Chapter 52: The Great Yellow Court is the Foundation

Chapter 52: Chapter 52: The Great Yellow Court is the Foundation

A gentle breeze rustled through the forest, and the young girl’s thoughts drifted along with the leaves. Bored, she kicked a small stone at her feet.

Having not received any praise from Chen Sha, she’d had no heart to practice her martial arts for the entire day.

’I obviously mastered the fist technique in a single day—so much faster than the seven days he required. Why didn’t he react at all?’

Lin Qingqing had no appetite for dinner that evening.

"Senior Brother Qii, do you think I did something to make Master unhappy?"

At the dinner table, Lin Qingqing asked with a long face, picking listlessly at the rice in her bowl.

Qii Zhengyi smiled good-naturedly. "How could that be?"

Just as he spoke, a Daoist entered from outside, carrying a mahogany tray. He came before the three of them and, looking at Lin Qingqing, said:

"This is the complete secret manual for the seventy-two forms of the *Void Clarity Fist*. The Sect Leader sent me to deliver it to you and instructed you to cultivate diligently."

Hearing this, all three people at the table stood up.

Lin Qingqing, especially, instantly shed her disgruntled expression. She looked at the Daoist joyfully and said:

"Really? Master is giving the entire secret manual to me?"

The young Daoist smiled. "Miss Lin, your talent is a rarity in this generation. The Sect Leader naturally has high hopes for you. He hopes you will not disappoint him."

After speaking, he left the secret manual, performed a Daoist salute, and exited the room.

Lin Qingqing immediately snatched up the secret manual from the tray, overjoyed.

"Hahaha, so he wasn’t angry with me after all."

She immediately tucked the secret manual into her robes and, her unhappiness gone, began to wolf down her rice.

The other two people at the table, however, couldn’t help but show their envy.

This was especially true for Lin Baibai; he was incredibly jealous.

’A complete secret manual for a fist technique... This is a Grandmaster Level fist technique and Inner Power method. To think my sister would receive such a Martial Scripture on just her second day on the mountain.’

’Even though our father is the Southern Martial Arts Alliance Leader and Lin Family Castle is a top-tier family, the *Armor-Piercing Peak Finger* he cultivates is only a Grandmaster Level Cultivation Technique.’

’One could only imagine how precious a Grandmaster Level Cultivation Technique was.’

Qii Zhengyi’s thoughts, on the other hand, were much simpler. While diligently stuffing his face, he thought with pure admiration:

’Dao Yi Mountain is truly the number one Major Sect in the world. I must succeed in becoming a disciple of Dao Yi Mountain.’

As a Ranger from the wilderness with no sect or clan, he knew better than anyone the value of Superior Martial Arts.

...

Chen Sha had no idea his actions during the day had left Lin Qingqing feeling dejected for the rest of it.

Even if he had known, he would have done the same.

The more talented someone was, the more vigilant one had to be to prevent them from becoming arrogant and complacent.

At this moment, inside his room, the lamplight flickered like a single bean.

Chen Sha sat cross-legged on his bed, looking at his palm. He circulated a bit of Power, and his five fingers turned ashen-white as stone. With just a light tap of his finger on the wall beside his bed, it passed through as if piercing tofu.

’As expected of the *Nine Yin Divine Claw*. I merely converted a portion of my Great Yellow Court’s Power into Nine Yin Power and mastered the Power Release Skill, yet it already has such Gold-Breaking Jade-Smashing force.’

This was what Chen Sha had been doing for the past few days.

He had already cultivated to the Grandmaster Realm, so the True Qi Power within his body was immensely profound. As a result, when he practiced the Secret Martial Arts from the Cosmic Light Fragments, he only needed to use his own True Qi as a catalyst. This allowed him to easily generate the unique True Qi specific to each art.

However, while his Grandmaster Skill forming the foundation was one reason he could master these martial arts so quickly, another reason was the effect of Dao Yi Mountain’s Sect’s Scripture, the *Great Yellow Court*.

The True Qi and Heart Method of the Great Yellow Court possessed a unique characteristic and aura.

This was the principle of "the Heart Spirit residing in the center, like an emperor enthroned in the Yellow Court, reigning over all heavens." Any Exotic True Qi or foreign thought that entered his body would unconsciously submit.

This was also the origin of moves in the Great Yellow Court’s Martial Arts like "Immortal Rank" and "All Gods Return to the Sect."

When cultivating the martial arts of other sects, he had no fear of cultivation deviation.

’I have now reached the Grandmaster Realm, only one realm away from the First-Grade Great Innate. Given my talent for martial arts, if I cultivate step-by-step and accumulate True Qi daily, I should be able to reach the Peak of Grandmaster Realm in three to five years...’

’After that is the First Grade Great Innate Realm.’

’To achieve the First-Grade Great Innate, the final Chapter of the *Great Yellow Court* states: one must achieve Seeing God.’

’After Seeing God, one must make the ’Yellow Court’s Eight Sceneries and Twenty-four Gods’ come and pay homage, completing the ’Gods Worship Me’ stage.’

’Reaching this step is the realm of Great Yellow Court Great Success.’

’And these Twenty-four Gods mentioned in the *Great Yellow Court* each have names and colors. For example, the first of the upper Eight Gods is the Clever God. His name is Master Jueyuan, his courtesy name is Dao City, and his color is white.’

’The second is the Hair God, named Xuanfu Hua, with the courtesy name Daofeng, and his color is black;’

’The third is the Skin-Tightening God, named Tongzhong Zhong, with the courtesy name Dao Lian, and his color is yellow;’

’...’

’The Yellow Court Three Parts and Eight Sceneries contain a total of Twenty-four Gods.’

’They exist within the subtle acupoints and viscera of the human body, some even within the roots of the hair. Only after reaching the Grandmaster Realm and infusing the entire body with True Qi can one find them.’

’In the last hundred years, only two people on Dao Yi Mountain have used the *Great Yellow Court* to cultivate to the First-Grade Great Innate realm.’

’One, it goes without saying, was his father, Chen Canxuan. His Mastery of Creation was such that he compelled all Twenty-four Body Gods of the Great Yellow Court to worship him. Using the Dao Yi Seal, he integrated all the martial arts in the world, allowing him to stabilize the four corners of the world with a single strike, no matter the circumstances!’

’The second, of course, was his youngest martial uncle, Zhou Santong. However, I once asked my uncle, and learned that he had not yet completely subdued the Twenty-four Body Gods. Even so, his uncle’s Power was comparable to one of the top ten experts in the world.’

’It could be said that as long as a person on Dao Yi Mountain had sufficient talent, the *Great Yellow Court* was a wide, stable road leading directly to the First-Grade Great Innate realm.’

This was also the main reason the Dao Yi Sect had been able to maintain its status as a major Daoist Sect for thousands of years—it had this Superior Martial Scripture as its foundation.

’As one of the few on the mountain who had been taught the *Great Yellow Court*, Li Jianzhou’s decision to cripple his own Great Yellow Court cultivation was tantamount to severing his path to the First-Grade Great Innate realm...’

’At least, that’s what I had thought, until Lin Qingqing came up the mountain and told me that Li Jianzhou was now cultivating another First-Grade Martial Scripture, the *Divine Silkworm Scripture*.’

’Oh, Fifth Brother, Fifth Brother... I hope you’ll let me see for myself. Since they are both First-Grade Martial Scriptures, what is the difference between this *Divine Silkworm Scripture* and my *Great Yellow Court*...’

Chen Sha’s eyes gleamed; he was actually looking forward to Li Jianzhou breaking out of his cocoon and being reborn.

...

「Zhao Country. Changning Town. A ruined temple.」

This was the seventh day since Li Jianzhou had formed his cocoon. The Human Cocoon was nearly two meters tall and had thickened by a foot from its original size.

From the outside, it looked like a large stone egg.

For seven days, Chengg Lin and Zhao Yunkong hadn’t dared to step even half a foot outside the ruined temple, keeping a close watch.

However, they never expected that today, the little ruined temple would receive a stranger.

"You must be the two children Li Jianzhou took as disciples."

The two immediately turned toward the voice.

Following the voice, a White-robed Scholar entered the ruined temple. He held a folding fan, had a handsome and refined face, and appeared gentle and cultured.

"Who are you?"

Zhao Yunkong immediately demanded:

"What do you want?"

Hiding his mouth behind his fan, the White-robed Scholar said with a smile:

"I am Wang Lun of the First-Grade Hall. I have come to invite your master to join our First-Grade Hall as a high-ranking Honored Guest Elder!"