Martial Arts Song

Chapter 104: Overload

I have to say that Tan Jintai's analysis is very reasonable.

At least after hearing this, Chen Qing felt it was reasonable.

Moreover, the other party did not deny the possibility of the "Security Bureau" leading the two tigers to fight. They said it very frankly, and then analyzed the possibility with various facts. It was reasonable and well-founded, and did not draw a conclusion. Instead, it was handed over to It’s up to Chen Qing to make his own judgment.

After hearing this, Chen Qing agreed with this analysis in his heart, so he said nothing more.

In addition, from Tan Jintai's words, he was able to verify his previous guess.

Tang Hongquan...

That "Master Quan" is indeed a person who has practiced kung fu to the same level as Huang Xunhu!
"It seems you already have the answer in your mind."

Seeing that Chen Qing listened to his analysis and said nothing more, Tan Jintai smiled and said: "Okay, let's stop here today. If you find anything, you can come here to find me as soon as possible. The people here will notify you as soon as possible. mine."

With that said, he slowly stood up.

The first contact was actually just to familiarize Chen Qing with the process, and there was no expectation that Chen Qing would actually bring any news.

Hearing this, Chen Qing nodded and stood up.

Afterwards, the two left the teahouse one after another, ending this first meeting.

After leaving the teahouse, Chen Qing went to Huxingmen again to see if Huang Xunhu and He Xihong were back.

After seeing that the two of them still hadn't returned, he didn't stay any longer because Yang Ming and Ren Yan had to supervise the students' practice and had no time to chat with him.

After Fang Yu accepted his money, he stopped hanging out in Huxingmen and started working hard to start the publication.

After Chen Qing left the tiger-shaped gate, he returned to his home in Nanba.

Unfortunately, at this time, both Chen Zhengzhong and Yang Ying were away from home due to work, and Chen Yang was studying at the Agricultural University in Jiuhua.

For a moment, he couldn't find anything to do.

"I didn't expect that a rare day off would be so boring."

After shaking his head and chuckling, Chen Qing finally lay down on his bed and read "Collected Works of Cloud Songs" while resting.

Time passed by unconsciously and came to sunset.

When the sun set in the west and the golden sunset illuminated the city of Qianyang, Chen Qing put down the "Collected Works of Cloud Songs" in his hand, put it away and put it back under the bed, then left home and returned to the patrol room dormitory in Hexi.

……

In the following days, he returned to his previous routine.

After knowing the truth about Hexi, it only solved the doubts in his heart, but it did not change his mind in any way.

He still patrolled during the day, sneaked out of his dormitory at night, and practiced the "Golden Toad Swallowing" technique below the walled city.

As the days passed, the effectiveness and difficulty of his practice gradually became apparent.

While the [Essence] value increases at a rate of about 0.038 every day, the difficulty of the internal and external stimulation he needs also gradually increases.

From the beginning, he only needed to take two breaths and dive more than one meter deep on the edge of the Caoxi River below the walled city, to three, four, five... While continuously increasing the "air intake", he needed to sneak in The underwater depth also gradually deepened to more than three meters.

When the practice time came to the eighth day and the [Essence] value successfully exceeded the 4 mark, others also came to the pool directly below the walled city.

Because only in this area of ​​water can the depth exceed three meters, allowing him to continue diving and practicing.

In addition to these changes in the progress and difficulty of the exercises, Chen Qing has also undergone corresponding changes in his body.

First of all, his breath-holding time increased from more than 20 minutes to nearly 30 minutes!
Secondly, as he practiced the "Golden Toad Breathing" limit-breaking method and continuously increased the "air swallowing volume", he could clearly feel that his lung function was becoming more and more powerful!
In addition, when breathing in and out, the air flows from the mouth to the lungs, and then from the lungs to the mouth. As the "gas volume" increases one breath at a time, the section of the trachea that is transported when breathing in and out also becomes tougher.

The most obvious change is that when his "air swallowing capacity" increases to five puffs, the skin and flesh of his mouth and neck will expand and contract outward with each puff, just like the changes in the gills of a frog every time he breathes. Same.

Finally, after this change occurred, Chen Qing also discovered that he could do what Yan Hao did, after inhaling suddenly, and then squeezing through the toughness of the trachea to spit out arrow-like breath. Hit someone.

However, the power of the air arrows spewed is not very powerful, and it is necessary to continuously practice the "Golden Toad Swallowing" limit-breaking method to enhance the strength of the lung function and the toughness of the trachea, thereby increasing the squeezing force of the air arrows and enhancing the impact of the air arrows. The power of people.

But no matter what, Chen Qing has indeed learned the "wonderful skill" of breaking the limits of the lungs.

And these are just changes in practice.

In addition to the changes in his practice, Chen Qing's newspaper business has also made progress step by step.

Taking the 20,000 yuan he gave him, Fang Yu first went to Wuqing District, found a paper factory and ordered a batch of paper, and then contacted the printing factory and negotiated cooperation.

He gave each of these two factories 5,000 yuan as a deposit.

Originally, this amount of money was not enough for the deposit, but Fang Yu revealed his identity as the son of "Fang Shi'an", the editor-in-chief of Qianyang Daily, and the deal was settled easily.

Later, he used the remaining 10,000 yuan to rent a floor as an office near Dashizi Street in Yunyang District. He came to Hexi to find Chen Qing and took Chen Qing to register a business license.

After finishing this, Fang Yu asked Chen Qing for money and asked Chen Qing to prepare a manuscript:
"The paper mill, printing factory, and office building have been rented. I just asked you to apply for the business license. Now it's time to recruit people. You can give me another 20,000 yuan to decorate the office building. It’s enough to pay for the expenses and early labor publicity costs as well as the preliminary funds for the first issue of the newspaper. By the way, how are you preparing your manuscript?”

After Chen Qing learned of the progress, he was not stingy and went directly to the Central Bank of China to withdraw 30,000 yuan and give it to Fang Yu.

Then, he asked: "I have already started preparing the manuscript. When will you need it?"

"The office building is being renovated, we are recruiting people, and we have to go to the Chamber of Commerce to talk to the dealers... It will take about a month?"

Fang Yu replied uncertainly.

"Okay, I will definitely hand over the manuscript to you within a month."

Chen Qing assured with a smile.

But in fact, he was not prepared for anything.

After he separated from Fang Yu that day, he came to Jiuhua and met Chen Yang.

"What are you looking for Liu Dong for?"

After finding Chen Yang, Chen Qing went straight to the point and asked him to help find Liu Dong, who had organized the college students in Jiuhua to make money during the summer recruitment exam.

At that time, Chen Qing was very impressed by this person's organizational skills. After Fang Yu urged the manuscript, he immediately thought of this person.

Of course, the main reason is that being a gunman requires a certain level of education. However, in this era, people with a certain level of education often have the arrogance of scholars. Even if they are willing to write articles to earn royalties, most of them People don’t even bother being gunmen.

Chen Qing's energy is limited and he doesn't have much time to go among the crowds and look for those willing to be gunmen one by one.

That's why he remembered Liu Dong's talent.

Moreover, the group organized by the other party are all college students who need to work to earn living expenses, so they are very suitable for being a gunman.

The key is it's cheap.

"Of course there are good things to look out for."

After hearing Chen Yang's inquiry, Chen Qing replied with a smile.

He didn't directly tell Chen Yang about finding the gun. The other party knew the original person very well. If he knew about it and learned that those story outlines came from him, it would definitely be strange and would only cause more trouble.

After hearing what Chen Qing said, Chen Yang was still confused, but in the end he helped Chen Qing contact Liu Dong out of trust without asking any more questions.

When the two met, Chen Qing came to the side with Liu Dong and asked him to help find the gunman alone, and offered a price that was not low for college students who were looking for opportunities to earn living expenses.

Liu Dong was also a smart man and did not ask Chen Qing about the purpose of finding a gunman. After hearing the price, he discussed the specific conditions with Chen Qing.

Because he was still in college, the other party had never seen much of the world, so in Chen Qing's opinion, the conditions he negotiated seemed a bit petty. Chen Qing agreed to some of the terms proposed by the other party angrily. Conditions on price.

Finally, the two parties reached an agreement. Liu Dong went back and forth between Jiuhua and Hexi regularly, summarized the story outline given by Chen Qing, brought it back to Jiuhua and gave it to the college students here who needed to work to earn living expenses to write the manuscript, and then brought it to Hexi. Here, review it with Chen Qing.

Chen Qing has the right to reject the manuscript and request revisions, and Liu Dongfang has the obligation to keep the gunman confidential.

Just like that, the manuscript matter was settled.

Just wait for Fang Yu to complete the decoration step by step, recruit people, and negotiate distribution points, and he can get the first issue of manuscripts together and officially start printing.

Everything is going in the right direction.

And in this process, time also came from the end of October to the end of November...

……

The dry sun at the end of November finally has a hint of autumn and winter chill.

Moreover, one characteristic of autumn and winter in Qianyang is that it rains every three to five days. The rain is not heavy, but it will blow up gusts of wind that are very annoying.

Therefore, in Qianyang at the end of November, people's clothes were thickened one after another. The decent people in Yunyang wore woolen wind coats, while the poor laborers in Nanba wrapped themselves in bloated clothes. Most of them wore Patched cotton jackets and cotton trousers.

At noon, in the corner of a cafe on Grand Cross Street.

Chen Qing was wearing a thickened assistant patrol uniform inside, a black woolen windbreaker outside, and a khaki scarf around his neck. He was sitting on a log chair, holding a saucer holding a cup of coffee in both hands. Taste it carefully. Opposite him, Fang Yu, dressed in a suit, was looking intently at the manuscripts in his hands.

After a while, after he read all the manuscripts, a smile appeared on his face, and there was a hint of excitement in his eyebrows. He praised unabashedly: "Not bad! Very good! As the content of our first issue of the newspaper, these manuscripts are completely fine! Once they are typeset and printed, they will definitely sell well!"

After finishing speaking, he looked at Chen Qing in surprise and said, "I'm curious, where did you get these manuscripts? With such a talent, if you submit your manuscript directly, there will definitely be a lot of publishers rushing to get it! Where did you find it? These talents?!”

Hearing Fang Yu's words, Chen Qing smiled slightly, but did not explain.

As the first issue of a start-up newspaper, he certainly spared no effort to come up with as much good stuff as possible.

In addition to "The Condor", there are several other novels that are suitable for this era and highly entertaining. In addition, he was worried that the audience would not be wide enough, so he also added female-oriented novels such as "Love in a Fallen City". The target group was naturally the wives of wealthy people in Jinguan District.

In addition, he also wrote many strange short stories and humorous jokes similar to those in the previous "Story Club", adding an alternative entertainment aspect.

In addition to these, he also asked the college gunmen to make up many weird short stories and gossips. However, there were no famous people in Qianyang. They were all made up under various pseudonyms, such as Xiao Wang, Lao Zhang, Lao Li, Wang Mazi, etc. Gossip focuses on entertaining one to death.

When Fang Yu first read these gossip stories, he was amazed.

And now the two of them are in the coffee shop, finalizing the content to be published.

That's right.

Chen Qing's first publication business is about to start printing the first issue.

Today is November 23rd, and all aspects of the launch of the publication have been basically settled, leaving only the final step to finalize and print!

"Okay, if you don't want to say it, just say it."

Seeing that Chen Qing just smiled and didn't speak, Fang Yu didn't ask any more questions.

I saw him stacking all the manuscript papers together, smashing them vertically twice on the wooden coffee table in front of him, and after aligning them neatly, he stood up and said: "The next thing is typesetting and printing. When it's done, I’ll ask someone to notify you.”

"Well, please."

Chen Qing finally spoke and thanked with a smile.

Fang Yu waved his hand nonchalantly and left the coffee shop.

After Fang Yu left, Chen Qing drank the coffee in his hand and walked out of the coffee shop.

"Hu~~"

When Chen Qing walked out of the coffee shop, there was a howling cold wind immediately.

However, his [Essence] value has now exceeded the 4 mark, and is not far from the 5 mark, so he is not afraid of the cold wind.

Of course, in order not to appear abnormal, he still pretended to be chilled by the cold wind. After tightening his windbreaker, he stretched out his hand to stop a rickshaw.

"Go to the patrol house in Hexi."

After the rickshaw stopped, Chen Qing got on it and said to the rickshaw driver.

Today is not a day off. He came over to talk to Fang Yu during lunch time. Now that the talk is over, he naturally has to go back.

About half an hour later.

Chen Qing hurried back to Hexi in a rickshaw and came to "Xinan Road" where he and Mu Dachao were responsible for patrolling.

"I'm home."

Mu Dachao said with a smile when he saw Chen Qing coming back.

At the same time, there was an undisguised sigh of relief on his face.

Chen Qing did not tell Mu Dachao the truth about Hexi, but Mu Dachao's father, Mu Zhiyou, was an old patrolman in Yunyang.

Therefore, a month ago, when Mu Dachao felt useless because of Lu Jinchang's incident and asked for leave to go home with Chen Qing, Mu Zhiyou told Mu Dachao the truth about Hexi.

Of course, according to Chen Qing's insinuations from Mu Dachao, Mu Zhiyou did not know that Hexi's "Master Quan" had practiced kung fu to an inhuman level.

In fact, many veteran patrol officers don’t know.

Even many people don’t know that Kung Fu can be practiced to an inhuman level!

Even Chen Qing knew that there was such a realm, but he had never seen it with his own eyes.

Therefore, Chen Qing actually doesn't know what Kung Fu in the inhuman realm is like.

Mu Zhi had these old patrolmen, but all he knew was that this side of the river was assigned to the former "Ning Dynasty" period, and that the Qianyang side was powerful and had no control over the Qianyang patrol house.

But even so, just by telling Mu Dachao this point, Mu Dachao did not dare to make the same mistake again, and started to continue patrolling with his tail between his legs.

When Chen Qing told Mu Dachao today that he would come to Yunyang to discuss something at noon and might not return for patrol until later, Mu Dachao was very resistant and even wanted to follow him.

After Chen Qing repeatedly promised that he would rush back before patrolling in the afternoon, Mu Dachao did not follow.

But now, after seeing Chen Qing come back as promised, Mu Da supernaturally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Well, let's patrol."

Hearing Mu Dachao's words, Chen Qing just smiled and nodded.

Then, the two began patrolling this afternoon.

……

Late at night, below the Hexi Walled City.

Under the dark river, a figure walked down the stairs built next to the river embankment.

Although due to the weather in November, there is no moonlight in the sky, and the light from the walled city cannot shine here, so the surrounding things can only be seen vaguely.

But this figure is extremely skillful, as if he already knows this place well.

He placed the two tin lunch boxes he was holding on one of the steps at the end of the stairs, then began to take off his clothes and set them aside, and took out the prepared swimming goggles and put them on his eyes.

The howling cold wind blew across the river, blowing on the naked body of this figure, but this figure did not feel cold at all.

This figure is none other than Chen Qing who comes to practice every night!
After taking off his clothes and putting on his swimming goggles, Chen Qing squatted down to scoop up water with his hands, patting it on the back of his neck and chest to let his body adapt to the river water first, while looking at the [Essence] value under his left eye.

【Fine: 4.968938953】

"After tonight, the 'fine' value should break through the five mark..."

Looking at the [Essence] value under his left eye, Chen Qing thought in his heart.

For more than a month, he came to the Caoxi River below the walled city every night, rain or shine, to practice the "Golden Toad Swallowing" method to break the limit.

Starting from the evening of October 0.018th to today, November 0.038rd, it lasted thirty-six days. Except for the tentative initial practice on the first day, which only improved by about , the improvement every day at other times was . about.

By now, his [Essence] value has also increased to 4.968. As long as he finishes practicing tonight, he should be able to break through the 5 mark tomorrow!
Thinking of this, Chen Qing no longer hesitated, stopped patting the water, silently walked into the river, and then dived all the way to the water directly below the walled city.

Then, he surfaced and took six consecutive breaths. After his entire mouth and neck were bulging with air, he dived into the water again with a "swish" sound.

Then, he sank all the way down to a depth of five meters. After stabilizing his body, he began to take six breaths.

"Goo~"

"Goo~"

"Goo~"

Gurgling sounds came from Chen Qing's body as he swallowed, and rippled in the water.

Chen Qing's abdomen, neck and cheeks also swelled from time to time as if he was blowing air.

While he was hesitating like this, Chen Qing was always watching the changes in the [Essence] value under his left eye.

But just for a moment, while he was wearing swimming goggles, his eyes opened behind the lenses suddenly shrank!
The next second, he exhaled the six breaths in his belly. While spitting out a series of huge bubbles under the water, others swam on their hands and feet and floated to the surface of the river.

"Wow!"

There was a sound of water splashing on the river.

Chen Qing, who was floating on the river, raised his hand and took off the swimming goggles he was wearing. He frowned and looked at the [Essence] value under his left eye again, finally confirming that he was not dazzled just now, nor did he see wrongly.

"What's going on?! The 'fine' value of the practice just now actually decreased instead of increasing!!"

During the previous practice, Chen Qing discovered that the [Essence] value under his left eye began to decrease after increasing for a few times!
This is a situation he has never encountered before!
Floating on the river like this, Chen Qing frowned deeply, feeling his physical condition while his brain kept thinking about the cause of this situation.

After a while, his frown slowly relaxed and his expression became thoughtful.

"Is it because I have been practicing my lungs, which have trained my lungs more than the other four internal organs, and the consumption has also increased, causing the balance between the five internal organs to be broken and overloaded?"

(End of this chapter)