Konoha Aogen

"Going out" was not as difficult as Gui Mo imagined. Afterimage just made an appointment with Yun Luo, and the three of them drank together in the leader's study on the fourth floor of "Mowen Tower". The waiters and guards of "Mowen Tower" didn't seem to show any special expressions when they saw her.

It is also the afterthought that is done with good intentions. After much thought, only in his own territory can he ensure that everyone's eyes are clean and there will be no idle words or strange looks.

Yunluo felt relieved to see that Gui Mo was finally willing to go out. But she has been feeling a little depressed lately. There is no hope for her to be with Gui Mo and After Image, but she is not willing to be the idle second young lady of the Yun family again, let alone get married like this. "Yun Qin" has rejected almost all decent men in "Kurong City". The mother has no choice but to look at the eldest daughter who is above her head. Recently, she has begun to turn her thoughts to Yun Luo.

"I want to do something serious, please help me with the details." Yun Luoji solemnly said to the two of them.

"Oh? Tell me." Ghost Moth and Afterimage had rarely seen her look like this, and they were both curious.

"I want to set up a business group to help those 'lonely and sick' people in the city." Yunluo never forgot the "healing corps" he casually mentioned when he first talked with Ye Xuan. But if you work alone, it may not be appropriate to call it a "corps".

"How does this business group make money?" Afterimage asked.

"If you don't make money, you just want to help those who can't afford medical treatment or enough food to eat." Yun Luo said seriously, looking at the afterimage.

"What kind of business group is that? This kind of thing should be called... an alliance, right? Besides, can this be called 'serious business'?" Gui Mo was confused.

Gui Moth's tone made Yunluo a little angry: "Why is this not serious!"

"Let's not talk about being serious or not." Afterimage smiled and said: "If you don't make money, how will your alliance... be maintained?"

"I will contribute some myself, and then... find someone to donate some. Let's start with you two!" Yun Luo planned to ask for money, so he had to suppress his resentment first and said with a playful smile.

Afterimage had a look of astonishment on his face. He never imagined that he would be in such a bad situation today.

Seeing the embarrassment on their faces, Yun Luo said, "My business group hasn't named it yet. Whoever donates money first will use his name."

The two of them rolled their eyes at the same time and said almost in unison: "Who gave you permission to use my name?"

"You, you... are still not good friends!" Yun Luo felt aggrieved, and it was fine if she didn't donate money. What made her even more sad was that the two of them seemed to sincerely disdain the good deeds they wanted to do.

"Okay, okay, I'll donate some." Seeing that Yun Luo's eyes were wet and red, and thinking of her affection for visiting him a few days ago, Gui Mo gently stroked Yun Luo's shoulder and comforted her.

"No need! I don't want you to pity me!" Yun Luo moved to the side, and at the same time wiped away Gui Mo's right hand for unknown purposes.

Afterimage saw Yun Luo's thoughts, his expression turned solemn, and he said softly: "Xiao Luo, you thought we were good friends before discussing with us. We shouldn't laugh at you, I'm sorry."

Yun Luo was easy to coax and persuade. After hearing this, he wiped his tears and stopped getting angry.

Afterimage continued: "However, since we are good friends, I can't be hypocritical in front of you. I don't recognize what you are doing. You can't help others enough, and you can't make enough money. Real good deeds should have a surplus. That’s right.”

Seeing the afterimage speaking solemnly, Yun Luo looked at her with tears in his eyes and said, "Why do you say that? Whether it is a good thing or not, what does it have to do with whether there is a surplus or not?"

"We have the right to think that 'helping people' is a good thing and 'robbing people' is a bad thing. Then who do you think is the person who has done the most good things in this world?" Afterimage looked at Yun Luo with a smile, preparing to use that trick He bullied her with all kinds of lies.

"I don't know, who do you think it is?" Yun Luo asked curiously.

"I think it should be 'Xue Rui'." Afterimage replied sincerely.

"Ah? Why."

"You were born in the Yun family, and you have mastered such martial arts. I guess you have never been bullied by anyone. But you know that 99% of the people in this world are 'amateurs' without true energy. These people have worked hard to earn money. If you leave it at home, it will be easily stolen by thieves and robbed by strongmen.

Therefore, after these ‘amateurs’ make money, they have to spend it all immediately. When he couldn't finish eating and drinking, he would gamble, stay in prostitution, or even drink "Wangyou Pulp" directly. Of course, there is nothing wrong with enjoying life as soon as possible, but if you are forced to do this, wouldn't it be miserable? "

"Yes." Yunluo nodded in approval and motioned for her to continue.

"Now that those people have earned money, if they want to save it, they can go to the 'bank' and exchange it for 'white tickets' with a secret pattern. Even if this thing is stolen by a thief, it is still useless paper without knowing the secret pattern. Even if a strongman robs it." "White banknotes", and forced them to tell the secret pattern. As long as they report a "reverse secret pattern" that is symmetrical and opposite to the "positive secret pattern" recorded by the 'bank', the 'bank' will know that the bank note was stolen. . Tell me, how many hard-working people have been added to this world through such a wonderful method, and how many people have died unexpectedly?"

"Well, this is indeed a 'great good' thing. But how does it conflict with what I want to do?" Yun Luo asked doubtfully.

"Such a huge good thing, if there is no surplus, but losses all day long, can it still be accomplished?" Afterimage asked.

"Of course it won't work. But...the Xue family has earned so much money, wouldn't it be even better if they could use it to help the weak?"

"What a fart! Why are you called the 'Xue family'?" Gui Mo interjected.

Yun Luo glanced at Gui Mo and thought to herself: "You have been hungry since you were a child. I can't blame you for being selfish." However, she would never dare to say this.

"Just think that everyone in the 'Xue family' wants to become immortals." Afterimage laughed and said: "But since opening a bank is a 'great good and good' thing, then why not continue to open a bank after making money?"

Yun Luo was stunned for a moment, but didn't know how to respond.

Afterimage paused for a moment and continued: "One tael of silver earned is just one tael, and it cannot be changed into two taels out of thin air. For the same one tael of silver, if you open a bank, you cannot donate it to you. It cannot be what you think. , to help the 'lonely and sick' people. The Xue family's choice is to open more banks. So, do you think 'Xue Rui' is a good person or a bad person?"

"He is a good person." Yunluo Nuonuo replied, but he always felt that something was not right: "Huh? That's not right. He is a good person when he opens a bank. Does he mean that he is a bad person when he donates to me? He is also a good person when he donates to me."

"If the money comes into your hands, there will be fewer people to help, but you take the money from the 'Xue Family', you are a bad person." After the shadow finished speaking, he felt that the words were a bit harsh, and he did not give it to her. In the gap between replying, he quickly added: "Of course, this is based on your idea. I don't think helping others means being a good person, only helping me, you are a good person. If you rob others to help me, then you are even more of a good person. !”

"But, but..." Yunluo ignored the second half of Afterimage's rogue words, and was only stuck in the first half, feeling a little hurt: "Then...my banknotes are in the drawer, and the gold bricks in the Night Palace are It’s all piled up in the treasury. The money is of no use, so it’s always a good thing to use it to help others.”

"The gold and silver recorded on the banknotes are actually used by the bank. The gold bricks are piled in the warehouse.

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It doesn’t really reduce the ‘useful things’ and ‘people who do things’ in this world, it only affects the price. I haven’t fully thought this section through, so I won’t torture you. "Afterimage waved his hand and said softly.

"I don't understand what you are talking about. I only know that if a person is about to starve to death, it is always good to give him a piece of bread; when a person is about to die of illness, it is also good to give him a piece of medicine. You two... Wasn't it the 'Xuanqing Academy' that saved him? Isn't what His Highness Ye Xuan did a good thing?" Yun Luo couldn't accept the sophistry of Afterimage.

"Xuanqing Academy, originally called 'Guxufang', was funded with the tax money from 'Kurong City'. Do you know that 'Kurong City' was snatched by the young master and Sister Qing'er from others? I Just now I said, 'If someone robs someone else and comes to help me, he is a very good person', which is not entirely a joke. Ye Xuan is the 'good person' of me and Xiao Mo, but he is not the kind of good person you think.

If there is any good thing he has really done, it is that in the years when the Konoha family has been in charge of Kurei City, "the number of murders has decreased and the number of people doing business has increased" in the city. Nowadays, land prices in this city are high, food prices are also high, and there are more and more people coming from outside every year. This is also the reason. "

Yun Luo sighed softly, feeling lost. Is His Highness Ye Xuan not even a "good person"?

"I don't want to argue with you anymore." She was extremely depressed. In my heart, I silently adjusted Afterimage from the third best friend to the fourth best friend.

"Xiao Luo, are you still doing that alliance?" Afterimage asked softly.

"Do it!" Yunluo replied stubbornly.

"Okay. Then I'll donate a thousand taels."

Yun Luo looked at the afterimage in surprise, not understanding what she was doing by tossing and turning: "No, no need."

"Some of the things I just said may have hurt you. If you want to still consider me a friend, then let me donate some. This is not to pity you, nor to send you away. I just think that if you still support when you don't agree, then that's it. They are truly friends." Afterimage looked into Yunluo's eyes and said sincerely. She quite likes this little girl who can see through it at a glance. The next moment, she will be moved.

"Xiaoying... thank you." Yunluo was indeed a little moved, and his eyes were moist.

"Then I'll donate three thousand." Gui Mo had been greedy for money for a long time, and his pocket was very rich. After hearing this, Yiying glared at her but said nothing.

"It's true." Yunluo said happily. "Then all together, there are four thousand one hundred taels."

"How much?" Afterimage and Ghost Moth were extremely angry, feeling that they had been tricked. "You have to pay a hundred yourself, how shameless!" Gui Mo scolded.

Yun Luo said in embarrassment: "I... I only have these on hand. This time... I don't want to ask my family for any more."

"Next time you go to 'Wang Yue Lou' for medical treatment, don't refuse to accept cash. Those bitches are rich." Gui Mo also knew that Yun Luo wanted to get rid of the shadow of "the second young lady of the Yun family", so he only said to her Some ways to make money on your own.

"How can you be embarrassed about that?" Yun Luo was puzzled.

"Why are you so embarrassed to ask me for money? Is it easier for me to make money than a bitch?" Gui Mo felt that this little thing was really hopeless.

Afterimage gave Gui Moth a white look and cursed in his mind: "You still have the nerve to say this. Who can make money easier than you?"

"By the way, you are not allowed to use my name, and you are not allowed to tell people that I donated money." Gui Mo reminded Yun Luo.

"Hey, you still have some sense of shame." Afterimage sarcastically said. Yun Luo looked confused and didn't know why.

Exile Diary - Excerpt (36)

I easily got the secret about "qi training" from Lin Jue. The method is so simple that it makes me want to slap myself. All my planning and calculations over the past year turned out to be acting on myself. In fact, any time I ask, Lin Jue will tell me immediately. The method of "qi training" is not a secret at all!

It has been more than ten days since it was confirmed that "Ouyang Tong" has entered the aging stage. I think Lin Jue has accepted this fact, so I tentatively said to him at lunch today: "Grandma is getting old, and I always feel uneasy. Why don't I try Let’s practice.”

Lin Jue was quite moved after hearing this and said: "Li'er, you have such intention, it's hard for you, but I don't want you to suffer like this."

I pretended to be nonchalant and asked, "I don't know how to practice. Will it hurt?"

"It hurts, but it doesn't hurt. The method of practicing Qi is simple, which is to focus all your attention on the lower abdomen Dantian without any distractions, and then imagine that power will emerge from there."

I waited for Lin Jue to continue, but he didn’t say anything. I could only continue to ask: "Well, what next?"

"just this."

"What, that's it?" I tried my best to suppress my disbelief, but I still failed.

Lin Jue smiled bitterly: "The difficulty of practicing qi lies not in the method, but in the 'long suffering' and 'slim chance'. A person needs 'more than ten years' or even 'decades' of meditation every day to be able to At a certain moment, I suddenly got the first ray of true energy.

It is usually not possible to practice while working. When practicing Qi, you can do almost nothing. It is best to just meditate except eating and sleeping. It is best not to eat too much. Only then can there be hope. Even so, the chance of developing true energy is only less than 10%.

We stand aside and watch a dozen people practicing Qi. We can easily know that about one of them can succeed, but what do the practitioners feel in their own hearts? If you can't practice it in ten years, why should you practice it? If you can’t practice it in thirty years, why should you still practice it?

Even if you develop true energy, it will probably stagnate to a very shallow level and not get much stronger at all. You remember those two tricksters, right? Most people who practice Qi are at that level. In front of grandma, people like that are no different from ordinary people.

So practicing qi is a very disappointing thing. What's even more terrible is that no matter how deep or shallow this thing is, as long as you have a trace of it in your body, it is absolutely impossible to have a child. Literary men satirized warriors, saying that they spent decades of loneliness to create a family without descendants. Although it is unavoidable to be full of resentment, it is also a sword that kills the heart. "

“‘The long ordeal’ and ‘the slim chance’”. This sentence floated into my ears lightly at first, and as Lin Jue explained, it became heavier and heavier, and finally it seemed like something was stuck in my throat. What I want is close at hand, but a mountain suddenly rises up in front of me. If it is true as Lin Jue said, then what kind of lunatic would the first person in this world discover the secret of Zhen Qi be.

"Then...how long have you been practicing?" I asked Lin Jue.

"I practiced from the age of five to nineteen. Later, my parents and brother were killed by enemies. I was left with a single seedling in the Lin family, so my grandmother stopped forcing me to practice. Over the years, my grandmother's biggest wish was to see her great-grandson. Alas...I It's useless." Lin Jue thought of his grandmother and looked sad.

"I started practicing at the age of five. Wouldn't it be very hard when I was young?" I held Lin Jue's hand and asked with concern.

"Yes, a five-year-old child only meditates every day besides eating and sleeping... When I was a child, I really hated my grandmother. But later I understood that my grandmother was afraid that after she left, the Lin family would have no one to protect her."

"Then why doesn't grandma force your father and brother to practice?" I said.

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Continuing to defend Lin Jue, he did not realize at the time that the term "your father" was extremely inappropriate.

Lin Jue smiled bitterly and said: "How can dad listen to grandma? If grandma says anything, dad will say ten things to her. Later I found out that it was dad who encouraged grandma to force me to practice Qi. He said he couldn't practice and he wanted to spread the branches. Give birth to a hundred children for the Lin family. As for the eldest brother... let’s put it this way, it is usually the ‘second son’ or ‘youngest son’ of the family who practices Qi.”

I also laughed when I heard "have a hundred children." I thought of my father's stupid look when he said this.

Seeing my smile, Lin Jue felt better and continued to explain: "But grandma said that dad's ideas are not all bastards. Young children are indeed more suitable for Qi training. People have seen too many things, and in their hearts It’s not clean. It’s easier to capture the true energy and even pure things with a pure mind.”

Speaking of "simple mind", I looked at Anese and said, "Let her try. I still want to give birth to a child for you first."

Lin Jue nodded thoughtfully: "Xiaowei is quiet and simple, so maybe she can do it. But if she starts practicing Qi, she won't have time to serve you."

"It doesn't matter, I can serve her." I chuckled. "Although the method of practicing Qi is just that, there are still some details that need to be paid attention to. You have time to teach Xiaowei."

"Okay, I will teach her today. Xiaowei, Li'er and I will rely on you to protect us from now on." Lin Jue said with a smile.

After lunch, Lin Jue was in the room and gave Anese serious instructions on how to meditate, how to look inside, and how to concentrate his mind without being disturbed by external objects. He also said that it is not necessary to meditate. Meditation is just for the convenience of confirming the position of the Dantian. You can practice lying down if you want, but it is best not to lie down, as it is easy to fall asleep...

I listened over and over again, and the most important thing is still the sentence: Keep imagining that there is power emerging from the Dantian. The rest can be done as you wish.

I asked Lin Jue: "You just said that it will take 'ten years' to 'tens of years' to develop a trace of zhenqi. Is there anything faster or longer?"

Lin Jue responded: "It is said that 'Gu Changqing' is a genius who can 'get started' in four years. However, there are too many rumors about him, and I don't know which ones are credible."

Gu Changqing, this person Lin Jue also mentioned before.

"As for the longer one, I haven't heard of it. If you can't practice it for decades, no one will practice it anymore." Lin Jue added.

"Then if you practice it, what will it feel like? Can you know it immediately?" I asked again.

"It should be possible. There will be a Qi in the body that can flow with the thoughts, and it is not clear whether it is cold or hot. Grandma said so." Looking at Lin Jue's expression, it was obvious that he also yearned for that kind of experience.

"Then, what will you do after you practice?"

"It will be easy after that. Let the true energy circulate around the body along the meridians, coming out of the Dantian and returning to the Dantian. Don't ask me where the meridians are, I don't know. Grandma said that people with true energy will naturally You will understand that there is only one road that can penetrate the whole body, and it is easy to find.

If it goes astray, such as reaching your fingertips and unable to come back, that's okay, just leave it alone. After a period of time, true energy will rise from the Dantian again. In short, true energy is like a roundworm in the stomach. Once it is there, it cannot be shaken off even if it is tried. "When Lin Jue teaches people, he always has the demeanor of a teacher. I have to say, his lectures are quite vivid.

"Round and round, what next?" Anese rarely asked questions proactively. It seemed that she was very interested in this matter.

"At this point, it has nothing to do with hard work. The true energy can travel around the body very easily and comfortably. With Dantian as the starting point, every time the true energy circulates, the amount of true energy stored in the Dantian will be one more point. . But the vast majority of people cannot accumulate too much infuriating energy."

"Why?" I asked eagerly.

"I haven't experienced it either. How should I explain this? Dantian is not an organ. Grandma said that people with true energy can feel the existence of the Dantian. For people without true energy, it is just the lower abdomen. Everyone has true energy. For people, the size of the Dantian is actually about the same. You can think of it as a pond.

However, most people's ponds will start to leak when they pour only a pot of water into them; a few people will start to leak after pouring in a basin of water; and there are very few people whose ponds don't leak! As long as there is no leakage, the pond will be full sooner or later. There is only one such strange person, and my grandmother is such a person. "Lin Jue showed that proud expression again.

"So, the most powerful people in this world are all because of good luck?" I felt uncomfortable and couldn't help teasing. I don’t want to rely on luck, let alone one in a million.

“Not necessarily, there are at least three places that can be done manually.

First, poor people cannot practice Qi, and they need to have enough financial resources to support one person without working for decades. Some families with many children will even sell a few of their children so that other children can practice Qi, which can be described as a huge gamble;

Secondly, it’s the long and elusive thing I just mentioned. Without determination and perseverance, you can’t get in;

Third, the world is so big that there are at least a hundred people who can fill the pond, but there are only a few who can defeat my grandmother. The use of Qi is also a great knowledge. "Lin Jue didn't hear my meanness at all.

"But you said that my grandmother is far inferior to 'Gu Changqing'. Is he any different?" This time, I sincerely asked for advice.

Lin Jue seemed to be looking into the distance: "The power of one person can bring chaos to the world. This is the kind of person he is talking about. Grandma said that there are several people above her. After the Dantian is full, the true energy can be stored in the meridians. If grandma is compared to a pond, then 'Gu Changqing' is a river."

"This is also luck, right?" I was still a little unwilling.

"I don't know. I only know that my grandmother filled the pond without using any special means." Lin Jue replied lightly.

Anese and I looked at each other, and she said faintly: "This is good, it's simple."

This kind of mystery that cannot be taken advantage of at all may really suit Anese.

"Then how long did it take grandma to fill the pond?"

"It took me fifteen years to get started, and it took me more than ten years to fully accumulate it. I can't remember clearly."

"Well, once it's full, how do you use the water or the energy?"

"Grandma said that Qi is like hands and feet. Once you have it, you will naturally use it. But if you want to use it skillfully, you need more practice."

"Will this water ever be used up?" I fell into the convenient metaphor of "pool water."

"Whenever a warrior does something that ordinary people cannot do, such as breaking bricks and stones, jumping up and down, the water in the pool will decrease. If the pool runs out of water, he will become like ordinary people."

"All your previous training was in vain?" I asked anxiously.

"Haha, how could that happen? As long as you have a good rest, the water in the pool will rise on its own in ten and a half days at most."

I breathed a sigh of relief. I suddenly felt ridiculous, as if I had real energy.

I gained a lot of information today, the most important of which is: all the information about Zhenqi is at your fingertips! I decided not to pester Lin Jue today, and I would ask him if I didn't understand anything.

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