[GL]Whose Wife Is Always Acting Pitiful? Oh, It Turns Out It’s Mine 36

Chapter 36: Secret Protection

Dugu Yuan’an sat cross-legged on the bed meditating. After Xue Mu left, she woke up and circulated the true qi in her body, mobilizing the Soul Cold internal energy to flow slowly through the meridians of her whole body.

Since childhood, under the guidance of her elders, she had mobilized her internal breath to open up the eight extraordinary meridians. Achieving success in internal martial arts was originally a wonderful thing—but after her knees were destroyed, the acupoints around the knee eyes were all blocked. The Soul Cold internal energy could not flow downwards, and the Cold Poison accumulated more and more heavily.

Now, her Soul Cold internal martial art had hit a bottleneck. As long as the blocked acupoints were not cleared, she could not break through to the high stage.

Ninth level… The person A-Mu mentioned is definitely not me.

Besides me, there is another person who has learned the Soul Cold Twelve Arts and has already broken through to high-level internal energy.

Besides me, the Yu Clan of Jin Mountain has a second surviving descendant.

Besides me, Little Aunt is secretly cultivating another heir.

With just one sentence from Xue Mu, she understood everything.

So that’s how it is, so that’s how it is.

Internal energy flowed to her knees. “Yinlingquan” corresponds to the Spleen Meridian of Foot-Taiyin, “Ququan,” “Xiguan,” and “Yinbao” correspond to the Liver Meridian of Foot-Jueyin, and “Yingu” corresponds to the Kidney Meridian of Foot-Shaoyin. A large amount of cold air accumulated around these acupoints. “Dubi” and “Zusanli” correspond to the Stomach Meridian of Foot-Yangming. Logically speaking, they should also have been destroyed, but when that person hit her knees with stones, the internal force actually bypassed those acupoints, only causing damage to the Three Yin Meridians of the foot.

When Soul Cold internal energy travels through the whole body, moving from the Foot-Yang Meridians to the Foot-Yin Meridians is the most critical step. That person destroyed her knees also out of fear that she was truly a direct descendant of the Yu Clan of Jin Mountain.

Didn’t want to kill me, a child, but worried about not cutting the grass at the roots.

Dugu Yuan’an’s emotions were agitated, and she forcefully tried to use Soul Cold internal energy to break through those blocked major acupoints. The Cold Poison was triggered by this, rushing upwards against the flow of the meridians!

Dugu Yuan’an spat out a mouthful of fresh blood. Her whole body was in unbearable pain, her internal breath disordered and colliding recklessly. She forcefully suppressed the deep hatred that suddenly rose in her heart and circulated her internal energy again to gradually stabilize it. This circulation lasted for more than half an hour.

Covered in a layer of fine cold sweat, Dugu Yuan’an heard Zi’ang’s footsteps outside the door. She wiped her face vigorously with her sleeve and wiped away the blood at the corner of her lips. She cleared her throat, but when she opened her mouth, she was shocked to find her voice was already hoarse, so she kept her mouth shut.

Zi’ang brought in the food, still muttering, “The Young Madam left the Dugu Manor again, saying Master wanted to go into seclusion. Master—”

She looked at Dugu Yuan’an’s pale face and suddenly rushed to the bedside. “Master, you—”

“I’m fine,” Dugu Yuan’an spoke up. Zi’ang was startled again. “I’ll go call the Master and Madam!”

“You are not allowed to go!” Dugu Yuan’an shouted. Scared by her stern voice and harsh expression, Zi’ang dared not move, saying carefully, “Master, you… don’t be too aggressive in your practice, don’t hurt your body…”

Dugu Yuan’an clenched her fists tightly. Her emotions had calmed down, and her brain began to spin rapidly—I must have seen that person. Since I was raised in the Dugu Manor, the other person couldn’t have been raised in the manor, but outside… But outside isn’t safe either. Where would that person be arranged…

A face floated before Dugu Yuan’an’s eyes. Her fists clenched tighter and tighter. Only when Zi’ang called her repeatedly did she come back to her senses.

“I’m fine.” Dugu Yuan’an grasped the crutches. Zi’ang hurriedly stopped her. “Master! Master—let me.”

Dugu Yuan’an didn’t struggle, letting her push the wheelchair over.

During lunch, Dugu Yunuo suddenly arrived. She walked into the room swaggering, looked around, and was extremely disappointed not to see anyone.

“Third Sister, where is your wife?”

Drinking ginseng chicken soup, Dugu Yuan’an said slowly, “What does Second Sister want with my wife?”

“Naturally to compare kung fu—Third Sister, I know you indulge this kid. Comparing kung fu this time, you can’t cheat again!” Dugu Yunuo was full of confidence, seeming to have mastered better moves in the past two days.

Dugu Yuan’an put down the spoon and finally raised her face. Dugu Yunuo was stunned. “Why is your complexion so bad?”

“My body has always been weak,” Dugu Yuan’an smiled. “A-Mu has matters to attend to and has returned to the Xue Star Tower.”

Dugu Yunuo thought for a moment and simply sat down opposite her. “Third Sister, I don’t mean to lecture you, but since you’ve already married Xue Mu into the family, you have to discipline her well. How can a married woman run out repeatedly?”

“Second Sister, to put it bluntly, we all mix in the Jianghu. Mu’er has her own business to run, so naturally she can’t just stay in this small world of the Dugu Manor, washing her hands to make soup for me,” Dugu Yuan’an said faintly. “Mu’er will achieve great things in the Jianghu in the future.”

Dugu Yunuo shook her head. “Third Sister, you don’t go out, so you don’t know. When I traveled to Jiangnan before, I really met many heroes of the Jianghu, each possessing unique skills. Take the female disciples of the Cloud Dress Mountain Sect for example. Not only are they skilled in swordplay, but they are also proficient in music. Their musical instruments can kill people. And the East He Mountain Sect in Lingnan, their Heavenly Quiet Heart Sutra can overcome any martial arts that disturb the mind. Truly…”

She spoke for a long time. Dugu Yuan’an just listened quietly. Once Dugu Yunuo talked happily, she stopped thinking about sparring with Xue Mu. Dugu Yuan’an wasn’t listening seriously, eating slowly. It wasn’t until Dugu Yunuo mentioned the “Discourse on the Dao Conference” that she looked up, showing some interest.

“The Discourse on the Dao Conference is set for the fifteenth of the tenth month, three months from now,” Dugu Yunuo said. Noticing Dugu Yuan’an’s bad expression, she lowered her voice. “I know you have a grudge in your heart, but this Discourse on the Dao Conference… Sigh, if you want to go, Big Brother and I will take you to see it then.”

When the Yu Clan of Jin Mountain participated in the Discourse on the Dao Conference fifteen years ago, in order to obtain a heart sutra, they displayed the true power of the Soul Cold Twelve Arts, beating the sect leaders of the major sects at that time into submission. Half a month after returning to Jin Mountain, the tragedy of extermination occurred.

Regarding the unique secret skills displayed by the Yu Clan of Jin Mountain at the Discourse on the Dao Conference, the major sects kept silent. Dugu Yuan’an had thought many times that it was because the elders used the latter moves of the palm and sword techniques that some people were moved by the desire to snatch the secret manual of the Soul Cold technique.

“Discourse on the Dao Conference, I’ll go then.” Dugu Yuan’an suppressed those resurfacing thoughts and smiled slightly at Dugu Yunuo. “Second Sister, better not pretend too much in front of Mu’er. She thinks you have been bullying me in the Dugu Manor all along.”

“You girl…” Dugu Yunuo sneered. “If it weren’t for you gossiping in front of her, how could Big Brother and I have gotten a bad reputation for bullying our sister? She doesn’t understand the twists and turns in our manor… Sigh, hasn’t Father’s reputation also been ruined? But your life is what matters.”

The two chatted for a while. Dugu Yunuo ate some food from Dugu Yuan’an’s table and then left dashingly.