A Time-Traveling Mishap: I Became an Ancient Nobleman

Chapter 134 Master, I can't take it anymore

Zhou Hanzhang looked at He Shi's tense expression and said, "It's alright, don't worry."

He didn't believe it, and even looked Zhou Hanzhang up and down to make sure he was alright before he felt relieved.

"By the way, we don't need to assign anyone to keep an eye on Liu Niang anymore," Zhou Hanzhang said to He Shi.

Although she didn't ask the question aloud, her eyes clearly showed a hint of doubt.

“Liu Niang is indeed Youying, but now she’s one of us, and I’ve become her disciple,” Zhou Hanzhang said calmly.

When did this huge wave of emotion surge within me?

Who is Youying?

She's the number one assassin of "Dark Night"! This... Young Master, you've so hastily become her disciple, won't something bad happen to you?

But as a servant, he couldn't very well question the young master.

Although worried, he never asked any further questions. "Then we'll send everyone out to find the master and His Majesty."

Zhou Hanzhang nodded and then withdrew.

The next morning, before Zhou Hanzhang was fully awake, he felt another person beside him.

She immediately became alert and reached out as the person approached, but failed to catch him.

She immediately opened her eyes and looked at the person who had come in, only to find that Liu Niang was standing a little distance away, looking at her and smiling.

She breathed a sigh of relief. "Master, weren't you afraid of scaring me to death by appearing so suddenly?"

"If my newly accepted disciple only has this much courage, then so be it if he dies of fright."

Zhou Hanzhang asked helplessly, "So, Master, what brings you here so early?"

"Now that I've taken you as my disciple, I'll naturally teach you something. Hurry up and get dressed, it's time to start practicing."

Zhou Hanzhang never expected that he would have to get up so early.

Even during her college entrance exam period, she had never gotten up this early.

But after thinking about the scenes of her time with Liu Niang these past few days, and recalling the rumors about Youying in the martial arts world, coupled with the fact that General Gu had given her a reputation for being difficult to get along with, she thought about the consequences and decided to get up and wash up obediently.

When she finished washing up and went downstairs to the backyard of Yunju, Liu Niang was already waiting there.

She saw that Zhou Hanzhang was dressed in clothes suitable for practicing martial arts, nodded in satisfaction, and then stood in front of her.

"Come on, attack me with all your might."

Zhou Hanzhang thought he had misheard. "What did you say?"

"I said attack me with all your might, let me see how far your skills have progressed."

Zhou Hanzhang understood this time and took action as soon as he saw Liu Niang.

After several rounds, she hadn't even touched Liu Niang's clothes.

Feeling somewhat discouraged, she immediately began using some modern techniques to relentlessly attack Liu Niang.

She couldn't see Liu Niang's movements clearly, so she could only attack blindly. About an hour later, she was exhausted and collapsed to the ground, panting heavily.

"Master, I can't go on."

"You're done for in such a short time? By the way, what kind of technique did you just use? It was such a mess!"

Liu Niang had never been exposed to those modern kung fu techniques, so of course she didn't know.

Zhou Hanzhang, panting heavily, said, "When I was young, I traveled around with my father and met some different martial arts masters. I learned a little from each of them."

Thinking about the skills Zhou Hanzhang had just used, Liu Niang said, "Your skills look strange, but it feels like you haven't mastered any of them. It seems like you've only used about four or five tenths of them."

It must be said that Liu Niang saw through the essence of the matter immediately.

“Master is right. I learn from this master and that master, but I haven’t specialized in any one skill to the end, so…”

Before Zhou Hanzhang could finish speaking, Liu Niang already knew.

"Your basic skills are okay, but they're not very solid yet. How about this, you practice your basic skills for half an hour every day before sparring with me."

???

"Aren't you going to teach me some other techniques?"

"What's the rush? You're learning too much right now, but you haven't mastered it yet, and your basic skills aren't solid enough. It's easy for you to go astray."

Listen to me, practice the basics for half an hour every day, then spar with me. I'll see if I can adjust your technique.

If anyone else had said this to Zhou Hanzhang, she wouldn't have believed it. But since the person in front of her was Youying, whom even General Gu praised highly, she naturally believed it.

How should I practice the basics?

Liu Niang frowned slightly, "Didn't you practice the basics before?"

"Never mind, it's not important. Here's what you do: get up every morning and do a horse stance for half an hour. Then I'll think of something else."

Thinking of something, Liu Niang looked at Zhou Hanzhang and said, "Come here, let me check how flexible your bones are."

Without a second thought, Zhou Hanzhang walked up to Liu Niang.

"Lift your foot up."

Zhou Hanzhang obediently lifted one of her feet, and Liu Niang looked at her and said, "Lift it as high as you can, and see how far you can lift it."

Zhou Hanzhang immediately lifted his feet into the air.

Liu Niang nodded and continued, "Can you spread your legs wide to do a split and a cross?"

Zhou Hanzhang also completed it with ease.

Liu Niang looked very satisfied. "Not bad. You need to maintain good flexibility. Not to mention that as a woman, a supple body looks more attractive, when we fight, if our bodies are more flexible than our opponents, it's like giving ourselves an extra life."

Zhou Hanzhang agreed with what Liu Niang said.

That's right. When something flies towards your head, a stiff person can only crouch down to dodge, but a flexible person has many more ways to dodge.

"Alright, then start practicing the horse stance. You can finish in half an hour."

Liu Niang sat down on a stone bench and began to drink tea.

Zhou Hanzhang had never practiced horse stance much since childhood, and now that she had just started, her legs were already trembling before she had even finished drinking a cup of tea.

She cast a pleading look at Liu Niang, but Liu Niang seemed oblivious and continued to leisurely drink her tea.

Half an hour later, Liu Niang said, "Alright, go and wash up."

Zhou Hanzhang collapsed to the ground again.

Liu Niang ignored her and turned to leave, but before leaving, she paused and still reminded her with concern, "You'd better wait a while before washing up. You're all sweaty now, and it's easy for evil winds to enter your body."

Zhou Hanzhang had no strength left and could only give a soft "hmm".

Hearing her weak and listless voice, Liu Niang suddenly felt a surge of joy.

"Don't sit on the ground for too long. If you can, go to a sunny spot to absorb some sunlight. I'll go find you some good stuff that you can use when you exercise tomorrow."

He left without waiting for her reaction.

Not long after Liu Niang left, General Gu also arrived at the small courtyard. He was startled to see Zhou Hanzhang lying on the ground and quickly went over to help her up. "What happened to you?"