Devouring Evil Martial Arts, Eliminating Demons from All Heavens

Chapter 192 The Spring Festival is Approaching
Wow! !

Chu Tianshu drew back the curtains, letting sunlight stream in, and noticeable dust particles floated in the air.

He brought the demonic sword back, threw it on the bed still sheathed, opened all the doors and windows, and then made a hand seal.

"Lin Bing Dou Zhe..."

A blue light condensed into a four-leaf clover mark at the tip of his finger, which spun rapidly.

With a flick of his finger, a strong wind blew through the entire second-floor bedroom, living room, and storage room.

The wooden acupuncture needles were covered in a layer of dust, which was blown away by the strong wind and exposed to the outside world.

The four-leaf clover mark slowed down, turned into specks of blue fluorescence, and disappeared.

Chu Tianshu took out his phone, plugged it in, and checked the date.

This time, he stayed in that Ming Dynasty world for a full four months.

No wonder there was so much dust in the house.

According to the Gregorian calendar, it's already New Year's here in my hometown.

Fortunately.

There are still a few days until the Lunar New Year.

"At least I didn't miss the Spring Festival."

Chu Tianshu muttered something under his breath and sat down on the sofa.

When he's using his phone to chat, he usually prefers to use the voice-to-text function.

But I talked too much with everyone on Kangshan Island before, and I was in high spirits and full of enthusiasm at the time.

Now that I'm home, I feel incredibly relaxed and don't really want to talk.

He switched his phone to half-screen keyboard mode and slowly typed, trying to chat with the centenarian.

Lin Baisui was already used to his tendency to lose contact with his phone for a long time once he went on a trip, so he quickly picked up the conversation and chatted for a few minutes.

[Lin Baisui: ...Have you been reading some ancient book lately? You even blurted out some quotes just now.]

[Chu Tianshu: Huh? What quote?]

[Lin Baisui: The only quote without a prefix.]

[Chu Tianshu: Oh, I didn't even notice.]

Lin Baisui: Hehe, things have been relatively peaceful in the Jianghuai region lately, so I'll have several days off for the New Year.

Tell your second grandfather not to worry too much about the pharmacy recruitment. Get the New Year's goods ready; I'm going back to eat and take some home!

[Chu Tianshu: I think you're not asking Second Grandfather to get ready, you're asking me to get ready.]

[Lin Baisui: If you see through something, don't say it. Alright, time to finish up the work. See you later.]

Lin Baisui: Oh, right, there's one more thing.

My parents have been really keen on setting me up on blind dates lately. I've tried my best to politely decline, but seeing how much they still want to go, they might introduce me to someone else.

It's good that you weren't home at the time. I advise you not to contact them proactively for the time being.

As for sending New Year's greetings, I'll pass on the message for you later. Don't say I didn't remind you! Bye-bye!

Upon reading the last paragraph, Chu Tianshu sincerely thanked Brother Bai Sui.

He had originally intended to send his regards to Uncle and Aunt Lin, but now he didn't have to.

Chu Tianshu leaned back on the sofa and stared blankly for a while.

There was a spider web on the ceiling in the corner, which hadn't been blown away by the strong wind.

A small spider is suspended in the air, slowly falling.

Chu Tianshu raised his left hand, pointed a finger, and used an invisible aura to immobilize the little spider.

As he pointed towards the window, the little spider was also thrown out by his remote control.

"Using the wind alone isn't reliable enough, let's do a thorough cleaning of the house..."

Chu Tianshu said this, but he still lay on the sofa. After a while, he stood up and prepared to go out for a walk.

As for the big cleaning... we'll talk about it tonight, no rush.

He had just stepped out of the gate when he saw his neighbor, an older woman, riding her electric scooter home.

On the footrest of the electric scooter, there was a bundle of bright red firecrackers and a box of fireworks.

"Xiao Chu".

The woman exclaimed with delight, "You're back!"

Chu Tianshu walked over with a smile and greeted him.

The older woman looked him up and down: "You're getting taller and taller. Hey, this outfit is nice too, is it one of those Hanfu clothes we've been seeing lately?"

"My clothes are from the Ming Dynasty."

Chu Tianshu spoke frankly, saying, "It can also be considered Hanfu in a broader sense."

The older woman exclaimed in admiration, "Your clothes are so well-made, the quality is obviously excellent, unlike anything I've seen on my phone or on TV news."

"Ever since the news reported that martial arts and magic really exist, many people have started wearing these kinds of clothes. Do these clothes actually help with practicing those skills?"

In the past, everyone in the village knew that the skills used by Dr. Chu and his grandson were somewhat mystical.

However, in most cases, when others seek their medical advice, they simply observe, listen, inquire, and palpate before prescribing medicine and administering acupuncture.

For some ailments, it is recommended that patients go to the hospital for examination and intravenous infusion, which will help them recover faster.

Therefore, people maintain an ambiguous attitude towards the existence of things like magic; as long as it's useful, they don't delve into it.

If something strange happens, the first person you might think of is asking him for help.

However, in everyday life, it's not necessarily true that people deeply believe in these kinds of things.

When the incident in Guangling occurred, it caused a huge uproar online, and news reports began to gradually reveal certain events.

Even when foreign dignitaries visit, they include this type of topic in their discussion agenda.

It was only then that everyone realized that, unknowingly, countries around the world had entered a new chapter.

The neighbor lady's tone was also curious as she inquired, as if she wanted to get some inside information from Chu Tianshu.

Chu Tianshu said, "There's no difference. I wear this just because it's an occasional personal preference."

The neighbor nodded: "Recently, the TV station has been broadcasting the martial arts taught by CCTV every afternoon at six o'clock. I also tried out the electric balls that the school gave to everyone."

"We just don't know if we're practicing well. When do you have time, could you give us some pointers?"

Chu Tianshu responded, and the older woman went home. But Chu Tianshu still didn't know anything about the electric ball, so he took out his phone and searched for it.

The so-called electric ball was originally officially named "Waidan No. 1".

The thing looked like a silvery-white sphere the size of a lychee, and it could be worn on the wrist with a wristband.

There are also dedicated chargers that can be used with household power.

Once fully charged, the holder can wear it in their palm and receive electrical assistance while practicing the currently popular hard qigong.

This makes the range and duration of the movements closer to the standard.

If you overdo it and your physical strength is severely depleted, Waidan-1 will also issue a warning.

According to news reports, the goal of Waidan No. 1 is to make it available nationwide within five years.

Currently, it is only being distributed at a low price to students.

If parents were to use it, they would definitely use their own children's samples.

Chu Tianshu was quite surprised.

The use of electrical equipment to enhance physical strength is something that has been under development globally for some time.

But those effects are generally nothing more than electrical stimulation of muscles.

The equipment Chu Tianshu used to cultivate the Palm Thunder technique only had the function of electrical stimulation. The specific cultivation effect still depended on his own ability to open his mind and adjust it.

It is impossible to correct a practitioner's martial arts movements.

If Waidan-1, a small metal sphere, truly possesses the advertised functions, its technological sophistication would be astonishing.

Chu Tianshu opened the chat software again, and remembering that he had just chatted with Lin Baisui, he sent a message to Fang Jun.

Fang Jun replied quickly, and the results were basically as expected.

He also heard other things from his girlfriend.

It turns out that the second project of Chang'an Science and Technology Institute was about the research and development of spirit world weapons.

The number one project is "external alchemy".

Currently, attempts to popularize external alchemy can only assist in the practice of hard qigong.

However, in terms of research and development, there are already various types of external pills that can assist enlightened individuals in practicing martial arts, assist martial arts masters in cultivating internal strength, and assist spiritual mediums in nourishing their mental power.

Fang Jun: ...According to the esteemed Dr. Jiang, taming electricity is the greatest breakthrough in modern human technology.

Seeking to combine current technological approaches with spiritual practices certainly requires making use of this.

The core research concept behind all kinds of exoskeleton projects is to create a power bank that can directly "charge humanity."

Chu Tianshu sighed in admiration, "Amazing!"

He casually walked out of the river, and began to think about trying out the latest type of external alchemy.

After recalling Mr. Helai's phone number, Chu Tianshu dialed it.

The phone rang for a while before someone answered it.

"Hello, who is it?"

"Senior He, I am Chu Tianshu."

He Lai said in surprise, "It's you! Perfect timing! I had something I wanted to talk to you about, but I heard it was hard to get in touch with you when you were traveling. Are you home now?"

"Correct."

Chu Tianshu asked curiously, "What does Senior He want with me? All the formalities are done. I don't need to contact you directly about the pharmacy, right?"

"It's not because of the pharmacy, it's because of the Hentian Gong (a type of martial art)."

He Lai said in a serious tone, “Judging from Feng Jianhua’s words, you gave him a lot of inspiration and suggested that he change the name of the Hate Heaven Skill to the Hanging Heaven Divine Skill?”

Chu Tianshu frowned slightly: "Yes, is there a problem?"

"No problem, your inspiration was great, and his revisions were also very good."

He Lai said, "But it's been changed too much. A while ago, he talked to me about this, and I found that the prospects of the 'Heavenly Hanging Divine Skill' are now on the same level as the magic manuals I cultivate."

"That is to say, when the Heavenly Hanging Divine Skill is cultivated to its peak, it will also attempt to break through to the forbidden level."

"You may not know about these taboo things, so we all want to remind you."

Chu Tianshu remembered that the annotations of the Ghost Gate Witch Doctor occasionally mentioned "comprehension of taboos".

But those things were vague and unclear, and it seemed that comprehending the taboo was just a distant and dangerous legend.

Chu Tianshu and his grandfather always felt that the so-called taboos inside might be extremely powerful and cruel poisons or top-notch forbidden techniques.

But now it seems that the so-called taboo clearly doesn't mean that.

Helai explained it to him carefully.

Taboo is a general term referring to those profound realms that no one has been able to reach for over a thousand years.

Throughout history, there have always been people who, when they reach the final step, can't resist taking that one step.

But in the last thousand years or so, all those who tried to cross that hurdle have died.

As a result, the traditions related to taboos were either severed by external forces or buried due to one's own reverence.

For example, in martial arts, those involving taboos are all incomplete or even lost.

In terms of magic, those who practice forbidden inheritances, like He Lai, are also subject to many restrictions.

He Lai was absorbed into his body by a jade slip, which granted him magical inheritance. The jade slip also possessed the ability to monitor.

Unless Helai's cultivation level reaches that of the jade slip maker, he cannot pass on this cultivation method to others.

In another scenario, the crane died.

If he dies, the jade slip will re-condense on his body, waiting for the next successor.

This was a painstaking effort by the ancients, in order to prevent the profound tradition from being lost, but also to avoid having too many disciples in each generation courting disaster.

"Now the connection between the spirit world and reality has become closer again, and an overflow zone will appear."

He Lai said, "If you want to break the taboo, it's relatively safer to try it in the overflow zone."

Chu Tianshu pondered, "Could it be that the forbidden realm is deeply connected to the spirit world, making it easier to break through in places with a spirit world environment?"

"Quite the opposite."

He Lai said, "The overflow zone is where the environments of the two realms overlap, and the fundamental energy is even more chaotic. When we try to break through that barrier, we will encounter more obstacles and face greater difficulties."

"That's why it's safer."

(End of this chapter)