Chapter 72: The Evil Pharmacist An [Seeking votes and reading]
Yaowang Valley is a major martial arts sect with enormous influence.
It is a normal phenomenon that there are factions within factions and many mountains and rivers.
As a disciple of Pharmacist An, Qiu Zhen naturally took sides. No matter how hard he tried to please, the new head of Medicine King Qingmu Hall, Shi, would not pay attention to him. Therefore, after being reminded by Shopkeeper Liu, he was too lazy to stay in the medicine shop for long.
Anyway, you can get paid without working, so why not do it?
Qiu Zhen went straight to An Mansion.
Speaking of which, for some reason, the doorman and the servants started calling Qiu Zhen "Young Master" all the time, and their attitude towards Qiu Zhen was much more respectful than before.
"Mr. Qiu, please come this way. The master has instructed that you should go directly to the martial arts arena when you come next time."
Qiu Zhen was a little surprised to see the servant nodding and bowing to lead the way, and the treatment he received was much better than when he came to the An family to read books before.
However, when you think about it carefully, it's not surprising.
Guided by the servants, they walked through the corridors and courtyards and soon arrived at a martial arts training ground in the outer courtyard.
In the courtyard, eighteen kinds of weapons were displayed, and mud and sand were flying everywhere.
However, it was different from the scene he imagined of several people fighting each other and shouting "Hum-ha".
In the martial arts arena in the courtyard, there was only a young man practicing the [God and Demon Five Animal Play].
"Master, Master Qiu is here."
The young man may have noticed someone coming in a long time ago. Before the servant could speak, he slowly stopped his exercise, looked at the person outside the yard, and smiled at him:
"Brother Qiu, you are finally here."
Qiu Zhen was slightly stunned and a little surprised.
This person was none other than Hua Yu, whom he had met in the pharmacy these days and had a drink with last night.
To be precise, his surname is An and his given name is Huayu.
"So you are the son of the gentleman."
Qiu Zhen had heard before that Master An had two sons. The eldest was in his twenties, and the younger was a handsome young man of sixteen.
Unexpectedly, the young master of the An family was Hua Yu, whom he met in the pharmacy a few days ago.
"Don't blame me, Junior Brother Qiu. I finally have a companion and couldn't help but go over to get to know him. I didn't mean to hide it."
An Huayu greeted him with a smile:
"Now that you're here, I'm finally saved."
Qiu Zhen was stunned and confused when he heard this.
What does "there is salvation" mean?
"Haha~"
Seeing Qiu Zhen's doubts, An Huayu pretended to laugh and couldn't help but sigh:
"My father has four disciples, including me."
"My eldest senior brother is called An Chuwen, and he is also my elder brother. He has top-notch physique [Tiger Body and Dragon Nose], and is a first-rate martial arts genius. He started practicing martial arts at the age of twelve, and reached acquired perfection at the age of fifteen. He achieved innate perfection at the age of eighteen, causing a sensation in Changle Prefecture. However, this martial arts genius was severely scolded by my father, who called him stupid and made him doubt his life. In the end, he was so angry that he ran away from home and joined the army."
Qiu Zhen was surprised when he heard this.
He had heard of the top-level root bone [Tiger Body and Dragon Nose]. The efficiency of breathing and internal training was amazing, the recovery of qi and blood was endless, and the physique was strong. He was a natural candidate for practicing martial arts and was extremely suitable for fighting on the battlefield.
As for the fact that An Chuwen started learning martial arts at the age of twelve and achieved great perfection at the age of fifteen, he was not surprised.
For geniuses with top-notch physique, it is not difficult for them to cultivate themselves after birth. Without taking any precious medicine or elixir, they can achieve perfection in three to four years.
Therefore, they are more restrained in taking magical herbs, precious medicines and elixirs.
After all, he is young, and forcing him to grow will affect his aptitude and is totally unnecessary.
As long as they have a good family background and have martial arts masters to guide them at home, the children of the family will pay great attention to self-cultivation. It is usually planned that they will formally practice martial arts in their teens and reach perfection in self-cultivation around the age of 20.
If you have a strong aptitude, you can use less natural treasures and elixirs. If you have an average aptitude, you can use more of them.
Generally, one can achieve perfection in self-cultivation around the age of 20.
As for breaking through the innate, that depends on one's luck. Many rich kids, even if they have all kinds of resources, can achieve perfection before the age of 20, but they will never be able to break through the innate in their lifetime, their qi and blood will decline, and in the end they will be no different from ordinary people.
Senior Brother An Chuwen achieved innate accomplishment at the age of eighteen, which is definitely outstanding.
Not only does he have good bones, but his understanding and character are also top-notch.
As a result, he was scolded so badly by Pharmacist An?
Qiu Zhen was very surprised. This was very different from the image of Master An, who was gentle and amiable in his eyes.
"Hua Yu, you are not a special choreographer, sir..."
"That's certainly not the case."
An Huayu shook his head repeatedly:
"And my second senior brother Tong Yuncong, he possesses the spirit of the [Sword Spirit], a natural martial spirit, and his sword skills have astonished many innate masters. However, he was scolded by my father and his Tao heart was shattered, so he can no longer use a sword."
As he spoke, An Huayu looked angry:
"Just think about it, a swordsman with the [Sword Spirit] was afraid to hold a sword. How absurd! Later, my mother used her connections to let Second Senior Brother learn martial arts from a sword master. In the past two years, Second Senior Brother has regained his confidence and made rapid progress in martial arts."
Perhaps because she had opened her mouth to talk, An Huayu spoke incessantly to Qiu Zhen:
"There is also the third sister, Yu Lanyin. She possesses the [Spiritual Fragrance of Hundred Herbs]. When she was born, she was filled with the fragrance of hundreds of herbs. She has a spiritual body and good talent. She is very compatible with the martial arts of our Medicine King Valley. As a result, she became my father's disciple, but she was unable to enter the innate realm. My mother saw that something was wrong and took my sister with her."
An Huayu described Pharmacist An's "bad deeds" vividly, with a frustrated and somewhat resentful look on his face:
"I don't know what my mother was thinking. She asked me to come to Qingmu first. Hey, my father is not as good as Uncle Kang in teaching me martial arts. But he insisted on teaching me martial arts. It was a mess."
"This"
Qiu Zhen couldn't get a word in just now, and it was An Huayu who expressed his emotions throughout the whole process.
He was talking eloquently and pouring out all his daily grievances and helplessness.
Qiu Zhen was a little surprised at first, but soon he vaguely understood what was going on.
These days, Qiu Zhen also secretly inquired about Master An and learned some of his background.
Although he did not reach the level of a grandmaster, he once fought against a grandmaster and was not at a disadvantage, thus becoming famous for a time.
It is said that he has the ambition to melt hundreds of classics and open up the road of martial arts.
Rumor has it that once Master An reaches the Grandmaster level, he will be halfway to becoming a Martial Saint. His future will be infinitely bright and he will be a genius among geniuses.
People often say that a good teacher produces good students.
A master is not necessarily a famous teacher, especially a master with extremely high talent. He can understand many problems as soon as he thinks about them and does not think they are problems at all. When teaching others, he may not be so patient and persuasive.
Master An must be this kind of extraordinary talent in martial arts.
"Huayu, thank you for your hard work."
Qiu Zhen felt very sympathetic and patted An Huayu on the shoulder to comfort her.
In his previous life, he had seen many children from highly educated and teacher families who were prone to depression.
An Huayu in front of him was obviously this kind of person, with a tendency to depression.
"It's okay. I'm used to it."
An Huayu saw Qiu Zhen comforting him and seemed to really understand him. He felt comforted and a faint smile appeared on his face:
"Not to mention, right now, I feel much better now that you, Junior Brother Qiu, are accompanying me in the training and scolding."
Qiu Zhen: “.”
Bai Zhu, who was lazily lying on the side, stood up suddenly upon hearing this and said in a bad tone:
"You have a bad mind. My young master comforted you, but you wanted to drag him down with you!"
"Hey, you can talk!"
It was the first time that An Huayu heard Bai Zhu speak. He was very surprised. Just as he was about to ask something, he heard footsteps outside the yard.
"It's over, my dad is here."
Then, his face fell, and he reminded Qiu Zhen beside him:
"Junior Brother Qiu, you must be prepared. Don't be unable to withstand the blow."
(End of this chapter)
