Chapter 409: Sleeping Arhat Fist, Chapter Dream Heart Sutra
Chapter 409: Sleeping Arhat Fist, Chapter Dream Heart Sutra
The old beggar's words surprised Li Ping slightly. He had been to so many fragments of time, and this was the first person to recognize his identity.
Li Ping was very curious: "How did you figure that out?"
The old beggar's pupils dilated in shock: "This...this is real? You really come from another world?"
Li Ping laughed: "Didn't you already recognize them? Why are you still so surprised?"
The old beggar couldn't help but grab his hair and tug it hard twice: "I just guessed, but I never expected it to be true. It's simply unbelievable."
Li Ping continued, "I'm still very curious, how did you recognize me?"
The old beggar lowered his hand and sighed deeply: "The house! Your wedding room, the materials are well-proportioned, the joints are well-defined, the mortise and tenon joints are perfectly matched with the ancient construction methods, one knock and one listen and you can tell."
"The rules for building a house have been lost for hundreds of years. Ordinary people have never even heard of them, let alone built an entire house from them..."
"In addition, I haven't seen any of the techniques you displayed there yesterday."
"And then there's you, with your magical powers, sweeping across all of Shanghai, and finally locking onto me..."
"I can't even imagine what kind of skill could be used to achieve this."
"This is something that martial arts from this world couldn't possibly do; I've never seen anything like it before..."
"So that's my guess."
Shanghai is still relatively small, and Li Ping's perception can cover the entire city. In addition, the old beggar's aura is obviously different from others, so Li Ping came looking for him.
Then, the old beggar looked into Li Ping's eyes and asked, "Why were you able to come into this world? Why did you come to find me?"
Li Ping could sense that he was gathering his inner strength, but he shook his head and said, "That was just an accident."
"I came to find you mainly because I'm very interested in all the amazing skills you possess..."
The old beggar looked Li Ping up and down carefully, then shook his head: "Liar."
Before he could finish speaking, he vanished, using his light-footed skill to escape.
Li Ping was very curious, so he chased after him and asked, "Why do you say that?"
The old beggar's lips twitched.
Everyone believes that the strongest lightness skill in this world belongs to the ultimate killer king, Fire Cloud Evil God, but his lightness skill is actually a little bit better than Fire Cloud Evil God's...
But Li Ping actually caught up with him so casually?
Is the martial arts of another world so magical?
Even he was rarely aroused to compete, and he looked at Li Ping with a wicked smile...
Then, as if stretching, he leaned towards Li Ping, seemingly effortlessly, yet his body was as heavy as a mountain!
Faced with this move, Li Ping put his hands in his pockets and remained motionless, letting the man crash into him.
Upon seeing it, the old beggar stopped in his tracks: "You know? You know this is a dream..."
Li Ping nodded: "You call it a dream? Oh, to me it's more like a mental battle, an illusion you created..."
The old beggar picked his nose: "Isn't a dream just an illusion? You were able to see through my Dream Recalling Sutra so easily, you're really something."
"You're a master liar."
Li Ping couldn't help but frown: "I just don't understand, what about me makes me look like a conman?"
The old beggar said, "Because I've only taken on one disciple all these years, nobody knows who I am..."
"You've just arrived in our world, how could you possibly know I know a lot of martial arts?"
Li Ping said, "I just know... By the way, you just mentioned the Sleeping Arhat Fist and the Dream Returning Heart Sutra, are you Hong Riqing?"
Hong Riqing is a character in the movie "King of Beggars". He is an elder of the Beggars' Clan. He is the one who taught Su Can the Sleeping Arhat Fist, which enabled Su Can to defeat Zhao Wuji.
Su Can was one of the Ten Tigers of Guangdong and Guangxi, a figure from the late Qing Dynasty. Given Hong Riqing's high level of martial arts, it's not impossible for him to still be alive today.
They all come from Stephen Chow's works, so it's reasonable that they belong to the same time period.
Hong Riqing sighed, "I didn't expect that someone would actually recognize me, and from another world at that..."
Why?
Li Ping unleashed his ultimate move, telling Hong Riqing everything about the River of Time.
After hearing this, Hong Riqing was dumbfounded: "How is this possible? How could such a thing happen? If such a thing happened, wouldn't the gods do nothing about it?"
"Oh, they've taken care of that too."
"Even if they can't save the world, can they only save some people?"
Upon hearing this, Li Ping couldn't help but ask, "Are there gods in this world?"
Hong Riqing rolled his eyes at him: "The gods have already sent you to another world, and you're still asking if gods exist?"
"Of course there are."
"Based on my calculations, Su Can back then was the reincarnation of the Arhat Subduing Dragon..."
Li Ping was speechless.
Even reincarnated deities have arrived, so how can this be considered mortal martial arts?
But thinking about the mythical beasts, Nuwa's mending stone, and the half-gods in the world of Fengyun, Li Ping understood.
Anyway, as long as everyone is using true qi, it's considered mortal martial arts, right?
That's right, if you put it that way!
That might mean this world and "Ji Gong" are on the same timeline!
After all, Stephen Chow played Ji Gong, so saying that Su Can is the reincarnation of the Arhat who subdues dragons is totally reasonable...
Hong Riqing was overwhelmed with mixed feelings.
These days, he has had a feeling that disaster is about to strike.
These days, he has had a feeling that disaster is about to strike.
He originally thought that those foreigners were up to something big again, trying to stage another Eight-Nation Alliance... but he never expected that it would be a disaster a hundred times more terrifying.
But what can I do?
I'm just an ordinary martial artist, I've just lived a little longer than most people...
Finally, he said to Li Ping, "In that case, I might as well teach you these martial arts."
It was within this dream world that Hong Riqing passed on all his martial arts techniques to Li Ping.
Li Ping suddenly understood why Xingzai, despite not having practiced martial arts for so many years, could heal himself from injuries, expel poison through internal energy, and ultimately achieve mastery of divine skills...
Because he has actually been practicing all along, but he only practices in his dreams every day, and he doesn't even realize he's practicing.
The Dream Returning Heart Sutra, this practice is truly amazing.
After reviewing all the cultivation techniques, Li Ping asked curiously, "I didn't see any methods related to breaking through the limits of true qi..."
Hong Riqing was stunned: "What does 'breaking through the limits of true qi' mean?"
Li Ping explained his understanding.
Hong Riqing was completely bewildered: "What you're talking about... I don't understand it at all, I've never even heard of it!"
Li Ping sighed inwardly. Another case of not understanding?
What kind of nonsense is this?!
Don't you have a dedicated system?
Their Innate Realm system is so detailed!
Hong Riqing continued, "When the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded, many martial arts practitioners went to fight against the foreigners, but unfortunately they never managed to defeat them with foreign guns and cannons."
"Before they set off, they left all the secret manuals behind, and I was the one who kept them safe..."
"Now that our world is about to disappear, I am teaching you these things."
"I hope you can carry it forward and make it flourish."
"I think the immortals brought you into this world perhaps for this reason..."
Li Ping couldn't hold back any longer: "That's not right! With your martial arts skills, how could you be no match for these broken spears?"
"If Fire Cloud Evil God can catch bullets, his speed must be able to reach the speed of sound."
"Your martial arts skills aren't any worse than his, are they?"
"And the Tathagata Palm, a single strike is no less powerful than those cannonballs..."
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