Chapter 486 - THE MARTIAL ART WORLD (4) (1/2)
YONG
ON TOP OF THE SHAOHUA MOUNTAIN
TEMPLE OF XI
The Temple of Xi is one of the moist mysterious organization of the orthodox sect in the martial arts world.
It has been challenged many times in the past but no one has ever been able to defeat them and it possess a commanding voice in the word of martial arts.
While many martial artists considered them as a sect of martial arts, the Temple itself did not consider themselves like that
Like the Cloud Abode in Yongxian valley their reason for practicing martial arts is different from the rest of many of the martial artist in the martial arts world.
Many martial artists learn martial arts as a means for power and fame.
Some practice and learn it as a means of protecting oneself and some of them learn martial arts because they have the lofty ambition of ruling the martial arts world
These are the normal martial artist and many sects have these kind of members who seek such thing. They have such people in the orthodox sect and in heterodox sect.
But if there is two organization of martial arts world that did not seek such thing, it would be the Cloud Abode in Yongxian Valley and the temple of Shi on top of the Shao Hua Mountain.
The Cloud Abode in Yongxian Valley is mysterious and their disciple rarely come out from the valley because they practice martial arts as a means to attain immortality.
While the disciple of the Temple wanted to achieve Enlightened state where they could be One with everything and Eternal
One wanted to become Immortals. One wanted to become Enlightened of the Truths of All Worlds.
Hence, because of this reason, the Cloud Abode is hidden from the uninitiated, and the Temple disciple rarely come out from their mountains and valleys.
But while the Cloud Abode location is a secret inside the misty fog of the Yongxian Valley, the Temple of Xi is not closed and its location is not a secret.
Inside the walls of those Temples is a city of monks.
There are many masters of martial arts that learn the martial arts of the Temple. It is even said that all origins of martial arts could be traced back to the Temple.
There is a story about that in the mythological records of the Temple.
In mythical story it is said, one monk from that Temple was granted a divine enlightenment by the Heavens and went to meet the Monkey Demon that was trapped under the Five Finger Mountains
The Monk met the Monkey and the Monkey taught him martial arts but all the Monk could understand is only superficial move.
The Monk said that Monkey Demon could turn into anything he wanted, possessing the power to travel beneath the Earth and soar to the Heavenly Realm
The Monk then return to the Temple and write all of those that he remembers onto a Steele.
When he wanted to espouse on the magical side of martial arts, he was struck by lightning and turns into motes of light as his soul ascended to the Heavenly Realm
A few hundred years later, one of the Monk understand all of those that was written in the books after meditating for only a second, and was tasked by Heaven to release the Monkey Demon to help him find a sutra that could open the path to ascension.
At least that is how the stories go.
Whether it was true or not, nobody knows. But the Monks of the Temple did not dare call it a lie. The reason why is because there is a marble altar of mysterious origins in the Temple.
It is one of the most well-kept secret of the Temple.
It is even guarded by three grandmaster of martial arts that have prolonged their longevity to guard the area.
In the Secret Hall of Enlightened Ones That See All Truths, there is an altar of marble stone.
The marble stone could not be broken by any weapons and neither could it be lifted or moved.
Every qualified monk in the Temple has tried to move the marble stone but no matter how strong they are; they could not move it.
In the history of the Temple, there is only one monk that have managed to move it for one meter
He was called Divine Monk Xuanwu.
He was active in the martial arts worlds a hundred years ago.
When he has finished experiencing the mortal life, he returns to the Temple and tried to move the marble stone.
It moves for a meter but then he could no longer move the marble altar.
He then sits cross legged and close his eyes and the cloud opens up and he ascended to the Heavenly realm
Since then, those who think they are qualified could go inside that secret chamber and try their luck.
But it was not the altar that made the Monks believes in the myths of the Demon Monkey and the Enlighted Monk that lead to the Sutra of Heaven Ascension.
It was what is on display on top of the altar.
It was a flute.
This flute is very magical and very terrifying.
Those who have low martial arts, if they are in contact with the flute would be invaded by terrible dreams and nightmare and wood even affect their hearts and body condition.