Chapter 214 Came a thousand miles to tell a story
“I don’t know them, no.” Wang An said with a smile.
“Then how did they find out about you and come all this way?”
“I don’t know. Besides, if you are sick, you have to go to the hospital. There are so many big hospitals in Beijing. The idea of not asking a doctor to come to me is problematic in itself.”
"What you say makes sense. Aren't the best hospitals and doctors in the capital? It's not easy for people from small places like us to go to the capital to see a doctor! I heard that Maoshun's family in the village went to the capital a week in advance to see a doctor. I’ve been waiting for several days to get in line.”
“You just have a rest, I’ll make dinner. Did I buy my grandpa’s favorite fish?”
"good."
In the evening, the family gathered together happily.
Over the next ten days or so, two more people came to Wang An’s hometown. Coincidentally, he was not at home, so the old man answered the two people according to his instructions in advance.
Seeing that the weather is getting colder and colder, Wang An spends almost all day practicing on Yuxiao Mountain, and his own Qi becomes more and more pure and concise.
“It’s almost time to continue refining the Qi Yi Dan.” The refining speed of Zhen Qi was much faster than he thought.
Just when he was about to continue refining the "Qi Yi Dan", someone else went up the mountain.
On this day, snowflakes were still floating in the sky, and they had been falling non-stop since early morning. In such weather, someone actually went up the mountain. He was a stranger when he arrived. He was in his forties, with an ordinary appearance and a It has a strong bookish flavor.
The man was stopped by the monkey before he even got close to the wooden house. He looked at the monkey wearing a down jacket and vest.
"My wisdom has been awakened. Hello, I'm here to visit Mr. Wang An. Please let me know." This man was also very polite to the monkey. He didn't despise it just because it was a monkey. He seemed to regard it as a monkey. people.
The monkey waved his hand towards him, beckoning him to leave.
“Isn’t he in the house?” The man raised his head and glanced at the wooden house in front of him with closed doors and windows.
He first visited Wang An's hometown and found that the other party was not there. Then he came to the mountain and spent a lot of effort to find it. This place was indeed difficult to find, and the road up the mountain was very rugged.
The monkey just waved him away.
“If he goes to the mountains, I can wait here.” The visitor said with a smile.
The monkey's expression changed.
"Huh?" The man was slightly startled when he saw this. The monkey in front of him felt like a beast preparing to protect its territory and attack the intruders.
At the next moment, the monkey suddenly took action, raising his hand with a palm, very fast.
The middle-aged man hurriedly dodged, raised his leg and circled around. The monkey followed him closely and struck him with another palm. He hurriedly raised his hand to stop it. The force coming from it made him almost unable to withstand it. He hurriedly used his footsteps and body skills to resolve the force. .
“This is the Great Vajra Palm of Faxing Temple!” the man said in surprise.
After a few moves, the face of the man in front of me became more and more shocked.
What a joke, a monkey actually used Faxing Temple's secret skill, and it was so proficient and so powerful, it already has some artistic conception.
Even in Faxing Temple, there are probably not many people who can practice this palm technique so well.
If a monkey is so good, wouldn’t the person who teaches it be even more powerful?
This man did not dare to be too powerful, so he started to fight with the monkey using Kung Fu. His palms were like knives, and his body was like a swimming dragon. He used the Kung Fu of Wandering Baguazhang.
However, humans are naturally not as agile as monkeys, not to mention that the monkey often sparred with Wang An in his free time. In just a moment, a man and a monkey were intertwined. The man's ribs were exposed and he was slapped by the monkey and immediately kicked back. A few steps.
“Good palm skills!” Although he was defeated by the monkey, the man’s eyes were filled with excitement.
The monkey stopped and turned to look into the forest. In the wind and snow, a person walked down the mountain. It was Wang An who went to the top of the mountain to watch the snow.
“You must be Mr. Wang An?” The man kept staring at Wang An when he saw Wang An coming down. "I'm Gu Nanpo. I'm here to pay my respects to you, sir."
Wang An stared at Gu Nanpo for two or three seconds.
“What are you doing to me on this windy and snowy day?”
“Someone is going to do harm to you, sir, so I’m here to tell you.” Gu Nanpo said.
“Who is bad for me?”
“The Zheng family in the capital.” Gu Nanpo said four words.
them? Wang An nodded slightly. He had expected it, but a stranger coming here to talk to him about it surprised him.
“How did you get here?”
"I don't have any ill intentions, I just heard that my husband's amazing cultivation skills are very admirable, and I don't want to see someone as amazing and talented as my husband be harmed by villains." Gu Nanpo said.
“Thank you, wait a moment.” Wang An entered the room, took out a bag and handed it to Gu Nanpo. "The sauced beef I made tastes pretty good, take it back and try it."
"This?" Gu Nanpo was stunned for a moment and immediately raised his hand to take it, "Thank you, sir."
“Sir, can you listen to me tell you an old story?” Gu Nanpo was not in a hurry to leave.
“Please.” Wang An nodded, it was time to get down to business.
"About eighteen years ago, in a mountain called Qingshan, which is not very famous, there was an old Taoist temple in the mountain. There was an old Taoist in the Taoist temple. People didn't know his name. They only knew that his surname was Cui, and they all called him Cui Laodao." In the wind and snow, Gu Nanpo recounted an old story.
"There is a small village at the foot of Qingshan Mountain. There is a lake in front of the village. The lake is not big, but it produces a kind of fish that tastes very delicious. One day, a group of outsiders came to the village, and they came for the fish in the lake. .
They paid people to go into the lake to catch fish. During this period, they accidentally met a young girl. The girl was young and beautiful. They took advantage of it and had evil intentions. They harmed the girl and even killed someone who went to look for her. 's younger brother.
The girl couldn't think about it and hanged herself. Her mother was so angry that she went crazy because of the sudden change.
Their father reported the case. That group of people went to the city as if nothing happened. They were allowed to eat and drink in the city. After being arrested, a scapegoat was found to take the blame, while the real perpetrators were still at large.
About a month had passed since the incident, when everyone involved in the incident died in a villa.
This incident caused quite a shock. A special task force was set up locally to investigate, and the suspect was finally identified as Taoist Cui.
When he came to the door, he had already dismissed the disciples in the Taoist temple and confessed to what he had done. It turned out that the dead children were his grandson and granddaughter. Then he didn't just surrender, he killed all the people who went to capture him!
In the end, they succeeded in killing Cui Daozhang. It is said that he died from exhaustion. However, I agree with another theory. He actively asked for death and did not want to continue killing.
His body was later dissected. After analysis and research, they concluded that Taoist Cui had developed the legendary Qi. "Here Gu Nanpo paused for a moment and looked at Wang An.
“The leaders of those who committed evil that day were the descendants of the Zheng family, and the Zheng family was behind the campaign to suppress Daoist Cui.
That incident should be the most disastrous one for the Special Affairs Bureau in the past fifty years.
Following that incident, the Special Affairs Bureau established a special secret department to deal with similar incidents in the future.
According to the information we have received, Mr. has been on their list. "
“Have you finished speaking?” Wang And said.
“That’s it.” Gu Nanpo nodded.
“The wind and snow are so heavy, please go slower when going down the mountain.”
"Okay, this is my contact information. If you have any instructions, sir, you can contact me at any time."
Gu Nanpo left a business card with only his name and phone number and went down the mountain with a small bag of beef without staying any longer.
The mountain wind was howling, and the snow seemed to be falling heavier than before. Soon Gu Nanpo's back disappeared into the wind and snow.
“Xiao Hou, what do you think of the story he just told? Is it interesting?”
The monkey nodded.
“I also think what he said is good.” Wang An said with a smile.
He traveled such a long distance and put in so much effort to come up the mountain just to tell such a story and deliver such a message. Do you want to take a long-term approach to catch big fish?
“Ignore him and just do your own thing with peace of mind.”
Wang An was worried that someone would disturb him again while he was refining the elixir. After thinking about it, he found a rock weighing several thousand kilograms from the mountain and carved the words "No Visitors" on it with an ancient sword.
When you are in retreat, you will stand this stone here. At ordinary times, you can put the stone down with the words facing down.
It snowed all day and all night, and the wind and snow stopped the next day. Standing on the mountain and looking around, it was covered in silver, which was particularly enchanting.
Wang An began to process medicinal materials in the cave, preparing to refine the "Qi Yi Dan".
Before refining the medicinal materials, Wang An specifically told the monkey that he would refine the elixir in seclusion and no one was allowed to disturb him. The monkey nodded solemnly, promising to complete the task.
When refining elixirs in winter, some medicinal materials that need to be dried are slightly restricted, such as Polygonum multiflorum which needs to be "steamed nine times and sunned nine times". But it's not a big problem, it just takes a little longer.
In the past, it took twelve days to refine the elixir. This time, it took sixteen days to refine four elixirs at once.
Wang An swallowed four pills at once, and then practiced the "Yi Jin Jing" exercises to circulate the true energy in his body and refine the potency of the pills. This time he found that the medicine was not as powerful as the previous times.
“The effectiveness of the elixir is weakening?”
After practicing in seclusion for the past few days and fully absorbing the power of these four pills, Wang An can confirm that the potency of the pills has indeed declined. The potency of these four pills has dropped by nearly half compared to before.
“Is it possible that drug resistance has developed?” Wang Anxin asked. "According to this situation, the effectiveness of the elixir may continue to decline in the future."
In fact, it is not very appropriate to say that the effectiveness of the elixirs has declined. It is mainly because his cultivation level has improved and his Qi has become more pure, so he feels that the amount of Qi provided by absorbing these pills is not as good as before.
This is like eating five pots of elixir and a large amount of peaches, and drinking royal wine, and then being burned in an alchemy furnace for seven or forty-nine days, refining all the power of the medicine and the effectiveness of heavenly materials and earthly treasures, and practicing it. The indestructible Monkey King.
In the past, heavenly soldiers could not surrender him.
At this time, if you let him eat a few elixirs and peaches, it will definitely have no effect, and it can only be regarded as a snack to satisfy his craving.
If Wang continues to practice, I am afraid that within a year or two, this "Qi Yi Dan" will become a snack for him, and it will not even have the icing on the cake effect.
After staying in the mountains for more than twenty days, Wang An returned to his hometown. The two old men were chatting around the stove, looking in a good mood. There are some more gifts in the house.
“Has anyone been here again?”
"Yes, there are several people here, all from the capital. Siying has also been here. Look, she bought the clothes your grandpa and I are wearing. Do they look good?"
"Yeah, it looks good." Wang An nodded after looking at it. The new clothes were indeed good, and they seemed to be of high quality at first glance.
“I even came to help clean up the house, and she didn’t mind the mess. I think that girl is quite nice,” the old man said.
Alas, Wang An responded.
“It’s almost the Chinese New Year, do you have to go see other people’s homes?”
Hmm, Wang An responded again.
“What’s wrong with you?” The old man glared at her.
"Go, I really have to go out." Wang An hurriedly said with a smile. After staying at home for two days, Wang An drove to Hu'an and went to the house where he used to live.
After arriving in Hu'an, the first person Wang An visited was Li Xinzhu. The other party was overjoyed when they heard that he was coming, and rushed to Wang An's residence in less than half an hour after receiving the call.
“You are finally here. I thought you had forgotten this city and was planning to visit you in a few days.”
They were very happy to meet old friends. Li Xinzhu invited Wang An to Qingyang Mountain. He had already bought Chen Xifeng’s Tai Chi studio.
Here, Wang An saw the practice room carefully built by Li Xinzhu. There are sandbags, wooden dummies, plum blossom stakes, standing bricks and water tanks in the yard. The layout is somewhat similar to the yard where Wang An lived in Hu'an.
"How are you doing with your brick walking practice?" Wang An pointed to the bricks standing on the ground.
"I'll take two steps and you can see." As he spoke, Li Xinzhu jumped lightly and came to the standing bricks, and then walked on the standing bricks. His walking was smooth and his steps were somewhat light.
"Not bad." Wang And said. It can be seen that Li Xinzhu must have worked hard through walking on bricks. There is no shortcut for this, it just requires continuous practice and continuous summary.
Don’t underestimate this brick walking, it contains many skills, which can not only practice the strength of the lower limbs, but also practice the skills of exerting force. Wang An's near-teleportation skills are based on brick walking.
“You have to try to incorporate the footwork of Xingyiquan into it. Once you are proficient in walking bricks, you can practice walking cylinders according to the method I teach you. Don’t be in a hurry.”
Li Xinzhu nodded in agreement and invited Wang An into the room. What surprised Wang An was that the furnishings in the room were quite simple and elegant, and did not adopt the magnificent decoration style.
(End of this chapter)