Taoist master wants to ascend

How much money did the second brother give?

Li Yuan was shocked, and his worry overwhelmed his joy. The Li family had been impoverished for many years, so how could they have the family wealth to give to this fat guy Sun?

I'm afraid it was all borrowed...

Taking a deep breath, Li Yuan concentrated, not wanting to waste this hard-won opportunity to learn martial arts.

These days, learning a blacksmithing skill is so difficult, let alone martial arts?

"Don't be dissatisfied. Except for me, who is willing to teach you such a precious martial art as the White Ape Cloak Hammer?"

Fatty Sun snorted and said:

"Hold the hammer and stand!"

As he spoke, he raised his foot and kicked a prepared iron hammer over.

Li Yuan shuddered, holding the hammer, subconsciously glanced at the gray light on the hammer, and then stood out of the White Ape Post.

"The 18 Hammer Techniques and the Standing Techniques you learned are not fake, but they lack something..."

As soon as Li Yuan heard the voice, Fatty Sun came to him, leaning forward with a strong pressure:

"White Ape Breathing Technique!"

A big hand like a palm leaf fan pressed on his shoulder, and Li Yuan felt his shoulder and arm heat up:

"Watch and remember, I will only demonstrate it once!"

Li Yuan was busy concentrating.

Fatty Sun took a deep breath, and when he exhaled, his breathing rhythm had changed.

It was a very unreasonable breathing method, and Li Yuan almost fainted when he tried it subconsciously.

But at this time, he naturally did not dare to be distracted at all, and concentrated on memorizing all the six breathing methods that Sun Hao changed.

"Lift and inhale, drop and exhale, three short and six long, one inhale and nine exhales..."

...

"When you can maintain the Ape Six Breathing Method while standing and practicing the Cloak Hammer, you will be considered to have entered the door!"

Just like before, after teaching, Fatty Sun kept his word and only taught once before turning back to the house, but soon turned out again and threw a booklet over:

"In addition to the breathing method, the origin of the White Ape Cloak Hammer, the standing practice, and the hammer method are all in the booklet. I remember that you can recognize the words? Then read it yourself. By the way, you can only read it here, and you are not allowed to take it out!"

"Thank you, Chef Sun!"

Li Yuan hurriedly took the booklet and immediately reacted:

"What about the fighting method?"

"You still want to learn the fighting method?"

Fatty Sun sneered and turned back to the house:

"Take another ten taels of silver and I will teach you the fighting method!"

"Take more? My second brother actually gave him ten taels of silver?"

Li Yuan took a breath of cold air.

The apprenticeship in the middle courtyard is thirty copper coins a month, less than one penny for three months. Ten taels of silver to send someone in, if it is not for learning martial arts, it is simply a blood loss!

Even if his second brother lives in the two-story building now, renting the whole thing, it is only four taels of silver a year...

"Six breathing methods of the ape!"

Li Yuan's heart was bleeding, and he dared not be distracted at all. He memorized the six breathing methods of Sun Pangzi.

If he forgot one or half of them, he would really vomit blood.

Under the moonlight, Li Yuan was sweating profusely, familiarizing himself with and recalling Sun Pangzi's breathing method over and over again.

After more than half an hour, he just let out a sigh of relief, and the chill of late autumn instantly came over him.

"I have memorized this breathing method, and I will try it slowly later."

Without the idea of ​​entering the house, taking advantage of the moonlight, Li Yuan found a corner in the corner of the yard that was sheltered from the wind, and consolidated the breathing method several times before squatting down to take out the booklet given by Sun Pangzi.

"Sure enough, being the chef in the middle courtyard is not as simple as those apprentices said..." Rubbing his cold palms, Li Yuan felt a little cold in his heart. After what happened tonight, he dared not underestimate this fat guy Sun. His second brother stuffed him with ten taels of silver, and he didn't feel any preferential treatment in more than a month. He even suspected that if he hadn't shown some talent these days, this fat guy might not even pass on this breathing method to him! "White Ape Cloak Hammer!" Li Yuan let out a breath, suppressed his distracting thoughts, and carefully opened the booklet. Thanks to Li Lin's persistence, his predecessor could read. "The inside is the pile, the outside is the hammer, and breathing is the core! Using the breathing method to penetrate the pile and hammer method is the entry!" Li Yuan recited word by word in his heart. In the booklet, there are the pile and hammer methods he learned these days, without missing a single move, but more detailed. For example, the internal and external three combinations mentioned by Qin Xiong, and the origin of this ape-shaped cloak hammer. The outer three harmonies emphasize the combination of hands and feet, elbows and knees, shoulders and hips, while the inner three harmonies emphasize the combination of heart and mind, mind and qi, and qi and strength.

The qi in the inner three harmonies refers to the breathing method. Without the breathing method, it is difficult to practice even if you have this booklet.

Not to mention the great success of the six harmonies, it is impossible to practice the inner three harmonies.

"Entry, mastery, minor success, and major success! The four realms of the White Ape Cloak Hammer. I wonder what realm Qin Xiong and Fatty Sun are in?"

Li Yuan was a little fascinated. Suddenly, he was shocked and saw something that was very interesting:

"Only by practicing to be like a white ape can you accumulate blood into internal strength!"

Internal strength!

Li Yuan turned it over again, and there was only one page behind. There was no mention of fighting methods or internal strength, which made him quite regretful.

"White Ape Cloak Hammer, easy to learn but difficult to master. For inferior aptitude, standing still for three hours a day, practicing hammer method twelve times, you may be able to get started in two years, and may be proficient in seven years...

For medium aptitude, you should be able to get started in half a year, and for superior aptitude, you can get started in more than a month!"

Li Yuan closed the booklet.

Eighteen styles of hammer method, twelve times of practice also take more than an hour, and standing still for another three hours. Apprentices in the middle courtyard simply don't have that much free time.

"Practice like this, even if you eat the food before the middle school, your body will not be able to withstand it. You will be exhausted before you can practice it..."

Li Yuan sighed in his heart and became more eager to leave the middle courtyard.

Knowing that the apprentice in the front yard practiced four hours a day and beat him three days a day, he felt that his time was wasted.

If you don’t take a break from work, you won’t be able to practice martial arts at all.

The three coins given by the second brother could not withstand the consumption of martial arts training.

"Practice martial arts is too difficult. A White Ape Cloak Hammer with no fighting skills has to be taught in so many steps.

But this is just the basis.

Medicinal supplements, not to mention medicinal supplements, without enough meat, the progress will be too slow..."

Li Yuan murmured in his heart, but looked at the small house where the lights were still on. Fatty Sun's huge figure could be vaguely seen on the window paper.

"The entry-level knife skills should be enough, right?"

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…

After sleeping for less than six hours, Li Yuan got up from the Datong bunk. He slept with his clothes on. He got up slightly at first, but as soon as he got up, there was a sound behind him.

"You get up so early every day?"

Niu Gui's low voice came.

"Occasionally."

Li Yuan didn't look back and pushed the door open.

It was a cold day in the early morning of late autumn. Li Yuan warmed up first, stretched his muscles and bones, then started to stand, and consciously adjusted his breathing.

Yuanliu Breathing Technique is not complicated, but how can it be simple if you want to adjust or even reverse the breathing habits formed over many years?

Li Yuan tried many times, but felt tightness in his chest. He couldn't stand for even half an hour before he couldn't hold on.

"How can a normal person breathe like this?"

Pressing his chest, Li Yuan waited for a while before continuing to try, fearing that he would lose his breath.

After doing this several times, it was already bright, and the sounds of other apprentices getting dressed and getting up could be heard in the house.

"Where are you going?"

Seeing Li Yuan leaving the courtyard, Niu Gui, who had not finished his work, couldn't help but ask.

"Ask for leave!"

Li Yuan replied and came to Fatty Sun's courtyard with the hammer in hand.

The rooster crows three times before Fatty Sun yawns and pushes out the door. When he sees Li Yuan, he can't help but be slightly startled:

"What are you doing here? You don't think you don't have to work because I taught you Yuan Liu Breathing Technique, do you?"

"Master Sun, my disciple wants to learn cooking from you."

Li Yuan lowered his head and bowed.

As an apprentice of the Intermediate Court, if you want to improve your food and salary, you can't go around Fatty Sun.

He had been preparing as early as a few days ago and bought the butcher's bone chopping knife just for this purpose.

Originally, he was still thinking about building friendship first, but after what happened last night, he thought he could give it a try.

Even if it doesn't work, it will only take a beating and scolding to survive. If it works, it will relieve his urgent need.

If the body is not well maintained and the nutrition is not kept up, even if a proficient level hammer is added to the body, it will not be able to perform well.

"Want to be my apprentice? You can climb up the ladder!"

Fatty Sun wanted to scold and laugh at the same time, but thinking about Li Lin's generosity, he still left some room:

"The money your second brother gave is not enough to be my apprentice, that's another price..."

Li Yuan said nothing, but stretched his hands to his lower back.

"Still not leaving?"

Fatty Sun's face was full of impatience, and he waved his hands to drive people away, but suddenly he was stunned, and his anger suddenly surged up:

"Good boy, how dare you take my kitchen knife? Your skin is tight, right?"

laugh!

He pulled out Fatty Sun's big kitchen knife from his waist. Before the latter's anger rose, Li Yuan raised his hand and held it in his hand.

On the way here, he went to the kitchen to get Fatty Sun's knife. It was a weapon that was not inferior to a training hammer.

"Huh?"

Fatty Sun was stunned. He had been a cook for twenty years, so he certainly had good eyesight:

"How many years have you practiced knife skills?"

Fatty Sun was a little surprised.

The cook of the Central Courtyard is responsible for the meals for No. 180, so the knives naturally have nothing to do with smallness. His meat cleaver is half a meter long, and his face is so wide, which is not what ordinary people are used to.

But that boy named Li Yuan, with a sword in hand, seemed to be waving his hand skillfully?

"I've been practicing for a few years now."

Li Yuan lowered his head and answered.

Having served the old man in his previous life, he naturally knew a little bit about knife skills and cooking, but the reason he was able to do it so smoothly was naturally because he had mastered the butcher's bone-chopping knife.

This is also the reason why he came here.

"Good boy, this technique requires at least three or four years of hard work, right?"

Looking Li Yuan up and down, Fatty Sun's anger gradually subsided and he narrowed his eyes:

"Do you remember what I said yesterday? With your knife skills, it's not that you can't be hired as a helper, it's just..."

"Thank you so much, Mr. Sun..."

Of course Li Yuan knew what he wanted to say, and he immediately offered the meat cleaver with both hands:

"Disciple just wants to eat enough, and for the rest, just follow the master's orders!"