The evil cultivation of immortality, starting from an apprentice in a medicine shop

At the entrance of Xiangyang Village, a huge stone archway stands tall.

The top of the archway is paved with glazed tiles, with cornices and brackets. On one left and one on the right, there are two ferocious wood carvings resembling tigers and leopards. They look with majestic eyes and look out silently, blending into the small village behind them with the smoke curling up.

"Woof woof~"

A group of dogs of various colors heard the noise, barked one after another, and rushed towards the entrance of the village.

Seeing that they were acquaintances, a group of dogs circled Qiu Zhen to please him, wagging their tails, and then dispersed in a rush, and the village returned to peace and tranquility.

The village is built on a hill, and the terrain is quite high. The houses and courtyards are arranged in rows and criss-crossed. The wealthy families have blue brick houses, which are tall, solid and quite impressive, while ordinary farmers mostly have thatched mud houses.

The house Qiu Zhen rents is an ordinary thatched earthen house. Fortunately, it has a private courtyard and is located in the corner of the village. It is very quiet and will not be disturbed by outsiders.

"Brother, it's so early to get off work today."

Qiu Zhen pushed the door open and entered. Maybe there was some movement, and soon a cute little head with braided braids appeared beside the wall. His eyes blinked like the stars in the night sky.

"I miss Xing'er. It's not time to work. Come back soon."

Xing'er is a girl from the neighbor's Uncle Li's family. She is five or six years old, innocent, pretty and sensible, and very lovable.

"A true brother knows how to coax people."

Xing'er giggled and said:

"Daddy asked me to call you to come home for dinner. We are going to eat fish today. It is almost ready."

"No, I ate in town."

Qiu Zhen declined with a smile, and took out two candied haws wrapped in oil paper from the bag behind his back, and handed them to Xing'er on the wall:

"Here, you and your brother are both strong."

Xing'er felt a little moved, but she didn't reach out.

"I'm a real brother, not a fake brother. Take it."

Qiu Zhen stuffed it into the little girl's hand, and then stepped into the house.

Not long after, the voice of neighbor Uncle Li came.

"Brother Qiu, you bought candied haws for your child again. It's a waste. It's not easy to make a living outside. You should save the money to marry a wife in the future."

"Uncle Li, I know."

"Come to our house for dinner. One of the fish we caught today was injured. It doesn't look good and we can't sell it for the price. I asked your aunt to make fish soup and come to our house for dinner."

"Uncle Li, I really ate it."

Qiu Zhen exchanged pleasantries with her neighbor and landlord Uncle Li for a while, and declined the other person's kindness.

He has a big appetite, and one fish is not enough for him.

He didn't stay in the house for long, he walked through the house and came to the backyard.

Although the small thatched courtyard he rented was the first to enter the house, in addition to the front yard, there was also a backyard.

Because it is built against a mountain, the backyard is recessed into the rock, covered by the mountain, shaded by large trees above, and surrounded by lush bamboos. It has excellent privacy and is a small world that belongs to him alone.

When he first rented the small courtyard, he was most satisfied with the backyard.

With this unique little world, it is much more convenient for him to practice.

As the saying goes, before you learn boxing, you have to stand for three years.

Qiu Zhen followed his usual habit and stood up.

Holding hands in front of the body, towering trees stand in the wasteland.

When the space is properly framed, it looks like a full bow, and the large shape is full and round.

About an hour later, Qiu Zhen's body was full of energy and blood, and his strength was unimpeded. His eyes were like those of a tiger, and he was on high alert, as if he was about to pounce on food at any moment.

"The heat is enough."

Qiu Zhen's body moved slowly, his heels came together to establish an upright posture, his arms drooped naturally, and his eyes looked straight ahead.

Suddenly!

He bent his knees and squatted down, shifted his weight to his right leg, took a weak step with his left foot, put the sole of his foot on the ground, and leaned against the inner ankle of his right foot. At the same time, he raised his fists to both sides of his waist, with the center of his fist pointing upwards, and looking to the left.

Take a step forward with your left foot diagonally to the left, followed by your right foot for half a step. The center of gravity is on your right leg, and the sole of your left foot is touching the ground. At the same time, raise both fists along the chest, with the center of the fist backward, until the two fists face each other in front of the mouth. Turn your palms forward and press them forward, at chest height, with your palms facing forward, looking at your left hand.

At first glance, he seemed to have transformed into a ferocious tiger, swooping from left to right, with piercing eyes, shaking his head and tail, and fighting with great ferocity.

Soon, he seemed to turn into a mountain elk, with a stretched posture, running through the mountains and forests,

Sometimes he is as strong and steady as a giant bear.

This is exactly the "Yao Wang Wu Qin Xi" taught by the martial arts master of Qingmu Medicine Shop in Yaowang Valley. It exercises muscles, skin, bones and muscles externally, and one breath internally to replenish qi and nourish the mind. It is an extremely comprehensive introductory skill for health preservation.

If you want to learn this skill outside, you will probably have to pay a large sum of money to the martial arts school, but the pharmacy apprentices are taught for free, which is an invisible benefit.

Although Wu Qin Xi is an introductory skill, it is said to be passed down by immortals and is profound and profound. Even the legendary martial arts masters and martial sages-like figures, many people have started to learn Wu Qin Xi to build their foundation and refine themselves, which is quite impressive.

However, Qiu Zhen's martial arts skills were mediocre and ordinary. After practicing hard for three years, he made some progress and became strong and immune to all kinds of diseases.

Health care is acceptable, but there is still a long way to go before you can get started and refine your fire.

A far cry from his talent in "pharmaceuticals".

People with martial arts talent are rare and rare wherever they are found.

Without the foundation of martial arts, it is a high probability event. Qiu Zhen has nothing to say.

As the saying goes, the poor in culture and military are rich in wealth.

Even if you don't have martial arts talent, if you have a rich family and a lot of money to take supplements, you can become famous and become a respected martial artist from all over the world.

Unfortunately, neither did he.

His family lives in Haitang Township, eighty miles away from Qingmu Town. He has an eldest brother Qiu Qing, who is three years older than him and has not yet married.

The parents worked as farmers and made a living by trading a few acres of thin land. It was not easy to raise two brothers.

Raising children to study and practice martial arts was something they dared not even think about.

After Qiu Zhen, who had lived two lives, understood his own situation, he went out to fight early and tried to break the difficulties in his life.

Three years passed in a flash.

Reality poured a bucket of cold water on him.

Even if he was crazy in the medicine shop, and rolled all the apprentices to death and convinced them, and stood out, he could not change the situation.

His salary was a little higher than that of ordinary apprentices.

Ordinary apprentices made at least 400 to 500 copper coins a month, and at most 700 to 800 copper coins, and there were usually deductions from the manager;

His salary was 1,200 copper coins, and he received the full amount every month, with little deduction.

However, it was of no avail.

1,000 copper coins were about one tael of silver, less than 15 taels of silver a year.

These wages are more than enough to support him. If he doesn't spend lavishly, he can save money to start a business and get married in the future. But for a martial artist, it's just a drop in the bucket.

In Qiu Zhen's case, he may need to spend more than ten years, as his body develops and he enters middle age, to cultivate the vigor of masculine blood and blood.

This is the most optimistic expectation deduced from the growth stories of many martial artists.

It's difficult, difficult, difficult for poor people to practice martial arts

Originally, facing the slap in the face of reality, Qiu Zhen couldn't help but feel a little sad.

However, the word fate is always so mysterious and unexpected.

Just three months ago, the opportunity came.

And this opportunity exceeded his imagination.

It's not a natural treasure, nor a secret book of magic, but

Qiu Zhen finished practicing martial arts, took a deep breath, looked solemn, entered the house, carefully took out a piece of gold and silk from his arms, and threw it into the wooden basin filled with water.

At first glance, the palm-sized gold and silk seemed ordinary and nothing special.

But when the gold and silk entered the water, the golden light was dazzling, like the lake surface under the scorching sun in summer, sparkling with golden light.

The faint golden light twisted and faintly turned into four big words.

Hundred Days to Build Foundation!