Chapter 14: A Thousand Jin Of Rice To Break Through Dragon Gate
When his parents got off work and returned home, their expressions were both relieved and worried.
The police officer told them that the high technology martial arts training was a scam. On one hand, they were relieved that the money had been recovered, and on the other hand, they were worried about what to do with the martial arts training.
They had been checked with a method and truly confirmed that there was no master craftsman who could handle everything without three hundred thousand. High technology martial arts training did exist, and its effect and training method were no different, just the approach was different, but the expenditure was not small either.
“Mom, Dad, don’t worry. When the police officer went today, I was there and even ran into an acquaintance.”
Li Ye smiled and said, “Last time with Old Man Zhao’s matter, I got to know someone from the Public Security Bureau named Huang Qingyi. He was there this time too. He said he could teach me a couple of moves. He’s a Six Dragon Gate expert, much more powerful than any master craftsman.”
“Really?” His parents immediately perked up.
Six Dragon Gate, Qi Blood Leap six times, even more powerful than the masters at the martial arts school!
“Really, this is his phone number. If you don’t believe me, I’ll call him right now.” Li Ye took out his mobile phone and prepared to make the call.
Liu Qingxia hurriedly stopped him. “No, no, no. He’s probably eating right now. If we call, he might think we don’t trust him, and if he takes offense later, it won’t be good.”
“Tomorrow we’ll buy some gifts and send them over. We’ll prepare them.” Li Haihua said.
“No, he’s just politely offering to teach a couple of moves. If we send gifts, it changes the nature of it. For now, just let me handle it freely.”
Li Ye said, “The main thing is my own effort. He saw that I really could break through Dragon Gate and that it would be a pity to give up martial arts, so he wants to guide me.”
“Then we should thank him even more. If not for him, you were dead set on switching to the liberal arts track.”
Li Haihua thought for a moment and said, “Here’s an idea: we’ll transfer you some money. When the time is right, you go and deliver the gift.”
“We’ll talk about it later. No rush right now.” Li Ye smiled.
In a certain sense, it really was because of Huang Qingyi.
Without him, this authority would not have been easy to obtain.
Later, he’d send him two boxes of China toothpaste.
After reassuring his parents, Li Ye’s remaining time became much more relaxed. Every day he went out to different places eating food nonstop, then continued training. Until the third day, he got up in the early morning and headed early to the bungalow he rented in the suburbs.
The rice cooker had arrived yesterday. He also bought a large table and several power strips, arranging them neatly.
Just waiting for today’s rice to arrive.
At five in the morning, since it was summer, the sky brightened early too. Li Ye waited at the door and met the rice delivery truck.
Fourteen hundred pounds of rice, one hundred pounds per bag, fourteen bags. No need for others; Li Ye could move them all quickly by himself. No need to stack them neatly, just pile them inside.
After moving them, he rested for a while. Li Ye looked at the bagged rice stacked against the wall, hoisted one bag, tore it open, and poured it into the rice cooker.
It didn’t matter how much he poured; the rice cooker he bought was large to begin with. If it spilled out, no problem; it was enough anyway.
Once each rice cooker was filled, he turned on the tap connected to the hose and poured water in.
No need to wash the rice, no need to worry about water quality, and even whether the rice was fully cooked later didn’t matter.
Half-cooked rice could still be eaten!
The confidence from the authority made him completely unrestrained in eating this way.
Half an hour later, the rice was cooked. Li Ye took out the Five Flavors Chopsticks.
Let’s eat!
Li Ye opened the rice cooker, stuck in the chopsticks, and started eating. The freshly cooked hot rice had no effect on him at all; hot and cold qi were both within the range of the authority.
After just two chews, he swallowed it down, looking like he was drinking the rice.
The only things limiting his eating were the size of his mouth and throat.
In about half an hour, a total of fifty or sixty pounds of rice was completely devoured by Li Ye.
Then he added more rice, added water, and cooked again.
During this time, Li Ye switched back and forth between Guiding Method and Springing Leg, training nonstop, elevating the qi and blood he had eaten even further. When the rice was cooked, he continued eating, cycling repeatedly.
Qi and blood kept rising steadily.
83, 84, 85
91, 92, 93
The bagged rice gradually turned into deflated empty bags, scattered all over the floor, with raw rice scattered everywhere too.
At the center of the scattered raw rice, a teenager could be seen breathing and exhaling, drawing up muscles and bones, springing leg jumping, kicking legs through the air.
The movements were powerful and elegant, but turning around, he was seen hugging the rice cooker and gnawing away, extremely bizarre.
Fortunately, the windows had been sealed with newspaper in advance. Otherwise, if passersby saw it, they might think some wild fox had possessed him or a hungry ghost had taken over, and they’d probably call the police!
Time gradually reached the afternoon.
Bang!
Inside the bungalow, the sound of breaking air rang out. Li Ye executed a kicking leg that whipped through the air three times, from low to high, so fast it left afterimages. Then he quickly stomped the ground and leaped up, delivering a flat kick straight into the air.
Springing Leg!
99.9!
He landed again, breathing deeply, shaking his spine like a tiger stretching its waist, spreading his four limbs wide, strengthening qi and blood.
Guiding Method!
99.92!
He advanced forward, clearly taking a leaping step to let his left leg stick to the ground and twist, then unleashed a fierce side kick. His body turned, changing angle, making the extended leg hook downward, heavily kicking the ground.
Thud!
This strike cracked a seam in the cement floor.
99.95!
Then he closed his eyes, assuming a great roc spreading wings pose, legs stretching forward with all effort, taut straight, body leaning back as much as possible, stretching muscles and bones, strengthening the spleen, thereby drawing qi and blood.
99.97!
Then seamlessly shifting into golden rooster standing alone, arms spread like phoenix wings, fingertips trembling like vibrating feathers, holding breath and focusing mind to maintain balance, elevating the foundation, flourishing qi and blood.
99.99!
Whoosh!
Li Ye leaped into the air with one foot, legs constantly changing and switching in midair, kicking front and back, like using lightness skill to travel. As he fell, he swung dramatically, and near the ground, he quickly spread out, like Vajra landing, heavily stomping down.
Thud!!
100!
It’s here!
“Ah!!”
Li Ye opened his eyes, a gleam of light seeming to flow from them. The sudden condensing feeling inside his body made him roar out involuntarily.
In his mind, he heard a ‘boom’, as if something had burst through his body, a vast ocean surging out, flowing to his four limbs and hundreds of bones.
He felt it
Something different
If ordinary people’s martial arts training elevated qi and blood like moisture in the air, irrigating dry ground, or drawing water from a well.
Then now, Li Ye’s qi and blood inside his body was substantial, instantly condensing into an endless flowing river!
The qi and blood inside his body was no longer the ‘illusory’ kind ordinary people thought, but thoroughly ‘solidified’!
He took a deep breath, eyes fixed ahead. His bow stance advanced, and he unleashed a Springing Leg straight into the air.
Bang!
This kick was like stirring the air itself, rolling up a gust of wind, and faintly, a circle of airflow could even be seen at the foot position!
Li Ye looked at his arm again. With a stir of qi and blood, faint steam actually rose from his arm.
Not just his arm; his whole body had this steam, like a halo, or like being steamed cooked.
In the rising steam, regular fluctuations could be seen. At a certain rising moment, it leaped once.
This was the mark of entering Dragon Gate Realm, and that leaping frequency was precisely the number of times his qi blood leaped.
One Dragon Gate leap!
At three in the afternoon, Li Ye used over a thousand pounds of rice to break through Dragon Gate!
From elementary school, practicing Guiding Method every day without fail. To understand demonic creatures, he spent free time digging into the library and searching information online.
After entering the martial arts school in junior high, winter training in the third nine days, summer training in the third fu days. Legs practiced blue and swollen, bones cracked from kicking. Soaking in that expensive and foul-smelling medicinal bath, like being in chili water, not daring to slack for a day.
Society’s expectations for martial artists, his parents’ hopes for him, his own ideals for martial arts.
“Ha, hahahahahaha!!”
Li Ye paused for a moment, then grinned, his laughter gradually amplifying until it turned into wild laughter.
He had succeeded!
“It will only get better!”
Li Ye spread his hands, then gripped them tightly again. “Everything in martial arts… will be firmly grasped in my hands, just like my authority!”
After being excited for a good while, he thought of something and practiced Guiding Method and Springing Leg a bit more.
“Guiding Method and Springing Leg are useless now.”
These two methods were originally prepared for breaking through Dragon Gate, all to turn the qi blood leap into substance.
Now that it had leaped, they naturally had no effect, losing the power to increase Li Ye’s qi and blood.
He looked at the remaining rice in the rice cooker again, picked up the chopsticks, and ate a bite, raising his eyebrows.
Just a small bite, but in his senses, his qi and blood had finely increased a tiny bit.
Food was still useful, with the same amplification degree.
It’s just that…
“300.”
Li Ye thought, “According to the sensed data on myself, from One Dragon Gate leap to Two Dragon Gate, starting from 0, qi and blood needs to rise to 300.”
No problem, just eat more rice.
