Above the Great Dao
Chapter 394 - 195: Exercise Benevolence and Righteousness

Chapter 394: Chapter 195: Exercise Benevolence and Righteousness

"Martial Arts Truth from the Master?"

The scholar trembled with anger, his face reddening, as he took a step forward and yelled, "What do you think the Master’s Analects are? The Master’s teachings are clearly meant to instruct people in becoming virtuous, in teaching one how to cultivate oneself, manage one’s household, govern the country, and bring peace to the world—not teachings of fighting and killing!"

Chen Shi, seated in the Taishi Chair, expressed surprise, "The Master lived during the Spring and Autumn period, traveled the world with three thousand disciples, wandered between states, and gained their submission. Are you saying he didn’t rely on martial strength? Could it be that he relied on mere lip service? The Master spoke of martial matters, ’The commander can be taken from an army, but you cannot take the resolve from a common man. Among the armies, taking the head of the general is as easy as reaching into a bag. All soldiers are common men; there’s no need to humiliate them, just kill them outright. Look, isn’t this Martial Arts Truth?"

The scholar laughed in extreme anger, stuttering, "You defile the Master’s teachings..."

Chen Shi also grew a bit angry, "The Master spoke of benevolence and righteousness; allegorically speaking, benevolence means splitting your opponent in two. Righteousness means smashing your opponent’s head into their abdomen. You act as a lackey for Young Master Yudou, bringing shame to the Master’s teachings. Today, I will apply benevolence and righteousness to you!"

The scholar still wanted to argue, but the woman in the joined flowers skirt calmly said, "Brother Pei, don’t waste words on him. Chen Shi, you stole the Resurrection Lotus from the young master and slaughtered the entire Taiping Sect, violating the moral code of Jianghu. Today, you will pay for your crimes with blood!"

Chen Shi smiled slightly and said, "How refreshing! The Master said, ’A gentleman’s desire is to be slow to speak but quick to act,’ teaching us not to waste words when it comes to a fight, but to strike directly. It seems I am still not quite the gentleman."

"What utter nonsense!"

The scholar could no longer contain his rage and charged forward. As he moved, the peddler and the woman in the joined flowers skirt also sprang into action. All three were adept at having cultivated Nascent Souls, especially the woman in the skirt, whose cultivation was the highest.

This woman was named Jiang Pinting, a matchmaker of some renown in Yudou, who made a living by arranging marriages. She was under thirty years old, tall and attractive. Often when she arranged marriages, it wasn’t the girl that the men ended up taking a fancy to, but her.

She appeared to live off her matchmaker trade, but she was also under the young master’s command.

The Nascent Soul Realm could be divided into five stages: Alchemy Pill, Yellow Bud, Nascent Formation, Soul Emergence, and Great Achievement. Jiang Pinting had already cultivated to the latter stages of Soul Emergence. Her Nascent Soul was nearly a foot tall, and with one more step, she could achieve Great Achievement.

To cultivate to this point had been incredibly difficult. She wasn’t born of noble lineage and had to rely on such families, serving under the young master in exchange for better cultivation techniques and resources.

She was aware that to progress further, she had to fight desperately!

She cast her strongest spell, the Nine Domains Dragon Capturing Skill!

Nine Domains Dragon Capturing involved controlling the trees around her, growing rapidly in response to the Nascent Soul force field. Within this force field, the trees grew wildly, their branches and roots turning into flesh and muscle, intertwining chaotically. Empowered by the force field, they had the strength to capture dragons!

As she cast the spell, the trees in the Chen residence’s courtyard began to grow wildly, roots and branches thick as pythons, shifting from wood to muscle and flesh, entwining towards Chen Shi!

The transformation from wood to muscle and flesh occurred in an instant. These trees didn’t grow skin, only red muscle, twisted together in a horrific sight!

These muscle trees were her extended limbs, each punch carrying the weight of ten thousand catties, their twists could strangle her enemies, while their thrusts turned into swords, their slashes into blades, moving as quick as lightning, incredibly swift!

At the same time, the peddler let out a roar and activated his Mysterious Skill. While others expanded their Nascent Soul force field outwards, his contracted inwards.

He cultivated a close-quarters combat Skill called the Great Ghost Mother’s Primordial Skill.

As he practiced this technique, his once lean body swelled up like blowing air, becoming huge and fat, reaching a height of over one zhang, with arms and legs like round lotus roots.

His head became perfectly round, with Qi-Blood rushing out from under his ribs, forming two additional arms, and more Qi-Blood emerging from his head, growing a ghostly doll-like figure behind with short arms and legs, all made of Qi-Blood.

The peddler grasped a pellet drum in each of his four arms, forged from fine iron. Originally the size of an ordinary pellet drum, they grew to the size of a man as he spun them, accompanied by the loud Dangdang sounds.

On the surface of the drums were painted ghostly talismans. They resembled the faces of ghostly dolls, surrounded by intricate talismans and unintelligible ghostly scripts.

Each pellet drum weighed thousands of catties. The peddler, filled with Ghostly Divine Power, took thundering steps that shook the earth, and swung the drums with wind roaring like thunder.

The peddler charged through the Nine Domains Dragon Capturing force field and leapt towards Chen Shi, wielding the four huge drums and bringing an unstoppable force crashing down on him!

Unlike the peddler and Jiang Pinting’s bizarre spells, the scholar’s spell seemed righteous and upstanding, practicing the Righteous Qi Refining Golden Pill and cultivating the Nascent Soul.

His Nascent Soul force field unfolded, separating into Yin and Yang, forming into the Taiji symbol. He stepped out, his left foot on the Yin fish’s eye and his right foot on the Yang, left step on Yang, right step on Yin. As he moved, the Taiji symbol also shifted, with the black and white fish alternating and flowing, profoundly mystifying.

This cultivation technique was called the Taiji Lotus Platform Technique, and it was quite formidable. Unfortunately, it was an incomplete version, and he could only cultivate up to the Nascent Soul Realm. It was only after he had made great achievements that the young master bestowed it upon him.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t even have been eligible to learn such an incomplete technique.

After practicing the Taiji Lotus Platform Technique, his cultivation had become deeper and more profound. Even among them, Jiang Pinting with the highest realm couldn’t compare to his profound cultivation.

As he stepped out, his Qi-Blood surged, a vast roar like overwhelming waves breaking onshore, his palms fluctuating between Yin and Yang, attacking Chen Shi with the force of a collapsing mountain and a surging sea!

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