Zhu Xian: Learn from the Great Ying Immortal and rebuild the Trinity School

Chapter 22 Xueqi Girl
Early the next morning,

The Lu mother and daughter were awakened by a series of tinkering sounds coming from the kitchen.

As soon as the mother and daughter arrived in the kitchen, they were shocked speechless by the scene before them.

In front of the kitchen counter, Xu Zhiqiu was chopping a plucked pheasant with a knife, and there were two skinned wild rabbits beside him.

On his left hand side was a large bowl full of wild vegetables, mostly chopped bamboo shoots, black fungus, dandelions, etc.

Noticing the mother and daughter, Xu Zhiqiu turned around and greeted them:
"Mrs. Lu, please sit still. I know a little bit about cooking and will prepare the meal in a moment."

As he spoke, he took out a fresh peach from his arms and threw it to the girl from the Lu family.

The girl held the peach in her hands in a daze, saliva flowing from her mouth.

After a while,

The table was already filled with sumptuous food, the aroma filling the air making one's stomach rumble.

When Xu Zhiqiu brought the last pot of pheasant stewed with wild vegetables, she took off her apron and sat down.

"Hey, why don't you eat?"

He urged the Lu family mother and daughter,

"This hot dish depends on the heat. If it gets cold, it will lose its flavor."

The girl stared at the table full of dishes, unable to take her eyes away, but she didn't dare to pick up her chopsticks.

Lu frowned slightly, her face turned pale, and she spoke after a long while:
"Brother Xu, did you go into the mountains last night?"

Xu Zhiqiu smiled knowingly and gave an explanation:
"I know your concerns. Mr. Zheng and I had already made an agreement there, but I knowingly violated the rules. This is indeed inappropriate."

"But people always have to think about their stomachs. If not, once your family's food is gone, you and your mother will starve. Just thinking about it makes me feel ashamed."

Seeing that Lu looked sad, he continued to comfort her:

"Don't worry, sister-in-law. I guess the mountain god lives on the mountain, and I'm just collecting money in the outer area at the foot of the mountain. I shouldn't alarm him."

"Even so..." Mrs. Lu's brows were still unwilling to relax. She looked at Xu Zhiqiu and said seriously:

"But don't go in again. If you are discovered by the mountain god, you might lose your life."

Hearing this, Xu Zhiqiu's face twitched and he made a strange expression.

Didn’t he almost lose his life?
last night,

If he hadn't used his internal energy to dispel the drunkenness at the critical moment and made the Earth-Walking Immortal escape, he would have been killed by the group of monkeys.

"Well, that's fine." Xu Zhiqiu laughed and put the two fattest chicken legs into the bowls of the girl and Lu. "You two just eat the meat. If the mountain god blames you, it's me. You and your daughter won't be blamed... Besides, I'm quite capable and I know how to save myself."

These words were so powerful that Lu was speechless.

The girl stared at the chicken leg in the bowl and swallowed her saliva continuously, but she didn't dare to pick up her chopsticks without permission, so she could only look at her mother timidly.

Mrs. Lu sighed and nodded at her, and the girl began to eat with relish.

Lu was silent for a long time, and finally smiled:
"Brother Xu is a good man."

"You don't need to call me brother, you can just call me Zhiqiu."

"Zhiqiu..."

Lu chewed on his name and whispered softly:
"The wild geese startled to fly back home cannot form a word, the fallen leaves from the branches are the best sign of autumn... What a good name."

After saying this, the two of them fell silent.

The girl lowered her head and ate her food, unable to take care of herself.

Xu Zhiqiu coughed awkwardly and quickly changed the subject:

"I see that my sister-in-law doesn't seem to come from a farming family, but I don't know..."

Lu replied:

"My ancestral home is in Nanyang, and I come from a family of scholars. My husband was a failed scholar, and my wife and I loved each other, but our families didn't allow us to be together, so we eloped and settled in this Kaoshan Village eight years ago."

Xu Zhiqiu suddenly understood what he heard, and pretended to take a bite of food, and finally raised the question that he had hidden for a long time:

"Mrs. Lu, I have something to ask you...If I ask you directly, I'm afraid it might offend you."

Lu's beautiful face smiled slightly:
"But it doesn't matter."

Xu Zhiqiu stared at her straightly:
"You took me in at the beginning because you simply sympathized with my situation... or was there some other reason?"

If someone said that the Lu family took him in simply out of kindness, he would never believe it.

After all, in this year of famine, the lives of my relatives are still uncertain.

How could any mother with normal thinking split the food rations needed for herself and her daughter for a stranger?
Therefore, from the very beginning, Xu Zhiqiu had been guessing her true intentions.

There are some things in this that are difficult to explain.

Now that the window paper has finally been broken, he is waiting for Lu's response.

However, Lu hesitated and could not answer for a long time.

…………

Over the next month, Xu Zhiqiu went into the mountains every few days.

Hunt some game and pick some fruits and vegetables on the outskirts of the mountains.

As a result, the Lu family's food standards rose sharply.

In the past, thin porridge had to be shared by half a bowl.
Nowadays, the girl's mouth is full of oil every day, and her little face has become a little rosy instead of sallow.

It is no longer as pitiful as before, like the Chaihu stick.

Xu Zhiqiu also gained more than ten pounds and recovered a lot of his physical strength.

Only Mrs. Lu still looked sick.

But seeing her daughter getting healthier and healthier, the mother's face naturally showed a much gentler smile than usual.

morning,

Mrs. Lu was sewing in the house.

"Qier."

Suddenly he called his daughter to him and handed her a half-new light blue gown. "Go and give this gown to your brother Zhiqiu, and let him try it on. If it doesn't fit, bring it back for me to alter."

"Ah."

The little girl nodded happily.

……

in the courtyard,
Xu Zhiqiu sat cross-legged under a tree with his five hearts facing the sky.

His eyes were tightly closed, his mouth opened and closed, and the scripture he was reciting was the Heart Sutra of Reincarnation passed down by the Sanyi Sect in his previous life.

"… still not enough, concentrate the spirit and energy in the acupoints to nourish them, and the kindness in my heart will be mixed with yin and yang. From this, if I move forward, my body will not be able to confine me, and the kindness in my heart will be used together with heaven and earth, and my body will be like heaven and earth…"

As he practiced the technique according to the Heart Formula,
The three treasures of essence, energy and spirit in the body all converge towards the upper dantian.

(The so-called upper dantian is the upper dantian. It is recorded in Suwen: On Benbinglun that "the spirit loses its position and wanders to the upper dantian" which is located between the eyebrows.)
The three treasures merge into one.

Gradually stabilize in a state of equilibrium that is unshakable, non-contentious, and without ripples.

Slowly, a thin white Qi membrane gradually emerged around his body.

Calling it Qi membrane is just a rough description.

To be honest, it is more like an incandescent flame.

Those incandescent flames are still clear and dazzling even in the sunlight.

The flames burned and leaped, like naughty white elves, rising and disappearing on the corners of his clothes, skin, and hair.

From the outside, the whole person looks like an immortal.

"Finally... it's done."

Xu Zhiqiu opened his eyes and exhaled.

"cluster--"

This foul air was like a sharp arrow, shooting straight forward for several feet before slowly dissipating.

He smiled knowingly and stopped rebelling.

Different from the temporary "pseudo-reverse life" that was constructed during the previous fight in Hehuan,
At this moment, it is the genuine and uncompromising "reverse life" state.

It took him five full years to achieve this in his previous life.

Nowadays, even if we count the more than half a year in Hehuan, it is still less than a year.

In addition, a long period of time was wasted in the journey of fleeing famine.

If we talk about the reasons,

Perhaps it was due to the series of medicinal conditioning that Qu Niang gave him during the Hehuan period, which made his blood and energy extremely strong.

With a solid foundation, practicing martial arts will naturally be twice as effective with half the effort.

Now, the body is full of true Qi, flowing through the Ren and Du meridians without any obstruction.

I saw him stand up,
With a light step, cracks appeared on the inch-thick blue bricks.

It can be seen that in this state, even a single move of the hands and feet has the power to tear tigers and leopards apart.

However, the most important thing is to Qi the skin and flesh.

He found a hatchet and chopped the exposed flesh on his arm several times.

Ding Ding Ding!
Sparks flew with every strike, and after three strikes the hatchet broke in two, but his arm wasn't even scratched.

After entering the first level,

The strength of the body's defense is comparable to that of horizontal training, and can withstand ordinary swords and knives.

And because of the Qi transforming the skin and flesh,
Even if you are seriously injured and your defense is broken, you only need to circulate Qi a little bit and the wound will heal quickly.

Dragon and tiger strength, invulnerability, rapid repair,
In addition to these three, there is another benefit that cannot be ignored, and that is the improvement of the foundation of life.

In the previous life, the reason why the Sanyi Sect was revered as the number one sect by the extraordinary people of the time was because

To a large extent, this is because the "Three Levels of Reverse Life" is a unique skill that is both internal and external, and can cultivate both the body and the soul.

He is highly respected and admired by extraordinary people all over the world.

"In this case, it should be..."

Xu Zhiqiu focused his consciousness on his lower dantian - that bright pink flame was now burning quietly and strangely.

"…Can you suppress this thing for the time being?"

His contented eyes looked to the side and happened to meet a pair of clear white and dark eyes.

The girl from the Lu family stood not far away, holding clothes in her hands, looking at him timidly.

Xu Zhiqiu looked at her with a bad look.
"You saw it all, didn't you?"

He didn't intend to avoid anyone when practicing, and sure enough, the little girl nodded.

Xu was happy and asked again:

"Then tell me, what have you seen?"

The little girl tilted her head and thought for a while. With her taciturn personality, she rarely said a word:
"Just now, you seemed to be on fire."

Xu Zhiqiu pursed his lips and was about to say something when he suddenly caught a glimpse of a pair of scissors in her hand.

His expression suddenly became strange:
"Why do you always carry this thing around? Are you having another hysterical attack and want to hit me in the neck again?"

"..."

The little girl lowered her head in shame when she heard that, pinched her sleeves, took two quick steps forward, and handed the robe to him.

Xu Zhiqiu took it and looked at it.
"Your mother did this?"

He was very happy and tried it on.
"It fits pretty well."

Xu Zhiqiu smiled and scratched her nose, then said:

"Xueqi girl, I see that you have good aptitude, so I want to teach you some basic skills. Do you want to learn?"

(End of this chapter)