The road to Jianghu started from the martial arts hall

The wind in April is a little hotter than that in March.

As the climate warms, the air in the north becomes drier.

Another day had passed since Xiang Yutian appeared.

Early in the morning of that day, after Fang Xun told Old Wu some trivial matters, he went out again and came to a manor called "Xingwu" on the outskirts of the city.

This is a farm covering dozens of hectares, which was registered under the name of the clan government and is now being used for compiling and editing books.

When Fang Xun arrived, he showed the appointment document to the doorman and was allowed to pass.

After entering Xingwu Manor, Fang Xun saw many warriors walking around. Many of them had the air of a rough-and-tumble warrior, but their strength was at least at the highest level of enlightenment.

Obviously, not everyone can sign up to participate in the royal book editing, there is a certain threshold.

After Fang Xun arrived, he noticed many gazes staring at him, some with curiosity and some with awe. Some local masters in Beijing also nodded in a friendly manner.

The matter of compiling the book attracted the attention of countless grassroots warriors in the martial arts world, and they all went to Beijing to sign up.

The rules are very simple: you must contribute all your secrets.

Even so, the thought of having the opportunity to read the royal collection of martial arts could not stop the enthusiasm of these martial artists.

These warriors have made their fortunes through hard work on their own, and have no prejudices against any sect. They will practice any good martial arts techniques they can find, and of course they don't care about their martial arts skills being leaked.

No matter how good what you have learned is, can it be compared with all the magical skills collected by the royal family?

Soon, Fang Xun found Zhen Yangzi.

This old Taoist priest, whom he had dealt with in Jiangnan, did not recognize that the young man in front of him was Quezhou Yifandu, with whom he had fought several moves before.

Fang Xun was extremely respectful, showing the attitude that a junior should have: "I am Fang Xun, and I am honored to meet the Supervisor."

"Marquis Lin Chuan has been having a good time these days. Has he finally gotten up from the beds of the people in Fengyue Pavilion?"

Zhen Yangzi stroked his beard and smiled. It was obvious that he had a very good impression of the young man Fang Xun. He started with a casual joke.

Fang Xun was suddenly embarrassed and said quickly, "Please don't blame me, Senior. I went to Fengyue Pavilion just to practice dual cultivation and heal my wounds."

"Don't be so formal, just call me Taoist priest."

Zhen Yangzi laughed and stopped Fang Xun from talking, then personally led him to visit Xingwu Village.

"Come, let me tell you about this place."

This village is small but has everything it needs, and thousands of warriors gather inside.

It has all the necessary facilities such as a library, a martial arts square, and a medicine storehouse.

Except for the host Zhen Yangzi and the deputy Fang Xun, all the others, whether official staff or gangsters, were given the position of editor.

Different amounts of salary are paid according to the strength and contribution to martial arts level, so this can be considered a stable job.

There are many martial artists who are willing to contribute their most secret skills even for the sake of these salaries.

Zhen Yangzi led Fang Xun everywhere and let all the official warriors who were helping out and running errands know of Fang Xun's arrival.

Zhen Yangzi was extremely enthusiastic along the way, and did not show any airs of a Zhenwu realm expert at all.

After Fang Xun was led by him to a quiet courtyard, he suddenly asked, "Excuse me, Taoist priest, do I also want to contribute some secrets?"

Zhen Yangzi smiled and said, “Hahaha, of course, even an old Taoist like me has to bleed a little.

Of course, you don’t have to give away everything, just give two Yang Shen level ones.

Everyone knows that you, Lin Chuanhou, have learned a wide range of knowledge, which is jaw-dropping. It is impossible for you to give up everything. "

Fang Xun nodded and said with a smile: "It just so happened that I just got two new Yang Shen martial arts before coming to Beijing a few days ago. One is "Immortal Golden Body", which is a top-notch horizontal training kung fu, and the other is "Killing Fist", which is also incredibly powerful."

This kind of martial arts is certainly not contributed in vain. Other martial artists in the village have contributed what they have learned. There are restrictions on borrowing books from the library.

As Zhen Yangzi's deputy, he can read as many books as he wants and it is no problem for him to copy a copy and take it away. He just needs to make sure a copy is left in the library for others to borrow.

Then Zhen Yangzi took him into the yard.

"This is your residence. Of course, if you are not used to it, you can go back to your residence. Just come here on time every day."

Fang Xun looked around. Apart from a few side rooms in the small courtyard, the outside was empty with only a few big trees planted. It was a nice and quiet place.

Then he asked again: "Master, what exactly should I do in this book?"

Zhen Yangzi stroked his long beard and suddenly said something unfathomable. "Marquis Lin Chuan, do you know the Three Steps of Zhenwu? These Three Steps of Zhenwu refer to the three stages from Yangshen to Zhenwu. This revision of the book is to redefine these three stages and create a model of exercises for reference by all the royal family members!"

"Three steps of Zhenwu?"

After Fang Xun heard this, he recalled something in his mind and found that he had never heard of or seen the term "Three Steps of Zhenwu". He immediately became alert.

"Could it be that this 'Three Steps of True Martial Arts' is similar to the method of awakening the mind, a barrier that all the major forces have tacitly monopolized and blocked?"

Fang Xun has browsed the books in the Yue Palace for a year, but has never seen this word. Even the Yue Palace does not know it.

As far as he knew, after breaking through the divine will, the two major realms of Yin Shen and Yang Shen were not further divided into specific small realms.

The skills of different sects may have different and specialized divisions, but they are not universal.

When Fang Xun thought of this, his expression immediately became solemn, as if he was listening attentively.

The royal family publicly summoned warriors to compile a book in order to shorten the hurdle for disciples in the family to break through from the Yang Shen realm to the Zhen Wu realm. These 'Three Steps to Zhen Wu' must be related to Yang Shen's breakthrough to Zhen Wu.

"Marquis Lin Chuan, there is no need to think too much. The Three Steps of Zhenwu are not what we know today, but what they said in the ancient Human Emperor era. It is normal that you have never heard of them. Even I, an old Taoist, did not pay much attention to these so-called three steps before my spiritual power was revived."

Seeing Fang Xun like this, Zhen Yangzi seemed to know what he was thinking and said with a smile.

As he spoke, Zhen Yangzi casually sat on a stone bench in the yard: "Come, sit down too, and we'll talk slowly."

After Fang Xun sat down as he was told, he spoke again.

“You also know that after the five generations of human emperors, the spiritual power of heaven and earth degenerated, and the Zhenwu land immortals became extinct. Not only that, the difficulty of the divine realm has also increased greatly.

Those who can break through to the Grandmaster of Yang God before their spiritual energy is revived are all people with extraordinary foundation and talent. Breaking into Yang God is the completion of the second step of the three steps. This is an extraordinary genius in the Human Emperor era.

So over time, no one mentioned the Three Steps of Zhenwu anymore, and the various sects instead integrated some of its contents into the cultivation of the Yin Shen Realm. "

After listening to this, Fang Xun thought for a while and gradually understood.

"In other words, before the spiritual power is revived, if you want to break through to the Yangshen Grandmaster level, you must at least take the first two of the three steps of Zhenwu?"

Zhen Yangzi's face looked strange for some reason when he heard this. He organized his words in his mind before speaking.

“The three steps of Zhenwu are true essence, furnace casting, and pill formation.

You should be familiar with the true essence here, which is the combination of essence, energy and spirit to form the yang spirit.

And this casting furnace

Speaking of this, Zhen Yangzi's expression became more and more strange.

“Strictly speaking, only those who have reached the stage of forging a furnace in the ancient human emperor era are qualified to be called a grandmaster.

A master is one who has learned the strengths of hundreds of schools and integrated them into one, creating his own path.

In that era, in the Yin God realm before that, almost all schools and sects did not advocate distraction and dabbling in too many things. It was enough to specialize in a Yang God-level technique to allow the three elements to merge into one and form a Yang God."

Upon hearing this, Fang Xun's expression became strange, and he roughly understood what Zhen Yangzi said.

He didn't understand the situation of those masters of divine will who had breakthroughs after their spiritual energy was revived.

But before the spiritual inspiration was revived, all Yin Shen masters did not even touch upon the step of 'true essence' in the three steps of Zhenwu, and directly started the second step 'casting the furnace'. Only in this way can they become Yang Shen masters.

Nowadays, warriors usually start to study various schools of thought when they are at the highest stage of awakening, hoping to learn from others and open the ancestral orifice between the eyebrows to nurture the divine essence and give birth to the Yin God.

After achieving the status of the Yin Shen Grandmaster, he became unstoppable and began to extensively study the essence of hundreds of schools of thought and integrate them into one to forge his own path. Fang Xun himself did the same.

The masters of Yin Shen are all geniuses who can create their own schools, so the threshold between innateness and divine will is called the natural chasm.

Now after hearing what Zhen Yangzi said, Fang Xun's expression became extremely strange.

In ancient times, only those who had advanced to the Yangshen Realm and reached the "Forging Furnace" stage were qualified to be called Grandmasters.

However, after the fifth generation of Human Emperor Cang Yun, the spiritual power declined, the bottlenecks in each realm became increasingly solid, and even Zhenwu became a thing of the past.

If you want to break through the Yang God, the "casting furnace" is necessary.

Now that his spiritual inspiration has been revived and the bottleneck in his martial arts has been loosened, there is no need to "forge the furnace" to achieve a master's degree in advance as exaggerated as before.

It is entirely possible to practice according to the ancient techniques step by step and break through to the Yin God or even Yang God realm. The difficulty is much lower than before the spiritual energy was revived.

Therefore, the purpose of the royal family's revision of the book this time is to reorganize the contents of each realm of martial arts and restore it to the ancient structure.

After all, it turns out that it’s all about the disparity of the world. (End of this chapter)