Chapter 5 Bravery

　　"Practicing martial arts?" 　　Lu Quanan frowned. 　　"Why did you start practicing martial arts again?" He just wanted to reprimand a few times, but immediately thought of the other young masters who went out to have fun, and in comparison, Lu Sheng's boy's behavior was much more progressive than those people ultimately. 　　The words of reprimand reached the edge of his mouth, and he sighed again. 　　"Practicing martial arts is still a good idea to find your Uncle Zhao to follow along, don't practice blindly by yourself, it's easy to get into trouble." 　　He shook his head and turned towards the door, halfway there, he paused again and said. 　　"Over at the pharmacy, whatever herbs you want, just go ahead and call for them, I'll give you two thousand taels of routine money for January." 　　After saying that he left with a big stride. 　　Erniang Liu Cuiyu reached out and gently wiped Lu Sheng's sweat with a towel. 　　"Your father, he's just soft-hearted." 　　She let out a long sigh. 　　"Elder Xu and he are eight-time friends, and now that this has happened, he feels bad in his heart as well. It's good that you practice martial arts, only, people who practice martial arts start cultivating their roots from a young age, and now at this age, it's ultimately a little late ......" 　　She chattered something that Lu Sheng didn't fully listen to. 　　His attention was focused on his newly acquired Black Tiger Blade Technique. 　　"It's truly marvelous ......" 　　Lu Sheng squinted his eyes slightly, ostensibly listening to Erniang, but actually sensing the condition of his body. 　　He bulged his arm muscles. 　　"The muscles in both hands are still the same as before, but that sense of proficiency, that sense of feeling as if you've been practicing blade techniques for many years, it's simply ......" 　　He tried drumming his leg muscles again. 　　The muscles in his legs were obviously easier to power up than before. 　　He could clearly feel that his power, from his feet, flowed sharply upwards, all the way to his waist, and then to his arms. 　　This smoothness of force conduction was described in great detail in the Black Tiger Blade Technique. 　　It was called the passage of force. 　　"If it is according to what is stated in the blade technique. Those who generally practice martial arts have a set of methods to mobilize most of the force in their body. Those who can mobilize fifty percent of their body's strength are considered good. Those who mobilize eighty percent of their strength will be able to enter the so-called Tong Li realm." 　　Lu Sheng weighed in his heart, according to some of this body's original memories, once he had heard Uncle Zhao and the rest of the few martial arts masters talk about this aspect. 　　The Tong Li realm was pretty much the number one level in Jiu Lian City. 　　Being able to integrate the force to strike out together, at such a realm, even if one was just an ordinary person, with a single slash, one would be able to utilize a terrifying speed of power that far exceeded that of an ordinary person. 　　"Uncle Zhao, that's the Tong Li realm ah ......" 　　Lu Sheng sighed in his heart, the effect of this modifier had not been discounted in the slightest, causing a big stone in his heart to be ruthlessly loosened. 　　"Unfortunately, the modifier consumes what seems to be a combination of Essence and Spirit or something like that. Modify so once, is not those legends have internal force internal qi gongfu, just an ordinary external sword method, actually almost make me to qi and blood two losses, seriously ill in bed ......" 　　Lu Sheng's heart vaguely somewhat understood the nature of the modifier. 　　This thing seemed to be a tweaker, capable of inscribing the body with experiences, memories, instincts, and martial arts. 　　But this kind of adjustment, it needed to spend energy, and what was consumed seemed to be his Essence. 　　Moreover, adjusting the body's memories and the like wasn't something that could be done overnight. 　　"The body is like a pile of materials, and a modifier is supposed to utilize these materials to build a new foundation plate on top of the original. And it can't modify muscle strength, bone strength, etc. out of thin air." 　　Lu Sheng came up with this guess. 　　And the changes in his body over the next few days confirmed this guess of his. 　　His body slowly recovered from the first day, while his arms and legs, chest and back, all slowly grew strong muscles. 　　Moreover, Lu Sheng obviously also felt the pain in his body become numb. The skin of his palms gradually gave birth to some thick cuticle. 　　His meal size was also getting bigger and bigger. 　　In order not to appear out of the ordinary, he would secretly go out on his own every day and eat extra meals outside. 　　At home, he had eaten four meals, three in the morning, three in the middle of the day, and three in the evening, plus a late night snack. 　　Outside he would have to eat the same amount of meals as at home again. 　　After seven days of this, Lu Sheng's entire body became vaguely sturdy, and his figure was not as thin as before. 　　That secret book of sword techniques, he had also returned it to Uncle Zhao in its entirety a long time ago. 　　Uncle Zhao had heard about him being bedridden and sick, and when he took over the sword technique, other than shaking his head and sighing, he didn't show much else and stopped asking about practicing the sword. 　　Lu Sheng guessed that he should have thought that he had tried to practice the sword haphazardly and ended up injuring himself. 　　Uncle Zhao did think similarly. 　　Originally, he was waiting for Lu Sheng to go to him to answer his questions after he failed to practice his sword, but he didn't expect to hear about Grand Duke Lu Sheng being injured and bedridden in the blink of an eye. 　　Then he returned the secret book to him and stopped asking about the Black Tiger Sword. 　　He then thought that Lu Sheng was no longer interested and gave up. 　　In response, Uncle Zhao didn't say anything except to sigh. 　　Everything returned to the days of old. 　　The life of the Lu Mansion didn't seem to be too affected by the Xu Family. 　　The juniors went out trekking, drank flower wine, listened to music, rode horses, and went to participate in poetry and flower shows. Although JiuLian City is not big, but also not small, these fun things have everything. 　　The older generation, from time to time to participate in this party, to participate in that party, to go to the city government offices to participate in. 　　Lu Quan'an also devoted himself to the Chamber of Commerce and business all day long. 　　Everyone seemed to have forgotten about the Xu family tragedy. They were living the same life as before. 　　The only ones who were different from before were two people. 　　One was Lu Yi Yi, without her fiancé, without her lover, she washed her face with tears every day and became more and more haggard. 　　The other was Lu Sheng. 　　Lu Sheng became more fond of running outside. 　　Instead of going to play and listen to music, he went outside the city and found an open space in a small forest. 　　Self-concerned, he began to try to practice the Black Tiger Blade Technique. 　　...... 　　The Black Wind Ridge was located to the southwest of Jiu Lian City. 　　The wind was howling and it was night time. 　　Lu Sheng picked up a plain sword from the blacksmith store in the city and headed towards this place. 　　He did not seek to arrive at Black Wind Ridge, he just intended to find an opportunity to test his sword on the way. 　　The Black Tiger Blade Technique was something he had obtained by utilizing a modifier, he did not intend to expose it, it could be used as a killer weapon for him. 　　From an outsider's perspective, they all thought that he was just an ordinary, unarmed rich boy. 　　Under such a wrong perception, once there was any crisis that was going to target him, this body of skills would become his greatest dependence to turn the tide. 　　Of course, the premise was that this experience with the Black Tiger Blade Technique really worked. 　　Lu Sheng wasn't sure exactly where Black Wind Ridge was located, and how far it was from Jiu Lian City. 　　JiuLian City does not have a curfew, and the city gates are open at night, so he wore wide clothes alone, lowered his head to cover his face, changed into a plain dress, and then used a daughter's water powder to modify his face slightly. 　　At once he became an ordinary traveler whom no one recognized. 　　After leaving the city through the night, Lu Sheng glanced towards the distance. 　　The dark deserted mountains looked like sleeping beasts, quietly lurking under the moonlight. 　　His heart was also a bit drummed. 　　But in order to hide himself, and also to test how powerful the Black Tiger Blade Technique really was. 　　Standing at the city gates, he still gathered his breath and walked towards the direction of Black Wind Ridge. 　　Ding Ding Ding ...... 　　The caravan merchants returning from the night were entering the city from the main road. 　　The bells hanging on the carriages and horses were swaying straight from the wind and drifted far out in the night breeze. 　　Lu Sheng's location out of the city was the side gate. 　　The city gates of Jiu Lian City were very strange, not only were they not closed at night, there were several gates alone, and the city walls looked tall and thick, but in reality, they were leaking everywhere, and did not serve as protection at all. 　　"This day is another night arrival ah?" 　　"Not ...... the night is dark, rushed to the road and broke the wheel, really bad luck ......." 　　On the avenue of the main city gate, the leader of the merchant team and the guarding officer's voice drifted over from afar. 　　Lu Sheng stood on a small path towards the southwest, much narrower than the main gate driveway. 　　The darkened side gate only had two torches burning on the city wall, and with the dim shimmering light spilling down, one could only see about half a meter of objects in front of them. 　　"It's really ancient ah ......," Lu Sheng mentally sighed. 　　Raising his eyes, the three directions in front of him were all dark, and only JiuLian City behind him had firelight. 　　"No flashlight, no light, the ancient wilderness is simply a wildlife hunting paradise." 　　He hesitated slightly, but the experience of the Black Tiger Blade Technique that surged through his body made him feel not very intimidated. 　　This was because the Black Tiger Blade Mind Technique had a method to cope with this kind of dark environment. 　　Or rather, the Black Tiger, itself, was a good hunter in the dark. The Black Tiger Blade Technique did not require a low level of listening to the wind and recognizing the position, and was not afraid of this environment. 　　Tightening his belt, Lu Sheng gripped the Park Sword and accelerated towards the path leading to the Black Wind Ridge. 　　A few hundred meters along the trail, he took out the flint from the cloth pouch on his waist, and then removed the small torch on his back that had already been prepared. 　　Placing a piece of the flint at the head of the torch, the two stones rubbed vigorously. 　　Snap. 　　Sparks splashed on the head of the torch. 　　Red sparks first a little, and then quickly spread to the whole torch head. 　　There was finally a bright light in the darkness. 　　Lu Sheng looked back, the light of Jiu Lian City was already dim. 　　He held up the torch and slowly walked forward. 　　"According to the hunters, this road is infested with wild wolves from time to time at night. Let's see my luck." 　　He didn't dare to really go to the Black Wind Ridge, knowing that there was a strong possibility of ghosts and monsters and such in this world, he naturally didn't dare to go too far from the city. 　　If it wasn't for the fact that he had searched for a number of methods in the city, all of which were not good enough to try out his strength, he wouldn't have run to this side alone to try his luck. 　　Walking a little further, he soon found traces on the ground. 　　The traces of the wild wolves that that old hunter had mentioned. 　　A few strips of white ceramic clay-like ovoid feces. 　　Lu Sheng picked up a stone and pestled the dung. 　　It had already air-dried and hardened, and the pestle crushed it to reveal something like a nail chip inside. 　　"This is it ...... This mass of dung should be from a few days ago, and according to what the old hunter said, he also saw that old wolf here yesterday. It should be nearby." 　　Lu Sheng held the torch in one hand and slowly pulled out the Park Sword from his back waist with one hand. 　　The Park Sword was a type of sword derived from the unification of soldiers and farmers, and had a long handle. 　　Lu Sheng's knife had a handle as long as the blade, and with the blade removed, it could be used as a farm pole. It was somewhat similar to a shrunken Guan Dao. 　　He held it in one hand, and it was still a bit weak. 　　So he simply thrust the torch into a rocky crevice to one side. 　　This is surrounded by rocky hills, jagged rocks, and there are not many trees, so he is not afraid of catching fire. 　　Lu Sheng inserted the torch, then carefully took out a paper bag from his waist pouch, and in the paper bag, he put a piece of fresh pork that he had cut in the afternoon. 　　The oil paper was slowly spread out and put on the ground. 　　The surface of the meat was still covered with blood, and a fishy odor quickly drifted out with the wind. 　　Lu Sheng carried the knife to avoid a little distance, shrinking behind a big stone and waited. 　　The wind was a bit cold. 　　Lu Sheng's body was sideways, sticking to the white stone that was more than one person high, looking towards the direction of the meat. 　　Time slowly passed. 　　Woo ...... 　　Soon, a sound faintly drifted in the wind, which seemed to be the sound of the wind and like the whimpering of some kind of animal. 　　Whew! 　　Suddenly a black shadow lunged from the side, the torch reflected and shone out a pair of green eyes. 　　The black shadow was extremely fast, pouncing to the position of the meat at once, picking up the meat and running. 　　Lu Sheng's heart was happy, and he was about to move. 　　Suddenly his back tightened. 　　A cold wind hit his undershirt. 　　Lu Sheng's eyes widened as he turned around with his Park Sword and hit a horizontal chop.