What do you mean I'm a ghost story?

Chapter 62: Reading people accurately
Because of taking her parents to school this morning, Xia Qing's morning exercise was naturally a little late today.

However, when he arrived at the fitness park, he could still see many elderly people eagerly waiting.

Of course, there were also a few more familiar figures.

Zhang Hai and Grandpa Zhang, who were clearly waiting with respectful expressions, Xu Dashan, who waved happily upon seeing them, and even Grandpa Wu, who stopped practicing his shooting and looked over after noticing the commotion.

"Master Xia, why are you so late today?"

"Is something wrong today, Master Xia? I thought you weren't coming."

The group of elderly men and women who had been waiting for Xia Qing to lead them in practicing boxing greeted him warmly.

"Grandmaster."

Xia Qing responded to each of them, and Zhang Hai and his father, Grandpa Zhang, also came forward respectfully and gratefully, seemingly wanting to say something more to express their thanks.

"Is your daughter alright?"

Xia Qing interrupted Zhang Hai, who was about to say something.

"It's alright. We are so grateful to you, Master, for what happened yesterday. We came here today specifically to thank you."

Zhang Hai only referred to yesterday's events, which suggests he must have accepted a confidentiality agreement from the relevant authorities.

"No need for thanks. I'm just doing a job for money, and the payment you've given me is more than enough."

Xia Qing chuckled and shook her head.

"I still need it. I have no way to repay the debt of life-saving grace and the debt of saving my daughter. Master, you are not someone who values ​​money as little as it is."

Zhang Hai repeatedly expressed his gratitude, and only after this heartfelt thanks did he leave, leaving behind the reluctant Grandpa Zhang to continue his morning exercise.

"Old Zhang, what's going on? How did the master end up saving your son and granddaughter?"

Some of the older men who were somewhat familiar with Grandpa Zhang couldn't help but ask about what had just happened.

"It's hard to say more. Those who know, know. Just know that Master Xia is a true master."

Grandpa Zhang looked like he was keeping something to himself.

"We're a bit late today, let's stop here for now."

As usual, Xia Qing led a group of elderly men and women who wanted to learn Tai Chi in a slow and leisurely set of movements before announcing the end of the event.

"How so? Old Li's Drunken Fist is different from the fake moves online. He really uses alcohol to invigorate his blood and circulate his energy."

As soon as the event ended, Grandpa Wu came over, smiling and talking to Xia Qing, and then nodded towards Old Man Li not far away.

"Hey, let's go."

Xia Qing understood immediately, chuckled, and went with Grandpa Wu to Old Man Li.

"What's wrong? You're not going to learn how to shoot from Old Wu anymore, or you want to learn Iron Head Kung Fu from me?"

Old Li caught a glimpse of this out of the corner of his eye, stopped crashing into the tree, first glanced at Xia Qing, then gave Old Wu a disgruntled look: "Just by looking at you, old man, I can tell you're up to no good."

"Haha, this has nothing to do with me. I'm just watching the show."

Grandpa Wu laughed heartily.

"Uncle Li, I can practice Iron Head Kung Fu slowly, but I want to learn something else from you."

Xia Qing chuckled.

He naturally wanted to learn Iron Head Kung Fu, since mastering it would be equivalent to losing one of his most fatal weaknesses.

The strength of one's own body is something that no amount of armor can match.

The defensive techniques are directly applied to the body and can be effective at any time. The upper limit of one's martial arts is also significantly higher than that of the Nightmare Weapon. Furthermore, it does not prevent the two from being combined.

In fact, he would bump into it almost every day, and occasionally pat his body or something.

However, this is a slow and gradual process, and it will not be effective unless one awakens to its true potential.

Today, I'm not looking for Grandpa Li because of the Iron Head Kung Fu that requires hard training and awakening, but rather because of the Drunken Fist that Grandpa Wu mentioned last time.

The reason I'm thinking about this isn't really because I want to learn another style of boxing.

One person has only two hands, so even if he learns a whole bunch of skills, he can't use them all. At present, he doesn't lack simple combat skills.

But what makes Drunken Fist special is that, apart from the fist techniques, its most prominent characteristic is actually 'drunkenness,' or rather, the alcohol.

The martial arts that have been awakened so far have basically followed their own characteristics. Therefore, there is a high probability that the Drunken Fist will have supernatural abilities such as being enhanced by drinking alcohol.

In short, drinking alcohol grants you a buff. While there are countless combat techniques, this self-enhancement effect is timeless.

This can temporarily raise his upper limit of strength from the basics.

"You want to learn? I don't want to teach you."

Looking at the smiling Grandpa Wu beside him, Old Man Li had clearly realized what Xia Qing meant by her words.

He immediately glared at Grandpa Wu unhappily, then stopped looking at Xia Qing and continued to bang his head against the tree.

"Really not going to teach?"

Having anticipated this, Xia Qing was naturally not annoyed at all.

"Don't teach."

Old Li stiffened his neck and slammed his head against a tree with a dull thud.

"Okay, this is what you said."

Xia Qing smiled slightly and waved to Xu Dashan, who was practicing horse stance not far away: "Dashan, come here for a moment."

"Okay, coming."

Upon hearing the sound, Xu Dashan immediately jogged over and asked in a muffled voice, "Master, what do you need me for?"

Standing at over two meters tall, compared to the skinny old man Li, he was practically a towering mountain that blotted out the sky.

"What? You want to make a move?"

Old Li was momentarily frightened by Xu Dashan's appearance, but then he straightened his neck and glared at him.

"Xu Dashan, my apprentice."

Xia Qing simply smiled and patted Xu Dashan on the shoulder.

"Trying to scare me? This is a society governed by law. Believe me or not, I'll lie down on the ground right now."

Old Man Li continued to stare.

However, this statement was clearly more of a bluff. This old man Li was quite particular; last time, even when his head bled from hitting it, he didn't try to extort money from anyone.

"No way, I just brought my apprentice here to introduce him to you, Uncle Li."

Xia Qing chuckled and patted Xu Dashan on the shoulder: "Alright, I just asked you to come and see Grandpa Li. Go ahead, and also tell your grandma for me."

"Oh, hello Uncle Li, goodbye Uncle Li."

Xu Dashan scratched his head, obediently greeted Grandpa Li first, and then left to walk towards an elegantly dressed old lady not far away.

Old Li's gaze instinctively followed the look, and he immediately froze on the spot: "He..."

"Oh, that's Grandma from the mountains. Is there a problem?"

Xia Qing pretended not to know anything and continued to smile.

Grandpa Wu, standing to the side, remained silent, looking on as if he were watching a good show from the sidelines.

"It was this old geezer who gave you the idea, right?"

As the saying goes, old people become shrewd, and Grandpa Li was certainly no fool; he immediately glared at him.

"Uncle Li, Grandma Wang's grandson is my apprentice, you don't want..."

Xia Qing didn't deny it, and directly brought out a classic line from a certain movie with a smile.

You think I'd fall for that?

Grandpa Li still looked like he had no chance.

"Actually, I made a special inquiry and found out that Grandma Wang is dressed so elegantly because she's currently going on blind dates and is looking for a companion."

Xia Qing sighed, looking up at the sky: "Besides wanting to learn boxing, I mainly want to ask you to teach Da Shan the basics. You think that if we go back and forth, you'll definitely get to know Da Shan better, and once you're familiar with him..."

"...You have a good eye for people."

Grandpa Li changed the rest of his sentence immediately.

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