Chapter 38
Watching Zhou Shen's back getting further and further away, Liu Yunhua and the other three finally came to their senses.
Zhang Hui sighed: "There is a reason why the things of our ancestors have been passed down for thousands of years. I was really short-sighted before!"
Huo Wentao also nodded and said: "Yes, Mr. Zhang. To be honest, before today, I didn't believe in the so-called traditional martial arts or internal martial arts at all. Only today did I realize how much I used to sit in a well and watch the sky."
Liu Yunhua, who was next to him, originally wanted to express a few words, but when he heard Huo Wentao's words, he couldn't help but said: "Actually, many people misunderstand traditional martial arts. The main function of traditional martial arts is to be used on the battlefield. The martial arts are all practiced by the Chinese people on the battlefield for thousands of years.
Fighting, summarizing and refining the excellent skills.
Later, it developed into its heyday and was divided into two schools: traditional battle formation techniques and Jianghu martial arts.
Today's traditional martial arts should be called "martial arts" in a strict sense, in which martial arts refers to martial arts, which is a kind of striking and confrontation skills.
For example, the martial arts of ancient generals, such as bow, horse, riding and shooting, and eighteen kinds of weapons must be practiced.
There is also the sage Confucius, who was also a man of outstanding martial arts. He was very skilled in the art of bow and horse. Otherwise, would he dare to travel around the country with dozens of disciples?
Even his disciples, such as Zilu, later became generals of the country. How could they not fight?
Since ancient times, martial arts has been difficult to practice. The chances of children from ordinary families wanting to step into martial arts are very small, because our ancestors have a saying that the poor are poor in literature and rich in martial arts. Practicing martial arts is actually quite time-consuming.
Money..."
Speaking of this, Liu Yunhua suddenly stopped, a little frustrated and didn't want to say anything anymore.
In fact, he has talked about these things countless times, but he didn't bother to talk about them a few years ago.
Not to mention the cost of practicing martial arts, the key is that the practice of traditional martial arts is cruel and boring.
Nowadays, human body is delicate and flesh is expensive, how many people can persist in it?
So now martial arts has gradually become a "sport". Some people even say that practicing martial arts can strengthen the body, which is simply fart.
Zhang Hui understood Liu Yunhua's mood, reached out and patted him on the shoulder, smiling: "Don't be depressed! Since we can meet a martial arts master like Teacher Zhou, doesn't it mean that our Chinese martial arts have not been cut off? Maybe there are more in this world.
A martial arts genius we don’t know about.”
When Liu Yunhua heard this, he couldn't help but nodded and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhang is right!"
I couldn't help but ignite a fire in my heart!
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On the other side, Zhou Shen ran slowly to the vegetable market.
I bought some beef, mutton, seafood and other high-energy ingredients.
When I came out, I happened to see Cao Mingji Pharmacy, so I walked over.
In the small town of Linhuai, there are more than a dozen pharmacies. The decoration styles are basically the same. Glass doors, counters, shelves, and walls are covered with various advertising signs advertising price reductions, membership discounts, and full discounts.
But Cao Mingji Pharmacy is different. The counters and shelves inside the store are still old-fashioned wooden cabinets, with various Chinese medicinal materials written on them.
There are no messy recruitment advertisements on the wall above the door, it is clean and looks very comfortable.
There is no unpleasant smell of disinfectant in the air, but a faint scent of Chinese medicine floating in the air.
Cao Mingji, a drugstore owner in his seventies with a rosy complexion, was sitting behind a desk at the door, measuring the blood pressure of an old lady of the same age.
Zhou Shen looked around the store.
After Cao Mingji measured the old man's blood pressure, he asked: "Doctor Cao, do you have any ginseng for sale here?"
Cao Mingji asked: "Yes, what do you use it for?"
Zhou Shen said: "Stew the soup. I just don't know how it will work? I read some nutrition experts on the Internet said that the effect of ginseng is similar to that of white radish."
Cao Mingji laughed and scolded: "What a bullshit nutrition expert, don't listen to his nonsense, just buy something to eat and you will know."
Zhou Shen asked: "Is this artificially cultivated or wild?"
Cao Mingji rolled his eyes at him and said: "Wild? What are you thinking? Of course it is cultivated. With a population of more than one billion in the country, how can there be so much wild ginseng for you to eat?"
After a pause, Cao Mingji continued: "Although the effect of cultivated wild ginseng is much worse than that of wild wild ginseng, the lack of quality can be made up for by quantity. Don't say whether you can buy wild ginseng or not, even if you can buy it, you can eat it every day.
Can you afford it?”
Zhou Shen nodded repeatedly, "Yeah, yeah, you're right."
After Zhou Shen asked, Cao Mingji gave him a brief introduction to ginseng.
"Currently on the market, ginseng is divided into three types according to the growth environment: wild ginseng, forest ginseng and garden ginseng; according to the place of origin, it is divided into Ji ginseng, Korean ginseng, Changbai mountain ginseng, Liao ginseng, etc..."
After Cao Mingji's popular science, Zhou Shen realized that ginseng actually has so many differences.
Needless to say, he couldn't afford wild ginseng even if he had it.
As for garden ginseng, although it is cheap, you can buy a lot of it from an online store for tens of yuan. However, this kind of garden ginseng looks bulky. It is usually made by heavy fertilization and pesticide application, and the effect is very poor. It is better to buy more ingredients.
I'm making three-vegetable Yunfei soup.
So the best one is of course ginseng.
Understory ginseng is half artificial and half wild. The seeds are artificially scattered into the natural environment and allowed to grow freely.
The effect is not as good as real wild ginseng, but it is much better than garden ginseng. The effect of 1g is stronger than that of 1kg of garden ginseng.
However, the price of this kind of understory ginseng is not cheap. Due to the huge profit, the market is mixed with good and bad, and it is difficult to distinguish the true from the false. You need to have enough experience to buy good understory ginseng.
What Cao Mingji sells here is Linxia ginseng.
The price depends on the condition and age of the ginseng, ranging from a few hundred to several thousand per gram.
Under the guidance of Cao Mingji, Zhou Shen bought two 15-year-old forest ginseng from Changbai Mountain (pure forest ginseng, which can be unearthed, eaten and sold after 15 years or more), costing 380 yuan per gram, totaling 3g.
He originally wanted to buy a few more, but was stopped by Cao Mingji.
"You go back and eat it first to see how it works. If it works well, it's not too late to buy it later."
Zhou Shen was right when he thought about it.
If the effect is not good, it will be a waste if you buy it.
He also bought a box of handmade donkey-hide gelatin, which was said to be purely handmade. It was quite expensive, with a box of 250g priced at 800 yuan.
Then he left the pharmacy with ginseng and donkey-hide gelatin.
I turned around and went to the vegetable market again, where I bought an old hen and had it slaughtered.
After waiting for less than twenty minutes, the chicken was killed, and then he went home carrying the assorted ingredients.
The vegetable market is about 1.5 kilometers from home. When I ran there in the morning, I felt quite relaxed. Now I am walking back, carrying things in my hands, and I am really tired.
Halfway through the journey, he simply stopped a passing tricycle and took him home.
When I got home, the three-sugar Yunfei soup on the stove was still steaming.
Zhou Shen looked at the time and turned off the stove.
When you open the lid, the steam immediately begins to steam.
He held the edge of the hot casserole with a rag, put the casserole under the electric fan, and then turned on the electric fan to start blowing.
With the rapid flow of heat, the soup pot also cooled down quickly.
Zhou Shen immediately opened the attribute panel and took a look. The proficiency of Xingyiquan has increased to 167/200, and the attribute points have increased to 0.5 points, which is ready for upgrade!
He took a deep breath, and then added 0.5 attribute points to Xingyi Quan.
The proficiency of Xingyiquan immediately increased sharply and became [Mastery 17/500].
"Hahaha!"
Seeing that his proficiency did not decrease like the longevity trick, Zhou Shen was naturally slightly excited.
Although I guess that the external strength will not encounter the same bottleneck as the internal strength, but don't be afraid of 10,000, just be afraid of the worst.
As the level became proficient, countless information about Xingyi Quan poured into the brain.
But before he could carefully consume this information, as the level of Xingyiquan changed from beginner level to proficient level, physical strength and energy also increased by 0.2, and became 10.2/9.2.
It was as if a powerful energy had been injected into the body.
He instantly felt that all the negative emotions in his body were swept away.
Energetic and quick-thinking.
Moreover, the fatigue caused by running and boxing in the morning disappeared instantly.
He feels that he can now run three to five kilometers without any problems.
But at this moment, hunger followed.
And it was much stronger than the previous times.
It was like there was a huge black hole in his stomach, which instantly absorbed all the energy of the food he had eaten in the morning, and was still sucking crazily with his big black mouth open.
Zhou Shen immediately picked up the casserole from the floor and poured it into the large plate that had been prepared on the table.
Started to eat hungrily.
Chapter completed!