Chapter 3: The Evil-Repelling Sword Manual!

　　Spring has come and autumn has come, and several changes have occurred. This is the third year since Zhang Weihao awakened. At this time, he still has no intention of returning to the capital, but is instead traveling around the Fuwei Escort Agency in Fuzhou.

　　This is no ordinary escort agency; it is one of the five major escort agencies, with branches all over the country, and its business is quite successful.

　　Dressed in men’s clothing and wearing red, Xue Qianxun suddenly flew from the outer wall into the inner courtyard. The biggest difference from the movie world is that the lightness skill here is really amazing. The most mysterious thing about lightness skill is that it can make fat pigs fly into the air and scream like pigs being slaughtered.

　　Xue Qianxun is certainly not a fat pig, nor does she squeal like a pig being slaughtered. Her voice is very pleasant, and her movements are excellent. If there are no surprises, she should have mastered the Sunflower Manual. Moreover, she is not Dongfang Bai’s lesbian lover, but Dongfang Bai’s younger sister, who is the original Yilin.

　　This time, however, there was no separation from her sisters, nor did she become a little nun. Instead, she was arranged to be her personal maid, similar to a suicide squad member.

　　”Young Master, this is the Evil-Repelling Sword Manual. You don’t really intend to cultivate this sword manual, do you?” Xue Qianxun was actually unwilling to take it after flipping through the sword manual, but having already taken on the form of the young master, she could not refuse any of his orders and could only make a final effort.

　　Upon receiving the sword manual, Zhang Weihao opened it and saw the first sentence: “To practice this skill, one must first castrate oneself!”

　　This can deter many people.

　　Unless one is obsessed with martial arts or blinded by greed, it is indeed quite difficult to go a lifetime without touching a woman, just to practice swordsmanship.

　　Especially for some old perverts, if you ask them to choose between being the best in martial arts but never touching a woman in their life, or being mediocre in martial arts but able to touch women at will, it’s a tough choice.

　　Well… I’d definitely choose a woman. Martial arts skills aren’t really that important; enough is fine.

　　The condition of self-castration should theoretically deter many people, but once they actually read this sword manual, even those who are mid-to-high-level masters with considerable martial arts skills will instantly become obsessed with it and eventually become so engrossed that they choose to castrate themselves to practice the sword.

　　“Young Master, if you really want to practice martial arts, why not practice Tai Chi? This is a handwritten tablet that Master personally went to Wudang Sect and won from Master Zhang Sanfeng. Master said that this technique is most suitable for you to practice.”

　　”No rush, I’m just taking a look. The reason for self-castration to practice swordsmanship is mainly because the cultivation path conflicts with male physiological characteristics. According to the martial arts realm classification proposed by the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion, martial artists in the world are divided into nine ranks.”

　　Those who lack internal strength and only know a few moves are considered low-class and tasteless, belonging to the lowest tier.

　　Those at the lower three ranks are capable of cultivating internal energy, and some even have the ability to open their meridians and store internal energy. They are considered second- or third-rate figures in the martial arts world, mere lackeys.

　　Even among the lowest-ranking members of the martial arts world, this is considered a master; most second- or third-generation disciples of various sects are at this level.

　　The biggest difference between the middle three ranks and the lower three ranks lies in whether there are powerful cultivation techniques and corresponding practice routes. Although they are still the eight extraordinary meridians and twelve regular meridians, unless you can directly open up all the meridians and perfectly circulate the microcosmic or macrocosmic orbit, a dedicated practice route and corresponding cultivation techniques are more effective and powerful than a random jumble of techniques.

　　Some powerful divine skills can even allow martial artists to directly cultivate different types of true qi with different attributes.

　　Unless one has opened up all the meridians in their body and perfectly circulated the microcosmic orbit to enter the upper three grades of Qi cultivation, this level is not simply about who has opened up more meridians.

　　The most powerful aspect of the Evil-Slaying Sword Manual lies precisely in this: as long as one is willing to sacrifice a small portion of potential, unless one’s aptitude is extremely poor and beyond redemption, one can easily reach the middle third rank, possessing the ability to rival the leaders of major martial arts sects in dominating a region of the martial world.

　　Xue Qianxun herself had cultivated the Sunflower Manual and could be considered a true disciple of the Sword Demon, so she naturally knew that what her young master said was the absolute truth.

　　Although she didn’t think much of the Evil-Repelling Sword Manual, which shared the same origin as the original Sunflower Manual, she had to admit that even the modified Sunflower Manual was far more difficult to cultivate than the Evil-Repelling Sword Manual.

　　This is definitely the easiest martial art to master in the world. Moreover, it contains a different kind of true energy, which can directly injure people with true energy. Its power far exceeds that of other martial arts of the same level.

　　There are also drawbacks. Although it is quick to learn and easy to become a mid-level 3 master, even if one achieves mastery of refining techniques, or even reaches the pinnacle, one can only enter the 3rd rank at most. This is not even as profound as Liu Xi’s own skill, unless one has the assistance of the elixirs and miraculous medicines recorded above.

　　Previously, Xue Qianxun didn’t quite understand why Lin Yuantu would open a security escort agency. After seeing the formulas and effects of these pills, it seemed that only opening a security escort agency could support his further cultivation.

　　The poor are learned in literature, the rich in martial arts; advanced kung fu is not something everyone can afford to learn.

　　The upper three ranks are different from the middle three ranks. The difference between each rank is huge. The biggest difference between the third and fourth ranks is that the body’s eight extraordinary meridians can circulate through the microcosmic orbit, which means that the body can cleanse the marrow and refine the acupoints, continuously purifying its internal energy. While making the internal energy more refined, it can also produce some unique attributes, and even release the qi externally, creating a qi shield.

　　The second rank is the legendary innate realm, which is to return to the innate state after birth. In addition to opening up the eight extraordinary meridians to achieve the microcosmic orbit, it is also necessary to open up the twelve regular meridians, that is, to open up the bridge between heaven and earth to achieve the microcosmic orbit, and complete the transformation of internal energy into the legendary innate true energy.

　　Those who can reach the second rank are sure to be on the martial arts ranking list, and they are not considered weak on the list.

　　The first rank is the innate grandmaster, who is in the third stage of “refining essence into qi, refining qi into spirit, refining spirit into emptiness, and refining emptiness into the Dao”, which is “refining spirit into emptiness”, a near-legendary existence.

　　In today’s martial arts world, there are only a few legendary figures who seem to possess such a level of skill.

　　As for the Grandmasters of the First Rank and above, that is the realm of “Refining Emptiness and Uniting with the Dao,” where they have truly entered the Dao through martial arts. Such invincible beings almost only exist in mythology and are recognized as “martial arts myths.”

　　The two most recent universally acknowledged martial arts legends are Wudang founder Zhang Sanfeng and the Sword Demon Dugu Qiubai. It is said that reaching this level allows one to break through the void, open the Heavenly Gate, and ascend to heaven in broad daylight.

　　Xue Qianxun had personally witnessed her master’s ascension, so she naturally knew that this was not a myth. The most likely new martial arts legend to ascend to immortality was not her sister, but the young master in front of her who had suddenly awakened his innate wisdom and was making rapid progress in his cultivation. Even she felt that he was unfathomable.