Wang Xuan put down the yellowed physical skills secret book and picked up a golden bamboo slip from the pre-Qin period.
It is only eight centimeters long and very heavy. It does not feel like bamboo, but is as smooth as jade. It was given to me by Aoki when I joined the expedition organization.
According to Zhao Qinghan, over the past decades or hundreds of years, only four golden bamboo slips have been dug out from the old land, two of which were fought over by various parties and have been dispersed.
Wang Xuan estimated that a complete set of golden bamboo slips should have dozens of pieces, and it would be too difficult to collect them all.
He looked at the carvings above. The creatures with human heads and snake bodies were lifelike, but it was difficult to understand their meaning. Currently, there were too few samples to comprehend them fully.
He put the bamboo slips aside. On the path of old techniques, he needed to accumulate knowledge slowly. There was no need to focus on the rare objects from the Pre-Qin period right from the start.
Early in the morning, Wang Xuan went to practice the alchemist's root method. He would have to go to work in two days, so he cherished his current peaceful life.
When he came back covered in sweat and saw the Golden Body Secret Book on the desk again, he couldn't help but walk over.
After careful observation and identification, he was convinced that the yellowed scripture was an antique and was not made to look old, but the records in the book were too misleading.
Finally, he couldn't help it. After washing up, he changed a special phone card and secretly contacted Aoki of the expedition organization to ask him for advice.
After hearing his general description, Qing Mu burst into laughter and said, "The ancients all had a problem, they liked to exaggerate. Hundreds of years and thousands of years are all exaggerated, just to show the extraordinary nature of this body technique. Just listen to it. Wait a minute, I remember that the Golden Body Body Technique seems to be very famous. It first appeared in the Northern Song Dynasty. I don't remember the specific details very clearly."
Wang Xuan was quite impressed after hearing this. Qingmu even knew something about the origin of this scripture. People who are successful in practicing the old arts are indeed extraordinary.
"You can practice this taijutsu, but remember not to be superstitious about it. Not to mention the latter part, it takes hundreds of years to practice the first seven or eight levels. Who are you trying to fool? Imagine if it is really as described in the scripture, where did the original author go? He was a person in the Northern Song Dynasty. If he practiced the thirteenth level, wouldn't he be alive today? But it seems that someone in later generations discovered his tomb."
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Wang Xuan felt mixed emotions after hanging up the phone.
Originally, he had some unrealistic ideas. If the Golden Body Technique was somewhat credible, then there might be a new world at the end of the old technique!
As a result, Aoki's words made him realize how unreliable the ancients were.
"I will remember you, the original author of the Golden Body Technique, and I will also remember you, Zhou Mingxuan!"
Not long after, Wang Xuan went out. The students who were going to Nova would cross the galaxy tomorrow, and Professor Lin would return with them on the same interstellar spaceship.
Before they parted, he naturally had to visit Professor Lin again and see him off in advance, as he would not be able to get close to the spaceship tomorrow.
Professor Lin has gray hair and a slightly plump body, but his complexion is pretty good, his face is glowing, and his laughter is full of energy.
"Don't complain. The ancients were sometimes like that. They liked to exaggerate. But the Golden Body Technique is indeed not simple. It is said that once you master it, you will be invulnerable to swords and spears. The creator was named Zhou Yunkong. He was a legendary figure. His flesh and blood were many times stronger than the best armor. He lived to be over 150 years old and finally died of old age in the Shu Mountains. During the Ming Dynasty, tomb robbers visited his tomb and let the secret book of the Golden Body Technique he left behind see the light of day. This man was very powerful, and it is recorded in unofficial history."
Wang Xuan was speechless. How could a man who was over 150 years old develop a physical skill that would take thousands or even tens of thousands of years to master?
He sighed and thought that there were many liars among the ancients.
However, Zhou Yunkong was actually visited by tomb robbers and his tomb was robbed, which was indeed a bit tragic.
Wang Xuan admired Professor Lin very much. He was truly a man of great talent and knowledge. He had dug out the roots of the original author of the Golden Body Technique and knew more than Aoki did.
"Don't underestimate the physical skill of the Golden Body. The fact that it allowed Zhou Yunkong to live for more than 150 years speaks volumes. In addition, it is said that when the tomb robbers dug him out, his body had not yet completely decayed. It was actually harder than iron or stone, and even an iron sword could not cut it. You have to know that he had been dead for 200 to 300 years at that time."
Wang Xuan's heart was stirred and he was quite looking forward to it!
In this era, a thermal weapon can destroy a master in the field of old arts. If you can master the golden body technique, your life will become hardened directly.
"Zhou Yunkong and Zhou Mingxuan, both have the surname Zhou. Could the former be the ancestor of the Zhou family?"
But soon Wang Xuan shook his head again. It couldn't be such a coincidence. Besides, if it was an heirloom, Zhou Mingxuan would never give it to others.
"The history of this secret book is only about 200 years old, judging by the paper it was written on. I think it must have been copied by later generations. After studying it, I think it must be the true scripture."
Since Professor Lin was unable to practice in actual combat, he turned to theoretical research and studied various old techniques and methods. He has a sharp eye and accurate judgment.
Wang Xuan sighed, "This secret book today has touched me deeply. Since it is so exaggerated, are other ancient art scriptures also like this?"
This was the fundamental reason why he consulted Professor Lin. The secret book given by Zhou Mingxuan disturbed Wang Xuan's mind.
Are the legends about old techniques still credible? For example, the methods and paths left by the pre-Qin alchemists have probably also been infinitely exaggerated, right?
Professor Lin shook his head and said, "It's not as serious as you think. The exaggeration of the Golden Body Technique is just an isolated case. Only a very small number of scriptures are like this. It is mainly related to the historical environment at that time. For example, in that era, even the official war reports were like this. In a battle, only a few hundred people were beheaded and captured, but in the end it was written as defeating tens of thousands of enemies and leaving corpses everywhere. If the official history is like this, you can imagine what the folk history is like."
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