Chapter Nineteen: Atonement

  Seriously referring to the demonstration action, Wu Yeru continued to practice, but at first, some force habits and techniques were not available in one go. This requires a considerable amount of time to imitate and correct, and some details also need to be adjusted. Fortunately, Wu Yeru had practiced the "Basic Muscle Mastery" before, although he had only practiced for an hour and had only practiced twelve moves, because it was a systematic reason, as long as it was a secret recipe that was slapped on his body, even if he hadn't learned it yet, it would still have some effect.

  It was this point that helped Wu Yeru a lot, allowing him to have a preliminary understanding and control of the muscles in his body. Even if it was just a little bit of consciousness, it was still stronger than other people's children, letting Wu Yeru avoid many detours. And when Wu Yeru gradually got used to using this ability, future practices would also be relatively easier compared to others.

  As he continued to imitate and correct his movements, Wu Ye Yu discovered that he had been extremely lucky earlier. Despite practicing randomly, he was able to reach three times the familiarization degree by chance alone - his luck was simply against the heavens. As he continued to understand and explore, he found that this ordinary uppercut movement was actually very difficult. To achieve the best effect, the requirements for bodily coordination were simply too high.

  After studying carefully for two hours, Wu Ye Yu barely raised his proficiency to 11 times. The difficulty can be seen in general, and this is still the result of using a mobile phone to cheat. Before using a mobile phone, the progress was simply heinous.

  This is also the product of Wu Yeru's flash of inspiration, and it can't be considered a clever method. Wu Yeru placed his mobile phone in a suitable position, turned on the video recording function, and then started practicing bare-chested repeatedly. Every now and then, he would take back his mobile phone, play back his practice video, compare it with the image in his mind, check the differences between himself and the demonstration, and correct and adjust his movements repeatedly.

  At the beginning, Wu Yeyu's movements were very slow, trying hard to recall the rhythm and tempo of the demonstration action, and then slowly imitating it. The force was initiated from the feet, went through a process, and transmitted all the way to the arms, and started to continuously adjust the errors, finally achieving the current 11-time extraordinary achievement.

  "It's really not easy!" Wu Ye Yu couldn't help but sigh, but there was also a hint of comfort in his expression, because from the video on his phone, he could see that between the initial practice and the later practice, he had made quite a bit of progress, and his movements had become more fluent and relaxed. He looked at himself with increasing satisfaction. In fact, as long as you can see progress, motivation will be constantly generated~

  "Knock knock knock!" Just as Wu Yeru was carefully watching the video of herself practicing on her phone, a knocking sound suddenly came from the gate.

  Wu Yeyu looked up in the direction of the sound and said, "Huh? What is this guy doing here? Come to look for trouble?"

  It was Wang Lao Liu, the head chef in charge of cooking at the Wu's kitchen, who had just arrived. At this moment, Wang Lao Liu looked cautious and flattering, with a food box in his hand.

  "Master! It's getting late, it's time for dinner. I've specially prepared this for you." Wang Lao Liu said, raising the food box in his hand to gesture, but still standing at the door without moving, obviously waiting for a response.

  Wu Ye looked up at the sky and found that the sun had already set, with the remaining sunset glow in the sky, dyeing the nearby clouds a fiery red, which was really beautiful.

  The sky was indeed late, Wu Yeru only noticed it now, and then looked at Wang Lao Liu's face with a humble expression, couldn't help but smile, this is the same Wang Lao Liu who had been stingy with Xiao Pangzi's food all along...

  "Come in." After a slight pause, Wu Yeru said casually, "Just put it on this stone table."

  "Ah, yes!" Wang Lao Liu hastily said, then quickly picked up a large food box and came over here. He took out the dishes one by one and placed them on the stone table.

  Braised pork belly, steamed river fish, vegetarian shrimp, cold mixed dried bamboo shoots, old vinegar peanuts, these are all home-cooked dishes. However, judging from the appetizing aroma emitted by the dishes, it seems that the chef has put in a lot of effort. There is also a large bowl of rice, with a strong fragrance wafting over, making Wu Ye Yu's stomach feel uncomfortable at this moment. Although he hasn't reached the point of drooling uncontrollably, he can barely hold back his desire to start eating. Wu Ye Yu wants to see what else Wang Lao Liu has to say.

  Only to see Wang Lao Liu immediately took out a jade wine cup from his bosom, and then pulled out a small tank of wine from behind him. After opening it, a faint scent of wine floated slowly with the gentle breeze, with a medicinal fragrance and a sense of thickness of years. Even Wu Ye Yu himself didn't know much about drinking, but it wasn't hard to judge that this wine was obviously aged.

  Then, Wang Laoliu carefully poured the wine from the altar into a jade cup. The light yellow liquor slowly filled the cup, and it already had a slightly thick feeling, which should be good wine.

  The wine jar was placed to one side, and at this time Wang Lao Liu bowed his head and stood aside, carefully saying: "I'm a lowly person, I've repeatedly offended the young master in the past, it's truly unforgivable. I deserve to die ten thousand times." He then slowly knelt down on the ground, continuing to say: "However, please young master consider that this lowly person has not committed any major wrongdoings against you, and for the many years of hard work in the mansion, please forgive me this once. This is a fine wine passed down from my grandfather's generation, it's been over a hundred years since it came into my possession, I've brought it out especially to offer as an apology to young master, hoping that you will forgive me! Hoping that you will forgive me!"

  Then, Wang Lao Liu picked up his wine glass and held it in front of Wu Ye Yu, with a tense face waiting for him to speak.

  When faced with this situation, Wu Yeru didn't know what to say. After all, as Wang Laoliu said, although he had been stingy with his food and occasionally made some sarcastic remarks, if you really looked at it, it wasn't a big deal. Moreover, the other party had already brought out their family's fine wine, and at such an old age, they were still kneeling down to apologize to him. This apology was indeed sincere. If he continued to hold on to it, that would be too petty.

  Then, Wu Yeyu slowly took the wine offered by Wang Lao Liu and said: "Since you didn't commit any serious mistakes, and since you also apologized to me, let's just forget about what happened in the past. I'm not a petty person, and I won't pursue this matter further. Let's just leave it at that."

  Wu Yeyu finished speaking and then looked down at his own Wang Lao Liu, waving his hand to indicate that he could leave.

  Then Wang Laoliu, with an expression of extreme joy on his face, kept bowing to Wu Yeran and said: "Thank you, young master, for your generosity! Thank you, young master, for your generosity!..." Then he slowly backed out of the courtyard, closing the gate behind him.

  When Wang Lao Liu left the yard, Wu Ye Yu also turned around. The dishes on this table smell extremely good and have been teasing the hungry worms in his stomach since earlier. It's just that because there were outsiders present, he couldn't show too much, so he endured it all along. Now that only one person is left, what else can he wait for?

  Wu Yeru picked up his chopsticks, just about to take a bite, but found that he was still holding a cup of wine in his hand. It was a hundred-year-old vintage, after all, and the flavor should be pretty good, right?

  Thinking about it, Wu Yeru suddenly threw out a reconnaissance technique, and its attributes also appeared instantly.

  Century-old medicinal wine: Aged to perfection, this medicinal wine has a rich flavor and was brewed with precious medicinal herbs, providing benefits of relaxing muscles, invigorating blood circulation, and enhancing spiritual cultivation.

  ……

  "Wow! This is great stuff, I'm sure even Wang Laoliu himself doesn't know that the medicinal wine he's been treasuring has such an amazing effect. It's not just good for relieving muscle and blood stagnation, but it can also enhance one's cultivation? The value of this thing on the market must be the highest. If you were to sell something like this, its price would definitely be sky-high." Wu Yeru thought to himself, and his hands moved swiftly as he summoned a ball of water to reseal the opened wine jar. Such precious wine, if it were to lose its potency due to prolonged evaporation, would be a huge loss for him.

  Then, Wu Ye Yu thought for a moment and sealed the wine cup in his hand with a thin layer of ice crystal. He had just broken through to senior sword disciple this morning and hadn't stabilized yet. Coupled with his previous cultivation progress, he estimated that his foundation also needed to be consolidated. If he rashly drank these wines that enhanced his cultivation at this time, his cultivation would definitely improve in the short term, but it would be unfavorable in the long run. It's better to wait for a while.

  At this thought, Wu Ye Yu's stout paw waved, and the wine jug and the wine in his hand were both stored away in the storage space.

  "We'll have plenty of time in the future, young master." He picked up his chopsticks and took a bite of the sticky braised pork belly, making satisfied smacking sounds as he ate, savoring the delicious flavor.

  After finishing dinner, the sky had already darkened, and after a brief stroll in the courtyard, Wu Ye Yu entered the house and lit the candles. He hadn't planned to continue practicing swordsmanship at night; compared to that, internal energy was more important anyway.

  Wu Ye Yu took a bath, washing away his fatigue, and after drying off, he went to bed. He started running the "Xuanxu True Classic" foundation-building chapter again, but didn't continue on to cultivate further. Instead, he repeatedly ran through the previous chapters, familiarizing himself with and consolidating the meridians he had already opened up. He believed that as long as he continued to practice, even if his current abilities wouldn't increase too quickly, his foundation would still be very solid. In the future, when it was time to make a breakthrough to the higher levels, he wouldn't lack the energy to do so.