Chapter 276: Qiangzi smashes the wrench, Wang Lang comes to spar
"Well, that's thoughtful. Come in and have a cup of tea first."
Du Ruo nodded. To be honest, although he disliked Qiangzi when he first met him, after a few more contacts and getting to know him, he had a good impression of him. In addition, the other party was so polite to come and give him a gift before the New Year, which was considered thoughtful.
"Huh? You haven't left yet?"
Du Ruo invited Qiangzi into the house and took him to the living room to make tea, but when she saw Yang Chenguang sitting next to her, she couldn't help rolling her eyes.
"Have a cup of tea before you go. There's nothing to do when you get back anyway."
Yang Chenguang smiled and didn't care what Du Ruo said. In fact, he mainly wanted to confirm with Du Ruo whether what he said about abstinence was true. But Qiangzi was still there, so he was a little embarrassed to ask.
"Which day's train? Have you bought the ticket?"
Du Ruo ignored Yang Chenguang and started chatting with Qiangzi.
"I've bought the ticket for tomorrow's train."
Qiangzi held the tea but didn't drink it. He just answered Du Ruo's questions. Now he was no longer as lively as when he first met Du Ruo, and even seemed a little restrained.
This was a kind of restraint when facing a teacher. Du Ruo did not treat him as a disciple, but he maintained respect for Du Ruo.
"Well, let's have dinner at home later before leaving. How's your Kung Fu training going recently?"
Du Ruo was drinking tea and chatting casually. In fact, he could tell at a glance how well the other person was practicing.
"I don't know if I'm doing it well or not. Anyway, you taught me, and I practice it every day. I'm used to it, so I don't know if it's good or not."
As Qiangzi spoke, he scratched his head and stretched his lips to reveal a big smile.
This is the disadvantage of not having a master. There is no one to guide you. You can only practice as far as you can. You don’t know how good or bad it is, or your progress.
"Then go out and demonstrate it to me?"
Du Ruo didn't intend to let the other party come for nothing. Since the other party came to his door politely and brought gifts, he was willing to give him some pointers. Although they were not master and disciple, there were very few people like Qiangzi who could calm down and practice martial arts.
"Okay."
Upon hearing this, Qiangzi's eyes lit up immediately. He drank the tea in his hand in one gulp, then stood up and followed Du Ruo into the yard.
"Boss Du, long time no see, I'm here to visit you again."
The two had just walked out of the door when a voice was heard again. A man walked over from outside the yard, carrying a backpack. The most eye-catching thing was the long sword on his back.
The person who came was none other than the Mantis Boxing Champion Lang, who had sparred with Du Ruo half a year ago and was defeated in one move.
"Wang Lang? It's been a long time."
Du Ruo was a little surprised to see Wang Lang. He didn't expect that he would come over at this time. Since they met a few times last time and finished their exchanges, the two haven't met again.
Despite this, Du Ruo was still quite impressed by the opponent. That was also the first time that Du Ruo used the Panlong Silk to spar with someone.
In particular, Wang Lang's sword-wielding skill also amazed Du Ruo at that time.
"Although I haven't seen you for a long time, Boss Du's reputation has spread all over the country. Am I here at the wrong time?"
Wang Lang said that he came at a bad time, but he still walked in through the open gate of the courtyard.
The last time he was defeated by Du Ruo, he realized his own shortcomings, so he always set Du Ruo as his target. After he returned, he practiced Mantis Hands and Sword Pointing hard, with the purpose of competing with Du Ruo again and trying to get back some ground.
Originally he was full of confidence, but as Du Ruo started to become famous on the Internet, he also felt a sense of crisis. He was making progress himself, but Du Ruo seemed to be making progress faster.
Moreover, he was working behind closed doors, but Du Ruo had already started actual combat and was able to assist the police in killing the suspect, which was simply a dimensionality reduction attack.
So he thought for a long time and decided not to wait any longer and come directly to Du Ruo to compete. He was afraid that the gap between them would become bigger and bigger, and he might lose the courage to stand in front of Du Ruo.
"It's okay. You came at the right time. You are also an expert. You can help check the results of Qiangzi's training."
Although Du Ruo didn't understand the other party's purpose, he knew that since the visitor was a guest, he might as well invite the other party to take a look together.
"Qiangzi, just show us what you practice. This is Wang Lang, a master of Mantis Boxing."
Du Ruo motioned Qiangzi to continue and briefly introduced both parties.
Hearing Du Ruo say this, Wang Lang first looked Qiangzi up and down, and didn't see many signs of martial arts training in him, so he simply stood next to Du Ruo and looked at Qiangzi curiously.
"I usually practice two things. One is hitting the sandbags, which is what Boss Du taught me. How about hitting the wooden stakes?"
Qiangzi looked around the yard, but found no sandbags. There were only some weapons, wooden stakes, and other materials for practicing claw skills.
Du Ruo had not used the sandbags here for a long time. They had been left outside, exposed to wind and rain, and looked a little dirty, so he threw them away.
"Instead of hitting the stump, try hitting the wrench."
Du Ruo touched his chin and recalled the video of Qiangzi using a wrench that he had shown him. It was after that time that Du Ruo taught him how to hit a sandbag. Now that the other party had been practicing for so long, he might as well use a wrench to try out his results, which would also allow Qiangzi to have some understanding of himself.
"Use this, but I have to tell you, this wrench is not much and the whole set costs yuan. Just use the strength you used when practicing, and then slowly increase the strength and try again."
Du Ruo took out a wrench from the room. This wrench was much thicker and far superior to the last wrench. He was afraid that Qiangzi, this young man, would hurt his hand if he came up.
"it is good!"
Qiangzi's eyes lit up. In fact, he had secretly hit a brick before and could break it in one blow, but he had never tried using a wrench. Now he wanted to see if he could bend a wrench like the people in the video. "Bang!"
After padding the wrench with a stone, Qiangzi first hit it tentatively without much force. A sound of collision between his hand and the wrench was heard, but the wrench did not seem to have changed much.
"It's a bit like the power of Tongbiquan."
Wang Lang, who was standing by, looked at Qiangzi's force posture when he made the move, nodded slightly and commented.
"Bang Bang Bang!!!"
After trying it, Qiangzi did not stop, but continued to smash down, each time with more force than the last.
People who practice martial arts all have a violent temper, and Qiangzi is no exception. Although the collision between his hand and the wrench was a bit painful, long-term training has made his hand muscles very strong, and his tolerance for pain has also improved a lot, so he did not stop, but became more and more excited as he smashed the hammer.
"Bang bang bang!!!"
After three more hits, Qiangzi finally stopped.
"Boss Du, look, I bent the wrench. It really bent it!"
Qiangzi was very excited as he held the obviously bent wrench in one hand. He didn't care that his other hand was shaking with pain. He came in front of Du Ruo with an excited expression.
"Well, very good, your efforts have not been in vain."
Du Ruo nodded with a smile. Qiangzi's progress was somewhat beyond his expectations. He originally thought that it would take him two or three years to reach this level, but he did not expect that he could do it in less than half a year. It can be seen that the other party really did not slack off and insisted on practicing every day.
"Hey, thank you, thank you."
Qiangzi was so happy that he was a little incoherent and kept looking at the wrench.
"A guest has arrived."
At this time, Xiang Yuanyuan also walked in from outside the yard, carrying some vegetables in her hands. She was a little surprised to see the people in the yard.
"Wife, you're back just in time. Find some medicinal wine and let this idiot apply it on himself."
When Du Ruo saw Xiang Yuanyuan coming back, he pointed at Qiangzi's red and trembling palm and asked Xiang Yuanyuan to help him get some medicinal wine.
"it is good."
Xiang Yuanyuan nodded at Wang Lang and walked into the house. She had only met Wang Lang once and was not familiar with him.
"Okay, you probably can't do Tai Chi well in this state. Go get some medicine and I'll give you this wrench."
Du Ruo didn't know what to say when he saw Qiangzi grinning foolishly, so he asked him to deal with his palm.
"well!"
Qiangzi was still grinning at the wrench.
"Boss Du, can we spar with each other? I also want to verify my recent progress."
When Wang Lang saw Qiangzi finished his performance, he looked at Du Ruo and spoke.
As for Qiangzi's hand-chopping wrench, he was somewhat dismissive. He practiced Mantis Boxing, which was about speed. Even if Qiangzi bent the wrench with one blow, he thought it was not a big threat.
Speed cannot be easily compensated by strength.
"It's a little inconvenient to spar with each other."
Hearing about the sparring, Du Ruo couldn't help but frown. His body's transformation had been more and more intense recently, and he didn't even dare to use his strength carelessly. If he sparred, he was afraid that he would kill the opponent with one blow.
"Inconvenient? Boss Du, let's just have a simple sparring match. Don't worry, I'll take it even if I get hurt."
Wang Lang still thought that Du Ruo looked down on him. After all, he learned from the Internet that Du Ruo was probably not as good as he was before, but he still wanted to give it a try.
"Forehead."
Du Ruo looked at Wang Lang with a serious expression, but it was not easy for him to tell him about his current physical condition. He couldn't say that he was afraid that he would lose control of his strength and kill the other person.
"Forget it, it's fine to spar with each other, but you have to be mentally prepared."
In the end, Du Ruo nodded in agreement, but the sparring would definitely not be the same as before. He was afraid that the other party would be hurt, so he kindly gave a reminder before the sparring.
"It's okay. I was mentally prepared before I came here. So are we going to use fists or weapons?"
When Wang Lang heard Du Ruo's agreement, he didn't care about what Du Ruo said and prepared himself mentally. He didn't come here with the intention of winning. He just wanted to see his own progress and also wanted to see how powerful Du Ruo was.
After all, he was very unwilling to be defeated in one move last time.
"Weapons, please."
Seeing Wang Lang's look, Du Ruo thought for a moment and decided to let the other party take up the weapon directly.
"Row."
Wang Lang put down his backpack, then holding his sword, he took a few steps back and prepared himself.
(End of this chapter)
