Mang Shusheng's Ink Painting Practice

Chapter 6 The Old Man is Serious
Zhao Yifu gave Wu Zhong two more pieces of calligraphy. Facts have proved that giving more will not increase the Yang and spiritual energy.

Because a person can only appreciate one piece of calligraphy at a time.

After Zhao Yifu figured this out, he felt bored, but he was still very happy with Wu Zhong's attitude. This meant that this loyal servant was truly loyal, and he could be so happy even with such ordinary calligraphy and paintings as his.

The two of them had a good meal with a large table of dishes.

However, Zhao Yifu was absent-minded during the meal. He was thinking about how to continue his practice.

Is it really true that I can only rely on the pitiful amount of yang and spiritual energy provided by the loyal servant to practice?
Zhao Yifu was a little distressed.

But overall the mood is pretty good.

While Wu Zhong was packing up his stall, Zhao Yifu began to try to absorb the yang and spiritual energy he had just obtained.

That faint thread was wrapped around his "Letter Seal". He took a light breath and absorbed all the Yang and spiritual energy into his nose.

Then, this yang and spiritual energy flowed down along his Ren meridian, slowly and steadily merging into his Dantian.

During this process, Zhao Yifu gradually began to feel moved, because at this time he felt that the Ren Mai that was originally blocked finally began to loosen and showed signs of opening, which seemed to indicate that his path of cultivation could finally get on the right track.

This yang and spiritual energy cannot truly open the Ren meridian, but it penetrates through the Ren meridian so firmly that it eventually flows into the Dantian Qi sea.

Although the total amount of increase in his true energy was equivalent to his three days of hard training, the meaning was completely different.

Zhao Yifu hardly slept that night as he was getting excited about practicing.

What keeps this excitement going is the faint yang and spiritual energy that keeps coming from the Soul-Suppressing Seal.

It was amazing, it seemed like Wu Zhong had been "appreciating" his calligraphy all night.

Although Zhao Yifu's calligraphy is just ordinary in the literary circle, Wu Zhong, who can't even read, thinks it is good.

Zhao Yifu was deeply moved. It was indeed his fortune and the Zhao family's fortune to meet such a loyal servant.

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For Zhao Yifu, the novelty of passing the annual examination and becoming a tribute student wore off the next day, but for the entire Moyang City, it was just the beginning.

In this annual examination, four old scholars failed the test and were stripped of their titles, and another eleven were reprimanded by the education officials for their poor performance and were disqualified from taking the entrance examination the following autumn. In other words, these eleven scholars would not be able to qualify for the provincial examination for at least three years.

Twenty newly promoted scholars also visited Zhou Su, the academic administrator of Mozhou. Zhao Yifu became quite familiar with the group, but he didn't notice that Professor Zhou had any special regard for him...

In fact, according to Liang Zhongzhi's arrangement, if Zhao Yifu really took the path of imperial examination to become an official, then he should make friends with all the other tribute students at this time and find ways to establish a good relationship with Zhou Xuezheng.

But Zhao Yifu obviously did not give up.

He still wanted to try to see if he could make some progress on his own, so he stayed at home for the next period of time without going out.

He never gave up on either studying or practicing martial arts.

Since he had made no progress in practicing the 'Ink Splashing Technique' and the 'Lingxu Finger Strength', he could not help but start practicing his family martial arts.

Since you have left the mountain gate, you must always be able to protect yourself.

The Divine Crane of Mozhou is the title of the Zhao family in the martial arts world of the Southern Dynasties.

Zhao Yifu's father, Zhao Yunhe, is the contemporary head of the Zhao family who inherited this title.

The unique skills inherited by the Zhao family's Shenhe Villa can be summarized in one word: wings and claws turning clouds.

There are four magical skills here: Crane Wing Flying Feather Sword, Crane Claw Grappling Skill, Sky-Flipping Wind-Controlling Leg Skill and the core Clouds Above Yuan Ling Jin.

The names of these four techniques are clear: weapons, claw grabbing, body and leg techniques, and finally, internal strength. The first three have their own traditions in the village, but only the Yunshang Yuanling Power is passed down from the eldest to the youngest, from the eldest son to the illegitimate son, and from the male to the female.

Zhao Yifu did not know the "Yunshang Yuanling Jin". He and Wu Zhong both learned the Crane Claw Grappling Technique, but the moves he learned were more sophisticated and complicated than Wu Zhong's.

Although he felt that he should have some pride as a 'cultivator', considering that his true energy was so little and its use was really limited, he could only practice the crane claw grappling technique that he had abandoned for a long time.

Wu Zhong accompanied him in practice for two days and then went to do other things, apparently going out to look for a new yard.

In the words of this loyal servant, this small courtyard is not suitable for the identity of the second young master's husband at this time.

As for where the money to buy the yard comes from?

That depends on whether Zhao Yunhe values ​​the achievements of his second son.

Zhao Yifu practiced the crane claw grappling technique three times in a row and was already sweating profusely.

At this moment, he only felt a surge of heat in his body, which was a phenomenon of his vital energy being completely activated.

Whether it is the internal strength of a warrior or the true qi of a cultivator, this essence is the foundation.

The essence of the two powers is actually to tame the essence of the human body and turn it into one's own use.

It’s just that the warrior’s internal force uses the essence rather roughly, or is in the initial state of taming.

The cultivator's true qi is completely tamed and integrated into his own spiritual will from the very beginning, making the true qi extremely obedient and peaceful.

Just like the vital energy surging in Zhao Yifu's body at this moment, if there were a martial arts method to sort it out and guide it, then part of it could be transformed into internal strength for one's own use.

But if it is a method of cultivation... I'm sorry, the methods of cultivation look down on this kind of essence.

Because these essences are too restless for cultivators, collecting them will only ruin their own cultivation. Therefore, orthodox Qigong practice requires extracting essences from tranquility as medicine in order to refine true Qi.

However, at this moment, Zhao Yifu felt the vital energy in his body become active, and suddenly thought of the "Lingxu Finger Power" that he had never been able to practice.

This Lingxu Finger Strength was very interesting, a wonderful method of sharpening the Qi at the fingertips to make them rotate smoothly and smoothly. He had chosen this technique specifically to train his fingers. However, he currently had too little Qi in his body to practice it.

But at this moment he suddenly had an idea. Although he had little true energy, the vital energy surging in his body would disperse back into his body if not used. Why not use the vital energy to try to cultivate the Lingxu Finger Force?

He tried to guide the energy to his fingertips, but soon found it difficult. The energy was wild and difficult to tame.

He paused to think for a moment, then quickly came up with a solution.

That is, he began to practice the movements of the Crane Claw grappling technique again.

However, the purpose of this drill was not to practice grappling techniques, but to use the movements of the crane claw grappling technique to help guide the vital energy in the body.

To be honest, this Crane Claw Grappling Technique, as one of the supporting external skills of Yunshang Yuanling Jin, can only achieve the best effect when used in conjunction with internal force.

Therefore, Zhao Yifu's usage at this time was actually in line with the original intention of the Crane Claw grappling technique.

Driven by this skill and Zhao Yifu's will, the restless energy in his body finally began to rush to his fingertips.

For this reason, his crane claw grappling technique also slowed down unconsciously, as if it were a slow-motion movie.

In other words, it vaguely feels like those old men practicing Tai Chi in the park...

However, Zhao Yifu felt that perhaps in his previous life, the old men in the park were seriously practicing magical skills.

(End of this chapter)