Chapter 336: Great Perfection of the Acquired Realm
Chapter 336: Great Perfection of the Acquired Realm
At three quarters past noon, the mountains and rivers are beautiful.
In the yard, the persistent white-feathered bird finally flew away, and the world became quiet.
Another moment passed.
"squeak~"
The courtyard door was pushed open from the inside, and four people stood in silence. Yuan Dongxue glanced over quietly and saw that her village leader's moon-white robe was full of wrinkles, but her face was radiant and her eyes were beautiful. She stood on the threshold, looking at the Lengshui River with its surging white waves in the distance, and was reluctant to move a step.
"What abnormalities can be seen?"
Yuan Chunxiu lowered her head quickly and said seriously, "Reporting to the village chief, there is nothing unusual!"
Yuan Dongxue said almost at the same time: "There is something unusual!"
Yuan Chunxiu glared at her and whispered, "Fourth sister, don't talk nonsense!"
Zhao Xia glanced at Yuan Dongxue, a seventeen-year-old girl, the youngest member of the Wild Wolf Group. She had mastered the family's sword skills, was good at using sleeve arrows, and had a honest and straightforward personality. The four sisters often served as guards and accompanied them in their daily lives.
She was in a good mood and smiled, and asked, "Dongxue, what did you find?"
Yuan Dongxue glanced at her elder sister and said hesitantly, "Village leader, I... I heard a bird chirping in the yard. It chirped for a long time, and it was very strange..."
The three of them all looked sideways, their hearts in their throats, secretly regretting that they had not explained themselves clearly. The fourth sister was having another attack.
Zhao Xia was taciturn in front of his subordinates, but he had great authority and was ruthless in punishing those who violated the village rules, no matter how high their status or how much experience they had.
Qingfeng Village was thus rectified from top to bottom, and its influence became more and more powerful day by day at the junction of Shanxi, Hebei and Henan provinces.
Yuan Xiaying hurriedly explained: "Village leader, my fourth sister has poor hearing and has had auditory hallucinations since she was a child. She is just talking nonsense, please don't take it to heart."
Zhao Xia remained calm and said slowly, "I am asking you if you have found any suspicious people spying on us. Village Master Zhang is recovering from his injuries here. This is also the territory of the Hengshan Sect. The people of the orthodox sect are not trustworthy. Be careful of them coming back and we must guard the place strictly!"
The four sisters bowed and said, "I obey your command!"
Yuan Chunxiu continued, "Chief, we didn't find anyone suspicious. Miss Yue Jian came this morning and wanted to visit Chief Zhang, but we stopped her. You were discussing something with Chief Zhang inside, and she didn't want to wait, so she left quickly."
"Moon Sword? Did she say anything?"
"I didn't say it."
Zhao Xia said coldly: "Since there is nothing wrong, then don't disturb Zhang Zhaizhu from recovering from his injuries. You did the right thing."
"This is my duty."
Zhao Xia nodded, slowly moved her feet, stepped over the threshold, frowned slightly, as if enduring pain. Such a simple action took her five or six breaths as if someone had pressed her acupoints.
"Village..."
Just as Yuan Dongxue was about to step forward to show concern, the three sisters covered her mouth, pulled her hands, hugged her waist, and pinned her down.
The four of them huddled together in front of the courtyard gate, looking at Zhao Xia in an almost weird way. They held onto the courtyard wall and left step by step. They had to stop to rest every few steps. The majestic leader of Qingfeng Village suddenly turned into a worried and sickly person.
Seeing the moon-white robe disappear around the corner, the three of them breathed a sigh of relief and let go of the reckless fourth sister.
Yuan Chunxiu turned around to close the gate, but saw a few spots of water on the floor in front of the threshold. She glanced at the room under the tangerine tree, her face flushed, and she quickly closed the two wooden doors.
Yuan Dongxue asked blankly, "Big sister, second sister, third sister, what are you doing? The village owner has taken us in, and she is injured and has difficulty walking. I just want to ask, why are you stopping me?"
Yuan Chunxiu's cheeks flushed slightly, and she whispered, "The village chief is not injured, but fulfilled."
Yuan Dongxue asked: "Perfection? The internal strength realm?"
Yuan Chunxiu didn't know how to explain it, so she could only say, "That's about right."
Yuan Qiuyun was a bit bolder and said in Liaodong Mandarin: "Eldest sister is fooling fourth sister again, what is the realm of inner strength? The village chief is clearly... a fool."
Yuan Chunxiu looked ahead and scolded, "Third sister, you want to die, don't you? And you're imitating Xiao Si and talking nonsense!"
A dozen steps past the corner of the courtyard wall was the courtyard where Zhao Xia lived. A patrolling group of blue-clad sect members happened to pass by, so she had to stop and wait for them to pass by before continuing to walk forward calmly.
When people eat, they often become addicted to the taste buds and indulge in the pleasure of eating without stopping. Only after the meal, they realize that they are so full... that their stomachs hurt.
Zhao Xia had such a feeling. His abdomen was warm, as if he had eaten seven or eight large dumplings in succession. He felt very full and comfortable, but he was enjoying it in some places and suffering in others. He did not notice it at the time, but now he could hardly move and was in such an embarrassing state.
"See the village leader!"
Four Wild Wolves were patrolling by and saw their village leader standing under a tree, looking at his residence more than ten steps away. He felt a little strange and stepped forward to greet him.
Zhao Xia whispered, "Go on patrol!"
"Yes!"
Only after she saw those people leave did she breathe a sigh of relief, holding onto the tree, feeling secretly surprised.
"According to the records in the Hundred Charms Hehuan Diagram, the return of true essence can help both parties to improve their internal strength. I never expected that it would have such a great benefit!"
Zhao Xia felt mixed emotions, originally she was only in the late stage of Qi Hai Jing, but after completing the eighth move 'Golden Spring Surge', her power increased greatly and her Qi Hai was perfected.
And after completing the ninth style 'Guanyin Lotus Platform', he injected his true essence into the upper dantian, and the barrier between the Qi Hai Mirror and the post-natal realm could be broken through at any time.
There are at least seventeen groups of nine types of portraits like this one.
"Could it really be... because of some famous instrument?"
When the Wild Wolf Gang was destroyed, Zhao Laodao was assassinated. Although the root cause was that the Dragon Scale Society was fighting for the status of the number one gang in Pingyang, the inducement was the saying "the most famous weapon in the world, helping people practice martial arts", which attracted Lin Kun's covetousness.
Zhao Xia therefore extremely hated the so-called "famous weapon". However, in recent years, when he was reading martial arts books in the Wushu Building in Qingfeng Village, he discovered that the saying was actually true and not groundless.
"I originally thought that the world's famous weapon was the Dinglu Caibu technique. As long as it was beneficial to Yulang and could help him recover from his injuries as soon as possible, it would not matter if it damaged my skills. That's why I forced him to... complete the nine moves. I didn't expect that I would get so many benefits. It made me look like..."
Zhao Xia thought of the absurdity of the past half day and a blush appeared on her face. When she finally reached the gate, she saw someone coming. She stopped in a hurry and stared at the girl with two swords on her waist. She seemed to have bad intentions.
Yue Jian bowed and said, "Zhao Zhaizhu!"
Zhao Xia asked, "Miss Yue Jian is looking for me?"
Yue Jian looked Zhao Xia up and down, shook his head and said, "I'm not looking for you. I went to see you this morning, but was stopped outside by your people!"
Zhao Xia nodded and said, "He needs to rest and recover from his injuries. It's really not suitable for him to see outsiders."
Yue Jian laughed out loud in anger and said, "Outsider? Village Chief Zhao really doesn't understand the situation. Zhang Yu is the deputy hall master of the Divine Religion, and I am the deputy incense master of the Divine Religion. You are just the leader of an affiliated gang. In comparison, you are the outsider!"
Yue Jian was born with a sharp tongue and never gave in. After Hua Jian left, her temper had calmed down a lot. Before, after being stopped by the four sisters of the Yuan family, she would have gathered the followers to fight.
How could I come to talk to the main person after lunch?
Zhao Xia was born with a calm demeanor and a tall stature. He looked at the angry little sister and smiled gently, "Who is an outsider and who is an insider? What you and I say doesn't count. You have to ask Yu Lang." Yue Jian picked out the key point sharply and frowned and asked, "Yu Lang? What do you mean?"
Zhao Xia smiled faintly and said, "What do you mean? You can think about it slowly."
After saying this, he ignored Yue Jian who was standing there in a daze, walked slowly into the room, and closed the door.
"Yulang, that's so affectionate! If you don't tell me, I'll go ask him myself."
Yue Jian looked at the tightly closed courtyard door again, feeling more and more indignant. He held the hilt of the sword, turned around and walked away quickly.
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On the bamboo bed in the temple.
"Small knowledge is not as good as great knowledge, small years are not as good as big years... The morning mushroom does not know the new moon and full moon, and the cicada does not know spring and autumn..."
Zhang Yu sat cross-legged with his five hearts facing the sky. The green jade ring on his left thumb glowed faintly, and true Qi flowed throughout his body. A wheel appeared between his eyebrows, and he had entered the ultimate state of cultivation of 'holding the Yuan and keeping the One, with an empty and clear mind'.
"Those who go to the wilderness will return after three meals!"
"If you go a hundred miles, you should stay overnight to pound food!"
"If you are going a thousand miles, gather food in three months!"
The first three levels of "Northern Divine Art" are suitable for Baili, which basically corresponds to the internal strength cultivation of the acquired realm. In the past few days, he has digested Lu Bai's full strength, the masters of the big sects, and the pure true energy, which has saved him a lot of hard work and practice. He has already reached the late stage of the acquired realm.
Today, he and Zhao Xia tried the "Hundred Charms Joy Picture" for the first time. After the joy, the true energy of the world-famous instrument fed back to him unexpectedly allowed him to reach a higher level, and he easily reached the great perfection of the acquired realm. He was only a step away from the realm of great masters that everyone in the world pursues.
"Whoo~"
Zhang Yu exhaled the foul air, and there was a faint sound of thunder in the sea of clouds. The seven purple-gold lotuses in the golden pool's dantian were upright and peaceful, swaying gently, as if witnessing the hardships he had gone through in the martial arts over the past three years.
"Practicing martial arts is like climbing a mountain. The latter part of the road is particularly bumpy and difficult. To climb up a small section, you have to work ten or even a hundred times harder than before. And there is also the mysterious and unpredictable luck that determines the outcome."
Zhang Yu put on the black robe and got off the bamboo bed. With the nourishment of his true energy and the breakthrough in his realm, the internal injuries in his body had almost healed. He looked at the long scroll on the bedside and shook his head helplessly.
"If I hadn't been poisoned by the Dragon Poison Pill and Xiao Xia hadn't been gifted, it would have been extremely difficult for an ordinary person to complete the nine moves. Even the first six moves would have been enough to make a person faint due to excessive loss of essence. But it happened that the last three moves were more effective each time, and Xiao Xia was a famous weapon as recorded in the diagram, so the effect was even more amazing."
"A Hundred Charms in Harmony" is, after all, a technique of taking yin and replenishing yang.
Zhang Yu could have taken all of the returned true energy for himself, but that would have been harmful to Xiao Xia, so he transferred part of the true energy into her body. The remaining 70% was enough for him to achieve perfection in the acquired realm.
"If we monopolize it? It's definitely within our reach."
The great masters in the Xiantian realm are definitely the top group of people in the world.
It would be a lie to say I wasn't moved at all.
But everything requires the word "willingness to give up".
It was impossible for him to be like those two ginkgo trees, completely abandoning their branches and vines and yearning for the blue sea and sky. Speaking of this kind of martial arts state of mind, Zhang Yu couldn't help but think of the red robe that left in such a graceful manner.
"Like...like an Oriental girl."
Be it Brother Lan or Miss Dongfang, the two have experienced several life and death experiences, and have a sense of mutual understanding between close friends. However, Zhang Yu understands that in her heart, pursuing the ultimate realm of martial arts and gathering the power of heaven and earth in one body will always be the most important thing.
"I want to go in!"
"You dare to stop me?"
"If you don't get out of the way, I'm going to do it!"
As he was thinking, he suddenly heard a familiar noisy sound coming from outside the yard, chattering. He couldn't help but smile. He had been away from Guanzhong for more than half a year and hadn't seen the girl for a long time. Listening to the voice again, it sounded somewhat familiar.
"Let her in!"
When the four sisters of the Yuan family heard what Chief Zhang had said, they had no choice but to open the gate and let Yue Jian in.
The furnishings in the monastery are simple, with only a bamboo bed, a table and two chairs. Hanging on the wall is a painting of "Asking for the Way in Autumn by a Mountain Stream" by Zen Master Ju Ran. The layout looks clear at a glance.
"What are you looking for?"
After Yue Jian entered the room, he looked around, looking here and there, and sniffing from time to time.
"come over!"
Zhang Yu sat on the bamboo chair. Zhiyuejian had always been used to doing whatever he wanted, and considering that she was Huajian's sister, he did not want to be bound by the rules of the religion. But when he saw that she was being so rude and was almost going to the bed, he spoke up to stop her.
Upon hearing this, Yue Jian turned around and sat down on the bamboo chair.
"Sir, I came to see you this morning, but they wouldn't let me in."
"At that time, I was discussing important matters with Village Master Zhao."
Yue Jian thought to himself, could it be that they discussed this in bed?
"When Senior Feng took Hua Jian away, he said that she would be healed in half a year at most. Has she ever sent any news?"
Yue Jian's eyes fell on the bamboo bed with marks on it. Thinking of Zhao Xia's "Yu Lang", she immediately understood about 70% of the situation. She snorted coldly and said unhappily, "My Lord, you finally asked about it. I thought you had forgotten my sister."
Zhang Yu said coldly, "What's your attitude? Is this how Su Xiangzhu manages the Yunyu Branch? He teaches his subordinates no rules at all. You are so rude in front of me. Are you going to act recklessly in the future when you come to Heimu Cliff?"
Seeing that Zhang Yuzhen was a little angry, Yue Jian sighed and said, "Reporting to the Lord, Sister Hua Jian returned to Tianyue Mountain in early May. Her injuries are no longer serious. However, she only stayed for three days before leaving in a hurry. She said that she had to go to a place in the west with Master Feng to train. It is very important for her martial arts practice. After she comes back, she can share the worries for the Lord..."
Zhang Yu nodded slightly. Hua Jian was safe and sound, so he put his worries to rest. He chuckled and said, "It seems that Mr. Feng is willing to teach Hua Jian. It's a blessing. If you survive a disaster, you will have good fortune in the future. For your sister, this is a very good fate."
"Good fate? Sister Hua Jian never forgot about you. During those three days, the question she asked most was about your situation..."
Yue Jian sat on the bamboo chair, suddenly feeling depressed, and whispered, "This... This is so unfair!"
Zhang Yu felt a little ashamed and didn't know what to say, so he had to change the subject.
"You came to see me this morning, is there something wrong?"
Yue Jian came back to his senses, slapped his thigh and said, "It was Sister Su. She specifically asked me to inform the adults. I almost forgot about it."
Su Qiqi is a meticulous and resourceful person. She knows that he is still recovering from his injuries, and unless it is something serious, she will definitely not let Yue Jian come to disturb him.
Zhang Yu asked hurriedly: "What's the matter?"
"Right Envoy Qu seems to have disappeared..."
(End of this chapter)