Chapter 6 Innate Kung Fu
Chapter 6 Innate Kung Fu
Lin Shan's calm heart began to beat wildly again. Suddenly, there was light at the end of the tunnel. He searched for him everywhere!
He turned around and glanced at the shopkeeper like a guilty thief, and found that the shopkeeper was still lying on the rattan chair, dozing off. He had been lazy all morning and had not moved an inch.
Coming back to his senses, Lin Shan looked at the Buddha statue again. The base was a nine-level lotus platform, on top of which sat an unknown ancient Buddha.
The ancient Buddha has no expression of joy or sadness, and judging from the craftsmanship, it does not seem to be a carving by a famous artist. It is sloppy and rough, with holes and bumps all over it, and is pitch black all over, as if it is a wooden sculpture.
"What is the origin of this Black Lotus Buddha statue? Why does it feel like a crude wholesale product? But it does look very old."
I flipped through the account book and saw the appraiser's evaluation written on it, "The material and workmanship are similar to those of ordinary black lotus Buddha statues, but the age can be traced back to 800 years ago, and it can be worth 20 gold."
20 gold is equivalent to 200 taels of silver, but guess the handwriting of the appraiser.
"Similar to ordinary black lotus Buddha statues."
Could it be that he had seen other Buddha statues of the same type? Lin Shan secretly made a note of it and decided to investigate it when he had time. If he could find clues about this type of Buddha statue, it was very likely that he would find other ancient charms.
The only concern now is that when "Spring River Playing with Mandarin Ducks" was absorbed, the ancient painting seemed to have its support taken away in an instant and turned into ashes. What kind of noise will this black lotus Buddha statue in front of me make?
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After a little hesitation, Lin Shan thought that if he could obtain this bit of ancient charm, he would be able to practice the innate skills immediately. In the end, the temptation overcame his hesitation.
"Sell it! I've searched all the antiques in the pawn shop and this is the only one I can find. If you miss it, you'll regret it for the rest of your life. No matter what the consequences, just sell it!"
Lin Shan roared fiercely in his heart, but his hands did not slow down and he directly chose to follow the prompts on the strengthening panel.
"absorb!"
The black lotus Buddha statue on the ground flashed faintly for a moment, and then there seemed to be no change. However, in the upper right corner of the transparent enhanced panel in front of Lin Shan, the number changed from "3" to "4".
"Whoo~"
Lin Shan suppressed his excitement and did not shout out. He turned off the panel, came back to his senses and looked carefully. He found that the whole body of the Buddha statue was covered with cracks, which were fine, dense and tangled.
Lin Shan gently took his hand away from the Buddha statue and slowly breathed a sigh of relief. He had no doubt that if he exerted a little force, the Buddha statue would definitely fall to the ground like a sand sculpture and turn into a pool of fine sand.
After doing his evil deed, Lin Shan secretly glanced at the shopkeeper again, and after confirming that he had not been discovered, he quietly left the back hall and walked out of the store. At this time, there were few pedestrians on the street, only a few birds, and no one wanted to bask in the sun at noon.
Lin Shan brought a small stool and sat at the door of the store, wishing he could fly back to his residence immediately.
Soon, the shopkeeper's light snoring seemed to be heard in the store.
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After dusk, the sky turned red.
He seemed to hear the sound of a door being locked behind him. Lin Shan, who was dozing off at the door, felt someone patting him. He turned around and saw the old shopkeeper who looked refreshed.
"Boy, we're closed today, go back and report."
The shopkeeper smiled with his eyes narrowed, locked the door of the pawnshop tightly, and went home humming a tune.
Lin Shan rubbed his sleepy eyes, looked at the shopkeeper's brisk steps, and couldn't help but sigh: "If this job was put in my previous life, I would sleep and slack off at work every day, and collect money while lying down. Wouldn't that be great?"
He then ran quickly all the way back to the Lin residence, causing a lot of commotion on the road.
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After eating a few bites in a hurry, Lin Shan returned to his residence and took out the Songhe Jue.
【Songhe Jue】
Quality: Acquired Skills
Introduction: The Lin family's unique internal skills, with its own true qi and slightly low lethality, have a healing effect, and can slightly prolong life after being practiced, and can be cultivated to the highest level of acquired perfection.
Enhancement required: 4 points
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Lin Shan did not hesitate: "Strengthen!"
The book in his hand, which had turned yellow after being flipped through for ten years, suddenly began to turn pages automatically.
Chapters of martial arts techniques flashed by quickly, illustrations of the human body's meridians changed in an instant, and the whole book made a rustling sound automatically without wind!
There seemed to be a supreme rule in the void that was tampering with the contents of the book. Words disappeared and reappeared one by one, and countless streamers of light merged into a rainbow on the page.
"Snapped!"
The book closed again, and in the dim white light it turned into a brand new exercise method:
【Changchun Gong】
Quality: Xiantian Kungfu Introduction: The highest level of cultivation can be reached to the Xiantian Great Perfection, which greatly increases the speed of cultivation and has a certain effect of prolonging life. After cultivation, the true qi is long and thick, and can heal internal injuries of the meridians.
Derivative unique skill: Broken Palm
Hitting a person with the palm can destroy the vitality in the enemy's body; sticking it to plants can extract the vitality to assist in treatment.
Enhancement required: 8 points
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"It's worthy of being called an innate skill! Not only is it powerful, but it also comes with buy one get one free derivative martial arts!"
Lin Shan was overjoyed. The speed of practicing the Changchun Gong, a congenital martial art, was naturally much faster than that of the acquired martial arts. As for increasing lifespan, it was not very attractive to a 16-year-old like him.
Although the introduction did not mention how lethal Changchun Qi is, we can tell from the endless internal energy and the ability to treat meridians that it can resist energy consumption, and at least be reliable in terms of saving lives.
The martial arts derived from the technique, the Broken Palm, is even more outrageous! Lin Shan can understand that it can break the enemy's vitality, but can it also absorb plants and trees to heal injuries? Is the innate technique really so magical?
With Lin Shan’s current vision, he couldn’t figure out the principle behind it for now, but he had already practiced it.
As for the innate skills, can they be strengthened again?
He has lost all his ancient charm now, so naturally he can't expect any more.
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After a night, Lin Shan, who had re-cultivated Changchun Gong, felt refreshed. The green true qi now resided in his dantian, replacing the previous white true qi.
"Can true qi change color? Is there a distinction between the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire and earth? Why have I never heard of it before?"
Lin Shan looked suspicious. Just based on the Changchun Gong and the introduction given by the strengthening panel, he couldn't help but guess. But other tribesmen also practiced some Fiery Fire Gong, Rolling Stone Jue and the like, and he had never heard them talk about red, yellow, blue and green true qi.
Lin Shan could only blame it on the magic of the innate martial arts. After all, the enhanced panel would not produce a fake to harm him.
In the next few days, Lin Shan, who had fleeced the pawnshop, naturally could not go there again in order to clear himself of suspicion, so he took a job as a miscellaneous worker from the manager.
Lin Shan has been doing odd jobs while trying to figure out and familiarize himself with the new innate skills he has acquired. These past few days have been quite fulfilling.
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The good times didn’t last long. Five days later, early in the morning, we were in the back mountain.
"Have you heard? Yesterday a strong man came to Qinghe County City and broke into our Lin's Pawn Shop and caused a big commotion."
Lin Shan, who was doing some radio gymnastics on the side, immediately pricked up his ears and listened.
"That's right. It is said that he is a master who has mastered the power of transformation. The three deacons from our Foreign Affairs Hall were all beaten back."
"Our Lin family is a big family and we may attract a top-notch expert someday. But why do we have to cause trouble in the pawn shop?"
"It is said that the pawnshop damaged the items that the hero had pawned twelve years ago."
"Tsk tsk, the pawn shop owner is probably going to be in big trouble."
"Who says it isn't?"
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Lin Shan was secretly frightened when he heard this, and he roughly guessed what had happened.
If I am not mistaken, the collateral of that chivalrous hero is the Black Lotus Buddha statue.
He originally thought of going to the pawn shop again in a few days to pay more attention to whether the appraiser had been there so that he could ask about the whereabouts of the other Black Lotus Buddha statues.
Fortunately I didn’t go!
He could naturally imagine the master's anger when he stepped into the pawnshop to redeem his antique and saw the Buddha statue suddenly turned into fine sand.
Although the Lin family is a big family in Qinghe County, the ancestor Xiantian has been aloof from worldly affairs for many years. A first-class master is the king of the world, coming and going like the wind, and cannot be offended casually, unless it is a mortal enemy, otherwise it will be resolved as much as possible.
The Lin family was in the wrong in this matter, but it was a pity for the shopkeeper who took the blame for Lin Shan.
Lin Shan silently mourned for the shopkeeper, but he was powerless.
Coincidentally, the first time Lin Fan appeared, he also attracted attention for Lin Shan, and the theft of the master's beloved painting gradually subsided in the past few days.
"It seems that I have to be more careful in the future."
You can avoid disaster once or twice, but it is impossible for someone to prevent disaster every time.
Lin Shan can vaguely foresee the future, and his journey to find ancient charm will inevitably be full of ups and downs.
(End of this chapter)