Eternal Night

Chapter 135: Thoughts and the Princess

After killing so many people and seeing the hardships of the Han people in the north and the people of the Song Dynasty, Wu Xianxiao should have been in a heavy mood.

This was indeed the case in the past few days, but today, his mind was clear instead. After returning to his residence, his mind was agile, and he casually performed a set of punches. He immediately felt the Dan Jin emanating from his Dantian, and the Qi in his punches flowed spontaneously. He also felt a sense of heaviness condensing from his body to the outside.

The Chinese martial arts system emphasizes a gradual process.

The three realms of Ming Jin, An Jin and Hua Jin are known as the external realm of power, while Dan Jin, Gang Jin and Jian Shen Bu Hui are known as the internal realm of power, but in fact this division is somewhat lazy.

Ming Jin is to train the muscles of the whole body, while An Jin is to enter the door of martial arts. After you have your own martial arts, you will have a breath of true Qi in your heart, and the An Jin will burst out from within. This is actually going from the outside to the inside, and Hua Jin is even more amazing. The Qi will flow throughout the body, and the Qi strength will come from the body and gather from the Dantian, which is itself both inside and outside.

When it comes to Dan Jin, all the Qi and blood in the body gather in Dantian, the "golden elixir" between existence and non-existence, and the condensed explosion involves the whole body. Only when it is transparent can it reach Dan Jin, thus triggering the hundred-day condensation of Dan and cleansing the whole body.

Wu Xianxiao has not yet achieved the subsequent Gang Jin, but he roughly knows that it is the purification and quantification of Dan Jin, which allows Qi Jin to penetrate the body from the inside out and reach three inches around the body. This is actually from the inside to the outside, and it reaches the outer level of the body.

As for the final state of seeing the indestructible spirit, it means to make the human body a mixed whole from the outside to the inside, with everything connected and transparent, without any distinction between inside and outside. The human body is like a small universe with incredible power.

Since Wu Xianxiao killed someone these days, until now when the matter is over, there has been a great scholar debating for him, and he immediately felt that his thoughts were clear. Even though this was not his original intention to kill, it was in line with the principle of the unity of knowledge and action, and it was in line with his idea of ​​boxing. He really felt like he could destroy the world with one punch and create the world with one punch.

Chinese martial arts itself emphasizes the Tao, which is the Tao of the practitioner. If someone can travel all over the world and condense the Tao of invincibility, then his or her martial arts realm will soar like crazy. Even if he or she is not truly invincible at the time, he or she will quickly become truly invincible afterwards.

Wu Xianxiao now truly feels this way that suits him, and how much progress the unity of knowledge and action will bring to Chinese martial arts.

But this also made him cautious.

(I am not a madman who kills people for the sake of strength, nor am I a demon who disregards human life for the sake of profit... Now I have power, far beyond that of ordinary mortals, so I must be more cautious and fearful. Although I can be close to the enemy, I must think carefully about the target I need to raise my fist to with the attitude of treating the enemy country!)
After Wu Xianxiao finished a set of boxing skills, he suddenly calmed down and thought about these things silently.

From the perspective of others, he sat quietly for a long time. When it was late at night and Jiujiu and Samoyed were drowsy, Wu Xianxiao suddenly smiled. His smile was extremely pure, without any gloom.

But all this is unknown to outsiders.

Wu Xianxiao looked at the bird and the dog beside him, smiled and shook his head. After moving them both to a small bed, he fell into a deep sleep.

Early the next morning, Wu Xianxiao woke up to the smell of fragrant rice porridge.

There are a large number of staff members in the mansion, all of whom were hired by two generations of emperors, and perhaps also by the new emperor Zhao Gou. Their salaries and benefits are directly paid by the Song Dynasty court. On weekdays, when Wu Xianxiao is not around, they are free and easy, and when Wu Xianxiao comes back, they don't have to work too hard. It is the most coveted position for civil servants.

The most crucial thing is that, both legally and nominally, they all belong to the category of Wu Xianxiao's servants. As long as Wu Xianxiao does not deal with them, according to the current situation in the Song Dynasty, no one dares to deal with them, not even the Emperor Zhao Gou.

In order to prevent these so-called servants from bullying others, Wu Xianxiao, who had returned this time, directly pulled apart Zong Ze and some officials from the Dali Temple, summoned these servants and told them on the spot that he only regarded this place as a place to stay. He would neither demand prosperity nor bear the consequences of worldly causes and effects. If they broke the law and committed crimes and bullied others, then he would do whatever he wanted to do, and all the causes and effects had nothing to do with him.

On the contrary, if the imperial court allowed them to commit crimes and break the law, watched them oppress the good, and allowed them to ruin the reputation and morality of the immortals, then Wu Xianxiao would directly seek account with the imperial court.

It was precisely because of this statement that everyone in the mansion immediately showed their loyalty and worked diligently, not daring to be negligent or violate the law in the slightest.

Early in the morning, various refreshing breakfasts were prepared and placed in the dining room, ready for Wu Xianxiao to eat as soon as he got up.

This is also Wu Xianxun's daily routine that the former palace maids and eunuchs have noticed. She usually gets up around six in the morning, exercises once, and has breakfast around seven.

Wu Xianxiao was really satisfied with this. Although the imperial court had been in turmoil these days, it had nothing to do with the people. The people in these mansions were not affected and they still maintained the working hours that were most suitable for Wu Xianxiao.

At this time, Jiujiu and Daphne were still sleeping. Wu Xianxiao got up quietly, came to the courtyard and tried a few stone locks. After finding that they were too light, he simply put them down and continued to practice boxing silently. In addition to traditional Chinese martial arts, the focus was on the Tiger Demon Bone Fist.

With each move and style of the Tiger Demon Bone Fist, once it is performed, one can immediately feel the fascia area becoming hot and heating up. Qi and blood flow in from the skin to the flesh, converging at the fascia area. Streams of heat reverberate throughout the body, and at the same time, steam gushes out of the pores, lingering around the body for a long time.

Strengthening the muscles and bones are both cumulative processes of the human immortal martial arts. If there are no top-notch treasures, or spiritual energy from heaven and earth, then one can only slowly accumulate hard work every day. Wu Xianxiao is not in a hurry.

After playing for about an hour, he came to the dining room and saw Jiujiu and Daphne yawning there with sleepy eyes.

"Early to bed, early to rise makes a healthy body, this is an old saying."

Wu Xianxiao said this with a smile, then he looked at Daphne's Samoyed form and said, "You can change back to human form. Why are you like this all day long?" Daphne hesitated for a moment, but still ran back to the room. A moment later, a delicate and pretty little girl ran out of the room, and at this time she called out "Jiujiu".

Wu Xianxiao was stunned for a moment and said, "My killing has nothing to do with you, what are you afraid of?"

Daphne really wanted to complain about how Wu Xianxiao could understand bird language, but she didn't dare to. She lowered her head for a few seconds before saying, "I'm not afraid of killing people. I'm the princess of the werewolf clan, but the coldness you showed when you killed people is too scary... scarier than anything I've ever seen, even those monsters aren't as scary as you when they kill people."

Wu Xianxiao was delighted, but did not answer or explain immediately. Instead, he gave a bowl of fish porridge to Jiujiu and Daphne respectively, and then he took the rice bowl and started eating.

Jiujiu and Daphne were also silent as they started to eat breakfast with Wu Xianxiao. Not long after they finished eating, several palace maids and eunuchs walked into the dining room very quietly to clean up everything, then made some fragrant tea and then left the room very quietly.

At this time, Wu Xianxiao said to Daphne: "Because I didn't kill them for pleasure, neither out of hatred nor cruelty, nor for fun or killing desire. This is not cruel, but I faced the psychological burden of having to kill them."

Daphne asked in surprise, "Does killing people have to bear psychological burden?"

Wu Xianxiao smiled and shook his head, then said seriously: "Why not? If we put it bluntly, killing people will have negative psychological effects, no matter why you kill. However, if you are a person with a Tao, you can rely on your Tao to resolve this negative effect, whether it is an individual Tao, a collective Tao, a national Tao, or a national Tao... But it's actually too early to tell you this. You are just a little girl, and you are talking about killing people and being cruel..."

Wu Xianxiao even laughed. Daphne blushed immediately and said, "You are so vulgar! I am a pure-blooded royal family of the Silver Wolf Clan, so I grow up slowly! I am already nearly twenty years old this year!"

It would have been fine if he hadn't mentioned this. As soon as he said this, Wu Xianxiao burst into laughter, and Daphne was so angry that she wanted to bite him again while howling.

After laughing for a while, Wu Xianxiao drank a pot of tea, then he changed into ordinary civilian clothes of that era, let Daphne become a human form, and then let Jiujiu hide in his shirt pocket. He planned to go around the city of Bianliang today.

Having been to this world so many times, he has yet to take a good look around the world's most prosperous city.

When one's martial arts skills have reached this level, in fact, practice is hidden in daily life. Experiencing all kinds of things in the mundane world, seeing the world, or seeing all kinds of human conditions, all of which improve his state of mind and martial arts.

Wu Xianxiao did not come out from the main gate, but directly climbed over the outer wall, preparing to go to some places with the largest number of Bianliang citizens to have a good stroll and have fun.

But as soon as he came out, he saw many beggars on the street outside the outer wall.

These beggars were not the evil heretics who practiced cutting off living things, but real refugee beggars. They were probably victims of disasters somewhere, or they might be landless refugees around Bianliang.

Seeing this, Wu Xianxiao no longer regretted what he had done these days.

Just as he was about to leave, his eyes suddenly lingered on a beggar nearby.

This beggar... is in disguise. Even though he is dirty and wearing linen, he actually has silk underneath. Others may not be able to see it, but how could he not see it with his eyes?

Moreover, under the beggar's face covered with mud was a woman. He had seen this woman before, even if it was only once. But he had seen her in Zhao Gou's mansion when he, Yamadea and Xu Shilan visited Zhao Gou, who was still Prince Kang.

This woman seemed to be a palace maid behind Princess Yongfu Zhao Fobao.

Wu Xianxiao now has the ability to remember everything he sees. With just one glance, he was 100% sure that the beggar was indeed the palace maid.

Wu Xianxiao was silent for a few seconds. Although he had no idea about the various activities of the royal family and the so-called princess, at this moment, the eyes of the little mute flashed through his mind...

"...Are you looking for me?"

Wu Xianxiao came to the beggar. She was huddled in a rotten bamboo shack, sleeping with her hands on her body and her eyes closed. When Wu Xianxiao made a sound, she was immediately awakened. She looked around in panic at first, and then looked at Wu Xianxiao with confusion. But after careful observation, she immediately saw who was coming. She knelt down suddenly, and her movement was so big that it even broke the shack.

"Your servant An has greeted the Immortal."

"Please, immortal, save my princess!"

The beggar kowtowed vigorously to Wu Xianxiao while crying with tears in her eyes. After just a few kowtows, her forehead turned bright red.

(End of this chapter)