Compared with seventeen years ago, Qiantang County is still the same, with no changes.
The only change is that children have grown into teenagers, young people have become middle-aged, and most of the elderly have died.
The county seat is still the county seat.
The people in the city have changed by 20%.
Time is the most ruthless natural rule.
From the time of birth, human beings are heading towards death step by step.
Chen Kang returned to Qiantang County and the courtyard where he originally lived.
"Squeak."
Chen Kang pushed open the courtyard door.
It was overgrown with weeds and the dust in the room was an inch thick.
"It's back again."
Chen Kang secretly said: "I wonder how Bai Suzhen, Xiaoqing and the others are doing?"
Chen Kang was in the county town and did not sense the auras of Bai Suzhen and Xiaoqing.
Apparently they were no longer in town.
After studying abroad for seventeen years, Chen Kang has gained quite a lot.
However, Chen Kang also paid a high price in order to learn advanced martial arts skills.
Those cultivation sects are really too exclusive. It is as difficult as going to heaven to get any useful information from those cultivation sects.
The Cultivation Sect is divided into handyman disciples, outer disciples, inner disciples, elite disciples, core disciples, sect elders, masters, supreme elders...
In short, there is a strict hierarchy in each cultivation sect. Even if Chen Kang had the ability, he would not be able to get any more information out of it.
If you want to collect cultivation techniques, other than trading, you can only kill people and get goods.
Chen Kang actually wanted to trade with those cultivation sects.
It's a pity that those cultivators are aloof and prejudiced against ordinary martial arts, so they don't take Chen Kang seriously.
Chen Kang exchanged his physical training and breathing techniques for cultivation techniques? That is unrealistic.
Without a backer or a perfect teacher, it is very difficult to understand and practice on your own.
Chen Kangyijie was a casual cultivator.
No, Chen Kang is not even a casual cultivator in the world of cultivation. He is just a mortal warrior with no magic power and no Qi.
Chen Kang's path of cultivation is really difficult to follow.
No matter how difficult it is, Chen Kang cannot give up.
Three years ago, Chen Kang traveled to the capital to study and happened to learn that a "land god" was going to preach.
Chen Kang paid a huge price to get a place to listen to the sermon.
That time, Chen Kang's harvest was huge.
It was precisely because of this hearing that Chen Kang finally completed the upgrade of the Fetal Breathing Technique.
Unfortunately, although the upgrade was successful, it was not perfect and there were still many technical flaws.
It is impossible to make up for the shortcomings of the upgraded Fetal Breathing Method with Chen's current knowledge base.
After the fetal breath method technology upgrade, Chen Kang can reduce the consumption of body functions to a smaller level when resting.
This kind of fetal breath technology no longer puts people into an ordinary dormant state, but in a state that seems to be dead but not dead.
That's a very magical state.
Chen Kang often maintains this state of being seemingly dead but not dead, which can reduce the loss of vitality, which is to extend his life in disguise.
Chen Kang's ultimate life span can reach 380 years.
In fact, according to Chen Kang's estimation, he can extend his life to 500 years by deducing the perfect fetal breathing technique.
Obviously, Chen Kang's Fetal Breathing Technique failed to meet expectations.
Chen Kang secretly said: "Don't be impatient. To perfect the Fetal Breathing Technique, you need to calm down. It's a pity that there are no big results in the Body Refining Technique."
Chen Kang continues to deduce the Leiyin Body Refining Technique, but unfortunately he does not have enough knowledge and can only continue to optimize it.
The optimized body refining technique still failed to break the limit of physical fitness.
Chen Kang's current basic strength is still 400,000 kilograms.
Chen Kang has studied the technique of exerting force more deeply.
Chen Kang has developed his force-generating skills to a tenfold superposition.
Ten times the power-generating skills!
With a basic strength of 400,000 kilograms, Chen Kang can exert 4 million kilograms of divine power.
No magic power, no energy, no magic weapon is needed. With ordinary boxing skills, Chen Kang easily crushed the former Mr. Wu and Wang Daoling.
I just don’t know if Mr. Wu and Wang Daoling’s injuries have recovered? Have you improved your skills?
Chen Kang could feel that the ten times force technique was almost the limit that his body could bear.
At most, the body may be able to withstand eleven times the force exertion technique, but that would be too forced and the body may collapse at any time.
"The lifespan has been extended to three hundred and eighty years. I have developed ten times the power-generating skills. This is the result of my seventeen years of study tour. Unfortunately, the Leiyin Body Refining Technique has not produced any results."
The "terrestrial god" who preached was a Qi practitioner who was good at Qi breathing and the use of magic power. In terms of body training, he is really average, even worse than Chen Kang.
Chen Kang learned a lot of breathing techniques from him and incorporated them into his own breathing techniques.
But I haven't learned any physical training skills at all.
Chen Kang's speed and strength finally gave him the possibility to save his life in front of the land gods.
At least, Chen Kang didn't have to be as afraid as last time when he met the old monk Fahai again.
Being able to escape with your life in front of the old monk Fahai is also a skill.
However, Chen Kang still felt that he was too weak.
Although being fast and being able to escape is a skill, it is not a strong person.
A truly strong man, why should he run away?
Only the weak will run for their lives.
Being able to escape and be fast is just a reasonable excuse for his weakness.
…
Xu Jiaorong took Xu Shilin shopping, passing by the alley, and saw that the gate of Chen Kang's yard was open.
Xu Jiaorong stopped.
Xu Shilin said: "Aunt, what are you looking at?"
Xu Jiaorong said: "An old friend. He has been away from Qiantang County for seventeen years, and the gate of the courtyard has never been opened. Could it be that he is back?"
Xu Shilin was curious.
Who is my aunt's old friend?
Xu Jiaorong said: "Shilin, let's go in and take a look."
Xu Jiaorong and Xu Shilin walked into the yard and saw Chen Kang cleaning.
"Chen Kang?" Xu Jiaorong said in surprise, "It's really you!"
Compared with seventeen years ago, Chen Kang's appearance has not changed at all. He is still as young as a young man.
Xu Jiaorong is much older. Not only has her body gained some weight, her face has wrinkles, and she also has some white hair on her head.
After all, Xu Jiaorong is just an ordinary woman. She is almost fifty years old and looks older, which is normal.
Chen Kang put down the broom and said with a smile: "Mrs. Li, please sit down quickly. I just came back and there is no hot water in the room. I can't make tea."
Xu Jiaorong sat on the stool and chatted with Chen Kang.
As she spoke, Xu Jiaorong had tears in her eyes.
The year after Chen Kang left Qiantang County, Bai Suzhen gave birth to Xu Shilin.
Li Gongfu Xu Jiaorong gave Xu Xian the medicine shop "Baohe Tang".
Treat illnesses and save people, no matter how young or old you are.
Coupled with Bai Suzhen's assistance, Xu Xian's medical skills improved rapidly.
The existence of Baohe Hall seriously affected the business of other medical clinics and drug stores in the county, and Xu Xian was excluded and framed.
Fahai came to trouble again.
Bai Suzhen was suppressed by Fahai and imprisoned in Lei Feng Tower.
Xiaoqing left Qiantang County to find famous teachers and learn skills from them, hoping to rescue her sister one day.
Xu Xian was involved in lawsuits and Baohetang closed down.
Although Li Gongfu is the head catcher, he has no right to speak in front of the real official.
Li Gongfu wanted to save Xu Xian, but he couldn't do it at all.
Xu Xian spent more than a year in prison. Feeling disheartened, he went to Jinshan Temple to become a monk and cleaned the Lei Feng Pagoda every day. It would be nice to be closer to the White Snake.
Chen Kang sighed and said, "I didn't expect that so many things would happen after I left. Is this child the son of Han Wen and White Snake?"
Chen Kang glanced at Xu Shilin.
Xu Jiaorong pulled Xu Shilin forward and said, "He is Han Wen's son, his name is Xu Shilin. Over the years, I have always raised Shilin as my own son."
Xu Shilin looked at Chen Kang.
Chen Kang is just a boy, younger than himself. How could he possibly know his parents? Judging from his tone, it seems that he has a pretty good relationship with his parents.
Chen Kang said: "His aunt hasn't come back these years?"
Xiaoqing and Bai Suzhen are sisters. According to their kinship relationship, Xu Shilin should call Xiaoqing aunt.
Xu Jiaorong shook his head and said, "No. After Miss Xiaoqing left, there was no news from her."
Chen Kang understood Xiaoqing's thoughts.
Xiaoqing is close to Bai Suzhen, but her relationship with the Xu family is very ordinary.
Since Bai Suzhen is not in the Xu family, the relationship between Xiaoqing and the Xu family has naturally become even more indifferent.
Xu Jiaorong said: "Chen Kang, Shilin has been smart since he was a child. When he was studying in school, his master often praised him and said that he has the qualifications to be the top scholar. Shilin has already read the Four Books and Five Classics, and he passed the exam last year. Scholar. I plan to send Shi Lin to you to learn martial arts from you."
By studying, you can gain fame and glory, and you can seek glory and wealth.
Only by learning martial arts can you not be bullied.
Xu Shilin is known as the reincarnation of Wenquxing. He is very good at reading, but he is often bullied by some students in school.
Back then, Xu Jiaorong could have witnessed the fight between Bai Suzhen and Fahai.
If Bai Suzhen had defeated the old monk Fa Hai, maybe her younger brother's family would not be ruined and his wife and children would not be separated.
But Bai Suzhen was not as good as others and lost in the end.
Xu Jiaorong also looked down on martial arts in the past, thinking that only vulgar people would be beaten and killed, and she couldn't bear to see her husband Li Gongfu practicing swordsmanship at home.
But now she wants Xu Shilin to learn advanced martial arts. Not to mention rescuing his mother, but at least he has the ability to protect himself.
Xu Shilin said: "Aunt, I don't want to learn martial arts. Scholars are based on cultivating virtue. It is the right thing to obtain fame, become an official, and honor the ancestors. Learning martial arts is an insult to politeness."
Xu Jiaorong scolded: "That's nonsense. How can learning martial arts be an insult to gentleness?"
Xu Shilin said: "It's said in the book. Master also said it. I think it makes sense."
Xu Jiaorong wanted to continue scolding Xu Shilin.
Chen Kang stopped her, looked at Xu Shilin and said, "Which book says that learning martial arts is an insult to politeness?"
For a moment, Xu Shilin couldn't remember which book said this.
However, Xu Shilin refused to admit defeat: "Everything is inferior, only studying is superior."
Chen Kang shook his head secretly. This guy Xu Shilin was brainwashed by rotten scholars.
I have to say that some words in Confucian classics are very confusing.
Confucianism does not study the skills of improving people's livelihood, but instead studies the worldly ways of human affairs for thousands of years, and spends all day acting like a king, a king, a minister, a father, a son, and a son.
In the Confucian classics, the real essence may only be 10%. The remaining 90% is just garbage.
Learning is valuable than anything else?
This is true. After studying, you can become an official. Being an official naturally means you can be high and mighty.
However, these Confucian theories are worthless in the face of real technology.
Confucianism also slanders technology, looks down upon technology, and calls technology miraculous and ingenious.
Chen Kang stood up and walked to Xu Shilin.
Snapped.
Chen Kang slapped Xu Shilin.
Xu Jiaorong was surprised and said: "Chen Kang... why did you do it suddenly?"
Chen Kang said: "Mrs. Li, you don't have to worry about this. Since you want to send Xu Shilin to me to learn martial arts, then I will teach him what martial arts is."
Xu Shilin covered his face and said: "You...you are vulgar. It is an insult to politeness."
Chen Kang nodded and said, "Yes, I am vulgar."
Snapped.
Chen Kang slapped Xu Shilin in the face again.
Chen Kang's control of force was very measured. He would not injure Xu Shilin, but he could also inflict pain on Xu Shilin.
With tears in his eyes, Xu Shilin said angrily: "A gentleman talks but never moves."
Chen Kang sneered: "I am not a gentleman."
Snapped.
Chen Kang slapped Xu Shilin for the third time.
"Xu Shilin, you are a scholar. You studied the Four Books and Five Classics, the way of a gentleman." Chen Kang said, "Now, I am vulgar, I am a barbarian who does not understand etiquette, justice and integrity. I just want to beat you. In addition to being full of anger, So what?"
Chen Kang slapped Xu Shilin twice and kicked him twice.
Xu Shilin was kicked to the ground.
Xu Jiaorong looked distressed, but did not say anything to stop her.
She may have guessed Chen Kang's intention.
Xu Shilin cried.
Xu Shilin squatted on the ground, holding his tears while crying: "Chen Kang, you hit me for no reason, you are not a gentleman. I have never seen such a vulgar and rude villain like you. You rely on your martial arts, Just oppressing the weak... I will go to the county government to sue you."
Chen Kang sneered and said: "With my ability, the county government has no right to control me. Unless you can invite the land immortal from the court to suppress the magic. That old master in the school taught you these things? Scholars can be stubborn. But knives and fists. Stop reading the Four Books and Five Classics. Go back and read the history books, think about the change of dynasties, and think about whether force is more effective in every war, or your 'gentleman's way'."
Xu Shilin looked stubborn and unconvinced.
Chen Kang added: "Xu Shilin, your aunt said that you are very good at reading. At least ten times better than your father Xu Hanwen. Your master praised you as having the qualifications to be the number one scholar. You are already familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics. In a few days, I will I will take you to Jinshan Temple to meet Master Fahai. Let’s see if you can convince Fahai to show mercy and let your mother go.”
Xu Shilin snorted coldly, stood up, and said: "Persuade people with reason. I believe that in this world, there are many people who are reasonable. Not everyone is as vulgar as you, Chen Kang. I will definitely be able to convince Master Fa Hai and rescue My mother."
Chen Kang nodded and said: "Okay. I am ambitious. Xu Shilin, if you can really convince the old monk Fahai to let your mother go, it means that my martial arts have lost to your gentlemanly way. I will abolish this body." Martial arts, I kneel before you and worship you as my master.”
Xu Shilin has never been severely beaten by society and does not know the cruelty of reality.
To convince people with reason?
This is the most ridiculous thing Chen Kang has heard in recent years.
Reason and morality are nothing in the face of real violence.
Xu Shilin said: "Then you just wait to become my master."
Xu Shilin turned around and walked out of the yard.
Xu Jiaorong shouted: "Shilin, Shilin..."
Chen Kang said: "Let him be quiet. Xu Shilin is already a nerd. If you want to change Xu Shilin's ideas, you must give strong medicine. I took Xu Shilin to Jinshan Temple to meet Fahai. After returning, I thought, he I know how childish and ridiculous my thoughts are at this moment."
Xu Jiaorong said: "Chen Kang, thank you."
Chen Kang said: "Mrs. Li, there is no need to thank me. Back then, the Xu family and Mrs. Bai saved my life. Since you brought Xu Shilin to see me, I can't ignore this matter."
(I asked for leave to be hospitalized for a diabetic injection and was scolded by my supervisor. A wage earner is not even qualified to ask for leave due to illness. Please vote.)
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