strictlysupreme Chapter 4 Mastery of Ming Jin
Chapter 4 Mastery of Ming Jin
Chen Qing and the other two represent the martial arts school. As guards, they have the responsibility and obligation to protect the safety of their master.
Forget about targeting the master's family. If something happens to the master's family and they themselves are unharmed, the martial arts school will definitely investigate and punish them severely. At best, they will lose their skills; at worst, they will be crippled and will never be able to find a job as a guard again.
"Senior brother, fortune favors the bold." He Jun and his companion had sinister expressions.
"Junior brothers, watch your words!" Chen Qing hurriedly looked around, his palms already sweating.
Hou Bai and He Jun exchanged a glance, said nothing more, and returned to their respective posts.
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late at night.
Some people are asleep, while others are restless and eager to get going.
"Brother Hou, are you really not going?" The moonlight shone on He Jun's face, his expression several times colder than during the day.
"I've thought about it over and over, but I still feel it's not right. This gentleman is very generous and has no airs..." Hou Bai's expression kept changing.
"Haha..." He Jun chuckled softly, "Just kidding, how could I do such a thing? By the way, I'm going to take a dump."
Hou Bai also wanted to go easy on He Jun, but due to his duty, he decided to wait until He Jun returned.
However, he waited and waited, and a full five minutes passed, but He Jun did not return.
"Oh no!" Hou Bo immediately sensed something was wrong. "Ah Jun, are you stupid?!"
He Jun's evil intentions have not been extinguished!
With He Jun's strength, taking down that old man would be a piece of cake, but he can't drag him down with him!
Hou Bai suddenly turned around and ran towards the depths of the house, trying to stop He Jun.
Swish!
Just as they arrived at the central courtyard, a dark shadow flashed across the rooftops and headed straight for the main courtyard.
"Who?"
Chen Qing, on the other side, was also very perceptive and immediately noticed that someone had broken in.
The two hurriedly gave chase.
I just caught up with them to the main gate.
Bang!
A muffled thud came from the courtyard, like a fist striking a body.
Chen Qing and Hou Bai sensed something was wrong and, without bothering to knock, smashed the courtyard gate open.
But the next moment, the two of them were stunned.
In the center of the courtyard, He Jun lay on the ground, with the owner of the house standing beside him.
Fang Qi slowly withdrew his fist, glanced at the crippled He Jun, and calmly said, "Drag him away."
Chen Qing and Hou Bai stood frozen in place.
This old man, who had only practiced martial arts for one day, punched He Jun?
"Oh, by the way," Fang Qi said, hands behind his back, walking to the doorway, "doesn't the Xingyi Quan school owe me an explanation?"
Chen Qing and his companion jolted back to their senses.
"Please rest assured, sir, the boxing gym will thoroughly investigate this matter."
Hou Bai dragged the half-dead He Jun out, while Chen Qing rushed to the boxing gym.
Not long after, people from the boxing gym arrived.
"I'm sorry to have startled Mr. Fang," Xu Fangjing said, dressed in a tight-fitting outfit with a curvaceous figure. She bowed respectfully to Fang Qi. "The matter of He Jun is due to the poor management of my martial arts school."
Fang Qi leaned back on the couch, resting his chin on one hand. "And then?"
Xu Fangjing looked to the side, where Chen Qing and Hou Bai immediately offered their apologies.
"Here are fifty silver dollars, ten doses of Blood Qi Powder, and two doses of Jade Marrow Ointment. Please take a look, sir."
Such a generous gift is something an ordinary person could hardly earn in a year.
He Jun's treachery and betrayal of his master could severely damage the reputation of the boxing gym if not handled properly. It would be difficult for the gym's disciples to find work, and the gym would also find it difficult to recruit new students.
As the daughter of the museum owner, Xu Fangjing naturally showed great sincerity.
However, Fang Qi was not entirely satisfied.
"No need for the silver dollars. Would it be convenient for Miss Xu to switch to chalcedony ointment?"
Blood and Qi Powder is a common tonic that can be bought at pharmacies, so he doesn't need it.
Jade Marrow Ointment is different. This medicine is a special qi and blood tonic made by the Xingyi Quan school, which is the secret medicine he needs.
"If you feel this is not appropriate, the boxing gym can add another thirty silver dollars. As for the Jade Marrow Ointment... to be honest, the boxing gym consumes a great deal of secret medicines, and there is only one dose left."
A large Xingyi Quan school naturally cannot have only three secret medicines, but without rules, there can be no order.
Although the boxing gym was at fault tonight, it doesn't mean they can be arbitrarily charged. Adding another dose of the secret medicine is the bottom line.
Three doses of the secret medicine are enough.
Fang Qi didn't say anything more, but turned to look to the side and said, "Jia Si, prepare some morning tea."
"You're too kind, sir. I have other matters to attend to at the boxing gym. I'll come for tea another day."
It was only a little past one in the morning, and there was still a long time before dawn. Xu Fangjing could easily understand the intention behind the "morning tea" to drive away customers.
As she walked out of the house, she couldn't help but look back one last time, her gaze as deep as the stars.
This "young gentleman" from out of town is no ordinary person. He mastered the first three levels of Xingyi Quan in just one day, without any formal instruction, and developed internal energy and strength...
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The main house.
Fang Qi sat at the table, examining the three doses of chalcedony ointment.
As expected of a secret medicine strictly controlled by the martial arts school, just by smelling it, one can sense that its effects far exceed those of Blood Qi Powder.
Unfortunately, we only managed to get three mates.
"Don't be too hasty. If you have three, you'll have ten; if you have ten, you'll have a hundred."
After putting the medicine away, Fang Qi went to the outer hall, where hundreds of kilograms of flesh and blood were laid out.
With a wave of his hand, people and objects vanished simultaneously.
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In the world of cultivation, at the Dongxi Sect, in the small courtyard by Biyang Lake.
Fang Qi took a deep breath after changing back into his outer disciple's robes.
Although it's not as comfortable as the area during the Republic of China era, the spiritual energy that permeates the world is so refreshing that it's hard not to feel relaxed and happy.
After a brief period of recuperation, he packed the flesh and blood he had brought back into buckets and then generously poured in the Blood Qi Powder and stirred it.
Horses won't get fat without night grass, and fish won't weigh much without heavy feed.
Ordinary flesh and blood can feed fish, but adding a blood-nourishing medicine like Xueqi San will make fish farming more effective.
However, there is no one else in the entire outer sect of the Dongxi Sect who would be willing to do such a thing.
After all, a blood essence was only worth a few silver dollars in the Republic of China era, but here, a single piece would cost three gold leaves!
Those cultivators can't even afford to eat themselves, let alone feed the fish.
Fang Qi picked up the prepared fish food and went to the lakeside.
A handful of ingredients thrown in, and even the king of fish would go crazy.
"Junior Brother Fang, where did you buy this fish food? It looks like it's of very high quality."
Neighbor Ning Yanzu happened to be passing by and saw this scene from afar, so he quickly came up to ask what was going on.
"It's just ordinary flesh and blood. Maybe it's starved because it hasn't been fed for two days," Fang Qi replied without changing his expression.
"Hungry?" Ning Yanzu stared at the bloody flesh in the bucket, then said, "A close neighbor is worse than a distant relative. We've been fellow disciples for so long, why are you still hiding this from me, junior brother?"
Fang Qi turned around, picked up the bucket, and handed it to the front. "Since you've said so, Senior Brother, then I won't hide it anymore. It's a secret fish food recipe, a real stingy ingredient with two gold leaves per bucket. Senior Brother, would you like to try it?"
Looking at the flesh and blood in the bucket, Ning Yanzu felt that there was a bit too much blood, but the texture of the meat was not much different from ordinary flesh and blood.
That's quite a boast.
Among the thousands of disciples in the entire Biyang Lake, probably none would dare to boast like that.
"I haven't fed my fish yet, I'm leaving now."
Ning Yanzu felt that it was best not to associate with such a boastful person, so he made an excuse and left.
The truth is, nobody believes it.
Fang Qi picked up the bucket and continued feeding the fish, scattering buckets of gold leaves into the lake.
After more than ten buckets, the fish were all full.
With a single scouting technique, the number of large, blood-red crucian carp weighing over a pound in the school of fish increased from five to six.
"good..."
We've secured three months' worth of quota.
Moreover, this trend will continue to grow.
"But spending these past few days in the Republic of China era has slowed down my cultivation progress a bit."
After feeding the fish, Fang Qi hurried back to his courtyard, cooked some spirit rice and brewed some spirit tea, and began cultivating while inhaling the scattered spiritual energy.
As I practiced, a pleasant surprise came.
"The [Nine Heavens Mystic Mirror] transforms the dissipated spiritual energy it absorbs into qi and blood, so that while cultivating immortality, one's qi and blood also increase?"
No need to practice martial arts, your qi and blood will increase!
Although it doesn't connect all the limbs and bones, the increase in the upper limit of Qi and blood makes it easier to connect the bones.
Furthermore, when one's Qi and blood are strong enough, one can naturally penetrate more bones simply by relying on the quantity, without the need for deliberate cultivation, thereby improving one's realm!
To achieve minor mastery of Ming Jin (明劲), one must penetrate at least ten bones; to achieve major mastery, one must penetrate more than fifty.
For ordinary people to achieve this, it often takes two or three years, and even geniuses need at least six months or a year to get started.
Fang Qi, in just half a month, accumulated enough qi and blood to connect fifty bones.
After a few attempts, he successfully broke through to the Great Perfection of Ming Jin.
"The power of a fully mastered Ming Jin is even stronger than the power of a spell I cast at the second level of Qi Refining..."
He only reached the second level of Qi Refining after more than a year of cultivating immortality, but in martial arts, he surpassed the former in less than a month.
"Is this what it feels like to be a genius in training...?"
Fang Qi was filled with excitement.
However, the commotion didn't last long before it subsided.
Even geniuses need resources.
After these days of cultivation, the spirit stones and spirit rice have been almost completely consumed.
He had to go out to buy goods.
After meditating for a while, Fang Qi picked up the Blood Qi Powder and Jade Marrow Ointment he had brought back from the Republic of China era and prepared to go to the market to exchange them for spirit stones.
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Chusheng Market is the largest trading place for outer disciples of the Dongxi Sect.
Fang Qi sold the Blood Qi Powder separately, at a price of three gold leaves per dose.
A dose of Blood Qi Powder cost three silver dollars in the Republic of China era, while a single gold leaf could fetch a hundred silver dollars. The price difference was a hundredfold!
As for Jade Marrow Ointment, a secret medicine comparable to those taken by those at the third level of Body Refinement, its value is even higher. Based on market prices, it is estimated to have a profit of two hundred times.
However, Fang Qi did not simply use the Blood Qi Powder. Instead, he walked through rows of stalls and stopped at stall number thirteen in the eastern part of the market.
"Brother Fang? Come here quickly."
The stall owner was a middle-aged man with a face full of wrinkles. As soon as he saw Fang Qi, he quickly got up and pulled him into the fur tent behind the stall.
"How did you offend Steward Wang?"