Chapter 5: Showoff!
Strictly speaking, Shi Feizhe’s body wasn’t ugly, mainly because he was young!
Even a greasy uncle was a handsome young man at seventeen or eighteen. As for why they become fat, bald, and greasy later, that’s a sad story.
Hua Xiaomei felt that the demoness from the Celestial Maiden Sect looking down on Shi Feizhe was justified. Shi Feizhe’s face was yellow and bruised. Those were injuries from a previous beating that hadn’t healed yet.
His patched-up clothes were slightly sour, smelling of sweat. Coupled with the mud and dust, he looked like a beggar.
After all, while traveling in the wilderness, you can’t have hot water and do laundry twenty-four hours a day, right?
Although Shi Feizhe wanted to say, “What’s the big deal if you’re more handsome than me,” he knew it was pointless to say that now.
He had many questions in his mind.
Just now, Hua Xiaomei said that his standing posture was interesting and that he had also practiced it when he was young.
So, what happened after Hua Xiaomei finished practicing the standing posture?
Hua Xiaomei also commented on the demoness from the Celestial Maiden Sect, saying, “It’s a good thing she’s only a demoness who just entered the Transcendence Realm, otherwise it would be troublesome.”
What does “Transcendence Realm” mean? Is it a martial arts realm like the “True Person Realm”?
Also, the woman from the Celestial Maiden Sect went mad from practicing the 《Form and Formlessness Seven Treasures Glazed Sutra》 incorrectly. Since he was practicing the 《True Origin Sword Finger Formula》 haphazardly, could he also go mad?!
“Brother Hua, you said just now that this standing posture is very interesting. What exactly is interesting about it?” After thinking for a while, Shi Feizhe stood in a sword stance and asked.
“Little brother, did you see this stance in the 《True Origin Sword Finger Formula》?” Hua Xiaomei asked, also standing in the same stance as Shi Feizhe.
“Exactly!”
“When I was young, I saw a book in the study at home. At that time, I was training my strength, which was very hard work. When I saw that there was actually a secret manual that didn’t require strength training, I was curious and took it to have a look and try it out.”
“I was rather mischievous then, and I secretly practiced this standing posture for more than half a month.” Hua Xiaomei said, lost in memories.
“And then…?” Shi Feizhe asked.
“And then my father found out and beat me up. He said I was lazy, practicing blindly, daydreaming, and wasting time. Hahaha~” Hua Xiaomei said, laughing as he spoke.
This outcome seemed reasonable.
“I heard people say that when blood is full, Qi is abundant; when Qi is abundant, essence overflows; when essence overflows, the spirit is vigorous; when the spirit is vigorous, one sees the truth! Only with sufficient blood, Qi, and spirit can one have internal strength and True Qi?” Shi Feizhe looked at Hua Xiaomei and said.
“Oh? Little brother knows this too!” Hua Xiaomei nodded and said, “Indeed. Blood, Qi, and spirit must be united to form True Qi! The only exception is the 《True Origin Sword Finger Formula》.”
“A hundred years ago, a person appeared in the Jianghu, calling himself ‘Sword Emperor’! His True Qi was vast and boundless. He could project his True Qi, transforming it into infinite sword Qi, dominating the world.”
“But apart from him, no one else could learn this terrifying martial art. After his death, his family was exterminated because of this 《True Origin Sword Finger Formula》. More than ten years later, the 《True Origin Sword Finger Formula》 suddenly appeared in every corner of the Jianghu, as if someone deliberately spread it.”
“The 《True Origin Sword Finger Formula》 has been circulating in the Jianghu for decades now, and there are countless original and copied versions, but no one has been able to cultivate it successfully.”
“So little brother, you should just dabble in the 《True Origin Sword Finger Formula》 and not go too deep into it, so as not to waste time.” Hua Xiaomei recounted the origin of the 《True Origin Sword Finger Formula》.
As expected, I’m a genius!
Others can’t do it, but I can!
It must be their problem!
Hearing Hua Xiaomei say this, Shi Feizhe felt that he must be a legendary martial arts genius!
However, regarding the 《True Origin Sword Finger Formula》, it seemed that someone was behind the scenes manipulating things.
It seemed he couldn’t expose the fact that he knew the 《True Origin Sword Finger Formula》, otherwise someone might come looking for him before he mastered his martial arts.
“But without this, it’s too difficult for someone like me to make a name for myself!” Shi Feizhe pretended to be helpless.
“Hmm…” Hua Xiaomei sized up Shi Feizhe and said, “Little brother, your foundation is not bad. If you have a martial arts secret manual, three years for the Blood and Qi Stage, three years for the Essence and Spirit Stage. Maybe in the seventh year, little brother will be able to condense True Qi.”
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“But how can someone like me have a martial arts secret manual?” Shi Feizhe asked again.
After hearing Hua Xiaomei talk about the pitfalls of so many martial arts secret manuals, Shi Feizhe also knew how rare a decipherable martial arts secret manual was!
“Little brother, have you ever heard of Three Talents Manor?” Hua Xiaomei looked at Shi Feizhe and said.
“Three Talents Manor? I haven’t heard of it!” Shi Feizhe shook his head and said.
“One hundred and twenty miles west of here, there is a small lake. By the lake there is a small town called Three Talents Town. In the town, there is a manor called Three Talents Manor.” Hua Xiaomei pointed west and said, “The Manor Lord there is surnamed Zhan!”
“As the saying goes, ‘In a group of three, there must be someone worthy of being my teacher.’ Manor Lord Zhan felt that martial arts secret manuals were too difficult to decipher, so he published the martial arts secret manuals in his possession on stone tablets in the manor! For everyone to see, only hoping that after people come and have some insights, they will leave their thoughts for future generations to refer to!”
“Does he charge an entrance fee?” Shi Feizhe asked.
This place sounds like a shared library!
“Entrance fee? No, no, no, Manor Lord Zhan is a prominent figure, how could he care about the meager income from entrance fees?” Hua Xiaomei shook his head and said, “If you have any insights after deciphering Manor Lord Zhan’s notes, you will even be rewarded with gold and silver! Little brother, why don’t you go there and try your luck!”
“Try my luck?”
“Exactly, many people like little brother go to Three Talents Manor to try their luck, and many have made a name for themselves. For example, ‘Thousand Miles Soul Chaser Ying Wuya’ and ‘Litang Fierce Tiger Ding Chunzhen’.” Hua Xiaomei said.
People like him could only try their luck.
Simple truth, but the most realistic Jianghu.
Shi Feizhe was silent for a moment and calculated the distance. He needed three days to get there. Plus, the silver he had on him was enough to live on for a while.
He still had to go to Three Talents Manor to see it.
The Jianghu was so vast, he was just a small character in it, he needed to understand more about the Jianghu. Maybe he could complete the 《True Origin Sword Finger Formula》 and even find some other martial arts secret manuals?
“Thank you for telling me, brother! I will go to Three Talents Manor tomorrow!” Shi Feizhe said.
“Oh? What a coincidence, I’m also going to Three Talents Manor.”
“Shall we go together then?” Shi Feizhe said.
“I also want to go with little brother, but little brother’s pace is too slow!” Hua Xiaomei shook his head and refused.
“…”
You really are a showoff!
However, Shi Feizhe knew that the person in front of him was probably also an expert. Passing by here and offering suggestions calmly was already quite righteous.
Perhaps one hundred and twenty miles for him was a long night’s journey at most, and a short night’s journey at least. Dawdling for three days with Shi Feizhe was really a waste of time.
“Little brother, let’s meet at Three Talents Manor!” With that, Hua Xiaomei cupped his fist and his figure, like a graceful dragon, flew into the dark forest.
