Chapter 74: Lottery Draw, Double Yolks!
Xu Hancheng had a relieved look on his face, but he sneered coldly in his heart.
Which bureau chief isn’t a smooth operator all around?
Sang Liuji was used to being arrogant and domineering, and he knew him too well. Just by looking at him twice, he knew this kid wasn’t being honest, and who knew what fart he was holding back in his heart.
“Alright, I have high hopes for you. Go on, get the job done early so you can report back sooner. Taijun’s orders can’t be delayed.”
“Got it, then Bureau Chief, I’ll be off!” Sang Liuji went out beaming with joy. Cao Weida, oh Cao Weida, wait until I latch onto Ono Taijun’s line, then just wait for me to deal with you!
Cao Weida had become his superior, and he had long been unhappy about it in his heart. Being petty-minded, he was indignant inside, and whenever he got a chance, he would definitely give him a beating!
What he didn’t see was Xu Hancheng revealing a mocking smile behind him.
Time flew by, and a month and a half had passed since the first killing when he obtained Slacking Points.
These days, Cao Weida lived very regularly.
Mornings for roll call, then wandering around after roll call, helping out a ‘friend’ if needed by taking some goods, and occasionally helping Tada Naoyoshi offload some supplies.
It seemed like he had unblocked the Ren and Du meridians. Ever since the first time he helped Tada Naoyoshi offload supplies, it had been unstoppable, and he would secretly contact Cao Weida from time to time to help offload supplies.
The goods each time weren’t much, mostly food like rice, millet, flour, canned goods, and so on, with a small portion being second-hand Hanyang Type 88 rifles, Type 38 rifles, and the like.
Although not much, Cao Weida took it all.
If Zheng Chaoyang wanted it, he prioritized giving it to Zheng Chaoyang; if not, he put it on the black market to sell.
Guns and such things were still in demand by quite a few people, so they sold easily without worry.
At night when it was dark and windy, he would go find a couple of little devils, collaborators, traitors, or the like and kill them.
Those who walk by the river often can’t avoid wet shoes. With so many little devils killed, they naturally got smarter, and besides the overt patrols, there were hidden sentries everywhere.
Once Cao Weida almost got discovered, but luckily he spotted it early, so he simply didn’t go for the previously targeted one and directly killed that hidden sentry, completing the day’s quota.
Of course, there wasn’t always a harvest every day. Sometimes he couldn’t get away, sometimes he couldn’t find an opportunity, wasting quite a few Slacking Points.
But there was no way around it; no matter how tempting Slacking Points were, his own life was more important, right?
【System: Slacking System.】
【Host: Cao Weida.】
【Slacking Points: 505.】
【Slacking Points Function: Lottery Draw（50 Slacking Points can redeem once, ten draws guarantee a minimum.）】
【Current Abilities: Top-tier Criminal Investigation Ability, Top-tier Physique, Dragonfly Touching Water】
【Supplies:】
“System, lottery draw, lottery draw!”
Looking at the Slacking Points enough for another ten draws, Cao Weida excitedly rubbed his hands. Before, it took three months to gather enough for ten draws, but now with extra income, he gathered it in a month and a half—how could he not be happy?
【Thank you for the draw, Penicillin fifty boxes, thank you for the draw, thank you for the draw, Silver Dollars 50, Mother Tree Da Hong Pao 1 jin, thank you for the draw.】
“Yo, Mother Tree Da Hong Pao?!” Cao Weida’s eyes lit up. This tea was hugely famous in modern times; “sold out despite high prices” didn’t even capture the preciousness of Da Hong Pao.
Put it this way: no matter how much money you had, buying real Mother Tree Da Hong Pao was simply impossible!
Only at a certain level could you luckily get a bit each year.
Later from 2006 onward, the national team stopped picking Mother Tree Da Hong Pao for preservation, and the last 20 grams picked in 2007 were collected by the National Museum.
Put it this way: any of this Da Hong Pao in modern times would have maximum prestige.
It was no longer just tea; it was a symbol of status!
Unfortunately, the fame of Mother Tree Da Hong Pao wasn’t high now, mainly concentrated in Wuyi Mountain and surrounding areas, not yet nationally renowned like in later generations.
Even so, this didn’t affect Cao Weida’s regard on it at all!
“Just this one jin of Da Hong Pao could be passed down as an heirloom!”
He carefully placed the Da Hong Pao in the deepest part of the space, and Cao Weida’s face was full of smiles—this haul was huge!
With the Mother Tree Da Hong Pao as the pearl in front, everything else, including the fifty boxes of Penicillin, seemed utterly ordinary.
“Today’s off to a great start; next up is the guaranteed big prize!”
“Mami mami hong~~ Jade Emperor bless, Three Pure Ones bless, Amitabha~~ Give me a martial arts skill! Open it up!”
【Divine Hand: When you want to do something that involves using your hands, your hand speed becomes unbelievably fast.】
A mysterious energy emerged out of nowhere from his limbs and bones, then quickly gathered in his hands. Cao Weida felt a numbing sensation hit him, like touching a vibrator.
This feeling came fast and went fast, disappearing in the blink of an eye.
“？？？？？”
Cao Weida blinked, moved his hands, and suddenly felt that if he had an iron rod in hand right now, he could rub it into an embroidery needle.
His mouth twitched violently. Although it seemed pretty awesome, what use was this thing to him?
Sure, it might feel pretty stimulating if used, but he already had two concubines—he had long passed the stage of rubbing iron, okay!
“Damn, give me a fighting ability or marksmanship ability or something…”
Cao Weida was on the verge of tears. Compared to the previous rewarded skills, what he wanted most was fighting or marksmanship skills, which were exactly what he lacked.
Don’t think that killing so many devils by just grabbing a neck and snapping it with a crack seemed clean and simple,
But actually, such actions were very dangerous. If there were two or more people, or if the opponent spotted him first, he could only run for it.
After all, even with Top-tier Physique, without good skills, he couldn’t fully utilize the body’s advantages.
If he had fighting skills or shooting skills, his survival ability would greatly improve.
Just as he was disappointed, unexpectedly another lottery reward popped up.
【Northern Fist Grandmaster: You have learned all Northern Fist styles and integrated them thoroughly; you could start your own sect!】
“What the situation? How is there another one?” Cao Weida was a bit stunned, and the next second, he felt a flood of martial arts knowledge pouring into his mind, making his head swell and ache.
After a good while, the swelling finally faded, and Cao Weida shook his head to come back to his senses.
When he checked the added memories, he couldn’t help sucking in a cold breath.
“Hiss~~ Wow, this is really the grand prize!” Cao Weida’s eyes gleamed,
China’s martial arts bloomed in a hundred schools, with numerous fist styles, but broadly divided into two: Southern Fist and Northern Fist.
The birth of fist styles is inevitably limited by environment, so Southern Fist and Northern Fist differ a lot due to regional reasons.
The south has many hills and waterways, so ancient warfare favored infantry and short weapons, birthing martial arts closer to daily self-defense and street fighting, with a flexible and compact style.
The north has many plains, so ancient warfare favored cavalry and long weapons, birthing martial arts influenced by open and grand, fierce and direct battlefield culture, emphasizing power and explosiveness, pursuing one-strike kills.
And the martial arts Cao Weida received were precisely the fierce Northern Fist styles, and very comprehensive ones at that.
Including: Shaolin Five Elements Fist, Shaolin Great King Kong Fist, Tai Chi Quan, Xing Yi Quan, Baguazhang, Baji Quan, Pigua Palm, Fanzi Quan, and more.
After integrating these martial arts, Cao Weida felt that all sorts of moves came naturally, completely unbound by form.
“By the way, how did I get two skills at once?” Cao Weida looked at the lottery record,
“1.2.3.4.58.910!”
Seeing the exact ten-draw record, Cao Weida suddenly realized, “So it was a double yolk! No wonder!”
The lottery system’s ten draws guarantee good stuff, but single draws could hit it too, just with low probability.
“Looks like next lottery, I still need to pray to these immortals!” Cao Weida grinned until his eyes narrowed into slits.
Having gotten the skills, he inevitably wanted to try them out, so Cao Weida targeted a pavilion pillar in the courtyard and executed martial arts moves.
A Baji Quan Top of Heart Elbow Strike shot out fiercely without any wind-up,
‘Whoosh’
The elbow joint whipped up a whirlwind, and before touching the pillar, the arm instantly changed moves to a Tai Chi Quan Carry-Block-Pound hammer.
Before the hammer landed, the move changed again to a Xing Yi Quan Half-Step Collapse Fist blasted out.
Clang~~~
“Cough cough~~ Ptoo ptoo ptoo~~”
Cao Weida crawled out disheveled from the collapsed pavilion, covered in disheveled, but the smile on his face couldn’t be stopped!
“Heh heh heh~~ Roar roar roar~~ This old man is invincible under heaven!! Hahaha~~”
Looking at his ‘masterpiece’, Cao Weida put hands on hips and laughed heartily.
That pillar was ten centimeters thick, yet he broke it in half with one punch—what if it hit a person? It would send them flying five meters out!
“What happened, what happened?”
The earlier commotion was no small thing. Hearing it, Xinghong ran out anxiously. Seeing Cao Weida’s disheveled appearance, she yelped in fright and hurried over to pat the dust off him, her face full of concern:
“Master, what happened? Why did the good pavilion suddenly collapse? Are you hurt?”
“No problem, I’m great!” Cao Weida was still riding the high of excitement, grinning uncontrollably.
Every man has a wuxia dream, and getting martial arts ability excited him more than any previous skill!
“Master, the pavilion collapsed and you’re this happy…” Xinghong was amused and helpless, gently wiping Cao Weida’s face with a silk handkerchief, looking puzzled at the collapsed pavilion. “Strange, how did a good pavilion just collapse like that?”
Cao Weida grimaced; he hadn’t expected one punch to collapse the pavilion, and he didn’t know how to explain.
“Cough cough, probably termites ate it,” Cao Weida said somewhat guiltily.
“Termites?” Xinghong looked odd. Never mind it wasn’t even May yet—whether there were termites was questionable. Even if there were, the pavilion was eaten by termites, but enough to make you this happy?!
“So it was termites. Looks like we need to get some powder from the pharmacy and sprinkle it.”
When it’s time to play dumb, play dumb—that’s the smart woman.
Cao Weida felt awkward, and just then, Zheng Chaoyang’s voice came from outside: “Cao Ye, greetings?”
