Chapter 32: Mie and Ge Xiaoliu
Warm sunlight penetrates through the cracks in the windows, and tiny frecks of light dot the neat room.
In the room, the young man sat cross-legged on a futon with his upper body exposed, his hands clasped, his body tilted sideways, and he struck a strange posture, his eyes closed, and his breathing was steady and powerful.
The slender body, under the strange posture, the young man's body actually made a roaring sound, as if a heavy object was beating his body and internal organs.
The young man's chest rose and fell slightly, and between his breaths, there was a great sense of rhythm, and as the cultivation time passed, fine beads of sweat appeared on the young man's forehead, and his naked upper body was gradually wet with sweat. But the boy didn't seem to be affected, but the body that sat cross-legged trembled slightly in the light, and I don't know how long it took, the trembling became larger and larger, and the boy's posture was finally interrupted after a trembling.
Exhaling a heavy breath of turbidity, the young man came out of the state of closing his eyes, opened his eyes, and the pair of clear eyes rippled with a strange light in the light, perhaps even the young man himself did not notice, the moment he raised his head, the light in the air seemed to be absorbed by his eyes a lot. In the dark pupils, there seemed to be a touch of gold, which flashed and disappeared.
The young man's immature little face seemed to suddenly exude a light like warm jade.
The young man looked at his body with satisfaction, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, revealing a shallow smile of relief.
Feeling his progress, the boy did not stop there, stood up, the boy practiced a set of boxing techniques alone in the room, the boxing moves looked very simple, but in the hands of the teenager it seemed to have been rehearsed countless times, and the punches again and again had a unique charm.
After beating this simple body quenching fist three or four times, the young man gave up and let the sweat slide down his body. Feeling a faint sense of strength in his body, the young man shook his fist with relief, but on his immature face there was a look of firmness that did not match his age, and said softly:
"According to this power, you should have already stepped into the Triple Quenching Body, I'm afraid that after a while, you will be able to impact the Quadruple Bone Refining Realm of Quenching Body......"
It's been two weeks since he entered the academy, and since the last martial arts teaching, Lu Chen has hardly ever left his room again, except for eating, drinking, and other chores, he has almost lived a simple life of cultivation, even if Ding Nan and Yi Youwei made an appointment, he was rejected on the grounds of cultivation.
However, although the days of cultivation were a bit boring, this was just a trivial matter for Lu Chen, who had lived a difficult life alone since he was a child.
The teenager knows that when you want to get something, then you must put in the corresponding effort, although the effort may not be rewarded, but the process of hard work is the only way for everyone to reach the end.
For a casual person like Lu Chen, maybe it no longer matters whether he works hard or not, because he has no spiritual root, no spiritual power perception, and in this cultivation world where spiritual power is the basic, he basically has no chance.
But he is Lu Chen, he didn't give up so easily, it's very simple to give up, but it's not easy to persevere. Every day since he was admitted to the hospital, Lu Chen has basically spent it in his room, he has tempered his body with military techniques again and again, and has been cultivating uninterruptedly, only in this way can he forget the fact that he has no spiritual root.
The realm of quenching the body, polishing is the strength of the body, and there is no need for spiritual roots, perhaps it is the reason for Lu Chen's efforts, of course, there is also Lu Chen's own physical fitness that has made a qualitative leap and improvement after experiencing the incident in Shigu, otherwise he would not have obtained the results of super talent in one fell swoop on the entrance assessment, and in two weeks, Lu Chen stepped into the third realm of quenching, which may be the result that Lu Chen himself did not imagine.
"It's been two weeks since I entered the academy, and I haven't gone out to see ......."
"Besides, Master Gongsun of the Law Enforcement Institute asked me to go to him after I entered the school, but I haven't been there yet, so I should go there because of reason. Thinking of something, a touch of gratitude appeared on Lu Chen's face, but because of his own cultivation, he delayed the appointed time, and he suddenly felt ashamed in his heart.
After rinsing it quickly, squinting his eyes slightly, and after slightly adapting to the blazing sunlight, Lu Chen carefully locked the door, walked out of the gate that he hadn't stepped out of for a long time, and walked towards the location of the law enforcement institute.
The paths of the college are paved with green bricks, and on both sides of the road are a green meadow, and the green willow trees that are not too tall are lush green, which makes people's spirits lifted.
Lu Chen's footsteps swept quickly on the road, and when he turned the road, there was a burst of girlish laughter, which was mixed with a bit of banter.
Lu Chen's brows furrowed slightly, his eyes moved along the voice, looking at the few girls under the tree, and a embarrassed young man kneeling on the ground, the young man looked smaller than him, his figure was a little thin, wearing a plain patched clothes, and he was desperately begging for mercy in front of him.
Surrounded by several young girls, a girl in red clothes with a somewhat charming appearance was pursing her lips and smiling, and the charming style on her little face made several young girls next to her feel a little inferior.
It's just that at this moment, the girl's eyes were full of coldness, looking at the young man kneeling on the ground, her face was full of pride.
"Spare your life, Miss Ruan's life, I really didn't mean to......" The young man didn't see Lu Chen walking over, his clothes were covered with dust and mud, and he just lowered his head and desperately begged the girl for mercy.
Seeing the haughty look on the girl's face, she looked at the young man, snorted heavily, and said disdainfully: "Drag him out and beat me hard, don't let me see him again." “
Hearing the girl's voice, behind the girl, a sword-wielding woman dressed as a maid walked out, without saying a word, holding the young man's collar, completely ignoring the eyes of the people around her, dragging him to prepare to leave.
When Lu Chen saw this scene, his brows furrowed even deeper, after all, he didn't hold back a trace of pity in his heart, and stepped forward and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, I don't know what this little brother has done, if you want to treat him so cruelly, you are also in the same family." "Those who can be here in the academy are basically academy disciples, except for a very few who will bring their entourage and maids in, most of them are enrolled alone, judging by Lu Chen, the young man kneeling on the ground should be a disciple of the academy.
After Lu Chen finished speaking, the arrogant girl seemed to realize that there was no longer one person next to her, she turned her head to look at Lu Chen, looked at it, and a look of impatience appeared on her face, obviously treating Lu Chen as the kind of brainless teenager who has no strength but likes to draw a knife to help when the road is uneven.
On the girl's side, a girl wearing an embroidered cloud collar robe and a little round face of the same age looked at Lu Chen, who appeared speechlessly, and said impatiently: "Who are you?
After hearing this, Lu Chen looked up at the arrogant girl surnamed Ruan, shook his head, and replied calmly: "I'm just a passing peer, my name doesn't matter, I just can't bear this little brother being treated like this, and I can't bear it, so I stepped forward to admonish, I don't know if this young lady can open the net and let this young man go." ”
"Hmph, let him go, then what about our sister Ruan's glazed jade cup, do you know how precious it is, even if you have ten lives, you can't afford to pay for it. Before the arrogant woman could speak, the round-faced girl next to her couldn't help but ask.
"I... I can fix it, Miss Ruan, I really accidentally broke it, I can fix it, please give me another chance. The young man who was being held by the maid by the collar heard the conversation here, as if he saw a glimmer of hope, and hurriedly spoke.
"Hmph, chance, I don't know if the jade cup is good or not, but what I do know is that it has broken once now. As for you, this nosy stinky boy, who dares to rush out and "draw a sword to help" without knowing what you do? Don't you know that there is a price to be paid for meddling? Even if I let him go today, if he can't repair my jade cup well, what do you say?"
Lu Chen's eyes froze, he just wanted to simply come over and persuade him, he didn't think about it so much, but he unexpectedly caused himself a lot of trouble.
Sighing slightly, Lu Chen looked at the young man who was looking at him with hope in his eyes, turned to the girl surnamed Ruan and said, "If he can't repair Miss's jade cup well, I will compensate him in full." ”
"Hmph, it's not that simple, if you don't fix my jade cup again, your hand, and his, don't need to keep it, after three days, you will leave it for me." The impatience on the face of the girl surnamed Ruan flashed, pointed at the young man, and then pointed at Lu Chen, and said with contempt and indifference, as if cutting off someone's arm was just a trivial matter for her.
Lu Chen paused, looked at the arrogant girl, her face was a little unsightly, she didn't expect this beautiful woman to be so cruel in her heart, and before Lu Chen could refute it, she saw that the woman surnamed Ruan in red had turned around and left, and the maid with the sword also let go of the young man in her hand and threw it aside.
Seeing everyone leaving, the poor young man picked up a small gray cloth bag in his hand, which should contain the broken glass jade cup, and after getting up from the ground, the young man walked towards Lu Chen, his eyes were full of gratitude, he exhaled deeply, and bowed to Lu Chen again and again: "Thank you, really thank you for the help of this eldest brother, what is the name of this eldest brother, the younger brother's name is Ge Xiaoliu, and it is good for you to call me Xiaoliu." ”
Looking at the grateful look on the young man's face, Lu Chen still breathed a sigh of relief and replied, "My name is Lu Chen, hello." ”
Soon, Lu Chen knew the ins and outs of the matter from the mouth of this young man named Ge Xiaoliu. Ge Xiaoliu's ancestor is a family of jade craftsmen, and he is left with a male in his generation, his parents passed away a few years ago, and he came to Huangshan College with the only little family property, but soon, his money was not enough, and there was basically little left after paying the entrance examination.
So he thought about whether he could use his ancestral craftsmanship to make a living, after he entered the academy, he also promoted his family heirloom method of carving jade and supplementing jade for a period of time, but he was also famous, if it weren't for Lu Chen's cultivation, he would have heard his name.
Later, the young lady surnamed Ruan came to the door and offered a large price to repair a small flaw on her glass jade cup. The moment Ge Xiaoliu saw the jade cup, he knew that it must be worth a lot of money, and he hesitated for a while, but he still took over the business.
Things went well, but there was a mistake when it was delivered later, Ge Xiaoliu accidentally fell on the way to the woman surnamed Ruan while holding the jade cup, although he tried hard to protect the jade cup in his arms, he still broke a big gap.
Lu Chen also saw the later things. Sighing slightly, Lu Chen could only say that Ge Xiaoliu's luck was not good, and he glanced at the broken jade cup in Ge Xiaoliu's arms with some disbelief, Lu Chen still asked the doubts in his heart: "Xiaoliu, can you really repair this jade cup? The fate of the two of us in three days depends on you." ”
Ge Xiaoliu hugged the small cloth bag in his arms and looked at Lu Chen, but his eyes showed a strange confidence, and said affirmatively: "Brother Lu, I will definitely be able to fix it, believe me." It's just that this time, I'm really embarrassed to get you involved. ”
Lu Chen smiled, didn't take the second half of Ge Xiaoliu's sentence to heart, and said jokingly: "As long as it can be repaired, I believe in you." Otherwise, in three days, we will be miserable, hahaha. ”
It's hard to be a good person, especially when you don't have the strength. Although Lu Chen believed Ge Xiaoliu's words in his heart, he also had to be fully prepared, in case of a small mistake, three days later, wouldn't the two of them really have their arms cut off.
That kind of scene is not what he Lu Chen wants to see, and Lu Chen will never accept such a result.
Therefore, it is imperative to improve the strength as soon as possible, so that there will be no fear of any changes at that time.
Abruptly, Lu Chen thought of his master again, and in the bottom of his heart, he couldn't help but feel a touch of gratitude to the old man. There is a hint of hope hidden in the gratitude, I don't know, this master who is kind to him, will have a way to solve his spiritual root problem?