Chapter 10 Cooking
The job of the Sword Sharpening Office is very simple. I send the sword once a day, and you can not collect the sword. The broken training sword will naturally be put into the box next to the training ground. Even if the work is enough, it is OK to collect the training sword once a few days. I am just accustomed to it. I send the sword and collect the sword every day, but today can be finished early.
After less than three o'clock in the afternoon, I finished my work and put on a clean school uniform and walked out of the school gate.
Wanling Academy is located in the central area of Rinxue City, surrounded by very prosperous people.
Outside the north gate, there is a pedestrian street called "Beimen Street". There are all kinds of restaurants, tailor shops, ironware shops, etc. on the street, and what I am looking for is a pharmacy. Any spiritual practitioner in the cultivation stage knows that they must prepare medicinal materials to replenish blood and energy, otherwise blind practice is extremely dangerous. Once the blood and energy of the body is consumed too much, it is very likely that the meridians will be damaged and all the cultivation level will be lost.
There are at least ten pharmacies on Beimen Street, most of which are prepared for students of Wanling Academy, selling various medicinal materials that nourish blood and energy. Of course, some also sell contraceptive pills.
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When I walked into a shop, the clerk was a middle-aged man. After seeing my school uniform, my face was filled with a smile and asked, "Brother, do you want to buy some medicinal materials?"
I walked up to the counter, looked at the names and prices of cans of herbs, and asked, "What are the prices of herbs that replenish blood qi?"
"Ahh, there are so many of this. Our store has all the medicinal materials, which nourishes blood and energy..." He turned around and glanced at the medicine cabinet and smiled: "Dragon and tiger jerky, eight thousand liang, black rock viper meat, five thousand liang, bone three thousand liang, hell zhi, three thousand liang, and these, silver thread grass and phoenix crown zhi are all 1,51 liang..."
I was a little embarrassed and asked, "Is there anything cheaper?"
"It's even cheaper..." The clerk glanced at the two candidates on my chest, and seemed to understand something. He smiled meaningfully, pulled out a can of herbs from the corner, blew the dust on it, and then identified the words, and said, "This is the deep mountain lark grass, one or two taels of fifty dragon spirit coins, which is counted as one or four hundred per catty, do you want it?"
Although Lark grass is cheap, its medicinal effect is very little. Obviously, only spiritual practitioners from poor families will use this. However... I am poor and have a short ambition. Now I only have two thousand yuan given by my cousin. Most of her not expecting that I want to buy herbs, so she could only nod and said, "Okay, Lark grass will give me three pounds, thank you..."
"You're welcome."
The clerk praised the herbs and patted the bulging paper bag and smiled: "I'll do one or two more for you. The lark is spicy, so you have to be mentally prepared."
"Yeah, thank you."
I paid and left, and the three pounds of lark grass in my hand. I don’t know how long this lark grass can last after I practiced the Dragon Breath. I hope the longer the better!
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Return to the Sword Moving Office, close the iron gate immediately, and start practicing the Dragon Breathing.
On the mottled paper, this is the handwritten copy of Bu Xuanyin's cousin. It is full of her handwriting, and even the markings on the first level of Longxu Gong. The roadmap for the exercise of the gong is very detailed. This is great. I don't have the guidance of my tutor now, so I just want to explore and practice by myself.
The Battle Technique is to speed up the operation of spiritual power in the body, but the Dragon Breath Technique will slow down the operation of spiritual power and contain the power in the chest, as if the dragon storm is storing its energy without revealing it.
According to the illustration and the mental method, when the legs were piled, their feet fell steadily to the ground, their arms naturally spread and swirled gently. In this moment, a kind of honest and ancient aura had already flowed on their arms. Sure enough, the first-class foundation-building martial arts were different. Just by using the exercise for the first time, you could feel the profound foundation and majestic aura.
However, the speed of spiritual power flowing does not mean that the consumption of spiritual power and blood energy is reduced. Instead, the slower the spiritual power flows, the more the blood energy in the body becomes hotter, so that the whole body is hot, as if it will evaporate the blood energy in the whole body in an instant.
I don’t know how long it took, my body was covered in sweat, almost soaking my shirt, and sweat was flowing on my forehead, and my blood was rolling. I could even faintly see the blood in my body turning into steam and rising, disappearing into the air in a blink of an eye. What’s even more amazing is that after I wiped off the sweat on my arms, I found a shallow layer of mud and dirt had been wiped off, and the flesh below actually became a little crystal clear.
It is the skin-tempering effect, and the best-in-class foundation-building martial arts are indeed amazing. The Xiong Liegong I learned at the beginning was like a child's trick. No wonder my father kept saying that I "did my life miss my life". I thought about it, and if I hadn't relied on that heavenly spiritual vein, I wouldn't have achieved such achievements and cultivation in the future.
In this way, the turbidity in my body was washed away by the power of the Dragon Breath Practice. Even I didn’t know how long this process lasted. I was so upset that I missed the dinner time in the cafeteria. It seemed that I was about to be hungry.
A few hours passed in a blink of an eye, and a terrible feeling of fatigue came from my body, and I felt like I had been hollowed out. This was the result of severe loss of blood and energy.
I didn't care too much, so I grabbed a handful of lark grass, put it under the faucet and rinsed it a little, and then stuffed it into my mouth. Suddenly, a very spicy feeling rushed into my nose and almost burst into tears, but I still held it back. This was a herb of fifty dragon spirit coins! With my current financial resources, I absolutely have no right to waste it!
"call……"
With a breath, it seemed like a long sigh. At the moment I finished my exercise, I felt a kind aura appearing on my whole body, just like the breath of a giant dragon that had been sleeping for thousands of years, heavy and vigorous, and the spiritual power in my arms seemed to be more abundant, and even the power increased a little.
The Dragon Breathing Achievement is one level, with fifty jins of power!
This is what everyone knows about Wanling Academy. The meaning is self-evident. As a super first-class foundation-building martial arts, Dragon Breathing Achievement can greatly enhance the strength of practitioners. Every level of Dragon Breathing Achievement means that the practitioner's strength will increase by fifty junctures. This is not comparable to ordinary martial arts. Looking at the world, there are only a little internal martial arts for foundation-building, and there are only a handful of people who have reached the top-notch evaluation. This is also one of the reasons why everyone is eager for Wanling Academy.
Many families that were once prosperous, such as the Su family in the East, the Tang family in the North, and the descendants of the king-level lords must first enter the Wanling Academy to practice in order to learn Dragon Breath. I think Su Yan entered the Wanling Academy for the Dragon Breath. This shows how precious this foundation-building martial arts is. Many people with successful cultivation even do not hesitate to abandon their original foundation-building martial arts for Dragon Breath!
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As soon as I walked off the bench, I felt like I was about to fall off. I was hungry and tired. I hurriedly washed a handful of lark and rubbed it and ate it. The spicy feeling suddenly came into my throat, as if a ball of fire was about to spurt out of my nose. It was sour!
"Dangdang..."
There was a knock at the gate of the courtyard. Through the bloodstains, a petite and graceful figure could be seen at the iron gate with more than a dozen holes. Who would it be if Su Yan were not? She was really on time. It was coming at nine o'clock. At the same time, I also smelled a faint fragrance through the door, the fragrance of soybeans and pigs' trotters. Yes, it must be!
In an instant, the whole person became excited and opened the door quickly.
Su Yan walked up with a faint fragrance. Looking at me sweating all over, she couldn't help but smile and said, "You... are you practicing?"
"Yes, you can't give up your efforts just because you are a salted fish." I smiled self-deprecatingly.
Su Yan couldn't help but smile, and her smile seemed even more graceful. The Su family is a prominent family on the mainland. The tutoring that Su Yan received since childhood is not comparable to that of ordinary people. Naturally, she knew very well how to respect people, and could not poke people's pain. So she didn't say too much, saying, "It's time to teach me the second style of the sword tail technique tonight."
"Um."
My eyes fell on the food box in her hand and said, "What is it... what to eat?"
"You open it yourself." She handed it over.
I quickly took it and opened it. Sure enough, it was a big bowl of soybean pork feet, a bowl of catfish soup, and a large bowl of rice. But... the rice looked a little less, although it was at least three times the appetite compared to ordinary people!
"Or why don't you teach me after eating?" She was understanding.
I nodded quickly, sat down and started to eat. I didn't eat dinner and was so hungry that I almost lost my mind. The wind blew away the clouds, and the three plates were eaten up, and I even wanted to eat the bowl and the food box.
"alright……"
I clapped my hands, grabbed a training sword, and said, "You see, I will practice it a few times, and then you can understand the cleverness of it yourself."
"Um!"
She didn't sit down, but stood aside and watched me practice. After three times, I put down my sword and went to wash the dishes. Su Yan summoned Fei Yan and began to recall seriously, practicing the moves I just now. At the same time, thinking about the routines of the Su family's sword technique, he actually began to improve his sword path in just a few minutes. No wonder everyone calls Su Yan a genius. This kind of learning and comprehension ability is indeed something that ordinary people can do!
I was watching from the side. Not long after, my stomach croaked, which made me very embarrassed and I wanted to find a crack in the ground to get in.
Su Yan burst out laughing: "No, right? He is not full yet... No wonder A Yao said you are a foodie!"
I touched my nose: "It's okay..."
"I'll bring more next time..."
"Yeah, OK, thank you..."
"You're welcome……"
The conversation between the two became subtle, but at this moment, the door thudded again and was almost kicked open. The person outside shouted, "Brother Xuan, I'm here to send you good things!"
It’s Song Qian, this kid is finally willing to come to see me!
After opening the door, Song Qian walked in with a chubby hare in his hand, and laughed and said, "Do you think this rabbit is fat? It weighs seven or eight pounds, and it cost me nearly eight hundred yuan to get it!"
Speaking of this, Song Qian suddenly saw Su Yan behind me and was shocked: "Damn... this is not..."
He seemed to feel a little offensive in his words, and immediately changed his words: "Isn't this Su Yan classmate? Why are you in the office of Mo Jian..."
Su Yan smiled slightly. She didn't know Song Qian, but she smiled generously and said: "I'll come to see Bu Yixuan for some questions about swordsmanship. Who are you?"
"Oh, my name is Song Qian, Brother Xuan's good friend. We have been playing since we were young!" As she said that, Song Qian gave me a look of "Brother Xuan is OK" in the slanting ground.
I wanted to pinch him to death, and coughed and said, "Don't affect Su Yan's sword practice, bring the rabbit in."
"Okay!"
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A few minutes later, I made a fire in the corner of the yard to cook, and after slaughtering the rabbit, I put it in the pot. The smoke from the cooking stove rose, and the indescribable tranquility and peace in the small sword-grabbing office.
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Chapter completed!