Dragon Palace, in the stone chamber.
In the corner near the wall, a crimson round bead was burning with a golden flame.
Above the flames, a dark-as-ink cauldron was slowly rotating.
There was steam rising from the cauldron, and the sound of boiling juice could be heard, it sounded extremely thick, and from time to time there was the sound of metal colliding.
In front of the tripod, a snow-white figure in a white dress was sitting there quietly.
A flame-like light appeared between her slender jade fingers, and from time to time, points of light shot out and fell into the flames under the cauldron.
The flames were like living things, entwined around the bottom of the small tripod and continuously burning.
The boiling sound in the cauldron became smaller and smaller.
After a while, the snow-white figure stood up, opened the small tripod, and put another piece of Geng gold in it.
Then, continue to drive the flame to refine.
Outside the stone room, Luo Qingzhou stood at the door. After hesitating for a while, he cautiously asked, "Sister Yue, are you in there?"
The room was quiet for a while, and then a cold voice came: "Not here."
Luo Qingzhou: “…”
Long Er quietly came behind him and whispered, "Sir, my sister will probably need a long time, so let's not disturb her here. Hasn't your body just been promoted to the Grandmaster level? Long Er has two sets of exercises here, you can try them."
Luo Qingzhou was startled when he heard this, and quickly turned his head to look at her and said, "Is this the technique that the Grandmaster practices?"
Long Er nodded and said, "Yes, one set is the inner strength mental method, and the other set is the boxing method. They are all the methods practiced by the grandmasters, and they are all very powerful ancient methods."
Luo Qingzhou's face immediately showed surprise, but after thinking about it carefully, he suddenly found something wrong, frowned and said: "Long'er, is it such a coincidence? I just got promoted to Grandmaster, and you just happen to have these two sets of skills, and they happen to be what I need."
Long Er blinked his big, harmless eyes and said, "Long Er doesn't know. These two sets of skills are the dowry that Daddy gave to Long Er. Maybe Daddy expected that Long Er would fall in love with an outstanding human like you."
Luo Qingzhou's face froze for a moment, and he asked, "Another dowry?"
Long Er said with a smile: "Yes, what Daddy left for Long Er is all dowry, including this Dragon Palace. Sir, don't you want it?"
Luo Qingzhou was silent for a moment, then looked at her and said, "Long'er, I really need a technique right now."
It's almost dawn outside.
After today, tomorrow will be the day he enters the palace.
Although it might be too late to practice and achieve any results after obtaining the Grandmaster's skills now, he must seize every opportunity to buy a little more chance of survival for himself and Chanchan.
Long Er immediately took his hand affectionately and said, "Master, let's go to Long Er's bedroom. It's big and warm there. You can practice there."
Luo Qingzhou felt the softness of her hands and the fragrance of her body, then raised his head and glanced at the closed stone door in front of him. He paused and said, "Let's go."
"Um."
Long Er happily pulled him away.
The stone chamber was still silent, with only the sound of burning flames and boiling materials in the cauldron.
Luo Qingzhou followed Long Er and soon arrived at her bedroom and entered her girl's boudoir.
The room was luxuriously decorated, with thick velvet carpets on the floor, and colorful gems hanging everywhere on the walls, bedside curtains, and windows. Even the tables and chairs were made of crystal clear jade.
Luo Qingzhou couldn't help but complain: "Is this a treasure house or a place to sleep?"
Long Er hugged his arm and said with a sweet smile: "Sir, this place can also be called the treasure house. Isn't Long Er your treasure? It can be called a beautiful woman or a treasure house."
Luo Qingzhou's mouth twitched and he said, "Don't use random words."
Then he changed the subject and said, "Give me the technique. I'll practice it as soon as possible and see the effect."
Long Er knew that he had important things to do and didn't dare to joke. He immediately took out two stacks of rice paper from the storage ring and handed them to him.
Luo Qingzhou was stunned for a moment, took it in his hand, looked at the brand new paper, then looked at her and said, "Long'er, are you sure this is the ancient technique your father left for you?"
Long Er nodded confidently: "Yes, is there anything wrong?"
Luo Qingzhou's heart suddenly sank, and the surprise and expectation just now disappeared in an instant.
He didn't say anything else, lowered his head, and silently opened one of the stacks of rice paper.
On the title page of rice paper, there were a few large characters written crookedly: "The Breathing Technique of the Divine Turtle".
He turned to the first page.
On the pages of the book, simple lines were used to outline the body of a divine turtle and a human. These two line drawings seemed to be no different from the scribbles of a three-year-old kid.
Luo Qingzhou was about to smile bitterly when he suddenly saw many lines drawn on the pictures of the divine tortoise and the human body. At the other end of the lines, the names of the acupoints and meridians there were marked with ugly small crooked characters.
The similarities and differences between the two are clearly marked.
Luo Qingzhou was stunned for a moment, then he began to read it seriously.
He didn't know whether the meridians and acupoints on the divine turtle were correct, but he knew the human body.
After he carefully read all the markings on the human body, his expression suddenly became solemn.
The above standards were actually completely correct, and there were also a few more meridians and acupoints that he didn't know about!
Below the two pictures, there were a few lines of small words, still written in ugly crooked handwriting.
"The longevity of the divine tortoise lies in its breathing. Every breath it takes follows the way of heaven..."
Luo Qingzhou read the small words carefully, and then quickly looked at the page on the right, which directly began to explain the differences between the human body and the divine tortoise's acupoints, which acupoints were similar, and which acupoints could transport and store vital energy, etc.
He read it carefully and quickly finished three pages. On the fourth page, he began to formally explain the breathing method.
"Long Er, go out first, I'll try it."
He immediately walked to the corner and sat down, spread out the pages of the book in his hand, placed them on the ground in front of him, and prepared to try it out according to the method above.
Long Er immediately stepped out, helped him close the door, and stood guard quietly at the door.
Luo Qingzhou memorized all the words on the pages of the book in his mind, then closed his eyes, repeated them in his mind several times, and then began to breathe in and out according to the method above.
"Inhale...exhale...inhale...exhale..."
After repeating this dozens of times, he immediately felt a trace of unfamiliar energy in his body. He then activated that energy and, according to the method of circulation described in the book, it circulated slowly through his meridians and acupoints for two weeks.
At this time, he absorbed more and more energy with his breathing, which merged with the initial trace of energy. After circulating for a few weeks, it gradually sank into the Danhai and actually merged with the internal force in the Danhai.
He immediately mobilized that energy and internal strength, slowly transferring it to his arms, and then from his arms to his fists.
“Swish!”
A ray of light suddenly appeared on his fist!
The strange energy that he had just absorbed and refined could actually be used to directly send out a fist of light!
"The energy of heaven and earth is transformed into the energy in the body..."
He opened his eyes and looked at the words on the page again.
Before the Grandmaster level, it was internal force, and after the Grandmaster level, it was Yuan force? Yuan force seemed to be more refined than internal force, occupying a smaller space, and having greater explosive power and power.
"The skills recorded on this rice paper are actually real!"
He was pleasantly surprised, but at the same time, a little confused. He immediately picked up the rice paper on the ground and began to look through it carefully.
This set of skills may really be an ancient skill practiced by a master, but this rice paper, text, and picture...
No matter how you look at it, it looks like someone just found a piece of paper and drew and wrote on it with a brush. The explanations and pictures are very concise and easy to understand. It looks like it was translated from ancient techniques...
It is impossible for Long Er to have this ability.
Then, there is only...
He was stunned for a moment, then immediately looked down at it several times. After memorizing all the words and pictures on it in his mind, he couldn't wait to look at the other stack of rice paper.
Two large characters were written crookedly on the title page of the paper: "Boxing".
Luo Qingzhou: “…”
This name is too perfunctory...
He opened the first page. There was no nonsense on it. It just showed a picture of a person making a punching motion. Below the picture was a paragraph of explanation.
This time, Luo Qingzhou no longer had any doubts or hesitations. He immediately began to read it carefully, memorizing every picture and text on every page without missing a single detail.
After watching it three times in a row, he put away the rice paper, closed his eyes, and played it in his mind a few more times. After making sure it was correct, he stood up.
“Swish!”
He took up his stance and slowly threw his first punch.
Then came the second punch, and the third punch.
Each punch was not fast, but steady and powerful.
When he became more proficient in the moves, he immediately followed the method of circulating the energy recorded in his mind, let out a low shout, and punched out the energy that was transmitted to his fist.
“Swish!”
The fist light flew out of his hand and suddenly turned into a circle of fist shadow, shooting towards the wall not far away!
"Bang!"
The wall engraved with exquisite murals and hung with crystal gems was instantly punched with a circle of fist holes. However, the circle of fist shadows did not disappear. Instead, it directly penetrated the wall and hit the stone pillar in another room next door!
"boom!"
With a loud bang, the thick stone pillar was hit so hard that stone chips flew everywhere and it broke in the middle!
The whole house suddenly shook.
Long Er's voice immediately sounded outside the door: "Master, what's wrong?"
Luo Qingzhou froze for a moment, then quickly retracted his fist.
Just now he just couldn't help but give it a try and didn't use his full strength. He didn't expect that this punch was so powerful.
He was pleasantly surprised and quickly walked to the door and said, "Long'er, do you have a formation here or a place for training? I want to practice boxing."
Long Er pushed the door open, glanced at him, and without delay, he led the way and said, "Young Master, let's go to the place where Long Er usually practices. There, no one will hear you even if you make a lot of noise."
Luo Qingzhou hurriedly followed behind.
Soon, the two arrived at a spacious martial arts training room.
After giving instructions, Long Er retreated obediently and helped him close the stone door.
Luo Qingzhou first closed his eyes, recalled the moves recorded in his mind, and then continued fighting.
Time passes quietly.
It was already bright outside.
The sun rose slowly from the green hills and soon reached zenith.
After practicing boxing for a whole morning, Luo Qingzhou took a short rest and began to practice internal skills and breathing, and soon recovered the energy he had consumed in the morning.
It was the fifth day of the first lunar month and the sun was shining brightly.
The banks of the Yunwu River are still covered with snow.
On the hillside not far away, Qin Chuan was still practicing boxing, and the wild beasts hiding in the mountains and forests were all trembling.
After Qin Chuan got up from bed at noon, he suddenly felt that he was about to make a breakthrough.
The restlessness in his body came too suddenly, without any warning, and he had not made any preparations.
I thought it would take at least half a year of training before I could reach the level of Grand Martial Master, but who knew it would be advanced so much.
Could it be because he has been practicing diligently recently
"boom!"
He suddenly threw a punch, thinking to himself: No matter what the reason is, as long as he breaks through to the Great Martial Master realm, he will be qualified to go to Kyoto! Even if I can't save my brother, I must get his body back! Otherwise, he will never be at peace!
"Brother, wait for me..."
at the same time.
In Kyoto, in the Imperial Palace, members of the royal family and the Ministry of Rites are busy preparing for tomorrow's wedding.
When the eldest princess of the royal family gets married, there are naturally many rules and regulations, from the big things like worshiping heaven and earth to the small things like the positions of the ceremonial personnel, everything has to be carefully and strictly regulated.
The doors of the palace had already been decorated with lights and colorful lanterns, and the ground had been laid with red carpets.
Of course, the invitations had already been sent out as quickly as possible.
While everyone was busy, Emperor Nangong Yang was practicing silently in a cave underground.
Sitting opposite him was the abbot of Zijin Temple, Taoist Zijin.
A fire rose in the corner, and the dancing flames reflected on the faces of the two people, flickering.
At the door, there stood a tall figure wearing armor and with golden skin. Looking closely, the figure stood there motionless, with a wooden face and empty eyes. He didn't even have any breathing or heartbeat.
"Master, do you think that Mr. Luo, whom my sister has taken a fancy to, will come tomorrow?"
Nangong Yang suddenly spoke, his eyes still closed.
The old Taoist priest sitting opposite him also closed his eyes and said, "Whether he comes or not, it doesn't matter much."
Nangong Yang showed a sinister smile on his face and said, "That's true. However, if he comes, I will take revenge on him myself. My master taught me the Bone-Dissolving Claw, but I have never used it on anyone, so I don't know how powerful it is."
Then, he opened his eyes, and his young face showed an excited expression again: "If my sister saw me with her own eyes and turned her most valued talent into bones with one claw, I'm sure the expression on her face would be very interesting, right?"
Taoist Zijin suddenly opened his eyes and said, "Your Majesty, you cannot reveal your strength tomorrow."
Nangong Yang smiled and said, "Master, don't worry. I am just talking. That lowly son-in-law is not qualified to dirty my hands."
The two of them talked in low voices again.
Nangong Yang closed his eyes and continued to practice.