Chapter 21: Drumming
The contents of the package are simple, just three items in total.
A simple transcribed "book", this book is really simple, only revised with threads, there is no cover, and the paper is a letter paper printed with the steel seal of the Zhenxuan Division.
On the first page of the book, it reads, "If you practice this method, you can break through a hundred forges." On the way to practice martial arts, the road is far and clear, and we must not rush for quick success, but should be down-to-earth and step by step. Practicing boxing 10,000 times, the situation is self-seeing. β
The handwriting is like a sword, and it has a bit of an elegant and casual feeling.
Chen Ning could recognize it at a glance, this was the handwriting of Xiang Sad, and it was the practice that Master Xiang personally transcribed for himself.
Chen Ning suppressed the excitement in his heart and roughly flipped through the book.
This is a book of boxing, the book does not indicate the source of the name of the boxing method, the content is different from the previous Chen Ning martial arts moves, in this book there is a method of breathing, when practicing boxing, it should be supplemented by the mantra of swallowing breath.
At the end of the book, there is also a recipe for a "medicinal bath", which is said to make cultivation twice as effective with half the effort.
Chen Ning was fascinated, and after reading it, he slowly exhaled a breath of turbidity, and muttered: "There is never a shortcut to practicing martial arts, I practiced to forty-nine forgings, and it took me a total of seven years, I don't know how long it will take to reach one hundred forgings?" β
Although Chen Ning had not been in contact with many martial artists above the Hundred Forging Realm, he had also heard about the strong and domineering affairs of martial artists.
It is said that the hardest fist in this world is the martial arts, although it is not as good as the monk's technique of taking people's heads thousands of miles away, but there are also seven realms, and when practiced to the extreme, it is also a power that can destroy mountains and seas.
You can resist the sky with your own strength.
In addition to the nameless fist technique, there are two other objects.
One is the five talismans, which are different from the ordinary talismans that Chen Ning saw, which are made of gold leaf and have different characters written in Chinese characters with cinnabar.
One has "Divine General" written on it, and the other two have "Fresh Wind" written on it.
Xiang Beige thoughtfully wrote a note to explain the use of these five talismans.
The usage of these five golden talismans is very simple, they only need to be supplemented with formulas, and they can be used, which are specially used for Chen Ning's life.
The "Divine Talisman" can invite the Divine General to go up and improve his strength, and the four "Breeze Talismans" are used to escape, saying that it is a monk below the Three Realms, which is absolutely beyond the reach of the dust.
Four talismans are used to escape, and only one of them can desperately break the deadlock, and its meaning is very obvious.
Chen Ning smiled bitterly: "Master Xiang really asked me to run the truth of 'if you can't beat it' to the end." β
As for the last object, it is a knife coin the size of half a palm, engraved with the word "Daqin", with a green luster, like gold and not gold, and it does not feel like ordinary metal is cold, but has a feeling of warmth.
The creed says that this thing is called the "Great Qin Sword Coins", which is said to be very rare, and if Chen Ning has the opportunity to go to the "Divine Machine Pavilion", he can exchange this thing for the treasure he likes.
Shenji Pavilion, whose status in Great Qin is extraordinary, is similar to Zhenxuansi, and it is also an extremely special institution.
It's just that the Shenji Pavilion is more mysterious than the Zhenxuan Division, and it is the most mysterious cultivation sect established by the "Mo Family", although they are all for the service of Great Qin, but the name of the Shenji Pavilion is little known, and ordinary people have never heard of it at all.
If it weren't for Xiang Beige's general talk to Chen Ning about the special features of Great Qin, he wouldn't have known.
Shenji Pavilion, in Xiang Beige's mouth, belongs to one of the "dangerous institutions" that Chen Ning must not offend.
After Chen Ning saw these things, he dug a hole under the bed, stored the contents of the package separately, and then dug out the wooden box.
"Chinese characters will leak, Russian has appeared, and English is not necessarily safe......"
Chen Ning muttered, and took all the objects engraved in English with a knife to scratch out the handwriting, and only after confirming that there were no traces left, did he put the things back again.
The events of the past two days made Chen Ning understand that he still knew too little about this world.
There is a long way to go, and you need to be cautious.
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As the sun sets, the sky is full of red glow, and the heat finally fades a little.
In the small courtyard of the Chen family, the young man was bare-chested, revealing strong muscles, and fine beads of sweat appeared on his angular body.
Sometimes Chen Ning is very grateful for his learning experience in his previous life, a completely different educational experience, which makes him particularly sensitive to words, even if it is the obscure nameless boxing technique, it only took him an hour to memorize it well, not to mention, and he has roughly mastered the method of breathing.
Chen Ning has many years of martial arts practice, and it is not difficult to practice boxing.
The difficulty is that as mentioned in the book, every punch needs to be delivered with the breath to achieve the mysterious realm of "qi follows the fist, and the meaning is the same as the fist".
It is still easy to understand that qi follows the fist, and it is necessary to achieve the cooperation of qi and fist techniques.
But the so-called "meaning and fist are the same" is mysterious and mysterious, and Chen Ning can't grasp the mystery for the time being.
After three punches, Chen Ning had roughly mastered the boxing technique and began to try the so-called "qi follows the fist".
Under the setting sun, the young man's body stood like a pine and cypress, his chest rose and fell, and he punched out one punch after another!
Punch the wind, break the air and roar!
Chen Ning didn't seem to feel tired, he punched over and over again, and as the frequency of his breathing became more and more synchronized with the frequency of his punches, he felt a slight change in his body.
"Boom!"
"Knock knock!"
"Knock Knock Knock ......"
Between his lungs, when his breath was swallowed, Chen Ning could hear something agitating, as if someone was beating a drum in his chest!
The sound of the drum gave Chen Ning great encouragement, and he felt as if there was a thick, scorching flame, swimming around his chest, as comfortable as soaking in a hot spring.
It's so addictive!
Over and over again, Chen Ning couldn't stop at all!
However, he didn't know that inside his chest, a ball of crimson flesh that had been dead and silent began to struggle and recover as he practiced boxing.
The mass of things gave birth to crimson tentacles, which were clinging to Chen Ning's muscles and meridians one by one, beating rhythmically with the agitation of the breath.
Knock knock!
The sound of the drum was made by this red ball of meat, and it became more and more frequent as Chen Ning's boxing became more and more proficient.
That mass of flesh and blood seemed to be parasitic on Chen Ning's body, beating constantly with his movements, as if it had become Chen Ning's second heart.
Chen Ning was so intoxicated that he unconsciously fell into a state of madness, his body seemed to be uncontrollable, one punch was faster than the other, and one punch was more powerful than the other!
He didn't know why in his heart, he had endless hatred, and suddenly he wanted to shatter everything he saw in front of him!
"Die! Die! β
The hatred in his heart could not be extinguished, Chen Ning suddenly turned around and attacked wildly towards the wooden stake in the courtyard where he practiced boxing.
Wind and rain, fists and fists!
Bang bang bang!
With a roar, the stake was smashed with a bang!
The broken stake flew out sideways and slammed into the wall, sending sawdust and dust.
The young man fell to his knees, panting violently.
He could clearly hear the beating of the drum in his chest getting louder and louder, as if to drown out the sound of his breathing and heartbeat.
"I'm ...... What's wrong? β
Chen Ning had doubts and a hint of trepidation in his eyes, and looked down at his chest.
Only then did he realize that his chest had not known when a bulge the size of a baby's fist had bulged, and it squirmed and swelled irregularly with the sound of the drum, as if it were alive.
"What is this?"
Chen Ning was shocked, and hurriedly reached out to touch the bulge.
He could clearly perceive that the bulge was beating violently, but the frequency was decreasing, and as his breathing gradually flattened, the beating of the bulge slowed down and eventually disappeared.
Chen Ning's chest had recovered as before, as if the bulging bag had never appeared.
But the panic in Chen Ning's heart became more and more intense, and he was very sure that there was something that did not belong to his body in his bodyβthat feeling, as if he was parasitized by some strange creature.
"Talented? Or go crazy? β
Chen Ning took a deep breath, trying to calm his emotions, and looked up at the wooden stake, his brows furrowing more and more.
The strength of this stake, if he could not break through the strength of eighty forgings, it was impossible to break it.
Just half an hour of practice can make his strength suddenly rise from forty-nine forging to more than eighty forging?
Or is that punch too powerful?
Chen Ning didn't believe that he could have such strength.
Something is wrong with his body, something is wrong!
And the source of the problem lies in the beating of drums in the chest, and the agitated ball of meat.
Chen Ning didn't dare to continue practicing boxing, turned around and put on his clothes, and walked towards the house.
He had to go to Zhenxuansi and ask Master Xiang what the hell was going on.
After returning to the house, Chen Ning glanced at Chen Jiawang, who was still lying in the house and sleeping, snoring louder than before.
"What's going on with him? Got a day of sleep? β
Chen Ning realized that something was wrong, walked into the house, and touched Chen Jiawang's forehead, "It's not hot, it's not sick...... Could it be that I was noisy last night and didn't sleep all night? β
He frowned and pushed Chen Jiawang, "Wake up, get up and eat, there is meat to eat!" β
"Don't, don't call me, I'm sleepy!"
Chen Jiawang brushed Chen Ning's hand away in a daze, and muttered, "Mmmm, keep the meat and eat it later...... You are not allowed to finish ......."
"I also know how to eat meat, so it should be fine."
At that moment, he was distracted by the beating of drums in his chest, and saw that Chen Jiawang was not sick, and he didn't bother to study it carefully, but just threw down a few copper plates.
"Chen Jiawang, I'm going to go out, I left money for you at the bedside, and I'll buy something to eat when I'm hungry."
In response to him, Chen Jiawang's earth-shattering snoring sound.
Chen Ning shook his head, didn't care about him anymore, turned around and got dressed, took a horizontal knife, and walked quickly towards the outside of the courtyard.
He had just walked out of the courtyard and happened to meet Zhang Jiabao, who was going home.
"Brother Chen Ning, are you going to patrol the streets?"
Zhang Jiabao smiled and waved his hand, "At noon today, I saw you go to the study to play chess with Mr. Su......
He probably wanted to say something, but Chen Ning didn't have the heart to listen, just touched his little head, "Jiabao, help me take care of Chen Jiawang, he hasn't eaten for a day, you will take him to the street to buy some food, I put money at his bedside." β
"Huh? Good! β
Zhang Jiabao nodded obediently and watched Chen Ning leave in a hurry.
He looked at Chen Ning's hurried back, and sighed like a little adult, "There are dead people in Chenjiaxiang, Brother Chen Ning is going to be busy......"
However, Zhang Jiabao didn't think much about it, he went home first to take care of his father, dealt with the dirt for his father, and turned his head into the Chen family's courtyard.
"Chen Jiawang, I'm here to play with you!"
Zhang Jiabao's car was familiar with the road, pushed open the small door of the inner room, and came to Zhang Jiawang's bed.
"Chen Jiawang, don't sleep! Brother Chen Ning asked me to wake you up for dinner! β
He saw Chen Jiawang sleeping soundly, and stepped forward and pushed hard with his little hand.
"Huh?"
Chen Jiawang's snoring stopped abruptly, and he sat up straight and suddenly, his eyes were bloodshot, and he looked at Zhang Jiabao without saying a word.
There was something terrible in his eyes, as if a beast that had been hungry for days was looking at its own food.
"Hey! Chen Jiawang, you, what's wrong with you, don't scare me! β
Zhang Jiabao was a little scared, took two steps back, and asked cautiously, "Haven't you woken up yet?" β
"Wake up!"
Chen Jiawang's voice was hoarse, and he licked his lips, "Jiabao, why do you smell so good, it tastes like sauced beef......"
"What are you talking about?"
Zhang Jiabao was a little stunned, the horror in his eyes was even worse, and he took two steps back, "You, don't scare me, this kind of joke is not funny!" β
"I'm not kidding!"
Chen Jiawang was serious, got up and grabbed Zhang Jiabao's shoulder, shrugged his nose and sniffed at him, and murmured: "It's really sauce beef, Jiabao, I'm so hungry, I want to eat your ......"