Chapter 72: His Strength Increased Again
After Zheng Dagang left, Su Xiaofan began meditating and cultivating according to a regular routine.
The mattress was too soft. The previous day, Su Xiaofan had laid a rubber mat on the floor and sat cross-legged on it, but somehow it still didn't feel quite right.
So before meditating today, Su Xiaofan ordered a meditation cushion with his phone.
He now understood why monks and Daoist priests liked using meditation cushions so much. A cushion woven from reeds was definitely more comfortable to sit on than an ordinary mat.
The night passed without incident, but Su Xiaofan felt that he was getting closer and closer to opening the Great Heavenly Circuit meridians.
The speed at which he circulated the Small Heavenly Circuit technique seemed to have become a little faster as well, although Su Xiaofan hadn't actually measured the exact time.
“Hmm, has my strength increased again?”
The next morning, while Su Xiaofan was frying eggs for himself, he accidentally bent the spatula. The frying pan nearly ended up with a hole in it from his careless swipe.
Su Xiaofan already had experience with this kind of thing. It had been the same when his strength had suddenly increased before. Back then, he hadn't even dared put too much force into his footsteps when walking.
“Do I have to find a gym again?”
Su Xiaofan smiled bitterly.
This was somewhat troublesome. After all, gyms were crowded and full of prying eyes. The weights he used during training were simply too astonishing, so there was no way he could work out without attracting attention.
After thinking for a moment, Su Xiaofan took out his phone and called Uncle Jing.
“What? You can't control your strength again?”
Hearing Su Xiaofan's words, Jing Shizhen was also stunned.
Logically speaking, this shouldn't happen. A sudden increase in strength usually only occurred when someone had just opened the Small Heavenly Circuit meridians.
The second increase in strength should happen after more than half of the Great Heavenly Circuit meridians had been opened, when the strength of the limbs became enfhanced.
But Su Xiaofan had only opened his Small Heavenly Circuit a few days ago. He should still have been far from opening the Great Heavenly Circuit.
“Xiao Su, how much of your Great Heavenly Circuit have you opened?”
Jing Shizhen asked over the phone.
“About half.”
Su Xiaofan's voice came through.
“Master, didn't you take three months to open the Great Heavenly Circuit? I think I might be a little faster!”
Su Xiaofan was deliberately pretending not to know. After all, the three-month figure was something Uncle Jing himself had claimed.
“I took three damn years!”
Jing Shizhen roared inwardly.
All Su Xiaofan heard from the other end was a “crack,” and then the call was abruptly disconnected.
“Bad signal?”
When Su Xiaofan called again, the phone said that the number was temporarily unreachable.
“Hello, Master?”
About a minute later, Su Xiaofan's phone displayed an incoming call from a landline number in Yanjing.
“Mm, it's me.”
There was no emotion that could be detected in Jing Shizhen's voice.
Naturally, Su Xiaofan couldn't see that Jing Shizhen was sitting on the sofa with a phone in front of him that he had crushed into several pieces in his grip.
“Master, it's inconvenient for me to go to a gym. Is there another way I can train?”
Su Xiaofan asked, “Does our sect have any martial arts or combat techniques I can practice? Master, you must have some secret manuals you haven't taught me yet, right?”
“Bullshit! What secret manuals do I have?”
Jing Shizhen, who had originally been trying to remain calm, immediately lost his composure because of Su Xiaofan.
“You don't need any damn secret manual. Go find someone to spar with you. Do you think anyone can even hit you?”
The moment the words left his mouth, Jing Shizhen regretted them.
“Wait, don't hurt anyone. Don't go looking for people to spar with.”
“Listen to me. Once you've developed true qi, your reaction speed and strength are both far beyond those of ordinary people. Stop using an ordinary person's way of thinking to imagine your own strength.”
“Then what am I now? Superman?”
Su Xiaofan's question made the veins on Jing Shizhen's forehead bulge.
“You can understand it that way. If you're not afraid of being investigated by the relevant authorities, then by all means, go out and play Superman!”
“Ahem, I was just saying. I'm a law-abiding citizen!”
Su Xiaofan's voice immediately became quieter.
What a joke. He had so many secrets on him. How could he possibly withstand an investigation?
But after carefully considering his Master's words, Su Xiaofan also understood.
He still didn't know exactly how fast his reaction speed had become.
But in terms of strength, Su Xiaofan believed that even a world-class heavyweight boxing champion probably wouldn't be able to compare with him.
So martial arts techniques and fighting moves were nothing more than flashy tricks in front of him. One punch from him could knock someone flat.
“It's normal for your strength to increase. Can't you just adapt to it using some exercise equipment?”
Jing Shizhen was already becoming impatient.
In his mind, this was practically provocation.
His disciple was provoking his Master.
The cultivation technique that his Master had spent three years—no, three months—mastering… How could his disciple dare to master it in less than three months? Did he have no respect for his Master at all?!
“But… it's inconvenient for me to go to a gym.”
Su Xiaofan really didn't want to go to a gym and become the center of attention.
Back when he had no strength, Su Xiaofan had especially wanted to show off his abilities at the gym.
At that time, only people at the expert level could attract everyone's attention and make them gasp in amazement while working out.
But now that his strength had far exceeded that of ordinary people, Su Xiaofan was actually afraid to go.
He was worried that he might end up frightening everyone around him.
“Can't you just spend some money and buy exercise equipment for your home?!”
Jing Shizhen was becoming even more impatient. This kid was actually still showing off.
“Eh? That's right! Thank you, thank you, Master!”
Su Xiaofan finally caught on.
The enormous balcony in his new home had more than enough space for several pieces of exercise equipment.
“You also need to work on your coordination.”
Jing Shizhen was still quite responsible as a Master.
“Find a swimming pool and swim for two hours every day.”
“Okay, Master. I understand.”
Su Xiaofan quickly agreed.
Swimming wasn't difficult for him. He had already learned how to paddle around in the river beside his village when he was five or six years old.
“By the way, are those two magical artifacts in Gangzi's hands related to you?”
Jing Shizhen asked.
Naturally, something like this couldn't escape his notice.
Zhao Hengjian had called him immediately, originally intending to ask him to authenticate the items.
However, Jing Shizhen wasn't in Luochuan, so he had introduced Zhao Hengjian to the abbot of Pufa Temple, the eminent monk Shanli.
“They have nothing to do with me. Gangzi found them himself.”
Su Xiaofan flatly denied it.
In any case, he wasn't planning to nurture any magical artifacts for the time being, so he wasn't afraid of being exposed.
“Found them himself? Is it really that easy to find treasures in the market nowadays?”
Jing Shizhen muttered.
He felt that he had become somewhat disconnected from the antique market recently. Perhaps he really should visit the markets more often.
“All right. Don't run around too much during this period. I'll return to Luochuan next week. When I do, I'll take you somewhere.”
After giving Su Xiaofan a few more instructions, Jing Shizhen hung up the phone.
There was also a guest sitting beside him.
“Uncle Jing, you really took a disciple?”
The person sitting opposite Jing Shizhen was none other than Tong Dongjie, whom Su Xiaofan had met before.
“Mm. You've met him before. He's the one who sold you that brush pot—Su Xiaofan!”
Jing Shizhen nodded.
“If you happen to meet him outside in the future, take good care of him.”
Although Jing Shizhen often gave Su Xiaofan a hard time, he was actually very protective of his disciple.
Su Xiaofan hadn't even officially made a name for himself in the world yet, and Jing Shizhen had already begun introducing him to his connections.
“Uncle Jing's disciple? Why would he need me to take care of him? It would be more appropriate for Brother Xiaofan to take care of me.”
Tong Dongjie repeatedly said that he wouldn't dare presume to do so, but he was secretly delighted.
He had shown Su Xiaofan goodwill before, so there was a good chance they could become friends in the future.
Naturally, Su Xiaofan knew nothing about what was happening on Uncle Jing's side.
After hanging up the phone, he didn't continue making lunch. Instead, he grabbed the car keys, went out, and had breakfast at a nearby restaurant.
As his strength increased, Su Xiaofan discovered that his appetite had grown again.
After eating six baskets of steamed buns and three bowls of soup, his stomach still felt strangely empty.
Seeing the owner's astonished expression, Su Xiaofan had no choice but to go to another breakfast shop and pack enough food for ten people, which he brought back to the car.
After filling his stomach, Su Xiaofan navigated to a store that sold exercise equipment.
Nowadays, online shopping was convenient, and many things were actually difficult to find in physical stores. In all of Luochuan, there was only this one store.
After driving to the shop, Su Xiaofan breathed a sigh of relief.
They actually had quite a complete selection.
A barbell was a must.
Su Xiaofan chose a 40-kilogram barbell bar measuring 2.4 meters long. It was the largest one in the store. Anything longer would have to be custom-made.
For the weight plates, Su Xiaofan chose 80-kilogram plates.
There were 100-kilogram plates available online, but the store didn't carry them.
The store only had six of the 80-kilogram plates, and Su Xiaofan reserved all six of them. He also bought fifteen 50-kilogram plates.
He also bought two 100-pound dumbbells, which were about 45 kilograms each, and a set of floor mats covering twenty square meters.
A bench-press bench and a barbell rack were essential as well, so Su Xiaofan chose models with the highest load capacities available.
As for the other exercise machines, Su Xiaofan didn't buy any.
The reason was simple—their maximum load capacities were too low.
“Damn, when did my weight increase this much?”
While choosing the equipment, Su Xiaofan stepped onto the weighing scale in the store.
When he saw the number displayed, he immediately stepped off.
Fortunately, there was no one nearby.
Su Xiaofan was 1.8 meters tall, and his previous weight had been just over 60 kilograms. He had even weighed himself at the hotel when he went to Yanjing.
But just now, the scale, which had a maximum capacity of 120 kilograms, had pointed to 110 kilograms.
That meant Su Xiaofan had gained a full 50 kilograms during this period.
He should now weigh around 220 pounds.
“Where did all this extra weight go?”
Su Xiaofan found a large yoga mirror and spent quite a while examining himself from head to toe, but he couldn't see any obvious change in his physique.
Although Su Xiaofan had noticed while bathing earlier that the muscles on his body seemed to have become more defined, even eight-pack abs couldn't possibly account for such a huge increase in weight.
“I'll ask Master about it later.”
Since he couldn't figure it out, Su Xiaofan stopped dwelling on it and continued selecting the exercise equipment he could use.
He bought a pile of cast-iron weights, which cost him quite a bit of money.
Especially the 80-kilogram weight plates—each one cost more than 1,000 yuan.
Thinking about his own weight, Su Xiaofan also asked the owner to recommend a weighing scale that could measure up to nearly 400 pounds.
After paying nearly 20,000 yuan, the store immediately arranged for a vehicle to deliver everything to his home.
Although it didn't look like there were that many items, even Brother Gang's vehicle couldn't carry all of them.
All the equipment combined weighed more than 2,000 pounds.
Su Xiaofan called the property management office to ask about the balcony.
They told him that his balcony was made of reinforced concrete and could support around 300 kilograms per square meter.
The balcony was approximately fifteen square meters, meaning it could support three to four thousand kilograms in total.
This finally put Su Xiaofan at ease.
Otherwise, he really wouldn't have dared put all that equipment up there.
If the eighth-floor balcony collapsed, this “Superman” would definitely turn into a dead man.
(End of Chapter)
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