Chapter 2 Achievements in Learning

  Xiao Yu Feng had been drifting with Zhang Lao in the rivers and lakes since he was a child, treating illnesses and saving people. Over the years, his medical skills have made great progress. However, Zhang Lao felt that Xiao Yu Feng was too young to be trusted with prescribing medicine on his own, and patients were also hesitant to trust their health to a teenager. Therefore, Zhang Lao could only continue to support him from the side.

  "Ma'am, do you often feel like your nose is running, your throat hurts, or your head is heavy?" Yu Feng asked while taking the pulse of the woman beside him.

  Zhang Lao simply stood beside him, one hand behind his back and the other stroking his snow-white beard as he smiled and nodded. He and Yu Feng had stayed in this small town for a month or two, treating people's illnesses and prescribing medicine for free every day, so most people recognized the old man and the young boy, and they had also heard that Yu Feng was able to treat people's illnesses at such a young age.

  "Yes, yes, little doctor. How did you know? I've been like this for four or five days now. Sometimes I can barely eat anything, my throat is always sore and my head feels heavy, as if something is weighing it down."

  "Ah, Mrs., you don't have a serious illness, just a slight cold. I'll give you a prescription, and you'll be fine in two days. You won't need to buy any medicine, as you definitely have the ingredients at home. Slice a potato thinly and boil it in plain water without adding salt or sugar. After boiling for half a minute, drink the soup 10 minutes later. Remember to drink it after meals. Also, take half a kilogram of spinach, don't cut it off, wash it clean, put it in a pot with three bowls of water, and boil it until it's done. Don't add anything else, but this must be drunk before meals to be effective."

  "Grandfather, is this all right?" Yu asked after finishing writing the prescription.

  "Ah, okay, remember to let this old lady take it easy for the next few days, rest more and pay attention to keeping warm." Zhang Lao said with a smile.

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  Five years later, Lushan.

  A wisp of cloud and mist shrouded the entire mountain forest, with chirping birdsong occasionally transmitted. A waterfall fell from top to bottom, and the falling water droplets returned to the stream, making the fog on the mountain even thicker.

  "The sun shines on the incense burner, producing purple smoke. Looking from afar, the waterfall hangs in front of the river, flying down straight for three thousand feet, as if it were the Milky Way falling from the nine heavens." This is Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai's majestic words about Lushan Waterfall. Without being there in person, one cannot experience the majesty of nature and how it makes people worship.

  Occasionally, one or two beasts would emerge from behind the trees, cautiously poking their small heads out to look around, before slowly coming out and leisurely nibbling on the water grass by the stream. Suddenly, that little beast turned around and ran away in a panic without looking back.

  Because a young man with his upper body naked suddenly walked out of the waterfall. He wiped the water off his face with one hand and looked back at the waterfall that was flowing straight down.

  This young man was Xiao Yu Feng, who had practiced medicine with Zhang Lao Si several years ago. He felt a wave of emotions in his heart, it had been more than four years, and he didn't even know how he had survived these days, later on things got better, but the first year was simply hellish life.

  Years ago, Yu Feng's "Qing Xin Jue" was able to cure people's illnesses while also diligently practicing without interruption. Later on, Yu Fa became proficient and surprisingly reached the state of Xian Tian at just over 14 years old. This speed even Zhang Lao couldn't have imagined, remembering that he himself didn't reach the state of Xian Tian until he was over 40, and those who were called geniuses by friends were rare encounters in a hundred years.

  Now, compared to young Xiao Yu Feng, he can't be considered much, but having someone like this also brings great comfort to his old heart, feeling that there is a successor.

  At that time, Yu Feng's medical skills had made some progress, and to go further, he could only rely on time to accumulate experience. It was impossible to reach Zhang Lao's level in a short period of time. Moreover, due to the Qing dynasty's successive losses in state affairs, they signed a series of humiliating treaties including the Treaty of Nanjing, the Five Ports Commercial Charter, the Treaty of Huangpu, and others, which led to the proliferation of opium dens throughout the country, with foreigners rampaging through the land, and the entire Qing dynasty was plunged into a desperate situation.

  Zhang Lao wanted to let Xiao Yu Feng further improve in the direction of martial arts, he felt that his body was getting worse and worse, although "Qing Xin Jue" had the effect of prolonging life, but it couldn't be immortal. So he brought Yu Feng to live in seclusion under the waterfall of Lushan Mountain, practicing under the waterfall was also Zhang Lao's intention, which could temper his will and polish his body. He wanted to see Yu Feng make progress in his practice in his last days.

  Yu Feng also didn't disappoint Zhang Lao, at the beginning, he couldn't even stand steadily under the waterfall for a month or two, and as soon as he went up, he was washed away by the water and fainted several times. Every day, his whole body was bruised and battered, Zhang Lao felt heartache when seeing this, and immediately wanted Yu Feng to give up on this cruel cultivation. But this instead provoked Yu Feng's stubbornness, he refused to give up even in death, and Zhang Lao could only follow along with him.

  Two or three months later, Yu Feng finally managed to stand on it steadily, but not for long, less than half a stick of incense time would be washed down again by the water, and Yu Feng always gritted his teeth and carefully ran up. After two years of hellish pain and grinding, he could already stand on it for a whole day and night, twelve hours without coming down. I don't know how much hardship was endured in this process, and how much blood and sweat were shed.

  And he began to run the "Clear Mind Secret" under the waterfall. Running internal power under the pressure of nature is a very dangerous thing, and it's fortunate that he had been practicing at the bottom of the waterfall for more than two years, and the "Clear Mind Secret" also has the effect of protecting the heart and mind, so there was no harm left behind. If someone else were to do this, they would immediately go mad and die. Now, after persisting for another two years, Yu Feng can already see the hundreds of feet high waterfall as nothing, and he is no longer affected by it no matter what he does.

  These four years of miserable and unbearable training have finally paid off today. Practicing internal strength under the waterfall has made him extremely familiar with Qing Xin's moves, even more so than the original creator.

  After finishing his cultivation today, he suddenly discovered that the speed of his internal power operation was several times faster than before, and he knew that he had already reached the highest level of martial arts that his predecessors could reach, the Innate Great Perfection. This is how he came to have the above feelings.

  As the sun was about to set, he suddenly flew out from among the trees, his slow movements disappearing in the blink of an eye. It turned out that the tree above had left a residual shadow due to his extremely fast jumping speed. As he flew by, countless birds and beasts were startled into flight.

  "Grandpa, I'm back!" Yu Feng shouted while pushing open the door.

  "I knew it, you shouted so loudly, come on! You must be hungry, eat quickly." Zhang Lao turned around and moved all the prepared dishes to the table, smiling as he watched Xiao Feng devouring his food.

  "Hmm, Xiao Feng... you've broken through?" Zhang Lao's turbid eyes suddenly flashed with an unusual glint, because he discovered that he could no longer sense Yu Feng's aura. If not for his own eyes seeing it, he almost didn't dare to believe it, because this was impossible for someone who had already reached the Xiantian realm like him.

  Apart from two reasons, one is that the person is dead. Xiao Feng is certainly not dead, so it can only be said that Xiao Feng's martial arts cultivation has far surpassed his. In other words, Yu Feng's true energy in normal situations has unconsciously been completely hidden. As the classics say, "Still as a young girl, moving like a startled rabbit."

  "Yes, Grandfather. Today I finished my cultivation... and when I came out, I found that my true energy... was running much faster than before. I don't know when it broke through today, you also know, while I was under the waterfall, one side running Qing Xin Jue and the other side resisting the pressure of the waterfall, it's impossible to observe the state of the true energy with a divided mind. Wow, after staying there for four years, every stone in that pool I can tell where it is even with my eyes closed. I plan to cultivate for another few months and then leave. I estimate that cultivating for a longer period of time now won't be of much use either." Yu Feng said while eating.

  Then looked at Zhang Lao.

  "Great! Great! Great! I never thought that in my lifetime, I would see the realm of martial arts like this. You are indeed my grandson, haha... Innate perfection from birth! The goal of my life, I didn't expect you to achieve it at 19 years old. Go get some wine, let's have a good drink tonight, don't go tomorrow, sleep well, these four years have been tough on you." Zhang Lao stroked his snow-white beard and laughed heartily, truly comforting for an old man like me.

  "Ah, okay! Let's drink!" Yu Feng laughed and ran to the back of the house to dig out the wine. Although Zhang Lao was very lenient with him in other matters, he always thought that Yu Feng was still too young to drink, only occasionally allowing him a few sips during holidays. The thing that Yu Feng envied most about Zhang Lao was this wine. When he returned, he was carrying a large vat of wine. Since it was so hard to get a chance to drink, he would definitely make the most of it. Yu Feng's heart was filled with joy.

  "You little rascal, you were asked to bring wine and you actually brought two large jars. Do you want to sleep until tomorrow night?" Zhang Lao scolded with a smile as soon as he saw Yu Feng carrying out the two jars of wine.

  The recipe for this wine was obtained by him decades ago, when he was a doctor in Jiangnan. He met the son of a wine shop owner who had fallen ill and was cured by him. After that, he refused to accept the medical fee, so the wine shop owner, seeing his good character, gave him the family's secret recipe for brewing wine. This made Zhang very happy and he praised the owner's good character. The two of them brewed dozens of jars of wine and buried them underground when they returned a few years ago, almost using up half of their savings at that time. Now, after several years, there is not much left.

  The two of them then clinked cups and exchanged toasts, and after a while, the two drunkards were inseparable, embracing each other's shoulders like brothers, and fell asleep on the ground. Yu Feng's mouth still muttered: "Grandpa, drink... Grandpa, don't drink mine, drink mine..."

  The two slept until noon the next day, and it was Yu Feng who woke up hungry. He was only 19 years old at that time and was still growing, so it was normal for him to wake up hungry. He carried Zhang Lao to the bed, ate some of yesterday's leftover food, and began his new day of cultivation. Today, he didn't go to the waterfall because it was already late, and from here to the Lushan Waterfall was still a long way away. With his physical strength, it would take at least an hour to get there, and going back and forth would take two hours. If he stayed there for several more hours, the sky would be dark by then.

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