Chapter 13: Condensing the Aura
Early the next morning, Chu Ce got up and had breakfast, and then came to the martial arts arena.
"Condensing aura, pay attention to the heart and mind, the heart moves at will! Don't let your breath ruin the rhythm of your punches! As soon as the rhythm is interrupted, this qi will naturally disperse! ”
Hong Tieshan was already waiting in the martial arts arena, and when he saw Chu Ce, he said hello: "Boy, how did you sleep last night?" ”
Chu Ce smiled: "It's very stable, it's rare to get a good night's sleep." ”
Then he clasped his fists and saluted: "Sect Leader Hong, the kid had a comprehension when he practiced in private last night, and he also asked the head for advice." ”
"Good!" Hong Tieshan nodded, "You can call it again and show me." ”
"Yes!"
After speaking, Chu Ce began to slowly practice the flowing water boxing technique, and Hong Tieshan on the side was still smiling at first, but gradually turned into consternation.
"The aura is condensed but not dispersed, gathered but not stagnant, you actually comprehended the key to this boxing technique in one night?"
Hong Tieshan was a little incredulous.
Although this set of boxing techniques is not very difficult, it will take at least a week for ordinary people to get started.
And Chu Ce, it only took one night, this kind of comprehension speed is really terrifying!
Hong Tieshan sighed: "You have already comprehended the key to this boxing technique, but your body movements are not proficient, so you can't condense the aura, and I have nothing to teach, you just need to practice diligently." ”
"Yes!"
Chu Ce was also happy in his heart, but he was not satisfied with this.
"Sect leader, I want to ask if there is a way to speed up the cultivation of martial arts?"
"Huh?"
Listening to Chu Ce's question, Hong Tieshan frowned.
"Boy, your comprehension speed is fast, but don't be complacent, so ambitious! This gathering of aura is only the first step in martial arts, and even a stupid person can practice it for two or three months. Besides, it is also a gathering of aura, some people can use three or four out of ten, and some people are not even one percent, you still have to work hard! ”
Chu Ce hurriedly said: "The kid knows, don't worry, the juniors will never be in a hurry for quick success." ”
"Hmph, it's good that you know!" Hong Tieshan snorted lightly and continued: "But if you want to know, it doesn't matter, there are countless ways to promote martial arts cultivation, but for civilians like us, the main thing is to rely on medicinal baths.
For example, my Shanhe Gang will regularly boil medicinal baths, and five taels of silver can be soaked overnight, which can greatly promote the absorption of spiritual power by muscles, which is of great benefit to martial artists in the refining stage. ”
Medicated baths......
Chu Ce silently wrote it down in his heart, planning to ask Wei Xiong later.
Then, he was afraid that Hong Tieshan would be angry, so he didn't dare to ask more, but honestly practiced boxing on the side.
After practicing like this for two hours, Chu Ce's boxing skills became more and more proficient, and he finally condensed his aura for the first time.
This is a very wonderful experience, he only felt that with the end of the fist, the spiritual power digested in his stomach penetrated into his limbs like a stream, and the whole person was like soaking in a hot spring, not only the fatigue of the muscles dissipated most of it, but also felt that the strength also increased slightly.
The most important thing was that Chu Ce could feel that as the aura fused into his body, the influence of demonic nature on his mental nature was instantly reduced.
"It seems that my guess is right, as long as the martial arts realm continues to break through, I can suppress that demonic nature!"
Excited, he cultivated more diligently.
And after Hong Tieshan saw that he had successfully condensed his aura, he still did not slack off, but he also put his mind at ease.
After lunch, Chu Ce continued to return to the martial arts arena to practice boxing and digest the aura in the food.
At this time, a hearty laugh suddenly came: "Brother Chu, I heard Lao Hong say that you have successfully condensed your aura?" ”
In the distance, a big man with a tiger's back strode over.
Chu Ce stopped, turned around and said with a smile: "It's all taught by the head of the Hong Sect. ”
After receiving an affirmative reply, Wei Xiong laughed again: "Good! Good! Good! I knew that I, Wei Xiong, didn't look at the wrong person! ”
"Brother Wei, why are you here?" Chu Ce asked.
Wei Xiong smiled, didn't answer but asked instead: "Listen to Sect Leader Hong, do you want to take a medicinal bath?" ”
Chu Ce nodded: "Yes." ”
Wei Xiong continued: "It is a medicine with three poisons, and the aura brought by this medicinal material is not as good as what you have practiced at home after all, you need to keep this in mind." ”
Chu Ce said yes again and again, and Wei Xiong was satisfied: "But you have never soaked in a medicinal bath before, it doesn't hurt to try it once, tonight we will help you boil a medicinal bath, you go to the medicinal herb shop in the north of the city to buy the medicinal herbs on the note." ”
As he spoke, Wei Xiong handed over a cloth bag and a note.
"Yes."
Chu Ce took the cloth bag and went out.
In addition to the slums in the east of the city, the outer city of the Wolf City is also divided into more than a dozen districts, each of which is divided into three parts: residential, commercial, and industrial.
The medicinal herb shop is in the commercial street, not far away, and it only takes about ten minutes to arrive.
At this time, at noon, the streets were bustling, the vendors were shouting endlessly, the old man who was a candy man, the shirtless man who killed pigs, the gorgeous proprietress of the textile shop, all kinds of people gathered on this street, Chu Ce actually had the illusion of returning to the previous stable and prosperous world.
At this moment, an unpleasant stench suddenly entered his nostrils.
On the corner of the street, four or five homeless people gathered together, kneeling on their knees, their heads almost on the ground, and only raised their hands in a begging gesture.
They were still young, most of them children without labor, some of them were much younger than Xiaowei, and their clothes were almost all strips of rags, revealing their bony bodies underneath, but the image did not attract much sympathy, and people pinched their noses and walked around them like a plague god.
In fact, people were not so apathetic at first, but in the past three years, the increasing number of displaced people has exhausted all the patience of the locals.
Even Brother Wei saw the value of him, so he was so good to him.
Chu Ce sighed and stepped forward to place ten copper plates in each child's hands.
He didn't know how soon it would take him to become like everyone else, but now, he hadn't forgotten his outcast so quickly.
Listening to the immature and excited voice of gratitude behind him, Chu Ce silently quickened his pace, there were some things he was powerless to change, at least not now.
Suddenly, a screaming sound sounded, followed by a sound of "rustling" behind him, Chu Ce subconsciously looked back, but found that the homeless people who had gathered there just now were gone.
"Strange ......"
Chu Ce faintly felt a little wrong in his heart, but he didn't care.
Soon, he came to the herb shop.
"Fifty taels of hundred-year-old ginseng, thirty taels of ice crystal grass, three hundred taels of angelica......"
The man of the medicinal herbs grasped the medicine according to the note: "A total of seventy-nine taels of silver plus one hundred and seventy-eight coins." ”
Chu Ce nodded, lifted the cloth bag and took out the silver inside, and counted it to the man one by one.
After paying the money, he was suddenly surprised to find that there were five taels of silver left in the cloth bag.
Suddenly, a warmth rose in Chu Ce's heart.
Silently keeping this favor in his heart, Chu Ce grabbed the remaining money and medicinal materials and walked out of the pharmacy.
At this time, he found that the homeless children who were suitable for the right people had reunited.
Shaking his head, he didn't care anymore, Chu Ce walked towards the gang yard.
At that moment, a thin hand suddenly grabbed his sleeve.
"Ace? Is that you? ”