Hyper-Dimensional Player

Chapter 680 29: Opening the Gates of Martial Arts!

At that time, the man ran incredibly fast, his movements mimicking that of a snake, and he took away a roll of snake shed skin.

Presumably, it was used to practice some strange secret technique.

"I..."

The Poison-heart Scholar didn't know why, but seeing Miss Sun scared him more than seeing Lu Shanjun. Lu Shanjun would at most flatten him into a meat paste with a palm, but Miss Sun's squinting expression made him feel as if he'd be skinned and deboned in the next second to examine how many levels his Celestial Snake Bone Changing Skill had reached.

There are many secret techniques in the world, and Miss Sun herself knows a life-and-death eight-gate technique, capable of transferring injuries and channeling through eight meridians, using injuries to stop injuries, but compared to the Celestial Snake Bone Changing Skill, it was not just slightly inferior.

"I also know where Zhu Jie's secret treasure is!"

The Poison-heart Scholar, desperate to save his life, didn't hesitate to say, "In order to win him over, the Demon Sect gave him a copied volume of the Celestial Demon Strategy."

"It records part of the Celestial Demon Secret Techniques."

"It's called the Thoughtless Demon Passage."

"It's a remnant page of the 'Great Celestial Demon Disintegration Technique.'"

"To enter the path, Zhu Jie has been collecting various martial arts manuals over the years, including secret scrolls from the Qin and Han periods."

"As long as you spare me, I'll take you to find them."

The Poison-heart Scholar's words made everyone present hesitate for a moment, then many eyes converged on the young lad.

Duncan pondered for a moment and said, "Take us to see."

Killing him won't necessarily yield martial arts manuals.

He had bad luck and never got any, while others managed to get some.

Lu Shanjun seemed interested in the Celestial Demon Strategy secret technique. His learnings were quite shallow, just ordinary martial arts of the Jianghu, and recently, he had a chance to comprehend a supreme palm technique. Hearing about the Demon Sect's secret techniques today, he naturally wanted to explore.

Lady Jade Face gestured to Miss Sun beside her. The two confidantes exchanged a glance, and Miss Sun immediately understood, reaching out to release the Poison-heart Scholar's acupoints, then directly feeding him a dark green pill.

"You should know who I am, right?" Miss Sun's eyes carried a threatening look.

The Poison-heart Scholar obediently nodded, looking as if he were scared like a quail.

This guy is quite adept at pretending.

Previously, during a scuffle with others, he protected them without saying a word.

"Good that you know."

Miss Sun couldn't be bothered to say more. She inherited the medical teachings of both the Medicine King and the Hundred Flowers Sect, and her poisoning skills were renowned throughout the Jianghu, although she didn't like to use them.

Practicing both medicine and poison, acknowledging that medicine is partly poison, the Five Immortals Sect in the southern borders liked using poison. She was from an esteemed righteous sect and had to maintain proper methods.

The Poison-heart Scholar led the way, and Fu Jianhan, without a word, carried the Unrepentant Monk on his back.

The Celestial Snake Bone Changing Skill on this person had to be interrogated out, and Miss Sun was more interested in this secret technique than the Celestial Demon Strategy.

"Young Master."

"There are three volumes of the Celestial Demon Strategy, written during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han."

"The first volume records the martial arts of the Demon Sect, all supreme arts of the world; the middle volume records Pre-Qin secret techniques, said to reverse life and death; the last volume records ancient curse magic, but it has been lost for a long time."

Lady Jade Face's words instantly piqued Duncan's interest.

Seeing Duncan's interested expression, Lady Jade Face elaborated carefully: "After Emperor Wu of Han abolished the hundred schools to uphold Confucianism, the secrets of the nine schools and ten families were gathered in one place, and many great masters compiled the three volumes of the Celestial Demon Strategy."

"The first two volumes are in the hands of the six branches of the Demon Sect."

"The last volume, however, was destroyed during the Witchcraft Disaster. Whether it was lost or remains somewhere unknown."

Emperor Wu of Han, with the authority of an earthly emperor, suppressed everything!

He wanted to abolish the hundred schools to uphold Confucianism, and even the greats of the nine schools and ten families couldn't do anything. But eventually, Emperor Wu of Han also faced backlash, and the Witchcraft Disaster was rumored to be the revenge of the hundred schools. The last volume of the Celestial Demon Strategy was lost during the Witchcraft Disaster.

It's a secret technique lineage of curses from the Pre-Qin Era that disappeared, along with tens of thousands of heads.

The Han dynasty had its system, initially blending with the Way of the King of Hegemony.

The Jianghu only began to take shape at that time but was still unrefined. In the late Eastern Han and the Three Kingdoms period, even martial artists had to keep a low profile, the Taiping Dao commanded thirty-six factions, and Yellow Turban Warriors were considered mere soldiers. Fierce people of the Military School emerged in droves, with wondrous methods passing down the world, but when pushed too far, they even dared to kill those recognized as divine beings in their time.

It wasn't until the Sui and Tang eras that talents in the Jianghu slowly became active.

Much of today's martial arts were formed after the Wei and Jin dynasties.

But even during the Li Tang period, what was admired was the fairy tale ethos.

— Strike a man dead in ten steps, and move on without a trace for a thousand miles.

— Once, there was a fine lady of the Gongsun clan, her sword dance stirred the world, onlookers were enthralled, and the heavens and earth bowed in respect.

— Throwing the sword into the clouds, dozens of feet high, as if lightning flashed, Min caught it in the scabbard by hand, the sword pierced through the air, and of thousands of onlookers, none weren't in awe.

The Three Wonders of Great Tang, Li Bai's poetry, Pei Min's sword, Zhang Xu's cursive script.

Sword Saint Pei Min, merging swordplay and artistry, hunting tigers and monstrosities.

Li Bai's swordsmanship mentor was this person. In his youth, he fought with others, killing several. At twenty-five, wielding his sword, he left his homeland, traveling afar without the strength to traverse the world. Tang era scholars generally practiced martial arts, Du Fu could shoot arrows unerringly, Wang Wei excelled in Mounted Archery, and Li Bai was the Sword Saint's disciple.

It's just that many people didn't know.

In later martial arts novels, a well-known boxing technique, called 'Tai Zu Long Fist,' hadn't been created yet.

Because Zhao Kuangyin's coiled dragon staff had yet to conquer the world, but he indeed was a martial arts grandmaster of his time.