Human Martial Saint: Starting with Bajiquan

Chapter 21 The Eight Trigrams Diagram

The candlelight flickered slightly.

The figures of several people were visible.

It was stretched out on the wall, sometimes long, sometimes short.

The room was completely silent.

Liu Sheng's heart was pounding.

Seeing that he knew the Great Qian script, he realized that his knowledge might have been exposed.

At this moment, Liu Sheng's back was instantly soaked with sweat, and his heart was pounding so loudly that it could be heard by those around him.

But his experience of living two lives made him realize this very quickly.

I need to calm myself down quickly.

Seeing Liu Sheng intently studying the characters on the hemp paper, Zhang Tianxing was somewhat surprised: "You've studied the Great Qian script?"

Taking the opportunity, Liu Sheng bowed respectfully, concealing his facial expression from their observation.

"I don't recognize many of the characters... When I first saw the characters, I felt a strange sense of familiarity, and then I felt a deep sadness in my heart."

I have mastered the skill of [Spirit Eye].

Masters and grandmasters are of higher rank, so it's hard to guarantee they don't have some means to detect lies.

So he chose to lie to everyone by telling the truth.

In fact, the only way to truly deceive people for a long time is to tell the truth.

He didn't directly refute that he had studied it, and he really didn't recognize many of the demonic scripts. He was very familiar with the Great Qian script, and it did look quite sad.

Foolproof!

He regained his composure.

After hearing Liu Sheng's answer.

Zhang Tianxing and Gao Huang exchanged a glance, both their eyes filled with surprise.

Although they cannot directly identify lies, they have a vast knowledge of people.

It was clear from Liu Sheng's answer that he spoke slowly and clearly, and that he did not seem to be faking it.

Could it be that this child has some kind of innate special ability?

For the first time, Zhang Tianxing carefully observed the respectful young man before him, who had his head bowed.

He only pondered for a moment before making his decision:

"Grandmaster has a question I'd like to ask you."

Upon hearing this, Lu You tactfully led Ye Qi to wait outside the door.

Liu Sheng had calmed down by now. Hearing the words "please enlighten me," he felt that his grandmaster was being quite polite, and he was also full of curiosity about the questions to come.

Gao Huang, of course, had to continue serving him.

Zhang Tianxing reached out and slowly unfolded the diagram of the Eight Trigrams on the cutting board.

When Liu Sheng opened his eyes...

Goodness, this thing looks so familiar.

Although he hadn't studied it in detail in his previous life, he recognized it at a glance.

This is the Pre-Heaven Bagua diagram.

What comes into view is a ring of eight large Qian characters.

Qian, Dui, Li, Zhen, Xun, Kan, Gen, Kun.

Next to the text are trigrams composed of horizontal lines of varying lengths.

Oh, to be more professional, it should be called Yin Yao and Yang Yao.

At this moment, Zhang Tianxing may have felt a connection with Liu Sheng, or he may have been trying his luck.

He asked, "Xiao Sheng, this is a martial arts visualization diagram. Take a close look. Can you see anything special about it?"

Gao Huang, who was standing to the side, was a little worried about his teacher's mental state.

This picture.

Even a martial arts genius like the teacher.

It took him nearly 13 years of contemplation to master six of the hexagrams.

Moreover, martial artists generally need to reach the 5th Rank Five Organs Realm before they can truly engage with the Five Elements Visualization.

Not to mention the even more complex symbolic meaning of the Eight Trigrams.

Even if Liu Sheng truly possessed supernatural abilities, Gao Huang didn't believe that someone at the level of the Bagua Visualization Diagram could possibly discern anything from it, especially not a newly initiated martial artist.

However, considering the heavy responsibilities on a teacher's shoulders, let's just treat it as a casual chat with a grand-disciple to ease our mind.

Gao Huang tried to comfort his own impatience.

At this moment, Liu Sheng had no idea what the Martial Arts Visualization Diagram was or what its function was.

But he knows about gossip.

He remembered clearly what each of the hexagrams was and understood their basic meanings.

What needs to be done now.

It means pretending to watch attentively first.

The original image was simply drawn with thick ink, with long and short horizontal strokes.

When Liu Sheng looked at it, he discovered—

The lines of varying lengths that I've seen countless times now seem to have been infused with an invisible vitality.

The Qian hexagram transforms into the vast and boundless sky, supreme and immense.

The Kun hexagram represents the heavy and majestic earth, teeming with life.

The Li trigram is like a rising flame, while the Kan trigram is like flowing water.

Zhen represents thunder, Xun represents wind, Gen represents mountain, and Dui represents marshland.

Each hexagram came to life in his eyes.

Liu Sheng was completely stunned. His mind was captivated by the sudden and magnificent scene. For a moment, he forgot who he was and where he was, and his consciousness rose and fell with the landscape in the picture.

Time passed slowly, and the room was so quiet that you could hear the candle wax dripping.

After a long while, his eyes regained their clarity, and he gradually came to his senses.

"The person who drew this visualization is quite something."

Seeing that Liu Sheng was completely captivated by the visualization diagram, staring intently at it and seemingly immersing himself in it, it was clear that he had actually figured something out.

Gao Huang found it unbelievable.

Zhang Tianxing sat quietly and waited, without disturbing them.

It wasn't until Liu Sheng realized what was happening and mentally organized his thoughts that he replied:

"I have seen it, the very essence that makes up everything in this world!"

A simple sentence, yet it struck like a thunderbolt.

Gao Huang was stunned.

"My disciple has low aptitude, yet his comprehension is so strong? No wonder he broke through to the Skin Polishing Realm so smoothly," Gao Huang thought to himself.

Even someone as composed as Zhang Tianxing rarely does this; he stood up abruptly.

But he suppressed his excitement and decided to give it another try to his grand-disciple who had uttered such astonishing words.

Zhang Tianxing pointed to the Li trigram and looked at Liu Sheng.

"This is fire, heat, and light," Liu Sheng replied.

He saw Zhang Tianxing pointing to the Kan trigram again.

"This is water, flowing, and deep," Liu Sheng continued in his reply.

Zhang Tianxing thought for a moment and then pointed to the Dui trigram.

"This is still water, like... a lake."

"Isn't that still water?" Gao Huang retorted.

Liu Sheng shook his head firmly: "They're different. The one before looked like flowing water, but this one is still."

Even Zhang Tianxing became breathless.

In Gao Huang's memory, his teacher had never had such a rich array of facial expressions.

There was confusion, and then sudden realization.

It seemed like excitement, yet also like solemnity.

Unpredictable.

After a few breaths, Zhang Tianxing calmed himself down.

He began to speak frankly, explaining to Liu Sheng, "There are two characters from the Great Qian Dynasty, and I do not understand their meaning."

He then explained that under the rule of the demon court, many of the characters from the previous dynasty were known to be legible and could be read, but their specific meanings were unknown.

For example, "Qian" was the name of the previous dynasty, but no one knows why the name of the dynasty was placed here.

For example, the character "坤" was something I had never seen before.

Upon hearing this, Liu Sheng also felt that this number one martial arts master was truly somewhat tragic.

Despite his advanced age, he still has a lot of passion.

In order to become a Martial Saint and protect the human race, he exhausted his power and forced himself to visualize the answer as soon as possible.

Liu Sheng even suspected that without him, no one in the world would have guessed that the name of the previous dynasty actually meant "Heaven".

The "Tian" in "Zhang Tianxing" is also ironic.

Perhaps the Zhang family ancestors knew the importance of the name of the country, which is why they specially arranged it in the generational naming system to remind their descendants.

But as time went by, this reminder eventually lost its effectiveness.

For the first time since awakening his innate wisdom, Liu Sheng felt that his awakening was so meaningful.

"I suspect it might have another meaning besides being the name of the country."

Liu Sheng continued, "I have a feeling that the character 'Qian' is like a wisp of pure air rising, like the sky, extremely masculine; while the character 'Kun' is like a wisp of turbid air descending, like the earth, extremely feminine."

Upon hearing this, Gao Huang lost his composure and subconsciously retorted, "No, no, the sky is ethereal and intangible, so how can it be considered masculine energy? The earth is solid and substantial, so how can it be considered feminine?"

Then Zhang Tianxing reached out and patted him on the head.

He looked back at his teacher with some grievance and confusion.

But to my surprise, I discovered...

At this moment, Zhang Tianxing's blood and qi surged throughout his body.

A soft light began to appear on his body, but it quickly vanished.

A thin film, like jade skin, began to spread across Zhang Tianxing's entire body.

The luster only fades when the skin completely covers the entire body, and the blood and qi return to normal.

Ninth Rank, Perfected Skin Smoothing Realm!

Zhang Tianxing, whose cultivation had been depleted, is now beginning to recover his power!

Furthermore, there will be no more obstacles after this, and it is very likely that he will be able to rebuild his cultivation all the way to the first rank.

Becoming a Martial Saint is only a matter of time.

Zhang Tianxing stood up, his expression solemn, straightened his robes, and respectfully bowed to Liu Sheng.

Liu Sheng was so frightened that he was about to kneel down before his master, but the other party helped him up.

"This salute does not represent me personally, but on behalf of the human race. You should accept it, and you are worthy of it."