For a time, boys from Dongchen Village would go to the martial arts training ground to learn from others whenever they had time, and some of them even became quite skilled in it.
However, only a few can persevere in the end.
After a period of training, Jiang Wu has become much stronger and more flexible. The originally cute baby has become tougher and more mature.
There was a reason why he made such rapid progress. Every night before going to bed, Yingbao would give him a bowl of tea brewed by Wudingzhi, which would make his tired little body full of energy the next day and his strength would be much greater than the day before.
Now when he wrestles or arm wrestles with others, he is just as good as his fifteen-year-old second cousin.
This made many boys in the village excited, and they went home to ask their parents to learn martial arts.
But this time, Zhang Meng and Xu Kun were very picky. They didn't want any children over ten years old. After examining the bones of several children, they only chose Hu Zi and Xiao Yao, the grandson of the clan leader.
In fact, Yuanbao and Jiang Jie are also good, but these two are better at studying, so their families prefer to let them study for the imperial examinations.
As time went by, Jiang Wu made rapid progress and grew taller than his brother Jiang Jie, almost catching up with Ying Bao.
Yingbao was very envious and took time out to practice at home.
After Jiang Wu came back, he was happy to teach his sister martial arts. He was so serious and earnest, just like a little master.
Yingbao studied very seriously, and she persisted in completing all the physical training such as sitting stance (horse stance), cutting stance (bow and arrow stance), empty stance, Ding stance (standing on one leg on the golden rooster), and defeating stance (crouch stance).
In order to save time, she even tried two things at once, reciting prescriptions while training.
My whole body aches after a day of training, but as long as I eat a handful of Wudingzhi, I will be basically back to normal the next day. My body will become more resilient and my strength will gradually increase.
After that comes long-distance running, sprinting, frog jumps, splits, etc. After warming up the body, it is time to stretch the legs to stretch the ligaments of the waist and legs.
As time went by, the last bit of Wudingzhi on the cave wall was almost used up, and Yingbao was a little anxious.
Without Wu Dingzhi's support, she and her brother would have no energy to study after daily high-intensity training, which was absolutely unacceptable.
Martial arts are only used for self-protection, Yingbao is more inclined to study medicine.
Because learning medical skills well is the foundation for a stable life.
Even if she loses her cave and the magical object Wudingzhi one day, she can still make money and eat with her medical skills.
So, no matter how tired I am, I have to study medicine.
Yingbao looked up at the top of the cave, and saw that the Wudingzhi on the top of the cave were like clusters of white clouds, growing around the top of the cave. From a distance, it seemed like a large area of flowing fluorescent light.
If she could find a way to get so much Wudingzhi, it would probably be enough for her to eat for a lifetime.
But the top of the cave is too high and cannot be reached at the moment.
Yingbao thought of the bamboo lighthouse that her second uncle built during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Should I ask someone to build a bamboo tower for me
How much bamboo is needed to build a bamboo tower that is more than ten meters high? And ordinary bamboo is definitely not enough. It takes a lot of bamboo to support such a tall building.
It is not difficult to find bamboo. She can just spend money to buy it. Sister Chuchu's home is rich in bamboo, so it is no problem for her to buy two hundred pieces.
But who will build the bamboo frame for her
A bamboo frame that is more than ten feet high doesn’t seem reliable no matter how you think about it.
Well, let's think of other ways.
Yingbao turned her gaze towards the glowing object in the middle of the pool.
Judging from visual observation, the giant ball of light is about 20 to 30 feet high. If I can climb on top of the light source, will I be able to get closer to the top of the cave
Thinking of this, she climbed onto the gourd boat and rowed towards the center with her newly made oars.
Strangely enough, the gourd and its vine have been soaked in water for such a long time, but not only have they not rotted, the vine leaves seem to be still very green, and the gourd seems to have grown a lot bigger.
Yingbao doesn't have time to study this for the moment. She wants to go around the light source to see if she can find an angle to climb up.
I circled around the ball of light. It was smooth and warm like a furnace, and there was no way I could climb it.
"There's no way to go up." Yingbao was discouraged. Just as she was about to row the boat away, she saw stairs appearing on the luminous object in front of her, going all the way up.
Yingbao was simply stunned.
Could it be that this thing could understand what I was saying
She did not hesitate and climbed up the stairs.
When she took a step forward, the stairs behind her disappeared one by one, which frightened Yingbao.
But this is my own cave, so the worst that can happen is I can just leave.
Thinking of this, I suddenly felt a lot more at ease.
I don’t know how long I climbed, and in the end I didn’t dare to look down.
Finally, she climbed to the highest point.
There seemed to be a layer of mist in front of her, and Yingbao walked over.
The mist gradually dissipated when it touched her, and Yingbao's eyes suddenly became clear.
What kind of place is this? There is flowing white mist under my feet, and a huge round piece of land is faintly visible under the clouds.
The land is brown with a faint glow.
Yingbao walked on the land, the clouds and mist gradually dissipated, she bent down and touched the soil under her feet, the soil was soft and fine.
But the innermost part of this land is pitch black, like a bottomless circular abyss.
Yingbao frowned.
This place felt familiar to her, like something.
Yes, color and shape, just like an eyeball.
And the dark abyss in the middle is like a pupil.
Is it really an eyeball? A giant's eyeball
Yingbao suddenly felt creepy.
Am I standing on an eyeball
That's not right. This is clearly brown soil, and it feels like soil when I hold it in my hand.
Yingbao thought about it and walked towards the dark pupil area.
She didn't dare step on the pupil, but just squatted down and touched the edge, and it was water.
Just stir it up and the water will become clear and transparent.
It was pitch black underwater and you couldn't see anything.
I scooped up a handful and tasted it, and it was sweeter than the water in the pond.
Yingbao wanted to scoop some to take out, but unfortunately she had nothing with her.
Standing up and taking a few steps back, Yingbao looked up at the top of the cave. It was indeed much closer, but still out of reach.
Forget it, I’ll think of a solution later. Let me take a look at the situation here first.
Yingbao slowly looked around. The mist around her gradually dissipated as she walked, and she could finally see the entire landscape clearly.
This is a circular piece of land, about ten acres.
The black pool in the middle is about ten feet in diameter.
After the clouds dispersed from the brown land, the light here was as bright as day, but there was still a thin mist surrounding it, making it impossible to see the scene below clearly.
Fortunately, there was no fog overhead, and the five-dingzhi on the top of the cave seemed to be within reach.
Yingbao stood there and looked for a long time. She did not return along the same path, but silently said in her heart that she wanted to go out. As a result, she really appeared on the kang.
She thought about it, took out a small bucket, some seeds and a shovel from the cave, and then went in silently.
Sure enough, she still appeared on the brown round land.
I see.
If she is at the bottom, she will be at the bottom when she goes in. Now she is at the top of the light body. If she goes out from here, she will appear at the top next time she comes in.
Yingbao ran to the black water pool with a bucket and scooped a bucket of water, then planted the seeds she brought on the brown soil.
A few apple seeds, a handful of pepper seeds, and a few cantaloupe seeds.
He watered the seeds, fetched a bucket of water, and then quickly left the cave.
I don’t know whether seedlings can grow there. I’ll go and see tomorrow.
As for the bucket of water I brought out, let the hens drink some first and see how things go.