Chapter 186: Only I Have My Own Law Chapter 186 Martial Arts Hall Practice

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Protagonist:

Chen Yi

Niu Xiang gazed into the distance at the foot of the mountain ahead, where the brightly lit construction site stood.

Bulldozers were leveling the 5000 square meters of land slated for development, clearing away residual vegetation and large boulders from the surface, with one person standing before each bulldozer, wielding a red flag to direct their advance and retreat.

The scene before his eyes somewhat resembled the collective mechanical work undertaken by the United States after World War II when organizing collective housing for postwar soldiers. The standardized construction steps could erect residences in the shortest possible time.

Further away, four excavators continued digging earth, preparing the main structure of the martial arts hall. Workers unloaded rebar with cranes, ready at any moment for it to intimately contact cement, forming an inseparable comradeship.

The crowd that had dispersed grew once more.

An old man grabbed a worker waving a small flag outside and asked, "Which unit are you from?"

"Jiangning Second Construction."

"What are you building?"

"A martial arts hall?"

"What thing?"

"A martial arts hall, the kind Li Xiaolong has." The architectural blueprints had long been finalized: a traditional two-story martial arts hall, plus two small residential buildings, then a large empty lot left in the backyard, enclosed all around by reinforced concrete walls. All buildings were dragged from the muddy road intersection all the way to the foot of the mountain, not only covering the single-story houses there but also having independent power and water supply.

The flag-bearing worker explained with a smile and continued directing the bulldozer forward. The old man who asked chuckled; knowing it wasn't Mitsubishi's demolition team, he was satisfied.

In the crowd, everyone discussed animatedly: some said demolition had stopped, some said the martial arts hall was a front, and others said it was being built by the Japanese...

Talk was talk; aside from the residents of the single-story houses at the foot of the mountain, the people of the shantytown merely watched, neither stopping nor helping. Most living here were penniless and powerless; as long as the bulldozers didn't press against their own doorsteps, they wouldn't stretch out their arms to resist, so they just stood with arms crossed watching the spectacle.

They lacked the resolve of holdout households. Holdout households were brave souls with grand goals and ideals, clear prices and demands. The people of the shantytown were mostly just people with nowhere to go.

After a while, Lin Yuan and her younger brother carried a large bucket to the construction site.

The bucket contained heat-relieving Mulberry Chrysanthemum Cooling Tea, one bowl per person, with more available if wanted.

Lin Yuan personally ladled it into bowls and delivered it to various places at the construction site, saying, "This is brewed by the neighbors..."

The neighbors she spoke of were people living in the single-story houses at the foot of the mountain, mostly laid-off shipyard workers lacking a source of livelihood.

At first the two carried the bucket, then her younger brother Lin Haitao held the bucket while the sister ladled and set it down in front.

Chen Yi also asked for a bowl, tasted it, and said with a smile, "The bitterness is strong, but it relieves heat."

Lin Yuan straightened up with a smile, then asked, "Is the kung fu they practice useful? Is Naked Bear really your disciple?"

"More or less."

"Can I learn?" Lin Yuan suddenly asked.

Chen Yi hesitated, then shook his head.

In the Holy Qiao Kingdom he had never seen a woman practice body technique; if there were some restriction and she practiced incorrectly, it would be troublesome.

Her younger brother Lin Haitao curiously stared fixedly at Naked Bear's posture.

Golden Rooster Independence wasn't strange, but standing on one leg for several hours was perverted. At this moment, two people had already sat on the ground unable to bear the tedious training; judging by the others' appearance, if not for Naked Bear setting an example and scolding them to stop, most would probably be sitting on the ground shirking.

This era was not lacking in opportunities; what was lacking were people who seized opportunities. If they didn't continue, they would never know the power and value body technique could bring.

"Come distribute the cooling tea." Lin Yuanhe called to his daughter and son; he and the neighbors brought over another bucket of Mulberry Bark Tea.

"Rest a while, everyone drink some tea." Chen Yi checked the time and dismissed Naked Bear and the apprentices; many plopped down on the ground, completely heedless of the muddy slurry everywhere.

Chen Yi shook his head silently; when he practiced in the subway back then, he also rested after several hours. Although hard, it wasn't to the point of exhaustion like this. As for the difference among them, perhaps he had a clearer goal, while these young people before him might just be looking for something to do.

Perhaps, just looking for hope.

Lin Yuan carried the bucket to distribute cooling tea to the martial arts hall students, and Han Jie hurried forward to help.

Chen Yi felt he should give them a clear goal; in modern society, apart from kung fu maniacs like Naked Bear, how many would voluntarily and consciously persist in learning tedious martial arts?

So he slowly walked over and said, "Everyone, the martial arts hall was established hastily, so we can only build and practice at the same time. If anyone is unwilling to participate, you may leave now without problem."

The students all sat on the ground, too exhausted to move, let alone have the strength to walk.

Chen Yi smiled and said, "Actually, learning martial arts has promising prospects."

"How long until we can be like Naked Bear?" a young man with red bangs hanging over his forehead shouted.

"Like Naked Bear in what way?" Chen Yi asked curiously.

"One person fights eight."

Naked Bear immediately became flustered.

Chen Yi glanced at him and asked, "Have you been fighting people?"

Naked Bear stood awkwardly and said in a low voice, "Once I saw someone stealing things..."

"I see." Chen Yi didn't want to pursue these matters, waved his hand, and said, "No matter why you fight, don't conceal it, don't let it happen again."

Naked Bear quickly said, "Yes."

Chen Yi then turned around, put on a kind and imposing air, and said with a smile, "Your horizons are too narrow. Why? What can someone who fights eight people do? It's merely Body Technique Level 2; there are many such people in the world, just scraping by. Only those at Body Technique Level 5 can rely on kung fu to make money and be people above others. What about Body Technique Level 6 and Level 7?"

He bent down, picked up a watermelon knife, gripped the handle with his left hand and placed his right hand on the blade tip; with slight force from both hands, a thick steel knife was twisted into a spiral.

The crowd stared with wide eyes.

Chen Yi didn't stop; he silently applied a Level 3 Strength Scroll to himself, adding 150 kilograms of strength, then said, "You see the rebar on the ground can withstand over a hundred tons of pressure, but when kung fu is practiced to the depths, that counts for nothing."

He walked over to where the crane was loading and unloading, pulled out two rebar rods at least four or five meters long, carried them back upside down, and said, "Naked Bear, close the gate; no one else is allowed to enter."

In the courtyard just enclosed with concrete, there was originally no one; Lin Yuan and Han Jie had gone to deliver water to the crane workers, leaving only her younger brother Lin Haitao secretly hiding behind a pillar of the main building, peeking. He saw Chen Yi twist the steel knife.

Naked Bear went to the gate area, stacked a pile of wood, and covered it with a grass mat, blocking the surrounding line of sight.

The first batch of martial arts hall students watched the rebar with strange gazes.

Red Bangs sat in the frontmost row, thinking: Was he going to twist the rebar even more spiral? What would that be called? Double Spiral or Great Spiral?

Chen Yi grabbed one end of the rebar with his left hand, letting it lie horizontally across his chest.

Just this move alone was beyond a normal person. Forget rebar, even holding the front end of a mop with one hand made it hard to hold it level.

Chen Yi took a deep breath, placed his right hand beside his left, bent down, pulled, twisted, and the arm-long rebar snapped off, landing on the ground.

He switched hands, repeating the bend, pull, and twist motion; another section of rebar came off, like a fried dough stick eaten at breakfast, tossed onto the ground.

Soon a pile of hand-torn rebar appeared beside Chen Yi's feet, each piece slightly longer than a palm, gradually covering the instep, looking like a plate of cold appetizers.

The red-dyed bangs young man struggled to crawl to the pile of rebar, imitating Chen Yi to bend it, straining until his arms turned red, with no reaction at all.

With someone taking the lead, the apprentices made various strange cries, swarmed forward, surrounded Chen Yi, watching, trying, guessing, but no one dared ask directly.

If ten minutes ago they were like the Yellow Emperor exhausted from nightly indulgence with three thousand consorts, now they were like the Yellow Emperor after Immortal Ascension, carefree.

Chen Yi tossed down the last iron bar, smashing it onto his instep, making a "ding dang" sound.

He kicked the scrap under his foot and said, "If you had such strength, what kind of life could you live? Karate Black Belt, or some world boxing champion, at most the fate of Body Technique Level 7; in this world, few can reach Body Technique Level 9, but I tell you, as long as you cultivate seriously, Body Technique Level 9 is not a dream, even doing what I do is no problem."

A group of people's eyes shone.

Chen Yi waved his passionate arms and shouted loudly, "Now, go cultivate."

But what he thought was: "In this life, best not think about bending rebar; that was done with battle qi plus Strength Scroll."

He hadn't even decided whether to teach them to reach Body Technique Level 9.

At least my combat skill level needs to rise some more.

Chen Yi decided so.

A group discussed heatedly; the red-dyed bangs young man suddenly ran over, knelt on the ground, "bang bang bang" three kowtows, shouting at Chen Yi: "Master."

Everyone came to their senses and followed suit.

Chen Yi said unmoved: "You are not yet qualified to be my Disciple. Naked Bear, repeat the three things I told you."

Don't look at him appearing like a university student, but after the rebar-bending scene, others saw him almost like a god.

Naked Bear raised his head, following suit, shouting: "First, stop kowtowing."

"Second, how much you learn is your business, but if I'm not satisfied, I'll throw you out anytime; kung fu or whatever, you have to return it to me."

"Third, don't pry into my affairs; what I should tell you, I'll naturally tell you. I am of the Jiangning Chen Family; the first two are fine, but if you cross the line on the third, I'll castrate you first, then slowly deal with you. Understand?"

He actually memorized the three rules from that day.

Chen Yi secretly nodded; this guy was indeed focused enough to practice martial arts.

Someone like this, no matter what they do, can at least achieve minor success.

"Go open the door." Chen Yi ordered.

Naked Bear ran over and lifted aside the haphazardly piled wood and grass mats.

"Watch them." Chen Yi strode away.

Naked Bear answered "yes," and only after respectfully waiting for him to leave the courtyard did he say: "Everyone is from the same hometown; everyone knows Naked Bear's temper. Today's matter, no one is allowed to speak of it. Anyone unwilling to cultivate martial arts?"

Even those two useless fellows stepped forward and stood neatly in the squad.

"We continue practicing." Naked Bear said without another word, and did another Golden Rooster Independence.

Lin Haitao hid behind a fresh cement pillar and also began Golden Rooster Independence.

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