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

Chapter 4 Tracking
"Boss, here's a pound of pork head, a plate of cabbage, and three pounds of rice first!"

After drinking Juli Soup, Chen Cheng followed the flow of people and came to a small restaurant near the boxing gym.

"Okay! Wait a minute, sir."

The waiter who was busy wiping the table immediately nodded and led Chen Cheng to an empty table. He took off the towel on his shoulders and wiped the bench and table, served a pot of tea, and then went to the kitchen to order food.

Chen Cheng sat at the table, reached for the teapot, and poured himself a cup.

He didn't even drink the tea cup, he just held it there, still thinking about what happened in the morning.

"Elder brother said that the best time for a warrior to improve is before the age of 35, because the body gradually weakens and the blood begins to decline."

"That being said, I shouldn't have such a problem."

The reason why the human body becomes weak is because after cells continue to divide, telomeres continue to shrink, causing cells to gradually age and die.

Lobsters are a bit special. Lobsters secrete a type of telomerase that can repair telomeres, allowing cells to divide indefinitely.

Chen Cheng, who has acquired the talent of mantis shrimp, can theoretically remain immortal as long as he is not killed or contracted from any serious disease.

"So, from now on, I will always be at my peak, and there will never be a moment when my energy and blood decline."

"Immortality, I didn't expect that I would achieve it so quickly."

With some emotion in his heart, Chen Cheng drank the tea he was holding in one gulp.

Not long after, a plate of sliced ​​pork head was brought up, and Chen Cheng started to feast on it.

"Hey, have you heard that the Blackwater Gang and the Kuanglong Gang nearby have been fighting recently?"

Chen Cheng was immersed in cooking. At the table not far away, several veteran students also walked in. While waiting for the food to be served, a strong man said mysteriously.

"What's so surprising about that? They're just two small gangs. How many times have they fought over that little bit of territory?"

A strong man waved his hand carelessly.

"Hey, it's different this time"

There was a trace of mystery on the face of the veteran student. After saying this, he shut up and turned to look at the two of them from time to time. Their faces were full of expectation, as if they were asking me questions soon.

But the other two didn't answer, and in the end, the man couldn't help but speak on his own.

"This time the Blackwater Gang and the Kuanglong Gang fought because members of the two gangs discovered a body."

"It's just a corpse. In this world, how many people die every day and the government doesn't care."

"Don't interrupt!"

The veteran student directly covered the mouth of the other student who interrupted, and continued while he was struggling.

"The corpse is indeed nothing, but what is on the corpse is important."

The last student is thoughtful

"You mean, the Blackwater Gang and the Kuanglong Gang found something on the body, so they started fighting?"

"Hey! By the way, I think so too."

"I don't know what's on the body, but I know that if you don't let go, there will be another body here."

Hearing this, the gossiping student looked down and saw that the student whose mouth he was covering was about to roll his eyes and quickly let go.

Chen Cheng listened twice and stopped paying attention, because at this time the rice and cabbage came.

In the evening, Chen Cheng took a shower in the boxing gym, then got dressed and walked towards the house.

It happened to be a coincidence that when walking from Dongcheng to Nancheng, the place where Chen Cheng passed happened to be between the Blackwater Gang and Kuanglong Gang that he heard about in the morning.

Chen Cheng walked down a street and could vaguely see some blood on the ground. All the shops around him were closed, and occasionally gangsters carrying knives ran over with murderous looks on their faces.

Several gangsters saw Chen Chengcheng passing by and were ready to blackmail him. However, when they saw the gravel boxing gym pattern on their clothes, the anger in their eyes disappeared, and they turned around and rushed into another alley.

Chen Cheng didn't panic at all when faced with this situation, that's how the world is.

Although the Gravel Boxing Gym is the lowest level among many martial arts gyms, those who can enter the inner gate are warriors who have practiced Gravel Boxing to the level of cowhide. With the encouragement of Qi and blood, it is really hard to kill a gangster with one punch. Not a lie.

Why did Chen Chengfei join a martial arts gym instead of another gang?

That's naturally because the boxing gym is the largest gang in this area!

Chen Cheng walked through this chaotic place expressionlessly. Not long after walking, Chen Cheng suddenly felt something following behind him.

After walking a few steps, he suddenly stopped, turned around and looked back.

A figure panicked and quickly got into a dark alley nearby, thinking that the dark alley could avoid Chen Cheng's sight.

But he didn't know that Chen Cheng had obtained [superdimensional vision], and he could see clearly no matter how dark the place was.

"A gangster? Why are you following me?" Chen Cheng frowned after seeing clearly, turned around and continued to leave.

Not long after leaving, a gangster wearing shorts walked out of the alley. He breathed a sigh of relief after seeing Chen Cheng leave.

Then he turned around and ran towards a certain place with one foot high and one foot low. He was still lame.

After the gangster left, Chen Cheng walked out from another place and followed quietly.

Following the gangster, turning left and right, Chen Cheng finally watched the gangster enter a courtyard with someone guarding the door.

"Black Water Gang?"

"Why are the gangsters from the Blackwater Gang following me?"

Chen Cheng thought for a moment, and then found a possible reason.

"Could it be that I was recognized before when I was selling sugar in Beicheng?"

"It shouldn't be. I was still very thin at that time. There is a big difference between me and now. I shouldn't be able to still be recognized."

However, Chen Cheng has always been cautious. Now that there is speculation, he must be prepared to deal with it no matter how likely it is.

The gangster following Chen Cheng entered the compound, turned left and right, and finally came to a remote courtyard.

He was about 40 years old, with dark skin, a face full of wrinkles, and his eyes narrowed into slits when he smiled. He looked very oily. He was an old gangster.

The old gangster waited in the front hall for a long time before a burly man walked in from the door.

The old gangster had a flattering smile on his face and immediately knelt down.

"I would like to pay my respects to the hall master."

Glancing at the old gangster lying on the ground, the strong man seemed to think he didn't exist, walked straight to the seat, picked up the tea cup and took a sip.

He is obviously a rough man, but he still looks elegant.

The old gangster who was lying on the ground did not dare to get up and could only maintain this posture.

"Damn it, a broken hall leader has such a big air, no wonder he is ostracized!"

Just when the old gangster was yelling curses in his heart and almost couldn't hold on any longer.

The strong man sitting in the upper seat put down the tea cup and said:
"Get up."

"Thank you hall master."

The old gangster looked up, with a smooth and flattering smile on his face again, and there was no hint of the curse in his heart.

"I heard that you have something to report to me. Tell me. I'm very busy."

Rolling his eyes in his heart, the old gangster smiled flatteringly.
"Hall Master Lin, I have been with the Feiyu Gang in Beicheng for a few years. The Feiyu Gang has been looking for someone three months ago."

The Feiyu Gang is a big gang in Beicheng, with thousands of members, not the Blackwater Gang, a small gang with less than 100 members.

As for Lin Shanhong, although he was a hall leader, he only had three or two big cats and kittens under his command due to being ostracized. When he heard that even the Feiyu Gang was looking for someone, Lin Shanhong suddenly became interested.

"Oh? Who are you looking for?"

"I heard that that person has a particularly profitable formula that can turn ordinary brown sugar into snow sugar that's worth gold."

Brown sugar is not too expensive, and ordinary people can afford it.

But snow sugar is different. Every time when making brown sugar, you can scrape off a thin ring from the top layer, and the price is as good as gold.

This recipe that can turn brown sugar into white sugar represents countless silver coins just thinking about it.

Lin Shanhong's eyes showed greed and he couldn't help but lick his lips. He gripped the handle of the seat tightly and leaned forward to stare at the old gangster.

"You mean you found someone that the Feiyu Gang didn't even find?"

The old gangster straightened up, with a bit of pride on his face
"Although I, Wang Laoliu, don't have much ability, my nose is amazing. Even the hunting dogs in the gang can't compare to me."

"Why are you still like this if you have this ability?"

Wang Laoliu's face froze with pride and he forced a smile.

"When I was young, I wanted to use this nose to go hunting in the mountains. I accidentally got my leg broken by a wild boar in the mountains."

Lin Shanhong frowned and waved his hand impatiently
"I'm not interested in your business, talk about that person!"

Wang Laoliu quickly restrained himself, straightened his waist and bent it back again.
"I was walking on the street today, and suddenly I smelled a familiar smell, and then I followed the smell and found a person."

"Although that man has a strong body and different sizes, the taste is right."

"I saw that he was still wearing clothes from the gravel boxing gym. I guess he got stronger after practicing martial arts."

(End of this chapter)