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Chapter 59 The Stone Chamber in the Back Mountain, Free and Easy Wind Riding

"This...this is Lingjiu Palace?" Even though Murong Fu came from the Murong family of Jiangnan and was used to seeing exquisite gardens, he was still completely shocked.

As for Kumārajīva, he thought the Potala Palace was the most magnificent palace in the world, but after seeing the Vulture Palace today, he realized that there are mountains beyond mountains.

In fact, it wasn't just this group of ancient bumpkins like Kumārajīva and Murong Fu; even Russell was taken aback upon seeing them, and an upbeat background music naturally started playing in his head—

"May I ask about the celestial palaces? When will we meet again?"

This is absolutely outrageous. With such low productivity in ancient times, how did they manage to build such a ridiculously impressive structure by modern standards?

"Grandma."

Upon arriving at the back garden, four girls dressed in light yellow, light blue, moon white, and lotus root pink were already waiting there, bowing to the old woman in unison.

The four women were eight or nine parts alike in appearance, all with bright eyes and white teeth, and were exceptionally beautiful. However, their temperaments differed slightly. Standing together, they resembled four lotus flowers blooming side by side.

Granny Tong was clearly quite proud of these four girls. Pointing at them, she smiled at Russell and said, "Look at the girls I've spent over ten years teaching. If you like them, I'll give them to you."

Upon hearing this, the four women, Mei, Lan, Ju, and Zhu, showed no shyness. Instead, they gracefully bowed to Luo Su and said in unison, "Greetings, Uncle Luo."

"There's no need for that," Russell waved his hand repeatedly. The old woman didn't insist, laughed, and then instructed, "Take them to settle in, and make sure they are treated well."

"Yes." The four women responded in unison, then turned to Mu Wanqing and the other two: "Distinguished guests, please follow me."

Mu Wanqing glanced at Russell, and seeing him nod slightly, she left the back garden with Murong Fu, Kumārajīva, and the four sword attendants.

After the figures disappeared at the end of the winding corridor, the playful expression on Tong Lao's face gradually faded. She turned to Luo Su and said seriously, "Junior Brother, come with your senior sister to see our Xiaoyao Sect's truly trump card and secret technique."

Before long, the two arrived at a garden. The old woman waved her hand and moved a rockery to reveal the entrance to a tunnel. She went in first, followed closely by Russell.

Inside the cave was a downward-sloping passageway. The old woman raised her hand and swung her palms out several times in the air. Wherever the scorching palm wind passed, the copper lamps embedded in the stone walls lit up one after another. After walking for more than two miles, the view suddenly opened up, and they entered the stone chamber.

The four walls of rock were polished very smoothly, and the stone walls were covered with countless circles about a foot in diameter. Each circle was carved with various figures, some of which were human figures, some of which were animal figures, some of which were incomplete characters, and some were just marks and lines. Next to the circles were more than 900 numbers such as "甲一", "甲二", "子一", "子二".

Standing in the center of the stone chamber, the old woman looked up at the murals covering the walls with a complex expression. She asked Russell, "Junior Brother, did Master mention these murals to you?"

Russell countered, "Senior Sister, are you referring to the carefree flight of the wind?"

"Indeed," the old woman nodded, then said, "Master once secluded himself here to meditate and comprehend the profound principles of heaven and man, leaving behind 937 murals. Your senior sister here considers herself to be quite talented, but even after more than 90 years of studying them day and night, she is still stuck on the 800th mural and has made little progress since. Junior brother, you have exceptional talent, perhaps you can truly comprehend something."

Russell nodded and began looking at the diagrams one by one, starting with diagram number A1.

There's not much to say about the first few pictures; they're just the Child Granny's understanding of martial arts like the Heavenly Six Yang Palms and the Heavenly Plum Blossom Hand.

He looked at them very quickly, and each picture automatically generated images of the flow of true qi in his mind. The more he looked, the smoother the flow of true qi in his body became, and the more astonished he became.

The reason why the Child Granny could not comprehend the techniques after the eight hundred paintings was not because she lacked talent, but simply because her vision was limited.

The 800th mural is a dividing line; before the 800th mural is about martial arts, and after the 800th mural is about cultivating immortality!

This is absolutely outrageous!

This damn martial arts world has actually produced a cultivator.

Magical power and internal energy are two purely different qualities of energy.

The former cultivates the most fundamental power in the universe, drawing the power of heaven and earth into the body to temper oneself, feed back into the spirit, and pursue harmony with heaven and earth.

The latter is merely the body's development of its own energy.

This means that the upper limit of the latter is basically fixed.

Human strength has its limits. No matter how much you break through, the capacity of your dantian meridians and the purity of your true qi will eventually have an end. No matter what, you can never reach the level that magic power should have.

This is a qualitative difference, like charcoal and diamonds; both are carbon, but they are not comparable.

Well, let's not talk about Fengyun and Pili Puppet Show. The only thing they have in common with the internal energy in the Tianlong world is their names.

Xiaoyaozi realized this situation, so he also began his experiment.

According to Xiaoyao Yufeng, what he will do next is to use the essence, energy and spirit of the human body to change the world, and then use the power of the world to feed back to the human body, in order to pursue the vast world beyond the limits of human power.

Starting with the 800th mural, the process of his experiments is recorded.

By the time he reached the 923rd mural, Xiaoyaozi had already purified his true energy to an unbelievable degree, just one step away from complete liquefaction.

Then the experiment stalled completely at this point; he couldn't complete this final step no matter what he tried.

The following murals are records of his failed methods.

Different methods of circulating qi, different spiritual views, alchemy, taking drugs, and even eventually thinking of turning to theology for sacrifices and prayers, all to no avail.

I heard from Tong Lao that Xiaoyaozi disappeared after leaving the seclusion, presumably to go to places outside the Central Plains to find a way to completely liquefy the true qi in his body.

As for whether it will succeed, Russell didn't know.

"How is it, Junior Brother? Have you figured anything out?" The voice of the old woman pulled Russell back to reality from his deep thoughts. Seeing that Russell was deep in thought, she couldn't help but ask.

"I've got some ideas, but we'll have to try them out to know for sure." Russell didn't finish his sentence, but he was quite confident.

The Northern Darkness Returning to the Void Technique that he is currently cultivating was written by Yao Lao as the main author and assisted by Han Li. The former is a powerful cultivator at the level of a Nine-Turn Dou Zun, and the latter is also a powerful cultivator who is one step away from forming a Core.

In comparison, this unfinished "Free and Easy Wind Riding" can't even see the taillights of "Northern Darkness Returning to the Void".

It's like comparing a primary school student's picture-writing exercise to a university student's graduation thesis. By Russell, I mean the serious kind.

And that's precisely the problem. Russell can't access high-quality energy like fighting spirit or magic power for the time being. Relatively speaking, this "Free and Easy Wind Riding" version for elementary school students is more suitable for him right now.

Furthermore, the walls also contain records of many highly lethal external martial arts techniques, which is what he lacks most right now.