For Huiwen, an Innate Realm Peak Martial Taoist,
there were few things that could stir his emotions.
Buddhist martial arts inherently have the effect of calming the mind and stilling the Qi.
Huiwen had immersed himself in the Buddhist teachings for seventy to eighty years, not to say he could remain unfazed even if Mount Tai were collapsing in front of him,
but it was not far from it.
Yet now,
his heart was tossing with tumultuous waves.
"Is this Arhat Fist? No, this is not Arhat Fist!!"
Huiwen carefully observed the young novice practicing the boxing technique.
Compared to the hundreds of adult martial monks performing the Arhat Fist, bursting forth with robust vitality,
this young novice's practice didn't cause any stir.
Yet to Huiwen, there was something…
like an antelope hanging its horns,
effortlessly natural.
Every punch and every kick by the novice carried an inexplicable meaning.
"How is this possible?!"
"How can such a mere child master such a profound boxing technique?"
Huiwen could hardly believe it.
Any martial art, including those of the Buddha Gate, requires a great deal of time to comprehend and master.
Arhat Fist is not particularly profound, but it usually takes a regular person six to seven years of hard training to achieve some proficiency.
But now, the boxing technique that the young novice was practicing was clearly several grades higher than Arhat Fist,
and he had already mastered it perfectly, which was utterly inconceivable.
What baffled Huiwen the most was that he had never seen the boxing technique that the young novice was practicing.
It bore traces of the Arhat Fist, yet was far more sophisticated.
It almost reached the level of the Great Zen Temple's seventy-two exquisite skills.
Such high-tier Buddhist martial arts, and Huiwen, an old monk nearly a hundred years old, had never heard of it.
"Abbot."
The other young novices also noticed Huiwen's gaze.
One by one, their faces turned pale, standing obediently in their places.
Only Lin Yuan continued practicing the newly realized 'Great Arhat Buddha Fist'.
"Mmm…"
At this moment, Huiwen was hardly paying attention to these novices who had sneaked out.
He waved his hand, signaling all the young novices to leave,
while he kept his gaze fixed on Lin Yuan, who was practicing.
...
"Great Arhat Buddha Fist!!"
Lin Yuan kept practicing this boxing martial art he had realized,
while feeling a tingling sensation spreading through his limbs and body,
as comfortable as soaking in a hot spring.
He did not know how much time had passed.
Inside Lin Yuan's lower abdomen, in the dantian, a whiff of Qi silently converged.
"Is this supposed to be Inner Qi?"
"The Innate Inner Qi that only Innate Martial Tao Experts can harness?"
Lin Yuan speculated in his heart.
He was just a three or four-year-old novice, with limited knowledge,
only aware that Innate Inner Qi is a power wielded by Innate Martial Tao Experts.
As soon as the Inner Qi formed, Lin Yuan immediately felt a surge of hunger.
Instinctively, he stopped practicing.
If he continued, he figured he might starve to death.
However, when Lin Yuan looked around,
he saw that the hundreds of martial monks and the dozen or so young novices nearby
had all disappeared without a trace.
In their place, there were seven elderly monks.
The middle one, an old monk with very long eyebrows, had a piercing gaze that made Lin Yuan's scalp tingle.
"Abbot? Head monk?"
Lin Yuan tentatively asked.
Among the seven monks, Lin Yuan had met three.
The head of the Martial Monk Institute, the head of the Discipline Academy, and the current abbot of the Great Zen Temple.
As for the remaining four, he did not recognize them.
However, being able to stand alongside the abbot, their status must be significantly high.
Especially that Elder Long Eyebrow, even the abbot only dared to stand half a step behind him.
"Little fellow."
The current abbot of the Great Zen Temple, Huiwen, asked with a gentle smile, "Where did you learn the boxing technique you were practicing just now?"
After Abbot Huiwen had the other young monks leave, he immediately contacted the abbot of the Great Zen Temple and other heads.
The true experts of the Great Zen Temple immediately realized the seriousness of the matter and hastened to come over, putting aside their ongoing tasks.
Everyone's judgment was the same as Huiwen's—
The depth of the boxing technique practiced by Lin Yuan was no less than that of superior martial arts.
Moreover, this technique was a Buddha Fist technique previously unheard of.
If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, no one would believe...
that there exists such a superior Buddha martial art in the world that they had never heard of.
"Where did you learn it..."
Upon hearing this, Lin Yuan let out a slight sigh of relief.
His demonstration of the 'Great Arhat Buddha Fist' was partly to showcase his talent.
Through the three attempts just now, Lin Yuan understood that to excavate the effects of his Against-Heaven's Understanding, he needed to engage with the profound martial teachings of this world as much as possible.
By observing sparrows and earthworms, he could only comprehend ordinary martial arts like 'Divine Sparrow Sky-Crossing Skill' and 'Earth Dragon Rolling Skill'.
But by observing the monks practicing Arhat Fist, he was able to directly comprehend the superior martial art 'Great Arhat Buddha Fist'.
If he could observe a superior martial art then, the comprehension derived from it...
Although Lin Yuan did not know the status of superior martial arts,
allowing him to ascend swiftly and condense Innate Qi was certainly no trivial matter.
And to access such superior martial arts of the Great Zen Temple, even more profound teachings,
merely being a young monk was definitely not enough.
"Replying to the abbot, I just saw my fellow disciples practicing boxing and also wanted to practice along. As I was practicing, I somehow comprehended this boxing technique, although I'm not sure if I should have..."
Lin Yuan promptly showed an expression of unease.
What he said was not untrue.
In the Cosmic Human Alliance, if Lin Yuan were this forthcoming, he might be observed or even studied.
But in the current world, similar to an ancient feudal kingdom of the Martial World,
especially in a place filled with the Buddhist teachings like the Great Zen Temple,
even if Lin Yuan displayed extremely powerful talent, he would only be regarded as a true Buddha reincarnate or a living Buddha Child.
"Seeing the monks practicing Arhat Fist and then comprehending a superior martial art that far surpasses Arhat Fist..."
The abbot of the Great Zen Temple and the other heads fell silent.
The Elder Long Eyebrow, observing Lin Yuan intently, also went quiet.
If anyone else dared say such a thing, they naturally wouldn't believe it.
What a joke.
Did they think superior martial arts were as common as cabbage?
Most superior martial arts were created by Grand Master Realm experts after extreme dedication and effort.
The Great Zen Temple, as a sacred site in the Buddha Gate and a major school in the Martial World,
primarily relied on seventy-two exceptional techniques to continuously train Innate Realm martial experts.
The seventy-two exceptional techniques are precisely seventy-two superior martial arts.
A three or four-year-old kid claiming to have comprehended a superior martial art?
However, upon reflection, the abbot and others irresistibly found that what Lin Yuan said could very well be true.
Firstly, the Great Arhat Buddha Fist is a superior Buddhist martial art.
In the present world, besides the Great Zen Temple, there indeed are some other Buddhist sects.
But undoubtedly, they are all led by the Great Zen Temple.
There are superior Buddhist martial arts aside from the seventy-two techniques,
but the abbot and the heads certainly would have heard of them.
The superior boxing technique practiced by Lin Yuan, however, was something they had never seen before.
Secondly, it was not difficult to see that the Great Arhat Buddha Fist had a significant connection with Arhat Fist.
This was consistent with Lin Yuan's claim of watching Arhat Fist and comprehending the 'Great Arhat Buddha Fist'.
In a split second, the abbot of the Great Zen Temple and the other heads exchanged glances.
A thought simultaneously emerged in their minds.
Could it be that among the new disciples received by the Great Zen Temple this term, there really was a martial prodigy seen only once in a thousand years?