It was late at night when I got home, and Zui'er had already fallen asleep.
Zhao Ya did not disturb her, but stood in the courtyard blowing the wind.
It was now autumn, and the night wind was getting cooler, but Zhao Ya didn't feel cold at all. Instead, he felt that the cool breeze was blowing, refreshing his whole body, and taking away the drunkenness.
After standing for a while, Zhao Ya began to practice his exercises.
The first is of course the Eight Parts of Vajra Kung Fu.
Now every movement in these eight Vajra Skills has been engraved into Zhao Ya's muscle memory and has become an instinct.
After the eight Vajra Kung Fu are the Five Tiger Fist, the Wild Wind Sword Technique and the Light Kung Fu Shen Technique.
After all the exercises were completed, Zhao Ya took out the small box that Tan Ziwang gave him, took out a dried green bamboo snake and put it into his mouth to chew.
The long-lost taste made Zhao Ya's stomach and intestines start to stir. Different from the overbearing blood-tonifying powder, the qi and blood contained in the green bamboo and snake stems were much gentler.
This is also the reason why most martial arts practitioners first choose dried meat from exotic animals as their source of energy and blood.
After all, not everyone can withstand the impact of supplements.
Of course, these problems are not a problem at all to Zhao Ya.
His powerful stomach and the subtle talents of water and valley brought about by the successful unlocking make his digestion ability terrifying.
If it were not for efficiency, in fact, secular flesh and blood could meet Zhao Ya's cultivation needs.
The premise is that the quantity must be sufficient.
Zhao Ya has calculated that one piece of earthworm jerky is equivalent to at least one hundred kilograms of pork, and the amount of green bamboo snake jerky is twice that.
Calculating it this way, with Zhao Ya's current demand for energy and blood, he would have to eat at least two or three pigs every day to barely have enough.
That way Zhao Ya wouldn't have to do anything else, he would be busy enough just eating all day long.
After eating a stick of dried green bamboo snake, his stomach was still crying for food, so Zhao Ya had to swallow another stick, which satisfied his needs.
Then Zhao Ya opened the properties panel again.
In addition to the slight increase in various martial arts skills, the progress of unlocking the heart, which has not changed for a long time, has finally changed.
[Heart unlock progress: 82%]
In the outline of the human body, the yellow halo around the heart has become more and more obvious.
Zhao Ya felt that every beat of his heart would pump out a strong flow of blood, transporting it to every corner of his body, subtly changing the body's functions.
This is an extremely slow change, but if things go on like this, your physical fitness will definitely reach a higher level.
Not only that, Zhao Ya faintly felt that the fascia in his body had been refined a little more.
Although the progress is slow, it is only relatively speaking. If others knew about Zhao Ya's current entry, they would probably be shocked.
After all, it has only been more than half a year since he was promoted to the second realm.
In such a short period of time, if it were left to other people, it would still be able to stabilize the strength of the second realm.
And Zhao Ya has already begun to attack the three realms.
Despite his rapid growth in strength, Zhao Ya still felt that time could not wait for us.
After all, the current situation is getting increasingly chaotic.
The Hong family in the inner city has made it clear that they want to dominate.
The other two major families, the Song family and the Yang family, were not willing to be restrained and began to recruit troops.
This will undoubtedly make the already chaotic situation in Dancing Elephant City even more unstable.
Coupled with the fact that the Changlong Escort Agency was bound to collapse due to Meng Lei's serious injury, Zhao Ya naturally felt a strong sense of urgency.
Today Tan Ziwang represents the Song family's recruitment of him, and Zhao Ya has also thought about it seriously.
It has to be said that the conditions offered by the Song family are indeed very generous, especially since the Song family has unique techniques for raising exotic animals and has abundant resources of exotic animals.
If I join, I estimate that I won't have to worry about flesh and blood resources for a while.
But Zhao Ya still refused for the time being.
Because the current Changlong Escort Bureau has not yet completely collapsed, Zhao Ya does not want to leave just like this.
After all, I have endured all the hardships along the way. Even if I am anxious, I cannot rush this moment.
At least you have to help Meng Lei handle all the matters before talking about it.
The next morning, Zhao Ya came to the escort office early as usual.
Compared to yesterday's bustle, today's escort agency seemed much deserted.
Many people didn't even come.
There was not even a single person in the usually bustling martial arts arena.
Zhao Ya frowned slightly and sighed inwardly.
He knew that the people in the escort agency had lost their hearts.
And once the hearts of the people are scattered, it will be difficult to gather them back together.
Zhao Ya came to the backyard and met Meng Lei.
After a night's rest, Meng Lei's condition has improved a bit, at least he is not as listless as yesterday.
"Chief escort!"
Meng Lei nodded, then picked up a box and handed it to Zhao Ya.
"Xiaoya, this is for you."
Zhao Ya took the box and felt it was heavy. When he opened it, he saw that there was a pile of gold leaves inside, and he couldn't help but be startled.
"Chief escort, this is..."
"You have done a great job in escorting this time. This is a little reward for you. It's a pity that I don't have much ability now, otherwise I could have more."
Zhao Ya took a deep breath and was about to say something when Meng Lei waved his hand.
"Don't refuse. This little money can't save you anything. Rather than having it taken away by the Hong family, I might as well give it to you."
Zhao Ya was stunned, "Have people from the Hong family been here already?"
"Not yet, but probably soon."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard shouts and footsteps coming from the front yard.
"Is Meng Lei here?"
Meng Lei laughed at himself, "Did you hear that? They came as soon as I said it."
At the same time, a group of people were seen breaking into the back house. The leader was a middle-aged man in a robe with long sleeves and a goatee under his chin, who looked like a counselor.
It was the same person who recruited Meng Lei for the Hong family last time.
When he saw Meng Lei, the goatee smiled and cupped his hands.
"Mr. Meng, head escort, you're fine!"
This statement is extremely sarcastic.
After all, anyone who is not blind can see that Meng Lei has lost an arm.
Meng Lei was not angry, but said calmly: "Yuan Zhiwen, I didn't expect you to come this time. It seems that you are really favored."
"Haha, it's just that the head of the family thinks that I am more alert, so he likes to send me out to do things. Whether you want to be favored or not, it's you..."
Yuan Zhiwen looked at Meng Lei, "I heard that Mr. Meng's escort returned to the city the night before yesterday. Why haven't you gone to the inner city to escort him until now?"
Speaking of this, Yuan Zhiwen suddenly thought of something and suddenly realized, "Oh, I understand, Mr. Meng, escort chief, you must have lost the escort, tsk, tsk, that would be troublesome, according to the rules of your escort agency...
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"According to the rules of our escort agency, lost escorts need to be compensated according to the price. Am I right?" Meng Lei interrupted Yuan Zhiwen very calmly.
Yuan Zhiwen smiled slightly, "As expected, Mr. Meng is the head escort. I remember the rules of the escort business very clearly."
"In that case, Mr. Meng, the bodyguard, please use your money to compensate according to the price."
Meng Lei shook his head, "Sorry, I don't have any money."