Seeing me understanding his meaning, Old Zhang couldn't help but smile knowingly and then said without beating around the bush, "This second choice is to let you also embark on the path of cultivation! Once you become a cultivator yourself, not only can the Yin poison be resolved, but it can even help you quickly improve your strength!"
"Really?"
After listening to the second choice given by Old Zhang, I was immediately excited and couldn't help but ask with great interest.
To be honest, I was quite envious of them. Seeing the girl just now pointing at Zhang Yao's forehead and shouting that spell, I thought it was really cool! I had been thinking that if one day I could have such ability, wouldn't that be great? And now, this opportunity was right in front of me? It was as if someone had arranged a pillow for me right when I was about to fall asleep.
"Of course it's true!"
Old Zhang nodded with great certainty and then changed the subject, "However, the path of cultivation is going against the natural order. If you truly want to cultivate, you must be prepared to endure hardships!"
"Well, I understand!"
Through hardship comes success. One cannot see a rainbow without first enduring the storm. Of course, I understood that becoming a cultivator was not just as simple as saying it. Otherwise, there would be cultivators all over the street.
"It's good that you understand!"
Seeing that I seemed to grasp the situation, Old Zhang seemed relieved and then asked, "So, what is your choice?"
"Needless to say! Of course, I choose the second option!"
Without any hesitation, I resolutely chose the second path. In fact, even if I didn't have this Yin poison trouble, as long as Old Zhang was willing to teach, I would still want to learn a thousand, ten thousand times!
Thinking back to when my grandfather was the head of the Maoshan sect, just mentioning the "neighbor Wang" made people at least feel awed. As his only grandson, how could I be willing to be an ordinary person?
Thinking about this, my heart became even more determined. I knelt in front of Old Zhang and, imitating what I saw on TV, loudly exclaimed, "Master, please accept me as your disciple!"
"Damn it!"
My sudden kneel shocked Old Zhang. His reaction was as if he had been startled by a tail-stepping. With a panic-stricken expression, he said, "Stop, stop! I didn't say I would take you as my disciple!"
"Eh?"
Upon hearing this, I was dumbfounded. I thought we had just agreed? Why did it suddenly change?
"Ah, if you want to cultivate, I'll teach you myself! But for me to accept you as my disciple, that is absolutely unacceptable!"
Old Zhang looked at me with a worried and flustered expression, and then said with a bitter smile, "I still want to live for a few more years, you're a lone star of calamity, I dare not be associated with you and bear the consequences!"
"Oh, I see..."
Hearing him say that, I suddenly realized that it was because I was a lone star of calamity, that he dared not accept me as his disciple?
But it didn't matter, as long as he was willing to teach me, whether I worshipped him as my master was secondary!
In fact, I didn't really want to call him master. I was already used to calling him "Old Zhang," and suddenly calling him master would be something I'm not used to. And, once I became his disciple, I couldn't joke around with him like before, that would lose a lot of fun, wouldn't it?
That's fine as it is.
"Today it's definitely too late..."
Looking out the window, after careful thought, Old Zhang said, "How about this, I just happen to have a copy of 'Daoist Fourteen Stanzas.' It's a method for strengthening the body, you can take a look at it!"
"After I completely resolve the troubles with the 'Shadow Woman' and 'Evil Mother,' I will officially lay the foundation for you and teach you cultivation!"
Lay the foundation?
It sounds quite impressive!
"Okay! I'll do as you say!"
Without any hesitation, I quickly took the copy of 'Daoist Fourteen Stanzas' that Old Zhang handed to me. Yet, before I could read it carefully, there was a sudden flash of light outside the window, followed by a loud bang.
"Hmm?"
Hearing the loud noise, Old Zhang's face suddenly changed, and he subconsciously exclaimed, "Maoshan Thunderous Technique?"
"Let's go! Let's go and see what happened!"
As soon as he said that, Old Zhang suddenly grabbed me and headed straight towards the source of the loud noise.
"What on earth has happened?"
This was the first time I had seen Old Zhang look so serious. Even when we encountered the 'Evil Mother Yin Sha' last time, his face was just unpleasant, not as fearful as it is now.
"No mistake! It's definitely the authentic Maoshan Thunderous Technique! How could people from Maoshan appear here?"
Rather than answering my question, it's more like he was speaking to himself.
Just as we were halfway there, he suddenly stopped in his tracks, turned around, and said to me with a serious expression, "We're unsure about the enemy's identity. So, you go back first and take care of that little girl! I'll go and come back soon!"
"Oh... well, okay!"
Hearing him say that, I also felt that things seemed quite serious. Therefore, despite my curiosity, I still followed his instructions and turned back towards the 'shabby room.'
Old Zhang, on the other hand, had disappeared quickly as I turned around, apparently heading straight to where the incident had occurred.
Back in the shabby room, the beautiful woman was still in a deep sleep, and I quickly started reading the 'Daoist Fourteen Stanzas' that Old Zhang had given me.
As Old Zhang had said, this was a method for strengthening the body. The beginning was a long and obscure verse that left me in a cloud of confusion.
Fortunately, apart from the verse, there was a lengthy explanation. After reading it sentence by sentence, I roughly understood the meaning behind it.
The so-called "holding Kunlun with both hands" actually referred to holding the head, with both hands and fingers crossed, holding the back of the neck, and then slowly breathing without making any sound.
As for "the dragon walks and the tiger runs," it was even simpler. The dragon referred to saliva, and the tiger referred to the surrounding vital energy. The meaning of the whole sentence was that swallowing saliva would naturally lead the surrounding vital energy into the body.
"Oh my God!"
These ancient people were really something, they made simple things seem so mysterious, as if they were afraid that others would understand. Instead of just saying, 'hold your head with both hands,' they had to elaborate it as 'Kunlun with both hands'...
I was speechless...
After quickly reading through the 'Daoist Fourteen Stanzas,' I felt quite bored. I glanced at the beautiful woman on the bed, seeing no sign of her waking up, and I began to feel a bit unsettled.
After all, she was a living, breathing beauty, lying in my bed. It would be a lie to say that I had no thoughts. It's likely that even ghosts wouldn't believe it.
Although there were many beauties in the school, they always seemed to lack something when compared to her. Maybe it was because she was a cultivator, but I always felt that there was something ethereal about her, compared to others.
As if guided by a strange impulse, I set down the 'Daoist Fourteen Stanzas' and quietly stepped closer to her.
Perhaps because she had lost a lot of blood just now, the beauty's face was still somewhat pale, but it did not affect her beauty in the slightest. Instead, it gave her a feeling of a 'sleeping beauty', causing a strong desire in me to protect her.
"If I could kiss her just once, how wonderful it would be!"
Looking at her cherry-red lips, I couldn't help but lick my lips. I thought, if I could just kiss her, even if I received another kick in exchange, it would be totally worth it!
But, in the end, I was still the kind of person who has the desire but lacks the courage. As someone once said, 'If you want to eat meat, you have to be able to take a beating.' And someone like me obviously couldn't handle getting beaten!
I had personally experienced her short temper, and if she found out about it, it wouldn't just be about taking a beating. I'm afraid that even my life would be at stake on the spot.
Moreover, am I the kind of person who takes advantage of others in their vulnerable moments?
So, I swallowed my saliva, licked my lips again, and eventually walked away. Just to avoid any misunderstandings when she woke up, and in case she mistook me for a monster and kicked me out with another kick, I would really have no place to cry.
I should be glad for my decision!
Because as soon as I turned around to go back to the computer desk, a very cold voice suddenly sounded behind me, "You should be glad for your decision!"
Darn it! So she was already awake?