Chapter 054 Nothing but a dumbbell
With beer and a midnight snack, the river breeze blowing on his face and hoarse and sad folk songs echoing in his ears, Chen Jue was lost in thought as he stared at the winding river in the distance.
This supper cost more than 300 yuan, which was also because Chen Jue was a big eater. If ordinary people ordered the dishes he did, at least three or four people would be needed to finish the meal.
However, Chen Jue's body had been reborn, and he had run 6 kilometers, which consumed a lot of energy. His appetite was so great that he ate the amount of food that three or four people would have for a midnight snack.
Moreover, midnight snacks are not like normal meals. It is a continuous process of eating, drinking and digesting at the same time.
Some midnight snack experts would gather their friends to eat, drink and chat, talking non-stop and going to the toilet frequently, and they would drink and eat all night. Chen Jue's appetite was nothing, he just ate more than others and digested faster.
By the time Chen Jue had finished all the delicacies on the table and drank the last sip of wine, most of the food in his stomach had actually been digested.
After paying the bill, I left the night market on foot. The howling of ghosts and wolves from several local restaurants in the distance had gradually subsided.
No matter how busy it is, it is almost 12 o'clock in the night and the towns have to enter a quiet rest time.
The night markets here are not like those in big cities that can be open all night long. After 12 o'clock, the night market owners who set up stalls and shops have to close their stalls and take a rest. They will not accompany diners to make trouble until late at night.
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He walked slowly out of Panlong Town along the path he came from, and crossed the national highway where the traffic was gradually decreasing. Chen Jue felt that the food in his stomach had settled, so he ran wildly along the mountain road again.
As it was late at night, there were basically no pedestrians or vehicles returning to the village on the mountain road. Chen Jue simply took a step forward and ran towards Chen Village even more freely than when he went down the mountain.
It took only 8 minutes to finish the 5-kilometer mountain road. Chen Jue did not time himself deliberately. After returning home, he released all his strength and a stream of sweat came out again, filling the entire living room on the first floor of his house with heat.
Glancing at the time, it was already half past in the morning, so Chen Jue went to the bathroom to take a hot shower, changed his clothes, and went to bed to rest.
When the cock crowed at dawn the next day and Chen Jue opened his eyes, even though he had only slept for less than 6 hours, he found himself full of energy and comfortable all over. He did not have the uncomfortable feeling after staying up late at work as before.
Obviously it's the strong physique and that 105% health index that are working.
Chen Jue was a little surprised that the health index exceeded 100%, but compared to the fact that all attributes broke the human upper limit of "1".
A health index exceeding 100% is actually another way of breaking the limit!
This means that the current Chen Jue is actually healthier than the healthiest human identified by the attribute panel, which can explain why the value is 105%.
Carrying the weight on his back, he went up the mountain and jogged along the reservoir, which took less than half an hour. Then Chen Jue took advantage of the fact that there was no one around and dived again to practice.
He practiced Tai Chi and Thirteen Postures in turn. His proficiency level kept increasing, and Chen Jue also gained 0.1 free attribute points in more than 20 minutes of diving.
Taking into account the exercise from the 12-kilometer round trip run after closing his pores twice last night, Chen Jue's free attributes that were originally emptied due to upgrading the Yi Jin Jing have accumulated to 0.27 again, and the efficiency of brushing attribute points has increased significantly compared to before.
However, after trying to practice this underwater kung fu again, Chen Jue found that the water flow in the reservoir was too gentle, although it could also help to comprehend the dark energy.
But compared with the turbulent rivers or the surging seas, the tranquil Chencun Reservoir is still lacking a little.
In addition, the flood discharge valve under the reservoir could be opened wider to cause larger undercurrent vortex, which might help Chen Jue practice martial arts.
But if that happens, the water level of the reservoir will be on the verge of drying up.
In addition, although the reservoir seems to be unattended on weekdays, there are actually administrators who come to conduct regular inspections, and there are water level monitoring equipment in the valve control terminal. Chen Jue has no chance to open the gate himself.
"Let's go to the beach."
"Wenzhou is full of coastal areas anyway. Practicing martial arts in the sea water may help speed up the training of dark energy and penetrate the whole body." Chen Jue thought so and went down the mountain to go home to pack his things.
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He didn't bring much with him, just a backpack filled with clothes for changing. He didn't bring a weight vest or anything like that. But Chen Jue felt that the pair of 200-kilogram electroplated dumbbells would be useful, and he could find time to exercise in them when he had nothing to do, so he dug out a travel bag from home and put one in.
Because the dumbbells are too heavy, the rope of the bag will be torn apart directly, so Chen Jue can only hold the bag with his hands.
I called a long-distance ride on my mobile phone, and the destination was set in Dongdao County, Wenzhou, which is a famous island tourist city nearby with many beaches and pleasant seaside scenery.
However, it is a bit far from An County, and it costs more than 200 yuan to take a taxi there, and Chen Jue checked the option of not sharing a seat, which is equivalent to chartering a car.
Even if I placed the order in Chencun, a remote village, the price automatically jumped to more than 300 yuan.
Fortunately, many hitchhiking drivers would rush to grab such a large order. After only a few seconds of waiting, someone grabbed the order, and it was a business-type Buick GL8, which happened to be waiting in Panlong Town.
After grabbing Chen Jue's order, the driver called and asked where to pick up the person and when to leave.
After waiting for about 10 minutes, the car arrived at the location Chen had decided on.
The car door was electric. Once it opened, Chen Jue first checked the last digit of his cell phone number with the middle-aged driver, then stepped into the car carrying his travel bag.
However, because the travel bag in his hand contained a single dumbbell weighing 400 pounds, as soon as Chen Jue got in the car, the middle-aged driver sitting in the cab felt his car suddenly sink.
It felt like there were four or five adults in the car at once!
The car's suspension reacted!
"Brother, what is so heavy that you are carrying?" The middle-aged driver looked back at Chen Jue and couldn't help but ask curiously.
GL8 is a seven-seater car with three rows in total. Chen Jue sat in the middle row, on the passenger side, and placed his travel bag in the middle aisle between the two seats in the middle row, and placed it vertically to prevent the dumbbells inside from rolling out due to inertia such as sudden braking during driving. When the driver asked about it, Chen Jue smiled and replied, "Nothing, just a dumbbell for fitness!"
"Oh, by the way, Master, I haven't had breakfast yet. When you pass by the village below, please stop for a while and I will pack some breakfast for you." Chen Jue made another small request.
"It turned out to be a dumbbell! I was wondering why it was so heavy."
"Buying breakfast? It just so happens that I haven't had breakfast either. It's only a little past 7 in the morning, and it's a bit early for this trip. I'll have a meal with you. You don't have to take it in the car, otherwise there will be grease stains everywhere, and the car will smell bad, and you will feel uncomfortable if you sit in it for a long time." The driver was obviously a car lover. He kept the car clean and even placed some incense.
Seeing that the other party was so easy to talk to, Chen Jue chatted with him for a few words. He learned that the other party's surname was Zhu, he was in his forties, and was a resident of Panlong Town. His family pooled their money to buy him a commercial vehicle so go out and pick up passengers to earn extra money, and also use it for the family, so it didn't affect either end.
After the car door was closed and started, it drove to Linjia Village and stopped for more than ten minutes. The two got off the car and had a quick meal at Linjia breakfast stall before driving to Dongdao County.
