Chapter 22: Near and Far

Chapter 22: Near and Far

"So many martial arts!"

Inside the hall, there were numerous wooden shelves, each of which was divided into two layers, filled with books on martial arts.

Ji Chen just made a rough estimate and concluded that there are probably at least hundreds of martial arts here!

This number is absolutely staggering.

Although all of them are only yellow-level martial arts, there are more than hundreds of them. Even in the entire Yun Kingdom, there are absolutely few sects and families that can produce such a foundation.

As the largest family in Yangcheng, the Ji family only has a total of more than a dozen martial arts and secret techniques.

As you can imagine, hundreds of species is an astonishing number.

"As expected of the former overlord of Yun Nation!"

Ji Chen narrowed his eyes, and a fiery look emerged on his face. The background of Yuhua Sect was much more complicated than he had imagined!

"Heavenly Fist..."

"Earth-splitting palm..."

There were hundreds of martial arts, which made Ji Chen a little dazzled.

He found it difficult to make a decision for a moment.

Because each outer disciple can only borrow two martial arts from the Martial Arts Hall every month, Ji Chen naturally did not want to choose too casually, but wanted to find two martial arts suitable for his own practice.

"I am a divine body, my physical body is unmatched, and in close combat, I can cross several small realms to fight with others. If I can practice a strong palm or fist technique, the power of my attack will definitely be stronger!"

He thought so and then continued searching.

"There is..."

Finally, about half an hour later, Ji Chen finally found a pretty good boxing style.

"Taixu Fist, advanced yellow rank!"

Judging from the introduction of this boxing style, it was actually created by the first generation headmaster of the Yuhua Sect before he became famous.

The first generation leader of the Yuhua Sect was a powerful leader who once dominated the entire Yun Kingdom.

It was he who led the Yuhua Sect to unprecedented glory.

Unfortunately, after the death of the first generation of the sect leader, the Yuhua Sect fell into a period of lack of successors and gradually declined, eventually falling to its current state.

"This is it!" Ji Chen made up his mind.

"You can choose one more."

He touched his chin, as if thinking about something seriously.

"A truly powerful person is always capable of both long-range and close combat. I have a divine body. After practicing the Taixu Fist, close combat is no longer a problem for me. I still need a means of long-range attack..."

As he spoke, Ji Chen continued his search.

"Heaven-cutting sword technique!"

After another quarter of an hour, Ji Chen found a sword-related martial art.

"The name sounds quite domineering..."

He couldn't help but talk to himself as he flipped through the introduction to this sword technique.

"The sword that cuts the sky, if you cultivate it to perfection, you can cut through the stars and the moon, level mountains and fill the sea, and you can do anything..."

"It sounds so mysterious, isn't it just a high-level yellow-grade martial art?" Ji Chen whispered.

Having said that, he finally made a decision and headed towards the entrance of the palace with his two martial arts, the Jie Tian Sword Technique and the Tai Xu Fist.

"Outer sect disciple Ji Chen greets the elder."

When he arrived in front of Wen Chengzhi, Ji Chen bowed slightly, then took out his identity jade card and handed it to the other party along with two martial arts.

Wen Chengzhi, who had his eyes closed, slowly opened them, glanced briefly at Ji Chen, and then looked at the two martial arts he had brought.

"Taixu Fist..."

Wen Chengzhi was stunned for a moment. "Although this martial art is also of high-level yellow rank, it was created by the first generation of the headmaster. It is extremely profound and difficult to practice successfully. In the past ten years, I have not heard of any disciple who has mastered it. Are you sure you want to choose it?"

"Is it difficult to succeed in cultivation?"

Hearing this, Ji Chen couldn't help but frown.

He originally thought that the martial arts created by the first generation of the headmaster must not be simple, so he decided to choose the Taixu Fist.

However, no one has been able to practice it successfully in the past decade or so, which shows that the difficulty of practicing this set of martial arts is indeed not small.

He hesitated.

"If I take it back to practice and fail, can I come back later to exchange it for other martial arts?" Ji Chen asked.

Wen Chengzhi nodded and said, "You can change it within seven days, but you can't change it after seven days."

"In that case..."

Ji Chen touched his chin and said, "Then I'd better take it back and give it a try. What if it succeeds?"

He still had great confidence in his talent. With a divine body and nine spiritual veins from his previous life, it would be too useless if he couldn't even successfully practice a high-level yellow-grade martial art with such talent.

Anyway, I can change it within seven days, so it’s no problem to take it back and try to practice with it.

Wen Chengzhi didn't say much.

He saw that Ji Chen's identity jade card was obviously newly engraved, and knew that the other party was most likely a new disciple who had just joined the sect yesterday. Therefore, out of kindness, he simply reminded Ji Chen.

Since the other party insisted on trying, he was too lazy to waste time talking.

Soon, after making a simple record of the two borrowed martial arts, Ji Chen took them out of the Martial Arts Pavilion.

At this time in the square, there are obviously more disciples walking around than in the early morning.

As far as Ji Chen knew, the Yuhua Sect was divided into inner and outer sects, and all the disciples in the entire sect added up to nearly three thousand, of which the outer sect disciples accounted for two-thirds, or more than two thousand people.

"Brothers, why are you blocking our way?"

Ji Chen took the two martial arts and planned to go directly back to Wangchenju.

When he was passing by a certain place in the square, he suddenly heard such a voice in his ears.

Looking around, I saw two young female disciples who were blocked by five or six people.

Ji Chen recognized the two female disciples. Like him, they were newcomers who had passed the entrance examination yesterday.

"You two junior sisters have just arrived. You should be unfamiliar with everything in the outer sect, right?"

In front of them, a young man in brocade clothes stood out from among the six male disciples. He glanced at the two female disciples unscrupulously and said, "Would you like me to take you to understand the situation of the outer sect? Of course, it's not free. You just need to give us six people, 20 spirit stones each."

"No need, we will find out by ourselves. Thank you for your kindness, brothers."

The two female disciples frowned but did not dare to offend. They had expected that newcomers to the sect would inevitably be bullied by the elders.

Spending money to avoid disaster is a good choice, but if each person has 20 spirit stones, then six people have 120 spirit stones.

They were of ordinary origin and naturally could not be compared with Ji Yanran and Ji Xueruo, the jewels of big families.

One hundred and twenty spirit stones, this is obviously not something they can afford.

"What are you doing? Why are you bullying two junior sisters?"

At this moment, some figures came from a distance. Ji Chen also knew them. They were all newcomers who passed the assessment yesterday. There were more than a dozen people in total, and they appeared here together.

It is very common for newcomers to stick together for warmth, so as not to be bullied by the elderly.

"have a finger in the pie!"

The six old disciples snorted coldly, showing no fear at all, and a conflict broke out between the two sides.

But soon, more than a dozen newcomers were all knocked to the ground, without any strength to fight back.

All around, what was happening here attracted a lot of disciples to watch, and everyone was whispering about something.

"Isn't that Yan Zhe? Is he bullying the newbie again?"

"That's really too much! When I first joined the sect two years ago, I was also bullied by them!"

"This guy relied on the support of his senior brothers from the inner sect. Over the years, he has been arrogant and domineering in the outer sect. Few people dare to go against him."

Hearing these words, somewhere in the crowd, Ji Chen frowned, stepped out, and quietly left while no one was paying attention.

He didn't want to cause trouble.