Chapter 367 A Short Story

Chapter 367 A short story

Yin Yang martial arts?

Although the exercises and martial arts recorded in this ancient book appear to be extremely powerful, if I cannot fully understand the theory of Yin and Yang, this ancient book will be indispensable to me...

Lin Chen stared at the ancient book blankly, remembering what his grandfather said before he left: "You cannot practice the martial arts in this ancient book before all the conditions are met!"

Could it be that the required condition is “understanding”?

Lin Chen smiled bitterly and shook his head. He was about to give up studying Yin Yang martial arts, but suddenly, he recalled a short story that Su Qing once told him.

That was an episode that happened more than ten years ago when Su Qing was teaching Lin Chen to practice Chinese martial arts.

At that time, Lin Chen was first introduced to Chinese martial arts. To him, everything was mysterious and novel.

Before officially practicing martial arts, Su Qing told the following short story in order to arouse Lin Chen's emotions:

A long time ago, there was a wealthy landowner. He has two sons. The eldest son is tall and majestic, while the younger son is short and capable, with rat eyebrows and rat eyes.

If DNA paternity testing technology had been available at that time, the landowner would definitely have verified it to see if this younger son who looked obviously different from his own was his biological son.

The landlord was quite satisfied with his eldest son, but looked down upon his younger son.

Before his two sons came of age, the landowner hired the most famous fortune teller in the area and asked him to calculate the future of his two sons.

What is unexpected is that the eldest son, who grew up in a greenhouse, was told by a fortune teller that there would be many disasters in his life, and every disaster was very dangerous. But if the eldest son can survive all the disasters, he will be the treasure of the emperor!

On the contrary, the landlord's youngest son has a smooth life, a bright future, and even looks like an emperor! But he can never ascend to the throne of Emperor! Otherwise, it will be the sad ending of "one general succeeds and ten thousand bones wither"!

The landowner was extremely shocked.

In ancient times, if someone had such a destiny statement, they would be beheaded!

Therefore, he immediately sent someone to trick the fortune teller into a deserted wilderness, and then killed him and silenced him.

Afterwards, he continued to dote on his eldest son as if nothing was wrong, but ignored his younger son.

After the two sons grew up, the landlord often dreamed of the fortune teller who died in vain, so he was haunted by nightmares, and he gave up soon.

Although his attitudes towards his two sons are very different, the relationship between the two sons is very harmonious.

The huge estate was eventually divided equally between his two sons.

At that time, the dynasty was dominated by treacherous ministers, the emperor was dissolute and tyrannical, and the people in the world were already in dire straits. Coupled with the occurrence of natural disasters, peasant uprisings broke out in various places.

In these troubled times, the eldest son chose to rise up and began to recruit people and high-profile to organize a victorious rebel army.

The younger son quietly liquidated the family property and retreated to the mountains to wait for the situation to change.

The chaotic situation came to an abrupt end ten years later.

In the imperial court, a unique general appeared who could not be seen in a century. Under the leadership of this general, the imperial court destroyed all the rebel armies and finally stabilized the situation.

Because the eldest son was well-known and a fierce general himself, he was desperately pursued by this genius general.

As a last resort, he finally fled into the mountain forest where his youngest son lived in seclusion, and met his little brother there.

What surprised the eldest son was that in the past ten years, his younger brother had established a huge tribe in this uninhabited mountainous area.

In the tribe, everyone advocates martial arts and works hard to practice martial arts. The prosperity of martial arts is an eye-opener for the eldest son.

What's more important is that the younger son has been planning for ten years, not only hoarding a large amount of weapons and food, but he also fully predicts the general trend of the world.

The eldest son was shocked.

The younger son always looked calm and warned his elder brother:

The fortune teller back then said that you and I both have the qualities of an emperor. Now, it is not appropriate for the two of us to gather together in this mountain forest.

As the saying goes, how can one mountain accommodate two tigers? The two must still be separated!

However, although the imperial court was powerful and the talented general was extremely brave and resourceful, it could never restore the reputation of the imperial court and the foundation of the country.

Therefore, within five years, the world will inevitably be in chaos again!

At that time, you will still lead a brave and capable army to compete head-on with that genius general, while I will lead the elite force of this tribe to secretly attack the imperial capital!

Just like the fortune teller said, as long as you survive all the disasters, you will be the emperor; and although I have been magnanimous all the way, I cannot become the emperor.

If we want to save the world and save the people of Ming Dynasty from the fire and water, we can only work together in this way to overthrow the tyrant!

After this is accomplished, you will replace the tyrant and become the master of the world, while I will continue to live in seclusion in the mountains and forests to stabilize the frontier.

In this way, the world will be stable and people will be able to live and work in peace and contentment.

The eldest son had great trust in his brother, so he immediately agreed to the younger son's proposal.

Five years later.

This pair of brothers, one light and one dark, cooperated in seconds, and within a few years, they reached the height they had agreed upon.

The eldest son became the emperor, while the younger son went to camp on the border and became the uncrowned king of the border. The world has also ushered in a long-lost era of peace and prosperity.

If the story ends here, it is a happy ending.

But……

The eldest son has been an emperor and empress for many years and is used to the flattery of people around him. Finally, under the instigation of some despicable villains, he decides to take action against his brother who has a high reputation on the border!

But when he led his army to a certain border area, he was ambushed by his younger son and eventually fell into his hands.

The younger son looked at the eldest brother and sighed and shook his head. The eldest son had been the emperor and empress for several years, and he no longer had the sincerity and straightforwardness he had before. He shouted to his younger son:

"It's not a shame to fall into your hands! If you want to kill or behead me, please do as you please! Kill me and you will be the master of the world!"

The younger son thought for a long time and then said leisurely: "Brother, do you know... did the fortune teller secretly give me an ancient book before he died suddenly in the suburbs?"

The eldest son was naturally shocked after speaking.

The younger son said again:

"The fortune teller calculated his own tragic fate after being found by his father. But he did not want to have no one to inherit what he had learned, so he gave this ancient book to me. After he died, I studied hard. Finally realized the true meaning of 'yin and yang'!

The general trend of the world, the various conditions of the world, the waxing and waning of yin and yin, the ebb and flow of tides, all things and creatures are all about the harmony of yin and yang. Don't go too far in anything, and don't lose the bottom line in everything.

In fact, I have already deduced that you will come to kill me! "