Chapter 304: Preemptive and Postemptive Strike
Zhenwu Hall.
The top of the cliff on the back mountain.
A dark-skinned middle-aged man dressed as a farmer stood hunched over on the edge of the cliff, looking at the clouds ahead, wondering what he was thinking.
"Uncle Master!"
Xu Liben's figure appeared behind.
If someone heard Xu Liben's words at this moment, they would be shocked, because Xu Liben's uncle was the Martial Saint of Zhenwu Palace.
If you tell others that a martial saint is dressed like a farmer in coarse linen clothes, no one would believe it. The most important thing is that he does not have the temperament of a martial artist at all. He just looks like an old farmer whose back is bent by the heavy objects of farm work.
Zhao Yuhua
Xu Liben looked at his uncle-master. He was the only one in the whole hall who knew that his uncle-master did not stay in the mountain on weekdays. Instead, he built a thatched house in a village at the foot of the mountain and worked from sunrise to sunset like a normal farmer.
Obviously, the reason why the master uncle returned to the mountain this time was because of Lin Ye.
After hearing the words that his uncle spread throughout the mountain gate, he rushed here as soon as possible.
"Uncle Master, did Lin Ye observe the third picture?"
Thirteen hours had passed since Lin Ye stepped down from the cliff yesterday, and his uncle appeared again. Although Xu Liben didn't want to admit it, he had to admit that Lin Ye might have already observed the third pattern.
At that time, the uncle also saw the third pattern.
In the entire Zhenwu Temple, the founder was the only one who saw the fourth pattern at one time and directly stepped into the realm of Martial Saint.
Look at the fourth picture and you will become a martial saint right on the spot.
After observing the third painting, it means that as long as nothing unexpected happens, he will be able to enter the realm of Martial Saint in the future.
"Do you regret it ?"
Xu Liben was stunned for a moment. He didn't react for a moment. His uncle asked him what he regretted.
"Uncle, I regretted it yesterday, but later I decided to let Lin Ye become a guest elder of our Zhenwu Temple. I didn't discuss it with you, uncle. Please don't blame me."
"You are doing the right thing. With Lin Ye's talent, he will become a martial saint in the future. If we cannot resolve this hatred, we cannot let him leave the Zhenwu Palace."
Xu Liben, who had originally lowered his eyes, listened to his uncle's words, raised his head and glanced at his senior brother. A chill rose in his heart, but he soon understood and comprehended what his uncle said.
A future Martial Saint will become a Martial Saint as long as he is alive. If such a person has a grudge against the temple, once his uncle grows old and there is no new Martial Saint to take over the temple, the Zhenwu Temple will most likely face a disaster of destruction.
"It's my nephew's incompetence that makes my uncle worried."
Xu Liben had a guilty look on his face. He knew that his uncle said such a thing because neither he, his junior brother, nor his several disciples in Zhenwu Palace had the potential to become a Martial Saint.
If his disciple works harder and has the potential to become a Martial Saint, then the uncle won't have to worry too much. With the help of the Zhenwu Transmission Wall and his guidance, he will definitely be able to cultivate a Martial Saint and there will be no need to worry about Lin Ye's threat.
"We will recruit new disciples this year and try to select some good ones. We can not only recruit students from Qingzhou, but also students from other states. I will personally guide them."
"Uncle Master..."
Xu Liben's expression became excited. In Qingzhou, Zhenwu Temple was the leading martial arts sect. Every time they recruited disciples, they were able to recruit quite a few talented ones, but not necessarily the most talented ones.
Because some talented disciples are descendants of other sects, or are members of a martial arts family, these people will not join the Zhenwu Palace.
However, if it was the guidance of a powerful "Martial Saint", just for the attraction of this one reason, every family would be willing to send their most talented children to the Zhenwu Palace.
You know, even his six disciples had never received any guidance from his uncle.
"Go ahead."
Hao Chunsheng asked his nephew to leave, leaving him alone standing at the bottom of the cliff.
"When I first observed the Zhenwu Power Transmission Wall, I went straight to the third picture, but I only observed the third picture for three months. It took me seven years on and off to comprehend the third picture and realize my own Dao."
The third picture is the most special one.
It is not a martial arts technique, nor is it a state of enlightenment, but a kind of self-cognition.
In the words of Taoist practitioners, it means to seek the truth from one's heart.
Hao Chunsheng did not leave the cliff. He stretched out his hand and grabbed into the air, and a hoe appeared.
On the spot, the land was plowed.
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At the bottom of the cliff, the sound of bones rumbling like thunder gradually became lower and finally disappeared completely.
On the lotus platform, Lin Ye's body stopped expanding and contracting and also returned to normal.
After a few breaths, Lin Ye opened his eyes.
The ancient well is calm and still.
The divine is hidden within.
There was a look of surprise on Lin Ye's face. He didn't expect that after enduring this pain, he would directly surpass the Great Perfection of the Jingzhe Realm and step into the Half-Step Martial Saint Realm.
The inner divine power is a sign of the realm of Martial Saint.
This was what he suddenly realized after observing the second picture.
Skill is close to Tao!
In martial arts training, what you cultivate at the beginning is martial arts or skills, and when you reach the level of martial saint, it is the Tao.
This is the way of martial arts.
The same is true for Taoist practice, first the techniques and then the Tao.
The same is true in Buddhism.
Strike while the iron is hot.
Lin Ye looked at the stone wall again, and the pattern on the stone wall changed as he looked at it.
This time it is no longer a line, but two lines of words.
“Strike first and then strike back.”
Lin Ye was a little stunned when he saw these two lines of words. What did this mean?
How do you see this?
An hour later, Lin Ye looked somewhat helpless.
During this hour, he tried to squint his eyes to read the two lines of words, and even tried to look at one word or one line of words first, as well as to recombine the words or separate the words to read them simply by looking at the horizontal, vertical and diagonal strokes.
Unfortunately, nothing was discovered.
Lin Ye looked at the clouds surging towards him. If it weren't for the lotus platform under him, he would have been carried up by the clouds by now.
I guess I used a cheating device.
But this cheat can only allow you to continue observing, whether you can fully comprehend it depends on yourself.
Strike first or strike later?
Literally speaking, these are two completely opposite statements.
If applied to martial arts, the meanings of these two sentences are: one is to strike first and catch the opponent off guard; the other is to wait for the opponent to reveal a loophole and then strike to attack the opponent's weak point.
What does this sentence want to convey?
After thinking for a long time, just when Lin Ye's eyes were about to be dazzled, he suddenly slapped his thigh because he realized that he had forgotten something.
"How could I forget? I still have the biggest cheating device."
