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Unstoppable Martial Arts: Starting with brother's wife and young sister-Chapter 29 - 28: 1,500 Jin
"Rice, sugar, and white flour!"
"Did you go to the black market?" ๐ณ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐.๐ฐ๐ ๐ฆ
Wang Daming never expected this. He had just told him the black market entrance a couple of days ago,
but unexpectedly,
this kid went there yesterday.
"Yes!"
"You... youโre really daring beyond belief."
Although Wang Daming asked this, the moment he heard him say it, his heart dropped instantly.
Given his relationship with Old Chen,
sometimes he really thought of him as his own child.
"Itโs a good thing nothing happened. If something had happened to you, the Chen family would have ended. Sigh! Youโre really too impulsive."
Even though Chen Xuan was standing perfectly fine in front of him,
his heart was still pounding with fear.
It was terrifying.
He regretted telling him the black market entrance that very night.
But he thought,
Chen Xuan had always been quite steady, so even if he knew, he shouldnโt venture there easily.
Who would have thought.....
If anything happened, he couldnโt bear facing Old Chen even in death.
"Alright, uncle, I know youโve always been good to me. Isnโt everything okay now? Donโt worry."
Chen Xuan was also touched seeing him like this,
"Hmph! You ungrateful little brat!"
Wang Daming got angry seeing his mischievous smile.
"I know I was wrong, uncle. Iโll definitely be more careful in the future, definitely."
Chen Xuan draped an arm over Wang Damingโs shoulder, smiling and admitting his fault.
"Alright, alright, just donโt go anymore. Donโt think that because youโre a martial artist, martial artists die at the black market every year. You have to consider everything carefully. There are two women in your family relying on you!"
"And stop acting so familiar without respect."
Wang Daming slapped the hand on his shoulder fiercely.
"Hehe!"
Chen Xuan still wore that shameless grin.
"What do you want to say? Iโm going to report to the government office tomorrow. While I still have a day."
"So soon?"
"Yes!"
Wang Daming nodded. He thought there was still some time, but unexpectedly, people from the government office came yesterday, and he had to go tomorrow.
Moreover, the person conveying the message seemed really anxious.
It seems,
the situation might not be good.
Could it be that Yunze County is in danger too?
Not only did he think so, even Chen Xuan considered these thoughts.
With a frown.
Seeing this,
Wang Daming reassured him, "Donโt be afraid. It shouldnโt be at that dangerous stage yet. I guess thereโs still some time; otherwise, there would have been conscription."
"Letโs hope so!"
Chen Xuan couldnโt figure out the reason behind it now.
But conscription is something he kept in mind.
Darn it,
if heโs caught and drafted,
itโs over.
No matter what,
he canโt go!
If worse comes to worst, heโll hide in the back mountains,
they wonโt find him,
and thereโs nothing they can do about it.
"Alright, tell me, what do you need, uncle?"
Wang Daming, though rough by nature, was attentive. Seeing the kid like this, he could roughly guess.
However,
thereโs nothing one can do when faced with conscription from the government office. Itโs just like when he was asked to go, he couldnโt refuse either.
Otherwise,
it would mean imprisonment.
"This," Chen Xuan took off the bow from his back and continued, "help me forge it once again!"
"Youโre gonna reforge it?" Wang Daming was surprised. Wasnโt it just forged a few days ago?
Now,
this bow requires at least several hundred pounds of strength to draw fully.
Could it be....?
Facing his doubt, Chen Xuan simply said he recently felt he could draw the bow fully without exerting full strength, so he thought of reforging it while he still had time.
To this,
Wang Daming nodded, thinking maybe his strength had increased a bit, and then asked, "How much strength do you want for this bow this time?"
"At least 1000 pounds as a base, and preferably around 1500 pounds!"
"What? How much??"
Wang Daming was dumbfounded.
pounds!
His voice even increased by several decibels.
"Xiaoxuanzi, do you know how much 1500 pounds is? If I forge such a bow for you, can you even draw it?"
Actually,
he was worried Chen Xuan might be overambitious, which is why he said that.
After all,
when he was young, he used to forge weapons at the government office.
Even though he himself wasnโt a martial artist,
he had some knowledge about them.
He remembered the two constables at the government office back then, both ninth-grade martial artists, had a strength of just about seven or eight hundred pounds.
And,
those were seasoned ninth-grade ones.
In his view,
Chen Xuan, a newly risen ninth-grade martial artist, even a 1000-pound bow, let alone a 1500-pound one, was too much.
He had no idea that,
now Chen Xuan was already an Eighth-Grade Martial Artist, his strength had long surpassed a thousand pounds, not to mention he had cultivated the Nine Revolutions Secret Technique, which directly brought him close to 2000 pounds.
The reason he mentioned 1500 pounds,
first, he knew that the stronger the bow, the higher quality the materials needed, and Wang Daming might not have them.
Second, he estimated that forging 1500 pounds should be his limit; any higher, he might not be able to forge.
This 1500 pounds was also the result of his careful consideration.
"Rest assured, uncle, havenโt you figured me out by now? Iโm not one to act rashly. I know what Iโm doing!"
"You... sigh!"
Wang Daming sighed.
He looked at him with a complicated expression but eventually nodded helplessly.
However, he mumbled to himself, "You, just like your father, stubborn to no end. Once you set your mind on something, no one can change it. Really cut from the same mold."
He slowly took the bow to the furnace and said, "Come get it tonight. Forging such a powerful bow isnโt a quick task."
"Alright, thanks a lot, uncle. Iโll head back first and come by tonight to pick it up."
"Mm!"
.....
As soon as he got home,
Chen Xuanโs stomach started growling loudly.
"Whatโs going on?"
He was baffled.
He hadnโt eaten breakfast that long ago.
An hour or so.
Furthermore,
he hadnโt eaten little in the morning. White flour pancakes, porridge, soybeans, and wild chicken.
It wasnโt lacking in oils and fats either.
Why.... had it been consumed so quickly?
"Could it be that after cultivating the Nine Revolutions Secret Technique, my bodyโs consumption increased?"
Chen Xuan pondered,
the only difference with yesterday was learning this technique.
"Grr grr."
Once again,
his stomach protested with noises.
"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law!"
He shouted loudly inside.
Hungry, of course, heโd look for his sister-in-law.
He might as well eat since the household had plenty of food now, no need to worry.
However,
he didnโt hear any response from Su Wanqiu for a while.
"YunโEr, YunโEr...."
Still, there was no answer.
"Where did they go? Went to wash clothes?"
The two women at home usually donโt go out, they basically just go to the riverside to wash clothes.
"Forget it, forget it, Iโll just do it myself!"
So he went to the kitchen,
and started searching.
To see if there were any leftovers from the morning.
But,
he was disappointed.
Clean and tidy, not even a trace left.
"Sigh! Iโll just cook myself!"
With the two women not around, he had to do it himself.