Chapter 29 Fierce Tiger
In the direction of the Southeast of the town was a mountain generally known as Mount Star. that was the place the Star Temple was constructed at.
Because it was scorching in the course of the summer season, there weren’t many individuals climbing the mountain to get to the temple.
Nonetheless, on both facet of the steps had been lush inexperienced vegetation. The place gave off a celestial vibe.
“Can I get an incense stick?” Chi Qiaosong seen a practitioner promoting incense sticks when he entered the temple. In a temple, those that had been going via cultivation had been ranked by homeowners, monks, and masters, whereas those that weren’t cultivating had been merely generally known as practitioners.
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The robes that these totally different ranks wore had been visibly totally different as properly.
The practitioner, studying a newspaper, didn’t even increase his head and mentioned, “It’s 1, 5, 10, 50, and 100 {dollars} every from left to proper.”
“I’ll get a 1 greenback one.”
The younger boy took out two 5 cents invoice to buy the most cost effective incense stick.
He lit the stick to the lighter on the desk and prayed earlier than sticking it into the cauldron surrounded by white smoke. The smoke contained in the temple was so dense that Chi Qiaosong’s eyes virtually turned purple.
“Excuse me, however can I do know if Priest Liu Chun is right here or not?”
“Oh? You might be on the lookout for Senior Brother Liu?” The practitioner lowered his newspaper a bit to point out his eyes.
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“Sure. I’m his pupil. I have to see him.”
“Is that so?” the practitioner nonchalantly replied and raised his newspaper again up. “I don’t know the place he’s.”
Because the Star Temple was managed straight by the town, even a practitioner was a governmental official. It was virtually unattainable to hitch the temple if one’s household wasn’t outstanding sufficient. That was why them treating commoners rudely was a standard sight.
Chi Qiaosong frowned and headed straight into the corridor to seek for his teacher.
After asking round, he lastly discovered Liu Chun within the Talisman Corridor. The teacher was making a talisman in the mean time. Though Taoist monks possessed Qi of their our bodies, they weren’t in a position to manifest it outdoors of their our bodies. Nonetheless, they might create talismans and infuse their Qi into them.
The talismans made by a householder might final for 3 to 5 days.
One made by a priest might final for ten days to half a month.
And the grasp’s talismans might protect their results for nearly half a 12 months.
“Who’re you once more?” Liu Chun was wholly centered on making his talisman that he wasn’t even fascinated about his visitor.
“Sir, my identify is Chi Qiaosong. I’m a pupil on the Army Academy who has simply reached the Wrestler Aircraft. I occurred to have the ability to sense power fluctuations once I was practising the Yu Sword Talent.”
Liu Chun raised his head to check the coed in entrance of him. “Oh? You may sense power fluctuations?” His eyes had been judging the younger man.
There have been two the explanation why a Taoist priest like Liu Chun would train on the Army Academy. One was that the commander established the academy, and the temple couldn’t reject sending a priest to show there. And the opposite was as a result of Liu Chun had a lover, and he wanted the additional revenue.
As for the Purple Cloud Serenity, he by no means thought there can be a pupil who might grasp it.
Many rich and highly effective households despatched their kids to the temple to be taught internal energy, however solely a handful might grasp it. The requirement for getting internal energy was a lot tougher than exterior expertise.
“Sure. I can.”
“Don’t deceive me.” Liu Chun put his brush down as his mild expression was changed with a severe one. “Though our One Phrase Qi can’t depart our our bodies, it received’t be arduous for us to detect when you can detect power fluctuations or not.”
“There’s no motive for me to lie, Mr. Liu.” Chi Qiaosong took his Wrestler Aircraft ID out of his pocket and confirmed it to the priest. “I’m already within the Wrestler Aircraft.”
“I see…” Liu Chun was nonetheless not satisfied. “Then, inform me, what does power fluctuation really feel like?”
Chi Qiaosong then informed the trainer intimately about how he sensed the fluctuation and what it felt like.
“Seems such as you actually can sense it. Power fluctuation is step one to attaining Qi. What you might want to do now could be comply with the movement of the fluctuation and slowly domesticate it. You’ll have the ability to achieve your One Phrase Qi with that.”
“Thanks, sir.” The reality was that he had already generated his personal One Phrase Qi and was now within the Novice Aircraft. Nonetheless, he discovered no motive to reveal that.
“Additionally, your exterior ability coaching goes in the suitable route because you’ve already achieved the Wrestler Aircraft,” Liu Chun mentioned. “I counsel you don’t quit on that too. Come to me when you discover your exterior ability blocked by power fluctuation. And once you lastly gathered your personal Qi, register your self with the Star Temple.”
Chi Qiaosong then continued to talk with Liu Chun for fairly some time within the temple, primarily centered on inside energy.
Sadly, the younger man couldn’t discover an excuse to be taught one other inside energy ability. As a substitute, Liu Chun insisted that he give attention to the Purple Cloud Serenity as, in contrast to exterior expertise, leaping from one approach to a different was not beneficial for inside energy.
That was as a result of everybody had a single path to direct their expertise. Mixing different paths would trigger a battle in a single’s Qi.
It might trigger one to lose their path.
“You’ll have the ability to be taught a higher-level approach upon getting cultivated your One Phrase Qi,” Liu Chun mentioned. “Buy a Cloudy Bookbag Seven Slips from the temple in your approach out. Discover ways to create talismans and rites to arrange your self for the longer term.”
“Okay.”
On his approach out, Chi Qiaosong bought the e-book as his teacher had beneficial.
It price him 25 {dollars} and eighty cents, and he nonetheless managed to persuade himself to make the acquisition.
After heading down from the temple, he was about to go dwelling when he seen a bookstore. He entered the shop, and it solely took him a couple of minutes to seek out the identical Cloudy Bookbag Seven Slips revealed by the identical writer.
Nonetheless, it was priced at six {dollars} and fifty cents.
After evaluating the contents, he concluded that each had been the identical.
He instantly rushed again as much as the temple and located the practitioner accountable for promoting the books. “I need a refund!”
“No refunds!”
“What? This e-book is priced at six {dollars} 50 cents on the different locations, and also you’re promoting it for 25 {dollars} and 80 cents!”
“You solely seen the worth distinction, huh? I suppose you don’t know that each one our books are blessed by a grasp. Reciting this e-book will carry peace to your loved ones.” The practitioner flipped the e-book to the primary web page, with a talisman sample on it. “That is the Household Safety Talisman made by our abbot.”
Chi Qiaosong was barely shocked when he noticed the talisman.
Though weak, he might really feel Qi from the talisman, proving that it was actual.
Nonetheless, he nonetheless felt like he was scammed for purchasing a Household Safety Talisman for greater than 19 {dollars}.
“High-quality! i’ll not less than present my teacher some respect. I’ll return as soon as I discover ways to make my very own talisman!” Chi Qiaosong clicked his tongue earlier than he left.
“Like you’ll be able to be taught that!” The practitioner couldn’t assist however secretly scoff as he watched the younger boy depart.
“For the reason that Crazed Bull Heavy Fist mimics the bull, you’ll be able to guess {that a} tiger conjures up the Fierce Tiger Heavy Fist. That’s why these two expertise are totally different.”
He Bozhao lastly discovered time on a Wednesday to show Chi Qiaosong and clarify the ability to him.
As a Knight Aircraft martial artist, he might mimic a tiger with each punch. It was as if he had a tiger’s soul in him that might manifest at any time when he threw his punch out.
The younger boy solely had time to memorize the actions earlier than the category ended.
He Bozhao checked his watch and mentioned, “I’ve a gathering on Friday, so that you’ll must observe by yourself. Your first homework is to grasp the motion.”
“Sure, sir.” Chi Qiaosong paused for a second. “Sir, can I ask Mr. Xu Jingyang to assist me with the ability too?”
The chief teacher frowned. “What? Do you suppose that I can’t train you?”
“Under no circumstances. It’s simply that you’re an especially busy individual, Mr. He. There’s no approach I can bother you with all of the small element.” Chi Qiaosong honestly replied, as he by no means favored counting on the instructors too. “I can observe by myself as soon as I get my fundamentals proper, and I’ll solely come to you if there’s an issue I can’t clear up myself.”
Chi Qiaosong needed to know the basics of each ability as a substitute of counting on the instructors’ teachings.
After a second of hesitation, He Bozhao nodded.”Is smart. I do have to deal with all the teachings right here. Even half of my time is spent on conferences. I’ll let Xu Jingyang know.”
“Thanks, sir.”
“You don’t have to thank me. You’re my pupil, in any case.”