Chapter 11
: Cultivating both Confucianism and martial arts, returning with a full harvest!
After forcefully killing the village school teacher, Gu Lin was filled with anticipation.
As he wished, golden light swirled before his eyes, and the moment the three words "Book of Merit" appeared, it was the most beautiful sight in the world.
[Defeat the "Category C" villains, gain 359 merit points, and be rewarded with a max-level "Draw a Circle on the Ground" account]
[Martial Arts Merit Points: 930/4000]
[Confucian and Taoist Merit Points: 359/1000]
[Merit Points in Taoist Arts: 0/1000]
[Witchcraft Merit Points: 0/1000]
The moment the words "Confucian and Taoist Merit Values" flashed through his mind, Gu Lin's heart surged with emotion.
Several times, the only rewards for killing villains were in martial arts.
The villains were all brutes.
Therefore, he speculated that in order to enter the realm of Confucianism and Taoism, it might be necessary to kill practitioners of Confucianism and Taoism.
really!
Instantly, Gu Lin trembled all over, and a pain like thousands of ants gnawing at his brow came from between his eyebrows. After only a moment, a few drops of blood dripped from between his eyebrows.
A moment of dizziness, and a three-inch world opened up deep between my brows.
This is the literary palace that Confucian scholars have always dreamed of!
He opened up the Wen Palace!
The next moment, purple energy swirled within the Wen Palace, forming a small tower with three levels, corresponding to the cultivator's Confucian and Taoist cultivation levels.
The third level of Qi Cultivation Realm!
Confucian and Taoist practitioners do not practice meridian opening and body tempering. As long as they open the literary palace, they can step into the Qi cultivation realm. Therefore, they consider themselves superior to martial artists. However, the path of Confucianism and Taoism is too difficult to walk!
And he himself was at the third level of the Qi Cultivation Realm!
Gu Lin's lips curled up slightly, and with a thought, a purple aura surged from the Wen Palace between his brows.
A few days ago, he brushed up on his cultivation knowledge in the martial arts pavilion of the academy.
The Confucian and Taoist traditions of the Feathered God Dynasty are divided into the Qi Nourishing Realm, the Spirit Gathering Realm, the Divine Palace Realm, and the Return to Simplicity Realm...
But people usually refer to them as Confucian scholars, Confucian teachers, or Confucian masters...
He himself was a Confucian scholar of the third rank.
Why can a Confucian or Taoist practitioner fight a martial artist who is two levels above them?
Firstly, his righteous spirit is unparalleled!
Secondly, the moves of Confucianism and Taoism can affect the opponent's spirit, and in a life-or-death battle, this is extremely fatal.
Thirdly, Confucian and Taoist practitioners have the advantage of initiative. If the two sides are ten feet apart, a Qi Condensation Realm martial artist would need to throw a punch at the opponent, while a Confucian Qi Nourishing Realm martial artist would only need to stand still. The difference in attack distance is too great!
Legend has it that the righteous spirit of Confucian and Taoist sages fills their bodies and can trigger extraordinary phenomena in the heavens and earth, such that their words contain the laws of heaven and their laws become law!
Gu Lin was in high spirits, smiling as he muttered to himself:
"Those who cultivate both Confucianism and martial arts are outstanding individuals in this world."
Of course, the twenty-eight states of the Feathered Divine Dynasty are full of top-tier clans and hidden sects, and what they lack least are extraordinary geniuses. In Chu State alone, there are countless legendary stories of geniuses.
There must be some people who practice both Confucianism and martial arts.
But can he compare to Gu Lin?
A person's time and energy are limited; who can achieve progress in both areas simultaneously?
But he can!
As long as you kill enough!
"If one day I were to step into the path of magic, the path of sorcery, what a glorious scene that would be!"
Of course, Gu Lin wouldn't think about these two cultivation paths for the time being.
Only by joining one of the four holy sites and coming into contact with a larger world can one possibly encounter evil practitioners on these two paths.
Gu Linping calmed his agitated emotions and began to mentally rehearse the Confucian and Legalist principles of self-imposed confinement.
At max level, the character draws a circle on the ground, using their righteous energy to imprison the opponent for two breaths.
It's imprisonment!
This Confucian-Legalist approach is so powerful it's beyond compare!
After sorting through the spoils, Gu Lin looked at the gruesome corpse on the ground. The Three Yang Extinction Seal was indeed terrifying; the flesh and blood of the corpse's chest and abdomen were charred black, and even some of its broken internal organs had been burned.
He carried the body and dragged it into the bamboo house.
Eight large characters are prominently displayed on the stone table in front of the house—
"Repentance eliminates negative karma and removes karmic obstacles."
Gu Lin sneered; he probably knew the teacher's thought process.
He committed too many evil deeds in the first half of his life. Perhaps he felt genuine remorse, but more likely it affected his spiritual practice. Although Confucian practitioners sit on the high pedestal of morality, there are countless individuals with a history of evil deeds. But this teacher was, after all, just a Confucian scholar. Those ugly evil deeds in the past gave rise to inner demons, causing his spiritual practice to be hindered. Therefore, he chose to teach the poor and needy.
A prodigal son who returns is more precious than gold.
Shit!
Do the souls who died unjustly in the underworld die in vain?
After disposing of the body, Gu Lin searched high and low and actually found five hundred taels of silver notes in a Buddhist shrine on the wall.
It seems the wanted criminal was right; he did indeed keep a large sum of money here.
It amounted to five hundred taels.
Gu Lin accepted it with a smile!
In this world, might makes right. He squandered the Gu family's fortune in three years, totaling more than a thousand taels of silver.
In just a few days, he earned more than eight hundred taels of silver!
As for the 330 taels he borrowed from the Shen family, he considered it a profit and had no intention of repaying it.
.......
To avoid revealing his whereabouts, Gu Lin quietly left Wutong Village and did not return to Xiajiang County. Instead, he planned to take a detour through Youxi County back to Shiyang.
This trip was truly fruitful.
Now he cultivates both Confucianism and martial arts, reaching the third level of the Qi Condensation Realm in martial arts and the third level of the Qi Nourishing Realm in Confucianism, and has mastered five martial arts techniques.
Lingbo Weibu!
Mysterious Dark Palm!
Thunderous Kick from the Nine Heavens!
The Three Yangs Extinction Seal!
To draw a line in the sand and imprison oneself!!
Gu Lin didn't know what his maximum combat strength was.
But he was full of confidence.
On the third day, Gu Lin arrived in Youxi County. He had already torn off the human skin mask and other disguises, and returned to his original appearance. He went to the county government's notice board to see if there were any reward notices.
He desperately wanted to become stronger!
Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could take care of the wanted criminals while on the road?
Unfortunately, I couldn't find a single bounty poster.
Gu Lin had no choice but to leave.
Just then, the constables beat drums and gongs, and firecrackers went off inside and outside the county government office. The registrar of Youxi County personally posted a notice.
People from the surrounding area rushed over upon hearing the commotion, and they all looked at the notice with great interest.
Congratulations to Song Shiwei, the most outstanding woman in Youxi County, for breaking through to the Dongxuan Realm at the age of nineteen!
Gu Lin frowned deeply.
Nineteen years old, at the Cave Profound Realm!
Absolutely gifted!!
Outside the county government office, many powerful and wealthy families rushed over upon hearing the news, clapping their hands in celebration:
"With only three days left until the Youxi Academy selection competition, Song Jiaonu is determined not only to win the championship but also to leave her peers far behind!"
"Song Jiao Nu, the pride of Youxi! She is absolutely qualified to join one of the Four Great Holy Lands!"
"Having broken through to the Profound Realm, victory should be assured, right?"
"If I were still at the peak of the Qi Condensation Realm, I might only have a 70% chance of success, but once I reach the Profound Realm and undergo a complete transformation, I'd have at least a 99% chance!"
Faced with the noise, Gu Lin also felt immense pressure.
This proud young woman, Song Shiwei, is one of his rivals; he will face someone at the Cave Profound Realm!
The Holy Land Selection Competition has only six spots available in the vast Chuwei County!
Gu Lin dismissed his superfluous thoughts and left the Youxi County government office.
He couldn't help but think to himself, if it weren't for his own merit book, how could he compare with the world's elite?
His talent is so exaggerated that it makes his peers despair. Shi Yang Qilin Gongzi Zhao Yao is praised to the skies, but what is he compared to Song Shiwei?
This is just a small county town. If it were placed in the prefecture of Chuzhou or even the Yuhua Shengzhou, perhaps a nineteen-year-old Dongxuan genius would only be a threshold to meet others.
As he wished, golden light swirled before his eyes, and the moment the three words "Book of Merit" appeared, it was the most beautiful sight in the world.
[Defeat the "Category C" villains, gain 359 merit points, and be rewarded with a max-level "Draw a Circle on the Ground" account]
[Martial Arts Merit Points: 930/4000]
[Confucian and Taoist Merit Points: 359/1000]
[Merit Points in Taoist Arts: 0/1000]
[Witchcraft Merit Points: 0/1000]
The moment the words "Confucian and Taoist Merit Values" flashed through his mind, Gu Lin's heart surged with emotion.
Several times, the only rewards for killing villains were in martial arts.
The villains were all brutes.
Therefore, he speculated that in order to enter the realm of Confucianism and Taoism, it might be necessary to kill practitioners of Confucianism and Taoism.
really!
Instantly, Gu Lin trembled all over, and a pain like thousands of ants gnawing at his brow came from between his eyebrows. After only a moment, a few drops of blood dripped from between his eyebrows.
A moment of dizziness, and a three-inch world opened up deep between my brows.
This is the literary palace that Confucian scholars have always dreamed of!
He opened up the Wen Palace!
The next moment, purple energy swirled within the Wen Palace, forming a small tower with three levels, corresponding to the cultivator's Confucian and Taoist cultivation levels.
The third level of Qi Cultivation Realm!
Confucian and Taoist practitioners do not practice meridian opening and body tempering. As long as they open the literary palace, they can step into the Qi cultivation realm. Therefore, they consider themselves superior to martial artists. However, the path of Confucianism and Taoism is too difficult to walk!
And he himself was at the third level of the Qi Cultivation Realm!
Gu Lin's lips curled up slightly, and with a thought, a purple aura surged from the Wen Palace between his brows.
A few days ago, he brushed up on his cultivation knowledge in the martial arts pavilion of the academy.
The Confucian and Taoist traditions of the Feathered God Dynasty are divided into the Qi Nourishing Realm, the Spirit Gathering Realm, the Divine Palace Realm, and the Return to Simplicity Realm...
But people usually refer to them as Confucian scholars, Confucian teachers, or Confucian masters...
He himself was a Confucian scholar of the third rank.
Why can a Confucian or Taoist practitioner fight a martial artist who is two levels above them?
Firstly, his righteous spirit is unparalleled!
Secondly, the moves of Confucianism and Taoism can affect the opponent's spirit, and in a life-or-death battle, this is extremely fatal.
Thirdly, Confucian and Taoist practitioners have the advantage of initiative. If the two sides are ten feet apart, a Qi Condensation Realm martial artist would need to throw a punch at the opponent, while a Confucian Qi Nourishing Realm martial artist would only need to stand still. The difference in attack distance is too great!
Legend has it that the righteous spirit of Confucian and Taoist sages fills their bodies and can trigger extraordinary phenomena in the heavens and earth, such that their words contain the laws of heaven and their laws become law!
Gu Lin was in high spirits, smiling as he muttered to himself:
"Those who cultivate both Confucianism and martial arts are outstanding individuals in this world."
Of course, the twenty-eight states of the Feathered Divine Dynasty are full of top-tier clans and hidden sects, and what they lack least are extraordinary geniuses. In Chu State alone, there are countless legendary stories of geniuses.
There must be some people who practice both Confucianism and martial arts.
But can he compare to Gu Lin?
A person's time and energy are limited; who can achieve progress in both areas simultaneously?
But he can!
As long as you kill enough!
"If one day I were to step into the path of magic, the path of sorcery, what a glorious scene that would be!"
Of course, Gu Lin wouldn't think about these two cultivation paths for the time being.
Only by joining one of the four holy sites and coming into contact with a larger world can one possibly encounter evil practitioners on these two paths.
Gu Linping calmed his agitated emotions and began to mentally rehearse the Confucian and Legalist principles of self-imposed confinement.
At max level, the character draws a circle on the ground, using their righteous energy to imprison the opponent for two breaths.
It's imprisonment!
This Confucian-Legalist approach is so powerful it's beyond compare!
After sorting through the spoils, Gu Lin looked at the gruesome corpse on the ground. The Three Yang Extinction Seal was indeed terrifying; the flesh and blood of the corpse's chest and abdomen were charred black, and even some of its broken internal organs had been burned.
He carried the body and dragged it into the bamboo house.
Eight large characters are prominently displayed on the stone table in front of the house—
"Repentance eliminates negative karma and removes karmic obstacles."
Gu Lin sneered; he probably knew the teacher's thought process.
He committed too many evil deeds in the first half of his life. Perhaps he felt genuine remorse, but more likely it affected his spiritual practice. Although Confucian practitioners sit on the high pedestal of morality, there are countless individuals with a history of evil deeds. But this teacher was, after all, just a Confucian scholar. Those ugly evil deeds in the past gave rise to inner demons, causing his spiritual practice to be hindered. Therefore, he chose to teach the poor and needy.
A prodigal son who returns is more precious than gold.
Shit!
Do the souls who died unjustly in the underworld die in vain?
After disposing of the body, Gu Lin searched high and low and actually found five hundred taels of silver notes in a Buddhist shrine on the wall.
It seems the wanted criminal was right; he did indeed keep a large sum of money here.
It amounted to five hundred taels.
Gu Lin accepted it with a smile!
In this world, might makes right. He squandered the Gu family's fortune in three years, totaling more than a thousand taels of silver.
In just a few days, he earned more than eight hundred taels of silver!
As for the 330 taels he borrowed from the Shen family, he considered it a profit and had no intention of repaying it.
.......
To avoid revealing his whereabouts, Gu Lin quietly left Wutong Village and did not return to Xiajiang County. Instead, he planned to take a detour through Youxi County back to Shiyang.
This trip was truly fruitful.
Now he cultivates both Confucianism and martial arts, reaching the third level of the Qi Condensation Realm in martial arts and the third level of the Qi Nourishing Realm in Confucianism, and has mastered five martial arts techniques.
Lingbo Weibu!
Mysterious Dark Palm!
Thunderous Kick from the Nine Heavens!
The Three Yangs Extinction Seal!
To draw a line in the sand and imprison oneself!!
Gu Lin didn't know what his maximum combat strength was.
But he was full of confidence.
On the third day, Gu Lin arrived in Youxi County. He had already torn off the human skin mask and other disguises, and returned to his original appearance. He went to the county government's notice board to see if there were any reward notices.
He desperately wanted to become stronger!
Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could take care of the wanted criminals while on the road?
Unfortunately, I couldn't find a single bounty poster.
Gu Lin had no choice but to leave.
Just then, the constables beat drums and gongs, and firecrackers went off inside and outside the county government office. The registrar of Youxi County personally posted a notice.
People from the surrounding area rushed over upon hearing the commotion, and they all looked at the notice with great interest.
Congratulations to Song Shiwei, the most outstanding woman in Youxi County, for breaking through to the Dongxuan Realm at the age of nineteen!
Gu Lin frowned deeply.
Nineteen years old, at the Cave Profound Realm!
Absolutely gifted!!
Outside the county government office, many powerful and wealthy families rushed over upon hearing the news, clapping their hands in celebration:
"With only three days left until the Youxi Academy selection competition, Song Jiaonu is determined not only to win the championship but also to leave her peers far behind!"
"Song Jiao Nu, the pride of Youxi! She is absolutely qualified to join one of the Four Great Holy Lands!"
"Having broken through to the Profound Realm, victory should be assured, right?"
"If I were still at the peak of the Qi Condensation Realm, I might only have a 70% chance of success, but once I reach the Profound Realm and undergo a complete transformation, I'd have at least a 99% chance!"
Faced with the noise, Gu Lin also felt immense pressure.
This proud young woman, Song Shiwei, is one of his rivals; he will face someone at the Cave Profound Realm!
The Holy Land Selection Competition has only six spots available in the vast Chuwei County!
Gu Lin dismissed his superfluous thoughts and left the Youxi County government office.
He couldn't help but think to himself, if it weren't for his own merit book, how could he compare with the world's elite?
His talent is so exaggerated that it makes his peers despair. Shi Yang Qilin Gongzi Zhao Yao is praised to the skies, but what is he compared to Song Shiwei?
This is just a small county town. If it were placed in the prefecture of Chuzhou or even the Yuhua Shengzhou, perhaps a nineteen-year-old Dongxuan genius would only be a threshold to meet others.