Chapter 54 – 51: Great Replenishing Soup, Stepping into the Qi Blood Realm (Seeking followers on Tuesday)
“Master, what do you mean?” Lu Qing asked.
“Your physique has always been somewhat weak. To step into the Qi Blood Realm, you must first replenish the deficiencies in your foundation.”
“Normally, consuming blood-nourishing and Qi-enhancing pills would have this effect, but that would be somewhat wasteful.”
“So catching this golden loach came at just the right time. With it, I can brew a pot of medicinal cuisine soup for you, which will perfectly replenish your deficiencies.”
“But Master, I wanted to share this golden loach with you,” Lu Qing said hesitantly.
“Master will just scrounge a bowl of soup from you, no need to be so formal.”
The elder doctor said no more and immediately took the golden loach into the kitchen.
Lu Qing followed him inside and saw the elder doctor skillfully processing the golden loach.
Aside from removing the innards, even the blood was kept, all of it put into a clay pot.
Then the elder doctor added some medicinal herbs and started to simmer them.
This simmering lasted an hour.
During this time, as the aroma of the soup filled the house, both Lu Qing and Little Yan couldn’t help but swallow saliva continuously.
“It’s ready.”
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The elder doctor extinguished the fire, let the clay pot cool a bit, then brought it out and placed it on the table.
As the lid was opened, a rich fragrance assailed their senses, making Lu Qing and his sister salivate even more.
Even the elder doctor, upon smelling it, couldn’t help but exclaim, “Indeed worthy of being one of the ten great delicacies, a Strange Fish.”
The elder doctor took out two large bowls and one small bowl.
First, he ladled out two bowls of soup.
Then he pushed the remaining contents of the clay pot in front of Lu Qing.
“Little Yan is still young, she can’t handle too much medicinal potency, one small bowl is enough for her. As for me, a taste of the flavor will suffice. The rest, you eat it all.”
“Master…” Lu Qing hesitated.
“Stop dawdling, remember to eat everything, don’t leave even the dregs.”
Seeing his master put on a stern face, Lu Qing could only embrace the clay pot and pour himself a bowl of soup.
The elder and the two youngsters began to drink their soup.
With the first sip, Lu Qing felt an indescribable savory taste spreading from the tip of his tongue, so delicious that every pore in his body seemed ready to open.
On the other side, he saw Little Yan drinking happily, her eyes almost squinting with joy.
The elder doctor sipped some soup, savored it carefully, then swallowed.
With a sigh, he said, “Worthy of being one of the world’s ten great delicacies, no wonder those nobles and tycoons spare no expense to acquire these Strange Fish.”
“Brother, this fish soup is so delicious!” Little Yan was utterly delighted.
Lu Qing, following his master’s words, drank bowl after bowl of soup, and soon, half a clay pot of soup was finished. He ate everything, including the dregs.
After finishing the soup and sitting for a while, Lu Qing began to feel warmth all over his body. In his Dantian, there seemed to be a stream of heat moving around.
Seeing his condition, the elder doctor smiled and said, “It’s working. The medicinal power of the soup has begun to take effect. Now go outside and practice Nourishing Body Boxing to fully absorb this medicinal power.”
Upon hearing this, Lu Qing hurried outside. The medicinal power within him was making it difficult for him to sit still.
Once in the courtyard, he concentrated and collected his heart and spirit, pulled up his stance, and began to practice the first to the ninth forms of Nourishing Body Boxing.
The elder doctor followed outside and saw how quickly Lu Qing had immersed himself in practicing the boxing forms, and he couldn’t help but nod repeatedly.
His disciple truly had exceptional Martial Arts Talent, who could quickly enter into a state of cultivation even with the medicinal power burning within his body.
In the courtyard, Lu Qing, who had initially felt somewhat uncomfortable from the medicinal power of the soup, found his thoughts becoming serene as soon as he started practicing the boxing forms.
Various realizations about Nourishing Body Boxing flowed through his mind, and a sense of enlightenment rose in his heart.
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Subconsciously, he began to use Nourishing Body Boxing to guide that medicinal power within his body.
Nourishing Body Boxing was the result of the elder doctor’s lifetime of efforts, extrapolated and perfected from an incomplete Cultivation Technique he had chanced upon in his youth.
It encapsulated his decades of practice in medicine, incorporating his understanding of the human body’s Qi-Blood, sinews, and bones, as well as the functioning of the inner organs.
It had remarkable effects on nourishing the physical body and strengthening one’s constitution.
Nourishing Body Boxing consisted of thirty-six forms, with the first nine forming a self-contained system, interlocking and complementing each other.
Performing it in succession could nurture Qi-Blood and regulate one’s breath, and it was an excellent Cultivation Method for Qi-Blood.
Lu Qing immersed himself in the practice of boxing, repeatedly performing the first nine forms of Nourishing Body Boxing.
As he practiced, the medicinal power generated from the Great Replenishing Soup, like birds returning to their nest, was swiftly gathered by him.
Slowly refined, it merged into his Qi-Blood, transforming into Life Essence Energy, fortifying the foundations of his body.