Chapter 12: Becoming a Martial Artist

The water is extra sweet when you are thirsty, and the sleep after exhaustion is especially sweet!

Ye Heng, who was tired for a day, slept all night was called a beauty, and the sound of snoring was like beating a small drum! When Ye Heng woke up, he felt that his whole body was sore, especially his wrists and fingers, which were not only sore, but also a little stiff, soft and without any strength. This phenomenon will occur if anyone has not worked for a long time and occasionally works hard for a day.

It would be nice if I could sleep a little longer! As soon as this tempting idea passed through my mind, I immediately rejected it. Ye Heng gritted his teeth and got up, and after washing, he brought a large pot of boiling water, ready to continue to cut horse grass. When I passed by the old stone's room, the old stone was long gone. "A strong man like Lao Shi usually doesn't have a trace of laziness, and I'm not even the lowest-level martial artist, how can I be lazy? It seems that I need to redouble my efforts!" Ye Heng secretly encouraged himself. He felt that when Lao Shi got up in the morning, he must have practiced, and the success of any master would not be achieved overnight, and he must persevere on the road of growth.

Clenched his fists and secretly made up his mind, Ye Heng stuck the long knife used to cut grass into his waist and strode towards the destination, today's task is still to cut two large carts of grass.

It's just that when he first started to go under the knife, Ye Heng helplessly found that his state today was far worse than yesterday. Although the spirit is very good, but the whole body is sore, weak, unable to hold the knife handle tightly, and unable to grasp the horse grass, not long after cutting, there are two big blisters on the hand. "It seems that my body is too weak!" Ye Heng smiled helplessly. Anyone who wants to become a martial artist, wants to become the pinnacle of martial artists, and he can't do it without a strong body as the foundation! Although Ye Heng is still young, he still understands this simple truth, so he must insist, even if he is tired and cramps all over his body, he must not give up!

Ye Heng was insisting, but the blisters on his hands were too much of a hindrance, so he had to cut them with the tip of a knife, but, in this way, even if he touched the wound lightly when working, it would hurt his heart! Ten fingers connected to the heart, only those who have experienced it know what kind of pain it is! Ma Cao couldn't grasp it firmly, and it slashed through the palm of his hand, pulling the skin on his hand with a hot pain; his wrist was numb early, and every time he cut it, it was as if the bone was about to break, but Ye Heng, this little boy who was only seven years old, silently endured all this! The pain made him break out in a cold sweat, and his face was a little pale, but he gritted his teeth and insisted that the belief that he must become a strong man has always supported him, and at this moment, this belief is extremely strong!

Ye Heng was already tired, his body had already lost consciousness, he just mechanically grabbed the horse grass, mechanically waved the long knife, but every time the knife went down, the cutting was so accurate, one inch!

Mechanically wielding the long knife, only relying on consciousness to dominate the body, I don't know how long it took, Ye Heng suddenly felt a new power gushing out of his body, there is no doubt that this is a new power generated after breaking through the limit of physical fitness! These forces dissolved into the body, and suddenly made Ye Heng glow with new vitality, he obviously felt that his body was more powerful than before, and the surprise of the breakthrough made the knife he swung faster, and also made his hand grasping the grass more firm!

However, people, after all, are flesh and blood, and their physical fitness after breakthrough will still encounter bottlenecks. When his body was tired again and his body was sore, and his arms began to cramp, the idea of stopping to rest kept tempting Ye Heng. How I want to stop and rest for a while, even for a quarter of an hour!

Once such an idea was generated, it continued to impact Ye Heng's brain: stop and rest for a while, a day's time, you can always finish it, now I'm too tired, take a break, rest and continue to cut!

However, another thought immediately stopped Ye Heng. Ye Heng, you can't be lazy! Your current body is still very weak, only by persevering can you continue to become strong and become a martial artist as soon as possible!

The two different consciousnesses are constantly entangled and struggling in the brain, but the work in Ye Heng's hands has not stopped!

Finally, a familiar feeling came back again, and a new force filled the body again. All the entanglements in the brain, all the struggles, are gone. There was only one feeling in his heart, and that was joy! The power of breaking through the limit prompted Ye Heng to put aside his distracting thoughts and once again speed up the speed of swinging the knife.

In such repetition, a morning passed in a blink of an eye, and in this short half a day, Ye Heng actually broke the physical limit four times! This is not to say that it is easy to break through the limit, but a seven-year-old child, after all, his physical strength is too limited, if Chu Tianxiao is allowed to do the same thing, I am afraid that it will be difficult to break through in a day and a night. When the old stone appeared, looking at Ye Heng, who was sweating like rain, his eyes obviously changed, and the tone of his speech to Ye Heng was no longer as stiff as yesterday. Once again, he put the grass cut by Ye Heng into a large bamboo basket and walked to the stable.

Ye Heng picked up the bamboo basket and followed behind, he couldn't help but feel excited, the same heavy thing, it feels like it is lighter today, which shows that Ye Heng's strength has indeed increased through a day's efforts! The big bamboo basket can only be dragged yesterday, and it is so difficult to drag, but today it can be carried and walked, although the physical strength was exhausted halfway and had to stop a few times, but at least today it can walk steadily.

As the old stone fed the horses and then went to the ranch canteen to eat, Ye Heng helplessly found that he had no appetite at all, and his excessive physical strength had made his body seriously short of water. When he reached out to pick up the water bowl, Ye Heng was helpless again. The horse grass grasped by his own hand and the long knife he held tightly, but the end of the bowl was unstable. As soon as the bowl left the table, it kept shaking, and before it could reach his mouth, it spilled everywhere. I had to lean down and drink on the bowl.

Finally drank two large bowls of water, Ye Heng wanted to force himself to eat something, but his hands and even his fingers did not listen to him, not only could he not hold the chopsticks steadily, but also the spoon could not hold steadily. It was meant to be a meal that was sent to the mouth, but it either fell on the ground or spilled on the body. There was no way, so I had to scratch it with my hands in embarrassment, but there were too many broken bubbles on my hands, and there was salt in the dishes, and Ye Heng, who was in pain, grinned and gasped for air at the slightest touch! This is a real wound with salt, and the degree of pain is imaginable for people who have not experienced it.

Although Ye Heng was in pain, in the eyes of others, his behavior was too embarrassing, it was just a big joke, and he was naturally made fun of by Lao Shi, Chu Tianxiao and others, looking at those happy faces, Ye Heng sulked, and he couldn't wait to splash the food on their faces. It's just a matter of making fun of these inhuman guys actually drinking wine and eating meat, one bite at a time, today's meat stew is really fragrant, today's vegetables are really beautiful, today's soup is really fresh, and Ye Heng, who has no appetite, is hungry. I want to eat but can't eat, I don't eat and I'm hungry! This meal is definitely the most depressing meal Ye Heng has ever eaten in his life!

Ye Heng sighed, grabbed a few cakes, filled the kettle with water, and turned away. Out of sight and out of mind, can't you provoke me to hide? Who would have thought, there was still a burst of laughter from everyone behind him.

Returning to the warehouse where the horse grass was placed, Ye Heng was full of food and drink in embarrassment, lifted the long knife again, grabbed a handful of horse grass, and chopped it down fiercely, the knife became faster and faster, and the strength became greater and greater. I only listened to Ye Heng while cutting the grass while chanting, "Let you eat, let you drink, let you laugh, bad people, all bad people!" Ma Cao became Ye Heng's punching bag at this time, being rubbed, tortured, and cut by Ye Heng, if Ma Cao had a spirit, he must be in tears at this time, who is provoking whom!

Under Ye Heng's angry behavior, the speed of cutting grass was a little faster than before. In just an hour and a half, the rest of the horse grass turned into sections of one-inch long hay. The two carts of horse grass were cut an hour earlier than yesterday, and Ye Heng broke through the physical limit twice more throughout the afternoon.

After dinner in the evening, Lao Shi still prepared a medicinal bath for Ye Heng, but the little guy was still holding a grudge against the noon incident, straining his face, pouting, enjoying Lao Shi's kindness, but ignoring Lao Shi. The old stone didn't care, watching the young man lose his temper like a gamble, but secretly laughing so comfortably.

Ye Heng's future days were repeated like this, eating, sleeping, cutting grass, feeding horses, bathing, reading, regular, simple and boring. The happiest moment is when you go beyond the limits of your physical fitness, and this kind of transcendence has become a habit for Ye Heng. On the sixth day, Ye Heng's body completely lost the feeling of soreness and stiffness, and his movements became more and more flexible. Half a month later, Ye Heng was able to walk to the horse shed in one breath holding a large bamboo basket of horse material alone. Of course, Ye Heng's speed of cutting grass is getting faster and faster, and after a month, two carts of horse grass can be turned into an inch-long horse material in Ye Heng's hands in two hours, neat and beautiful, as if they have been measured with a ruler.

Slowly, the afternoon time was free, and Ye Heng taught him martial arts with Chu Tianxiao. Chu Tianxiao did not hide his selfishness, and passed on his proud knife technique, "Haoyue Knife Technique", to Ye Heng, according to Chu Tianxiao, this knife technique has far-reaching artistic conception and great power. Even if he enters the martial arts rank now, he will not be able to exert the power of this sword technique. Chu Tianxiao's strength Ye Heng had seen it, since Chu Tianxiao said so, it showed that this set of sword techniques was indeed unfathomable and extremely powerful. Ye Heng loves it very much, and he practices diligently every day. Although the spiritual power is insufficient, and the spiritual energy cannot be used, the strength of the body is enough, and with the basic skills that he has cultivated every day, every move and every style of action is very accurate! Even Chu Tianxiao, the teacher, after teaching for a few days, can no longer find any fault in the moves.

Time flies, in the blink of an eye, it has been forty-three days since Ye Heng came to Fenghe Ranch, and in three more days it will be the annual annual festival. Before it was time for lunch, Ye Heng had already cut the two carts of horse grass, and the old stone took him to the martial arts training ground in the pasture. At this time, many people in the martial arts training field had already left after practice, and the few remaining people were discussing their experiences with each other and asking for advice.

On the edge of the martial arts training ground were neatly arranged some large black iron ingots, marked with different weights. The old stone took Ye Heng straight to these iron ingots, and stopped before walking to the smallest row.

"Ye Heng, this is the iron ingots used by our Heavenly Fortune Continent to test the martial artists, each piece is a hundred catties. As long as you can lift it above your head and walk a hundred meters, you can become a martial artist, and you can truly start your path as a martial artist. You try it!"

Ye Heng looked at one of them and nodded slowly. Rolled up his sleeves, parted his legs, bent his knees, exerted his arms, and shouted, and the hundred-pound iron ingot was hugged by Ye Heng!

Hearing Ye Heng's loud shouts, the people in the martial arts training ground turned their heads one after another and looked over here.

I saw Ye Heng take a deep breath, his chest straightened, his arms were exerted again, and he lifted the iron ingot above his head with a loud breath.

"Okay!" everyone couldn't help but applaud and applaud. For adults, lifting a hundred-pound object is nothing, but after passing the age, it will lose the opportunity to practice martial arts, and it will be difficult to become a martial artist in this life.

"How is this possible, how old is this little guy, how can he lift the iron ingot of the test martial artist?"

"That's a hundred-pound thing, this little guy actually did it, it's amazing!"

"This kid is Ye Heng, right? He should only be seven or eight years old, much more powerful than when we were young, it's really the waves behind the river pushing the waves forward!"

"Yes, I remember that the strongest martial artist of our generation has passed the test and passed the age of ten, this Ye Heng is not simple, I hope he can pass the test smoothly!"

......

I saw Ye Heng slowly straighten up, adjust his breathing, take steps without hurry, and walk forward. Looking at Ye Heng's actions, everyone was even more surprised!

"Look, look, Ye Heng is starting to move!"

"I'm not mistaken, judging from the current performance, this little guy is very likely to succeed at one time and open the road of martial arts!"

"It's time to witness the miracle, and look, he's fifty meters ahead! He's still moving forward, getting closer and closer to the finish line!"

"Can anyone tell me that this is not true! I must be so tired these days that I am hallucinating!"

......

In the attention of everyone and the continuous discussion, under the gaze of the old stone, Ye Heng moved forward steadily and solidly step by step, getting closer and closer to the goal!

It's close, there are still thirty meters! The green tendons on Ye Heng's arm have been exposed!

It's close, there's still twenty meters left! The sweat on Ye Heng's forehead has already spread across his cheeks!

It's closer, only ten meters! The joints on Ye Heng's fingers are already pale and taut!

At this moment, the entire martial arts training ground suddenly quieted down, and everyone held their breath, staring and looking forward to it. The entire martial arts training ground was very quiet, only the footsteps of Ye Heng moving slowly and the sound of everyone's nervous breathing echoed in the air!

It's here, it's almost there, three more steps forward!

Hold on to two more steps!

One step, one last step!

Okay!

When Ye Heng put the iron ingot raised above his head on the ground with a "bang", the entire martial arts training ground was suddenly boiling! Because everyone witnessed a miracle, a child who was only seven years old successfully passed the test without the help of any external force and became the youngest martial artist in the history of Xiangyunzhuang!