Folk customs begin with the entire funeral procession

Chapter 216 One month later

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Fu threw a punch in a horse stance.

Despite his advanced age, Chen Miao was startled by the fierce look in Li Fu's eyes when he faced the punch.

"As the name suggests, the move imitates the action of an ancient city-breaking spear, with the fist thrusting forward like the tip of a spear to attack the enemy's ears."

"This move trains the explosive power of the triceps!"

"Second move, Mountain-Splitting Slash!"

Li Fu slashed with his palm from the side.

"The blade splits mountains, the palm strikes diagonally at the neck."

"This exercise targets the trapezius and latissimus dorsi muscles."

"Third move, Wolf's Throat Devour!"

Li Fu leaped forward and lunged, grabbing Li Fu by the throat with his right hand, his eyes like those of a wolf or a tiger.

Chen Miao's gaze was firmly drawn to Li Fu.

If Chen Miao only thought Li Fu was still vigorous despite his old age when he said the first three moves, then the fourth move, "Blood Vortex Squeeze," directly shocked Chen Miao to his core.

Can you imagine a man in his sixties turning around, doing a side kick, and then falling to the ground in an armbar position?
After these four moves, there are four more moves.

Sky-shattering Elbow, Sun-piercing Arrow, Soul-slaying Kick, Mountain-suppressing and River-suppressing.

Each move made Chen Miao doubt whether Li Fu was actually over sixty years old.

But when Li Fu stomped his last 'Suppressing Mountains and Rivers' kick and a look of pain appeared on his face, Chen Miao realized that he had finally grown old.

"Uncle Li, are you alright?"

Chen Miao hurried over.

Li Fu stopped and waved his hand.

"I'm getting old. I couldn't control myself. These old bones of mine can't take this much."

Li Fu was helped by Chen Miao to sit down by the flower bed.

"These eight techniques can train most of the muscles in your body. After practicing for a year or two, once your muscles are developed, it will be helpful even if you switch to other fighting styles."

"Of the eight styles, the third, fifth, and seventh styles are the most useful in actual combat. If you are flexible, these three styles can handle most situations."

Chen Miao recalled the third, fifth, and seventh moves he had just performed.

These are Wolf's Throat (forward leap + throat lock), Sky-Shattering Elbow (knee raise to the abdomen + turning elbow strike), and Soul-Slaying Kick (high sweep kick + back kick).

They all went straight to the heart of the matter.

But why would Uncle Li specifically tell him this?
Chen Miao's gaze was somewhat strange.

"That's all the stuff. Don't exert too much when you start practicing. Take it slow and practice each exercise eight times to increase muscle memory."

"Let's increase the intensity after we get used to it."

Chen Miao nodded his thanks, and then asked the question that had been bothering him.

"Uncle Li, why did you teach me this set of boxing techniques? It doesn't look like a boxing style focused on physical fitness at all."

Li Fu got up and rubbed his legs.

"Although I don't know what you've been up to, you always have a hostile aura about you when you come back, especially this time."

"If I didn't know you were a decent person, I would have suspected you'd done something wrong outside."

"I'll teach you this set of boxing techniques so you'll have more ways to defend yourself."

"But if you really kill someone, that's your problem, and you won't be able to escape whatever punishment you deserve."

"Alright, I'm going for a walk. Go do whatever you need to do."

After Li Fu finished speaking, he walked away into the distance with his hands behind his back.

Watching Li Fu's retreating figure, Chen Miao couldn't help but take out her phone and pat herself on the back.

"Aggression? You can even tell that from something?"

Chen Miao shook his head, took out his phone to review the boxing routine he had just learned, and then practiced it for another half hour.

Perhaps due to the Extreme Yin Body Refining Technique, Chen Miao's movements, though clumsy, didn't feel awkward. He could perform almost any action that came to mind.

After working up a sweat, Chen Miao nodded to himself.

"It's more effective than running, so I can practice it more often in the future."

……

A month has passed in the blink of an eye.

At this point, there were less than two weeks left until the Chinese New Year.

Over the past month, Chen Miao was initially worried, but since the Yin pattern didn't react, he let it go and began to focus on improving himself.

In the past month, Chen Miao has completed the making of the peach wood sword he had prepared. In addition, he also made five more peach talismans and a combination of soul-suppressing wooden plaques made of century-old cypress wood. All of this was done successfully on the first try!
In addition, the points for the 'sorcerer' that Qi Ning and I captured earlier have also been deducted.

Not many, a total of fifteen points, after returning them to Qi Ning, there are thirteen points left.

Thirteen points couldn't buy much, so Chen Miao kept them and didn't redeem them.

During that month, he also drew many talismans.

The exquisite talisman was only made once, costing three coins of merit, and consisted of two spirit-suppressing talismans and two blood-light talismans.

He currently possesses a total of fifteen high-quality talismans.

Among them, there are the most premium spirit-suppressing talismans, a total of eight; premium blood-light talismans, four; and one each of premium yin-dispelling talisman, corpse-controlling talisman, and yin-gathering talisman.

The number of ordinary talismans had already exceeded seventy, and one talisman box was almost overflowing.

Afterwards, Chen Miao approached Qi Ning once and exchanged two high-quality talismans and several ordinary talismans for another Ghost Cube.

It wasn't that Chen Miao didn't want to exchange for more, but the price of a Ghost Cube wasn't low, and Qi Ning didn't always encounter missions that required a lot of points. Including the three Ghost Cubes he had given Chen Miao before, he didn't have many points left to exchange for Ghost Cubes.

Chen Miao thought that was the end of it, but then Qi Ning suddenly said that the talisman in his hand played a big role when they were doing the mission, and Ding Min, Wen Yong, and Jiang Hong were very interested in the talisman in his hand.

Chen Miao thought for a moment, then took out twenty spirit-suppressing talismans and ten yin-dispelling talismans and handed them to Qi Ning, asking him to take care of them.

Qi Ning managed to exchange those thirty talismans for three Ghost Cubes and three bottles of auxiliary spray!

This was an unexpected surprise.

In this way, even if he doesn't have enough points in the future, he won't lack the items from the Administration Bureau.

In addition to these gains, the funeral home has also recruited enough people as previously planned.

One master of ceremonies, one hearse driver, one salesperson, one cold storage manager, one canteen chef, and two kitchen helpers.

Chen Miao was somewhat surprised by the choice of the emcee he recruited. It was Zhang Yi, the emcee whom Du Rui had poached from Tianmen Funeral Home a long time ago, and who was also Chen Miao's former nominal 'mentor'.

After Chen Miao learned the details, he realized that Zhang Yi had reached a dead end at Fushou Funeral Center and was unable to continue working there. He had no other choice but to take advantage of Chen Miao's recruitment opportunity to try his luck at Tianmen Funeral Home and see if he could return.

Zhang Yi used to treat Chen Miao quite well, though his uncle's influence played a part in that.

But after all, when the other party left, they made sure everything was clear and parted amicably.

So when Zhang Yi came back to apply for the job, Chen Miao agreed after only a brief thought.

Chen Miao wasn't being soft-hearted; rather, after considering various factors, she chose Zhang Yi.

After all, if Chen Miao hires someone else, Du Xiang might poach them.

But Zhang Yi, who "escaped" from the Fushou Funeral Center, could not possibly be brought back.

Zhang Yi's situation did indeed turn out as Chen Miao had predicted.

Because he had 'defected' once, Zhang Yi felt a sense of atonement when he returned this time, and he basically took on all the work.

With Zhang Yi and Luo Zhiyong around, Chen Miao had much more free time.

With more free time, Chen Miao devoted more time to himself.

During this month, Chen Miao's third aperture, the Heavenly Spirit Yin Aperture, has also been formed.

Chen Miao also tested the corresponding abilities to a great extent.

As he guessed, the Heavenly Spirit Yin Aperture is indeed related to spiritual power.

The moment Chen Miao's spiritual yin aperture was completed, many of his abilities were enhanced!
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(End of this chapter)