Chapter 51: Turtle Breathing Technique
Chapter 51: Turtle Breathing Technique
The common feature of all internal energy medicines, including Chunyu Dan, is that they take effect quickly but the effect lasts for a short time.
Only by taking it for a long time can its efficacy gradually become longer.
The genius pharmacist Poison Lady Xiao Chunyu creatively invented the Turtle Breath Pill. It is not a medicine itself, but it can change the efficacy of the medicine. It is actually a cheating device.
After adding the Turtle Breath Pill, the onset time of the Spring Rain Pill will be slightly slower, but the duration of the efficacy will be significantly longer.
Therefore, the greatest function of Guixidan is to transform Chunyudan into Chunyudan sustained-release tablets.
But what Xiao Xia didn't know was that his Gu Yuan had actually broken through when he was eight years old, but his mother suppressed it with drugs.
The advantage is that the second time he practices, there will be miraculous effects. The disadvantage is that it affects his development, making him very thin. Although he is tall, he is just a bag of bones.
Fortunately, he met Zhang Jue when he was fifteen years old. Although Zhang Jue took the initiative to train him, he accidentally let him catch the last train of development. If it was two years later, he would have become the White Bone Demon of the Sui Dynasty.
However, Xiao Xia also discovered a loophole in this theory. If taking medicine can prolong the time to break through the barrier, then taking twenty pills of Chunyu Dan a day would be enough.
Although the market price of Chunyudan is very expensive, the cost is not high and it can be taken in large quantities.
So how do we explain this loophole?
He had a vague suspicion that there was no necessary connection between strengthening the essence and taking medicine, and it was very likely that Zhang Jue himself did not understand it.
If I can’t figure it out, I won’t think about it.
Xiao Xia then went to the martial arts gym to sign in.
As usual, Xiao Xia signed in and found a corner to sit down.
The third-level warriors were still practicing squatting, with expressions of great pain on their faces. Not only did they have to endure physical torture, but they also had to endure insults and beatings from the Yu brothers.
Xiao Xia secretly shook his head. These third-level warriors were just doing it for the three strings of money every month. Why bother?
At this time, Xiao Zhurong came and sat next to Xiao Xia. He was promoted to a second-level warrior and escaped the disaster.
"Why are you free today?" Xiao Xia asked with a smile.
"Qiu Hailiang is gone, and no one is taking care of us anymore."
"Be careful that one of the Yu brothers comes to look after you!"
Xiao Zhurong was frightened, "No way! Then I would rather give up the warriors. These two bastards are too cruel."
"Why are they still practicing horse stance?" Xiao Xia asked with a pout.
Xiao Zhurong shook his head, "I don't know either. The selection will start in two months. We can't go on like this!"
"Selection for what?"
"The quota to participate in the Three Xiaos Fighting Competition! Have you forgotten?"
Xiao Xia scratched his head and smiled: "If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have really forgotten. Do you want to participate?"
"Yes!" Xiao Zhurong said decisively: "This is related to the Xiao family's honor, I have no choice but to do it!"
Xiao Zhurong asked Xiao Xia again, "What about you?"
"Me?" Xiao Xia smiled faintly: "I don't have a strong sense of honor, unless there is something good to tempt me!"
"Didn't they say that if you're selected, you'll get fifty Tiger and Leopard Pills?"
Xiao Xia shook her head, "I don't need Tiger and Leopard Pills!"
Xiao Zhurong thought for a moment and said, "I heard that the winner will get a treasure."
"What treasure?" Xiao Xia immediately became interested.
"We don't know yet. We need to negotiate among the three parties."
At this point, Xiao Zhurong laughed, "So many people want to participate! It's as if we can be selected."
"There should still be time to practice martial arts. There are still two months until the selection!"
Xiao Zhurong shook his head. "Two months is actually a very short time for a martial artist. I'm currently ranked 54th. I have to get into the top ten to have a chance. I'm working hard, and so are others. So... unless I take medicine, it won't be my turn to go to Jiangning!"
"Xiao Huan Dan?" Xiao Zhurong nodded silently. "I heard that taking Xiao Huan Dan will lead to a breakthrough in a short period of time. Unfortunately, Xiao Huan Dan is too precious. Only the heirs of the inner sect are allowed to take it after passing the third-grade martial arts exam. I am not yet a third-grade martial artist, so the Second Master will never give it to me."
Xiao Xia remembered something, so he asked calmly, "Is Xiao Huan Dan unique to the Xiao family in Jiangdu?"
Xiao Zhurong nodded, "I heard from my father that there are three kinds of medicine for practicing internal energy. The top grade is called Tianwang Dan, which was lost after Emperor Wu of Liang died. The current Xiaohuan Dan is a lower grade, originally called Wuxing San. It was only after the Princess of Jin gave us the formula that we got Xiaohuan Dan. There is also a kind of Longhu Dan, which I don't know much about."
Xiao Xia pondered for a moment, then said to Xiao Zhurong: "Come with me, I'll give you something!"
"Xiao Qilang, what do you want to give me?"
"Don't ask, just follow me!"
The two walked to the back of the martial arts hall, and Xiao Xia took out a small bag and handed it to Xiao Zhurong.
"Here you go, fifteen small pills!"
He put the recipe scroll into the curved-necked jar and took the small elixir with him.
Xiao Zhurong stared at Xiao Xia in shock, "Where did you get it?"
"Zhang Jue gave it to me before he left. I don't know how he got it!"
Xiao Zhurong took the small package with trembling hands, "You gave it to me, don't you want to use it?"
Xiao Xia grinned, "I don't need this thing. I was originally planning to sell it, but then I felt that it was different from the Tiger and Leopard Pills and would cause me a lot of trouble, so I'll just give it to you!"
"I have twelve hundred coins!"
"No, I have money! Zhang Jue gave me a thousand coins before he left. You don't have to be polite, but you are not allowed to betray me, otherwise I will never speak to you again in this life."
Xiao Zhurong was deeply moved. He whispered, "I have to tell you a secret, otherwise I will never be able to live with it for the rest of my life."
Xiao Xia smiled slightly and said, "Did the master ask you to watch me?"
Xiao Zhurong was stunned, "How did you know?"
"I'm not stupid. I guessed it on the first day. You and I moved in on the same day. How could it be such a coincidence?"
"You don't care?"
Xiao Xia chuckled, "If I cared, I wouldn't have given you the Xiao Huan Dan!"
Xiao Zhurong sighed, "My father asked me to make friends with you. He said that you are a person of great wisdom and great fortune. It seems that my father was right!"
Xiao Zhurong shook the small bag and said with a smile: "You gave it to me when I needed it the most."
Xiao Xia smiled and said, "Do me another favor. I'm going to start practicing martial arts tomorrow. Please find a way to temporarily transfer Xiao Guizi away for two months."
"No problem, I'll go find Dad to make the arrangements!"
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At night, Xiao Xia went to Guanyun Restaurant and bought a pot of sake. He returned to his dormitory and locked the door. He used half a bowl of wine to dissolve a Spring Rain Pill and a Turtle Breath Pill and drank it in one gulp. It turned out that the sake tasted much better. It tasted exactly like the rice wine in later generations, very strong with a slight fragrance.
Xiao Xia took another Vajra Pill, sat cross-legged on the bed, and placed his hands in a heart shape on his dantian.
His thoughts began to wander, as if he had come deep into the mountains and was meditating in a mysterious cave.
Everything was relaxed, the body, the air, the stars, everything was relaxed.
He breathed calmly, seven short breaths and one long, as if he was a hundred-year-old man, or a thousand-year-old turtle.
Li Ping only gave him 120 Turtle Breathing Pills, which was just enough for two months. He didn't know whether it would be successful, but he only knew one thing, that he had to keep a low profile in these two months, and it would be best if everyone forgot about him.
Xiao Xia stopped meddling in other people's business. He would go to the martial arts gym to punch in at noon every day, and then return to the dormitory to meditate.
He knew he was being watched on the roof, but that didn't matter anymore.
Why were there palace guards monitoring him? Why didn't Prince Yang Guang of Jin become the crown prince? Who changed history?
These questions that once puzzled him have gradually become blurred and forgotten in his mind.
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