Chapter 922 - One with the World, Mad Monk (2/2)
He can tell with just one glance that they were Shaolin Temple disciples with a solid foundation for their lower bodies.
Some of them stood on the iron chains with steady footsteps, and they formed one line while they seriously and carefully walked toward the cliff across them in the face of the howling wind between the mountains.
A few people can be found in each chain, and as the chain swayed, their bodies swayed as well. It looked incredibly terrifying and dangerous.
On both sides of the cliffs were a few Shaolin Temple disciples who defended the area with their weapons out and ready to fight. They will greet each unfamiliar face who came to them with these words.
“Those who passed through the cliff, please use the chain you used yesterday. Do try not to affect our senior brothers in their training.”
Happy also received the warning from these Shaolin Temple disciples, and he cannot help but let out a faint cry of surprise. So, he stopped to ask, “What are your senior brothers training?”
“Affinity, body movements, and will!”
When the Shaolin Temple disciples saw that Happy seemed to have no idea of what was going on, they did not show any sign of impatience. They just explained patiently. “You’re not a Shaolin Temple disciple, are you? Our senior brothers discovered half a year ago that if we train on the chains in this place, you can increase the speed in which you increase the stats for your Body Movement and Affinity. You can also train your hidden attributes, which is willpower. You’re not a Shaolin Temple disciple, so your lower body isn’t stable enough. You won’t be able to train using this method. There’s a possibility that you will fall to your death and have al, your bones shattered.”
“Who said I’m not a Shaolin Temple disciple?” Happy laughed.
He removed his Bamboo Hat, and Happy circulated his orthodox Shaolin Temple’s Demon Subduing Qi Cultivation Technique. Then, like a huge bird, he landed steadily on the chain between the cliffs while the group of people cried out in surprise and tried to warn him.
The chain was already withstanding the weight from many people, and it rose and fell nonstop.
An average player will face danger when he or she landed on the chain without prior preparation, and it was very easy for the player to fall off.
However, Happy’s lower body was incredibly stable. He landed on the chain steadily and circulated his qi cultivation technique. Then, as if his feet were stuck on the chain, he moved along the oscillation of the chain. His upper body did not even sway once.
By the looks of it, he was a veteran who had countless experience climbing the chains.
The group of Shaolin Temple disciples on the cliff also released a sigh of relief, and they wrapped their fists in their palms before they shouted loudly. “So it’s a senior from the sect. We’ve been impolite to you just now.”
Such a stable lower body and body movements was something that cannot be formed without years of practice. Hence, they believed that this unfamiliar elite might be a successor of a Shaolin erudite monk.
Even the Shaolin Temple disciples on the chains gave him kind smiles, as if they acknowledged Happy as one of them. Most of the Shaolin Temple disciples training in this dangerous place were familiar to each other, and they were all Shaolin Temple elites. Right now, when they saw that an unfamiliar disciple of the same sect had easily displayed such an amazingly stable lower body, they cannot help but feel affection toward him, and they showed him respect.
Once he responded to their salutes, Happy composed himself.
Under the dual threat from the wind and oscillations from the chain, he soon entered a profound state and calmly moved forward. He stepped on the chain while it danced madly in the wind and headed to the cliff ahead of him.
This was the first time Happy walked so slowly to the chain leading to Punishment Mount. When he was halfway there, he can already sense just how amazing was the effect of walking on the chain so slowly.
The strength of the wind around him varied, but if he can just retain his state of mind and be able to quickly tune his qi cultivation technique and circulate his qi, he will indeed feel as if he was lingering between life and death, and that sort of feeling can give someone a break through.
Before he even finished walking one round, Happy could already sense that his Affinity and Body Movement had increased, as if a miracle had happened.
When he arrived at the other cliff, the Shaolin Temple disciples defending that place seemed to be able to see Happy’s surprise and delight. They explained, “The first time you train here, the results are very clear. You just need to walk five to six times here everyday, and as time passed, the results will slowly diminish. The increase of your attributes will remain below fifty points. Many of our senior brothers have tested and verified it.”
“Why aren’t you walking on the chains?”
“Hehe, our senior brothers asked us to observe and protect the place first. Once our hearts calm down, we can slowly walk on it. The process will last around one month. We’re unlike you, who managed to clear it in just one go. Senior brother, have you truly never come here before?”
“Last time, I often came to Punishment Mount to train.”
“Ah… no wonder, then.”
“Please take care of us in the future.”
“Haha, I might seldom have the chance to come here in the future.” Happy’s tone changed, and he smiled wryly. “I came here today because of my master’s orders.”
“Oh, that’s a pity.”
The Shaolin Temple disciple stopped talking for a moment before he suddenly put on a worried look. “A sect related quest? Could it be that you are going to Mad Monk? Senior brother, I’d advise that you don’t go. Over the years, there are plenty who tried their luck, just like you, because they wanted to get Mad Monk’s legacy, but none of them can last through ten moves in his hands, and all of them are sent down the cliff by Mad Monk.”
“No, my master asked me to come here and meet the monks who broke their vows.”
A thought appeared in Happy’s mind. “Is Mad Monk really popular nowadays?”
“Of course.” The Shaolin Temple disciple said proudly, “Ever since One Emperor entered Inaction Realm but was pushed down the cliff with one just one strike from Mad Monk, the legend of those getting his legacy after lasting through ten moves became even more exaggerated. They said that Mad Monk might have already reached the qi realm about Myth Realm, which is One with the World Realm.
“Everyone wants to get the legacy of a martial art in One with the World Realm, after all.
“But there are some people who say that One Emperor might not have received Mad Monk’s legacy because Mad Monk wants to choose a Shaolin Temple disciple as his successor.”
“I see. It’s been a long time since I returned to Shaolin Temple, so I don’t know about this news. Thank you for telling me, junior brother.”
“Senior brother, you’re welcome.”
They exchanged a few more pleasantries before Happy wrapped his fist in his palm and bad farewell.
He suddenly remember how Mad Monk kept himself in Punishment Mount after his slaughter of thousands, and he remembered the situation he encountered when he carried out his Nine Yang Divine Skill Quest.
In the end, he remembered Master Xuan Jing’s words before he left.
He asked Happy to come and meet the monks who broke their vows at Punishment Mount.
There was naturally nothing to see about the monks who broke their vows, and there was no proper quest with them either. Could it be… that the monk Master Xuan Jing asked him to see was actually Mad Monk?