Seeing his master's happy expression, Yun Yi felt happy too.
Years of hard work had finally paid off. There was nothing more satisfying than this.
At this moment, Yun Yi couldn't help but recall his previous life.
He was ordinary back then, living an ordinary life and then dying an ordinary death from illness. His life held no meaning and he had no relatives or friends.
However, it seemed like Heaven took pity on him and allowed him to transmigrate and be reborn into this world. Although he was just an abandoned infant, he was luckily found by the Abbot at the time and brought back to Wulong Temple.
He then grew up slowly in Wulong Temple and gradually learned about this world.
This was Hong Kong Island, and the current time was the late 80s, soon to be the 90s.
Initially, he thought he had been reborn into the world of Wulong Temple because he was familiar with the Abbot and his senior brothers.
But gradually he discovered something amiss. This world seemed to have many things that were familiar to him.
For example, a well-known gang here was called the Axe Gang, and besides that, there was also Hong Xing, both names he knew well.
There were also many familiar gangs overseas, like the Rasetsu Sect, the White Lotus Sect, and the Evil Fist Way.
Furthermore, this world also had demons and monsters, Southern Hair Northern Horse, and inland there was the Wudang, Longhu Mountain, and Shaolin Temple. He heard that the Heavenly Master of Longhu Mountain was incredibly powerful.
There were also some famous ordinary people, such as the Gambling God, Gao Jin, and Chen Jia Ju, the most troublesome cop in Hong Kong Island, and a series of other figures.
In short, this world was a terrifying fusion of worlds.
After this realization, Yun Yi didn't feel scared, but instead, he was excited. This kind of world seemed to be right up his alley, especially since this world also had various martial arts scriptures that could be cultivated.
Martial arts scriptures, these were things he could only dream of in his previous life, but now, after being reborn, he actually got to experience them. What reason did he have not to work hard?
Thankfully, he was picked up by the Abbot and brought back to Wulong Temple, giving him the opportunity to come into contact with these things.
Even though it was already in decline, the scriptures left behind by Wulong Temple were still enough for cultivation.
Perhaps because of the transmigration, Yun Yi's innate talent and comprehension were extremely high.
For this reason, Yun Yi was allowed to start cultivating at the age of three, and the technique he cultivated was the most famous Shaolin technique, the Child's Gong.
This was also the most complete Heaven-rank martial art that Wulong Temple still preserved, a peerless divine art for laying the foundation.
And Yun Yi's extraordinary talent allowed him to reach the peak of the Child's Gong in only seven years.
At that time, Yun Yi was just ten years old. His meridians were then tightly packed, his body was incredibly strong, and he even reached the "no leakage" state in the Child's Gong.
The Abbot, who received the news, nearly fainted from excitement, smiling for days on end.
From then on, Yun Yi became the treasure of Wulong Temple. His senior and junior brothers all showered him with love, and he was very happy in Wulong Temple.
For the next period of time, Yun Yi didn't continue his cultivation. Instead, he chose to rest.
He understood the importance of work and rest. Besides, he needed to change his cultivation technique.
Following the Abbot's training advice, Yun Yi's next cultivation technique was the Iron Shirt.
This technique, created by the ancestor Bodhidharma, was very famous in this world. It had twelve stages. When cultivated to its peak, the body would become indestructible, qi and blood would be as abundant as the ocean, it would repel evil spirits and be immune to harm. It was said that Bodhidharma was roasted in a blazing fire for three days and three nights, yet he remained unscathed.
Unfortunately, the Iron Shirt circulating outside was incomplete, only containing the first five stages. Even after mastering it, it would only strengthen the body.
Branches of the Shaolin Temple like Wulong Temple only had the cultivation techniques for the first nine stages. Reaching success in them was already enough to make one a first-rate or even super-first-rate expert, often requiring exceptional talent.
As for the last three stages, one had to go to the Shaolin Temple in the mainland to learn them. The reason? It concerned the Shaolin Temple's inheritance, and those who know, know.
Yun Yi initially thought he had no chance of learning the last three stages of the Iron Shirt, since he never considered leaving the Temple to study elsewhere.
But one day, on a whim, he went down the mountain, changing his destiny.
Down the mountain, he met an old beggar. The old beggar opened his mouth and said that Yun Yi's bones were extraordinary and that he was a prodigy for martial arts, so he had some martial arts scriptures to sell to Yun Yi.
Yun Yi was stunned at the time, because this line was too familiar. The old beggar even looked just like the one in the movie, "Kung Fu".
The Axe Gang in this world really was the one from "Kung Fu".
So, Yun Yi saw the scriptures in the old beggar's hands.
The Nine Yang Divine Skill, the Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms, the Iron Shirt, the Yi Jin Jing, the Buddha Palm, the Nine Yin Manual…
A whole bunch of martial arts made Yun Yi's eyes blur, and each one was a Heaven-rank technique.
You must know that each Heaven-rank technique was a secret not passed down by the top-level sects. Otherwise, the Shaolin Temple wouldn't have used the Iron Shirt to fish for a successor for so long.
The importance of Heaven-rank techniques to martial artists was self-evident. They were techniques that could make one reach the Xiantian realm just by mastering them. Even to break through to the Wushang Zongshi realm, a Heaven-rank technique was required.
Almost every Heaven-rank technique could cause a bloody storm.
But Yun Yi had many in front of him. Although it seemed like a scam, Yun Yi could feel that these were real.
Originally, Yun Yi intended to take all of these scriptures with him, but unfortunately, the old beggar wouldn't let him. He only allowed him to choose two.
So, Yun Yi spent twenty dollars to buy the complete Iron Shirt and the Yi Jin Jing.
He bought the complete Iron Shirt naturally because Wulong Temple didn't have it. He needed to cultivate it.
As for the Yi Jin Jing… they didn't have that either.
As the subsequent qi cultivation method of the Iron Shirt, he needed it as well.
The last thing was Wulong Temple's treasured secret, the Marrow Washing Scripture. This scripture could only be cultivated by the headmaster of Wulong Temple. Furthermore, the scripture was engraved on the headmaster's right arm.
The original headmaster of Wulong Temple was Master Mianbi, but due to his affair with a demonic woman from the Demon Cult, he left Wulong Temple, and the Marrow Washing Scripture was also gone. It had been 15 years since then.
Looking at it carefully, Wulong Temple was truly miserable. Besides the Child's Gong, they had nothing else worth mentioning.
And the Child's Gong was also very strict in its cultivation, hardly anyone cultivated it, so it was no wonder they declined.
In short, Yun Yi encountered a stroke of luck. After returning, he had his master take a look at the two scriptures, and he discovered that they were indeed real.
Even though he didn't know why a certain senior chose him, Yun Yi didn't think too much about it, taking things one step at a time.
Under his master's guidance, Yun Yi began cultivating the Iron Shirt.
The Child's Gong had brought many benefits to Yun Yi, especially in terms of cultivation. With the Child's Gong's support, Yun Yi's cultivation of the Iron Shirt progressed rapidly.
In eight years, Yun Yi directly cultivated all twelve stages of the Iron Shirt. Now, at the age of 18, his body was fully developed.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Yun Yi not only successfully mastered the Iron Shirt but also broke through his own realm to reach the Xiantian realm.
Reaching the Xiantian realm at the age of 18, no one else could be found in today's martial arts world.
What does Xiantian mean? The leaders of top-level sects are roughly at this realm.
For reference, Huo Yun Xie Shen, the Fire Cloud Evil God of the Rasetsu Sect in the island country, is currently at this realm, and he's already unbeatable in the island country.
ps: Scripture levels: Yellow-rank, Xuan-rank, Earth-rank, Heaven-rank.