Chapter 45: Rapid Progress
It was a stormy day, and there was no one on the street. It was pitch black, and no one could see each other.
Liang Qu hugged the scattered small stove with a wet cotton coat and dragged his tired body back to the shore.
He took two withered yellow reed leaves from the reeds growing nearby, tore them into thin threads and passed them through the gill cover of the red blood bass, and ran straight home with the treasure fish.
When he got home, he closed the door, rebuilt the small stove, added firewood to the fire, and put the fish in after the water boiled.
When it was almost cooked, Liang Qu got up to make sure that all the gaps in the house were sealed tightly, and found the concentration incense he had brought back and lit it.
The house was gradually filled with fragrance, and Liang Qu could feel that his attention was much more focused and his thinking was faster.
The physical fatigue made him drowsy, but after inhaling the concentration incense, he was as energetic as if he had woken up naturally after a good sleep.
With the concentration incense, Liang Qu picked up the fish meat and ate it quickly despite the heat, and practiced ape boxing.
【Shui Ze Essence +3.5】
The blood and qi consumed during the day were condensed again. During the circulation, Liang Qu could feel that his sore muscles were relieved and felt very comfortable.
Blood and qi are a manifestation of the physical strength of a warrior, but a warrior is not strong because of sufficient blood and qi, but because of strong physical fitness, he can condense enough blood and qi.
Blood and qi are not a strong cause, but a strong result, and this result can in turn promote the cause.
The two-phase cycle is endless.
As long as the body does not have a major deficit problem, after the blood and qi are exhausted, it will condense again very quickly, especially when the energy is sufficient, it can be replenished more than twice a day.
Hu Qi estimated that it would take Liang Qu two weeks to break through the barrier. After calculation, it is equivalent to refining the skin for about fifty times to break through the barrier and complete the qualitative change.
The food moves in the stomach and intestines, and the surging energy is extracted from the fish meat.
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Strands of blood and qi gathered together, from a few strands of hair to chopsticks, then to the little finger, and finally the index finger, in just a few minutes.
Liang Qu took a deep breath of the fragrance, and followed the feeling Hu Qi gave him during the day, and guided the blood and qi to circulate and spread.
With the help of the concentration incense, the blood and qi were guided very smoothly, and soon turned into a warm current and melted into the skin fascia.
The skin quickly turned red and emitted amazing heat again, which lasted for half a quarter of an hour before stopping.
Liang Qu took a long breath, and billowing white mist sprayed out of his mouth and nose, rolling endlessly.
The tight skin stretched out, still soft to the touch, but seemed to be tougher when attacked.
After refining the skin once, Liang Qu did not stop and continued to condense blood and qi.
The energy that the red blood perch can provide is far more than that.
It's just that he extinguished the incense in advance. This thing is very expensive. I heard from Senior Brother Hu that it costs half a tael of silver per stick!
The room is a closed space, and the fragrance is still there, so it can be used sparingly.
Liang Qu worshipped Yang Dongxiong as his master, and his status and living conditions have made a qualitative leap, but after all, the master is not a real father, and he is very satisfied that Master Yang can teach him things.
Now Liang Qu has just entered the door, and his fellow disciples will naturally take care of him, but he can't ask for everything. In the end, he still has to earn resources by himself, otherwise what is the difference between him and a termite?
Let alone Yang Dongxiong, Liang Qu himself looks down on himself. He has hands, feet, and hangings, and he is no worse than others!
The fish meat is constantly digested, and the surging energy flows out of the body, and is condensed into qi and blood again and again.
The red skin has not yet recovered its color, and it is tightened again, becoming more and more extraordinary after countless tempering.
Practicing until dawn, Liang Qu relies on the red blood perch to condense a full twenty-eight times of qi and blood, constantly flushing the skin and fascia.
The energy in the red blood perch was completely digested, and no more energy could be squeezed out.
It originally took two weeks, fifty times of skin refining, but now it only needs to be done twenty-two times, less than ten days.
The price is that Liang Qu was so sleepy that he couldn't be more sleepy.
Hearing the noise coming from nowhere and the sound of the wheels of the car rolling over the bluestone slabs, he fell asleep on the bed.
When he woke up again, it was still dark.
Liang Qu was a little confused in a trance, as if he didn't know what year it was. He was silent for a long time before he remembered what was going on.
He actually slept from morning to night.
In the middle of the night, the martial arts hall would definitely not open, and there was no way to find his senior brother.
Hearing the footsteps coming from outside the door, it should be a fisherman going out, so it was just right to go into the water and hone his underwater ability.
Liang Qu clenched his fists, waving his fists vigorously, and his excitement was beyond words.
Ze Ling's fusion degree is approaching fifty. He has a hunch that perhaps after breaking through fifty, there will be a different change.
The skin barrier in martial arts is about to be broken through, becoming a real warrior.
Although warriors are different from martial artists and cannot eat imperial food, they are like scholars and juren. Even scholars have a huge gap with ordinary people. It is the dream of many people.
Two lines go hand in hand, oh, and Ah Fei and Budongdong.
The essence of water and marsh required for the evolution of the two beasts is less than Liang Qu, and now the progress is more than half.
It can be said that three lines are blooming.
At that time, in the shallow water area of Jianghuai Zeye, as long as there are no monsters from the deep water area, Liang Qu can be called the tyrant of the shallow water area and the leader of Yixing City!
Putting on clothes, Liang Qu followed the road to the pier.
The temperature dropped more today. Perhaps the rain yesterday marked the arrival of colder air.
When we arrived at the shore, the lights were scattered, much brighter than last night, but there were still many boats parked at the pier, about half of the usual number. Fishermen gathered in teahouses on the shore in groups of three or four, and it was unknown what they were discussing.
Liang Qu wanted to untie the boat, but was stopped by a voice.
"A Shui, are you going out on the boat?"
He turned around and found that it was Li Libo's father Li Dakang who spoke, so he stayed on the shore: "Yes, Uncle Li, is there something wrong?"
"Nothing serious, I just want to ask you, why hasn't my kid come back for two days? Is he still in the martial arts hall, or is he hanging out somewhere?"
Another voice interrupted immediately, it was Chen Jiechang's father Chen Cheng: "Yes, my kid hasn't come back either. I wanted to go to Pingyang Town to find you, but when I thought that three grown men were together and couldn't get lost, I didn't care. I just happened to see him now, so I came to ask."
"Oh, I came back late yesterday and forgot to tell Uncle Li and Uncle Chen. The three of us were spotted by the martial arts master because of our good performance, and he specially vacated a room in the yard for us to stay, so I haven't come back and concentrate on practicing martial arts."
Li Libo and Chen Jiechang were injured, all on their faces. They were embarrassed to go home and make their parents worry, so they asked Liang Qu to bring a message before coming and help them lie.
Liang Qu saved Chen Qingjiang's family a few days ago, which greatly changed his image in the eyes of Yixing people. He was far from being a local sage, but at least his words were convincing.
As a result, he went to catch treasure fish when he came back, and encountered two big monsters. He was so frightened that he couldn't remember this matter. Now he remembered it when he was asked.
As for his becoming a true disciple...
If you don't return to your hometown when you are rich and powerful, it's like walking at night in brocade clothes.
Liang Qu wanted to say it, but looking at the fishermen around him, it didn't seem to be a good time.
He couldn't hold back a big one.
After hearing this, Chen Cheng and Li Dakang were so happy that they hugged the shoulders of the fishermen around them and shouted.
"Did you hear that? Did you hear that? My son was picked by a martial artist! My son was picked by a martial artist."
"I heard that. Congratulations, congratulations."
"I've seen Ah Shui, Ah Jie and Ah Bo since they were little. They are the three smartest kids in our village. Look, they are really going to be great."
"Strange, has our Yixing City ever produced a martial artist? Three of them are going to be produced at once?"
"There were a few, but they all seemed to have moved to Pingyang Town and never came back."
The eyes of several fishermen around changed on the spot. No matter how uncomfortable they felt, they had to say good things to him in person.
"Hahaha, congratulations, he really became a martial artist. I'll buy you a drink."
Li Dakang and Chen Cheng wanted to tell everyone about their son's success at this time.
Liang Qu was used to this scene in his previous life. He shook his head and was about to go to the boat, but was stopped by Li Dakang again.
"A Shui, I wanted to stop you just now, but I didn't tell you clearly. Did you know that it rained heavily last night?"
"I know, what happened?"
"Then you didn't know that the river god appeared last night!"
Liang Qu was confused: "River God?"
"Yes, the river god jumped out of the river and caught a big bird with fire! The sky was broken. Let's wait two days before setting out on the boat. Let the head of the village find a few big families to take the lead, and each household will contribute some money to hold a river god sacrifice. Wait until the sacrifice is over before setting out on the boat, otherwise you will not feel at ease when setting out on the boat."
The fishermen on the side nodded repeatedly.
"Yes, the river god must be sacrificed when he comes out, otherwise it will make him unhappy. It's a small matter not to catch fish, but it's a big matter if the river god gets angry!"
