Chapter 029: Heavenly Yoga of India

Speaking of the Yijin Jing, Wang Bo immediately thought of one person: one of the male protagonists of Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, Xuzhu.

In this world, there was also a Xuzhu. However, this world's Xuzhu was not the abbot's son, merely a little novice monk of Shaolin Temple.

In the original plot, Ding Chunqiu led the Star Sect to attack Shaolin Temple. Most of the Shaolin monks had fled. Xuzhu, unable to escape in time, was caught by the abbot.

The abbot instructed Xuzhu to go to the Sutra Library, retrieve the Yijin Jing, and then leave Shaolin Temple.

He must never let the Yijin Jing fall into Ding Chunqiu's hands, lest it harm the martial world.

As a result, Xuzhu was too slow. By the time he obtained the Yijin Jing, Ding Chunqiu had already stormed Shaolin Temple, and his disciples had surrounded it. Xuzhu had no choice but to hide among a pile of books.

He was captured by the Star Sect's senior disciple and A'zi.

After A'zi took the Yijin Jing from Xuzhu, she discovered that it was written entirely in Sanskrit, completely incomprehensible.

Just then, the Star Sect's senior disciple also noticed the Yijin Jing. To keep it for herself, A'zi ambushed the senior disciple, took Xuzhu and the Yijin Jing, and fled Shaolin Temple, hiding in a farmhouse.

Once, while A'zi was practicing the Art of Dissolving Meridians using the Star Sect's treasure, the Divine Wood King Tripod, she accidentally knocked it over. The poisonous creatures inside escaped and stung Xuzhu, who had been immobilized by acupoint sealing.

Xuzhu then became poisoned. As the fire toxin attacked his heart, on the verge of death, he recalled the contents of the Yijin Jing and attempted to use its cultivation method to neutralize the fire toxin.

Originally, this was merely a desperate gamble by Xuzhu. Unexpectedly, not only did it succeed, but it also refined the fire toxin, granting him a considerable amount of internal energy.

Thus, one can see the profound mystery of the Yijin Jing.

However, this episode reminded Wang Bo of another person.

That was a supporting character from another Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils world... You Tanzhi!

This fellow could be considered one of the most tragic characters in the world of Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils. He loved A'zi incurably, willing to be tortured by her just to stay by her side, ready to do anything for her, even give his life.

You Tanzhi was originally the youngest son of the manor lord of Gathering Heroes Manor. His father was You Ji, one of the You Brothers. Since childhood, You Tanzhi disliked hard work and had no grand ambitions. No matter how his father and elder brother urged him, he never amounted to anything.

Later, during the battle at Gathering Heroes Manor, Qiao Feng caused the destruction of You Tanzhi's family, leading to the tragic deaths of his parents and elder brother.

That day, his father You Ji had his round shield taken by Qiao Feng and committed suicide. Thus, You Tanzhi harbored a deep resentment toward the name Qiao Feng.

However, with his martial arts, he naturally could not avenge himself.

But this fellow had a stroke of luck, and his luck was remarkably similar to that of Xuzhu in this world.

A'zi went to great lengths to steal the Divine Tripod and gather poisonous creatures, only to attract the most formidable thousand-year ice silkworm. But the ice silkworm bit You Tanzhi instead.

On the brink of death, You Tanzhi learned the Magadha Sutra of the Three Meditative States and the Accomplishment of the Divine Foot Sutra, a highly miraculous yoga technique from India, passed down from the Magadha Kingdom—a supreme art.

In the end, You Tanzhi achieved great mastery of this divine skill, acquiring an ultimate internal energy that rivaled Qiao Feng's.

Interestingly, this Divine Foot Sutra was actually recorded on the Yijin Jing using an invisible ink.

Comparing the two parallel worlds, Wang Bo could see that the adventures of Xuzhu and You Tanzhi were strikingly similar, except one suffered from ice poison and the other from fire poison.

And Xuzhu learned the Yijin Jing.

You Tanzhi learned the Divine Foot Sutra recorded within the Yijin Jing.

But these two martial arts seemed strikingly similar.

So when Wang Bo obtained the Yijin Jing, he was cautious. He first memorized the contents of the Yijin Jing, then dampened it to see if the Shenzu Jing was hidden beneath the text of this world's Yijin Jing.

As it turned out, Wang Bo's experiment succeeded: after being dampened, the Yijin Jing of this world indeed revealed another martial art.

However, it was not the Shenzu Jing he had anticipated, but a Tianzhu Yoga Technique.

Yet Wang Bo felt that this so-called Tianzhu Yoga Technique was actually quite similar to the Shenzu Jing, because the Shenzu Jing itself was an extremely miraculous form of yoga.

Wang Bo memorized the Tianzhu Yoga Technique and, comparing it with the Yijin Jing, found that although the two martial arts were different, they both bore the style of Tianzhu martial arts and were related to yoga.

In particular, the Tianzhu Yoga Technique did not cultivate the Eight Extraordinary Meridians, but rather the Three Meridians and Seven Chakras, which surprised Wang Bo.

The so-called Three Meridians refer to the left, middle, and right meridians.

The Seven Chakras are the Crown Chakra, Brow Chakra, Throat Chakra, Heart Chakra, Navel Chakra, Root Chakra, and Brahmarandhra Chakra.

The Three Meridians and Seven Chakras each have their own wondrous uses; once mastered, their power is no less than that of the Yijin Jing.

Wang Bo aimed to create a divine-level martial art, so he naturally would not let a technique like the Tianzhu Yoga Technique slip away. He extracted its essence and integrated it into the Sun Divine Art.

Thus, the Sun Divine Art became even more miraculous.

Not only could it render him immune to all poisons, but it could also turn poisons to his advantage, increasing his power—the more potent the poison, the greater the boost to Wang Bo's cultivation.

Things like the Golden Bindu Flower, the Seven-Star Begonia, and the Heavenly Water of Life—poisons that others would avoid at all costs—were rare tonics for Wang Bo.

In addition, various poisons also served as nourishment for Wang Bo, greatly enhancing his internal power.

After mastering the Yijin Jing and the Heavenly Yoga Technique, Wang Bo quietly left Shaolin Temple and visited several major sects in the martial world. He secretly observed their ultimate skills, taking the essence and discarding the dross, updating the Sun God Technique to a new version before returning to Tianya Haige.

By this time, Wang Bo was already planning to leave this world.

However, before that, Wang Bo intended to draw a lottery.

In the previous world, Wang Bo had obtained a total of thirty-six lottery chances, used ten, leaving twenty-six. But in this world, the Xuantian Evil Lord added one more, so now Wang Bo had twenty-seven lottery chances.

"Help me use five lottery chances." Last time he did a ten-draw, this time Wang Bo went for a five-draw.

[Lottery begins, prizes determined, prizes distributed.]

"Tell me, what did I get this time?"

[Host, this time you have drawn Orichalcum, Life Mushroom, Tuxedo, Terminator T-1000, and Magnifying Lamp.]

Orichalcum?

Never heard of it. It must be some special metal, probably stronger than ordinary steel. This stuff can be given to the dwarves; they can fully utilize the properties of Orichalcum.

As for the Life Mushroom—

When Wang Bo heard that name, he couldn't help but think of a person.

The plumber, Mario!

Could this Life Mushroom be the one from the Super Mario world? If so, that would be awesome. Wang Bo hadn't forgotten that eating this mushroom would grant an extra life.