Chapter 12 12, Shaolin Wood Burning Knife, Dragon Elephant Prajna Kung Fu! In the middle of winter, in the evening, heavy snow fell. The Baituo Mountain is covered in silver. Ouyang Feng stood quietly in the snow, holding a steel knife in his hand. Suddenly, he spun quickly and slashed in all directions eighty-one times in one breath. The knife flashed as fast as lightning, and the knife wind was sharp and colder than the north wind. When the eighty-one cuts were completed, Ouyang Feng twisted his wrist, raised the steel knife above his head, and chopped it down fiercely. With a strike as fast as thunder, the log, which was as tall as a person, was evenly split into two pieces with a snap. The crack was flat and smooth like a mirror. Taking a look at the two logs, Ouyang Feng nodded with satisfaction: "Not bad. After practicing for a month, I have made some progress in the Burning Wood Sword Technique." What he practiced was the "Burning Wood Sword Technique", one of the 72 Shaolin Kung Fu skills, which he gained from the "Reflection Kung Fu" last month. He didn't draw the Dragon Subduing Palm last month, so he still only has three moves: Kang Long You Hui, Fei Long Zai Tian, and Dense Clouds But No Rain.
But he pulled out a wood-burning knife. Just looking at the name of the sword technique, it is easy to mistakenly think that this is a Qi sword technique similar to Jiumozhi's "Flame Sword". But in fact, this is a pure quick knife technique. The so-called "burning wood" refers to the practice of swordsmanship to perfection, when one can chop the firewood 981 times in a row, and ignite the firewood by the high temperature generated by the friction between the blade and the firewood. The high temperature from eighty-one frictions alone is enough to cause the firewood to spontaneously ignite, which shows how fast these eighty-one consecutive cuts must be. Even in Shaolin, where many experts are born, few people can master this sword technique. The reason is very simple, the wood-burning knife technique is too difficult. Not only does it require extremely high internal strength, it also requires extremely high physical qualities such as reaction speed, muscle and bone strength. Even with Ouyang Feng's talent, his body has not yet fully developed, and he can only practice this sword technique to a small degree at best. If you want to achieve great success, you need to grow a few more years and accumulate a few more years of skills. And then go through several more "Zhenlin Ganlu" exercises to strengthen your muscles and bones. Of course, even if the wood-burning knife technique has only achieved a small level of success, it should not be underestimated. Ouyang Feng's current martial arts skills are still far from the level of the "Five Supremes". At his current level, even if he used the Dragon Subduing Palm, an opponent with decent martial arts skills would be able to block it with his bare hands. But he was holding a sharp steel knife and slashing down. How many people could block it with their bare hands? Even Lian Xing couldn't block his sharp sword with her bare hands. Weapons are always more lethal than bare hands. It should be noted that even Qiao Feng, when Juxianzhuang was besieged, grabbed a steel knife and started killing people, instead of using his bare hands throughout the whole process. As for the claim that the Shaolin Sweeping Monk must use Buddhism to resolve his hostility in order to practice the 72 Shaolin unique skills, otherwise he will go astray, this is pure nonsense.
The reason why outsiders go wrong when they secretly practice the 72 Shaolin Kung Fu skills is simply because there are traps in the secret books. Each of the 72 Shaolin unique skills has some secret tricks that cannot be learned unless passed down orally. If one only peeks at the secret books in the Sutra Library and practices according to the books, without having anyone to teach them the secret techniques orally, the martial arts one practices will have hidden dangers. The more types of the 72 unique skills you practice, the deeper your skills will be. Over time, hidden dangers will turn into big thunder, and eventually you will go astray. But this has nothing to do with whether or not you practice Buddhism. If not, what kind of person is Abbot Xuanci in the Tianlong world? He had an affair with Ye Erniang and gave birth to Xu Zhu, but he never took any responsibility afterwards. In the following twenty years, Ye Erniang became a "evildoer" who killed babies, but he turned a blind eye and continued to serve as the abbot of Shaolin Temple with peace of mind. When Qiao Feng was tracking down the leader, so many people died for the "leader", but Xuan Ci did not stand up and say a word. It was not until the victim Xiao Yuanshan told the story of Ye Erniang in front of all the heroes in the world and was about to be exposed on the spot with no room for escape that Xuan Ci came forward to admit it. How could such a person become the number one Shaolin master under the Sweeping Monk in the Tianlong era? As the abbot, Xuanci was indeed well versed in Buddhist scriptures, but he did not put them into practice and his actions even seriously violated Buddhist precepts. But why didn't he become obsessed? Why didn’t the 72 unique skills he practiced fail? Could it be that there is no need to practice Buddhism, and that as long as one understands the Buddhist scriptures, can recite them, and debate with others, then one can be considered to have practiced Buddhism and resolve the hostility of martial arts? Just by looking at this one example, one can know that the Sweeping Monk is just relying on his strength to make up a lie— Anyway, he has the highest martial arts skills and the most say in the 72 Shaolin unique skills. No one can beat him based on strength, and no one can understand the 72 Shaolin unique skills better than him. So whatever he says is right, and others can only listen and must believe it. But this couldn't fool Ouyang Feng. Because the martial arts reflected in the "Tongtian Baojian" is a complete martial arts method without any omissions, hidden dangers, or hidden dangers. Even if no one taught him verbally or by example, he would not fall into the trap. So he practiced the "Burning Wood Sword Technique" openly and without any scruples. If he draws the 72 Shaolin Kung Fu skills again in the future, he will continue to practice them without hesitation. By the way, when drawing the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms, you can only draw one move at a time. But when drawing the 72 Shaolin Kung Fu, you can draw a complete set of Kung Fu at a time. The reason behind this is quite intriguing. Is it because there are too many Shaolin skills that they are not valuable? Or does the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms have greater potential? …… After finishing his training in the snow, Ouyang Feng returned to his room, heated a pot of rice wine, baked a few Hu cakes, and had a hearty meal with stewed mutton with sand onions and pickled sand mustard greens sent from the kitchen. He then took a short rest. The Tongtian Baojian in his sea of knowledge lit up slightly, and Ouyang Feng couldn't help but smile with anticipation. The monthly lottery draw is here again. He activated the Tongtian Baojian with familiarity and began to reflect his skills. After a flash of light and shadow, a bald figure sitting cross-legged emerged from the mirror. On the portrait's body, there are meridians and acupoints painted, as well as paths for the circulation of internal energy marked with arrows. Next to the portrait, lines of text slowly emerged.
Seeing the words, Ouyang Ran's eyebrows raised and the smile in his eyes became even more intense. "I actually drew the 'Dragon Elephant Prajna Paramita Kung Fu'!" That’s right, what he drew this time was the famous “Dragon Elephant Prajna Kung”! But it's only the first level of the mind method... Although he only extracted the first level of the mental method, Ouyang Feng was still happy. Like the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms, with the first level of mental method as an anchor, the probability of drawing subsequent mental methods in the future is greater, and the Dragon Elephant Prajna Paramita Skill will be drawn sooner or later. After carefully reading the first level of the mental method, Ouyang Feng pondered in his heart. This Dragon Elephant Prajna Sutra is a purely internal martial arts technique with relatively simple characteristics. It can only greatly increase strength and does not have any supporting external martial arts moves. Although it has a single characteristic, its effect of increasing strength is very overbearing. When King Jinlun cultivated the Dragon Elephant Prajna Sutra to the tenth level, he tried his best to fight with his strength. Even the old naughty boy who had practiced the "Nine Yin Scriptures" into his bones did not dare to take his punches and palms head-on. It's just that his moves are too lame. King Jinlun has never had any powerful external skills, so he always gets defeated. However, this disadvantage does not exist for Ouyang Feng. Because he has the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms. The power-enhancing Dragon Elephant Prajnaparamita Skill, combined with the most powerful Dragon Subduing Palm Technique, complement each other and add even more power. Moreover, the Dragon Elephant Prajna Power does not conflict with other internal skills. Internal strength can be cultivated simultaneously. Yideng was awarded the title of "Southern Emperor" during the first Huashan Sword Meeting. His internal strength must have been extraordinary, and he must have practiced the Duan family's internal strength. However, after Wang Chongyang taught him the Xiantian Kung, he also practiced the Xiantian Kung. As a result, during the third meeting, his internal strength reached its peak and he was the best in the world. Both Guo Jing and the Old Boy practiced Quanzhen Heart Method first and then studied Nine Yin Scriptures, and there was no conflict at all. "West Poison Ouyang Feng" practiced Toad Kung Fu for most of his life, and later practiced Nine Yin in reverse, and still made great progress in martial arts. Although he went crazy, it was because his mental methods were all reversed up and down, left and right, and his true Qi was flowing backwards, and it was not caused by practicing both at the same time. It can be seen that at least in the gold world, unless one must disperse the internal energy first before practicing the "Northern Divine Art" and other internal energy methods, other internal energy can basically be practiced simultaneously. After practicing the first level of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Sutra, Ouyang Feng sat cross-legged and began his initial practice. (End of this chapter)
