Chapter 4: Testing Drugs and Starting to Exercise

When he was about to walk to the kitchen, Shi Xuan suddenly thought of some airborne poison that might appear later, so he stopped and endured the pain to apply a talisman to himself. After activating it, he saw the ground wriggling, and the loess crawled from his feet to his body. In a breath, he was covered with a layer of loess, looking like a terracotta warrior. At the same time, he cast a dust removal spell on his face, and then continued to walk to the kitchen.

As soon as he stepped into the kitchen, the smell of medicine hit his nose. It smelled that all three doses of medicine were non-toxic and harmless.

Shi Xuan wrote the three characters A, B, and C on the medicine jars, and then found three bowls and wrote A, B, and C on the sides of the bowls, and then pasted a dust-proof talisman he had drawn before on the tray and activated it, and then forced the medicine liquid into their corresponding bowls. Shi Xuan thought proudly: "Although it is in ancient times and there is no laboratory environment, aseptic operation can still be performed. Taoism is really magical."

He carried the tray into the yard, stopped at the corner where the four dogs were tied, put the tray on the ground, pinched his fingers, stepped out of the Seven Star Steps, muttered a spell, mobilized the body's energy, and after a while, cast a spell to freeze the four dogs. Shi Xuan quickly poured three bowls of medicine into the three dogs, two black and one yellow, and then stepped aside to wait for the effect of the medicine to appear.

After a few breaths, one of the black dogs suddenly spasmed all over, foamed at the mouth, and blood flowed in the eyes. He wanted to struggle but couldn't move. In less than a moment, he was motionless, but because of the effect of the spell, he still stood there without falling. Shi Xuan was sweating. Fortunately, we did the experiment. Let's see if this thing can be sold as a highly toxic secret recipe for a good price in the future. As for why he didn't use it himself in the future, it was mainly because of the effect. It didn't turn into a pool of blood or emit yellow smoke. It seemed that it could only deal with ordinary people and martial artists. It was hard to say that it would have any good effect on monks with a certain level of cultivation.

At this time, the other two dogs looked excited, their eyes were red, and they started barking. There was nothing wrong with it. But after a while, the yellow dog suddenly broke free from the spell of the immobilization spell, and then started running around the yard. If the wall was not very high, it would probably jump out directly. Shi Xuan observed for a moment and was about to go forward to compare with the remaining black dog. The yellow dog ran slower and slower, and finally whimpered and fell to the ground without any movement.

Shi Xuan went forward to check carefully and found that he just fainted, but his body was weak, as if he had overdrawn a lot of energy. It seems that this prescription is more like a stimulant, which is harmful to the body.

Shi Xuan returned to the corner and kept observing the remaining black dog until the spell wore off. The black dog only excreted a layer of black substance from its body, and it seemed to be alive and kicking after the spell wore off. Now Shi Xuan had an idea of ​​the prescription, but for safety reasons, he planned to wait another night and check the condition of the two dogs tomorrow.

Because the prescription for the medicinal bath and the prescription for internal use use the same medicinal materials, but the proportions are different, the prescription for the medicinal bath can now be determined, but caution is the first priority, so let's try it on the remaining dog first.

The results of the experiment satisfied Shi Xuan very much. The yellow dog did not show any adverse symptoms after taking the medicinal bath, but it just rubbed like itchy bones, but it recovered by the evening. Shi Xuan guessed that this was a manifestation of the drug's penetration into the skin.

After running around all day, Shi Xuan was also very tired. After going out for dinner, he came back to meditate and adjust his breathing for a while and fell asleep.

There was no conversation all night.

The next day, Shi Xuan got up early. The two dogs that took the medicine were still alive and well, but the yellow dog that took the suspected stimulant looked much older and lay in the corner listlessly.

Shi Xuan confirmed the effect of the medicine and felt relieved. Today he would start to practice physical training.

The human body and soul have a mysterious and close connection, so we often see that people with strong bodies are in better spirits, while people with weak bodies are in a sluggish spirit. Physical training and soul nourishment is to strengthen the body and replenish the soul through practicing various external skills. When the body is trained to a certain limit, the internal energy will naturally be generated, and at the same time, the soul will break through the realm and enter the stage of nourishing the soul.

If the body is not trained to the limit and the secret of internal skills is forced to practice to enter the stage of nourishing the soul, the body will be injured because it cannot withstand the consumption of refining essence into qi, and it will be seriously depleted, thus suffering from tuberculosis. Of course, after entering the Qi-nourishing period, a large amount of nutrients still needs to be supplemented every day to make up for the consumption of refining essence into Qi, otherwise the body will only go out without taking in various diseases, so people who practice martial arts have to consume a lot of resources. It is difficult for martial artists without money or support to practice advanced martial arts.

After lunch, Shi Xuan looked at the bowl of medicine in front of him, calmed down for a moment and drank it in one breath, then took off his Taoist robe and walked to the yard with his upper body naked.

At this time, Shi Xuan felt that the medicine he drank turned into a heat that spread to every corner of his body. He got into a good posture and began to practice according to the starting style of the Ten Dragons Subduing Demon Fist in the "Bao Lu".

Because Shi Xuan was already familiar with the ten moves of the Ten Dragons Subduing Demon Fist in the morning, he was more skilled at this time from the opening of the Barbarian Dragon Turning Waist, the Azure Dragon Fu Bo to the closing of the Golden Dragon Swinging Tail and the Dragon Coming to the World.

As he performed boxing moves one by one, Shi Xuan felt the heat flowing in coordination with his punches. Often, with each punch, more heat would gather in the places where the muscles were most tense and exerted the most force. Under the pressure of internal and external forces, the dirt in the body was dissipated from the pores of the body with the coordination of boxing and heat flow.

The more Shi Xuan performed, the more comfortable he felt. He performed the Ten Dragons Subduing Demon Fist from beginning to end, from end to beginning, for more than a dozen times, and the slower he performed, the slower he performed, until it was like practicing Tai Chi in later times. However, Shi Xuan felt that he was so comfortable at this time. With the help of the medicine, he felt that the corners of his body and the inner layers of his muscles that he had not exercised before began to tremble with the punches.

If someone else were to see, they would find that Shi Xuan was hot at this time, and the whole person seemed to be shrouded in a layer of mist. The hottest part of his head was like white smoke rising upwards. It was as if there was wind surrounding him, blowing out a circle of more than ten feet on the ground.

After Shi Xuan's punches slowed to the extreme, they began to speed up again. At the end, the wind whistled when he punched out, and the sound of the joints all over his body was as dense as fried beans.

Gradually, Shi Xuan entered a state of emptiness and clarity, as if he could see his soul and body, the soul inside and the body outside. Every time he punched, he felt that his body and soul were punching out together, and at the same time, the blood and qi of the body continuously nourished the soul, making the soul grow slowly.

Shi Xuan felt more and more happy and energetic as he punched. It seemed that there was a breath in his heart that was about to burst out. When the golden dragon swung its tail, he pulled his left hand, turned his body, and exerted all his muscles. His right hand was like a mountain pressing down on his head, and it was a move of the dragon descending to the world.

After punching out, the strength of the whole body and the bursting of qi in the heart seemed to be vented from this punch. There was only a crisp sound in the air, and a gust of wind was actually thrown out, blowing off a thin branch of a tree two meters away.

After this punch was thrown, Shi Xuan stopped, feeling extremely happy in his heart. His muscles were sore but full of strength, but his body was covered with sweat and had a layer of black dirt, which made people feel uncomfortable.

Shi Xuan therefore walked quickly to the well, drew a bucket of water, found a rag and wiped off the dirt on his body, feeling refreshed. Because the medicinal bath was calculated at a certain time, it was just right at this time, Shi Xuan came to the kitchen, stepped into the tub, and sat cross-legged. As the temperature rose, the medicinal power penetrated from the skin into the muscles, and even tended to penetrate into the bones. Shi Xuan adjusted his breathing according to the "Baolu", feeling the body as a whole balanced and interactive state, which is actually a meaning of "qi" in qi training, the ability to control and coordinate the power of various parts of the body to eliminate harm and restore the body to balance.

Shi Xuan endured the discomfort of numbness and itchiness while regulating his breathing, feeling the strength of each part of his body, and controlling his body to always be in a state of overall balance. In this state, anything that damages the balance of the body and causes harm will be expelled because the body transforms to a balanced state (there is a limit, so the harmful components in the medicine should be moderate. This is also the preciousness of a prescription), so the harmful parts of the external medicine are slowly excreted from the body. Of course, in the process of excretion, harmful things deep in the body, such as bones, are also taken away, and the beneficial parts of the external medicine replace these substances to nourish the body.

You should know that when you usually regulate your breathing and practice Qi, it is difficult to expel the harmful things deep in the bones, because these harmful things have not reached the point of endangering the balance of the body. They can only be expelled when the body becomes stronger and the "Qi" reaches a very strong level, and this level may be reached by Shi Xuan after one or two realms.

In the numbness and itchiness, Shi Xuan has been maintaining this state of regulating breathing. This intensity of "qi" training is also good for the soul. It was not until half an hour later that he felt the effect of the medicine gradually faded. Shi Xuan walked out of the tank and wiped his body. He felt that his body was light and comfortable, his spirit was ethereal, his perception was sharp, and his soul strength was slightly improved. At the same time, the previous minor internal injuries were healed. You should know that it was originally judged to take half a month to heal. This is the benefit of practicing "qi".

After this day of physical training, Shi Xuan felt the strength of his body and soul before going to bed. He initially judged that if he came twice a day in the morning and evening, he would be able to enter the stage of nourishing qi and strengthening the soul in five months. At the same time, the strength of his body would definitely be far greater than before. After all, the Ten Dragons Subduing Demon Fist and this prescription are far better than before. They can practice places that could not be practiced before, and the effect of practicing the same place at the same time is also much better. It is worthy of the content of the Supreme Dharma. It’s just that when practicing the Ten Dragons Subduing Demon Fist, I felt that I had not grasped the essence of this martial art, and I need to work harder.

In the following months, Shi Xuan stayed at home and rarely went out, except for going out to eat and buy medicine. He stayed in the yard, practicing the Ten Dragons Subduing Demon Fist twice a day, and reviewed the various skills he had learned in this body in his spare time. His body and soul had improved greatly. At the same time, he recalled the knowledge that Master Xu had taught him, preparing for his future travels around the world in search of immortals and the way of the Tao.