Chapter 39: Lu Chenbing in the Body Tempering Realm_1
Translator: 549690339
After a few friendly exchanges, everyone followed Lu Chennong into the mansion that was worth a fortune.
Once they entered the villa, Zhang Lijuan took Tongtong to the backyard swing to play, leaving only Xu Fan, Lu Chennong, and Lu Chenbing in the room.
At this mont, Xu Fan clasped his hands together and shook them towards Lu Chennong and Lu Chenbing, saying, “I owe you both a big thanks for this incident. Without your help, it surely would have left a dark shadow in Tongtong’s heart.”
“Hey, you’re already calling us big brother, so why the formality? I rember when you helped out, you said it was a trivial effort not worth ntioning. How co Xu Brother, who used to be so carefree, has started fussing over things?” Lu Chennong teased Xu Fan with a smile.
“Haha, since Elder Brother Lu says so, I won’t be polite anymore,” Xu Fan replied with a nod, silently taking note of their assistance.
“By the way, elder brother, how exactly did Xu Brother cure your illness? I’m quite curious about it now,” Lu Chenbing asked Lu Chennong with a hint of curiosity.
“Xu Brother said that I wasn’t sick but poisoned with a kind of toxin,” Lu Chennong said, his eyes carrying a trace of sharpness.
Seeing Lu Chenbing’s curious gaze, Xu Fan continued, “The poison Elder Xu was suffering from is nad Shiguyin, ford by the combination of Shizhencao and Leiguhua. Both herbs are originally great for treating fire toxin symptoms, but once mixed, they create a fiercely Yin, debilitating poison called Shiguyin. Those poisoned exhibit symptoms just like Elder Lu, with a chill invading the lower abdon. Fortunately, Elder Lu had the hot spring in this mansion which, although unable to cure the poison, could delay the spread of the Yin toxin. Otherwise, Elder Lu’s life would have ended once the poison spread throughout his body.”
“Poison, really?” Lu Chenbing’s eyes flashed with anger, infuriated by the underhanded tactic of using poison.
“Whoever did this, don’t let find out. Otherwise, I, Lu Chenbing, will never forgive you!” Lu Chenbing slamd his palm fiercely onto the exquisite mahogany tea table, saying this with a stern tone.
“Chen Bing, don’t be angry. Now that the cold poison in my body has been cured, we have ti to slowly weed out the culprit,” Lu Chennong tried to pacify his hot-tempered cousin.
“Elder Brother Lu, the Shiguyin poison is not sothing a common person would know of. The one behind the poisoning must have had guidance from soone more knowledgeable. So please, don’t be rash. If you find sothing, you can co to for help at any ti,” Xu Fan warned, fearing they might be too eager to find the perpetrator.
Lu Chennong nodded slightly in agreent, while Lu Chenbing still looked incensed, “I don’t care if he’s a high-ranking person or not; if I find him, he won’t get any rcy from .”
Lu Chennong, worried that Xu Fan might misunderstand his brother Lu Chenbing, explained, “Xu, my brother, is not an ordinary man. He’s a martial artist in the eyes of the commoners, and he has already reached the Strong Body Realm. Even if he encounters the expert behind the poisoner, he has the strength to fight.”
“Strong Body Realm?” Xu Fan, hearing about martial artists’ rankings on this planet for the first ti, asked with interest, “May I know which realm does this Strong Body Realm belong to for a martial artist?”
Lu Chenbing smiled faintly and said to Xu Fan, “When we were in the interrogation room earlier, I could tell that Brother Xu must be a martial artist too. Why would you ask such a novice question? Didn’t your sect explain these things to you?”
Xu Fan chuckled and said, “I’ve been teaching myself without any sect’s tradition, so I know very little about martial arts and realms. I would be grateful if Elder Lu could enlighten .”
Hearing this, Lu Chenbing straightened up and began speaking earnestly, “Alright, since Brother Xu lacks this knowledge, let give you a detailed explanation of so common knowledge from the Ancient Martial World.”
Xu Fan nodded, his face reflecting a slight look of anticipation.
Lu Chenbing picked up his tea, took a sip, then narrowed his eyes and said slowly, “In our Yan Country, there has been a tradition of practicing martial arts since ancient tis. From ancient eras, so seniors communicated with the stars and moon, apprehended mountains and rivers, and created many cultivation thods. It was with these thods that our ancestors were able to overco nurous adversaries in the treacherous ancient tis, contributing to our Yan Country’s five thousand years of splendid civilization.”
“These cultivation thods have been passed down through the sects over dynasties. However, with the constant changes of dynasties and chaotic wars, many of these sects and cultivation thods were lost. The greatest calamity ca after the fall of the Manchurian Dynasty when Yan Country was ravaged by the cannons and ironclad ships of the world’s powers, countless ancient martial artists fell before Western muskets and cannons, and now the cultivation thods left by our ancestors are nearly all but lost.
In this rapidly developing society, individual martial strength no longer plays much of a role, which is why few people are aware today that these martial arts techniques continue to be passed down, not just imagined in martial arts novels.”
“Indeed!” Xu Fan nodded. He had sensed a slight presence of Qi in the two helpers that the Zhu brothers had called, which confird to him that there were indeed cultivators in this world.
“Nowadays, we tend to call these cultivators martial artists or ancient martial artists, and the Ancient Martial World is not open to the general public. The news about it only circulates within the ancient martial artists’ circles.”
“Ancient Martial World? What about this ‘Strong Body Realm’ you ntioned?”
“Speaking of the ‘Strong Body Realm,’ we must discuss the classification of martial artists’ strength in the Ancient Martial World. Ordinary people, such as professional boxers, even if they win the strongest championship belt, are not considered martial artists. The mark of a true martial artist is entering the ‘Strong Body Realm.’ Martial artists in the Strong Body Realm can feel the ‘Qi Force’ and use it to strengthen themselves, enhancing their ordinary martial techniques with far greater power,” Lu Chenbing explained.
As Xu Fan listened, he nodded slightly; he recognized that the two n he had encountered earlier were in the ‘Strong Body Realm,’ possessing Qi force, but could only use it to boost their own attack power.
“Above the Strong Body Realm is the realm I’ve recently reached: the ‘Body Integration Realm,’” Lu Chenbing continued.
“Oh?” Xu Fan’s interest peaked, “What benefits does the ‘Body Integration Realm’ have?”
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