Simulation becomes reality, have I ever looked down upon the eternity?

Chapter 284 The Emperor’s Pillow Book, Under the Prosperity!

[On the other side of these two lines of text is a picture of a monkey standing on a stake, which is lifelike and fully visible.]

[The monkey's arms dropped again, and its body seemed to be swaying slowly.]

[There seemed to be another ball of crystal clear air slowly flowing in the monkey's chest.]

[From the ridged skin and flesh on the back, a crystal-clear "dragon" spine can be vaguely seen. 】

[And in the flesh and blood outside the bones, the thick Qi and blood are constantly surging! ]

[With just one glance, you can deeply sense that... this is a precious method to strengthen the meridians and reshape the bones. ]

[This book is divided into two volumes. The first volume records in detail the twelve breathing methods, such as standing, walking, and sleeping. Each breathing method has its own unique features, and the movements and postures are extremely particular and must be performed exactly. It is by relying on these twelve breathing methods that one can refine the meridians, rebuild the bones, and lay the foundation of martial arts, which is as solid as a rock.]

[The second volume contains the matching boxing manual, called the Six Styles of the Great Ancestor Saint Monkey. Each style contains the spirit of monkeys, combining hardness and softness, and has infinite power.]

[You read it carefully from beginning to end, without missing a single thing. There is also a volume of annotations written by Sima Ting himself. The handwriting looks as good as new, so it must have been written specifically for you.]

[You are deeply touched, and you repay a drop of kindness with a spring of gratitude. You remember this in your heart.]

[It details the herbs needed for cultivation, the daily food, which cannot be missed, and the frequency of pile cultivation, to ensure that the path of cultivation is both efficient and does not harm the foundation. ]

[It seems that money is indispensable for martial arts practice. ]

【As the saying goes, "When you are poor, learn literature; when you are rich, learn martial arts." 】

[What may surprise you is that the Jiedushi Sima Ting laid the foundation of martial arts by practicing the "Taizu Shengyuan Zhuang", which is a moderate and peaceful martial arts meridian opening method. It is a perfect match for any martial arts book that he practices later.]

[Among all the classics in the world that can establish the foundation of martial arts in the lower three realms, the only one that can compare with it is the "Da Huang Ting" of the Three True Sect, which is also balanced and just. And the complementary "Xiantian Gong" can be used with practice to achieve twice the result with half the effort.]

[However, only those who join the Three True Sect are qualified to learn. ]

[In Da Qi, this method is highly respected. Many children of wealthy families choose it as the starting point for their practice. Most martial arts schools in the folk also use it to teach their disciples. It is very popular.]

[It is said that this method was created by the founder of the Great Qi Dynasty, Taizu, and later revised by two generations of masters. It is an upright method of martial arts.]

[However, unfortunately, this classic book, which can be found everywhere among the people, only covers the three lower realms of martial arts: training tendons, building bones, and qi and blood.]

[If you want to continue to climb the peak of martial arts and explore subsequent skills, there are only two options: one is to join a famous family and learn their true teachings; the other is to serve the court and exchange your skills for skills. ]

[As for the legendary upper three realms skills, even the nine major clans do not have them. Only the royal family of Daqi possesses this supreme secret book, and "the method is not passed on to others" and is kept secret. ]

[You memorize the words and pictures in your mind after reading it once, and then read it again to make sure it is correct.]

[The most precious thing is the annotations left by Sima Ting. From his current martial arts realm, he came to "Zuowangting Mountain" to look at the foundation of martial arts. Naturally, every word is golden advice. . ]

[Without this annotation, even a person with great talent would find it difficult to understand the true meaning.]

[The details, such as the subtle twisting of the arms, the perfect tension of the bones, and the rhythm of the swinging legs, all fall into your mind one by one.]

[You open your eyes and start practicing in the yard.]

[You start with the basic "leaning", you come under the sycamore tree, lean your back against the trunk, let your arms hang naturally, open your legs, bend your knees slightly, and beat the tree with your back rhythmically with each breath.]

[At first, you seemed unfamiliar with it, but by the second try, you had gradually found the trick. With every breath, the tree trunk seemed to tremble gently with your rhythm.]

[However, since you have never practiced martial arts and tempered your meridians, after just a while, your legs began to feel numb and sore, as if thousands of ants were biting you, testing your will.]

[You only lasted sixty breaths before you had to stop...]

[At this moment, your blood and qi are boiling, and the breath is pouring out from your lungs, connecting with your internal organs. Between breaths, you exhale the first breath of white air mixed with a tiny bit of black and gray.]

[According to Sima Ting's annotation, this is the filth accumulated in the lungs.]

[How can people be free from diseases if they eat grains? ]

【Through your breathing, you expel some of the impurities from your body, which marks the initial achievement of the first pile. 】

[Sima Ting once wrote that those who can learn in half a day can be regarded as people with the wisdom of martial arts.]

[You smiled without any guidance, but you understood the meaning the second time. It seems your understanding is not too bad.]

[When you sit back in your chair, you feel exhausted and your legs feel numb, as if you have climbed a mountain.]

[This body is still too weak. If I continue to practice forcefully, it will only backfire and damage my foundation.]

【“Too much is as bad as too little. Know when to stop.”】

[Among the children of the great families, they may have various methods such as medicinal baths, martial arts massage to activate blood circulation, and the use of elixirs to speed up the process of cultivation.

【You don’t have such conditions. 】

[These are the methods of making some great medicines recorded by Sima Ting. Just looking at the several familiar yam species written above, they are very valuable. If you use them every day, how can you afford it? ]

[You thought of the "Demon Slayer Sword" you obtained in Hongjingyuan Lake, and your heart was slightly moved. ]

[The word "Yuan" in the heart sea shone with golden light, and it was disassembled, reappearing like an illusion "Slaying the Devil in the Mountain Temple". ]

[Experiencing this "Ghost Slaying Sword" once again, you still feel shocked. ]

[Not like a human sword! ]

[You begin to try to outline a hint of sword intent.]

[The light of the sword is brilliant and cold, just like the moonlight appearing in the sea of ​​​​heart. 】

[As the sword's light and the sword's bursting out from the word "Yuan" became more and more obvious.]

[I feel a little dizzy.]

[At the same time, you feel that your skin, fascia, bones and even blood are being tempered by a strange force, as if being roasted.]

【Make them hotter and hotter! 】

[You exhaled another breath of foul air, as if you had discovered last time that this sword of slaying ghosts was like a "visualization method". Not only could you cultivate your soul, but you could also temper your body through this sword intent.]

【This is good news! 】

[You smiled, having finally found a way to survive. You understand that whether it is martial arts training or spiritual training, it requires daily accumulation and it is difficult to achieve success overnight.]

【Therefore, you are not in a hurry to achieve success, but practice patiently and work hard in secret. 】

[During the six months you were blind, in this stone and wooden house, without seeing the light, your heart had been worn down to the point of extreme calmness.]

【To achieve peace of mind, why bother with mountains and rivers? Put out the fire in your heart and you will feel cool. 】

[You stand up and pick up a pen, deciding to try to use calligraphy and painting to imitate the sword spirit in your mind.]

[Thanks to your gift of "spirituality in the pen", your understanding of the sword's meaning has become deeper and deeper, and your progress has been rapid. As you write with concentration, you feel that your originally languishing spirit has gradually recovered. After about two hours, you feel that you can visualize the "Demon Slaying Sword" again.] [After four or five hours, you can continue to practice the pile.]

[When you are unable to practice, you choose to read and write in the courtyard.]

[In the blink of an eye, it was already afternoon. ]

[Wutong has already prepared the meal, and there is a plate of delicious beef on the table today.]

[After the Wutong tree tasted the saltiness, you swept it away. ]

【Wutong saw this and said, "Master, it seems that you will have to eat meat every meal when practicing martial arts from now on."】

[“See if the kitchen can bring back some meat these days. Young Master, you may not know that the prices of vegetables have gone up again these days.”]

[You nodded, and indeed felt that your appetite had increased significantly today. You realized that you would need lean meat and white flour to replenish your physical strength when practicing martial arts in the future.]

[Fortunately, the 100 taels of silver sent by the poetry club today should be enough to sustain us for a while.]

[After listening to Wutong's words, you couldn't help but ask curiously: "Price increase? What's going on?"]

[You should know that there was a price stabilization bureau in Bianjing, which was specifically responsible for regulating prices. ]

[Once the price of a certain commodity rises, the Stabilization Bureau will intervene. For example, when the price of pork rises, they will sell pork to stabilize the market.]

[Similarly, if grain prices are too low and merchants try to lower prices, the Stabilization Bureau will buy them at the average price and sell them at the average price when grain prices rise.]

[This method was written by King Yan Lu Chen in the "Governing the North" chapter of "Governing Business" and has been used to this day. ]

[Teachers in later generations of academies have tried other methods, but the results have never been better than Lu Chen's method. ]

[This "Essentials of Governing the North" written by Lu Chen has become a must-learn theory for governing a country. 】

【Two hundred years before the Master passed away, he had already listed "Essentials of Governing the North" after the academy teachers examined the Four Books and Five Classics Confucian classics, and it was a must-read for gentlemen.】

[This book is even known as the "Emperor's Pillow Book."]

[The third teacher of the academy even said, "Half of the government should rule the world!"]

[Twenty years ago, a seal with seven small characters was unearthed from a 3,000-year-old tomb of Prince Daqing in Jiangnan Road.]

【“I will bow down to God for the rest of my life!”. 】

[According to the historical records consulted by the historians, this seal was carved by Daqing Jing Wang Zhou Cheng, who carried it with him until his death.]

[This seal was later collected by a mysterious nobleman in Bianjing at a sky-high price.]

[The handwritten copy of Lu Chen's "Essentials of Governing the North" has long been a legend. In folk portraits of Lu Chen, he often holds the book in his left hand.]

[Lu Chen, as the founder of the Three True Sect, was the first person to end the Warring States Period and unify the world. There are many legends about him. 】

[It is widely rumored among the people that he is the Emperor Ziwei who has come down to earth to rule the world, and the Twenty Generals of the Pavilion are the reincarnations of the Tiangang Beidou in the sky, who assist him in governing the world.]

Wutong sighed softly and said, "I heard from the old man in the vegetable market that there have been many uprisings in the three northern states recently, and countless refugees have fled. Not only the mountain people of Tianzhu Mountain, but also the Kunlun slaves in the west, have all poured into the three states of the Central Plains."

[“The road was crowded with people, they ate tree bark and grass seeds, just like locusts passing through a land, leaving no grass where they passed. It was really pitiful.”]

[Wutong said with some fear: "What's even more terrifying is that in addition to the vegetable market, horse market, and commercial market, there is also a human market in Jiangnan Road, where people are openly bought and sold."]

[You pondered for a moment, a little surprised. In Da Qi, human trafficking is strictly prohibited. The Da Qi people registered in the Fish Scale Book are protected by the law. Once human trafficking is discovered, there is no need to convict them, they will be executed on the spot.]

[“I also heard from Manager Liu that Prime Minister Su has been asking the nine major families to take the lead in donating money in the past few days to prepare for the management of the Yellow River. During the rainy season last year, the Yellow River changed its course, drowning countless people and turning hundreds of thousands of people in Shandong into refugees.”]

[“All the grain in the Great Qi treasury has been released to accommodate the disaster victims. The grain in Bianjing is controlled by the nine major families. The Stabilization Bureau has no grain, and the price has increased several times in the past few days.”]

[Wutong said thoughtfully: "Master, I haven't been to the market this afternoon. I need to prepare more food. It's better to be prepared."]

[You nodded after hearing this. If the court doesn't take action in the next few days, the price will probably go up.]

[In the past two hundred years, natural disasters and natural disasters have occurred frequently, and demons have also appeared in the world. ]

[Despite the efforts of Confucianism to educate people, it is still difficult to stop people's hearts from going downhill.]

[Especially in Bianjing, the nine clans were increasingly competitive and extravagant.]

[In recent years, a trend of anti-Confucianism has emerged among the people, most notably in the northern Yanbei Prefecture, where people began to hold memorial ceremonies for the King of Yan, Lu Chen.]

[At the same time, in the past twenty years, the uprisings in Da Qi continued despite repeated bans, and most of the rebels were under the name of "restoring Da Yan". ]

[Under the prosperous Da Qi, undercurrents seem to have begun to surge. 】

[The masters in the city are still living a life of debauchery, while the common people outside the city have long been dead all over the place.]

[The rich have wine and meat, but the poor are freezing on the streets.]

[If the Nine Families are willing to lower the price, I'm afraid the sun will rise from the west. They only care about profit. This time they just want to make a fortune. ]

[How could they care about the lives of ordinary people? ]

[While you and Wutong were chatting, there was a knock on the door. ]

[“Master Guan, are you in the courtyard?” A clear and beautiful voice sounded. ]

[Wutong has already walked out, and outside the door stands a pretty woman with several humble and pleasant maids.]

[You also stand up and walk to the gate of the courtyard.]

[The woman was about 18 years old, wearing a light blue satin jacket with a crescent-shaped pattern and a white ribbon. Her facial features were delicate, with a small mole on her ear. Her eyebrows and eyes showed a smart look.]

[Wutong recognized the girl as Madam Yuan's maid, Handan.]

[The word "handan" is also an elegant name for lotus. Old Lady Xie loved lotus very much, and this name was given to her by the old lady.]

[She did not bow, but stood outside the door in a pair of embroidered shoes, standing quietly without entering.]

[Handan's position in the courtyard is higher than that of the steward. She helps Madam Yuan to handle the six departments in charge of daily life, the horse farm in Bianjing, the rouge shop and other businesses.]

[You said with a smile: "Young lady, how come you have time to come to my humble abode today? Come in quickly."]

【“Wutong, make some tea.”】

[Handan smiled faintly and said, "I won't bother you anymore. Madam asked me to come and talk to Master Guan about his studies."]

[“Yesterday in the Grand View Garden, the young master gave a good answer, winning praise from the lady.”]

A new book by an old author, starting his spiritual practice as a refugee, has a slow pace but is worth savoring!

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