Those who eat qi, live long life

Chapter 2 The old cow, the fish monster

Bang bang bang!
Ding Niu is training hard again.

It was the spring plowing season, and no pearl rice seeds had been planted in the field. Liang Jia'ao had the most lenient arrangements for these peasant servants.

After the grain seeds are sown, it is necessary to keep on guard against birds, ground insects, and livestock stealing them, and to irrigate them with water.

All day long, someone has to take care of them. At that time, there is not so much leisure time.

After Ding Niu finished his work, he went to a remote place to exercise his strength, moves, and kept doing various movements.

Everywhere in the valley of the Liang family, there are many people who are practicing martial arts. Most of them are servants, guards, and strengthen their own strength. They want to be reused and promoted in the town guard mansion.

Ding Niu sneaked a glimpse of an old soldier practicing martial arts before, and was caught once, and his life was spared because of his young age, but Ding Niu was also beaten up severely. Some practice tips.

When you come up, you will stand on the pile, exercise your leg strength and waist strength, and the Siping pile will last for more than one hour, that is, two hours.

Then he punches, a set of nameless long fists that everyone in Jinxi Town knows. Thirty times a day, it takes another two hours.

A hundred punches, a hundred days of work.

Every day.

Take this as a requirement and take this as a goal.

Those who can persist will continue, and those who cannot persist will be eliminated.

Has anyone practiced it?
Most of them are professional soldiers and warriors.

But there are very few farm servants like Ding Niu who can be trained.

There are twelve hours in total in one day. After finishing the assigned farm work and chores, it takes six or seven hours, and four hours of hard training is required, which is equivalent to using all the rest time for practicing.

Most of them were either physically ruined, or lowered their requirements, or gave up halfway.

Ding Niu persevered until now, and he was able to sense his qi and develop his true qi.

It's a pity that the old mansion soldier can't be seen anymore. Ding Niu heard that the old mansion soldier died on the battlefield two years ago.

After Ding Niu heard the news, he exercised more frequently.

Punch after punch, sweat splashed everywhere, shining brightly under the luminous light.

Bang bang bang!
Ding Niu hit the tree stump, and hit the stump hundreds of times. He felt the stars scattered in front of his eyes, his head was buzzing, and he was extremely tired.

Hungry growls, the little meat and miscellaneous grains that I ate at night have already been digested, and my physical strength is squeezed to the limit.

There is nothing in the stomach, no strength, and no amount of willpower can persist.

Ding Niu panted heavily and sighed inwardly.

After years of hard training, his progress is not slow, but this is due to his youthful recovery and overdrawn body. He can persist in his will and determination, but his body feels very tired and exhausted.

He knows that a large part of it is that the food and nutrition cannot keep up.

The soldiers guarding the mansion eat big fish and meat every day. Captains and generals, ginseng and bird's nest are used as rations, and they are also supplied with pearl rice, which is rich in nutrition and aura, and he is simply incomparable.

If things go on like this, not to mention becoming a peerless master, one should be thankful if one can cultivate one's true qi to a mid-level level.

If he was conscripted into the battlefield, he might die as easily as the old soldiers.

If he wanted to escape, but he couldn't, he couldn't beat any soldier randomly caught in the guarding mansion, and he was captured as a deserter and beheaded immediately.

No matter what, he didn't want to live a worthless life or die a worthless one.

Ding Niu lay on the ground for a while, enduring the pain all over his body and walking back.

If I don't go back to rest, I won't be able to get up tomorrow morning, I won't be able to catch up with breakfast, and I won't be able to finish my assignment...a vicious circle, it will be miserable.

The daily schedule is like a tight steel wire. He has pushed himself to the limit. If any link goes wrong, it is very likely that he will never recover.

It was already late at night, and only Ding Niu practiced hard like Ding Niu in Liangjiaao, and some practitioners nearby left early.

Ding Niu walked out from the depression and walked back step by step.

Moo!Moo!
Why did a cow run out?

"The person who takes care of the cattle is too careless!" Upon hearing this, Ding Niu knew that it was the cry of a cow. Hundreds of farm cattle are fed, guarded and nursed in a unified manner.

If the cow ran outside in the middle of the night, the watcher must have fallen asleep and deserted. If he didn’t find it before the start of work tomorrow morning, he would have to be whipped and bruised.

Ding Niu hurried over, wanting to help bring the cow back. When the time comes, ask the cow watcher to help take care of his old cow, so it makes sense.

Under the moonlight, an old cow with a gray color near its lips, licking its tongue, flicking its tail, and mooed twice at Ding Niu.

Old cow?

Ding Niu was surprised, and then became worried.

When a lost cow is taken back, the caretakers will inevitably find it to vent their anger. If the old cow is in such a state, let alone a beating, as long as the cow is said to be old and useless, it will be sold or slaughtered immediately, and the end will be worrisome. .

Ding Niu's heart tightened, and he thought to himself to pull it back later, he had to beg for favors, and took the responsibility by himself. Although a whip was indispensable, he was rough and thick and could bear it.

Besides, it was spring plowing, so they wouldn't beat him too hard, or write it down for the time being, and he will have to contribute in the future.

He also wondered, Lao Niu has always understood human nature, unlike those bulls running around, why he suddenly ran out.

Ding Niu stepped forward quickly, and before he could get close, the old cow mooed at him again. With cloudy eyes, the old cow turned around slowly and walked straight to the other direction.

Ok?
Ding Niu yelled twice again, but the old cow didn't respond, and continued walking. Ding Niu was stunned for a moment, the old cow was in a very strange state.

If you look closely, it looks like it is walking, wobbly, standing unsteadily, and the fur on its back is also very decayed.

Ding Niu saw it clearly, and suddenly thought of something, and felt a pain in his heart.

He understood that the old cow was dying soon, and he came here just now to say goodbye to him.

Ding Niu suddenly didn't know what to do, and before he knew it, his eyes were a little sour.

He wiped his sore eyes, but didn't make a sound.

In the quiet and silent atmosphere, one cow and one person, one behind the other under the faint moonlight.

Ding Niu knows that many domestic cats, dogs, and livestock will leave home to find a secluded place to die alone when they know their time is approaching. This may be the case for Lao Niu.

He followed silently, preparing to wait for the old cow to die, and bury it deeply, so as not to be found and taken back to eat meat. If such a big cow is lost, those who watch the cow will not let it go easily, and will definitely come out Search.

Maybe, at that time, I will also be given some meat, and I will eat it without knowing it.

When Ding Niu thought of this, he felt very uncomfortable.

Whoa!Whoa!
The waves of the Zhao Han River were rippling, hitting both sides of the river, and it became louder in the middle of the night. Before they knew it, they had already arrived at the edge of the Zhao Han River.

It is this Zhaohan River that feeds the entire Liangjiaao's thousands of acres of Liangtian, making it rich in pearl rice.

thump.

The old cow stepped into the river and sank.

Ding Niu's heart tightened, and he hurriedly followed. Is Lao Niu planning to leave Liangjia'ao from Zhao Hanjiang?Lao Niu is smart and knows that if he stays here, he will be eaten after death.

However, there are dams at the two ends of Zhao Hanjiang's entry and exit from Liangjia'ao, which were not built by the tutelary mansion. They existed hundreds of years ago, and now they are in charge of the tutelary mansion.

On the one hand, the water is stored for irrigation, and there are special personnel to guard and open the gate to release the water. On the other hand, it is also to prevent spies and enemies from sneaking in easily through the waterway.

No matter how human the old cow is, he probably won't know this.

If the guards find out, they still cannot leave.

Unexpectedly, instead of drifting with the river, the old cow sank to the bottom of the water and went deep.

Zhao Hanjiang didn't know how deep it was. Ding Niu followed Lao Niu to dive, and unknowingly dived nearly [-] meters. The deep breath he took earlier was exhausted.

On the other hand, the old cow seems to be like a fish in water, swaying around, much lighter than on land.

Ding Niu suddenly thought of a rumor he had seen in his previous life: the so-called water-avoiding golden-eyed beast is a big buffalo.

At this depth, Ding Niu's true qi was consumed violently, his chest was oppressed and his heart pounded like a drum, which was more consumed than his plowing an acre of land.

Ding Niu observed the old cow, and the old cow still had energy.

He is going to return, the old cow has such abilities, I am afraid he will not be needed to deal with the aftermath, and those who watch the cow will not go so deep underwater to find it...

At a depth of [-] meters, there was only a little bit of twilight, and it was the stimulation of the acupoints in the eyes that greatly improved his vision. He couldn't see what was in front of him, and Ding Niu was a little flustered.

At this time, the old cow suddenly turned around and leaned towards the shore. Ding Niu felt the fluctuation and his heart moved.

Then followed another paragraph, the whole body seemed to be dragged in someone else's hands, clenched constantly, and felt uncomfortable wanting to vomit blood.

Finally, they entered a cave at the bottom of the water. Ding Niu made a decisive decision and turned back without following the old cow.

He was exhausted, and his future was uncertain, since he knew this place, he was ready to visit again in the future.

Ding Niu took a deep look at Lao Niu, goodbye!
He dived straight up and returned quickly.

Boo!
Out of the water!
Ding Niu took a deep breath, like a dragon sucking water, for a full half a minute, until his lungs could no longer hold it, and then he stopped.

This breath almost didn't come back.

He made a good note of the location, drove away the water with a little bit of zhenqi that came back, and returned to the bunk in the dormitory without stopping.

The guard at the gate saw him and let him in without any surprise.

"Ding Niu, you practiced so late again, don't delay tomorrow's farm work."

"understood."

On the other side, the old cow zigzags forward for about [-] meters, and then swims obliquely upwards for a while. After a while, it steps out of the water, and there is an open space in front of its eyes, and a stone wall behind it.

The old cow climbed ashore with his last strength.

Suddenly, a bad wind blew in the darkness, and a black shadow quickly jumped onto the back of the old cow, letting out a low growl in the room. It opened its bloody mouth and bit down hard.

The old cow was already running out of fuel, so with a low howl, he fell down in an instant.

The humanoid monster crouched above it, feasting on it.

After a long time, the monster left contentedly and walked back. In a wide cave, there were animal remains, fish bones, and some human bones everywhere.

The monster stopped at a stone wall, and beside it were piles of unpeeled pearl rice grains. In such a humid and dark environment, they were neither rotten nor damp, emitting a leisurely fragrance.

If the granary steward of the tutelary mansion sees it, he will definitely shout to catch the thief.

That's not to mention, there are several layers of thick straw on the stone wall, with a hint of fragrance.

The monster was over one meter tall, covered in scales, with awkward limbs, bare hands and feet, and a fish head on its head.

This is a fish monster.

Like a human being, the fish monster lay sprawled on the straw, knowing how to enjoy itself. It leaned against the stone wall and fell asleep soundly, talking in sleep from time to time.

(End of this chapter)