Daojun, start from Penglai foundation building

Chapter 585: "Three Transformations into One"

"Where does the Way of Martial Arts come from?"

"One is heaven and earth, two is nature, and three is all things."

"Heaven and earth are the foundation, nature is the way, and all things are the form. They are like the three treasures of human beings, and none of them can be missing."

Next to a small cliff on the back mountain of Liuhe Village, Jiang Sheng was leaning on a wheelchair, dressed in a coarse white shirt, his face was a little pale, but his calm expression and noble posture made Zhang Xiaojiu extremely fascinated.

"I have three methods, you can choose one."

"Three methods?"

Zhang Xiaojiu couldn't help but widen his eyes. He thought his master only had one book of martial arts, but he didn't expect that he had three!
Jiang Sheng smiled and said:

"One is called, 'The Mysterious Art of Three Transformations Returning to One'."

"The second is the 'True Scripture of the Five Manifestations of Heaven and Man'."

"The third one is, "The True Interpretation of the Six Elements of Taoism"."

"Xiaojiu, which one do you want to learn?"

Zhang Xiaojiu hesitated. With three martial arts books in front of him, he really didn't know how to choose.

After thinking for a moment, Zhang Xiaojiu chuckled and said, "Master, what are the advantages of these three techniques?"

Jiang Sheng didn't care either, his expression was quite leisurely: "The Three Transformations Return to One Mysterious Art cultivates the essence, qi, and body, with wind, thunder, and fire as the aspects, combining the essence of the three treasures, and practicing to perfection. Not only will you be invulnerable to swords and spears, water and fire, but you will also have the advantage of being as fast as the wind, walking as fast as thunder, and moving as fast as fire. The world is so big that you can go anywhere."

Zhang Xiaojiu asked quickly, "Master, can the Three Transformations into One Mysterious Art make one a Martial Saint?"

Jiang Sheng nodded: "Of course."

Zhang Xiaojiu said again: "Master, what about the remaining two books?"

Jiang Sheng continued, "The True Scripture of the Five Manifestations of Heaven and Man, cultivate the Five Elements and the Five Manifestations, and combine the appearance of heaven and man. When you practice it to perfection, you can transform into an innate body, combine the power of the Five Elements, and live endlessly, rotating endlessly. You can burn mountains and boil seas, and create the world."

"'The True Explanation of the Six Elements of Dao Transformation', using the Dao Refining Method, transform the power of the six directions, gather them together into an image, and when practiced to perfection, one can open the true form of Dao Transformation, and transform the body into six forms, just like stars in the sky, like the blazing sun across the sky, illuminating the heaven and earth, and overwhelming the eight directions."

Zhang Xiaojiu's blood boiled and he was fascinated: "Master, can these two books make me a martial saint?"

Jiang Sheng smiled and said, "Of course."

Three books of skills that directly point to the inner realm of the gods!

Zhang Xiaojiu completely understood why Jiang Sheng had fallen into this situation. Who wouldn't be jealous if they had such a martial arts inheritance?
For a moment, Zhang Xiaojiu was extremely excited.

But after thinking about it, Zhang Xiaojiu became a little discouraged: "Master, if I practice these skills of yours, will it cause you trouble when I go out?"

Zhang Xiaojiu knew how bad Jiang Sheng's physical condition was. It took him three years to recover from his external injuries, and another three years for his internal injuries to not fully heal yet.

In this case, if I practiced the skills given by Jiang Sheng and was discovered when I went out, wouldn’t Jiang Sheng be in danger?

Jiang Sheng couldn't help but laugh when he heard that: "Why do you care so much?"

"Do you have concerns, or do you lack confidence in yourself and feel that you are not capable of anything and are not worthy of great talent?"

Zhang Xiaojiu shook his head.

Jiang Sheng said: "That's it. Since you are worried about my safety, shouldn't you practice hard so that you can protect me?"

Zhang Xiaojiu thought about it and said, "Master, I understand."

Jiang Sheng nodded with satisfaction: "Then tell me, which one do you want to learn?"

Zhang Xiaojiu asked tentatively: "Master, can I learn all of them?"

A newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger. Jiang Sheng saw the ambition of the young man.

Want to learn it all?
Really young and energetic.

Jiang Sheng smiled and said, "I'm glad you have this intention, but you have just laid a solid foundation and you want to eat to become a fat man in one go. Do you think it's feasible?"

Zhang Xiaojiu's face turned red, and he felt that he was too arrogant.

A village kid, who had just received six years of instruction, had already become ignorant of the immensity of the world after barely getting started.

Thinking of this, Zhang Xiaojiu quickly said: "Then Master, I will learn the "Three Transformations Return to One Mysterious Art"."

Jiang Sheng's eyes lit up: "Oh? Why are you learning this book?"

Zhang Xiaojiu chuckled: "These three techniques all aim at the Martial Saint realm, so they must be difficult to learn. I might as well learn a few first, and then learn more after I have mastered them."

Hearing Zhang Xiaojiu's idea, Jiang Sheng really wanted to laugh, but finally waved his hand: "Forget it, forget it, then you just learn from the younger one."

"The Three Flowers Returning to One Mysterious Art is in my mind, not in reality. I say one sentence and you remember it. It comes out of my mouth and enters your ears. Do you understand?"

Zhang Xiaojiu nodded very solemnly.

The inheritance of martial arts, like the inheritance of reading and writing, is not something that is passed on easily.

Any inherited martial arts skills need to go through layers of tests before they can be passed on.

As the great opportunity was before him today, he could obtain the martial saint-level skills after only six years with his master, so he naturally did not dare to be careless. Jiang Sheng signaled Zhang Xiaojiu to push him in another direction.

Zhang Xiaojiu hurried forward and turned the wheelchair around so that Jiang Sheng could see the evening dusk.

In the world inside the belly of this wild beast, there are also sun, moon and stars. There are stars and the moon in the sky at night, and there is a big sun during the day.

Jiang Sheng naturally knew that the so-called sun, moon and stars were actually just the internal organs in the stomach of the wild beast. The alternation of day and night was a circulation of energy in the wild beast's body.

Now another energy cycle is about to take place in the wild beast's body, and Jiang Sheng can see that the blood-red sun is about to set.

The setting sun is as red as blood and the evening glow reflects on the sky, which is a beautiful scenery.

"Come to me, I will read a sentence, you listen and learn a sentence. How much you can learn depends on your luck."

"Yes, master."

Zhang Xiaojiu stood in front of Jiang Sheng, with his back to Canyang, and assumed a standing posture.

Jiang Sheng said softly: "The general outline of the "Three Transformations Return to One Mysterious Art" is that the three transformations are the form, and the return to one is the basis. The three transformations are the essence, energy, and spirit. People have three flowers, called gold, silver, and lead."

“Essence is the root of man, Qi is the form of man, and spirit is the basis of man. Qi and blood like mercury and rivers are lead, while internal acupoints that are full or empty are silver, while spirit and soul that are clear and flawless are gold.”

"The three transformations manifest externally as wind, thunder and fire, and internally as gold, silver and lead. Wind and thunder complement each other, thunder and fire converge, and wind and fire are in harmony. This is called endless life, and is the creation of mysterious skills."

“It is said: When wind and thunder meet, golden flowers fall; when thunder and fire meet, silver flowers bloom; when wind and fire meet, lead flowers form.”

Jiang Sheng said one sentence, and Zhang Xiaojiu remembered and learned one sentence.

After Jiang Sheng finished explaining the general outline, Zhang Xiaojiu was still immersed in the profound mystery of "The Three Transformations into One". Just this general outline explained to Zhang Xiaojiu in detail and comprehensively what it means to have skin of copper and bones of iron, what it means to move blood and open the orifices, and what the realms and appearances of "Opening the Meridians and Embracing the Elixir" and "Inner Scenery of the Divine Treasure" are.

Zhang Xiaojiu had only heard of these realms before. After all, the Eight Realms of Martial Arts had been passed down for 100,000 years. Everyone talked about it with relish, and it had been mentioned in various novels and storytellings, but it had never been explained so comprehensively and carefully.

Now, Zhang Xiaojiu, who has successfully forged his body and strengthened his inner strength, seems to see the door of martial arts open to him. The mysterious veil of the Eight Realms of Martial Arts has been torn off, allowing him to see the mystery within.
This is the inheritance of a martial saint-level martial arts technique that directly points to the inner realm of the divine. His master did not lie to him. If this technique were to be publicized, who knows how much trouble it would cause!
Just as Zhang Xiaojiu was lost in thought, Jiang Sheng's voice interrupted him: "Repeat the outline to me."

Zhang Xiaojiu came back to his senses and said quickly: "Three changes into form, return to one as the root"

After Zhang Xiaojiu repeated the general outline of "The Three Transformations into One" in full, Jiang Sheng nodded with satisfaction.

Without waiting for Zhang Xiaojiu to catch his breath, Jiang Sheng continued, "While it's still early, you should break down the outline and have your own understanding of every sentence and every word. Once you have organized it, tell me."

Zhang Xiaojiu was stunned where he stood.

While Zhang Xiaojiu was racking his brains to deconstruct the "Three Transformations into One" with the thinking of a fifteen-year-old village boy, Jiang Sheng was also communicating with Xiangyu Xianjun through his consciousness.

"It seems that this kid and I are not destined to be together. Little friend Lingyuan, this kid finally became your apprentice."

Xiangyu Xianjun's words were tinged with teasing.

"The Mysterious Art of the Three Transformations into One", "The True Scripture of the Five Manifestations of Heaven and Man" and "The True Explanation of the Six Paths of Taoism" are adapted from "The True Scripture of the Destruction of Three Disasters", "The True Scripture of the Five Manifestations of Separation" and "The True Scripture of the Six Paths of Dispersion", which were written by Jiang Sheng and Xiangyu Xianjun respectively.

The former is extracted from Jiang Sheng's "Lingyuan Zhenjun's Wonderful Method of Destroying the Yin and Yang Tribulations and the Three Transformations of the Five Elements", which contains the methods concerning the three phases of wind, thunder and fire and the three disasters.

The latter two are naturally adapted and simplified from the upper and lower volumes of Xiangyu Xianjun's "Xiangyu Xianjun Talks about the Five Manifestations and Six Lines of Cloud Seal".

This can be regarded as a small bet made by Jiang Sheng and Xiangyu Xianjun when they were bored, to see which book Zhang Xiaojiu would choose in the end.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Xiaojiu chose Jiang Sheng's "Three Transformations into One Profound Art". Although the reason he gave was that he wanted to learn less first and then more, no matter what, Zhang Xiaojiu learned Jiang Sheng's skills, so Jiang Sheng won.

Jiang Sheng looked at Zhang Xiaojiu who was struggling to figure out the analysis method, and said with a smile: "According to what the Immortal Lord said, this kid is destined to be with me."

"Well, Xuanmen values ​​fate the most, so why not accept him as a disciple?"

"You lost the bet with me. When will you give me the stake?"

This time Jiang Sheng made a bet with Xiangyu Xianjun, and the stakes were not small.

Jiang Sheng bet on a volume of the general outline of the Mahayana realm's exercises, while Xiangyu Xianjun bet on the second volume of his own "Five Manifestations and Six Paths of Cloud Precepts".

Now, Immortal Lord Xiangyu has completely lost his core skills inheritance to Jiang Sheng.

Xiang Yu Xianjun laughed: "My friend, do you think I am a stingy person?"

“If my “Five Manifestations and Six Element Cloud Precepts” can be revitalized in your hands, and can allow the Fatian Sect’s heritage to reappear in the world, let alone a single technique, even my two great immortal treasures can be given to you, so what?!”

Xiangyu Xianjun spoke with great generosity, and he was indeed generous in what he did.

For cultivators, especially immortals in the upper three realms, what matters is not the private family or studio, but the concept and inheritance.

As long as the Taoist tradition can be passed on, as long as there are still people who practice their own ideas, as long as the dawn of the great way can be seen, then what can't be abandoned?

Xiangyu Immortal Lord sent the "Six Element Dispersion Sutra" into Jiang Sheng's consciousness for Jiang Sheng to read.

"My dear friend Lingyuan, this kid is a rough diamond. It is his good fortune to meet you. Train him well and he will be a talent in the future."

"You are joking, Immortal Lord. Let's not talk about this desolate world. Looking at the universe and all the heavens and worlds, there are so many geniuses and unpolished gems. Those who are predestined will enter the immortal gate, and those who are not predestined will fall into the world of mortals."

"Since this kid has this destiny, why don't I give him a chance?"

(End of this chapter)