Chapter 32: Penance
Since that night. Zhao Xifeng never took the initiative to approach Butcher Zhang's butcher's shop, and was occasionally dragged by Wuwu to the market to buy, and when he passed by the butcher's shop, he didn't squint or look at the butcher, and the other two members of the detective trio were probably like him.
The course of the Panlong Academy continued, but the girl named Zhong Li never showed up again, so the course of cultivation was put on hold again, and now the students began to miss the pretty girl more and more. The resentment against Zhao Xifeng is also increasing day by day.
Of course, Zhao Xifeng didn't care about this, since that night, he had spent all his energy on the nine actions of the dry sea, and of course, the school's courses and body refining homework had not been left behind.
Since waking up from the strange dream during the assassination, Zhao Xifeng's body has changed a lot, and he has become able to accumulate true yuan like other cultivators. It's just that the students in other schools meditate according to the method of qi cultivation taught by Mr. Zhou in class. And Zhao Xifeng relied on the set of actions of the dry sea, imitating various animals jumping up and down, which is not a bad thing for Zhao Xifeng, who likes to be quiet and does not like to move.
These days, Zhao Xifeng has been studying the secondary technique as long as he has time, and over time he has found that this is not only a set of qi cultivation methods, but also has a very significant effect on body forging. Although it cannot directly increase strength, it can greatly enhance the comprehensive ability of toughness and balance, which cannot be done by the military body forging technique in any way. This made it extremely gratifying for him, who had not been practicing for a long time, and who trusted his fists more than he trusted Lingyuan.
Kuhai once said to Zhao Xifeng that this set of exercises is divided into two stages, and in the first stage, it is necessary to resemble the shape of the object as much as possible. While cultivating diligently, one should also pay attention to observing the forms of various animals.
So Zhao Xifeng picked up his old business four or five years ago, chasing all kinds of animals in the town and running around the streets, all kinds of cats, dogs and birds were not less harmed by him, in order to observe the posture of the horse running, Zhao Xifeng in addition to forcing the old horses in the post station to go out of the town every day, but also sleeping in the horse house every night, making the smell of horse manure when going to school every day, which made everyone complain.
Mr. Qian raised a small turtle in the pond in the backyard in the school, which was quite spiritual, and he was even more annoyed by Zhao Xifeng, who was practicing turtle diving, in the past two days. Now every day, when I see a boy in a green shirt and cloth stepping into the school, the little turtle will immediately retract his head into the shell, until the school is out of class, everyone is gone, Mr. Qian repeatedly warned Zhao Xifeng that he is not allowed to harass the little turtle again, and repeatedly asks for the school rules, Zhao Xifeng always agrees to be good, and then runs to the pond, after being beaten a few times, there is still no intention of repentance, Mr. Qian has to shake his head and sigh, and go with him.
As for the diligent practice, Zhao Xifeng has been suffering from cold illness since he was a child, and his perseverance has been exercised far beyond ordinary people, and he has developed a good habit of forging under Zhao Wu's care.
At the same time, Zhao Xifeng still maintained the habit of hugging Starlight under the dense starry sky every night, maybe it was an illusion, since the extra stone in his pocket, he always felt that Starlight was more and more attracted to him, and even once he saw a wisp of Starlight falling on the back of his hand like liquid, circulating on his wrist for a moment and seeping into his skin.
As for the second level of the old monk's state, it is like a god, as the practice of this set of actions becomes more and more profound, the practitioner no longer needs to pose the corresponding posture, this set of actions will be imperceptibly integrated into every corner of daily behavior, when the time comes, sleep is practice, running is practice, sitting is practice, practice is also practice, such a magical exercise, Zhao Xifeng had never heard of it before this, he once asked Kuhai about the name and origin of this set of actions, Kuhai just smiled, and did not reply.
Unconsciously, another month has passed, this day Zhao Xifeng, as usual, after the end of the refining in the early morning, ran from under the peach tree to the school in a galloping manner, and when he arrived at the school, he saw a group of people gathered at the gate from a distance, Zhao Xifeng slowed down and leaned over, only to see a group of students in the side hall behind Qian Fuzi, who were confronting a group of teenagers in front of him, and the students were angry one by one, and even Qian Fuzi's face was unhappy.
"What's going on?" Zhao Xifeng stretched out his hand and stabbed Dong Erfat, who had already arrived.
Dong Erpang replied angrily: "These people are from Beiyue Academy to study and test!"
Zhao Xifeng's face sank and he looked back, most of the young people on the opposite side had seen it, it was the group of people who sneered at him when he first comprehended the spirit yuan in the fist under the peach tree last year, but the emaciated middle-aged man who was the leader was not among them. The person standing this time, dressed in a bachelor's uniform, with a square scarf on his head, and a folding fan painted with peach blossoms in his hand, was looking at Master Qian with a smile was Ma Sichen.
"Student Ma Sichen also asked Master Qian to make a suggestion to me today, think about it carefully, between the Great Zhou schools, it is common for each other to study and test, if the master blindly avoids it, I am afraid that it will cause criticism from all over the world. Ma Sichen snapped and closed the folding fan and said with a smile.
The study examination was a way of communication between practitioners from various schools in the Zhou Dynasty, which was essentially to select the top students of each school to compete with each other, and to consider the progress of the students' cultivation and the teaching level of the teachers of each school. It is usually a goodwill exchange that facilitates and complements each other's strengths, however, at some point, it is also a way for the faculties to compete and fight. The winning side will naturally gain fame and fortune, and the losing side will admit that its skills are not as good as others, and at this moment, Beiyue Academy naturally did not have a good intention to put forward this suggestion.
Mr. Qian said with a cold face: "The students of this academy are all newcomers who have just stepped into the path of cultivation since last year, and you have been practicing for seven or eight years, so you are not afraid of the world's leisurely mouth?"
Ma Sichen shook his head and said: "I heard that Mr. Qian told the students here more than a month ago that there is only a precedence of hearing the Tao, regardless of size, and the students are just learning and learning normally, so why do you want to bully the small?"
Ma Sichen was very satisfied with his reply, and laughed out loud as he spoke, and everyone in Beiyue Academy behind him also laughed.
Mr. Qian flicked his sleeves and snorted and said, "This study test is our Panlong Academy..."
"We've taken it from Panlong Academy!"
Just as Master Qian was about to refuse, someone behind him suddenly spoke up on his behalf and accepted it.
Everyone looked back and saw a girl about ten years old walking out of the main gate with her hands on her back, her face full of domineering, childishness, cold as ice, and pretty.
It was Zhong Li, who had been missing for more than a month.