Chapter 15: The Method of Reversing the Flow of Qi

  "There was a delicious packet of instant noodles in front of me, I didn't cherish it, and when I lost it, I regretted it. The most painful thing in the world is this. If heaven gives me another chance, I will say three words to that packet of instant noodles - I soak you. If I must add an ingredient to this packet of instant noodles, I hope it's a sausage..."

  At 7:00 in the morning, a poem recitation full of emotions broke the original tranquility.

  This is Tang Xiaosheng's own mobile phone alarm clock ringtone.

  Tang Xiaosheng rubbed his sleepy eyes, slowly got up from the sofa, and only then discovered that Little Dragon Girl and Guo Xiang were already awake. The two of them were surrounding the small round table in the room, fiddling with something.

  "Big brother, good morning."

  Guo Xiang saw him wake up and greeted him, still holding a DV machine in his hand, which seemed to be filming the desktop. This DV machine was an AHD-S18 Patriot, a second-hand item that Tang Xiaosheng had bought for 300 yuan half a year ago.

  "Long'er, Xiang'er, what are you two doing?"

  "Long Jie is training Jade Hornets!" Guo Xiang explained.

  Training Jade Wasp?

  Tang Xiaosheng couldn't help but feel curious, and immediately got up to take a closer look. He saw that twenty white jade bees had landed on the table. Under the command of Little Dragon Girl, the twenty jade bees were arranged in four rows and five columns, advancing and retreating in unison like a well-trained army, with each movement neat and orderly.

  What's even more amazing is that after a while, these wasps were promoted from the "army" to the "air force", flapping their wings and flying away from the table, starting to perform aerial performances in the house, changing various formations in the air, sometimes forming a line shape, sometimes forming a square shape, and then separating into two teams to fly intersecting routes, making people's eyes dazzled.

  Witnessing this breathtaking scene, Tang Xiaosheng couldn't help but be stunned: "Long Er, how did you do it?"

  Little Dragon Girl said faintly: "As long as you can use your inner power to catalyze the Jade Bee Paste, it's not difficult."

  It turned out that the behavior of the Jade Wasp was achieved under the enticement of the scent of the Jade Wasp's sap. The Little Dragon Girl used her internal energy to catalyze the Jade Wasp's sap, and by controlling the flow of the scent, she controlled the flight path and behavior of the Jade Wasp.

  The deeper the inner strength, the more skilled the technique of catalyzing jade bee pulp is, and the stronger the ability to control the jade bee will be.

  However, not all jade wasps can be completely controlled, they must undergo certain training.

  "Hey, I plan to build a beehive at home and raise some jade bees. Do you think it's better to build the hive in the bathroom or in the room?" Little Dragon Girl suddenly turned her head and asked seriously.

  Beehive?

  Tang Xiaosheng's eyebrows tightened, and he thought that having this thing at home was a bit too scary.

  He paused for a moment, then said: "Long'er, as long as you like it, do whatever you want. It's just that we might be moving in a few days, so let's talk about building the beehive after we move!"

  "Listen to him talk about moving house," Longnü said with a smile: "No need to move house, isn't it good enough living here?"

  Guo Xiang nodded in agreement: "Yes, there are many rats here, I can practice the 'Orchid Finger Seal'!"

  Although Xiaolongnv and Guo Xiang didn't say it explicitly, Tang Xiaosheng could guess seven or eight parts of their intention. The two women agreed not to move house, with the purpose being nothing more than saving money.

  Tang Xiaosheng doesn't have much money now, he has spent all his savings on treating his leg injury before. Now he only has 10,000 yuan that Guo Yang gave him two days ago. According to the consumption level of Jinghua City, if he really rents a three-bedroom house with a better environment, the monthly rent will be at least 2,000 yuan, and the fee must be paid quarterly, plus the deposit, it will cost at least 70,000-80,000 yuan. Calculating this way, if he really moves to a new place, there won't be much money left.

  However, as a man, Tang Xiaosheng always felt that he had an obligation to make the women around him live better. He had already made up his mind that they would definitely move house, and in the next few days, he would go to the film city to try to find some roles to play and earn more money.

  It was just that this idea of his was opposed by Little Dragon Girl, who said: "Guo'er, your leg injury hasn't healed yet, put work aside for now and stay at home to rest well these few days. The main problem with your leg injury is the blockage of blood vessels, as long as you learn some qigong exercises to unblock them, you should be able to recover quickly."

  Tang Xiaosheng's leg injury was indeed not yet healed, and even if he went to film now, he couldn't do too intense movements. Upon hearing that learning the qigong exercises could help recover from leg injuries, he decided to give it a try.

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  After having breakfast, Tang Xiang's rearranged the items in the house and cleared out a small space for martial arts practice. Guo Xiang heard that Little Dragon Maiden was going to teach martial arts and she was also very interested, so she joined as an auditor.

  Because treating Tang Xao Sheng's leg injury requires unblocking the meridians, and unblocking the meridians requires a certain foundation of internal strength, Little Dragon Girl decided to start teaching from internal strength.

  "Little Dragon Maiden asked, "Do you still remember how you cultivated your internal energy back then?"

  Tang Xiaosheng thought for a moment about the scene in "The Return of the Condor Hero" where Yang Guo practiced martial arts with Little Dragon Girl in the ancient tomb, nodded and replied: "When I first met Long Er, I didn't have any internal energy either, but soon after, my internal skills made rapid progress. The reason is that I slept on the cold jade bed in the ancient tomb."

  Guo Xiang's eyes flickered beside him, and he said in a childish voice, "But we don't have the Cold Jade Bed now."

  Little Dragon Girl said faintly, "Although there is no Cold Jade Bed, we can create the effect of a Cold Jade Bed. Sleeping on a Cold Jade Bed can make one's internal energy surge because even when sleeping, one must mobilize their entire body's strength to resist the cold. Even in dreams, they can still practice their skills. Practicing skills goes against nature and requires the circulation of qi and blood, which is different from normal times. Generally, after people fall asleep, their qi and blood will unconsciously circulate normally, so nine out of ten parts of the skills practiced during the day are wasted. On a Cold Jade Bed, even when sleeping, one's qi and blood will still be reversed to counteract the cold air, so not only will it not consume the martial arts practiced during the day, but it will also increase one's strength."

  Although Little Dragon Girl's words were a bit hard to understand, Tang Xiaosheng still understood them. In summary, it was just one sentence:

  Han Yu Chuan = Resist Cold + Revert Qi and Blood Stagnation.

  Xiaolongnv said, "Guo'er once taught me a set of 'Reversing Pulse Method', and later I combined the 'Soul Transference Technique' from the 'Nine Yin Manual' with this method to create a new 'Reversing Pulse Method'. As long as you practice this method secretly while sleeping, it will have the same effect as sleeping on an icy jade bed, or even better."

  Having heard this, Tang Xiaosheng's heart was full of expectation, and he hastily asked: "Long Er, what exactly should we do?"

  Xiao Long Nu said: "To cultivate this mental method, you need to be in a cold environment. The colder the environment, the better the effect of cultivation, and the faster the internal strength will progress. Therefore, from tonight on, you can't cover yourself with a quilt when sleeping..."

  "Are you not going to cover yourself with a quilt?" Tang Xiao Sheng's eyebrows furrowed, because the weather forecast said that in recent days there would be several strong cold air masses coming, and the nighttime temperature would only be one or two degrees. Not covering himself with a quilt was really too cruel. He weakly asked, "Long Er, is this method really feasible?"

  Little Dragon Girl knew that his martial arts memory had not fully recovered and he had no impression of practicing martial arts, so she further explained in detail: "Not only can't cover the quilt, but also don't wear clothes, sleep naked. Even so, it's still far from enough. It's best to take a cold shower before sleeping and turn on a fan to blow strongly against the body while sleeping. In short, think of ways to create an icy environment. The colder the environment, the better the effect of practicing while sleeping, and the faster the progress."

  Although Little Dragon Girl's words sounded a bit too inhumane, the unparalleled martial arts were not that easy to learn after all. Tang Xiaosheng didn't have any other skills, but he was good at enduring hardships. After careful consideration, he decided to try her method.

  "The Reversal of the Pulse Technique" was created by Western Venom Ouyang Feng after he practiced the "Nine Yin Manual" in reverse, and later passed it on to Yang Guo, who then passed it on to Little Dragon Girl. In other words, this is a set of martial arts invented by a madman.

  The madman's invention of martial arts naturally has the madman's practice method. The most effective way to cultivate "Reversing Meridian Method" is - headstand.

  After a detailed theoretical explanation by Little Dragon Girl, Tang Xiaosheng had a general understanding of the "Reversal Pulse Method". After completing the theoretical knowledge, he officially entered the practical phase.

  He then walked to the corner of the room, flipped his body forward, put his hands on the ground, and leaned his feet against the wall, in an inverted position.

  Guo Xiang thought this set of martial arts was very special and couldn't help but feel curious, also wanting to learn it. So she also stood upside down on the wall like him.

  It's just that standing upside down is an act against the physiological laws of human body, and it's not comfortable to maintain such a posture. After a while, the blood in their bodies quickly flowed back to their heads, and both of them felt their heads swelling severely, and they couldn't help but feel a little dizzy.

  In less than five minutes, Guo Xiang finally couldn't hold on and fell off the wall. She rubbed her temples with her small hands and muttered to herself: "This set of martial arts is really hard to practice."

  Xiaolongnv smiled slightly: "Xiang'er, take your time, no need to rush."

  Tang Xiaosheng was also struggling to hold on, but he didn't want to give up easily. Instead, based on the oral formula taught by Little Dragon Girl, he tried to run the "Reversal Meridian Method" in his body.

  At first, there was no effect at all, only a splitting headache and some unbearable pain, but he still gritted his teeth and persevered.

  More than ten minutes later, some pleasant changes began to occur in the body. The dizziness and swelling sensation in the head gradually alleviated, and he found that he had slowly adapted to the inverted posture, which seemed to be no different from standing upright.

  All these phenomena indicate that his "Reversal Pulse Method" has entered the doorway.

  The strength of his arms was ultimately no match for his legs, and after holding the handstand for fifteen minutes, Tang Xiaosheng finally fell off the wall due to exhaustion.

  But he didn't rest for too long, in less than ten minutes, he climbed over the wall again and continued to maintain his inverted posture.

  Xiao Long Nu was worried that he would practice too much and repeatedly advised him to rest for a while, but Tang Xiao Sheng explained that he was fine. In fact, he had already become somewhat addicted. Because when he was upside down, the strange changes in his body made him extremely excited.

  After the second handstand, he felt much better than the first time and quickly adapted to this unconventional posture. The duration of his second handstand also exceeded the first one by more than five minutes, reaching twenty minutes.

  Afterwards, each time he stood on his head, the duration increased: twenty-six minutes for the third time, thirty-three minutes for the fourth time, forty-two minutes for the fifth time...

  All day long, he was practicing handstands except for eating meals. By the evening at over 9 o'clock, his last handstand lasted more than an hour.

  "Ah, it seems your 'Reversal of Meridians Technique' has shown some minor progress."

  Tang Xiaosheng was overjoyed, thinking that today's efforts had not been in vain. He asked, "Long Er, now that I've mastered the 'Reversal of Meridians Technique', can I use this mental method to resist cold and cultivate internal energy?"

  "Not bad." The little dragon girl nodded and paused for a moment before saying, "However, you have to go take a cold shower first."