Chapter 31 Yin Hand, Yang Hand
"Boom~"
Du Ruo did not take the peach handed to him by the monkey. Instead, he stretched out his right hand, flicked his fingers, and gently tapped the monkey's furry head.
"Humph, I told you not to attack me without honoring martial ethics. Now we are even."
Du Ruo had been tense during the chase with the monkey just now. Now that he stopped, he felt his feet a little sore and a tingling sensation under his feet, followed by a feeling of weakness. Sweat flowed all over his body like a faucet. Within a few seconds, Du Ruo's clothes stuck to his body and sweat was faintly visible.
Du Ruo's legs went limp and he sat on the boulder next to the monkey, gasping for breath.
“Hahahahahaha~ So refreshing!!!”
Du Ruo ignored his physical weakness and sat on a high place, with Huangshan Mountain behind him and the sky in front of him seeming to be connected with the earth. He felt a sense of heroism rising in his chest and an unprecedented feeling of joy. He could not help but burst into laughter and even shouted loudly at the end of his laughter.
“Ah~oh~ah~oh~oh~”
The monkey sitting nearby was startled, and then he opened his mouth and screamed. It was not the original whimpering sound, but a very powerful ape cry.
"..."
The monkey's call stopped, and on the hillside behind the man and the monkey, the same monkey's call was heard as if in relay, as if in response, or shouting.
Only then did Du Ruo come to his senses. It turned out that the monkey was not tired from running, but was afraid that bringing Du Ruo back to the tribe would hurt its companions.
"So you are not a lone monkey. Go back quickly. Your friends are calling you."
Du Ruo smiled, touched the short-tailed monkey sitting next to him, and said softly.
"嘤嘤嘤~"
When the monkey saw that Du Ruo did not hurt it, it stuffed the peach in his hand into Du Ruo's hand and continued to climb towards its companions.
"Kacha~"
Du Ruo no longer paid attention to the monkey, picked up the nectarine in his hand and took a big bite. Not to mention that it was a national second-level protected animal, and he now preferred the feeling of being in nature and making friends with animals and nature, which was something he could not experience at the foot of the mountain.
After eating a peach, Du Ruo added the attribute points he had just obtained, and his body finally recovered. The chase just now was not long, but it consumed a lot of Du Ruo's physical strength. Now he was too lazy to move.
I simply stopped moving, sat on the rock, stretched out my legs, felt the mountain breeze, and admired the scenery in the distance.
It was only then that Du Ruo realized that his clothes were fine. They were a little scratched, but not as many pieces of cloth as last time. However, the pair of shoes on his feet were in a terrible state.
The sole of the shoe was coming apart and there was a big hole on the toe, probably because it was cut by a stone. There was still some blood on the big toe, no wonder it felt a little painful.
After waiting for a while, Du Ruo was not idle either. He picked up a stone on the ground and hit a pine tree nearby with it using a hidden weapon.
There are two types of concealed weapon techniques: Yin Hand and Yang Hand.
The Yin-Hand fighting method is to place the palm downward, clench the hidden weapon with the fingers, and attack secretly from the abdomen, using the wrist and fingers to exert force. The move is covert and difficult to defend, and is suitable for sneak attacks.
The Yang Hand strikes from the chest to both sides, using the arm to drive the wrist and the fingers to exert force. This can produce great power and is suitable for hitting targets at a distance, but the strike is relatively quiet.
As the saying goes, "In close combat, the Yin Hand achieves victory by surprise" and "In long-range attack, the Yang Hand achieves steady and accurate victory over the enemy." Almost all hidden weapon attacks, except for the striking type of hidden weapons, cannot be separated from the Yin Hand and the Yang Hand.
There are also experts who can use both hands to unleash hidden weapons, using double Yin hands for sneak attacks that are hard to defend against or double Yang hands for overwhelming attacks, or even one hand is Yin and the other is Yang, one light and one dark, with different speeds.
With Du Ruo's current physical condition and the energy he gained from practicing martial arts, as well as using a tiger's mouth stick and a piece of glue to train his finger and wrist strength, no matter what hidden weapon it is, it can exert great power in Du Ruo's hands.
The only thing I lack now is accuracy and eyesight. Experience and techniques can be gained through memory in my mind, but accuracy must be practiced for a long time to form muscle memory. So now I focus on practicing accuracy whenever I have free time.
Only when the accuracy is practiced to a certain level, to the point where he can hit whatever he points, can Du Ruo's hidden weapon be used. Otherwise... once it is used, it will not be a story but an accident.
After practicing for a while, the sun rose higher and shone on the huge rock where Du Ruo was sitting. It just so happened that all the stones next to where Du Ruo was sitting had been thrown by Du Ruo, and his toes stopped bleeding. Du Ruo supported the huge rock with both hands and jumped down from a height of more than two meters.
"Bang~"
With his knees slightly bent and his feet landing steadily on the ground, Du Ruo jogged back down the slope the way he came, leaving only deep marks on the pine bark beside him caused by the stones he had hit.
"Roar~~"
Not long after Du Ruo left, a large cat jumped onto the boulder from the side, sniffed, roared, and licked the blood that Du Ruo had just dripped with its tongue.
It seemed to have just eaten its fill, so it stretched and lay on a boulder to bask in the sun, with its eyes closed and its tail gently wagging, looking lazy and leisurely.
……
For Du Ruo, going down the mountain is much easier and more relaxing than going up the mountain.
After the exciting fight on the way up the mountain, Du Ruo was exhausted and very hungry. He no longer had any interest in practicing boxing. He focused all his attention on his feet to prevent his injured toe from kicking the stone again, and then quickly went down the mountain.
Du Ruo continued to wear the broken shoes instead of throwing them away, even though it was not very comfortable to walk in, it was better than walking barefoot on the ground. Although the skin became more resilient, it was still inevitable to feel pain when stepping barefoot on pebbles or sharp stones.
"I knew it was you~"
When Du Ruo returned to the foot of the mountain and just came out of the path, he wanted to go to the bushes in front to get the clothes he had put there, when a voice slowly appeared in his ears.
"Um, Chen Guang, why are you here? Why are you in the village so early today?"
The person who appeared in front of Du Ruo was Yang Chenguang. At this time, Yang Chenguang was sitting under a tea tree beside the path. Beside him were Du Ruo's clothes in a bag and a hoe. He was holding a mobile phone in his hand and looking at Du Ruo quietly.
"With you in the village, I have to come here every few days. Can you tell me next time you go up the mountain? You made such a big noise on the mountain that my dad thought there was another wild boar coming down."
Yang Chenguang's tone was not harsh, but contained some complaint.
"Ahem, pay attention next time. Pay attention next time. Um, Uncle Yang got up pretty early."
Du Ruo knew that he was in the wrong. He thought about it and realized that the noise made when he was practicing boxing was witnessed by Uncle Yang. He quickly apologized and diverted attention.
This time the clothes were not torn to the point of being naked, so Du Ruo did not change clothes. She took the bag of clothes next to Yang Chenguang and walked towards the village with him.
Along the way, Du Ruo listened to Yang Chenguang's narration and finally understood why Yang Chenguang appeared here. Fortunately, it was Yang Chenguang so no big noise was made.
(End of this chapter)
