The shop wasn't large, a storefront converted from a hundred-square-meter residential unit. It had two floors.
It mainly sold daily necessities, snacks, cigarettes, and drinks, and also served as a drop-off and pick-up point for couriers.
His father used to work in a factory but was laid off due to a work injury. A compensation of 300,000 yuan was long overdue, so he had to open a shop to make a living.
But with his grandfather recently falling gravely ill and his younger sister about to graduate Senior Three and go to university, a large sum of expenses needed to come from the shop and Chen Xia's salary, so the family lived very frugally.
His father was looking after his grandfather in the hospital, his younger sister was in her final year of high school, and his mother watched the shop at home.
Additionally, Chen Xia had an older brother named Chen Wu, who was thirty-two years old.
Chen Xia's university expenses were covered by his older brother working hard. His father was old and lost his job after the injury, and the family was quite strapped for cash back then.
Later, due to his grandfather's severe illness, his older brother had to join a mercenary group to earn money to support the family, going out to reclaim wasteland and risk his life. This also meant his older brother, at his age, didn't have a girlfriend and couldn't get married.
"You're back!"
His mother, Wang Xin, was squatting in a corner sorting packages. Seeing Chen Xia return, a smile appeared on her face. "Dinner's ready, go eat."
"Mom, you eat too."
"I'm not hungry. You've had a tiring day at work, eat and rest, don't mind me."
"...Okay!"
Chen Xia responded and walked to the innermost part of the house. Three dishes and one soup were already on the table: scrambled eggs with tomatoes, stir-fried green beans with meat, a bowl of greens, and a bowl of corn and lotus root soup.
Because the house had been converted into a supermarket, the space felt cramped. Fortunately, there was a second floor to live in, and the whole family could manage to live together.
The small shop was almost entirely run by his mother. She used to close at nine in the evening. Now, because money was needed, she stayed up until eleven before closing and going to bed.
It was precisely because of the family's heavy pressure that Chen Xia wanted to improve himself. If he could earn money, his family wouldn't have to live so frugally.
It's just that their position as low-level patrol officers, while sounding decent, was actually just doing errands and didn't pay much.
Unless he got promoted, then the benefits and treatment would double, and he would gain a certain social status, which could alleviate the family's financial difficulties.
Normally, promotion was very difficult. Now that Chen Xia had a panel in his mind, everything was different.
"Let's go see what this panel is all about..."
After dinner, Chen Xia went upstairs to the second floor and returned to his room.
The room wasn't large, with only a bed, a bookshelf, and a red sandbag hanging on the wall, which he used for training.
After closing the door, Chen Xia summoned the panel in his mind.
As he studied it, he quickly determined the panel's function.
It could reverse negative effects into positive ones. All side effects of techniques, martial skills, elixirs, and nutrient solutions could be altered by the panel to produce positive effects.
However, it was also clearly stated that reversing high-level items required paying a certain amount of negative fragments as a base. But for now, the function for collecting fragments and detailed instructions were not activated.
He wouldn't worry about these for now, as the items he would reverse wouldn't reach the high-level requirements anyway.
He glanced at the Seven Injuries Fist technique, and there was a reversal option behind it.
Chen Xia mentally chose to reverse it, wanting to see the effect.
[Technique: Seven Injuries Fist. One practice, seven injuries! Injures Yin and Yang, and the five elements: Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth. First injures oneself, then injures the enemy. Once mastered, its power is immense! Contact with the body can shatter a person's five viscera, leading to certain death. Drawback: Each practice session inflicts damage to the internal organs. If the internal energy is not sufficiently robust, it can destroy the heart meridian, causing berserk nature and qi deviation. Practice with caution...]
[Negative Reversal: Seven Injuries Fist. One practice, seven supplements! Supplements Yin and Yang, and the five elements: Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth. First supplements oneself, then injures the enemy. Each practice session nourishes the internal organs. Beginners can also practice it, which can strengthen the heart meridian, clear the mind, and sharpen the five senses.]
After the technique was reversed, the Seven Injuries Fist in Chen Xia's mind underwent subtle changes. A large amount of information flooded in, allowing him to obtain a strengthened version of the Seven Injuries Fist without side effects.
This scene was magical, as if this technique had always existed in Chen Xia's mind, the result of years of painstaking effort and comprehension.
Chen Xia was shocked. This was originally a flawed technique that people at the bottom couldn't cultivate, and it had killed his previous body.
Now, after being reversed by the panel, not only could he cultivate it, but it could also nourish his internal organs?
An extremely fast cultivation speed, no side effects, and it could even nourish the body?
Is it their arsenic, but my honey?
This meant that in the future, Chen Xia would have great convenience in cultivation!
For example, elixirs that others dared not consume, he could. Techniques that others dared not practice, flawed martial skills, might all become treasures in his hands.
As long as he reversed all resources with side effects, he could use them, essentially getting a huge advantage.
Great!
Chen Xia was very excited. He couldn't wait to practice the Seven Injuries Fist in his room.
In his memory, when he practiced this technique before, not only did his cultivation not progress, but he had coughed up blood and died. Each punch he threw, he could feel a faint disturbance of energy within his body, stimulating his five viscera.
Now, he was completely fine. On the contrary, the faint energy that was impacting Chen Xia's five viscera seemed to turn into cool nourishment. Each practice session resulted in nourishment for his internal organs.
The painful phenomena of the past were now reversed, turning into a comfortable warmth throughout his body. The more he practiced, the more energetic he became, and the primal qi in his viscera grew.
"Seven Injuries Fist, one practice seven injuries, has now become one practice seven supplements, greatly enhancing my body's strength!"
If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Chen Xia wouldn't have believed the Seven Injuries Fist was so powerful.
Moreover, the reversed Seven Injuries Fist was very complete, possessing effects far beyond ordinary techniques.
It included an internal cultivation incantation, circulation routes, and accompanying external fist techniques.
Inner Method can cultivate Qi energy that harms the viscera. Once mastered, it can be unleashed through the fists to injure an enemy's five viscera. Originally a technique where both combatants would injure each other, the side effect of self-harm is now gone, leaving only its high lethality against the enemy.
Furthermore, this technique possesses a super effect of nourishing the viscera. With both combined, it's basically all advantages.
"A martial art like this can completely compensate for my lack of talent!"
Chen Xia had some understanding of the martial arts in this world.
A thousand years ago, after the spiritual energy of heaven and earth recovered, humans could generate Primal Qi within their bodies through martial arts. This Primal Qi could forge Martial Warriors.
Therefore, martial arts were no longer mere talk; they were real martial ways painstakingly researched and developed by the Forebears.
Regardless of which martial art technique one cultivated, the early stage was divided into nine stages of Ningyuan. After breaking through 1000kg of Punch force, as long as the Martial Force value test was passed, the Federation government would bestow the title and identity of a Grade 1 Martial Warrior.
Now that he had progress, Chen Xia's martial arts practice was filled with hope. Although he was a transmigrator, he didn't want to live a Difficult life. He had to become strong!
Days passed.
Two weeks flew by.
During this Stage, besides reporting to the Patrol Inspection Branch as usual and patrolling with colleagues like Zhang Feng, Chen Xia spent most of his time cultivating the Seven Injuries Fist.
Cultivating the Seven Injuries Fist was not easy, and he put in a lot of sweat. However, thanks to his foundation in fist and foot techniques, Chen Xia could practice it with proper form and exert a certain level of power.
As he practiced, his Qi and Blood surged, his muscles felt hot, and his speed, strength, and perception all improved significantly in a short period.
Bang! That afternoon after work, Chen Xia went to a testing instrument in the corner of a nearby Martial Arts Hall and landed three powerful punches on the Target.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
"899kg!" "905kg!" "901kg!"
Chen Xia glanced at the three red numbers displayed on the instrument, somewhat surprised.
In the past, his Punch force was limited to an average of 786kg per punch. No matter how much he practiced, it wouldn't increase, seemingly reaching a Bottleneck in his body. Now, Chen Xia's three punches averaged 901kg!
This was the physical standard of the Eighth Stage of Ningyuan. In less than a month of cultivating the reversed Seven Injuries Fist, he had broken through the Level that had been stuck, reaching the Eighth Stage of Ningyuan!
"Eighth Stage... If I continue at this pace, I'll soon break through to Grade 1 Martial Warrior. At that point, let alone Deputy Captain, becoming Captain would be very stable."
Standing in front of the Target, Chen Xia was overjoyed.
The previous body had tried to break through to the Eighth Stage for two to three years of hard training but seemed to have reached its limit and could no longer break through.
But he had achieved it in less than a month.
This progress trend was incredible!
With this, his prospects were quite good.
"I want to become a Grade 1 Martial Warrior... I can do it too!"
Chen Xia secretly encouraged himself. However, he had been in the Patrol Inspection Office for six years, so he didn't mind enduring a bit longer. People don't fear hardship; they fear a lack of hope. As long as there is hope, life is full of sunshine.
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