"Did the young man take a fancy to our beautiful lady, which is why he gave us a free meal? I noticed him staring at her intently when we entered the store!"
After saying that, Do Myung-hee winked at Gu Zi-yun and giggled.
Gu Ziyun blushed slightly at what she was being told and scolded, "You brat, you're just talking nonsense. I'll tear your mouth apart if you don't."
"Hehe, could it be that Ziyun also has feelings for the young man?" Du Mingji continued to chuckle.
"You're really going to die!" Gu Ziyun reached out to scratch Du Mingji's itch.
Du Mingji giggled and dodged away, then looked at her watch and exclaimed, "Oh dear, it's already 1:20! Class starts in ten minutes, I have to hurry!"
"Thank you for the meal, little brother. I will bring Ziyun here to eat often in the future."
Li Ling watched the two of them playfully leave. It seemed they were both going to the high school next door, which would make it much easier for them to get close to the witch in the future.
After staring at the figures of Gu Ziyun and the other person running away for a while, Li Ling turned around and went back.
After Li Ling turned around, Gu Ziyun, who had already run far away, seemed to sense something. She turned back and saw his retreating figure, lost in thought. Urged on by Du Mingji beside her, she ran back towards the school. (The remaining text appears to be unrelated and likely refers to a separate event or motto.)
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Chapter 122 The 'Grandmaster' Realm
After Li Ling finished eating, washed his dishes, and cleaned the shop, he went up to the second floor where he lived. After washing up, he cleaned off the cooking fumes from his clothes.
After locking the shop and hanging up the "Closed" sign, he drove off in the van he had parked in front of the shop to buy cooking ingredients.
In the suburbs, on an open space, Li Ling was standing in the stance of the Dragon Roar Iron Shirt technique, 'Rising Dragon Stance'.
His strong chest rose and fell with his special breathing method. Li Ling focused his mind and conjured up a divine dragon in his mind, breathing in sync with the dragon's swaying body.
"Thump~ thump~"
In a calm state, the heart and pulse seem to beat stronger than usual.
"Gurgle~"
The flow of blood in the blood vessels and the internal energy in the meridians are also particularly noticeable at this time.
"Phew~"
A gentle breeze blew by, and Li Ling's spine undulated slightly, as if it had transformed into a divine dragon, constantly rising and swaying. A leaf fell from above, and Li Ling moved.
"drink!"
With a powerful stomp of his right foot, the ground cracked, and Li Ling used the rebound force to propel himself into the air like a dragon, leaping more than four meters high. In mid-air, Li Ling turned and swung his leg, mimicking the tail of a dragon, beginning to practice the Twelve Forms of the Dragon.
One moment she's like a dragon emerging from the sea, graceful and ethereal; the next, like a dragon entering the sea, her momentum swooping down; then, like a dragon extending its claws, her aura awe-inspiring…
"Snap!"
He used his palm as a claw to carve five holes in a millstone-sized rock by the roadside.
Then his figure soared away, the twelve dragon forms changing one after another, his movements flowing like water, leaving afterimages among the trees.
"Phew~~"
After completing the entire set of twelve forms, Li Ling switched to the Rising Dragon Stance. He adjusted his breathing, and the rapid breathing that had become due to the exercise became calm.
Using the breathing technique that comes with the Dragon Roar Iron Shirt Kung Fu, Li Ling's spine rose and fell, and a series of cracking sounds came from his joints.
"Splash~"
His muscles began to vibrate rhythmically, and the wisps of internal energy generated within his body were slowly absorbed by his bones and muscles, strengthening his physical attributes. Sizzling sound~, the world seed in his mind began to spin, and wisps of energy escaped and entered Li Ling's body, replenishing the internal energy he had consumed.
With his muscles ceasing to twitch and his internal energy no longer being absorbed by his body, Li Ling finished strengthening his body after today's training. He put away his stance and now it was time to accumulate internal energy.
With a flip, Li Ling landed lightly on a nearby rock, sat cross-legged with his palms facing upwards, and began practicing the Dragon Roar Iron Shirt internal energy technique. He visualized a soaring five-clawed dragon in his mind, and his breathing followed the movement of the visualized dragon as it rose and swayed.
"Breathe in..."
"Breathe in..."
His internal energy circulated through the meridians throughout his body. Following the method of the Dragon Roar Iron Shirt internal energy cultivation, each circulation through a meridian constituted a major cycle. With each major cycle, his internal energy absorbed some of the energy from the world seed, gradually growing stronger.
After circulating for thirty-six cycles, the internal energy within Li Ling's body became even more resilient and powerful, as if it had transformed into a rope made of twisted steel bars. Under the guidance of Li Ling's consciousness, it suddenly divided into countless thin, resilient ropes, rushing straight towards Li Ling's head.
"Buzz buzz buzz~~"
Countless streams of internal energy arrived at Li Ling's face. He felt a tingling sensation on his face as the internal energy began to flow and circulate across his face, bringing waves of coolness and tremors. Impurities that had been blocking the meridians in his face were shaken out by the internal energy.
"Phew~"
A gentle breeze swept across Li Ling's face, blowing away any impurities. At that moment, his facial skin became exceptionally sensitive, allowing him to clearly feel the fine hairs between his pores swaying gently, as gusts of breeze blew into his skin.
"Pfft~"
Li Ling exhaled a mouthful of gray gas, which, like a sharp sword, whistled through the air, leaving only a fleeting afterimage. With a 'plop', it pierced into the trunk of a tree about five meters away, creating a hole through the tree.
Li Ling opened his eyes, his face beaming with joy. "I've finally reached the Grandmaster realm today."
The Grandmaster realm symbolizes the mastery of the Dragon Roar Iron Shirt technique.
It has been almost half a year since Li Ling began practicing ancient martial arts. In the world of 'King of Destruction', he had already reached the internal strength stage, opening up all the meridians in his body except for those on his face. Just now, he opened up all the meridians on his face as well, and the gray gas he exhaled was the impurities deep in the facial meridians, which were expelled from his body with each breath.
Upon reaching the Grandmaster level, one's meridians are unblocked, one is immune to all poisons, and one has perfect control over one's muscles and bones.
"I am immune to all poisons because my meridians are unobstructed throughout my body. When toxins flow into my body, I can control the internal energy to envelop them, allowing them to be expelled from the body through the unobstructed meridians and pores."