Chapter 2 Section 1

Taiwan, Lukang Town, Changhua. In the quaint and fragrant old house, facing the little moon climbing high, there are figures of one old and one young. A boy who had just turned sixteen, his upper body was skinny and naked, was facing a large bucket of red-hot iron beads in the middle of the night, pouring his hands into the bucket with sweat profusely, stirring up the heavy and extremely hot iron beads . This child hopes to have an extraordinary life, but has an extremely ordinary name. Chen Musheng. There are still two years before the age limit for enrolling in the Taiwan Secret Police Department for training.This is the major event that Chen Musheng is most eagerly looking forward to, and it is also the lifelong ambition he pursues.

"Master, your skill is so good, why don't you join Uncle Goat's secret police department quickly? I think he would come to you for tea every few days. If you don't bother me, I'm tired of seeing you. I think it's better to fill out the registration as soon as possible." Tell me, otherwise if I join the secret police earlier than you, you will call me senior in the future, and this will cause me trouble." Chen Musheng was sweating like beans, and he spoke very seriously. Chen Musheng spoke out of breath while practicing the iron sand palm vigorously. He didn't care about the most important "breathing and exhalation" in inner martial arts, because his "current" master told him four wise words:

The skills that cannot be maintained in actual combat are all flashy waste; only the skills that exercise the body with the most ordinary mind can ensure that the body will not betray itself in the most unfair environment. "Aha, it's embarrassing to say this." Master scratched his head and kicked the shuttlecock with both feet. The master is about thirty-five years old, and he looks very happy, that kind of "half-toned face" that no one can "feel serious".The master tied a bunch of long braids similar to the ones tied by Manchurians in the Qing Dynasty, but there was no serious result at all. The braids looked like a broken ponytail.

To put it simply, in this life, no woman would want to look at him with such slovenliness. "What's the embarrassment?" Chen Musheng forcefully inserted the iron sand bucket, hey, hey. "Because I'm so good, why don't I spend my time practicing kung fu, and help the police fight vampires? To be honest, I don't have any sense of social responsibility at all. What's worse, even if I know I'm terrible, but I still don’t want to change at all, hey, don’t you feel very comfortable and fulfilled by being alone in pursuit of martial arts and sweating all day long? Haha.” The master kicked the shuttlecock high, clasped his hands behind his back, and his whole body followed his feet Kicking, swaying to and fro.

The kung fu of kicking the shuttlecock sounds ridiculous, but it looks like it is admirable. Master kicked twelve shuttlecocks in one breath, high and low, left and right. The rhythm seemed chaotic, but everything was under the master's excellent foot control.If he wants to kick every shuttlecock to the same height in mid-air, no shuttlecock will fly particularly high.Sometimes Master deliberately slows down the kicking speed, putting himself in a very dangerous state, but enjoying it. Then, the master added seven more shuttlecocks, and used every muscle in his body to cope with the nineteen shuttlecocks flying all over the sky.The shoulders, the top of the head, the chest, the lower abdomen, the arms, etc., all "strengthen" easily, using the perfect combination of muscle elasticity and airflow in the body, to firmly absorb the shuttlecock, and jump into the air in an instant.

The time for a cup of tea has passed, and the nineteen shuttlecocks have never fallen to the ground. "Master, the martial arts you pursue, if you don't use it to beat bad people, it's just a bunch of shit." Chen Musheng said coldly, with an extremely disdainful tone. "That's a joke." The master laughed. "...Master, you can't go on like this, you will go crazy sooner or later!" Chen Musheng said angrily. "Aha, I'm not sure about other things, but I'm full of confidence when I'm obsessed, and I will definitely be so when the time comes!"

"..." These two masters and apprentices are extremely awkward.One is always smiling, and the other is serious 24 hours a day. In this world, I am afraid there is no more awkward master and apprentice than them. How to say? The master who has learned all kinds of boxing, because his real name is "Tang Lang", finally decided to devote himself to the attainment of mantis boxing.Mantis Boxing is about being flexible and cunning, winning in danger, being fierce enough to break bones with one strike, and vicious enough to break the heart of the opponent with one turn of the foot.But Master's Mantis Fist is quicker than Lightning, slower than Giant Claws.

But his hard-headed apprentice is only willing to practice the clumsy kung fu of iron sand palms. Apart from an oath, Chen Musheng also firmly believes that the most clumsy "road" is the only "shortcut" to success.So apart from practicing sparring with his master, Chen Musheng was a foolish force, thrusting his hands into the hot and dry iron sand desperately. The two became master and apprentice by coincidence and clumsiness. This absurd situation began several years ago. Four years ago, 12-year-old Chen Mulian used to have a big master named Lao Tie who practiced iron sand palms.

Lao Tie has a long-standing friendship with Lao Tang, the master who practiced Mantis Boxing. The two often meet to compete in martial arts.Calling back and forth, it was no surprise that they became close friends. However, one day, Lao Tie went to the hospital for an examination and found that he had advanced liver cancer, and his life came to an end. "Old Tang, before I'm dead, I decided to test how powerful my Iron Sand Palm, which I have practiced hard for 30 years, can do against Asia's No. 1 throwing knife!" "Wow! You are so brave! But you have to find the throwing knife! Aha!"

"Yes! I have already used my last deposit to ask someone to place an advertisement in the "Apple Daily" and arrange a duel with the flying knife on the top of Yushan Mountain where he throws milk in a week later! Either he dies or I die!" "No, it's cold enough there. However, in order to see how powerful the vampire's throwing knife is, I will help you pack and collect the corpse, and I will follow up to watch the battle!" "That's interesting! Also, if I die, you can take me in as a stupid apprentice! His aptitude is limited, and it's enough to teach him to be half as good as me. You don't need to force yourself!"

"Okay, it's a deal, I will never teach too reluctantly." A week later, on the top of Yushan Mountain, at the moment when the snow melted at sunrise, Lao Tie touched the handle of the Qianleng knife on his throat, and looked at the sea of ​​clouds foolishly.Hairy. A showdown without any suspense. Old Tang, who came here to watch the battle, carried Lao Tie's body to the mountainside. The death of Lao Tie made the young Chen Musheng very sad and indignant, shouting that he would avenge his master. "Revenge? If you want a martial arts competition, of course there will be winners and losers; you agreed to do your best, but you returned to your hometown early, how can you blame your opponent for being ruthless? Hey, anyway, your master is about to die anyway. When you die in a martial arts competition, you always compare yourself to others." Lying on the hospital bed, afraid of getting an injection, screaming to death, you have a bit of backbone, don't you?" Old Tang patted the weeping Chen Musheng. "Bastard! I want that demon named Shangguan to die under my iron palm! I swear! I swear!" Chen Musheng cried loudly, looking at his red hands. "It's up to you. It's normal for young people to have a little ambition and make random wishes. Just work hard. But I don't know how to make iron sand palms, so you can just practice randomly. Anyway, some practice is always better than no practice. , Practice more, you won't suffer!" Old Tang accepted Chen Musheng as his apprentice in such a mess. A stupid apprentice who doesn't learn Tanglangquan. ----------------------------------------- Notes: