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

Xu Xian's eyes widened, with a look of confusion and awe.

Master Zishan smiled and asked him to take off his clothes and soak in the pool. Then he looked at his face, which had turned red, perhaps because of shyness or because the drug was too strong, and said:

"The so-called immortal path requires practicing Qi cultivation and seizing the fortune of heaven and earth. In simple terms, it is to seek outside."

“In addition to martial arts, martial arts also requires looking inward to unearth the hidden treasures within the human body.”

"In today's martial arts world, the secret treasure that many martial artists are mainly looking for is the secret treasure of the sea of ​​qi."

"To practice the secret treasure of Qi Sea, one needs to forge the body and break through the barriers. There are three barriers and nine orifices. One can go from the inside out or from the outside in. When the inside and the outside are connected, the Qi Sea is opened up. At this time, the true Qi is vast and fills the whole body, flowing on its own. One has the courage of ten thousand men."

"A warrior of this level would be a top-notch expert in today's martial arts world."

"The two martial arts masters you met yesterday were Qi Hai masters who had passed the three levels and opened the nine orifices."

Next to the medicine pool, Master Zishan talked eloquently with a smile on his face, which made Xu Xian fascinated and gradually absorbed in his talk.

Master Zishan released his divine sense and sensed Xu Xian's body while continuing to explain: "The three passes and nine dangers are as difficult as ascending to heaven, so before officially breaking through the passes, you need to practice body-building exercises or use external medicinal baths."

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

"Skin training and flesh training are both preparations for bone training."

"This is because the three gates and nine dangers are located on your spine. There are three gates on the upper and lower spine. The lower gate is called the coccyx point, which has three sections, namely the first three sections from the bottom to the top. The middle gate is called the Jiaji point, which is the third to the eighteenth section of the lower gate."

"From the 18th section of Zhongguan, count to Yuzhenguan, and then to the three sections of Dazhui, and then to 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 mind will be at peace, break through the nine orifices and the qi will be harmonious. The Qi of the whole body will not be stagnant, and in the middle of the night, I will sing alone..."

Just like that, in the steaming cave, Master Zishan began to explain the ways of martial arts to his eldest disciple Xu Xian.

Xu Xian was soaking in the medicine pool. At first, he was distracted by the scalding hot medicine and the pricking pain on his skin, but later he became more and more engrossed in listening, and would ask questions from time to time when Master Zishan paused.

I have to say that Xu Xian is indeed very suitable for learning martial arts because he studied medicine in Baozhitang and was also familiar with the three gates and nine orifices of the human spine. These are some common sense things that 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 water, but he did not feel hungry. He even felt refreshed, as if he had a good sleep after eating and drinking.

After leaving the medicine pool and putting on clothes, Master Zishan led him out of the cave and started practicing boxing on flat ground.

However, compared with the medicinal bath which was obviously of super-model specifications, the boxing he taught to Xu Xian was just the most basic body-building technique.

This was not because Master Zishan wanted Xu Xian to lay a good foundation in the physical training stage, but simply because he had difficulty making choices...

Last night, in order to prepare martial arts secret manuals 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 secret manuals from them.

But none of these so-called "unique martial arts skills" caught his eye.

To put it bluntly, even if Master Zishan referred to the general principles of martial arts on the spot and created a set of his own from a high-level perspective, it would still have more potential than these so-called unique skills that are famous.

The only thing that is worthy of praise is the experience of predecessors accumulated over time in those techniques.

Naturally, Master Zishan was unwilling to teach something like this to his own disciple.

So after a night of thinking, Master Zishan decided to tailor a set of exercises for his disciple based on his physical condition during the month of laying the foundation for him.

Of course, in addition to this, Master Zishan has another plan.

That is to wait until Xu Xian cultivates to the peak of the Body Tempering Realm, and see if the system will judge him as having reached the advanced level.

If possible, then directly extract the system skills.

If you are lucky, you might be able to obtain a martial arts skill that can directly reach the level of a martial immortal.

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

During this period, Master Zishan 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 a Taoist certificate and ordination for himself, and left information about his own Taoist temple with the government.

From then on, he 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.

If Master Zishan appears before people in the future, the government will only suddenly realize after checking that there is such a Taoist priest who has lived in seclusion on this mountain for many years.

In this way, the days passed one by one.

In the blink of an eye, half a month had passed.

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

Taoist Master Zishan was wearing a Taoist robe and sitting next to a stone table. He brewed hot tea and flipped through the secret book in his hand.

These days, in order to tailor a set of skills for Xu Xian, he had left the Taoist temple many times and traveled to the mountains and peaks to borrow skills from the mountain gates of various famous sects for reference.

The secret book of martial arts in his hand now is the exclusive sword technique of Huashan Sword School that is not passed on to others.

True Man Zishan borrowed it from the headmaster's room at Mount Hua three days ago, but the other party hasn't discovered it yet.

At this moment, Xu Xian had finished practicing a set of boxing and was walking over with a gleaming look in his eyes and sweating profusely. Master Zishan raised his head, smiled and waved his hand, 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 up in gulps.

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

Is this the sense of accomplishment that comes from cultivation?

As Master Zishan thought about this, he asked with a smile, "Is there anything new in the county today?"

"Gudong, gudong..."

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

Master Zishan raised his eyebrows and said with interest: "Come, sit down and tell me."

Xu Xian sat opposite his 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 somewhat depressed mood: "Disciple now finally understands why you did this in the first place."

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

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

"But who would have thought that Uncle Liu became greedy. After discovering the silver, he took his family away from Qiantang County on the pretext of worshipping his mother. He has not returned for seven days now."

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

Xu Xian was slightly startled, then his face turned red, his eyes wandered, and he stammered, "I...I found out that Uncle Liu hasn't returned for seven days, so I asked around, and now..."

"Yeah?"

Master Zishan interrupted Xu Xian and said in a gloomy 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, "Did you meet that notorious thief, and promised him that you would never tell anyone what he did?"

Seeing that his master had revealed the truth, Xu Xian felt relieved and nodded dejectedly.

“Bang!”

Zishan Zhenren's face suddenly turned cold, and he slammed the stone table with his palm, scaring Xu Xian so much that he immediately knelt on the ground.

"Master, Brother Bai... Hero, he is such a good man!"

Looking at Xu Xian who was kneeling on the ground with a panicked look on his face, Master Zishan raised his hand and helped him up, saying unhappily, "Get up. Your master is not angry with you."

"……Um?"

Xu Xian was slightly startled, and then he saw his master glancing at the temple wall and sneered, "You said that the thief was 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 moment, the man in white who was eavesdropping outside the Taoist temple wall froze, sighed awkwardly, leaped up, landed on the 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 showed shame on his face, and immediately jumped off the wall, bowed his hands and apologized: "I'm sorry, little brother Xu, I was curious for a moment and caused you to be punished by my master. I hope that little brother Xu and the Taoist priest will forgive me..."

Zishan Zhenren glanced at him and said calmly, "You broke into my Taoist temple and deceived my beloved disciple. You thief, do you really think that I, a Taoist who practices in seclusion in the mountains, have no temper?"

The man in white looked even more ashamed, and he quickly bowed and said, "Master, I——"

Before he could finish, Master Zishan interrupted him without any hesitation, saying calmly: "Take my palm. If you can withstand it, then everything will be over. But if you can't withstand it..."

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

The man in white was startled and quickly explained, "Master, you are joking. I have no ill intentions. It's just that Brother Xu's cultivation has improved by leaps and bounds in recent days. I was shocked by his extraordinary talent and was curious, so I followed him here."

"If the Taoist priest is not satisfied, I am willing to..."

Before he finished speaking, the man in white's pupils shrank, and he suddenly leaped backwards, looking forward with an expression of disbelief.

The Taoist in purple robe took a step forward, and moved in front of him in an instant as if shrinking the earth. Then he raised his right palm and slapped his chest slowly but quickly.

"boom!"

The air exploded, and the palm containing streams of air hit the white-clothed man's chest firmly.

The next moment, the man in white shot out like a cannonball, instantly smashing the courtyard wall, and then broke seven or eight trees as thick as the waists of adult men, before crashing into the stone wall.

Seeing this scene, Xu Xian was stunned.

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