Starting from a short stick, becoming the master of the universe

Chapter 13: Skilled with the Short Stick
The people in front of me are all martial artists.

In a one-on-one situation, his chances of winning are slim, especially against the guy in the lead, not to mention that there are several people on the other side.

If he dared to show the slightest dissatisfaction at this time, he would give the other party the opportunity to take advantage of the situation.

Time passed little by little.

Finally, the leading man spoke, breaking the depressing atmosphere.

"Turns out he's a coward, no fun, leave now."

Having said that, he turned and left.

"Kid, remember to keep your eyes open next time, okay?"

"Are you worthy enough to ask us for money?"

"Third Brother is right. He is just a coward and a wimp."

The sound faded away.

Everyone at the scene breathed a sigh of relief. They looked at the roasted sweet potatoes that were trampled on the ground, and then looked at Jiang Cheng who was keeping his head down and silent. Some felt sympathy, while others laughed at him.

Everyone who does business on this street knows that the people from the martial arts school are not easy to mess with. Even the people from the Wild Wolf Gang are polite when they see people from the martial arts school.

The vendors were afraid of causing trouble, so whenever they saw people from the martial arts school coming to buy things, they would give them away for free.

As a result, this guy actually asked for money. Doesn't that make them look stupid?
This guy, not to mention having a few roasted sweet potatoes crushed, it would not be unfair even if the entire tricycle was smashed.

In just a few seconds, Jiang Cheng felt like he had spent several years.

He was indeed panicking in his heart just now.

I was afraid of those people and wouldn't give in.

Fortunately, it turned out to be a false alarm in the end.

Frankly speaking, if it were my original self, I would never make such a low-level mistake. After hearing that the other party wanted to roast sweet potatoes, I would definitely smile and offer them with both hands.

Instead of just mentioning it in passing, I'm reluctant to lose money.

Just like when he was stopped by those two thugs in the morning, he would definitely not resist and would obediently hand over dozens of kilograms of sweet potatoes.

Instead of choosing to take out weapons, fight the opponent to the end.

It is impossible to say which method is better or worse. Just like everything in this world, nothing is perfect. No matter which choice you make, there are pros and cons.

It is enough to make a choice and be mentally prepared to bear the consequences.

"I am Jiang Cheng, not the previous Jiang Cheng. What's more, I did nothing wrong in this matter. They are the ones who are wrong!"

Jiang Cheng took a deep breath and hid his hatred in his heart.

He raised his head and looked at the few roasted sweet potatoes that were trampled on the ground in front of him, with a look of heartache.

"Jiang Cheng, are you okay?"

Lu Zicheng asked in a low voice.

He was so frightened just now that he didn't dare to breathe, for fear that a fight would break out.

With Jiang Cheng's small body, he might be torn apart.

"I am fine."

Jiang Cheng shook his head at him and said with a wry smile, "What a pity for those roasted sweet potatoes."

"It's already this late, and you're still talking about this. Do you know that you were almost beaten to death?"

Lu Zicheng realized something and quickly covered his mouth. He looked around and saw that no one was looking at him. He said with relief:

"Anyway, next time you meet these people, give them whatever they want, and don't mention money. Also, put away that stick of yours immediately. It was you who was waving it around just now that provoked them."

Jiang Cheng nodded and said nothing more.

I walked to the front and picked up a few roasted sweet potatoes that were trampled on the ground. They were inedible, but if I didn't pick them up, it would look too ugly and affect the business later.

This thing came suddenly and went away suddenly.

Soon, no one paid attention to this place, as if nothing had happened just now. After all, there were too many such incidents, and in fact, it was considered a minor one in a series of robberies.

After a while, Jiang Cheng started to turn the short stick again.

He accepted half of Lu Zicheng's suggestion. If someone of similar status came again, he would not say anything. If they wanted roasted sweet potatoes, he would give them to them, just like feeding the dog.

But he will remember these people and repay them well in the future, including the appearance of those people just now, which he has deeply engraved in his mind.

just wait.

Lu Zicheng, who was standing by, saw Jiang Cheng starting to spin the stick again, and subconsciously moved the car further away from him.

This guy likes to die, so don’t take me with him.

Two hours passed.

On the panel, the experience value of the short stick suddenly jumped to three hundred points.

At this moment, Jiang Cheng seemed to be under a spell and stood there in a daze.

A lot of information appeared in my mind.

When he regained consciousness, Jiang Cheng looked at the short stick in his hand and felt as if he had been practicing for more than a year.

Not only did he become more familiar with the three basic moves of chop, sweep and flick, and could use forehand and backhand techniques in any order, he also learned an advanced move and footwork!

The additional advanced move is stabbing.

As the name suggests, it means using both ends of the stick to make quick and powerful impacts, especially the tail of the stick, which is more powerful.

But doing so would mean giving up the advantage of long arms, so if this move is not used, then it will be fine. But once it is used, it will make the opponent lose their combat effectiveness and kill them with one blow.

The other information is also the footwork that Jiang Cheng has been thinking about.

In actual combat, the enemy is not a wooden stake and will approach. In the eyes of most people, the long arm of the stick is not scary. As long as the person holding the stick can survive the first few hits and close the distance, he will be finished.

Whether this is true or not is not the point.

The importance of keeping distance is self-evident for those holding a stick.

The short stick footwork is not many and not complicated, there are only four in total.

Inch step: Based on the posture of monitoring the enemy, the front foot, pushed by the back foot, moves forward half a step, and the back foot immediately follows with a half step.

Step forward: Based on the posture of monitoring the enemy, take a step forward with the back foot and land it in the position of the front foot, and then the front foot immediately moves forward.

Flash step: The front foot takes a half step diagonally forward, and the back foot immediately follows with a half step, or the back foot moves a half step diagonally forward, and the front foot immediately follows.

Small steps: Use pad steps to move quickly, in small steps, and continuously in any direction as you wish.

It can be seen that among the four basic steps, the first three are offensive steps, focusing on moving forward. Only the fourth involves the step of retreat, but it is only mentioned a little, because the small steps refer to continuous movement in all directions. Retreating, even including retreating to the left or right, is only part of several directions.

"In cold weapon combat, the emphasis is on one-hit kill, and the fight is resolved after one or two encounters, rather than fist and foot kung fu, where you fight back and forth for a long time."

Jiang Cheng repeated the words that appeared in his mind.

He seemed to understand, but also seemed not to understand.

When he thought about how if an enemy really appeared in front of him and rushed towards him, his first reaction might not be to rush forward to attack, but to keep a safe distance and wait for an opportunity to attack.

But no matter what, he has already mastered the three basic moves, and has also initially mastered the stabbing and footwork.

By raising his proficiency to the next level, the mastery level, perhaps he will be able to deeply understand the essentials of short stick footwork, as well as some new knowledge.

"It's getting late, and I should go back. If nothing unexpected happens, those two people from this morning must be watching me in the dark, right? Or maybe there are more than two."

Jiang Cheng took a deep breath.

At this point, there is no point in being afraid or regretting. We can only fight with all our might.

I raised my head and looked around, and found that Lu Zicheng had left without me noticing.

"Didn't you say hello to me like usual?"

Jiang Cheng smiled bitterly and shook his head.

It seems that the other party thinks that he is a nuisance and chooses to distance himself.

Without thinking about it anymore, he pushed the cart, found an alley different from the previous few days, and walked in.

After all, it would be better not to meet them tonight.

What Jiang Cheng didn’t see was that Li Wei and the other two were hiding in the corner, watching him as he walked into the alley.

(End of this chapter)