Chapter 21: Night Water Practicing
Chen Jue had practiced standing meditation on a small boat at night before, but those times he always moored the boat to the shore and tied it with ropes so it would not drift away at will.
This time he planned to increase the difficulty for himself. Taking advantage of the low visibility at night, he drove the boat to the center of the reservoir.
The cool breeze at night was indeed much stronger than in the morning, the water flow was more turbulent, and the boat was rocking more violently than during the day.
Fortunately, the Eight Immortals Pillar is not a vegetarian!
The Eight Immortals can even cross the sea, so why should they be afraid of a small reservoir?
Chen Jue began to practice the standing meditation, but he was much more tense than when he got on the boat in the morning.
Although there were many lights around the reservoir, the center of the water was pitch black. The only sounds were the whimpering of the wind and the sound of flowing water. If you were not careful, you would fall into the water.
However, with Chen Juxian's current physical strength, he could swim to the shore smoothly even if he fell into the water. He gradually gained courage and slowly overcame his fear.
…
At the campsite, a group of middle-aged people were fishing, barbecuing, and some were playing guitar to liven up the atmosphere. The entertainment was rich and varied.
However, when the two little girls came back from the embankment, all the dozen people in the family were attracted by their loud shouting.
"Dad! That guy just rowed into the reservoir!"
"Rowing? Are there any boats here?"
"Isn't it dangerous to row a boat at night? This reservoir looks quite deep."
Everyone's attention was drawn to that middle-aged man with the telescope, who raised it and searched the dark water surface.
After a while, he really vaguely saw a figure doing strange movements on the boat.
The figure was seen leaping and hopping on the boat, walking around the extremely narrow edge of the boat, standing still and moving, with quick and varied movements. The man cried out in a strange voice, "It's the young man in the reservoir!"
"Oh my goodness! Rowing a boat to such a dark place to practice martial arts in the middle of the night? Isn't he afraid of falling off?"
Hearing him say this, the middle-aged leader with a gold watch hurriedly reached for the telescope and looked in the direction he was pointing.
After watching Chen Jue practice the Zhuang Gong dangerously for a long time, the leader of the team finally let out a long sigh and said, "This little brother must be practicing real kung fu!"
"real Kong Fu?"
"Yes! Just like the monks in Shaolin Temple, they make a living by practicing martial arts, otherwise they wouldn't go out to practice martial arts on the water so late at night."
"Shaolin Temple? Isn't that the movie we watched when we were kids?"
"Making a living by martial arts? Is it that mysterious?"
"Let me see!"
"What kind of kung fu is this guy jumping around like that? I don't understand!"
"Old Four, have you forgotten the last time we went fishing? We almost fell down after walking two laps. This little brother can practice martial arts on the boat so late at night. If he is not practicing real kung fu, what is he?"
The middle-aged leader was obviously well-informed and his analysis was very logical. The people around him looked at each other in surprise.
…
Chen Jue practiced for more than an hour. With the help of the night, his proficiency in the Eight Immortals Posture had increased to (101/200).
As for the free attribute points, 0.02 were also refreshed in this short hour. Including the three small points refreshed on the dam just now, the total accumulated in two days reached 0.2.
If you add all the attribute points to the Twelve Moves of Yi Jin Jing at once, you can upgrade this magical skill to the next level.
He had only practiced for a day and his body felt a little tired. In addition, there was a lack of suitable tonic medicine. Chen Jue was not so stupid as to take some now.
We paddled back to the levee and then took a detour to take another look at the campsite.
These middle-aged people were having fun, some were fishing, some were barbecuing, some were frying steaks, and some were playing guitar and singing while drinking. In short, the atmosphere was very good.
Seeing Chen Jue coming, the middle-aged man with a gold watch hurriedly took a large skewer of meat and greeted him, "Little brother! Come and have a bite! I haven't thanked you for helping me move things just now!"
Seeing this man so enthusiastic, Chen Jue did not refuse. He took the skewers and smelled them. It had the aroma of beef and barbecue seasoning. He took a bite and his mouth was immediately full of juice. It was very delicious.
“This beef is delicious!”
"Haha! 4A grade wagyu beef, imported from abroad, not bad, right?"
The middle-aged man boasted a little proudly, and then asked Chen Jue what martial arts he practiced and why he had to go to the boat to practice so late at night.
"I just practiced a few boxing techniques randomly. I just learned it a few days ago." Chen Jue smiled and did not reveal the details, but he was telling the truth. He had indeed only practiced it for a few days, not even a week.
"I don't think so! You must have real kung fu skills to go to such a dangerous place so late at night." The middle-aged man was a little unconvinced, but he could see it very clearly through the telescope.
Without several years of hard work, it would be difficult to jump around like that on a small boat in the water.
"Uncle, have you ever seen real Kung Fu?" Chen Jue became interested.
"Of course! I used to take my daughter to the Shaolin Temple to worship Buddha. The monks could stand upside down with just two fingers. They also had an iron head skill that could break a thick brick in one go. I handed the brick to them with my own hands. That's definitely real kung fu!" The middle-aged uncle was obviously fascinated by martial arts. He stretched out two fingers to measure the thickness of the brick while talking about it in great detail.
"So they are the monks from Shaolin Temple! They must have real kung fu skills. I have also seen their videos. But compared to them, I am just a novice, a beginner, not worth mentioning." Chen Jue echoed in agreement.
I learned the twelve moves of the Yi Jin Jing through the hands-on instruction of the Shaolin monks in the video.
If someone could master such a magical skill to improve physical fitness, there must be many hidden talents in the Shaolin Temple.
If I have the chance in the future, I will definitely visit you.
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After staying in the camp for a while and chatting with the uncle with the gold watch, I learned that they were all from the same family. Their surname was Zhou, and they came here from the main city of Vancouver specifically for vacation.
I heard on the Internet that there is such a great place in Anxian Township, surrounded by mountains and rivers and sparsely populated, so my whole family drove here and planned to play here for a few days.
Seeing that everyone in this family is wearing gold and jade, and driving luxury cars, it is normal for them to have such leisure and elegance.
Like the boss Chen Jue had when he worked in Hangzhou before, he was also in his forties and loved camping. It was said that he spent more than 100,000 yuan on a set of camping equipment alone. He was extremely rich, and his wealth was beyond the imagination of ordinary people.
After chatting for a few words and taking a look, Chen Jue felt that it was getting a little late, so he ate a few bites of the skewers, got up, said goodbye, and left, going down the mountain.
It was already 10 o'clock in the evening when he got home. After taking a hot bath and lying down to sleep, Chen Jue took another look at the attribute panel:
Player: Chen Jue
Age: 27
Health index: 97%
Strength: 0.99
Agility: 0.96
Intelligence: 1.23
Constitution: 1.57
Skills: [Ship Fist Lv1 (132/200)] [Twelve Forms of Yi Jin Jing Lv1 (10/200)] [Eight Immortals Posture Lv1 (101/200)]
Allocable free attribute points: 0.20
"Tomorrow I will make another pot of Ten-Herb Tonic Soup and upgrade the Twelve Forms of Yi Jin Jing to the next level to see what effect it will have."
