The evening breeze was chilly, but Lou Cheng didn't shiver at all after taking off his coat. Instead, he felt an inexplicable heat, as if he had encountered problems beyond his ability during the college entrance examination.
He approached the sparkling and dreamy Jindan. He held his breath and carefully bent down. He cautiously stretched out his right hand, which was wrapped in a thin coat. It felt solid to the touch, giving off a heavy feeling. The coldness and scorching heat that could be felt with the naked eye seemed to be just an illusion that did not reflect reality.
Lou Cheng exerted a little force and the Jindan floated up as if it didn't exist. It was completely different from the touch.
This contradictory feeling made Lou Cheng stunned. He looked at it carefully and saw it lying quietly in his hand wrapped in a coat. It was rotating slightly in the middle, stirring up little ice crystals and flames. It didn't seem to be as violent and terrifying as when it burned and froze the black carp.
"What a miraculous thing …" Lou Cheng thought to himself as he tried to find a reason for its change. "Perhaps the remaining evil aura in the Jindan was completely drained by the black carp …"
With the danger temporarily out of the way, Lou Cheng began to think about how to deal with it. He couldn't be sure that the thing in front of him was the Jindan just from a few words. Even if he could be sure, he didn't know what the Jindan could do. Should he hand it over to the country once and for all without any repercussions but with minimal benefits? Or should he hide it, search for information, study it slowly, and gain the most benefits and change his ordinary life? There might be a great risk in this, or he might not gain anything in his life.
If he wanted to hide it, where should he put it? How should he keep it?
Lou Cheng's thoughts were in a fierce battle. The little bit of clarity in his mind told him that no matter what decision he made, he shouldn't stay here for long. He had to leave as soon as possible to avoid any accidents or changes.
Suddenly, he felt that the Jindan in his hand was slowly expanding and contracting like a human's breathing. The frequency seemed to be constantly adjusting.
Adjusting?
Lou Cheng was stunned. His mind was blank. He could only feel his own breathing. The rhythm of his breathing was unexpectedly harmonious with the rhythm of the Jindan's expansion and contraction. There was a resonance!
Resonance?
Just as the thought appeared in his mind, the Jindan suddenly became more illusory. It turned into a stream of light and drilled into his palm. Even with the thin coat, it didn't stop at all!
How could this work?
"This, this!" Lou Cheng was shocked, and his heart was filled with great fear. His mind was filled with the miserable state of that black carp.
He didn't have time to think about it. He instinctively took a step forward and was about to run along the lakeside road to the school's hospital. He didn't care if anyone had the ability to deal with the damage caused by the Golden Core.
After running for a while, Lou Cheng gradually calmed down. Since things had come to this, there was no point in panicking. On the contrary, it would only waste his energy.
As soon as he calmed down, he suddenly felt that something was wrong and frowned.
His lower abdomen was warm and very uncomfortable. Every time he breathed, there was a stream of heat that rushed to his feet and lungs. The soreness from running disappeared, and his breathing gradually calmed down. He felt that he could run another three kilometers in one breath, and the worrying heat and cold did not appear.
"This …" Lou Cheng took a light breath and slowed down his running speed. He tried to calm himself down and looked at his lower abdomen.
When he looked down, his head seemed to be buzzing. He vaguely saw an illusory scene. Below his navel, which was also called the Dantian in martial arts, was the Jindan that hid a vast nebula-like Jindan. It was obediently entrenched, expanding and contracting as he breathed. There was also a stream of air that was mixed with bright ice crystals and flames.
This illusory scene flashed and disappeared. Lou Cheng only saw his dark blue T-shirt in front of him. He carefully lifted the bottom, and there was nothing wrong with his stomach. It was soft and a little bulging. Obviously, he had just eaten not long ago.
His footsteps became slower and slower, and finally stopped. As his breathing rhythm returned to normal, the warm mass disappeared, and naturally, there was no stream of heat that calmed his fatigue.
"The Jindan can replenish my energy when I'm tired?" Lou Cheng frowned and thought about the change. "This is a good thing. It doesn't seem like a source of danger. After all, humans and black carps are different …"
After waiting for a while, Lou Cheng's eyebrows gradually relaxed, because the flames that scorched him and the cold that froze his internal organs did not appear.
"Let's try again …" He made up his mind and turned back to run along the original path.
After a while, Lou Cheng began to feel tired. At this moment, the warm feeling in his Dantian in his lower abdomen appeared again, and a stream of heat spread and calmed his body.
"It's true! If I keep running like this, I can participate in the school's long-distance running race … "Lou Cheng's joy gradually overcame his worry. He stopped in front of the dead black carp.
After thinking about it, he bent down to pick up the black carp, stuffed it into a stone by the lake, and threw it back into the Weishui Lake.
After doing all this, he turned around again and walked along the lakeside road back to the boys' dormitory area.
Along the way, Lou Cheng was happy that he had indeed gotten a treasure. Maybe he could rely on it to become one of the pillars of the Martial Arts Club in the future, win Yan Zheke's favor, and have fans chasing after him. At the same time, he was worried about the hidden dangers of the Jindan. He was afraid that he would follow in the footsteps of the black carp and die young. Therefore, his footsteps were light and heavy at the same time.
"I'll observe first. If there is a problem, I'll go to the government immediately!" Standing at the door of Room 302, Lou Cheng took a deep breath and made up his mind. Then he took out the key and opened the door.
…
On a secluded path by the Weishui Lake, a figure in an old man's shirt came from afar and stopped near the spot where the black carp had been. His hair was all white, and he looked to be in his seventies or eighties, but there were not many wrinkles on his face.
"There seems to be a strange fluctuation here?" The old man looked around.
After a while, he shook his head and took out a small silver-white metal wine pot. He took a deep gulp and then walked away while humming a song.
…
Back in the dormitory, Lou Cheng, who had a lot on his mind, did not check whether Cai Zongming had come back. He turned on the light and drove away the darkness in the room.
He closed the door behind him and sat in front of the computer in a daze. He did not move the mouse or look at the screen.
No matter how he comforted himself and tried to find various explanations, he was still an ordinary young man who had not experienced anything big. He could not remain calm in the face of possible dangers.
He only had one life, and the world was so beautiful!
No matter how many benefits and future prospects there were, they could not dispel the worries in his heart.
Lou Cheng clenched his teeth and instinctively picked up his phone. He dialed a familiar number.
"Hello, Cheng?" A slightly hoarse female voice came over the phone.
"Mom, it's me." Hearing this familiar voice, Lou Cheng felt a lump in his throat. His fear seemed to be soothed.
Every time he felt like this, he would think of home, the home that could tolerate all his pain and troubles.
"Cheng, have you been wronged? Why does your voice sound a little strange?" Lou Cheng's mother asked sensitively.
Lou Cheng's eyes welled up with tears. He forced a smile and said, "No, just a little homesick."
"Homesick? I asked if you wanted to come back before the festival. Who said a man needs to be independent? "Lou Cheng's mother laughed in a motherly tone." Be honest, are you short of money? "
Lou Cheng's gloomy mood slowly evaporated as he said, "Really, I miss you and my dad. I miss your eggplant braised pork, stir-fried eel, and tomato egg soup. I miss the chives I planted on the balcony …"
If he died like the black carp, it would be very, very regretful.
Lou Cheng's mother was silent for a while. Then she said with a sobbing tone,
"Your dad and I miss you too."
"Humph, you brat, do you have to make your mom cry?"
Lou Cheng couldn't help but laugh. His mood gradually calmed down. "Of course not. By the way, where's my dad?"
After the third grade of primary school, his dad's company was in trouble. As the backbone of the technical team, he could only get a basic salary. He had to rely on his mom to set up a stall on the street to earn money. It was very tiring. When he was in junior high school, his dad finally decided to work. However, because of his arrogance, he couldn't get along well with the boss. He had to leave after a short time at the same place. The family relied on his mom to support them. He saw all her hard work.
When he was in senior high school, his arrogance and temper were worn down by society. He returned to his hometown and became a technical director. His family's situation improved. However, his mom couldn't stay idle. She sneaked into the community as a temporary worker and got along well with a group of aunties.
"Don't you know your dad? Why doesn't he play chess for an hour after dinner? " Lou Cheng's mother said in a bad mood. However, she was obviously more concerned about Lou Cheng's situation. She seized the opportunity to ask him about his studies and life. Is the curriculum tight? Is the teacher good at teaching? Is it difficult? Are the dormitory classmates easy to get along with? Is there anything you're not used to? Are you bullied?
Usually, Lou Cheng would be impatient with these questions. He would just answer them perfunctorily. However, today, he was in a calm mood and reminisced about the past. He answered them one by one honestly and seriously.
Lou Cheng's mother became more and more talkative. She talked about family matters, from his grandfather's family to his aunt's family, from his dad's unreliable relatives to the conflicts in the community.
Lou Cheng listened quietly and echoed from time to time with a faint smile on his face.
After chatting, Lou Cheng's mother decided to be merciful and give him 800 yuan this month so that he could adapt to college life as soon as possible.
"I didn't expect to get such a reward by calling home …" Lou Cheng didn't know whether to laugh or cry. His suppressed uneasiness had settled down.
Until now, nothing had happened. It seemed that Jindan was really safe. As long as he was careful and reported to the country as soon as he showed signs, there shouldn't be any big problems …
Lou Cheng rubbed his belly and couldn't help but let his imagination run wild.
With Jindan, at least my physical strength is enough for me to practice martial arts. I'll strive to reach Amateur Fifth or Sixth Pin and impress Yan Zheke. Maybe I can reach Professional Ninth Pin before I graduate. I'll have more paths and more employment options.
Of course, if the "Jindan" was more miraculous than he imagined, then, then, then, could he enter the real world of martial arts like he did when he was a child and compete with those strong people with different personalities to obtain one of the five titles that the whole country paid attention to?
Well, if Little Ming sees me touching my belly like this, he'll definitely ask me, "Are you pregnant?"
As these thoughts ran through his mind, Lou Cheng felt a little more confident about life. Just then, the lock on the door turned and a few noisy voices came in.
Lou Cheng knew that the three "learning maniacs" in his small dormitory had returned from self-study.
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