Wuyue Province, Moshang City.
Shi Yuejian was leisurely experimenting with new cooking methods when she suddenly heard the vibration of a mobile phone in the living room.
"Dad, why didn't you answer the phone?" She asked loudly, raising the volume.
"A nuisance call." Geezer Shi answered concisely.
As soon as the vibration stopped, he immediately unlocked the screen, clicked on the settings, and switched to Do Not Disturb mode.
"Fortunately, I've learned this trick recently. Otherwise, that brat would be so proud of himself!" Geezer Shi muttered to himself.
His information network was extremely fast and accurate!
At this moment, Shi Yuejian came out of the kitchen, holding her mobile phone. Half puzzled and half amused, she said,
"Little Junior Brother called me …"
She said she couldn't reach her dad and asked if something had happened.
He still cared about his teacher!
Geezer Shi's face darkened. He reached out and took the phone unhappily.
…
Lou Cheng hung up the phone with satisfaction and left the military base. He arrived at Huacheng Heishui Airport and flew directly to Gaofen, the capital of Xing Province.
When he landed, Yan Zheke had just woken up and read the news. She was quite excited to talk about the strange abilities of the Witch King with him.
While chatting, Lou Cheng put on the black-rimmed glasses that covered half of his face and hailed a taxi to Gaofen City.
When he was in Huiyuan, he had made an appointment with Jiang Fei and Qin Rui to have a meal before the holidays. When they were on holiday, he would have flown to America. He had to cherish this opportunity that came only once every six months. As his reputation grew, it was uncertain whether he would be able to enter the country in the future. Fortunately, Ke only had one and a half years of courses left, which meant he could enter the country three times.
Before the rush hour, Lou Cheng arrived at the restaurant Jiang Fei had mentioned — Old Cold Skewers. He also saw his best friend who seemed to have put on some weight and had an oily face.
"It's not easy. It's really not easy to have a meal with you now!" Jiang Fei stood up with a smile and pulled out a chair for Lou Cheng to put his backpack.
"Fatty Jiang, you're not being honest. If you want to come to Huacheng, I'm always free." Lou Cheng joked and asked casually, "Qin Rui hasn't arrived yet?"
"He's stuck in traffic. There's a huge traffic jam coming from the west. It'll probably take another five or six minutes." Let me tell you, when eating in Gao Fen, don't go to big restaurants or fancy places. You have to eat at small roadside restaurants like this. As long as you can find a good one, the taste will be amazing. This one opened not long ago, and I've certified it. It's much better than those that can be found everywhere in chain stores, especially the celery beef. Tsk tsk, you can give it a try. "
Lou Cheng glanced at the greasy but clean shop and asked with a smile,
"Do they count or weigh?"
In this kind of string business, one would either count the number of sticks or weigh the overall weight of the sticks. Then, one would divide it by a single stick to get the approximate data. This would not be very accurate, but it was convenient.
"I'm counting," Jiang Fei answered, a little confused.
Lou Cheng chuckled and made a joke.
"Won't the waiter be crying from counting later?"
Jiang Fei immediately understood what he meant and could not help but sigh.
"Say, you eat so much more than me, but why don't you get fat?"
"If you have my training intensity, you won't get fat," Lou Cheng joked.
Jiang Fei's face twitched and he said self-deprecatingly,
"But I'll die …"
After that, the two laughed at the same time, got up, found a large iron plate, and finished all the celery beef, coriander beef, spicy beef, and Scottish fold beef in the refrigerator.
"Can you eat so much?" The waitress looked at them blankly.
There were at least six or seven hundred skewers, right?
The kitchen couldn't keep up with the speed of the beef skewers!
"We have a lot of people, but we haven't arrived yet," Lou Cheng explained seriously.
"Oh …" The waitress suddenly understood.
"Lao Leng Kebab" belonged to the hot pot category, so it had to be cooked by oneself. Lou Cheng and Jiang Fei had just mixed the sauce and prepared a batch when they saw Qin Rui, who was more than 1.9 meters tall, enter the shop with his head lowered.
"You're late, you'll be punished with three glasses of wine!" Fatty Jiang shouted.
Because they were both in Gao Fen, he and Qin Rui, who were single, had been eating together for the past few months. They were much closer than before.
"Uh, I'll replace the wine with tea?" Qin Rui pulled over a chair and asked.
"Tea? We're all drinkers! "Jiang Fei laughed.
"Then I'll punish myself with three bottles of herbal tea." Qin Rui relaxed immediately.
Lou Cheng saw that his qi and blood had reached a certain level, so he asked with interest,
"Are you trying to break through to the Dan stage recently?"
"Sigh, don't mention it. I can't find the direction at all. I've increased the number of times I participate in the arena, but I still don't feel it." Qin Rui replied, half bitter and half expectant.
Since he came to Gao Fen, he had sought refuge in the martial arts club that his master was familiar with. He had formed a team with a group of like-minded peers to participate in the preliminaries. He had been defeated time and time again, and had gradually transformed into a real Professional Ninth Pin fighter. This year, he had signed up for many small-scale individual arena competitions and received the prize money for the first time in his life.
Lou Cheng thought for a moment and said, "Try another way.
Don't be too busy with the competition. Take some time out and go on a solo trip. It's best if it's a spacious, vast, and magnificent place. You can learn how to fish and study the art of tea. In short, find something else to do and experience a different life. This will help you tap into the strength in the depths of your heart, the strength that supports you to move forward. If you feel it, grasp it and design a certain way to polish your will. "
"At this stage, my master once gave me ten words, and I'll give them to you as well. Human body big dan, bright and round."
"Well, I'll try it later …" Qin Rui nodded, not quite understanding, but he had already decided to do as he was told.
After talking about martial arts for a while, Lou Cheng picked up the skewers, cut the beef, and let it roll a few times in the sauce. Then he put it into his mouth. He felt that the meat was tender and smooth. The taste of the celery subdued some of the unpleasantness of the meat. With the help of chili and sesame oil, it tasted great.
"Not bad! Fatty Jiang, you're really good at eating! "Lou Cheng praised and then asked," How's it going? How's life in the factory recently? "
"It's still the same. We study mechanics, what else can we do?" Jiang Fei suddenly said indignantly, "I originally thought that I could meet girls working in the factory, but it turns out that most of the people in this company are men … I feel like I'll always be single …"
"I think I'll always be lonely, lonely for the rest of my life …" Qin Rui helped him to match the music.
"Don't worry, in a few years, your parents will arrange blind dates for you." Lou Cheng didn't know if he was comforting him or provoking him, "And even if there are girls working in the factory, I don't think you'll like them."
"Well, I feel like we don't have anything in common, and I don't know what to talk about when we get married …" Jiang Fei, who was single, thought about his life after marriage and then sighed, "Sigh, the factory is so boring, and I don't see any promotion for a while. A few of my batch have already left, and my master keeps praising me, saying that I'm steady, not impetuous, and can calm down to do things. In fact, I'm often troubled, thinking about whether to take the postgraduate entrance exam or start a business, but I forget about it in a second."
"Ever since we met, I've always admired you for that. You have a good attitude and don't remember your troubles," said Lou Cheng sincerely. "When you've decided on a direction to strive for, if there's anything you need help with, feel free to look for me."
This was also the main reason why his friendship with Fatty Jiang could last so long, and not fade away slowly.
Some people can be friends for life, while others can only be friends for a period of time.
Jiang Fei's eyes lit up.
"That's great! I'll remember what you said! "
Lou Cheng laughed and teased, "Fatty Jiang, I'm just being polite, why are you so impolite?"
"Hehe, thick-skinned people live better lives!" Jiang Fei laughed proudly.
As he ate, Qin Rui remembered something and said with a smile,
"Cheng, every holiday outside your neighborhood almost becomes an acrobatic performance ground."
"Why?" Lou Cheng was confused.
"Every holiday, many parents bring their children who have just started practicing martial arts to train and perform 'stunts' outside your neighborhood. They wonder if a Physical Invulnerability Mighty One will coincidentally come home and see their child's potential and take him in as a disciple," explained Qin Rui without much literary talent.
Lou Cheng couldn't help but laugh. "Aren't they thinking too much?"
Everyone in the neighborhood knew where his neighborhood was, so it couldn't be hidden. However, with the government and the military taking care of it in the open and in the dark, it wasn't to the extent of disturbing his parents' daily lives.
"I've heard about this too. I was just passing by last time. Cheng, let me tell you, I even saw a monkey performer. I don't know if he saw the crowd and decided to perform to earn money, or if he wanted you to take his monkey in as a disciple," said Jiang Fei with a laugh.
Lou Cheng was amused. "I can try to teach it about cultivation."
Ever since he had advanced to Physical Invulnerability, he was always free at home, not on holidays.
After chatting for a while on this topic, Qin Rui asked curiously,
"Cheng, you haven't participated in the recent title matches. Are you conserving your energy and preparing to shock the world?"
"Not exactly shocking the world, but I've participated in key events. After the New Year, my goal is to do well in the top professional competitions and try for the Battle of Warrior Sage in May and the Battle of the Kings in December. Let's see how far I can go. As for the other title matches, I might give up or just familiarize myself with my opponents and practice my moves," answered Lou Cheng as he pondered.
In May, I'll have been at Physical Invulnerability for almost a year. In December, I'll be at least a year and a half!
"Then I wish you a better ranking!" Jiang Fei and Qin Rui picked up their drinks.
The next day, Lou Cheng bade them farewell and boarded the high-speed train back to Xiushan. Outside the window, dark clouds covered the sky. The weather was terrible.
When he arrived at his hometown and walked out of the high-speed train station, he saw snowflakes fluttering in the air.
Since Lou Cheng was born, it had only snowed three times in Xiushan. This was the fourth!
"Timely snow promises a bountiful year," exclaimed Lou Cheng with a smile.
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