Legend of the Cultivation God Chapter 159

Chapter 159: In the Morning

The flickering in Zhang Xiaohua's dream echoed the stars in the night sky, the endless starry sky, and countless star powers seemed to be drawn, swarming in on him in an instant as if passing through time and space. 

 

Not long after, Zhang Xiaohua's body was filled with and surrounded by countless star powers. The 100,000 pores of his body were like mouths on seeing food, feeding to their heart’s content. 

 

The qi traces after being absorbed into his body by the pores turned small and imperceptible. Zhang Xiaohua in his sleep unconsciously performed the exercises of the first layer of the Serene Heart Sutra to promote them to circulate in the body meridians according to the route of the exercise. 

 

That star power is still refined into pure qi as before, and the qi inhaled together is merged with the qi formed by these star powers, and it is refined by the flickering lights, leaving it even purer. This pure qi is being stored in Zhang Xiaohua's middle dantian. Although he absorbed a lot of star powers and qi in his body, in Zhang Xiaohua's meridians under the stimulus of the flickering lights, the degree of purification is too terrifying. Ten times, 78 times pure, in the end, only a small amount of qi is left, but the purity of the energy is ... horrifying! 

 

All this happened quietly while Zhang Xiaohua was unconscious. The amount of qi that ultimately gathered in his body was really too little, making Zhang Xiaohua unable to sense it. Next morning when he opened his eyes, roused awake by the dewdrops that soaked his clothes, he actually didn’t know of the harvest he had obtained last night. 

 

Zhang Xiaohua looked around and remembered the things of yesterday. He couldn't help smiling, stood up and moved around a bit. Although he was meditating all night, his body did not have any discomfort, even felt more refreshed, without any traces of sleep. Compared to lying in bed, he felt much more energetic after meditation. Zhang Xiaohua couldn't help but think about it. If so, wouldn't he not sleep anymore, sell his bed spot in the hut for money and just meditate all night long? 

 

It's still early in the morning, the sun had just peaked above the horizon. Zhang Xiaohua swallowed against the rising sun, and another warm current entered the body. Suddenly, Zhang Xiaohua seemed to think of something, but he couldn't think clearly. After thinking about it for a while, he couldn’t figure it out, and so he cast it to the back of this mind. 

 

Zhang Xiaohua had a thought to practice the Heavenly Dipper Fist next to the Medicine field. Unfortunately, there were no trees covering the medicine field. Zhang Xiaohua had always avoided people when he practised his fist arts. Now, he didn’t want to suddenly practice in an open area. So, he decided to go back to the woods to practice his fist arts and sword skills. 

 

But as soon as he reached the edge of the woods, he thought of another thing. His Fist arts will be known sooner or later. Since he only knows this set of fist techniques, whether he hides it or not, when he needs to fight, he will have to use this set of fist techniques. Although it is made up of different fist and foot moves, it is also a fist art. It seems that there is no reason to avoid people in the future. Besides, he still wants to participate in the Misty Faction Martial Arts Conference, without this Heavenly Dipper Fist, what can be used? It's better to practice the fist in an upright manner, no matter how others think and speak of him. 

 

But as Elder Yu had asked him to hide the sword technique that he taught, it made sense to still hide that sword move while practising. 

 

Thinking about it, just as Zhang Xiaohua left the woods, suddenly, he heard a "pop" sound, it was the sound of a person falling down. Zhang Xiaohua was shocked. In this bright and sunny day, how is it possible for someone to act badly in the woods? 

 

Immediately Zhang Xiaohua used Misty Steps to rush towards the sound in the woods. 

 

Who knew just as he took a few steps he would hear someone curse, "Xxx, why is this Misty Steps so difficult?  This step is obviously not right!" 

 

That sound was familiar, it was Zhang Xianhua’s cheap master He Tianshu. 

 

Zhang Xianhua couldn’t help but say happily, "Captain He, how did you get up so early?" 

 

When Zhang Xiaohua ran to the spot, He Tianshu was climbing up from the ground, patting the dust on his body. He said embarrassed: "Zhang Xiaohua? Why are you here? How come I couldn’t hear your footsteps?" 

 

Zhang Xiaohua said with a smile: "I usually practice my fist arts in this forest. I heard a movement just now, and then I came over to see. Captain Xu must be too concentrated in training, and did not hear my footsteps." 

 

He Tianshu raised his eyebrows, "Motion? Well, I heard it just now. It seems that some bird kicked some branch off. Don't worry about it." 

 

Zhang Xiaohua laughed for a while, and said, "Well, I guess so. But, how did Captain He get up so early today?" 

 

He Tianshu took out a few pages of paper from his bosom and raised it, saying, "This is the Misty Steps. After you left yesterday, I read it carefully. I couldn't understand it. How do I use this footwork technique? I haven't slept all night, but it’s of no use. It's not even dawn yet and I came here to practice, but this footwork technique is really the same as I thought. I can’t understand it in many places. I don't know if there was some mistake in making this copy?"

 

Zhang Xiaohua listened to He Tianshu but didn’t believe him, perhaps he was trying to find an excuse like a bird kicked off a branch.

 

 Zhang Xiaohua asked curiously, "Captain He, is it really so mysterious? Even you can't understand it? You are like a deity for me, you must continue to work hard. Don't let me down."

 

He Tianshu whispered, "Really, I don’t understand it. Alas, only if I was Zhang Xiaohu."

 

Zhang Xiaohua said in surprise, "Why my second brother?"

 

He Tianshu said enviously, "Zhang Xiaohu can certainly take this Misty Steps to find his teacher, who will solve his problems for him. You don’t understand Zhang Xiaohua, the difference between having a teacher compared to not having one is like heaven and earth. There’s an old saying, one generation plants the trees, another gets the shade. This is precisely true.

 

Zhang Xiaohua heard that and nodded like a chicken pecking rice. This is very true. If there is a master on the side, why would one work hard, to get the answers? Isn't it much quicker to just ask them?

 

However, if he had accepted this master himself, his second brother would still have to live a precarious life as a bodyguard. Zhang Xiaohua was still satisfied with this outcome. There is an old saying that there is endless joy in fighting with your environment every new day, so, isn’t there an endless joy in fighting with yourself every day?

 

Having said that, restless thoughts are also possible, but He Tianshu knew he still needed to ponder over the Misty Steps. He said, "Zhang Xiaohua, while you are practising your fist arts, don't disturb me. I will try again. I really don’t believe that I, who got the qi sense in two days, cannot understand this Misty Steps."

 

When he was finished, he waved his hands, instructing Zhang Xiaohua to do his own thing, and he looked at the thin pages again. Zhang Xiaohua thought for a while and understood that he couldn't help in any way, so he turned to leave.

 

But at this time He Tianshu went back to his place to practice, grabbing his attention. Zhang Xiaohua has learned the First Layer of the Misty Steps but since he doesn’t have qi as a foundation he is unable to display the true power of the Misty Steps. He Tianshu’s practice naturally caught his attention. He wanted to see the true abilities of the Misty Steps.

 

He saw He Tianshu practising the footwork, while in a narrow range, east and west, sometimes he would put his foot down 0.1 feet apart, sometimes a big step away. Zhang Xiaohua felt bewildered. At that time suddenly, He Tianshu stepped with both feet at the same position. He Tianshu's body became unbalanced and he fell to one side. Fortunately, He Tianshu seemed to be prepared early, his body flickered, and one foot stepped nearby, the footwork exercise ended.

 

Zhang Xiaohua guessed that this must be the point where He Tianshu cannot understand how to perform, which caused the fall just now. Thinking about it, He Tianshu persevered and began to practice again.

 

This time, Zhang Xiaohua concentrated his attention and carefully looked at He Tianshu's footwork, which was very complicated. Arriving at that point, He Tianshu made another mistake and nearly fell again.

 

"Bah" He Tianshu spit hard on the ground, carefully put the paper in his hand into his arms, and said determinedly, "I don't believe it, I can't learn you."

 

Then raising his head saw Zhang Xiaohua looking at one side. Surprised, he asked, "Zhang Xiaohua, weren’t you practising your fist arts?"

 

Zhang Xiaohua said with a smile: "Captain He, I just saw that you practised very well. I thought I would learn a little bit first"

He Tianshu said with a disgruntled expression, "I haven't practised it yet, how do I teach you? You still have to wait for a while."

Just after he finished speaking, He Tianshu suddenly turned his eyes and changed his mind, "Well, since you are so eager to learn, then I will teach you some of the footwork I just learned."

After that, he took a pose and said, "You follow my steps and practice step by step."

Zhang Xiaohua happily ran up to He Tianshu and said, "Captain He, you can start."

He Tianshu said, "Good, follow after me."

Then he displayed the Misty Steps, according to his comprehension, at a very slow speed.

Zhang Xiaohua followed his steps. Since he had already seen it twice, Zhang Xiaohua did not have too many difficulties in the following. He Tianshu saw it, and became faster and faster, until the point where it was difficult. His two feet stepped to the same place, but it was just a posture, then he turned around and jumped aside, with a smile in his eyes, looking at Zhang Xiaohua.

Zhang Xiaohua, who was eager to learn the art, wasn’t suspecting anything. He saw He Tianshu making the difficult move and suddenly standing on the side and was shocked, but he didn't know why. His both feet naturally followed the step that he just saw, following He Tianshu's feet to step to the same place at the same time.

What He Tianshu wanted was to see this, quietly waiting for Zhang Xiaohua's fall!

At this time, Zhang Xiaohua's body was already skewed to one side, just like He Tianshu just now, but Zhang Xiaohua was blankly looking at the lively He Tianshu standing on the side and did not deliberately control his body. But at this moment, just as he was going to step on his right foot with the other foot, his foot naturally took a slight step forward and missed it, and immediately the right leg followed the body to the side, straightening his unbalanced body while his body shifted and reached another place.

This natural change caused He Tianshu, who wanted to see Zhang Xiaohua fall, feel so bewildered that he felt his eyes fall to the ground. What is going on here?

He Tianshu excitedly went forward and asked, "Zhang Xiaohua, have you looked at the Misty Steps before?"

Zhang Xiaohua stood there puzzled, "Captain He, of course, I haven't seen it. I can't understand it."

He Tianshu took out a few thin sheets of paper and pointed at one of the above and said, "Since you haven't seen it, how can you perform this step so correctly? This last step is exactly the same as written in the sheets? This posture, and angle, but I just tried it several times without success, and I was so tired that I fell to the ground! "

At this time, He Tianshu could not give any more thought to his honour and said it altogether.

Zhang Xiaohua frowned and said, "How do I know, I just exhibited it according to the steps that you taught."

He Tianshu didn't believe it and said, "Zhang Xiaohua, can you show it once again?"

Zhang Xiaohua recalled the steps in his mind and said, "I should be able to."

After he finished speaking, using his memory, combined with the impression of He Tianshu’s steps that he just followed, he began to perform it step by step. Although Zhang Xiaohua had yet to reach the difficult point, just with these initial footwork, He Tianshu felt a burst of shame. He Tianshu felt the Misty Steps was very complex, he had studied for several days behind closed doors but he still had only a general understanding of the footwork. But, Zhang Xiaohua seems to have got it perfectly just by watching him perform for a few times.

This seems to be very different from the Zhang Xiaohua, who was so stupid in learning fist techniques!

However, He Tianshu’s self-confidence took another hit in the end. Zhang Xiaohua actually performed the difficult part again perfectly. Zhang Xiaohua stopped, turned, smiled and asked: "Captain He, do you think it's done like this?"

He Tianshu said with somewhat of a stutter, "Yes, yes, it is like this."

Immediately, he went a little aside from Zhang Xiaohua and practised it again for himself. He didn't believe that it was possible. Unfortunately, he stopped at that difficult point again and nearly fell.

He Tianshu felt very strange, how can he not do it? How could Zhang Xiaohua do it in one time?

So, He Tianshu walked to Zhang Xiaohua's side, rubbed his hands, and asked, "Zhang Xiaohua, how did you do it? You took that step so easily. Your sliding step looked so natural and elegant. Can you tell me how to control myself so as to not trip and fall?"

Zhang Xiaohua tilted his head for a while and said, "Captain He, I don't know exactly how I did it. However, I didn't control my body as you do. I just stretched it out naturally. I did that casually, and I felt that the action was suitable."

He Tianshu puzzled: "Your body was crooked, how can you ignore it? You let yourself fall?"

Zhang Xiaohua nodded and said, "Yeah, that's how it is."

He Tianshu thought deeply and said: "I know, as long as let it happen naturally, the left foot will definitely allow the right foot to do the sliding step."

Zhang Xiaohua couldn't explain why, so he said, "It should be. I didn't do anything anyway."

He Tianshu nodded and started practising again, but this time our Captain He was even more miserable. He fell to the ground horizontally and hit harder than before.

He Tianshu beat a carp, jumped up from the ground, and shouted angrily: "You said to do nothing, why did I fall, and you didn’t?"

Zhang Xiaohua scratched his head and said, "Perhaps it is the issue of character, Captain He. I also helped an aunty from Misty Mountain Village to cross the street yesterday."

How could He Tianshu believe this? He gestured and said, "First, left foot goes here, then second right foot goes here. This pose is crooked. You said that with this figure, I should naturally walk from here, but the figure still remains crooked. The more I want to work harder, the more my figure becomes crooked, what's going on? "

Seeing He Tianshu whispering in a fascinated way, Zhang Xiaohua was very puzzled and asked, "Captain He, why do you want to work harder? How were you working harder?"

He Tianshu was a little impatient and said, "Of course it's internal energy. Without internal energy, how can your steps be fast and elegant?"

Zhang Xiaohua pouted: "Captain He, when did I have inner energy, I haven't even found my Qi sense yet!"

He Tianshu listened, his complexion cloudy, and he patted his forehead. He seemed to understand that Zhang Xiaohua, this cheap disciple, had no inner strength at all. How could he use inner strength in his feet?

After finding the reason, He Tianshu couldn't wait to practice again. Sure enough, this time it was very smooth and the movement was successful. Not only is there joy in He Tianshu's heart, but also a weird feeling. This movement technique even rejects internal force?

"Oh," He Tianshu sighed and didn't know what he was feeling, and then he took a step and was ready to walk away.

Zhang Xiaohua hurriedly pursued and asked, "Captain He, why don’t we practice more? It's still early at this hour, and breakfast is not ready yet."

He Tianshu said without curiosity: "I have been understanding this for a long time, and I could only get so little, how can I practice more now? Or, I will give you this book now, why don’t you take a look first?"

After saying, he took out the book from his bosom.

When Zhang Xiaohua heard it, he quickly waved his hand and made a joke. Just a moment ago he had taken a small peek at the book, it was full of pictures of little feet. He slowly realized the difficulties of a self-made person. Since someone is willing to teach why wouldn’t you take that way."

Zhang Xiaohua said with a smile: "I only care about Captain He's body. It’s still early for breakfast. Why not exercise till then? There’s an old saying, the body belongs only to an individual, you must take care of it."