Li Mu trembled like an old man in his seventies or eighties. He picked up the scroll, opened it, and read it. Then, he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.
It was really the cultivation method of Somersault Cloud.
Although Li Mu had no personal cultivation experience, he roughly scanned through the book. Based on his understanding of martial arts, he was basically sure that what was recorded in the book was definitely a kind of method of riding on clouds. It was extremely fast. Although he was not sure whether it could cover a distance of 108,000 miles with a somersault, it was definitely faster than the Broadsword-commanding Skill that Li Mu had created himself … This was a Cultivation Method that surpassed the highest level of martial arts on this planet.
It was a terrible secret method.
After reading it, Li Mu felt even more horrified.
"What the hell is going on?"
Before, when he saw the stone tablets of the Spiritual Fangcun Mountain, the Cave of Slanting Moon and Three Stars, and later when he saw the deserted Taoist field, the Arts Gate, the Movement Gate, and so on, he guessed again and again that this place might be the place where Master Puti taught in the legend of the Journey to the West. But now, a scroll of the secret method of Somersault Cloud could be said to confirm all his previous guesses.
Everything here was really related to the world of the Journey to the West.
Did Master Puti and Sun Wukong really exist?
Was everything in the Journey to the West true?
Li Mu felt a little confused.
However, no matter what, he could still cultivate the secret technique of the Somersault Cloud.
One somersault could travel 108,000 miles.
How fast it was!
Although as a human, every time before running on the clouds, this behavior looked very funny, as long as he ran fast, it would be fine, wouldn't it? It was simply the first means of escape. Just a few hundred or thousands of somersaults would be enough, wouldn't it?
He put away this secret method and then flipped through some other bamboo slips and scrolls.
"Mountain and Sea Breathing Skill? It looks like a method of breathing … "
"The True Chapter of Sword Theory? Oh, a sword manual of swordsmanship. "
"Spear manual? This name is too casual. It's a secret spear technique manual. "
"Xuan Zhen Solution? This is … Oh, why does it look like astrology? "
"Crazy Cudgel Method … Combat Skill."
Li Mu flipped through the bamboo slips and scrolls on the bookshelf, and sure enough, they were some cultivation methods and combat skills.
This was especially true for combat skills.
Seeing this, Li Mu suddenly realized another problem.
The reason why Sun Wukong could dominate the world was that many people saw his Somersault Cloud and 72 Transformations. However, they all overlooked one thing. Even without these transformations and Supernatural Powers, Sun Wukong was almost invincible in close combat, whether it was a one-on-one fight or a group fight. None of the 100,000 celestial soldiers and generals could stop him. Even the Mighty Miracle God and the Third Prince Nezha were no match for him. Only Erlang Shen could be a match for him in the past.
This meant that Sun Wukong's martial arts were also top-notch in addition to his supernatural powers.
"Except for the innate divine power, Sun Wukong learned all his martial arts and combat skills from Master Subhuti. That is to say, Master Subhuti's martial arts and Cultivation Methods were also horrifying. Those combat skills and Cultivation Methods in front of me must have been left by Master Subhuti. They are by no means ordinary." Li Mu had a very clear idea.
He kept all the cultivation technique manuals into his storage ring.
Although he loved the saber the most among the 18 weapons, it didn't mean that he wouldn't cultivate and study other weapons.
Only by comprehending all kinds of weapons and martial arts could he master them and be the best in broadsword-using methods.
Wasn't Sun Wukong the same?
He found so many weapons in the human world's arsenal, and he could use all of them. But he didn't like them because they were too light. Later, when he came to the Dragon Palace, he could use knives, forks, axes, and halberds. But because they were too light, he used the Sea-pacifying Immortal Pillar as a stick, and then he got a suitable weapon. If Sun Wukong didn't know how to use sticks, wouldn't it be a waste to have the Sea-pacifying Immortal Pillar?
Moreover, even if he couldn't use it, he should put it away.
After all, thieves never leave empty-handed.
Li Mu put about a dozen scrolls and bamboo slips on the bookshelf into his Storage Ring.
Then, he came to the center of the hall, knelt on the linen rush cushion, and respectfully bowed to the bookshelf.
Since he had taken something from others, he had to thank them.
When he knelt on the ground and his forehead touched the ground in front of the rush cushion, like a stone falling on a mirror-smooth water surface, a halo suddenly appeared on the stone floor and rapidly expanded. It flashed across the whole hall and then spread to the doors of other stone rooms. It happened so fast that Li Mu almost didn't have time to react.
He felt like he was dazzled.
"What's going on?"
While he was in a daze, suddenly, a majestic and peaceful voice sounded in the stone room —
"Kowtow to thank me for my kindness, and then join my sect. You can choose whether you will be lucky or not."
The voice seemed to be ringing in his ears, but also seemed to be coming from beyond the Ninth Heaven. It was too strange.
Li Mu was a little dumbfounded at that time.
"What? What? What?"
"Just kowtow and you'll be my disciple?"
"Wait a minute, big brother, I don't know whether you are Master Puti or not."
Li Mu felt that this thing … was a little strange.
He jumped up and looked around, but he didn't see anyone, nor did he feel the slightest fluctuation of tactical deployments or soul power … "Damn it, is there a recorder hidden somewhere in this stone room?"
"Is this a lucky chance?"
"If this is really the Taoist field of Master Puti, then …"
A thought came to Li Mu's mind.
"Does it mean that Sun Wusheng is my senior fellow apprentice?"
"This thing is a little strange."
"But it seems … not bad?"
He suppressed the surprise in his heart and didn't think too much about it. There must be a way out when he came to it. He turned around and walked directly to a stone room on the right.
Originally, he was on guard against the existence of tactical deployments or restrictions in this stone room, but when he approached it, there was no change, and he walked in easily.
Li Mu entered and found that this stone room was probably the sleeping place of the master on weekends. There was a faintly glowing stone bed, stone chairs, tea tables, and so on. On the tea table were stone cups, stone bowls, stone pots, and so on. On the other side of the stone bed was a square chess table, with stone blocks on both sides … They were all very elegant daily necessities, simple and unadorned, as if the stones were cut like carrots.
In addition to these things, there was also a stone lamp on one side of the stone bed, but there was no wick in it, and the lamp oil had dried up.
The shape of this stone lamp was slightly more gorgeous. It was flat and engraved with the shape of a coiled dragon kissing a pearl. The dragon's tail was the highest, and the dragon's head was spitting out the wick, just like a delicate work of art.
Other than that, there was nothing else.
Li Mu was a little disappointed.
However, after studying it for a while, he found that the stone bed with a white shimmer was quite extraordinary.
"In The Return of the Condor Heroes, the ice jade bed on which Xiao Longnu slept can help people practice martial arts. This glowing stone bed seems to have the same function, which can help people concentrate and calm down, help people meditate, and eliminate inner demons?" Li Mu pondered, stroking his chin.
"And that stone lamp doesn't seem to be ordinary. If there is a wick and lamp oil, maybe it will be … a Lotus Lamp?"
Devil Li thought for a while and still adhered to the principle of not leaving empty-handed. In the end, he put the stone bed, the stone lamp, the chess table, the stone stools, and the tea table into the Storage Ring. The well-arranged stone room was cleaned up, and nothing was left.
Then, he walked out happily and went to another stone room on the opposite side of the stone hall.
However, this stone chamber was empty. There was nothing but a faint smell of incense that lingered. It was probably the place where the owner of this chamber burned incense to pray or meditate in meditation.
Li Mu came out with a little disappointment and walked to the last stone room.
The whole stone hall had three bedrooms and one living room.
The last stone room was the largest. There was a white jade statue in it, which was an old man with a sage-like appearance. He had a kind face and was wearing a long sleeved robe. He was thin and medium. He stood with his hands clasped behind his back and slightly raised his head, as if looking at the void of the universe. His face was expressionless and lifelike, as if he would open his eyes and wake up in the next moment.
Li Mu's heart skipped a beat when he saw it.
"Is this the statue of Master Puti?"
Thinking about how he had taken so many things from the other stone rooms, even emptying the bed, he instantly felt a little guilty.
He thought for a while. Anyway, he had already knelt once. At worst, he would kneel here again.
So, he knelt down respectfully, kowtowed three times in front of the stone statue, and said in his heart, "Please don't blame me for taking your treasures and Cultivation Methods. One day, when I make a fortune, walk out of the sea of stars, and save the fate of the earth, I will rebuild the temple for you and open another Taoist field …"
After that, he stood up and wanted to search the stone room to see if there were other treasures.
But when he looked up, Li Mu was so shocked that he almost squealed like a pig.
"F * ck, what's going on?"
To his disbelief, he found that the white jade statue, which was standing with its hands clasped behind its back a moment ago, had changed its shape. Its hands were placed in front of its abdomen, and each of its palms was holding a long jade slip, which was glowing faintly.
On the jade slip on the right side were four big characters in ancient seal script — Ultimate Yin and Yang Cultivation Method.
On the jade slips on the left and right were four big characters in ancient seal script — Five Emperors' Immortality Scriptures.
Li Mu's eyes instantly lit up.
"Cultivation Method?" "Secret manual?"
"I can get it just by kowtowing?"
He knew about the Ultimate Yin and Yang Cultivation Method.
In myths and legends, it was the original Cultivation Method of Erlang Shen, the first general of the Celestial Court who captured Sun Wukong. If he mastered it, he would be invulnerable, his body would become a sage, and his soul would be out of his body. Whether in the mythical novel Investiture of the Gods or in the Journey to the West, the Ultimate Yin and Yang Cultivation Method could be said to be the top physical cultivation method and also the most powerful Taoist Cultivation Method.
Some people in later generations believed that the Ultimate Yin and Yang Cultivation Method was the 72 changes. The reason was very simple. The multiplication formula was eight by nine and seventy-two.
For this reason, Li Mu had studied it for a period of time when he was bored on Earth.
In Li Mu's view, the Ultimate Yin and Yang Cultivation Method could not only improve the physical body, but also change its shape and had the power of illusion. Combined with Erlang Shen's achievements in the Journey to the West and the Investiture of the Gods, the power of the Ultimate Yin and Yang Cultivation Method should be even greater than the 72 changes of the Earth Evil Spirit.
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Last night, Li Mu was stuck writing until two o 'clock. He was so sleepy that he had to get up at seven o' clock this morning to continue writing.
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