27 Chapter 27: Improving Recruitment and Agility

Slap!

Chen Sheng slapped Shi Jian, breaking his wise man mode.

"Stop spazzing out."

Shi Jian's face looked miserable.

"But Brother Chen, you're really messing with my mind!"

"One night of your training is equivalent to my one or two years of hard work."

"It's alright, it's alright." Chen Sheng patted Shi Jian's shoulder: "At least your Qi Sense Talent is better than mine."

"Didn't you say last time, this is the age of the Qi-sensor."

"No matter how high your martial arts realm is, if your physical quality can't keep up, it's useless."

Chen Sheng felt fortunate at this moment, Shi Jian didn't know anything about the panel.

Otherwise,

he could hardly imagine, what kind of mental trauma he would inflict on this immature and burly young man.

Listening to Chen Sheng's consolation, Shi Jian's face finally somewhat eased.

He looked up at Chen Sheng.

"Brother Chen, what's your next plan, are you going to learn the Twelve Forms Boxing, or...?"

Chen Sheng shook his head.

"Not learning Twelve Forms Boxing for now."

Truthfully,

Chen Sheng was not very interested in mere striking techniques.

What he wanted more were techniques like the Three-Body Stance, Five Elements Fist, or the unacquired Tiger Leopard Thunder Sound that would quickly enhance his physical abilities.

He chose to come to the Martial Arts Hall, where he could freely show off his talents and see if he could catch Li Xingwu's attention.

"Let's spar?"

"Our Five Elements Fist realm is about the same now."

Hearing this,

Shi Jian's eyes lit up.

He was excited.

He had just been severely defeated by Chen Sheng.

Given the chance to regain his honor, he naturally couldn't ask for more.

Shi Jian suddenly showed agility that didn't match his burly body and jumped up from the ground.

"Bring it!"

He excitedly took his stance.

"Alright," Chen Sheng chuckled.

Then,

he took a few steps back, beginning to remove the weighted gear from his body.

When the weight bearing equipment on his body, calves, and wrists was removed and thrown to the ground with a loud bang,

Shi Jian couldn't help but swallow.

"Brother Chen, you're not pretending to be a pig to eat a tiger, are you?"

Chen Sheng rolled his eyes and gave him a glare.

"I wish I could."

With that said,

he stood three meters in front of Shi Jian, striking the same Three-Body Technique stance.

They faced each other.

In terms of physical ability, Chen Sheng knew he was still no match for Shi Jian.

Therefore,

he chose to strike first.

"Here I come!"

Whoosh!

Chen Sheng's feet pushed off the ground, and he rushed towards Shi Jian like an arrow.

With the weighted gear removed, his speed increased dramatically.

In the blink of an eye, he was right in front of Shi Jian.

His palms turned into fists, and a right Bashing Fist aimed straight for Shi Jian's abdomen.

"Well done!"

Shi Jian shouted loudly.

He calmly executed a Splitting Fist that came crashing down!

Slap!

The fist hit the wrist, instantly cutting off Chen Sheng's attack.

Chen Sheng's body stopped abruptly, his momentum halted.

He felt a numb sensation on his wrist, and the force that was about to be unleashed was shattered.

But it wasn't over yet.

The moment Shi Jian shattered Chen Sheng's force, his body changed stances suddenly.

Bang!

His eyes wide open, he stepped forward and closed in!

Changing the Chop into a Drill!

The fist tore through the air, brutally aiming for Chen Sheng's ribs.

In the nick of time,

Chen Sheng took a half step back and threw a Cross Punch.

Bang!

Their fists and arms collided!

Both of them retreated a step simultaneously.

Chen Sheng shook his numb hand and made a grimacing face.

Shi Jian, on the other hand, showed a big grin, standing in place and grinning foolishly.

"Want to go again, Brother Chen?"

Facing the provocative Shi Jian, Chen Sheng's heart didn't have a trace of dejection.

Instead, the excitement from fighting the robbers in the morning surged up in his heart once again.

He shook his arm and grinned as well.

"Again!"

In a blink of an eye, the two bodies collided once more.

Quickly,

time slowly passed between the two people as they sparred again and again.

Two hours later,

Chen Sheng, with bruises all over his body, stood in place, gritting his teeth in pain.

"You brat, your grip is fierce enough—"

Of course,

Chen Sheng was not without the power to fight back.

Shi Jian also clutched his ribs, convulsing with each breath.

"Mutual...mutual, it's still Brother Chen who has a darker hand Ah~"

Chen Sheng had hit him right where he was injured by Wu Ran the day before with a drilling punch, which caused such an effect.

The two sat on the practice martial field, looked at each other's miserable state, and laughed in unison.

But their laughter only aggravated their pain, causing them to scream in agony once more.

During the break, Chen Sheng called out the panel.

[Three-body Stance lv2: 15/5000]

[Xingyi Five Elements Fist lv1: 10/2000]

During the sparring, the proficiency of the two Xingyi skills had increased.

However, the speed was too slow.

Fortunately, Chen Sheng did not rely on his own hard training to level up.

Apart from proficiency,

Chen Sheng made an unexpected discovery.

It was the agility attribute.

The two-hour sparring session had actually increased Chen Sheng's agility attribute by 0.07, and the other two attributes had also increased by 0.01.

At first, Chen Sheng was somewhat puzzled.

But thinking carefully, he suddenly understood the reason.

The Xingyi Five Elements Fist, with its interdependent and antagonistic moves,

required constant thinking during sparring to figure out how to break the opponent's moves and how to coordinate one's own moves.

As a result, this sparring session greatly trained Chen Sheng's sensory abilities and nerve response.

In this way,

all three attributes now have separate training channels.

The stone weighing on Chen Sheng's heart finally fell.

He suddenly felt a wave of relief.

Even the pain in his body seemed to have eased a bit.

"Stone, let's do one more hour!"

That said,

Chen Sheng immediately took up his stance again.

"No!"

But Shi Jian directly raised his hand, stopping Chen Sheng's movement.

"Big brother, if you're not tired, I am."

"Moreover, the sparring with several direct disciples is about to start, can you let me rest for a while?"

At this,

Chen Sheng could only sigh.

"What kind of monster, he has more energy than me."

Only after he had sat back down to rest, did Shi Jian mutter quietly.

Just now, his nerves had been tense throughout their match.

Now that he relaxed, he felt only a heavy sensation in his brain, unable to gather his thoughts.

"What did you say?"

"Nothing, nothing, I was talking to myself."

Obviously,

although Shi Jian's physical fitness was stronger than Chen Sheng's,

he did not have the existence of the panel, and could not recover from nerve fatigue while fighting like Chen Sheng could.

Chen Sheng stretched both arms and laid down directly on the practice martial field.

Shi Jian's strength was tremendous.

And Chen Sheng could be sure that his opponent had not used his full strength.

Otherwise, given his opponent's martial arts realm of light energy, he probably wouldn't be able to walk for three rounds.

Even so,

Chen Sheng's body still ached from Shi Jian's hits from just a moment ago.

Both of his arms trembled uncontrollably.

If Shi Jian was like this,

how terrifying would Wu Ran, who was able to beat Shi Jian into a helpless state while suppressing his physical fitness, be?

At this moment,

Chen Sheng suddenly understood why Li Xingwu valued Wu Ran so much.

If he had only been an ordinary Qi-sensor, he would probably not have dared to even think about catching up with a genius like Wu Ran.

But Chen Sheng did not feel the slightest bit of discouragement in his heart.

On the contrary,

his eyes became even more resolute.

He wanted to become stronger.

Stronger than Wu Ran, Guo Yang, and even Li Xingwu!

He believed,

as long as he persisted,

the inevitable outcome would be achieved.