Wheel King of the Great Snow Mountain is pretending to be the old donor Murong and trying to borrow the sword manual. If Master Murong comes forward to stop him, can he dispel his delusion?" Abbot Benyin had a good impression of Murong Fu. In addition, he married Wang Yuyan and Zhong Ling, two women with the blood of the Dali Duan family, successively, which made Abbot Benyin subconsciously regard him as one of his own.

Emperor Baoding Duan Zhengming knew more about Murong Fu. Upon hearing this, he shook his head slightly and said, "Young Master Murong heard that the Xixia Yipintang had entered Dali, so he went to deal with it himself. He will return to the Song Dynasty soon. He will be prepared to protect Deputy Leader Ma along the way and will not easily show himself in public until he is sure that he has returned to the Beggars' Sect headquarters. Moreover..."

"In my opinion, Patriarch Murong is just using that as an excuse. Even if Young Master Murong were to speak out in person, it wouldn't necessarily dissuade him. It might even put him in a disadvantageous position. While Young Master Murong might not be afraid of the Tibetan Imperial Master, he's likely to attract attention. The claim that Murong was the master of martial arts is clear evidence of this."

"Amitabha, although Master Murong has obtained the supreme skills of my Tianlong Temple, he has never shown it to anyone, otherwise the Great Wheel Vajra King would not be unaware of this. Compared with the Great Wheel Vajra King, Master Murong is truly a trustworthy person." Abbot Benyin praised Murong Fu highly, and Emperor Baoding nodded in approval.

"When Young Master Murong was the prefect of Yazhou, he fought a fierce battle with King Dalun on the border, but the outcome was inconclusive. His Douzhuanxingyi magic skill was on full display, but he never showed the Six Meridians Divine Sword, nor did he mention this magic skill. Perhaps it was because of this that King Dalun wanted to pursue higher-level martial arts, and that's why he set his sights on the Six Meridians Divine Sword of the Duan family of Dali." It has to be said that Emperor Baoding really guessed right. However, even if that didn't happen, according to history, Jiumozhi would still be obsessed with the Six Meridians Divine Sword.

In the other side hall, Master Xuanbei, Monk Huangmei, and Deputy Gang Leader Ma, though they didn't hear the details, understood the general idea. They were equally surprised that Murong Fu had acquired the Dali Duan Clan's Six Meridians Divine Sword. However, they also had their own theories about why Murong Fu never used this magical skill. Their common understanding was that the Six Meridians Divine Sword, like the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms, required too much internal energy and consumed a lot of energy. Murong Fu was too young to use this skill as a regular method.

Is this really true?

That wasn't the case. Murong Fu, who had earlier cultivated the Nine Yang Divine Art to great perfection, had an endless supply of Qi that recovered incredibly quickly, even allowing him to unleash the Six Meridians Divine Sword. Not to mention his current mastery of the Northern Ocean Divine Art, where his internal strength had skyrocketed to the point of being considered the pinnacle of his realm. It was just that the Six Meridians Divine Sword was someone else's martial art, and he didn't want to cause trouble. Besides, his own martial arts were more than adequate. Was it the Finger of the Three Meridians that wasn't as good, or the Star-Shifting Divine Art that wasn't impressive enough?

Ever since Murong Fu got a copy of the Six Meridians Divine Sword, the attitude of Tianlong Temple towards this magical skill has changed. On the one hand, they are more vigilant against outsiders, but on the other hand, they are less alert to their own people. When Zen Master Kurong and Abbot Benyin were teaching Emperor Baoding, the other monks were also becoming more familiar with it and actually allowed Duan Yu to run around and watch.

Not only that, if Duan Yu asked Zen Master Kuruo about something he didn't understand, he would be told in a low voice by him, while other senior monks of the same generation would just pretend not to see it. It has to be said that Duan Yu and the Six Meridians Divine Sword were quite compatible, and he actually learned most of it overnight, but he himself didn't know it and had never practiced it.

When the sky was bright the next day and the feeling of hunger began to grow in his stomach, the Great Wheel King Jiumozhi came to the door with great fanfare, and the atmosphere in the Muni Hall suddenly became solemn.

Abbot Benyin personally came out to greet and lead Jiumozhi to the front of the hall. He clasped his hands in greeting to Master Kurong and said, "Jiumozhi, a junior from the Tibetan nation, pays his respects to the senior master. There is permanence and impermanence, twin trees wither and flourish, north and south, east and west, nothing is false nor empty!"

Duan Yu was quite proficient in Buddhism, but he was young and not very knowledgeable after all, and he knew very little about Master Kurong's martial arts. He was not surprised but rather suspicious. Instead, it was Master Kurong who was frightened. After a verbal argument between the two, Master Kurong was at a disadvantage.

Then, Jiumozhi used Murong Bo as an excuse to offer three volumes of martial arts essentials in exchange for the Six Meridians Divine Sword, saying, "These three volumes of martial arts essentials were written by Mr. Murong himself. They explain the essence, training methods, and ways to break the Shaolin School's seventy-two unique skills."

As soon as these words were spoken, the faces of the monks in the Muni Hall became slightly subtle, and most of them were shocked. In the side hall, Master Xuanbei and Master Huangmei looked at each other. Among the two, Master Xuanbei was born in Shaolin, so he naturally knew the difficulty of practicing the seventy-two unique skills. Master Huangmei was proficient in the Vajra Finger and had a close relationship with Shaolin. It took him decades of painstaking research to practice the Vajra Finger before he achieved what he has today. But Murong Bo was actually proficient in all the essentials, training methods, and ways to crack the seventy-two unique skills.

How can this be? !

Could it be that the rumor in the martial arts world that all martial arts came from Murong is not false, and even the 72 Shaolin unique skills are still preserved in the Murong family?

Master Xuan Bei thought carefully about what he knew about the Murong family. Surprisingly, Murong Fu left the deepest impression on him. He was a martial arts prodigy, with unfathomable martial arts skills. Even he himself was no match for him. His internal strength, palm techniques, sword techniques, finger techniques, boxing techniques, and even hidden weapons were all unique. However, the most powerful skill was still the Dou Zhuan Xing Yi magic skill, which could be called the nemesis of all martial arts in the world.

I have known Murong Fu for quite some time, but I have never seen him perform Shaolin martial arts. However, the Sky-Flipping Palm seemed to have some shadows of Shaolin martial arts, but it was very different from all the Shaolin palm techniques, and was definitely not any of the 72 Shaolin unique skills.

As for the many masters under the Murong family, none of them seemed to have used the 72 Shaolin unique skills. On the contrary, their own martial arts were not inferior to the martial arts ranked lower among the 72 unique skills.

Master Huangmei's thoughts went back to forty-three years ago, when that fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy had defeated him with just one finger. If he had not been born with special abilities, he would have died under the other's finger. The boy had used the Vajra Finger, which he was most proficient in and proud of.

Could it be that the fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy from forty-three years ago was really Murong Bo's benefactor? Was he truly proficient in the seventy-two Shaolin secret techniques?

But why is it that in Murong Fu's generation, there is no trace of the 72 Shaolin secret techniques?

Was it accidentally lost? Or was it that this was not the orthodox Murong family tradition from the beginning, and that the elder Murong Bo had taken the wrong path, while the younger Murong Fu was the right one.

Judging from his achievements in the martial arts world, Murong Fu was undoubtedly more famous, and his subordinates were also more massive and wealthy. However, Murong Bo had a wide network of contacts back then, and it was said that the abbot also had a close relationship with him.

Then, when Jiumozhi displayed the "Flower Picking Finger," "Dora Leaf Finger," and "Formless Robbery Finger," everyone was quite surprised to see that he had mastered them to such an extraordinary degree. This level of skill was definitely not something that ordinary people could achieve, requiring decades of practice. But how old was this guy? How did he manage to master so many unique skills at the same time?

The four monks, Benyin, Benguan, Benxiang, and Bencan, were quite tempted by Jiumozhi's bargaining chip, but their interest was extinguished by Zen Master Kurong's words: "In your opinion, which of the Dali Duan clan's One Yang Finger and the Shaolin three finger techniques, the Flower-Picking Finger, the Dora Leaf Finger, and the Formless Tribulation Finger, is superior?"

"If you lived another hundred years, what level could you reach?"

Then Zen Master Kurong turned to Jiumozhi and suddenly asked, "I have a suspicion and would like to ask the Lord Ming for advice. Has the Lord Ming informed the young master of the Murong family and the young benefactor Murong Fu in advance of your visit to Tianlong Temple?"

Jiumozhi: Why did I have to inform the Murong family kid in advance of my visit to Tianlong Temple? This was an agreement between me and his late father. We were here to steal the Six Meridians Divine Sword technique. Why did I have to find someone to share the spoils with?

"It seems that there is no more. If the King of Ming had informed the young donor Murong in advance, he would not have been unaware that the Six Meridians Divine Sword had been taken away by him several years ago..."

Jiumozhi: So I'm late? How old was Murong Fu at that time, and how did he steal the Six Meridians Divine Sword Manual from the Tianlong Temple? If he was able to obtain it, why can't this Ming Wang?