Chapter 228 Everything is ready [5700]
When I was young, I didn’t know the moon and called it a white jade plate.
I also suspected it was the mirror of Yaotai, flying in the blue sky.
The immortal hangs down his two feet, and the osmanthus tree is round.
The White Rabbit has finished pounding the medicine, and asks with whom he will eat it.
…
Early in the morning, Li Nuo inscribed Li Bai's "Ancient Moon Song" on a new painting.
The painting shows a bright moon with a palace standing in the middle of the moon, a forest of osmanthus trees, palace maids dancing and a white rabbit pounding medicine.
After experiencing the madness of last night, he could no longer look directly at words like "moon", "white rabbit" and "pounding medicine". An Ning was really a seductive little goblin. Her enthusiasm and his wife's indifference were two extremes.
The painting is so lifelike that at first glance it looks as if the woman in the moon is really dancing with her sleeves.
It is said that in ancient times, those great masters who achieved enlightenment through painting possessed the extraordinary power to make their paintings come true.
Of course, it is impossible for Li Nuo to reach that level in this lifetime.
His painting skills, like his calligraphy and music, are not growth-oriented and cannot be improved through his own practice.
Fenghuang stood beside Li Nuo, looking at the painting, her beautiful eyes sparkling with wonder, and murmured, "All of your painting skills have reached perfection. Even the painting saint Gu Youzhi is no better than this..."
Li Nuo put down the pen and said with a smile: "Do you like it? If you like it, I'll give it to you."
Yuyin Pavilion's business was already on the right track and she didn't need to worry about it anymore.
At the invitation of Yiren, An Ning, and my wife, Fenghuang moved into the Li family yesterday and lived in the same yard with Yiren.
We are not related at all, so this is actually a bit strange.
However, she is not only likable, but also multi-talented, and is deeply loved by the two mistresses of the Li Mansion. Even Yiren, who almost became the mistress of the Li Mansion, is as close to her as a sister.
Yiren is closer to the phoenix than to the beautiful woman.
At least, Li Nuo had never seen Yiren holding his wife's hand, and she was actually enthusiastic about teaching Fenghuang martial arts.
After giving the painting "Moon Palace" that he had drawn on a whim to Fenghuang, Butler Wu came in from outside holding a large box and said, "Master, I have bought all the books you wanted..."
Li Nuo asked him to put the box on the ground and took out dozens of books in the box.
These are all martial arts classics, but they are not about specific moves, but rather about internal skills.
Martial arts are divided into internal and external skills.
Internal strength refers to the mental method, such as Yuqing Heart Technique, Shangqing Heart Technique, etc.
These mental methods determine the properties of the true Qi and the route it runs in the body. The more advanced the mental method, the faster the true Qi grows. Combined with top-level talent, one day of practice is equivalent to several days of practice for others.
External skills are mainly based on moves, such as Shangqing sword technique, Yuqing palm technique, Five Mountains sword technique, certain knife technique, spear technique and so on.
In the path of martial arts, internal and external strength are equally important.
If you only practice internal skills and not external skills, your combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced. It is okay when your cultivation level is crushing others, but if you meet someone with similar cultivation level, you will easily be killed instantly.
It is even worse to only practice external skills without practicing internal skills. Without the support of true energy, you cannot break other people's defense at all. No matter how exquisite the moves are, they are just tickling others.
These books are all about internal skills.
Three cobblers are better than one Zhuge Liang.
Li Nuo just didn't believe it. After so many masters' martial arts insights were integrated and upgraded by the code, couldn't they crack the Jade Purity Heart Technique?
The reason why he made this decision was peace.
Last night, the two of them entered the bridal chamber, but not completely.
It can be considered half-entry.
In other people's families, there is jealousy and competition and no one wants to give in.
Jiahe Anning is too modest.
His wife didn't mind that he and An Ning had their wedding night first, but An Ning felt that she had come from behind and owed her too much, so she wanted to wait for him and his wife to have their wedding night first.
Because of this reason, Li Nuo was unable to dive into the sea last night. He only saw two moons in the sky and the Jade Rabbit pounding medicine.
Even if we wait until my wife becomes a master before consummating the marriage, it will take who knows how long.
In order to have a happier life as soon as possible, he decided to solve the problem from the root.
Instead of waiting for his wife to break through, he should help her improve her mental skills.
It is already very difficult to create one's own martial arts. There are very few martial artists who can create their own internal martial arts skills when they reach the grandmaster level.
Only when one reaches the sixth realm, is able to comprehend the power of heaven and earth, and is familiar with the human body's meridians to a certain degree, will one have the foundation for creating one's own mental method.
But this is not absolute.
In the history of martial arts, there are also some people with extraordinary comprehension and extraordinary talent, who can create superior mental methods when they reach the fifth level.
The internal energy techniques purchased by Butler Wu are all the most common and ordinary techniques on the market.
The top-level skills of each sect will definitely not be leaked, but these things are enough for Li Nuo to get started.
The so-called mental method, in the final analysis, is the running route of the meridians.
The more advanced the mental method, the more meridians are used. Often a main meridian is needed, combined with several branch meridians. Once the mental method is determined and the meridians are opened, it will no longer be possible to change the practice.
In order to create new internal energy techniques, one must be familiar with the meridians and acupoints of the human body.
In this regard, Li Nuo is still a novice.
But some people are familiar with it.
No one is more familiar with this than the imperial physician.
Instead of researching it yourself, it’s better to find a ready-made one.
The Imperial Medical Service was under the jurisdiction of the Taichang Temple, which, along with the Ministry of Rites, were considered brother departments within the court.
The Taichang Temple was mainly responsible for the specific sacrificial rituals, while the Ministry of Rites was responsible for the formulation and interpretation of the ritual system.
In a sense, Taichang Temple was the executive department of the Ministry of Rites, but the officials of the Ministry of Rites only had the right to transfer departments under the Taichang Temple, not the jurisdiction over them.
There are currently two Taichang Temple Secretaries, one of whom is Li Nuo’s old friend Liu Shang.
The other one is my second uncle Song Lian.
If one wants to take action against the Imperial Medical Bureau, one doesn’t even need the intervention of the Dali Temple and the Mingjingsi.
Imperial Medical Service.
Compared with other departments of the imperial court, the Imperial Medical Service mainly served the royal family. Although it did not hold any power, it did not have many affairs to deal with on a daily basis.
Your Majesty has been obsessed with the way of immortality in recent years. He is getting younger and younger, and his body is in good health, so he does not need a royal physician.
The concubines in the harem have special female doctors to serve them, and the imperial doctors in the Imperial Medical Bureau usually have a very leisurely life.
Apart from studying medicine, he would drink tea and play chess in the Imperial Hospital. He would go to the office on time and leave on time. He lived a happy life.
In the Imperial Medical Bureau, two chief physicians were leisurely drinking tea and playing chess in a room somewhere.
In other duty rooms of the Imperial Hospital, some people were lying down and sleeping, while in some duty rooms there was no one at all.
The imperial court actually enforced the rules strictly for a few days a few days ago.
The officials from other yamen were all very honest and did not dare to be late or leave early, but no one paid any attention to the Imperial Medical Service.
In the eyes of many people, the Imperial Medical Service did not even belong to the imperial court.
No one noticed, and they were happy to have some free time.
The two imperial doctors were playing chess. One of them looked up and suddenly saw a figure standing opposite him. After a moment of surprise, he immediately stood up and said, "Master Liu, why are you here? Are you feeling unwell?"
The Imperial Medical Service was under the jurisdiction of the Taichang Temple, and the Taichang Temple Secretary was in charge of temple affairs and was their immediate superior.
However, the Imperial Medical Office is the least visible department in the Taichang Temple. People generally don't come here unless they are sought for medical treatment.
Liu Shang found a chair and sat down, saying, "I have been feeling unwell lately. I often feel sore in my waist and knees, tinnitus and dizziness, and my hair is falling out more..."
The two imperial physicians had been practicing medicine for decades and they knew at a glance that Lord Liu was suffering from kidney yang deficiency caused by excessive indulgence in sexual activities.
However, in order to save his face, Imperial Physician Liu still felt his pulse, thought for a moment, and said, "Master Temple Secretary, you have worked too hard. I will prescribe a prescription for you. If you insist on taking it, within seven days, you will be able to regain your vigor and strength..."
“Okay, okay…”
Liu Shang was overjoyed, and he put the kidney-strengthening prescription into his arms. He suddenly changed the subject and said, "You officials in the Imperial Hospital are all quite relaxed. During office hours, some play chess, some sleep. Of the four medical supervisors, only one has come, and of the eight chief doctors, only three are on duty... No wonder people report you for dereliction of duty. With this attitude when you go to the office, are you feeling at ease with your salary?"
Si Cheng changed his attitude so quickly that both of them were stunned.
After they realized what was happening, they were speechless.
Who was the one who meddled in other people's business and reported the Imperial Medical Bureau? Isn't it a good thing that the Imperial Medical Bureau is idle?
It’s not good if the Imperial Hospital is busy!
However, they naturally could not argue with the temple minister about this truth, and could only lower their heads and listen obediently.
Liu Shang said with a sullen face, "Call back all the absent personnel, including the two of you. All officials of the Imperial Hospital should go to the Dali Temple to reflect for a day as a punishment..."
"yes."
The two nodded helplessly.
I don't know which unscrupulous person did such a thing as reporting behind someone's back. Fortunately, he was only given one day to reflect on himself and was not fined or suspended.
However, Lord Liu's requirements are so strict that it seems that his leisurely days are coming to an end.
Just when the Imperial Hospital had found all the absent staff and was taken to the Dali Temple by Liu Shang for detention and reflection, Li Nuo, who was teaching Yiren how to practice sword in Li Mansion, suddenly let go of her hand and said, "Practice by yourself for a while, I have something to do..."
Naturally, he was the enthusiastic citizen who reported the Imperial Medical Service for dereliction of duty.
He only needed to tell Liu Shang that he needed to capture some officials for his practice, and Liu Shang would know what to do.
Any official in the court could always find trouble with them as long as he intended. Although these trivial matters had little impact on the improvement of his cultivation, Li Nuo was not originally trying to cultivate.
He returned to the room, fetched a piece of paper, and quickly sketched a picture of a woman's body on it.
The painting showed the front and back of the woman's body. Although she was naked, Li Nuo had no other thoughts in his mind. What he saw were the acupuncture points and meridians.
Just now he couldn't quite understand these internal skills.
At this moment, my mind is filled with a lot of medical knowledge about acupoints and meridians. When I look at these techniques again, I feel completely different.
Whether the true qi passes through the acupuncture points is yin or yang, cold or hot, or has no attributes is determined by the properties of the acupuncture points. When martial artists create martial arts, they use the medical theory of meridians and acupuncture points.
Looking at the meridian map of Yuqing Xin Jue, all the acupoints are extremely yin and cold.
According to medical theory, several of these acupoints are related to human emotions.
These acupuncture points have been flowing with extremely cold and yin energy for a long time, making her emotions seem to be sealed.
From a medical perspective, if several important acupoints in the lower abdomen are constantly stimulated by cold air and the uterus is cold for a long time, it is naturally impossible to get pregnant.
From this, we can infer that if a woman practices a technique with yin and cold properties and her true qi flows through these acupoints, the possibility of her becoming pregnant the next day is very small.
Li Nuo flipped through several books of martial arts and found that any martial arts with yin and cold attributes and in which the true qi passed near these acupoints would give a reminder at the beginning that any woman who practiced this martial arts would be unable to conceive.
The opposite is true for men.
The temperature of a certain important part of a man's body is lower than other places and is extremely sensitive to high temperatures. If a man practices a martial art that produces fiery true qi and it passes through several important acupuncture points in his lower body, he will be unable to have children.
Li Nuo found several books of martial arts that met the requirements, and indeed saw similar prompts in them.
Many things in this world are common, and medical theories can reasonably explain things in martial arts.
From a purely medical perspective, to solve the problem of Yuqing Xinjue, we still have to start with the meridians.
If a few branches could be added to the existing meridians to neutralize the influence of the cold and yin meridian and change the properties of the true qi in her body, then both the emotional and physical effects of the original Yuqing Heart Sutra would be completely eliminated.
And at that time, whether it is consummating the marriage or giving birth to a child, it will not affect her practice.
The only downside might be that the speed at which her true Qi increases will not be as fast as before.
But this is the best solution.
Li Nuo looked at the painting on the table and began to deduce rapidly in his mind.
He soon realized that it was not possible to improve the exercises with just his medical knowledge.
He was good enough as a doctor, but he still lacked a lot in martial arts.
Song Yiren had finished practicing swordsmanship and walked into the room. She wanted to see what Li Nuo was doing. She glanced at the painting on the table and was stunned for a moment. Her face turned red with shame and she covered her face and said, "How can you draw something like this!"
Li Nuo glanced at her.
What he drew depended on what she was thinking.
In his eyes, this is just a schematic diagram of the human body.
He only drew the outline without any details, which made her shy. It showed that she was too shallow.
Li Nuo glanced at her and asked, "Didn't you sleep well these past two days?"
The doctors in the Imperial Medical Bureau were the best physicians in Da Xia. They had solid basic skills in observation, auscultation, inquiry and palpation. Li Nuo knew that she had not slept well recently just by looking at her.
Song Yiren also glanced at Li Nuo.
How could she sleep well when her husband was taken away by someone else?
Especially when it was late at night and she was lying in bed alone, the feeling of grievance and unwillingness would surge into her heart, making it difficult for her to fall asleep.
Rest is very important. Poor sleep can lead to anxiety, irritability, tension, anger and other emotions.
Yiren's behavior also proves this point.
Li Nuo looked at her and asked, "Do you want to have a good sleep?"
Song Yiren said unhappily, "Nonsense!"
She has been suffering from insomnia these days. She can't sleep at night, has no energy during the day, and is in a bad mood all the time.
Li Nuo walked to the bed and sat down. He patted the bed gently and said, "Come up."
Seeing Song Yiren's expression turn suspicious, he explained: "I know some massage techniques to help you sleep. I can press the acupuncture points on your head, which should help you sleep."
There are quite a few specialized masseurs in the Imperial Medical Service, and he has already maxed out this skill.
Song Yiren knew very well that her insomnia was caused by her worries.
Sister Phoenix also tried many methods to help her, such as massage and scenting, but they didn't work at all.
But she still came over, took off her shoes and lay flat on the bed.
Song Jiaren can lie on this bed, and she can lie on it.
Yiren was lying on the bed, Li Nuo looked down at her, they were indeed sisters, even though they lived in different environments, but if he didn't look at their eyes, just from their figures, he couldn't tell who was who.
This is the power of genes.
Li Nuo spread out the quilt and covered her, leaving only her head sticking out.
He sat on the edge of the bed and said, "Close your eyes."
Song Yiren closed her eyes. Li Nuo placed his hands on her head, found the acupoints, and applied slight force.
"Um……"
The slight pain was accompanied by a hint of soreness, numbness, and an instantaneous electric shock-like feeling that made her unable to help but moan.
Li Nuo's hands couldn't help but tremble.
Song Yiren also realized something, closed her eyes, and her face turned slightly red.
Li Nuo calmed himself down and used the doctor's unique technique to gently massage the acupuncture points on her head. With the help of the doctor's true qi, she would feel more comfortable and could fall asleep in seconds.
But exchanging for cultivation requires kryptonian, and it is also difficult to explain, so Li Nuo finally chose pure manual method.
Song Yiren was a little shy at first, but soon, as she felt waves of tingling and comfortable sensations on her head, a deep sense of tiredness filled her whole body.
After a moment, Li Nuo's hand left Yiren's head.
In just a moment, she fell into a deep sleep and even snored softly.
It seems that she really didn't sleep well.
When Yiren fell asleep, Li Nuo could no longer tell the difference between her and his wife.
Looking down at this all-too-familiar face, and thinking that she almost became his wife, Li Nuo felt some strange feelings in his heart.
Li Nuo reached out to help her tidy up the messy hair on her forehead. At this time, there were slight footsteps coming from the door.
He turned his head and saw his mother-in-law standing at the door, looking at him with scrutiny.
Li Nuo slowly stood up and tiptoed to the door. After closing the door from the outside, Su Qing asked, "What are you doing?"
Li Nuo said: "Yiren hasn't had a good rest these days. I pressed the acupuncture points on her head to help her sleep. Let her sleep a little longer."
Su Qing glanced at the door, then said, "The elders and disciples of the Yuqing and Taiqing lineages will also participate in this martial arts conference. The sect sent a letter asking me to inform you."
In fact, they had not originally intended to participate.
But this time at the martial arts conference, the masters of the Five Mountains Sword Sect and Mount Shu all showed up, and even those second-rate sects all participated. If they didn't come, it would not be a disrespect to the court, but the court would unite the entire martial arts world to isolate them from the world.
After hearing these things, the other two clans could no longer sit still.
Li Nuo nodded and said, "It's okay, I'll ask the Ministry of Rites to prepare it."
Although he looked calm on the outside, he was actually very happy in his heart.
If all the masters of the Sanqing Sect were to go out, there would be more than sixty masters at this martial arts conference.
Sixty grand masters. In the whole Daxia, there are no more than one hundred and fifty grand masters in the open.
Among them, the martial arts world occupies more than one third. The number of masters in the imperial court should be about the same as that in the martial arts world. The rest are either in some aristocratic families or are alone and their whereabouts are hard to find.
Most of the court's masters are stationed in the army, and the other half are controlled by the royal family. Li Nuo cannot invite these people.
For those upcoming masters, Li Nuo has also prepared a big gift for them.
…
Chang'an.
More than a dozen dusty figures walked in from the city gate.
Several young people looked back at the towering city gate and couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.
“This is Chang’an.”
“How impressive!”
"There are so many people on the street..."
"The streets here are so clean, much cleaner than our Wuzhou streets!"
An old man with a hooked nose glanced at them and said, "Watch your expression. Don't act like country bumpkins coming to the city and embarrass us, the Eagle Clan!"
Upon hearing this, several young people immediately became serious.
The old man with the hooked nose looked around. It had been twenty years since he last came to Chang'an. Chang'an today had indeed changed a lot compared to twenty years ago.
The biggest change is the clean floor.
Chang'an was not so clean before. The ground was full of sewage and garbage. The ground is so clean now that he felt a little guilty for spitting just now.
Just as he was about to go to the Ministry of Rites to discuss matters concerning the conference, a passerby looked at the thick phlegm on the ground, pointed at him, frowned and said, "Old man, you are already old, why are you so unhygienic..."
After saying that, the passerby waved to a team of guards not far away and said, "My Lord, I report that someone has violated the law and spitted everywhere!"
(End of this chapter)
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