Chapter 10 Leave it to me!
Li Nuo slept very soundly this time.
When he opened his eyes and found it was already bright outside, Li Nuo jumped out of bed and exclaimed, "Oh no, we're going to be late!"
Li Nuo was slightly stunned until he saw two figures standing in front of the bed, and then he realized that he would never have to attend that class again.
A maid wet a towel with hot water, wrung it dry, and said softly, "Master, I will help you wash up."
Seeing that she seemed to want to wipe his face, Li Nuo quickly took the towel and said, "I'll do it myself, I'll do it myself..."
Having been accustomed to being independent since childhood, he is really not used to being served by others.
After wiping his face carelessly, the maid took the towel away, and another chubby maid said, "Master, be good and open your mouth. I will clean your teeth for you, otherwise your teeth will be infested with worms..."
What was "Young master, be good and open your mouth"? It was like coaxing a child. Li Nuo soon realized that in the eyes of the maids and servants in the mansion, he was a fool and was probably no different from a child.
"I can do it myself."
Li Nuo took something from her that was about two fingers long. It was bluish-white in color and made a bit like jade. There was some kind of animal hair on the front end. It should be a toothbrush. There was also a white paste with a fresh fragrance on the toothbrush.
The usage of this thing should be no different from the toothbrushes of later generations. After Li Nuo finished brushing his teeth, the little maid brought him mouthwash. After washing, Li Nuo sat in front of a bronze mirror and looked at the figure in the mirror.
Coincidentally, the two people from different worlds not only have the same name, but also look exactly the same. This makes Li Nuo feel somewhat comforted. Even though he has traveled through time, he still has his handsome and familiar face.
The chubby little maid stood behind him and combed his hair. Li Nuo could do other things by himself, but when faced with that flowing long hair, he really didn't know what to do.
The little maidservant was very skilled. She tied his hair into a bun and inserted a jade hairpin. Soon, a handsome young man appeared before them.
Li Nuo looked at himself in the mirror and asked casually, "What time is it now?"
The little maid said, "Master, it's just past noon. Do you want to have lunch now?"
Li Nuo then realized that he had slept until noon, which immediately made him feel anxious. His life was already short, and he had wasted an entire morning in vain. He didn't want to stay at home any longer.
Soon, under the leadership of Butler Wu, several servants brought the food to Li Nuo's room. Although it was just a lunch for Li Nuo alone, there were eight dishes and one soup, four meat dishes and four vegetarian dishes, all very delicious. You have to know that in the 21st century, he ate takeout every day and did not have such a living standard...
Li Nuo looked at Butler Wu and asked, "Butler Wu, have you eaten yet? Let's sit down and eat together."
Butler Wu said with a smile: "Thank you, Master. I have eaten."
There was no time to waste. Li Nuo did not say anything more. He picked up his chopsticks and quickly finished his lunch. He wiped his mouth with the handkerchief handed to him by the maid and said, "Tell the kitchen not to cook so many dishes in the future. If I am alone, two dishes will be enough. In addition, the young lady's purse was left in my room. You can return it to her later..."
After arranging all this, he said to Butler Wu, "Let's go out."
Butler Wu was stunned: "Going out again, where are you going?"
…
A moment later, in the front yard of the Li Mansion, Li Nuo looked at Butler Wu, then at the four grey-clothed old men behind him, looked around, and asked uncertainly, "Are you too few with just the few of you?"
Yesterday, Li Nuo felt that traveling with dozens of people was too much of a fuss, but there was no need to be so shabby today, right?
The four old men in gray, one was missing his left arm, one was missing his right arm, one was blind in his left eye, and one was blind in his right eye. They didn't look very reliable. Li Nuo doubted whether they could protect his safety.
It’s not that he picked up the habits of a rich young master after just one day here, it’s really that this world is too dangerous.
He still breaks out in a cold sweat when he thinks about the arrow that hit him on the head.
Butler Wu laughed and said, "Don't worry, young master. Although we are old, our legs and feet are still quite agile. If there is really an assassin who is blind, below the fifth realm, we will make sure he will never return. Even if it is a fifth realm master, we can deal with him and will not let the young master lose a hair..."
Li Nuo was still worried and asked, "What if it's the sixth realm?"
"If it's the sixth realm..." Butler Wu coughed lightly and said, "Master, don't worry. When you get to the underworld, this old servant will serve you well..."
Li Nuo understood. If it was an assassin from the sixth realm, all of them would have to die.
As for martial arts, he had only heard Butler Wu mention it once, something like having a thousand pounds of strength, controlling objects with qi, and being able to hurt people by picking flowers and flying leaves, but he had no specific understanding of how powerful each realm was.
On the way to the county government office, Li Nuo asked casually.
According to Butler Wu, in this world, martial arts are divided into seven realms.
The first realm is body shaping, which focuses on tempering the body. The strength of the body shaping realm will increase significantly compared to ordinary people; the second realm is internal breath, which produces the prototype of true qi in the body. With the blessing of internal breath, the strength will increase further; the third realm is true qi. In this realm, internal breath is condensed into true qi, which can be attached to weapons, easily splitting gold and cracking rocks, and can also cover the body to form a true qi shield. When martial arts is practiced to this realm, one can pick flowers and flying leaves to hurt people, and be invulnerable to swords and guns like a golden bell and iron cloth shirt.
In Li Nuo's opinion, body shaping, inner breath and true energy realm are no more than the scope of ordinary martial arts novels.
But when it comes to the fourth realm, which is what Butler Wu calls the realm of controlling objects, the internal Qi is so powerful that it can even penetrate the body, pick up objects from a distance, hurt people with a flying sword, and fly in the air. His strength far exceeds that of the first three realms.
Butler Wu, the four grey-robed old men, and his wife were all in the same situation.
The Qi realm is also the destination that most martial arts geniuses can achieve in their lifetime.
The fifth realm of martial arts is called the Grandmaster realm. There is no essential difference between the fifth realm and the fourth realm. The difference is that the martial arts grandmaster has inner qi as vast as the ocean, and his control over the inner qi has reached the pinnacle, and can even condense it into weapons. His martial arts skills have also reached the pinnacle, and he has the ability to establish his own school.
Most of the leaders and masters of major martial arts schools today are at this level.
The difficulty of advancement in each realm of martial arts varies, and it is not absolutely true that the higher you go, the harder it is to advance. From body shaping to internal breath, and from internal breath to true qi, there are major bottlenecks, with about a 10% chance of a breakthrough. However, if you can cultivate to the true qi realm, there is a 50% chance of advancement to the control of objects realm.
From the fourth realm of controlling objects to the fifth realm of master, it no longer depends on physical talent and hard work. It tests more on comprehension, which is also the biggest threshold in the previous realms. The promotion rate drops sharply, and it is almost one in a hundred or two in a hundred.
The sixth level of martial arts can initially mobilize the power of heaven and earth. The most common moves can have terrifying power in their hands. This level is no longer restricted to skills, but gradually touches on the essence of martial arts. Even in the entire Daxia, there will not be too many strong people in the sixth level.
So when Li Nuo mentioned the sixth realm, Butler Wu straightforwardly invited him to die together. No matter how strong one is in the first five realms, it is difficult to defeat the human wave tactics. But when one reaches the sixth realm, one can mobilize the power of heaven and earth, which cannot be matched by simple human wave tactics. That is why there is a saying that those below the sixth realm are all ants.
As for the seventh realm, it has been a legendary existence since ancient times and is extremely mysterious. Few things related to the seventh realm are circulated. At present, no one in Daxia or other countries has ever heard of anyone reaching this realm, and Steward Wu is not very clear about it either.
As for martial arts, Li Nuo had no chance of thinking about it. Steward Wu had practiced martial arts for his entire life, but he was still only at the fourth level, which could be considered extremely talented. Li Nuo did not have any talent at all, so he could only seek another way out.
Fortunately, the legalists do not value talent. As long as they judge enough cases, it is not impossible to catch up in a short period of time.
They soon arrived at the Chang'an County Government Office. The bailiff on duty at the door already knew Li Nuo. He trotted over and respectfully led him in. Li Nuo noticed that the county government office was particularly lively today. From a distance he could see that the courtroom was full of people inside and outside. The entire county government office was noisy, and many constables and bailiffs were maintaining order.
"Sir, it's past lunch time. When will you let us go back?"
"Yeah, we can catch the murderer, but we can't delay so many people, right?"
"If I'm not allowed to go back, the government can just give me a meal. I haven't even had breakfast yet!"
"I still have to go back to the government office. If I delay the official business, can Lord Pei take the responsibility?"
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The yard was crowded with people, all talking at once, making a lot of noise, which gave people a headache. Li Nuo asked the yamen runner, "What's going on?"
The yamen runner sighed and said helplessly, "Last night, a murder occurred in this county. A wealthy businessman was murdered at home. It happened to be his 50th birthday yesterday, and many guests stayed at his home. We had no choice but to bring them all to the county yamen. The master has been questioning them all morning..."
"Murder!"
Li Nuo was shocked when he heard this.
A small theft could buy him six more days of life.
If a murder case can be solved, why not just take off?
Thinking of this, he took two steps at a time and almost ran through the crowd to the door of the court. Seeing that the gavel in the hand of Chang'an County Magistrate was about to fall, Li Nuo thought that he had found the murderer. His heart tightened and he shouted, "Stop, let me do it!"
(End of this chapter)
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