In September, there was an uprising in the South of Daling.
The barbarian Zhang Dongqing and the northerner Li Zhi attacked the county government, plundered ordnance, armed tens of thousands of people, and marched into nearby states and counties.
Daling sent troops to suppress the rebellion. The rebel army failed to hold up and dispersed. Some of them fled to Pingyu Road in Shan Province and became mountain bandits.
Qinghe Palace in Huaxin County.
The sun is shining brightly, dispersing the cold fog on the top of Qinghe Palace.
In the martial arts dojo, a pair of martial arts practitioners are practicing in pairs. There is a huge difference in stature between one pair.
Of these two people, the male is a little thin, but his face is rosy and healthy, with fine hair.
The woman is tall and tall, with a face as big as a plate, thick and powerful hands and feet, and is much taller than the man.
The two of them were sparring together, and they seemed to have some tacit understanding, and they were quite skillful in exchanging moves.
"Yes, that's enough!" The burly woman stepped back. "Junior brother Rongfang, you have now mastered all the moves of Yue Xingfu. Next, you need to nourish your blood, strengthen your qi and blood, and prepare for strengthening your muscles."
Zhang Rongfang nodded and glanced at his attribute column. Sure enough, the word Yue Xingfu's skill finally appeared there.
It took two months to master the thirty-two movements of the Yue Shaping Talisman correctly. Thinking of his daily efforts for so long, Zhang Rongfang was finally sure.
I am just an ordinary person, I did not become a martial arts wizard after traveling through time.
Fortunately, he glanced at the attribute points behind the attribute column and felt relieved again.
Now that Yue Xingfu skill has appeared, it’s time to add more points...
Zhang Rongfang's experience during the previous outing made Zhang Rongfang feel insecure until now.
Now, let's see how much this attribute point can improve his martial arts.
"Now you have mastered the Yue Xing Talisman. As the foundation of my Taoism's martial arts, the Yue Xing Talisman is peaceful and well-known in the martial arts world. It is one of the foundations of our Taoism.
This set of moves has a measured advance and retreat, and a strict attitude, which is of great benefit to the practitioner's mental training." Zhao Dacong explained.
"Senior Sister Zhao, how do we classify martial arts cultivators?" Zhang Rongfang asked.
"Nourishing blood and strengthening muscles, once these two steps are completed, a person's strength will be greatly increased. This is the prerequisite for entering the first level. After entering the first level, martial arts cultivators can be regarded as different from ordinary people.
After that, there will be nine grades of division in the imperial court. There is no division of realm, but it depends on who you beat."
"Who have you defeated?"
"Yes, the quality of martial arts, strength and weakness, are all determined by fighting. The more you win, the greater your reputation.
We have many competition arenas in Pingyu Road every year. The winner not only gets a bonus, but also gets fame, and is invited and hired by many wealthy businessmen. Even if he is strong enough, he will get the attention of the court."
Zhao Dancong grinned.
"If you are interested, you can give it a try. If you are not interested, just go directly to Lingguan Palace and pass the basic grade assessment. Then you can take up a position in the imperial court and receive a salary. Of course, you have to do things after taking up a position."
Zhang Rongfang felt thoughtful after hearing this.
The temporary position in Lingguan Palace is a cooperation between Taoism and the imperial court. It is also the unique advantage of Buddhism and Taoism.
He had heard it before.
"As long as you pass the tempering and enter the rank, can you be tested for temporary employment?" He asked again.
"Of course." Zhao Dancong nodded.
Zhang Rongfang felt something was wrong in his heart. Didn't he need to go through actual combat in the process?
"Besides, what does "just pass" mean? You start practicing Talisman from now on, and eat and drink well to nourish your blood every day. It usually takes at least three years! Except for a few people with extraordinary talents."
Zhao Dancong reached out and took out a wooden hammer from the weapons rack on the side, and waved it in a roaring way.
"After that, it will take at least another three years to strengthen the muscles. Once these are prepared, breaking the limit is easy. Most people can pass it as long as they don't have any congenital diseases. It only takes half a year of conditioning. The difference lies in how to break it.
Okay. Stop talking nonsense, come on! Let’s do it again!”
Zhao Dacong immediately put down the wooden hammer and struck Zhang Rongfang's shoulder with his palm.
She didn't use much force, she just used simple moves.
Zhang Rongfang raised his hand to block with his right forearm. At the same time, he made a fist with his left hand and hit Zhao Dacong in the waist.
This move combines offense and defense, and is exactly the Yang Guan Needle of the Yue Xing Fu.
The two people's hands were tied with cloth bands, and their arms quickly joined hands, making moves with smooth movements.
After the sparring, it is time to practice strength, lift stone locks, boulder balls, run with weights, etc.
You can't do much of any of these exercises, because Qinghe Palace is a Taoist palace after all, and these exercises are just for nourishing the blood.
After a lot of trouble, at noon, Zhang Rongfang continued to follow Xiao Qingying.
Seeing her running to find Chen Wuyou every day, the two of them behaved more and more intimately, like a couple.
If she hadn't scrupulously cared about ethics, I'm afraid Xiao Qingying would have been eaten up and wiped clean by now.
In the past two months, following Xiao Rong's instructions, Zhang Rongfang stopped the two of them from getting too close several times in time.
In addition, Xiao Rong also arranged for another handyman disciple to follow Xiao Qingying. The handyman disciple was a woman and was often more convenient than Zhang Rongfang.
The day passed in the blink of an eye, and it was getting late.
In the Qinghe Palace, many disciples were like ants, slowly dispersing with the sound of drums after finishing evening classes.
After Zhang Rongfang greeted Xiao Rong, he hurried back to his residence.
After closing the door, the room was dark, with moonlight shining through the window through the mist.
Cultivation disciples are official disciples of Qinghe Palace, and their treatment is completely different.
There is a wooden bed in the room with a white mosquito net. On the side is a wooden desk and chair, a wardrobe, and a candlestick holder.
The floor is paved with long flat gray wooden boards.
There is also a set of formal dark blue and white robes hanging on the wall.
Zhang Rongfang took out a pair of flints and a ignition rod from the desk drawer, and the two flints touched each other lightly.
The sparks ignite the tinder, light the ignition pole, and then use the fire from the ignition pole to light the wick.
As the candlelight lit up, the room gradually became brighter.
Zhang Rongfang picked up the teacup from the table. The water in the wooden teacup was already cold.
He licked his lips gently to relieve some chapped lips.
After resting for a while, he dragged out a wooden basin from under the bed, opened the door and walked out.
After a while, he brought another basin of water into the house.
Putting the water on the ground, Zhang Rongfang looked at his face towards the water.
What appeared in the water was a slender face.
He has a high nose bridge, narrow eyes, rosy and plump cheeks, tight and thin lips, and a yellowish complexion.
This face has become much better than when I first came to Qinghe Palace. Especially after becoming a disciple and starting to practice martial arts, my complexion has improved even more.
"It seems that nourishing blood really works, and I'm not as thin as before." Zhang Rongfang opened the basin.
Walking to the bed, he took off his shoes, lay on his back, and calmed down.
Then he raised his hand and looked at the back of his hand. After the attributes were revealed, his eyes focused on the attribute bar below his field of vision.
The translucent property bar has some changes compared to before.
'Zhang Rongfang - life 10-10, skills: Rejuvenation Purifying Time Talisman-Yue Xing Talisman (entry), Observation of Void Skills (first level of fine orifice). Available attributes: 1.'
‘The lower limit of life before was 9, but now it has become 10. It seems that my hard training in the past two months, eating well, drinking well and sleeping well, is still useful.
However, without the improvement of attributes, the speed will probably be so slow.’
'Now, let's see how much the attribute points can improve me.'
Zhang Rongfang stared at the Yue-shaped talisman in the skill.
Taking a deep breath, he began to imagine tapping lightly on the cross plus sign behind the Yue-shaped symbol.
In an instant, the free attribute point changed from 1 to 0.
At the same time, the content of the brackets behind the Yue symbol suddenly became blurry.
The word "entry" quickly disappeared.
Before Zhang Rongfang had time to realize it, he was suddenly shocked, as if his brain had been hit hard by a sledgehammer.
In an instant, memories of practicing Yue Xingfu countless times every day came to his mind.
Day after day, from morning to night, I kept practicing hard.
The Thirty-Two Movements of Yue Shaping Talisman have been practiced repeatedly, and the moves have gone from being beginners, to mastery, to rapid deepening, and the understanding is getting deeper and deeper.
Zhang Rongfang's body shape also began to change slightly.
From the previous shapely and slender shape, the muscles gradually bulged, but it was not very obvious, and it still had a streamlined shape.
After about ten breaths, he gradually recovered from his dizziness.
At this time, the body lying on the bed was covered in sweat, and the clothes were soaked with sweat, exuding a strong smell of sweat.
Slowly sitting up from the bed, Zhang Rongfang closed his eyes and carefully recalled the changes just now.
‘The improvement of Guanxu Gong was not so clear before, but this time it is quite clear.
The improvement of this attribute point is not only a simple improvement of skills and techniques, but also an increase of physical strength... It is necessary to improve the body to the minimum level that can successfully use this level of skills.'
'It may also be that once the skill is upgraded to this level, it will naturally drive the body to reach this intensity.'
Zhang Rongfang took a long breath and looked at his attribute column again.
At this time, his attributes have completely changed.
'Zhang Rongfang - life 10-11, skills: Rejuvenation Purifying Time Talisman - Yue Shaping Talisman (mastered), Observation of Void Skills (first level of fine orifice). Available attributes: 0.'
"The upper limit of life has been raised a little, and Yue Xingfu has changed from beginner to master. But there is no way to compare the strength with others."
Zhang Rongfang frowned slightly. The attribute bar could only display life and skills, which was a bit barren.
However, he then thought about it. In actual combat, victory or defeat depends not only on martial arts and life, but also on the tactics, equipment, physical fitness, temporary attack strength, attack speed, etc. at the time.
Even if you have a hundred tons of strength and only use one hundred thousandth of the force in your attack, it still won't work.
There is no direct strength comparison on the attribute column, which is understandable.
"It doesn't matter, as long as it can directly improve the level of martial arts, that's enough. I can definitely obtain the strength that others have accumulated for many years in martial arts in a very short period of time!"
Zhang Rongfang got up from the bed, quickly wiped his body with water and changed his clothes.
Then he stood in the room and experienced the newly upgraded Yue Xing Talisman.
The room for a practicing disciple is at least five meters long and wide. It is quite spacious when standing in the middle, enough for him to move around a bit.
Zhang Rongfang raised his hand as if he were holding a pen, and stroked down, starting with the Yue-shaped talisman - tapping Qingfeng.
The Taoist Taoist rejuvenation and purification time talisman was originally derived from the gestures used in Taoist talismans.
Later, it was integrated with martial arts skills and training skills to form a unique Taoist martial arts.
In the talisman code, the first seven talismans are used for body protection, and the last five talismans are used for medical treatment.
The integration of medicine and martial arts in Taoism is also a very unique martial arts system.
In the room, I could see Zhang Rongfang punching out with firmness and force, and his steps moving back and forth, always digging into the ground like tree roots.
Whether it's moves or speed and strength, they are much better than sparring with Zhao Dacong during the day.
After practicing ten times in one breath, he slowly relaxed.
"This requires at least three years of work!"
He often exercises in the martial arts dojo and has almost collected the data of the martial arts practitioners. At this time, through horizontal comparison, he suddenly has a position.
After getting excited, Zhang Rongfang tossed and turned on the bed for a long time before turning off the light and falling asleep.