~ He went to the mines, very, very excited with the prospect of having proven his skills~ ‘and no one will be any wiser~’ as he continued to mining down the stone walls, more rumours about Ma Qing.
“poor kid, he must be so spooked that he plans to move out if he makes enough money..” “ahh, but if he keeps going on like that, he will surely get an injury!” “I know right!
but he brushes us old men off, like we don’t know his position!” …
they continued their meaningless discussions as I go deeper and deeper into my understanding of my martial arts.
‘the stone crushing head cracking technique works well, but i leave to big of a gap whenever using it..’ and with each devastating swing, if Ma Qing misses, he would have to rebuild that force again, which leaves even more openings, not to mention he could tire out!
‘so, I guess this Martial art requires more evolution!’ [Stone Crushing, head Piercing Pick Technique: 587/10,000 Perfection] he decided to build on the concept of momentum.
he used to watch a lot of old school boxing, and that, had the ‘Dempsey roll’ a technique that allowed the continuous build up of momentum and power by a figure 8 motion, allowing you to hammer your opponents, with blow after blow!
and after practicing it a few times out of boredom in his original life, he realised that a strong lower body is much, much needed for such a technique.
and he hauls carts of stone, up to the top of a cave, and is a miner for a living, so his legs are well defined!
so, he tries implementing its concept of building momentum, by holding the pickaxe with both hands and starting his movements.
[Stone Crushing, Head Piercing Pick Technique: has Evolved] [Name the first move of the Stone Crushing, Head Piercing Pick Technique?] “Continuous Stone Crushing” he felt a wave of euphoria coursing through him, as he started to build up, more and more of his martial art!
‘is my comprehension good?
or is it just that I’m implementing knowledge from my previous world very well?’ but right now, he had no time to waste, so, he started using his new technique, and started strong, and going stronger!
4 Hours later: [Stone Crushing, head Piercing Pick Technique: 891/10,000 Perfection] almost 6 full carts of stone, and he tied them all by 3 and yanked them all the way up 2 times.
both times, the accountants were shocked!
the amount of copper coins was around 120!
and that was in a single day too!
“young chap, did you become a martial artist??” they asked, curiously wondering how else did a 13 year old do this.
Ma Qing shook his head with a sigh, “I wish!
why the hell would i be in this slum than!” he cursed like he was in a bad situation and walked off.
the 2 accountants looked at each other, “maybe we should recruit him into the security firm…” “that might be for the best…” the other one agreed, promising to recruit him next time.
as he walked down the street, he bought another bag of rice, since its been over a week since the last bag, and waiting at the door were the thugs who pressed him for cash the week before..
“what are these gentlemen doing here~” Ma Qing says mockingly sweet, yet unable to tell it was mocking at all.
they look at me and start throwing accusations.
“you knew about the murderer before hand didn’t you!
boss wants you to come to him!” “oh please~ there are multiple missing people reports over the past year, and only a handful of them came from the low-water slums~ all I did was make a guess~” “you mocking us you pip-squeak!” ‘pip-squeak?
been a while since I heard that!’ “oh good heavens no dear gentlemen~” the words are incredibly mocking yet convincingly truthful.
making the thugs confused.
“The Boss still wants to meet you!
so you better come, or else!” he nods immediately, overly, making it look like he’s still mocking or very scared.
“can I come during the night??
I don’t want my siblings to worry~” they look at each other and nod.
“fine, but the moment we think your hiding we’re kicking down your door and taking your sister!” ‘oh these guys will die tonight!~’ he waved them off as they left, than letting the malicious grin appear on his face, before, letting it go, and entering his home.
“banana!” they come out of their hiding spots, showing that they picked a few of the beans growing in the garden.
I smile and pet them, before cooking the beans and rice, today with no meat.
‘I did get an axe..
maybe I should try getting a would cutting skill as well?’ after all, the benefit of having the Pickaxe skill reaching perfection was amazing, it was like having gained a sever leap in understanding, with quality knowledge being deep into you.
so, ‘I wonder, if I’ll have the benefit of the panel when cultivating something different?’ in other martial stories, techniques are separated through, un-initiated, beginner, minor achievement, great success, perfection.
but he wonders how he got so far without the panel?
how did he, a no-name NPC, with a tragic life have such amazing comprehension?
‘was I just born with main character energy?
probably not, after all, my mind was rather developed in this world, and with the dreams I had of my original life, probably greatly effected the way I thought.’ he decided to put the kids to bed early, feeding them off, by evening and telling them the story of ‘the boy who cried wolf’ something that taught them trust, and not to play with it.
they went to sleep quickly…
maybe?
who knows, Twins are mischievous.
he went outside, picked a few more of the strange bean plants, and devoured them, before heading back outside to train his martial art.
*** [Stone Crushing, head Piercing Pick Technique: 935/10,000 Perfection] night had started falling now, and most would head to bed by now, which meant.
KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK I walked with my Pickaxe in hand and opened the front door.
“alright then, lets go boys~” they were unnerved by my calm attitude, and the fact that I held a pickaxe still.
“what?
you think that will protect you?” they egged.
“no, I got a proposition~ now, lets go meet your leader~” CREATORS’ THOUGHTS Lucagomaster i changed the concept of momentum from the Panel chapter, because that word didn’t suit it originally, this addition, does seem to work, by adding constant motion