Chapter 94: Believe In Science, And In The Blink Of An Eye He Can Leap Over Walls And Run Along Eaves?
“Did you get that?” Wu Ying looked at the group of armor-clad dogs charging over and hurriedly asked the cameraman.
“Relax.” The cameraman immediately made an OK gesture.
If he failed to capture this, never mind getting rewarded, he definitely could not escape a scolding.
Only then did Wu Ying let out a sigh of relief, then stared in disbelief at the dogs that had rushed close. Wearing armor, they surrounded everyone.
Being surrounded by nearly forty dogs was actually quite frightening.
In another situation, her legs might have gone weak.
And with armor on, the aura of these dogs was even more astonishing.
As the cameraman controlled the lens to sweep across this group of dogs, he subconsciously swallowed, intimidated by their presence.
At this time, You Cai also came alone to stand before Chen Han, barking at him, asking what he had been called for.
Chen Han directly pointed at Wu Ying and instructed the doggy, “People online are saying you are a stray dog and a danger to others’ safety. Now this reporter… you don’t need to know what reporter means, you just need to shake paws with her to prove you are very well-behaved.”
As he spoke, worried the doggy would not understand, he also gestured the motion of reaching a hand toward Wu Ying.
Wu Ying thought this Chen Family Head was joking.
Even if he really had a beast taming technique and could train a dog decently in a day and a night, he could not possibly train it into a spirit, right?
But while she was thinking that, she saw the dog actually raise a paw toward her, and the key point was that it very arrogantly turned its head to the side.
This… was unbelievable.
“It actually understands?” Wu Ying subconsciously reached out and shook its paw, so surprised that she did not even care that there was something sticky on it.
Chen Han explained with a smile, “It does have a bit of cleverness. Arranging for it to lead those dogs to do some patrol work is absolutely no problem.”
As he spoke, he called to You Cai again, “Go patrol!”
“Woof woof!” You Cai barked twice at him in response, then dashed off.
As it ran off, the armor-wearing dogs that had surrounded them neatly followed, leaving in a pack.
They truly came in a hurry and left in a hurry.
The cameraman’s lens followed the armored dogs until they disappeared before turning back again. “This is incredible. If you told me they were soldiers, I would believe it.”
Wu Ying subconsciously nodded, then said emotionally, “I didn’t expect the Chen Clan’s beast taming technique to be this powerful. We’ve really broadened our horizons today.”
After that, she said, “Chen Family Head, this time the dog thieves were captured by two Chen Clan experts and then handed over to the police. Could we interview the two of them?”
Chen Han smiled and introduced, “Of course. Reporter Wu, let me introduce you. These three are our Chen Clan’s Work Hall Elder Chen Lin, and clan experts Chen Dagou and Chen Shuisheng. They are my elders, and we usually train martial arts together.”
The cameraman also turned the camera toward the three.
To be honest, the three of them were not in old-man white vests today, but had changed into old-man red vests.
Plus, with names like Dagou and Shuisheng, if one had not seen them knock down dog thieves with a couple of moves, who would believe they were experts?
This did not match at all with the lofty, detached, otherworldly traits people associated with experts.
Sure enough, those masters in film and television were products of imagination. Real experts, thrown into a crowd, might be impossible to pick out.
Wu Ying started interviewing the three through Chen Lin, “Masters Chen, after watching the dog thieves video, many netizens are curious what kind of martial arts you practice. Could you introduce it?”
Faced with this question, Chen Dagou and Chen Shuisheng exchanged a glance. They were not good at handling this kind of situation, so, tacitly, they pushed Chen Lin forward.
For Chen Lin, this was also his first time facing an interview, so being pushed out like that was quite sudden.
He could only cough awkwardly, then, keeping the medicinal cuisine matter hidden, he spoke honestly, “Actually, what we practice is the Daoist Sect’s 《Taiyi Long Fist》. This fist technique is very widely spread. Wudang, Zhongnan Mountain, Longhu Mountain, Laojun Mountain… all have this set of techniques. There is nothing special about it. There are Daoist priests practicing 《Taiyi Long Fist》 all over.”
“So many people practice this martial art?” Wu Ying was a bit surprised.
She had thought this was some unpassed secret of the Chen Clan.
She then asked, “Master Chen, many netizens are also curious why your moves all targeted the dog thieves’ faces. Was it to better subdue them?”
This Chen Lin knew. The old man had said before, “It is indeed to better subdue the enemy, because there are many weak points and vital spots on the human face. When empty-handed, the mouth, nose, eyes… are the best places to strike.”
“Some Daoist Sect martial arts aim to defeat the enemy in one move. There is a saying, ‘In troubled times, the Daoist priest descends the mountain; in prosperous times, the Budd…’ phooey, my mouth suddenly feels hot…”
Awkward.
He had picked that phrase up from a Douyin video in the last two days, and he definitely could not say it outright during an interview.
After taking a deep breath, he continued, “When Daoist priests descended in troubled times, it was to punish evil and uphold justice, to kill if necessary. So it is no surprise that some techniques they refined target vital points.”
Wu Ying nodded. “I see.”
That reminded her of what people online often said, that national martial arts are killing techniques whose power is limited by modern society, so they have become a kind of performance art.
Previously, she thought this came from people’s chivalrous complexes, and from the rise of various boxing and kickboxing events making martial arts’ situation difficult, so many would say such things in response.
Now she felt it was somewhat reasonable.
After all, the example was right in front of her.
And in terms of strength, these three masters of the Chen Clan seemed stronger than professional fighters.
There was a very famous professional competitor, Li Mouliang, who once said that in a fight with ordinary people, one by one, he could keep going until he was exhausted, and could handle more than a dozen. If they all rushed at once, he felt he could handle three; more than three, do not look for him.
Then someone asked, what if it is one opponent with a knife? He simply said, “Then you go.”
But those dog thieves were tougher than ordinary people, and the leader even held a dagger, yet the Chen Clan masters had stepped up and floored them in a couple of moves.
Wu Ying did not get tangled in that point and continued the interview. “Masters, could we ask you to perform 《Taiyi Long Fist》 once for everyone?”
“That is of course no problem.” Chen Lin nodded.
To be honest, it was his first time being interviewed by a reporter; he also wanted to show off a bit.
Calling over Chen Shuisheng and Chen Dagou, the three old men in red vests stood together. When the camera pointed at them, they took the starting stance of 《Taiyi Long Fist》.
Seeing this, Wu Ying felt sure the three masters were about to perform a neat and uniform routine.
But as soon as they began, she stared, dumbfounded, as they were completely unsynchronized, and after two moves, each was doing his own chaotic thing.
Chen Han covered his face at the sight.
After all, this was not a performance or a movie shoot. There was no way several people could all swing into the same move in perfect unison.
His uncle, Uncle Dagou, and Uncle Shuisheng had never specially drilled for that.
He could only say awkwardly, “The three uncles have different levels of strength. It’s obvious Uncle Dagou’s punches are faster.”
He blurted that out casually, but Wu Ying’s eyes lit up in understanding. “I see. The three are all practicing the same set of techniques, so naturally some are strong and some are weaker. The strong ones punch with greater force and speed, and the weaker ones simply cannot keep up.”
“My understanding of things has suddenly been overturned. Then those people online who promote martial arts, with elderly, middle-aged people, and children all moving perfectly in sync, are a bit strange. The elderly should definitely be the slowest, and the middle-aged men should be the fastest.”
“Uh…” Chen Han was stunned.
What kind of thought process was this from Reporter Wu?
He had just been spouting nonsense out of embarrassment, and she managed to fill in the rest with her imagination?
When Chen Lin and the other two finished performing 《Taiyi Long Fist》, they felt rather awkward.
They had wanted to perform more neatly, like in the movies, which would look imposing, but they had no preparation and no experience. After two moves, everything was a mess.
However, Chen Lin had heard what his nephew said and quickly coughed and said, “Dagou, you really are more formidable.”
Save face first.
Seeing this, Wu Ying was even more convinced that her analysis was correct. She then asked with curiosity, “Chen Family Head, our country has a deep affection for martial arts, and Masters Chen have already proven how powerful martial arts are. I wonder, do we have martial arts like those in wuxia novels?”
Chen Han really wanted to say, “They exist in games. There is even the cultivation 《Nine Heavens Profound Scripture Basic Qi Cultivation Method》.”
But he definitely could not say that, and in reality, such martial arts did not exist.
So he could only answer according to reality, “Reporter Wu, you must believe in science. Novels are just novels, and martial arts cannot be mastered overnight. Even my uncle started at age seven.”
This was also true. The Chen Clan main family would have children start with basic martial arts at seven; his uncle had just later picked up the hoe, screwdriver, wood saw, and so on.
Wu Ying nodded. She understood that because martial arts required long-term cultivation and the time cost was enormous, people nowadays, under heavy pressure, needing to work and run around dealing with all kinds of matters, simply had no energy left to train martial arts.
When effort and reward did not match, martial arts could only live on as an emotional attachment.
Thinking of this, she looked to Xiao Yu. Since Xiao Yu was an internet celebrity, they needed to get some footage of her too. “Xiao Yu, we know you practice martial arts and have shot many martial arts videos, and you are also the Chen Family Head’s junior sister. I wonder if you have any martial arts more powerful than 《Taiyi Long Fist》?”
“Me? No!” Xiao Yu quickly shook her head.
What she had learned was similar to what her uncle and the others practiced, just with more emphasis on sword techniques.
But she immediately added with pride, “But my senior brother does. He can also use lightness skill and leap over walls and run along eaves.”
“What lightness skill? Leap over walls and run along eaves?” Wu Ying instantly turned to look at Chen Han in shock.
Had he not just said to believe in science? How did leaping over walls and running along eaves enter the conversation?
Thinking that, she nevertheless looked at Chen Han with great expectation. “Chen Family Head, could you demonstrate it?”
Even the cameraman, full of surprise, pointed the camera at the Chen Family Head.
There were many lightness skill videos online.
For example, putting a basin of water there and stepping on the water to pass over.
A row of people lying down, and someone quickly running across their backs.
Or placing a floating wood bridge on water and running fast across it.
All sorts of so-called lightness skills that people could not even bear to watch.
Back when everyone was in their teens, they felt they could do better. Especially those from the countryside felt these performers were idiots.
The key thing was that there were a lot of these idiotic lightness skill videos online, endlessly emerging.
And the lightness skill of leaping over walls and running along eaves had been made to seem very rare.
Since his junior sister had boasted like that, Chen Han could only nod.
He would just demonstrate.
He glanced at a nearby building, took a few steps to the wall, pushed off with one foot, his body rising, then kicked off the wall again, and with the lightness +2 attribute of his Daoist robe, he directly reached the second-floor ledge.
Then, with another push off that ledge, he leaped up onto the roof.
Seeing this, Wu Ying and the cameraman both revealed looks of disbelief in unison.
This ancient building of the Chen Clan was two stories high; the hall was relatively tall, with an old-style attic on the second floor, and the roof was at least more than five meters high.
At that height, the Chen Family Head had only taken three steps of leverage to reach the roof.
Although the way he borrowed force was somewhat like parkour, it was definitely far beyond parkour. Even a top parkour athlete would not be able to pull off these moves, right? This absolutely counted as leaping over walls and running along eaves.
Chen Lin, Chen Dagou, and Chen Shuisheng all widened their eyes slightly.
Their Chen Clan actually had lightness skill?
Wu Ying could not wait to ask Xiao Yu, “Xiao Yu, can you tell us about this lightness skill? For example, how is it cultivated?”
“I basically know.” Xiao Yu nodded, immediately trying to recall Sister Xiaomi’s explanations so she could repeat them. Unfortunately, she found she could not remember them clearly at all.
That was… awkward.
Then she took a step back and tried to recall what her senior brother had said.
But what he had said was just that parkour was too low-level.
She simply said, “Actually, the lightness skill my senior brother practices is the same as that of that Chen Daoist Priest from Wudang. It is from the Daoist Sect inheritance.”
“That one?” Wu Ying paused, naturally thinking of the Wudang Daoist priest who spoke about believing in science and then did a triple jump from a height of about twenty meters.
Thinking about it, this Chen Family Head had just spoken about believing in science too, and then turned around and leaped up to a roof more than five meters high.
So they cultivated the same lightness skill.
Wait, do all you people of Daoist Sect inheritance like to say you believe in science and then immediately do something unscientific?
At this moment, Chen Han jumped directly down from the roof. With lightness +2, his descent was very graceful and carefree, and with the unloading force +2 attribute, he landed solidly.
Even the hang time in the air left Wu Ying and the others stunned again.
This was definitely more impressive than that Wudang Daoist Priest Chen. At least that Daoist priest did not have such hang time, nor landed so smoothly; sometimes he even looked a bit awkward.
It seemed that even with the same lightness skill, some were stronger and some weaker.
So this was how the strength gap among martial arts masters in the martial world came about?
By this point, Wu Ying and her team had basically gathered everything they wanted.
As dusk gradually fell, Xiao Yu had also prepared dinner for the New City News team.
During the meal, she specially brewed a pot of Premium Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea, and with a beaming smile, brought it to Wu Ying’s side. “Reporter Wu, please try our Chen Clan Inheritance Premium Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea. This is our Chen Clan’s specialty and cannot be bought outside.”
Naturally, she hoped Reporter Wu would film this Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea the next day and help promote it.
With Provincial Xin City News promotion, many people would definitely see it, and the wealthy would be more inclined to believe in its authenticity.
Seeing this, Chen Han smiled and gave his junior sister a thumbs up, understanding her intention.
Wu Ying was attracted by the pot of Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea. After Xiao Yu poured her a cup, she immediately picked it up and drank.
Before coming, she had read the Chen Clan information, which naturally included information about Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea. This Premium Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea had started at fifty thousand per jin, and later had risen to one hundred thousand per jin.
The effects were described as miraculous, but since the Chen Family Head’s videos were all abstract in style, she had thought this Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea was also some abstract gimmick and had not paid much attention.
After the interview, she now knew this Chen Family Head was not merely playing at being abstract; he and the Chen Clan had real substance. So could this Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea also be the real thing?
If it truly had those effects, once its reputation spread, one might not even be able to buy it for one hundred thousand per jin. Under normal circumstances, when demand exceeded supply, the market price would rise, and it would go to those willing to pay more.
After a few sips of Premium Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea, in no time, Wu Ying’s eyes lit up. She hurriedly took out her mobile phone, dialed a number, and said into it, “Honey, transfer two hundred thousand. You know how you never know what to give President Hu? He likes tea, right? I’ve found some good tea here that will definitely help you… trust me…”
A moment later, Wu Ying quickly looked at Xiao Yu. “Chen Family Head, can I be your agent for the Chen Clan’s Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea?”
Chen Han was surprised. He had only intended to have her film and promote it a bit more, but after drinking it, she instantly wanted to act as an agent.
It seemed she had also seen the potential of Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea.
He did not refuse. After all, he could not leave all the Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea agency matters to Chu Hao, that demonic cult rogue. He understood well enough not to put all eggs in one basket.
However, he left the specific matters to his junior sister, letting her negotiate.
Though she usually looked easy to fool, she was quite sharp in these areas and had never made mistakes handling such matters.
After dinner, Chen Han returned to his own courtyard. Just as he lay down on the recliner, his mobile phone ringtone sounded. It was actually a call from Chu Hao, that demonic cult rogue.
What a coincidence.
He answered, and Chu Hao’s voice came through. “Chen Family Head, the Thunder Bamboo Spirit Tea is basically all sold out. I will come to the Chen Clan tomorrow to settle accounts with you and restock. Also, I want to order a portion of medicinal cuisine. Is that okay?”
“I’m sorry, there are no materials left for the medicinal cuisine.” Chen Han refused directly. By tomorrow there would only be one portion of Dog Demon Meat left. After that, he would not even have any for himself.
Woof woof!
You Cai’s barking sounded as it ran in wearing armor. The other doggies had probably gone back to their respective new homes. Although they had only just been assigned to Chen Clan members, with the Dog Demon King around, they still knew where their new home was.
Woof woof!
You Cai reached Chen Han, barking twice again, coming back to greet its master.
But at this moment, Chen Han stared at You Cai’s back in astonishment at a cluster of floating white light. You Cai did not seem to know there was something attached to its back.
That meant the system had produced something. The key point was, he had not received any task prompt beforehand, so how had something dropped?
Was it because of something the doggy had done?
When he saw clearly what was inside the white light, his face was already full of surprise, and the game prompt that followed immediately made his joy even greater.
