fynovel Chapter 40, Part 2: Up the Mountain Village
Chapter 40, Part 2: Up the Mountain Village
Time is like a middle-aged man's bedroom skills—it always moves at an astonishing speed.
Five days have passed in the blink of an eye.
Over the past five days, Yang Song has been accumulating strength bit by bit, and has finally made his body stronger and more robust, enabling him to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and refine it into his own true energy.
That night, after he fought Zhou Feng and used the "Hundred Acupoints Opening" technique, the wisp of true energy he had refined in the critical moment was completely exhausted.
To avoid damaging his meridians, he never practiced the "Dragon Subduing Tiger Skill" again.
Now, after 3 years and 105 days of cultivation, I have just broken through to the Qi Condensation Realm and can cultivate my techniques without any worries.
The various realms of martial arts may sound mysterious, but in essence, they are about gradually transforming the physical body into a more robust vessel to contain more abundant and powerful true energy.
In your opinion, cultivation is so simple that as long as you are willing to work hard, you can make progress every day. How come some people are stuck at a bottleneck for decades and cannot make any progress?
It's really hard for you to understand.
[Reward: Four days of cultivation points]
As the praise ended and Yang Song walked home from the martial arts academy, he suddenly felt something strange.
This power not only tempered his flesh and bones, but also solidified the thin vortex of energy in his dantian, causing it to surge with even purer true energy.
Yang Song couldn't help but widen his eyes.
So, does that mean he won't even need to cultivate any techniques anymore? He can just wait for the system to reward him with power?
"This is truly...amazing!"
Yang Song felt a surge of excitement and took a look at his attribute panel.
Name: Yang Song
Realm: Qi Condensation Realm (Early Stage)
[Power Level: 3 years and 109 days of power]
[Technique: Dragon Subduing and Tiger Taming Technique (Supreme Grade)]
Martial Arts: Mountain Pushing Palm (Low Grade) (Return to Simplicity...), Eight Forms of Self-Sacrifice (High Grade), Dragon Claw Hand (High Grade), Vajra Subduing Demon Staff (High Grade), Thousand Mile Thunder Leg Technique (Top Grade)
"A simple, ordinary life is nice, but it makes it too slow to improve one's abilities."
Yang Song gently shook his head. Five nights ago, he already had 2 years and 318 days of internal energy.
It took him a full five days to develop his skills in a mere 152 days, and that was only after he tried every possible method.
"Fortunately, we can make a big boost to our strength next."
A smile appeared on Yang Song's lips. The reason he had been lying low for so long was to wait until he broke through to the Qi Condensation Realm before going to Black Wind Stronghold for the second time.
Since Black Wind Stronghold wasn't going to retaliate, he decided to take the initiative and attack them.
It's not just about increasing our strength, but also about completely eliminating this scourge.
After all, there's only a thousand days of thievery, not a thousand days of guarding against thieves.
You originally thought that the bandits in Black Wind Stronghold would be enlightened by your kindness and willingly enter the Anping County prison to spend the rest of their lives repenting for every blood debt they had committed in the past.
However, you ultimately misjudged people's hearts.
This group of people has been deeply corrupted by evil, and has lost all humanity. They are nothing more than beasts in human skin.
Well then, since a Bodhisattva's gentle demeanor won't work, you might as well glare like a Vajra!
[Reward: Seven days of cultivation points]
As a surge of pure energy swept through his body, Yang Song let out a very comfortable breath.
Five days have passed, and he has never gained such a high level of skill again.
Indeed, one must put oneself in danger in order to make rapid progress in cultivation!
"Black Wind Stronghold, here I come!"
Yang Song couldn't help but run, and soon arrived home.
Yesterday he went to the market and bought a plump, strong chestnut horse, just in preparation for his trip to Black Wind Village.
"Splash..."
Yang Song took off his sweat-soaked clothes, scooped water from the water vat to wash himself, changed into a black outfit, wore thin-soled boots, had a golden rainbow sword at his waist, carried a steel rod on his back, and led his horse out of the house.
Once he was outside the city gate, he mounted his horse and galloped off towards the Black Wind Stronghold.
Just as he had run a few dozen feet, he suddenly heard a rapid sound of hooves behind him.
Yang Song turned around and saw that the person who came was a middle-aged man with a slightly plump figure, wearing a brocade robe and a melon-shaped hat inlaid with jade. The white horse he was riding was exceptionally fine.
"what?"
Yang Song recognized him; wasn't this Lu Dashan, the manager of Huichuntang?
Lu Qiyang's father!
However, Lu Dashan seemed not to see him, and whizzed past him, whipping his horse repeatedly as if he had encountered some urgent matter.
"Whoa!!!"
Lu Dashan suddenly yelled and pulled hard on the reins.
He was running so fast that he nearly collided head-on with a horse-drawn carriage loaded with goods while going uphill.
If the horse hadn't been reined in in time, both horse and rider would likely have perished.
"Are you blind? Are you in such a hurry to be reincarnated?"
"If you're going to die, go jump in the river! Don't drag me down with you!"
The coachman cursed repeatedly. If it weren't for Lu Dashan's noble air, he would have dragged him off the horse and given him a good beating.
Lu Dashan apologized repeatedly, pulled the horse's head to the side, and made way for the driver.
The driver glared fiercely at Lu Dashan before turning the reins and heading towards Anping County.
Lu Dashan let out a sigh of relief, still shaken. He had almost crashed into the carriage, which had left him drenched in sweat.
He hastily wiped the sweat from his face and was about to urge his horse to gallop again when Yang Song caught up with him.
"Manager Lu, where are you rushing off to in such a hurry?"
These past few days, Yang Song and Lu Qiyang had gotten along quite well. Seeing his father rushing around, he couldn't help but ask a question.
Hearing the sound, Lu Dashan looked over.
Upon seeing that it was Yang Song, he exclaimed in surprise, "Officer Yang, what are you doing here?"
"I have urgent business," Yang Song casually brushed it off, then asked, "Manager Lu, is something urgent?"
"Ugh!"
Lu Dashan sighed heavily, his face full of bitterness, and said, "My son has been kidnapped by Black Wind Stronghold, and they are waiting for me to go up the mountain to get the money to ransom him."
"Um?"
Yang Song was stunned for a moment. Lu Qiyang had indeed not come to the martial arts academy to practice today, but how did this kid get kidnapped by Black Wind Village and brought up the mountain?
He voiced the question that had been lingering in his mind.
Lu Dashan explained, "This morning, I sent Qiyang to Yangshan City to pick up a batch of medicinal herbs, but on the way back, they were robbed by Black Wind Village."
In the past, every time I went out on a trip, I would give each mountain stronghold a few dozen taels of silver as a tribute, and we always got along peacefully with Black Wind Stronghold.
Who knew they would break the rules this time? Not only did they kill the martial arts master in my pharmacy, but they also kidnapped Qiyang and took him up the mountain.
Yang Song asked curiously, "How much silver did Black Wind Stronghold charge you?"
Lu Dashan was startled and instinctively covered his chest.
However, he immediately felt relieved. Yang Song was a good person who hated evil, so why would he steal his money?
"Black Wind Stronghold demanded 100,000 taels of silver from me, but where would I get so much spare money?"
I can only scrape together 60,000 taels of silver. I'll see if I can use medicinal pills to cover the remaining 40,000 taels.
Yang Song replied without hesitation, "Manager Lu, I'll go with you."
Lu Dashan was surprised: "You're coming with me?"