The Empress's First Running Dog

Chapter 107 The road to becoming a martial god is lonely and bumpy. Boy, you must not fall behind.

Chapter 107 The road to becoming a martial god is lonely and bumpy. Boy, you must not fall behind.
The place is thick with mist and a fairy-like aura.

Zhao Duan "opened" his eyes and found himself leaving the palace and appearing in a desert.

Beside her was no longer the fairy-like empress, but her ancestor, the founding emperor of Dayu, who was wrapped in a felt and a dirty white robe, sitting cross-legged on a sand dune.

On his sturdy body is a rough face covered with frost. At this moment, the morning light is dim in the desert and the sky is getting brighter.

The Great Yu Emperor, dressed as a warrior, opened his eyes and glanced at him:
"Follow."

Zhao Duan wailed, climbed up, and complained:

"I know. Let's go. You just walk all day long. Who can walk past you?"

It only takes a moment from being embraced by a beautiful woman to being pulled by a rough man for training in the wild.

It's still that desert.

During this period, Taizu of Dayu would occasionally utter a few words, but communication was still not possible.

Zhao Duan, on the other hand, often complained about the boring journey, and today was no exception:
"Hey, Old Xu, do you know what I was doing outside just now? You would never guess."

He winked and said:

"Your great-great-great-great...granddaughter, please give me the initiation personally.

Tsk tsk tsk, it's strange that your granddaughter is so pretty, but I think you look just average, or is it that the genetic improvement of the royal family from generation to generation over the past six hundred years has really had such a big effect?"

After probing for so long, and asking Eunuch Hai about this, Zhao Duan has determined:

Different offerings and visualizations of Taizu have no intersection with each other.

Therefore, he spoke more boldly.

"Old Xu" turned a deaf ear to his nagging and kept walking forward with a determined look on his face.

The morning in the desert is desolate and lonely.

The temperature will go from cold, rising a little bit, to scorching hot.

However, Zhao Duan also discovered that after such a long journey, they were gradually walking out of the desert.

For example, right now, the ground beneath his feet has gradually changed from a "sea of sand" filled with yellow sand to a Gobi desert, and scattered plants can also be seen.

The wild camel being led in the hand would occasionally stretch its neck disobediently.

To eat those strong, yellow grasses that seem to be floating on the Gobi desert, but whose roots are actually deeply rooted in the sand.

Yes!

Zhao Duan picked up a wild camel!

Probably one night when he was camping, he tried to light the dead branches he picked up to attract them.

With camels, the two hard-working warriors could occasionally follow the camels to find an oasis in the desert and rest.

Zhao Duan discovered that the desert in this world was different from that in his previous life, and some strange plants grew there.

For example, there is a kind of "bamboo" that grows in the desert. After removing the thorns on the outside and cutting it down, it can be made into bamboo tubes to hold water.

The camel, which he named "Xiao Ye", was carrying a bunch of bamboo tubes in addition to the knapsacks for two people.

When the camel took a step, the bamboo tubes collided with each other, and the sound they made was like music.

Zhao Duan was thinking about the initiation given to him by the Queen of Dayu in the real world, and seemed absent-minded in his practice today.

Before we knew it, it was night again in the desert.

Zhao Duan began to set up camp skillfully.

Take out the biscuit from the backpack, which will appear out of thin air again the next time you eat it all.

Make a fire and cook.

After meal.

Above our heads is the dazzling Milky Way, stretching across the east and west.

However, this time, Emperor Taizu said:
“We’re almost out of the desert.”

Zhao Duan and the camel named "Xiao Ye" who was lying on the ground raised their heads at the same time and stared at him in confusion.

I was deeply shocked that he could speak such a long sentence in one breath.

"Old Xu, what did you say?" Zhao Duan was no longer sleepy.

The camel next to him snorted.

Emperor Taizu sat cross-legged on the Gobi Desert, looking up at the Milky Way in the sky, and said:
"What have you learned during this time?"

Zhao Duan fell into deep thought:
"Honestly, I feel like I haven't learned anything except suffering."

Emperor Taizu ignored him and said:

"Very good, it seems that you have a good understanding. Yes, your spirit has been honed. The path of a warrior is often mistakenly believed by the world to be about strength, physique, and martial arts... but what they say is wrong."

No...are you able to talk to me or are you just talking to yourself...Zhao Duan has never been sure about this.

Emperor Taizu said:

"The ultimate goal of a warrior is not to cultivate the body, but to cultivate the spirit. As the saying goes, after cultivating the body, one should cultivate the spirit. The Yijing cleansing of the marrow can make your body perfect, but if you want to reach the pinnacle of martial arts, the cultivation of the spirit is the most important thing."

Zhao Duan was stunned, not because of the other party's words about "spirit", but because...

During the day, he just said that Xu Zhenguan gave him the I Ching marrow cleansing.

As a result, Emperor Taizu brought up this matter at this time.

Coincidence?
Or can the other person really understand what you say?
"So, Old Xu, what you mean is that you dragged me through the desert these days just to sharpen my spirit?"

Zhao Duan said:
"You said we're almost out of the desert. Does that mean our spirit has been refined? But I don't feel any changes."

Emperor Taizu said: "We advance one step at a time, but we don't know how far we are going."

Zhao Duan suddenly realized:

"Old Xu, what you mean is that I make a little progress every day, but because it is so small and gradual, I can't feel it strongly. But in fact, my spirit is much stronger than it was at the beginning?"

Emperor Taizu still ignored him, and suddenly stood up and said:

"Watch out, I'm only practicing this once."

At this moment, Old Xu stood under the starry sky, his aura seemed to merge with the heaven and earth:
"This palm is called 'Star River Upside Down'."

As soon as he finished speaking, Old Xu struck out from the air with a palm.

In an instant, the stars in the sky began to tremble, turned into a meteor shower, and fell to the earth.

The night also rolls back like the tide.

Zhao Duan's eyes widened in astonishment, and the camel lying beside him also opened its mouth, revealing its big back teeth.

Its daybreak.

Suddenly, sporadic snowflakes began to fall on the Gobi Desert.

Zhao Duan looked into the distance and found the end of the Gobi Desert, where the earth and the sky met on the horizon.

A snowfield appeared.

"Let's go," Old Xu carried his bag and suddenly raised his hand and patted the camel's butt hard.

Xiao Ye let out a neigh, turned his head reluctantly, and ran away towards the desert behind the two of them.

"It can't go on the next road." Old Xu seemed to explain and walked towards the snowy field:

"The road to becoming a martial god is lonely and difficult, so don't fall behind, boy."

Zhao Duan stared blankly at Xiaoye heading west.

He turned his head and looked at Dayu Taizu who was heading northeast.

My mind was full of that "Galaxy Upside Down" move.

With one strike of his palm, the darkness would retreat eighty thousand miles.

For some reason, he suddenly felt that it didn’t matter whether Taizu of Dayu had “intelligence” or not.

What’s important is that he had a master to accompany him on this journey of thousands of miles.

"Old Xu, wait for me!"

Zhao Duan shouted and chased after him.

Suddenly, the scene in front of me became blurry at first, and then clear.

He opened his eyes and found himself back in "reality".

……

Zhao Duan was still sitting in Tangquan Palace, but it was already bright in the sky without him noticing when.

The medicinal power of the entire pool was almost exhausted, and dirty blood from the pores floated on the water surface.

He turned around and found that Xu Zhenguan was no longer behind him.

Only his scattered clothes were still there.

He actually meditated for the entire night, and after completing the initiation for him, the empress had quietly left.

"A night has passed..."

Zhao Duan was stunned and tried to stand up. He felt a sense of relaxation all over his body that he had never felt before.

The movement of Qi is several times smoother than before.

Although the realm has not been improved, the actual combat power has increased significantly.

He raised his hand to push away the dirt, and in the clear spring water, he saw his reborn self.

"The appearance has reached a new level..."

Zhao Duan's mind moved, and he suddenly spread out the five fingers of his right hand and pressed forward.

"Woo-"

Suddenly, a wind blew in the garden, rippling the surface of the thirty-six spring pools and causing the grass and trees to rustle.

"The galaxy is upside down..."

Zhao Duan murmured, realizing that he had mastered a new martial art.

Moreover, it is a dual martial art that can not only attack the physical body, but also destroy the soul.

"correct……"

Zhao Duan suddenly remembered something, reached out to his lower back, and pulled out a silver needle.

Suddenly, Xiao Zhao, who had been listless all night, raised his head quickly, even more energetic than before.

"Hiss, the transformation is quite impressive."

……

After a while, Zhao Duan put on his clothes and left Tangquan Palace.

A group of palace servants who had been waiting outside all night finally came in and began to clean the contaminated hot spring.

A group of young palace maids whispered:

"Yeah, there's splashes all over the shore."

"Why is this pool so dirty? There's so much blood. It's so scary."

"It must have been a big struggle. Didn't you hear that Lord Zhao yelled for a long time last night..."

"Yes, after His Majesty left, he called out "Old Xu" in his dream... What a strange name."

The gate of the courtyard.

Mo Zhaorong, who was wearing a female official's robe and a black veil without wings on her head, appeared at some point. Her face was not looking good, and she scolded:
"What are you mumbling about? Why don't you quickly clean the entire yard?"

The palace maids were silent and dared not say a word.

Mo Chou had no expression on her face. She turned and left, frowning.
"Old Xu?"

She doesn't understand.

……

When Zhao Duan walked out of the palace, it was already dawn.

There was no one outside the palace to greet him, so he had no choice but to start walking and head home.

He was in no hurry to go to the government office. He hadn't had a proper meal for two consecutive meals. He was a little anxious at the moment and just wanted to go home, have a good meal, and then have a good sleep.

Initiation meditation cannot replace sleep, at least not in the mortal realm.

Following the familiar route, Zhao Duan soon arrived at a street lined with shops and stalls.

Then, the aroma of mutton soup noodles wafting in the air aroused my appetite.

"Let's just eat outside."

Zhao Duan walked into the soup and cake shop and greeted:

"Give me a big bowl of mutton soup and five steamed buns."

As he spoke, he moved his butt and sat down on the bench under the shop awning.

Then, I suddenly felt a strong sense of familiarity.

It seems... one night a few days ago, he was also here...

Suddenly, an old and hearty laugh was heard.

Zhao Duan turned his head woodenly and saw a tall old man with long beard and eyebrows sitting opposite him.

Zhang Yan looked at him with a smile.