Book 5 Chapter 5

Origin and History of Yin Gong

Where can we trace the origins of Yin Gong?

Even if you don't ask it, it loves to be different and unique,

Or maybe it's just the experimental spirit of a martial arts master who's a bit of an oddball.

You should be able to say with confidence that it's started.

Otherwise, what kind of a madman would come up with something that's ten thousand miles away from practicality!

Of course, the eccentric but formidable virtuoso must have been a fanatical lover of pitch.

All yin schools have one thing in common: they trace their ancestry, or the founding of the yin school, back to Hong Cao-hyun, the Heavenly Voice.

He was a legendary music master from 700 years ago, and he was also the first person to kill a man with a note, or more precisely, to kill a man with music using an instrument rather than sound. To be more precise, he was the first person to kill with music, not sound, but with instruments. Is it too gory to say that he killed a man? He was the head monk of the Han martial arts school…….

When the average person thinks of music, they think of music for drinking, but this is a very ignorant and disgraceful idea. While there is some music in the world that is meant to encourage drinking (although this is the majority of it), there is also music that is made for all sorts of other purposes. And there are those who devote themselves to music for the sake of cultivating the arts and Zen.

It was the 700-year-old genius Hong Jo-hyun who proved that music is not only the sound of drunkenness. He was a fanatical lover of pitches, and his pitches were said to have reached the heavens. He proved that music is not only excellent for invigorating, but also has the power to shake, control, and even traumatize people's minds and make them see other worlds.

At first, everyone scoffed at his theories and explanations: he was a master of the highest qigong in the heavens, the Taichuan Qin Ming Divine Art, and was a sword god, unrivaled by any other sword god. However, after ten years of practicing, he astonished the world by creating a martial art of sound that could move people's hearts and even cause them to die. Thus, he became the founder of a new school of martial arts.

It is said that the first person who was able to elevate people through music, not through words, but through tones for the first time was the Heavenly Voice Hong Zhaohyeon. The school he founded is called Tian Yin Moon, and the current Tian Yin Master Hong Lan is a descendant of that lineage, so you can imagine his pride in his musicianship.

Until Yin Gong was perfected by the wheezing Hong, it was a crude power indeed. It was said to be difficult to learn, even more difficult to write, and its inefficiency was unparalleled. Of course, this is still true today.

The first time Yin Gong, whose inefficiency was unparalleled, cautiously hinted at the signs and possibilities of genocide was 300 years ago, at the time of Kwok Hui Zheng, a demonic spirit. When he was besieged by more than 100 unarmed men in the city of Always, he sat on a rock ten stories high and, without snapping his fingers, sent all 100 unarmed men in a 30-foot radius around him to the netherworld with a single tune. The tune he played at this time was named the White Blood Tune. It meant that he drank the blood of 100 people.

Of course, Kang Ho is stunned, and the shock he receives is beyond his imagination, and he is forced to admit, in awe, that Yin Gong has the power of genocide.

From this time onward, the lineage that branched off from the Yin lineage and descended into this lineage was called the Mind Lineage, which was apparently rooted in the Sapa lineage. Those who descended from the Yin lineage, from the T'ien-t'ai Chi lineage, from the Hongzhi lineage, are the ones who deserve to be called enemies.

Few martial arts were as disadvantaged as Yin Gong when the enemy was at a long distance, and even fewer were as disadvantaged as Yin Gong when the enemy was at a short distance. Too far away and the power of Yin Gong would be ineffective, too close and it would be attacked before it could reach its full power.

Therefore, yin gong was not a comparison of one inch like the comparison of a spear and a sword, but the unit of comparison for yin gong was how many zhang (丈). As long as the enemy was within 10 zhang (十丈: about 30 meters) of you and facing you, it didn't matter much if you had the lower point. Especially for those who use a portable and easy-to-move instrument such as the jinxo, it is said that a master can competently fight up to a distance of five zhang (五丈: about 15 meters, one zhang is three meters). Only when they can fight an opponent within three zhang (三丈) can they be called a master.

The case of the zither, however, was a little different. The jade zither could be used to stamp its feet and retreat if an enemy came at it, but as in the case of the golden zither, it would be a serious consideration to use an instrument that would be the ultimate hindrance to one's luck unless one was a supreme master.

Therefore, it was not a martial art that could be used in a small offstage area. The stance of the gold burning stance seals the movement of the legs and allows only the upper part of the waist to be used.

It has been suggested that a special feng shui method for playing the koto has been developed and envisioned, which would allow the player to glide across the ground or ice without bending the knees, using only the movement of the inner ball and the tips of the feet. However, its identity has never been fully understood. The Unshin Method is one of the secrets of the Yin Gate.

There's no way she could have done it after only half a year of learning.

The most important aspect of Yin Gong with the Jade Sword is the breathing technique, which allows you to blow the Jade Sword and change the shape of the form freely, as well as the distribution of the Qin Qi and the stances. These three must work together as one, and if any one of them is missing, ductility is impossible.

The same was true for the koto. If you can't do this, the koto is just an ornament.

Yin gong can be thought of as a martial art that is almost useless in a group fight or a chaotic battle. It can be considered a useless object.

The idea of using a musical instrument and playing a note to kill someone seems like a very inefficient and ineffective way to kill someone. I'm sure the original creator of the Yin Gong felt the same way. After all, it was most likely the brainchild of a madman who loved pitches. Besides, it would have been more focused on subduing than killing.

However, this doesn't mean that yin gong is completely useless. It is said that a person who has attained the level of Yin Gong alone can injure or psychologize many people with a single syllable of music. This ability to inflict psychological and mental damage is one of the great strengths of yin gong. This is because yin gong has the power to shake people's minds with its tones.

So what is Yin Gong's biggest weakness?

They are distance and time. Short distances and the lack of time that comes with them are a fatal weakness and a serious threat to Yin Gong, which is why it is one of the least suitable martial arts for non-martial arts competitions, because the space on the stage is too small for Yin Gong to exert its full power.

By its very nature, it's hard to reach the peak of its power in a short amount of time. This is because music is made up of many different sounds and chords that work together to create a pitch.

Therefore, the level of a yin gong practitioner is measured by how quickly he or she can trap an opponent in his or her own yin. This makes Yin Gong a difficult art to learn, an even more difficult art to perform, and one that comes with many restrictions.

Among all the music arts, music arts using the golden koto are particularly difficult to play and difficult to handle. In practice, it can be a bit like picking stars in the sky, especially in a small and limited space like a non-stage. It's like putting a thousand shackles on your own feet.

That's what Bi Ryuyeon was trying to do now. This was why Hong Lan was now worried and criticizing his behavior as reckless and ridiculous. And Bi Ryuyeon realized her mistake when Dan Ping's quick attack left her no time to breathe.

This was a fatal mistake for Bi Ryuyeon, who was using Yin Gong for the first time in practice.