Volume 9 Chapter 135 Two Stories

“Shaolin’s Yijin Jing consists of ten layers.”

“… Your point being?”

Whilst performing visual recon on Ming Feizhen’s reaction, Luo Ming answered, “Yijin Jing is Shaolin’s treasure. One of their eminent monks once said, ‘You cannot exchange the seventy-two arts of shaolin for Yijin Jing.’ That goes to show just how cherished Yijin Jing is…

“Yijin Jing’s ten layers are more difficult to learn than anything. Once one master’s the fifth layer, they enter a realm called Mountains and Oceans Realm for their brute strength is compared to ocean waves and crashing mountains. The reason for choosing ‘mountains’ and ‘oceans’ as descriptive analogies is due to their religion associating the two entities as almighty things.

“After the fifth layer, each layer is harder to master than the last. Every time you progress to the next layer, you gain the might of two more mountains and two more oceans. Once you master the ninth layer, your internal energy is in a league of its own, one that cannot be described with words, so they simply label it as being the equivalent of ‘nine mountains and nine oceans’. If someone could produce that much force in each strike, mayhap only mythical beings could match them.

“In Shaolin’s thousand years’ history, there have only been eighty-three eminent monks who mastered up to Yijin Jing’s fifth layer, each of whom have gone down in history for their incredible skills. Twenty-four people mastered up to the seventh layer. Fifteen people have mastered the eighth layer. Only four people have mastered the ninth layer since Shaolin was established.

“Shaolin’s current abbot is lauded as an incarnation of Buddha for he has mastered the ninth layer. Despite the commendable attributes of Divine Realm martial artists, Abbot Kongxu still takes the top spot for internal energy. As expected, Abels suffered injuries that he struggled to recover after challenging Abbot Xukong, yet the latter did not suffer any harm.”

“If Brother Bodhi hears that, he’s going to flip out. Anyway, you’ve spouted a lot of drivel. How about you stop beating around the bush?”

Luo Ming drew his discharged energy back, believing his question