Recovery and a Ninth-Rank Warrior

Recovery and a Ninth-Rank Warrior

After the two officers left,

Chen Sheng walked over to the sofa and picked up his phone.

Li Chenghu had sent him a message.

Rather than asking about Shen Ziming right away, he first asked whether Chen Sheng was safe.

Chen Sheng could not help feeling warmth in his heart.

At the same time, he felt a hint of guilt for deceiving Li Chenghu.

After all, the other man genuinely cared about him.

But unfortunately, Chen Sheng could not and did not dare tell him about his involvement in killing the Pig-face Man.

Still, he told him everything else he knew.

Another ten minutes passed.

After explaining everything to Li Chenghu, Chen Sheng put down his phone and went to the middle of the living room.

If he simply waited for his injuries to heal, it might easily arouse suspicion.

Therefore,

Chen Sheng had a theory.

An increase in the constitution attribute could restore stamina.

Could it also heal injuries?

With that thought,

he endured the pain and began practicing the San Ti Stance in the living room.

Fifteen minutes later, Chen Sheng began to feel a tingling sensation in his arm, ribs, and nose bridge.

It works!

Delighted, Chen Sheng immediately practiced even harder.

Time slowly passed.

Three hours later.

Chen Sheng finished his practice and collected his stance, feeling a lightness throughout his body.

When he pressed on his wounds, they still hurt a little, but no longer hindered his movements.

By tomorrow, he would probably be completely healed.

He summoned the panel.

Chen Sheng

Strength: 2.34

Agility: 1.97

Constitution: 2.65

Skill Points: 3.18

All three attributes had risen by 0.18. Even his agility attribute was now close to breaking through the two-point threshold.

He was also one step closer to earning enough Skill Points to upgrade the San Ti Stance.

Gurgle~ Perhaps because his body had consumed energy to heal his injuries.

Having just finished the San Ti Stance, Chen Sheng was about to rest when a sudden wave of hunger hit him.

Left with no choice,

he went to the kitchen and cooked himself another meal.

After eating, his stamina had more or less recovered.

Because he had been injured earlier, Chen Sheng had not worn weights while practicing the San Ti Stance.

But now that he had mostly recovered, he put them back on and adjusted the weight to 50 kg.

Chen Sheng was somewhat puzzled by the grand gift Shen Ziming had mentioned.

But since there was no way to find out, he could only wait quietly and silently pray that it would not be some strange, messy thing.

With that in mind,

Chen Sheng put on the weights and began his basic training again.

An hour and a half later.

The training was over.

Chen Sheng summoned the panel.

His strength attribute had increased by 0.13, successfully reaching 2.47. The other two attributes had each risen by 0.02 as well. Based on Chen Sheng's rough calculations, a strength attribute of 2 to 2.3 corresponded to a Tenth-Rank Warrior.

2.3 to 2.6 was Ninth Rank, while 2.6 to 2.9 was Eighth Rank.

At his current level, he was roughly equivalent to a Ninth-Rank Warrior.

As his physical fitness grew stronger and stronger, Chen Sheng's rate of improvement had far exceeded his expectations.

By tomorrow, Chen Sheng estimated that he would completely surpass Shi Jian, become a Manifested Force Peak Warrior, and begin advancing toward the Hidden Force Warrior level.

He had originally planned to wait until he had saved up five Skill Points before upgrading the Three-Body Stance.

But now,

after witnessing the Pig-face Man's strength, he decided that once his strength attribute broke through three, he would directly upgrade the Five Elements Fist and break into the Hidden Force level.

Although Shen Ziming had said Chen Sheng would not be implicated,

he could not place all his hopes on someone else.

Only by maximizing his own strength could he deal with any crisis that might come.

"Internally train a breath of qi; externally train the tendons, bones, and skin. Connect the Periphery Tendons, Bones, and Outer Membrane throughout the body, then unleash Bursting Hidden Force. With every punch and kick, killing power increases dramatically."

That was what Shi Jian had said when introducing the martial arts realms to Chen Sheng.

Now that he had experienced it firsthand,

Chen Sheng was naturally full of anticipation for Hidden Force.

After resting for a while, night had already fallen.

Chen Sheng picked up his phone, intending to take a quick shower before going straight to bed.

But just then, he suddenly saw a message from Li Chenghu.

Tiger Travels the World: A Sheng, do you want to make some money?

Make money?

Chen Sheng's expression brightened.

His wallet was gradually running dry, and he had been worrying about it.

If there was an opportunity to earn money, it was naturally exactly what he wanted.

Gentle Breeze Comes Slowly: Master, what kind of job is it?

But to be safe, Chen Sheng still intended to hear the details before deciding.

If it took up too much time or even cut into his training, he could only reluctantly turn it down.

Tiger Travels the World: I've recently been planning to have everyone under me try practicing martial arts, so I'm preparing to hire a martial arts instructor. You'd only need to come over every morning and teach for four hours.

What do you think? Interested?

Hearing this,

Chen Sheng recalled that Li Xingwu seemed to have mentioned this when he was spewing nonsense at the martial arts school today.

Gentle Breeze Comes Slowly: No problem.

He agreed immediately without even asking about the pay.

By now, Chen Sheng owed Li Chenghu far too many favors.

Even without payment, he would not mind helping out.

Tiger Travels the World: Good. I've almost finished preparing the paperwork. Just come over tomorrow morning, and I'll send you a message.

It seemed Li Chenghu had prepared for this long ago.

After settling on a time, Chen Sheng put down his phone and went to the bathroom for a quick shower.

Back in his room,

as he prepared to go to bed, he looked out the window.

The torrential rain had come quickly and gone quickly.

Outside, only a light drizzle remained.

In the pitch-black night, Chen Sheng could clearly see faint lights flickering in the distance.

The Martial Security Bureau must have received the call and come here to search for Shen Ziming.

After one glance, Chen Sheng looked away.

He turned off the lights, and as soon as he lay down, waves of drowsiness washed over him.--Early the next morning.

Knock, knock, knock.

"Is anyone there?"

Chen Sheng was still immersed in his dreams when he was abruptly awakened by knocking downstairs.

The sound was not loud, but Chen Sheng's heightened agility had also greatly improved his hearing.

Even earplugs did not help much.

Squinting, Chen Sheng walked to the window and looked outside.

The sight instantly swept away all traces of sleepiness from his mind.

Although the person outside stood behind the gate, making it impossible to see them clearly,

he could still make out that they were wearing a police uniform.

Chen Sheng's heart tightened.

Could the Martial Security Bureau have discovered something? "Coming!"

He shouted out the window and hurried downstairs.

"What is it, Officer?"

He spoke as he opened the door.

The next second.

"Eh?"

"It's you?" ×2

Chen Sheng and the person outside both froze.

The other person wore a police uniform.

A long ponytail hung down to her waist.

Though her face was somewhat dusty, Chen Sheng still recognized her.

She was the Qi Sense User he had encountered several days ago while catching a robber.

Her name seemed to be... Xu Rou?

"You..." ×2

"I'm..." ×2

"You go first." ×2

Fine.

At their second meeting, the two of them already had an exceedingly strange rapport.

Chen Sheng laughed silently and made a zipping motion over his mouth.

Only then did Xu Rou speak again.

"Hello. I came to warn the residents nearby."

"One side involved in yesterday's conflict, the schoolteacher named Xu Ziwen..."

"He is an extremely dangerous Wanted Criminal. If you see him appear again, do not come into contact with him. Please notify us immediately."

As she spoke, Xu Rou took out a sheet of paper and wrote down two phone numbers.

"The one on top is the Martial Security Bureau's number."

"The one below is my personal number. You can call this one directly too."

"Remember, under no circumstances must you make contact with him."

Xu Rou spoke very seriously.

Seeing that they had not discovered any leads related to him, Chen Sheng relaxed.

He smiled and nodded.

"Don't worry, Officer Xu. If I learn anything, I'll notify you right away."

"Okay. Thank you."

With that,

Xu Rou turned and prepared to leave.

But her steps were hesitant, and a conflicted expression repeatedly appeared on her face.

In the end, she seemed to make up her mind.

"Excuse me—"

However, when Xu Rou turned around,

all she saw was the closed iron gate.

She immediately deflated like a punctured balloon, her whole body drooping.

Ever since witnessing Chen Sheng's Xingyi Quan, she had wanted to practice martial arts.

She had also looked through the Martial Security Bureau's martial arts materials, but without anyone to guide her, her progress had been painfully slow.

Although Li Chenghu occasionally guided her in practicing the San Ti Stance,

she had never figured out the later Five Elements Fist and Twelve Form Fist.

It had been rare for her to run into Chen Sheng again today, and she had planned to get acquainted with him and see whether she could ask him for martial arts guidance.

But now,

that hope had been dashed once again.

Sigh—

With her head hanging low,

Xu Rou dejectedly walked toward the next household.