Chapter 60: The Thirteen Guardians Practice Kung Fu
Wearing clothes that didn't fit him well, Chen Jue simply unzipped his coat, leaving it open for more comfort. He also had a vest on, so he wasn't afraid of exposing himself.
I went out to the main road and hailed a taxi, then took another taxi to the county town. I first went to a sports brand store and bought two sets of suitable sportswear to change into. My shoes were a bit small, and sneakers were not suitable for practicing, so I bought a pair of flip-flops for the beach.
Tourists who come to the island all wear beach pants and flip-flops, which make more noise when they walk than walking on the beach. Chen Jue simply followed the trend.
As for the training shoes that fit his feet, Chen Jue booked them online and changed the delivery address to the B&B.
After practicing martial arts for two days in the sea, Chen Jue felt that he had to stay on the island for a while.
The fact is that the accommodation fee of that homestay is too expensive, and Chen Jue plans to go back and discuss it with the owner to see if he can reduce it a bit.
After all, it is the end of August, and the summer vacation will end in a few days, so there will be fewer student tourists coming here to travel.
Summer vacation is the peak season for seaside tourism, and many families bring their school-age children to play. Most college students who go to the seaside for vacation also take advantage of the summer vacation to hang out.
It is said that the bonfire party last night was held at the end of the peak season at the nearby beach.
"Based on my face and my current figure, the old lady at the B&B should give me some face, right?" Chen Jue, who was changing clothes in the fitting room of a sports brand, showed off in front of the mirror.
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He bought clothes and slippers in a swift and decisive manner, paid the money, and threw his old clothes directly to the store for disposal. Then Chen Jue walked quickly to the seafood restaurant for dinner.
For lunch, I ordered braised lion's head, steamed swimming crab, yellow croaker with scallion oil, fried hairtail, and salt-baked spicy snails, with white rice. I drank five bowls in a row.
Due to the siphon effect caused by breaking through the Paida Gong, Chen Jue's appetite suddenly increased.
After a delicious meal, Chen Jue stopped eating only after he used a toothpick to pick out the snail meat from the last spicy snail in the salt-baked dish.
It only cost over 200 yuan after buying the order, which is really economical!
Compared to the prices in seafood restaurants in big cities, the seafood on this island can be said to be very affordable and of high quality.
I went out and took a taxi back to the B&B, visited the owner of the first B&B and mentioned my plan to stay there for a long time.
The middle-aged lady who ran the B&B didn't say much. She first went to check the small villa where Chen Jue was staying and found that the room he lived in was very tidy, unlike other tourists who brought their families with them and made a mess of the house. Chen Jue lived alone and the wear and tear was very small, so he didn't need to six rooms every day.
So I went back to discuss it with my wife. Knowing that there would be very few tourists in the future, she readily gave me a very favorable price of 800 yuan per night, and also waived the water, electricity and garbage fees.
However, there is a condition, which is that Chen Jue must stay for at least half a month, and he must pay the money in one lump sum, which is also to prevent Chen Jue from changing his mind after staying for a few days.
You know, it is the end of the peak tourist season, and those single-family villas are 2,500 yuan a night. 800 yuan is less than 40% off, which is really a face-saving deal.
Chen Jue looked at the savings of 230,000 yuan left in his bank card and felt that the money was spent like water. However, considering the needs of practicing martial arts, he did not bargain and paid half a month's rent readily.
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After renewing the room fee, Chen Jue returned to the villa and took a comfortable nap.
The sea breeze was blowing outside the window and the sun was shining brightly. Chen Jue was sleeping soundly on the white bed in the room.
Since the breakthrough in the morning consumed a lot of physical energy, Chen Jue slept until 3 pm. After getting up, he felt energetic and searched the Internet for the Shaolin hard kung fu practiced by the Thirteen Guardians mentioned in "Shaolin Bronze Man".
The Thirteen Taibao's Horizontal Training Kung Fu is also the Shaolin Temple's unique martial arts. Although it does not belong to the 72 unique skills, it is extremely profound and exquisite. The skill is divided into three parts: "Internal Qigong", "Internal Explosion" and "Horizontal Training Kung Fu".
There is a saying that after mastering it, "a knife cuts a white mark, a gun stabs a white dot". Although it is a horizontal kung fu, it is the same as Yi Jin Jing and Pai Da Gong, cultivating both inside and outside, focusing on training the essence, energy and spirit inside, and training the tendons, bones and skin outside.
Moreover, there is a saying about this skill, that is, people who practice this Thirteen Taibao horizontal training skill must maintain the body of a virgin. Once the body of a virgin is broken, this skill will be broken immediately.
In addition, the "Thirteen Guardians" in this achievement are the titles conferred on the thirteen sons, including the adopted sons, of Li Keyong, the governor of the late Tang Dynasty.
Each of these thirteen guardians was extremely strong and brave in battle. The eldest one, Li Cunxiao, was as famous in history as Xiang Yu, the Overlord of Western Chu, and was known as the fierce man who "no general is better than Li, and no king is better than Xiang."
The big names in the forum also have opinions, saying that this Thirteen Guardians Horizontal Training Kung Fu was actually a Kung Fu that Li Cun Yi created with several sworn brothers when he was alive, in the name of Shaolin lay disciples, and it was returned to Shaolin. The predecessors of the famous Golden Bell Cover and Iron Shirt came from this Kung Fu.
In history, the Shaolin Temple was destroyed several times due to wars and chaos, and it was only with the help of the return of lay disciples restored.
Moreover, during the Li Tang period, the Li Dynasty had close exchanges with Buddhism, and the folk story of thirteen monks saving the Tang King was widely circulated.
During the Zhenguan period, the military god Li Jing used three Shaolin monks, Hao Zong, Hao Shen and Hao Meng, as the vanguards to "attack the cavalry with shields and hammers, and follow with Mo Dao. They were defeated and the Turkic people and horses were all turned into meat paste." This is the original words in the preface written by the military god Li Jing for Yi Jin Jing, which is enough to show the deep origin of it.
Chen Jue was not an expert in martial arts archaeology, so he was skeptical about these online comments. The most important thing was to pay attention to the specific practice methods of this kung fu.
Fortunately, with the explosion of information on the Internet, even the Shaolin secret martial arts such as Yi Jin Jing are spread everywhere. After searching for a few times, the Thirteen Taibaos found the method to practice the horizontal training.
After practicing in the living room of the villa for more than ten minutes, a new skill [Thirteen Taibao Horizontal Training Lv0 (1/100)] appeared on the attribute panel.
Moreover, due to the blessing of the [Shaolin Bronze Man] state of the prerequisite skill Shaolin Pai Da Gong, and Chen Jue's perfection of Shaolin Boy's Gong, which implicitly coincided with the intention of maintaining the boy's Gong, with the two prerequisites superimposed on each other, this newly learned horizontal training hard skill made rapid progress in improving its proficiency.
Although the speed of improvement is not as fast as that of Tai Chi and Thirteen Postures, after practicing for half an afternoon, Chen Jue has already mastered this Kung Fu to Lv0 (80/100).
It is estimated that after practicing for another night, he will be able to break through to the entry level. There is no need to spend attribute points to improve it, which saves Chen Jue a lot of effort.
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After wiping the sweat off his body after finishing the exercise, Chen Jue discovered that Political Commissar Yao had left him a message on WeChat.
It turned out that the competition some time ago was so exciting that the soldiers of the XX Regiment were looking forward to Chen Jue coming over to teach them martial arts.
It was just unfortunate that Chen Jue went to the seaside in Dongdao County to meditate in seclusion, so he could only reply with a few words of apology on WeChat, explaining the reason. He then discussed with Political Commissar Yao and postponed the teaching time to half a month later.
