Ruins of the past

Chu Qiguang looked around and saw opportunities to make money everywhere. Unfortunately, if you want to make money in this era, it is best to have an official status yourself, or have relatives who are officials, and again, you have to embrace the lap of officials from the same town.

Otherwise, if you don't have an official background, if your business gets a little bigger, you'll end up being eaten alive.

And as long as you have an official status, even if you don't do business, money will come to you.

‘I can only watch for now, but the most urgent task is to find a way to take the martial arts exam and borrow the power of the court. ’

‘And judging from the prices... it seems like there’s really going to be a war? Let's go back and ask Qiao Zhi for his opinion. ’

After Chu Qiguang finished shopping, he changed his clothes back and put them in his arms. These clothes can cover his family's expenses for several months, and he doesn't plan to wear them normally.

After returning home and putting away the clothes, her mother saw the new clothes and asked again, but Chu Qiguang answered them one by one.

Qiao Zhi lay on the roof, yawned, and asked, "Why did it take so long this time?"

Knowing that Chu Qiguang was going to the Taoist temple to buy ointment, Qiao Zhi was worried about meeting the Taoist priests in the Taoist temple and did not go. He stayed at home.

Chu Qiguang: "I went to the county town for a walk."

"elder brother!"

At this moment, he saw his sister put down the fish eggs and rushed over, hugged Chu Qiguang's thigh, and asked pitifully: "I miss you."

Chu Qiguang: "I think you want to eat meat. I didn't get any meat today."

Sister Ergou's face fell, and she immediately let go of her arms, turned around and ran back into the house.

But after a while she ran out again, holding half a piece of pancake in her hand and handed it to Chu Qiguang: "Brother, this is what I left for you in the morning. When you are full, go catch rabbits tomorrow. You will definitely be able to catch them." arrive."

Chu Qiguang took the pancake and touched his sister's head. He felt that although she was a little silly, she was quite cute.

He took out the steamed fruit filling pie brought by the county from his arms and handed it to his sister: "Although I didn't get the meat, I bought two pieces of pie. You and your mother should share it."

After taking the pie and taking a bite, my sister looked at the pie in shock: "What is this?"

Chu Qiguang: ‘Poor silly kid, he’s never even eaten pie. ’

The sister on the other side was already holding the pie and ran to her mother impatiently, shouting as she ran: "Mom! Come and eat! This is more delicious than meat!"

Ergou's mother asked: "Where's the piece of pancake I left for the dog? Why is it gone?"

My sister said: "I have already given it to my brother, and he was very happy to eat it. Mom, please try this, which is more delicious than meat..."

Chu Qiguang, who was standing outside the door, rubbed his forehead, and half of the cake was ripped off by his sister.

On the side, Qiao Zhi, Yudan and Jinxiu rubbed against each other, licked each other's necks and tails, turned to Chu Qiguang and said, "Please tell your sister not to bully my cat."

Chu Qiguang asked curiously: "Did he bully Yudan and Jinxiu?"

Qiao Zhi said dissatisfied: "She actually wanted Mao She to farm for him! Fortunately, Yudan and Jinxiu pretended to be stupid and got through. You have to take good care of your sister."

Chu Qiguang's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Command animals to farm?"

Seeing him like this, Qiao Zhi froze and cursed in his heart: 'Gan... it won't give him any inspiration, will it? ’

However, Chu Qiguang did not respond to Qiao Zhi. Next, he distributed three hundred copper coins to Ergou's mother. The copper coins exchanged from the silver shop were of good quality, and the copper content was not low. Three hundred coins were equivalent. At least half a tael of silver.

Then Chu Qiguang told his mother that he now worked for the Wang family, so there was no need to worry about the food tax this time, as the Wang family would help solve it.

Before leaving, Chu Qiguang once again warned Fang Cai not to reveal his wealth, so he took Bailian Gao and Qiao Zhi to the back mountain together.

This time, it was Qiao Zhi who patted and applied the ointment on Chu Qiguang's body. This Bailian Ointment is indeed the Tianshi Sect's signature ointment. With Qiao Zhi's patting, a trace of medicinal power penetrated directly into the skin and blended into Chu Qiguang's body. In Qi Guang’s flesh and blood.

Qiao Zhi said: "The first time you use Bailian Ointment, you have the best effect. You must wait until the medicine has completely penetrated into your flesh and blood before you start practicing, so that you can get the maximum effect from this first use of medicine."

Chu Qiguang only felt that flames seemed to be rising in his body, making him unable to help but want to pour out the power of his body and release the flames.

"Patience!" Qiao Zhi shouted: "Wait until I finish applying the ointment before moving."

When Qiao Zhi finished applying all the ointment and slapped Chu Qiguang's vest with his last palm, he felt as if gunpowder had been detonated in his body. With a loud roar, he used Tianling Forging Body boxing.

This set of basic boxing skills taught by Tianshi is the only martial arts that Chu Qiguang knows. Every time he performs it from beginning to end, it can exercise the muscles and bones of the whole body and integrate the strength of the whole body.

At this moment, there seemed to be an endless supply of power in his body. As he used this set of boxing techniques again and again, the medicinal power of Bailian Paste was continuously absorbed by his flesh and blood. It was not until half an hour later that Chu Qiguang was completely exhausted, and all the power of the medicine was absorbed by his body.

But after shaking his fist, Chu Qiguang said regretfully: "I still haven't been able to break through to the first level."

Qiao Zhi on the side said: "I told you that martial arts is not a Taoist skill, and you can break through the realm without blinking. This time, your body is using Bailian Ointment to assist in training. Not only is your flesh and blood fully nourished by the medicine, but also the heavenly spirit exercises your body. With the help of boxing, the progress will definitely be considerable.”

"But you have just finished practicing. Not only are your physical strength exhausted, but also after all the muscles have been exercised, they also need to be restored to strengthen. How can you break through immediately after taking medicine."

"You continue to take supplements, meditate, and warm your body. Tomorrow, when your strength and muscles have recovered, your physical body will naturally break through."

So Chu Qiguang continued to meditate, warm up his body, and learn literacy under the guidance of Qiao Zhi.

That night, he took the time to visit the Wang family again and fulfilled his promise to 'treat' the young master of the Wang family, Wang Cailiang, every day.

…

Just like that, we arrived at the back mountain early the next morning.

Chu Qiguang, who felt that his body had completely recovered, let out a low drink, punched out the air, and made a crackling sound.

Then he punched and kicked again, each blow seemed to burst the air, making bursts of wind and thunder.

After more than twenty punches in a row, Chu Qiguang felt his physical strength decline, and was unable to make an air explosion.

He stopped to take a few breaths and said with a smile: "Since I started practicing martial arts, I have always worked hard, walking on thin ice. I dare not relax at all for six days! After six days of hard training, I finally reached the first level of martial arts. Looking back, the past is just like smoke.”

'Blows like it's been six years. ’ Qiao Zhi was thinking that Chu Qiguang had only practiced martial arts for six days before reaching the first level. He couldn’t help cursing in his heart: “Six days is nothing but hard training.”

Chu Qiguang looked at his body with satisfaction after breaking through to the first level of martial arts.

After these six days of foundation building, medicinal supplements, food supplements and training, the originally thin body has become slightly stronger. Obvious muscle lines can be seen in the limbs and trunk, and even the height has grown a little.

He touched his abdominal muscles and said: "If you are in the first level of martial arts, you can go to the Yinglue Museum in the county, right?"

The so-called Yinglue Hall was originally a martial arts school funded by several wealthy families in Qingyang County. It was specially designed to train talents for their respective families to participate in martial arts.

However, as the power of the wealthy families in Qingyang County became more and more entrenched, more and more squires and eunuchs sent their children to the British Strategy Hall.

Nowadays, as all the places to participate in martial arts in Qingyang County are monopolized by these gentry and wealthy families, although the county examination of martial arts every three years is not stated clearly, the participants are all students from the Yinglue Hall.

Therefore, if you want to take the martial arts exam in Qingyang County, you must first join the Yinglue Hall.

There are two conditions for joining. The first is to have the first level of martial arts and the state of energy penetrating the whole body. The second is that someone needs to recommend it.

As far as Chu Qiguang knew, Wang Cailiang's father, Wang Chengwang, had studied at the Yinglue Hall and was familiar with some officials and wealthy households in the county, and had the qualifications to recommend them.

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival everyone