Chapter 177 Listening in the Water
Because Du Ruo first moved his body, it seemed that he wanted to do some warm-up exercises, and his feet were jumping non-stop. While jumping, Du Ruo hugged Xiang Yuanyuan beside him in his arms, and then he kept running towards the village in three or two steps, and he ran faster and faster.
"Are we being scammed?"
The three of them and the cameraman looked at each other. Looking at Du Ruo and Xiang Yuanyuan running away, someone next to Uncle Mo couldn't help but ask softly.
"Nonsense, take away the whether or not and chase after him quickly."
Uncle Mo seemed to have just come to his senses, and then chased in the direction of Du Ruo.
In just a moment of distraction, Du Ruo had already entered the village and disappeared.
“Did you capture everything just now?”
After running a few steps, Uncle Mo stopped. The anger and frustration were no longer on his face. Instead, he asked the photographer next to him with a smile. Of course, he deserved to be happy. Making videos was nothing more than making people laugh, and then mixing in the content that he wanted to promote. Just now, Du Ruo immediately created the show effect with this move.
"Yeah, it's all taken."
The photographer nodded.
"Haha, let's go, let's catch up and see. I've always been called a village bully, but today we, the village bully, can't be bullied for nothing."
Uncle Mo waved his hand and walked in the direction Du Ruo left.
Du Ruo and Xiang Yuanyuan naturally didn't walk far. It was just a joke. They walked around the village, trying to find the food in the village that Li Fusheng had mentioned before.
"Aunt, what did you eat this morning? It smells so good."
When Du Ruo was holding Xiang Yuanyuan's hand and passing by a family's door, she smelled a fragrance and saw a middle-aged woman carrying a few small plates and placing them on the table under the tree. She couldn't help but ask a question.
"Drink porridge, you can't eat anything."
The aunt looked at the two of them, a smile appeared on her simple face, and she extended a warm invitation.
"Okay, thank you for your help, auntie."
Du Ruo was not polite at all. He took Xiang Yuanyuan to sit at the table under the tree, looking expectantly at his aunt who walked into the house.
"Well, you still dare to eat here. I am said to be a warlord of Qiongzhou by others. I didn't expect to suffer at your hands today."
Uncle Mo came from behind with two people and the photographer, and saw the two people sitting at the table and made a joke.
"Meet Li Zhe. You can also call me Uncle Mo. Welcome to visit us."
Li Zhe took the initiative to introduce himself without waiting for Du Ruo to speak.
"Du Ruo, my girlfriend Xiang Yuanyuan, we are both your fans, this place is very beautiful, and the people are very nice and welcoming, we like it very much, but the money is earned by our own ability, we can't return it."
Du Ruo also greeted with a smile.
"Azhe, would you like to eat something together?"
At this time, the auntie brought out a pot of porridge. It looked like it had just been cooked and was steaming.
"We won't eat it. We have a photo shoot later, so we have to do it another day."
Li Zhe waved his hand, and then continued to talk to Du Ruo:
"Haha, the money is considered as the short film remuneration, you don't have to return it. We won't stay any longer. Guests are welcome. We will get food over at the edge of the village tonight, and we will also be filming. If you are interested, come and have a meal together."
He didn't recognize Xiang Yuanyuan's identity as an internet celebrity, after all, they were not in the same field. He just thought Du Ruo was quite interesting, and it didn't matter if he had two more pairs of chopsticks. Maybe they could chat together.
"Okay, we can go over and learn from her then. Yuanyuan also makes short videos."
Du Ruo didn't refuse. He was happiest to eat and drink for free.
"Okay, by the way, there's a typhoon coming soon, please be careful."
Li Zhe said hello, waved his hand, and left with his people, not forgetting to give a reminder before leaving.
"Come, eat it while it's hot. It will taste fishy if it gets cold. If you don't have enough porridge, add more."
After the three people left, the aunt came out with some bowls and chopsticks, and served them a full bowl of porridge, and asked them to start eating.
"Thank you, aunt."
Xiang Yuanyuan's face is rosy. After yesterday's nourishment, her complexion is even better and she has more charm.
It’s called porridge, but the red crabs inside prove that this porridge is not simple.
It is almost instinctive for coastal fishermen to cook seafood porridge, and because the ingredients are fresh, even if it is just cooked casually, its taste is far superior to that of others.
"It's delicious. This is the most delicious seafood porridge I have ever eaten." Xiang Yuanyuan was the happiest person and kept praising it while eating.
"Well, as long as you like it, here, there are crabs."
When the aunt saw Xiang Yuanyuan eating happily, her smile became even bigger. She didn't care about eating herself and picked up the crabs from the basin and put them into Xiang Yuanyuan's bowl.
The two of them were very satisfied with the simple meal of crab porridge. During this time, my aunt's husband also came back from outside. Seeing Du Ruo and Xiang Yuanyuan, he was very happy. He took a bowl and joined them in eating porridge.
My aunt's family has a son and a daughter, but they don't live in the village. The two of them are self-sufficient in the village and live a happy life. They seem to like chatting with young people like Du Ruo and Xiang Yuanyuan. At the table, in addition to catching crabs for them, they also asked about some basic information about them.
After the meal, Xiang Yuanyuan left two hundred yuan. At first, the aunt refused to accept it, but Xiang Yuanyuan said that she would feel embarrassed to come for free meals again if she didn't accept it. Finally, the aunt accepted the money and said that they were welcome to come over for dinner at any time.
……
"I want to go swimming in the sea, too."
After finishing their meal, the two returned to the house. Du Ruo was wearing only a pair of shorts, ready to go into the water to practice martial arts, while Xiang Yuanyuan, who was standing next to him, pouted her lips, frowned, and acted like a spoiled child, wanting to go swimming with them.
"You... aren't suitable to go into the water today. Be good and take a rest today. I'll catch a big fish for lunch later."
When Du Ruo spoke, his eyes unconsciously glanced at Xiang Yuanyuan's lower body.
"Okay, then I'll watch you from the shore."
Xiang Yuanyuan blushed and finally gave up the idea of going into the water, but followed Du Ruo and walked towards the beach.
"Okay, but first I have to tell you that I can hold my breath for a long time, so don't worry about me when the time comes."
Du Ruo still gave Xiang Yuanyuan a shot of prevention first, to prevent him from going down. Xiang Yuanyuan was worried up there. To be honest, he himself didn't know how long he could hold his breath in the water.
"Yeah, I'll help you with the time."
Xiang Yuanyuan had a blind trust in Du Ruo. She took out her cell phone with a happy look on her face, not worrying at all about Du Ruo's safety when going into the water.
When they arrived at the beach, the two did not go to the beach. The beach had the best scenery and was most suitable for playing in the water, but there were too many people and too many eyes. Du Ruo did not want some of his secrets to be known, so he and Xiang Yuanyuan came to the reef where the terrain was the most complicated.
"It's so high up here. What if you catch a fish down there and I can't catch it?"
Xiang Yuanyuan sat on the edge of the reef and looked down with some concern. She was not worried about how Du Ruo would get down, nor was she worried about whether Du Ruo could catch the fish. She was just worried about whether she could get the fish successfully if she caught it.
"Haha, don't worry, I'll take care of it. Okay, you stay safe up there, I'm going down, I should be up in about ten minutes for the first time."
Du Ruo touched Xiang Yuanyuan's head, turned around, and jumped down from a five or six meter high reef.
Xiang Yuanyuan quickly stretched her neck to look, and saw Du Ruo stepping on the water, waving to her, and then diving into the water.
The typhoon was quite far away, so the water was quite clear and even the visibility was very high.
If Du Ruo did not bring any diving equipment, after he completely let go of his body and stopped treading water, his body weighing more than 300 pounds instantly sank.
Du Ruo's bone density is extremely high and his muscle fibers are much stronger than those of other people, so he can weigh twice as much as an ordinary person of the same body size.
Ordinary people who want to get to the bottom of the water either need special training or need to hold a stone to sink, but Du Ruo only needs to do nothing, and he will quickly sink to the bottom of the water like a weight.
Du Ruo stood at the bottom of the water and opened his eyes. At first, he felt a little uncomfortable in his eyes, but the discomfort was immediately eliminated when the "qi" in his body circulated.
Of course, there are more areas of discomfort than just this. Hearing, perception, etc. are also actually restricted.
If looking at the world from the ground is like watching a movie, and ordinary people see ordinary picture quality, then what Du Ruo sees is 4K picture quality. Even with the improvement of Du Ruo's "three flowers and five qi", supplemented by "essence, energy and spirit", it is still evolving towards 8K.
However, once he got to the bottom of the water, it was a whole new experience, as if there was an extra layer of membrane that wrapped the whole body, and his hearing and spiritual sense allowed Du Ruo to feel it in a "tangible" way.
Originally, Du Ruo wanted to come into the water and feel the true meaning of the water using Xingyiquan, but after entering the water, Du Ruo immediately ruled out Xingyiquan and instead actively switched to Tai Chi and Wing Chun.
Because both Wing Chun's "Listening to the Bridge" and Tai Chi's "Listening to the Strength" use the body to feel subtle changes in the surroundings, and then respond quickly and conveniently, the only difference is that "Listening to the Bridge" hears movements, while "Listening to the Strength" feels changes in strength. Both involve listening, but neither relies on the ears. Instead, they use the body to perceive.
In close combat, a Wing Chun Tingqiao master can even react faster with his eyes closed than with them open.
For Tai Chi masters who want to master the art of neutralizing force, listening to force is a stage they must master. Only by hearing the force of the opponent's body can they dissolve or unload it.
When you are on the shore, this kind of realization is actually very difficult. It requires a lot of tempering and even more so, it requires all kinds of beatings.
Why do people feel pain? It is because they realize that this behavior is not good for the body. The pain is a warning to the body so that it can avoid it in time next time (it is also to tell the brain, I am injured here, you should be careful). After various parts of the body have experienced this pain, with a high degree of concentration, they can perceive the impending injury in advance (this is just a very stupid training method, not comprehensive, and not recommended to try).
If Du Ruo had not been strengthened as a "god", it would have been difficult for him to do so. But now that he had the opportunity, Du Ruo certainly did not want to let it go. Besides, Xingyiquan was not the only one that could allow one to experience the true meaning of water.
The same can be done with Wing Chun and Tai Chi.
(End of this chapter)
