"I can only say that Divine Separation is detrimental to personal cultivation, yet it benefits one’s career."
"Chongyang True Master’s Innate Finger and Great Zen Temple’s One Finger Zen are both top-notch finger techniques of the current era. Even the Vajra Body Protection Divine Skill of Red Moon Monk was broken by One Finger Zen; it’s hard to say which of the two is more formidable."
The Buddhist Sect’s One Finger Zen, known as "The Great Dao has no gate, the void offers no path", when cultivated to profound levels, is said to have the miraculous power to revive the dead.
"I wonder if cultivating the Innate Finger to a profound level also has healing properties." Xu Qing observed the scorched marks inside the crater formed by the Finger Strength of the straw-clad figure.
This was caused by the abundant yang energy.
If properly harnessed, it might indeed have healing effects.
"Regrettably, with my current medical Dao realm, I am yet to comprehend such mysteries."
At Golden Ray Monastery, Yan Kong touched the ground with one finger, supporting his entire body inverted, while the contacting fingertip grew terrifying crimson velvet, looking ghastly.
After a long time, his feet touched the ground, and he stood up straight again. Then, he wrapped his palms with white cloth, and aside from that one finger, the rest of his palm and the other four fingers were covered with light red velvet.
"The Great Zen Temple’s One Finger Zen and Quanzhen Dao’s Innate Finger both are superior applications of Innate Gang Qi. I use One Finger Zen to produce Innate Gang Qi, sealing the ominous aura of my palm temporarily, unfortunately, it cannot completely eliminate the root."
Yan Kong sighed lightly.
The Great Dao has no gate, the void offers no path.
What lies ahead for him, and how far can he continue to travel?
"Sect Leader, it seems there’s a big fish," the disciple from the True Gang Sect pointed excitedly at the lake ahead.
Turns out Gu Wuji was recuperating in a villa outside Duke Wei Mansion in the city, and now, fortified by Duke Mansion’s healing medicine, he had just recovered and brought his disciples out fishing.
He knew Xu Qing was preparing for his marriage in Heavenly Capital, so he was not afraid of encountering him.
Moreover, within Yingtian Prefecture, aside from Xu Qing, there were only a few who could rival him. Although he was defeated in his battle with Yan Kong, he gained valuable Martial Arts experience from that life-and-death fight, deepening his Spirit and Body Integration and gradually understanding the profound mysteries of his sect’s Heavenly Gang Wuji Skill.
He had already agreed to officially join the Duke Wei Mansion, partly to express gratitude and partly to seek the missing parts of his sect’s Heavenly Gang Wuji Skill through the power of Duke Mansion.
To be precise, the missing parts of Heavenly Gang Wuji Skill were two: Quanzhen Dao’s "Innate Finger" and "Pure Yang Skill."
Innate Finger was originally held by the ancestor Chongyang True Master of Quanzhen Dao’s Northern Sect, while Pure Yang Skill was with the Southern Sect’s ancestor, Ziyang True Master.
These two Absolute Skills had been lost to the world.
Only by integrating both could the Heavenly Gang Wuji Skill be complete, competing with the highest secret scrolls of the Great Zen Temple, Heavenly Master Dao, and other Holy Lands as a peerless marvelous technique.
Otherwise, with merely the incomplete Heavenly Gang Wuji Skill he possessed, not even the Great Mighty Dragon Bodhisattva Scripture could compare.
Awakened by his disciple’s words from his thoughts, Gu Wuji abruptly said, "Be careful." But it was already too late.
One of his disciples standing at the shore saw the water break, and a straw-clad figure emerged, grabbing his disciple. In a blink of an eye, the disciple’s complexion visibly withered.
"An Evil Technique that absorbs others’ Qi-Blood." Gu Wuji recognized it immediately as a powerful cult demon.
His eyes sparked with divine light as he delivered a palm strike towards the straw-clad figure’s top of the skull.
This palm appeared ordinary, with internal Qi-Blood, but it forced the straw-clad figure to change expression and drop the True Gang Sect disciple he was holding.
"A Refining Internal Master with integrated Spirit and Body."
With main focus on Divine Soul Taoist Skill and supplemented by Martial Arts 影_tag, a Refining Internal Master’s close-range lethal power simply cannot compare to a Martial Arts expert with integrated Spirit and Body.
The straw-clad figure, having casually grabbed someone for healing, did not expect to provoke such a character.
This was also because Gu Wuji, having experienced a life-and-death battle, deepened his integration of Spirit and Body and internalized Qi-Blood. Additionally, the straw-clad figure was just a split Spirit of the Luo Sect Master and had just suffered internal injuries, completely failing to sense the terrifying Qi-Blood hidden within Gu Wuji.
Regret was already too late.
The straw-clad figure flicked his five fingers, creating five terrifying explosive sounds in succession.
He produced five strands of bizarre Strength Force between his snapping fingers, confronting Gu Wuji’s Wuji Palm.
A series of absorbing and counterattacking moves neutralized Gu Wuji’s palm power.
Gu Wuji was greatly shocked.
He pondered that, apart from Xu Qing, a few Refining Internal Masters in the Duke Wei Mansion, and Zhong Mountain’s Five Ghosts whom he deeply feared, none of the recent characters could withstand his attention.
Yet unexpectedly, he encountered a formidable opponent by this secluded lakeside.
In the blink of an eye, the straw-clad figure engaged Gu Wuji in several rounds of hard clashes, both sides’ Strength Force dispersing, dust flying.
Even the various disciples of the True Gang Sect were left dumbfounded.
Following their Sect Leader from North to South, triumphantly advancing all the way, challenging over a dozen sect gates, they had developed an arrogant demeanor of looking down on others.
However, since the Sect Leader met Xu Qing, experts had seemingly sprouted like bamboo shoots after rain.
First the old Monk Yan Kong, then the Zhong Mountain Five Ghosts and a few Tributors from Duke Wei Mansion, and now even a simple fishing trip encountered an expert who could stand toe-to-toe with their Sect Leader for a while.
Could it be that they of the True Gang Sect were truly frogs in a well?
"The South Zhili is filled with too many experts," the disciples thought of advising their Sect Leader to return to the North.
Being a bully feels great momentarily, constantly being a bully is perpetually satisfying.
Although South Zhili is prosperous, the area is teeming with experts, not a suitable place for these Martial Arts lowlifes to mingle.