Chapter 66 Making a Choice "Brother, the effect of this nourishing soup is a little too strong." At 3:30 pm, dusk was approaching, and everyone stopped practicing Tiger Roar Fist. Little Douya, a girl, came to Li Dingguo from nearby, looking up and exclaiming happily: "I feel that my memory has improved a lot. Not only have I completely memorized the Tiger Roar Fist moves, but I can also remember clearly the basic martial arts knowledge that Brother Xiangzi taught us last night!" "You said that the effect of this nourishing soup can last for three to five days after drinking it once before the effect is completely consumed." "In this way, I can start practicing Tiger Roar Fist in a few days at most." Her words were full of surprise. To be honest, although this nourishing soup cannot nourish qi and blood, its effect on nourishing mental strength is really great. Especially for ordinary people like them who have not yet become warriors, it is simply a miracle medicine. If other practitioners knew that Li Dingguo actually gave such precious nourishing soup to these beggar orphans who have not yet become warriors, they would probably be so angry that they would spit out blood on the spot! The Nourishing Spirit Soup not only has a significant auxiliary training effect on warriors in the Body Refining Realm, but even warriors in the Qi Refining Realm can also see some effect of enhancing their mental strength after taking the Nourishing Spirit Soup. Spiritual power cannot be seen or touched, but it is the foundation of any living being.
Under normal circumstances, it is difficult to increase one's mental strength except for the passive improvement driven by one's own breakthrough in cultivation. This makes rare medicinal soups such as Yangshen Soup even more precious. Although the main ingredient for preparing the nourishing spirit soup: the soul bead of the evil spirit is not difficult to obtain, it is difficult to collect all the rare and precious spiritual medicines needed for preparing the nourishing spirit soup, especially those in the wild. However, Li Dingguo did not think so. He has always believed that good things are good as long as they are useful. It doesn't matter whether they are wasted or not, as long as they can be used as soon as possible. Even Xiao Douya and the others, who haven't even started practicing martial arts yet, are people he can trust now. In the past, we begged for a living together and lived together for several years. We knew each other very well and had a relationship that was closer than that of siblings. These orphan girls had unreserved trust in Li Dingguo and always regarded him as the core of their small group, following his lead. Once they are trained and become the backbone of their own team in the future, it will be of great help to their plan of survival in this chaotic world. In this magical world, the collapse of the Ming Dynasty is inevitable, as shown by all signs. Once those newly civilized barbarians, the Later Jin Tartars, were allowed to dominate the nine provinces of China, where could Li Dingguo hide even if he wanted to? Do I have to flee overseas? This was absolutely unacceptable to Li Dingguo. Moreover, in this life, he has a golden finger, superior qualifications and talents, and is extremely lucky to have traveled through time and space and been reborn. How could he be willing to be forced to hide and live a miserable life by those barbaric Later Jin Tartars in the future? If you don't have the ability, then so be it, just go with the flow and muddle through. Since I have the ability and enough talent and potential, I should do what I should do for this nation that has suffered so much, so that my journey through time will not be in vain. "Yeah, little bean sprouts." Li Dingguo looked at the girl who was cheering and jumping for joy and said, "It is normal that the Yangshen Soup is more effective for people like you." "Now that everyone has the cultivation resources such as Qi and Blood Soup, Nourishing Spirit Soup, and Monster Meat, we must work hard to practice Tiger Roar Fist and strive to stimulate our own Qi and Blood power as soon as possible and break through to become a warrior." "Due to the circumstances, we won't be able to practice peacefully for much longer." "In about two months at most, the Eighth King will lead the rebel army to completely evacuate Dingbian City. There may be some variables by then, so we must all be prepared." His face was solemn and his tone became very serious. He looked at Hongmei who had just walked up to Xiao Douya and revealed the true situation to them.
Now, everyone in this small village is our own people, and the information here is isolated, so there is no need to worry about anyone leaking the news. It is necessary to tell Xiao Douya and Hongmei the truth so that they can be mentally prepared. "Even if you two haven't seen it with your own eyes, you should have heard about what kind of character the current government troops are like!" His eyes were cold and he said sternly, "To be honest, what they did was even more outrageous than what we did!" "Most of the government troops burned, killed, looted, and committed all kinds of evil wherever they went, and even killed people to claim credit. It has become a routine." "They are weak and incompetent in dealing with foreign countries, and only care about protecting themselves. However, they are like evil spirits to us, the people of the Ming Dynasty, and they take whatever they want!" "This extremely corrupt imperial court deserves to be destroyed!" The more he spoke, the angrier he became, and his voice became louder, startling Cao Yongxiang, who had just walked up to the three men, and he also listened attentively. "The fall of the Ming Dynasty is the law of nature. It doesn't matter to us." "But we, the common people, cannot hand over the Nine Provinces of China to any foreign race!" "We are not talking about national justice, we are only concerned about the survival of the nation! For the sake of our Chinese people, we must resist with all our might so that we will not be enslaved by foreign races and sink into depravity!" "To achieve this, we must rely on the unity of our team and the military force we will control in the future!" "I, Li Dingguo, will not hand over my future destiny to the Ming Dynasty or those foreign races! We must be the masters of everything!" At this point, Li Dingguo slowed down his tone, looked at the three trustworthy friends in front of him, and said, "You all need to work hard to improve yourselves so that you can help me in the future." "Just keep these words in mind and don't tell anyone." "In the past, when we were wandering around begging for a living, I, Li Dingguo, was able to help you all survive. In the future, I will also help you live a better and better life, and you will no longer be bullied by anyone!" When I was leaving the city this morning, I saw two envoys sent by Wang Jiayin, the leader of the rebel army. I guess they have reached an alliance agreement with Zhang Xianzhong. Li Dingguo knew that this magical world with a historical trajectory was very similar to that of his previous life, and that the established wheel of history had already begun to turn according to its inherent trajectory. He is not a saint, nor is he a person without ideas. He really didn't want to wander around, being chased by the government troops now and the Tartars in the future, struggling for survival like a rabbit, and living like a stray dog. In this world, he who has a golden finger can try to control his own destiny as long as he is determined and works hard. As a person with modern thinking in the 21st century in his previous life, although Li Dingguo was very grateful to Zhang Xianzhong, he would certainly not entrust his life and future to him with gratitude. Because of the memories of his previous life, his vision is farther than anyone else in the Ming Dynasty. After all, the historical process of this big world has too many similarities with the history of previous lives. Therefore, you must make your own decisions about your future and destiny. To be grateful to someone, you don't have to work hard for him and obey his orders. There are many other ways to repay Zhang Xianzhong and pay off these karmas in the future. Now that he has the golden finger, he has secretly vowed that he would never work for others again in his life. It's okay to repay a drop of kindness with a spring in the future, but working for someone else or risking your life for them is absolutely not okay! He had a miserable life in his previous life. Now that he has traveled through time and space and been reborn, how could he possibly go back to the same path as his previous life?
During this period of time, he has been thinking about how to find a way of his own. The future pig-tail history of "keeping the head but not the hair, keeping the hair but not the head" is definitely not what Li Dingguo wants to see. No matter what, with the golden finger and extraordinary talent, I will not be able to rest in peace until I die if I don’t try to change the miserable fate of the Chinese people in the future. This is not an ideal, but one's duty and it is also following one's own heart. (End of this chapter)