My goodness!
As soon as she spoke, I was so scared that I couldn't even imagine what would have happened if I hadn't held back and really kissed her. It would have been a disaster.
There's no need to think, it would have been extremely disastrous...
"Um..."
Stunned in place for several seconds, I finally came to my senses and awkwardly said, "Uh... you... you're awake..."
"Hmph! What, are you disappointed that I'm awake?"
The beauty gave me a fierce glare, then struggled to sit up from the bed. Seeing her looking extremely pained, I couldn't help but want to help her, but she stopped me with a "sinister" look, so I had to give up and stood there awkwardly.
The beauty got out of bed, the first thing she did was roll up her sleeves and carefully check her injuries.
By now, the color of her arm had returned to normal, and it seemed that the wound had been bandaged by Lao Zhang.
"Phew..."
Seeing that her arm had returned to normal, the beauty breathed a sigh of relief, and her gaze towards me softened. However, her expression quickly turned extremely ugly, and even her voice seemed to tremble a bit, "This... this is what you used to bandage me?"
"Hey, it's okay, no need to thank me, anyone would do the same..."
I modestly smiled, truth be told, I was just too naive! I thought the beauty wanted to thank me, after all, if it wasn't for saving her, I wouldn't have been poisoned, with my mouth swollen like a sausage.
Not to mention gratitude, even if she wanted to offer herself to me, I think I would have been worthy! I paid a great price to save her!
"You bastard!"
However, before I finished speaking, just when I was feeling self-righteous and ready to accept the beauty's gratitude, she suddenly ripped off the wrapping from her wound and flung it at me.
"Damn it!"
I instinctively cursed, then I saw clearly, it was my yellow, sponge-bob-patterned underpants!
Damn it! Lao Zhang must have done it on purpose, using my underwear to bandage the beauty's wound, no wonder she's so angry!
Damn it! You've really screwed me over!
Now, even if I jumped into the Yellow River, I wouldn't be able to wash away this humiliation.
"No! I mean..."
Seeing the beauty's increasingly dark expression, I began to feel anxious and hastily shouted at her, "Listen to my explanation..."
"Hmph!"
As expected, the beauty didn't listen to my explanation, she coldly snorted and with a quick step, charged out of the room, slamming the door shut with a "bang".
"Damn it!"
I was going crazy, and luckily Lao Zhang wasn't around, or I would have really wanted to kill him!
There's so much stuff in my room, and you had to use my underwear? If you had just torn up my sheets, I could have accepted it!
Now, my impression in the beauty's mind wasn't great to begin with, and now with Lao Zhang's antics, I'd be blacklisted for sure.
Am I really wronged! I risked my life to save her, not even getting a word of thanks, let alone anything like "offering herself". That's not even the main issue, the key point is that I got kicked by her earlier, and now I've added the impression of being a "pervert"!
"When you come back, I'll skin you alive!"
Overall, my "anger value" towards Lao Zhang undoubtedly jumped to the maximum! Now that he's back, I can unleash my wrath on him!
After the beauty left, I was left alone in the "humble abode", with nothing to do, I had to continue studying the book "Daoist's Fourteen Moves".
Strangely enough, without the distraction of the beauty, I quickly memorized the opening mantra. Understanding the meaning behind each line, I sat down cross-legged and began to follow the instructions.
"Sit quietly with closed eyes, concentrating the mind, knock the teeth thirty-six times, embrace Kunlun..."
"Raise and lower the heavenly drum, listen twenty-four times..."
Focusing single-mindedly, I quickly found a feeling, as time passed, a faint warm sensation rose from my abdomen and spread throughout my body, making me inexplicably comfortable. It felt as if my whole person was floating in mid-air...
What I didn't know was that this was actually what practitioners often referred to as "qi sensation". Once the "qi sensation" was found, it meant that one had found the threshold of cultivation.
For an ordinary person, it would be impossible to find the "qi sensation" so easily, at least they would need someone to help them establish a foundation. But I was different, my body originally had the protection of dragon qi, although it was only a small amount, it was still dragon qi. After two consecutive stimulations, it had actually helped me open up certain meridian checkpoints in my body, allowing me to easily find the "qi sensation".
Of course, at this point, I didn't actually understand what "qi sensation" meant. I just felt that this feeling was wonderful, just like being in a sauna, my whole body warm and comfortable.
As time passed, it seemed as if every pore on my body was swallowing the essence, soon I was dripping with sweat.
Unconsciously, this feeling continued all night.
At dawn, when the first rays of sunlight fell on my face, I finally came to my senses from that state.
Opening my eyes, the room was still empty, Lao Zhang hadn't returned all night?
"Why hasn't he come back after so long?"
Thinking about the serious look on the old man's face before he left, and thinking about the so-called "Maoshan Attracting Thunder Technique", I couldn't help but feel worried, "Could something have happened to him?"
But then I thought again, since it was called "Maoshan Attracting Thunder Technique", it should be someone from Maoshan. Since Lao Zhang knew my grandpa, and my grandpa used to be the head of Maoshan, he shouldn't do anything harmful to him, right?
Thinking through this, my mind was finally at ease, just as I was about to go out to check, I suddenly caught a whiff of a very pungent smell.
"What's that smell?"
I took a few deep sniffs, then turned my gaze to my own body. I was covered in sweat, and around many pores there were even some disgusting black grease.
"Is... is all of this coming out of my body?"
"Huh?"
Suddenly, the words "bone marrow washing" flashed into my mind.
Damn!
Is it really so exaggerated that such a simple body-strengthening spell would have such miraculous effects?
This result is really unbelievable. I always thought that what Old Zhang taught me was just a very common body-refining technique! But who would have thought that just one night of practice would result in the expulsion of so many impurities from my body, it's like being reborn!
Even more surprising is that my previously bruised right arm has also returned to normal! It seems that the previous toxic condition has been completely eliminated?
"Haha, I really am a genius in training!"
Looking in the mirror, I gloated for nearly half an hour, then went to take a shower.
After the shower, I felt much lighter and couldn't help but feel even more grateful to Old Zhang.
It seems that I underestimated the effectiveness of the "Taoist Fourteen Stretching Techniques". Apparently, what Old Zhang taught me is indeed a rare body-refining method!
Of course, I misunderstood this.
How could a mere "Taoist Fourteen Stretching Techniques" possibly have the effect of "bone marrow washing"? What truly caused my transformation was the combined effect of the dragon energy and the toxicity in my body.
Since I turned one year old, this strand of dragon energy has always been with me, lying dormant until I successfully found the "sensitivity" last night and fully activated it!
Old Zhang had said before that the dragon energy is inherently pure and strong, a natural nemesis to darkness. Once activated, it naturally cannot tolerate toxic substances in my body. The two forces chased each other, causing all my limbs and bones to undergo a thorough cleaning, finally expelling the toxicity and even forcing out some impurities!
In other words, the so-called "bone marrow washing" is actually just a byproduct of the dragon energy expelling the toxicity.