Atlas of Heaven and Man

The next day, at five in the morning, Chen Chuan got up, washed, and tidied himself, preparing to leave. After getting dressed, he seemed to sense something and glanced towards the door.

He adjusted his collar, walked over, and opened the door. Unexpectedly, someone he hadn't anticipated was waiting there: Gao Qiu, the wilderness-style fighter.

He said, "Senior Gao?"

Gao Qiu had no bandages or anything of the sort on him. Apart from missing a hand, his mental state seemed no different from when he was on stage yesterday.

He said very solemnly, "Trainee Chen, I learned your address from the cruise ship management. I came specifically to thank you. If it weren't for you yesterday, I would have died there."

As he spoke, he tossed something over.

Chen Chuan grabbed it. Opening his hand, he saw a smooth, polished pointed-tooth pendant.

"If you are interested in wilderness training, you can use this to find us. The people of the wilderness school will welcome you."

Chen Chuan nodded. He glanced at Gao Qiu's empty right arm. Having lost an arm, and with the wilderness school not using any implants, this man's combat power would likely be greatly reduced in the future.

Gao Qiu noticed his gaze. He was quite calm and said, "Originally, if I could have found the shattered bones and reattached them, they could have grown back. But now it seems impossible.

But it doesn't matter. I've already fought with all my strength. The experience of failure is also a wealth. I will teach it to the younger generation and let them pass it on. The wilderness school is not just one person, but everyone. Remember, those who remember failure will move towards success."

He looked to the side, "It seems someone is looking for you. I'll leave first. See you again if we have the chance."

Chen Chuan turned his head and saw Lu Shiqi walking towards him from one end of the cabin corridor. The difference was that overnight, his broken arm had been completely restored. It was unknown whether it had been reconnected or replaced.

That's the advantage of implants. Things in some places can be replaced and implanted through surgery.

Lu Shiqi walked up to Chen Chuan. He said, "Trainee Chen, I'm not very good at talking. I'm here on behalf of the company to thank you. In the company's words, you saved the company's assets." He handed over a card. "This is the company's gratitude. I hope you can accept it."

Chen Chuan took it and saw that it was a Wansheng Consortium gold card. This time, they were directly giving money? It seemed Lu Shiqi's company's gratitude was very practical.

He put the gold card into his pocket and said, "Then I'll accept it."

Seeing that he had accepted it, Lu Shiqi didn't say anything more, nodded to him, and turned to leave.

Chen Chuan returned to his room and continued packing. At six thirty in the morning, the four left the Rhinoceros Horn cruise ship and took a speedboat back to the port. Before the four, Pan Xiaode was eager to try and said, "Student Chen, we haven't competed before. Why don't we find a place to compete now?"

Tan Zhi said, "Isn't it better to be friendly? Why do you have to compete?"

Pan Xiaode stretched out a fist, "We fighters communicate with our fists. Only by taking a friend's fist can we have true friendship with each other."

Chen Chuan thought to himself that next time, it seemed he would have to use his fists.

He said very sincerely, "I think if I fight with Student Pan, the time may be difficult to control. I have already made an appointment with my teacher, and I can't keep my teacher waiting. Let's make an appointment for another day."

Pan Xiaode agreed very much. He felt that his level was not much different from Chen Chuan's. A fight would definitely be a grind for half an hour. If it was a tie all the time, it might take a whole day. It was indeed difficult to control the time. Moreover, when he competed with Chen Chuan, he couldn't let Qi Huixin not participate, right? So he had to find a good time.

He said regretfully, "Then it will have to be next time."

After separating from the two, Chen Chuan took Tan Zhi's car back. This time, he didn't return to the Xuangong Building, but directly asked Tan Zhi to take him to Teacher Zheng's house.

He said goodbye to Tan Zhi in front of the house and entered. When he saw Teacher Zheng inside, after greeting him, Teacher Zheng said with a smile, "Did you have a good holiday?"

Chen Chuan followed him into the training room. After warming up a bit, he saw that Zheng Tongtong was already ready.

The previous two training sessions were for blocking heavy and light knives respectively. However, this time, Zheng Tongtong was holding two knives in her left and right hands. Only after her reminder did he know that these two knives were originally one light and one heavy, but they looked exactly the same on the outside. Even if he was told in advance, it would be difficult to distinguish them.

Logically speaking, when a person is holding two knives of different weights, there will be slight differences in their center of gravity and steps. However, Zheng Tongtong couldn't see any of this when she moved.

Just this alone showed that her strength level was extremely high, otherwise she wouldn't be able to do this. If he could also do this, then Xiong Jianyi would not have been able to judge his next move by observing his movement rhythm.

Zheng Tongtong waved the two knives, "Junior, are you ready?"

Chen Chuan raised his knife, stood firmly, and nodded.

Without saying a word, Zheng Tongtong lunged forward and wielded the two knives, slashing at him in turn.

Because Chen Chuan only had one knife to block, Zheng Tongtong's rhythm was slower at the beginning. But as he adapted, the rhythm became faster and faster. For a time, the light of the knives flew in the field, and the sounds of collision were endless.

Soon he discovered that it was extremely difficult to block like this, because he not only had to change his strength, but also had to increase his speed. Often, just as he had neutralized the heavy knife, the light knife would slash over with a swoosh, or he would barely block the light knife, but he would be busy changing his strength to block the next heavy slash.

He needed to reasonably change the rhythm between two different responses and react quickly and timely, especially since he couldn't dodge while standing in place, which made it even more difficult.

This time, it took him two days to adapt.

On the third day, Teacher Zheng called him over and taught him the set of breathing techniques for adjusting and changing strength.

And told him that next, she would hit the rhythm with her palm from the side, and every time she hit, Chen Chuan had to use the way to deal with the heavy knife to deal with the light knife, and the way to deal with the light knife to deal with the heavy knife, and when she stopped hitting, he needed to change back to the normal way, and there could not be a trace of confusion in the middle.

As for the collision caused by the reverse application of power, there was no need to worry, because Zheng Tongtong would change her strength one step ahead. If the method he used was correct, then there would be no problem.

In fact, it was okay to simply deal with the changes in the knife slash, but when it was necessary to cooperate with Teacher Zheng's palm strike, it was very difficult, because it would break his rhythm.

The sound of the palm strike was sometimes rapid, sometimes slow, sometimes only tapping intermittently, and sometimes suddenly continuous, and constantly changing, and it was specially issued when picking his breathing rhythm. If he was not careful, he would easily mess up everything.

But even so, Zheng Tongtong didn't make even one mistake, and her breathing could be changed at any time, which was very powerful. It seemed that she was already very familiar with this change.

After another two days, Chen Chuan finally grasped the trick in this breathing method and gradually was able to keep up with the changes in the beat.

However, this was just the beginning. Teacher Zheng then changed the method again, telling him that when she hit the table with her fist, he needed to block with the method of receiving a heavy knife, and when she hit with her palm, he needed to block with the method of receiving a light knife.

Under the repeated grinding of this change, Chen Chuan's defensive skills were constantly improving, but this was just the foundation, because at this time, all the attacks were just flat slashes.

So on the sixth day, Teacher Zheng asked Zheng Tongtong to add changes in strength to the knife.

This was actually more difficult than dealing with heavy and light knives, because before contact, it was impossible to judge what kind of strength was on it. He could only change at the moment of contact, and Zheng Tongtong's double knives flew back and forth, and the knife moves were constantly changing, which extremely tested his coping ability.

This time, it took a full three days to barely keep up.

Seeing that he was able to adapt and the time he used was not long, Teacher Zheng was quite satisfied and said, "You have made rapid progress. Your defensive skills have been initially mastered. This month's training will end here. Next month, we will start the next stage. I will teach you how to attack."

Chen Chuan nodded. In these days, although it seemed that his whole body's heteromorphic tissues were sore and tight after returning every day, the feeling of growth every day was very good and very fulfilling.

He had only been able to experience this feeling of constant progress when he first started learning fighting skills from Yu Gang. It could be said that it had been a long time.

In addition to Teacher Zheng's careful teaching, Zheng Tongtong, as a sparring partner, was also very serious in doing every step well. This kind of good sparring partner was really hard to come by.

He sincerely thanked, "Thank you, Teacher Zheng, thank you, Senior Zheng."

Teacher Zheng said with a smile, "No need to thank me. If the student learns well, I, as a teacher, will also teach happily. You can usually think about it more. What the teacher teaches you is just what the teacher teaches you. Only when you understand it yourself will it be your own."

Chen Chuan said okay. After saying goodbye to Teacher Zheng and his daughter, he came out of Teacher Zheng's house. Just when he arrived at the station and had not yet boarded the tram, the Bureau of Boundary Affairs sent a message.

This was to inform him that the Yaoguang irradiation was scheduled for the day after tomorrow, and he could choose a time himself, and the Bureau would arrange it for him.

He thought about it. The day after tomorrow was a holiday, so he decided on tomorrow. So he quickly determined the time and submitted it directly through the Boundary Card.

Just five minutes later, another voice message came, showing that the source was Canglong Company. After connecting, a voice rang in his ear:

"Hello, Mr. Chen. I am Yin Fang, the assistant of Director Sun of Canglong Company. We have received an application for Yaoguang irradiation from the Bureau of Boundary Affairs, with your name on it. According to Director Sun's instructions, we will give you three extra hours of quota per month. The physical receipt has been sent. Please pay attention to check it."

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