73: Chapter 72 The Path to Mastery

For several days, Li Changsheng lived a life of pain and happiness at home.

The old lady's care was meticulous, almost preparing every kind of ingredient used for body nourishment.

Because the little old lady had always been taking care of Li Changsheng, she had developed excellent cooking skills.

Days passed like this.

In addition to practicing Internal Alchemy Meditation and Longevity Qigong every day to speed up his recovery, Li Changsheng also started broadcasting again.

Since understanding that the 'Promoting Traditional Martial Arts' series of missions could actually be completed through other forms of exposure, Li Changsheng didn't value livestreaming as much anymore.

But the profits from livestreaming were still huge, even though he now had a large sum of bounty money.

But Li Changsheng didn't like to sit idle and exhaust his resources; expenses would inevitably be high after practicing martial arts, and he would have to nourish the little old lady's body in the future, so he would inevitably have to frequent Boss Cao's business.

The things there aren't cheap.

Starting the broadcast again, Li Changsheng was momentarily stunned; the popularity of the livestream room was actually skyrocketing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

From just a few people, it jumped to several thousand in just a few minutes, reached thirty thousand in ten minutes, and a hundred thousand in half an hour, and the numbers were still rapidly jumping.

What's going on?

Li Changsheng was almost frightened by the popularity; could a 'pigeon spirit' like him still be this popular?

Sun Breathing: "Is this the streamer who killed the serial killer with his bare hands?"

Seeing All Walks of Life: "Were you all attracted by that video?"

Evil Bone-Corroder: "Yeah, yeah! This streamer looks so refined, I didn't expect him to be so ruthless when he fights! Man, my heart was about to burst watching it."

Amber Pupils: "Isn't this way better than those special effects blockbusters? Every punch hits home. I saw the streamer's final elbow strike; a shockwave exploded from the other guy's back. Is this 'Power Penetrating the Chest and Back'?"

Let It Be: "I suggest a urine test!"

Minister Niu: "Urine test my ass, there's not a drop of urine in his body, only drugs."

Guang Lingzi: "Is the streamer a professional? So powerful, could he be a pro boxer?"

Ming Feng: "Are you blind? The title says it, Traditional Martial Arts!"

Brother Wei: "Damn, I just realized Traditional Martial Arts is so good for fighting. Why was Master Ma such a joke before? He got KO'd by an amateur boxer in one punch."

Tingxu Lang Qiandie: "Let me educate everyone, don't be fooled by fake masters. Real Traditional Martial Arts is very effective in combat, and it originally evolved from the battlefield fighting of our ancestors. You tell me if it's effective?"

Edge of the Wind: "True, I know a very powerful kung fu, Kun Quan. I'll start a livestream to show everyone when I get the chance. However, due to copyright issues and such, this livestream teaching is only open to friends in the stream. Guaranteed to learn."

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Looking at these bullet comments, Li Changsheng understood; it seemed he had completely gone viral outside his usual circle.

He checked his phone again. Well, he didn't expect the WeChat daily news push to be about him.

But it made sense; Penguin was in Nanshan, after all, and their legal department had even earned the nickname 'Nanshan Pizza Hut'.

Old Ma also knew how to handle things; the news headline was very attractive.

[The City Hero in the Dark!]

Li Changsheng clicked on the news and read it; it was quite comprehensive, covering not only his previous use of Card Throwing to help the police catch a fugitive but also the Auntie Mei case.

The end spent even more space describing the Jiang Wenqiang case, including details of his serial crimes, and finally included a blurred surveillance video from the scene.

Seeing this, Li Changsheng was a bit suspicious.

"Wasn't it blurred? How did they know it was me?"

Soon, a viewer in the livestream room provided the answer.

Loli Rice: "Honestly, those who can find their way here are geniuses. Wasn't the news blurred? The name was also just 'a certain someone'."

Gu Zimo: "Pfft, that's not hard to distinguish. Old fans of the streamer compared the news video with his own videos and found that he's so poor he wears the same outfit all year round. Plus, he's a Card Throwing and Traditional Martial Arts streamer. If we couldn't tell, we might as well kill ourselves by hitting our heads against a block of tofu."

Damn!

Li Changsheng was speechless. He looked down at his white Peppa Pig pattern shirt and was silent for a moment.

After all that, the problem was still with himself.

But it really wasn't that he was unwilling to buy clothes; in fact, he liked to buy three of each outfit, mainly because of his difficulty in making choices.

Then it just so happened that what he wore during the last livestream was exactly the same as what he wore when he killed the enemy, leading to this misunderstanding.

[Congratulations to the host for completing the fifth stage of the Promoting Traditional Martial Arts mission: appearing in news or internet trending topics three times. Reward: Eight-Section Golden Vajra Gong, Attribute Point +1.]

[The first stage mission of the Path of the Grandmaster is now being issued: Master Hidden Power.]

Hmm?

Looking at the prompt that suddenly appeared, Li Changsheng was slightly surprised.

"Is it because the news of me killing Jiang Wenqiang has completely spread, so it's another indirect mission completion?

But the Promoting Traditional Martial Arts mission seems to have ended, and now it's turned into the Path of the Grandmaster series. But is the first stage of this series really this difficult?"

Li Changsheng felt a lot of pressure. It seemed he had forgotten to ask the old man what the concept of Hidden Power actually was when he said goodbye.

But Li Changsheng reckoned that asking would have been useless anyway, because when it comes to internal force, just understanding it is useless; you must practice hard and figure it out yourself. Ideally, a master of Hidden Power should demonstrate it in person.

It's just that the old man is old. I heard that even for young people, using this thing is exhausting; for an old person, using it would cost half their life.

"This time, an extra attribute point was given, which didn't happen before."

Li Changsheng knew about attribute points; the System had explained from the beginning that mission rewards for each stage are distributed randomly among skills, Lifespan, and attribute points.

Open panel.

[Stamina: 5.8]

[Energy: 8]

[Lifespan: 252.]

"If I add it directly to stamina, can it quickly heal my injuries?"

Looking at the panel, Li Changsheng hesitated for a moment and then began to try to add the point using his consciousness.

The panel soon changed.

[Stamina: 6.8]

Almost the instant the attribute point was added, Li Changsheng felt a tingling sensation sweep through his legs, waist, and abdomen, followed by a warm feeling.

This feeling lasted for a full three minutes.

Feeling the sensation dissipate, Li Changsheng tried to twist his waist forcefully.

"There's still a bit of pain, but it's very minor."

He moved his left leg again; yeah, it was almost completely healed.

The injury to his left leg was much lighter to begin with. He moved his right foot.

"The ankle area still hurts, but the effect is too obvious. It seems this System mission reward is quite thoughtful."

He thought he would have to recover at home for at least half a year, but now it seems that with the Health-preserving Qigong, he could be completely healed in a month.

The next moment, the memory of the Eight-Section Golden Vajra Gong was also finished transferring into his mind.

The Eight-Section Golden Vajra Gong is ranked alongside the Longevity Qigong, both originally originating from the Dragon Gate Sect of Quanzhen Daoism.

Later, it was compiled and organized by Daoist Master Zhang Zhishun and included in the book 'Source of Qi' along with Internal Alchemy Meditation.