With enough food and nutrition, he was finally able to study physical skills. In fact, these physical skills were derived from various fitness, health, and fighting techniques from his previous life.
In China, there was also a saying that the external training of muscles, bones, and skin, and internal training of Qi. According to Thirteen, in addition to being exposed to various external environmental stimuli such as exposure to sunlight and freezing, one also had to rely on external forces to beat the body in order to achieve the purpose of accelerating the metabolism. But how to find external forces?
After pondering for a few days, he finally came up with an idea. Once, when he was fishing with the old fisherman, he passed by a place called Sea Gazing Cliff. The terrain there was protruding, and the waves were very fierce. He felt that using the waves as external forces to train his body would work.
He did it right away. There were about two waves a day, and it was the strongest when the moon was in the middle of the sky. In the beginning, Luo Kai could not even stand on the reef when faced with the waves. Later, he gradually learned some techniques to remain motionless. About a month later, he was like a reef, allowing the waves to wash over him without moving an inch.
This kind of life was peaceful and comfortable. Luo Kai vaguely felt that this was the true meaning of life. However, no one could avoid the eight hardships of life. When winter came, the old fisherman fell on a ridge in the fields, and his body became worse and worse. The rheumatism that had tormented him for half his life finally took his life.
Before the old fisherman died, he looked at Luo Kai with his murky eyes, as if he was looking at his own child, full of kindness and happiness.
After the old fisherman died, Luo Kai silently buried him. A person's greatness was not measured by their achievements, but by witnessing greatness in the ordinary. Although the old fisherman was unknown in his life, he was a kind person. Without a doubt, he was a great person in the ordinary.
A few days later, the younger brother of the old fisherman from the neighboring village came with his family. They brought the household register and family tree to prove that the old fisherman's family business should be inherited by them. A refugee like Luo Kai had no right to inherit anything from the old fisherman.
Luo Kai did not say anything and silently left the house. He had nowhere to go, so he found a hillside at the entrance of the village and set up a simple tent to live in.
He decided to take care of himself. This place was full of ownerless hills. If he could cultivate a few acres of land before spring, he would be able to plant food in the coming year.
He borrowed a harpoon from a fisherman and went out to sea to fish alone. Although the old fisherman was no longer around, he had taught him many little skills that a farmer's child must master. Fishing was just one of them. Moreover, the sea was the world that truly belonged to him. With his survival instincts that were not inferior to aquatic creatures, his harvest was naturally very rich. He caught more than ten fish in one trip. He used the fish he caught to exchange for food with the fishermen to get through the winter.
In spring, Luo Kai borrowed some seeds and coffee saplings from the fishermen and planted them in the wasteland that he had reclaimed. As he watched the saplings grow day by day, he finally experienced the satisfaction that the old fisherman had mentioned.
Luo Kai didn't have any lofty ambitions. It seemed that he could live his life peacefully and peacefully.
In the middle of summer, a bright moon hung in the sky. Under the Sea Gazing Cliff, Luo Kai stood on the reef and nervously looked at the approaching giant waves. Tonight was a full moon night, and the waves were much larger than usual. If he was careless and was swept away, he would suffer a lot with his physique.
The fierce waves arrived as expected. Luo Kai felt as if he was bearing the impact of thousands of soldiers and horses. Each wave was stronger than the previous one, and each wave was fiercer than the previous one. He could only clench his teeth and temporarily stop breathing, because once he breathed a sigh of relief, he would be swallowed up by the waves.
More than ten minutes passed, and the giant waves showed no signs of stopping. Each wave was stronger than the previous one, and the force it carried was endless.
Luo Kai's veins were bulging all over his body. Taking advantage of a gap between the waves, he took a deep breath, and his heartbeat accelerated again. Now, he had to use the method of surging his blood and Qi to withstand the layers of giant waves.
Tonight should be the night when the moon was closest to the earth. It was the night of the tide that only happened once a year. The waves were dozens of times fiercer than usual. The fierce waves were like countless giant hammers hammering his muscles and bones. The cells in the deepest layer became more tenacious and tougher under the endless beating of the waves.
About an hour later, the waves gradually weakened. Luo Kai let out a sigh of relief, jumped off the reef, and climbed along the cliff to the Sea Gazing Cliff. Under the moonlight, he carefully looked at his skin. Thirteen said that the first step of Skin Refining was that the skin would develop thick calluses in response to external pressure. However, after practicing for more than a year, not only did his skin not develop calluses, it became more and more tender. With a pinch, he felt as if water could be squeezed out.
Under the cold moonlight, the surface of the sea reflected a layer of silver light. Luo Kai stood on a big rock on the Sea Gazing Cliff, twisting and turning as he practiced the Flexible Body Forging Technique. For more than a year, there seemed to be no progress in Skin Refining, but the Flexible Body Forging Technique had made great progress. Now, he could already twist his body into many incredible postures, just like the acrobats in his previous life.
After practicing the Flexible Body Forging Technique, the fatigue all over his body disappeared. Luo Kai picked up the rice cake beside him and ate it. This year's harvest was not bad. The seven or eight mu of wasteland produced about a thousand jin of rice. With the addition of the occasional fishing at sea, he could barely feed himself.
After eating and drinking to his heart's content, he walked back to his home. When he passed by a grove of fruit trees, his expression suddenly changed. He sensed that there were several people in the grove. Could it be thieves?
Just as he was hesitating whether or not to go over and take a look, a few unfamiliar men walked out of the grove. They were chewing on fruits while laughing and cursing. They were wearing camouflage clothing, and each of them carried knives and guns. One could see that the ground was littered with fruits that had only been bitten once.
The men also noticed Luo Kai and wantonly sized him up. One of the muscular men with a bandana wrapped around his head asked loudly, "What are you doing?"
In this world, firearms and gunpowder were very expensive. It was very difficult for ordinary people to come into contact with them. This group of people was not ordinary. Luo Kai pointed to a village not far away and said, "I am a fisherman in the village."
The man curled his lips and said, "Why are you wandering around in the middle of the night? Hurry up and get out of here!"
"The fruits are still very young. They will only be sweet in a month. At that time, I will invite you to eat as much as you want."
Luo Kai pointed to the fruit trees above his head and said some words of restraint. He hoped that the other party would not spoil the food like this.
The muscular man sneered and walked forward. Suddenly, he raised the gun in his hand and said, "I told you to get out of here!"
The gun butt was aimed at Luo Kai's face. Luo Kai moved slightly and the gun butt hit a fruit tree next to him. The fruit tree was immediately broken.
The man was slightly stunned. Then, he became very angry and pulled out the dagger at his waist. "I will kill you!"
A thin man next to him stepped forward and pulled him back. "Fourth Brother, don't cause trouble!" Then, he waved at Luo Kai and said, "Hurry up and leave."
Luo Kai's tightly clenched fists loosened again. He turned and left. Passing through the shadows of the trees, his hideous scars were exposed under the white moonlight. The faces of the men changed.
"This kid is not a fisherman."
"Yes, we will go to the village tomorrow and ask. This kid is not simple!"