Chapter 116: Muscles and tendons
In the east of the city, inside a pharmacy.

Qi Yuan closed his eyes and waited for the medicine.

After a while, a waiter of about 25 or 26 came through the back hall with a cloth bag in his hand and came to the front hall. He put the cloth bag down and said with a smile:

"Same old, still ten taels of medicine!"

Upon hearing this, Qi Yuan weighed the cloth bag and felt that the weight was about the same as before. He nodded and took out some silver from his pocket:
"Here, your money."

"By the way, don't forget to save a copy of the medicine next time. I still need to buy some."

Qi Yuan was about to leave, but he paused and gave a reminder.

"I see. I don't know what your family does to consume so many medicinal materials. Ten taels of medicine is enough for a martial arts school!"

Although the guy seemed to be complaining, he actually patted his chest and responded.

As a waiter and apprentice, he also helped general customers get prescriptions and ask for prescriptions. He could get a share of the money for every successful deal.

Although it’s not much, it’s also a livelihood.

"That's good."

Only then did Qi Yuan turn around and leave.

Ten taels is enough for an ordinary family to spend for a long time.

Even purchasing medicinal herbs would take a martial arts school a long time to consume, but it was still not enough for them.

Thinking of this, Qi Yuan frowned slightly.

In fact, every time he purchased medicinal materials, he bought more than ten taels, but as much as a hundred taels, with various types mixed together.

Since there are no precious medicinal materials, the quantity is extremely large.

It takes a lot of time to boil medicine every time. Now even he has learned how to boil medicine and can distinguish the medicinal properties of some herbs.

But the martial arts taught by Zhou Yan were too efficient.

The advantage is that your martial arts skills improve quickly and you won't be short of medicine.

The bad thing is the taste of the medicine.

It would be fine to take it occasionally, but after taking it every day, Qi Yuan felt that his whole body was filled with the smell of medicine.

Wandering around the city.

Qi Yuan ignored the prying eyes and took medicinal herbs from everywhere.

He didn't understand why the teacher wanted him to be so ostentatious. Logically speaking, it was best not to show off one's wealth, but perhaps the teacher had his own ideas.

Thinking of this, Qi Yuan sat down as he was supposed to.

Although Mengzao City is not a famous ancient city, it is an important place among the states and covers a very large area.

Even though Qi Yuan has practiced martial arts now and his speed has increased a lot, he still runs back and forth from early morning to noon.

In front of the house, Qi Yuan pushed the door open and walked in.

As soon as you look, you can see a person sitting under the old tree.

Without saying a word and quietly closing the door, Qi Yuan carried large and small bags of medicinal herbs to the kitchen to sort them out.

Huhu~
The autumn wind blows and the fallen leaves fall.

Zhou Yan sat on the ground, closed his eyes and concentrated, watching the blood flowing, the organs moving, and the muscles stretching, "looking inward" at the scene inside himself.

If you detach yourself from your own state, then apart from your own path, everything else will disappear.

But as long as you know the Tao, you can still do a lot of things.

For example, without strong mental power, one cannot directly look inward at oneself, but through a high degree of control over the body, one can still achieve "seeing the gods without being destroyed."

Blood flow, organ details, bone marrow hematopoiesis.

If Zhou Yan is willing, with the help of medicinal herbs and without relying on other systems, he will still be able to quickly climb to the next level.

The reason why I am still wasting time in the physical training stage.

I am just observing the changes in Qi and blood while the body is moving.

"The essence, energy and spirit combine with each other, and the qi and blood are secretly generated, but this is the first time I have such a direct and strong feeling."

Zhou Yan's eyes were indifferent.

A picture appears in the mind, and every change in the body will update the depiction on it, and between the movements of the body, there is a special existence participating.

So that the body's performance gradually enhanced.

Although this process is extremely slow, it is indeed growing bit by bit.

"Perhaps, this is the effect of the manifestation bias of Qi and blood in this world."

Different worlds have different emphases.

The spiritual manifestation of the dragon and snake world interferes with matter, the operation of laws, and the condensation of the great way.

The emphasis on Qi in one person's world is even more outrageous, enough to allow something like the innate Qi, which is at the origin level of oneself, to be explored by people who have just touched the initial stage of cultivation.

These emphases make the corresponding things have great potential for practice and more active.

And this world is qi, blood and mind.

As a result, even though Zhou Yan was only in the first stage of cultivation, he could already feel the Qi and blood flowing throughout his body, producing a relatively obvious effect.

No wonder even with a lower energy emphasis, it is enough to give birth to such a terrifying existence as Shattering the Vacuum.

"Qi and blood are like this, and there is no need to say more about the mind. Among them, cultivation and differentiation of thoughts are completely different from the dragon and snake world."

Zhou Yan made an estimate.

He will not practice blindly, and naturally he will not think that the practice system of one world can encompass all existence and be omnipotent in all aspects.

This is why we need to project ourselves.

Only by truly experiencing a world that is in line with the Tao and a system that came into being at the right time, can Zhou Yan learn more profound things from it.

Immortals are not invincible.

"However, the training of the physical realm is almost complete."

During meditation, Zhou Yan could already feel that he was in a perfect state. The circulation of Qi and blood, as well as the strength of his body, were all in the best condition.

At that moment, he slowly stood up.

call!
Press down with both hands, and the air flow will sweep away large pieces of fallen leaves.

Zhou Yan had a nonchalant expression and did not do any warm-up. However, just the movement of standing up activated all the muscles and tendons in his body, activating his Qi and blood to the extreme.

Bang bang bang!
A fist shadow came out, breaking through the air.

Zhou Yan performed his moves slowly and constantly changing them. Sometimes he would use Xingyi, sometimes Bajiquan, or body-building moves.

With his current level of martial arts attainment, the moves are no longer important.

Being content and happy is the right way.

Whoosh!

The fist was so powerful that it carried the fallen leaves along with it.

Large pieces of withered yellow leaves floated in the sky as Zhou Yan moved, like a ribbon moving with the dancer.

Use external techniques to drive inner practice.

In the martial arts, whether it is the Dragon Snake World or the Yang God World, they are all in the initial stage and are not very efficient. After that, they will evolve into various forms of breathing methods, meditation methods, and methods that vibrate the body like the thunder of tigers and leopards, thereby quickly practicing.

Zhou Yanzi can use a method that is more advanced than the Tiger Leopard Thunder Sound.

But it's useless if you can't bear it yourself.

Strong, not necessarily applicable.

Finding what is most suitable for oneself is the way to practice.

"The circulation of Qi and blood has reached its peak, and the growth of muscles has temporarily reached its limit. Now I can start the training of tendons and meridians."

Zhou Yan stopped, shook his sleeves, and a pill fell out.

Swallow it immediately and digest it.

boom!
There seems to be the sound of a Dalü bell in my ears.

Immediately, a hot current roared up and rolled in from the limbs and bones, driving the qi and blood to surge like a tide and penetrate into the inside.

Sensing the changes in his body, Zhou Yan's expression straightened.

He pushed his fists and feet again, his steps seemed to be following the Yu step, his fists and palms pushed the big and small Tai Chi, and in a flash, it seemed to change its shape, like a dragon lying down.

One push, one pull.

One week, one turn.

Bang bang bang!
Wherever the fists and feet passed, the air flow exploded.

As the muscles stretch and contract, the tendons throughout the body also tighten, constantly gathering strength and bursting out with the most extreme power time and time again.

At this moment, Zhou Yan looked inward and observed new changes.

The circulation of Qi and blood is no longer focused solely on the muscles throughout the body, but is also attached to the circulation of meridians throughout the body.

After the flesh training stage, the next stage is the tendon training stage.

This realm is extraordinary.

The so-called "training the tendons" means exercising the tendons.

Tendons, big tendons, meridians.

The two are inherently related.

The tendons connect the muscles and coordinate the strength between muscles and bones, while the meridians are the channels for transporting qi and blood, activating qi and blood and regulating organs throughout the body.

When the large tendons are able to carry more power in the human body, the meridians transport qi and blood, forming a huge qi and blood network in the body.

The practitioner's physical fitness will also improve by leaps and bounds.

Even in the army, only the more elite soldiers and veterans of hundreds of battles can achieve this level of realm.

The qi and blood are like fire and condensed like steel.

Zhou Yan felt every change in his own Qi and blood and body, and the increasingly condensed breath between the circulation of Qi and blood. From the subtle details, he felt the birth of "Pure Yang".

call!
He exhaled a long breath, blowing the fallen leaves away.

In order to calm the highly active Qi and blood in his body, Zhou Yan stopped practicing boxing and martial arts, and instead quietly "listened" to the sound of blood flowing.

'Watching' the invisible qi and blood passing through the meridians.

It is continuously transported to the muscles, bones, and internal organs, strengthening one's physical body at a speed even greater than that of the flesh training realm.

"Teacher, the medicine is ready."

At this time, Qi Yuan came over with a porcelain bowl accompanied by a bitter taste.

The medicinal soup inside is crystal clear, but the bitter taste is endless.

He nodded slightly, took the medicine and drank it in one gulp. With deliberate stimulation, the medicine began to take effect within a few breaths.

A little warmth continues to rise.

"How does it feel to practice martial arts?"

While manipulating his body to absorb the medicinal power, Zhou Yan was also checking the martial arts progress of his cheap apprentice.

"Teacher, I have entered the realm of physical training."

Qi Yuan pondered for a moment and answered truthfully.

To be honest, after learning about martial arts practice and making comparisons, Qi Yuan realized that his talent in martial arts was average.

To reach the physical training stage, you basically just need to master one martial art.

Then you can exercise your body and begin to temper your qi and blood. Once you have reached a certain level, you can be called a warrior at the flesh training realm.

This was certainly due to the fact that he spent too much time making up for his own shortcomings, but fundamentally it was because of his low talent.

Fortunately, the teacher did not despise me.
"To be honest, that's good."

Zhou Yan nodded and didn't care.

Whether it is practicing martial arts or learning something else, the most taboo thing is to pretend to know something when you don't and to deliberately conceal it.

It’s okay to learn slowly.

The practice method he created emphasizes accumulation, and when one has accumulated enough, one's own knowledge and thinking will be honed, and the so-called "talent" will no longer be a thing.

With just a glance, Zhou Yan already knew Qi Yuan's progress in cultivation.

"My progress in martial arts is a little slow, but it doesn't matter. I will practice slowly, and then try Taoism. I will practice both."

Zhou Yan said slowly.

The martial arts are profound, and the Taoist arts are also unfathomable.

The two systems seem unrelated or even conflicting, but in fact they are closely connected.

Transcend the other shore and cross the sea of ​​suffering.

Both the rower and the boat crossing the sea must be strong to have hope of reaching the other side.

"Taoism."

When Qi Yuan heard this, his heart moved.

In recent days, in addition to practicing martial arts, he has also been collecting information, and has roughly learned about the existence of the Taoist system, which is opposed to the martial arts system.

One cultivates oneself, the other cultivates the mind.

But aren’t these two things in opposition according to rumors? Are there some key conflicts during the practice?
But Qi Yuan didn't ask any more questions.

In his opinion, the teacher would not do this without a purpose, there must be a solution.

"Stay in the house for the next few days and don't leave the city at will."

Zhou Yan suddenly said.

"Teacher, what are you doing?"

Qi Yuan was puzzled, but he still responded.

"Go and deal with the aftermath. There are things that are secretly watching us, which can be very troublesome. It's better to deal with it as soon as possible."

Zhou Yan's eyes moved slightly, and he looked towards the cloudless sky with a gloomy expression.

(End of this chapter)