The warm winter sun felt very comfortable. Little Shiba leaned against the earthen wall of his house, bathing in the warm sunshine and breathing gently.
In the distance, the mountains were like dragons, winding on the earth. Faintly, he could see the towering peaks. It was these peaks that made Little Shiba sure that he was not on Earth. How could there be such magnificent peaks on Earth?
Each of them was at least 10,000 meters above sea level. Such a scene could never be seen on Earth.
Today, Little Shiba wore a new cotton-padded jacket. This was the first time since he was born. He had always worn the old clothes of Buttface and even Buttface.
This year was different. Zhou Hua made a new cotton-padded jacket for each of her two younger brothers. Since she married Wang Tianlei, her life had been much better than at home.
It had to be said that Wang Tianlei was a very capable person. This ability was not only reflected in his strength, but of course, this was the most outstanding aspect of him.
He was a very smart person. In just a few months after his return, he became the leader of the hunters in the mountain village. This was not just a nominal leader, but a real leader. All the hunters in the village were convinced by him. In Little Shiba's eyes, his behavior reminded him of the characters in the online novels that he had read before, who had traveled to the primitive society and led the whole village to a well-off life. According to the figures he secretly calculated, since Wang Tianlei's arrival, the number of prey in the village had increased by at least five or six times. Now, the family could eat meat every few days. Although it was not much, it was much better than before.
He also united all the hunters in the village to sell the hides they hunted at Qingyang Market. Because of the large amount of prey they hunted and the great increase in the number of beasts, compared to the past when each family fought their own battles, their harvest was much greater. The standard of living of each family had also improved.
Furthermore, during their usual practice, Wang Tianlei gradually began to train the hunters to cooperate with each other in the open space north of the village. He even taught them some basic battle formations. Over the past few months, the hunters who went into the mountains had gained a lot, and the number of casualties had decreased. In fact, only a few unlucky hunters had been injured. The reason for their injuries was not because they were caught by prey or beasts, but because they had fallen on their own in the mountains.
Looking at what Wang Tianlei was doing, Little Shiba felt like he was watching a farming novel in which the protagonist had crossed over to a primitive society. Sometimes, he even thought that Wang Tianlei was a time traveler like him.
Since Wang Tianlei was so capable, Zhou Hua naturally followed him and lived a more comfortable life than at home. Especially more than a month ago, when she was pregnant, Wang Tianlei was more considerate to her. He didn't let her do any rough or heavy work. When she had nothing to do, she made two cotton-padded clothes for her two younger brothers. After all, she had brought up her two younger brothers, so their relationship was naturally different. Little Shiba, in particular, had been well-behaved and sensible since he was a child. Zhou Hua had raised him as her own son.
Therefore, from time to time, Little Shiba often went to his sister's house to eat and drink, and conveniently got something valuable from Wang Tianlei's mouth.
In the past few months, he had completely immersed himself in the world of martial arts. Although what he had learned was the most basic and shallow martial arts, it was enough for him to study for a long time.
The practice of Unusual Strength Qigong had reached a bottleneck. After all, the Internal Qi that a three-year-old's body could hold was limited.
And he was not old enough to learn the Demonic Bear Fist.
However, recently, when he was practicing Taiji Fist, he accidentally discovered that Taiji Fist seemed to have the function of refining the body.
This was because his strength was gradually increasing.
This was similar to the Skin-Toughening punching method like the Dark Bear Punch that Wang Tianlei had mentioned. However, the extent of the increase was not as obvious as that of the Dark Bear Punch.
In fact, he felt that this increase in physical strength was not due to Taiji Fist, but the Unusual Strength Qigong that he had practiced.
Of course, the practice of martial arts in this world was a combination of the inside and the outside. Practicing Internal Qi was a process from the inside to the outside. Practicing Internal Qi could strengthen one's physique, but such an effect could only be achieved when one's Internal Qi was deep enough. It was a gradual and imperceptible process. Moreover, the more profound the Internal Strength, the more obvious the benefits to the body. Unusual Strength Qigong was just the most superficial Internal Strength that was popularized in the army. Even if one practiced it to a higher realm, it would hardly bring any benefits to the body.
Now, the Internal Qi in Little Shiba's body was pitifully little and could not be used at all. According to common sense, it would be good if such Internal Qi did not become a burden to the body. How could it be beneficial to the body? Dream on.
But the fact was that the Unusual Strength Qigong in his body began to gradually nourish his body. Not only the muscles, but also the bones, tendons, and even the tendons and meridians. If others knew about this, they would definitely be shocked and open their mouths wide. This was simply unimaginable.
Little Shiba did it. Of course, the reason why he could do this was not because he was a genius, but because of Taiji Fist. Taiji Fist seemed to have a purifying and transforming effect on Internal Qi. After practicing Unusual Strength Qigong, practicing a simplified version of Taiji Fist would not only make the Internal Strength of Unusual Strength Qigong tougher, but also sharpen the edges and corners of the Internal Strength of Unusual Strength Qigong and change some of its properties. Thus, it formed a kind of Internal Qi that was very similar to Unusual Strength Qigong, but also completely different.
Of course, in essence, this kind of Internal Qi was still Unusual Strength Qigong, but it had been greatly optimized by the power of Taiji Fist.
Little Shiba gently moved his body away from the wall. The sun was warm and comfortable, but if he did nothing all the time, he would always feel empty. Sometimes, when he became more diligent than before, he could not be lazy even if he wanted to.
The Zhou family lived in the west of the village, with its back against a hillside. There were several scattered families in the west, but they were the westernmost families of the village. After climbing over the hillside, there was a steep cliff about a thousand feet high. There was no foothold on the cliff, except for some crawling animals. Even apes and monkeys had to spend a lot of effort to climb up. There was a bare old rock on the cliff, where no herbs grew and no prey grew. Therefore, few people went there, and no one would go there from the west of the village. Between the cliff and the hillside, there was a small depression with an area of about 100 square meters. It was covered with dense shrubs, some as tall as a person, and some as short as a meter. Little Shiba was only three or four years old. If he did not look carefully, it would be hard to find him. Moreover, few people came here, so he would not be found.
This was the place where Little Shiba practiced martial arts every day.
Standing in the open space between the shrubs, Little Shiba sat cross-legged on the ground and practiced Unusual Strength Qigong for four hours. When he woke up from meditation, the warm sun had gradually set in the west. Little Shiba stood up and slowly practiced Tai Chi Fist. There were only eight movements in his punching skill, which would have taken him two minutes at most in his previous life. But now, from the beginning to the fifth movement, Wild Horse's Mane Parts, it took him less than an hour. When he reached the fifth movement, Cloud Hand, he intertwined his hands and opened and closed them as one. Between his hands, he seemed to be holding a huge stone ball, which weighed more than 500 kilograms. Halfway through, his forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat, which glittered like pearls under the setting sun. Crossing his left and right hands, he slowly rotated to the sixth movement, Golden Rooster Standing on One Foot. Then he sped up again. Finally, when he reached the Cross Hand, his whole body was in a state of relaxation, and his whole body was soaked with a layer of hot sweat.
"Alas, I don't know if I will have any food today. I will definitely suffer a scolding!"
Little Shiba let out a long sigh and looked at the sky. It was already dark. He could not help muttering to himself. People in the mountain village only had two meals a day, and the second meal was about the time when he finished practicing Unusual Strength Qigong. At that time, he had just finished practicing Battle Qi, so he needed to strike while the iron was hot and use Tai Chi Fist to digest the results of his practice. Otherwise, the effect would be much worse after a long time.
"Alas, it's all Erya's fault. She is so young, but she already knows how to chase after boys. If she had not delayed me for so long, this would not have happened!"
The practice of Internal Qi depended on the time. In theory, the effect would be the best when the sun rose every morning. However, this was only relative to the profound Internal Strength. For a shallow Internal Strength like Unusual Strength Qigong, it would be the same even if you practiced it in the afternoon when the essence of the world was the most impure.
That was because this kind of shallow Internal Strength did not need too pure Qi of the world. Even if the pure essence of the world was absorbed into the body, it only needed to be slightly refined and then blended with the original Internal Qi, becoming impure and impure.
When Little Shiba climbed over the hill, he had already heard his mother's scolding. He had to trot home with a wry smile.
"Little Shiba, you're running around again. You don't even know to go home to eat … How many times has it been … If you do this again, don't come back … You're getting more and more out of hand. If you run around again, you'll be eaten by dogs and wolves, and no one will save you …!"
Little Shiba stood at the gate of his yard with his head lowered and his ears filled with his mother's nagging. He nodded repeatedly and accepted the lesson. When she finished scolding him, she waved the broom in her hand and hit him hard on his butt several times. After venting her anger, she pointed to the firewood and said, "Hurry up and eat …!"
Little Shiba felt as if he had been pardoned. He chuckled and ran to the firewood shed.
"This little bastard is getting more and more troublesome!" Looking at Little Shiba's figure, his mother, who was standing behind him, smiled.
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