Li Duhong looked a lot more robust than he had before, and he was quite a bit taller than before.
Chen Mu's feelings toward the little guy were rather complicated.
At the beginning, Li Duhong had attracted the brilliant ape. From then on, Chen Mu had felt that the little devil looked innocent, but his scheming was deep, so he really didn't like him.
But Chen Mu had gradually discovered that although the little devil had a distinguished status and was still young, he had a tenacious temperament. So, when he came to be his student, Chen Mu didn't object.
After encountering the gummy cloud calamity, Li Duhong had shown a calmness and maturity that far exceeded his age, which made Chen Mu look at him in a different light.
Alfonso asked probingly, "You mean you agree?"
Disasters always made people mature easily, no matter how old they were.
Quite a few of those battle card artisans had been borrowed from that set of battle maneuvers. To use Chen Mu's words, it was a hodgepodge.
But, the results were far beyond what he had anticipated. Chen Mu had felt that in his battle with Wei-ah.
Although he still ended up losing every time, his situation was a lot better than before when he had been in such a sorry state.
At the very least, he could give Wei-ah a little trouble.
Wei-ah's power was so great that he didn't need to draw on any other means. When he used all the techniques he knew, they were so much more powerful that Chen Mu was dumbstruck.
That was enough to prove once again how big of a gap existed between their understanding of battle.
Those things weren't something he could manage. Thinking of the folding Yanbo card that he didn't know where to start, and then looking at Xi Weide and Alfonso on the screen, Chen Mu suddenly came up with an excellent idea.
Hearing that, Alphonso hastily turned his face and shouted. Xi Weide soon appeared on the screen.
Xi Weide was still as strong as ever, standing there like a small mountain. Chen Mu had a deep impression of that big fellow with a rough appearance but a meticulous mind.
"I've been fine lately. How's the base?
There haven't been any problems lately, have there? "Alfonso was becoming more and more respectful toward him, which made Chen Mu feel a little helpless.
Among everyone on the base, apart from Chen Mu, Alfonso was the most familiar with the base. Many of the difficult problems Chen Mu had previously solved had actually been solved by the two of them working together.
Chen Mu flitted through the training room like a ghost, his figure drifting, twisting and turning like a fish. His feet didn't touch the ground, and every movement was indescribably strange.
However, it was extremely fast, so fast that it seemed like a blur. Those with weaker eyesight could only see a gust of wind passing by.
"Oh," Wei-ah responded coldly.
Li Duhong jumped in fright, his little face pale as he stammered, "Uncle …"
But in super short distances, the body's explosive power and reaction were undoubtedly more reliable than the jet stream card.
His eyes never left a wooden stake in the corner of the training room. He suddenly bent down and stuck close to the ground, like a cobra slithering on the ground. He was still fast and erratic, sometimes to the left and sometimes to the right, making it hard to judge.
When it was about two meters away from the stake, it suddenly sprang up from the ground like a cobra raising its head.
At the same time, he was already close to the wooden stake. The red line on the stake was clearly visible.
Wei-ah suddenly said, "Is Xi Weide here?"
"She's fine, and the children all like her."
Alfonso said with a smile, when he suddenly hesitated and asked with some hesitation, "There are a few young people in the clan who are pursuing Cheng Ying. I don't know about this matter …" Alfonso was carefully watching Chen Mu's expression as he spoke.
But, Wei-ah clearly didn't intend to answer. It was a good thing that Alfonso knew his temperament and didn't mind.
Chen Mu was already perfectly satisfied with that kind of effect, knowing that he had never had the extravagant hope of beating Wei-ah.
"Everything is normal at the base. Apart from the energy we need to go out and dig for ore, everything else is the same as usual."
Alfonso then said with a bitter smile, "But my ability is limited, and there aren't many problems I can solve. I have no way to get more contribution points." When Alfonso got there, his expression was a little gloomy.
He was nearing middle age, and learning new knowledge was rather strenuous. But, he was one of the highest-ranking people in the Moqi bloodline, and the pressure on his shoulders was naturally a lot greater than before.
"That's good."
Chen Mu nodded with a calm face, though unconsciously, his intimidating manner had naturally leaked out.
"Don't worry, sir. We're all right."
Li Duhong said with a laugh, immediately showing the naughtiness of a child. "Isn't it very boring for the sir to be by himself?
How about I go keep the sir company?
Uncle Wei-ah is made of stone, and he doesn't know anything about fun... "
Xi Weide was also very happy to see Chen Mu and Wei-ah, though he still respectfully saluted Chen Mu. "Mr. Chen."
"Sir!
Sir! "It was Li Duhong that time. The little guy was very excited to see Chen Mu." How are you, sir?
Are you having fun?
What is it really like outside?
When are you and Wei-ah coming back? "
Chen Mu frowned. "That's Cheng Ying's business, and she can make her own decisions."
He then raised his head to look at Alfonso and said calmly, "But, everything must be respected for her wishes. If anything happens that shouldn't happen..."
The biggest difficulty with that technique was the smooth switching between the use of the flesh and the jet stream card. The smoother the switching between the two, the more deceptive the movements were.
In order to reach that point, Chen Mu had racked his brains. After completing a lot of practice, he had more or less grasped the crux of it.
But there was still a long way to go from the smoothness he had imagined.
Chen Mu didn't know how to comfort him, so he could only change the subject. "How is Cheng Ying doing?"
Cheng Ying's decision to stay at the base surprised Chen Mu. Even thinking about it now, he still found it a little incomprehensible.
Chen Mu's use of the flesh could only be considered a plaything in the eyes of an expert in physical combat like Wei-ah. But, he still had a definite advantage over those card artisans.
Chen Mu's right hand shot out like lightning, accurately and lightly swiping at the location of the red line. There was a flash of light, and there was only a light hiss. The sound was very thin, and there was a very fine mark on the red line of the wooden stake that was as thick as an arm.
"How is it?" Chen Mu asked, panting.
After a while, he walked over to the stake and gently lifted it. It had been cut off at the red line, and the cross-section was smooth.
"Mingyi, we caught the signal!" Farley stumbled into the room.
The difficulty of the training just then had been very high. He had practiced for a long time, but his success rate hadn't been very high.
He had drawn up that set of tactics based on his own conditions. For example, he had combined the flight skills of the jet stream card with some close-range dodging skills, as well as the body dodging skills that the demonic woman had imparted to him.
Hearing that, Chen Mu broke into a sweat.
But he also knew that Wei-ah had always taken good care of Li Duhong, probably for the sake of the kid's grandpa.
Alfonso turned around and said respectfully to Chen Mu, "How have you been lately, sir?
Everyone misses you very much.
Is there anything you need me to do? "
He had learned that from the rocks on the Ning family prison cells.
It was said that the Ning family card artisans would spend a lot of time cutting the rocks to train their perceptual control.
Chen Mu's perception was far from what it had been back then, and his sensitivity had also increased substantially.
That kind of difficult skill was easy for him to achieve by then.
Wei-ah didn't even lift his eyelids. "Tidy it up a few times, and then it'll be honest."
The other difficulty with that set of tactics was that last blow.
Chen Mu's power couldn't be considered great, and he only knew some very simple unarmed killing techniques.
If he were to rely solely on unarmed killing techniques, the power of the attack would be very small.
In order to make up for that, Chen Mu tried to combine the card artisan's fighting style with unarmed killing.
When Chen Mu's hand touched the last blow of the wooden stake, he had used the wavy blade card to absorb the wavy blade in his hand, and then he had used the wavy blade's sharpness to easily complete the last blow.
He could even release the wavy blade in his hand, and to do so at such a close distance, no one would have a chance to dodge it.
Chen Mu's tone was very flat, as though there were no fluctuations. Alfonso rushed to assure him, "Don't worry, there will be no one who will offend Miss Cheng Ying. If anyone dares, Alfonso naturally won't let them off." Alfonso's tone had already turned cold by the end.
"Go." Wei-ah didn't bother to talk nonsense and spat out a single word.
He took out the little silver metal cube and lightly pressed it on the hexagonal red flower. Like magic, the little cube turned into a communications matrix. At the same time, Chen Mu activated the thousand-kilometer card in his hand.
Just then, in the Central Island Firm's laboratory, Qian Mingyi's office was violently pushed open with a bang.
Thinking that he hadn't been in contact with Alfonso for a long time, Chen Mu nodded, "OK."
Wei-ah suddenly appeared in front of the communications device like a ghost and said coldly, "Have you finished your training for the day?"
For example, if Chen Mu and Wei-ah were competing in dodging attacks in a room, Wei-ah wouldn't necessarily die once if Chen Mu died ten times.
But if it were in the jungle, the gap between the two would be shortened since the jet stream card could make up for what he lacked.
"Not bad." Although the expression on Wei-ah's face didn't show the least bit that he wasn't good, Chen Mu still felt happy.
To get Wei-ah to say "not bad" wasn't an easy thing to do.
Wei-ah suddenly said, "Let's get in touch with the village." An imperceptible worry flashed through his eyes.
Seeing that, Chen Mu couldn't help being a little surprised, "This little devil is actually so afraid of you?
I remember you couldn't keep him under control before. "
Chen Mu sighed to himself. He had just thought Wei-ah had deep feelings for the village, but it looked like he had been mistaken.
Wei-ah was just a little concerned about Li Duhong, though Chen Mu felt that was a perfectly normal thing when he thought about it.
It was Li Duhong's grandfather who had saved Wei-ah. Given Wei-ah's temperament, that was the most normal outcome.
"We're fine."
Chen Mu didn't know what to say to the little devil. He suddenly thought of a question and asked, "How has the base been lately?
Have there been any problems? "
That was the question he was most worried about. No one could guarantee whether or not the ancient underground base called "lower city" was dangerous.
With thousands of people living there, most of them children, it would be a big problem if something were to happen.
Alfonso appeared in front of the communications device with a laugh and called out respectfully, "Sir."
He then turned his head and said to Wei-ah with a laugh, "Wei-ah's complexion is a lot better than before. It looks like you've been doing pretty well lately!" He and Wei-ah had similar statuses in the village, so he spoke a lot more casually.
Hearing that, Li Duhong immediately ran away like a frightened rabbit.
That set of tactics had gotten some pointers from Wei-ah, especially in the key areas of switching. Wei-ah had helped Chen Mu simplify a lot of the movements and steps, which had greatly increased its power.
"He's very hardworking and earnest, and he's made a lot of progress lately."
Xi Weide's face showed an expression of great comfort. Seeing the future clan elder of the Moqi bloodline so diligent, he seemed to see the hope of the clan's future.
Wei-ah's expression softened a little.
If it were on an open field, Chen Mu's chances of winning might be able to match Wei-ah's.
Of course, that was only speculation, and Chen Mu didn't have much confidence in it.
"That's a good thing. What's the problem?" Chen Mu looked at Alfonso and asked a little strangely.
Xi Weide went on. "There are a few other children who are making rapid progress. In a few years, they will certainly become more powerful warriors than Colin." His face was full of excitement. He was in charge of the training of the children at the base.
But they were all relying on the training methods Wei-ah had left behind, and not the methods that had been used in the village.
Only then did he find out how effective Wei-ah's training methods were.
Chen Mu couldn't help but sigh. Even though Wei-ah was usually unsmiling, it looked like he still had deep feelings for the village.
That kind of dodging became even more erratic and harder to predict.
Sometimes it relied on pure physical strength, and sometimes it relied on the jet stream card to complete some incredible maneuver, which was hard to fathom.
Chen Mu's close-range dodging and evading training had always been the technique he was good at, and he was like a tiger that had grown wings.
Compared to card artisans, especially close-combat card artisans, Chen Mu could use his physical strength more precisely, which made his dodging and evading more explosive.
Wei-ah asked, "How's the little devil's training?"