Chapter 40: Martial Arts Innateness
The impact of the prince's rebellion was beyond Gu Dan's expectations.
The Jinyiwei seemed to be crazy. Every day, countless families were destroyed and five to six out of ten Beijing officials were killed.
With the return of General Zhang, a purge on the grounds of the prince's rebellion came from top to bottom in an extremely fierce manner.
For a time, everyone in the imperial capital was in danger. Emperor Zong Ming suddenly launched an attack and massacred the temple, which was beyond everyone's expectations.
It was not until Gu Dan saw boxes of treasures being carried out of the houses of corrupt officials that he began to think about something.
"Are you raising pigs? You raise them yourself and then kill them yourself?"
Gu Dan's sense of smell for officialdom was not sharp enough, and he knew very little about the confrontations at the top, so he could only speculate the worst.
The army had not yet dispersed, but the national treasury, which had been depleted due to three years of war, had become full again, not only enough to reward the army, but also with a lot left over.
From a conspiracy theory perspective, all of this is just too perfect.
Without any hesitation, Gu Dan closed the martial arts school.
The imperial capital has been in turmoil lately, so it’s better to keep things stable.
"Brother Gu, you are finally back!"
One day, Wang Mang came to visit Gu Dan.
Today, Wang Mang is no longer a young boy. He is handsome and quite close to Gu Dan. He would visit the martial arts gym from time to time.
“I heard that you went to escort someone?” Gu Dan prepared a table of delicious food to entertain him.
"Brother Gu, look what I brought you?"
Wang Mang took out a tattered book from his arms, wrapped it in brown paper, and placed it in front of Gu Dan with great care.
"Master Yue's Travels?"
After taking a look at the title, Gu Dan didn't care. "When did you start liking vernacular novels?"
"This is not some storybook novel!"
Wang Mang shook his head repeatedly and whispered, "This contains notes left by a martial arts master three hundred years ago, which were sorted out and compiled into a book. I have read the contents, and I tried the breathing method written there, and it actually works!"
"Master, you know him. If you want to ask anything, can't you just go find Brother Mo?"
Gu Dan waved his hand. It is better to have no books than to believe in them blindly. With a living martial arts master by my side, why should I look for answers in books? This is the best way to seek the far away instead of the near.
"no the same!"
Wang Mang was anxious, and said quickly: "The Grandmaster mentioned here is different from what Master Mo said, and there is also a division of martial arts innateness!"
"Martial arts innate?"
Gu Dan picked up the book and read it carefully, and immediately found a clue.
The realm of martial arts in the book, after training the internal organs, directly reaches the so-called innate martial arts, and there is no final step of training the marrow as it is today.
As for the innate power of martial arts described in the book, it is more like the direct start of cultivation rather than practicing martial arts.
Things like flying flowers and picked leaves that can hurt people are small matters. Only when one step can reach ten feet and the air can reach three feet can it be considered as some skill, which is almost beyond the scope of human beings.
"Is this person probably never reaching the Grandmaster level in his life, and has started to dream since then?"
Gu Dan has already confirmed with Mo Qiu that the so-called innate master is just a legend and does not exist at all.
It is nothing more than a realm made up by warriors who envy the power of the legendary immortals. It can only fool laymen.
At least Mo Qiu has reached the realm that others praise him for, but he has not felt that special feeling of "mysterious and profound". Where can he find an innate master?
It is extremely difficult to achieve great success in practicing internal organs!
Apart from Mo Qiu, there are other martial arts masters as well. Aren’t they also continuing to practice their marrow diligently?
“But, the records here…”
Wang Mang was still somewhat unwilling to give up. After receiving the travel notes, he treated them as a treasure and cherished them very much, believing that it was a rare opportunity.
"True and false, false and true. There is no shortcut to success. Just watch it as something for fun and don't take it to heart." Gu Dan comforted him.
"I'm fine." Wang Mang nodded helplessly.
His progress in martial arts is much slower than Gu Dan's, and he still has some distance to go before he can master the art of internal martial arts.
The innate ability of martial arts is probably just a beautiful dream of martial artists. It doesn't really exist.
After Wang Mang left, Gu Dan picked up "The Travels of Master Yue" and read it carefully.
According to the book, after mastering the internal organ training, one can feel the call of heaven and earth with one's own body, enter the innate path and become a martial arts master.
From then on, he lived to be over 150 years old, and even in his old age, he was still in good health and free from all diseases.
Whether it is the power of the innate master described in the book or the increase in lifespan after reaching the innate master level, it is enough to make ordinary people excited.
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Suddenly, Gu Dan recalled what Mo Qiu had said before, that anyone can practice the art of internal energy, but they need to practice internal energy to perfection first.
In addition, only those with extraordinary talents can practice it.
The only similarity with "The Travels of Master Yue" is that they both require the practice of internal organs to perfection.
Just one is stepping into the innate realm, while the other is practicing inner breath. No matter how you look at it, they don't seem to match.
"It will take me at least five or six years to master the internal organs."
His talent in martial arts was already quite good, and with tonics like Soul-Severing Burn to nourish him all the time, it seemed extremely difficult.
Now is not the time to be anxious, Gu Dan is very patient.
Time is on his side.
In the 33rd year of Emperor Ming's reign, the crown prince rebelled, the government held a purge, and a large number of corrupt officials were killed.
In the same year, Emperor Zong Ming, who had not held a grand ceremony for three years, held a fast and sacrifice ceremony again. This time, he proclaimed himself "Taishang Daluo Tianxian Zi Ji Changsheng Shengzhi Zhaoling Tongyuan Zheng Ying Yuxu Zongzhang Wulei Dazhenren Xuandujing Wanshou Emperor".
The construction of Wanshou Palace began in full swing. The imperial court mobilized nearly 200,000 people for forced labor at one time. People from all corners of the country flocked to the foot of Shoushan Mountain in the imperial capital and began to contribute to the construction of Emperor Zong Ming.
It was also in this year that Ying Liang, a cabinet minister who was over sixty years old, wrote a letter to the emperor asking him to rectify the customs among the people, saying that "scholars use literature to disrupt the law, and knights use force to violate prohibitions," and requested the emperor to rectify the customs among the people.
The "scholars" that Ying Liang mentioned are naturally the alchemists, and the knights-errant include but are not limited to rangers.
The business of the martial arts school was naturally affected. The reputation of the Mohist School, which had just started to improve, suffered a considerable blow, and many people were thrown into prison.
The good news is that even Qingfeng Temple was not spared, and the pressure from the government finally fell on the alchemists.
However, Gu Dan was somewhat confused as they were vigorously building the Wanshou Palace while suppressing the alchemists.
Is this a matter of belief or disbelief? "I eat according to my own appetite and wear clothes according to my own body shape. These things have no effect on me for the time being."
Gu Dan was not prepared to compete with the government. Since the government wanted to cleanse the people's martial arts and immortality-seeking culture, he had no objection.
But it didn't mean he did nothing. On this day, after completing all the preparations, Gu Dan walked into the dungeon.
All the martial arts masters and rebels captured by the imperial court were among them.
His medical skills have made great progress and he is strong enough to protect himself.
It's time to put what you've learned to the test.
(End of this chapter)