Chapter 12: Very Big Part Two
“It did open.” Shang Guohen confirmed, “Your meridians changed; this can’t be hidden.”
“How many qi-points opened?” Fang Jie asked in a hurry.
He thought to himself, “I felt like that man in cyan wasn’t a bad person, but I didn’t know that he is so powerful. Mu Xiaoyao and Shang Guohen tried to do this for 15 years, but he did it in just a while. That man is truly a hermit-like master.”
“The dantian opened. Out of 128 qi-points… only one opened.” Shang Guohen looked at Fang Jie and sighed.
…
“Don’t be so disappointed. One is better than nothing, right? With no qi-points open, you could only pull a 200-pound bow at best when you exercise. That is only the peak of what ordinary people could do. With this one qi-points…” Shang Guohen smiled mysterious and piqued a little bit of Fang Jie’s interest.
“What about it?”
“You can pull a 250-pound bow! It is extremely rare for ordinary people.”
Puff… Like a deflating balloon, Fang Jie’s energy was all depleted, and he lay back onto the bed. While looking at the ceiling, he said, “Don’t try to fool me. Ordinary people would have three to five qi-points open out of 128. I went through all that and only have one open. It is rare for ordinary people to pull a 250-pound bow, but there are many people who cultivate in the military. For example, Li Gandang. Although he is only a low-tier level 1 master, he can easily pull open a 250-pound bow. If we fight, I can’t beat him regardless of how strong I am physically.”
“Not exactly. Tempering and training your body isn’t useless.” Mu Xiaoyao was soft-hearted and said lightly, “I know that there is a general called Yin Poshan in Right Valiant Guard of Great Sui, and he only tempers his body and doesn’t cultivate internal techniques. His external technique is powerful, and no weapon could injure him. He rarely encounters worthy opponents in battle.”
[TL Note: External technique refers to methods of training one’s body, and internal techniques refer to the methods of cultivating qi.]
“Train to be a rock man? It is not fun to be hard as a rock,” Fang Jie sighed, “Whatever, since I can’t move in the next few days, I can read more books about math and music. When I get better, we will leave for Chang’an. The Martial Arts Academy will start teaching in the fall. If we don’t move soon, we will be late. Afterall, Chang’an is more than 5,000 kilometers away.”
“Sounds good.” My Xiaoyao looked at the dark night and said, “Since we came here, the two of us haven’t stepped out of this building. We don’t need to be so cautious when we get to Chang’an. We can act as your servants.”
“You are bored?” Fang Jie asked.
Mu Xiaoyao shook her head and said, “In the beginning, it was quiet and peaceful not going out. But such life would get boring. In the first 12 years, we wandered around the world. Now, I miss it a little.”
“Where do you think they are?” Fang Jie asked abruptly, but Mu Xiaoyao and Shang Guohen both knew what he was asking. Fang Jie asked this question many times this year.
“Perhaps they are alive, but perhaps they died already,” Shang Guohen sighed.
“No.” Mu Xiaoyao thought for a moment and said, “If they died, we wouldn’t have lived here in peace for three years. They must have escaped to somewhere. Perhaps they are tens of thousands of kilometers away from us. As agreed, we came to the northwest, and they went to the southeast.”
“That girl must hate me,” Fang Jie murmured.
“She had bad luck,” Shang Guohen said, “In the first 12 years, we dressed you like a girl, and those hunters had never seen your real face and must have assumed that you are a girl. Three years ago, we changed you back into male clothes and kidnapped a girl who looked a little bit like you. It shouldn’t be hard to fool them. Xiaoyao is right. If that girl died, the hunters would have realized that something was wrong, and they would trace back.”
“I hope she is alive and living well,” Fang Jie murmured, “I owe her a lot.”
“How many qi-points opened?” Fang Jie asked in a hurry.
He thought to himself, “I felt like that man in cyan wasn’t a bad person, but I didn’t know that he is so powerful. Mu Xiaoyao and Shang Guohen tried to do this for 15 years, but he did it in just a while. That man is truly a hermit-like master.”
“The dantian opened. Out of 128 qi-points… only one opened.” Shang Guohen looked at Fang Jie and sighed.
…
“Don’t be so disappointed. One is better than nothing, right? With no qi-points open, you could only pull a 200-pound bow at best when you exercise. That is only the peak of what ordinary people could do. With this one qi-points…” Shang Guohen smiled mysterious and piqued a little bit of Fang Jie’s interest.
“What about it?”
“You can pull a 250-pound bow! It is extremely rare for ordinary people.”
Puff… Like a deflating balloon, Fang Jie’s energy was all depleted, and he lay back onto the bed. While looking at the ceiling, he said, “Don’t try to fool me. Ordinary people would have three to five qi-points open out of 128. I went through all that and only have one open. It is rare for ordinary people to pull a 250-pound bow, but there are many people who cultivate in the military. For example, Li Gandang. Although he is only a low-tier level 1 master, he can easily pull open a 250-pound bow. If we fight, I can’t beat him regardless of how strong I am physically.”
“Not exactly. Tempering and training your body isn’t useless.” Mu Xiaoyao was soft-hearted and said lightly, “I know that there is a general called Yin Poshan in Right Valiant Guard of Great Sui, and he only tempers his body and doesn’t cultivate internal techniques. His external technique is powerful, and no weapon could injure him. He rarely encounters worthy opponents in battle.”
[TL Note: External technique refers to methods of training one’s body, and internal techniques refer to the methods of cultivating qi.]
“Train to be a rock man? It is not fun to be hard as a rock,” Fang Jie sighed, “Whatever, since I can’t move in the next few days, I can read more books about math and music. When I get better, we will leave for Chang’an. The Martial Arts Academy will start teaching in the fall. If we don’t move soon, we will be late. Afterall, Chang’an is more than 5,000 kilometers away.”
“Sounds good.” My Xiaoyao looked at the dark night and said, “Since we came here, the two of us haven’t stepped out of this building. We don’t need to be so cautious when we get to Chang’an. We can act as your servants.”
“You are bored?” Fang Jie asked.
Mu Xiaoyao shook her head and said, “In the beginning, it was quiet and peaceful not going out. But such life would get boring. In the first 12 years, we wandered around the world. Now, I miss it a little.”
“Where do you think they are?” Fang Jie asked abruptly, but Mu Xiaoyao and Shang Guohen both knew what he was asking. Fang Jie asked this question many times this year.
“Perhaps they are alive, but perhaps they died already,” Shang Guohen sighed.
“No.” Mu Xiaoyao thought for a moment and said, “If they died, we wouldn’t have lived here in peace for three years. They must have escaped to somewhere. Perhaps they are tens of thousands of kilometers away from us. As agreed, we came to the northwest, and they went to the southeast.”
“That girl must hate me,” Fang Jie murmured.
“She had bad luck,” Shang Guohen said, “In the first 12 years, we dressed you like a girl, and those hunters had never seen your real face and must have assumed that you are a girl. Three years ago, we changed you back into male clothes and kidnapped a girl who looked a little bit like you. It shouldn’t be hard to fool them. Xiaoyao is right. If that girl died, the hunters would have realized that something was wrong, and they would trace back.”
“I hope she is alive and living well,” Fang Jie murmured, “I owe her a lot.”
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