Chapter 82: Born In Warm Spring, Buried In Cold Winter!
Ye Chunsheng’s mother’s grave had been repaired.
It should be Ye Chunsheng.
Ji Qing held an iron shovel in his hand, digging one shovelful after another for several hours.
The sky was almost dusk when Ji Qing finally dug out a large pit.
Ji Qing then hugged the coffin with both hands.
“Boom”.
The coffin was forcibly lifted by Ji Qing and then placed into the large pit.
Ji Qing shoveled yellow soil over it one shovelful at a time.
He found a stone tablet and carved “Ye Chunsheng’s Tomb” on it with a knife.
A simple grave was thus formed.
No paper money, only wine.
Ji Qing took a sip of wine.
This wine was somewhat spicy.
He actually wasn’t good at drinking and didn’t know what made wine delicious.
But at this moment, the spicy wine passed through his throat, flowed into his stomach, and the alcohol rushed into his mind, yet Ji Qing felt very comfortable.
He seemed somewhat intoxicated by the fine wine.
Ji Qing had not forgotten Ye Chunsheng either.
He poured the wine in front of Ye Chunsheng’s tomb.
“Hoo…”
In no time, the cold wind howled, and snow began to fall again.
The snowflakes were icy cold, piercing to the bone, but Ji Qing’s heart was even colder!
He still remembered Ye Chunsheng saying that he was born in spring, so he was named “Chunsheng”.
So what now?
Ji Qing raised his head and gazed at the snowflakes in the sky.
Born in warm spring, buried in cold winter.
This was Ye Chunsheng’s final resting place!
From then on, there was no more Ye Chunsheng in the world, no more that young swordsman with a Sincere Heart.
Nor was there Ji Qing’s only confidant friend!
“Chunsheng, it’s good that you left. This jianghu is not suitable for you…”
“Zhao Jingjing and Su Yuxiao are both people of jianghu, and I am also a person of jianghu!”
“Jianghu matters, settled by jianghu. I will use the ways of jianghu to resolve this grudge…”
Ji Qing poured all the wine from the gourd in front of the grave.
“Pa”.
Ji Qing casually threw the wine gourd to the ground.
He mounted his horse and disappeared into the wind and snow facing the cold wind.
……
“Dang dang dang…”
The bell of Hanging Temple rang three times.
It signified a distinguished guest at the door.
“Amitabha, Benefactor Ji has come from afar, please enter the temple for a talk!”
Hanging Temple Abbot Master Kongzhi led many high monks to personally welcome Ji Qing.
Ji Qing was still dressed in black clothes, conical hat, and long saber, but now with a head of white hair.
There wasn’t much change compared to the last time.
However, this time Master Kongzhi and the many high monks were clearly much more enthusiastic.
Ji Qing arrived in the Great Hall and sat facing Master Kongzhi.
“Master Kongzhi, this time Ji Mou has come to ask for one thing from your temple.”
“Benefactor Ji, please speak directly if there is anything.”
“I need your temple’s Secret Manual!”
“Boom”.
As soon as these words were spoken, Master Kongzhi and the many high monks’ expressions changed instantly.
The Secret Manual is completely different from the Extreme Yang Scripture.
No matter how precious the Extreme Yang Scripture is, it is still only second-rate martial arts.
But the Secret Manual?
That is the foundation for a sect’s rise!
Although Hanging Temple had not produced a First-Rank Martial Artist for many years.
But as long as there is the Secret Manual, Hanging Temple has hope.
Once the Secret Manual is spread outside, it would have a great impact on Hanging Temple.
“Amitabha, Benefactor Ji, you are making things too difficult for this old monk. The importance of the Secret Manual, surely Benefactor Ji understands it well? Please forgive this old monk for not being able to agree.”
Master Kongzhi refused without hesitation, his tone resolute.
Ji Qing did not explain, but instead spoke Buddhist words: “Master Kongzhi, Buddhism says ‘If I do not enter hell, who will?’ Without the Secret Manual, Ji Mou will fall into becoming a demon.”
“Fall into becoming a demon…”
Master Kongzhi glanced at Ji Qing.
He knew what Ji Qing meant.
Falling into becoming a demon meant unrestrained actions.
With Ji Qing’s strength, who in Hanging Temple could stop him?
This is jianghu!
Master Kongzhi and the many high monks were very angry in their hearts.
But what could they do?
Fight to the death?
They would probably still die in the end!
“Very well, Benefactor Ji has affinity with my Buddha. The Secret Manual can be given to you, but only this once! Benefactor Ji must not reveal the Secret Manual to anyone, can only cultivate it himself, and must not come to Hanging Temple again to act so overbearing, how about it?”
“Master Kongzhi is indeed compassionate. Master, please rest assured, the Secret Manual will be known only to me and not revealed to anyone. Moreover, I have a Saber Momentum Insight Manual here, which can be exchanged with your temple.”
Ji Qing also took out the Saber Momentum Insight Manual.
This was still very attractive.
After all, it concerned Saber Momentum, which Hanging Temple did not have.
“Amitabha, this old monk accepts the Saber Momentum Insight Manual. Benefactor Ji, please follow this old monk to the Scripture Depository.”
Master Kongzhi stood up, and Ji Qing followed closely behind.
Soon, Ji Qing entered the Scripture Depository and obtained a volume of Secret Manual.
“This Secret Manual is named Arhat Secret Manual. It can cultivate three acupoints. However, this Secret Manual requires thoroughly reading Buddhist Scriptures and comprehending Buddhist Principles to get started, thereby finding the acupoints…”
“Thank you for the reminder, Master.”
Ji Qing received the Arhat Secret Manual.
As for thoroughly reading Buddhist Scriptures and comprehending Buddhist Principles and such, Ji Qing didn’t care at all.
He only needed to get started, then he could improve it with Origin Points.
“Benefactor Ji, then you can seclude yourself in the Scripture Depository to cultivate.”
Master Kongzhi left the Scripture Depository.
Ji Qing opened the Scripture Depository.
Inside were densely packed obscure and hard-to-understand texts.
Many were metaphors from Buddhism, indeed quite difficult to understand.
However, Ji Qing was also a Xiucai Scholar.
He had some knowledge of Confucian, Daoist, and Buddhist classics.
Although the Arhat Secret Manual’s text was obscure and hard to understand, he could still comprehend it.
The rest was about contemplation.
The so-called Secret Manual, the most important part is to “find” the acupoints in the body.
This Arhat Secret Manual cultivates the three major acupoints: Tiankun, Luhan, and Chisheng.
The position of acupoints in everyone’s body is different.
Even, acupoints do not have fixed positions at all.
This makes acupoints very hard to find, which is why Secret Manuals are so important.
Ji Qing secluded himself in the Scripture Depository for three days and contemplated for three days.
On this day, following the incantation of the Arhat Secret Manual, Ji Qing finally sensed something on the left side of his navel.
“This is… Luhan Acupoint!”
Ji Qing finally sensed it.
He immediately checked his own information on the Demon Record.
Sure enough, the Arhat Secret Manual already showed “Beginner”.
Since it was at Beginner, it could be directly improved.
“Improve Arhat Secret Manual!”
“Consume three Origin Points, Arhat Secret Manual improved to Minor Accomplishment!”
The Arhat Secret Manual was after all a first-rate cultivation technique, so it consumed more Origin Points.
Just improving to Minor Accomplishment consumed three Origin Points.
With the consumption of Origin Points, Ji Qing’s internal energy naturally surged toward the three acupoints.
These three acupoints flickered faintly in his body.
If not for cultivating the Arhat Secret Manual, Ji Qing absolutely would not sense the three acupoints.
But now the three acupoints were fiercely rushed by internal energy.
“Kacha”.
Ji Qing heard a crisp sound.
It seemed like something shattered.
The next moment, inspiration strikes for Ji Qing.
He knew this was the best opportunity to break through to first-rate!
“Boom”.
Ji Qing mobilized his vast internal energy and fiercely rushed toward the three acupoints.
There was no mishap at all.
The three acupoints instantly opened.
Inside, it was like a bottomless pit, devouring even more internal energy completely.
At this moment, Ji Qing understood that he had crossed the bottleneck and broken the shackles.
He had finally been promoted to first-rate!
