Volume 1: Spring in Wulong Town Chapter 26: One Star, the Beginning of Martial Arts
The difficulty of snatching a lollipop from a little girl...
If Tang Zheng were to be evaluated based on the game mission rating from his previous life, it would be "God's Wrath and Man's Resentment Level"!
Therefore, not only did Tang Zheng fail to get Yao Mo back, but he also succeeded in making Xiao Lingdang refuse to call him big brother again.
Not only that, for several days in a row, Xiao Lingling didn't even look at him during class.
"I can only buy some snacks to comfort her next time I go to Wulong Town." Tang Zheng sighed helplessly as he packed up his books.
During the few days since returning from Wulong Town, all was peaceful in classes. The boys and girls, who were in their second year of middle school, were quite respectful to him as their teacher, and nothing unpleasant happened.
After a battle with a one-star warrior, his star power cultivation improved by leaps and bounds.
Within three days, his star power had reached two hundred strands, and it was estimated that he would be able to directly rise into a star in the next two days!
In the spring when flowers are blooming, the peaceful and happy life finally made him feel the glory that a time traveler should have.
"Yaoyao, Chek Nao, these brain-dead kids have a way..." Tang Zheng hummed an unknown tune, returned to the courtyard, and put down the "Spring and Autumn History of the Capital Empire" which he had talked about until the seventh chapter today.
Suddenly, his lips closed and the happy smile in his eyes disappeared.
"Oh, who's been here?"
The door from the courtyard to the reception hall had been opened.
The small door in the inner room was also pushed twice.
Although Tang Zheng locked the inner room so it was not pushed open, the traces of prying on the keyhole certainly did not escape his eyes.
After Tang Zheng opened it, he squinted his eyes and looked around.
On the table in the inner room, there was a box of "Star Attracting Style" and the "Mountain-Splitting Axe" martial arts book, under the pillow of the bed was Tian Meng's broken jade soul-sealing pendant, in the drawer of the cabinet there was also the unknown pill, and most importantly, on the windowsill behind the screen, there was the extravagant Flower King.
There was no sign that anyone had been in, and naturally nothing was lost.
"Is there a thief?" Tang Zheng looked at the small silver lock over and over again.
The characters of the children of Tangjiabao are such that if they need something, they will definitely come to him directly to ask for it. It is impossible for them to pick the lock and steal things while he is in class.
So, it could only be a thief from outside!
"What does he want?" Tang Zheng's eyes moved around the empty room.
Jade pendant? Pills? Martial arts book? Or... the extravagant Kaoh?
There are many valuable things in my hands.
Therefore, Tang Zheng couldn't think of which one was being targeted for a while.
"Waiting for you." He raised his eyebrows and smiled. He simply did not go out in the afternoon and continued to practice star power in his own courtyard!
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The skilled steps moved faster and faster, raising the star tide layer by layer.
The familiar waves hit one after another, quickly gathering the power in the body into star power.
The vast star energy in the purple gold belt made it so that he hardly encountered any of the unexpected situations mentioned in "Star Vein Flow".
In one hour, the amount of star power he had generated had reached a number that satisfied him...
"Two hundred and fifty strands. Well, I practiced very fast today!" Tang Zheng wiped the sweat off his forehead.
Although he has been practicing all the time, his eyes and ears have never relaxed their attention to the surroundings.
Unfortunately, for the entire afternoon, his star power was almost reaching the 300 mark, but he didn't hear any sound of anyone trying to approach his courtyard.
However, when the sun was setting, Meng Fenghua's voice was heard outside.
Because he did not go to the martial arts training ground as usual this afternoon, Meng Fenghua decided to come over and see the situation after finishing his afternoon class.
"It's okay, it's okay. I stayed in the yard in the afternoon just to catch the thief." After Tang Zheng knew the purpose of Meng Fenghua's visit, he could only tell him some clues he found when he returned to the yard after finishing class in the morning.
"Thief? How is that possible?"
"There are metal scraps around the keyhole, and there are shallow scratches on the lock body." Tang Zheng took the small lock off and handed it directly to Meng Fenghua , "Look, there is also this, which is used to fix the lock body and facilitate the lock picking."
Meng Fenghua took a deep breath and looked at Tang Zheng with a very inquiring look.
To be honest, she really didn't notice the few anomalies that Tang Zheng pointed out at first glance.
"Then... what valuables do you have that the thief is eyeing?" Meng Fenghua was puzzled. "If he came to Tangjiabao to steal things, his purpose must be big, right?"
Tang Zheng asked her to wait for a moment and went into the inner room to take out the unknown pill and the martial arts book.
"Well, the axe skills book of "Mountain-breaking Axe"..." Meng Fenghua walked into the room and sat down, flipping through it casually, "This is a martial art that a one-star warrior can start practicing. There are many martial arts books in Tangjiabao that are much better than this one. It shouldn't be for this, right?"
"Oh? Then what kind of martial arts book is a good book?" Tang Zheng asked.
"Actually, what I said just now was wrong, and your question was also wrong." Meng Fenghua knocked on the table with the book "Mountain Opening Axe" and said, "If we talk about good and bad, of course the 'secret skills' of clans and families are better than these widely circulated 'universal skills', but...most secret skills can only be practiced after three stars, and they are all developed by clans and families based on their own astrological signs and life palace star-guiding methods, and may not be suitable for everyone."
Everyone in Xingyao Continent is born with a star, and lighting up a star is a major criterion for distinguishing true warriors from ordinary people.
Because, as long as you reach one star, you can start practicing martial arts!
With martial arts, you truly have combat power.
Meng Fenghua only said a few words, and Tang Zheng quickly understood.
To understand it from the perspective of his previous life, some people constantly pursue advanced skills with high cooldown and high damage, while others constantly practice to improve their proficiency in small skills that can be learned at level one. No matter which choice they make, they have their own way of fighting.
As for those top-level skills, sometimes they can only be used once at the cost of running out of mana. Advanced skills are indeed very advanced, but they definitely cannot be used for regular use!
Therefore, the most important thing is to choose the skill combination according to your own attributes and point allocation method.
"The most suitable martial arts is the best martial arts." After Meng Fenghua finished speaking, a smile appeared on his cold face, "Of course, if you choose to use a knife, but insist on practicing the "Mountain-Splitting Axe", it will definitely not be good..."
Tang Zheng also smiled.
He immediately remembered the system prompt he had received in the game before: "The weapon required for this move does not exist."
"Since it's not the 'Mountain-Splitting Axe', it should be this, right?" Meng Fenghua became more cautious when he saw the small box containing the pills.
"This was a gift from the store when I went to buy tattoo ink. I don't know what it is, so I don't dare to eat it casually." Tang Heng said.
As soon as Meng Fenghua opened the box, a scent of medicine hit her nose.
A dark brown pill lay quietly inside...
Meng Fenghua's eyes moved: "No wonder you got robbed! You have the 'Duanxu Pill'!"
Tang Zheng took a closer look and said, "Duanxu Pills?"
"If you forcefully call upon star power, it may cause some damage to the star veins, but the Duanxu Pills can directly generate dozens of new star power in the body to nourish the star veins... Because they are specially supplied by Tianyi Valley to the Western Frontier battlefield, they are not common on the market."
"Directly generate dozens of star powers? If I absorb the medicinal power of the Duanxu Pills..."
"Yes, you will be able to see your horoscope soon!"
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Rub, rub, rub...
Under the dim light, Tang Zheng rolled the pill that could choke a person into small balls.
Although he really wanted to see what species his star sign was, he wanted to ensure his own safety even more.
If he swallowed such a big pill in one gulp, he would definitely fly away again before he could even see the stars...
After finally rubbing the large pills into pieces of rat droppings, Tang Zheng went to find warm water.
Eat, eat, eat, eat, eat…
After finally swallowing it all, Tang Zheng sat there quietly, staring blankly.
It seems like there is no reaction?
"Jubao Pavilion is definitely a shady shop!" Tang Zheng didn't wait any longer and stood up.
call……
As soon as he stood up, he felt the star power in his body shaking violently. Then, the star tide in his body directly formed layers of huge waves, piling up uncontrollably!
The violent impact almost made Tang Zheng scream out.
Stacking higher...still stacking higher...
That was not the star tide from the power in the body, but the star tide directly piled up with star power!
"Fuck!" Tang Zheng's legs went weak and he fell to the ground.
After a while, the star tide seemed to split into two groups...
The wave on the left is a turbulent big wave, stacked up like high mountains, while the wave on the right is the kind of wave that keeps crashing down, like a dark sea with no end in sight.
Tang Zheng got up from the ground, feeling that the star power in his body was slowly getting out of control...
boom!
The star power suddenly scattered and directly shattered all the doors and windows.
The two huge waves went up and down, stirring desperately, and the waves kept hitting each other. Tang Zheng's body was like the surface of the sea where two hurricanes collided!
Tang Zheng suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood , which sprayed three meters away!
