Chapter 192: Old Liang, Your Disciple Has Made It!

Qin Shi had just stepped out the door and hadn't yet left the alley of Bao Gong Street when he saw two bicycles leaning against the wall corner front and back.

He looked at the two sneaky familiar faces and joked with a laugh:

"Brother Yuan, Brother Cheng, long time no see. Why are you still avoiding me? Little Zhou said you two are bosses now, so you don't plan to recognize your poor old friends? Afraid I'll ask you two for money!"

On the other side of the alley entrance, Xie Yucheng, with his hair slicked back with oil until it shone, and Li Yuan, dressed in formal wear and leather shoes, turned around awkwardly and said sheepishly:

"A Shi... Brother Qin. I heard from the neighbors that you're back on Old Factory Street, so Brother Yuan and I came over, thinking to thank you, thank you."

After being washed by most of the summer, Xie Yucheng had lost some of his childishness and frivolity between his brows, becoming much steadier.

"We're all buddies, why say polite words. Big Sister told me, this shed house renovation and remodeling, it was you two who found the workers, put in the effort, and the home appliances were also driven back by you two."

Qin Shi smiled, no longer maintaining the calm face he faced Fang Butang, Kang Yun'er and those people with, as his brows and eyes relaxed, the whole person had more of a sunny and cheerful youthful spirit.

"Just a little effort."

Discovering Qin Shi wasn't putting on airs as he had guessed, Xie Yucheng also breathed a sigh of relief, the smile on his face becoming more sincere.

"Brother Qin, tell us about it, the Top Hundred competition in the Taian Urban Circle. Before on TV it was all over the place with promotion, many powerful figures from Center City, I just remember one Zhou Yuanchen, he was blown up particularly fierce..."

Qin Shi sat with the two at the alley entrance, opposite was a set-up stall, standing with a red paper sign saying "Five Yuan Quick Cut".

"Actually it's just a medium-sized competition organized by the Hengzhou Martial Association. Old Zhou, he's indeed not bad, I could beat him, but it was also luck. By the way, Brother Yuan, Brother Cheng, how's your business going?"

Qin Shi chatted a few sentences, then shifted the topic onto Li Yuan and Xie Yucheng.

"Not bad. After Qin Lihao died, Yu Hai Construction came with a new person, seems to be the driver driving for Qin Family's eldest Qin Renying, taking over the remaining projects."

"But don't know who they offended, the area originally allocated to them, Taian Urban Circle took back, making Yu Hai Construction unable to go up or down, dejectedly withdrawing from Old Factory Street."

Li Yuan, who hadn't made much sound all along, slowly spoke:

"Brother Ze went in, Dean Shen also disappeared, the nursing home had no one managing, Brother Yuan and I voluntarily took responsibility. There's still money in the account, enough to operate for a while."

"The elders living in the nursing home are all old people from the Yi Quan Society, they're unwilling to eat dry rice and live out days waiting to die, each took out savings, and also offered ideas and plans, letting me and Brother Cheng put together an engineering team."

"Maybe luck was good, just opened for business and took over Yu Hai Construction's job."

Li Yuan said while glancing at Qin Shi.

The project they undertook happened to be the Nanhuang Dojo construction project.

"Heaven blesses! Brother Yuan work hard, strive to change 'Sangyun' to 'Shenghu' next year!"

Qin Shi thought a little, roughly understanding this was Ninth Senior Brother Ren You's handiwork.

Old Ren was meticulous as a hair, kicking out Yu Hai Construction with Yincheng Qin Family background, then specially looking after Li Yuan and Xie Yucheng whom he had a good private relationship with, it wasn't strange at all.

"That's a luxury car worth several million! Unless you get the entire Dangyang East Suburbs renovation project, otherwise you'd probably have to struggle for several more years!"

Xie Yucheng hehe laughed.

Several people chatting, the atmosphere was harmonious, making them unconsciously relax.

Whether friendship or other feelings, those past old times, what they feared most was nothing more than four words: things remain but people are different.

"Brother Yuan, can you drive me to Zi Fu No. 9 Middle School? I'm planning to go visit Liang Laoshi."

Qin Shi took three sodas from Aunt Zhou's small shop, giving them to Li Yuan and Xie Yucheng.

"That's definitely no problem. But there's no Zi Fu No. 9 Middle School anymore, now it's changed to a Sports School, Liang Laoshi isn't a teacher anymore."

"Brother Qin, are you free tonight, why not... get together and have a meal?"

Xie Yucheng patted his chest making a guarantee, then immediately asked cautiously.

"Tomorrow then, Brother Cheng, I just got back, want to stay with family."

Qin Shi answered seriously.

"Alright. I'll arrange the place!"

Xie Yucheng nodded happily.

"Let's go to Brother Yuan's place, I really like Uncle Li's cooking, the taste of home cooking."

Qin Shi had a straw in his mouth, laughing hehe said.

"Also good. I'll have my dad make a few good dishes, you rarely come back once. The old people from the Yi Quan Society say, excellent seedlings like you are directly specially recruited into first-class universities, even top academies like the Four Great National Universities. In the future chances to meet again will definitely be few, let's drink a few cups."

Li Yuan nodded, looking at Qin Shi's gaze, as if it had returned to that kind of closeness from before.

Qin Shi sat into that white classic model Sangyun Sedan, Xie Yucheng voluntarily asked to be the driver, pushing Li Yuan to the Passenger Seat.

During the drive, the two kept chatting about the changes in Old Factory Street, everything was steadily improving and developing rapidly, even Beiguan Street was no longer as chaotic as before, the phenomena of protection fees and smashing and extortion sharply decreased.

"Brother Yuan, Brother Cheng, see you tomorrow."

When they arrived at the place, Qin Shi got out of the car, waving his hand behind him.

When his back disappeared in the direction of the Dormitory Building, Li Yuan in the Passenger Seat took out a cigarette case, shook out a Li Min Cigarette.

"Brother Cheng, we shouldn't use that business talk with Brother Shi. We've made it, indeed we've benefited from Brother Shi's light, but in my heart, he's a buddy, not some big backer that needs to be carefully served everywhere."

"Your appearance just now, Brother Shi won't like it, and I can't adapt either."

Xie Yucheng in the Jia Shi Wei was silent, asked Li Yuan for a cigarette.

After taking two deep drags he opened his mouth:

"It's my fault, Brother Yuan. I mainly worried that Brother Qin isn't like before, although he grew up in Old Factory Street like us, but now he's made it, not only moved to Taian Urban Circle, even going to Center City he can go whenever he wants."

"You don't know, when I was little, my dad worked in the factory, he managed logistics, he had many neighbors and relatives and friends coming and going, all called him Brother Xie. Later he was laid off, relatives became fewer, changed to calling Old Xie."

Xie Yucheng smoked fast, in the blink of an eye only a small half remained, he wiped his smooth oiled hair, that face that was usually happy sank.

"I was thinking, Brother Qin might not be willing to deal with us, trying to put on a show. I was wrong, Brother Qin is still the old Brother Qin."

Li Yuan patted Xie Yucheng's shoulder, the corner of his mouth raised:

"When Brother Shi goes to Center City, letting all of Hengzhou see him, everyone will know Old Factory Street. Here isn't only hooligans, there's also a Martial Prodigy who made it!"

"Liang Laoshi."

Qin Shi pushed open the main door of the Dormitory Building, set down the nutritional supplements he was carrying, and said with a smile:

"I'm back!"

Lao Liang, who was decocting medicine, was not surprised at all; as Qin Shi went up the Staircase, he had already sensed him.

"You come, you come, why bring things? At my age, living all alone, what would I eat Rehmannia Qi-Tonifying Pills, Six-Ingredient Bone-Strengthening Powder for?"

Qin Shi grinned:

"The big Pharmacy downstairs was having a Discount, buy these and get eggs free. So I carried two baskets over for you."

Lao Liang shook his head; he was someone who had once entered the Professional Realm via the Martial Path, what would he eat nutritional supplements for.

None of them compare to sitting in meditation for a Few Days himself, practicing Fist Technique a few rounds and standing stake a few rounds.

"Come over, let me feel you."

Lao Liang adjusted the Coal Stove flame and beckoned to Qin Shi:

"Nanhuang Dojo told me you broke through the Specialized Field Barrier and reverse-killed Zhou Yuanchen; I still had some doubts. After Zhang Qianbei confirmed it, I completely believed it. You've already broken the Fourth Great Limit? Skin Pass?"

Qin Shi walked over, took off his upper garment, revealing tendons and muscles.

He activated the Breathing Method, his chest rising and falling gently in a subtle rhythm.

No longer like before, as if a bellows being pulled, whooshing loudly.

Immediately after, bone marrow pumped out scalding blood plasma, flowing rapidly among the Hundred Aspects, streams of Heat surging, gradually filling his whole body.

Large Tendons black as flood dragons were pulled taut, like Springs stretching open, slowly covering every inch of his body, weaving into a great net.

Drip.

Because his body temperature rose instantly, sweat beads seeped out on Qin Shi's forehead; they rolled down one by one, flowing down, then shaken off lightly.

"Tendons, Bones, Skin — all have reached perfection."

A look of relief flashed in Lao Liang's eyes; Tendon Gate emits force, Bone Gate nurtures blood, Skin Pass discharges force.

These three steps, Qin Shi progressed rapidly, doing them very much In Place.

"Your bones are dense and solid, Large Tendons tough with both rigidity and flexibility, skin also supple as clothing, deeply attaining the subtle mysteries of 'Void' and 'Spirit'."

Lao Liang leaned on his Lame Leg, just like the First Time he saw Qin Shi, two fingers joined together, starting from the shoulders and back, down to the waist and hips, scraping and prodding like steel files.

Bit by bit "inspecting" Qin Shi's physical condition.

Old Martial Arts cultivation most easily leaves hidden Injuries.

He was uneasy, worried whether his Disciple might be advancing too hastily and fiercely, running into some mishap.

The more he looked, the more Satisfied he became, even somewhat intoxicated, like an artist facing a masterpiece of consummate craftsmanship.

Fingers poked bone, feeling like striking a steel pillar, nearly snapping;

Scraping over Large Tendons, as if pulling a powerful Spring, couldn't pull them apart without exerting force;

Pricking the skin surface, sometimes like sinking into cotton, nowhere to apply force, sometimes like striking tanned leather goods, no opening to exploit.

"If your Master Uncle saw this, he'd probably laugh until his Mouth couldn't close. Throughout Hong Sheng's history, counting up Hundreds of Generations, very few people have achieved 'Tendons, Bones, Skin, Membranes, Perfect Body'."

Lao Liang praised incessantly, sighing with emotion:

"In this life of mine, times of good fortune are Not Many; being able to take you as a Disciple is also Heaven looking after me."

Qin Shi, like a student handing in homework for the teacher to check, after receiving a perfect score reply, quietly put his upper garment back on.

"Thanks to Liang Laoshi guiding the way, letting me take fewer detours."

Lao Liang laboriously squatted down, poked at the Coal Stove, and continued decocting medicine:

"Mediocre masters like me with no real ability are everywhere. A genius Disciple like you with such outstanding aptitude, truly a Sun's talent, is what's rare.

Good thing I had you enter Nanhuang Dojo, otherwise I'd probably have delayed you. Youngster, the things I can teach you now are really Not Many."

Qin Shi likewise squatted down, sniffing the medicinal Flavor wafting from the clay pot, and said:

"I still have many areas where I need to learn from Liang Laoshi. Hundred Aspects Refining Force, I've only comprehended 'Swift as Wind', entered 'Invasion Like Fire'. Still a long way off."

Lao Liang laughed:

"If my Master heard this, he'd be angered until smoke came out of his Seven Orifices; he was forty before he barely grasped three types of Force and linked them together. You divide your attention cultivating Nanhuang Dojo's Inheritance, and also received He Lanchan's 'Void Meditation Method', yet still haven't dropped Hundred Aspects Refining Force.

Calling you a heaven-bestowed talent is Not an Overstatement!"

Qin Shi felt ashamed; after all, he relied on cheats to accelerate, various traits' Blessings guaranteeing this kind of Progress.

He fished out from his bosom the Half Blood Flower obtained inside the Bronze Demon Mountain and handed it to Lao Liang:

"Liang Laoshi, I Inquired from Lao Zhou that this thing can heal Dao Injury! Hardly managed to bring it for you, hurry up and eat it while it's hot, see if it works!"

Qin Shi's eyes were bright, full of Expectation.

Although he still hadn't seen Lao Liang display his full strength, with his current Vision, he felt it should be at least Professional Level Four; if not for the Lame Leg dragging him down, he might even recover to around Professional Level Two.

"Youngster, you..."

Lao Liang froze, staring at the Half Blood Flower that looked as if cleaved by a knife, his lips trembling slightly, somewhat shaking.

Only after a long while did he detach from the complex emotions, slowly turning his face away:

"I have no use for it. My Dao Injury has lingered too long, causing irreversible damage to the body; even if my leg weren't crippled, my strength would be very hard to recover.

Using this kind of precious thing to let a cripple walk properly is too extravagant, too wasteful! You keep it, increase the Success Rate of impacting the Professional Realm!"

Qin Shi seemed to have guessed Lao Liang would say this, eyebrows raising, gaze Contemptuous:

"Liang Laoshi, you really look down on me too much! Someone like me, a Dragon among men, peerless hero, needs external objects to help? Give me two months, I Pledge to step into the Professional Realm, catch up to Zhou Yuanchen, and defeat him once more!"

This is the First Time Qin Shi has spoken such "arrogant words" so seriously.

He rarely shows the arrogance and willfulness befitting a "Youth Genius", "Hengzhou Hundred Strong Champion".

If Kang Yun'er saw this, she'd definitely write it up in big letters.

"Youngster, you listen to me properly."

Lao Liang seemed to have gotten smoke from the Coal Stove in his eyes, blinking hard.

"I'm already crippled, and I've grown used to the life of a cripple……"

Qin Shi's expression suddenly turned stern, and he spoke in an instructive tone:

"Liang Laoshi, I'm not saying this to criticize you. Your disciple is at least a Supernova of the Taian Urban Circle, the first place winner of the Hengzhou Bai Qiang Sai, and a future member of the Top Ten of the New World!"

"To be honest with you, Kang Yun'er, the Editor-in-Chief of Outlook Weekly, is currently tracking and interviewing me, saying she wants to mold me into a model figure of the Four Great Alliance Region!"

"Your disciple has become so accomplished, yet his master is a lame Physical Education Teacher—if word gets out, how unsightly would that be!"

"They say a great teacher produces outstanding disciples, but if the master's image doesn't pass muster, it will greatly affect how others evaluate me as his disciple!"

Qin Shi's barrage of words was like a Legendary hidden weapon from the Ancient Era, the Violent Rain Pear Blossom Needles, coming thick and fast, catching Lao Liang completely off guard.

He looked at his disciple's solemn and awe-inspiring expression, suddenly feeling a bit guilty, as if he had inexplicably shrunk by a head, and he asked hesitantly:

"Really……would it be like that?"

Qin Shi's gaze was firm, his tone resolute:

"The prejudices of the world are a Mountain to Face, there's no helping it, Liang Laoshi. For your disciple's future, you must wrong yourself a little, obediently listen, and swallow this thing."

"As for the effect, let's not discuss it for now! Dan Ruo, if you absolutely refuse to use it, then in the future, once the Center City Education Bureau mobilizes its water army to attack me, claiming that the Supernova of the Taian Urban Circle was taught by a lame Physical Education Teacher and is in name only……alas, it might affect my invincible Dao heart of brave and diligent progress, and I would sink into depravity from then on!"

Lao Liang's head was dizzy, and with difficulty he raised his hand to accept the Half Blood Flower that Qin Shi handed him.

He opened his mouth, still wanting to say something, but was slapped on the hand by his own disciple:

"Stop hemming and hawing, don't make me waste my breath! Liang Laoshi!"

The Half Blood Flower immediately entered his mouth, then transformed into strands of blood-colored Essence, flowing into his body.

Lao Liang's face twitched violently, and the tendons, Bones, Skin, and Membranes of his entire body were trembling.

Like a Dragon shaking its scales, stirring the waters of the River!

A terrifying Breath to the extreme, as if breaking through some Blockade, suddenly released!

As if a flood squeezed a crack through a thick gate, and then burst forth with Impact!

Qin Shi's pupils contracted, his spirit condensing the Holy Embryo Prototype, reflecting Lao Liang who had taken the Blood Flower, and suddenly an image of a Bronze Giant Spirit supporting the sky and treading the earth appeared!

(Chapter End)