At this time, the Shaolin Temple had been closed for many years due to the Huo Gong Toutuo incident. The abbot of the temple had originally planned to reopen the temple in the next few years, but unexpectedly, the Mongolian army occupied the Central Plains, burned, killed, and looted, committing all kinds of evil. The monks of the Shaolin Temple wanted to protect themselves.

I had no choice but to continue to close the mountain, not daring to interfere with the affairs of the Jianghu court. Occasionally, disciples would go down the mountain, but they were just traveling, and they rarely did big things.

It's just that Shaolin's prestige has not diminished over the years. Although the mountain is closed, no one in the world dares to offend it. This is the foundation of the martial arts origin of the ancient temple for thousands of years. Even the evil masters in the world dare not be disrespectful when mentioning the Shaolin Temple.

Heart.

After Yang Xingzhou arrived at Shaoshi Mountain, he purposely cut down trees and built a wooden house at the foot of the mountain. After getting all the pots, pans, pots, pans, and everything, he settled here.

The wooden house he built is quite like a hunter's simple residence in the mountains. It is also the cold winter season, so it does not attract anyone's attention. Yang Xingzhou has never been a hunter before and has been fresh in the mountains for several days, hunting.

After catching a lot of prey, they started stealing scriptures.

There are almost no masters in the Shaolin Temple now. Otherwise, there would be no Shaolin disciples among the five great masters in the world. With Yang Xingzhou's ability at this time, no one would be able to detect him when he goes in and out of Shaolin.

Not all Shaolin Temples in every era had sweeping monks. Even if there were sweeping monks, Yang Xingzhou might not be afraid of him. At worst, he would poison and plot. No matter how high his martial arts skills were, he might not be able to withstand the poison in his hands.

At this time, the person guarding the Sutra Pavilion was none other than Jue Yuan. This monk was young, only about thirty years old. He had a dignified appearance and was fond of etiquette. He had read a lot and was extremely pedantic. Although he was a

A monk, but not like the world-famous Shaolin monk.

Because the Nine Suns Sutra is hidden in the four volumes of the Shurangama Sutra written by Patriarch Bodhidharma himself, and since this sutra was written by Patriarch Bodhidharma himself, regardless of whether it contains martial arts scriptures, it is important to the Shaolin monks.

It is an amazing treasure. Even for real eminent monks, no matter how powerful the "Nine Suns Sutra" is, it is just a way to strengthen the body, cut off the hair and cleanse the marrow. It is far inferior to the Buddhist teachings in the "Surangama Sutra".

The great truth shown.

Especially for Jue Yuan, this guy is pedantic and has never understood martial arts in his life. As soon as he sees the Shaolin monks practicing martial arts, he will take a detour and feel that the Buddhist disciples are obsessed with practicing martial arts and have really deviated from the true principles of Buddhism.

Therefore, he was never interested in martial arts. What he was really interested in was the real Buddhist classics.

Someone wrote the "Nine Yang Sutra" in the "Surangama Sutra". Jue Yuan foolishly thought that it was also written by Bodhidharma, so he followed it and followed it foolishly. He had no intention of practicing martial arts in his heart.

On the contrary, his progress has been extremely rapid. Now he is less than forty years old, and he has already developed an excellent internal strength. In terms of profound internal strength alone, it is no less than the five unique skills of the Central Plains.

It's just that he doesn't know martial arts. He only knows that what he practices is just ordinary fitness methods. He has never associated it with martial arts. Although he is light and healthy and free from all diseases, he still feels that this is the mental method passed down by the ancestor. After practicing it, he has changed like this.

That's what it should be. From the beginning to the end, I never thought that this was an amazing martial arts mentality.

Jue Yuan worked extremely hard in guarding the Scripture Pavilion. He wiped the bookcases and cleaned the room every day. He clearly remembered the location of each scripture and would even come to check it at night.

It took Yang Xingzhou three nights to copy down the "Nine Yang Manual".

After he copied it, he was not in a hurry to practice. Instead, he copied another copy of the Shurangama Sutra and the Diamond Sutra and studied them carefully.

These two classics are of no small importance; they are recognized by the public as the two most important and most well-known Buddhist classics among Buddhist disciples.

The Diamond Sutra is about "knowing how it is", while the Surangama Sutra is about "knowing how it is". It belongs to the mind-based method, which directly points to the human heart and becomes a Buddha, allowing people to understand their mind and see their nature. It is the most authentic path of Zen practice, and it has long been separated from it.

The category of "skill" has reached the level of "law".

At this time, Yang Xingzhou had a bottleneck in his martial arts cultivation. This bottleneck was not only a bottleneck in his knowledge of martial arts, but more importantly, his accumulation of knowledge. His accumulation of martial arts was almost complete.

, but there are great deficiencies in other knowledge reserves, such as the understanding of the spirit of Buddhism and Taoism, and the understanding of the nature of heaven and earth. Although these things cannot be turned into a part of martial arts, they can greatly improve

The breadth of one's knowledge and vision, and the broadening of one's mind, actually play a great role in promoting spiritual practice.

At the beginning, Wang Chongyang said that Zhou Botong had difficulty reaching the peak of martial arts due to his broad mind and knowledge. What he meant was that Zhou Botong was too obsessed with practicing martial arts and lacked a sense of compassion to save the world and the people, so it was difficult to reach the point of decision-making throughout his life. This sentence is actually

It's right to say it's right or wrong to say it's wrong. It mainly depends on what kind of kung fu he practices.

What Zhou Botong practiced was the orthodox method of the Quanzhen Sect. In this orthodox mind method, a righteous heart will lead to a righteous qi, and a righteous qi will lead to a good performance. Therefore, most people who practice the orthodox mind method must be people of upright nature, otherwise their character and mind will not be consistent.

, after all, it is difficult to reach the ultimate state.

This is true for the authentic mental methods of Taoism, and the same is true for Buddhist mental methods. Except for the methods of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism, other methods do not have much requirements on the mind. As long as you are highly qualified, smart, and work hard in martial arts,

Natural progress is rapid.

Just like the Kung Fu of the Peach Blossom Island lineage and the Mingjiao Kung Fu, these Kung Fu have no requirements on the character of the mind. The more upright a gentleman is, the less likely he is to make progress.

When practicing these exercises, you will feel like a fish in water and become a great master.

As for Yang Xingzhou's personal behavior, it has absolutely nothing to do with being a gentleman. With his character, if he wants to practice Buddhist classics such as the "Nine Suns Sutra", he naturally has to change his state of mind.

You must know that people who are successful in practicing the "Nine Yang Manual", whether they are Jue Yuan or Zhang Wuji, are not eager for quick success. Instead, they have an indifferent mentality of "going with the flow", not seeking success, and simply letting nature take its course.

, it is because there is no thought of seeking success, but it is in line with the gist of the scriptures, and I have developed this mental method.

But Yang Xingzhou is a guy who is eager for quick success. He knows his own family affairs and knows that it is not appropriate to practice the supreme mental method of Buddhism with his own state of mind. Otherwise, it will be fine if the practice fails. If he practices it forcefully, he will become possessed.

But that would be a big problem.

In fact, based on his current level of internal energy cultivation, even the master who created the Nine Yang Manual may not be able to compare with him. Even if the internal energy cultivation in the Nine Yang Manual has reached the level of Dacheng, it is impossible to surpass Yang Xingzhou's current level of cultivation.

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But stones from other mountains can attack jade. What Yang Xingzhou needs now is a unique practice concept and luck method to enhance his knowledge of martial arts, and more importantly, to fill in and improve his original nameless mental skills.

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Since he obtained the nameless mental method on the gold foil of the main world, every time he learned a profound martial arts mental method, the mental method of practice has quietly changed. From the time he entered the small world to now, this mental method has already

It has undergone earth-shaking changes, becoming much more sophisticated and complex than before, and its power has also increased many times.

This mental method is like a living being with self-awareness, relying on devouring various martial arts mental methods to strengthen itself, and Yang Xingzhou is the beneficiary of the improvement of this skill. This is why Yang Xingzhou is so persistent in practicing various martial arts.

One of the main reasons for the law.

When he discovered that the martial arts mental method in his body seemed to have its own consciousness, Yang Xingzhou was worried for a long time. He couldn't forget this mental method even if he wanted to. The most amazing thing about this mental method is that it can be used all the time.

Yang Xingzhou is running inside his body. Unless Yang Xingzhou can make up his mind to abolish his martial arts, otherwise, it will be impossible to get rid of this mental technique from his body.

However, after the passage of time, this kind of worry no longer exists. After so many years of observation, Yang Xingzhou has discovered that the "consciousness" of this mental method is actually his own scattered thoughts, not the internal power of the mind.

Dharma produces consciousness, but this mental method seems to "extract" a part of one's own spirit and turn it into the core idea of ​​​​the operation of the mental method.

In Taoist theory, it is said that there are three corpse worms in the human body, each with its own thoughts. Yang Xingzhou once suspected that the mental method in his body was related to the three corpse worms, but there was no evidence. He practiced martial arts so hard that he might have kept it.

The idea of ​​knowing why.

In order to learn the meaning of Buddhist scriptures such as the Surangama Sutra and the Diamond Sutra, Yang Xingzhou had to read through many Buddhist classics and commentaries by eminent monks. He had been studying for a year before he understood several of the principles explained in the Buddhist scriptures.

If you shave off your hair, you will look like an enlightened monk.

After comprehending the Buddhist scriptures to this point, Yang Xingzhou calmly opened the "Nine-Yang Manual" and understood the method of cutting hair and cleansing the marrow. It only took him one night to cultivate the Nine-Yang Magic to a great level.

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He had already opened up the Ren and Du meridians, and with the Zen mind penetrated, the true energy circulated and acted according to the law. Although the Nine Yang Manual was extremely difficult to practice, Yang Xingzhou was able to control this mind both in terms of state of mind and internal strength.

The method was accomplished overnight.

"Hehe, it turns out that sharpening a knife can make you a good chopping wood!"

After dawn, Yang Xingzhou slowly woke up from his deep trance, stretched out his arms, and the bones in his body crackled violently. He opened his mouth and exhaled a stream of white air, and with a "pop" sound, it penetrated

A small transparent hole appeared in the wall. The edge of the hole was scorched black, as if it had been burned by fire.

With this breath of fire, Yang Xingzhou floated up and walked down the mountain. He thought to himself: "Nine Yang Divine Kung Fu is indeed exquisite, but I wonder what the techniques recorded in the Yi Jin Jing and Marrow Cleansing Sutra in Shaolin Temple are like?"

During this period of time when he was studying Buddhist classics, he went to the Shaolin Temple to steal scriptures more than once.

He also failed to find the Sutra and the Marrow Cleansing Sutra.

In order to find the "Yi Jin Jing", Yang Xingzhou even drugged all the monks in the Shaolin Temple and searched the temple openly all night, but could not find the location of the "Yi Jin Jing".

Now that the "Nine Yang Manual" has been completed, Yang Xingzhou once again came up with the idea of ​​"Yi Jin Jing", thinking: "Go to the Shaolin Temple again tonight and try the soul-moving method to see if you can ask the question from the abbot of Shaolin."

Find out the whereabouts of the Yi Jin Jing!"

ps: The third update will be resumed tomorrow, so let’s do the first update today.
Chapter completed!