Bone Transformation

Liu Yuanzhou arrived at Liu Chuang's house and shouted as soon as he entered the courtyard, "Hu Wa, come out quickly."

The Cave Dwelling curtain was lifted, and a head poked out, saying, "It's Second Child brother, my brother and my dad are chopping grass for the cattle." The speaker was a girl of about ten years old, with pigtails, yellowish hair, and a pale complexion. She was Liu Chuang's younger sister, Xiao Hua.

"Xiao Hua is home alone? Didn't you ask Fangfang and the others to play?" Liu Yuanzhou walked over, smiling and patting her head.

"Don't touch my head, I just combed it." Xiao Hua turned her head away, pouting, "I still have to cook."

"Hehe, okay, I'm going to find Hu Wa." Liu Yuanzhou laughed. Xiao Hua was about ten years old, with a big head and big eyes, and a thin body like a bean sprout. Liu Yuanzhou wanted to tease her whenever he saw her.

"Wait, take this jar of water down." Xiao Hua said, turning around and bringing out a jar.

Liu Yuanzhou smiled and took it. This Xiao Hua really knew how to order people around.

Leaving Liu Chuang's courtyard and walking down a slope to another courtyard, there were several abandoned broken Cave Dwellings on the side, no longer inhabited. This was Liu Chuang's cattle pen. Liu Yuanzhou saw at a glance that Liu Chuang and his father were chopping grass, and walked over and said, "Uncle, let me do it, you take a break." He put the water on the ground as he spoke.

Liu Chuang's father, Liu Dalong, saw Liu Yuanzhou walking over and smiled, "It's Second Child, no need, it's almost finished." He covered his mouth and nose with a cloth, and his voice was muffled.

Liu Yuanzhou couldn't help but pull him away, saying, "Uncle, let me do it."

Liu Dalong couldn't resist, so he sat down on the ground beside him and picked up the jar to drink water.

"Why are you free to see me today? Is your Disease cured?" Liu Chuang leaned on the chaff cutter, panting heavily, "Also, you have to explain the drinking matter to me today, causing my aunt to wrong me." He said angrily.

"Okay, okay, I'll tell you in detail later, come on, let me chop, you deliver the grass." Liu Yuanzhou said, standing up.

The two switched positions, Liu Yuanzhou chopping grass, and Liu Chuang delivering grass.

"Haha, Hu Wa, am I particularly strong today, chopping particularly fast?" Liu Yuanzhou felt he had inexhaustible strength, and he laughed heartily.

"Hehe, yes, even a Martial Master can't chop as fast as you." Liu Chuang rolled his eyes at him.

"Huff, huff, although I'm not a Martial Master now, I'll be soon." Liu Yuanzhou gasped, grinning. This feeling of having joy but not being able to say it was really uncomfortable.

Liu Chuang gave him another eye roll. Soon the cattle grass was chopped, and the three returned to Liu Chuang's courtyard. Liu Dalong went to busy himself, and Liu Yuanzhou and Liu Chuang sat on the stone bench in the courtyard, talking.

"Can you tell me now, what exactly happened that night?" Liu Chuang asked as soon as he opened his mouth.

"Ah, don't mention it. That day, because of Li Laocai's matter, I was very depressed. I ran to Third Master's house alone to drink in the evening, and you know the rest. As for getting sick, maybe it was a cold." Liu Yuanzhou pretended to sigh. He couldn't tell outsiders about Miss Qin's matter.

"Li Laocai is really immoral, he deserves to die." Liu Chuang said hatefully.

"Ah, let's not talk about him, it's all over." Liu Yuanzhou said.

Liu Chuang suddenly laughed, "Haha, there's a happy event you may not know about, it just happened these few days."

"What is it?" Liu Yuanzhou asked strangely.

"Li Laocai's house is haunted." Liu Chuang said, looking mysterious.

"Oh, what's going on?" Liu Yuanzhou asked.

"I heard that these days, there are always strange noises coming from Li Laocai's house in the middle of the night. The next day, the family checked and found that a lot of things were missing, such as white flour buns, beef and mutton."

"At first, they thought it was a thief. Li Laocai called a few farmhands and his son to keep watch at night, vowing to catch the thief. As a result, everyone guarded for a night, but didn't see a single figure. The next day, they found that a lot of things were missing again."

"Li Laocai was very frightened, and even invited the White-Haired Taoist from Crouching Tiger Slope to perform rituals to exorcise the ghost."

"Many people in the village are spreading this matter. Everyone says that Li Laocai has done too many immoral things and attracted evil ghosts." After Liu Chuang finished speaking, he curled his lips, his tone full of dissatisfaction, "Ah, you say, this ghost is also true, why doesn't he take away all the silver ingots from his house, why only take some food, is it a starving ghost?"

"Maybe it's a female ghost." Liu Yuanzhou muttered, understanding what was going on, and was immediately amused and touched. A dignified Martial Master actually doing such petty thievery.

After chatting for a while, Liu Yuanzhou bid farewell and left. When he returned home, Liu Yuanbo and his wife had indeed returned.

"Second Child, these are fruits I brought from home, try them." As soon as he entered the door, his sister-in-law, Li Shi, took out two apples for Liu Yuanzhou to eat. Zhang Shi had already started cooking, making Helao Noodles with the meat stewed in the morning as a topping.

Liu Yuanzhou took one and bit into it, it was really sweet. He then asked Li Shi, "Sister-in-law, did your family grow these fruits? They're very expensive at the market, no one in our village grows them yet."

"We started planting them two years ago, this year is the first harvest, we didn't sell them, just ate them ourselves," Li Shi replied.

"Mom and Dad, don't we have a few acres of mountain land at home? I was thinking of planting some fruit trees next spring, I've asked my brother-in-law about the specifics," Liu Yuanbo interjected, his tone quite excited.

"I'm afraid they won't survive, and it'll be a waste of effort," Liu Da took a puff of his cigarette, slowly exhaling, and said.

Zhang Shi didn't speak, she didn't really agree either, but because her daughter-in-law was present, she didn't say it out loud.

Liu Yuanzhou strongly agreed. In his opinion, those few acres of mountain land didn't yield much grain anyway, it would be better to plant fruit trees. Liu Yuanzhou understood that his parents' opposition was actually an instinctive resistance to something they didn't understand.

"Mom and Dad, I also think planting fruit trees is a good idea. First, Sister-in-law's family has already succeeded, and we can ask them for experience, so we won't be completely clueless; secondly, those few acres of land really aren't good for growing grain, you know that better than anyone; thirdly, look, no one in the village is growing them yet, and the fruits sell for a high price. If we succeed, selling them might be better than growing grain," Liu Yuanzhou analyzed.

"You're just good at talking," Zhang Shi glared at Liu Yuanzhou, then said to her husband, "Then should we try planting some next year?"

Liu Da pondered for a long time, then said, "Then let's give it a try?"

Hearing their parents agree to try planting fruit trees, Liu Yuanbo and his wife's faces lit up with joy. Li Shi happily helped her mother-in-law cook, Liu Yuanbo told his father about his experiences at his father-in-law's house. Liu Yuanzhou couldn't get a word in, and wasn't interested in what they were saying, so he went back to his Cave Dwelling.

Walking into the Cave Dwelling, he felt an unbearable itch, so he set up the Limitless Stance and began to practice. He circulated his breathing technique and quickly entered that mysterious state, entering Samadhi again. This time, he didn't wait until his body was in unbearable pain, but woke up early, and his body wasn't as sore and tired as it was in the morning. This time, he practiced the seven-section breathing technique a bit more. He finally breathed a sigh of relief, he had finally mastered the method of entering Samadhi, instead of accidentally stumbling into it.

The first time he entered Samadhi in the morning, Liu Yuanzhou was too excited to notice. In fact, while in Samadhi, he wasn't asleep, but had a sense of the outside world, and was even more aware of his own body's condition, seeing it clearly. It was just that in that mysterious state, nothing could cause fluctuations in his mood.

There was another thing that excited him very much, which was that the standing time had increased from four sections to seven sections. He felt that his strength had increased slightly, as for other physical conditions, he didn't feel any changes for the time being, perhaps because he had just recovered from a long Disease, the physical changes were not obvious.

"Well, I'll ask Miss Qin tonight to see if the body's strength will increase and the body will become stronger as the standing time increases," Liu Yuanzhou thought, "Well, I also need to ask her about Li Laocai's matter, how did he do it."

"Second Child, come and eat." Liu Yuanbo called outside the door.

"Okay, I'm coming," Liu Yuanzhou replied.

After Liu Yuanzhou finished dinner, when he walked to Third Master's house, Miss Qin had already eaten, and the dishes had been cleaned up.

Just as Liu Yuanzhou was about to ask the questions he had, Miss Qin spoke first, "Liu Yuanzhou, my body has recovered, I will leave here tomorrow."