Chapter 20: Twelve Golden Palace Dragon Tiger Gate
Li Ye was looking at him, and he was also observing Li Ye. This man scanned Li Ye’s entire body up and down, focusing on his lower body for a while, nodded, and said:
“Hmm, good training method. You’ve put in the hard work. Martial arts has no shortcuts; being willing to put in the effort is right. Your observation skills are also good. No need to look anymore, I’m just an ordinary person.”
“Let me introduce, Old Xu, Xu Yanwu, probably the master who will teach you martial arts in the future. Li Ye, a kid I think highly of. You already know the general situation.”
Pan Zhengyang smiled at Xu Yanwu, then looked at Li Ye: “You haven’t eaten lunch yet, right? These things are also prepared for you. Let me see where your appetite is at.”
These words made Li Ye, who was walking over, stiffen in his steps.
What does that mean?
He looked at the food on this large stone table, different from what was eaten in the Disinfection Bureau’s canteen; this was clearly more luxurious.
Right in the center was a roasted lamb leg, with golden patterns on it surprisingly, and beside it was a roast suckling pig like purple jade.
The remaining dishes were all bizarre, with thick hooves—not like everyday fare. The palm claws with fiery red patterns. This one Li Ye recognized; it was bear paws!
Those eggs in a large bowl were like amber, where you could see the glowing yolks inside. There was jade-green on the back, and two clear-steamed fish like dragon whiskers. A bowl of clear soup with what looked like bamboo shoots inside, but the texture looked like meat.
Full to the brim, covering the large stone table.
So many super high-quality ingredients here, and then they want to check his appetite?
Has his rice-devouring habit been discovered?
Seeing Li Ye not moving, Pan Zhengyang called out: “What are you stiffening for? It’s not like you have to finish it all; you couldn’t anyway. Mainly to see exactly where your appetite is at. Come sit.”
Not discovered; just purely calling him to eat.
Li Ye relaxed inwardly, smiled and came over to sit down, picked up the prepared bowl and chopsticks, then thought of something and pulled out his own Five Flavors Chopsticks.
“Then I won’t be polite.”
“Five Flavors Chopsticks?”
Xu Yanwu showed a surprised expression. “A rare magic treasure.”
Pan Zhengyang laughed: “Not bad, right? This kid was very lucky; he took down a Five Plagues Ghost and got this good treasure. Li Ye, you’d better not”
He didn’t finish, as Xu Yanwu reached out to interrupt him and said: “Just eat it like this.”
Li Ye looked at Pan Zhengyang, who thought for a moment then also nodded with a smile. “That works, eat first.”
So many high-end ingredients; using Five Flavors Chopsticks could maximize the enhancement of Qi and Blood. Li Ye wouldn’t be polite and first picked up an egg and put it in his mouth.
Hmm, he could taste it.
Golden amber eggs, replenish energy, enhance immunity, also increase appetite, promote digestion.
And the quality was very high, five times that of Disinfection Bureau ingredients!
Plus the Five Flavors Chopsticks.
Good stuff!
He quickly ate two eggs, then ladled a bowl of bamboo shoot soup, stirred the Five Flavors Chopsticks in it, and while drinking the soup, ate the bamboo shoots.
Dust-washing jade bamboo soup; the texture really was like meat. It was already very fresh and delicious, and with the effects of the Five Flavors Chopsticks, it was even more exquisite. Li Ye’s eyebrows twitched as he drank.
It could dispel fatigue, invigorate the spirit, heal internal injuries and replenish vitality, increase appetite, promote digestion.
Three times that of canteen ingredients.
After drinking a bowl of soup, he picked up half a fish and took a big bite.
Cold pool dragon whisker fish, boneless, repairs the brain, enhances reflexes, also clears heat and reduces fire, and can increase appetite, promote digestion.
That thick hoof was black armor rock rhino hoof, which increases tendon and membrane strength, strengthens the body and health. It couldn’t increase appetite, but the soybeans cooked with it could; it was also a high-quality ingredient that increases appetite and promotes digestion.
The more he ate, the more Li Ye felt something was off.
Why did all the food have effects on appetite and digestion?
What is this for?
Li Ye subconsciously stopped his chopsticks and looked at the two.
Up to now, of this table of dishes, Li Ye had finished one-fifth.
“Can’t eat anymore?” Pan Zhengyang asked.
Li Ye nodded.
“Then train.”
Xu Yanwu stood up, gestured for Li Ye to follow him, then went to the center of the courtyard and had him stand straight. “Take off your clothes.”
“Ah?” Li Ye was startled.
“Take them off as I say, no nonsense, upper clothes.” Xu Yanwu called out.
Li Ye pursed his lips; out of trust in Pan Zhengyang, he still took off his upper clothes, revealing a lean yet very supple muscular outline.
“Follow my instructions, stimulate Qi and Blood.”
Li Ye stood firm upon hearing this, stimulated his Qi and Blood, showing a halo of smoke.
“Condense Qi and Blood, from here.”
Xu Yanwu pointed at Li Ye’s tailbone, going upward to the center of Li Ye’s back. “Bring it up to here, condense and move it in a swimming dragon way. If you can’t imagine it, then follow a left-nine right-five frequency, first go through three times.”
Dragon Gate Realm’s Qi and Blood turned substantial and could be controlled inherently, but Li Ye found he could control it even more finely. This wasn’t the authority’s effect; it was something unique to him.
He could inherently train moves to perfect. Now breaking through Dragon Gate, turning to substantial Qi and Blood, he could do fine control in Qi and Blood manipulation too, plus the authority’s Qi and Blood sensing, allowing even finer control.
He guided his Qi and Blood, controlling the direction with a frequency of pulling left nine times and right five times, going all the way up from the tailbone to the back heart. On the exposed spine, faintly, under the Qi and Blood stimulation of the halo smoke, the spine even showed, and it was vibrating rapidly.
Just like a rapidly swimming dragon.
This scene made Xu Yanwu show surprise, and the Pan Zhengyang behind widened his eyes.
But just an instant, Xu Yanwu reacted and said:
“Spread to the hundred bones, that is, to the internal organs, then rush to the limbs, like stretching lazily. Note, it’s spreading to every part of the body, not a single bit can leak!”
With that, he turned and walked back.
Spread to the hundred bones.
Li Ye continued guiding Qi and Blood, scattering the refined Qi and Blood from the back heart around the body, precisely attaching to every internal organ, even every tendon. Then limbs spread wide, diffusing Qi and Blood from inside out to arms, legs, knees, then to fingertips, even shaking a few times to relax.
Crackle!
Like thunder rumbling, the sound exploded from Li Ye’s body. With the sound, Pan Zhengyang suddenly stood up, looking like he’d seen a ghost.
Xu Yanwu, who had already walked back, abruptly turned his head. That face full of righteous and evil intertwining still had the flat expression with raised brows, but the surprise in his eyes was thick enough to not dissolve.
Who achieves this on their first training? Impossible, this…
“Old Xu!” Pan Zhengyang reacted a bit faster than him and reminded out loud.
“Collectively rush the crown of the head, then spit!” Xu Yanwu shouted, involuntarily clenching his fist, eyes wide.
Li Ye collectively lifted his Qi and Blood upward, from back heart to cervical vertebra, from cervical to the crown of the head. By now no need for Xu Yanwu to remind deliberately; that stimulation rushing straight to the crown made his head feel like exploding. A surge of energy arose inexplicably, rushing back from the head to the limbs and hundred bones, seeming about to explode.
Subconsciously, he exerted through his nose and spat hard.
Whoosh!!
Two streams of white air like arrows whistled out from Li Ye’s nose, spraying to the ground and spreading out. From afar, it looked like Li Ye had grown two white dragon whiskers.
After spitting, his body staggered, he patted his forehead twice, shook hard, which finally eased that explosive feeling a bit, and he couldn’t help cursing:
“Damn, what kind of ghost martial arts!”
“Dragon, Dragon Gate once and it’s mastered?!”
Just as the words fell, a shrill surprised cry came from behind. Li Ye turned to look; the one who made the sound was actually Pan Zhengyang!
That burly tough guy physique now looked like a startled little girl, fists pinched and raised upward, mouth puckered strangely and obscenely, giving a strong sense of discomfort.
Xu Yanwu’s expression didn’t change, but those eyes seemed to emit light, and his tone was much more urgent.
“Don’t move, let me check… Wait, Old Pan!”
Whoosh!
A gust of wind blew, right up to Li Ye, stirring his hair.
Pan Zhengyang rapidly closed in, scanned Li Ye up and down, then grabbed Li Ye’s wrist like taking the pulse.
“No problem!”
After pinching for a moment, he turned back excitedly: “Completely no problem! Body undamaged, Qi and Blood intact! Damn, you found a good disciple. This lineage won’t be lost!”
“Kid, no, Li Ye!”
Xu Yanwu stared at Li Ye with burning eyes, voice slow and firm: “From today on, I am the master teaching you martial arts!”
Then he looked at Pan Zhengyang: “Old Pan, ingredients are on you. Since no damage, enhance appetite, eat heartily.”
His voice was still flat, but the bursting veins on his neck revealed his excitement.
Pan Zhengyang waved his big hand grandly: “No problem, our relationship is solid; definitely eat to bell chimes and cauldron food level. Just go worry-free then!”
“I have a problem.”
The voice came from the side, making the two look over. Li Ye had raised his hand, extending two fingers: “Two problems.”
Lots of questions, but now, he only wanted to ask two things.
“First, what is this martial arts I learned called?”
Xu Yanwu upon hearing stared into Li Ye’s eyes, enunciating each word: “[Twelve Golden Palace Dragon Tiger Gate].”
Li Ye nodded and continued asking: “Second, does this martial arts rely on eating to improve?”
“You can understand it that way.” Xu Yanwu said.
Li Ye bared a mouth of white teeth, looked at the food on the stone table: “Then I feel… I can eat some more.”
