Chapter 50: Welcoming Marquis Lieyang (Seeking follow-up reading)

Song Changqing looked up suddenly, shocked, "General, do you want the end general to teach 'Mighty Xiong Xiong Long Gong' to Miss Yu? Do you understand 'Mighty Xiong Xiong Long Gong'?"

Xiao Yu didn't understand, but listening to this name, and looking at Song Changqing's reaction, it didn't seem like a good thing.

"Do you think you understand 'Mighty Xiong Xiong Long Gong' very well?" Guan Huchen snorted coldly, "'Mighty Xiong Xiong Long Gong' and 'Female Phoenix Skill' are one yang and one yin, men practice 'Mighty Dragon,' women practice 'Female Phoenix'."

"But both come from the same system, all originating from the same ancient treasure book, capable of cultivating 'Long Spring True Qi'!"

"Looking only at the breathing technique, the cultivation methods of the first six levels are almost exactly the same, and only the last three levels begin to produce the distinction between yin and yang."

"Now that Yu'er wants to study the way of internal breath, you just need to teach her the internal breath cultivation methods of the first six levels."

Song Changqing said conflictedly, "But 'Mighty Xiong Xiong Long Gong' is an evil skill!"

"If it were really a completely evil skill, would I still let Yu'er practice it?" Guan Huchen waved his hand impatiently, "That's enough, you just do as I say."

"Although I haven't practiced 'Mighty Xiong Xiong Long Gong,' I understand Old Immortal Lao far better than you."

Then he turned to Xiao Yu and instructed, "You follow Song Changqing to practice; the breathing technique of 'Mighty Xiong Xiong Long Gong' is not an offensive technique and cannot make you a top internal expert."

"But strengthening the body, maintaining beauty, and prolonging life is absolutely no problem."

"Especially maintaining beauty; everyone in Yingxiang Mansion who has seen Old Immortal Lao is clear about it."

Xiao Yu bowed to him with a face full of gratitude, "Yu'er understands, thank you, Foster Father!"

Guan Huchen left, and Song Changqing stood there, seemingly still conflicted, like a wooden stake, without reacting for a long time.

"General Song, what are you still waiting for?" Xiao Yu reminded.

"'Mighty Xiong Xiong Long Gong' is really not a good cultivation method, and Old Immortal Lao is not a good person." Song Changqing's tone was very sincere.

This Song Changqing looked extremely ugly, but his heart was not bad.

Xiao Yu's perception of him improved quite a bit.

"Do you think Foster Father is harming me?" she smiled.

—Hard to say!

Song Changqing didn't know about the "Little Li Fei Plan," but he understood Guan Guan Huchen and the Guan family very well.

In his heart, Guan Huchen didn't have half a copper coin's relationship with good people or good deeds.

Guan Huchen taking this little barbarian girl as a foster daughter must have a conspiracy, and her ending would likely not be very good.

It might be related to "Mighty Xiong Xiong Long Gong" and Old Immortal Lao.

Thinking of this, he decided to go against Guan Huchen's will and reveal a little bit of the truth to her.

Regardless of what effect it might have, at least his own "conscience" could be slightly satisfied.

"Miss Yu, let's go back to the inn; explaining the breathing technique requires a human meridian diagram."

Xiao Yu naturally wouldn't object.

She brought him to her guest room.

With her current status as Miss Guan, she naturally lived in a top-class guest room, and a small study was specially equipped next to the bedroom.

After closing the doors and windows, Song Changqing didn't immediately take a pen to draw the internal breath meridian diagram, but lowered his voice and said, "Miss Yu, everyone in Yingxiang Mansion knows 'Old Immortal Lao,' do you know the reason?"

"Does he have immortal means?" Xiao Yu asked.

Song Changqing nodded lightly and said, "Longevity can also be considered an immortal means! Last August, Old Immortal Lao celebrated his 348th birthday, and even Prince Qinghe personally attended to celebrate his birthday."

"Huo, living for more than three hundred years, worthy of being called 'Old Immortal Lao'." Xiao Yu exclaimed.

Although this was a world with immortals and Buddhas, Guan Huchen also said when explaining immortal martial arts common sense that unless it was a grandmaster who practiced special Qi Kung Fu, ordinary martial artists only had a hundred years of life.

Even if it were Guan Huchen himself, even if he practiced "Tiger Soul Seven Kills" to the peak seventh realm, he would only be free from illness and disaster, and perhaps could exceed one hundred years, but there would be no extra life-extending effect.

Song Changqing stared at her and said in a deep voice, "Old Immortal Lao can live so long because he practiced the yin-yang harvesting technique; do you know yin-yang harvesting? That is an evil technique, and practitioners of the yin-yang harvesting path are more harmful than demons."

Xiao Yu didn't have much of an expression change, just suddenly realized, "No wonder, Mighty Dragon, Female Phoenix, it does sound a bit like that."

These words, this calm expression, made Song Changqing a bit confused.

"Have you heard of yin-yang harvesting in Shaqiu too?"

"The barbarians in Shaqiu don't even know how to write the two words 'yin-yang'."

Xiao Yu looked disdainful, as if she were a noble person from the Central Plains.

Well, in Song Changqing's eyes, she was more like a "migrant" who belittled her motherland, a bit cheap.

"Then how did you—"

"Didn't you see? I've been reading!"

Xiao Yu lightly patted the desktop, letting him see the large characters "Book of Songs" on the cover of the book.

Song Changqing was shocked, "Already started reading the 'Book of Songs'?"

He began his schooling at six and started reading the *Classic of Poetry* at thirteen; how many days had she even been away from the wilderness?

"Not seeking to understand, just reading casually, letting myself get a little literary aura. General Song, what you said, I already understand; thank you for the reminder, let's start." Xiao Yu said.

"Start what? Didn't you understand?" Song Changqing frowned.

"I understand what 'Mighty Xiong Xiong Long Gong' is, but you don't understand Foster Father's kindness to me." Xiao Yu said seriously.

Song Changqing's lips moved a few times, but he still couldn't hold back, "Your foster father is not a good person."

Xiao Yu said, "I don't know the definition of a 'good person,' but I am sure that Foster Father is a good foster father."

"And, today it was I who took the initiative to propose practicing breathing techniques, and Foster Father just helped me choose the most suitable one."

Song Changqing looked at her firm eyes, his expression a bit trance-like, and another child with a delicate face suddenly appeared in his mind, another "foster father" with a long beard...

Time is truly cruel; in a blink of an eye, almost forty years have passed.

"I hope you are right."

He let out a long breath, and his originally straight back bent weakly due to the heavy emotions brought by memories.

"Practicing the breathing technique of 'Mighty Xiong Xiong Long Gong' has two key points; first, read the Daoist scriptures thoroughly so that a trace of 'Dao Qi' is produced in your body; this point is very important."

"Only after first giving birth to 'Dao Qi' can you proceed to the next step of 'Pointing the Spirit Meridian'."

Xiao Yu asked suspiciously, "What Daoist scriptures to read? What is Dao Qi?"

Song Changqing said, "Any Daoist scripture will do; there is no special restriction."

"For example, 'Tao Te Ching,' 'Huangting Jing,' 'Yinfu Jing,' 'Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon,' 'Nanhua Jing,' 'Taiping Jing'..."

"At least 'Tao Te Ching' and 'Huangting Jing' can basically be found in all bookstores and Daoist temples."

"Even reading one continuously is fine."

"Reciting Daoist scriptures is to nourish Dao Qi, not necessarily to realize any mysterious great truth."

"Dao Qi is also not mysterious."

"You said before that reading the Book of Songs was to get a literary aura."

"Dao Qi can be understood as the 'literary aura' produced on one's body after reading Daoist scriptures."

"Or, the demeanor produced on the body of a person who recites Daoist scriptures all year round that distinguishes them from ordinary scholars is 'Dao Qi'."

"Sounds very mysterious." Xiao Yu frowned.

Changqing said, "You want to cultivate internal breath, and you are still talking about whether it is mysterious or not?"

"Then what? How to point the spirit meridian?" Xiao Yu asked again.

"After having Dao Qi, find a quiet room, neither hot nor cold, without thirst or hunger, try to discard the influence of the five senses, and silently recite the internal breath formula of 'Mighty Xiong Xiong Long Gong' in your heart."

"Gradually, 'Dao Qi' will gather at one point and wander through various parts of the meridians."

"Continue to recite the formula without stopping, and at the same time visualize the meridian wandering diagram of the 'Mighty Xiong Xiong Long Gong' internal breath method in your mind."

"In the visualized internal breath wandering diagram, 'point' to the points where 'Dao Qi' jumps."

"Those points will produce warm heat flow, and the heat flow is the initial internal breath."

"Wait for the heat flow to wander a circle in the meridians, return to the dantian, and stabilize; the internal breath has already entered the door, and after that, it is simple, just continue to sit and endure."

Seeing the confusion on Xiao Yu's face, Song Changqing asked, "Am I not clear enough? Where else don't you understand?"

Xiao Yu thought for a while and said, "I silently recite the formula, and I can sense 'Dao Qi'?"

Chasing the "Dao Qi" to point the diagram was easy to understand, but she had to sense the "Dao Qi" first!

"Silently reciting the formula is one of the conditions for 'Dao Qi' to gather at one point; in reality, too many factors can determine your success or failure."

"However, you don't have to worry; failure has no harm to the body."

"As long as you read more Daoist scriptures, your heart is calm, and you try more, there will always be a time when you succeed."

"Failure has no influence; success once is success forever," Changqing said.

"General Song, have you practiced 'Mysterious Soldier True Qi'? Does 'Mighty Xiong Xiong Long Gong' have a 'Mysterious Artifact' similar to it that can assist in understanding internal breath?"

Previously, she felt that the internal breath method assisted by a Mysterious Artifact was very difficult and the threshold was very high.

Understanding the practice method of "Mighty Xiong Xiong Long Gong," she realized that the Mysterious Artifact assistance only meant that the material conditions were harsh, but the requirements for the practitioner themselves were very low.

"Mighty Xiong Xiong Long Gong" didn't need to borrow external objects, and the requirements for the practitioner themselves were higher and harsher.

Changqing shook his head and said, "I haven't practiced 'Mysterious Soldier True Qi'; in fact, I haven't practiced 'Mighty Xiong Xiong Long Gong' to completion."

"Now I am the same as General Guan, practicing 'Tiger Soul Seven Kills'."

"However, although 'Mighty Xiong Xiong Long Gong' has no 'Mysterious Artifact,' it should be possible to use special pills to increase the success rate of 'Pointing the Spirit Meridian'."

"No matter what, reading more Daoist scriptures to cultivate 'Dao Qi' is an indispensable link, and pills are only auxiliary."

"General Guan was at least right about one thing: 'Mighty Xiong Xiong Long Gong' is derived from an ancient Daoist secret classic of the Central Plains."

"To practice Daoist secret classics, one must recite Daoist classics."

"Just like the civil service examination in my Shu Kingdom, those who take the top spot must be well-read in poetry and books."

"Things like 'Tiger Soul Seven Kills' and 'Mysterious Soldier True Qi' have no requirements for cultural level; even an illiterate person can practice to Great Completion."

Xiao Yu was shocked, "You actually practice 'Tiger Soul Seven Kills' too? By the way, you seemed to call 'Old Man Guan' Foster Father earlier; which 'Old Man Guan' is it?"

Changqing said woodenly, "Miss Yu, I am only responsible for teaching you 'Mighty Xiong Xiong Long Gong'!"

Xiao Yu looked at him deeply and said, "That's fine, you continue."

The Tao Te Ching and Huangting Jing were indeed common goods, and several sets could be found in the Cloud Coming Inn.

Xiao Yu held the "Tao Te Ching" and read for an afternoon.

Not seeking to understand, she could basically recite the ten-thousand-word Daoist holy classic by heart.

Well, she found that her memory and comprehension in this life far exceeded her previous life, and it seemed to be getting stronger as she grew older.

If she had this talent in her previous life, Tsinghua and Peking University would no longer be "legends" she didn't dare to dream of.

She hadn't read the "Tao Te Ching" carefully in her previous life, but she remembered it only had five or six thousand words. The "Tao Te Ching" she got this time had a smaller length, only three thousand five hundred words, and the rest were all annotations by "Daoist big shots."

That night, she faced the "Mighty Xiong Xiong Long Gong" meridian diagram to "Point the Spirit Meridian."

She tossed and turned until midnight, and was driven crazy, but gained nothing.

But Xiao Yu was not discouraged; instead, she strengthened her determination: must read more Daoist scriptures! Even if "Mighty Xiong Xiong Long Gong" was practiced, she had to continue reading.

If she only wanted to mix in the human martial arts world, she could choose the "Mysterious Artifact" internal kung fu that even an illiterate person could practice.

But the martial arts world was only a novice village in her mind; in the future, she wanted to cultivate immortality and become an immortal.

Daoist immortal cultivation secret classics must be countless times more difficult than "Mighty Xiong Xiong Long Gong."

If she couldn't even handle "Mighty Xiong Xiong Long Gong" today, immortal cultivation would be an extravagant hope.

One must know that even someone with extraordinary talent like Wukong listened to scriptures and discussed the Dao, practiced writing, and burned incense in the Xieyue Sanxing Cave for seven years!

Before the fifth watch the next day, the Cloud Coming Inn was brightly lit and bustling with noise.

Guan Huchen and five hundred Shu knights, fully armored, lined up in neat queues, led their horses to the entrance of the western straight road five li away.

Marquis Lieyang would arrive in the afternoon, and they arrived at the intersection early in the morning to prepare for the reception work.

Xiao Yu and Guan Zhong, these "miscellaneous people," didn't go.

"Marquis Lieyang has finally come; just wait to rendezvous with Marquis Lieyang, and the Old Master's 'disaster' will be like ice slices entering boiling soup, immediately melting away." Guan Zhong had joy and nervousness on his face, "Just persist for another half day, don't have any accidents, don't have any accidents..."

(ps: During the new book period, follow-up reading is very important, thank you all for your support!) ===== CHAPTER 51 =====