More than five years have passed since Meng Xiuyuan descended from Wudang Mountain and came to Kunlun Mountain to practice martial arts.
Flowers fall and flowers bloom, flowers bloom and fall, the scenery in this green valley is the same as it was five years ago.
Only the people in the valley have quietly undergone some changes.
"Master, Master!"
By the waterfall, Zhou Zhiruo looked around and called out to Meng Xiuyuan, but received no response and could only hear the sound of running water.
After a while, Zhou Zhiruo seemed to have thought of something, and walked straight to the pool under the waterfall, rolled up her sleeves, channeled her true energy, and slapped the pool with one palm after another.
After five years of training in the valley, Zhou Zhiruo's internal skills have improved greatly. She was already extremely talented, and with the help of the "spiritual fish" and "spiritual fruit" in the valley, she practiced Zhang Sanfeng's improved and accelerated version of "Wudang".
"Nine Yang Gong", which made her accumulated energy at this time very strong, no less than those long-established masters in the world.
Reflecting on the outside, her palm skills are quite impressive.
He slapped the water hard with several palms, but at first he could only see some tiny ripples, like leaves falling on the water.
After a breath, the sound of "Gulu Lu" gradually came from the water, and then the surface of the water began to surge and fluctuate, which became more and more intense as time went by.
Zhou Zhiruo was not surprised when she saw this. She just smiled and looked at the pool, as if waiting for something to happen.
Sure enough, a moment later, a "crash" sound was heard, and a figure jumped out of the pool.
It was extremely fast. It emerged from the water and leaped to a height of more than one foot before gradually stopping its rise. Then it turned and turned in the air and landed steadily on the ground.
"You're showing off your blue wave palm again. If I had known about it, I wouldn't have taught you... Didn't I tell you, just find a small stone and throw it down and I'll know that there's no need for such a big fight."
As soon as Meng Xiuyuan got out of the water, he couldn't help but complain to Zhou Zhiruo.
"Humph, I have the nerve to say..."
Zhou Zhiruo snorted, completely ignored Meng Xiuyuan's complaints, stared at Meng Xiuyuan angrily and said:
"I have already told you that Xiao Zhao and I are going to make delicious food today so that you don't practice too late and come back early for dinner.
It's good for you, you agreed so simply at the time, but now you can't remember it at all.
We have been waiting for you for so long, the food has been reheated twice, and you have not come back."
While speaking, Zhou Zhiruo glanced at Meng Xiuyuan subconsciously, and couldn't help but frown. She stopped her original scolding words and turned to speak with concern:
"Master, why don't you take off your clothes when you practice in the water?
Look at you, you are all wet..."
Meng Xiuyuan heard Zhou Zhiruo's concerned tone, but he shook his head and didn't appreciate it. He just turned slightly to avoid her sight:
"It's not you, you are such a big person, but you still don't know how to avoid things and are irritable.
I don't listen every time I tell you..."
As he spoke, Meng Xiuyuan secretly used his skillful energy, his body vibrated slightly, and a small piece of water mist escaped from his body. Then he transported the pure Yang Qi to various large points on the body surface, causing heat to rise all over his body, and the clothes were covered in white smoke.
Gradually dry.
When Zhou Zhiruo heard what Meng Xiuyuan said, she couldn't help but blush secretly. She was embarrassed to talk about this anymore, so she had to quickly change the topic, stepped forward and pulled Meng Xiuyuan's sleeve and said:
"Well... Master. Why are your clothes torn? Change them quickly and I can mend them for you."
When Meng Xiuyuan saw Zhou Zhiruo's performance, he felt dumbfounded.
Perhaps because he had stayed in this valley for five full years without seeing anyone else, Zhou Zhiruo was actually more relaxed and lively than before entering the valley, and his character was much less rigid and restrained.
This should be considered a good thing, but sometimes some unintentional actions can still cause some embarrassment.
After all, Zhou Zhiruo was over eighteen years old at this time, and she no longer looked like the half-grown girl she once was. Instead, she had become as beautiful as an orchid.
Meng Xiuyuan is obviously seven or eight years older than Zhou Zhiruo, but due to practicing "Pure Yang Wuji Kung Fu", his face still looks like he is about twenty years old, and he looks only about the same age as her.
Therefore, when the two get along now, there is no longer the natural sense of age distance between them as before, which makes many things that everyone did not pay much attention to become slightly sensitive.
"You don't need to worry about it. Xiao Zhao is better at repairing clothes."
Meng Xiuyuan pretended to be disgusted and left Zhou Zhiruo, and at the same time took a step back inconspicuously.
Zhou Zhiruo was not angry when she heard the voice. She was just about to talk back when she heard Xiao Zhao's voice coming from far away:
"Young Master, Sister Zhiruo..."
Following the sound, Xiao Zhao was seen holding a large wooden plate in his left and right hands, and a large bowl on his head. However, he still walked steadily and walked quickly in the direction of the two of them.
Seeing this, Zhou Zhiruo hurriedly stepped forward to help take the big bowl of fruit from his head, and asked:
"Didn't I ask you to wait? Why did you find it yourself? It's a shame that you were able to get so many things."
Xiao Zhao shook his head innocently and explained for himself:
"I see that you guys are never coming back. I think you might be busy with something important and can't get away.
That’s why I brought everything here so that you can eat it nearby.”
"Xiao Zhao, thank you for your hard work."
Meng Xiuyuan had already arrived and took a wooden plate from her hand with a smile.
Meng Xiuyuan has been very satisfied with the girl Xiao Zhao in the past few years.
Obviously at the age of fifteen, he should still be in the rebellious stage of youth, but Xiao Zhao always behaves very mature, smart, strong, and considerate.
Apart from not wanting to change the title "Master" no matter what, he is even more obedient than Zhou Zhiruo.
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Seeing that Xiao Zhao had brought all the food, the three of them did not rush back to the living area, but chose to find a flat place nearby to start eating.
On the two large wooden plates, small wooden bowls were used to hold several different dishes, including meatballs, roasted fish, roasted lamb legs, stewed soup, and many more. In the case that the supplies in the valley were not abundant, it was considered sufficient.
I tried my best.
In fact, according to Meng Xiuyuan himself, he does not have such high requirements for eating. If he were alone in this valley, he could survive just by eating wild fruits every day.
It's just that girls like Xiao Zhao, Zhou Zhiruo, and A Li always like to experiment with new dishes, and Meng Xiuyuan followed them and enjoyed the meal.
"Sir, Sister Zhiruo, how do you like the taste of my newly researched soup?" Xiao Zhao excitedly served a bowl to each of Meng Xiuyuan.
"Yeah, it tastes good." "It smells so good. Xiao Zhao is really much better at cooking than me."
When Meng Xiuyuan and Zhou Zhiruo tasted it, their eyes lit up and they couldn't stop praising Xiao Zhao.
"No, the original recipe for this soup was taught to me by Sister A Li. I just added a little more newly found herbs..."
Xiao Zhao was a little shy after being praised, and the beautiful face she inherited from Dai Qisi was flushed, making her look very cute.
"A-Li... I don't know how sister A-Li is doing now and whether she is doing well outside."
Zhou Zhiruo suddenly felt sentimental when she heard Xiao Zhao mentioning A Li. After all, they had lived together in the valley for four years, and they couldn't help but miss her after not seeing each other for a while.
Talking about A Li's matter, it actually has to do with Zhang Wuji.
About a year ago, Zhang Wuji completed all four volumes of the Nine Yang Divine Art, and with the help of Cuigu, he had accumulated extremely deep energy.
Seeing the situation, Meng Xiu didn't delay. He took out the Qiankun Yi Qi bag that he had prepared long ago, and with careful assistance, helped him pass the last hurdle before the Nine Yang Divine Art could be achieved.
As the Qiankun Qi bag exploded, Zhang Wuji's inner and outer Qi surged, and dozens of mysteries on his body were broken through one by one. The Nine Yang Divine Art was now complete.
Taking advantage of this time, Meng Xiuyuan taught him the "Great Shift of the Universe" technique, allowing him to reach a state close to the "perfect body", and then gave him some instructions and let him leave the valley early.
A Li naturally chose to follow Zhang Wuji and left the Cui Valley together.
Since then, only Meng Xiuyuan, Zhou Zhiruo and Xiao Zhao were left living in the valley.
"By the way, Master. I have never asked you, what kind of kung fu are you practicing and how long will it take to master it?"
While Zhou Zhiruo was pondering, she suddenly raised her head and asked Meng Xiuyuan.
"Why are you asking this all of a sudden? Are you in a hurry to get out of the valley?" Meng Xiuyuan put down the dry wooden bowl in his hand and asked Zhou Zhiruo with a smile.
"No, I'm just curious as to why you always dive into that pool to practice martial arts recently..." Zhou Zhiruo quickly shook her head after hearing this.
She was indeed not in a hurry. The days in this green valley were leisurely and leisurely, and her master was by her side every day. She just hoped that such a life could last longer, preferably another ten or eight years.
When Meng Xiuyuan heard this, he let out a sigh of relief and looked a little strange:
"I don't know if it's a success...well, strictly speaking, it should be a little bit worse.
The reason why I practice under the water pool is actually to break through the last step."
In fact, after five years of hard training, Meng Xiuyuan believed that he had almost done enough in "strengthening the body."
Compared with five years ago, his body at this time has been greatly improved in many aspects.
Especially on the strength and toughness of the meridians, Dantian, and internal organs in the body, Meng Xiuyuan worked extra hard, and he was already fully prepared to be able to deal with the damage caused by the "compressed true energy liquefaction".
But after successfully practicing all the contents in the booklet written by Meng Xiuyuan and Zhang Sanfeng, I found that the next step was really difficult to imagine.
Still using the liquefied gas analogy, steel liquefied gas tanks are now available for storage, but he has not yet mastered the step of pressurizing the gas so that it is completely liquefied.
During this period, Meng Xiuyuan made many attempts based on experience, conjectures and knowledge from previous lives.
What spins the true energy in the Dantian to form a whirlpool; what luck makes the two streams of true energy collide in the meridians; and what forcefully extracts excessive amounts of true energy and seals it in the body.
In the end, they failed due to various reasons.
Among them, the most promising one is the last one, which is to forcefully use the internal energy to continue to extract the true energy when the whole body's Dantian is full of true energy.
Meng Xiuyuan could feel that as long as he could really stick to this path, he would eventually succeed.
But every time it reaches a certain level, the acupuncture points and pores sealed by Meng Xiuyuan will be opened by high pressure, causing the true energy to leak out, and the result will be in vain.
At this point, Meng Xiuyuan began to regret. Perhaps he should not have given the "Qiankun Qi Bag" to Zhang Wuji for use, but should have kept it for himself to break through.
But after thinking about it later, I didn't bother with this idea for too long.
After all, firstly, Zhang Wuji's major issues related to unifying the Mingjiao and leading the fight against the Yuan Dynasty were indeed more urgent and urgent than Meng Xiuyuan's.
Secondly, the "Qiankun Qi Bag" can at most help Zhang Wuji break dozens of mysterious doors all over his body. It has been broken at this point. It is obviously not strong enough to withstand the pressure that Meng Xiuyuan needs to further compress the Qi.
Therefore, it seems that if Meng Xiuyuan wants to master this skill, he still needs some more special opportunities and assistance.
After Meng Xiuyuan thought hard, he decided to look for it in nature.
The waterfall pool in Green Valley was much smaller than the one on Wudang Mountain, so Meng Xiuyuan didn't pay much attention to it at first.
It was only once that Meng Xiuyuan held his breath and dived in with the mentality of giving it a try, he discovered that there was something special in it.
Although this pool is not large in area, it is nearly a hundred meters deep and is faintly connected to underground water veins.
Meng Xiuyuan meditated and practiced qi under the water of 100 meters. The water pressure sealed the pores and acupuncture points all over his body, which naturally helped him prevent his true qi from leaking out. All he had to do was concentrate on refining his true qi.
He has tried this several times in the past few days, and the effect is obviously much better than meditating on the ground.
Unfortunately, perhaps because the water was not deep enough and the water pressure was low, he has not yet been able to completely succeed.
Meng Xiuyuan briefly explained the matter to the two girls. Although they were smart, they didn't understand it for a while.
After a long while, Xiao Zhao suddenly asked:
"Sir, as you put it, even if you liquefy the true energy underwater, when you land on the shore and there is no water to suppress the pores of the acupuncture points all over your body, the liquefied true energy will not turn into a gaseous state again.
What?"
When Meng Xiuyuan heard this, he secretly sighed that Xiao Zhao had such a high level of understanding. He only heard a few insinuations from him and he understood the relationship between pressure and the transformation of object form.
Thousands of years later, he would not be a good candidate for physics.
However, Meng Xiuyuan was not too worried about her problem. He just shook his head and said confidently:
“I’ve thought about this too, but it’s not a big problem.
Once the true energy is completely liquefied and I am familiar with controlling it, I should not be able to let it return to its gaseous state.
Everything is always difficult at the beginning. After that hurdle, many things will be solved easily."
"Oh, Xiao Zhao has learned a lesson, the young master is so awesome." Xiao Zhao couldn't help but smile with joy after hearing this, and was sincerely happy for Meng Xiuyuan.
Although Zhou Zhiruo didn't listen as clearly as Xiao Zhao, she was still thoughtful and asked after a while:
"So, Master, if you want to take a step further now, you must leave the valley and find a deeper lake and pool?"
Hearing this, Meng Xiuyuan nodded first, then shook his head:
"If anything, it's indeed time for us to leave the valley.
But, it’s not just about practicing martial arts.”
If you want to continue practicing this "compression of true energy and liquefaction" technique, you really need to find a deeper lake or pool, or you can go directly to the bottom of the sea.
But what is more important at this time is that Meng Xiuyuan received news a few days ago that the six major factions have set out to besiege Guangmingding.
There was a reason why he couldn't miss this grand event.