If you don't give up, I'd like to be your adoptive father.

Chapter 93: Pear Fragrance Garden

"You actually mastered more than a dozen sword skills." Hong Qi was stunned for a while before coming back to her senses. "Moreover, you also cultivated internal energy?"

Xiao Yu nodded and said with emotion: "Alas, no wonder they say 'Qi is the root' and 'Qi is the best medicine for strengthening the mind, spirit and body'. There is a huge difference between having internal Qi and not having it.

Even though he had mastered many kinds of sword skills before, it was difficult to directly convert them into powerful killing moves.

Now that he had internal energy, it became the 'body' that carried the sword intent.

Yi means soul, Qi means body. With soul and body, the sword Qi is as spiritual as a living person. "

The difficulty of cultivating internal energy is far less than the cultivation of "heart, spirit, and intention", but "qi" is the foundation of transcendence.

Without "Qi", no matter how strong your mind, spirit and will are, you cannot exert extraordinary power.

Even the divine will itself needs "qi" to display its power.

Before he developed internal energy, Xiao Yu's physique was only slightly stronger than that of ordinary people. He could not jump two meters high, fly by stepping on tree branches, or swing his sword to produce a half-foot long sword energy.

Even if she added the ferocious tiger's divine will to her sword moves, uninformed mortals would not be able to see the magic in them.

Only in the soul state, when facing ghosts and gods, the realm of spirit and will can be perfectly displayed.

Now anyone with eyes who saw the sword practice scene just now can tell that she is a "master".

"Although internal energy is good, the price is not small. Before, you didn't cultivate internal energy, but only cultivated divine will. There was still some hope for the immortal path, but now the 'clear water' has been used to brew tea.

Once you take a step into the side door, it's hard to turn back." Hongqiu sighed.

"Do you think I can meet my destiny in Hongxiufang?" Xiaoyu glanced at her and said in a complicated tone: "Maybe you still have some hope that someone will come to rescue you.

But if the person who comes to rescue you doesn't kill me with a sword, I will kneel down and thank him for not killing me.

If I want to survive in Hongxiufang and live a carefree life, I must practice immortal martial arts!

So, it’s not a question of choice, it’s that there is no choice at all.”

Hong Qi shook her head and said faintly, "Maybe I will have to ask you for advice on the way of immortal martial arts in the end."

There was something she didn't say in her heart: if one simply practices immortal martial arts and reaches the highest level, one will become a human immortal, but it will be difficult to achieve true freedom and ease, like the Five Absolute Swordswoman Li Manman.

Her father once told her personally that Li Manman's real strength was no weaker than his, even though she did not have the title of "Human Immortal".

But Li Manman is still the "Five Wonderful Swordswoman" and the most famous prostitute in Western Shu!

"What kind of sword were you practicing just now? It seems that every move has divine will, but it is not the 'Tiger Soul Seven Kills' that you majored in." She asked curiously again.

Xiao Yu smiled proudly and said, "Although you don't know martial arts, your eyesight is really good."

There are seven mysteries in Tiger Soul Seven Kills, and Tiger Minister has comprehended five of them. When Zifu deduced "Tiger Minister's Destruction Method", he not only found all the flaws of the five mysteries, but also gave the cracking moves.

For example, the "Tiger Roaring Sword", one of the seven mysteries, can condense the sword's power.

Zifu deduced a move to break the knife's force.

If the Tiger Roaring Knife move is practiced to develop the divine power, it is called "The Divine Power of the Fierce Tiger"; the "Tiger Breaking Posture" that is specifically designed to break the Tiger Roaring Knife can also be practiced to develop the divine power of "Slaying the Tiger".

In this way, Xiaoyu not only mastered the "Fierce Tiger Divine Will" which was higher than Hu Chen's realm, she also practiced the Tiger-Slaying Divine Will which was specifically designed to break the "Tiger Soul Seven Kills".

The "illusion" that Hongqi saw before: a roaring giant, an arm swinging an axe, a masked assassin, a wind elf, and a big net. They were all the sword moves of "Five Swords to Slay the Tiger" and "Nine Swords to Break the Wind" (which restrain "Feng Yin Baojian").

Xiaoyu is proud of the fact that she endowed the "Tiger-Slaying Sword" and "Wind-Breaking Sword" moves with souls in just one night, that is, she practiced the "sword intent" of the corresponding sword moves.

Zifu only gave the method to break the moves, and to practice the moves to divine power, she relied on her own Kunpeng wisdom and magical powers.

The combination of his supernatural powers of enlightenment and "Big Dad Destroying" truly made him the "Godfather Killer".

“Although “Tiger Soul Seven Kills” is good, I am no longer the adopted daughter of the Guan family, so it is not appropriate for me to display “Tiger Soul Seven Kills” publicly.” Xiao Yu explained with a smile.

Hong Qi's eyes widened in disbelief, "Don't tell me that the sword moves and sword intent just now were all newly created by you."

——Of course it’s my own creation, the only one in the world!
Xiaoyu really wants to show off this.

"Of course I didn't come up with it out of thin air. My adoptive father is the Immortal Eye Tiger. I myself experienced the Eight Immortals Shooting the Sun. I followed Marquis Lieyang all the way from Feixiandu. How could you think that I only know the Tiger Soul Seven Kills?"

Yesterday she witnessed the unique skills of more than a dozen martial arts masters and also obtained four martial arts secret manuals.

Xiaoyu has too many excuses.

Besides, her excuses weren't really excuses at all.

In two days, she will be able to fully understand the unique skills of Xu Dahao and other underworld bosses.

Her new sword moves and sword intent will clearly reflect the unique skills of Xu Dahao and other martial arts masters.

After all, she really called him "Daddy" yesterday.

They all agreed, and then were all touched by "Da Mie Ba".

Hong Qi said seriously: "You are really amazing, your talent in swordsmanship is something I have rarely seen in my life.

Ordinary warriors practice for a lifetime, but most of them only have the form but cannot touch the 'spirit'.

You can use all the moves effortlessly and understand the spirit and intention easily.

But you've taken the wrong path. Martial arts are about quality, not quantity. Your sword intent is strong, but too complicated."

Xiao Yu knew that she was very knowledgeable, so she didn't argue, but just asked curiously: "What happens if it's too complicated?"

Hong Qi said: "Being too complicated will not only waste time and prevent you from striving for perfection and reaching a higher level, but it will also waste a lot of your mental energy.

I once heard Uncle Kong say that the "intention" that gives a move its soul is like a newly laid chicken egg.

'Chicken eggs' are obviously not the end of life, but the beginning.

There are many higher realms above "intention".

Each level is a thousand times more difficult than comprehending the initial "intention".

Although you are highly gifted, you only have a lifespan of a hundred years and a pot of 'clear water'.

'Clear water' was also used to make tea.

Instead of wasting time dividing the 'tea' into many small cups, it is better to focus on one cup and turn it into a cup of nectar, or even a magical elixir that can change fate and create miracles. "

Xiao Yu listened attentively and asked hurriedly: "What are the realms above 'Divine Will'? How to achieve it?"

"do not know."

Seeing the doubt on Xiaoyu's face, Hongqi said calmly: "If Uncle Kong can reach a higher level, can you still sneak attack him?"

"He doesn't eat pork, but has he ever seen a pig run?" Xiaoyu said.

"The realm above 'intention' is not 'pig', it is phoenix, it is unicorn. As the saying goes, it is rare.

"Have you ever seen a phoenix fly, or a unicorn run?" Hong Qi asked. Xiao Yu patted the fine steel sword in his hand and sighed with a smile: "It seems that I can only be the phoenix myself."

The breakfast was very ordinary, with pickles, multi-grain porridge and fried cakes.

Not bad for an average family.

Xiaoyu saw Xiao Ziying, Xiao Dujuan and other little girls eating very happily.

But she is a warrior!

"Internal Qi" needs to extract the essence from the body and blood and transform it into "Qi".

To absorb "qi" from the outside world to replenish oneself, one must wait until the "true essence realm".

Xiaoyu had just developed the "inner breath" and was in need of internal replenishment.

"Ziying, did you help me find the errand boy I told you about last night?"

Ziying didn't bring them breakfast, but just asked them to go to the "canteen" to eat together.

After breakfast, they had to go to Lixiang Garden for "class" and could not stay in "Xiaojingxuan" to be lazy.

The dining hall is totally different from the cafeterias of the past.

In the small room next to the kitchen, which was low, cramped, dimly lit and less than 30 square meters, there were 40 or 50 young girls crammed together. The youngest were only two or three years old, still in their mother's arms, while the oldest were in their early 30s.

There are "daughters" that are not listed, and there are "girls" that are officially open for business.

The daughters slurped their porridge and had very good appetites.

The "girls" were either sleepy and dull, or excitedly talking about the obscene stories they had experienced last night.

It's not a place where demons are running rampant, but at least it's a place of chaos and foul smells.

Fortunately, the atmosphere was good, there was no bullying or noise, and no one disturbed Xiaoyu.

At most, they looked at her and Hongqiu with inquiring eyes and whispered about them.

"It was too late yesterday and the gate to the front yard was locked. After the aunts' classes are over in the morning, I will take you to see Uncle Zhang." Ziying is also a big eater.

Hongqiu finished her meal with one fried dough pancake and one bowl of porridge. She ate two big fried dough pancakes!
"What courses are there? Has Hongqiu been there before?" Xiaoyu asked.

"Sister Hongqiu has just arrived. Aunt Liu specifically told me last night to take Sister Fengxian and Sister Hongqiu to Lixiang Garden together."

Xiaoyu was surprised to find that more than half of the girls and women eating in the cafeteria had gone to Lixiangyuan.

Lixiang Garden is very large, with a large and spacious yard, without any rockery, fish pond, trellis or other objects.

It was paved with bluestone slabs and was very spacious, suitable for practicing martial arts. In fact, when they entered the yard, there were already a dozen young women practicing dancing and swordplay there.

The yard is big and the attic is not small either.

Ziying left Hongqiu on the first floor and led Xiaoyu to the third floor, where she lived in the same room with a group of little kids aged four or five.

"Are you going to teach me how to read?" Xiao Yu asked curiously.

Ziying nodded and took her to a fat-faced woman in her mid-thirties wearing a purple gauze skirt and said, "Sister Fengxian, you will be taught by Third Aunt next. Third Aunt, thank you for your help."

She also bowed to the woman.

The third aunt looked at Xiaoyu curiously and asked, "How many words do you know?"

Xiao Yu was a little speechless, and said: "Although I am a barbarian, I have been learning to recognize characters every day on the way from the Northern Wilderness to Shu. 'Qionglin Junior School', 'Thousand Character Classic' and the like are not difficult for me at all."

"Then write out your name and let me see it." said the third aunt.

Xiaoyu picked up the brush and wrote the three big characters "Yu Fengxian" on the paper.

"Hehehe" Ziying covered her mouth and laughed.

The little girls next to them also giggled.

The third aunt's mouth twitched, and she said, "Your word——"

Xiaoyu blushed and was about to make some excuses, but suddenly something came to her mind and she said, "Wait a minute, I'll write it again."

She held her breath and concentrated, using the pen as a sword, uniting her mind, spirit, body and energy. The soft tip of the pen became the edge of the sword, dancing on the paper as she wished.

The three characters were written in one breath, in one stroke, so seamlessly that they almost flew off the paper and turned into a phoenix, spreading its wings and flying high.

People who see the three words "Yu Fengxian" even have an illusion in their minds: the phoenix flaps its wings, creating airflow, and a gust of wind blows towards them.

"Great handwriting, great spirit!" Third Aunt's face changed and she couldn't help but praise loudly.

Ziying and the little girls beside them all had their eyes wide open, looking silly as if they didn't understand.

Xiaoyu threw away the brush and said with a smug smile: "Do I still need to learn?"

"Alas, no wonder the ancient sages said that if you understand one principle, you will understand all principles. Today I finally saw it."

Third aunt sighed, then looked at Xiaoyu and said, "If you are only satisfied with daily reading and writing, you really don't need to learn anymore.

But if you want to earn the reputation of a "talented woman" in the romantic world, you still have a lot to learn.

Of course, even if you want to learn, you have to ask Aunt Liu to find another famous teacher. My "Mengguan" cannot teach a "talented girl". "

"Third Aunt is certainly being modest. I once heard Aunt Liu say that 20 years ago, Third Lady's talent and reputation were no less than Sister Shaoyao's today.

Not only did countless men of letters fall in love with her, but the poetry collections sold in Xishu Bookstores today can all be seen in the works left by Sanniang. "As they went downstairs, Ziying said to Xiaoyu.

"She's so amazing! Why doesn't she move out like Sister Shaoyao, but instead comes back to Lixiang Garden to educate us?" Xiaoyu asked.

Ziying looked at her with complicated eyes and said, "When you have been to the 'poor house', you will not think that Third Aunt is in such a bad situation now."

"Where is the orphanage? Is it full of old singers and dancers?" Xiaoyu asked.

"Outside Tianmen Town, walk twenty miles from the South City Gate to the foot of Bashan Mountain. Not only are there old and ugly people, but there are also sick and crazy people.

Every month, new sisters come in through the front door, and older sisters are sent out through the back door of Hongxiufang." Ziying said gloomily.

Xiaoyu stopped talking.

Of course she knew that an ordinary prostitute would not have a good later life, but Sanniang was once "famous in Tianmen Town"!

Being only in his thirties, he ended up being a teacher for young children, which was already a very good outcome.

Where is the private savings she saved in her early years?

With just a few words, Xiao Yu was sure that Sanniang was not a wasteful person.

Could it be that when the prostitute gets old and can no longer make money, her private money will be snatched away by the Prince of Qinghe to build a new palace?
Alas, her plan was good. She immediately exchanged her private money for medicine packs to improve her strength.

(End of this chapter)