65: Chapter 65 Let's make a big splash and achieve harmonious coexistence.

After Kong Ji stepped down, Great Master Kong Ren, the head of the Discipline Hall, stepped forward to compete with Lu Chen.

This Kong Ren was most skilled in a technique called the "Eight Immortals Drunken Staff Technique," which he had practiced to the point of perfection.

He held an iron staff that whistled through the air. This time, Lu Chen once again paid him back in kind, using an iron staff of his own to fight against Kong Ren.

Staff shadows flew as the two fought in one place; for a time, they were actually evenly matched!

They fought back and forth for a full hundred rounds until Kong Ren's Internal Energy gradually began to fail, revealing a flaw that Lu Chen seized upon.

With a strike to the shoulder, the iron staff in Kong Ren's hand flew out, and he stumbled back, retreating from the combat circle.

Lu Chen won the fifth match!

[Ding! Host has obtained the [Eight Immortals Drunken Staff Technique] External Skill!]

Next, the head of the Prajna Hall, Kong Shan, and the head of the Arhat Hall, Kong E, also took the stage one by one to trade blows with Lu Chen, yet none achieved a single victory.

The Shaolin 72 Supreme Arts were thoroughly broken by Lu Chen alone!

Of course, this was merely Lu Chen being clever.

One must understand that the foundation of the Nine Yang Divine Skill was Daoist martial arts.

And within these Daoist martial arts, there was a faint trace of the Xiaoyao Sect's Small Formless Skill.

The Small Formless Skill emphasized being formless and shapeless, capable of driving any martial art in the world.

Although it couldn't fully unleash the power of the imitated martial arts, it could replicate about seventy to eighty percent of it, enough to pass for the real thing.

Of course, Shaolin's supreme arts each had their own matching Internal Skill Mind-Cultivation Technique.

Driving them with another sect's Mind-Cultivation Technique indeed failed to unleash the true power of the Shaolin supreme arts, and worse, it could even lead to Qi Deviation.

However, with the Nine Yang Divine Skill—rooted in the Daoist Small Formless Skill—combined with the Great Shift of Heaven and Earth, although it was a trick, these high-imitation versions of the Shaolin supreme arts could pass for the real thing.

Plus, Lu Chen's understanding of martial arts had already reached an extremely high Realm.

He could instantly see through the flaws of the Shaolin supreme arts and exploit them.

Therefore, he was able to defeat those Shaolin experts so easily.

Unfortunately, this world did not have a character like Xu Zhu.

Xu Zhu possessed the Xiaoyao Sect's North Dark Divine Art, and his Internal Energy was incredibly pure, allowing him to easily distinguish the attributes of others' Internal Energy.

If Xu Zhu were here, he might have been able to see through Lu Chen's disguise.

But in this world, there was no Xu Zhu.

So, no one could expose Lu Chen.

The most crucial point was that Lu Chen had a full twelve jiazhi of Internal Energy within him; if it weren't for the sake of learning the Moves of these Shaolin supreme arts,

No matter who came up, Lu Chen could have destroyed them with a single Move even with his high-imitation techniques; there would be no chance for them to use their full strength.

The entire Shaolin Temple was deathly silent.

All the monks fell silent.

They could not accept this fact.

They could not believe that the Shaolin Temple would actually lose to a young man.

"Amitabha..." Kong Wen slowly opened his eyes, looking at Lu Chen standing in the center of the arena in high spirits, his heart filled with helplessness and sorrow.

He knew that the Shaolin Temple had lost.

Lost completely!

Lu Chen looked at the silent Shaolin monks, smiled slightly, and said, "Great Masters, thank you for the match! I, Lu, was fortunate enough to be a step ahead of you all."

"The Shaolin supreme arts are indeed extraordinary; I am impressed. Since that is the case, the grudge between my fiancée Yin Susu and Shaolin shall be settled here and now."

"I wonder if you all would be willing to lend me the Secret Manuals of the 72 Supreme Arts to read? To verify my martial arts?!"

Kong Wen sighed and said, "Benefactor Lu, you have won. My Shaolin Temple accepts the loss. The grudge between Benefactor Yin and my Shaolin is hereby wiped clean."

"You may browse the Secret Manuals of the 72 Supreme Arts at will. However, I ask that Benefactor Lu does not spread them to outsiders!"

"Rest assured, Great Master!" Lu Chen laughed and said, "I, Lu, have always been a man whose word is worth nine tripods; I never break my promise!"

"I ask the Great Masters to bring these 72 Supreme Arts and their matching Buddhist scriptures to this square. I shall read them right here!"

Hearing this, Kong Wen's eyes filled with shock.

He thought to himself: How could this Benefactor Lu know that the Shaolin supreme arts all have matching Buddhist teachings?

This matter has been passed down since the Southern Song Dynasty, and until today, very few know of it.

To think this man named Lu actually knew this key detail!

He took a deep look at Lu Chen, his heart full of doubt and unease.

He did not know Lu Chen's true background or why he understood Shaolin Temple's affairs so well.

But he knew there was no turning back now.

He could only follow Lu Chen's request and bring the 72 Supreme Arts and matching Buddhist scriptures to the square.

"Amitabha..." Kong Wen sighed and waved his hand.

Monks from the Scripture Pavilion were already carrying crates of Secret Manuals and scriptures to the square.

These Secret Manuals and scriptures were the treasures of Shaolin Temple, secrets not to be shared.

Among them were not only the cultivation methods for the 72 Supreme Arts but also the matching Buddhist scriptures.

These scriptures were the life's work of generations of eminent monks, containing profound Buddhist principles.

Only by combining these scriptures with the 72 Supreme Arts could one truly unleash the power of Shaolin martial arts.

Lu Chen looked at the Secret Manuals and scriptures before him, a flash of excitement in his eyes.

He knew that this time, he had truly hit the jackpot!

He did not hesitate, directly activating the System to begin Quantum Reading.

He wanted to scan them all quickly first, mastering both the internal and external aspects of these 72 Supreme Arts!

As the System recorded frantically, the 3D stereoscopic external Cultivation Techniques of the Shaolin 72 Supreme Arts already formed in Lu Chen's Divine Sense indeed began to perfect themselves.

The external skill Moves originally outlined only in red lines began to show green lines, representing the flow of Internal Energy.

They truly became top-tier Cultivation Techniques with both internal and external mastery!

One red, one green—the two types of lines intertwined and flowed endlessly within his Divine Sense.

After the Cultivation Techniques were perfected, Lu Chen did not stop.

He began to study the matching Buddhist teachings.

He wanted to see exactly what effect these Buddhist scriptures had.

To his surprise, when he began reading these scriptures, a yellow line grew for every single technique in his Divine Sense and began to circulate.

This yellow line represented the blessing of the Buddhist teachings.

Each supreme art actually had three pathways—red, yellow, and green—circulating.

The red was the killing power of the external skill, the green was the vitality of the Internal Energy, and the yellow was the transcendence of the Buddhist teachings.

The three forces coexisted harmoniously within his body, complementing each other.

Because he had learned too much today, despite having the Ten-Thousand-Fold Increase System, Lu Chen was in no hurry to Cultivate.

He knew that one must eat one bite at a time and walk one step at a time.

Having absorbed so much knowledge today, he needed to digest it well before he could transform it into true strength.

However, with the Internal Energy of these 72 supreme arts, Lu Chen believed he could definitely do something big!

Just the Marrow Washing Classic and Muscle-Tendon Changing Classic alone would be enough for Lu Chen to practice for quite a while.