During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Yangtze River and the Grand Canal mainly carried cargo ships on square-headed sand ships.

The sand boat has a wide and flat bottom, and its draft is very shallow, so the resistance is small, which offsets the disadvantage of the square head and can sail quickly on rivers.

Because the ship is flat and large, it can also be equipped with more mast sails, which can sail against the wind, and even against the wind and water.

The main grain ships used to transport goods by Caobang are sand ships.

After the tenth day of the lunar month, Ji Aojian boarded a sand boat found by the Dragon Soul Gang, took Xiao Ai from Jinling and headed to the capital.

This northbound route first went east along the Yangtze River, went north from Yangzhou to the Grand Canal, and then moved to Qingjiangpu in Huai'an Prefecture and then took a boat and horse.

After the boat drove, a tall man on the bow asked, "Young Master Ji, the Lantern Festival has not arrived yet, why are you heading north now?"

This great man is named Lingtan. He is one of the three masters on the "Blue Bird". He comes from the middle of Sichuan and comes from the famous sect Emei.

There are twelve internal skills of the Emei Sect, among which the Youlong Pile and the Hexiang Pile are particularly unique in body skills. The Ling Dunzhu has both great light skills and sword skills. He once had a name called Hantan Heying. Later, he heard the legend of the second lady, so he asked the brothers in the gang to change the nickname to Santan Yinyue.

Ji Aojian was very concerned about his second sister's whereabouts, so he was about to set out to head north early.

However, it is not advisable to tell them about the conflict between the top martial arts forces in the martial arts world. They only said, "This year, the martial arts alliance meeting will be held in the middle of Beijing. My elder sister must prepare early. She lacks manpower around her, so I will go there early."

Ling Tan nodded, "It is really a troublesome thing for all sects to tell the Qing Dynasty's heritage at this Wulin League Conference."

Ji Aojian was stunned. It turned out that this year we were going to find out the martial arts portal and conduct a historical survey?

He remembered a problem that had always troubled him when reading martial arts novels, "Ling Dunzhu, is the mountain gate of your Emei Sect Taoist or Buddhist?"

Ling Tan smiled proudly, "My Emei School of martial arts has a long history. It appeared long before Buddhism came to the east and Taoism came out."

Ji Aojian was even more curious, "Who was the first master who was circulated?"

Lingtan said, "It was Situ Xuankong from the Spring and Autumn Period."

Ji Aojian thought for a long time, but couldn't think of the origin of Situ Xuankong, so he had to ask humbly, "What advanced martial arts has this Situ Xuankong passed on?"

The Lord Ling said, "It is the sword technique of the Yuan Gong and the arm fist of Emei. Senior Xuankong is wearing white clothes, and his disciples call him the White Ape Master."

It turned out to be a martial art that was learned from the pictographic way of monkey fist and monkey sword. People say that there are many monkeys on Mount Emei, which is true, let alone in the pre-Qin era.

Ji Aojian suddenly remembered an allusion, "Apricot Sword Technique? Is it the sword master who faced the sword against Yue Nu?"

In the Spring and Autumn Period, the various countries competed for hegemony, and the skills of fighting were extremely popular. There were also great swordsmen in the land of Wu and Yue. The Goddess of Yue Sword was invincible in the world. After teaching the armored soldiers of Yue, they destroyed the Wu Kingdom, which was at that time, in one fell swoop.

It is said that Yue Girl's peerless sword technique was learned from a white ape in the deep mountains.

Ling Tan nodded, "This is exactly what Senior Xuankong went to the southeast to pass on his sword. It is the martial arts of Emei that are taught by the white ape. In fact, the martial arts of the world should have been produced by Emei at the beginning. How could the Shaolin Temple happen later?"

Ji Aojian coughed and said, "If the noble school says that his martial arts was passed down from the masters of the Spring and Autumn Period, will anyone believe it?"

Ling Tan laughed and said, "It's much more reliable than the Great Sage Sect saying it was from the Monkey King."

Ji Aojian thought to himself, no wonder this year's Wulin League Conference requires each company to clear the source. The boastful style of priests in the martial arts world is really amazing.

The combined GDP of the provinces in later generations was higher than that of the national data. Therefore, the central government often conducted economic census to squeeze out the moisture in the economic data. The current situation in the martial arts world is similar.

Ji Aojian kindly reminded, "Ling the Lord, everyone knows that Emei is one of the three major internal sects in the world, and this internal martial arts method of entering the Tao by using martial arts gradually began after the Song Dynasty."

Ling Tan said, "This is natural. I didn't say that Senior Xuankong had passed on his internal skills and mental methods."

Of course, I did not pass on my internal skills and mental skills, but just described a set of boxing and sword skills as created by experts in the Spring and Autumn Period.

Ji Aojian asked, "Hero Ling, where is the origin of Emei's internal skills and mental methods?"

Ling Tan Dao, "During the Song and Yuan dynasties, the senior masters of the Emei Sect combined the five major boxing techniques that were circulated in the world, including the Taoist connotation of Yin and Yang Taiji, using martial arts to enter the Tao, that is, using martial arts to practice as external elixirs, and then improving the internal elixirs step by step, forming their own family."

Ji Aojian understood and nodded, "It turns out that it is also the inner-family mental method of entering the martial arts of alchemy."

Ling Tan also said, "Later, there were martial arts masters in the Emei School supplemented by Tantric Heart Methods to gather the essence of Buddhist and Taoism, and became the Emei School martial arts that integrate the essence of Chinese martial arts, practice both internal and external, and practiced both heart and martial arts."

Ji Aojian was a little surprised, "It turns out that the internal skills and mental methods of the noble school are integrated with the talents of Buddhism and Taoism."

Ling Tan said, "That's true. My Emei martial arts has many tribes, including Taoism, monks, and lay disciples."

Wudang, Emei, and Kongtong are famous mountains in the world. In history, many famous martial arts masters have been hiding and deeply studying martial arts, and each has formed a school on the mountain. With the increase in exchanges and mutual exploration of martial arts, they gradually formed a school, just like a tribal alliance moving towards the national era.

Ji Aojian asked the origin of the Emei Sect and was dull and dazed again. Ling Tan just thought that he was thinking about the big question of the martial arts census after entering Beijing, and no longer asked more questions.

Suddenly, Ji Yeai's soft voice came from the cabin, "Brother, the journey is long. Can we play a game of Chu and Han battle?"

The Chu River and Han Realm are about chess. These piano, chess, calligraphy and painting can be savored and created artistic conception, and are also methods to train the mind and mind.

Ji Aojian believed that he could make up for his mental abacus, and playing blind chess would definitely not be a problem, so he said, "Xiao Ai, start the game first."

Ji Yeai said, "Boat two and five."

Ji Aojian responded, "Share three to five."

Ling Tan hurriedly said, "Young Master Ji, you should be vaulting and dealing with it. What kind of flying is it?"

Ji Ao Jian said, "I am such a decisive person, of course, to take the lead, and launch an offensive."

Ling Tan shook his head, "If you don't have a stroke, you won't get the first move. This step should be done without being effective."

Ji Aojian glared and said, "Hero Ling, a true gentleman who can't speak for chess."

Ling Tan groaned, "Okay, I won't speak."

Ji Yeai smoothed out the situation, "Since the leader Ling thinks he should do it, then you can go on like this."

Ling Tan was surprised, "Miss Ai, do you want to play another game with me?"

Ji Yeai said, "Since the leader Ling is happy, why not enter the venue together."

Ji Aojian couldn't help but think, Xiao Ai, do you want to learn from the third sister that day and play two games at the same time?

Ling Tan smiled and said, "Miss Ai, Ling was invincible in the battle on Mount Emei, and he was known as Emei Chess Saint, that's me."

Ji Ye Aiqi said, "Ling Lord, since you have such accomplishments in chess, why don't you become a national player but still have to wander around the world?"

Ling Tan coughed, "This, Ling is the chess saint among the amateur chess players, and the national player cannot be regarded as a national player."

Ji Yeai said, "It turns out that the leader of Ling Dun is an amateur chess saint, so he is disrespectful."

Ji Aojian was speechless. Is there any saying that an amateur chess saint?

At that moment, the two of them played chess with Xiao Ai and fought step by step.
Chapter completed!