Atlas of Heaven and Man

On the second day back at school, Cheng Zitong finished handling things in the morning. As noon approached, he couldn't wait to drive to the Lakeside Flower Garden on the east side of the school. He asked as soon as he entered, "Where's Senior Brother?"

The gatekeeper said, "Supervisor Cheng, the old gentleman is teaching the student how to exert force."

Cheng Zitong took off his sunglasses, looked at him, and said, "Old Qian, you're getting old. Doesn't Senior Brother show you any consideration? Still making you guard the gate?"

"It's not hard work. The old gentleman is taking care of me," the gatekeeper bowed slightly.

"Alright, I'll go find him myself."

Cheng Zitong came quickly, but once he arrived, he wasn't in such a hurry. He strolled slowly inside, arriving at the edge of the lotus pond. He watched Qiao Linhu pointing out things to his student in the waterside pavilion, but he didn't go forward, just smiled and watched from there.

Qiao Linhu also saw him, but ignored him, continuing to teach diligently. The student was also very rigid, doing exactly as the teacher taught.

After a long while, Qiao Linhu waved to Cheng Zitong across the lotus pond, then went into the living room. The latter smiled and walked over there.

Once Cheng Zitong came in, Qiao Linhu asked, "Why do you have time to come today?"

Cheng Zitong smiled and said, "Nothing, just came to see you, Senior Brother."

Qiao Linhu looked at him, "There's tea on the table, I made it but haven't drunk it yet. Pour some yourself."

Cheng Zitong said, "I won't stand on ceremony with you." He gestured towards the waterside pavilion outside, and said, "How is this student of yours? I haven't seen him at the school for a long time. You're guiding him hand-by-hand here, so he must be improving rapidly. His level should be very high, hmm, he should have broken through the first limit, right?"

Qiao Linhu frowned and said, "How could it be so fast?" He said in a deep voice, "No one breaks through the first limit after studying for only a year."

"Really?" Cheng Zitong thought for a moment, then hummed and nodded in agreement, "Senior Brother is right, there isn't."

Qiao Linhu glanced at him, pondered for a moment, and said, "Well, not completely. In the past, those heretical sects would stimulate people's potential, use strong medicine, use evil scriptures, and nourish demonic forms with demon fetuses, but that's an evil path, absolutely undesirable."

Cheng Zitong said, "That's right, those who take the evil path can't be considered human anymore. We're talking about proper students."

Qiao Linhu raised his head and chest, facing the direction of his student, and slowly said, "Our master always said that 'nurturing the true seed' lies in the word 'nurture'. A tall building rises from the ground, don't be impatient for success. The tendons, bridges, bones, and beams must be aligned correctly. If they are not aligned correctly, the Qi will weaken, and if the Qi weakens, the blood will not be strong, and the road ahead will not be smooth."

Cheng Zitong exclaimed and gave a thumbs up, saying, "That's right! I just took a look, Senior Brother, this student's foundation must be exceptionally good! Especially stable. You have to say, the old man's method is good. Once he breaks through, ninety percent of the academy's students won't be able to catch up."

Hearing him say this, Qiao Linhu stroked his beard and nodded, self-satisfied, saying, "Those young teachers at the academy haven't studied for many years themselves, how can they guide people? Hmph, they dare to teach. In the past, without twenty years of accumulation and without a graduation certificate, who would dare to come out and teach disciples? They wouldn't be afraid of teaching people badly."

"That's right."

Cheng Zitong sighed and said, "Look at me, I only teach one student now, and I'm always afraid of not teaching well, afraid of misleading people. You see, this time I took him out for training, thinking I could teach him something, but unexpectedly, we came back after only a few days. It's not that I don't want to teach, it's that I don't know how to teach. I think I should think about it, that's why I came to see you, Senior Brother."

Qiao Linhu suddenly realized, he came to seek advice today?

He thought for a moment and said, "Junior Brother, it's good that you think this way, but when teaching students, the first thing is to establish rules, otherwise you won't teach well, and also..."

He shook his head, "Students must also be distinguished. If they have no talent, then forget it, you can't teach them well no matter how you teach them. As long as they can have a bowl of rice to eat when they go out in the future, you'll have done right by them."

Qiao Linhu nodded unconsciously. This junior brother always went against the master in the past, but now he still understands the teacher's painstaking efforts? The old rules can be passed down, that's reasonable!

His mood suddenly improved, and he asked, "Staying for dinner?"

"Yes, I'm starving."

Qiao Linhu immediately asked the servants to prepare. After the food was brought up, the two sat down at the table, but Qiao Linhu emphasized not speaking while eating, chewing slowly, and didn't say a word throughout the whole process.

Cheng Zitong had a particularly good appetite today, eating until his stomach was round. After he finished eating, he touched his belly and commented, "Delicious! Especially delicious! The people are good here, Senior Brother, and the food is also delicious. How didn't I realize it before?"

Qiao Linhu put down his chopsticks, looked at him, "If you think it's delicious, then come often, I don't have many people here anyway."

Cheng Zitong shook his head and said, "Better not, that would disturb you, Senior Brother, from teaching your disciple. Hey, why not call your disciple over to eat together?"

Qiao Linhu slowly said, "Where is the principle of teachers and disciples eating together? Only after the master has finished eating can the disciple come to the table."

Cheng Zitong said, "It's the old rules again, right? I remember that back then, disciples could only eat the leftovers from the master's meal."

"That's the principle, but the old master never treated us disciples harshly."

This time Cheng Zitong nodded sincerely: "The old man did a good job in this regard."

Qiao Linhu said: "I was abandoned in the wild since I was a child, and it was common for me to compete with dogs for food. It was the master who took me in and taught me a skill."

He took out a handkerchief, wiped his mouth, and tossed it on the table. "I don't understand grand principles. I only know that with martial prowess, one can settle down anywhere. To develop skills, one must first have rules," he pointed to his chest. "These rules must be established in the heart and engraved in the bones to be passed down.

Junior Brother, it seems you care a lot about your student. Are you planning to take him as a disciple? Lack of talent doesn't matter. What I said before still stands. As long as your student works as a subordinate for my disciple for three years, I can give him my saber manual. If the rules are established, shortcomings don't matter. My disciple can help him in the future."

Cheng Zitong just smiled and said, "Senior Brother, your disciple is always here and doesn't show up at the academy. That's not good. What are your plans for him?"

Qiao Linhu said, "Master said that once my disciple is well-taught and gets all the certifications, he will find a way to take him to the Central City. Your student will have a chance to go along."

Cheng Zitong shook his head. "Can't compare, can't compare." He stood up, put on his sunglasses, "Alright, Senior Brother, I've finished my meal. I should go back now. See you later." With that, he waved his hand and walked out.

At this moment, in a private training hall in the south of the city, Chen Chuan was repeatedly practicing stance exercises, while emitting sounds of shouting to stimulate and guide the growth of the mutated tissues in his internal organs.

To put on a full show, he couldn't just get the certificate and immediately abandon the training habits he had intentionally arranged before. That would be too abrupt. So, after showing his face at the school, he returned here.

As in the first limit, after reaching the second limit, he didn't just strengthen a certain part of his internal organs like other students. The Zhou Yuan Strength Method emphasized wholeness, so all organs would be included.

Therefore, the improvement at this stage seems to have no progress from the outside at first, but it is actually expanding horizontally. Once this step is completed, the further he goes, the stronger he will become, and every improvement will be a great leap.

He is now using the drugs that are only allowed to be used in the second limit, but in order not to expose his progress, all these drugs are privately provided by Cheng Zitong.

It's only the beginning now, so it's undoubtedly still enough, but after all, he is not a truly gifted person. The amount of medicine he uses is several times that of others. According to previous judgments, the effect of the medicine on himself may gradually decrease after two or three months, so it is necessary to find something to replace it.

After staying in the training hall for a few days, the holiday in early June soon arrived.

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He cleaned up a bit in the morning and returned to his aunt's house. As soon as he entered, he saw his younger cousin and sister playing a high-five game. This time, he brought some toys back and distributed them to the two little ones.

This was because Cheng Zitong knew that there were children in his family, so he bought them in another place and asked him to bring them back, so that there would be no loopholes on the surface.

Nian Fuli was flipping through a workbook, comparing it with another booklet, and occasionally writing something on it. Seeing him come back, he said in surprise: "Xiao Chuan, didn't you go to practice with your instructor? Why are you back so soon?"

Chen Chuan said with a smile: "Maybe I learned quickly, so I came back early."

Nian Fuli looked at him a few times, didn't ask further, and continued to look at the notes.

Yu Wan said: "It's good to come back early, no matter how good it is outside, it's not as good as being at home."

Chen Chuan said: "That's right, the dishes outside are far less delicious than what my aunt makes. I've also been thinking about the soup my aunt stews." Yu Wan was very happy, "As long as you come back, aunt will make it for you."

Nian Fuli also said: "Your aunt's cooking is unparalleled, but these days I can only eat the hot meals your aunt makes on holidays."

Chen Chuan looked at him: "Uncle, is there another big case?"

Nian Fuli never told him this before, but since he dealt with Fang Dawei and his gang, he would occasionally tell him about the affairs in the patrol bureau.

He shook his head and said: "Recently, the Blood Scar Gang has been making a lot of noise. They have had several械斗 with the Iron Chain Gang. Although the southern part of the city is not our jurisdiction, we have recently been frequently transferring brothers from our district to help."

Chen Chuan asked: "Is it because of the killing of the Blood Scar Gang leader?"

"You've heard about it too? It's about this matter. The bureau sent people to check it out. It is said that the real cause of death of those people was the Skull Splitter Demon." He shook his head, "This thing is not easy to deal with. It's just a headless case. The reason for finding the Iron Chain Gang is because we can't find the real culprit, so we can only find someone with enough weight to give an explanation to the higher-ups.

In fact, some of the Blood Scar Gang leaders don't want to fight to the death with the Iron Chain Gang, because most of the Iron Chain Gang's business is outside the city. If they fight too much, the Blood Scar Gang will suffer even greater losses.

Although the above has greeted them, the Molan Company has not yet spoken, and the Blood Scar Gang is still forcing the Iron Chain Gang to hand over the murderer. I think this matter will not stop for a while, and there will be more trouble, and I don't know how many people will suffer."

Chen Chuan hummed.

"Chan'er, it's going to be a holiday soon, are you going home?" Yu Wan asked with concern at this time.

Chen Chuan said: "Auntie, I'm going back, but there are things to do at school and the company, so I may not be able to live at home for many days."

Nian Fuli said to Yu Wan: "Xiao Chuan is an adult now, don't restrain him." Yu Wan glared at him, "It's none of your business."

"Okay, okay, it's none of my business." Nian Fuli said helplessly.

Nian Mo and Nian Lu, the two little ones, raised their hands together and said: "We want to be adults too."

Nian Fuli chuckled, tidied up the workbook in his hand, "You two, it would be good if you still think so when you grow up, and I will worry less."

Just as they were talking, the phone rang in the living room. Chen Chuan walked over and picked it up, "Hello, this is the Nian residence." Ren Shu's voice came from the other side, "Expert Chen, it's me, Ren Shu, I don't know if you have time now?"

Chen Chuan asked: "What's the matter?"

Ren Shu lowered his voice a little and said: "The Blood Scar Gang has sent people to the company."

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