Chapter 8: Rapid Progress

  He had practiced the entire set of Cloud Flowing Water Movement from start to finish four times, and two hours had already passed. Du Fei Yun was so immersed in that mysterious state that he even forgot to eat his breakfast.

  When he finally finished his work, stood still, and slowly exhaled a mouthful of turbid air, he turned his head to see Du Shi leaning against the door frame, looking distracted, lost in thought.

  "Mom, you go ahead and have breakfast first, don't wait for me!"

  Du Feiyun's voice startled the Du family, and she walked into the courtyard with a cane. Du Feiyun hurriedly supported her to sit down in front of the stone table.

  "Fei Yun, the footwork and palm techniques you just practiced are quite unfamiliar. This clearly isn't the Liu family's kung fu that I taught you. Tell me, where did you learn this from?" Du Shi said, one hand leaning on her cane and the other holding onto Du Fei Yun's hand, with a hint of doubt in her eyes.

  When Du Feiyun heard the mention of Liu's Gongfa in his mother's words, his eyes suddenly dimmed a lot. He turned his head to conceal the gradually cold eyes. After a pause, he turned back and smiled at his mother, "Mother, I dreamed of an old man with white beard yesterday, and these steps and palm techniques were taught by him!"

  This statement is both true and false, only Du Feiyun understands the inside story. However, when heard by Madam Du, it was obviously a deceitful nonsense.

  However, Du didn't get angry, but instead smiled lightly and stretched out her hand to gently tap Du Feiyun's forehead, saying with a smile: "Oh, my son Feiyun is also using this nonsense to deceive his mother."

  "Fei Yun, Mother knows you've grown up and have your own secrets now. Perhaps you need to follow the master's orders, but surely it doesn't mean you have to hide things from Mother too?"

  "Alright, if you really don't want to say it, then I won't force you."

  It was clear that Du thought he had secretly learned from a master. However, since this matter couldn't be explained clearly, Dufei Yun simply didn't explain it. Anyway, he knew that later on there might be even more things to explain, and since his mother mistakenly thought he had learned from a master, that would also save him a lot of trouble.

  ……………

  Ten days passed quietly.

  In these ten days, Du Feiyun still got up at dawn every morning to practice the Xingyun Liu Shui Gong method twice and then went to collect medicine in the Langshi Mountains.

  After a hard day's work, he returned home at night and after dinner, he didn't rest, but instead focused on his cultivation until the next dawn, repeating this cycle.

  After the incident with Qin Shouyi, for some unknown reason, whether it was due to his inner conflict or because the herbs in the mountains were becoming scarce, Du Feiyun never went back to Baishi Peak again. Instead, he found a remote mountain peak where few people ventured and harvested a bountiful amount every day.

  Picking herbs is currently the family's largest source of income, so Du Feiyun still can't give up. Recently, he found another Dan Fang in Lie Shan Yao Dian, which can greatly enhance his strength after refining.

  More importantly, a cultivator in the Dan Refining stage can barely consume this kind of elixir. Therefore, he also needs to go collect herbs and gather materials needed for the elixir formula.

  During this period, Du Feiyun always had a ruddy complexion, his facial color was much better than before, and his spirit was full and abundant.

  Everything was just because, in these ten days, the medicinal effect of the "Tui Tai Huan Gu Dan" had gradually merged and absorbed, his physical quality, whether it was his meridians or tendons and bones, had been greatly enhanced to a large extent.

  What surprised him the most was that his strength had also made rapid progress during this period, and in just ten short days, he had advanced two levels, reaching the sixth level of the Refining Body stage!!

  Before, Du Fei Yun had only seen the depiction of Dan medicine in Yu Jian's book, how magical it was and how powerful. From now on, he truly witnessed the extraordinary effect of Dan medicine with his own eyes. He has been stuck at the fourth layer of the Refining Body stage for two years, but after taking the Detoxification Rebirth Dan, he broke through to the fifth layer in one go, and yesterday he advanced again to the sixth layer realm.

  A single dan medicine, and he was exempt from two years of bitter cultivation, allowing him to directly advance from the fourth layer of the Refining Body stage to the sixth layer realm. How powerful! How astonishing!

  He had no doubt that if the three families of cultivators in Baishi Town knew about this matter, they would definitely go crazy. A single Dan medicine could exempt several years of bitter cultivation and increase one's power by two levels, such an effect was truly against the heavens!

  He believed that if the monks of the three major families knew he had such a treasure, they would definitely swarm in and use all means to take his treasure for themselves, and even his own life would be in danger.

  However, he would absolutely never reveal any information to others. This matter, except for himself, it was absolutely impossible for anyone else to know. He still understood the principle of "carrying a jade tablet and committing a crime".

  Du Feiyun's rapid progress, Du saw it all in his eyes, and he was naturally surprised and delighted. His son, who had been making slow progress for a long time, finally waited for the clouds to open and see the moon clearly, entered the door of a mysterious master, learned the mysterious skills, and his strength also progressed rapidly, how could she not be surprised.

  However, while there is uplifting good news, there is also worrying bad news.

  News of Second Young Master Qin's disappearance spread like wildfire, and in just one day it had spread throughout the entire town of Baishi, even reaching Du Feiyun's ears. The town of Baishi was only about ten miles in circumference, with a population of only a few thousand people. Normally, even the smallest gossip would be spread far and wide, let alone the heavyweight news of Second Young Master Qin's disappearance, which naturally became known to every woman and child.

  This deceitful and tyrannical second-generation heir has gone missing, with no one knowing whether he is dead or alive. Naturally, many of the oppressed common people are secretly rejoicing. However, even more people are speculating that Qin Wan Year, the master of the Qin family, the ruler of Baishi Town, will unleash what kind of furious anger!

  The Qin family had hundreds of people, and naturally they were a formidable force. They quickly launched an investigation in the streets and alleys. For some reason, the focus gradually shifted to Du Yunqing's body. It was said that on the day of the incident, someone saw Qin Shouyi in Baishi Town, who was wandering around the street at noon, and then followed Du Yunqing out of Baishi Town with a suspicious expression, heading towards Langshi Mountain in the southeast.

  As soon as the news came out, many residents of Baishi Town couldn't help but laugh secretly in their hearts. Qin Shouyi's greedy and lustful nature was well-known to all, and his coveting of Du Juanqing's beauty was not just a year or two.

  Du Juanqing's family was poor, and she had to do household chores every day. Sometimes she even went up the mountain to pick herbs, so her clothes were very simple and she never wore makeup. However, despite her shabby clothes and lack of adornments, she was still naturally beautiful, more radiant than many rich young ladies in town by a good margin.

  However, who in Baishi Town did not know that this frail girl was a broom star, and had come to Baishi Town at the age of swaddling clothes and killed her father.

  Later, she was taken in by Liu Yao, which also caused Liu Yao to contract a serious illness that worsened over the years. At the age of 13, this girl had already grown into a beauty, and a young master from a distant branch of the Liu family saw her and was immediately infatuated. He wanted to take advantage of her, but mysteriously died in the flower garden.

  Since then, everyone in the town would avoid Du Xiangqing and not dare to approach her. Qin Shouyi, the second young master of the Qin family, was so arrogant and reckless that he wanted to bully Du Xiangqing without regard for his own life. Now, he has met with a fitting retribution. At this time, the residents of Baishi Town were rejoicing at Qin Shouyi's misfortune while also becoming more fearful and respectful of Du Xiangqing, shrouding her in an air of mystery and terror.

  When Qin Er, the manager of the Qin family, came to visit with a dozen or so servants, Du Feiyun felt something was off and his heart was racing with anxiety, even secretly regretting not having fled White Stone Town with his mother and sister.

  He secretly blamed himself in his heart, after all, he was still careless. Even if he had the Nine Dragon Cauldron and the Lietian Medicine Classic, which were extremely precious treasures, and his own cultivation had reached the sixth layer of the Refining Body stage, but in front of the mighty power of the Qin family, he was still as fragile as a porcelain bowl. After all, among the known powerful members of the Qin family, apart from the patriarch Qin Wannian, there was also a talented young man who had already reached the Refining Qi stage, and more than twenty cultivators had reached the Refining Body stage!

  If the Qin family wanted to kill Du Feiyun, it would be as easy as turning their hand over, without even exerting the effort of blowing away dust.

  For a moment, Du Feiyun was uneasy in his heart, but he finally decided to face it. He keenly sensed that since the visitor was Qin Er, the manager of the Qin family, and not Qin Wannian, who was notorious for his fiery temper, it meant that the Qin family had not yet found evidence of him killing Qin Shouyi. Otherwise, how could Qin Wannian bear to come personally to avenge his son?

  Having thought this through, Du Fei Yun deliberately put on a slightly frightened and bewildered appearance, responding to Qin Er's stern questioning with a "three nos", although it provoked Qin Er's anger, but ultimately did not bring about any trouble.

  Qin Er asked around but couldn't get a clear answer, and intimidated by Du Juanqing's notorious reputation, he didn't dare to approach or confront him face-to-face. In the end, he could only leave with his servants in discontent.

  Of course, when leaving, Qin Er also didn't forget to pretend to be fierce and reprimand Du Feiyun, and claimed that the Qin family would never let this matter go easily. If within half a month, they still couldn't find any trace of Second Young Master Qin Shouyi, then they would directly capture Du Yunqing and interrogate her!