Chapter 12: Must Throw A Heavy Punch!
After leaving the Sanitation Bureau, Li Ye rode his electric scooter, first went to the bank to withdraw the money, then started looking for a restaurant.
Although Ningjiang City is a third-tier small city, it is backed by mountains and rivers, and is quite abundant in ingredients, often obtaining some good ingredients.
For example, the restaurant Li Ye came to is a mid-to-high-end restaurant in Ningjiang City, famous for pork dishes.
He ordered two portions of 68 braised pork, two plates of greens, two bowls of rice, and two portions of 1280 Jade Marrow Profound Fur Pork meals.
The former is ordinary pork, the latter is not ordinary pork, it has merit. It is pork that has become a demonic creature, carefully selected pork.
This ingredient is actually bred domestic pigs, which have a probability of turning into demonic creatures, and it is benign.
The most valuable part is the bone marrow in the bones, while the meat is considered affordable.
Ordinary people eating the meat can enhance immunity, it costs over three hundred per catty on the market, and sometimes rises to four or five hundred.
Li Ye had thought about going to eat buffet, in fact his first reaction after getting the authority was to go eat buffet, to stir up maximum qi and blood with minimal cost.
The problem is that this world does not have that many buffet restaurants.
It is unknown if all martial artists eating makes merchants feel it unprofitable, every kind of store exists, just no affordable buffet restaurants.
The buffets Li Ye knows are all priced too high to afford, so he can only be thrifty.
As soon as the dishes were served, Li Ye first used ordinary chopsticks to eat half, feeling the rise in qi and blood.
One bowl of rice weighing half a catty only raised qi and blood by 0.001, one plate of greens raised the same amount, and nearly half a catty of braised pork rose by 0.005.
Similarly, half a catty of Jade Marrow Profound Fur Pork, although expensive, disappointed Li Ye.
The taste is indeed very good, the unique cooking method made Li Ye eat very satisfyingly, but qi and blood only rose by 0.008.
His lunch that noon was equivalent to nearly three catties of Ironclad Pig meat in one meal, in overall comparison, one catty of Jade Marrow Profound Fur Pork only grew a tiny bit more than one catty of Ironclad Pig meat.
The cost-performance ratio is too poor, even if he buys it himself to cook, it is not as good as him eating a few more bowls of beef noodles.
Except for the taste, it has nothing else, but now is not the time for Li Ye to enjoy.
After using up the ordinary chopsticks, he took out the magic treasure ‘Five Flavors Chopsticks’, and ate with these special chopsticks.
The result satisfied him very much.
First is the taste, food eaten with these chopsticks has richer layers of flavor, ordinarily stir-fried greens taste like delicacies, even plain rice is much more fragrant than before.
He would not get tired of just eating dry rice.
And that most expensive Jade Marrow Profound Fur Pork, eaten with Five Flavors Chopsticks, almost made Li Ye burst his clothes.
In terms of qi and blood, it rose three times more!
“Check, please!”
After finishing this meal worth over two thousand, Li Ye had a plan in mind.
From the morning beef noodles to buns, the school lunch at noon, and now this ‘big meal’, he has found the highest cost-performance method for qi and blood improvement.
Eating dry rice!
“One catty of rice can cook two and a half catties, which can raise 0.005 qi and blood, plus the effect of Five Flavors Chopsticks, it can rise to 0.015, comparable to one catty of Ironclad Pig meat.”
Li Ye calculated in his mind, “At most fourteen hundred catties, and I can break through Dragon Gate!”
Rice market price is five per catty, cheaper if buying more, next just buy some durable rice cookers.
No need for expensive ones, rice cookers at 150 each that can cook two catties of rice, buy twenty.
Half an hour to cook, one hour can cook four catties, twenty can do eighty catties.
Cook and eat at the same time, in just over ten hours, he can handle fourteen hundred catties of rice.
Around seven thousand, one day time, break through Dragon Gate!
With training method, possibly even shorter.
The only requirement is to find a spacious place for him to complete these operations.
As for excretion.
Authority is not such an inconvenient thing.
His body structure is still that of a normal person, with normal functions, authority eating is equivalent to a stomach that only absorbs without excreting, while the real stomach digests and outputs the normal amount.
Carrying the rice plan in his heart, Li Ye rode all the way back home.
Today parents both return late, one is busy and one is night shift, both prepare meals at noon, Li Ye just needs to heat them up when he gets home.
The dishes do not vary much, plus the daily essential ‘Dragon Blood Stewed Ginseng with Deer Tendons’, all eaten by Li Ye.
This soup’s qi and blood is not much different from one catty of Ironclad Pig meat, under the effect of Five Flavors Chopsticks, it also rose three times.
After feeling full, Li Ye started the guiding method, after one hour, continued practicing springing leg to reinforce the eaten qi and blood.
When he finished training, parents also returned, chatted a bit, then Li Ye washed up and went to bed.
He temporarily does not plan to tell about the Five Flavors Chopsticks.
He understands the principle that an innocent man gets into trouble, just the price alone is enough to tense a normal family, saying it now would only create tension.
The next day, went to school as usual, Guo Chumíng’s matter did not cause any waves, as if it did not exist, still classes training as before, then eating rice.
On the third day, as Yan Menglu nagged a few more times to study well, the bell rang, and their summer vacation officially began.
“Brother Ye! See you in senior year!”
At the school gate, Deng Hao said solemnly to Li Ye as if going to his death, then strode away.
Nearby, Jia Dong sighed, said to Li Ye: “Inquired, that master craftsman is from key martial arts university background, very experienced, but very tough.”
Key martial arts means Key Martial Arts University.
Shenzhou’s Martial Arts Universities are like liberal arts universities, divided into three tiers: ordinary, key, top-tier.
High school reaching Four Dragon Gates is qualified to apply for Key Martial Arts University.
Obviously foreseeable, relying on precious ingredients and ‘famous teacher’ training, in two months propping up qi and blood. The hardship is much harsher than martial arts school training.
Spending money to suffer, only preparatory students like them can do it.
“I will go too, Brother Ye.”
Jia Dong pursed his lips, thought and said: “Honestly, the person I admire most is you. You are the clearest-headed in the preparatory class, I often look up to you. Now you have confidence, Deng Hao is going all out, no reason for me not to join, so.”
“We will still be in the same class in senior year?”
Hearing this, Li Ye’s mouth curved up, “Of course, I guarantee.”
“Good! See you in senior year!”
Jia Dong grinned: “I am off to suffer too!”
For young men, base. friendship is also important.
Li Ye smiled, rode his electric scooter and left.
Three days time, the plan is almost ready, just waiting to implement.
Place is easy to find, forty or fifty li east to suburbs village town, many empty bungalows there, no daily rent, but monthly rent available and very cheap.
Whether the place is good does not matter, as long as has water and electricity and spacious enough.
Rice seller also found, large quantity, price at wholesale three per catty.
Rice cookers selected online, waiting to order.
Just waiting for tomorrow to start.
Today parents returned earlier, when Li Ye got home, they were already waiting.
During regular dinner, Li Ye looked at the usual bowl of Dragon Blood Stewed Ginseng with Deer Tendons served, shook his head helplessly.
The night he got the Five Flavors Chopsticks, he had already said he felt he was about to break through, told them not to prepare these things.
But parents did not listen at all, still daily one bowl of soup as usual.
But it does not matter, when he puts the facts in front of them, it is more convincing than anything.
“Little Ye, there is something to tell you.”
Halfway through dinner, Li Haihua put down his chopsticks, said: “We found you a master craftsman.”
Li Ye paused eating, surprised: “Master craftsman? Dad, didn’t I say I have confidence to break through.”
Liu Qingxia sighed slightly, “Little Ye, we know what you think, but giving up at this time we really cannot agree, just try once.”
Li Haihua nodded: “Yes, no matter what, just try for one summer vacation. If really not, we won’t stop you transferring to liberal arts track.”
Martial arts school refunded, transfer to liberal arts track, then tell them he is breaking through?
This little trick, seen through at a glance.
They only took Li Ye’s words as delay tactic.
Li Ye: “…”
“Where does our family get the money?”
He understood what parents were thinking, but was very puzzled.
Family already owes two hundred thousand outside.
Remaining money barely enough for daily living, after all there is him this money-swallowing beast with monthly food cost seven or eight thousand, impossible to have money to hire master craftsman at present stage.
This kind specialized in qi and blood spike improvement, just hiring cost is shockingly expensive, not something ordinary families like his can consider.
“You don’t need to worry about that.”
Li Haihua smiled: “This master craftsman was originally from Yangcheng side, heard he helped many people step into Dragon Gate, as long as conditions sufficient. Your score is ‘excellent’, master craftsman evaluated and decided to teach you, guarantee you enter Dragon Gate!”
“Yes, and it is high technology martial arts training, different from current market training.”
Liu Qingxia picked a piece of meat for Li Ye, “The other side also came to Ningjiang to open market, we happened to see, after investigation decided to sign you up.”
Li Ye helplessly said: “What high technology martial arts training, martial arts has no shortcuts.”
“There are many success examples there, and not entirely relying on technology, also need to train. It is martial arts combined with technology, making training more scientific.” Liu Qingxia retorted.
Li Ye pursed his lips, did not reply, just asked: “How much did it cost?”
“Only three hundred thousand.”
Li Haihua said: “Signed contract, as long as your physical test is ‘excellent’, absolutely can make you break through Dragon Gate, if not, full refund. And no food cost, they cover everything.”
Full coverage three hundred thousand to break Dragon Gate? Full refund if not?
Doing charity?
“I know.”
Li Ye lowered his head to eat vegetables, “I will go tomorrow.”
Persuading parents is completely useless, his parents are the purest ordinary people, if they really understood they would not believe such mysterious things.
High technology martial arts training this thing, he knows, very popular in Western Countries, but no market in Shenzhou.
Shenzhou market high technology martial arts training, every one counts, all are scamming.
Tomorrow directly go demand the money back, then go break through Dragon Gate.
…
First day of summer vacation, six in the morning, Li Ye got up early, called a car straight to his booked suburban location.
The place he rented is basically no different from countryside, people either moved to the city or went out to work, many houses are empty.
The selected house is an abandoned one farther from the town, built by nearby village town people before, now also moved to the city.
Inside the house except a dust-covered table and a bed board, nothing else, rent six hundred a month, Li Ye too lazy to haggle, paid readily, got the key.
With the address, he ordered rice cookers online, contacted the rice seller, after all settled, took a cab to the address of the ‘master craftsman’ given by parents.
This address basically spans across Ningjiang, their home in east district, this address in north district, also suburbs, by the national highway, close to north Dragon Mountain, opposite is suburban farmland.
The place Li Ye arrived at is a three-story large villa, with a front yard outside, decorated quite nicely.
This did not surprise him, this type of industry definitely does full surface work.
The gate is open, Li Ye knocked on the open door, signaling someone came.
“Welcome welcome!”
A smiling middle-aged man in Tang suit quickly came up from the basement stairs.
Seeing the person, Li Ye was slightly stunned.
This man’s steps steady, looks very thin but walks powerfully, arms swinging obviously with strength coiled around body.
Similar feeling to martial arts school masters, school’s martial arts teacher, and homeroom teacher Yan Menglu.
This guy not only trains martial arts, but is a Dragon Gate Realm martial artist.
“You are Li Ye? Among the recruited students this time, you are the first to sign up.”
The middle-aged man chuckled: “I am Tang Shengchun, call me Coach Tang, no need for more small talk, you are here to train, follow me to the basement.”
Saying so, he beckoned, entered the stairs again, Li Ye could only follow in.
The basement area is obviously much larger than upstairs, full of modern training equipment, only on the wall side, he saw a row of transparent cylindrical containers, like medical pods.
“We are high technology combined scientific martial arts, specialized in qi and blood spike improvement to break Dragon Gate, this training method is mainstream in Western Countries.”
Tang Shengchun smiled: “Of course, also needs good foundation, so only recruit preparatory students with school physical test ‘excellent’. Your parents told me, your score good, but still need to test.”
He pointed to the training equipment there, “Three items, strength, punching power, speed, test those first.”
Li Ye frowned upon hearing.
Very standard test machines, but also the most useless.
Because these things are too standard, but qi and blood is never standard.
The three tests all change based on each person’s weight, although can relate to qi and blood strength, but actually no different from their school’s physical test.
Indeed very popular in Western Countries, but in Shenzhou such things completely do not count, especially for those learning training method in martial arts school.
This is one reason why high technology martial arts training does not work in Shenzhou.
“Okay.”
Li Ye wanted to see what tricks this guy is playing.
He clapped hands, first went to the barbells, tested weights of several, selected the most suitable, then hands gripped the barbell, sank qi and squatted, suddenly lifted up.
“300 catty lift.”
Tang Shengchun nodded, “Strength a bit low, next punching power.”
Li Ye put down barbell, went to punching power machine, horse stance, hands at waist, a straight fist struck the test machine, bang sound.
The number jumped to 350.
“700 catty force, average.” Tang Shengchun’s voice sounded.
Li Ye switched to bow stance, suddenly breathed, waist powered, left foot scraped harsh sound on ground, in a twist, right foot like straight sword fiercely poked the punching power machine.
Door nail kick!
Bang!!
Number jumped to one thousand!
“2000 catty force, excellent!”
Tang Shengchun smiled and nodded, “Next speed test.”
Li Ye went to a special treadmill, stepped on and thighs powered, strode rapidly running.
Until ‘9.96’ appeared above, Li Ye’s hands gripped the side rails, jumped down to ground.
“100m 9.96, excellent, and excellent jumping power.”
Tang Shengchun lightly clapped, “Yes, overall quality level 8, Western physical test standard 10 levels, above 7 is excellent, you qualified.”
“Then?” Li Ye asked.
“Our scientific training here is to first exhaust your physical strength, then assist with scientific dietary supplement and instruments. So use the equipment here to train with me, until you are completely exhausted.”
Tang Shengchun stretched out hand, “Or fight me.”
“Fight you?” Li Ye looked over.
“Don’t worry, I am Three Dragon Gates, won’t get hurt.”
Tang Shengchun chuckled, posed boxing stance, took small steps.
This stance also not Shenzhou training method, also Western side.
Li Ye thought, posed stance, “Then I attack first!”
Whoosh!
Words just fell, he closed in one step, legs like wind, first a whip leg.
Tang Shengchun just shifted back, one hand to palm, slapped down Li Ye’s leg, blocked the attack.
“Yes, just like that, continue attacking. Use full power, vent your physical strength freely.”
Li Ye tsked, the slapped down leg poked down, from bottom to top, pointed to his knee, abdomen, chest, but all blocked one by one.
Not difference in technique, purely reaction speed issue.
Li Ye in martial arts, talent poor but studied a lot.
Continuous attacks let him see the glimmer, from techniques shown, inferior to Shenzhou’s.
His earlier quick change from straight kick to side kick actually hit Tang Shengchun’s waist ribs, but quickly bypassed and suppressed by Three Dragon Gates realm.
Opponent also launched offense, straight fist is straight fist, temporary changes also reaction issue, although holding back, but Li Ye saw it.
This fighting style is very direct intensity display, not as refined as theirs.
If Li Ye and Tang Shengchun same realm, he definitely wins.
But Three Dragon Gates is purely reaction suppression.
Fought continuously for two hours, until Li Ye started panting heavily, body involuntarily lowering, Tang Shengchun then stopped.
“Yes, very good. Wait a bit.”
He went up the stairs, disappeared from basement.
Not long after, Tang Shengchun came down again, holding a bowl of pitch-black liquid, handed to Li Ye.
“This is the core of scientific martial arts training, Western newly developed foundation nutrient solution.”
Tang Shengchun said: “You are my first recruited student in Ningjiang City, when you break through Dragon Gate, can help me promote. After all now no matter how good the method, without promotion it won’t work.”
Li Ye looked at the black liquid in hand, frowned, this thing gives him bad feeling.
But he also knows such things exist on market, after all liquid absorbs best, but without exception all expensive, more than ingredients.
Three hundred thousand full coverage?
Why does he feel like he is a test subject.
But if just this, Li Ye does not mind.
His authority can turn any ‘cooked’ food entirely into qi and blood, no matter disease pests, even sprayed with poison, he eats fine.
Even without any seasoning, give a diseased meat block, then coat with poison, still counts as cooked.
Similarly, no matter what, if processed, it is a cooking step, then fine.
He just cannot purely raw eat, others fine, even cut with knife ok, treat as raw sashimi.
Li Ye raised the big bowl, gulped it down.
The liquid entering mouth like paste, with grainy feel, taste like pearl milk tea without flavor.
Just the instant drank down, his action stiffened, the hand holding bowl clearly shook.
“What’s wrong? Taste bad? Nutrient solution is like this, drink in one go.”
Tang Shengchun’s voice sounded by Li Ye’s ear, making his stiff action smooth, quickly finished drinking.
Qi and blood value 81.1!
These days at school eating also used Five Flavors Chopsticks, plus daily training and eating, when coming here qi and blood stable at 81.
This bowl raised 0.1!
This is so far the highest rise he encountered.
He handed the empty bowl to Tang Shengchun, praised: “Indeed, can feel qi and blood surging, this effect is very strong!”
“This is the power of technology.”
Tang Shengchun smiled satisfied: “We rest one hour, until physical strength recovers, continue training. Won’t take one summer vacation, I guarantee you break Dragon Gate. Now go upstairs, there is rest room, use freely.”
Then, he went up stairs, looking at his back, Li Ye’s face instantly turned grim.
Qi and blood did rise, but the thing has problem.
Big problem!
This bowl of black paste, liquid is mixed moldy grains pressed, plus formed filth worm black thread worms pressed together.
Right, the filth worm Li Ye misidentified before, now he tasted it!
And those grainy particles felt in mouth.
Are locust eggs with demonic creature signs!
No wonder qi and blood rose so much, just like Ironclad Pig, he is eating demon, but this time harmful demon!
Insect eggs were refined by authority upon entering stomach but subtle sense made him understand, without authority, eggs would spread to whole body via stomach absorption.
Even without authority, this thing effective, can influence human body to raise qi and blood, but also let eggs nest.
Own qi and blood mutates under eggs influence, probably at the moment of stepping into Dragon Gate, become complete insect egg nest.
“Use human body as egg nest, produce locusts”
Li Ye gritted teeth, “Locust Person Nest, or Dragon Gate Realm Locust Person Nest! What is he doing?”
He is not a scammer, nor the test drug Li Ye thought.
This is even stranger, spreading harm terrorist!
Must strike hard!
Li Ye took out his mobile phone.
