Let the true energy circulate for a while

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Meanwhile, in the hotel room.

The father and son were eating takeout, drinking beer, and chatting happily.

Chen Jianbin was very excited: "Go on, please continue."

Chen Ye said, "Back then, Xiang Yu fought against Han Xin, Fan Kuai, and Xiahou Ying. It is said that they fought for four days and three nights. In the end, only Han Xin returned wounded. As a result, Han Xin was attacked by Empress Lü Zhi's Phoenix Cry True Qi and died at the hands of his own people."

Chen Jianbin listened in astonishment, exclaiming how exciting it was.

"How do you classify individual combat strength over there?"

Chen Ye said, "The Sima clan of the Great Jin Dynasty established a nine-rank system for warriors, dividing all warriors in the world into nine ranks. However, it often happens that people of lower ranks kill people of higher ranks!"

Centuries later, the Hongwu Emperor abolished the nine-rank system for military officers. Without ranks, the saying went, "whoever has the strongest fist is the most powerful."

Chen Jianbin nodded: "That makes sense. After all, it's a real world, not like leveling up in games or novels. The situation changes in an instant during battles. The way you put it, it's more like the martial arts world in older novels."

Chen Ye said, "However, among all martial artists in the world, there are three levels of mastery that are quite intuitive: True Qi protecting the body, True Qi projecting outwards, and True Qi taking form!"

"I understand releasing true energy externally, but what does it mean for true energy to take form?"

Chen Ye thought for a moment and said, "True Qi taking form... uh, Dad, just think of 'taking form' as being able to create effects like those in current AI!"

Chen Jianbin looked on with envy, "The Eighteen Subduing Dragon Palms, the kind that summons a dragon with a single strike?!"

Chen Ye scratched his head. "Yes, that's what I mean! Dad, the true qi in the human body all originates from the dantian and dantian, and circulates through the eight extraordinary meridians and the twelve regular meridians."

"The outward release of true qi is transparent gas energy. In fact, it is the dissipation of true qi that has not yet been condensed and can injure people by impacting the airflow."

Chen Ye paused, then raised his hand and gestured a gathering motion: "But the transformation of true qi is different. When the dantian and qi sea are full and deep, the released true qi condenses into a tangible form that can be seen with the naked eye. This is the transformation of true qi."

Chen Jianbin asked expectantly, "Can you transform your inner energy into a physical form?"

Chen Ye shook his head. "I've only reached the level of releasing true qi externally. Very few people can actually manifest true qi. They are all at the grandmaster level. There are only a dozen or so in the entire martial arts world, and they are all extremely rare."

"Looks like you still need to practice more!"

"I've heard of the dragon-shaped true energy you mentioned, but I've never seen it. I saw a grandmaster at the martial arts tournament in Jiangnan who unleashed the true energy of nine pythons! They were bared and clawed, very intimidating. The storyteller's 'Strange Tales of the Martial World' records that a thousand years ago, the sword immortal Li Bai could fly on his sword."

At this moment, Chen Jianbin received a phone call and a message from Wang Dekun, an old colleague from the Xincheng Household Registration Office, informing him that he had delivered Chen Ye's ID card by high-speed rail.

"Weren't you supposed to send it by courier? Why did you deliver it personally?"

Chen Jianbin said seriously, "Xiao Ye, you should already be under the attention of the higher-ups, but they haven't come to confront you yet."

Chen Ye said, "It was the incident where I saved Er Mao and we encountered the special forces, wasn't it?"

Chen Jianbin nodded. "I knew this day would come, but I didn't expect it to be so soon. You've only been back for less than a month."

After Chen Ye rescued Er Mao and returned, he recounted his encounter with the Secret Service. Chen Jianbin immediately sensed something was wrong. Moreover, he discovered that clips of his son's previous audition videos had been taken down by various social media platforms for allegedly providing inappropriate content or failing to label them as AI.

Chen Ye's exaggerated "parkour" on the street yesterday can also be found on short video platforms, but all of them have been watermarked with AI, and most of them have had their traffic limited. However, many similar AI-effect parkour videos have appeared at the same time, which are even more exaggerated.

Chen Jianbin said with relief, "No wonder I suddenly could get an ID card so easily, and so efficiently! I didn't even have time to give a gift!"

"Dad, what are you worried about?"

Chen Jianbin said in a deep voice, "I don't know how the country will treat you, and I'm very worried about you."

Recalling the incident at the train station where he was followed by two people, Chen Jianbin admitted that the government might have already begun to take notice around that time. He couldn't sleep last night and tossed and turned.

He imagined many possible outcomes:

Fearing that their son would be taken away and put into a laboratory to be studied as a specimen;

I've also thought about my son being made a superhero, elevated to a pedestal, and revitalized China;

I even thought that maybe the country could come up with a way to actively connect the two worlds, and the teleportation gate would reappear, with my son riding a fighter jet, leading our special forces to conquer that martial arts world and sweep across the land.

I've even thought that some people would stop at nothing to achieve so-called "immortality."

Of course, these are all assumptions that a father makes up because he is worried about his child.

Judging from the current situation, it seems that the authorities are in an observation phase regarding Chen Ye. After all, Chen Ye said yesterday that he killed a kidnapper, but they didn't take that back for a statement.

"Dad, I can sense that the special operations team didn't mean me any harm yesterday, at least not last night."

How did you know?

Chen Ye said, "Perhaps it's a feeling I've developed through my travels in the martial world, or it could be a sensation from the third level of the Longevity Technique. When others have mental energy, good thoughts are pure and peaceful, while evil thoughts are turbid and impure. If someone approaches me with murderous intent or hostility, I can vaguely sense it even if they don't say a word."

"Is it really that amazing? How accurate is this kind of intuition?"

"Unless a master is deliberately hiding their abilities, Dad, there's something I need to tell you."

"you say."

Chen Ye said, "On our first night in Los Angeles, a drunk man followed me the whole way. He was hostile towards me, but that's nothing to worry about, and I won't make a big deal out of it!"

After a pause, a fierce glint appeared in Chen Ye's eyes.

"But he cursed me, saying I was a bastard who had been born of a mother but had no upbringing! I couldn't hold back and killed him with one blow. A beggar saw it, and I thought that perhaps that's when the country discovered me."

Chen Jianbin jumped to his feet and immediately asked, "Where did you kill that person?"

"It's in Erliqiao Alley in the old street. You took me there a few times and said the surveillance cameras there were broken."

Chen Jianbin slowly sat down and shook his head bitterly.

Chen Ye's phone rang, and he found it was Gong Rongrong calling.

"Hey, Miss Rongrong."

On the phone, Gong Rongrong's tone was somewhat urgent: "Chen Ye, are you still in Luocheng?"

"Yes, what's up?"

"Listen to me, you might be being watched. Someone just contacted me and asked me a lot of questions about your work here. Boss Tang was taken away by the police for questioning! And that Wu Tianming has been detained."

Chen Ye turned on speakerphone and asked, "What did you say?"

"I didn't mention that you know true qi. I just said that your kung fu is excellent, and many female students surround you every day, renewing their memberships just for you. There are even two rich women fighting over you! During your time as a teaching assistant, your sales performance has been outstanding; you're almost the top salesperson!"

Because the hands-free mode was on, Chen Jianbin's mouth muscles twitched stiffly, his expression pained, and he used his thumb and forefinger to support his mouth, forcing himself not to smile. He had received professional training.

Chen Ye said, "Thank you for telling me all this."

On the phone, Gong Rongrong said, "I want to go to Los Angeles to watch you play. I'll take the high-speed train this afternoon."

"Sure, let me know when you get here, and I'll treat you to a meal."

"Wow! I also saw the video of you diving into the water to save someone online. You're so cool, I give you a thumbs up!"

Chen Ye smiled and said, "It's nothing. I'll hang up now. Send me a message when you get to Los Angeles."

"good!"

Chen Ye hung up the phone and looked at his father.

Chen Jianbin sighed, "Xiao Ye, put women aside for now and think about how to face the country."

"Dad, I've never thought about finding a woman."

"..."

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In the conference room of the Secret Service's Los Angeles branch.

Qin Shifan watched the interview video of the white-haired old man again, and was particularly interested in the things the white-haired old man talked about, such as becoming an immortal and living forever!

Hongxing stayed by his side, and the two exchanged a few words from time to time.

At this moment, the secretary rushed in and whispered, "Teacher Qin, it's important!" The secretary glanced at Hongxing, then hesitated.

Qin Shifan waved his hand: "Speak, Hongxing has the authority to know now."

Red Star was delighted and saluted!

The secretary produced a document, her expression grave. "Teacher Qin, we've made progress on the big boss who bought the children. Things are definitely not simple! Very suspicious!"

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