Poor Taoist Qiu Chuji

Chapter 199: No Master, but Still Have a Godfather

Guo Jing is indeed not smart enough, but he is not stupid at all.

So after dealing with Yan Daping, he changed into Yan Daping's clothes and disguised himself as a beggar.

On weekdays, he tries not to go to crowded places. He has a good ability to survive in the wild, so most of the time, he lives alone in the wild, which saves him a lot of trouble.

Those guys who were being chased but were easily caught while escaping were all because they lacked the ability to survive independently and revealed their whereabouts in crowded places such as markets or inns.

Otherwise, with the information and transportation means in ancient times, it would be very difficult even for the government to track down a person's whereabouts.

For someone like Guo Jing, who basically travels alone in the wilderness, unless he is extremely unlucky, even if someone sets up a so-called "net of heaven and earth", it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack to find Guo Jing.

Of course, Guo Jing also has to "thank" Yan Daping.

This was an old hand, and after picking up Guo Jing, he not only cleared away all possible traces of tracking for Guo Jing, but also used a fishing boat that he had bought in advance to go up the river and bring Guo Jing from the vicinity of Pingjiang Prefecture to Jiangzhou overnight.

Only after arriving in Jiangzhou did he wake up Guo Jing and begin to interrogate him about the Lian Cheng Jue.

Yan Daping's caution helped Guo Jing a lot.

Guo Jing continued to walk upstream along the river. If he really encountered trouble, he could jump into the river.

Huang Rong taught Guo Jing how to swim, and with Guo Jing's physical strength and lung capacity, as long as he could swim, he would definitely be a good swimmer.

As for the little red horse, it had been separated from him as early as when he was in Pingjiang Prefecture. However, Guo Jing was not very worried. The little red horse was very smart and could protect itself. When he returned to the vicinity of Pingjiang Prefecture again, he only needed to blow the whistle, and the little red horse would hear it and would surely come running to meet him.

Guo Jing hid his whereabouts and carefully arrived at the barren mountains near Xiangyang.

Following the advice given by Qiu Chuji, Guo Jing successfully found the valley where the sword tomb was located after wandering in the mountains and forests for three days.

However, he did not see any ferocious or strange-looking eagle.

However, Guo Jing had already discovered the "Bosuqu Snake" with fleshy horns and captured a few of them. Guo Jing ate their snake gallbladders, and the speed of his power recovery was indeed improved.

After the power of the Wedding Dress Magic was transferred, the speed of cultivating the power back was actually not slow. As long as the nutrition was sufficient, with Guo Jing's foundation, he could cultivate it back in less than half a year at most.

Moreover, the quality of the new true qi is extremely strong, which is a qualitative improvement over the original true qi.

Although Qiu Chuji has always called the internal energy method created by imitating the "Wedding Dress Magic Skill" by the same name for the sake of saving trouble, the original intention of creating this internal energy method was not just to pass on the skills, but to improve the quality of the true Qi and make the true Qi undergo a qualitative change.

It can be said that the biggest difference between the original version of the Wedding Dress Magic Skill, whether it is passed on or not, may be whether the power will backfire on the practitioner. However, in Qiu Chuji's version, the quality of the true energy itself makes a big difference.

The quality of the true Qi after the transmission and re-cultivation is already very close to the true Qi, and it has many wonderful uses that are different from ordinary true Qi.

In short, with the help of the Bosuqu snake, Guo Jing is confident that he can restore his skills to their original peak state within two months, or even go further.

And his strength will also make great strides forward because of this.

Guo Jing spent three days catching Bosuqu snakes near the valley and ate the gallbladders of more than a dozen snakes. His martial arts skills recovered to 40% of their original amount.

When it became more difficult to catch the Bosuqu snakes, he began to walk deeper into the valley to see if he could find the lair of these strange snakes so that he could capture more at one time.

Following the stream to the bottom of the valley and passing through a forest, Guo Jing saw a rather simple wooden house at the end of the valley. He also saw a large eagle making strange noises in front of the house.

The eagle stood in front of the wooden house, making strange noises.

Guo Jing, who was very familiar with birds of prey such as eagles, could hear the anxiety in the eagle's voice.

Its voice was even hoarse, as if it had been calling for a long time but still received no response.

Guo Jing ran over hurriedly, and the eagle saw someone coming and flapped its wings to drive him away.

Although it was an eagle, its internal strength was very strong. The gusts of wind it stirred up when it flapped its wings were like walls of air sweeping towards Guo Jing.

If Guo Jing had not had a good level of cultivation and the eagle had not subconsciously held back on its strength, Guo Jing would have been blown away.

"My dear eagle friend! I know Taoist Qiu!" Guo Jing first shouted to the big eagle.

Upon hearing this, the eagle did not stop flapping its wings and continued to stir up a strong wind. The wind was so strong that the vision was blurred amidst the flying sand and rocks.

"I... I also know Senior Dugu." Guo Jing remembered Qiu Chuji's instructions and shouted out this sentence hurriedly.

Hearing the word "Dugu", the eagle stopped its frenzy, tilted its head to look at Guo Jing, and suddenly seemed to have an epiphany, tilted its head towards Guo Jing, motioning him to go into the house.

It even took two steps forward, bit Guo Jing's clothes with its long and sharp beak, and led him towards the wooden house, urging him on.

Guo Jing thought about it, walked to the wooden house, knocked on the door first, and when no one responded, he said sorry and pushed the door open.

When I got into the room and took a look, I saw that the furnishings in the room were very simple. There was a bed, a set of tables and chairs, a sword and a bow hanging on the wall, and nothing else.

Lying on the bed was an old man with white hair, a tall frame but very thin.

The old man lay there quietly, his wrinkled face expressionless and as stiff as a stone.

Guo Jing called out twice, "Senior!" Without getting any response, Guo Jing stepped forward tentatively and felt the old man's breath with his hand. He found that the breath was very weak. If it were not for his sharp senses and the extraordinary quietness of this place, he would almost think that the old man had stopped breathing.

Guo Jing immediately placed his hand on the old man's pulse and sent a trace of true energy through it. He discovered that it was as if a large funnel had suddenly appeared in the old man's body, and all his energy was leaking out.

"He is dispersing his energy?"

Guo Jing had heard from his masters that masters of internal strength would dissipate their internal strength when their lifespan was about to end.

At that time, no matter how powerful their skills were, the true Qi in their bodies would quickly flow out like a punctured water bag. Once the true Qi was gone and they exhaled their last breath, even the masters with astonishing skills would perish.

Guo Jing half-helped the old man up without thinking, then sat cross-legged behind the old man and began to transfer his true energy into the old man's body.

Only Guo Jing could make this kind of instinctive decision to benefit others without any self-interest in an instant.

Just like when he first met Huang Rong, didn't he know that she was a beautiful, rich little girl from the south whose heart was filled with his 'Brother Jing'?
In his eyes, he was just a poor little beggar who had no food to eat.

But he was able to take out all his family fortune and give it generously.

It was the same at this moment. Although the true energy he cultivated from the Wedding Dress Divine Art did not consume too much of his time, he should have cherished his skills. After all, he still had an appointment with Huang Rong in three months, and he agreed to go to Peach Blossom Island to propose marriage. Without sufficient strength, he could not ask Huang Rong to marry him from Huang Yaoshi.

Now Guo Jing doesn’t think so much at all.

He just wanted to save people.

Originally, the little bit of true energy he had was just a drop in the bucket when it was added into the old man's body which was already leaking out.

But many things are just so magical.

Do you still remember how the 'Wedding Dress Magic' was first created?

It is the crystallization of the wisdom and experience of Qiu Chuji and Dugu Qiubai, and is the key for them to improve the quality of their true qi and go further.

Therefore, the true energy cultivated from the Wedding Dress Divine Art naturally fits this old man.

It was like a fire that ignited the old man's true energy that was about to leak out, and from the true energy that was already filled with dead air, it once again boiled out drops of something more crystal clear.

The door that the old man was supposed to push open but failed to do so was, at this moment... with the help of Guo Jing, forcibly opened a crack.

The force of life squeezed out from the crack in the door and poured into the old man's dry body.

There was no need for Guo Jing to inject more true energy. The old man shook Guo Jing away on his own, then sat cross-legged and began to circulate his true energy according to instinct.

The not-so-rich Yuan Qi of heaven and earth, absorbed and guided by the old man's body, turned into a gust of wind in the wooden house and began to sweep across it wantonly.

The old man's body gradually left the bed and miraculously floated in the air.

A clear white light enveloped the old man's body, forming a large circular qi shield.

About an hour later, the old man absorbed the last bit of the Yuan Qi of heaven and earth here, and then he opened his eyes unwillingly, and saw Guo Jing in tattered clothes.

“Kneel down... kowtow!” The old man’s voice was very dry, as if he had not spoken for a long time and seemed a little uncomfortable.

Guo Jing was stunned, but he did not object, nor did he think that there was anything wrong with being asked to kowtow after having just saved the old man.

After all, judging from the old man's appearance, he is old enough to be his grandfather.

Guo Jing knelt down and kowtowed three times.

The old man nodded: "Very good! From now on, you... will be my adopted son!"

"I will teach you my sword skills and martial arts."

Years of seclusion and pursuit of perfection in the way of the sword had long made Dugu Qiubai abandon all those cumbersome social redundancies. He simply used the simplest words to express what was in his mind.

Guo Jing looked up, bewildered.

He hadn't yet realized what kind of great opportunity he had encountered.

"I... I'm very stupid! I'm afraid I can't learn it!" Guo Jing scratched the back of his head and smiled foolishly.

Dugu Qiubai nodded and said nothing more. He just walked out of the wooden house and changed a place to continue practicing internal skills to replenish the lost internal energy.

In just one night, all the white hair turned black, and at the same time, the wrinkled face was stretched out and became fuller.

He originally looked to be at least eighty or ninety years old, but now he looks to be no more than fifty years old, and this rejuvenation has not stopped yet.

In fact, except for the time when he was dissipating his power, even though Dugu Qiubai was very old, his appearance never really looked old.

His powerful internal skills allow him to maintain a relatively peak state before dissipating his internal energy.

(End of this chapter)