chsdbacks Chapter 20 Perfecting Strength
Chapter 20 Perfecting Strength
"You mean, the fourth brother did this to your arm?"
Old Song puffed on his pipe, his face grim as he looked at his second son.
Song Da said in a deep voice, "This fourth brother has really gone too far now, actually poisoning even his own brother!"
The room was filled with resentment. Outside, fine snow mixed with a cold wind, and inside, there was only a little firewood and the room was freezing cold.
Only Old Song looked on with suspicion. "You mean the fourth brother became a bodyguard? You're not mistaken, are you? Logically speaking, that's impossible."
The guards of the Cao family were quite different from those of ordinary households.
Old Song had lived a long time and knew a lot.
Although he didn't understand the specific levels of martial arts cultivation, he wondered if his youngest son could achieve that level of skill.
Song Zhao exclaimed loudly, "It's absolutely true! Father, I was also wondering at first how this kid managed to do so well, but after asking other fellow villagers in the Cao family, I can confirm that Fourth Brother has indeed become a bodyguard, earning ten taels of silver a month!"
The room was filled with gasps of surprise.
"My God! Fourth Uncle is so rich now, we have to climb up to him!" Song's eldest daughter-in-law gasped, her eyes almost shining.
"What do women know?"
Old Song glanced at his eldest daughter-in-law, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Sigh, if your mother were still alive, she could definitely persuade the fourth son."
The group fell silent.
When my mother sold my fourth son and daughter, she was the one who suffered the most; she didn't eat for two whole days.
Later, he repeatedly told his sons to go and see their younger brother, but the two sons always just went through the motions. Everyone knew that the servants in wealthy families were very unfortunate, and that if you were associated with someone unfortunate, you would also encounter trouble.
who knows……
"Dad, look... Fourth Brother has a lot of complaints about us now." Song Da hesitated.
Old Song said in a deep voice, "We can't rush things. Fourth Brother has a lot of grievances against us right now, so we absolutely can't go up and cause trouble. Let's wait a while. Humph! No matter what, I gave him his life! Our bodies and hair are given to us by our parents. How can there be a son in the world who doesn't recognize his own father? Heaven can't allow such a heartless and ungrateful person to exist!"
Song Zhao said, "That kid is really wicked now, Father. You don't know, he almost killed me yesterday."
Old Song snorted coldly: "If you hadn't bullied your brother when you were a kid, would you be where you are now? I'm his father, what can he do to me? No matter what, he's just a sixteen-year-old kid, it's normal for him to be a little hot-tempered. Let's talk about it in a few days."
Let's talk about it in a few days.
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The coldest days of the year in Xinyu City are right now.
Standing in the courtyard, Song Shen slowly drew back the hard bow in his hand. He tried to draw the bow in various postures, striving to fully train the strength of every part of his body until every muscle in his body felt unable to move. Only then did Song Shen stop.
Fatal Exhaustion Group!
After putting down the great bow, Song Shen took another blood-nourishing pill and let its effects dissipate.
Only by combining training and maintenance can one make progress; training without maintenance will eventually lead to failure.
But it was only mid-February, and Song Shen had already finished all three of his blood-nourishing pills.
Fortunately, these drugs didn't have too many side effects; otherwise, given the dosage Song Shen was taking, his head would definitely be pointed by now.
Fortunately-
[Hun Yuan Gong (Second Level 99%)]
……
"Indeed, method is more important than effort."
Song Shen couldn't help but sigh.
Indeed, with the support of Yizheng Yongzheng, Song Shen basically faces no bottlenecks.
However, if the right path cannot be found, the growth of experience will inevitably be slow.
"Old Feng is so reliable."
Although Lao Feng doesn't have much time, he comes to help Song Shen improve his skills whenever he has free time. With this three-pronged approach, Song Shen's progress has been rapid.
For the past two weeks or so, Lao Feng has been busy with official duties and has not come here.
But Song Shen no longer needs him.
Now, there's only one point left in the experience bar.
The last bit of medicinal power slowly dissolves, flowing through the blood to every part of the body, transforming into the power of qi and blood.
Song Shen slowly got up and continued his boxing training.
Time seemed to freeze, no longer flowing, as Song Shen made final adjustments, gradually filling in the last bit of progress.
until--
[Hun Yuan Gong Level 3 1%]
……
The second level is complete perfection.
Song Shen's blood and qi flowed back to his heart in strands, transforming into an invisible force. This force could reach every part of his body internally and be transmitted to external objects externally. It could be used as a tool to strengthen muscles and bones, or it could be used to take lives.
"Is this what you call internal force?"
Song Shen flashed forward, unleashing a barrage of fist shadows. In one corner of the courtyard, a stone pillar was covered in fragments, revealing deep fist marks.
The fist, enveloped in powerful energy, transforms into a weapon capable of shattering iron and stone.
Powerful and perfect!
【Wind Chasing Blade Technique (Combined 31%)】
The combination of martial arts training's internal energy and the unity of man and sword in swordsmanship allowed Song Shen to advance his application of internal energy to a new level.
He has only perfected his physical strength, but he is still a beginner in how to use it for attack and combat.
In the past few months, Song Shen's swordsmanship has also improved considerably.
Still on the road.
Song Shen got up and walked out of the courtyard that had confined him, and a vast green lake unfolded before his eyes.
The universe is boundless.
The small Cao family mansion could not ultimately restrain its own pace.
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into the night.
Song Shen strode to the dock of the fishing village. All of his servants had already arrived and were under his command.
After this period of contact, these people have basically submitted to Song Shen's discipline.
This sixteen-year-old third-class guard possessed a maturity and strength completely inconsistent with his young age. Some people were initially unconvinced, but after Song Shenxiao demonstrated his martial prowess, his young age and lack of experience became irrelevant.
Anything that is disobedient can first be suppressed with fists. A combination of kindness and severity must be used, with sufficient pressure first and then kindness.
This is something Song Shen learned as the leader of a small group of martial artists, and now he is quite adept at it.
"Boss, things seem a bit unsettled around Widow's Bay tonight."
Liu Shuisheng said in a low voice.
Several people were conducting their routine patrol on the lake in a boat when Liu Shuisheng spoke up as if he had learned something that evening.
Song Shen frowned and asked, "What is it?"
The servant Zhang Baolu said mysteriously, "It seems that our Cao family and the Huang family are fighting. Those bastards from the Huang family had laid an ambush beforehand, and we suffered a great loss."
The Cao and Huang families have overlapping businesses in many areas. Both are prominent families in Xinyu and have had countless friendly interactions over the years. Although no major war has broken out, there have been countless frictions between them.
Especially on Green Lake, the two families each claimed territory to compete for the strange fish in the water, but since they happened to be next to each other, they fought each other quite a bit.
Song Shen's job was only patrolling, so he didn't care much about this matter and was too lazy to participate in the discussion, letting the others whisper among themselves.
but,
What Zhang Baolu said next made Song Shen's brows furrow involuntarily.
"I heard that some of Master Feng's men were detained. The Huang family said that our people trespassed on their territory first, so they detained our men."
"What did you just say?"
Song Shen, who had not participated in the discussion until now, finally spoke.
Has this guard, who has always cultivated alone and seems uninterested in anything outside of cultivation and work, finally become interested?
Liu Shuisheng vaguely knew that Song Shen and Feng Zhiyuan had a close relationship, so he quickly replied, "It's Master Feng Zhiyuan. It's said that they caught a group of river bandits, but the Huang family said that the bandits stole their fish. How could our Cao family accept such a loss? So the two sides started fighting."
Suddenly, he remembered that when he and his companions encountered river bandits, it was Old Feng who was the first to arrive.
Song Shen said in a deep voice, "Tonight's patrol can be more casual. We won't divide into teams. You can form one team to patrol and give me that boat."
The men asked in surprise, "Boss, what are you going to do?"
Song Shen said, "No need to ask, just go back when it's time."
Once aboard the empty boat, Song Shen rowed off at breakneck speed toward Widow's Bay.
"no……"
As everyone watched Song Shen, who was always conscientious and never neglected his duties, sail away from his post, they were about to call him back, but Song Shen's boat handling skills were now at the master level, and he disappeared into the night in the blink of an eye.