Volume 1 Small Matters in a Small Town Chapter 40 Martial Cultivation, Qi Cultivation, and Horizontal Cultivation
"Poisoning?" Chen was taken aback, Zhou Xiangjun's skills were quite good, and he couldn't see any signs of poisoning at all.
"Someone must have given him a chronic poison, I can smell it. This chronic poison had been accumulating in his body for a long time, slowly eroding his life force, and if he hadn't met his master, he wouldn't have lived past forty years old in this life. Wandering said.
"How could someone as powerful as him be poisoned?" Chen was puzzled.
"Generally speaking, chronic poisons are rarely used to kill people, but more often to torture or control people, and I think the latter is more likely. The wanderer continued.
"It makes sense, if you want to control Zhou Xiangjun, then there is only Ren Ao, it seems that the relationship between them is not a rumored friendship from the outside world, and there are many unknown secrets in it. Chen Cheng pinched his chin and said.
"Why don't you ask Zhou Xiangjun directly, you can see that he is poisoned, which is enough to attract his attention. Wandering said.
"Okay, then I'll talk to him. Chen got up and poured two cups of tea.
"Two, after fighting for so long, haven't you yet decided the winner? Can you stop first and come out for a cup of tea? Chen Heal's majestic voice like a god sounded in the pure white world, and Zhao Xin and Zhou Xiangjun were stunned, and they stopped together.
"Where are you, why don't you show up?" Zhou Xiangjun asked.
"Let's come out and talk. Chen Hell smiled slightly, and when the words fell, Zhou Xiangjun and Zhao Xin had already appeared in the room, and the tea was steaming.
"Big brother. Zhao Xin was summoned by Chen Healing for the first time since he entered Sumeru mustard seeds, and he was very excited, and said respectfully.
"Sit down, you're really depressed these days. Chen Cheng patted the sofa and said.
"Thank you, big brother, suffocation is suffocation, but it is also a great benefit to me, after these days of painstaking study, my strength has made great progress, of course, mainly because the master has reshaped me, let me break through the limit. Zhao Xin sat down on the sofa in a proper manner and said.
"It's all the result of your own efforts. Chen Cheng smiled, never forgetting to be grateful, which was also the main reason why he appreciated and reassured Zhao Xin.
"What about you, Mr. Zhou, sit down and have a cup of tea?" Chen asked him.
"You'd better tell me where it was. Zhou Xiangjun said noncommittally.
"This is my brother, his name is Zhao Xin, he has already told you just now, it is my private territory, you have to get my permission to enter or leave, as for other things, it depends on whether you have a chance to understand in the future. Chen said.
"It seems that there are many more secrets in you. Zhou Xiangjun sat down on the sofa, picked up the teacup, and said.
"You also have a lot of secrets, tell me about your poisoning. Chen said suddenly.
Syllable!
Rao was with Zhou Xiangjun's concentration, and after hearing this, he still shook his hands, dropped the teacup to the ground, and looked at Chen Heal in disbelief.
"How did you see that I was poisoned?" Zhou Xiangjun asked as he looked at Chen Cheng fixedly.
"I have my own means, and I don't need to confirm with you, your reaction says it all. If my guess is correct, the person who poisoned you should be Ren Ao, right?" Chen asked him.
"Yes, it is indeed the poison of Ren Ao. Zhou Xiangjun nodded in acknowledgement.
"Tell me, I may be able to help you relieve the pain, the taste of poisoning must be uncomfortable. Chen said.
"That poison, there is no solution, it can only be temporarily suppressed by taking a special drug, I will get sick on the fifth day of the first month of every month, and I must rush to find Ren Ao to get the antidote before the fifth day of the new year, so as to get through that difficult moment. Zhou Xiangjun said bitterly, obviously, he was also devastated by the poison.
"It may be incomprehensible to others, but for my eldest brother, not necessarily, life and death are flesh and bones, as long as my eldest brother makes a move, it is not a problem. Zhao Xin said in a loud voice.
"No solution is no solution, I have been looking for doctors for many years, Chinese medicine and Western medicine home remedies warlocks, all of them have been found, unless Hua Tuo is alive, no one can save me. Zhou Xiangjun shook his head.
"Others are others, I am me, and the Chinese medicine and Western medicine remedies you mentioned have nothing to do with me. I can indeed help you detoxify, but only if you turn to me and do things for me. Chen Cure straightforwardly put forward the conditions.
"As long as you can detoxify me, let me get out of Ren Ao's control, and let me do anything. Zhou Xiangjun said without hesitation.
"I'm very interested in your background and experience, let's hear about it. Chen said lightly.
"Good. I am an orphan, adopted by a master, since I was a child, I followed the master to learn martial arts in the deep mountains and old forests, at the age of sixteen has been a small success, can walk in the deep old forest at will, meet jackals, tigers and leopards can be invincible. It was in this year that the master unfortunately passed away, and I thought that I had achieved something in my studies, and I couldn't wait to go down the mountain to find a chance to show my skills, but I soon fell into an embarrassment. Zhou Xiangjun said.
"What's going on?" Chen asked curiously.
"It's definitely a lack of money. Zhao Xin said coldly.
Zhou Xiangjun glanced at Zhao Xin and nodded slowly.
"Big brother, the so-called martial arts practitioners, in fact, is to maximize the potential of the body through various means, because of the different methods and means used, it is naturally divided into several factions, generally speaking, there are three kinds.
The first is a traditional martial arts cultivator like me, which relies on solid cultivation to develop the meridians and strengthen the bones, which is the most traditional and orthodox school, relying on the steady and steady progress accumulated over time, such as Shaolin.
And such as Zhou Xiangjun, belongs to qi cultivation, through the practice of qi and nourishing qi, gradually forming a sea of qi in the body, and then impacting the acupoints and stimulating the potential of the body. Qi cultivation is the most wasteful way of cultivation, because from beginning to end, a large amount of medicine is needed to warm the body and nourish the sea of qi.
There is also the most extreme one, called horizontal cultivation, they do not consider the potential inside the body, focus on horizontal training, through various extreme means, constantly polish their body, such as iron sand palms, eagle claw fists, golden bell jars, iron cloth shirts, etc., can be counted as horizontal cultivation. Zhao Xin introduced.
"That's right, traditional martial arts cultivation can be achieved in ten years, in twenty years, in thirty years, and in forty years, it can be achieved towards the realm of the grandmaster, relying on continuity and stability, without the help of external objects, and without any cost, it is the most normal cultivation method.
And qi cultivation, with the help of the auxiliary role of heaven and earth treasures, through the medicinal power to achieve the purpose of conserving qi and blood, condensing the sea of qi, the cost is very great, but as long as the financial resources are strong and there are enough drugs as support, it can be achieved in five years, ten years can be completed, twenty years can be entered into the house, and thirty years can be crowned the grandmaster.
Generally speaking, through whipping, impacting, polishing and other means, the body is constantly injured, and then salt is sprinkled on the wound, and then the scab is rubbed off, and the injury continues, and then it comes down repeatedly, and the human epidermis will form a very thick layer of defense, and you will hardly feel the pain, and naturally the strength will be infinite.
However, horizontal cultivation has one of the most obvious shortcomings, that is, it is short-lived, because they overdraw the potential of the body, and cause permanent damage to the body, this is a kind of cultivation method to quench thirst, but it has to be said that the price is very small, as long as the cultivator's will is strong enough.
Moreover, the time for horizontal cultivation is shorter, it can be completed in three years, it can be completed in five years, it can be entered in the hall in ten years, and it can be completed in twenty years...... Twenty years later, I'm almost dead.
As the so-called copper skin, iron bones, and golden viscera, the horizontal cultivation is the copper skin, the traditional martial arts practice is the iron bone, and our qi cultivation is the golden viscera. Zhou Xiangjun added.
"Well, so to speak, our traditional martial arts cultivators don't look down on qi cultivation, and feel that they use external objects, but qi cultivation definitely doesn't look down on our traditional martial arts cultivation, and think that we are pedantic and stubborn, but qi cultivation and martial cultivation definitely don't look down on horizontal cultivation, that is purely self-defeating, and it is completely contrary to the spirit of martial arts to strengthen the body and prolong life. Zhao Xin nodded and said.
"Hengxiu is very utilitarian, they practice killing skills, first hurt themselves and then others, but for some people with limited family conditions and want to achieve quickly, Hengxiu is the only way out they can choose, but unfortunately, Hengxiu is short-lived. Zhou Xiangjun smashed his mouth.
"Then I'm curious, which of you two is more powerful now?" Chen asked with great interest.
His Xuanwu is completely another system that is above martial cultivation, qi cultivation, and horizontal cultivation, and there is no comparison with each other at all.
"If I hadn't met my big brother, he would have been great, but now, I'm confident that I can beat him. Zhao Xin shook his fist.
"That's not necessarily, your foundation is very solid, and your body has been excavated to the limit, I admit this, but, I just took the antidote yesterday, and the medicinal properties are still dissipating, don't dare to work casually, otherwise it is easy to explode against the current and die, if you give me three more days, let's fight again, the outcome is not yet known." Zhou Xiangjun said unconvinced.
"What if I detoxify him and also bring his body to the limit?" Chen asked Zhao Xin.
"That should be a little more powerful for him, strictly speaking, there is no limit to qi cultivation, and it is difficult to reach the limit, it will take too many drugs to assist, but if the eldest brother makes a move, I don't know what the situation is, I can only say that the strength of qi cultivation in the extreme situation is greater than that of the martial arts in the extreme situation, as for horizontal cultivation, the limit of horizontal cultivation is to die by yourself. Zhao Xin said.