From a refugee to a martial artist

Chapter 74 Taking the Medicine
It is late at night and the moon is shining brightly.

Meng Yuan listened quietly, then took out the small wooden box and found the animal skin.

"The name of this Tianji Diagram is 'All Things Flowing Light'. I wonder what it means?" Meng Yuan handed it over and asked sincerely.

"I've heard of it." Li Weizhen didn't answer, but smiled and said, "When you open the secret vault, the secret will be revealed. Some methods require the jade liquid to circulate back and forth, such as the Demon Suppression Division's Spring Thunder Skill; some only require the jade liquid to circulate back and forth once to be successful, like the Floating Light Cave Heaven; and some need to be circulated several times or even hundreds of times a day. They don't show their power at ordinary times, but only show it for a moment. The most famous one is the Fish Leaping into the Blue Sky."

At this point, Li Weizhen pointed at the animal skin and said, "The Flowing Light of All Things is the first type, which needs to be activated continuously. The external manifestation is that the body is covered with flowing light, which is a method of escape and pursuit. Once activated, it is like a stream of light wandering, and the escape speed is extremely fast and extremely magical. It is said that it is a magical power of the heavenly secrets developed by a senior of the demon clan."

Meng Yuan understood that Wanluoguang was the same as Feixu Gong, but much stronger than Feixu Gong.

"But how do we verify whether it's true or not? If we try it rashly, and it turns out to be fake, won't we hurt ourselves?" Meng Yuan has already found out that it is extremely dangerous to open up the heaven's secrets at will, and it is equally dangerous to try new heaven's secrets.

And you can't let the jade liquid flow slowly to try, because it's useless if it's too slow. You have to move your mind at will and impact the acupoints quickly.

"People say that the law is not easily passed on. Generally, the big clans and sects have the law of heavenly secrets passed down, and many people have studied it, so there is no need to worry about danger." Li Weizhen smiled and said, "But you stole the Wanwan Liuguang, so you don't know whether it is true or not. You need to move your mind at will and circulate the jade liquid to try it yourself."

Seeing Meng Yuan deep in thought, Li Weizhen smiled and said, "You are learning from Master Nie. He comes from the Demon Suppression Division. You might as well follow his connections and go to the Demon Suppression Division to earn some merits. You can also exchange them for some Heavenly Secrets. These are all used by many predecessors. They are safe and powerful."

Meng Yuan nodded slowly, but was thinking in his heart, he had essence and fire in his body, and had gone through two body temperings. After tempering a few more times, his dantian and body would be even stronger. Then, could he try this new method of heaven's secret, or even create his own?

Of course, if you enter the Demon Suppression Bureau and gain some merits in it, you can not only get some elixirs, but also obtain the method of heaven's secrets. It is indeed a good suggestion.

Meng Yuan put away the animal skin and looked at the purple fruit. Now that he had the Hundred Herb Pill in his hand, he could save two months of time to nourish his spirit and fire. With this fruit, he could expect his spirit and fire to be perfect.

Li Weizhen picked up the purple fruit and looked at it, saying, "This thing has some fire in it, so it must have grown in a sunny place or near fire. It would be best if it could be made into an elixir, but it's hard to find auxiliary medicine at the moment."

He pointed to his chest and said, "The heart is the exterior and the interior, and it belongs to the element of fire. If you open these two acupoints and swallow it, the effect will be the best. Of course, you don't have to wait deliberately, just go with the flow."

As he spoke, Li Weizhen handed it to Meng Yuan and said with a smile: "If you take it back, someone might ask you for it, and I'm afraid there will be more trouble."

This means you should eat it now. Meng Yuan took the purple fruit and looked at Li Weizhen.

"This purple fruit should be the Fire Bodhi. Buddhists like this fruit the most. The purple color means it is ripe. Among the lower-grade medicines, it is considered to be excellent. It is much better than the main ingredient of the Hundred Herbs Pill you took." Li Weizhen showed no greed at all and said with a smile, "I will protect Brother Meng."

"How about we go back and eat later? If that ape elder comes looking for us, it will be hard to deal with him."

It would have been fine if the Dharma Protector had not been mentioned. As soon as the Dharma Protector was mentioned, Meng Yuan remembered how Li Weizhen said before he came that it was so safe, but after facing Lu Jingang, it actually took more than two quarters of an hour.

Meng Yuan didn't distrust Li Weizhen's character, but he had doubts about his ability.

"It's okay. With me protecting you, Brother Meng will be safe." Li Weizhen said confidently.

"What kind of magical power do you practice, Brother Li?" Meng Yuan asked curiously.

"It's not worth mentioning. What I practiced was just a method of becoming stronger when facing a stronger opponent." Li Weizhen said with a smile.

Meng Yuan understood what it meant to become stronger when facing a strong opponent, but he had never heard of becoming weaker when facing a weak opponent.

In this case, Meng Yuan swallowed a Hundred Herbs Pill first, and then sat cross-legged for a while to nourish his true energy. After an hour, Meng Yuan sat cross-legged with his eyes closed, and then swallowed the Fire Bodhi in one gulp. Then his body suddenly became warm, his spirit was a hundred times stronger, and it seemed as if there was a ray of fire in his heart.

But after a little thought, Meng Yuan saw that most of the energy and spiritual energy of the Fire Bodhi were absorbed by the Essence Fire.

And it seemed that because the Fire Bodhi was of the fire element, the essence fire, which was originally the size of a fist and had to be nurtured for half a year to be perfected, suddenly rose up, grew stronger step by step, and finally covered most of the body, only one-third away from perfection!

Meng Yuan estimated that if he swallowed all the Hundred Herbs Pills, it would be almost complete!
Looking closely at the changes in myself, I found that since most of the nutrients of the Fire Bodhi were absorbed by the essence and fire, I only felt a slight warmth on my body, and my whole body was very warm.

After sitting quietly for a while, Meng Yuan heard the crackling sound of fire and opened his eyes to look.

I saw a huge fire burning in the temple, and Li Weizhen was facing the fire, reciting some scriptures.

The bodies of Lu Jingang and many goblins, as well as the three mummies hanging on the gate of the courtyard, were all gone. They must have been thrown into the fire.

"Didn't you say you would protect me... Have the deer antlers been cut?" Meng Yuan muttered, looking up at the bright moon in the sky, and realized that two hours had passed.

Xiangling was still sleeping soundly in her clothes, gurgling from time to time.

"It was digested so quickly?" Li Weizhen finished reciting the sutra and saw Meng Yuan waking up, so he quickly moved closer to take a closer look. "The medicinal properties of the elixir should not have dissipated much. You are now an eighth-grade elixir, so it will take at least half a day for it to be digested throughout your body."

He took Meng Yuan's wrist and felt his pulse, and found that it was slow, steady and heavy, just like the pulse of a warrior in meditation. And it was also vigorous, which showed that this person had abundant Qi, probably twice as much as his peers!
Pinching his bones again, Li Weizhen felt that Meng Yuan's muscles and bones were strong and resilient, as if he had been training for more than ten years.

"You have a fever in your body, which is indeed the result of eating the Bodhi fruit, but it is probably digested too quickly." Li Weizhen touched his chin and concluded, "Brother is indeed a good material for martial arts."

"The early bird catches the worm. It's just a matter of being more diligent." Meng Yuan was very humble.

It was already midnight, and the two men talked about their way home facing the blazing fire.

"Your master once said that if he were to meet you by chance, he would let you go back earlier." Meng Yuan said.

"I haven't walked far enough." Li Weizhen smiled shyly, "Brother Meng, please tell me that I plan to look for Elder Yuan's whereabouts. If that doesn't work, I'll go south to Ping'an Prefecture to inquire about Qing Guangzi's origins. If that doesn't work, then I'll go west to the Buddha Kingdom to take a look."

After hearing this, Meng Yuan looked at Li Weizhen and thought, "It's so hard for you to fight with Lu Jingang, why do you still want to go find Qing Guangzi? I'm afraid it will be difficult to deal with Elder Yuan even if he comes?"
After giving him some gentle advice, Meng Yuan said no more.

"I have written down what happened today."

Li Weizhen took out a piece of paper and said, "You can give it to Captain Zhang of the garrison, or ask Master Nie Yannian to come forward. If they ask you, just tell them the truth. I have written it all in the letter, and they will not embarrass you and Miss Xiangling."

"I also know Captain Zhang." Meng Yuan took the letter with a smile, thinking that he would definitely not be embarrassed, as he was afraid that he would have to give face to Commander Nie again.

"In that case, we have a long way to go and we can come back someday." Although Li Weizhen was sloppy, he was decisive and efficient. He immediately put his sword on his back, bowed and said goodbye with a smile.

At this time, the night was about to dawn and the fire was still on. Li Weizhen strode away.

(End of this chapter)