From a refugee to a martial artist

Chapter 15 Reborn
After asking, I found out that it was Zhao Datou who came.

According to the rules, outsiders were not allowed to enter the parade ground, so Meng Yuan and Tie Niu hurried out of the parade ground and met Zhao Datou at the door.

Zhao Datou looked weathered, but he couldn't hide his joy. He was carrying two bags on his back.

"Tie Niu! Xiao Meng!" Zhao Datou was so happy that he hugged Tie Niu's waist and lifted him up. "You've really become strong. If you want to shovel cow dung, you won't feel tired even if you work all day! Why are you wearing such thin clothes?"

"Dad, we practice martial arts and are not afraid of the cold!" Tie Niu was also happy.

"Why is Big Head Uncle here?" Meng Yuan asked.

"I haven't heard from you two for a long time. I'm so worried. Lao Jiang is also worried. I came here on New Year's Eve, but they wouldn't let me see you and told me to come back after the New Year. Today I had some free time, so I came to see you, but they still wouldn't let me see you. It was a little girl who saw me and brought me here!" said Zhao Datou.

Meng Yuan knew that the little girl was probably Hu Qian.

"Are Mr. Jiang and Miss Jiang okay?" Meng Yuan asked with concern.

"All good." Zhao Datou was very happy. He pulled Meng Yuan to the corner and asked in a low voice, "Did the yellow-skinned man look for you?"

"No." Meng Yuan smiled.

Zhao Datou didn't believe it, so he looked at Tieniu again. Seeing that Tieniu also said no, he finally believed it.

"You have to be careful. You are a young man who practices martial arts and has a lot of strength. Monsters prefer to sleep with people like you who have strong yang energy." Zhao Datou said seriously, "I'll go back and think about it. Yellow-skinned monsters are afraid of dogs. Go back and get some dog shit to smear on your hands."

"..."Meng Yuan knew that Zhao Datou had good intentions, and he also knew that he couldn't explain it clearly, so he didn't object and just agreed.

Zhao Datou took off his baggage and gave one to Tie Niu and one to Meng Yuan. "This is for you from the Jiang family girl!"

Meng Yuan took it and felt inside, and he knew there were shoes. He opened it and saw that there were indeed two pairs of shoes.

The upper is neat and the sole is tightly stitched, which shows that a lot of care was put into it.

There is also a middle coat.

The so-called inner garment is actually the underwear worn next to the body.

Poor families use linen cloth, which is a bit rough, but durable and cheap. Of course, cotton cloth is better, soft, comfortable and sweat-absorbent, but a bit more expensive.

This undershirt is made of cotton.

"Why is it made of cotton cloth? Is there still money at home?" Meng Yuan asked.

"The gift that Lao Jiang gave to Li Zhuangtou was about learning martial arts. The money has been returned." Zhao Datou saw Tie Niu trying to touch the inner garment, so he quickly slapped his hand and said to Meng Yuan, "The little girl said that you need to be decent to make a living in the city, so she asked me to buy cloth from the market in town. She worked up several nights to make it for you. She wanted to come and give it to you on New Year's Eve, but she didn't expect it to be delayed until now."

She wore her undergarment inside, so no one could tell whether it was decent or not, but Meng Yuan could feel the little girl's intentions.

After tying up the bag and holding it in his arms, Meng Yuan didn't say much.

Zhao Datou pulled Tieniu aside again and asked him about his recent life in detail. After knowing that they had beef for lunch, Zhao Datou asked Tieniu to kneel down and kowtow several times in the direction of the palace.

"I have to go. If I am any later, I will have to walk in the dark." Zhao Datou talked for a long time. When it was time to say goodbye, he looked at Meng Yuan and asked, "Do you have any message for my wife?"

"Let her wait patiently and practice the characters I taught her at night. Don't do any needlework. I will definitely take her to the city in a few days." Meng Yuan said.

"Dad, I'll take you to the city too!" Tie Niu said.

"Okay, I got it!" Zhao Datou agreed. Seeing Tie Niu's red eyes, he patted Tie Niu on the shoulder and said seriously, "Xiao Meng, don't worry about marriage. Didn't you say there's a girl who practices martial arts with you? You should pay more attention."

He looked at Meng Yuan again and said, "Xiao Meng, help Tie Niu keep an eye on him. If there are any honest and capable people, we don't care about their appearance. You can try to persuade them."

"Okay." Meng Yuan agreed with a smile.

After seeing Zhao Datou off, Meng Yuan and Tie Niu returned to the training ground. They originally wanted to find Hu Qian to thank her, but they couldn't find her.

When I returned to the dormitory, there was no one there.

Meng Yuan fetched two large buckets of water and returned to the men's dormitory, then asked Tie Niu to guard outside and stop anyone who came in.

The fire of essence had already reached perfection. Meng Yuan stroked his inner garment, knowing that he could not wait any longer.

As I thought about it, I saw a large ball of flame, dark red in color.

"Fire comes." As the thought moved, the flame exploded.

For a moment, Meng Yuan felt the raging fire burning his body from the outside to the inside, as if his flesh, blood, tendons, limbs, and internal organs were all burned. The flames surged in his body, and many places in his body seemed to be blocked by canals. This essence of fire went back and forth in his body for a long time, impacting the blocked places.

After a few breaths, the fire receded like a tide, but it did not break through any blockages. However, Meng Yuan could vaguely feel that those blockages had loosened.

When I opened my eyes, I felt that they were bright and I could see every detail about ten feet away.

Looking at my body again, it was sticky and wet, stuck to my clothes, and had a fishy smell.

But the body seemed to have been washed, the muscles and bones seemed to be stronger, and there was a feeling of being as light as a swallow.

At this moment, Meng Yuan was confident that he could lift a 300-jin stone mill.

I missed the essence of fire, but only the size of a soybean remained.

Meng Yuan took off his clothes and wiped off the dirt on his body, while thinking about the effects of the perfect fire.

There is no doubt that after experiencing the cleansing of essence and fire, people will feel like they are reborn, their essence and marrow are cleansed, their body and limbs become lighter, and their strength and reaction speed are much faster, which is of great benefit to learning martial arts.

This is the surface effect of the essence fire, and the other effect is to impact blockages in the body.

Although this time the fire did not break through the blockage, it did loosen it.

"Master Nie said today that practicing the Holding the Pillar and Nourishing the Essence Exercise can help open up the orifices. Could it be that those blocked areas are the unopened orifices?"

Meng Yuan knew too little about martial arts and lacked relevant knowledge, so he really couldn't make a judgment.

"There is also essence fire. After I absorbed it, it became the size of a soybean. I wonder if it will take more time to cultivate it to perfection? Do I need to eat better?"

Meng Yuan washed his hair with soap nuts, then quickly washed away the dirt on his body, and then washed it again with clean water. His skin became delicate, smooth and resilient.

Seeing that the odor on his body was gone, Meng Yuan didn't put on any clothes and did a set of horse stance punches in the men's dormitory to relieve his qi and blood.

Then he practiced the Baozhuang Yangyuan Gong, put aside all distracting thoughts, calmed his mind, slowed down his breathing, and imagined a blocked river.

After a while, Meng Yuan only felt his flesh, internal organs, and bones trembling. For a moment, it seemed as if there were countless channels flowing in his body, but most of them were blocked.

Suddenly, the river in his mind broke through the blockage, and Meng Yuan felt a surge of blood rushing to his crown.

This feeling was extremely strange, as if some kind of orifice in the body had been opened, and then my ears could not hear anything outside, as if I was deaf, my eyes could not see people, as if I was blind, and even my nose could not smell any odor.

Soon, Meng Yuan returned to normal, feeling refreshed all over and his mind clear.

After his eyes recovered, he looked out the window and saw three magpies chasing each other in the sky above the parade grounds. One of them had colorful feathers on its neck.

His ears are so sharp that he can distinguish the calls of three magpies.

His nose moved slightly, and a faint smell of blood came with the north wind. Meng Yuan looked intently, and saw a female student beside the well, lowering her head to draw water, as if she was very embarrassed.

His sense of smell, vision and hearing are much better than that of ordinary people.

"Is this the acupoint that opens the orifices? How many do I need to open?" Meng Yuan murmured.

After thinking for a while, Meng Yuan remembered that he was still naked, so he quickly changed into the undershirt and cloth shoes made by Jiang Tang.

"Clothes are better when new, and people are better when old. If this girl continues like this, I will really be tied down by her!"

After tying his hair, putting on his clothes and stretching his body, Meng Yuan felt that the new clothes were well-fitting and comfortable.

I wanted to look at myself in the mirror, but I didn't even have one. I was even worse off than that little weasel.

After leaving the house, Tie Niu was shocked, "Brother, how come you look like a different person after taking a bath?"

"What's the difference?" Meng Yuan asked.

Tie Niu took another careful look and said, "The face has become paler, and the eyes are brighter."

"I could have become a concubine just because of my beauty, but I still chose the most difficult path of a warrior!"

With a sigh, Meng Yuan went to pour out the dirty water and fetch more water to wash the dirty clothes.

(End of this chapter)