Chapter 3 003: Rampant robbers, full of energy and blood
The Chu family is located in a prosperous area of the city. The gatehouse is made of bricks and tiles, and the courtyard is planted with trees and flowers. The atmosphere is peaceful and there is little noise.
After receiving Hu Xuezhi's reminder, Chu Ge also became vigilant.
After returning home, he ordered his servant Hei Gouzi to go out and inquire about the situation.
It's the middle of winter now, and the wealthy areas are fine, and they still have food and drink, but many other people in the city are living in embarrassment.
Some poor families now eat corn every day, and even use wild vegetables and wild flowers such as locust flowers, bark of the elm money tree, and Houttuynia cordata roots as their staple food. It is extremely miserable.
Now that there are robbers appearing again, I'm afraid life will be difficult.
Not long after, the black dog who went out to inquire about the news returned and reported that there was indeed a group of horse bandits wandering outside the city doing evil, and some merchants suffered disaster.
Even the Xu family in the city was robbed of their property, and the master of the Xu family lost his life.
"The master of the Xu family died? When did it happen?"
Chu Ge was surprised and couldn't help but look serious.
The Xu family is considered a wealthy family in Linyuan City. Although it is not as rich as the richest man, Wang You, in terms of wealth, it is comparable to that of the Chu family. The family has also hired many warriors to protect the courtyard.
"To tell you what the young master is saying, it happened yesterday."
Black Gouzi, who was inquiring about the news, also looked surprised and said, "It is said that he died in his own house, and his house was completely ransacked.
There are also women. Female dependents are being detained. What?
Now the adults in the county government have sealed off the Xu family and are not allowed to inquire close to them. They are also not allowed to spread news to the surrounding neighbors. But you said that such an appalling thing happened? How can I keep my mouth shut..."
"How can those gangsters be so rampant? Even the female relatives are..."
Chu Ge's expression was solemn. It seemed that Master Hu's reminder was quite gentle and conservative.
The gang of robbers not only sought wealth, but also killed people. They also entered the city and robbed houses. They were so lawless that they stepped on the face of City Lieutenant Tian Youji and rubbed it under their feet.
"Master, look, should we also hire some powerful guards? I heard that the martial arts masters practicing martial arts in the city have begun to rise in value."
Black Gouzi reminded tentatively, looking uneasy.
"It's not necessary just yet. Don't forget, your young master is a martial artist myself."
Chu Ge waved his hand and sent the black dog son down to collect the reward. At the same time, he called the butler Fu Bo.
The Chu family used to have a nursing home, but they were all martial artists training in the first level, and they were quite old.
Since he became successful in martial arts, he gave money to the nursing home to return to his hometown for retirement. Now there is no need to re-employ him.
Judging from the situation of the Xu family, ordinary martial artists of the first and second realms are useless against those robbers.
The warriors of the Three Realms Bone Training are all respectable figures, but they cannot be afforded at ordinary prices, and their strength is only comparable to him.
In the past two years, he has studied the heretical skills that mutated after he traveled through time, and has already personally arranged some preventive measures in his house.
Such as shadow puppet lanterns, paper-cut hangings, etc., all have an early warning effect, which is the benefit of studying the heresy.
However, this world is still dominated by martial arts. Martial arts can strengthen the body and lead to longevity, which is the foundation for a foothold.
Since powerful gangsters have recently targeted wealthy businessmen in the city, Chu Ge also feels that he is threatened.
He plans to break through to the fourth level of martial arts in the next few days and reach the same level as his master Hu Xuezhi.
Russian qing.
Butler Fu Bo came after being summoned by his servant Hei Gouzi.
The old housekeeper, who had served Chu Ge for a long time, seemed to have guessed the intention of Chu Ge's summons and brought a box of expensive gold paper.
"Master, these have been hoarded by the shopkeeper of Baolin Pavilion recently. Other old items are still being collected... but has the acquisition been temporarily stopped recently?"
Chu Ge pondered deeply, then waved his hand, "No need to stop, just continue to collect as usual. My recent practice has reached a critical juncture, so I cannot relax.
If you are worried, go to Baolin Pavilion yourself. "
He also knew what the butler was worried about.
But gold paper is an important material used to make shadow puppets and special paper charms.
A thin piece of paper is worth a lot of money.
Other old objects are resources that can be sacrificed to the Dragon Bell to refine powers.
This is related to his martial arts practice, so naturally he cannot relax.
The more chaotic and unsafe the surrounding environment becomes now, the more he must quickly improve his strength and self-protection methods.
You must not mess up your position, disrupt your own cultivation progress, or put the cart before the horse.
When Uncle Fu heard this, he had no choice but to obey the order.
My young master seems to have changed his temperament in the past three years. He likes some weird things. Not only does he like to collect many weird old objects, but he also practices martial arts.
However, as the son of an aristocratic family, it is always a good thing that the young master has not fallen into bad habits such as prostitution and gambling.
But he also wondered, what does collecting these strange things have to do with spiritual practice?
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After taking the gold paper, Chu Ge went alone into the secret room where he studied skills and martial arts.
But there were many shadow puppets of old and young hanging on the wall inside the room.
Under the light, it looked eerie and eerie, and every face looked as vivid as a real person.
These are Chu Ge's masterpieces.
After the mutation, Wumaoshan's miraculous skills not only need to be combined with the practice of special powers, but also need to be combined with the corresponding materials as a medium for thaumaturgy to exert miraculous effects.
These shadow puppets and paper figures are created by combining the skills of shadow puppetry and paper-cutting.
Chu Ge put the gold paper away, came to the table, picked up a damaged wooden fish that he had recently acquired on the table, and the dragon bell brilliance flashed like a tattoo on his wrist.
The wooden fish was sacrificed to the groove in the heart of the clock, and a message emerged. "The wooden fish hosted by Linshan Temple: Introduction: (This is a wooden fish that has been struck by monks who have been chanting sutras and chanting Buddha all year round. It has been consecrated, but unfortunately it has been damaged, but it seems that some supernatural power has been poured into it)".
In this world, some things that have been around for a long time or have been influenced by spirituality for a long time will attract the strange forces between heaven and earth to be injected into them.
The only difference lies in the amount of supernatural power.
In the past few years, Chu Ge has acquired many old objects or spiritual objects in order to collect supernatural powers and use them to practice or drive shadow puppets.
Differential powers are the energy of heaven and earth that can only be accessed by those in the Condensation Realm who are above the Four Realms of Martial Arts. They have endless wonderful uses.
Injecting it into the body for practice is equivalent to having a master in the Condensation Realm who does not hesitate to sacrifice his own skills to infuse him with skills to increase his qi and blood.
It is used to pour into the specially made paper shadow puppets to make them lifelike.
At this time, he chose to sacrifice wooden fish.
Suddenly, the wooden fish was shrouded in the golden light of the bell like a spiritual fish on the side, and was in the process of refining.
But besides the golden light, there were also wisps of strange aura flowing around. These were all the powers he had accumulated, and there were more than 150 strands.
"More than one hundred and fifty strands of supernatural power should be enough to help me increase my qi and blood, train my bones to break through barriers, enter the final stage of bone training, and temper my brain bones."
Chu Ge pondered deeply, took out the original copy of the fourth chapter of Crouching Tiger Technique from his arms, and pondered deeply.
If one fails to break through the blood transfusion realm, his energy and blood may decline drastically, or he may suffer a cerebral infarction or even die suddenly.
But now, he is ready.
Among the four realms of martial arts, the first two realms are skin training and flesh training. You only need to practice some fists, kicks and stances according to different martial arts to strengthen your qi, blood, muscles, bones, skin and flesh. You can complete the martial arts practice and improve your strength.
When you reach the three realms of bone training, you still need to cooperate with the mental method to transport qi and blood to generate 'qi' in the body.
By combining this Qi with the blood Qi, the bones can be forged in detail, and the strength can be trained deep into the bone marrow and even into the cells of the whole body. Only in this way can the strength be improved.
When the whole body bone training is completed and this Qi has been cultivated and strengthened, the Qi and blood of the whole body can be surged, and the Qi can be separated from the body to hurt people or protect the body.
At this time, Chu Ge's mind has advanced to the level of tranquility and determination.
Under the observation of his mind's "Inner Brightness", the physical condition in his body became clearer and clearer, like lines glowing in the dark.
The muscles are slender and tight, full of toughness and full strength. The power of Qi and blood surges in the body. When it reaches the Jade Pillow point at the hairline behind the neck, the Qi and blood seem to be blocked.
"For Qi and blood to pass through, as long as the jade pillow is opened, it reaches the head, and the skull is forged, the Qi and blood can follow the trend, forming a great circulation of Qi and blood, washing the limbs and bones, nourishing the lungs, and entering the realm of blood exchange."
Chu Ge thought in his mind, opened his eyes, and began to read the fourth chapter of Crouching Tiger Kung Fu.
All authentic martial arts mental methods are accompanied by visualization pictures to assist in practice.
This visualization diagram is the essence of the practice that is difficult to copy with pen power. It can only be described by those who have practiced the practice to perfection and poured their energy and spirit into it. It can only be understood but cannot be expressed in words.
Therefore, it is impossible to practice Crouching Tiger Kung Fu to the highest level by simply obtaining the key points such as formulas.
Follow Chu Ge's concentrated meditation.
After a while, the image of a tiger lying on a hill came to mind.
This tiger has a big round face, wide eyes, brown and black stripes all over its body, and its breathing is deep and suppressed.
It suddenly opened its big mouth like a basin, yawned, spit out a blood-red tongue, licked its sharp knife-like teeth, curled up its beard like a steel needle, shook its body, stood up suddenly, and roared wildly. The sound was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, shaking the hills.
"roar!!--"
It was like a thunder flashed in Chu Ge's mind, and the energy and blood in his body boiled rapidly, as if it turned into a fierce tiger roaring in his body, and rushed straight to the Jade Pillow point.
In an instant, his face turned red, his hair was completely dry, and even his eyes were filled with blood and veins, which was shocking.
The Jade Pillow Point was suddenly opened, and the boiling energy of blood reached his skull, but it showed signs of exhaustion only halfway through.
At this time, the dragon bell tattoo on Chu Ge's wrist flickered.
Hundreds of strands of strange power, different from the power of qi and blood, suddenly appeared and penetrated into the skin, flesh and limbs.
A faint golden light emitted from all his body and bones quickly rushed to his head, forming a boost when he broke through.
On the second floor of Baolin Pavilion, the shopkeeper of Baolin Pavilion politely sent Butler Fu Bo to the stairs with a smile.
Uncle Fu cupped his fists and bowed.
"Shopkeeper Lin, I will trouble you to find the old items that my young master needs. I have been uneasy recently. If I can buy them, I can send them directly to my house. The price can be easily negotiated."
Upon hearing this, the round-faced shopkeeper hurriedly smiled and said, "I'm sure, the one thousand taels of purchasing money that Master Chu gave to the old man last time has not been used up yet. If there are any items, the old man will deliver them as soon as possible."
"A deposit of one thousand taels... This young master of the Chu family is really rich."
In the lobby on the first floor under the stairs, a customer stopped at the entrance of the stairs, pretending to admire the goods, his ears moved slightly, and he used eavesdropping skills to listen to the conversation, his eyes narrowed.
"I originally came here to visit Baolin Pavilion, but I didn't expect to catch a big fish, killing two birds with one stone..."
If thousands of taels of silver were thrown away, hundreds of people would have to sacrifice their lives.
Without it, the Great Zhou Kingdom would be in a state of decline by now.
Emperor Wu of Zhou, the "dragon-slaying hero" who destroyed the Yun Kingdom in the past, seems to have become more and more slack in recent years. He has been doing all kinds of stupid things. He has set up wine pools and meat forests in the palace, and built palaces everywhere for enjoyment, which wastes people and money. It is said that in the face of harassment and invasion by enemy countries, it is completely dependent on recruiting strong men from all over to fill the holes on the front line. Soldiers are recruited almost every two years.
Many young and middle-aged men either chose to serve in the army or chose to pay ten taels of silver to be exempted from corvee service.
These ten taels of silver are not easy for most ordinary people to come up with. They are enough to buy ten taels of rice, which can last for a whole year.
This young master of the Chu family is willing to spend thousands of taels of silver to buy some weird and old gadgets. It seems that his family is really rich.
"As long as you have money, it meets the standards of the sect. The location of Baolin Pavilion is eye-catching, and there are many warriors hired. But the Chu family, you can go and have a look first."
The guest on the first floor calmly purchased an item and followed the butler Fu Bo away.
(End of this chapter)