Martial Arts: After ten years of sword-drawing, the Sword God must bow his head when he sees me

Chapter 35 Since we have to perform, we must keep performing.

After coming out of the room, Shen Pingan immediately saw Shen Tiannan who was sitting silently in the courtyard.

After approaching, Shen Pingan said with a smile: "I said I was going to find Second Uncle, but I didn't expect Second Uncle to come to me first."

Shen Tiannan said bluntly: "Just now in the study, we heard the servants come to report that you are back, so we came here."

As he spoke, Shen Tiannan and Shen Pingan walked to the stone table nearby and sat down.

Since they were all family, Shen Tiannan did not exchange pleasantries with Shen Pingan.

"Today you broke into the East Factory and killed Hao Baichuan. Will there be any problems with the East Factory?"

Hearing this, Shen Pingan said softly: "Don't worry, Second Uncle, the East Factory won't pursue this matter any further. Cao Zhengchun will even thank us."

"grateful?"

Shen Tiannan was stunned for a moment, then as if he had thought of something, he said, "You mean, there are other people behind today's events?"

It has to be said that Shen Tiannan does have his own unique qualities, as he has been able to lead the Shen family in the capital without any trouble for ten years.

This reaction is something that not ordinary people can compare to.

Shen Ping'an did not hide anything and described the matter in detail to Shen Tiannan.

After learning the specific reasons for the incident, Shen Tiannan's expression became uncertain.

After a while, Shen Tiannan suddenly let out a long sigh.

"The tree wishes for stillness, but the wind does not stop. Yesterday, you only displayed a little bit of your talent and strength, and today you have attracted the calculations of others."

"Fortunately, Ping An, your strength has now reached a level that even Zhu Wusi and Cao Zhengchun need to be wary of you."

"Otherwise, no matter you or my Shen family, I'm afraid we will be dragged into this mess."

After a pause, Shen Tiannan asked, "However, your actions today were too aggressive. I wonder if Cao Zhengchun and Zhu Wusi will bear a grudge against you for what happened today."

Shen Pingan shook his head and said, "Since you dare to plot, it means that the deterrent I gave you before was not enough."

"However, after today, with the intelligence of Cao Zhengchun and Zhu Wusi, I think they will no longer cause trouble for themselves and cause trouble for my Shen family."

Seeing Shen Pingan say this, Shen Tiannan's originally tense heart was relieved again. He nodded and said, "Alright, showing some strength can at least have a deterrent effect and avoid being disturbed by temptation."

Then, as if he had thought of something, Shen Tiannan suddenly had a look of guilt on his face.

"Second uncle is useless! When he was arrested, he didn't realize the calculations behind the incident at all. If it weren't for your quick thinking, I'm afraid you would have truly offended the East Factory today."

Shen Pingan said slowly: "Second uncle, why are you so polite? Second uncle and the elders of the Shen family have protected me for ten years, allowing my nephew to immerse himself in cultivation. Now that I have strength, I will naturally protect the Shen family."

However, despite Shen Ping'an's comfort, there was no smile on Shen Tiannan's face.

Even in Shen Tiannan's opinion, if it weren't for the burden of the Shen family, with Shen Ping'an's talent, he would have already become famous all over the world. Why would he have to lie dormant for ten years like now?
After thinking for a while, Shen Tiannan said, "Ping'an, you also know that your father is the eldest son of the family. I took over the position of head of the family after your father passed away."

"Before, you were young and devoted to cultivation. Second uncle will help you take care of the Shen family's affairs."

"But now you've grown up, and your cultivation has reached a level that Second Uncle couldn't even imagine. It's time for Second Uncle to return the position of head of this family to you."

Seeing that Shen Tiannan actually wanted to pass the position of the head of the Shen family to himself, Shen Pingan was a little surprised.

Shen Qingshan, who was standing in the yard drying medicinal herbs, did not show any change in his expression.

Obviously, his idea is similar to Shen Tiannan's. He believes that the position of the head of the Shen family should belong to Shen Ping'an.

But after pondering for a few breaths, Shen Pingan shook his head and said, "I understand Second Uncle's thoughts, but for me, the most important thing now is cultivation."

"After all, if you want to protect the family, you have to be strong. Becoming the head of the family will inevitably distract you, which is actually a waste of time."

"Over the past ten years, the Shen family has been well managed under Second Uncle's management. Let Second Uncle be the head of the family!"

Listening to Shen Ping'an's words, Shen Tiannan's expression was still a little hesitant.

He knew that what Shen Pingan said was not wrong.

Seek his own government in his position.

After becoming the head of the Shen family, he had to consider everything from the various businesses managed by the family to the monthly food, clothing and expenses of each courtyard.

Even if Shen Tiannan is very busy every day, if he really gives the position of the head of the family to Shen Pingan, it will only distract Shen Pingan and affect his progress in cultivation.

As if to divert Shen Tiannan's attention, without waiting for Shen Tiannan's response, Shen Ping'an reached into his arms and took out a folded piece of paper.

Shen Tiannan took the paper and opened it. Looking at the dozens of medicinal herbs written on it, Shen Tiannan looked puzzled: "What is this?"

Shen Pingan said softly, "Second uncle also knows that in the past ten years, apart from practicing sword and cultivating, I have spent the rest of my time reading the books in my home collection, and I have made some progress in medical skills."

"These two are the recipes I've researched and formulated over the years. Grind the herbs according to these recipes and mix them into wine according to the method recorded above. The resulting wine will have the effect of assisting cultivation."

"After taking the first type of wine, the speed of internal energy and true qi circulation can be tripled for the next hour. As for the second type of wine, it is used to warm the meridians."

"But both types of wine can be consumed no more than three times a day, 3 liang each time. Any more than that will have no effect."

A warrior's training does not mean he can practice whenever he is awake.

The meridians of the human body are weak, but internal strength and true qi are a kind of energy.

If one exceeds the limit of one's own meridians during cultivation, at best the meridians will be damaged and hidden injuries will accumulate.

In serious cases, one may go astray and become possessed, and his cultivation level may regress.

Therefore, any warrior needs to practice qigong and regulate breathing every once in a while, nourishing the meridians with internal force or true qi at a slower pace.

Among Shen Ping'an's two wine-making recipes, one can increase the speed of the practitioner's true qi and internal force circulation, but the load on the meridians will also increase.

Only by combining it with the second type of wine that warms the meridians can the time of practice be extended, and long-term practice will not be harmful to the body.

Shen Tiannan is not a young man who has just started learning martial arts. After learning about the effects of Shen Ping'an's two wine recipes, he immediately realized the preciousness of these two wines.

The hands holding the paper couldn't help shaking.

Shen Qingshan and Qu Feiyan on the side both looked up, their eyes shining as they looked at the prescription in Shen Tiannan's hand.

Increasing the speed of the circulation of true qi and internal force by three times is equivalent to increasing the efficiency of practicing internal skills by three times.

The benefits can be imagined.

Such things are rare even among the top forces.

"If it has such an effect, then the medicine above must be very precious, right?"

Knowing what Shen Tiannan meant, Shen Pingan shook his head and said, "They are just common medicines that can be bought in pharmacies. Each one costs only a few to dozens of coins per tael. It's just that the recipe has been lost, so I accidentally found it in a fragment of a medical manual."

Shen Ping'an's words were like thunderclaps out of the blue, shocking Shen Tiannan and the two people beside him.

In the martial arts world, there are medicines that can improve the efficiency of martial artists' training, but they are only available to at least first-class forces.

The most famous one is the Tang Clan in Shu.

All elite disciples in the sect can receive a pack of medicine every month. After soaking in it, the efficiency of their Qi and internal force training can be doubled in the next few days.

It’s not that the Tang Clan is stingy.

It was because the medicines prepared for the disciples included some precious drugs. Even if they were only distributed once a month, the monthly consumption would be as high as hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.

If the Tang Clan had not become increasingly prosperous in recent years and its pockets had not become fatter, it would not have been able to withstand such consumption.

But the most expensive medicine in Shen Ping'an's prescription only costs a few dozen coins.

The cost is almost negligible.

And the effect is stronger than the Tang Sect's medicinal bath.

If these two prescriptions were to spread to the martial arts world, not to mention the ordinary second- and third-rate forces, even the Tang Sect, Wudang, and Shaolin might not be able to sit still.

After carefully refolding the prescription in his hand and placing it close to his body and patting it, Shen Tiannan said in a deep voice: "When I return later, I will write down all the contents of this prescription and burn it. I will ensure that no one else knows it."

Shen Pingan nodded gently and said, "Since the recipe has been handed over to Second Uncle, I naturally believe that Second Uncle can handle it."

"Besides, things are different now. Given the way Zhu Wusi and Cao Zhengchun act, even if they don't dare to provoke me again, they will inevitably send people to keep an eye on me."

"Even, they directly planted people into the Shen family."

In fact, the two wine recipes given to Shen Tiannan can only be regarded as the two most common ones among Shen Ping'an's many special wine recipes.

It’s not that Shen Pingan is hiding it, but the timing is not right.

The Shen family has just acquired two heavenly-level martial arts, and switching to new skills will require a lot of energy.

If some more wine recipes with special effects are brought out, it will definitely affect the minds of other members of the Shen family.

It would be better to wait until most of the family members have successfully converted before coming up with some wine recipes.

Shen Tiannan nodded and said, "Don't worry! After I got the two martial arts you gave me, I made arrangements. From now on, all the members of the clan will practice in the East Courtyard. During the practice period, there will be people from the clan taking turns to guard it. Even the servants in the mansion are not allowed to get close."

"The same goes for this wine of yours. Before you safely enter the Heavenly Man Realm, anyone who dares to leak the information about these two martial arts and this wine will be punished by family law."

After hearing Shen Tiannan's arrangement, Shen Pingan smiled and said, "Second uncle is still very thoughtful."

Shen Tiannan shook his head and sighed, "Second uncle is not talented enough to compare with you, so I can only put more effort into this aspect to avoid causing you too much trouble."

After some communication, Shen Tiannan left with a smile on his face.

After drinking the tea in the cup, Shen Ping'an first went to the room where the wine was placed, and brewed a kind of wine using Tianxiang cardamom and Manggu Zhuha liver as the main ingredients respectively, and then returned to his room.

After closing the door, Shen Pingan sat cross-legged on the bed, his mind immersed in the system.

"System, use the power card."

Almost at the moment the thought came to mind, a pure and extremely mellow energy suddenly surged into Shen Ping'an's body.

Facing this tremendous energy, Shen Pingan remained calm. Under Shen Pingan's control, the sword-shaped true energy in his dantian leaped towards the energy as fast as a fish, and then swallowed and refined the energy.

During the process, Shen Pingan's own number was also increasing rapidly.

After a while, sounds like bubbles bursting were heard, and Shen Ping'an's body suddenly shook slightly.

A hidden meridian also runs through the lower dantian.

The human body is mysterious and unpredictable.

The body is like the yin and yang of heaven and earth, complementing and opposing each other.

Meridians are also divided into clear meridians and hidden meridians.

The Mingmai are the eight extraordinary meridians in the human body.

The hidden meridians are special veins hidden in the human body, and their number is the same as the eight extraordinary meridians.

Before a warrior reaches the innate realm, the eight extraordinary meridians and even the mysterious meridians that are opened are all considered bright meridians.

However, the difference is that these hidden veins are not spread throughout the body like the visible veins, but are all gathered around the three dantians in the upper, middle and lower parts of the human body.

When a warrior enters the innate realm, after the eight extraordinary meridians in the body and the bridge between heaven and earth are opened, he can sense that the hidden meridians in the body can be touched from the Qi Hai point to the Dantian.

After that, you need to start from Dantian and end at Qihai, slowly penetrate the surrounding hidden meridians, and finally use true Qi to reach the point where all rivers converge into the sea and continuously flow through Qihai and Dantian.

Therefore, after reaching the Xiantian realm, if a warrior wants to break through, he also needs to transform his Dantian into the sea.

The lower, middle and upper dantians correspond to the Guiyuan realm, Tiangang realm and Tianren realm respectively.

After successfully penetrating the hidden meridians around the lower Dantian and Qihai acupoints, one can enter the Guiyuan state.

After penetrating the hidden meridians around the middle dantian and qihai acupoint, one can enter the tiangang realm.

After penetrating the hidden meridians around the upper Dantian and Qihai acupoints, one can enter the realm of heaven and man.

The meridians involved in the three dantians are completely different.

Shen Ping'an has now reached the Guiyuan realm, and his lower dantian has successfully turned into the sea.

What we need to do now is to open up all the hidden meridians around the middle dantian so that the middle dantian can also accommodate and store true qi.

Soon, under the impact of a large amount of true energy, two hidden meridians in Shen Pingan's body were opened one after another.

At the same time, a surge of energy burst out from Shen Ping'an's body.

After the true Qi circulated in the body along the route of "Innate Invisible Sword Qi that Breaks the Body", Shen Ping'an's true Qi fluctuations also changed from the original first level of Guiyuan Realm to the second level of Guiyuan Realm.

Then all the sword-shaped true energy once again flowed towards the energies in the body.

An hour later.

As the energy provided by Shen Ping'an's internal power was completely refined, the fluctuation of the true qi in Shen Ping'an's body also jumped from the first level of Guiyuan Realm at the beginning to the fourth level of Guiyuan Realm.

After a while, Shen Pingan slowly opened his eyes after exhaling lightly.

Feeling his own cultivation level of the fourth level of Guiyuan Realm, Shen Pingan first smiled, then shook his head.

The power contained in the power card this time is equivalent to what a warrior with a root bone level of "one in a hundred" would gain from practicing the lower-grade heavenly level skills for ten years.

It is equivalent to the skill accumulated by Shen Pingan through ten years of hard practice of the lower-grade heavenly skills.

If Shen Ping'an had practiced other lower-grade internal skills, after refining them for ten years, he might have been able to break through to the ninth level of Guiyuan Realm, or even step into the first level of Tiangang Realm.

However, the requirements for the "Innate Invisible Sword Energy that Breaks the Body" technique were too high. After ten years of practice, Shen Ping'an's cultivation level only improved from the first level of Guiyuan Realm to the fourth level of Guiyuan Realm.

After a moment, Shen Pingan suppressed the thoughts in his mind, and as the true energy in his body circulated, the fluctuation of the true energy gradually changed from the fourth level of Guiyuan Realm.

Until the fluctuation of true energy was revealed, it stopped only after reaching the first level of Guiyuan Realm!

After all, to the outside world, Shen Ping'an only showed himself to be at the first level of Guiyuan Realm.

Since I want to perform, I naturally have to keep performing.

Just when Shen Ping'an had just hidden his cultivation, a not-too-heavy knock on the door suddenly sounded.

"Cousin, Miss Zhang is here."

(End of this chapter)