Chapter 43: Getting into the Groove

[Do you want to start cultivating now?]

Looking at the prompt in his special ability’s field of vision, Lu Qing chose yes this time.

The next moment, a large amount of information surged into his mind.

All sorts of insights about the Body Nourishing Fist appeared in his mind as if he had been enlightened.

Combined with the guidance from his master in the small courtyard on the half-slope earlier, Lu Qing involuntarily began to practice the Body Nourishing Fist.

First form, second form, third form…

His master didn’t seem to have named each move of this set of Body Nourishing Fist, so Lu Qing could only call them in order.

He practiced slowly and somewhat clumsily. After finishing the ninth form, just as he was about to practice the tenth form, he found that his body was sore.

Although he knew all the key points of practicing the tenth form in his mind, it was very difficult for his body to practice it.

Lu Qing remembered his master’s advice and knew that the moves after the ninth form were not something his current body could bear.

If he forced himself to practice, he was afraid that he would damage his body.

He immediately stopped practicing the tenth form and started practicing from the first form again.

In this way, Lu Qing practiced the first to ninth forms of the Body Nourishing Fist over and over again.

With the insights in his mind, his moves also gradually became smoother from the initial clumsiness.

If someone were watching from the side, they would find that when Lu Qing practiced the first time, his movements were still very stiff, even the moves were crooked, and his body was unstable.

But when he practiced the second time, his movements were obviously more coherent, and the moves were much more standard.

When he practiced the third time, he was already starting to look a little decent and no longer so clumsy.

The fourth time…

The fifth time…

Every time Lu Qing practiced, there was a visible improvement.

By the time he had practiced the ninth time, his moves were already very smooth. The connection between each move was natural, and the movements were standard, giving people a pleasing feeling.

It was as if he had been immersed in this set of fist techniques for a long time.

When the ninth practice was completed, Lu Qing had a flash of inspiration and did not continue to practice. He slowly withdrew his stance.

After withdrawing his stance, Lu Qing let out a breath of hot air.

He only felt that his breath was smooth, his spirit was peaceful, and his whole body was warm and very comfortable.

He was pleasantly surprised in his heart, knowing that he had grasped a little trick for the first to ninth forms of this Body Nourishing Fist.

Next, as long as he continued to practice perseveringly, it wouldn’t be long before he could step into the Qi and Blood Realm that his master had mentioned.

At the same time, Lu Qing also understood a little about how the special ability’s cultivation technique simulation worked.

To put it bluntly, after the special ability successfully simulated the cultivation technique, it did not allow him to directly master that cultivation technique.

Instead, it was more of a guiding way to present the key points and insights of the cultivation technique in his mind.

This allowed him to use these insights to comprehend the cultivation technique more quickly.

However, if he wanted to truly master the cultivation technique and make it a part of himself, he still needed to personally put in the hard work to cultivate.

Just like now, his mind was filled with a large amount of cultivation insights about the Body Nourishing Fist.

But he still needed to practice over and over again to digest these insights and enhance his own strength.

“Gurgle…”

Lu Qing’s stomach rumbled.

Feeling the hunger in his stomach, he knew that the practice just now had consumed a lot of his body’s energy.

Remembering his master’s advice before, he went back to the house and took a strip of cured meat that he had made a few days ago.

He then caught a river fish weighing about two or three catties that he had just caught yesterday from the bucket in the kitchen.

Then he went to the courtyard and picked a handful of wild vegetables.

The green vegetables he had planted a while ago had just sprouted a section of green shoots. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have to eat wild vegetables.

After all the ingredients were ready, Lu Qing prepared to cook.

First, he washed the pot and steamed the rice. When the rice was almost cooked, he began to cook the dishes.

Before long, a dish of stir-fried wild vegetables with cured meat and steamed fish was ready.

Just as the food was placed on the table, he saw Xiao Yan rubbing her eyes and walking out of the room.

“Xiao Yan is awake. Are you hungry? Brother was just about to call you to get up.”

The little girl touched her stomach and answered seriously, “I think I’m hungry.”

“If you’re hungry, come and eat,” Lu Qing said with a smile.

Children are amazing. She had just eaten snacks at her master’s place before going to bed.

As a result, she had only slept for a short while before she started to cry out that she was hungry.

After a bowl of rice, Lu Qing felt that his hunger had subsided a lot, and he let out a long breath.

Except for the first two days after he woke up, he hadn’t been this hungry for a long time.

One could imagine how much energy the practice just now had consumed.

For this meal, Lu Qing ate several bowls of rice, and all the dishes were eaten up, with nothing left.

After eating, Lu Qing lay on the recliner as usual, digesting his food while thinking about things.

A lot of things had happened today, and he needed to sort them out.

First was the change in his identity.

Now that he had finally become the old doctor’s disciple, with this identity, he had a foundation in this different world.

He would no longer be like a rootless duckweed, not knowing which way to go.

The second was what his master had said about the information about martial artists.

The martial artists in this world were even more powerful than Lu Qing had imagined.

Just from his master’s description of the martial artists at the several levels of the Houtian realm, Lu Qing could feel that those martial artists were like non-humans, each with amazing strength and extremely strong survivability.

Not to mention the higher-level Xiantian martial artists.

From what his master said, Xiantian martial artists seemed to be existences that could suppress the fate of a country.

It was impossible for Lu Qing not to yearn for the fact that martial arts could allow an individual to cultivate to such a powerful level.

So he decided that in the following days, he would focus on martial arts cultivation and supplement it with medical studies.

Anyway, he had his special ability, so it was not difficult for him to take care of both.

Since he was going to practice martial arts, he had to consider other things as well.

After the meal just now, Lu Qing estimated that as he gradually mastered the Body Nourishing Fist and officially stepped into the Qi and Blood Realm, his appetite would probably increase greatly.

In that case, the nutrition in his daily diet would have to keep up.

The so-called poor scholar and rich martial artist, to maintain the daily consumption required for practicing martial arts, the expenses would probably not be small.

He didn’t know how long the silver he got from selling the Red Moon Carp would last.

Lu Qing decided to go to the strange fish fishing spot in a few days to try his luck.

If he was lucky and could catch one or two more strange fish, then he wouldn’t have to worry about money.

After thinking about these things, Lu Qing remembered about the original owner’s parents.

From what Grandpa Zhang said, the death of the original owner’s parents obviously had a hidden story.

However, Lu Qing did not intend to inquire about this matter for the time being.

Unless he had some achievements in martial arts cultivation in the future and was strong enough, for Xiao Yan’s sake, he might go and find out the truth.

For now, it was better to live his own life in peace.

After thinking for a while on the recliner, Lu Qing pondered over the things he had thought of.

Feeling that he had almost digested his food, he took out the book that his master had given him before he went down the mountain.

(End of this chapter)