Chapter 8 (1/2)
Eternal Life (永生) Ch. 8
G.o.dly Strength
“This servant breeds horses, his name is Fang Han. He is very reliable, and has never stolen any of the horse feed. However, last time he delayed my hunt, so I gave him ten lashes, then rewarded him five liang silver for his work,” Fang Qing Wei stated.
“Really?” Fang Qing Xue thought for a while, no one able to understand what this arrogant genius girl was thinking about. “While the Yu’hua Immortal Mountain is immortal territory, it is not as convenient as a large city, thus, this time when I return, I plan on bringing servants. Since this Fang Han is very reliable, might as well let him come along. If he breeds horses well, then in the future he can also tame spirit beasts. Alright, let’s go.”
The order was pa.s.sed down, and the more or less hundred Fang Clan servants, as well as ten or so horse pulled carriages began moving.
“Bai Hai Chen teacher was actually right, as long as I am in the group of people Fang Qing Xue would be able to tell from a glance that I am unordinary. However, if she finds out that I used the ‘Nine Aperture Golden Pellet’, I wonder if she will immediately kill me? Can I actually hide it?”
Although Fang Han didn’t manage to hear Fang Qing Xue and Fang Qing Wei’s conversation, he knew in his heart that Fang Qing Xue had noticed him.
Leading Thousand Li Snow while following the movements of the procession, Fang Han was incessantly pondering him his heart.
It is once again night.
The Fang Clan procession had come to a stop in a country town at the edge of Long’yuan Province, the hundred or so people all resting, awaiting the continuation of the journey tomorrow. Midnight, third geng, Fang Han milled and boiled soybeans to make soymilk for the horses, also feeding it eggs, and meat powder, letting Thousand Li Snow eat its fill, then waiting for it to fall asleep before secretly going off into the night, arriving at a deserted place in the wilderness and getting into a training posture before punching a countless number of times.
This time, he wasn’t training in the “Seven Star Fist (Qi Xing Quan),” but the secretly learned “Calm Crane Longevity Fist (Song He Wan Shou Quan).”
“Crane Clutching Sand (He Zhua Ying Sha)!” “Ice Crane Guarding Plum Flower (Bing He Shou Mei)!” “Immortal Crane Shaking Feathers (Xian He Dou Ling)!” “Crane Dancing in the Open Sky (He Wu Chang Kong)!” “Calm Crane Prolonging Years (Song He Yan Nian)!”
He practiced these moves, one flowing smoothly into the other, moving like a crane, as quiet as a pine.
“Pine Crane Longevity Fist” was the same as “Seven Star Fist,” its training methods all very clever, although “Seven Star Fist” was overbearingly fierce and powerful, as one could tell by observing “Seven Star Step (Jiao Ta Qi Xing)” and “Big Dipper Kick (Kui Xing Ti Dou).”
Normally, only during the birth of the emperor, the true dragon son of heaven, would seven stars appear under one’s feet.
As for the Calm Crane Longevity Fist, it imitated the calm and unrestrained crane.
The styles of these two schools, the Yu’hua and Qun’xing schools, could be seen through this, thought Fang Han as he compared the two. Since the time he got the ‘Nine Aperture Golden Pellet’ in his heart, his flesh and body had become strong. His head had also become smarter, he had gained a lot of wisdom, his reflexes had become faster and more agile, and his cognitive ability became faster, complementing well with his martial training.
Training in the “Calm Crane Longevity Fist” over and over again, he contemplated about the “Seven Star Fist” as well. Amid his trance, Fang Han decided that these two styles were vastly different, and that blending them together was like mixing water and fire. During this time of thinking, his body unceasingly prospered, as the blood in his body flowed stimulating the ‘Nine Aperture Golden Pellet’ and causing its powerful medicine to circulate through his body.
“Hong’long!”
The overbearing “Seven Star Fist” and the unrestrained “Calm Crane Longevity Fist” were forced together by the power of the ‘Nine Aperture Golden Pellet.’
In a moment, the blood went through his entire body, and circulated nine times.
His heartbeat slowed, and compared to before, was half as fast as before, but more powerful, each beat like a hammer, a solid beat.
“I actually entered the fifth level, G.o.dly strength!”
Fang Han knew of that the changes that had occurred in his body symbolized his entrance into a new level, the fifth level of the Mortal Realm. The most obvious change being the slowing of his heartbeat while retaining his vitality.
“Yes!”
Before he was even able to discover the many benefits of the fifth level, Fang Han felt movement in his chest. The ‘Nine Aperture Golden Pellet’ had undergone a change. It had suddenly burrowed deeper into his heart, to the center, before settling back down.
Before, the ‘Nine Aperture Golden Pellet’ was st.i.tched into his heart wall, but now, after the slowing of his heartbeat, it had been forced by the pressure of his blood into the depths his heart.
This sudden change had made the pellet even harder to discover.
“Crane Clutching Sand!”
Suddenly directing a grab towards a nearby tree, Fang Han’s fingers were like a crane’s talons, and actually managed to dig out a chunk of wood.
If this grab had clutched a person’s body, it would definitely dig out a large piece of flesh.
His power had grown again!
Fang Han continuously exerted his body’s G.o.dly strength, randomly dodging, jumping, and running, a single step taking him forward more than ten chi. Pulling his body forward, then pus.h.i.+ng back, his entire body, regardless of the action, moved fiercely like a tiger and quickly like a cheetah.