I'm in the Red Mansion

Chapter 53 No One Believes the Truth
After thinking for a while, Jia Baoyu said, "I remember there was a bunch of flowers and a tattered mat on the scroll. There shouldn't be anything else, right?"

Jia Cong frowned and said, "There are flowers, a table, and people? But these are all, it's so vague, how can we guess who it is written about?"

"Brother Bao, you don't have to guess. Maybe it's not from our family."

After hearing what Jia Cong said, Jia Baoyu nodded.

After a few more words, Jia Baoyu stood up to say goodbye, and Jia Cong personally saw him out.

After seeing Jia Baoyu off, Jia Cong returned to his study and continued to stand and read.

He couldn't directly remind Jia Baoyu that this poem was clearly written about Xiren.

I envy the actor for his good fortune, but who knows you are not destined to be with him. In the future, Xiren will definitely leave you and marry an actor.

If it were said so clearly, it would definitely arouse Jia Baoyu's suspicion.

And the hint he just gave was obvious enough.

There are flowers, there are mats, and there are people; flowers are the mat for people, and flowers are the mat for people.

I believe that it won’t be long before Jia Baoyu will understand it on his own.

It was something he figured out on his own and has nothing to do with me.

After that, Jia Cong was too lazy to pay attention to this matter anymore and focused on reading.

……

As the days passed, the weather became colder.

In the meantime, Jia Cong took another day off, and the three brothers went to Master Zhao's residence together.

The eldest and second brothers heaved a sigh of relief when they saw that his Hunyuan Zhuang Gong had not broken through to the next level.

Although the junior brother is a monster, who among them was not a genius?

Back then, they were also considered geniuses by others!

Although the junior brother is making rapid progress, it is only a matter of time before he catches up with or even surpasses them.

But they also don’t want to be caught up by their junior fellow apprentice so quickly. Wouldn’t that make them seem too incompetent?

After that day, Jia Cong went to school to learn eight-legged essays as usual every day, and returned home to study hard.

During this period, he finished reading the medical books that Lin Daiyu helped him borrow, and felt that his medical skills had improved to a certain extent.

He returned the medical book to Lin Daiyu. Two days later, Lin Daiyu lent him a few more medical books.

That night, Jia Cong was standing in the Hunyuan Posture while carefully flipping through a medical book.

Unconsciously, Jia Cong suddenly felt that the Hunyuan Posture seemed to have made some progress.

Originally, the Hunyuan Zhuang Gong gave him the feeling that his body was merging into the earth.

At this moment, he felt that he had not only merged into the earth, but his body and mind had merged into the heaven and earth.

Hunyuan, Hunyuan, should not only refer to the earth.

Jia Cong suddenly understood a little more clearly.

Next, he opened the proficiency panel.

【Name: Jia Cong】

【Four Books and Five Classics (Minor Achievement): 115/500】

【Ba Duan Jin (Dacheng): 888/1000】

【Calligraphy (Dacheng): 796/1000】

[Sketch (Perfect): 111/5000]

[Medical Skills (Proficient): 129/200]

[Hunyuan Zhuang Gong (minor success): 3/500]

【Eight-part essay (beginner): 67/100】

【Bajiquan (Proficient) 5/200】

[Physique: 10]

After his tireless efforts during this period, Bajiquan was successfully mastered from entry level to proficient level. But what excited him most was that he had mastered Hunyuan Zhuanggong from proficient level to minor success level.

Once he has achieved a small success in Hunyuan Zhuang Gong, he can follow his master to learn internal energy and swordsmanship.

Well, it just so happens that tomorrow is a day off, which means that he can learn internal energy and swordsmanship tomorrow.

This made Jia Cong feel itchy and couldn't help but scratch it.

Another thing to be happy about is that my physical condition has improved a little.

Now his physical condition has reached the level of a normal adult man.

That night, Jia Cong went to bed early for once in a rare occasion.

I lay down on the bed, but couldn't fall asleep.

The next day, Jia Cong practiced as usual, and after eating, he couldn't wait to go to Master Zhao's house.

Jia Cong waited for a while before his eldest senior brother Feng Ziying and second senior brother Liu Xianglian came together.

Seeing the two, Jia Cong called out, "Big Brother, Second Brother, why are you here just now? Let's go see the master."

Liu Xianglian couldn't help but said in confusion: "No, there's something strange! Why is it possible that Junior Brother is so impatient today?"

Feng Ziying couldn't help but ask, "Junior brother, could it be that you have achieved a breakthrough in your standing meditation?"

Oh my god, are the eldest and second brothers so observant?
I was just a little anxious because I wanted to learn internal energy and swordsmanship, and they guessed that I had already made a breakthrough in my standing meditation?

However, there is no need to hide this matter.

Anyway, if they don’t tell it now, they will know it when they see the master later.

Thinking of this, Jia Cong couldn't help but smile and nodded and said, "Yes, Senior Brother, Second Brother, my Zhuang Gong has indeed broken through to the minor success level!"

After hearing what Jia Cong said, Feng Ziying and Liu Xianglian's eyes gradually became dull.

After a while, Liu Xianglian suddenly sneered, "Impossible! It's impossible! Do you think you can fool us?"

Feng Ziying couldn't help but say, "Not bad, not bad. It's only been twenty days. How can it be so fast? Even if you are a genius, there is always a limit."

"I didn't expect that Junior Brother could be so naughty. He almost tricked us into believing it!"

Jia Cong was stunned by the reactions of the two.

Oh my god, I'm telling the truth!

Why is it that when we tell the truth, no one always believes us?
Soon, the three brothers went in to pay their respects to Master Zhao.

Soon, the four masters and apprentices arrived at the martial arts arena.

Jia Cong couldn't help but said, "Master, I want to learn the inner strength and swordsmanship."

Hearing Jia Cong's words, Zhao Shicheng could not help but say patiently: "Cong'er, learning martial arts must be done step by step, and don't be greedy and reckless."

"A tall building is built from the ground up. Only by laying a solid foundation can you go further. It's too early for you to learn internal skills and swordsmanship now."

"Only after you have cultivated the Hunyuan Zhuanggong to the minor success stage, you can..."

Having said this, Zhao Shicheng suddenly paused.

Then he looked at Jia Cong in surprise and asked, "Cong'er, you can't have already improved your Hunyuan Zhuang Gong to the minor success level, right?"

Jia Cong smiled and said, "Master, that's right. If not, I wouldn't dare to ask to learn the inner strength and swordsmanship."

After saying that, Jia Cong stood up and practiced Hunyuan Zhuang Gong.

The Hunyuan Zhuang Gong at the minor success level is different from that at the proficient level and is very easy to identify.

Seeing this scene, the eyes of Zhao Shicheng, Feng Ziying and Liu Xianglian, the master and his apprentice, gradually became dull.

They had long known that Jia Cong was a monster, but they never expected that he could be so evil!

After a while, Zhao Shicheng finally recovered from the shock.

He couldn't help but laugh and said, "Great, great! The one who can inherit my legacy and even surpass me must be Cong'er!"

After hearing what Zhao Shicheng said, Feng Ziying and Liu Xianglian looked at each other, feeling sour in their hearts.

The master has changed. He didn't say this before.

(End of this chapter)