Young master, why not become a corpse immortal?

Chapter 36 Chen Dajiang

Early the next morning, before Lin Jiang could figure out what to do with the things in the river, Wen Xiangyi led him to the pillar.

The so-called pillars were the captains of the guards, somewhat similar to the security captains of later generations, but not quite the same.

The guards all lived in the courtyard, ate and drank there, and worked hard when things happened, sometimes even risking their lives. Some of them also had a strong sense of family and江湖 (jianghu, the martial arts world) spirit.

Their skills are also superior.

After all, in this era, it's impossible to build such a large foundation without having a group of highly capable people under your command.

It turns out that the Lin family's pharmacy also had guards, but the Lin family's shop didn't need many people to guard it, so there weren't many guards. After the family was ruined, the guards dispersed and were taken over by local martial arts companies.

This pillar doesn't look very old, but he has thick eyebrows that form a line, and his face is square.

His hair was also very short, which was rare in this era; most people, both men and women, would have long hair.

This makes him seem a bit wooden.

For some reason, Lin Jiang looked at him and felt that this person looked like a character from a Stephen Chow movie.

He also looked at Lin Jiang and spoke, loudly:

"Greetings, young master!"

The tremor caused a few leaves to fall from the leaves in the yard.

“Our institute’s mainstay is Chen Longmeng. He’s a very honest and kind man, and quite capable. If you let him teach you a few moves, you can master them and that will be enough for you for quite some time.”

Chen Longmeng was very serious. He spoke with a thick accent:

“My name is Chen Longmeng. I am a pillar here. The boss asked me to teach the young master, so I will naturally do my best to teach him.”

His tone was calm, without any inflection, and he spoke in a single tone. As he spoke, he struck a pose and demonstrated several standard fighting techniques, accompanied by "Hey~ya!" sounds.

He seemed to have a bit of facial paralysis; his expression didn't even change much.

Lin Jiang could tell that Chen Longmeng was indeed capable.

Lin Jiang could also tell that Wen Xiangyi's comment about Chen Longmeng being honest and simple was a compliment.

His mind...

Not very effective.

Wen Xiangyi noticed that Lin Jiang's expression was strange. She coughed lightly and pulled Lin Jiang over.

“Chen Longmeng’s family used to make soy sauce, and he was called Chen Soy Sauce. After I took him in, I changed his name to Longmeng. He’s not very bright, but he’s hardworking and has a talent for martial arts. He’s already entered the inner hall at a young age. Learning a few moves from him will definitely not be a problem.”

Lin Jiang felt that the name Chen Dajiang was more suitable for him than Chen Longmeng.

Wen Xiangyi left, leaving only Lin Jiang and Chen Dajiang.

There was also a small ginseng hidden in the cuff.

Xiao Shanshen looked at Chen Dajiang with curiosity. She had always wanted to learn kung fu, and since she seemed to have the opportunity today, she decided to take a closer look.

But then I felt that the person in front of me wasn't very bright, and I wondered if I could learn any real skills from him.

"Young master, did you practice martial arts before?"

Lin Jiang shook his head.

“Then we have to start with the horse stance,” Chen Dajiang said. “Everyone has to start learning martial arts with the horse stance, otherwise your lower body will be unstable.”

"How long did you hold that horse stance on that big pillar?"

Chen Dajiang recalled the events very seriously for a while:

“I remember practicing the horse stance for ten years. I started practicing when I was five and continued until I was fifteen before I started practicing my skills. Young master, you also have to practice the horse stance for ten years.”

Chen Dajiang is very serious. He said he would commit to ten years, and he wouldn't allow a single year to be missed, otherwise he wouldn't be able to master the real skills.

"Just the horse stance?"

"We also had to run while carrying buckets of water and lift large blue stones, training from morning till night."

“But my grandma will probably teach me other things, and she might arrange blind dates for me, which will take up her time.”

Chen Dajiang stroked his chin, deep in thought with a blank expression:
“That is indeed a problem. Perhaps you, young master, will need to practice your basic skills for twenty years.”

"How do you know when you've mastered the basics?" Lin Jiang asked again.

"Twenty years..."

"What if I'm still weak twenty years from now, or what if I'm so gifted that I'll be stronger and faster than you in just one year?"

Lin Jiang persuaded Chen Dajiang.

"Young master, if you run faster than me, I'll teach you how to run; if you're stronger than me, I'll teach you how to use your fists; if you're more skilled in martial arts than me, I'll teach you how to use weapons."

Lin Jiang nodded solemnly:
"it is good."

He walked to the stone table, sat down, and placed his left elbow on the table.

"Young Master? What are you going to do?"

"Weren't we supposed to be comparing strength?" Lin Jiang said with a smile.
"Arm wrestling, can you?"

……

Do you think the young master can hold on?

A maid swept the floor as she spoke, a hint of worry in her eyes, as if she were genuinely concerned for Lin Jiang.

Chen Dajiang is a good person, with a very kind heart. He speaks out against injustice and acts decisively when necessary.

But he's too straightforward, both in mind and action. He does whatever his employer says. If we let him hone Lin Jiang's skills, he'll definitely lack any sense of proportion.

Anyone with eyes can see that the master clearly doesn't want the young master to learn any skills, which is why he deliberately sent the pillar to do this job.

How could a pampered young master possibly train hard for ten years?
"I estimate the young master will give up after a month at most."

"I think the young master is a resilient person; he might be able to hold on for three months."

"Actually, it's better if we can't stick it out. If we really can't stick it out, the young master will stay here."

At this point, the maid who had been speaking blushed, covered her face with her hand, and turned her head away. The older maid then chuckled:
"You little slut, you want to see the young master's face, don't you? Let me tell you, you can look, but don't overthink it. The young master is not on our level. We can only serve him at most."

The maid's face showed obvious disappointment.

She is polite and beautiful. Yesterday she even saved a fisherman, and this morning the fisherman wanted to come and thank her, but the servants persuaded him to leave.

Such a young master!

Which young girl doesn't dream of love?
Just as the two maids were discussing matters in Linjiang, they suddenly heard a cry of pain coming from inside the inner palace.

It's a man.

The young maid covered her ears:

"Oh dear, I can't bear to hear it. It must be that the pillar has started training the young master."

The older one did listen with her ear tilted, but her expression immediately turned a little strange.

"That's strange, that voice doesn't sound like the young master's."

"Ouch!"

Another cry of pain came from inside the courtyard, which both maids heard clearly.

This is Chen Dajiang's accent.

The scream wasn't from Lin Jiang.

The two maids looked at each other in bewilderment.

This... doesn't seem right.

Shouldn't it be Chen Dajiang training Lin Jiang? What's his own name?

They were both very curious, but dared not open the backyard door.

A moment later, the door was pushed open, and Lin Jiang walked in first, swaggering, with Chen Dajiang behind him, his right arm hanging down rather unnaturally.

"Big pillar? What happened to you?"

Just as Chen Dajiang was about to speak, Lin Jiang interrupted him:
"His arm is swollen, I need to take him to see a doctor."

After saying that, Lin Jiang took Chen Dajiang away.

The maids looked completely bewildered.

On the way, Chen Dajiang kept his eyes fixed on Lin Jiang.

He may not be very bright, but that doesn't mean he's stupid.

Just now, Lin Jiang exerted a strong force and broke off the fourth level of his inner hall.

He had practiced diligently for so long, enduring ten years of horse stance training, yet he could only hold out for less than half a moment against a seemingly ordinary white-haired man.

Something just doesn't feel right!

Lin Jiang led him to the Shuixing Pharmacy, which was guarded only by an old man at the gate and looked more like a warehouse.

The old man was dozing off, and no one else was around, so Lin Jiang decided to get the medicine himself.

After he prepared the medicine to promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, Chen Dajiang couldn't help but ask:

"Young Master, what just happened?"

"I met a deity on the road who gave me a golden pill, and now I am incredibly strong."

Lin Jiang chuckled and joked.

However, Chen Dajiang showed an envious expression: "That's great, the golden pills I eat can replace a lot of my hard work."

He paused for a moment, then said, "Young Master, where are the immortals? I'd like to go see them too."

Lin Jiang could tell that Chen Dajiang was genuinely serious when he asked him this question.

"The immortal has already left. If I have the chance next time, I will definitely ask him for you."

Lin Jiang applied the plaster to Chen Dajiang.

Chen Dajiang looked at Lin Jiang gratefully.

After applying the medicine, Chen Dajiang shook his arm; it still hurt a little.

This arm is bruised and will take another two or three days to heal.

“You defeated me. According to the agreement, I should teach you my skills, but my arm is injured right now, so I can’t use any tricks. I can only teach you after my injury heals.”

"It's alright." Lin Jiang also found a chair and sat down. "I have some questions I'd like to ask."

"You say."

"The lake is haunted by water ghosts, didn't my grandma ask you to deal with it?"

"I'll give in. But I can't swim. Even a human can't beat a water ghost in the water."

Chen Dajiang was very frank.

"You're at the fourth level of cultivation, but you can't swim?"

Chen Dajiang said, "Young master, it doesn't matter whether you can swim or not in the Fourth Heaven. When I was a child, the neighbor's kids always wanted me to go play in the river, but I never went because I would sink to the bottom as soon as I went into the water."

Yes, there are indeed people who can't swim.

"Did Grandma look for someone else?"

"We've tried quite a few." Chen Dajiang counted on his fingers: "We found a Taoist priest, who threw glutinous rice into the lake, but it didn't work. We found a corpse retriever, who tried to talk to the creature in the river and persuade it with kindness, but the creature in the river wouldn't say a word. In the end, we had no choice but to spend a lot of money to buy a treasure, a Buddhist bead, and ask me to use it to exorcise the vengeful spirit in the river. I spent the whole night on it, but it still didn't work."

"Even Buddhist prayer beads for the deceased are useless?"

Lin Jiang frowned.

Is this thing in the water unaffected by glutinous rice and Buddhist beads?

(End of this chapter)