Swordsman Fengyunzhi

Chapter 674 What is Ascension?

Chapter [-] What is Ascension?

Yi Xifeng froze for a moment, looked at Wang Haitao beside him, and saw the other party stammering and muttering in a low voice, obviously very afraid of the last young man.Then he spoke and asked:

"Oh? Brother Wang knows this person?"

Wang Haitao laughed at himself, and murmured: "I am an outer disciple, how can He De know a true disciple? As the other party, I am afraid that if I break through to an inner disciple, he will not look at me directly!"

When Yi Xifeng heard this, he felt disapproving, patted the other person on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Even if the strength and talent are high, you shouldn't be so crazy! Besides, since ancient times, the martial arts journey has always been about who laughs last and who is the last laugher." Winner! Although you and I came from a poor family and started later than them, but how we achieve in the end depends on how we work hard."

Wang Haitao looked up at the fair young man beside him, and his heart moved slightly.After all, they were all the favored ones of heaven, whoever can come here is not the best before, even if they are only 'outer disciples' who are at the bottom, but who said there will be no chance in the future?
Thinking of this, this young man with a somewhat withdrawn and weird personality revealed a smile from the corner of his mouth, nodded, and didn't say anything more!He knew that Yi Xifeng was encouraging himself, so why isn't he an ambitious person?Otherwise, why did you enter the outer sect for three years before you participated in the first "Ascension Conference".

The conference is held every two years, and talented outer disciples are selected to directly enter the inner sect to practice. There are many extremely talented people who will directly enter the inner sect in this way during the two years of entry.Of course, there will be many like Wang Haitao and Yi Xifeng, who try to study what they want to learn first, and then participate.

For everyone's choice, the Hall of True Martial Arts will not forcefully interfere. They respect each warrior's plan for his own martial arts path, and even many plans are problematic, and they will not forcefully block them.It is also this kind of background and tolerance that has allowed the Hall of True Martial Arts to grow up with unborn geniuses in all ages.There has not been such a situation of talent explosion or talent cessation. I am afraid that this is also the great wisdom of the Zhenwu Dao Temple that can last for such a long time.

The lecture hall has no roof and no walls, but it is paved with floor tiles.Unlike the black jade in the mission hall, the floor tiles here are polished by a group of blue stones. There is no sound when stepping on them, and the soles of the feet step on them heavily, but they remain motionless!This kind of stone is called Shuiguang Yuanshi, and it is more precious than ordinary jade!

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"Everyone be quiet!" Standing among the three, the thin old man said slowly.Although his voice was not loud, it was clearly heard by everyone present.

Yi Xifeng's heart moved slightly, this scene reminded him of what Zhao Yunming told everyone at the beginning when he participated in the martial arts competition held in Yinren Village many years ago as a referee.Now it seems that this method of sound transmission into the ear is much better than Zhao Yunming's use of sound waves to enhance and amplify the sound.Of course, the difference in the strength of this method is also there, so it is natural to judge!
But what Yi Xifeng didn't know was that the old man not only transmitted his voice to the ears of all the outer disciples present, but also the ears of the thousand or so people who were separated by a mountain stream more than a dozen miles away. At the same time, the old man's voice sounded!

"The Dao Ascension Conference held every two years is held as scheduled today. All of you sitting here are the outer disciples of my True Martial Dao Hall and not outsiders. Let me introduce myself first. The old man's surname is Xun, and his single name is the word Pan. Of course this is me. The layman's name before entering Taoism." Speaking of this, the old man grinned, making people feel a little more friendly and less majestic, just like an elder in the family.

"Later, it took me two years to practice in the Hall of True Martial Arts! So fewer and fewer people in the world are familiar with my layman's name. But my Taoist name, more and more people know it..."

Having said this, he paused, restrained his smile and said solemnly: "Old man Xun Pan, who has been in the field for a hundred years, has fought against foreign enemies 170 times for the ancestral family, and killed 530 foreign enemies! Tiger!"

As soon as this statement came out, not only the outer disciples of the entire Lecture Pavilion, but also those who came from the other sects on the opposite side of the mountain stream all changed their faces!
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"Xun, Xun Yuanhu?!! He is...he is Xun Yuanhu?"

"He is Elder Yuanhu? One of the four elders holding swords in the Hall of True Martial Arts!"

"Isn't it a lie?! I heard that Elder Yuan Hu of the Hall of True Martial Arts is a well-known body-training martial artist! How could he be a thin and short old man?"

"True Martial Arts Hall, this move is not small! Even this old guy has moved out!"

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Looking at the outside disciples in the Lecture Pavilion, their faces turned a little red. Obviously, they hadn't recognized the old man's true identity before, but they still knew the prestige of the sword-wielding elder like thunder.

In detail, this kind of situation also happened to Xun Yuanhu. Due to his special skills, the Hall of True Martial Arts seldom mentioned this sword-wielding elder. It's biased, and it can't be regarded as the great way of martial arts.Coupled with the tense relationship with the Demonic Dao in recent years, and the frequent conflicts between the Divine Sect and the Demonic Sect with the so-called "Three Religions", this also makes many people look at the body-training warriors differently.

It's not that all body refiners are remnants of the evil way, but that there is a high probability that they have a tendency to turn into the evil way.Therefore, this "Elder Yuanhu", who is famous for his body training, was deliberately hidden by the Hall of True Martial Arts. On the one hand, it was to protect him, and on the other hand, it was also to prevent the attacks of public opinion in the world.

This is why none of the outer disciples present recognized "Elder Yuanhu".

Xun Yuanhu glanced at the crowd, seeing everyone's reactions in his eyes, and then said aloud: "Since you are here to participate in this Dao Ascension Conference, you should understand what is Dao Ascension?"

Without waiting for these young disciples to answer, the old man asked self-consciously: "Sacrifice the way of oneself, for the sake of justice. Forsake the way of martial arts, for the way of heaven. Can you promote the way?"

Regarding the old man's question, all the disciples around began to whisper.

The sentence that Elder Yuan Hu asked was taken from the "Tao Yuan Zhen Jing", which is a treatise on "Tao" written by Dao Dao, and it can be regarded as a Taoist classic.And this famous theory of "Ascension to Taoism" is also circulated in many Taoist schools.

The general meaning is: Ascension to the Dao refers to abandoning one's previous inherent Dao and transforming into the Dao needed by the sect in order to develop.Just like these outer disciples, from the moment they entered the Zhenwu Dao Hall and became outer disciples, they began to practice the "Chunyang Meridian Movement Jue", which is the basic skills and the Tao that the Zhenwu Dao Hall needs.

As for the latter sentence, let go of martial arts and follow the way of heaven.It is also the essence of the world-recognized qi refining warrior: constantly abandoning and innovating one's own way of martial arts, catering to the rules of the heaven, and finally conquering the rebels on behalf of the heavens!
As for the exposition of "Tao Yuan Zhen Jing", the outer disciples naturally have heard it, but most of them don't know the intention of "Elder Yuan Hu".

What exactly is "upgrade"?

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