Devouring Evil Martial Arts, Eliminating Demons from All Heavens

Chapter 8: Brave and Diligent
Another morning, the sun shines through the window paper and into the house.

Chu Tianshu sat up from the bed, his head covered in sweat and his lips dry and chapped.

He stood up, stepped barefoot on the bamboo and wooden floor, and directly picked up the teapot on the table with his left hand and poured it into his mouth.

After drinking two pots of boiled water, Chu Tianshu let out a satisfied sigh, put down the teapot, and wiped his mouth with his left hand again.

In yesterday's nightmare, my left hand was bitten off by a wolf, and it still hurts a little now.

Then he had to exercise his left hand more.

Today is the twenty-fourth day since he came into this world.

It was also the twenty-four days after he officially got the hang of boxing.

He did a lot of things these days, but what he did the most was undoubtedly practicing boxing.

The Glutton Tongbei Fist is truly worthy of its name. As long as you practice it hard, it will have amazing effects on the development of your stomach and intestines.

Yesterday he ate five chickens and four large ducks, even chewing the bones, and also had a few plates of vegetarian dishes to change his taste. He also drank a lot of hot water.

In just over twenty days, he felt that his originally thin body had become noticeably stronger.

The feeling of muscles growing in a short period of time, bones and even internal organs, and other parts of the body adapting to this change brings a feeling of internal soreness and itching that cannot be scratched at all.

But for Chu Tianshu, who was used to nightmares, this was still bearable. He still maintained the highest intensity training he could do every day.

In the past, only through acupuncture stimulation could one see the arm muscles swelling and rising.

Now he didn't even need to enter the state of enlightenment. He could just stretch out his left hand and apply a little force to feel the movement of his muscles.

It's not very noticeable when he's wearing clothes, but his actual weight should have increased significantly.

This does not bring a more cumbersome or heavy feeling.

Instead, it made him feel full of energy, and all the movements of his hands and feet were lighter than before.

call!
After taking off his wet clothes, Chu Tianshu opened his arms and started to exert force from his waist and back.

The sweat on the upper body was applied to the skin during the process of taking off clothes, which was uncomfortable.

Now, as Chu Tianshu exerted his strength, the sweat slowly condensed into small droplets, which was most obvious on his shoulders and arms, where his forearms were covered with sweat beads.

As he groaned softly, his shoulders and arms suddenly tensed up and the sweat on his arms was shaken away, as if a layer of fine mist had broken away.

I remember when I was in the Tongbeiquan gym, an uncle who had practiced boxing for more than ten years demonstrated this move to his apprentices.

Chu Tianshu was astonished at that time, his face full of envy. Now he can finally do it himself.

In just twenty-four days, it seemed as if all the accumulation of so many years had been made up.

This is not only because the boxing manual of "Gluttony Tongbei Fist" is directly transmitted to his mind, allowing him to constantly correct his boxing practice experience.

Moreover, he discovered that the feeling of opening up his mind through practicing boxing actually had some similarities with his own experience of opening up his mind through spiritual communication.

It was strange. When he was unable to practice both before, he felt that the two were completely unrelated.

But once you successfully cross that threshold, the two seem to have something in common that is difficult to describe.

Sometimes, Chu Tianshu would feel as if he was transforming his twenty years of experience as a psychic into boxing.

Perhaps, when his boxing skills catch up with the psychic's, the speed of his progress will slow down.

But he was not worried about this. Instead, he wanted to reach that level as soon as possible.

Now that we can go faster, let’s go as fast as possible!!

"I can only shake off the sweat beads on my shoulders and arms. I don't know when I can practice to the point where I can shake off all the water beads on my body at once."

Chu Tianshu took a towel to wipe off the sweat from other parts of his body and changed his clothes.

There was no place in town that sold those plastic button-down shirts.

The coat he was wearing now was custom-made at a tailor shop, and it was a set of clothes similar to the kung fu outfits of later generations.

Made of thick blue cloth, with a row of buttons on the chest, the sleeves are slightly loose, and he wears black trousers and cloth shoes with layered soles.

Because his body had grown stronger over the past twenty days, his hair had grown very fast. He was too lazy to get a haircut, but he didn't want to let his hair down, so he just used a thin rope to tie it into a low ponytail.

If his hair grows a few inches longer, it will be too inconvenient to wash it, so he plans to cut it himself with scissors.

After tidying up, Chu Tianshu walked out of the room.

A few doors away, Shopkeeper Ma also got up and went out at this time.

Over the past twenty days, the two often met in the morning.

"Going out again?"

Although Shopkeeper Ma had gray hair, he looked energetic except for a red nose. He smiled and said, "Your appetite is getting better and better. You've tried all the dishes in the building, and most of them are just side dishes."

"Now that I've looked through my restaurants, the only thing you haven't tried is this medicinal wine. Do you want to try it?"

He held a wine jug in his left hand and two wine glasses in his right hand, obviously prepared.

Chu Tianshu responded: "Who drinks so early in the morning? But I'm really interested. Half a glass, please."

Shopkeeper Ma poured him a glass and said, "This is jujube wine, which is very nourishing. Three small glasses every morning will ensure you live to be a hundred years old."

Chu Tianshu took it and sniffed it. It was indeed jujube wine, and he also identified several medicinal herbs.

Vinegar-soaked turtle shell, Fritillaria thunbergii, Salvia miltiorrhiza, Angelica sinensis... Although you can't smell the others, the prescriptions that can be used with these herbs are basically all for treating qi and blood stasis.

Speaking of which, if a martial artist who has awakened his mind practices boxing improperly, it is indeed easy to cause blood stasis and vascular malformation. If it is serious, it is called "fascia tumor" in traditional Chinese medicine, and according to modern medicine, it is a symptom of muscle hemangioma.

Did the shopkeeper Ma see something, or was it just a coincidence?
Chu Tianshu looked at the other person with some inquiry.

Shopkeeper Ma was very frank and smiled: "When I was young, I also saw others practicing boxing and kicking, as well as juggling stone locks, walking on large vats, and tying iron tiles. Your appetite is getting bigger every day, it's obvious that you are training hard."

"But I'm an old man, so I'm going to tell you something from someone who's experienced this: too much is as bad as too little. It's good to be patient and work hard, but don't ruin your health."

Chu Tianshu took a sip of the medicinal wine and said with a smile: "Thank you for the reminder, shopkeeper. I also understand medicine and will pay attention to it."

Shopkeeper Ma hurriedly said, "Just don't blame me, an old man, for being nosy."

"Shall we leave you two chickens, a duck, and a basket of steamed buns tonight, as usual?"

Chu Tianshu said, "I might be back late today. Meng Shuangjiang said the weather is good these days and the moonlight is bright at night. He wants to take me to try the delicious food at the restaurant tonight."

Shopkeeper Ma couldn't help but laugh: "He really knows how to eat. No one in the whole town knows how to eat better than him."

After Chu Tianshu finished his breakfast, he took his lunch out as usual and practiced hard in the bamboo forest until the evening.

The red light of the setting sun slants into the bamboo forest.

Click! !

A hand, with a sound of wind, suddenly reached out to the bamboo stick the size of a bowl.

His five fingers were like pliers, pinching and pulling inwards, and the bamboo was torn on the spot. A small part of the bamboo was pulled outwards, and the crack started from that section of bamboo and spread up and down.

Chu Tianshu stepped back and pulled off a three or four foot long bamboo strip.

The severely damaged bamboo shook and was about to bend down due to the weight of the branches and leaves at the top.

Chu Tianshu took the initiative to attack, his body spun fully, and his right arm swung out.

There was a sound like firecrackers in the air.

The big bamboo broke in half, and the tough fibers were all severed near the bamboo node. Although the fracture was a bit jagged, it broke quickly and fiercely.

The upper half of the bamboo fell down, and the broken end was stuck in the soil. In a few breaths, it slowly fell over.

Originally, Chu Tianshu regarded those big bamboos as obstacles, and he avoided them when practicing his skills.

In the past ten days, he started to practice with these bamboos.

Especially in the depths of the bamboo forest, those old and tough bamboos are particularly suitable for practicing the grabbing, tearing and whip hand skills in Tongbeiquan.

At first, even though he was in an enlightened state, his arms could only whip out like a stick, which could only break the bamboo but not break it.

A large bamboo needs to be hit repeatedly several times before it bends and falls under its own weight.

And now, he can break such a bamboo with a swing of his arm.

However, he also felt pain at the edge of his right palm, which was red and hot. If left alone, it would swell slightly after a while.

Even if Chu Tianshu didn't have any medicine on him, he knew how to massage and give acupuncture, and various ways to prevent inflammation and reduce swelling. However, he didn't use those methods. He just closed his mouth, inhaled through his nose, held his breath, and slowly pushed his right palm forward.

There seemed to be an invisible weight in the air, tightening on his right arm.

After just two or three repeated pushes, the palms became red and hot, spreading to the tips of the five fingers, and the pain at the edges of the palms was greatly reduced.

In fact, many drugs only stimulate the body's own healing ability.

A boxer who has become enlightened will have a more and more detailed control over his body, and his physical potential will be developed. Just by exerting force through some movements, he can speed up the recovery of minor injuries.

This is also a process of tempering.

Just like a tree, if it is injured but not dead, the injured part will become stronger than other parts in the future.

A tree gets scars from being hit by an axe, and calluses get formed from being punched thousands of times!
During this period, Chu Tianshu actually got a lot of good medicinal materials through Meng Shuangjiang's connections and boiled them into ointments, but they were not for external application, but for internal use as tonics.

As long as one can bear and absorb, fundamentally strengthen vitality, and then let vitality make up for the damage, this is the best treatment method. The use of the stomach and intestines in "Gluttony Tongbei Fist" can just meet the prerequisite.

The injuries on his hands and feet were healed in this way. In just twenty days, his hands were covered with evenly distributed thin calluses, and the strength of his limbs was incomparable to before.

During the battle with the ghost scholar, although his physical strength was stimulated and he was very strong, his physical condition could not keep up. He kicked the stone tablet with just one kick and it was very painful.

If he were to do it again now, he would never make that mistake.

"Brother Chu, where are you?"

Outside the woods, shouting sounds were heard from afar.

Chu Tianshu exhaled, stopped practicing, and walked out of the bamboo forest.

Meng Shuangjiang shouted a few more times over there.

"coming!"

Chu Tianshu replied cheerfully, his voice as loud as a bell, and the bamboo leaves around him moved slightly.

A tired bird in the sky was about to return to the forest, but was startled and flew away again.

Meng Shuangjiang stood on the bluestone bridge, his eyes following the bird circling above the bamboo forest.

When he looked down again, he saw the miracle doctor walking out of the bamboo forest.

(End of this chapter)