Comprehensive Martial Arts: Relying on Pili Martial Arts to Achieve Dimensionality Reduction Attack

Chapter 1 Taiping Town

In a corner of the Wulin world, on the border of Jianghu, there lies an ordinary small town with a population of over ten thousand.

Taiping Town is located in Southern Wulin, on the border of the Suzaku Dynasty. It is a place far away from the grudges and disputes of the martial arts world, and rarely involved in the political turmoil of the imperial court.

At the end of the town's East Street, there is a clinic with a banner reading "Miraculous Healer" hanging on the door.

There were two people in the clinic, one old and one young.

The former is a famous pharmacist in the town. He is over sixty years old, but he has a good way of keeping in good health, has sharp ears and eyes, and is still strong. He is also the owner of this clinic. At this moment, he is sitting at his seat, flipping through a somewhat old copy of "Qian Jin Fang", waiting for patients to come.

The young man was only sixteen years old, handsome, with dragon eyebrows and phoenix eyes, and a good-looking appearance. He had a refined and elegant appearance, but his clothes were just ordinary, and it was obvious that his family was not well-off.

He is Lu Ping, a time traveler who accidentally came to this martial arts world.

When the first rays of sunset fell, Lu Ping had finished all his work for the day. He glanced at the clean desk, then walked out from behind the counter and gave a fist bump to the pharmacist who was already dozing off.

"Doctor, my work for today is over."

Lu Ping was neither a relative of the pharmacist nor an apprentice. He was just a temporary worker hired by the pharmacist to prepare medicines and keep accounts in the clinic.

"Hmm? Oh! I was so engrossed in reading that I didn't realize it's already this late? Well..."

The pharmacist woke up from his sleep with a start, put down the medical book in his hand, looked at the distant sky through the open door, confirmed the time, and took out a string of copper coins from his pocket.

"Here's your wages for today. Take it."

"Thank you so much... Wow! That's a lot!"

Lu Ping smiled and took it. He counted it briefly and found that the salary he received today was actually eight cents.

One tael is worth ten coins, and one coin is worth one hundred wen. The purchasing power of one wen is approximately equal to one dollar. Therefore, eight coins of silver is equivalent to a daily salary of eight hundred yuan in the previous life. This salary was very generous.

Under normal circumstances, this would be at least two or three days' wages, but the clinic's business is booming during this period, so it's more.

It would be nice if many people got sick and injured every day...

"Of course it's not less, because I gave three cents more."

Before Lu Ping could pray for the clinic's business to prosper in the future, the calm and composed pharmacist nearby told him the truth.

Lu Ping suddenly felt a little disappointed: "Oh, so that's the case? I thought... But Doctor Yao, why are you so generous today?!"

The pharmacist frowned and pretended to accuse me, "Why? You don't want to pay me more? Do you suspect I have ulterior motives?"

"I dare not, I dare not...If you want to give it to me, then of course I will accept it!"

"now it's right!"

After Lu Ping put the money in his arms, the pharmacist showed a satisfied smile on his face, and then changed the subject: "By the way, Xiaolu, what have you thought about what I talked to you about last time?"

When Lu Ping heard this, his hand, which he had just taken out of his arms, suddenly trembled.

Great, no wonder you are so generous today, it turns out you were waiting for me here!

Taking money in return, isn't this an act of ulterior motive?
"Doctor Yao, what are you talking about? Why don't I remember what you said to me..." Doctor Yao frowned, and the white beard under his chin trembled: "Are you pretending to be stupid in front of me? What I'm referring to is what I told you half a month ago, that I wanted you to come and be my apprentice!"

Lu Ping was immediately ashamed when he heard this.

The medicine doctor has been coveting him for a long time, but he has never accepted it, and of course he will not agree to it this time.

"Well...well...I'll take my leave first. Thank you for your patronage today. Next time the clinic is short-staffed, please call me. I will be there whenever you call."

Lu Ping pretended not to hear, waved his hand, turned around and was about to leave.

But he was still a step too slow. Before he could take a step with his left foot, he was grabbed by the pharmacist and pressed onto the seat reserved for patients.

Lu Ping was shocked: This old guy is so fast? And he has so much strength!

After secretly complaining a few words in his heart, Lu Ping couldn't help but sigh out loud: "Yao Lao, Yao Lao, are you really sixty years old this year? Your movements are more agile than those of a sixteen-year-old young man like me!"

"Hehehe...what do you think?"

The medicine doctor smiled and twirled his beard, puffing out his chest proudly: "I started practicing the Five Animal Exercises when I was three years old, and it has been sixty years now. Not only is my body strong and healthy, but my ability to catch things with one hand is unpredictable!"

"How dare you, a young brat who has not even reached adulthood, laugh and joke in front of me?"

Lu Ping couldn't help but twitch his mouth when he heard this.

The old guy is pretending again...

Not to mention his grappling skills, Yao Langzhong's medical skills are, if not the best in the whole Taiping Town, at least among the best. There are so many people in the town who want to become his disciples that they can circle the entire Taiping Town twice.

But for decades, the old man had not accepted even one apprentice. It was not until he met Lu Ping and saw that Lu Ping had some talent in medicine that he finally became interested in him.

"You know that I have no children, no daughters, and no disciples. As long as you become my disciple, a hundred years later, this huge clinic will be yours. Isn't this dozens of times better than your current life of doing nothing?"

Lu Ping's job is well-known in Taiping Town, because this job is very special, so special that there is only one such job in the entire Taiping Town.

Jianghu Wanshiwu, temporary worker in the company.

Simply put, it means doing things for others in exchange for money.

There are actually quite a few people doing this kind of business in the underworld, but most of them are killers who collect money and sell their lives, living on the edge of a knife and licking blood. However, Lu Ping's business is completely different.

Whether it is farming and weeding, going up the mountain to collect herbs, or helping people look after their business, teaching and delivering goods, as long as the price is right and it does not exceed his ability or break his moral bottom line, Lu Ping will do it.

Although the income is low, it is safe and stable, and there is no need to worry about your life.

Of course, the most important thing is that the orders he received were basically placed by local people in Taiping Town. The people here are far away from the underworld and have simple folk customs. Even if they have an argument with others, it will not escalate to the point of taking someone's life.

"People say that people in your profession become more skilled as they age. I think that's true. Besides, you're not only an expert in medicine, you're also an expert in people."

Pretending to be generous by offering a higher salary, and then waiting until others accept the money before making requests, anyone with a thin skin would be embarrassed to refuse this kind of tactic. If not a shrewd person, what kind of person is this?
"But it's a pity!"

Lu Ping complained, and then said: "I really have no interest in your comfortable life!"

(End of this chapter)