Chapter 922: The Hidden Master

"Forging... the third level of body forging?"

Xu Xian's eyes widened, his face full of confusion and awe.

Zishan Zhenren smiled and asked him to take off his clothes and soak in the pool, then looked at his face, which was red because of shyness or because the drug was too strong, and said:

"The so-called immortal way requires practicing Qi and cultivating the truth, seizing the fortune of heaven and earth, in simple terms, it is to pursue the outside."

"In addition to martial arts, the martial arts also need to pursue inward and dig out the hidden treasures in the human body."

"In today's martial arts world, the secret treasures that many martial artists mainly explore are the Qi Sea Secret Treasures."

"Practicing the Qi Sea Secret Treasures requires body forging. Breaking through the barriers, which involve three barriers and nine orifices, can be done from the inside out or from the outside in. The connection between the inside and the outside opens up the Qi Sea. At this time, the Qi is vast, filling the whole body, flowing on its own, and having the courage of ten thousand men. "

"A warrior of this level is also a top-notch master in today's martial arts world."

"The two martial arts masters you met yesterday are masters of the Qi Sea who have passed the three barriers and opened the nine orifices."

Next to the medicine pool, Zishan Zhenren smiled and talked freely, which made Xu Xian fascinated and gradually absorbed.

Zishan Zhenren released his spiritual sense, sensing Xu Xian's body, and continued to explain: "Three passes and nine dangers are as difficult as ascending to heaven, so before officially breaking through the pass, you need to practice body-building exercises or use external force medicinal baths."

"There are three levels of body building, namely, refining the skin, refining the flesh, and refining the bones."

"Among them, refining the skin and refining the flesh are both prepared for refining the bones."

"This is because the three passes and nine dangers are just above your spine. There are three passes above and below the spine. The lower pass is called the coccyx point, which has three sections, starting from the bottom up. The first three sections of the lower gate are called Jiaji, which is the third section to the eighteenth section of the lower gate. "

"From the eighteenth section of the middle gate, count to Yuzhenguan, and the three sections of Shangdazhui, until Niwanguan, which is called Shangguan."

"This is the name of the three gates. The poem of Piyun Zhenren says: Break through the three gates and the spirit is calm, and the nine orifices are opened and the qi is harmonious. The Zhoutian fire is not stagnant, and I sing alone in the middle of the night..."

In this way, in the steaming cave, Zishan Zhenren began to explain the way of martial arts to his eldest disciple Xu Xian.

Xu Xian was soaking in the medicine pool. At first, he was distracted by the boiling medicine and the piercing pain on his skin, but later he felt more and more fascinated as he listened, and asked questions from time to time where Zishan Zhenren paused.

It must be said that Xu Xian is indeed very suitable for martial arts, because he studied medicine in Baozhitang, and he also involved the three gates and nine orifices of the human spine. Some common sense things only need to be mentioned once, without repeated explanation.

Soon, three hours passed.

Xu Xian soaked in the medicinal bath for three hours without drinking any soup, but he did not feel hungry, and even felt refreshed, as if he had a good sleep after eating and drinking.

After leaving the medicinal pool and putting on clothes, Zishan Zhenren led him to the outside of the cave and practiced boxing on the flat ground.

However, compared with the medicinal bath, which was obviously a bit supermodel, the boxing he taught Xu Xian was just the most basic body-building technique.

This was not because Zishan Zhenren wanted Xu Xian to lay a good foundation in the body-building stage, but simply because of his choice difficulty...

Last night, in order to prepare the secret manual for his apprentice, he traveled through mountains and rivers, visited all the famous and upright sects within a radius of 500 miles, and "borrowed" a large number of martial arts secrets from them.

But none of these so-called "martial arts secrets" could catch his eye.

To put it bluntly, even if Master Zishan refers to the general outline of martial arts on the spot and creates a set of his own, it is more potential than these so-called unique skills with a good reputation.

The only thing worth praising is the experience of predecessors accumulated over time in those skills.

Master Zishan is naturally unwilling to teach such things to his own apprentice.

So after a night of thinking, Master Zishan decided to tailor a set of skills for his apprentice according to his physical condition during the month of laying the foundation for him.

Of course, Master Zishan has another plan.

That is to wait for Xu Xian to practice to the peak of the body forging realm and see if the system will judge him as a master.

If possible, then directly extract the system skills.

If you are lucky, you may get a martial arts magic skill that can directly reach the martial immortal.

So, in the following days, Xu Xian kept repeating the experience of going into the mountains to collect herbs, taking medicinal baths, practicing boxing, and then returning home with the herbs that his master had prepared for him.

During this period, Zishan Zhenren continued to expand his cave.

In addition to the space inside the mountain, he also used magic to build a Taoist temple outside, sneaked into Qiantang County, quietly arranged for himself a Taoist book and a certificate of ordination, and left the information of his own Taoist temple in the government.

Since then, he has officially had a legal identity in the world.

However, because he acted too low-key, the officials and people of Qiantang County did not know that there was such a Taoist temple.

In the future, if he, Zishan Zhenren, appeared in front of people, the government would only find out that there was such a Taoist priest who had lived in seclusion for many years on this mountain after checking.

In this way, the days passed day by day.

In the blink of an eye, it was half a month.

On this day, Xu Xian came to the Taoist temple as usual, and after taking a medicinal bath, he practiced boxing in the courtyard of the Taoist temple.

Zishan Zhenren, wearing a Taoist robe, sat beside the stone table, brewing hot tea while flipping through the secret book in his hand.

In these days, in order to customize a set of exercises for Xu Xian, he left the Taoist temple many times and went to three mountains and five mountains, borrowing exercises from various famous sects for reference.

The secret book of martial arts in his hand now is the exclusive swordsmanship of Huashan Sword Sect that is not passed down to others.

Master Zishan borrowed it from the headmaster's room in Huashan three days ago, but the other party has not noticed it yet.

At this moment, Xu Xian had finished practicing a set of boxing and was walking over with bright eyes and sweating profusely.

Master Zishan raised his head, smiled and waved, and the cold tea on the table immediately flew into Xu Xian's hands.

Xu Xian thanked his master, then picked up the tea and drank it.

Looking at the already strong body under Xu Xian's cloth clothes, Master Zishan couldn't help but reveal a happy smile on his face.

Is this the sense of accomplishment that you develop?

Master Zishan was thinking this and asked with a smile: "Is there anything new in the county today?"

"Gudong, Gudong..."

Xu Xian drank the tea, put it down, sighed and said, "It really does!"

Master Zishan raised his eyebrows and said with interest: "Come, sit down and let's talk."

Xu Xian sat opposite the master and asked with a complicated expression: "Master, do you still remember Uncle Liu?"

Master Zishan nodded and said, "Well, what's wrong?"

Xu Xian sighed and said in a low mood: "Now my disciple finally understands why you did this in the first place."

"That night, you took away the silver that the hero gave to Uncle Liu, leaving only five taels for him. This approach really allowed Uncle Liu to live a peaceful life for a few days."

"But soon, the hero discovered your work, so that night, he gave him another thirty taels of silver, thinking that he could solve the problem once and for all."

"But who would have thought that Uncle Liu became greedy. After discovering the money, he took his family and children out of Qiantang County on the pretext of worshiping his mother. Now he has not come back for seven days."

Hearing Xu Xian's words, Master Zishan nodded thoughtfully, and suddenly asked: "How do you know?"

Xu Xian was startled for a moment, then his face turned red, his eyes wandered, and he stammered: "I...I found out that Uncle Liu hadn't returned home for seven days, so I asked about it, and then..."

"Yeah?"

Master Zishan interrupted Xu Xian's words and said in a faint tone: "Did you find out about the thief's gift of silver?"

Xu Xian was suddenly speechless, his face turned red, and he remained silent.

Looking at his appearance, Master Zishan sighed and said, "Have you met that gangster and promised him that you will never tell anyone what he did?"

Seeing that his master had revealed the truth, Xu Xian felt relieved and nodded with a dejected expression.

"Bang!"

Master Zishan's face suddenly turned cold, and he slapped the stone table with his palm. Xu Xian was so frightened that he quickly fell to his knees.

"Master, Brother Bai...hero, he is such a good person!"

Looking at Xu Xian who was kneeling on the ground with a panic-stricken look on his face, Master Zishan raised his hand, lifted him up, and said angrily: "Get up, my master is not angry with you."

"……Um?"

Xu Xian was startled for a moment, and then he saw his master glance at the wall of the Taoist temple and sneer: "You said that big thief is a good man. Then I ask you, would a good man follow you all the way to this place?"

"ah?"

Xu Xian was startled and quickly turned around to look.

At this time, the man in white who was eavesdropping outside the Taoist temple wall stiffened, sighed in embarrassment, jumped up, landed on the courtyard wall, and appeared in the sight of the master and disciple.

Xu Xian's eyes widened and he shouted in disbelief: "Brother Bai?!"

The man in white looked ashamed, immediately jumped off the courtyard wall, held his hands in his arms and apologized: "I'm sorry, little brother Xu, because I was curious for a moment and caused you to be punished by my mentor. I hope little brother Xu and Taoist Master can forgive me..."

Master Zishan glanced at him and said calmly: "You broke into my Taoist temple and deceived my beloved disciple. You are a thief. Do you really think that you are a poor Taoist and a simple cultivator in the mountains? You don't have a temper?"

The look of shame on the man in white's face became even brighter, and he quickly cupped his hands and said: "Taoist Priest, I'm—"

Before he could finish speaking, Master Zishan interrupted unceremoniously and said calmly: "Take a slap from me. If you can withstand it, everything will be fine. But if you can't..."

Master Zishan didn't finish his words, but the man in white opposite him already understood what he meant.

The man in white was shocked and quickly explained: "The Taoist priest was joking. I don't mean any harm. It's just that Xu Xiaodi's cultivation has improved rapidly in recent times. I was shocked and became a heavenly being. I followed him here out of curiosity."

"If the Taoist Master is dissatisfied, I would like to..."

Before he finished speaking, the man in white's pupils shrank, and he suddenly jumped back, looking ahead in disbelief.

I saw the purple-robed Taoist take a step forward, as if shrinking to the ground, and instantly moved in front of him, then raised his right palm and slapped his chest slowly and quickly.

"boom!"

The air exploded, and the palm filled with air currents hit the chest of the man in white firmly.

The next moment, the man in white shot out like a cannonball, instantly smashing into the courtyard wall, and then smashed through seven or eight large trees that were as thick as the waist of an adult man, before slamming into the stone wall.

Seeing this scene, Xu Xian was stunned.

Master Zishan waved his sleeves and robe, turned around and walked towards the broken stone table, saying calmly: "Go and see if he is dead..."