Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 1241 The Difficult Road
Grandma ate slowly, savoring every bite, and occasionally nodding in agreement.

As she ate, Kournikova said, "Grandma, Widow Chen told me to seduce the fox spirit."

Grandma chuckled. Kournikova looked at her grandmother with a blank expression. Grandma looked at Kournikova and said with a smile, "When she was young, her nickname was Thousand-Faced Flying Fox."

Kournikova was immediately shocked. This was like an old cow eating young grass, but I'm not grass yet. I'm just a sprout.

"Grandma, please eat more shark fin soup. It's quite rare; I found it in the sea." Kuva served a bowl to her grandma and another to her daughter.

Grandma drank her drink while asking, "What is the sea?"

"Yeah, we went a bit further this time. We saw a body of water, all water, but it was all saltwater, blue, and it stretched as far as the eye could see." Kournikova said while eating.

He picked up another steamed bun and continued, "I'll take you there sometime; I've got a lead."

"Shut up!" Grandma said in a low voice.

"The town is not peaceful anymore. Some people are already looking for the owner of the items. Didn't you see that Li Daniu has closed his shop?"

Kournikova paused for a moment, then said, "I didn't notice when I came in, but I did see the little cow and her sister. I even gave them some fruit."

“Li Daniu has been targeted. Three groups of people have already caused trouble for him. Li Daniu is pretending to be confused in order to get away with it, but they won’t let him get away with it.”

Kournikova lowered her voice, "Your Excellency..."

Grandma rolled her eyes at Kova and said, "If you were an official, the grass on your grave would be overgrown by now."

He took a sip of shark fin soup and said, "Who is the official here? There is only one official, and that is Bai Nanshan. Otherwise, how did you exchange all those strange and unusual things for medicinal herbs and money?"

Kova was startled. "There's this layer too? Does that mean I can do whatever I want in Baishan Town?"

Grandma seemed to sense his thoughts and said in a low voice, "Keep a low profile. In this town, your father has about 80% enemies."

Kournikova felt a chill run down her spine after hearing this and asked, "What about the rest of them?"

“Thanks to your father, nobody knows. Besides, those guys are all shrewd people. Only our family knows. Who are we? Can I tell you?” Grandma served herself another bowl of shark fin soup.

Ugly Girl tugged at Kournikova's sleeve and held up her bowl, indicating that she wanted more.

Kournikova ladled out a bowl, handed it to the girl, and ate it herself, seemingly lost in thought.

Grandma didn't bother him. After finishing her meal, she got off the kang (a heated brick bed) and went to the kitchen to watch the fire.

Baishan Town is surrounded by mountains on three sides, with only one road leading south to the outside world. Behind the mountains on the other three sides lies an endless expanse of mist.

The fog is mysterious, and mystery inspires longing, which in turn leads to adventure, and then there are those who never return.

Anyway, the old dean of the town said that in the five hundred years of official records, no one has ever been heard of walking out of the fog. Millions went in, but none of them came back alive.

Millions of people! Only ordinary people can go on adventures. How many experts would die?

Didn't you see Wen Xiucai looking sadly at the Moyu Sword? That was his second uncle's sword.

Kournikova put down her chopsticks, ran to the kitchen, and asked, "Can my dad go in?"

"You're overthinking it. If your father could get in, why would he have become a bandit?" Grandma replied without even looking up.

Kournikova squatted down and handed her grandmother firewood, still unwilling to give up, and asked, "Then how can I get in?"

Grandma looked at Kova meaningfully and said seriously, "I don't know how you got in, but I do know that you knew to get off the bed and pee outside when you were two years old."

Kournikova gave a thumbs-up and praised, "Old ginger is spicier. I told you there was a tradition, it's just that the tradition is a bit strange."

"You're twelve this year, ten years now. Is there anything you want to know?" Grandma suddenly asked. Kournikova chuckled and replied, "The more you know, the faster you die."

The grandfather and grandson burst into laughter.

Ugly Girl got out of bed and said, "Brother, hurry up and get ready, I want to draw."

"What time is it? Still drawing? Wait a minute, it's Bathing Day today." After saying that, he stood up, walked to the table inside, and with a flick of his wrist, a pile of medicinal herbs appeared on the table.

Kournikova started tidying up, while Ugly Girl snuggled up to her grandmother. Her grandmother stroked Ugly Girl's head and muttered, "She's going to enjoy life."

Ugly Girl tilted her head back and gave her grandma a big smile.

As she packed up the medicinal herbs, Kournikova asked, "When you left, you said you'd have a duel. Did the sword or the saber win?"

"Guess?" Grandma asked, intrigued.

"I bet it's a knife. Old Sima's little rascal hasn't reached the Grandmaster level yet, he's probably going to get beaten up again, and he'll get another beating when he gets home. Sigh. He's such a worry." Kuva and Sima Nan are very good friends.

“It’s a whip, a little girl, but she comes from a very powerful family in Nanzhou,” Grandma said.

Kournikova paused for a moment, then burst into laughter, pulling her grandmother aside and saying, "Grandma, let's make a bet: Sima Nan won't show up for two months."

Grandma laughed and replied, "I won't fight you. Old Sima has declared that he won't leave the house until a Grandmaster is reached."

"Can't we eat Brother Nan's osmanthus cake anymore?" Ugly Girl looked at Kourva with melancholy eyes.

"You can have it, I'm here for you, I'll steal it for you."

Ugly Girl burst into laughter instantly, and Grandma laughed too.

Midnight, Nishijutsu
After the medicinal bath, Kournikova practiced boxing in the yard while her grandmother watched.

After finishing a set of punches, Kournikova sighed and said, "Grandma's reached her limit, what should we do?"

Grandma was shocked and quickly asked, "When did this happen?"

Kournikova didn't say anything. She flipped her hand and punched the ground. A fierce burst of fist energy broke through the ground and surged underground, creating a hole that couldn't be seen at a glance.

This is the pinnacle of divine control, where a single thought grants complete understanding, the ultimate power, and everything is rendered intangible.

In this continent, martial arts are divided into nine levels. The peak of the nine levels is the Martial Arts Grandmaster. After the Martial Arts Grandmaster, one must temper one's divine sense. Currently, the known top level in the Qian Yuan Continent is the peak of the Divine Control realm, which belongs to the imperial dynasty.

After reaching the ninth level of martial arts, one needs to use external forces to improve oneself. This requires a divine pill made from a main medicinal ingredient and hundreds of other medicinal ingredients. Each divine pill is worth ten thousand gold pieces. Reaching the peak of the Divine Realm requires the ninth level, and the amount of money needed during this period is astronomical in the Qian Yuan Continent.

With another flick of her arm, Kournikova made the hole disappear, restoring everything to its original state.

"Your dad isn't as good as you," Grandma said proudly.

Kournikova said, "I want to try a different path, I don't know if it will work, but don't worry, it's not the monk's path."

Grandma gave him a deep look and said, "You said there are three thousand paths to enlightenment, so I'll believe it for now. Anyway, I'll get married and have children as I see fit."

After saying that, Grandma, leaning on her cane, turned and went back into the house.

Kournikova was both amused and exasperated. She walked to the stone table and sat down, the past vividly flashing before her eyes.

When I was two years old, a bunch of random skills appeared in my mind, and I also felt changes in my body, which, according to tradition, meant a cleansing and rejuvenation process. This was later confirmed, and when I started practicing martial arts at the age of three, everything went smoothly. My grandmother knew about this and told me to keep my skills hidden.

(End of this chapter)