Chapter 129: Advancing Again, Practicing Longevity Skills

"Shiwen, this little junior brother of yours is really amazing." Shang Luoluo said to Meng Shiwen with a smile.

Meng Shiwen didn't know what happened to Zhao Ya at this time, and she had been feeling uneasy for the past two days.

At the cocktail party that day, she hit it off with Han Suyun, whom she had "encountered by chance". Their personalities and hobbies were so compatible.

It was agreed to get together in the next two days, but there was no news from Han Suyun.

This made Meng Shiwen a little worried. She thought something had happened to her, so she came to Shang Luoluo to inquire.

But Shang Luoluo said that she wasn't very familiar with Han Suyun, but she only knew that she was a daughter of a wealthy family. She had learned martial arts from a foreigner when she was a child, and her kung fu was good.

After knowing the inside story, Meng Shiwen couldn't help but be disappointed. She was in a daze, but she didn't expect Shang Luoluo to mention Zhao Ya to her.

"What happened to my junior brother?" Meng Shiwen asked in surprise.

"You don't know yet? That's right. It just happened and the news hasn't spread yet."

So Shang Luoluo told Meng Shiwen what happened to the Ning family.

Meng Shiwen couldn't help but fell silent after listening.

She still remembers the first time she met Zhao Ya.

When I heard that he came from Wuxiang City, I immediately felt angry.

But when he arrived in a hurry, the first news he got was that his biological father, Meng Lei, was dead.

At that time she was at a loss.

Although she had a very vague impression of Meng Lei, she only remembered that he came to see her when she was very young, but later he had a big fight with his master for some unknown reason and never came again.

Although he often asked people to deliver letters and money when official channels were still smooth, as Meng Shiwen grew up, she was still full of resentment towards her nominal father.

Why should he leave and never return, leave himself in this county and never care about it again? Is this what his biological father can do?

Even when she was fourteen or fifteen years old, Meng Shiwen, who was extremely rebellious, often cursed Meng Lei to die.

But after hearing the news of Meng Lei's death, Meng Shiwen suddenly realized.

Then she became a little hostile towards Zhao Ya, who was born in Wuxiang City and was even her father's apprentice.

This was why she insisted on competing with Zhao Ya later.

She wanted to test the abilities of the apprentices taught by her father.

The result left her somewhat disappointed.

Although his body skills are good, his martial arts skills are average.

But he never expected that Zhao Ya's strength would improve by leaps and bounds after joining the martial arts gym, and later he would capture the Jiangyang thief Jade Butterfly.

All this changed Meng Shiwen's view of Zhao Ya somewhat.

At the same time, he was also reflecting on whether his previous prejudice against Zhao Ya was a bit biased.

Now after hearing what Shang Luoluo told her, Meng Shiwen was even more confused.

"Shiwen, are you listening?" Shang Luoluo asked.

"Ah... I'm listening, what's wrong?" Meng Shiwen came back to her senses and said.

"What do I think about the wandering person? Is he feeling unwell?" Shang Luoluo asked with concern.

"No...no, I just suddenly thought of something." Meng Shiwen said.

Shang Luoluo took a deep look at Meng Shiwen, then nodded and did not ask any more questions.

And while Shang Luoluo was chatting with Meng Shiwen.

Zhao Ya is testing various aspects of the armor's performance at home.

The first is the comfort of wearing it.

After wearing it close to the body, Zhao Ya found that the armor could fit very softly on the body surface.

Whether it is daily activities or practicing martial arts, it will not be affected.

The second is defensiveness. Zhao Ya fired with his hand crossbow against the armor. The arrows were bent due to the huge impact, but the armor was still intact.

This proves that ordinary bows and arrows cannot break through the armor's defense.

Although the armor only covered the upper body and its coverage was relatively limited, only covering the vital parts such as the chest and back, this was enough to make Zhao Ya feel excited.

After all, in a battle, a slight advantage is enough to influence the outcome of the battle, let alone armor that can save lives.

Zhao Ya put the armor on his body with satisfaction, then calmed down and continued to practice martial arts.

The matter of the Paradise Sect gave Zhao Ya a reminder.

Even though the county is still peaceful now, with the gradual decline of the Imperial Court of Yan, the already chaotic world will continue to rot until it is out of control.

In such troubled times, only strength is the foundation of everything.

So Zhao Ya declined many invitations and concentrated on practicing martial arts at home.

Lu Dingtai was also quite pleased with Zhao Ya's decision.

He was afraid that Zhao Ya would be blinded by the glitz of the moment and go astray.

Now it seems that Zhao Ya is far more calm than he thought.

However, Zhao Ya is by no means indifferent to world affairs. In fact, he has been secretly paying attention to the situation in the county, especially the movements of the Paradise Sect.

After all, he chose it as a church and killed so many members of the Paradise Sect. Zhao Ya did not believe that the Paradise Church would just let it go.

Although he has been covering up his whereabouts, as long as someone is interested and does a little investigation, he can always find some clues.

But what surprised Zhao Ya was that there had been no movement from the Paradise Sect.

For this reason, Zhao Ya even secretly went to the small courtyard.

As a result, Zhao Ya did not find any bones among the burned ruins, as if the dead Han Suyun and others did not exist at all.

Zhao Ya was puzzled by this, but he was sure that the people of the Paradise Cult must have known about it, otherwise the bodies of Han Suyun and others would not have disappeared.

He just didn't know why the Paradise Cult didn't retaliate against him.

But even so, Zhao Ya still didn't take it lightly.

After all, no one knew whether this was the calm before the storm.

The only thing Zhao Ya could do was to practice hard and wait and see.

In the blink of an eye, autumn turned to winter, and a howling north wind blew away the branches and leaves of the whole city, and people changed into winter clothes.

Ping'anfang, in the courtyard.

After Zhao Ya, who was only wearing a single coat, finished a day's practice, and curls of hot air rose from his head and shoulders.

That was the effect caused by the extreme circulation of qi and blood.

[Proficiency of Eight Vajra Kung Fu plus 3]

With this line of prompts, Zhao Ya only felt his body tremble slightly, and then many new insights appeared in his mind.

Zhao Ya's heart moved, and then a light curtain that only he could see appeared.

Name: Zhao Ya. Age: 18 years old. Remaining life span: 100 (+330 days) years

Skills: Eight Vajra Longevity Skill (1% of the peak)

Five Tiger Fist (81% of the peak)

Wild Wind Sword Skill (78% of the peak)

Light as a Swallow (96% of the peak)

Breath Control Skill (52% of the peak)

Big Stone Smashing Hand (3/5000 of perfection)

Big Vajra Fist (234/2000 of mastery)

Golden Body Skill (1872/2000 of mastery)

[Kidney Unlock Progress: 28%]

After more than three years in this world, Zhao Ya's remaining life span finally broke through the 100-year mark.

Not only that, the Eight Vajra Skill also successfully broke through to the peak.

But what surprised Zhao Ya the most was that after reaching the peak, the name of the Eight Vajra Skill also changed, with the word "longevity" added.

Could it be...

Zhao Ya immediately closed his eyes and began to comprehend carefully.

After a moment, Zhao Ya opened his eyes, his face full of ecstasy.

As expected, after the name changed, Zhao Ya's mind also had a set of exercises called longevity exercises.

If the previous Eight Vajra Exercises was a pure yang and extremely strong method, then the longevity exercise that appeared in his mind now was a pure yin health-preserving exercise.

You should know that people have two innate energies, named Qianyang and Kunyin.

These two innate energies are the root of life span and the origin of all methods.

The Eight Vajra Exercises cultivate Qianyang and eliminate all innate diseases and evils of people.

But now Zhao Ya's remaining life span has passed the 100 mark, which also means that Zhao Ya has eliminated all innate diseases and evils, and Qianyang is pure.

After all, a person's maximum life span is about 120 years old without illness or disaster.

If you want to increase it, you must practice the Kunyin method.

It is said that there is yang in yin and yin in yang. Only when yin and yang complement each other can you live forever.

After knowing the mystery, Zhao Ya was overjoyed and started practicing immediately.

The longevity skill is also divided into eight forms.

The first form is to steal the Kunlun longevity wine.

The so-called Kunlun refers to the head of the six yang of a person, that is, the brain.

The longevity wine refers to the saliva in the mouth, also known as the golden saliva.

Lu Zu once said, "Drink the longevity wine by yourself, who will know about it?"

It can be seen that it is very important.

And the form that Zhao Ya practiced has four formulas.

The dragon plays with the water of Jiujiang, and the tiger climbs the mountains.

Where yin and yang exchange, the white lotus blooms in the fire.

The so-called dragon is the tongue, which is the sprout of the heart. The tiger is the tooth, which is the surface of the kidney.

The heart is yang and the kidney is yin. The two complement each other and the water of Jiujiang is produced.

As the saying goes, when Kan and Li are combined, water and fire are complemented. When they intersect and blend, the white lotus will bloom in the fire, thus prolonging life.

Zhao Ya silently recited these four mantras, stood with his whole body relaxed, closed his mouth, and used his mind to attract saliva.

The tip of his tongue moved back and forth in his mouth, and at the same time he imagined that the bones, muscles, and organs of his whole body were being cleansed by the flames.

After his mouth was filled with saliva, he slowly swallowed it three times, imagining that it entered the lower dantian and was burned by the yin and yang fire.

Gurgle, gurgle!

Zhao Ya felt his stomach rumble after just the first move.

Fortunately, he was well prepared and took out the dried golden-spotted black eel and swallowed it.

The next move was the second move, raising and lowering the sun and the moon and the Ren and Du meridians.

This move was to move the innate qi in the body and let it move along the Ren and Du meridians.

Although Zhao Ya was still far from the stage of opening meridians, it did not mean that all the meridians in the body were blocked.

It was just that the acquired qi and blood could not pass through, but the innate qi guided by the power of the mind could still pass through.

So Zhao Ya practiced slowly, and when he finished this movement, he was sweating all over.

It was impossible to continue practicing the following movements.

But surprisingly, although he only practiced two movements, Zhao Ya's life span increased again.

His remaining life span increased by more than one year.

This also shows that the power and consumption of this longevity exercise are much stronger than the Vajra Exercise.

In the next few days, Zhao Ya practiced this longevity exercise diligently every day, and finally practiced the first four movements.

The last two of these four movements are the third move, the inner rotation of Tai Chi and the eight trigrams, and the fourth move, the great rotation of freedom and happiness.

When the four moves were practiced, a line of prompts suddenly appeared.

[Spleen unlocking is turned on, current progress: 0%]

Zhao Ya was extremely surprised to see this prompt.

You should know that before, one organ was unlocked before the next one was unlocked.

But now the kidney is far from unlocked, and the spleen has also begun to unlock.

Is this also the effect of the longevity exercise?

Although he was surprised, Zhao Ya was still very happy.

After all, this will greatly speed up the progress of unlocking.

So Zhao Ya once again devoted himself to cultivation.

Another month passed in a blink of an eye, and with the fall of a heavy snow, the New Year was getting closer.

Many children have begun to look forward to the arrival of the New Year.

After all, for them, the New Year means a sumptuous meal, sweet peanut candy, and brand new clothes.

Even children from poor families are still the same.

Although it may not be as rich as that of rich families, at least there is a full meal, and even meat if you are lucky.

But these children did not notice that the closer the New Year is, the more worried their parents are.

After all, eating and drinking during the New Year and a new set of clothes for children are a big burden for those struggling at the bottom.

Zhao Ya was also worried at this time.

It was not because he had not made any progress in his cultivation.

In fact, with the acquisition of the longevity skill more than a month ago, Zhao Ya's cultivation was like a rocket, and he made progress almost every day.

What Zhao Ya was worried about was that with the simultaneous unlocking of the two organs, his demand for the flesh and blood of exotic beasts soared again.

And the golden-spotted black eel jerky that he had mainly eaten before was gradually ineffective at this time.

And unlike before, this could not be changed by increasing the amount of consumption, because it was not because the amount of qi and blood contained in it was not enough, but the quality could not keep up with Zhao Ya's current cultivation needs.

There was only one way to solve this problem, that is, to buy higher-level exotic beast jerky.

But the golden-spotted black eel jerky was already the highest-level jerky that Zhao Ya could buy on the market.

There were higher-level ones, such as the seven-star blood eel jerky provided by Dingtai Martial Arts Hall, which was higher-level than it.

But this level of jerky was only supplied to major forces and was not open to individuals.

Even if some of it flowed into the black market sometimes, its price was ridiculously high.

In other words, Zhao Ya once again fell into a blood crisis, but this time it was not a simple matter of money.

Zhao Ya had actually anticipated this situation.

After all, with the growth of strength, the required exotic meat jerky will also rise.

And high-level meat jerky is basically monopolized by various forces and is not sold to the outside world.

This is why ordinary people can achieve it through counterattack among the third-level warriors, but after reaching the fourth level, this phenomenon is almost extinct.

The monopoly of exotic meat jerky is one of the most important reasons

Zhao Ya had no idea what to do about this dilemma.

Fortunately, after this period of hard training, Zhao Ya's realm finally succeeded in advancing from the peak of the third level to the half-step fourth level.

Now Zhao Ya thought to himself that if he faced Xia Cunyi again, he would not need to use the big stone-smashing hand, and he could beat him into a pig head with the five tiger fists alone.