I began to understand the myriad things by chopping wood

Chapter 65 Now that things have come to this, let’s break through first

Black Sky Book?
What is this.

Xie Yuan was stunned for a moment.

He didn't remember seeing any special techniques.

So...was it caused by the black-robed man's finger? Those vague memories?
But in the past I learned and understood by myself, how could anyone else teach me?
And what do all the unclear question marks at the end mean?
Xie Yuan was puzzled. He had never encountered such a situation since he obtained this panel ability.

This feeling of being completely out of control made him extremely uncomfortable, as if something unclean had entered his body.

He subconsciously felt all over his body, but naturally felt nothing.

It wasn't until Xie Yuan had an idea that he lifted up his left sleeve and actually saw a black mark on his arm, like a tattoo.

The mark is pointed at the top and round at the bottom, half the size of a palm, with two symmetrical arcs drawn from one point. The shape of the arcs is very beautiful, but they stop abruptly where they seem to connect to something.

"A melon seed? Or... a petal?"

Xie Yuan frowned and guessed, then reached out and touched it, but felt nothing.

If he hadn't seen it with his naked eyes, he would have had no idea that there was such a "tattoo" on his hand.

"That's what the guy did when he grabbed my hand."

Xie Yuan was thinking.

But he didn't notice it at the time, and the tattoo has not hurt or itched until now, and it hasn't even affected the circulation of his blood and internal energy, as if it was... just a tattoo.

Could it be a means of control, a life and death talisman or something... But I don’t have any feeling now, so I have no way of knowing.

Xie Yuan sighed. This thing that was like a time bomb made him very uncomfortable, but there was really nothing he could do. He would only know when he met the man in black robe again one day.

He felt that this day would not be too far away, and the man in black robes certainly did not do this to him for no reason. And he said that they would meet again.

"We can only fight against the enemy with our own army and block the water with earth. Now that things have come to this, let's practice our skills first."

Xie Yuan adjusted his mindset, pretending that he had nothing in his hands, and began his daily practice.

Bathing in the morning dew and sleeping in the moonlight at night, in the small courtyard of the mountain village, there is always a young man slowly practicing internal martial arts.

In addition to the required internal exercises in the morning and evening, Xie Yuan also added the six sets of Iron Shirt standing exercises.

In the past few days, I was fully immersed in swordsmanship, and my practice of the fundamentals was inevitably affected. Now that I have made some progress in swordsmanship and have established a firm foothold in the escort agency, I naturally have to prioritize and make up for the shortcomings.

Of course, although training is the fundamental method, it is useless if the fists, feet, swords and knives are not strong. After all, a great man once said that both hands must be grasped and both hands must be strong.

So after the morning class, he would practice swordsmanship and relax his boxing skills, and then go to Li Lan's house for lunch, help with some chores, and teach Hu Wa a few words. The little boy next door was growing up day by day, and he was almost old enough to go to private school.

Take a nap in the afternoon, practice exercises, chop wood, and have evening classes until the next day.

Ten days passed like this, and Xie Yuan felt no discomfort on his body, except that he could still see the black tattoo when he washed up every day, which could not be removed or washed away.

Although it was a hidden worry, there was nothing he could do, and Xie Yuan gradually learned to turn a blind eye to it.

So after a few days, Xie Yuan practiced boxing step by step and made breakthroughs in his health-preserving skills step by step.

This internal skill has never brought any bottlenecks to Xie Yuan. He doesn't know whether others will get stuck when practicing internal skills, but he has never encountered any problems.

[Chopping wood: (5001/10000)]

[Iron Shirt: Level 891: (2000/)]

[Health-preserving Skills·Third Level: (1/3000)]

[Iron Armor Long Fist·Great Mastery: (231/500)]

[Running Wolf Sword Art: Minor Achievement: (486/1000)]

[Black Book: (???/???)]

Xie Yuan glanced at it and pretended not to see the bottom line.

After taking a quick look at the progress of his own martial arts, especially pausing on the health-preserving martial arts, Xie Yuan showed a satisfied look:

“I can break through with my own sweat even without eating the fruit.”

He felt the meridians in his body; his internal energy was nearly half as strong as it was at the second level, and it kept surging like a mountain stream after rain.

Although it is also a stream, it is still far from the big rivers, but the mountain stream after the rain is much more turbulent than the quiet stream.

Compared to before, Xie Yuan felt that the breath in his lower abdomen was more sufficient, his feet were more stable, and his hands were more powerful. With such internal breath blessing, his strength increased greatly. If Xie Yuan used sword or axe skills, the power would definitely not be comparable to before.

If we meet that scarred bandit again now, we only need two slashes, or even just one, to make him unable to react and behead him immediately.

Great improvement in strength!

"It's just that my blood and energy cultivation is a bit of a hindrance. Otherwise, I should be unbeatable at the same level. Although with the help of internal energy, the progress of blood coagulation and flesh training is quite fast, but I still need to take some auxiliary medicine for external training to achieve the best efficiency."

Xie Yuan nodded slightly. When he returned to the escort agency, he would use his merits to exchange for the agency's own external training medicine soup to train his body and improve his martial arts skills.

The effect of Longteng Escort Agency's prescription must be much better than that of Tieyi Sect.

Well, but now I am just paying off my merit debt, and the balance is zero, so I still have to work first... Speaking of which, I have just joined the company, and I can take such a long leave because of my merit.

Xie Yuan practiced some more boxing and kicking, and after he got used to his improved strength, he packed up and left the house.

Turning back and locking the cabin, he patted the wooden door with reluctance.

Although the place where I live now is much better than this old house, the feeling of home is always special.

He asked Wang Lei to take the wood he had processed during this period to Boss Wan's shop in Panlong Town, and Xie Yuan himself traveled light and went straight to Yunzhao County.

This time of leaving home has caused Wang Lei and his companions to stop going into the mountains. They don’t know when they will come back next time, nor do they know what level they will reach.
Yunzhao County, Longteng Escort Agency.

"A guest from the Vajra Sect has arrived!"

"The county lieutenant has arrived!"

A servant sang at the door.

Shen Longteng stood at the door of the hall and saw the disciples of the Vajra Sect and people from the county government coming in one after another. He had a peaceful smile on his face. If you ignore his tall stature and domineering aura, he would seem just a gentle old man.

He asked the disciples and yamen runners to line up in the courtyard, and King Kong Sect leader Peng Jie and County Lieutenant Yu Chunsheng entered the hall together.

"Captain Shen is safe!"

The two men bowed in greeting.

Shen Longteng returned the greeting and laughed:

"Thanks to Master Peng and Lord Yu, I have been doing very well recently."

The official letter of commendation at the door had not been unveiled yet, and anyone coming in could see it.

Peng Jie remained calm and said with a smile:
“Longteng Escort Agency is in charge of Yunzhao, and it is Yunzhao’s fortune that the villains surrendered.

"However, how can we let your sect be the only one that is outstanding in Yunzhao martial arts? Our Vajra Sect is not willing to be outdone. We have brought our disciples here to learn from you. We also invite Master Yu to come and observe and supervise. We also hope that Master Shen will let our disciples give us some advice."

Sir Yu, you sound so strange.

Shen Longteng sneered, but the Vajra Sect had come to cause trouble countless times, under the pretext of exchanging ideas with disciples, and he was already tired of the polite words, so he said directly:
"Okay, what's the fight this time?"

"How about the new disciples this year? They are the new porters in your escort agency."

Peng Jie was well prepared.

"This year?"

Shen Longteng raised his eyebrows.

"Yes, this year. From the first month to the twelfth month."

Hearing this, Shen Longteng narrowed his eyes and looked at them without saying a word.

The Vajra Sect recruits disciples every year in the early spring, but this year, the Longteng Escort Agency only recruited a wave of new members in the first two months towards the end of the year when they were short of staff.

Under Shen Longteng's gaze, the smiles on Peng Jie and Yu Chunsheng's faces gradually faded and became stiff.

Even though the two of them were among the best masters in Yunzhao, they still felt tremendous pressure in front of Shen Longteng.

"Shen Biaotou..."

Yu Chunsheng was about to speak when he heard Shen Longteng speak:
"Can.

"With your temperament, you will never be able to become the number one in Yunzhao."

(End of this chapter)