His surroundings were dark blue, and the only light coming from above prevented the surroundings from falling into complete darkness. The omnipresent water pressure pressed down on Ren Baqian's muscles and bones, but Ren Baqian was trying his best to go down. All thoughts were thrown out of his mind, and there was only one thought in his mind: Go down.
After an unknown period of time, he suddenly woke up when he lost all his strength.
"Phew!" Ren Baqian gasped for breath. Just now, it was as if all the air in his chest had been squeezed out.
After a while, Ren Baqian clenched his fists. They were soft and powerless, but his eyes were shining.
Today, he actually dived one meter more.
One had to know that after practicing [Ruyi Visualization] for so long, he could only dive half an inch more every day after taking a medicinal bath. Every seven days, he could only dive one meter more. Seven days was the period in which he absorbed all the medicinal effects of a medicinal bath.
However, today, he dived one meter more than the day before yesterday.
"Why did such a change happen?" Ren Baqian was deep in thought.
There were no other changes these days. He didn't practice yesterday, but today, he dived one meter more, which was equivalent to absorbing the effects of a medicinal bath.
The only thing that happened in the past two days was that he killed one person and seriously injured another last night.
As for killing and seriously injuring people, he couldn't think of any relationship between his progress in cultivation.
In that case, was there any change in his body during that soul-stirring counterattack?
Ren Baqian felt that the possibility of unlocking one's potential during a life and death battle was the highest.
No expert could become the world's number one by hiding under a cliff and practicing hard for 30 years. Usually, such people would jump out and shout, "I'm already the world's number one," and then be smacked to death by a shoe that came flying out of nowhere.
Life and death battles not only allowed people to master various skills, reactions, judgment, and the experience of encountering danger, but also caused some changes in the human body. Ren Baqian felt that this wasn't difficult to understand.
This was because the human body had always had a lot of secrets.
When encountering danger, some people could even unleash a strength that was several times stronger than usual. This was the potential of the human body.
This should have happened to him this time, right? On one hand, it was a life and death battle, and on top of that, it was the martial arts that he practiced.
Should he go back and try it out? Let the guards practice with him? Ren Baqian thought about it and felt that this idea wasn't very reliable.
Firstly, sparring was different from a real life and death battle. Secondly, he reckoned that he wouldn't even be able to defeat the guard with one hand.
Finding himself a ten-year-old kid was more like it.
No matter what, it was better to go back and give it a try. There was no harm.
If he really had to go through life and death battles to train, then it was better for him to continue slowly taking medicinal baths. If he went looking for stimulation when he had nothing to do, he might really die.
His mind was filled with thoughts, and he grew more and more tired. He didn't know when he would fall asleep.
Ren Baqian didn't know how long he had slept. He was awakened by hunger. His stomach was like a drum, and the feeling of hunger was really unbearable.
When he got out of bed, he looked out the window and saw that the sky was still dark. He looked at his phone and realized that he had only slept for three hours.
However, his stomach was already rebelling. Other than eating, Ren Baqian had no other thoughts.
When he arrived downstairs, the bloodstains on the ground had been cleaned up, and the smell of blood had long disappeared. As for the fact that someone had just died, which was unlucky for others, he did not care at all.
After eating a bowl of instant noodles, Ren Baqian touched his stomach and felt that he had come back to life. Then, he felt a strong sense of hunger again.
He ate three bowls of instant noodles in a row, but his hunger was still not gone. He cooked five packets of frozen dumplings and ate them before he felt a little better.
"Damn it, I'm finally alive." Ren Baqian touched his stomach and groaned.
"Could this be the change caused by the increase in strength? Does the body need a lot of energy? "Ren Baqian pondered. Just like the empress, if she relied on eating to replenish her energy, the amount of food she ate would make an ordinary person's eyeballs pop out.
It was the same for him this time. In the past, he had to absorb medicinal baths to increase his strength. This time, he completely relied on food. It was no wonder that he felt so hungry.
He went to the living room and picked up the tension machine that he had used before. He casually tested it. It was easier than the previous time, which meant that his strength had increased.
Every time he absorbed all the medicinal effects of the medicinal bath, he could dive one meter deeper and increase his strength by 15 kilograms. It was very likely that it would be the same this time.
Before the first medicinal bath, his hands should be able to lift objects that weighed 130 kilograms. Now, he could lift objects that weighed 190 kilograms?
Even though it might not be comparable to an ordinary worker, this kind of improvement was enough to make him happy.
Ren Baqian went back to bed and slept. The next day, he went to buy the solar crystal panel and battery that he had his eyes on previously. This solar crystal panel could store 3.6 kilowatts of electricity. He only needed two sets to maintain the lights in Yangxin Palace Hall.
If he bought two more sets, he might even be able to get the empress a television or a game console.
Following which, he bought two Chinese-style floor lamps. The style was similar to the palace lamps in the past. There was a wind on the top and a paper lantern hung below. There were even flowers and birds painted on the lantern.
The light bulb inside was 20 watts. The battery could last for 90 hours, which was sufficient.
Next time, he would buy a battery as well as a spare one.
Two days later, Ren Baqian brought the two floor lamps and a battery back to Pingle Park. The battery, the solar crystal panel, and the inverter weighed 70 kilograms. The two floor lamps added up to 17 kilograms. There were still eight kilograms of empty space. Ren Baqian brought some candies, popcorn, and hotpot base ingredients.
It was morning when he returned to Pingle Park. Ren Baqian first soaked in a medicinal bath. Following which, he used the walkie-talkie to call the empress. A moment later, the walkie-talkie was connected. Before Ren Baqian could say anything, he heard a clamor coming from the other end of the walkie-talkie. "Tong Zhenye, you old man. Today, I will let you have a taste of the sharpness of my saber!"
"Hmph, Sir Qin, I will fight you with only one hand." Tong Zhenye's voice came from the other end of the walkie-talkie.
"Wahhh, I am so angry. Today, I will definitely chop you up."
Following which, there was a clamor … Some were jeering and some were jeering. Ren Baqian actually didn't hear anyone trying to stop the fight.
Ren Baqian was speechless. This was the imperial court of Dayao? It was indeed filled with the style of the aboriginals.
Qin Chuan was the Minister of War, right? The blood of the Minister of War and the Minister of Works was spilled every five steps in the imperial court. If this happened in modern times, it would be on the headlines for half a month.
Just as Ren Baqian was listening attentively, the empress switched off the walkie-talkie. This made Ren Baqian feel very regretful.
Only until noon did someone come to Pingle Park to look for Ren Baqian. "Deputy Prefect Ren, Her Majesty summons you to Yangxin Palace Hall to accompany her for lunch."
Ren Baqian asked the imperial guards to help carry the box all the way to Yangxin Palace Hall. The empress was sitting on the couch with her hands on her head. He wasn't sure if she was having a headache because of the matters in the imperial court.
Seeing the box being lifted, the empress raised her head and asked curiously, "What's this?"
"Floor lamp. Her Majesty doesn't have to suffer from the smoke of the oil lamp anymore." Ren Baqian laughed.
After lunch, Ren Baqian bustled back and forth to unpack the box. Two floor lamps were placed on both sides of the empress's wooden couch. The style of the ancient palace lamps was just right for this palace hall.
Ren Baqian placed the battery behind the wooden couch. Then, he plugged in the table lamp and switched on the power cord. The floor lamp immediately lit up.
A warm yellow light shone through the lampshade. It wasn't glaring and was just nice to illuminate the surroundings of the wooden couch.
Qing Yuan and Hong Luan's small mouths formed an 'O' shape. Previously, they saw Ren Baqian taking out a bunch of boxes, wires, and other things, but they didn't see him adding oil to the lamp wick. How did the lamp light up?
The empress felt the light coming from both sides of the lamp and nodded her head slightly. This kind of brightness was very comfortable in the palace hall. It was slightly brighter than the oil lamp, and it wouldn't flicker. Most importantly, she didn't have to suffer from the smoke anymore.
Just as Ren Baqian was looking at the floor lamp with a satisfied look on his face and felt that he had done a great thing by spreading the light to the other world, the empress suddenly asked, "Did you bring the erhu that you promised me? Did you bring it? “
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