Chapter 53: Extreme Yang Scripture!
“Third Brother, the poison in your body…”
Lei Yu was very worried.
She knew very well Ji Qing’s current situation: he was completely relying on internal energy to suppress the deadly poison, but it was just drinking poison to quench thirst. The poison had long since penetrated his bones and organs, making it incurable by medicine or stone.
If he fought with someone, that deadly poison would lose all suppression.
It wasn’t impossible for the deadly poison to burst out and kill him in the next moment.
“No need to worry. Dealing with these monks won’t take too much time.”
Ji Qing’s tone was very calm.
Facing Ji Qing’s such “contemptuous” words, the Hanging Temple monks showed no anger at all.
Instead, each one looked solemn, as if facing a great enemy.
“Amitabha, Mister Ji, you are afflicted with deadly poison. If you fight, the deadly poison will erupt, and even if you obtain the Extreme Yang Scripture then, I’m afraid you won’t have the chance to cultivate it.”
Master Kongzhi slowly spoke.
“Whether I have the chance to cultivate the Extreme Yang Scripture is my business. As for whether Ji Mou will die from the poison, Master need not worry.”
“What Master should worry about is whether, if Ji Mou draws his saber, the seven staff monks can still survive under Ji Mou’s saber.”
Ji Qing’s tone was very bold.
Facing seven enemies alone, he wasn’t worried at all.
Instead, the seven staff monks opposite should be worried.
And the seven staff monks didn’t object; each one was extremely solemn.
Master Kongzhi looked at Ji Qing with a very complex expression.
Ji Qing released Lei Yu’s hand and slowly walked toward Master Kongzhi.
One step, two steps, three steps…
After three steps, Ji Qing stopped.
His gaze swept over the seven staff monks, then he placed his hand on the saber hilt.
“Boom.”
Saber momentum erupted violently.
Rumor had it that “Astonishing Swan Saber” Ji Qing had mastered saber momentum.
The Hanging Temple monks had also thought it was just a rumor.
As a thousand-year ancient temple, they naturally knew what saber momentum was.
Many first-rate martial artists couldn’t master saber momentum, let alone a second-rate martial artist?
However, the moment Ji Qing gripped his saber, the Hanging Temple monks knew the rumor was true—Ji Qing had indeed mastered saber momentum!
At this moment, in the eyes of the monks, Ji Qing’s slender body seemed to transform into a saber with sharp edge exposed.
The saber hadn’t even been unsheathed, yet it already made people shiver all over.
Who could block this saber?
“Amitabha, Mister Ji’s martial arts are unmatched in the world, and his saber technique is astonishing! This Extreme Yang Scripture, our Hanging Temple is willing to give to Mister Ji.”
Finally, Master Kongzhi spoke.
He didn’t dare risk Ji Qing drawing his saber and let the seven staff monks fight desperately with Ji Qing.
What if the seven staff monks couldn’t block that saber?
Ever since Ji Qing’s “Astonishing Swan Saber” appeared in the world, every time he drew it, heads would roll.
Chasing Wind Blade Du Chen, Poison Demon Ouyang Bo—which one wasn’t a renowned figure in the jianghu?
The result?
They all became souls slain by Ji Qing’s saber!
“Hoo…”
As his words fell, a breeze blew, and the stuffiness in the air seemed to be blown away.
Ji Qing also released the saber hilt.
The saber momentum instantly disappeared.
Ji Qing seemed to revert to that poison-penetrated, frail patient.
“Then Ji Mou thanks Master!”
Ji Qing also bowed to Master Kongzhi to show gratitude.
“This Extreme Yang Scripture is our temple’s secret not to be passed on, so please Mister Ji agree to a few requests from this old monk.”
“Please speak, Master.”
“First, the Extreme Yang Scripture can only be cultivated by Mister Ji himself and must not be passed on to others. Even if Mister Ji later has sons or daughters, it cannot be transmitted.”
“That’s natural.”
Ji Qing nodded; this first request was very reasonable.
“Second, after Mister Ji cultivates the Extreme Yang Scripture, if he still cannot detoxify, he must not take it out on the Hanging Temple!”
Master Kongzhi was also afraid that Ji Qing, with no hope of detoxification, would slaughter wildly in the Hanging Temple.
After all, once the “Astonishing Swan Saber” went mad, it would be too terrifying.
Ji Qing nodded.
Whether he could detoxify or not, he was mentally prepared.
“Third, if Mister Ji successfully resolves the toxin after cultivating the Extreme Yang Scripture, he must agree to one request from the Hanging Temple. This request will not exceed Mister Ji’s ability and will not put him in a difficult position; consider it a promise.”
Ji Qing thought for a moment, then nodded and said, “Alright, if I successfully detoxify, I agree to one request from the Hanging Temple. But I can agree to this request or not; the initiative is in my hands.”
“That’s natural.”
Master Kongzhi also agreed.
After all, what if the Hanging Temple asked Ji Qing to kill a grandmaster? Wouldn’t that be equivalent to asking Ji Qing to commit suicide?
Moreover, if the request exceeded Ji Qing’s capabilities, Ji Qing wouldn’t agree.
All three conditions, Ji Qing agreed to them all.
“Good, Mister Ji, please follow this old monk into the great hall.”
Lei Yu supported Ji Qing as they entered the great hall.
“Female benefactor, please stay. The Scripture Depository is a restricted area; only this old monk and Mister Ji may enter.”
Lei Yu looked worried upon hearing this, but a look from Ji Qing reassured her.
Thus, Ji Qing followed behind Master Kongzhi and slowly entered the Scripture Depository.
The Scripture Depository also had martial monks guarding it.
But with Master Kongzhi leading the way, the martial monks naturally wouldn’t make things difficult.
Ji Qing looked up and saw that the Scripture Depository contained no less than ten thousand volumes of books.
Of course, most were Buddhist scriptures.
Only a small portion were various martial arts manuals, but even that small portion was a terrifying number.
Worthy of a thousand-year ancient temple.
This was the foundation of a thousand-year ancient temple!
“Mister Ji, please wait a moment.”
Master Kongzhi left for a while, soon finding a scroll of scripture on the bookshelf.
Carrying the scripture, Master Kongzhi came before Ji Qing.
“Mister Ji, this is the Extreme Yang Scripture!”
“This scroll cannot be copied or taken away; it can only be memorized or cultivated within the Scripture Depository.”
Ji Qing nodded.
It was just that they weren’t at ease, only allowing him to cultivate in the Scripture Depository.
This was naturally no problem.
“Mister Ji, one more thing this old monk needs to remind you: the Extreme Yang Scripture is very difficult to cultivate and extremely dangerous; it often requires concurrent cultivation of Buddhist teachings…”
Ji Qing didn’t pay much attention to Master Kongzhi’s words.
He had already opened the Extreme Yang Scripture and begun examining its cultivation technique content.
This Extreme Yang Scripture truly lived up to the name “extreme yang.”
It took an unconventional path, cultivating a type of extreme yang internal energy.
Once accomplished, the internal energy was like a blazing sun, incomparably scorching and domineering.
Moreover, the Extreme Yang Scripture had a major drawback: before major accomplishment, it could run out of control at any time, commonly known as deviation into demon.
It required profound Buddhist teachings to calm the extreme yang energy.
This was also why, despite the Extreme Yang Scripture being very powerful, almost no one in the Hanging Temple cultivated it.
Too dangerous!
The Hanging Temple had plenty of other top internal energy arts; why risk cultivating the Extreme Yang Scripture?
Of course, if one could cross the threshold of major accomplishment, the Extreme Yang Scripture could be called the top second-rate internal energy art.
Its internal energy would be domineering and pure, surpassing many second-rate internal energy arts.
And the Extreme Yang Scripture had another benefit.
Once at major accomplishment, it could automatically open the Ren and Du meridians.
These were the most difficult and important two among the extraordinary meridians.
Once the Ren and Du meridians were opened, opening the other extraordinary meridians would just be a matter of time.
This was also why, once the Extreme Yang Scripture reached major accomplishment, one would have one foot stepping into the first-rate threshold.
As for detoxification?
That was merely an additional effect of the extreme yang internal energy.
However, flipping to the end, Ji Qing discovered a problem.
This Extreme Yang Scripture actually required a virgin body to cultivate.
So the question was, did he still have a virgin body?
Ji Qing fell into contemplation.
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