northernbook Chapter 136: Impatient
Chapter 136: Impatient
The airship sped across the clear sky.
Today is a beautiful day. In the cold winter, any day with sunshine is a good day. The warm sunlight shines on the earth, and the scene of "white light stretching for miles" left by last night's heavy snow is vividly displayed in everyone's eyes.
Yue Kaishan was very nervous, constantly tapping and banging on his mechanical prosthetic leg, afraid that his great-grandfather would not be able to accept this.
"Sorry, Brother Yue, I'm a little late and almost missed it."
"It's alright, Brother Cuihong. We don't care about manners in the army. If you have to arrive early, that's just those hypocrites putting on an act. For example, if the army tells you to leave at 3 o'clock to infiltrate behind enemy lines and arrive at 3:30, would you dare to leave at 2:30? Getting blown up by your comrades' artillery would be a good way to die."
In the military, it's impossible to tell someone the entire battle plan and then assign them a small part of the task. Your job is to absolutely execute the orders given from above, because if you act before your departure time, the ruins marked on your map might still be being bombed, and enemy patrols might still be active in areas where there are no enemies...
The best soldiers arrive at their positions precisely when they are in the right place.
Compared to this trivial matter, Yue Kaishan was much more uneasy. "Brother Cuihong, what do you think about my arm..." He tapped his prosthetic leg, "Will it be rejected? I don't remember anyone using a prosthetic leg to practice Kaishan Fist."
"Then wouldn't you be the number one person in the Mechanical Mountain-Splitting Fist?"
Zhong Ming's peculiar ideas completely baffled Yue Kaishan. Mechanical boxing? What rules could there be in machines? Couldn't you modify the fire-breathing and water-spraying parts inside? And they might not even be in the shape of a fist...
"Brother Cuihong, please stop joking. Mechanical boxing techniques? Isn't that a desecration of traditional boxing techniques?"
“Blasphemy? I don’t understand, Brother Yue. You are now someone who has no weakness in your left arm but can still use left-arm techniques. In traditional martial arts, you have a unique advantage.”
Putting everything else aside, the "twisting" technique, when used on a real arm, can break it, but with a prosthesis, the outer shell can be twisted a few times without any problem.
"Brother Yue, let's think about this carefully. You see, when outsiders see you with a mechanical arm and a human arm, posing in a boxing stance, what do you think their first thought will be?"
"What is it?"
“There’s something strange about your mechanical arm. His first reaction will definitely be to be careful of your prosthetic arm. It might be very strong, or your physical fist might have a terrifying burst of spiritual energy.”
“Yes, that’s right.” Yue Kaishan wholeheartedly agreed, because that was indeed the case.
The physical fist techniques of the Mountain Opening Fist are already very strong, and it can also be used to perform the Blood Secret Technique.
Blood Secret Technique—as the name suggests, it cannot be performed with mechanical prosthetics.
"But if it's your fist, what can you hide in your right arm? Wouldn't that be a surprise attack?"
Zhong Ming was able to think of this because the storage bag he had tied to the inside of his arm had successfully carried out many sneak attacks, and his dentures had also blocked many things that were aimed directly at his face by temporarily throwing things out.
However, Yue Kaishan was furious upon hearing this. "Brother Cuihong, my Yue family's boxing style is extremely fierce. So what if we achieve something by sneaking up on a minor sect? To gain temporary advantage and abandon the boxing style and the Daoist heart, wouldn't I be a complete fool?"
Zhong Ming had never heard of the concept of "martial arts and Daoist mind" before. Why would one need a Daoist mind to practice martial arts?
"I'm sorry, Brother Yue, I don't know what 'fist technique and Dao heart' are."
"Huh?" Now it was Yue Kaishan's turn to be surprised. How can you cultivate the Dao if you don't even have a Dao heart? What does the Maoshan Dao Temple teach every day?
"The Dao heart is... it's why you cultivate the Dao..."
"Why? To avenge my hometown, which was destroyed by evil cultivators. I want revenge."
"Um, this is the specific goal. Dao heart is... well, never mind, I'm the dumbest. I'll have my older brother tell you later."
The atmosphere eased considerably when Yue Xingtian was mentioned.
Why is my cousin suddenly getting married?
"Do you remember when he broke through to the ninth level of Qi Refining when he was competing with you in mining tunnels?"
"I remember, they blasted a huge hole in it."
“Yes,” Yue Kaishan said excitedly. Perhaps he wasn’t used to the mechanical prosthetics yet, because they kept making a buzzing sound when he was happy. “My cousin is considered quite young at the ninth level of Qi Refining. After breaking through, he was put on the army’s list of key observation targets. If he can break through to the Foundation Establishment stage now, he’ll definitely be recognized as a genius cultivator.”
A Foundation Establishment cultivator can live for about two hundred years. If Yue Xingtian can break through to the Foundation Establishment stage in his thirties, then he will be on the verge of reaching the Golden Core stage.
"So... your sister-in-law took a liking to him because of his muscular physique and promising future?"
"Probably. The other family heard that my cousin had succeeded and immediately came to propose marriage. It's just that I heard the bride is a few years older than my cousin. I don't know what my great-grandfather thought."
......
The airship quickly reached its first destination.
Yue Xingtian stepped onto the flying boat with a broad smile.
"Oh my, my little brother, all my lucky charms are still here."
Don't ask why Zhong Ming is a lucky charm. He played a crucial role in helping Zhong Ming break through to the peak of Qi Refining despite the age limit.
"Hey bro, when did you get that mechanical arm armor? It looks pretty good... Everyone back here, bring your stuff up, get on board and get settled, I'll hand out some wedding candy."
Yue Xingtian greeted them twice, then suddenly realized something was wrong.
My brother lost his arm, didn't he?
After Yue Kaishan lost his left arm, he did not meet any members of the Yue family. He only wrote a letter to inform his family, so everyone's first impression of him was still that of a junior who was very ambitious in practicing boxing.
"You are..."
"My brothers pooled together some military merit points for me and got me a prosthetic leg that I could use for training."
After a few words, Yue Xingtian understood the whole story.
After a moment of silence, the atmosphere in the cabin became very heavy.
"Don't tell Great-Grandpa about this," Yue Xingtian said. "Great-Grandpa doesn't think it's a disgrace that you lost your arm. He'd just have you do some ordinary work and manage the family business. But you owe so many military merit points..."
Yue Xingtian glanced at the back of the ship and, before the unloading was finished, whispered to him, "Eight thousand military merit points is not a small amount for the Yue family. Just say that you earned them through your own merits, and exaggerate the performance. Apart from being able to cultivate, describe everything else as the lowest possible."
If the Yue family knew about this, given their personality, they would definitely sell their family business to pay off the debt immediately, and then start to beat Yue Kaishan up, raising their expectations of him to an infinitely high level.
Fertilizing a thriving seedling is a good thing, but if you're too hasty and apply too much fertilizer, it can easily burn the roots.
"I understand, cousin. This is your big day, let's not talk about these things. Let's talk about something happy. How is your wife?"
"I don't know, I haven't seen it before." Yue Xingtian spread his hands, indicating his helplessness. His great-grandfather was just that impatient.
How urgent is it?
Both families were honest people; one family's dowry was a manual on dual cultivation, and the other family's betrothal gift was a formula for an aphrodisiac pill.
This fusion of primordial yang and primordial yin will help both of them break through to the Foundation Establishment stage.