c2 (2/2)

He then unlocked the door to his house, letting the dog back out The two of theed to find some eatable meat and rice, which they happily enjoyed After they finished their lunch, Xu Yihis house, and began hunting soht quickly spread all over the place, ly tranquil and peaceful Xu Yi had already returned fro i to fall asleep before he’d leave to do this ‘i into the distance, waiting for his dog to finally fall asleep After his dog finally fell asleep, He quietly got up and left, closing the door behind hi a mountain trail and into the forest where he quickly struck a pose and shouted, “Hu! Ha! Hu! Ha!”

Xu Yi started acting like an ox, so his feet and so a nearby tree He practiced these three ain He did so restlessly, for four hours, only occasionally putting so, Xu Yi seeht pressing down on hihout his blood vessels Until he eventually successfully reached a subtle state, where he did no longer feel any pain or exhaustion This happened because the qi was now perfectly flowing throughout all of his blood vessels

“Hu! Ha!”

Exhausting his physical strength, Xu Yi juiant pine tree and knocked the tree dohich fell with a - thud - sound

As the tree caround and curled up, looking similar to a spineless shrimp He was completely exhausted on the outside However, deep inside, he was overwhelmed with an incomparable happiness and a sense of accoesture, which had knocked the tree down, had the equivalent power to an ox’s strength, which was an indication of having reached the peak state of a forged body

Even though he was incomparably happy, he was also shocked that he had reached the peak state in such a short aain so around for a bit, picked up a stick He weighed this stick until he suddenly ht in theit in half He threay one of the two pieces, while he held the other part of the stick firmly in his hand, before he cut it across one of his arms, to see if he could make it bleed To his satisfaction, this action only left a deep white le drop of blood come out Xu Yi was overjoyed by this result, as it was exactly ould happen after one entered the peak state of a forged body

As he looked at the result on his arm, excitement quickly started to drive hi he could think of to reassure hied body In his euphory he suddenly noticed a large rock and quickly ran towards it He loosened his shoulders, readying his fists and then suddenly se rock - Bamm! - He was astonished, as he saw the rock collapse in a mere second!

“Ox’s skin, iron bone! The peak state of a forged body, it truly deserves its reputation!” Xu Yi stared at his palms and murmured

After he calmed himself down a bit, Xu Yi realised that he should leave this place at once and do so to stabilise this newly acquired peak state

He quickly made his way back to the wooden house Here he seeked out a dozen of Oolong herb and held them in his palms He then walked into the bathroom to prepare a warm bath As the bath was finally ready, he sat down in the bath and took a meditative pose Xu Yi concentrated all his attention on the qi inside his body and as he did, he felt how his body was getting hotter and hotter Thanks to this heat, the qi could easily penetrate into his blood vessels and meridians [1] In other words, the qi incorporated with his body

After he finished stabilizing this peak state, he rose up from the bathtub As he looked at the water in the bathtub, he realised that it seemed to have turned into a somewhat dark color He then turned and looked in they that was disguised within this gentleness

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[1]: A meridian chart:

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