My Promotion Story Through Time Travel

Chapter 152 Sparring

Lin Ziping took the initiative, using a tree branch as a knife to quickly chop at the pillar.

Zhu Zi quickly retreated to avoid it.

Lin Ziping pressed on relentlessly, wielding a tree branch with ferocious power.

As time went on, the pillar, which had initially been dodging, began to take the initiative to attack, and its expression became increasingly serious.

Lin Ziping leaped to the side, dodging the fist that came swinging from the pillar, and then swung the tree branch in his hand to attack him again. The branch cut through the air, making a "whoosh-whoosh" sound.

Seeing that he couldn't avoid it, Zhu Zi raised his arm to take the blow and then prepared to punch Lin Ziping.

"Pillar."

When Liao Mama's voice came, Zhu Zi hurriedly made a fist gesture and attacked Lin Ziping with a palm strike. Lin Ziping dodged to the side, but the palm strike landed on Lin Ziping's arm.

"hiss--"

Lin Ziping couldn't help but cry out in pain, his body falling backward. Fortunately, the courtyard was narrow, and he managed to grab the wall to avoid falling.

"Young Master, be careful!" Shu Miao exclaimed in surprise.

Ignoring everything else, Lin Ziping shouted, "Again!"

He pushed off the wall with force, used the momentum to leap up, and attacked the pillar again.

The pillar neither dodged nor avoided, but stood with its fist clenched.

As Lin Ziping approached, he grabbed the oncoming branch.

Lin Ziping quickly slowed down, rolled on the spot, and dodged the fist that was swinging from the pillar.

Zhu Zi threw the branch in his hand aside, and Lin Ziping also stood with his fist clenched. The two of them went back and forth, neither able to gain the upper hand.

Elementary long fist, Tai Chi, and even military boxing, which were things that were learned as fun in the past, have become Lin Ziping's means of survival in this era through diligent practice.

Dust filled the courtyard, and the two men were covered in sweat.

Lin Ziping pretended to be defeated and fell to the ground. He grabbed a handful of gravel and dirt from the ground, rolled over, and threw it at Zhu Zi's face.

Zhu Zi swung out a palm strike, and Zhu Zi quickly retreated to avoid it.

Lin Ziping lost his balance and was pushed to the ground by the palm. In a flash, he finally remembered where the familiarity with the pillar came from, and he was stunned. He didn't even react to the pillar's attack.

"Pillar!"

Granny Liao shouted loudly.

Lin Ziping came to his senses as Zhu Zi's palm brushed past him, the wind from the palm blowing up the stray hairs at Lin Ziping's temples.

"Please punish me, young master." Zhu Zi withdrew his hand, knelt on one knee, clasped his hands in a gesture of apology.

"Young Master!" Granny Liao and Shu Miao rushed forward to help Lin Ziping up.

Granny Liao shouted at Zhu Zi, "Zhu Zi, how dare you hurt the young master!"

The pillar lowered its head even further, kneeling on the ground without saying a word.

"Granny, I'm alright." Lin Ziping reassured him, walked to the pillar, and helped it up, saying, "You won."

“This servant deserves to die.” Zhu Zi dared not look Lin Ziping in the eye.

Lin Ziping grabbed his wrist and said, "I asked you to spar with me in the first place. Besides, we grew up together. Are we being so distant now?"

After saying that, Lin Ziping had a wry smile on his face.

“Young Master…I…” Upon hearing this, Zhu Zi looked up at Lin Ziping, “This servant…I had no such intention.”

Lin Ziping smiled and said, "Then let's rest for two days and continue. I don't believe I can't beat you."

"Alright, you two go apply the medicine first. We're going back to Qingyang, so you can do whatever you want. I won't see if you're injured anyway," said Granny Liao as she brushed the dust off Lin Ziping.

Shumiao, standing nearby, covered her mouth and laughed so hard her eyes crinkled.

Zhu Zi scratched his head and laughed along.

Lin Ziping looked around. The once tidy courtyard was now a mess again after the fight between the two.

"Shumiao, tidy up the yard. Zhuzi, go inside and apply the medicine," Lin Ziping instructed, then whispered to Granny Liao, "Granny, my back is also injured. Could you come inside and apply the medicine for me?"

Upon hearing this, Granny Liao's expression became visibly tense, and she pulled Lin Ziping away.

Back inside, Lin Ziping took off his clothes, and Granny Liao wiped away her tears as she watched.

First, he was beaten up by Hong Lao Er, then rescued by Li Qiongying, then had a duel with Manager Hong, then fought with Jiang Wanyu, and also had several battles with mountain bandits. Now he has fought with Zhuzi. If you think about it carefully, he has been either injured or on his way to be injured during this period.

So his body was covered in bruises, which looked quite frightening.

"Young Master, how did you get so badly injured? Did Zhu Zi hit you?" After saying that, Granny Liao was about to go out and teach Zhu Zi a lesson.

Lin Ziping quickly stopped him, saying, "It's not Zhu Zi, it's the injury the official sustained these past few days. You can help me apply the medicine, Granny."

After saying that, Lin Ziping walked to the bed and lay down.

"The injury is on my back, so it's difficult for me to apply medicine, and I can't ask Zhu Zi to help me, so I can only trouble Granny." Lin Ziping buried his head in the pillow.

"I'm going to apply the medicine now. It will hurt a little, young master, please bear with it," said Granny Liao.

"hiss--"

As he spoke, Lin Ziping felt a chill run down his back and cried out in pain.

A short while later, Lin Ziping said happily, "Granny, this medicine is really effective. I don't feel any pain at all now."

Granny Liao paused as she applied the medicine to Lin Ziping, and after a long while said, "This is a secret medicine from the imperial palace, so its effects are naturally very good."

“That must be very precious. I think the medicine I usually use is pretty good. Please give me that one, Granny. I’m not afraid of pain,” Lin Ziping said.

"Lie down properly." Granny Liao did not answer.

As Liao Ma finished applying the medicine and gently massaged the injured area, Lin Ziping said sullenly, "Madam, I don't want to be a boy anymore."

Granny Liao stopped and said, "Young master, that won't do. Back then, in order to continue the Lin family line and uphold the family's reputation, the master had no choice but to tell everyone that you were a boy. Now... sigh."

“Granny, then I can find a husband like my mother did,” Lin Ziping said. “Anyway, I don’t want to be a man anymore.”

"Young Master, did you tell Granny that you've taken a fancy to a man?" Granny Liao's heart skipped a beat when she heard Lin Ziping mention choosing a son-in-law, and she hurriedly asked.

Lin Ziping hurriedly replied, "No, Granny."

His tone clearly showed his anger and embarrassment at being exposed.

"Young Master, have you told anyone else about disguising yourself as a man?" Granny Liao thought for a moment and continued to ask.

Lin Ziping sat up, shook his head and said, "I didn't even mention the pillars or the millet seedlings."

Granny Liao breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, that's good."

“But I have a feeling they already know,” Lin Ziping said, burying his head in the pillow again.

Seeing Lin Ziping's condition, Granny Liao said, "It's alright. I'll go ask them. You've grown up together since you were little, so it won't hurt if they know. Young master, you can apply the medicine yourself. I'll go out first."

The sound of the door closing came from behind him. Lin Ziping raised his head expressionlessly, applied the medicine, and slowly began to put on his clothes.

Even when he touched his injured areas while getting dressed, Lin Ziping remained unfazed.

It's not that the medicine is so good, it's that there's something wrong with this body.

Compared to before, Lin Ziping clearly felt that the pain in his body was much higher. He originally thought that everyone's tolerance was different.

But after drinking Liao Mama's medicine last night, I could clearly feel that when I fought with Zhu Zi today, it didn't hurt as much when I was hit, especially since I was already injured.