Wuyazi, who was feeling sorry for himself as he thought about the past, Xu Xiao realized that he had even more to do in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils.
That is to find Wu Xingyun and Li Qiushui and obtain the complete versions of the Heaven-and-Earth-Eternal Ageless Everlasting Spring Art and the Minor Formless Art from them.
As for the general principles of the Carefree Wind Riding, Wuyazi said that the text was engraved in a valley where they learned their skills from Xiaoyaozi. With his guidance, they could go and make a copy at any time.
Their conversation thus came to an end, and next came another matter.
Wuyazi wanted to die, but Xu Xiao didn't want him to die.
Wuyazi is alive only because Ding Chunqiu, that traitor who betrayed his master and ancestors, is still alive.
In the original drama, in order to achieve this goal, he poured all the Internal Energy he had accumulated over 70 years into Xuzhu, and then had him take the portrait to learn the martial arts in Langhuan Blessed Land.
But now that he no longer had that attachment, after telling Xu Xiao everything, the old man prepared to slap himself, but Xu Xiao stopped him.
"Grandpa, why do you want to die?" Xu Xiao tried to persuade him.
Of course, it wasn't that he was reluctant to Wuyazi, but rather that he wanted Wu Xingyun and Li Qiushui to willingly teach him two divine skills, Wuyazi was the key.
The two women spent their entire lives fighting over Wuyazi Wuyazi, both wanting to win his favor.
If Wuyazi were alive and said a few words in Xu Xiao's defense, he could easily get help from these two masters.
Otherwise, given Wu Xingyun and Li Qiushui's personalities, if they were to use force, they might secretly plot against Xu Xiao.
Neither of them are gentlemen Duan Yu, whose character is guaranteed.
In martial arts training, even the slightest mistake can have drastically different consequences. A single misinterpretation or incorrect application of internal energy can lead to entirely different outcomes, so Xu Xiao dared not be careless.
"I've lived long enough. If I hadn't missed seeing that traitorous villain beheaded, I would have wanted to die decades ago."
"Now that I have met Yuyan, my own flesh and blood, and have entrusted the Carefree Sect to your care, I have no regrets."
Wuyazi spoke, a slight smile appeared on his face:
"You're trying to persuade me, kid. I guess it's not because you don't want this old man to die, but more to get me to help you deal with the divine skills in the hands of your senior and junior sisters."
People become more shrewd with age, not to mention Wuyazi was a polymath who was proficient in everything.
If he hadn't been betrayed by Ding Chunqiu, his life would never have turned out this way.
"I won't hide it from you, Grandfather; I do indeed have this idea."
"The main problem is that I'm not familiar with my two senior uncles and senior brothers. Given my personality, it's hard to say whether I'll get any help in the end, and I might even end up fighting with them."
"It's still best if you, Grandfather, step in. No matter what, my uncles and senior uncles will listen to you. Carefree Sect wants to flourish, none of the three of you can be missing."
Xu Xiao cupped his hands in a gesture of respect, displaying complete candor.
This statement contained both flattery and a hint of threat, but it was also true.
Wu Xingyun and Li Qiushui: the former has a bad temper and looks down on the world, probably not taking anyone seriously except Wuyazi.
The latter had a marital relationship with Wuyazi, and even though she knew that Wuyazi was in love with her sister, she couldn't let go of him.
If these two women are to appear together peacefully and even teach Xu Xiao martial arts, Wuyazi himself must come.
Otherwise, even if Xu Xiao uses force to coerce, he may not be able to get what he wants.
"Alas, what a tragedy, what a tragedy!" Wuyazi was also troubled, especially after Xu Xiao had spoken to him for a while.
For decades, Wu Xingyun and Li Qiushui had fought every now and then, sometimes even resulting in one being disfigured and the other becoming disabled, and the root of it all was Wuyazi.
"I implore you, Grandfather, for the sake of the future prosperity of the Carefree Sect and the possibility of reviving the peerless martial art of Carefree Wind Riding, to consider this matter."
Xu Xiao smiled as he spoke, but his eyes held a firm resolve.
Wuyazi absolutely cannot die, at least not before he achieves his goal.
"Alright, alright. It's true that I should settle the score for the sins I've committed."
"By the way, I'd also like to see if you really have the potential to master that divine skill of Carefree Wind Riding."
Wuyazi eventually compromised, and everyone was happy.
Later, at Xu Xiao's insistence, Wuyazi came out of the cave where he had lived for decades and went to the city with him.
Xu Xiao didn't delay and immediately dispatched elite troops from the Martial Command Office, carrying Wuyazi's handwritten letter, to the Vulture Palace and Western Xia respectively.
Another soldier, Wu 1, was dispatched to lead a group to the valley mentioned by Wu Wuyazi, where the general principles of the Carefree Wind Riding were inscribed, to search for it.
Since everything was planned in advance, and Li Qiushui had not yet taken advantage of Wu Xingyun's loss of power to launch a sneak attack, this was the perfect opportunity to invite him.
Taking advantage of Wuyazi's presence, Xu Xiao began to seek his advice on some techniques for cultivating the Northern Darkness Divine Art.
After all, he would be using this as a foundation to cultivate the Carefree Wind Riding in the future, so he also began to pay more attention to the martial arts he had previously used to nourish his body.
Aside from his daily medicinal diet, Xu Xiao paid little attention to the three women along the way, focusing entirely on his cultivation.
Following Wuyazi's guidance, Xu Xiao's Northern Darkness True Qi had reached the limit that his meridians could hold, requiring him to continuously compress the true qi.
The process is complete only when all the internal energy within the body has solidified and begins to transform from a gaseous state to a liquid state.
This is also a prerequisite for cultivating the Carefree Wind Riding. Only when the Internal Energy cultivated after birth is sufficiently saturated, and quantitative change leads to qualitative change, can there be a chance to give birth to that trace of Innate Qi.
Xu Xiao had been working on this matter throughout the entire journey.
He continuously circulated his internal Internal Energy throughout his body and then compressed it within his dantian. At first, it was somewhat slow, but as he became more familiar with it, the process became increasingly faster.
Although doing so would inevitably cause some damage to the meridians, Xu Xiao continued to eat medicinal meals every day, even increasing his meals from five to eight a day.
They collected ginseng and he shou wu that were hundreds of years old, and ling zhi and dendrobium that were thousands of years old, all from all over the country.
Whether it's a private collection of royalty or a prized possession of a wealthy gentry, all of them are targeted by the spies of the Martial Command Office.
Those who know what's good for them will obediently hand over their goods, and may be compensated with some gold or silver or a minor official position. Those who choose to conceal or resist...
The swords of the Martial Command Office are not only for external use, but also remain sharp internally.
This allowed Wuyazi, a martial arts practitioner who had always cultivated in the deep mountains and forests, to experience the allure of power for the first time.
When he was cultivating with his master, Xiaoyaozi had to find all these precious medicinal herbs himself in the deep mountains and forests. They could only use one or two of them when they were at a critical juncture in their cultivation.
Xu Xiao only needed to speak to the entire nation to find the best medicines for him, and every day, a large quantity of precious herbs were specially prepared by renowned physicians and consumed as supplementary medicinal meals.
This is truly the power of an entire nation to support one person's spiritual practice.