While the First Ducal Prince and his sister were having their conversation in her carriage, far away to the North, the subject of their last exchange had just woken up in an unfamiliar bed, in an unfamiliar room.Qin Feng started to sit up at once. But he stopped when he realized that he was not in any danger. First of all, his injuries were all neatly bandaged. And he could smell, and identify, the medicinal salves that had been slathered all over the open wounds. The bed that he was lying in was also far more luxurious than any that he had been in.
And that included the guest room that he had slept in, for one night, at the Ducal Palace itself. So it was rather obvious that he was being treated as an honored guest.
Or perhaps, a highly valued prisoner?
Qin Feng snorted to himself as he shook his head. He had never heard of any prisoner being covered in rich embroidered bedclothes, and had their wounds treated with medicinal herbs that cost hundreds of thousands of silver coins.
He was familiar with the aftertaste of hundred year old ginseng, after all. And it was rather clear that he had been fed a slice or two of that miraculous healing herb recently. Otherwise, why did he still have the flavor of the same lingering on his tongue?
But who was the one who had rescued him?
There was only one person that he knew who had the wealth to throw such expensive remedies at him, and house him in such a rich-looking room. And, to be fair, he did get injured thanks to that attempt on Li Changhai"s life. Well, saving the Second Ducal Prince"s life, to be accurate.
So he was not in the least bothered about being housed by or receiving medical treatment from the Second Ducal Prince or his father. And found himself wondering about something else altogether:
Just how he was going to survive in the future, with all these reckless martial exponents throwing themselves at him and his companions? Qin Feng was certain that the idiot Fatty Zhou had only intended to make a quick strike at the Prince, and escape before Li Changhai"s companions could react to the situation. Too bad that Qin Feng had spoiled that for him.
Which sort of made sense, considering how he seemed to be targetting Qin Feng after that first blow. Probably because he was upset with the youngest fellow in the group? Qin Feng wasn"t certain, but it did make sense if he took that into consideration.
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Of course, he had managed to save Li Changhai from his would-be killer, so that should put the generous fellow in his debt again. Perhaps he could leverage on the fact that he had taken injuries in his protection of the Prince, and so get Li Changhai to pay his bill at the inn? He had been a bothered by that earlier, hadn"t he?
Qin Feng groaned then, and shook his head at himself. This was hardly the time to be worried about something like that! He was almost killed!
And it was all thanks to his barely pa.s.sable martial arts skills that he survived!
That was a wake-up call, if he ever saw one!
Then he sighed, and pulled himself up into a sitting position. Slowly crossing his legs, he settled down into a basic Lotus position, which was best for the meditation that he was about to begin. He could examine his internal injuries while lying down, naturally. But he was intending to do something else, once he was done.
Qin Feng was relieved to sense no major injuries along his qi meridians. He had taken a bit of beating in his forearms, especially after that kick of Zhou Jinhu. So the cracks in his channels there were not unexpected. The medication and the treatment that he had received thereafter, on the other hand, was more than sufficient to help him recover. So much so that he would have no trouble at all, if he channeled his own internal strength through the same.
In fact, the use of his own zhenqi in such a manner would further accelerate his healing. Something that Qin Feng was more than eager to work on, at present.travel
He had not been too bothered with his somewhat slow advancement with regards to his martial arts ever since he had left the Heaven Sword School. Qin Feng was intending to quietly travel North, out of the Kingdom, so there was hardly any need to work on his martial arts. At least, that had been what he had believed.
Not to mention the fact that it was a rather painful experience:
Honestly, he had been conducting his Breathing Exercises all this while, and slowly building up his Jade Tree cultivation in his body. So much so that the manifestation within his own dantian was now close to twice its original height. And it was a good bit wider at the base as well.
Unfortunately, that only prompted the White Jade Orchid Law to expand as well, so that it still covered almost all of the trunk of the said manifestation of the Jade Tree. While that was more or less good news, since it meant that he was able to coax more power from the same, it did lead to other problems.
Such as the uncomfortable feeling that he would get, when he tried to work on his Jade Tree Breathing Exercises. He used to run through all sixteen of the Exercises previously, when he was back at the Heaven Sword School, but he had quickly reduced that number to three. Ever since he arrived at Changqing City, he had found the White Jade Orchid Law "devouring" every last bit of progress that he made.
And causing him to feel as though he had acid poured into his meridians each time that he ran through those Breathing Exercises. From what he could see from the manifestations of those two martial arts inside his dantian, it seemed that the powerful White Jade Orchid Flower Law was eagerly flooding every last bit of growth that the Jade Tree made. So much so that the former"s rapid advancement was causing his channels to swell.
That had hurt! Which was why he had not bothered to practice more than three cycles a day. By the end of that time, the mild irritation that he felt in his meridians had already grown to a pain that was comparable to a really bad sunburn.
Which was why he had stopped, as soon as that happened. And that, of course, led to his rather pathetic advancement, with regards to his cultivation. Yet, with his Expert level in his Flowing Wind Steps, he hardly ever came across someone who could really threaten him.
Besides, he was just a short step away from reaching Qi Refinement. Indeed, his Core was almost perfected from the time that he stepped into Yanyun City. All it would take was just another twenty days to a month, before he could start refining his own qi, and matching it to his White Jade Orchid Flower Great Law.
As well as the fighting and movement arts that he knew.
Unfortunately, it seemed he had more enemies there in Yanyun City, that he knew about. And they were not about to let him take his time to improve himself!
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