You are just making up the exercises, my disciple, have you really mastered them?

Chapter 4 Xu Yan’s self-reflection

Before dawn, Xu Yan had already set up his horse and was practicing.

“Master said, focus on enlightenment, focus on intention rather than focus on form, sense qi and blood, mobilize qi and blood, and temper the skin membrane..."

“The ancient genius completed the skin refining in five days. I haven’t sensed the energy and blood yet. The gap is too big. Master said not to be impatient. The more impatient you are, the harder it is to sense the energy and blood…”

Xu Yan calmed down his mind, concentrated on himself, and carefully sensed himself and his qi and blood.

The sky is a blur of white.

The morning sun was about to rise. Xu Yan, who was immersed in sensing Qi and blood, suddenly felt a warm current emerging from his chest and abdomen. It was thin and warm, and seemed to flow with his breathing.

 “Qi and blood!”

 “I feel the blood!”

 Xu Yan was extremely excited at this moment.

 “Calm down, calm down, be calm, don’t get distracted...”

“Mobilize the qi and blood to temper the skin membrane... How to mobilize the qi and blood? Master didn’t explain it in detail. Do you want to ask the master?”

"No! Master said, it depends on enlightenment and intention. I must grasp the feeling at the moment. If I relax, it will be difficult to sense the energy and blood again...

“Furthermore, if I even ask Master in detail how to mobilize Qi and blood, wouldn’t I be disappointing Master? I feel like I don’t have a good understanding.”

 Xu Yan thought so and immediately gave up the idea of ​​asking Li Xuan for advice.

He continued to step forward, over and over again, trying to mobilize qi and blood, while recalling some of the explanations taught by Li Xuan on mobilizing qi and blood.

The mind was all concentrated on itself, immersed in mobilizing qi and blood. The breathing changed unconsciously as the qi and blood were mobilized. Gradually, a wisp of qi and blood spread all over the body, and the skin turned slightly red, as if there was a wave of qi and blood. The warm current is tempering the skin membrane.

 “I should be considered to have entered skin refining, right?”

Xu Yan was so excited that he finally sensed Qi and blood, and successfully mobilized Qi and blood to temper the skin membrane.

 …

Li Xuan yawned, got up, washed up, and went out to prepare breakfast.

 He is the only one left in the village, and it has long been a habit to be self-sufficient.

As soon as he went out, he saw Xu Yan who was practicing Zhamabu. The corner of his mouth twitched. This apprentice was working hard, but it was a pity that no matter how hard he worked, it would be of no use.

The method of cultivation was made up by him. Only those who can succeed in cultivation are ghosts.

“Whenever he can no longer hold on, come and ask me, let’s make up some more stuff to fool him.”

Li Xuan shook his head, turned and left.

 Xu Yan was excited when he saw the master and was about to tell the master that he felt the blood.

 Has entered the leather refining stage!

 As a result, when he saw the master shaking his head, his heart suddenly thumped.

 “Master is dissatisfied with me?”

“That’s right, with Master’s level, how could he not be able to tell that I have already sensed my energy and blood and entered the skin refining stage?”

“Master must think that I am irritable, arrogant and complacent, and I cannot hold my breath…”

 After Xu Yan thought for a while, he immediately gave up the idea of ​​telling Li Xuan that he had sensed Qi and blood and entered the skin refining stage.

Taking a deep breath, calming down, and continuing to mobilize Qi and blood to temper the skin membrane.

“Master is unfathomable. He can tell my true and false status at a glance. I cannot be arrogant or complacent... Master can tell me at a glance how I am progressing in my cultivation. Why should I speak?”

Xu Yan understood clearly in his heart that his master could tell how well he was practicing at a glance, so there was no need to deliberately tell him.

Li Xuan caught a chicken in the chicken coop and prepared to continue stewing the Nine-leaf Yuanzhi, which is a rare treasure in the world. After eating the Nine-leaf Yuanzhi stewed chicken soup yesterday, he felt stronger.

 Took out the knife and was about to kill the chicken.

There was a sudden pause: "That's not right, I have a disciple. There is no reason for me, the master, to serve the disciple. The disciple should serve the master!"

"Anyway, I cheated once. He is my apprentice now. Is it reasonable for him to serve me as my master?" With this thought in mind, he walked towards Xu Yan with a chicken in one hand and a knife in the other.

“Disciple, come here, kill the chicken and stew it with some nine-leaf Yuanzhi. Let’s go cook.”

 Xu Yan finished his work and took the chicken and knife from Li Xuan's hand, feeling a little confused.

 “Why, you can’t cook?”

Li Xuan looked at him in a daze and frowned.

“That’s right, Xu Yan, a fool like me, is from a rich family. How can he possibly know how to cook?”

Even so, now that I have been accepted as a disciple, why not make good use of it?

“Disciple, walking, sitting, sleeping and eating are all practices. Although you have not yet started, and you are too far away from the realm of being a teacher, it will be good for you to get familiar with it in advance.”

Li Xuan said with a serious expression.

 “Master, I’m going right away!”

Xu Yan’s expression was straight and respectful.

“Master’s level is too high. It may seem like ordinary things, but in fact, this is what a master is, and this is the state of being secluded from the world!”

The more I think about it, the more I feel that the master is enigmatic and seems ordinary and does not show any power of a strong person. However, this is the real hidden master!

 Xu Yan went to cook.

Li Xuan was worried and stared at him for a while. He found that although Xu Yan was a little unfamiliar with killing chickens and cooking, under his guidance, the rice he cooked should not be inedible.

So he safely moved a chair and placed it under the big tree in front of the house. Li Xuan lay on the chair, leisurely, waiting for the meal.

“It’s a good little life to have an apprentice to take care of you.”

“With Xu Yan’s brain, it’s impossible to see through it in a short period of time, but we must prepare a retreat...”

  After a meal.

 Xu Yan continued to practice.

"This... the speed of tempering the skin membrane has become faster, and the energy and blood have increased by at least 50%..."

“At this rate, although the skin refining cannot be completed in five days, there should be no problem in completing the skin refining within a month.”

Xu Yan felt that the speed of tempering the membrane had greatly increased, and he was very excited.

“Why does the leather refining speed suddenly increase so much? Could it be...”

 He thought of Jiuye Yuanzhi stewed chicken soup!

The Nine-leaf Yuanzhi is a rare treasure, and this is the only treasure of the Xu family. If he had not been the only child of the Xu family and was deeply loved by his parents, he would not have been able to obtain the Nine-leaf Yuanzhi for the apprenticeship ceremony.

 “Master!”

Xu Yan was deeply moved at this moment.

“Master knows that Nine-leaf Yuanzhi can help me practice, so he took it out and let me stew chicken!”

"I will never let down Master's hard work. I must practice hard and strive to get started as soon as possible!"

Xu Yan, who was thinking about himself, was so moved that his reverence for his master at this moment was comparable to the sun and the moon.

 He mobilizes Qi and blood and constantly tempers the skin membrane.

With continuous tempering, Xu Yan felt that his body became stronger, his qi and blood became stronger and stronger, and his skin became tougher. It seemed that he had already started skin refining.

“I feel like my strength has more than doubled. This is just the beginning of skin refining. How strong should it be when skin refining is complete?”

 “I must get started in martial arts within a year!”

Xu Yan’s eyes were firm.

“The effect of this Nine-leaf Yuanzhi is also very good. Why do I feel that my power has become stronger?”

“Do you want to keep it to yourself? Forget it, it’s a gift from Xu Yan. Let’s stew it and eat it together. Don’t be too black-hearted!”

 Li Xuan felt the changes in his body, and at a certain moment, he had the idea of ​​monopolizing Jiuye Yuanzhi.

 After all, it was not evil enough, so I gave up the idea of ​​monopoly.

 (End of this chapter)