Chapter 17 - Medicinal Bath
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Mrs Ning said, "In the morning, tying up the horse exercises the waist, legs and internal strength, and this afternoon's carrying water is to exercise the strength of the upper limbs and the flexibility of the body."
"Buqun, when you carry water your hands should be level with your shoulders in a zigzag pattern. Measure your strength when you first start carrying water. Remember, exercise is the goal, if you lose the effect of exercise in order to complete the task it would be better not to practice at all."
Yue Buqun loudly agreed, picked up the two buckets and went to the mountainside to fetch water. Madam Ning saw him go far away and also went to busy herself.
Yue Buqun in his previous life saw the film Shaolin Temple disciples carrying water is also similar to him, it seems that these major sects are a virtue, in the name of exercising the disciples to squeeze the value of the disciples.
Yue Buqun secretly spit, arm carrying two buckets of water, stretching straight. Every time to almost can not hold on when, transported the internal energy to look at the arm meridians to turn round, arm soreness immediately reduced, which is barely hold on. Even so, until almost dark, Yue Buqun finally picked a full vat.
Madam Ning looked at the full tank of water and said with satisfaction, "Not bad, today you actually stuck it out, Master Auntie thought that you wouldn't be able to stick it out the first time. Well, after sweating a lot, it's just right to wash, you come with me."
Yue Buqun followed Madam Ning into the side hall, only to see a large wooden barrel inside, the mouth of which was steaming hot, emitting a pungent smell of Chinese herbs.
Lady Ning said, "The towels are hitched to the side of the tub, and a change of clothes will have to be your master's first, right over there."
Lady Ning took her finger and pointed to where the clothes were, and while walking outside, she instructed, "Your whole body is steaming hot at the moment, it's just the right time to come and soak in a medicinal bath, you soak first, and then you can come out to eat once the water cools down."
Yue Buqun has long felt that his body is sticky and uncomfortable, as soon as Mrs Ning went out, he immediately closed the door, clothes are not off, directly into the bath tub. Hot water soaked the body, Yue Buqun comfortably let out a moan.
By the time Yue Buqun packed up and came to the side hall, it was already half an hour later. Yue Buqun was refreshed, as if the hard workout during the day had not happened.
Yue Buqun gave a salute to Ning Qing Man and his wife and said, "The medicinal bath that Senior Mother prepared for my disciple is so amazing, my disciple now only feels that all the aches and pains in my body are gone and my whole body is comfortable to the extreme."
Ning Qingman laughed out loud and said, ''Now you're not curious as to why it's your master's wife who's teaching you? Although your master's wife doesn't practice martial arts very well, but hitting the root is my Huashan's best! If it wasn't for that, your master and I wouldn't have to ~~ ah yo ~~ hiss ~~"
Madam Ning did not move to withdraw her feet from under the table, and gave Ning Qingman a blank look, "Buqun, your master's skills are not available to you, so I can't let you ascend to heaven in a single step. But if you practise what your master taught you carefully, together with her secret method of medicinal bathing, three months should be worth three years of someone else's work."
Yue Buqun was overjoyed and said, "Many thanks to Master Teacher, I will definitely listen to Master Teacher's teachings and endeavour to level the gap with the others as soon as possible, so as to live up to Master Teacher's expectations."
Mrs Ning said, "Alright, alright, what's the point of being so polite, hurry up and eat, the food will have to get cold in a while."
At that moment, everyone stopped talking and started eating. After finishing the meal, Yue Buqun bid farewell to Ning Qingman and his wife, and went back to his residence at Chaoyang Peak.
Lady Ning asked Ning Qingman, "Senior, has the time been set? When will we go down the mountain?"
Ning Qingman said, "I will leave early tomorrow morning, Zhi Wei Tang reported today that Yin Shentong, the master of the Devil Cult's Wind and Thunder Hall, appeared in Weinan County a few days ago, I have to rush there earlier with Qing Yang, in case he is told to slip away, it would be a pity."
Lady Ning said worriedly, "Senior, it has been long heard that Yin Shentong, the head of the Devil Cult's Wind and Thunder Hall, is highly skilled in kung fu, plus there are so many good fighters in the Wind and Thunder Hall, you and Qing Yang are just two people, so you must be doubly careful."
Ning Qingman said: "Weinan County is less than a hundred miles away from my Huashan, the devil's Wind and Thunder Hall thieves more rampant would not dare to sneak in, at most a few followers just. Not to mention that there is also Qing Yang. This Yin Shentong has been famous in the jianghu for decades, I have long wanted to compete with him."
He reached out and picked up the already sleeping Ah Li and said, "I'm counting on you, madam, to be more attentive to Bu Qun's affairs, and my little Ah Li, I'm counting on you, madam, too."
Lady Ning sighed, "Fighting and killing, I don't know when is the end. I used to hate the Demon Cult thieves to the bone, and when I saw them, I couldn't wait to pull out my sword and chop them clean."
"But that day when Ah Li had that incident, I was scared for a while. Now I only hope that Ah Li is healthy and that Senior Brother is safe and sound."
Ning Qingman said tersely, "But there are too many people in the jianghu who do wrong, and if I don't take the lead in the fight for righteousness and chivalry, who do I expect to go?"
The two of them went into their rooms to rest and spent the night without words.
Early in the morning of the second day, Ning Qing Man went down the mountain with Feng Qing Yang. When Yue Buqun arrived at Jade Maiden Peak, Ning Qing Man had already been gone for a while.
Yue Buqun asked, "Senior Maiden, Master has come down from the mountain?"
Lady Ning replied, "Your master left early in the morning, and when he left, he instructed me to properly supervise your practice."
Yue Buqun was ashamed, "I'm not talented, so I told Master to worry about it."
Lady Ning said, "Enough of this, today, Master Teacher will teach you another style."
Yue Buqun asked, "Senior Maiden, that four flat horses yesterday, you said it was Shaolin's kung fu, there's nothing wrong with us Huashan Sect going to learn Shaolin's kung fu, right?"
Lady Ning said, "Don't worry, my eight exercise methods and the secret method of medicinal bathing came from Shaolin no less, it was gifted by a Shaolin monk to your master ancestor, who passed it on to his mistress. There will definitely be no one questioning where it came from."
"This Forging Eight Styles and the Secret Method of Medicinal Bathing are the topmost foundational disciplines in the martial arts, no one in my Huashan Sect has learnt them before, and you are the first. Now I'll teach you the next movement, so pay attention and watch."
Yue Buqun watched intently as Madam Ning taught the second movement and then instructed Yue Buqun to practice. By the afternoon, Yue Buqun started to pick water again, and soaked in the medicinal bath at night. So by the eighth day, this Forging Eight Styles had been taught.
Madam Ning admonished, "Bu Qun, these Eight Styles of Body-Forging will be of great benefit to you, so you must exercise diligently without slacking off in the slightest."
Yue Buqun loudly responded. The first four of this Forging Body Eight Styles exercised the muscles of all the body parts, and the last four exercised the flexibility of the body.
Yue Buqun could feel his physical fitness improve by leaps and bounds after practising. His strength, endurance, and even speed had improved greatly, and many of the manoeuvres that he used to be unable to do with all his might were now done with ease.
This Forging Body Eight Styles had extraordinary effects, and Yue Buqun practised it diligently every day with great vigour.
Unlike the ripples on Mount Hua, a round of bloodshed has arisen in the Jianghu in recent days, with the Five Mountain Sword Sect and the Devil Sect suddenly fighting each other in a big way.
The Wuyue Sword Sect went on a rampage and cleaned up the various halls of the Devil Cult in their respective spheres of influence. The sect was caught off guard and suffered a great loss, even the head of the Wind and Thunder Hall was killed by Ning Qingman.
The battle lasted for three long months, after which it gradually subsided. Each side licked their wounds and waited for the next fight.
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