135: Chapter 135 Tie Niu becomes an apprentice and takes strength-enhancing pills.
"Boom!"
Seeing these two pieces of information, Chen Yichuan finally realized how valuable this gift from Tian Yushan was. With the two items combined, they could even reach 120 Attack, and that was just the base value, not even counting the martial arts bonuses.
"Hiss."
If Inspector Chen Qinghe weren't here, he wouldn't have been able to resist shouting, "Terrifying!"
Chen Yichuan didn't say anything, silently slinging the Black Iron Bow onto his back.
'I can never repay Uncle Yushan's kindness,' he thought.
Sighing inwardly, Chen Yichuan's eyes grew more determined.
"Uh, Brother Chuan? What are you thinking about? Why are your eyes red?" Zhao Tieniu waved his hand in front of him, looking astonished.
Hearing this, Chen Yichuan was slightly taken aback. He shook his head and smiled, saying, "It's nothing, just got some sand in my eye. Have you thought it over, Tieniu? Do you want to practice martial arts with me?"
Thump. As soon as these words were spoken, Zhao Tieniu clenched his fists and nodded heavily. "I'll learn!!"
After pondering for a moment, Zhao Tieniu had made this decision.
There was no other reason.
In the village, he had his own father and two uncles to protect him, but once he left the village... apart from Chen Yichuan, he had nothing.
Learning martial arts was a necessity.
Perhaps this was also why Village Chief Zhao Taohua had entrusted him to Chen Yichuan's care.
Subsequently, Chen Yichuan didn't waste any time. He directly taught the Basic Fist Technique to Zhao Tieniu on the carriage, breaking it down into small, manageable pieces.
Three minutes later, Zhao Tieniu, who had been clumsily flailing his fists, suddenly had his eyes light up. An indescribable sensation radiated from his meridians.
Clenching his fists, he asked timidly, "Brother Chuan, have I mastered the Basic Fist Technique?"
Huh? Chen Yichuan was shocked and was just about to step forward to check on him.
Unexpectedly, Inspector Chen Qinghe, who was sitting at the front of the carriage, took a step ahead and began groping Zhao Tieniu.
Ten seconds later, Inspector Chen Qinghe let out a long whistle, followed by a burst of hearty laughter.
"Hahaha. A genius! Learning a low-grade martial art in three minutes, a genius! It's only right that I, Inspector Chen Qinghe, have this luck." Inspector Chen Qinghe grabbed Zhao Tieniu tightly with trembling hands.
He asked with an excited face, "Kid, your natural talent and comprehension are both excellent. Are you interested in taking me as your master?"
As the words fell, Chen Yichuan's breathing immediately quickened.
Becoming an apprentice! To a Fourth-Rank Martial Artist, and someone from the Jiuzhou Nation's official 'organization' at that.
Chen Yichuan hurriedly winked and made faces at Zhao Tieniu, frantically signaling him to agree.
However, faced with this easily obtainable opportunity, Zhao Tieniu stood frozen on the spot, and a look of difficulty even appeared on his face.
Seeing this, Inspector Chen Qinghe frowned slightly. Staring at Zhao Tieniu with great displeasure, he snorted, "Hmph. Kid, do you look down on me??"
Hearing this, Zhao Tieniu shook his head and waved his hands, hurriedly saying, "No, no, that's not it... Senior, if I become your apprentice, wouldn't I be a generation lower than Brother Chuan?"
"That absolutely will not do!!"
Zhao Tieniu looked as if he had seen something terrifying, shaking his head frantically.
A generation lower? Even Inspector Chen Qinghe, a seasoned veteran of the martial arts world, was stunned by these words.
"A generation lower? How do you figure? Doesn't the kid Yichuan call me Uncle? Aren't Master and Uncle the same generation?"
Inspector Chen Qinghe thought to himself, and then his expression changed drastically.
Thwack. A flick to the forehead landed hard on Zhao Tieniu's head.
"You blockhead! If you become my apprentice, you're clearly the same generation as Yichuan. You almost confused me!!" Inspector Chen Qinghe shouted helplessly.
"Ah!" Zhao Tieniu was instantly stunned on the spot. He then hurriedly counted on his fingers, muttering to himself and calculating for quite a while.
Zhao Tieniu's eyes suddenly lit up, and he scratched his head in embarrassment, grinning, "Uh, uh, it seems that's right!!"
"Then, okay! If you don't mind, Senior, I am willing to become your apprentice!!"
After figuring out the generational relationship, Thump, Thump, Thump. Zhao Tieniu kowtowed to Inspector Chen Qinghe three times.
"Heh, that's more like it. Good apprentice, get up now." Inspector Chen Qinghe nodded with satisfaction and helped him up.
Immediately after, Inspector Chen Qinghe glanced sideways, staring fixedly at Chen Yichuan, who was covering his mouth and laughing.
Heh. With a slight curl of his lips, he turned to the side and asked softly, "Is it very funny?"
"It's alright!" Chen Yichuan said subconsciously.
Huh? The next second, he realized what he had done and hurriedly waved his hands to deny it. "Ahem, Uncle Chen, listen to my sophistry—ahem, explanation."
"These words just go to prove that Tieniu is an extremely pure person. He's a good seed for martial arts; I didn't mean anything else, really!!"
Hmph. Hearing this, Inspector Chen Qinghe finally put away his sandbag-sized fist.
"I'll count it as you having a sweet tongue. From now on, you don't need to teach my disciple martial arts. I'm afraid you'll lead him astray!!"
After dropping this sentence, Chen Yichuan was shooed to the very front of the carriage.
As for here, it was naturally left for this pair of good friends who had just become master and apprentice.
'Sigh,' 'He used to call me Little Sweetie, but now he calls me Lady Niu.' Chen Yichuan shook his head helplessly, sighing inwardly.
Sitting down on the front of the open-air carriage, Chen Yichuan directly pulled out a few porcelain bottles from his embrace.
Inside were the pills he had obtained from various places.
As for whether the carriage needed driving? In a word, the old horse knew the way.
"What should I eat first? strength pill, it's decided that it'll be you. Forget it, I'll just swallow it all in one go." Chen Yichuan played eeny, meeny, miny, moe and swallowed the strength pill in one gulp.
Following that was the snow ginseng pill, which increased strength by 2 points, and finally the moon essence pill, which increased strength by 3 points.
With the three pills in his stomach, Chen Yichuan felt his body becoming incredibly hot, with three streams of energy coursing through his body.
His complexion changed from its normal color to an intense red, as red as a monkey's backside, and his heart was beating abnormally fast.
Inspector Chen Qinghe naturally noticed this scene, but he only clicked his tongue softly.
"Tsk, young people these days really are full of vigor."
Thump, thump, thump. His rapidly beating heart finally stabilized, and Chen Yichuan's complexion returned to normal.
A system notification sound also rang in his ears.
'Ding. System prompt: Player has consumed strength pill, moon essence pill, and snow ginseng pill, permanently increasing strength by 6 points.'
Phew. "6 points of strength." A smile that couldn't be hidden flashed across Chen Yichuan's face.
"Finally, some gains. Otherwise, it would have been really uncomfortable to be held back."
Immediately after, Chen Yichuan silently recited to open the system panel in his mind.
[Chen Yichuan: Male; Profession: Jailer Talent: Attribute Involution (Unique) (Growable) Realm: Second-rank Martial Artist Strength: 176 agility: 168 constitution: 167 spirit: 167 (Not Activated) Martial Arts Techniques: ...Folded Free Attributes: 0 Current Location: Shuangjiang County, an unknown path]
176 points of strength! Chen Yichuan was stunned, and then he smiled helplessly in his heart: "This stuck point is quite coincidental... just missing one point."
He really wanted to trigger the Attribute Involution talent, but the pills he had on him that increased strength were either on cooldown or had already reached the usage limit.