Martial Arts and Longevity: Starting from the Spiritual Beast Picture

Chapter 2

As a time traveler, Zhao Lin also awakened his golden finger when he came to this world.

It was a map of the Nine Palaces printed in my mind, with black lines on a gold background, three horizontal and three vertical, and a total of nine blank grids.

Along with it came a strange memory.

Zhao Lin learned from that memory that the Nine Palaces Map is called the Spirit Beast Map, which can absorb the spirits of beasts and obtain one of their abilities.

Ability must be a strong point, a specialty, of the species over most animals.

For example, if you absorb the spirit of a dog, you can get its keen sense of smell; if you absorb the spirit of a snake, you can get its heat-seeking ability, and so on.

Animals without specialties such as chickens, ducks, and geese cannot.

In order to verify the authenticity of Goldfinger, Zhao Lin asked his elder brother to take him to the town to visit the butcher slaughtering pigs as soon as he was able to get out of bed.

Watching the butcher stab the sharp knife into the pig's chest, several streaks of silver light rose up, converging in the air to look like the pig before it was alive.

Shocked, Zhao Lin took a few steps back at the same time—for fear that he might accidentally suck the pig's spirit into his body.

This also made Zhao Lin's thoughts come alive.

The common and special animals in the village seem to be only earth dogs, but the dog's nose cannot solve his current survival problem.

Not considered for now.

He wants to have the strength of a bear, the speed of a leopard...

However, these ferocious beasts are hidden in the deep mountains and old forests, and they have no ability to hunt them down.

He was thinking about going into the mountains with the hunters in the village to try his luck one day, when others hunted and killed wild animals, he took the opportunity to absorb the spirit.

It's a good idea, but now that the mountains are covered by heavy snow, animals rarely go out for activities.

Like black blind men, snakes, mice, hedgehogs and the like have already gone to find local cats.

The hunters are at home, and this matter has been delayed until now.

Now that he heard that Zhou Laowang's family was going to kill a cow, Zhao Lin had an idea and realized that the opportunity to open the spirit beast map had come.

What is the specialty of a cow?
Of course, its strength is not inferior to that of a bear and a tiger, and its endurance is long!

If you have the power of a cow, you will be a little more guaranteed to survive in troubled times.

Thinking of this, Zhao Lin put down his chopsticks and asked his father, "Father, when will Zhou Laowang's family kill the cow?"

"Tomorrow morning, it is said that the butcher in the town was invited." Father Zhao replied.

"I'll go and see tomorrow..."

After dinner, the family went to bed early before it was dark.

Although people in ancient times did not know the law of heat, they also knew that lying in bed would not cause hunger, and poor people went to bed earlier.

Zhao Lin lay on the bed in the outer room, unable to sleep anyway.

I kept thinking in my head, what would I do in the future if I had the strength of a cow.

Like my elder brother, I can go to the town to do part-time jobs, but it is slower to earn money this way.

I heard that there is a forest farm on the mountain, which employs a lot of long-term workers. The job is to cut wood and transport the wood down the mountain. Although it is hard work, it is a lot of money.

The only problem is that the forest farm is too far away from home, and he has to eat and live there. Zhao Lin is worried that his parents will not be taken care of after he leaves home.

In addition, there are two piers in the county seat, and manpower is required to move goods, which is also an option.

Thinking of this, Zhao Lin laughed at himself. Others traveled through all kinds of massacres, but he was thinking about how to work hard.

The key is to absorb the spirit of the cow, how strong can you be?

Early the next morning, Zhao Lin got up to wash up, greeted his parents and went out.

Zhou Laowang's house is in the East Village next door, just across a mountain.

His family is a well-known well-to-do family in the East Village, with more than [-] acres of land and four sons, all of whom are of marriageable age.

Now that the harvest is poor in the fields, the cattle are not of much use, so they have to kill the cattle in order to raise money for their sons to marry their wives.

When Zhao Lin came to the East Village, it was just dawn, and many people surrounded the village.

In the farming era, people had unusual feelings for cattle, coupled with strict government restrictions, so it was the first time for many people to see people kill cattle after living for decades.

Zhao Lin stood for a while, when he heard a bell ring, Zhou Laowang and his four sons walked over leading an old scalper.

It can be seen that this old cow has been raised very well, with a large stature, a strong physique, and flesh on its stomach.

Walking closer, Zhou Laowang wiped his red eyes, and said loudly, "Please folks, get out of the way."

The crowd retreated one after another, discussing in low voices.

"It's a pity, what a cow."

"I grew up watching a cow and even rode on its back to play. I didn't expect to be here today."

"No way, four dowry money..."

Zhou Laowang nodded to thank everyone, and then said to the bearded man beside him, "Please Zhang Tu, let him suffer less."

Zhang Tu patted his chest and said confidently: "Don't worry, Mr. Zhou, we promise not to let him suffer."

After speaking, he took out a black cloth, asked someone to help cover the bull's eyes, and then grabbed a small hammer from behind.

Zhao Lin understood. He had read in books before that the central nervous system was distributed in the middle of the cow's horns. Once hit, the cow would faint.

This method of slaughter is more humane, and the cattle do not feel pain.

The old scalper seemed to know his next fate, and he would not run or earn money, but big tears rolled down from the bull's eyes.

"This cow understands human nature."

Butcher Zhang praised it, took a deep breath, and slammed it down with a hammer.

The old scalper fell to the ground.

Butcher Zhang took out a bull knife and cut the cow's neck to let the blood out. Zheng Laowang and his sons caught the cow's blood in basins.

Zhao Lin didn't pay attention to this, and looked at the old cow without blinking his eyes.

After a while, dots of silver light rose from the old cow's body.

These silver lights gathered together and gradually took shape, finally turning into the shape of a cow above the corpse.

This is the spirit of the cow.

The picture of the spirit beast in Zhao Lin's mind seemed to smell the scent of the spirit, rippled and trembled non-stop.

He no longer hesitated, took a strong inhalation, and the spirit penetrated into his body along his nostrils.

boom!
The silver light exploded, and the spirit beast picture suddenly lit up.

Zhao Lin felt as if he had been thrown into a wind tunnel where air was flowing at high speed.

The muscles of the whole body are constantly being squeezed and stimulated, and there is also a feeling of tearing from the inside out.

He tried his best to endure, but his body trembled uncontrollably...

After an unknown amount of time, a silver light flashed on the spirit beast map, and the head of the old scalper appeared in the first grid.

done?

He took a deep breath, feeling full of strength all over his body.

Not far away there is a piece of blue stone for threshing millet, which weighs two to three hundred catties. Go over and grab it firmly, and lift it up with all your strength.

The blue stone rose into the sky!

"Great!"

Zhao Lin put down the stone, his mind agitated, and he swung his arm vigorously.

Adults can lift a weight equivalent to their own body weight, and for those who exercise regularly, it can increase by [-]% to [-]%.

Zhao Lin is not yet an adult, and it is absolutely impossible to lift such a heavy blue stone before today.

And he felt that he still had enough strength, and if he used his full strength, he could lift it with an additional hundred catties.

At this moment, a series of cock crows sounded in his stomach.

A strong sense of hunger surged in his body, like a violent storm, and every cell in his body frantically opened his mouth wide.

I can't wait to get rid of the crowd and eat the cow raw.

Zhao Lin knew that this was caused by the Spirit Beast Map absorbing the spirit of the old scalper and transforming the body to consume energy.

He resisted the burning discomfort in his stomach, and hurried home.

"Mom, is there anything to eat at home?"

When Zhao Lin arrived home, he was exhausted and his face was pale.

He had never had a full meal since time travel, but it was definitely the first time he was so hungry.

Zhao's mother was startled when she saw this, and hurried into the kitchen to take out two bran cakes.

Zhao Lin ate the cake with water.

The bran cake, which is usually difficult to swallow, now tastes like egg yolk crisps.

He smacked his lips twice, feeling that it was still far away, but it was much better than before.

Mother Zhao said softly, "Are you hungry? I'm going to cook right now."

"Mom, I'll help you."

Zhao Lin didn't know how to cook, but thanks to the memory of his previous life, he was able to do farm work and housework very quickly.

When passing by the main room, Zhao Lin took a look inside and found that his father was not there, so he asked, "Mother, where did father go?"

Zhao's mother started the stove and said, "Your father is free, go out and gather some firewood and come back."

"Father is not in good health, what kind of firewood do you go out to collect in this cold weather?"

"It's okay, I won't be tired collecting firewood..."

Zhao Lin sighed silently, feeling a strong urge to change the status quo.

For myself and for my family.

After a while, the old man came back with a bundle of firewood, and the meal was ready.

(End of this chapter)