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The Four Dharma Kings of the Ming Cult, the Two Carefree Envoys, the Two Elders of Xuanming, and the later Seven Heroes of Wudang were all capable of becoming the leaders of a sect in the martial arts world.
This unparalleled martial art, once thought to be impossible for one person to perform, is now being demonstrated by Mo Jiang as a potential solo performer.
Zhang Sanfeng didn't even ask Mo Jiang if he wanted to learn; just by looking at the expression on his face, he knew he wouldn't get a negative answer.
The over-100-year-old Taoist stretched, and Mo Jiang, with a pleased expression, stepped forward to massage his master's shoulders, only to be pushed away.
"Go away, you weren't always this good at being obsequious."
Zhang Sanfeng looked at the Wudang Mountain gate and said, "Go and call your senior brothers and Wuji over."
These words immediately made Mo Jiang realize something. "Master, you don't mean to have them form a battle formation to beat me up, so I can learn the True Martial Seven Intercept Formation from the battle, do you?"
Mo Jiang wasn't particularly afraid of the formation set up by the Seven Heroes of Wudang, but he was worried that he might not hold back when they actually started fighting.
After all, he hadn't really encountered a proper battle since he reached the Ten Yang Realm.
"Don't worry, your master will be watching from the side. By the way, if you learn to use the True Martial Seven Intercept Formation by yourself, I will give you a good weapon, a weapon no worse than the Dragon Slayer Saber."
Although Mo Jiang had already broken through to the Ten Yang Realm, Zhang Sanfeng still had enough confidence to ensure everyone's safety at critical moments.
With the many books brought by Mo Jiang, Zhang Sanfeng's own progress was also rapid.
Now, even Mo Jiang himself can't see the depth of his master's abilities.
I could only vaguely sense that my master was very strong, extremely strong!
174. A cultivation-level formation appears in the martial arts world.
The personnel needed for the True Martial Seven Intercept Formation were quickly prepared, just as Mo Jiang had previously sent the Black Jade Broken Ointment, which cured Yu Daiyan's decades-long disability. At this time, the Six Heroes of Wudang were all on the mountain.
The six brothers truly regarded each other as blood brothers. Yu Daiyan, who had been paralyzed for many years, was cured and able to stand up again. This alone was enough to make the six heroes of Wudang put down everything and return.
Zhang Sanfeng decided that Zhang Wuji would join the True Martial Seven Intercept Formation in place of Zhang Cuishan, while the remaining members would be the Six Heroes of Wudang.
Although Yu Daiyan had been disabled for decades and even his martial arts skills had been crippled, he did not do nothing while paralyzed. He practiced breathing exercises day after day and year after year.
Although his efforts were less effective due to his physical condition, once he had the Black Jade Bone-Mending Ointment, which reconnected all his shattered bones and restored his meridians to their original state, Yu Daiyan's skill improved by leaps and bounds.
At this time, Yu Daiyan needed to relearn his hand and foot skills, but his internal strength was not much worse than his fellow disciples, and he was vaguely the strongest in internal strength among the Six Heroes of Wudang.
"Brother Mo, did you make Grandmaster angry?"
Although Mo Jiang was Zhang Sanfeng's disciple, Zhang Wuji should have called him "Shishu" (a respectful term for a senior disciple), but since he had already addressed him as Guan, he didn't change his address.
When Zhang Wuji learned that his grandmaster wanted them to form the True Martial Seven Intercept Formation to deal with Mo Jiang, he wondered if Mo Jiang had done something to anger Zhang Sanfeng. "Why don't we hurry up and apologize to our grandmaster and ask him to calm down?"
Hearing Zhang Wuji's suggestion, Mo Jiang couldn't help but roll his eyes. "So why do you have this idea? If I anger Master, he can just slap me to my knees. Why would I need to go through the trouble of having you form a formation to beat me up?"
"Then why..."
“My martial arts skills have made a breakthrough, and my master wants to test me.”
At this moment, Yu Daiyan walked over and looked at Mo Jiang seriously. This was the first time he had met Mo Jiang.
Previously, Mo Jiang never stayed at Wudang Mountain for very long. He would leave immediately after finishing his business, and he only knew one or two of his senior brothers.
"I suppose this must be my eighth junior brother."
Although Mo Jiang's hair and clothing were somewhat strange, the people here didn't care about such things. Yu Daiyan bowed to Mo Jiang, saying, "I am able to stand up again today thanks to your kindness, junior brother. I cannot express my gratitude in words. If there is anything else in the future..."
Before Yu Daiyan could finish bowing, his waist was already halfway bent and he hadn't even finished speaking when a pair of hands stopped him. "Between fellow disciples, it's only right. If you say it like that, you're being too formal."
Hei Yu Duanxu Gao Mo Jiang himself also had a need, so sending a few portions to Wudang Mountain was entirely appropriate, since his own faction belonged to Wudang, and he couldn't just let his senior brother lie there doing nothing.
Watching Mo Jiang chat with his fellow disciples, Zhang Sanfeng stroked his beard, nodded and chuckled. He never married but had seven disciples, whom he treated like sons.
This is something the entire martial arts world knows. Zhang Cuishan committed suicide at his 100th birthday banquet, which greatly frightened everyone at the time.
Those people were genuinely afraid that Zhang Sanfeng would lose his temper and kill all the guys from other sects.
Since his heartbreaking 100th birthday celebration, he hadn't seen his disciples so happy in a long time.
……
Soon, the True Martial Seven-Section Formation was formed, and the seven people firmly surrounded Mo Jiang in the center.
"Senior Brother, there's no need to take it so seriously."
Song Yuanqiao said solemnly, "Junior brother, Master wants to test you, so this matter cannot be faked."
Very good. The eldest brother has a rather rigid personality, so it's unlikely that they'll go easy on him this time.
There's a reason behind the True Martial Seven Intercept Formation. At this moment, the seven people's energy is linked together, so no matter where Mo Jiang launches his attack, he will inevitably face seven attacks.
and……
Mo Jiang flicked his fingers, sending out several sword energies to test the waters. The sword energies, capable of cutting through gold and jade, were quickly obliterated after leaving his body by a foot.
Within the formation, the seven people's power was as one. Each attack launched by Mo Jiang was not directly resisted by the seven people's power, but was dispersed into one-seventh by the formation, and then dealt with by the person who formed the formation.
If the people in the formation were to unleash their full power, the combined strength of the seven individuals could be amplified to the level of sixty-four top-tier experts of the era working together.
Mo Jiang, who had just discovered the True Martial Seven Intercept Formation, couldn't help but twitch at the corner of his mouth. Judging from its function alone, this thing shouldn't even exist in the martial arts world.
The sword energy seemed to be a signal, instantly activating the True Martial Seven-Section Formation.
First, the air became like glue, solidified and heavy, and Mo Jiang was like an insect surrounded by amber, unable to break free and only able to be frozen inside.
"drink!"
With a loud shout, Mo Jiang activated his power to the Nine Yang Qi Tai level. He didn't understand formations, but he knew that any formation could be broken by force as long as one's own strength was sufficient.
"Be careful!"
After issuing a warning, he transformed his Nine Yang Power into a giant fireball in his hand and blasted it towards the formation.
Nine Suns Thunderclap!
Faced with an attack containing terrifying destructive power, Zhang Wuji manifested a black and white yin-yang fish in front of him, like a shield blocking the Nine Yang Thunderbolt.
The Nine Yang Great Thunderbolt collided with the Tai Chi diagram but did not explode. The Tai Chi diagram was elastic, concave inward and rotating continuously.
With each rotation, a portion of its power is silently released outwards, and the Nine Yang Thunderbolt shrinks by a fraction. In a short time, the attack containing the power of the Nine Yang is silently neutralized.
Zhang Wuji stood as a shield in front of him, but the other six heroes of Wudang showed no signs of slacking off and immediately attacked Mojiang from different directions.
Their swordplay was as sharp and swift as a serpent, yet as heavy and profound as a giant tortoise. The four techniques of lightness, agility, heaviness, and weight were mutually opposed, yet they were perfectly harmonious in their hands.
Mo Jiang moved swiftly, always managing to dodge the sword's edge whenever it came near. However, as the True Martial Seven Intercept Formation was activated, Mo Jiang felt a certain weight on his body.
A weight that keeps increasing as long as you keep moving and dodging.
Since the start of the war, the burden on his body has become immense.
At the same time, the brain works at lightning speed, and the collection of information and intelligence and the deployment of tactics are completed in an instant.
"The formation is enough to spread my attacks evenly across every inch of the surrounding space. Unless the instantaneous output exceeds the capacity of the formation and the space, energy-based attacks will directly inflict a -70% debuff."
"The weight I feel on my body is getting heavier and heavier. The internal energy of the seven people has formed a blockade. There is no way to get out unless we break through this net."
"To break the formation, we have to confront everyone head-on."
"Damn it, Zhang Wuji is in the main tank position. With his Nine Yang Internal Force and Tai Chi Fist, it will be more than three times harder to break through his defense."
In an instant, blue flames rose from Mo Jiang's body, and his power reached its peak.
Ten Suns Blue Flame Great Thunderclap!
175. With such high comprehension, next time I'll teach you calculus and relativity.
Faced with the incomparably powerful Ten Yang Blue Flame Great Thunderbolt, Zhang Wuji was the first to be hit.
With all his senses sending strong signals, Zhang Wuji knew that if this move were to unleash its full power, the True Martial Seven Intercept Formation would be broken, and he himself would also suffer severe injuries.
In that moment of utter silence, Zhang Wuji suddenly remembered a few lines from the Nine Yang Manual: "Let him be strong, the breeze still caresses the mountain ridge. Let him be tyrannical, the bright moon still shines over the great river."
Given Mo Jiang's strength and ruthlessness, I am no match for him. According to the essence of the Nine Yang Manual, no matter how strong or fierce the enemy is, I can treat him as a gentle breeze on the mountain or the bright moon reflected in the river. Although he may hurt me, he will not cause me any harm.
He may be ruthless and evil, but I have enough true energy.
Upon realizing this, Zhang Wuji suddenly understood. He immediately drew his sword in the Tai Chi style, moving with a relaxed and natural rhythm, his body calm and his mind at ease, the movement continuous and unbroken, emphasizing intention over force.
Gathering the energies of Yin and Yang, and exhausting the wonders of creation in the universe, this is the Tai Chi Sword Technique taught by Zhang Sanfeng.
The Nine Yang internal energy was poured into the sword, and the sword's edgeless surface met the Ten Yang Blue Flame Great Thunderbolt. At this moment, the sword was as if it were nothing, and at the same time, the internal energy formed a connection with the Ten Yang Blue Flame Great Thunderbolt through the sword.
No matter how Mo Jiang cultivates the Nine Yang Divine Skill, its original and most fundamental form remains the Nine Yang Divine Skill.
Once these external forces of the same origin formed a connection, Zhang Wuji continuously extracted power from the Great Thunderbolt through the True Martial Seven Intercept Formation, digesting it into nothingness.
At the same moment, facing the siege of the six heroes of Wudang, Mo Jiang experienced for the first time what it meant to be troublesome.
The True Martial Seven Intercept Formation uses Zhang Wuji, who possesses the strongest internal energy, as the main tank to withstand the absolute destructive power unleashed by Mo Jiang.
With Yu Lianzhou and Song Yuanqiao, whose internal strength is second only to Mo Jiang, serving as secondary tanks and support, they resisted and limited Mo Jiang's power from the side.
The other four attacked Mo Jiang's vital points from different directions. With the power resonating and amplifying, even though their internal strengths differed greatly, they still had the power to harm Mo Jiang.
In an instant, a storm-like onslaught came from all directions, as if everything in the entire space was unleashing intense malice towards Mo Jiang.
Faced with such a powerful move, Mo Jiang focused his attention and countered.
Holding the Heavenly Pivot, with the Big Dipper surrounding him, the swords clashed, unleashing a powerful and chilling sound.
In an instant, hundreds of swords clashed. Mo Jiang closed his eyes and relied on his senses to find the source of the attack.
Closing his eyes and plugging his ears, shutting down two of his five senses, did not put Mo Jiang at a disadvantage. On the contrary, by shutting down two of his senses, Mo Jiang suddenly had a flash of inspiration.
In the midst of chaos and confusion, he saw a snake and a tortoise fighting and entangled with each other, and finally the tortoise and snake united to form the True Martial Dharma Image.
"This is it!"
Suddenly opening his eyes, Mo Jiang's aura surged. Before anyone could realize what had happened, they saw the Seven Star Sword move at will, like a python coiling around a withered branch, or a spirit turtle suppressing the deep sea.
The sword was divided into seven parts, but everyone felt that their bodies were sealed off, and endless sword energy burst forth from all directions.
Zhang Wuji hurriedly mobilized the power of the formation to try to transfer, digest, or even suppress the attack, but at this moment he found that the sword energy unleashed by Mo Jiang was as heavy as a mountain, and the formation could not diminish it at all.
And this weight was all too familiar to him.
That was clearly the weight that the True Martial Seven Intercept Formation inflicted on the enemy after it was set up.
Mo Jiang wielded the sword, transforming into seven swords, which then merged back into one. The sword light moved like a dragon emerging from the water, and was as still as a nimble snake catching a mouse. Sometimes it seemed as if there was no sword, and sometimes it seemed as if there was no one there.
It was as if a gentle breeze blew, but no sword was seen; only the gleam of the sword was visible, not the person
In an instant, everyone's attention was drawn to the sword light. When the sword light dissipated and their vision returned, they realized that all seven of them had long swords held to their necks, and their formation had been broken.
"it is good!"
Having watched the whole process, Zhang Sanfeng couldn't help but stand up and praise him. Mo Jiang's sword strike just now was clearly the result of one person using the True Martial Seven Intercept Formation, reorganizing the formation into a sword technique.
The martial arts technique, which should only exist in the imagination and could never be used by a single person in reality, was perfectly performed by Mo Jiang at this moment.
How could this not surprise Zhang Sanfeng?
"Good, good, good. After creating the True Martial Seven Intercept Formation for many years, we finally see its complete form today."
Seeing their master so happy, everyone came up to congratulate him. Regarding Mo Jiang breaking the True Martial Seven Intercept Formation, the Six Heroes of Wudang were only surprised by Mo Jiang's profound martial arts skills, and did not have any other emotions.
They were naturally aware of the Nine Yang Divine Skill and knew that the complete version of the Nine Yang Divine Skill existed in Wudang, but the six of them had been practicing Wudang techniques for many years and had no intention of switching to other styles.
After all, both the Six Heroes of Wudang and Mo Jiang knew that the Pure Yang Limitless Skill created by Zhang Sanfeng, when cultivated to its ultimate form, would not be inferior to the Nine Yang Divine Skill, and might even be superior in terms of the purity of internal energy.
The reason Zhang Wuji needed the Nine Yang Divine Skill was simply because he had been poisoned by the Xuanming Divine Palm and needed to use this skill to neutralize the cold poison.
While praising him, Zhang Sanfeng took the Tian Shu Sword from Mo Jiang and explained in detail the problems with Mo Jiang's sword strike just now, as well as the points that needed attention.
Two hours had passed since Zhang Sanfeng stopped explaining. His explanation had been a great lesson for his disciples, and he himself had also gained a lot of insights from it.
In recent days, Zhang Sanfeng has been experiencing bursts of inspiration and gaining new insights from time to time.
As for why this happened, it was because Mo Jiang would bring some books every now and then. At first, he would bring some books to keep the old man entertained when they were in the Kunlun Cave.
At first, they were just Buddhist and Taoist books from after the Yuan Dynasty. But one day, after seeing the health-preserving Tai Chi Chuan mixed in with the books, Zhang Sanfeng not only created Tai Chi Chuan and Tai Chi Sword several years ahead of schedule, but also seemed to have gained more insights.
After returning to Wudang Mountain, Zhang Sanfeng asked Mo Jiang for more books to inspire his creativity, and Mo Jiang began to bring him a large number of professional books.
He brought not only modern books, but also books he had acquired locally, such as Watch Dogs and Supernatural. Even Mo Jiang himself had forgotten how many books he had brought.
All that is known is that Zhang Sanfeng built a two-story scripture pavilion next to the small house on the back mountain.
How about I bring my master a book on calculus and relativity next time?
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