Pushing martial arts horizontally: starting from depriving the mantis shrimp of its talent

Chapter 1

"What we focus on in gravel boxing is to be like a mantis shrimp, punching out like thunder, destroying gold and gravel."

"Every one of them worked hard for me to suck milk. They are as soft as girls. They didn't eat in the morning!"

In the courtyard, a tall man with a horse face, a tall build, and fists covered with calluses was walking among the crowd with his hands behind his back.

A group of young men, naked to the waist, lined up neatly in the yard to practice boxing.

In the last row of the crowd, there was a thin, bare-chested young man with ribs showing his figure, his eyes firm, and he practiced his boxing meticulously.

The young man's name is Chen Cheng, and he just recently joined the Gravel Boxing Gym.

Chen Cheng put all his attention on practicing boxing, paying attention to the way the muscles are used in every move and style to ensure that the movements are in place.

People in the boxing gym only knew that he was an orphan. In order to pay enough for boxing lessons, he worked hard at the dock for a year and carried sandbags for a year.

"Okay, let's take a rest!"

Senior brother Ma De was correcting a few people's small mistakes in boxing practice. When he saw that the time was almost up, he called for a timeout.

As soon as the words fell, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and their tight muscles relaxed. While kneading the sore muscles, they walked to a cool place nearby and sat down to rest.

Chen Cheng came to the eaves, took down the bamboo tube hanging on the wall, unscrewed the lid, took a sip of cold water, and breathed a heavy sigh of relief.

He is a time traveler, but he does not seize the body, but awakens the memory of his previous life.

In this life, he was originally the son of an ordinary farmer in the countryside. However, the times two years ago were bad and there was famine everywhere, so the whole family had to flee.

Both his parents died on the way to escape, and he was almost the same. Because he was so hungry, he finally saw some green plants and ate them wholeheartedly. As a result, he passed out from spitting bubbles after a few minutes.

When he woke up again, he found that he had awakened the memories of his previous life and had new abilities.

“A little bit more”

Chen Cheng sighed in his heart.

There are warriors in this world. In this troubled world, fists are the only truth. Holding a fist means holding power.

So after awakening the memory of his previous life, Chen Cheng finally came to Wangjiang City. After inquiring about the entry fees of several martial arts schools, he learned that only gravel boxing had the lowest entrance fee, and all comers were welcome. , as long as you pay enough entry fees, you can learn boxing.

Other better martial arts schools either have requirements for qualifications or a clean family background.

Refugees of unknown origin like Chen Cheng will not be accepted at all.

After gritting his teeth and carrying sandbags at the dock for a year, Chen Cheng finally saved up enough entry fees to learn boxing, and finally successfully joined the Gravel Boxing Gym.

It's not like he hasn't thought about making easier money by doing other businesses, but easy money is beyond his control. As soon as he has the slightest sign of making money, gang members will come to blackmail you, and they are greedy and want to take you away. Knock on the bones and suck out the marrow.

However, since the gravel boxing gym welcomes all comers, it is naturally impossible for you to take advantage of the prestige of the boxing gym. The entry fee of five taels of silver only covers you to learn boxing for one year. During this period, you are not provided with food or accommodation, and you are only taught boxing. .

Moreover, he is only an outer disciple of the boxing gym now, and his senior brother is usually responsible for teaching him.

Only after officially becoming a warrior can one enter the inner sect and be taught martial arts by the master himself.

In the evening, Chen Cheng, who had been practicing boxing all day, walked towards the south of the city wearing clothes from the Gravel Boxing Gym.

Soon after, the orderly building began to become chaotic and the ground was covered with sewage.

Passing by several alleys, you can see some young gangsters with open chests and ribs, greedily observing the people passing by.

It was only when he saw Chen Cheng's gravel boxing gym clothes that his eyes narrowed a little.

Returning to a dilapidated small courtyard, Chen Cheng took out the key and opened the door, then turned around and inserted the bolt.

Take off your boxing gym uniform, roll up your sleeves, wash rice and cook.

After the rice was cooked, Chen Cheng thought for a while, then took down less than half a catty of bacon hanging from the beam, cut off a few thin slices and spread it on the rice.

When the rice was almost done, another green vegetable was cooked.After finishing the meal happily, Chen Cheng's heart moved. The food he had just eaten in his stomach was quickly digested, and most of the calories poured into some mysterious places in his body.

When all this energy pours in, a feeling of fullness arises.

“Finally full”

Chen Cheng's eyes showed excitement.

He worked as a coolie for a year, and even if he paid most of the wages, the remaining part was enough to make him stronger. However, after a year, he was still wearing ribs.

This is entirely because he uses most of his energy to charge his powers.

After awakening the memory of his past life, Chen Chengcheng discovered that he had also awakened a special ability.

That is, after he touches the body or remains of other living beings, he can reveal the talent possessed by this body, and he can also strip the talent out and turn it into a talent spell.

“The energy is finally full and it’s time to start stripping away the talent.”

Chen Cheng breathed out a breath, with a relaxed smile on his face.

It has been two years since he awakened his memory. These two years of life have kept him in a state of depression and mental stress. After joining the gravel boxing gym, the situation improved, but it only lasted for one year.

After one year, those who have not become martial artists will be kicked out of the martial arts gym.

Of course, if you have money, you can still stay. Anyway, teaching one person is teaching, and teaching a group of people is teaching. It is always good to make more money.

With longing for the future, Chen Cheng fell asleep happily.

Early the next morning, before dawn, Chen Chengcheng got up and walked quickly to the dock in Xicheng.

Wangjiang City is built along the river, with the Huanglong River on the west side. The Huanglong River flows rapidly, and only when it reaches this plain does the terrain relax, and a lake gathers here in Wangjiang City.

Therefore, Wangjiang City is also an important transportation thoroughfare, with a dizzying array of merchant ships coming and going.

The wharf in Xicheng is close to the Huanglong River and Huanglong Lake, so fishing boats returning from overnight fishing will return very early every day and sell their catch on the wharf.

Chen Cheng got up so early to catch the morning fish market.

When he arrived at the Xicheng Fish Market, the sky was already slightly bright, and there were already many fishermen in the fish market, as well as women carrying baskets to buy vegetables.

Chen Cheng squatted down in front of a fish stall, and the fishmonger immediately greeted him warmly.

"This little brother, if you like any fish, I will kill it and take it away for you."

Chen Cheng scanned it but didn't find what he wanted, so he raised his head and asked

"Do you have mantis shrimp here?"

The enthusiasm on the fishmonger's face froze

"What do you want that thing for? It's not valuable, and it's hard to catch. I don't have it here. Why don't you look at something else?"

Hearing this, Chen Cheng stopped staying, got up and walked towards the next stall.

The fishmonger was not surprised and continued to greet the next customer enthusiastically.

Chen Cheng asked more than a dozen fishmongers along the way to the fish market, but none of them had mantis shrimp.

The mantis shrimp is the prototype of the gravel fist. Like the bird-tailed mantis shrimp in its previous life, it has an auxiliary foot on its chest. This auxiliary foot is usually folded up and pops out when it is used. It is powerful enough to create a small vacuum in the river. , a basalt stone the size of a fist can be broken into pieces with one punch.

However, because the outbreak of mantis shrimp is so alarming, it is difficult for ordinary fishing nets to trap them. Even if you are lucky enough to catch them, if you accidentally put them and other fish into the fish hold, they will break the fish hold. All All the efforts were in vain and the ship still had to be repaired.

In addition, mantis shrimps have little meat and are not tasty, so fishermen avoid them.

(End of this chapter)