The corners of his mouth rose slightly, and Chen Lao already had the answer in his mind.

You'll know if you're hit.

There's no need to know if you're hit.

The iron fist was close in front of him, close at hand, and had touched the tip of his nose slightly.

In Chen Lao's mind, a scene like a marquee appeared.

Gollum, Master Liu in the audience swallowed a mouthful of spit, and secretly thought in his heart.

What appeared in the minds of the two at this time was the same day.

..................

At four o'clock in the morning, the sun had just risen in Penglai. The faintly bright blue sky exudes a faint cyan color.

The white clouds fluttered lightly, slowly shifting, leisurely, and at ease.

The sun peeked out of the clouds, illuminating the outline of the well in black and white.

At the same time, it also shows the back of a man.

Master Liu's expression was very serious, his eyes were half-open, and he was sitting on the ground of his yard wearing only a pair of white boxer swim trunks.

When the time was almost up, he immediately picked up a bucket of water that had just been drawn from the well.

Aimed at his head and poured it down.

On a winter morning, even Penglai, which is like spring all year round, makes people feel a little chilly.

At this moment, as if he had been empowered, Master Liu instantly sobered up.

Master Liu, who was fully conscious, slowly stood up.

He does it every day, but it still means something special to him today.

Because today, it is the day when he and the head of the academy Qiu Cicada compete for the qualification to compete.

Insisting on defense and self-protection karate, his willpower and endurance are also outstanding.

Water droplets gradually slipped from his body, and the cold wind made people feel cold when they looked at it.

But this body has never betrayed his persistence.

and his ......

Stubborn.

And today is the day when he wants to repay this body.

Look at the sun that has just risen in the sky.

The mist formed a rainbow not far away.

Martial Dao's faith sparkled in his eyes.

Originally, all of this had such a sense of ritual...... That's right.

Suddenly, he felt someone standing silently behind him.

The next moment, he suddenly turned around.

The one who stood there, the one who appeared in front of him.

It's a skinny old man over the age of six.

Master Liu's eyebrows were slightly upturned, and he was overjoyed.

"Old Seniors Chen!!"

..................

After a while, Master Liu had already changed his clothes and sat upright with Chen Lao outside the corridor where he could see the scenery of the courtyard and the sunrise.

He nudged the cup of tea in front of him.

Chen Lao put his hands in his sleeves and chuckled: "Don't be too restrained, just sit casually." ”

"Uh-huh............"

Although Master Liu said so, his posture did not appear to be relaxed at all.

The so-called sitting is also a part of martial arts practice.

Suck ————

Chen Lao took a sip of tea and spit out another puff of white smoke due to the temperature difference.

"My practice was interrupted by me, and I still have some unfinished thoughts, right?"

Master Liu smiled and replied, "It's okay, anyway, I don't have any harsh practice today, and I'm going to compete for the qualification to appear in the martial arts conference at noon." ”

Chen Lao took another sip of tea, but this time he didn't spit out white gas.

The tone was a little worried.

"Xiao Liu, don't you think...... If you don't go to a dangerous place, this is the ultimate talisman, and if you go to such a dangerous place, what can you protect?"

............

Master Liu lowered his head, as if he had been thinking for a while.

......

Finally, he stood up, looked into Chen Lao's eyes and said, "I think that only those who can protect themselves in dangerous places can be called talismanship!"

..................

There was another silence, as if Chen Lao was thinking about how to explain the philosophical disagreement between the two of them to Master Liu.

............

Finally couldn't help it, even in the face of the predecessors of martial arts, Master Liu also implemented the martial arts in his heart all the time, called the martial arts of guarding.

"Senior, although it is very abrupt, but let me ask, how long do you exercise every day? Look at your body, it seems that there is no trace of exercise, you can't exercise your body 24 hours a day, and you study your skills wholeheartedly, I feel pain just thinking about it. ”

After hearing this, Chen Lao pursed his lips and widened his eyes, as if he was offended.

He asked rhetorically, "Forging...... Practice, for, for, for faster, stronger, to get speed and strength?"

Master Liu nodded.

"These are all things that are necessary to defeat your opponents. ”

Ha.

Chen Lao shook his head and laughed.

"I don't need strength, I don't need speed. Defeat your opponents? No kidding! Talisman is a technique used to protect yourself! Not for being brave and ruthless!"

............

Master Liu was suppressed by Chen Lao's momentum and was speechless for a while.

............

Chen Lao took a sip of tea, as if he was a little helpless.

He beckoned.

Master Liu didn't understand what he meant, he just leaned his head forward, and his body leaned forward.

After that, Chen Lao clenched his fist with one hand and slowly, slowly approached Master Liu's forehead.

Finally, when there was still some distance to go, it stopped.

Master Liu still didn't understand what Chen Lao was going to do.

Syllable!

Master Liu stepped back violently, and he felt pain.

A pain in the forehead.

It turned out that Chen Lao flicked Master Liu's forehead.

He laughed, "How's it going?"

Master Liu nodded, it was indeed painful, but he didn't understand why Chen Lao did this.

Chen Lao made another gesture of flicking his forehead.

"See, stopping the power of the middle finger with your thumb is like a winding arrow, and then letting go and hitting the surface of the opponent's skin with the hard part of your fingernail is the technique. ”

..................

Master Liu understood.

You don't need strength, you don't need speed, you just need technology, anyone can do it.

Scold..................

Chen Lao smiled, and white gas spewed out of his mouth again.

"Martial arts are techniques developed by the weak to defeat the strong. It is to make up for the natural physical differences, and the weak will use technology to make up for it. Speed, strength, how can a weak person have these things? and a weak person can't use martial arts...... What's the point?"

This............ This............

Master Liu was willing to bow down and was deeply admired by the martial arts ideas of his predecessors.

But he didn't want to stop there.

"I'll prove it to you! Through this martial arts conference, I'll prove it to you! Martial arts are techniques that can turn the weak into the strong!"

Hum............

Chen Lao smiled again, laughing more happily than ever.

After Master Liu proves himself and becomes a strong man......

You can defeat him as a weak person and prove your theory.

And for now............

"You just asked me...... How many times a day?"

Master Liu was a little embarrassed, but he didn't expect his predecessors to bring up this topic again.

He nodded, indicating that this was indeed the case.

Chen Lao pinched his chin with two fingers, lowered his gaze, and looked at the tea stalk erected in the cup.

"It's hard for me to answer this question......"

Master Liu immediately laughed and said, "Hahaha...... Do you often be lazy?"

Chen Lao's gaze rose and looked into Master Liu's eyes.

His expression was steady and serious, like a towering tree with a history of 100 years.

"Several times a day. ”

Master Liu expressed his surprise, at Chen Lao's age, several times a day is not a small number.

"Oh, senior, how many times a day do you practice?"

Chen Lao shook his head gently.

He sits in a very upright posture and has a very straight center of gravity and midline.

Even if he was suddenly attacked now, he must have a way to get out of it.

"No...... Several times a day, turn your mind away from martial arts. ”

Master Liu closed his mouth and opened his eyes wide.

"Everyday life outside of martial arts...... Brushing teeth, eating, and the joys and sorrows of others, interpersonal interactions, ...... In those times......"

"I'll forget about martial arts for a while. ”

Master Liu took a sip of tea, his heart full of admiration.

"Other than that—you're all about martial arts all the time. ”

"Yes, even in my sleep, I often dream of fighting people. ”

Master Liu held the teacup in his hand, supported his knee with one hand, and leaned slightly sideways, no longer maintaining that upright posture.

"It's ...... It's like a ...... between a man and a woman It's the same in a relationship. ”

Chen Lao turned his head and looked at the sun in Penglai at five o'clock.

Not very dazzling, but warm.

It exudes fluffy warmth and shines on everything in the world.

"You're not wrong at all. ”

"It is precisely because I can't ask for it that I will always insist on it. ”

........................

Thump.

Gaba.

Hit.

Autumn Cicada's fist.

was pinched by Chen Lao's wrist, pressed by Chen Lao's shoulder with his elbow, and pressed up with his own weight.

【Arm Lock】

He directly pressed the autumn cicada to the ground.

At the same time, his arm was broken.

The second game starts with three minutes and forty-two seconds.

Autumn cicada, fractured right arm.

"Ahh!!!h

Intense pain instantly poured into Qiu Cicada's brain, and he wanted to clench his teeth, but a cry of pain came out from between his teeth.

Chen Lao slowly stood up with his hands on his knees, letting the autumn cicada wail on the ground.

There was no pursuit, no initiative.

From the beginning to the present, everything he has done has been a counterattack.

It's 'talisman'.

It's justifiable defense.

In order that the justifiable defense does not become overly defensive......

He said, "Young man, it's almost time to give up, right? You're still young, come back next year." ”

The autumn cicada clenched its teeth, and bloodshot sprouts popped out of its eyeballs.

Abandon?

How can it be!?

For the sake of Serena, in order to change the differential treatment of Penglai, how could he say the word give up?

Let him say it himself!?

So what other expression will he have to face Serena's innocent smiling face!?

I boasted about Haikou and lost in the first round to an old man who seemed to be blown down by the wind!?

Still young?Come back next year!?

What a joke!!

Qiu Cicada knows that for herself, there are not many 'next years'.

This consideration, combined with Serena's smile, became his motivation.

He stood up, ignoring the broken arm and the sharp pain.