"Ah..."

  The monk sweeping the floor remained silent for a long time, then let out a sigh. "Young master is so young, yet he understands the ways of Jianghu so clearly, it's rare! It's rare!"

  "Murong senior, you're overpraising me."

  Fang Chen clasped his fists and bowed. "I'm very interested in the rankings of figures in the Jianghu, and the Jianghu has given me a nickname - Omniscient Bai Xiaosheng."

  "Oh."

  The monk sweeping the floor said little, only nodding his head, and continued. "As for the realm of martial arts, you understand Jianghu affairs so thoroughly, how can you not know?"

  "Senior, I'm familiar with the initial strength division of martial artists in the Jianghu, but it's limited to my own realm. I don't know about the top masters above that. Please enlighten me!" Fang Chen said sincerely.

  The description of martial arts levels in Tian Long Ba Bu is quite vague and unclear, so Fang Chen had to ask the Sweeping Monk for guidance.

  He also wants to figure out the direction of martial arts in the future.

  "In the Jianghu, the division of strength is three-grade master, two-grade master, one-grade master, top-grade master, and then it's the realm of the Grandmaster. Sweeping Monk's gaze fell on Xiao Yuanshan and Murong Bo, slowly saying: "Their strengths are between top-grade master and Grandmaster."

  "If they can break through the barriers of martial arts, they can thoroughly enter the realm of the sect master."

  "And you and this female benefactor are also among them."

  "I see the internal energy within you, having cultivated many types of martial arts. Although your physical body is strong and powerful, but given time, when your internal energy surpasses that of your physical body, it will still be unable to break through the barriers of martial arts, and the same problems they have will also appear in you."

  The monk sweeping the floor has a profound meaning.

  "Thank you for your guidance, senior."

  "Fang Chen continued, 'And what about the one above the Grandmaster?'"

  "Beyond the Grandmaster?"

  The monk's eyes revealed a hint of longing as he gazed up at the sky. "From ancient times to the present, that is a realm that very few people have ever reached, known as the Great Ancestor! As for what lies beyond the Great Ancestor, this old monk has perused all sorts of historical records and classics, but hasn't found any relevant entries on levels."

  "That realm is too profound and mysterious, probably no one has reached it yet!"

  "Senior, are you now a Grandmaster?" Fang Chen's heart moved slightly. This Sweeping Monk was the person with the highest combat value in the Eight Trigrams School. If he wasn't a Grandmaster, then who was?

  "Is it really so easy for a Grandmaster to break through?"

  The monk shook his head slowly. "Forty years ago, I was already at the level of a grandmaster. To break through the barriers of martial arts, I came to Shaolin, the holy land of martial arts, and devoted myself to Buddhist practice. Until today, I am still one line away from becoming a great grandmaster."

  "Senior, junior is just starting out on the path of martial arts, and would like to ask for your guidance on a clear way forward!"

  Fang Chen bowed again with his fists clenched.

  This monk who sweeps the floor is the best teacher, who else can you ask?

  Ask clearly, and you will be able to take fewer detours in the future.

  Since obtaining the Shuttle Gate, I have been through many worlds and finally made some progress in martial arts.

  However, I didn't know the direction of martial arts, and continued to cultivate downwards. Except for the increase in internal power and the familiarity with martial arts moves, everything was confusing.

  "Martial arts is a path, what's important is laying a good foundation in the beginning..."

  The Sweeping Monk nodded. "Your tendon-changing exercise is not profound, the North Ming Divine Merit has absorbed more than 100 years of internal energy, and your physical body is strong and powerful, obviously practicing a kind of cross-training."

  "If you want to go further in the way of martial arts, you can only focus on one!"

  "Specializing in one?"

  Fang Chen was taken aback. "Do you mean that I should give up one or several of them and focus on a single area, so that I can go further?"

  "Not bad."

  "The monk sweeping the floor said, 'As the ancient saying goes, one cannot have both fish and bear's paw at the same time. The young donor should make a choice.'"

  "What you said is absolutely right, I've learned from it."

  Fang Chen's heart moved, and Sweeping Monk said something very reasonable.

  The world of Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils has many powerful martial arts. Each type of cultivation that is successful will have great power.

  If all martial arts are practiced together, it may take dozens or even hundreds of times more time to achieve great success.

  Ordinary people exhaust their whole life, but seventy or eighty years of cold and heat, how can they get both?

  "Murong, I've heard that there's a kind of martial art in the world that is eternal and unchanging, a Spring-like skill that can make people live forever. Is it true?" Fang Chen gazed at Sweeping Monk with sparkling eyes.

  He had another guess in his heart that since Murong Longcheng had lived for about 200 years, he must have some secret to longevity.

  Having such a treasure as the Shuttle Gate, how can life be so short?

  I must get my hands on that secret technique no matter what!

  "Little donor, the kind of martial arts you mentioned, I have indeed cultivated it. This martial art can make people live longer, but it cannot stop the invasion of time. When the time comes, one will still grow old and die."

  Sweeping Monk Murong Longcheng shook his head and said, "Moreover, this cultivation has a drawback. Every 30 years, one must return to childhood once. For example, if one practices for 90 years, they will need 90 days to return to childhood. And every day, one must absorb blood to cultivate their skills; otherwise, it's a matter of life and death."

  "So, before I entered Shaolin, in order to benefit from the Buddhist Dharma and break through the obstacles of martial arts, I dispersed this skill and focused on refining the Buddhist Dharma."

  "So it was."

  Fang Chen's heart skipped a beat as he listened, Sweeping Monk entered the Buddhist gate, unwilling to suck blood, but I'm different, I'm not afraid of sucking blood, as long as I can live longer, what's there to fear about sucking blood?

  I remember when I was a kid, I used to get nosebleeds often, and my grandfather would make me drink raw chicken blood!

  Fang Chen wanted Sweeping Monk to teach himself, but he didn't know how to bring it up.

  He decided to return to Lingyin Temple to look for Tongyu's relics and see if he could find the elixir of immortality.

  "Huh? This skill was obtained by Xiao Yaozi from Dali, and later established the Xiao Yao Sect. Could it be that Murong Longcheng is the leader of the Xiao Yao Sect, and Wuyazi's master?" Thinking of the Everlasting Spring Skill, Fang Chen's heart suddenly moved, recalling a bold guess he had made before.

  At that time, Murong Longcheng was the successor of the Murong clan and aimed to restore the country, but the Murong people were few in number.

  He then created the Carefree Sect with his own unparalleled martial arts talent and took in four great disciples.

  Re-arrange Tianshan Tongzi to stay in Tianshan Xianxian Peak, secretly accumulating strength.

  Li Qiushui deeply develops her power in Western Xia, and once the opportunity is ripe, she will advance into the Central Plains!

  Wu Yaozi then sat in the Central Plains, quietly observing the changes.

  Li Canghai assisted his own son. As long as the Song Dynasty was shaken or had internal and external troubles, the Murong family could take advantage of the situation to rise up and compete for the Central Plains.

  Unfortunately, fate played a trick on him. Zhao Kuangyin took the lead and established a strong regime, making it difficult to shake. He could only regretfully enter Shaolin Temple to worship Buddha and spend his old age there.

  "Murong senior, I have another question, may I ask boldly."

  "Little donor, what else do you doubt?" Sweeping monk Mu Rong Long Cheng was taken aback.

  "Since Senior has cultivated the Eternal Youth Technique, is it possible that Carefree Immortal is actually Senior's incarnation?" Fang Chen asked with sparkling eyes.

  After hearing Fang Chen's words, the sweeper monk's eyes flashed with a hint of sharpness and then went out again. He turned around, picked up his broom, and his hoarse voice came once more: "The imperial map and hegemony, all sorts of calculations, ultimately cannot overcome the great trend of the world..."

  "Later generations will be clear, thank you for your predecessors to resolve the confusion, the green hills remain unchanged, and we bid farewell!" Fang Chen picked up Yuanyue's delicate body, deeply saluted Sweeping Monk, seeing that he didn't respond again, immediately strode away.

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