The Woodcutter's Kung Fu

Chapter 166: The Woodcutter's Skills

Capital city, Imperial Master’s Mansion.

The chief clerk hurried over to report, "National Master, there has been an unusual movement in Yongzhou City. The high-ranking members of the Heavenly Demon Cult have gathered in Yongzhou City, along with countless bandit leaders. Suddenly, the City Lord's Mansion in Yongzhou City disappeared without a trace, leaving only a vast expanse of white ground."

Imperial Preceptor Yankang was looking at the various memorials sent by the emperor, and said without even looking up, "I understand."

The chief clerk hesitated and said, "National Master, this is the Heavenly Demon Sect, the largest sect of the demonic world. We have to be on guard against something like this happening right now..."

Imperial Master Yankang raised his head and said, "Yunyang, do you know who the founder of the Heavenly Demon Sect is?"

The Yunyang chief clerk shook his head.

Imperial Master Yankang said calmly, "If you knew who he was, you wouldn't be so panicked. He is the chief priest of my Imperial Academy."

Yunyang Zhubu was shocked and said in a lost voice, "It's him? State Master, the founder of the Heavenly Demon Sect has been the chief priest of the Imperial Academy for so many years. Is he planning a rebellion? How many officials and generals has he trained over the years? I'm afraid his influence has extended to the court and the army! State Master, this matter must be investigated. I'm afraid that everyone in our army is his!"

Imperial Master Yankang was speechless, and shook his head, saying, "You think too much. If the Heavenly Demon Patriarch teaches the scholar, then the scholar is a member of his Heavenly Demon Sect? If that's the case, wouldn't he arrest me and kill me too?"

He stood up, walked slowly, his eyes sharp, and said: "Back then, I traveled around the world, learning from the strengths of various sects. I saw that each sect in the world was independent and self-centered, which restricted the progress of the world's magic and Taoism. Therefore, I visited them in the hope of breaking down the barriers between the major sects. The first person I met was the Heavenly Demon Patriarch. He was the first person to put aside the opinions of his sect and teach me wholeheartedly. He was also the one who showed me a clear path."

With admiration in his eyes, he said, "After that, he personally recommended me and asked me to take his letter to see the Taoist master. Because of his letter, the Taoist master looked at me differently and showed me favor, allowing me to read the Fourteen Chapters of Dao Sword. It was also him who allowed me to go to the Great Leiyin Temple, see the Tathagata, and receive the Tathagata's teachings. Although he never revealed his identity, he could not hide it from me, and he did not deliberately hide it from me."

Yunyang Zhubu was shocked beyond words.

National Master Yankang said, "Why did I ask him to come out and help me manage the Imperial Academy? It's not because of his ability, not because he is the founder of the Heavenly Demon Sect, but because he has such a broad mind. This is the first time I have seen someone with such a broad mind, such a pure person, and he is the only one who can manage the Imperial Academy! Now that he has left, he must be working hard for the next generation of the Heavenly Demon Sect's leader."

"The next generation of the Demon Cult leader?"

Yunyang Zhubu calmed down and said, "The Heavenly Demon Sect has been without a leader for more than 40 years, and now they have elected a leader? Imperial Master, this matter is of great importance. Should we report it to the emperor?"

Imperial Master Yankang said, "Write a memorial and present this matter to the emperor. As for the origin of the Heavenly Demon Patriarch, you don't need to say more."

Yunyang Chief Clerk accepted the order and said, "News came from the Imperial Academy that the Emperor ordered Gu Linuan to succeed as the Grand Priest."

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Imperial Preceptor Yankang waved his hand and said, "My power is too great, so it's reasonable for the Emperor to be worried. Otherwise, I would be uneasy. But Gu Li Nuan's knowledge and virtue are not worthy of the position of Grand Priest of the Imperial Academy. He can be the Prince's Guardian, but he is far from qualified to be the Grand Priest. But I can't say much about this matter."

Yunyang Zhubu thought for a moment and said, "How should we deal with the new leader of the Heavenly Demon Sect this time?"

Imperial Master Yankang said calmly: "Shun Chang, Nie Chui. You don't need to consider this matter. I will go to see the new leader in person."

The Yunyang chief clerk left the room.

Taoism, Taoism mountain.

Danyangzi walked quickly up the mountain and came to the Taoist Temple. An old man with white hair and white eyebrows was sitting on the ground, looking at the pool of clear water in front of him.

Dan Yangzi hurriedly said, "Master, there has been some unusual movement in the Heavenly Demon Sect's lair. The Heavenly Demon Sect's masters have gathered in Yongzhou. With the roll of their flags, they have disappeared along with the City Lord's Mansion."

The old man with white eyebrows and white hair opened his eyes and said slowly, "It seems that the Heavenly Demon Cult has a new leader. The Heavenly Demon Cult fabricated history, used the name of a fake saint, and spread false teachings to the world, causing chaos to all living beings. There were internal conflicts in the sect, the saint killed the leader, which was against the moral principles, and the leader married a disciple, which was against human ethics. There are also many followers who practice evil methods and use human lives to practice. There is no distinction between the sects. They have not had a leader for forty years, and now they have elected another leader. I am afraid it is not a blessing for the people."

Dan Yangzi asked, "What should my sect do?"

"Find out the identity of this demon leader and wait for an opportunity to eliminate him."

"Accept the order."

Danyangzi said again: "The Yankang State Master takes the teachings of the Heavenly Demon Sect as his tenet. The Yankang State is a huge Heavenly Demon Sect that teaches everyone. What about my Taoist sect?"

The Taoist master looked at the pool of clear water in front of him with deep eyes, and said slowly: "Master Yankang is ambitious, but his ability cannot support his ambition. There have been empires greater than Yankang, and geniuses more outstanding than Master Yankang, but they all turned to dust and ruins. This world is more complicated than he imagined. He will understand when he hits a wall and is shattered to pieces."

Danyangzi didn't dare to say more and bowed and left.

"Reporting to the Tathagata, the followers of the Heavenly Demon Sect have disappeared from Yongzhou City, and the City Lord's Mansion has also disappeared."

In the Great Leiyin Temple, an old monk came to the palace and asked to see Tathagata, saying: "The governor of Yongzhou is Elder Yulin of the Heavenly Demon Sect, a terrifying figure. Yongzhou has become the ironclad territory of the Heavenly Demon Sect. Some people also saw the woman who defeated the Buddha in Yongzhou, and speculated that she was from the Heavenly Demon Sect."

Tathagata opened his eyes and asked in surprise, "Isn't that woman a scholar from the Imperial Academy? Why is she from the Heavenly Demon Sect?"

The old monk said, "The girl's name is Si Yunxiang. She was admitted to the Imperial College this year. The Imperial College didn't have time to teach her anything. How could she be able to defeat the Buddhist disciple? This girl is from the Si family. She is a relative of the former leader's wife Si Youyou. The Si family is also a powerful family in Yankang country."

Tathagata said: "Then, could the new leader of the Heavenly Demon Sect be from the Si family?"

"I don't know. There is no news at the moment."

Tathagata nodded and said, "The Imperial Academy used the Holy Maiden of the Heavenly Demon Sect to defeat the Holy Son of my Great Leiyin Temple. This matter cannot be resolved peacefully. You go down and continue to ask the various temples to gather information."

The old monk took the order and said, "There is one more thing. The Horse King God has come out from Daxu." After saying that, he turned around and went down the mountain.

The old Tathagata was stunned.

At Shenglin Mountain, Qin Mu heard all kinds of mysterious sounds in his ears, which was very wonderful. Suddenly, his eyes blurred and he found himself a passer-by walking in the mountains. The sound of chopping wood came from the distance.

He walked forward in the direction of the sound and saw a woodcutter chopping wood under a pine or cypress tree. The woodcutter's axe left mysterious marks as it struck the tree again and again, which made him fascinated and he felt as if he could understand something from it.

He stood by and stared at the woodcutter's axe. The axe fell on the pine or cypress tree, leaving a deep cut in it. But when the axe was lifted, the wound on the tree returned to normal without leaving a trace of scar.

When a woodcutter chops down a tree, each blow of his axe leaves a different impression on him.

"Passerby, you have been looking here for so long, what do you see?"

The woodcutter put away his axe, turned around and looked at him, saying, "The people in your family have long since turned into dry bones buried in the loess grave. Your children are older than you, and your grandson has now married and has his own children. Passerby, you have been watching here for a hundred years."

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"Please teach me, teacher."

…

Qin Mu saw the woodcutter sitting on a rock under the pine and cypress trees, teaching him.

He was mesmerized by what he heard, and thousands of wonderful principles came to his mind. Qin Mu stood beside the stone and listened for decades. The unified practice of the Dayu Tianmo Sutra was taught to him in this wonderful lecture.

The woodcutter stretched out his hand and touched the top of his head. Qin Mu opened his eyes and saw Granny Si retreating.

He is still in Shenglin Mountain, still in the present, and has not returned to the past.

This was the initiation from the previous leader of the Demonic Cult, which passed on the founder's experiences to the next generation of leaders, and passed it down from generation to generation, keeping the flame burning.

Qin Mu sat on the stone in a daze. The saint stroked my head and gave me immortality through marriage. The unified skills of the Dayu Tianmo Sutra had neither words nor patterns and could only be passed down through the initiation of the saints of all generations.

There was a lot of complicated information in his mind, which was not yet systematic.

Although this initiation did not improve his cultivation, it brought him many things that he still needed to sort out and comprehend.

Only now did he understand why the founder said that the great unified technique could only be passed on to the leader.

This is because the Dayu Tianmo Sutra does not contain any complete and unified practice!

In other words, the grand unified technique has not yet been finalized.

The unified practice of the Dayu Tianmo Sutra is hidden in the woodcutter's lecture on the stone. However, this requires the successive saints to comprehend it from the lectures. How much they can comprehend and what they can comprehend depends on each saint's own understanding, his own choice of direction, his own talent, and his own luck.

It can be said that every Saint Leader of the Demonic Cult has comprehended a different unified technique. Some concepts may be similar, but the unified technique practiced by each Saint Leader is definitely different from that of others!

There will be 360 ​​training methods for 360 sect leaders, and there will be 10,000 training methods for 10,000 sect leaders.

Qin Mu’s first thought was, what a trap.

It’s so unbelievable! The legendary unified martial arts method cannot be used directly. I need to comprehend it myself.

The second thought was that this was the true teaching and this was a holy teacher.

What you realize is your own thing, and what you learn is others' thing. The teaching of Tiansheng Sect has something that other sects, including Tai Academy, cannot match.

The young ancestor breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Granny Si. From Granny Si came the voice of Sect Leader Li: "Teacher, I am no longer the Saint Sect Leader. This is my chance to break the demon in my heart. Please don't stop me!"