Chapter 43: Tempering Tendons and Bones with Shadow Fist Technique

  In just over two years, Ye Qing has also started writing. By rights, his age and experience should not have allowed him to write, but the experiences of these two years are probably more than what ordinary people go through in several lifetimes. It's really unexpected that the martial arts master he once admired is now not even worth mentioning. What was once a proud display of wealth with a gold watch is now worthless to him, like scrap paper.

  Zuo Si led Ye Qing, who was lost in thought, through the night market littered with trash and arrived at a quiet noodle shop. He said, "Uncle, two bowls of green vegetable wonton noodles, plus a plate of salted peanuts, two bottles of beer. Help me out, I'm treating today!"

  Ye Qing was finally pulled back to reality, oh, this silly kid is showing off, haha, let's just have him for dinner tonight, and when he comes back, give him a few million, but Ye Qing thought about it for a moment and decided against it. It's better to cultivate his ability to make money, teach him how to fish, giving him a large sum of cash would only deprive him of the ability to make money in the future!

  The owner of the noodle shop, wearing a faded white suit, brought over two bowls of green onion noodles and said: "You little brat, what kind of guests are you entertaining at midnight? Do you know where they come from? You're not studying hard, can you live up to your deceased father?"

  Ye Qing furrowed his brow and was about to make a casual remark, planning to settle the bill and leave. Unexpectedly, as soon as he took a bite, his face suddenly changed color.

  "Alright, Ye Qing's face changed color, it was because he ate something, but Zuo Si and his uncle's astonishing change made Ye Qing stunned, asking in a daze: "What kind of rhythm is this? Uncle and nephew kneeling together, don't worry, I absolutely won't eat the tyrant's meal!"

  Alright, Ye Qing was shocked by Lei's words, but then he heard another sentence that directly petrified him. This is a rhythm that can drive people crazy!

  Only to see Zuo Si and his nephew knock their heads together three times, in perfect sync, saying: "Family slave Zuo Xiang, family slave Zuo Si, on behalf of the deceased father's family slave Zuo Chao and sister family slave Zuo Meng, pay respects to the master!"

  Ye Qing scratched his hair and said: "Zuo Si, what are you doing? What's with this 'house slave' nonsense? Did we know each other before?"

  The uncle and nephew looked at each other, then burst out laughing together. They laughed so happily that tears streamed down their faces, yet they couldn't stop laughing.

  Ye Qing understood and realized that he had encountered two mentally ill people.

  Ye Qing directly pulled out a red ticket, slapped it on the dinner table and was about to leave. Tomorrow not only did he have to go to work, but also attend Mr. Hao's class in the afternoon!

  Zuo Xiang directly blocked Ye Qing's way and asked: "Is the master called Ye Qing, the one who owns the Green Leaf World?"

  Ye Qing grasped her hair tightly, if pulling out all her hair could dispel the confusion, Ye Qing would unhesitatingly pull out all of it.

  Ye Qing's face sank, and with one swift motion, he lifted Zuo Xiang up into the air, holding him suspended as he bellowed: "You'd better explain yourselves clearly - how did you find out my secret?! Otherwise, I'll kill someone!"

  Zuo Xiang was still laughing happily: "To be able to die at the hands of my master, haha, I, Zuo Xiang, am also extremely honored. However, my master will absolutely not kill me. Goat-beard Shan once told my great-grandfather that within five generations, our Zuo family would rise to greatness because we would meet our master Ye Qing. And indeed, haha..."

  Ye Qing felt a chill run down his back, his scalp numb. What was all this nonsense? He thought to himself that he must be forty or fifty years old this year, and even if he were his great-grandfather, it's not possible for him to know himself!

  "So, Uncle, just speak plainly, I really have something to attend to tomorrow!"

  Left thought felt a refreshing true energy coming from Ye Qing's hands, and his confused and infatuated thoughts suddenly cleared up. He hurriedly said: "Master, please forgive the old slave for being rude just now. In my great-grandfather's youth, he was obsessed with boxing techniques. One evening, my great-grandfather Zuo Yu Xian bought a book called 'Shadow Boxing Technique' from a street vendor. The vendor had a goat-like beard and looked like a goat head. All the secrets were recorded in that book, but unfortunately, my great-grandfather did not decipher the secrets of the book during his lifetime. So, the book became the heirloom of our Zuo family, and every generation's male descendants must recite it fluently.

  Zuo Si immediately began to recite the book, mainly about the Shadow Fist technique. It's not meant for you Earthlings to practice. Even the most brilliant and talented martial arts masters can't cultivate it. That's what you Earthlings say: different paths, no common goal.

  Such a mysterious Shadow Fist, if it fell into the hands of an ordinary person, might be carelessly thrown into the trash. But Zuo Yu Xian was a boxing fanatic, and that book "Shadow Fist", fire could not melt it, salt and oil could not soak it, Zuo Yu Xian was certain this was a rare book, only his own luck was not enough to cultivate it. Of course, Zuo Yu Xian also repeatedly went to find that bookselling mountain goat beard again, naturally finding nothing.

  Before his death, he sighed and handed it over to his eldest son Zuo Wangxian with great care, and then closed his eyes and passed away.

  Zuo Panxian was a businessman who treated the book as an heirloom and passed it down to his only son, Zuo Nianshen, also known as Zuo Si's grandfather. Zuo Nianshen was a collector of ancient books and excelled in studying them. He surprisingly deciphered the legendary origin of "Shadow Fist Method" from the book. Following the guidance in the book, Zuo Nianshen took his two sons, Zuo Chao and Zuo Xiang, to a mountain cave thirty miles southeast of Zuoci Ancient Town on Mount Zuoci. The three entered the cave through a narrow stone wall crevice and found themselves in a paradise like the Peach Blossom Spring.

  There, the green grass is like a shade, flowers are clustered and fragrant, warm wind blows gently, and all four seasons are like spring. There is a mountain spring that flows all year round, entering a natural circular lake, where fish and shrimp are abundant, the water is clear and sweet, it's simply a paradise on earth.

  Unfortunately, the traffic there is inconvenient, and it takes several months to travel back and forth on the rugged mountain road. Later, when Zuo Si wanted to go to school, the family's economic situation became even more difficult, so Uncle Zuo Si could only go once a year to collect some mountain herbs to supplement the family's income.

  Until last year, Zuo Si surprisingly found another hidden layer in "Shadow Fist Method", which recorded a story called "Green Leaf World". Our whole family was very excited, but our family is not prosperous. My uncle Zuo Xiang has no wife or children, my father passed away at a young age, and my sister has lost contact with us. Now there are only three people left in our family: my uncle, me, and my mother.

  Uncle sold his family property and opened a noodle shop in the place where Laozu met Xian, specifically looking for a god named Ye Qing.

  And I, just at that time, wrote a book called "Qing Ye World", actually, the book was not written by me, I just copied the "Qing Ye World" from the interlayer of "Shadow Fist Method" and pasted it up. To be honest, the writing style of the "Qing Ye World" in that interlayer is really not good, I wanted to polish it a bit, but my uncle firmly opposed it, so I lost interest in this matter, until an author of "God-level Waste King" sent me a book review, we reignited hope.

  Originally, my uncle urged me to contact Mr. Tao immediately, but then I encountered Wang Junxia's matter again, and under the disturbance, I wanted to find a place to blow the wind, and then I met the master who fell from the sky, fate is predetermined by heaven, the ancient people are indeed not deceiving me!

  Ye Qing stretched out his hand and said: "Let me take a look at your Shadow Fist Technique?"

  Zuo Xiang's whole body trembled with excitement as he pulled out a book from his close-fitting undergarment, reverently opening the layers of red cloth to reveal an ancient thread-bound book.

  Ye Qing didn't take the book, but instead took out a book with exactly the same appearance from the Green Leaf World. Zuo thought that at this moment he was even more certain that he hadn't mistaken the person, and thus handed over the Shadow Fist manual to Ye Qing with both hands.

  Ye Qing picked up the "Shadow Fist Method" book, and something that made Zuo Si uncle and nephew want to go crazy happened.

  Ye Qing was only excited because he had similar experiences before. As Ye Qing's gaze fell upon it, the four words "Shadow Fist Technique" on the cover of the book actually disappeared.

  God, on the left, was the closest to him and received the strongest shock. He rubbed his eyes frantically while muttering: "God... God..."

  Until the masked man on the cover of that book came to life, yes, the only masked man on the cover, just like a character in a TV show.

  The masked man on the cover, Zuo Xiang and Zuo Si, have seen it thousands of times, this is also a puzzle for the five generations of the Zuo family, why does the cover character of a book need to be masked? Who is that person on the cover? What do they look like?

  Crazy, mad, too crazy...

  The masked man on the cover is uncovering his own mask.

  Oh my god, Mai Yide, Ye Qing is about to go crazy, is this still the cover of a first edition book?

  The masked man suddenly turned around and disappeared just as he was about to reveal his face.

  Zuo Xiang and Zuo Si were filled with excitement, eager to see who was on the cover of the century-old tradition. Just as they were about to take a look, he suddenly turned around. Okay, you can just turn back now, ah, but he vanished! Zuo Xiang and Zuo Si were like they had been struck by lightning at the same time, letting out a miserable cry as they collapsed to the ground.

  What happened next was even more shocking: the uncle and nephew never met again.

  Ye Qing casually threw the unconscious Zuo Si uncle and nephew into the Green Leaf World, then quickly flipped through the "Shadow Fist Method". The images and text on the pages disappeared quickly, all of which were imprinted in Ye Qing's mind. Moreover, Ye Qing could determine that this "Shadow Fist Method" should have been created later than his own "Longevity Secret", because although the production method was similar to the "Longevity Secret", the former was more magical. Those images not only moved, but also entered Ye Qing's mind and practiced many subtle movements of the fist method that could not be described in words, until each move was imprinted in Ye Qing's mind before completely disappearing.

  Although Ye Qing's nerves were quite strong, at this time he was excited and stunned, not just because of the powerful Shadow Fist Technique, but also because of the true appearance of the masked man, which shocked Ye Qing too much. Even if the masked man was a mountain goat or a divine beast from the Tianyan Continent, Ye Qing would not have been so shocked.

  Inside, the boxing method is even more impressive, making Ye Qing admire the five elements of the earth. The Shadow Boxing Method is divided into two parts: the upper part is to refine the muscles and bones, treating every inch of muscle and bone on one's body as a precious treasure, refining it until the entire body is like a powerful treasure, this is truly breathtaking for Ye Qing!

  The second half of the Shadow Fist Method is even more brilliant. When refining his bones and flesh, the cover character didn't even wear a mask, and instead sneered at Ye Qing with a smile. The smile contained contempt, ridicule, and schadenfreude, as if saying, "You're dead for sure, haha, you overestimate yourself, daring to covet the Shadow Fist Method." Ye Qing felt an overwhelming sense of inferiority, not just a feeling, but a real and intense self-abasement. He even believed that if he couldn't master the Shadow Fist Method, it would affect his future cultivation mindset.