Chapter 12

Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation

Facing the morning sun, Cheng Ling bent her legs slightly.

Her thoughts were light and agile, and her hands were divided into Tai Chi.

In her daze, a warm and comfortable bone rose from her dantian!

This energy resonated with the rising sun in the eastern sky.

In her daze, Cheng Ling even felt like she saw a wisp of purple Qi being projected from the golden sun.

Cheng Ling’s body swayed slightly, but she quickly steadied herself.

She was like a strong bamboo in the wind, standing straight and firm in the face of the wind, but no matter how the branches swayed, she would still stand where she was and never fall.

As the saying goes, let him be strong, let the wind blow the mountains, let him be strong, and let the moon shine on the river.

This was actually the rhythm of Tai Chi.

Cheng Ling felt as if her five viscera and six organs were soaked in warm water. From the inside out, every blowhole seemed to have opened.

The moonlight energy absorbed last night still flowed in her limbs and bones. The two circulated and intertwined, just like the human body itself. Yin gave birth to Yang, and there was one inside and one outside.

This was also Taiji!

Cheng Ling suddenly realized that absorbing the essence of the moon at night and gathering the purple Qi of the sun in the morning was the path of Qi refinement that the ancient people pursued.

After coming to this world, her Taiji stance actually had the ability to absorb the essence of the sun and moon!

She just didn’t know if this sun essence could also provide energy for her collection like the moon essence.

Of course, whether she could or could not, Cheng Ling would have to do her homework in the future.

Cheng Ling didn’t know if the sun essence could be used to “loot” corpses, but she was sure that the energy provided by the sun essence could increase her own essence and power.

She couldn’t relax with this kind of ability.

Just like that, Cheng Ling stood there for a short while until her dantian felt a slight swelling, and the purple Sun Qi turned from gentle and warm to scorching hot. Only then did she slowly withdraw her force and stop.

As the group was about to continue their journey, Cheng Erni stayed where she was for a moment, feeling a little nostalgic. In the end, she struggled to stand up.

Mu Sanniang looked at Cheng Ling curiously, “Xiao Ling, how does the Gu you’ve refined feel like?”

Cheng Ling saw that she seemed to be lost in thought and suddenly had an idea. “Mother, after we’ve walked through this section, I’ll teach you how to stand when it’s a little more stable.”

The Tai Chi stance wasn’t a secret. Cheng Ling was willing to share this stance with her closest family in ancient times.

Most importantly, it was too difficult for a few weak women to protect themselves in this chaotic world.

It was better to teach a person to fish than to teach a person to fish. Even if they couldn’t produce any results from their training, it was good to be able to strengthen their bones and muscles.

Although Mu Sanniang was already a mother of three children, she still had a vigorous spirit for seeking knowledge. She immediately replied with a delightful “Sure!”

“Back then, your grandfather had actually wanted to teach me martial arts,” she said. “Unfortunately, I was naughty when I was young and couldn’t bear the pain of practicing martial arts. I just casually fooled around with it. Now that you’re all grown up, I still need you to teach me, Xiao Ling. Do not laugh at me If I can’t learn it.”

Cheng Ling just smiled. “There’s nothing you can’t learn. At most, you can learn a little more if you’re fated to. If you’re not, you can learn a little more. Don’t mind it too much.”

“She really knows how to talk.” Mu Sanniang looked at Cheng Ling, her eyes filled with relief and sadness.

The child was too considerate. In the mother’s heart, she always felt that this was because she had suffered too much in life and had been honed.

Cheng Dani and Cheng Erni, who were walking in between the two, suddenly looked at each other. Cheng Erni stuck out her tongue, while Cheng Dani glared at her.

As the few of them talked, the atmosphere became slightly more relaxed, and it seemed less tiring to travel.

After walking for a while down the mountain, Cheng Ling chose to walk in the direction where the vegetation was lush and wet. Not long after, she suddenly heard the sound of running water.

This time, Cheng Ling didn’t need to say anything. Cheng Erni shouted in surprise, “There’s water up ahead. That’s great!”

She was about to rush over, but Cheng Ling stopped her. “Sister, don’t be anxious. Let me go first.”

Since there were wild wolves in this mountain, there might be other giant ferocious beasts. After Cheng Ling stopped Cheng Erni, she squatted down and put her ear to the ground to listen.

She wanted to use her binoculars, but the trees in front of her blocked her vision, so the binoculars wouldn’t be very useful.

After listening carefully, Cheng Ling’s expression suddenly changed.

When she stood up, Mu immediately asked, “Xiao Ling, what did you hear?”

The host had learned this skill from a hunter in the Plum Flower village. However, the host had learned it from a group of kids in the village and wasn’t very good at it. Cheng Ling, on the other hand, was very good at it.

“There’s someone ahead by the water!” Cheng Ling said.

Mu, Cheng Dani, and Cheng Erni’s faces changed.

There was someone, but that did not mean that he was a good person.

After this escape, the mother and daughter had long since passed their initial state of “being happy to see people.” They both understood that in today’s world, sometimes the most dangerous people were actually people of the same kind!

“Let’s follow the sound of the water and go up,” Mu suggested.”We’ll bypass these people.”

She didn’t even see a shadow and only heard Cheng Ling say that there were people, so she subconsciously wanted to avoid these people.

Cheng Ling also agreed, and they were about to change their route.

Suddenly, the sound of running footsteps in the forest ahead was heard, followed by a few chaotic shouts, “You’re a b*stard! You stole our blood food and still want to escape!”

“Damn it! Let’s capture this brat and skin him alive …”

Before the chaotic voices could finish, a tall figure rushed out of the forest with a fragile child in his arms.

Following closely behind was a lean man. This man was also carrying a child in his arms. At this moment, his eyes were red, and he was panting.

Behind them, there were more than ten men with greasy faces. Some were holding knives, some were holding sticks, and they were cursing and shouting.

Seeing that the people behind him were getting closer, the man suddenly gritted his teeth and shouted at the young man in front, “Brother, I’ll leave my child to you! You help me bring it out, and big brother will cover your back!”

After saying that, he threw the child in his arms forward with all his might.

The tall and thin young man who was running in front turned around with his eyes wide open, as if blood was about to drip out of them.

“Big Brother Hong!”

He roared, simultaneously stretched out his other arm, and caught the child that was thrown at him.

Then, he gritted his teeth, carried the two children, and ran out again.

As he rushed forward, he bumped into Cheng Ling and the others.

The young man was shocked and blurted out, “Quickly run! The people inside, they’re cannibals! They eat people!”