Chapter 72 Leaving the Village for a Distant Journey

  Seeing his three sisters staring at him like a monster, Xiao Ziyang snatched back the secret recipe and fled in a hurry.

  Unable to persuade the three of them to give up their idea of practicing the Blood Transformation Scripture, Xiao Ziyang could only retreat and seek another way. He helped protect them while they cultivated.

  Unexpectedly, the Qi of Returning to the Origin had a miraculous effect on suppressing the boiling blood produced during the cultivation of the Blood Transformation Scripture. Under its suppression, the three people almost effortlessly passed through the most difficult and treacherous first pass of the Blood Transformation Scripture.

  An Jia sisters worked hard to practice, and the task of teaching Er Zhu's children fell on Xiao Ziyang again.

  Lei Ke Hu was originally a wild child, and Xiao Ziyang's martial arts skills were even more pieced together. Talking about the foundation being solid, having broad vision, and systematic knowledge of martial arts, he couldn't compare to the An sisters in terms of basics, but he had the "Wu Jing" in hand, was extremely intelligent, had excellent comprehension, and his understanding of martial arts far surpassed that of the An sisters.

  An Yu Rong was originally a childlike personality, how could she have the patience to teach apprentices? Often with just three or two sentences, she would get herself worked up into a fiery temper, causing several children to shiver with fear at the sight of her.

  Xiao Ziyang was at a loss when he examined the several children. The children, under An Yurong's coercion, had memorized a pile of formulas and martial arts moves, but they were completely muddled and didn't understand what they meant.

  Xiao Ziyang wrote down these kung fu formulas and moves, studied them carefully, mastered them, and then taught them to a few children.

  Lei Keng Hu was a rough and unpolished man, not good at speaking, and the martial arts he learned were also pieced together from here and there. Many things he himself only knew how to do but didn't know the underlying principles. Xiao Zi Yang was able to surpass his master through his own efforts and exceptional comprehension skills.

  He then painstakingly memorized the teachings of his master, along with those of other major sects, and slowly grasped their underlying principles through countless hours of bitter practice. From the very beginning, he learned to analyze the logic behind martial arts techniques so that he could understand the things his adoptive father had taught him but didn't even understand himself.

  His approach to understanding martial arts is different from others. He never blindly believed in what he learned from his master or from martial arts scriptures.

  Such experiences also gave him a far more than ordinary grasp of the difficulties and key points in the process of learning martial arts.

  Several children all felt that what An Yurong said was so dry and dull, no matter how hard they tried to understand it, they just couldn't get it. But Xiao Ziyang could explain the same thing in just a few words and make it crystal clear.

  With comparison, An Yurong's status plummeted in the hearts of several children.

  When Xiao Ziyang tested the martial arts skills of several children, he found that although An Yurong's teaching methods were unorthodox, she was very generous with the children. The martial arts moves she taught them were simple but extremely authentic.

  He again recalled that when An Jia sisters discovered the "Hua Xue Jing" and "Hua Xue Dao Pu", they were completely open with him, and he couldn't help but feel moved in his heart.

  After half a year of getting along, Xiao Ziyang and the An sisters trusted each other extremely, he finally decided to copy down the "Lun Jian" and "Lun Nei Gong" chapters from the Wu Jing, as well as all the prescriptions in the first three chapters of "Zi Yu Sheng Yan", for the three to study.

  The three sisters were all disciples of famous schools and had a wide range of knowledge. At first glance, they immediately understood the value of these things and were also very grateful to Xiao Ziyang.

  These days, Xiao Ziyang has not put down his cultivation of "Zi Yu Sheng Yan", although he does not have the medicinal materials and cannot cultivate the seventh chapter, he still cultivates diligently according to the sixth chapter's method every day. Three months later, he again felt the sensation of his Qi and blood being full, and once more used the visualization technique to guide his Qi and blood into internal energy.

  Xiao Ziyang discovered that the last recorded route in "Zi Yu Sheng Yan" was a method of using internal power to nourish and cleanse the body. Using this method to nourish the body would greatly consume the source of internal power. In other words, the internal power consumed after using this method to nourish the body would not be recoverable. However, it was worth it, as the body that had undergone internal power cleansing and nourishment would have a greatly increased efficiency in future cultivation. The body that originally needed to rest due to internal injuries after cultivating for ten days could now cultivate continuously for fifteen days.

  Xiao Ziyang's dan Tian inner energy ball has increased again by a few points and is now the size of a large thumb.

  Of course, it's not that three months of cultivation now can replace nearly two years of previous cultivation. The reason why only three months of cultivation is enough to make the body full of energy again is that when using the visualization method to guide out the internal force, not all the energy and blood are converted into internal force. If so, the practitioner would immediately die due to the decline of energy and blood. In fact, this visualization method can at most only guide out 20% of the body's energy and blood.

  Xiao Ziyang's body became even stronger after nourishing his internal energy, his strength increased a bit, and his muscles and bones became more solid.

  It seems that the growth of internal energy also helps in the practice of the Introspection Method. After countless attempts and practices, Xiao Ziyang finally barely mastered this technique; it's said to be barely because he averaged three times to activate the effect of the Introspection Method only once.

  After three months of practice, Xiao Ziyang's Yunbo Swordsmanship, Huajian Step Method, and Qianshi Arrow Body Method all reached the level of entering the hall.

  In order to further his cultivation, he decided to go out and buy some medicinal materials. He also planned to visit the Wen Manor to retrieve his reward money for future use.

  Outside the main gate of Cangshan Village.

  "Xiao Da Ge, why don't you take Xiao Zhuo with you? It's better to have someone to take care of on the road." An Yurong said to Xiao Ziyang again.

  Xiao Zhuo is the daughter of a villager from Wangjiazhuang, Nanba County. The Iron Riders robbed Wangjiazhuang, killed her parents and took her to the mountain. Chen Tianyu, the third master of the gang, took a liking to her and made her his concubine. After Cangshan Fort was destroyed, she became An Yurong's personal maid.

  Xiao Ziyang smiled and said: "I'm used to traveling alone in the world, I'm not a young master, who needs someone to serve me?"

  At this time, Er Zhuang and Shanzi led several children to rush forward, grabbing his collar, all with tears in their eyes, and the deep affection overflowed from their expressions.

  Xiao Ziyang was also reluctant to part with them, he patted the heads of several children and smiled: "Master is not gone forever. After Master leaves, you must practice martial arts diligently, no laziness allowed, I'll be back to test you."

  Several children nodded vigorously. Er Zhu grasped his hand and begged, "Take Er Zhu with you, I'll run errands for you on the way, Er Zhu is very capable."

  Xiao Ziyang scolded with a smile: "Stop talking nonsense, who will take care of the few younger brothers after you leave? Who will lead the younger brothers to practice martial arts? Listen carefully, when Master returns to test your martial arts skills, whoever is unqualified, I will heavily punish this big senior brother. Did you hear that?"

  Two pillars collapsed and faced each other in agreement.

  Xiao Ziyang patted the heads of his disciples again, and nodded to An Jia sisters: "Alright, I'll be back in a month at most. After I leave, you all take care of yourselves."

  Having said that, he pulled the reins of his horse and turned around to gallop down the mountain.

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