Chapter 49: The Small No-Form Skill

  At this time, the man's palm was even more forceful, looking at Madame Wang beside him and asking: "Who is this person?"

  Madam Wang hastily grabbed the man's hand and said urgently: "He is a doctor I invited to teach me health preservation and beauty methods, not some quack from the streets."

  "Oh?"

  That person casually sent a surge of internal energy into Chen Xiao's body, and indeed there was no internal energy at all. Only then did he put down Chen Xiao, and even patted Chen Xiao's shoulder with familiarity, smiling and saying: "You're a doctor, not bad, you're really good."

  She looked at what Lady Wang had recorded earlier and asked, "Did he teach you all these things?"

  Madam Wang replied: "Exactly, I feel what you said is quite useful."

  He picked up the things that were recorded and looked at them carefully, nodding as he read. "En, there is some truth to it. By the way, where did Yu Xuan go?"

  At this time, Madame Wang saw that he had retracted his killing intent and helped him sit down on a chair. Only then did she reply: "It is said that there was an old monk from the Shaolin Sect named Xuan Bei who was killed by someone in Dali. The fatal wound was precisely his signature move, called 'Da Wei Tuo'. The Shaolin Sect was certain that the culprit was Murong Fu of Suzhou. Fu Guan was wrongly accused and brought several family members to the Shaolin Temple to explain. Yu Yan worried that Fu Guan would not be able to make himself clear, so she also went along with him."

  The old man shook his head and said, "This matter has spread throughout the city like a storm. I've also heard about it. But with Miao Cuiyun's skills, how could he possibly kill Xuan Bei this old baldy?"

  Madam Wang asked: "Father, was it you who moved your hand, or wasn't it?"

  The old man said, "No! Why would I, who have no grudges or grievances, go and kill the Shaolin monks? He thinks his family's 'Dòu Zhuǎn Xīng Yí' kung fu is superior, always looking down on the Star Sect. Ha ha, now that he's in trouble, it's not so bad."

  It was then that Chen Xiao finally confirmed that this old man was indeed the Star Mansion's Old Monster Ding Chunqiu.

  But why Mrs. Wang called him "dad" was unknown.

  It turned out that Wang's wife was originally the daughter of Wuyuezi and Li Qiushui, a couple from the Carefree Sect. After giving birth to their beloved daughter, they lived together in the boundless mountains, with deep affection between them as master siblings. Sometimes they would duel under the moonlight, sometimes compose poetry in front of flowers, and their love for each other grew stronger day by day.

  Duan Yu's Lingbo Weibu and Beiming Divine Skill were discovered in a cave on Mount Wuyi.

  However, Wuyanzai was involved in music, chess, calligraphy, painting, medicine, divination and astrology, and his pursuits were broad, so he couldn't help but be distant from Li Qiushi.

  Li Qiushui was furious, and she started to abduct many handsome young men outside the cave, openly flirting with them. Her original intention was to attract her lover's attention, but unexpectedly, Wuyanzi became even more disgusted and angrily left.

  Li Qiushui was disappointed and even more so when he saw that Ding Chunqiu, the second disciple of Wu Yaozi, had been lured into his hands.

  Ding Chunqiu feared Wu Ya Zi's revenge, suddenly launched a surprise attack, and knocked Wu Ya Zi off the cliff, leaving him for dead. Ding and Li then took the treasures hidden in "Liangxuan Jade Cave" as well as Li Qiushui's daughter, Li Qingluo, to Suzhou. To avoid suspicion, Li Qiushui ordered her daughter to call Ding Chunqiu "father", a habit Wang Furen had since childhood and continued even after growing up.

  At this time, Wang Furen pulled Ding Chunqiu's arm and asked: "Dad, are you practicing 'Small Wu Xiang Gong' again? You can also teach me, okay? After I've practiced it well, I'll pass it on to Yu Yan. Otherwise, as a girl, she won't have any martial arts skills and will be bullied by others."

  Ding Chunqiu said, "Alright! However, this skill is quite difficult to practice, and I myself haven't mastered it. First, I'll teach you how to break the incantation, then you and Yu Xuan can slowly study from the manual. Hmm, Yu Xuan is too good to her older cousin, I'm worried."

  He turned around and slapped Chen Xiao, who was standing aside, unconscious, saying: "Follow me upstairs to get it."

  Ding Chunqiu saw that Wang Furen's eyes were clearly worried, and said: "Don't worry, he's not dead, I just sealed his acupoints, he won't wake up for a while. Let's go."

  Hearing that Chen Xiao was all right, Madame Wang finally felt a great relief in her heart. The two of them then went out and up the stairs.

  Two people came up to the building, Ding Chunqiu lit the candle, and then pressed the candle holder and twisted it a bit. Suddenly, there were several "click" sounds of machinery, followed by a creaking sound, and a door opened inward.

  Ding Chunqiu lit another candelabra and entered the dark room, only to see that it was filled with row upon row of cabinets, stacked high on top of each other. On the door of each cabinet were carved four characters: "琅嬛玉洞" (Luminous Jade Cavern), filled in with blue pigment.

  In front of a cabinet, Ding Chunqiu pulled out the wooden board of the cabinet door and moved all the books inside to the desk. There were seven or eight books in total, with their corners rolled up, looking like old account books. After taking the books, Ding Chunqiu quickly walked out and placed them on a small wooden table in the outer room. He then opened one of the books and said: "This inner skill was only passed down to your mother by our ancestor. My master and master's wife were not allowed to teach it. Our ancestor wrote down the method of practicing this skill in the form of an account book. 'January 1st, income nine taels eight cents' means that on the first day, you should lightly inhale nine times and hold your breath eight times. 'Expenditure eight taels seven cents' means that you should lightly exhale eight times and hold your breath seven times. 'January 2nd, income eight taels nine cents, purchase one set of pig lungs, two sets of pig intestines, and one set of pig hearts', which means that on the second day, after inhaling and holding your breath, you should circulate your internal breath through the lung meridian once, the intestinal meridian twice, and the heart meridian once..."

  Madam Wang only knew that the Little Insignificant Skill was a very profound internal skill, but usually didn't know that it was actually recorded in this account book. She laughed and said: "The ancestors are really interesting, writing their own heart, lungs, and intestines as pig's heart, pig's lungs, and pig's intestines."

  Ding Chunqiu smiled and said, "Written like this, even if the book falls into the hands of someone unrelated, he will only think it is a household account for buying meat and vegetables, and will never know that it is a method for cultivating the Supreme Internal Skill. Read these few words again."

  Mrs. Wang read according to the words on this account book: "New, person, true, even, spring, body..."

  Ding Chunqiu said: "Read again, and read it quickly!"

  Madam Wang read: "Gu, Fu, Mu, Mu, Suo, Ku, Wu..." Ding Chunqiu said: "Read it backwards again, in one breath, without stopping." Madam Wang read the seven flat-voiced words in a row, her breathing not smooth, and later laughed into a ball, leaning on the table.

  Ding Chunqiu said, "Don't worry, you read for an hour every day, and you'll be familiar with it whether you read it forward or backward. Then follow the method in the book to practice your energy, and when you've practiced two volumes, I'll teach you again." The two of them chatted a bit more, then Ding Chunqiu took away one volume, while Madame Wang took the first volume, and the remaining volumes were locked back in the cabinet.

  Madam Wang sent Ding Chunqiu out of the small building's gate and returned to the study, where she looked at Chen Xiao who was already snoring loudly on the chair. Originally, she still wanted to continue listening to Chen Xiao talk about that perfume thing, but after thinking for a moment, she gave up.

  In the end, Wang's wife gently closed the door and gazed up at the bright moon hanging in the sky, letting out a long sigh.

  As for Chen Xiao, she was somewhat hesitant in her heart.

  After all, Chen Xiao knew too much, especially the grudges between her and Duan Zhengchun. Such a person cannot be kept around.

  But if you really killed Chen Xiao, it would be a bit of a pity. After all, Chen Xiao not only knew a lot, but he also seemed to have many skills. For example, these health and beauty recipes. If you really killed him, wouldn't those things be lost forever?

  At this thought, Mrs. Wang was indeed in a dilemma, and finally let out a long sigh before leaving far away.

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