The Legend of the Condor Heroes: From Being Expelled from Peach Blossom Island

Chapter 424 Finally Meeting Genghis Khan
The effects of the Life and Death Chain cannot last longer than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, otherwise it will cause permanent damage to Guo Jing's body. Wu Chengyu's hand is currently on Guo Jing's Dazhui acupoint at the back of his neck, carefully controlling the intensity of the Life and Death Chain.

Thus, when Guo Jing's body reached its limit, Wu Chengyu released the chain of life and death. Guo Jing's painful groans finally stopped. Wu Chengyu immediately sensed the condition inside Guo Jing's body, having just opened up many of Guo Jing's meridians in one go.

After some time, Guo Jing, the young chicken, had been cooking for half an hour. If it were a real fat chicken, it would have been mushy and the meat would have been falling apart long ago. Meanwhile, the Yin attribute power that Wu Chengyu had infused into Guo Jing's body had been exhausted.

The originally black medicine is now murky, though not quite like clear water. This is also the effect of the Yi Jin Duan Gu Pian (a traditional Chinese medicine formula), which can slowly expel impurities from the body. Thus, the task of boiling Guo Jing in the iron vat is now complete.

Wu Chengyu pulled Guo Jing out of the iron vat. The boy had held on for so long without fainting, but he was already somewhat dazed and confused, and could hardly stand up.

But soon, he had to come to his senses. Now was the time when Guo Jing's body was most flexible, and Wu Chengyu immediately used the Bone-Dislocating Capture Technique on him.

This time, it wasn't about dislocating bones and tendons, but rather about "grabbing the dragon's bones and pulling the dragon's tendons." Wu Chengyu was helping Guo Jing correct and adjust his posture.

From birth, as people grow slowly in different environments, their daily activities, personal habits, and even sitting and sleeping postures all cause subtle changes in their physical appearance.

This change is acquired and is the most suitable habit for each person, but some changes in posture are actually detrimental to health.

While Guo Jing was in Li Ping's womb, Li Ping was being held hostage by Duan Tiande and forcibly taken from Jiangnan to Mongolia. The journey was arduous, and she was often hungry. In the end, she gave birth in the wild, and even the umbilical cord was bitten off by Li Ping herself.

Therefore, it was already a great blessing that Guo Jing was born alive. He was still unable to speak fluently until he was three or four years old, and his intellectual development was somewhat slow. All of this shows that he actually had some congenital deficiencies.

In this situation, Guo Jing's physical talent remained excellent despite his slightly slower comprehension, which shows that his original talent should have been even better, and his body was still somewhat damaged.

At the same time, before Guo Jing saved Zhebie and gained Temujin's appreciation, the Guo family's environment must have been extremely poor. He suffered from malnutrition from childhood and needed to help his mother with hard work. According to Wu Chengyu's observation, he had many injuries on his body.

This resulted in Guo Jing's shoulders being somewhat slumped, and while his waist and back muscles were strong, they lacked flexibility.

Most importantly, this kid has been riding horses since he was a child. While he is an excellent rider, he has actually developed bowlegs.

Such a childhood experience, even with good aptitude, would actually result in many deformities or tendencies toward deformity in the body, which is completely different from Yang Kang, who was born a prince.

Wu Chengyu's bone-dissolving grappling technique can separate tendons and dislocate bones, and at the same time, it can straighten tendons and realign bones. It is precisely to take advantage of the moment when Guo Jing's tendons and bones are soft after the medicinal bath to restore his physique.

Otherwise, if this continues, it will still affect Guo Jing's progress in martial arts. Wu Chengyu really thought of everything in order to cultivate Guo Jing.

Wu Chengyu's bone-dislocating grappling technique started from Guo Jing's neck and worked its way down, correcting him bit by bit. In some places, it even required disassembling and reassembling. At the same time, Wu Chengyu also reorganized the tendons in Guo Jing's body.

This operation was bound to be accompanied by excruciating pain and numbness. Guo Jing had just been removed from the iron vat, and was weak all over and in a daze. It was inevitable that he would cry out in pain.

Fortunately, bone setting and tendon manipulation cannot be accomplished overnight and must be done every day in the future, but each process is quick. In addition to regaining consciousness immediately, Guo Jing's severe pain quickly stopped.

In just over half an hour, Guo Jing felt as if he had been subjected to torture for a long time. Now, just like Yang Kang, who had been tormented, he looked at Wu Chengyu with the same eyes that he was looking at a demon.

Wu Chengyu ignored the boy's thoughts and pulled him out of the tent. The Seven Heroes of Jiangnan immediately surrounded them. Han Xiaoying, overcome with maternal instinct, hugged Guo Jing tightly and looked at Wu Chengyu with a hint of resentment.

Wu Chengyu could only turn a blind eye and said to the Seven Heroes of Jiangnan, "Today's training ends here. Let Guo Jing take a good bath and eat something. He doesn't need to practice anymore. The main thing is to recover his physical strength and mental energy. We will continue tomorrow."

Even Ke Zhen'e, who always prided himself on being hard-hearted, couldn't help but ask, "Shall we continue?"

"To improve this kid's physical strength and foundation is no less than to cleanse his marrow and transform him completely. How could it be accomplished overnight?"

Taoism has a saying about building a foundation in 100 days. We don't need 100 days, but we still need 30 days. However, today is the most grueling day. After that, the kid will get used to it.

"Jing'er, as the saying goes, 'No pain, no gain.' You've suffered a bit today, and you might resent me. But when you soar to great heights in the future, you can fight me. If you win, I'll let you take your revenge, how about that?"

Guo Jing was always honest and kind, and he respected his teacher the most. Even though he was a little resentful because of the torment he had suffered, he did not dare to really hate his master Wu Chengyu. He immediately said that he dared not. Wu Chengyu smiled.

"This massage of mine, which is like being torn apart by fire and bones, and whose life or death is uncertain, is a bit painful, but you are the only one in the world worth me doing this for."

Thirty days passed quickly for Wu Chengyu. Every day, after giving Guo Jing a massage, he would wander around, or drink with the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan, occasionally teasing Ke Zhen'e, which almost made the old bat angry. But he lived a very pleasant life.

But for Guo Jing, those thirty days were truly an eternity, each day filled with unbearable torment. It was only thanks to him that he persevered.

Guo Jing never understood what a massage was, and Wu Chengyu didn't explain it either. Just as Wu Chengyu said, after getting a massage many times, you become numb to it. But he gradually felt the changes in his body. The changes in his physique were nothing compared to the changes in his legs. His legs were straight, and he no longer had bowlegs. This meant that the boy's riding skills needed to be readjusted. Moreover, he had a broad back and a narrow waist, and his posture was upright. Just looking at his back, one could tell he was a handsome man.

His body began to become extremely flexible, and many of the more obscure movements he used to practice martial arts could now be performed easily without even thinking about them.

His reactions also became exceptionally sharp. When sparring with the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan, he used to be unable to react in time when his master changed his moves, but now he could respond naturally and promptly without even thinking.

In addition, his speed, explosiveness, and strength have all increased significantly. In particular, his daily internal energy cultivation has made his internal energy circulate in his meridians at an extremely fast speed without any obstruction. The adaptability of his meridians has also greatly increased. In the past, his meridians would ache after circulating his internal energy for more than ten cycles, but now he feels nothing at all.

Even if this kid is slow on the uptake, he knows that Wu Chengyu's massage has brought him countless benefits, and these benefits haven't even been fully realized yet. He will definitely continue to benefit from it in the future.

Now Guo Jing's impression of Wu Chengyu is getting better and better, and he respects him more and more. However, because he has been tortured for thirty days, he still has a sense of fear of Wu Chengyu, whether intentionally or unintentionally. Fortunately, Wu Chengyu does not care about these things. On the contrary, he feels a sense of accomplishment in personally cultivating a genius.

However, even in Mongolia, one cannot escape the entanglements of worldly interests. Wu Chengyu and Guo Jing endured a month of hardship without seeing outsiders, but the outsiders eventually came anyway.

On this day, the thirty-day massage finally came to an end, and Guo Jing's aptitude had reached its peak. Now, apart from cultivating with Ah Ku from Bear in the Big Blue House and the reborn Wu Chengyu himself, it was hard to imagine anyone else in the world whose physical condition could surpass Guo Jing's.

Of course, his honest and simple nature and stubborn personality remained unchanged. This kid was always a step behind in everything he did, but Wu Chengyu grew to like him more and more.

While checking on Guo Jing's physical condition after his massage, Wu Chengyu suddenly felt the ground shake and immediately heard the sound of horses' hooves at least half a mile away from his tent.

There were at least two hundred cavalrymen riding their warhorses toward them, and they arrived in an instant. Their target was clearly Guo Jing's house.

Li Ping was cooking at the moment. She knew that her son had suffered a bit recently and needed to replenish his nutrition, so she asked Zhang Asheng to slaughter a sheep early in the morning.

Zhang Asheng was originally a butcher, and he was an expert at slaughtering sheep. Before long, the lamb chops were put into the pot, and the surrounding air was filled with the aroma of lamb soup.

At this moment, Li Ping and the Seven Heroes of Jiangnan also sensed that a large group of people were riding straight towards them, and they all came out of their tents to watch.

When the cavalrymen were about fifty meters away from Guo Jing's house, they all tightened their reins and stopped. Then they parted to the sides, leaving a path in the middle. Temujin rode out from the crowd, followed by Hua Zheng and Tolui.

Hua Zheng shook her head and looked around. When she saw Guo Jing, her eyes lit up. Just as she was about to greet him, she saw Wu Chengyu. Her face immediately turned cold. She pointed at Wu Chengyu with her riding whip and said to Temujin.

"Father, this is the man. I don't know where he came from. He tortures Jing Ge every day, and even boils him in an iron vat. Such cruel methods must mean he is not a good person. You must do justice for me!"

Previously, Wu Chengyu had only glimpsed Genghis Khan a few times from a nearby hilltop, but this was the first time he and Temujin had faced each other directly.

Upon hearing Hua Zheng's words, Guo Jing quickly explained, "Hua Zheng, don't talk nonsense. Master Wu is doing this for my own good, teaching me skills."

His words only temporarily appeased Hua Zheng, but had no effect on Wu Chengyu and Temujin in the arena.

Temujin was sizing up Wu Chengyu. In Temujin's eyes, Wu Chengyu was a thin, pale-faced man who was unbelievably handsome, but he didn't catch Temujin's eye at all.

On the Mongolian grasslands, people value men who are strong and ready to ride into battle at any time. Men like Wu Chengyu are not popular at all. Even Mongolian women look down on this man whose waist is not as thick as theirs, whose face is whiter, and who looks weak and frail.

This past month or so has been the most triumphant period of Temujin's life. More than twenty days ago, at the Onon River source conference, he was hailed as Genghis Khan by various grassland tribes, and the unification of Mongolia was an unstoppable trend.

In a few years, he will be able to completely annex the small tribes on the grasslands and wipe out the remaining forces of Wang Khan and Sangkun. Then he will lead the Mongol army south to graze his horses.

He had met Wanyan Honglie and had long seen through the Jin Dynasty's outward strength but inner weakness. He believed that once he integrated the Mongol forces, no one in the world could withstand the Mongol cavalry, and the eagle of the grasslands would eventually fly out of Mongolia and dominate the world.

Therefore, how could he possibly be interested in this pretty boy dressed as a Song person? In his mind, the Song people were not even as good as the Jin people.

However, the young man's gaze made Temujin extremely unhappy. Although he only brought two hundred cavalrymen, Genghis Khan's power was already evident.

Needless to say, Guo Jing had long regarded Li Ping as his own nephew and always treated her with respect. However, the Seven Heroes of Jiangnan dared not act recklessly now that they had also lost their prestige.

Only this pretty boy in front of him looked at him without any fear. Not only was he not afraid, but he even seemed to be looking down on him. How could Temujin allow anyone to look at him like that now?

(End of this chapter)