When Yan Liqiang woke up, the sunlight had already filtered through the dark yellow window paper, illuminating the entire bedroom with a bright yellow and warm glow.
Thinking of what happened last night, Yan Liqiang's mind went blank for two seconds, and then he suddenly sat up from the bed.
There was a faint fragrance on the bed, but there was no one beside the pillow. Yan Liqiang pulled back the quilt and saw bright red peach blossoms on the sheets, which were dazzling.
Then, Yan Liqiang jumped off the bed, rushed to a wardrobe with his naked butt, and opened it in one go.
As expected, there was one set of clothes missing from the closet.
Hua Ruxue has left. Everything that happened last night was like a dream. After waking up, there was no trace left.
Yan Liqiang stood blankly in front of the wardrobe, feeling lost.
A huge and gorgeous bronze mirror was placed in front of the wardrobe. Yan Liqiang looked at himself in the bronze mirror and was slightly stunned. In the bronze mirror, Yan Liqiang saw two fresh tooth marks on his chest...
Gently touching the two teeth marks on his chest, Yan Liqiang smiled knowingly as he thought of the two marks left by Hua Ruxue biting his chest last night when she was crying...
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When Yan Liqiang arrived at the back mountain of the archery field, it was already two hours later than usual. Li Hongtu, who almost never showed up in the morning and usually slept in the thatched hut, stood by the pond for the first time when Yan Liqiang arrived today.
For some reason, Yan Liqiang felt guilty when he saw Li Hongtu's expressionless face. He walked forward and called out, "Master!"
“Why are you an hour later than usual today!” Li Hongtu stared at Yan Liqiang with a stern look. He pointed at Yan Liqiang’s nose and cursed, “Do you think your current cultivation is enough and you can be lazy now? You should know that the path of cultivation is extremely difficult. Without today’s hard work and courageous improvement, how can you be invincible in the future!”
Li Hongtu pointed at Yan Liqiang and scolded him for three minutes before stopping.
"Master, this..."
"What else do you have to say?" Li Hongtu glared at Yan Liqiang.
Yan Liqiang showed a pitiful expression, "Master, it's not that I meant to be late, it's just that I've been practicing for a long time. When I went back yesterday, I passed out while practicing at night, and slept on the floor of the room all night. I just woke up, and then I hurried over..."
Li Hongtu was stunned for a moment, "You're going to practice at night when you go back?"
"Well, I have to practice for two hours every night before I go to bed!"
"What kind of exercises do you practice?"
"Practice Tiger Roaring Fist, eyesight training, hard fighting skills, and a light skill called Cloud Dragon Ten Transformations..."
"So many?" The stern look on Li Hongtu's face disappeared in an instant, and he looked at Yan Liqiang with some heartache, "Why didn't you say so earlier..."
"Master didn't ask about this..."
Li Hongtu's tone suddenly became gentle, "Then you don't need to practice the Tiger Roaring Fist. When you have truly learned the skills I taught you, your boxing skills will naturally reach a higher level. Even the simplest set of Tiger Roaring Fist can cause the sky to collapse and the earth to crack. You also need to practice hard and light skills appropriately. You can practice, but it must not affect your training the next day, otherwise you will lose more than you gain. This spear technique is your foundation. Once you have established this foundation, then practicing other skills will naturally come naturally. Do you understand?"
"Understood… "
"Go tell that eunuch that it was me who told him to have the kitchen staff at Luyuan prepare a bowl of Dragon Tiger Ten-Ingredient Tonic Soup for you every seven days. There are plenty of good things in Luyuan's storehouse, so there's no need to save them. If that eunuch dares not give them, I'll tear down his bird's nest..."
Yan Liqiang nodded, humbly accepting the advice, "Okay!"
Li Hongtu twisted his beard, frowned, and pondered for a moment, "Let's slow down our practice this afternoon. Take a rest and recover your strength, and then continue as usual tomorrow. From now on, we will practice in the afternoon for two days, and take a day off on the third day, so that you can slow down and relax. If you feel any discomfort, tell me..."
"yes!"
"Okay, go practice!" Li Hongtu waved his hand, yawned again, paced back to his thatched hut.
Seeing Li Hongtu leave and enter the house, Yan Liqiang quietly stuck out his tongue, took off his clothes, revealing his naked upper body and the two fresh teeth marks on his chest, then jumped into the pool, picked up the spear, climbed onto the rocks in the pool, and shook the spear...
Now when Yan Liqiang shook the spear again, it was completely different from a month ago. The 400-pound dragon-spine steel spear, as soon as he took it, did not require any prelude or preparation, and instantly began to vibrate at a high frequency, making a humming sound of a dragon...
The flying water lines and water drops fell on the high-speed shaking gun body of the spear, and instantly turned into a white mist, covering Yan Liqiang's entire body. Under the sunlight, a beautiful artificial rainbow appeared above the pool of water, like a dream...
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After completing his morning training, Yan Liqiang returned to his own courtyard at noon and ate his sumptuous lunch in silence.
Thinking of the scene of the beauty beside him a few days ago, and then looking at the empty room today, Yan Liqiang smiled bitterly and shook his head helplessly.
Li Hongtu gave Yan Liqiang a day off in the afternoon, but Yan Liqiang was a little absent-minded today and had no interest in practicing.
Suddenly, the face of a Taoist priest appeared in Yan Liqiang's mind. Thinking of the scene when he met the Taoist priest that day and the words that the Taoist priest said to him that day, Yan Liqiang suddenly had an idea and wanted to explore it.
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After lunch, Yan Liqiang changed into casual clothes, rode on the dark clouds and snow, and left the Deer Park.
In less than an hour, Yan Liqiang arrived at the foot of Xiaoyun Mountain outside the Imperial Capital. Standing at the foot of the mountain and looking up, Xiaoyun Mountain was not steep, but the mountain was shrouded in clouds and mist, hiding the peaks in between. There was quite a bit of spiritual energy that a mountain is famous for its immortality, not its height. Xiaoyun Mountain was the back garden of the Imperial Capital. The weather was good today, and there was an endless stream of people coming to the mountain for outings and sightseeing.
After depositing Wuyun Gaixue in an inn at the foot of the mountain, Yan Liqiang took a step and went up the mountain.
What surprised Yan Liqiang was that he originally thought that the Bailong Temple was easy to find. However, after asking seven or eight tourists and two or three woodcutters who went up the mountain, none of them had heard of the name of Bailong Temple. Yan Liqiang wandered around the mountain for a long time and finally met an old man who was collecting herbs. When the old man heard Yan Liqiang asking about the Taoist temple, he frowned and thought for a long time before saying to Yan Liqiang, "I have been collecting herbs on Xiaoyun Mountain for decades, and I have never heard of a Bailong Temple on Xiaolong Mountain. I do know about Chaotian Temple, Sanxian Temple, and Qixing Temple... By the way, when I was collecting herbs the year before last, I saw a dilapidated Taoist temple in a sparsely populated area on the back mountain of Baiyun Mountain. That Taoist temple had no name, but it seemed to have fireworks. I wonder if it is the Bailong Temple you are looking for..."
After asking the herbalist about the location of the nameless Taoist temple, Yan Liqiang followed the herbalist's instructions and entered the back mountain of Xiaoyun Mountain...
(End of this chapter)