Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

After an evening of heavy rain, the entire ridge utterly modified its look the next day.

The rain washed the mountain path constantly, and its authentic path was not seen. Timber and grasses regarded ravished, and the leaves have been nonetheless moist with the rain.

Drip.

Drip.

Pulling on his rubber sneakers, Chi Qiaosong got here to the farmhouse to verify on his acre of subject.

“Good factor the trellises holding the lentils didn’t fall.” After the inspection, he felt rather more relieved. The safety of the sphere was satisfactory. The drainage ditches have been dug deep sufficient.

Every trellis was pounded into the bottom for no less than fifteen centimeters to make sure they have been firmly anchored.

The lentil seedlings have been effective, however the farmhouse had an issue. A stone tile on the brick roof cracked, inflicting the water to leak inside the home and soak all of the previous newspapers.

Chi Qiaosong had not had an opportunity to learn many of those previous newspapers.

He had no selection however to take these previous newspapers out and dangle them on the bamboo fence to dry. The small range used to heat up the drugs was additionally soaked and wanted to be dried. Then, some pelts required air drying outdoors.

There had been no huge video games.

The pelts have been not more than the skins of coyotes and rabbits. They have been tiny in measurement, and it could take him a very long time to get sufficient collectively for a fur coat. These have been the pelts that he had ready for Mrs. Chi. The winter of Jiangyou Province was often chilly and moist, and Mrs. Chi was primarily afraid of the coldness of the winters.

Due to the rain, neither Chi Qiaowu nor Wen Moshan came visiting for follow.

After Chi Qiaosong cleaned up the farmhouse and changed the damaged stone tile on the roof, he started to follow. He felt uncomfortable if he didn’t follow no less than a bit bit each day. Moreover, martial arts should be maintained constantly within the grand scheme of issues. In any other case, the physique would slowly lose its potential to take care of its muscle groups and internal power.

A martial arts grasp would lose power and muscle tone after idling for a number of years.

But when one was diligent every day with the follow, even when one lived to be seventy or eighty years previous, and even 100 years previous, one might nonetheless keep one’s airplane and power. On the very most, the stamina would possibly deteriorate a bit bit.

There was one thing else.

What Chi Qiaosong realized, with some disappointment, was that the follow of martial arts couldn’t receive immortality. Even the supreme and invincible masters, it doesn’t matter what martial arts they practiced, might, on the very most, solely delay their lifespan by sixty to 1 hundred twenty years.

In the long run, none of them might escape from being a pile of bones within the tomb.

However there was additionally some excellent news. Among the many treasures of heaven and earth, some might enhance one’s well being and delay one’s life.

Mountain Drum was not included on this record. The declare that the meat of the Mountain Drum might delay one’s life by one 12 months was only a rumor propagated by the hunters within the olden days, primarily to magnify the facility of the Mountain Drums.

If they may delay somebody’s life span, their value wouldn’t cease at merely three {dollars} a pound.

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Time handed by shortly. Every week had handed within the blink of a watch.

On today, Chi Qiaosong wearing model new garments, carrying the snakeskin bag, and took an anti-tricycle into city. An anti-tricycle was a tricycle with the carriage in entrance; sluggish and regular was its attraction.

A experience solely prices fifty cents.

However there weren’t many individuals who took it. The wealthy appreciated to take chartered sedans or rickshaws; the poor had no cash to spare for such luxurious.

Prior to now, Chi Qiaosong wouldn’t have taken the anti-tricycle both. However now, the 9 hundred {dollars} in his pocket gave him confidence. He eschewed his earlier consumption habits and centered extra on having fun with the second.

Via the crowded and chaotic streets, he got here to the navy academy, situated subsequent to the practice station.

Certain sufficient, the gate was broad open, and a few classmates who knew one another had already arrived with their baggage.

“Chi Qiaosong!”

He heard somebody calling him from a distance.

Chi Qiaosong bought off the tricycle together with his snakeskin bag and walked towards the voice. It was a boy of the identical age whose hair was meticulously coiffed, and his face was filled with shining pimples.

“How come you simply bought right here? I arrived yesterday already.” The younger man was Li Weiwei, whose household ran a rice store again residence.

“Are the academics again?”

“They got here again yesterday, and never considered one of them is lacking. Final night time that they had dinner on the Grand Ink Ridge Lodge. I heard that the academics had gone to the battlefield with the commander and took over three counties with out a lot preventing!”

Li Weiwei’s martial arts aptitude left a lot to be desired, however he had a full of life persona and was well-informed. “Oh, by the best way, our chief lecturer has not returned.”

“Huh?” Chi Qiaosong was stunned, “What occurred to Chief Luo?”

“He was transferred to the Municipal Martial Arts Institute and promoted to professor. I heard he had a breakthrough throughout battle and entered the Guardian Airplane. My goodness, there may be yet one more guardian beneath the commander.”

The Three Disciple Planes have been Wrestler, Warrior, and Knight. The Three Grasp Planes have been Guardian, Grasp, and Grandmaster.

Knight to Guardian was just one airplane’s distinction, however it was actually a chasm. All through the journey of martial arts, numerous individuals have been caught within the Knight Airplane with out with the ability to advance.

Few individuals might discover the important thing to breaking by way of and gaining the {qualifications} of being a grasp.

“Then, who’s the chief now?”

“Mr. Zhou, I suppose. Mr. Zhou is a veteran knight. Earlier than Chief Luo, Mr. Zhou was accountable for the every day operations.” Li Weiwei shrugged. “However who’s to be the chief lecturer has nothing to do with us… I believe I might be within the subsequent spherical of scholars to be dismissed… Fortuitously, I’ve you to maintain me firm.”

The navy academy was not a spot to fiddle. It was not a spot the place one might hang around simply because tuition was paid.

One needed to present progress to proceed staying on to check.

After all, Chi Qiaosong was not vulnerable to being dismissed once more. He shook his head. “I’ll go to the dorm first.”

“Nicely, you go on. I’m nonetheless ready for somebody,” Li Weiwei stated with a lewd smile. He had been pursuing a feminine scholar within the navy academy. In his pondering, he needed to have satisfaction in no less than one factor, both martial arts or love.

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Within the dormitory, Chi Qiaosong was not the primary to reach.

Two individuals had already arrived within the four-person room. The 2 have been chatting animatedly, however neither acknowledged Chi Qiaosong when he got here in.

Chi Qiaosong didn’t thoughts it, both.

These two have been from rich households within the county. They have been very smug and solely socialized with individuals from the identical socio-economic standing.

So, after he put away his baggage, he went to the studying room on the navy academy. The studying room had subscriptions to newspapers and magazines. He was not keen on studying earlier than, however now he appreciated it very a lot.

As he flipped by way of the books and browse by way of the newspapers, earlier than he knew it, it was midday.

When he returned to the room, the third roommate was there, clad in crumpled and patched-up clothes, and was sweeping the ground with a brush. “Chi Qiaosong, the place have you ever been? I couldn’t discover you.”

He was a tall and enormous boy, however his voice was gentle and delicate. His character was additionally sincere and dependable, which may be thought-about a bit weak, similar to his title: Wang Minzhong.

“I went to the studying room to learn the papers. Have you ever eaten but? We could go collectively?”

“Okay, wait till I end sweeping the ground.”

Their different two roommates interjected to instruct him. “Wang Minzhong, earlier than lunch, make sure you sweep the ground on our aspect and ensure it’s clear. There’s a checkup of the dormitory this afternoon.”

They have been very bossy and under no circumstances courteous.

Wang Minzhong nodded cowardly. “Oh, okay.”

Chi Qiaosong frowned barely and grabbed the broom from Wang Minzhong’s palms. First, he shortly swept the ground round his mattress after which threw the broom on the ft of the opposite two. “Sweep your individual space yourselves, or organize a schedule, and we’ll take turns cleansing each day.”

“Rattling it, Chi Qiaosong, what’s the that means of this?!” Among the many two, the square-faced child bought up from the mattress and glared at Chi Qiaosong.

The opposite, with a spherical face, additionally stood up and glared at Chi Qiaosong.

Prior to now, though Chi Qiaosong was not cowardly on the dorm, he didn’t communicate too loudly both.

Chi Qiaosong checked out them calmly and replied, “Chen Hai, Mao Sanjian, do you not perceive what I simply stated?”

The one with the squared face was Chen Hai, and the one with the spherical face was Mao Sanjian.

Wang Minzhong tugged Chi Qiaosong’s arm a bit bit and stated, “It’s okay, I’ll do it.”

Chi Qiaosong ignored him and continued, “There are legal guidelines for the nation simply as there are guidelines in each family. Since we reside on this dorm, we should additionally set the foundations. I’m not going to repeat myself sooner or later. Any more, we’ll observe the foundations I set.”

“Hehe, are you feeling all proper? Are you joking?”

“Who the hell are you that you’ll set the foundations?!”

Chen Hai and Mao Sanjian laughed scornfully.

However within the subsequent second, they couldn’t giggle anymore.

Chi Qiaosong merely picked up the enameled tea jar on Chen Hai’s desk with out saying one other phrase. One squeeze together with his hand and the enameled tea jar {that a} hammer couldn’t injury instantly deflated.

Then, Chi Qiaosong pulled together with his palms once more, and the deflated enameled tea jar returned to its earlier form.

He put it down on the desk with a clang.

The tea jar didn’t break, however now it had a number of new cracks, suggesting that this enameled tea jar had been by way of fairly an ordeal simply moments in the past.

Issues quieted down presently.

Chi Qiaosong patted Wang Minzhong on the shoulder and known as out, “Let’s go, let’s go get some meals.”

Chen Hai and Mao Sanjian have been left to stare on the enameled tea jar with unsure expressions on their faces. Nonetheless, neither of them dared say something extra. An occasional demonstration of 1’s power was helpful.