Chapter 10: Jiuyang and Tianji (Third Update Seeking Recommendation)

  "What? The Nine Yang Scripture?"

  Wei Yi Xiang's face also turned pale with shock at this moment.

  If there's anything that can melt the icy true energy, it would be a yang-based technique. Among these techniques, the pseudo-divine technique "Nine Yang True Classic" is the most effective. Its extreme yang and hardness make the icy true energy seem insignificant in comparison.

  It's just that the Jiuyang True Classic was lost a hundred years ago, and only the inferior version of the Nine Suns Skill, which was compiled from Shaolin, Wudang, and Emei, has been passed down. Even if he had managed to steal it, the three major sects would have kept it under wraps. Over the years, he had tried many yang-based skills, but none were effective. When he heard Wu Ming's words, he couldn't help but be shocked.

  "You're saying you have the Nine Yang Scripture?" Wei Yi Xiao grasped Wu Ming's arms with one hand, his eyes gleaming brightly even in the darkness.

  "What is the Nine Suns Scripture? What? The legendary pseudo-divine technique, Nine Suns Scripture?"

  A black bat who had just woken up nearby heard the four words "Jiuyang True Classic" in a daze, and when he came to his senses, he also cried out in surprise.

  The Green Winged Bat King hasn't set foot in the Tian Chao territory for fifty or sixty years, so this forty- or fifty-year-old Black Bat really hadn't heard of the Green Winged Bat King's name. However, he had heard people mention the Jiu Yang True Classic multiple times, even though it was over a hundred years ago, and even Wei Zhongxian had mentioned his regret about the Jiu Yang True Classic.

  "Little Bat, hey, if you've got the Nine Yang Scripture, what's the point of keeping you around? Do you also dare to think about knowing the secrets of the Nine Yang?"

  Before he could express his thoughts again, Wei Yi Xiao had already slapped out a palm from afar.

  "Rustle rustle..."

  The black bat that had just stood up froze into an ice sculpture in his horrified eyes, with a thick layer of frost on its body.

  "Alright, so no one will know now. You continue speaking." Wei said with a faint smile, the previous murder seemed as simple as eating to him, and it didn't even stir up any ripples in his heart.

  But unexpectedly, Wu Ming's eyes widened in shock. Although he couldn't see it, he knew that the black bat that had injured him was probably dead by now.

  "How about we go outside to talk? There's a big ice block here, and I'm not feeling too well, it's a bit unbearable." Wu Ming hastily suggested going out, but staying in the same cave as a dead person still made him feel somewhat eerie and uneasy.

  Wei Yixiao smiled and said, "Hey, you little kid is even afraid of the dead, yet still dares to enter the Jianghu? The Jianghu has many injustices and many deaths. Go outside and take a look, which day hasn't someone died? Forget it, go out if you want, but you can't escape the grasp of Ben Wang!"

  As he emerged from the cave, a gust of cool breeze blew past him, and Wu Ming suddenly felt refreshed.

  Wei smiled and said: "Alright, kid, stop being dazed. Hurry up and explain clearly. If you dare to deceive me, that little bat down there will be your example!"

  Looking up at the sun in the sky, Wu Ming put his hands behind his back and smiled faintly: "The junior said it's okay, but my request, please ask Weilian Wang to agree. Otherwise, no big deal, just die, anyway, with Weilian Wang accompanying me, what am I afraid of?"

  "Hmph, you little scamp, always so cunning and deceitful. Alright, I'll spare your life, and I won't even take the Unparalleled City ruins - that thing is useless to me anyway. And I'm sure you've already memorized that map, haven't you? Heh heh, otherwise, I'd even consider taking you on as a disciple and teaching you a lifesaving technique. What do you say?"

  Wei smiled and Wu Ming also wanted to smile, this old bat was really too despicable. However, after hearing the back, Wu Ming was stunned, did he really take himself as a disciple? What was this old guy planning to do?

  "Haha, it's up to you now, quickly tell me where the Nine Yang Scripture is!"

  "But I have a master already?"

  Wu Ming quickly explained that if this old man wanted to play some kind of evil trick, it would be hard to prevent, and no one would blame him, since he was originally an evil sect member anyway. Even if he killed his own disciple, at most people would just scold him with a few words. This Green Winged Bat King dared to suck human blood, so why would he fear others' criticism? That's not a joke!

  Wei Yi Xiao's eyes widened and he said loudly, "Huh? You have a master? Kid, I, the Bat King, want to take you as my apprentice and you're not happy about it? Who is your master? I'll go kill him, then take you as my apprentice!"

  "My master? You can't beat him, he's an invincible existence in the world. None of you are his match, and there's no way to find him." Wu Ming quickly said what he had thought of.

  "Who?" Wei sneered, his eyes turned green with rage, daring to claim invincibility in front of me?

  "He, the contemporary Bodhisattva of mud, is the 18th generation successor of the Tianji Gate, known as the Old Man of Tianji! Why don't you old fellows who have lived for one or two hundred years know about the existence of the Jiu Yang Zhen Jing, but I do? It's because my master told me. My master is formidable, anything he calculates will be known without exception."

  "Tianji Old Man? I've never heard of that, but I have heard of the name 'Nirvana Buddha', although it seems like his martial arts skills aren't particularly impressive?" Wei Yixiao stroked his goatee, thinking hard about the rumors he had heard before.

  Wu Ming couldn't help but smile to himself, this title of "Muddy Bodhisattva" was really useful. According to the background introduction of that martial arts game, hundreds of years ago, the Muddy Bodhisattva with mediocre martial arts skills had actually deceived and killed the overbearing Xiong Ba. The phrase "created by the winds and defeated by the winds" - it's unknown whether this phrase made Xiong Ba famous or if Xiong Ba made this phrase famous. In any case, the title of Muddy Bodhisattva was indeed well-known.

  "No, if your master is so powerful, how can you be so weak? And how did you get caught up in a life-or-death chase despite being supposedly unbeatable? If it weren't for me, Bat King, you'd probably be dead by now. Hmph, do you think you can deceive me? Mud Bodhisattva died hundreds of years ago, who's ever heard of him having a successor? And besides, Mud Bodhisattva's martial arts skills were nothing special, how can your master claim to be invincible? Do you think I don't know these things? Hmph, are you not aware that the Heavenly Will is actually located behind the Kunlun Mountains in the Tian Shan mountain range?"

  Wu Ming was not afraid, knowing that the Green Wing Bat King only suspected. He smiled and said: "The Bat King doesn't know, but it's related to one of my school's ancestors. He leaked too many heavenly secrets in his lifetime, so he secretly left behind a lineage and a will, stipulating that disciples cannot leak heavenly secrets and invite heavenly punishment. However, later generations didn't think so, instead believing that it was because they lacked martial power, without extremely strong martial arts, that they would be forced to leak heavenly secrets. So, they spent over a hundred years searching for peerless martial arts to cultivate. As for us, we started by learning the Heavenly Evolution Divine Calculation. After mastering the divine calculation, our school would arrange for us to go out and find our own martial arts."

  "Hmm? And this matter?" Wei smiled and rubbed his chin again.

  Wu Ming smiled and said, "Isn't it? Think about it, the treasure map originally belonged to that lecherous Tian Boguang. He escaped all the way to Nanhe Town before being caught. And why was I so coincidentally present there? And how did I get the treasure map? Moreover, I had a shortcut but chose not to take it and instead went through Kunlun Mountain. Why is that? The person chasing me wasn't anyone else, but that foolish Black Bat, who just happened to have a grudge against you. What are the chances of all these coincidences happening? If my master hadn't been guiding me, how could I have succeeded? At first, I didn't understand why Master told me where the Nine Yang Manual was located, but when I met you, Senior, it suddenly became clear to me. Besides, you've been living in seclusion on Kunlun Mountain's Guangming Peak for decades. How would a 15-year-old like me know about you?"

  "This, this is also okay! Alright, then I won't take you as my disciple. Hmm, considering your master's face, I won't make things difficult for you either. However, before you get the Nine Yang Manual, follow me!" Wei smiled and nodded.

  Wu Ming secretly laughed to himself, if it wasn't for the wuxia game three years ago that exposed all the secrets of the Ming Cult, he wouldn't have known any of this. At that time, the Ming Cult's rise to power swept across the entire Western Xia, and it was a close call that they didn't wipe out the Western Xia martial arts world entirely. If not for the old witch in the Western Xia imperial palace... tsk tsk... one can't help but say that Zhang Wuji has big ambitions (speaking of which, the protagonist Zhang Wuji of The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber indeed has some regrets, every time I see him being so weak and cowardly it makes my blood boil. However, the game's storyline won't be the same as the original, so what I'm writing is a modified version of the Ming Cult storyline from The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, but Zhang Wuji's personality definitely can't be that weak. After all, in that book, Zhang Wuji was the main character, whereas this book written by the author has multiple factions vying for power, not just one Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber. If Zhang Wuji didn't have such ambitions and abilities, he wouldn't have been able to make the Ming Cult prosper.)

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