Wu Sheng: I can adapt to evolution

Chapter 8: Spending money like water
In the small courtyard, Lu Ming held a knife in one hand and stood still with his left foot.

In an instant, he took a step forward, and then took a second step. The single sword in his hand spun and moved, blocking all directions.

As long as your feet keep moving, the sword will continue to move.

The single sword in his hand was somewhat different from the ordinary long sword. It was shorter and narrower, somewhat like an extended version of a dagger.

Because the blade is short, the moves are faster and more dangerous than ordinary sword techniques.

What he was practicing now was the [Seventy-two Moves of Swallowtail Single Sword] taught to him by Chu Xiong.

When fighting against someone, there is a world of difference between having weapons and not having weapons.

After all, ordinary warriors, even if they have trained themselves to be very strong, are still mortal. If they are stabbed in the vitals, they will die.

Generally, martial arts schools teach students stance and boxing techniques first, and then teach them weapons after their strength has improved.

But Chu Xiong passed it down in advance because he felt bad about Lu Ming's generosity.

In just a blink of an eye, he performed all 72 moves, but even his breathing was not rapid, showing that he had good physical fitness.

In the blink of an eye, two months had passed. He had learned the complete [High Posture White Tiger Fist] and [Swallowtail Single Sword] from Chu Xiong, and his foundation had been laid.

He also knew that the first stage of martial arts was called [Strength Training].

The so-called strength training is to build up strength through exercise and learn the techniques of exerting strength.

After all, ordinary people not only have poor physical fitness, but can only exert 70% to 80% of their strength when they take action.

[Strength training] is divided into three stages: output, overall strength, and whole strength.

The so-called exertion is just like when he learned the White Tiger Fist move by move before. Once he understood the force-generating technique of each move, he could be considered to have exerted force.

Basically at this time, not only the strength of fists and feet increases, but the efficiency of force can also be increased to 90%.

When it comes to the stage of Tongli, the moves are connected and continuous, and the strength of the whole body can be freely exerted without the need to use moves. This is considered to have trained the strength to be "tong".

At this level, the force efficiency can be considered 100%.

As for the [whole force], all parts of the body can combine to exert force, with the steps leading the hips, and the hips leading the palms, forming an unbreakable frame around the body. Every punch and kick will mobilize the strength of the whole body, and a force of a thousand pounds can be exerted as if it were twelve hundred pounds.

Lu Ming is now almost at the stage of [exerting strength]. He knows the technique of exerting strength, but he has not yet mastered the skills.

Lu Ming lowered his head and thought, his current progress in martial arts was not slow.

However, he did not make good use of his ability of super-adaptive evolution, because he also discovered that the worse the environment and the more critical the situation, the faster his evolution would be.

His current living environment was still too stable. Even though he was passively evolving while practicing martial arts, the effect was not very significant.

Lu Ming even thought that maybe the martial arts he practiced were not right. He should find some unconventional ways to practice. The more the martial arts destroyed the body, the better the effect might be.

This kind of steady and cautious approach is not suitable for me at all.

Or, when you should practice, find a cliff, or imitate the Condor Hero and jump into the sea to practice, which might stimulate your body.

Or, if he were to find someone to provoke every day and then be hunted by forces from all sides, perhaps he could also quickly achieve great success in martial arts.

These thoughts went around in his mind again and again, and he was really a little moved.

"Master, it's time for lunch."

At this moment, a woman in her fifties came out of the kitchen and called out to Lu Ming. "I'm here."

Lu Ming stepped into the inner room. The table was already neatly laid out with various dishes including chicken, duck, fish and meat, which was more sumptuous than what many hosts would eat.

There was also a wooden barrel filled with rice, piled high, estimated to be about four or five pounds.

This table of food is enough for a whole family, but it is only consumed by Lu Ming for one meal.

In recent days, with the shortage of monster meat in Changning County, even the medicinal food at the Chu family martial arts school has been completely stopped, and Lu Ming now only eats at home.

Ordinary meals only provide limited energy, and he only eats like this every day to barely match the energy provided by medicinal food.

For three meals a day, he spent nearly half an ounce of silver on food alone.

"In our place, the more you eat, the more blessed you are. Master is truly a blessed man."

The old woman served Lu Ming a bowl of rice with a smile, and then Lu Ming held the bowl and chopsticks and started eating with big mouthfuls.

He was eating faster and faster now. A bowl of rice, accompanied by two large pieces of meat with alternating fat and lean meat, he crushed the rice with his teeth and rolled his tongue, and swallowed it all in one gulp.

As soon as the food entered his stomach, his intestines began to move at high speed, frantically squeezing every bit of energy from the food and then spreading it throughout his body.

His eating and digestion abilities are also always in a state of slight evolution. The more he eats, the more perfect his evolution becomes.

Lu Ming is no longer worried about obesity caused by overeating every day. On the one hand, this is because the constant micro-evolution also requires energy consumption. On the other hand, his energy storage tissue is also evolving, becoming denser and able to store more energy.

After a large table of food went into his stomach, Lu Ming's stomach barely moved at all. He just went to the toilet and excreted all the food residues.

"This money is spent like water every day."

After finishing his meal, Lu Ming strolled around the yard.

He had begged for some silver from several wealthy families in the city a few months ago, and now he has almost squandered it all.

I can only find a way to get some more money.

"Auntie Wu, what's the fastest way to make money in this world?"

Lu Ming felt that it was not a long-term solution for him to always be a thief on the beam. Perhaps after he had some capital, he should do some business.

The old woman was cleaning up the dishes and couldn't help laughing when she heard her master say this.

"Master, asking me this question is like asking a blind man for directions. If I knew how to make money quickly, I wouldn't be working as a housemaid."

"But I think that if anyone in this world makes money quickly, it must be the officials."

"Someone said, 'Three years as a clean official can earn you 100,000 silver coins.' I guess you can get rich if you become an official."

Wu Ma was also familiar with Lu Ming and knew that her master had a good temper, so she said with a smile.

"Be an official."

Lu Ming nodded thoughtfully. He had some understanding of this world. The officials in charge of a region had much more power than modern officials. Not to mention how much money they could make, they would also have many conveniences during their tenure.

When he heard Chu Xiong chatting, he knew that some of the people who learned boxing from him were now working in the government. Apart from other things, it was much easier for them to obtain quotas of monster meat than for ordinary people.

(End of this chapter)