A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice.

Chapter 62: Cloud Snake Step

Zhu Xiaoqi looked at the thing Duan Rong handed over, was slightly stunned, and asked curiously: "What's in it?"

"I didn't know what to buy! I just bought some osmanthus cakes and candied fruits on the street."

Zhu Xiaoqi looked at Duan Rong's face, which was red from the firelight. The flames from the stove danced in Duan Rong's eyes, which were as bright as stars...

Zhu Xiaoqi reached out and took the thing from Duan Rong's hand and placed it on the stove.

Then Zhu Xiaoqi turned around, wiped his hands on the apron around his waist, opened the lid of the pot, picked up six steaming buns with a dry lotus leaf, stuffed them into Duan Rong's pockets, and said, "These are the buns that were just steamed this afternoon. Take them home and eat them!"

Duan Rong held the bun in his hands, drooling. He glanced at Zhu Xiaoqi and said, "Xiaoqi, I'm going back!"

Zhu Xiaoqi was sitting on a stool, adding firewood to the stove, and did not respond to him.

Duan Rong turned around and left.

He had just taken two steps when he couldn't help but picked up a bun and took a bite.

The spicy and sour bean filling, with sesame oil, immediately gave me a sense of satisfaction from my taste buds...

Duan Rong was swallowing a bun when Zhu Xiaoqi suddenly called out from behind him, "Silly boy, come back!"

Duan Rong ran back while swallowing his bun. He thought Zhu Xiaoqi wanted to talk to him about something, so he asked, "What's wrong?"

Zhu Xiaoqi sat on the stool, lifted her right foot, took off the silver bracelet from her pink little foot, held it in her hand, and said, "Didn't you want to see this bracelet?"

Duan Rong smiled and then remembered this.

He grabbed the silver bracelet directly with his greasy hand that had held the bun.

Looking at it in the light of the fire, I could see that the surface of the silver bracelet was embossed with cloud and dragon patterns, and engraved with a few small words such as "wealth, honor and peace".

Duan Rong blinked his eyes and his breathing tightened slightly. This might contain the lightness skill that he had been dreaming of!
Duan Rong thought to himself: "Read the spirit of the weapon!"

Suddenly, a set of data appeared in front of Duan Rong.

Object: Silver anklet with cloud dragon pattern
Spirit Level: Unclassified
Devouring requirements: None
Devouring effect: Cloud snake steps into the door.

Duan Rong was slightly stunned when he saw the devouring effect. It seemed that Xiao Qi's Cloud Snake Step was just the beginning.

"Swallow." Duan Rong said silently in his heart without hesitation.

After Duan Rong finished swallowing, he handed Zhu Xiaoqi's silver anklet back.

Zhu Xiaoqi was stunned for a moment and asked, "Is this enough?"

Duan Rong nodded. After he swallowed the spirit of the weapon, he felt uncomfortable in his head and his face became a little dull.

Zhu Xiaoqi grabbed the bracelet back and shouted, "Fool!"

Then he put the silver bracelet back on his foot.

Zhu Xiaoqi raised his head again and found that Duan Rong had left the kitchen. Zhu Xiaoqi turned sideways and looked through the kitchen door, watching Duan Rong's back disappear at the gate of the yard in the twilight.

Zhu Xiaoqi turned around, broke a piece of firewood into three pieces, and stuffed it into the stove.

The light from the stove reflected on Zhu Xiaoqi's face. The corners of her lychee-like lips slightly raised as she muttered to herself, "...silly... naive boy..."

Because Duan Rong needed to digest the spirit he had swallowed, he went straight back to the dormitory. He ate as he walked, and by the time he returned to the dormitory, he had finished the six buns in the dry lotus leaf.

He rubbed his greasy hands on the towel, then lay down on the bed and fell asleep!
In my sleep...

Duan Rong saw more than ten black circles drawn on the ground of a courtyard, which seemed to be drawn with charcoal. They were arranged in strange and weird positions.

There was a pair of pink, crescent-shaped feet, jumping back and forth between those black circles, faster and faster, and in more and more different ways...

Then, the scene seemed to change... It was still the same pair of feet and waist...

But this time, it was on many wooden stakes that were scattered in an orderly manner and of varying heights. The pair of small feet seemed to have magical powers. They moved swiftly and swiftly between the wooden stakes, and gradually... a trace of afterimage began to appear...

After an unknown amount of time, the scene changed again...

These seem to be a pond, with lotus flowers swaying in the wind and water droplets on the lotus leaves like silver beans...

The pair of pink feet were actually jumping back and forth on the lotus leaves...

The pink little feet scattered the water drops on the lotus leaf, but after the lotus leaf shook for a while, the scattered water drops gathered again...

In his dream, Duan Rong did not marvel at the excellence of the martial arts. He just felt that the pair of pink little feet dancing among the lotus leaves in the sunshine was like a carp playing among the lotus leaves, which was very touching!

Duan Rong actually laughed in his sleep...

Three hours later, Duan Rong suddenly woke up.

He immediately jumped off the bed, and at this time, the pair of pink little feet had been forgotten about.

At this moment, Duan Rong's eyes were dancing with excitement.

"This Cloud Snake Step is not only a light skill, but also a body movement skill!"

From the switching between the three scenes, it is clear how difficult it is to practice this martial art.

Although Duan Rong had just digested the spirit of the weapon, he was itching to try out some new skills, so he planned to try out this skill in this small room. It involved body movements and was good at dodging and moving quickly.

Although the martial arts arena is spacious, if someone notices that he is walking with the Cloud Snake Step, wouldn't it cause another dispute?
Duan Rong was in this narrow dormitory, stepping on the Cloud Snake Step. At the beginning, it was still very slow, but after one step, two steps...

He unconsciously quickened his pace!
Gradually, Duan Rong's figure began to have a trace of afterimage...

Because he had already digested the weapon spirit and achieved the realm of Cloud Snake Step, he unleashed it without realizing it...

Duan Rong had just started to perform his move when there was a loud bang and he slammed headfirst into the wall!

Duan Rong sat down on the ground with a grin on his face, feeling a piercing pain on his forehead...

Then there was a rustling sound from the next room, followed by the sleepy voice of the accountant apprentice. "Brother Rong, it's late at night, please take care of yourself..."

Duan Rong sat on the ground rubbing his forehead without saying a word. At this time, the more he explained, the worse it got!

Duan Rong stood up only after there was no more noise coming from next door.

His forehead was already slightly bulging, and he thought it was going to get a big bump!
"Let's not practice it for now. It will make too much noise and it's night time, so it will disturb the neighbors..."

Since he couldn't practice the Cloud Snake Step, Duan Rong left the dormitory, washed up by the well, and went to the martial arts field to practice standing still.

After breakfast, Duan Rong returned to the dormitory again.

At this time, most people in the dormitory had already left.

Those who are supposed to report for duty should report for duty, and those who are supposed to practice should practice. Who would stay in this cramped and dark dormitory in broad daylight?
Wouldn’t that make you a mouse?
So, Duan Rong closed the doors and windows, and began to maneuver around in the narrow and cramped dormitory...

Duan Rong's figure was getting faster and faster, and gradually, he looked like a ghost...

At first, just jumping back and forth on the ground, on the bed...

An hour later, he was able to step on the wall and walk up to the ceiling, although he had to go down the wall on the other side after only a few steps...

But even so, it is scary enough, and this is just the entry-level Cloud Snake Step!

Duan Rong spent the entire day walking like a snake in this cramped and dark dormitory!
It was not until the afternoon when Duan Rong finally stopped, wiped off his sweat by the well, and hurriedly took his tools to the crooked willow tree on West Street...

(End of this chapter)