Chapter 747: Qigong (600 Plus)

【Age 27, you create the "Soft Finger Art" and its accompanying Breathing Technique, and take Yi Xiaochuan as your apprentice. Yi Xiaochuan quickly reveals his talent and signs with the "Heavenly Club"……】

【Age 28, the owner of Lanhai Internet Cafe, "Chong Hu", takes you as his master, learns the "Soft Finger Art", and recovers his strength…… You are somewhat famous in certain circles; the "Bawang Club" offers you an annual salary of one million to serve as a "Special Consultant Coach", but you refuse……】

【Age 29, your fame grows, but no Mysterious person comes knocking…… Yi Xiaochuan's annual income exceeds ten million, and he meets a good friend—"Gu Yuan".】

【Age 30, you pursue traces of the "Ancient" game and vaguely find some clues; Yi Xiaochuan dies.】

【Age 31, you discover that Yi Xiaochuan died because of the "Ancient" game, and that "Gu Yuan" is a player.】

【Age 32, you obtain an invitation to the "Ancient" game from "Chong Hu", and you enter the game……】

【Age 33, you track other players in reality and fight a decisive battle against "Lao Cai Bang Zi"; you have died……】

Hu Ge walked over, looked at Yi Xiaochuan, who was muttering to himself while practicing Seal Techniques in his seat, and was stunned……

……

Mu Xinyun patted her small chest: "I thought we owed loan sharks and that people would come to our door every day to collect debts and splash paint…… What if they splashed it on our door?"

"Please speak, Teacher!" Yi Xiaochuan's eyes lit up.

"Furthermore, judging from the Simulator, teaching the 'Soft Finger Art' to a few individuals won't bring me any trouble…… Chong Hu and Yi Xiaochuan haven't betrayed me either; perhaps it's worth a try?"

"Of course it won't. This is just the general outline of the mental cultivation method. Next is a set of Breathing Technique, which needs to be practiced in coordination with Seal Techniques…… You know what a 'Seal' is, right? The ten fingers are connected to the heart; by forming seals with the ten fingers, one can reach the four limbs and the hundred skeletons……"

……

At this moment, unable to suppress his curiosity, he came behind Xiaochuan.

……

Inside the rented apartment.

The two sisters could not help but look at each other……

He knew that professional players could improve their hand speed through long-term training, but it was still unlikely to be reborn in just a few short days.

This miraculous scene immediately left Yi Xiaochuan dumbfounded.

He leaned forward, pressed a palm onto Chong Hu's shoulder, and channeled a wisp of Spirituality over.

"Little brother, what are you doing?"

Yi Xiaochuan's face was flushed red, with a slap mark on each side of his mouth, looking very symmetrical; this was the price he paid for breaking up with his girlfriend.

Aaron waved his hand, opened the menu, and prepared to have a good meal.

Words are not proof; after seeing it with his own eyes, he couldn't help but believe it!

"After you go back, remember to practice your Seal Techniques more……" Aaron patted Yi Xiaochuan on the shoulder and secretly channeled a negligible wisp of Spirituality over.

Chong Hu's nerves tightened for an instant, then relaxed, and he placed one hand on Aaron's palm.

Back when Hu Ge was in his prime, his nickname was "Tiger King", his peak hand speed reached 500, and no one knew how many clubs were fighting to have him.

Hu Ge saw a group of people gathered around a computer station and asked curiously.

How could an occupational disease be cured so easily?

It wasn't until recently that he saw hope; although it was very slim, he was willing to believe, or at least try!

"I was wrong, Qigong actually exists!"

Aaron grabbed his drink cup, took a sip, and felt something subtle.

Chong Hu led the way, and the two entered a quiet private room; soon, a waiter came in to serve tea.

At the same time, he also understood why, no matter how good his gaming skills were in the Simulator, no players ever took the initiative to contact him!

A sensation like an electric shock instantly made the hair all over his body stand on end.

The next moment, he had a flash of inspiration and formed various different hand seals.

Chong Hu was all smiles, his attitude completely different from before.

Unexpectedly, the installation package for this game was very small, and it finished installing in less than ten seconds.

He felt as if the gears in his joints, which had been rusted and stuck, had been polished and oiled, becoming incomparably smooth, and the original pain had vanished without a trace.

He was just an ordinary internet cafe youth and not someone with much perseverance.

Aaron's expression was grave, and he had already guessed the reason: "Although my 'Secret Martial Art' is sharp, the 'Demon Heart Art' may not still be effective against extraordinary creatures…… Besides, before polluting this world, Spirituality is constantly dissipating!"

"Died again?"

Aaron nodded to signal and walked down the stairs.

Aaron was slightly informed.

At this moment, Hu Ge had the confidence to recover his peak hand speed and recreate the might of the "Tiger King" from back then!

But the next second, Aaron withdrew his hand.

But dying in a simulation at the hands of a player with such a silly title was still very speechless.

"Be careful in the future. Let's go…… It takes several bus transfers to get to the concert……" Mu Xinci sighed, then suddenly saw a luxury car parked on the side of the road, and someone obsequiously opened the car door to invite Aaron, who was dressed casually and looked unrestrained, inside.

"Five seals in one second! I did it!"

Aaron bit the straw and said calmly: "Teaching you…… isn't impossible, but you must agree to one condition."

Xiaochuan was focused on playing the game, his fingers flying as they danced on the keyboard like nimble dancers.

Aaron smiled.

Aaron took out his phone, saw the invitation code sent by Chong Hu, clicked directly on the link, and chose to download.

Rented apartment building.

Aaron muttered to himself in his heart and shook his head: "I don't want your money…… I've said it before, I'm only interested in exciting games…… So, I'll teach you half first…… Once you try it and it has an effect, go find me that kind of particularly strange game…… Once you find it, I'll teach you the other half!"

"'Ancient' is a text-based adventure game that doesn't require much operation, just following the plot text and occasionally making choices! Otherwise, why would the installation package be so small?" Chong Hu asked back as a matter of course.

Aaron skillfully sent a bullet into the head of the last enemy.

He gritted his teeth fiercely: "When I go back, I'll break up with my girlfriend!"

"Died a year earlier than before……"

Aaron was already beyond speechless.

"Damn it... all my gaming skills, practiced for nothing!!!"

Aaron had the answer in his heart.

"No need to worry about me."

"I got an invitation code through a friend, I'll send it to Master later..." When he said this, Chong Hu's expression became somewhat conflicted: "That friend of mine told me to be careful with this game, that it can kill people if you don't play it well, and looking at his expression, he didn't seem to be joking..."

"I..."

Carrying a bit of doubt, a bit of nervousness... and, most of all, hope?

"Sister, we still have to go to Da Zhou's concert tonight, let's head out quickly, it was so hard for me to snatch these tickets."

"Of course it's true. Just watch!"

"Hoo hoo... inhale inhale inhale..."

"It's not impossible for me to teach you Qigong."

Although he knew the future was constantly changing, at least after he deduced the future, the future would inevitably change.

"What is it?"

Suddenly, his whole body jolted.

Yi Xiaochuan tried the Breathing Technique a few times, stopping halfway each time, his face flushed red: "Big brother... does this thing... really work?"

However, this simulation was not without gains; at least, he learned two ways to contact players!

Sweat soaked Yi Xiaochuan's shirt, but his hands still persisted.

"Are all washed-up pro gamers this fat?"

The current him had already surpassed his own peak period!

"Many thanks to Master for passing on the technique!"

Chong Hu's expression immediately brightened.

"It's nothing, just a kid messing around."

Hu Ge nodded repeatedly: "Master, whatever game you want to play, I'll buy it for you!"

"The me in the simulation seems a bit different from the normal me... and, I don't have the ability to foresee the future..."

"Please tell me, do you need money? I still have five million in my card!" Hu Ge said very readily.

Two hours passed...

Aaron continued to ramble, talking about things like Three Wheels and Seven Meridians, Chakra, Meditation, Jiu-Jitsu, Yoga, and the like, successfully leaving Yi Xiaochuan stunned: "Then... I'll listen to you."

Just as Mu Xinyun pulled her sister out the door, she saw Aaron coming out from next door.

Aaron became interested: "Tell me about it..."

"A game you can buy with money... forget it, when the time comes to understand, you will naturally understand. Remember... it is called... 'Ancient'!"

Chong Hu closed the office door and said to Aaron seriously.

"Hmm, seeing as you are so sincere..."

The first one is that player 'Gu Yuan'.

Lanhai Internet Cafe.

Laymen watch the excitement, experts watch the technique.

His consciousness was also becoming increasingly blurred...

During this time, the Mu sisters looked at him with strange expressions, and the Demon Heart Art sensed some complex emotions, but Aaron did not pay them any mind.

Inside the internet cafe office.

"I heard you took Xiaochuan as your disciple?" Chong Hu asked with a smile.

Daxin is, after all, a society ruled by law.

"Oh?"

"I won't be your Master, let's just treat it as an exchange between friends." Aaron placed his drink on the computer desk and said solemnly: "The reason I can have such fast hand speed lies entirely in my accumulated training and hard work... As for the training method, remember the mantra, the first line—with no woman in your heart, drawing your gun becomes divine!"

It was late at night, the weather was muggy, and even the air from the electric fan seemed to carry heat...

At this moment, he was using both hands to perform various hand seals.

"Cough cough... what did you say?"

"You scared me to death..."

He stroked his wrists and fingers... his eye sockets instantly turned red.

Hu Ge glanced at them, and a look of shock appeared on his face: "Your hand speed is at least over three hundred, right? What kind of devilish training is this, to improve so quickly in just a few days?"

Chong Hu thanked him with a face full of gratitude, a trace of struggle appearing on his face, and he reminded him again: "Also... this game is a bit sinister, Master... there are many fun games, maybe don't play 'Ancient'?"

"This..."

Aaron pulled back his palm with a calm and collected air and drank a cup of green tea: "But I have one condition..."

"Or rather, all martial arts based on Spirituality are like water without a source in an environment without Spirituality! They will eventually degenerate and it will be difficult to maintain Stability in their rank! But the power system in the 'Ancient' game is acknowledged and accepted by this world, so it will not degenerate... This is probably the reason why I lost."

This was not hypnosis, but a real physical sensation!

Even...

"Hoo hoo... inhale inhale inhale... breathe..."

Aaron extended his right palm: "Give me a hand!"

Since he had divined that it could succeed and there was no risk, Aaron prepared to give it a try.

Getting Chong Hu to recover from his injuries and making Yi Xiaochuan famous are two paths to approaching the *Ancient* game.

Seven days later.

Chong Hu mumbled: "I heard from that friend of mine that *Ancient* seems to be a text-based game!"

Chong Hu gave a bitter smile: "I definitely didn't believe it at first, but later, after retiring due to injury, I tried every method to recover these hands... I even saw traditional Chinese medicine practitioners, but it had no effect..."

While pouring tea for Aaron, Chong Hu laughed: "I'm a straightforward person, so I'll just say it... Aaron, you taught Xiaochuan a set of things, it seems to be Qigong from Ancient Martial Arts?"

Aaron felt that his own speculation should be closer to reality.

The yellow-haired Yi Xiaochuan was fawningly holding a drink nearby, his eyes full of anticipation: "Um... about that matter from before, have you considered it?"

Because the game difficulty is very high, and if a game character dies, the player will also die!

The second one is 'Chong Hu'!

"However, when I asked the internet cafe owner Hu Ge about the special game earlier, 'Demon Heart Art' did not detect him lying... So, did he only come into contact with *Ancient* after curing his occupational disease?"

Yi Xiaochuan let out a low growl; at the same time, he also felt horrified in his heart, because he could feel a cool current of Qi darting around in his hands.

A confident smile appeared on Aaron's face: "You still don't trust my gaming skills?"

"The future me will die at the hands of a player called 'Lao Cai Bang Zi'?"

Seeing the owner ask a question, the young woman at the bar deliberately pulled her collar down quite a bit, revealing the already quite substantial mountain ranges.

Hu Ge muttered something about not understanding the world of young people and having a generation gap, then turned and left.

Aaron's hands were like butterflies weaving through flowers, changing a dozen times a second, forming various hand seals.

"It's Xiaochuan!"

Hu Ge looked as if he had just poked his head out of a canyon only to be kicked back down; before he could even feel disappointed, he grabbed Aaron's hand tightly: "Master... Master, save me!"

Inside the internet cafe.

The yellow-haired fake apprentice is still a big kid and easy to fool, but someone like Hu Ge is different.

Aaron almost choked on his own saliva.

"Empty words are no proof!"

The yellow-haired youth muttered to himself, feeling his worldview shatter into pieces, and began to accept being reshaped again...

That feeling vanished instantly.

Everything went smoothly all the way to a month later.

Having received the Master's transmission, he felt his own Qigong improve by leaps and bounds instantly!

This game is a 'death game' in the true sense of the word!

When tortured players see a newcomer willing to jump into the pit, those with darker minds might be too happy to contain themselves!

"It's fine, send it to me."

At this moment, he hurriedly scanned his surroundings, but regretfully discovered that Aaron had not come...

"Brother Aaron, you're truly amazing!"

Aaron looked at the pitch-black game icon that resembled a black hole and did not click it directly, but said to Chong Hu: "Well done... then, according to the agreement..."

"Big Brother, are you playing me?" Yi Xiaochuan had a look of total collapse on his face: "What era is this now? Don't think I haven't been on the internet..."

"Very good, then where is the invitation?"

'What? This yellow-hair actually has a girlfriend?'

"But... but..."

Women will only affect the joy of his gaming!

This day.

Just as Yi Xiaochuan thought he was about to fall into a stupor, his mind suddenly cleared, as if he had grasped some inspiration, and the pores all over his body instantly opened and trembled...

After experiencing many things, a person becomes mature and less easily fooled!

Although, this is not a trick...

"Aaron!"

"Today I am treating the Gun God to a meal; the private kitchen food here is very famous."

"I actually couldn't beat him..."

"Fine... as long as you guys are happy."

Watching his slightly hunched back, a smile appeared at the corner of Aaron's mouth.

"Do you believe it?" Aaron toyed with his teacup, asking back with a half-smile on his face.

Pure free-loading!

'The future... is truly wonderful.'

Nighttime.

"During the time I was recovering my hand speed, I also contacted some old friends... to ask about that game." Chong Hu's expression became somewhat conflicted: "There really is some news; it is said that the *Ancient* game is only popular in some very small circles, but those who are obsessed are really obsessed, and almost no one quits once they fall into the pit. There are even bosses who have set up studios specifically to recruit people to play this game..."

Aaron was greatly shocked inside, but on the surface, he could only praise: "Well done... join my sect, there will be bread, and there will be milk; you perform it for me to see first..."

"Brother Aaron, are you actually a descendant of Ancient Martial Arts?"

'It seems... the *Ancient* players don't care about the game leaking? Or... is this game's difficulty very high?'

"Can!"

"No, it's just friends exchanging ideas, I just taught him a little something..." Aaron answered with a smile, watching the luxury car stop at the entrance of a private kitchen.

But this time, he did not want to fail!

After all, to learn this, he even lost his girlfriend!

One hour passed...

Aaron nearly vomited blood in his heart.

"Master, I think... I have probably found that game you wanted."

A fish that has already entered the fishing net basically cannot escape.

The honor of the Gun God popped up again.

Aaron was wholeheartedly being a shut-in; now that Ye Rongtian was dead and Gou Ge had been sentenced to death, no one came to trouble him.

Hu Ge immediately became interested.

Unfortunately, Hu Ge was a man who had seen all the mountains and rivers, and his heart felt absolutely no ripples regarding this.

And Yi Xiaochuan would never know what he had lost in the Underworld.

The three of them looked at each other, the atmosphere slightly awkward.

In the simulation, Yi Xiaochuan was already his disciple, but at this moment he was not yet, yet he did not know he had already been "freeloaded" of everything he wanted by him...

Aaron rolled his eyes, too weak to retort.

Now, he could completely go directly to find "Gu Yuan" and ditch Yi Xiaochuan to work alone.

"The so-called Secret Martial Art is just maintaining the concentration of Spirituality within the body by consuming a large amount of Spirituality... This is the root of my transcendence!"

It was like a gentle breeze, lingering around his fingertips and wrists... allowing his hand speed to gain an extremely astonishing improvement!

"This... could it be the legendary ancient Wu Qigong?"

The girl at the bar could only continue: "Yi Xiaochuan seems to have taken the Gun God as his master, and his hand speed has advanced by leaps and bounds... You know, his game awareness was already good, he was just slow-handed; now that he has made up for his shortcomings, he has been slaughtering the whole field for several nights in a row, and everyone is watching him show off his operations..."

"Oh."

Without this trace of Spirituality, even if Yi Xiaochuan practiced until he died, he would not be able to practice anything.

Damn it, for a text game that anyone with hands can play, what the hell is the use of fast hand speed!

Whatever hand speed, operational awareness, or big-picture view... in front of a plain and unadorned text game, it is just trash!

PS: An unfortunate piece of news, a terrible reading experience is probably about to begin again, the author apologizes first... I plan to write big chapters in the next few days, this chapter is five thousand words as an apology...

(End of this chapter)