Chapter 6 Returning Home for the New Year

"Purple beads...experience beads?"

Experience beads!

A noun popped up in the memory fragments in Cao Rui's mind.

"Experience beads, this thing seems to be used to help break through the level."

"However, isn't the experience bead a thing from the memory of the previous life? It seems to be virtual in nature?"

"Why is it really happening in my mind now?"

"Try it first, fill it with experience beads and see if it really works."

After thinking about it, Cao Rui started practicing again.

After many attempts, Cao Rui confirmed that the experience beads were real.

The purple things accumulated by this thing should be experience points.

It's just that the accumulation of experience points is very slow. I don't know how long it will take to accumulate the experience points to the full level.

Half a month passed in the blink of an eye.

Cao Rui still couldn't find his energy, and he couldn't admit that his martial arts talent was indeed extremely poor.

This morning.

After getting up, Cao Rui started practicing as usual.

The black beads appeared naturally in his mind, and Cao Rui didn't pay too much attention.

"The feeling of Qi, what exactly is the feeling of Qi?"

Cao Rui silently recited the formula and practiced while thinking in his heart.

At this time, the experience beads in his mind suddenly reacted.

Cao Rui tapped the experience bead almost naturally with his mind.

Buzz.

Part of the purple experience value in the experience bead quickly flowed out and poured into Cao Rui's mind and body.

In an instant, Cao Rui's mind was filled with the process and experience of practicing Qi Sense countless times.

The next moment, Cao Rui suddenly successfully sensed the aura.

The energy formed in the Dantian was very weak, but it could follow the command of Cao Rui's thoughts and move through the meridians.

"I feel angry!"

"Can I use the experience points without filling them up?"

Cao Rui opened his eyes in surprise.

After accumulating experience points for about half a month, I only filled up less than one-twentieth of the experience beads.

This time, it was used to break through the Qi sense, and all of it was completely consumed.

Cao Rui also successfully mastered the sense of Qi, as if he had practiced it thousands of times, and was able to skillfully and freely control the Qi in his Dantian.

Mastering Qi Sense in fifteen days can only be regarded as a mid-to-lower talent level among martial arts practitioners.

But Cao Rui was already satisfied.

"The next step is to practice the first level of Zhishui Jue, which is to continuously circulate the energy in the body according to the meridians until the first internal force is developed!"

Cao Rui made clear his direction and started practicing again.

As Cao Rui practices, the experience beads will still slowly accumulate experience points, waiting for Cao Rui's next use.

Winter is coming soon.

A heavy snowfall.

The entire island in the middle of the lake was covered with a layer of white snow.

Cao Rui was wearing a cotton-padded coat issued by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and was warming himself by the fire in the wooden house, but he didn't feel the cold winter at all.

In three months, Cao Rui's water-stopping technique was still stuck in the luck stage, and he had not even completed the first level.

The difference in talent is evident.

However, the experience value in Cao Rui's mind has accumulated to three-tenths.

The experience beads have already reminded Cao Rui when they have accumulated to one-tenth, which can help Cao Rui break through the current realm.

However, Cao Rui felt that the experience value was only three-tenths full. Anyway, it was not full yet so he could continue to accumulate experience points. Moreover, he was afraid of attracting the attention of interested people if he broke through too quickly, so he suppressed the urge to use experience beads to break through for the time being.

Squeak.

The wooden door was pushed open.

Chen Fugui walked in carrying a food box.

He put down the food box and went to the fire to warm himself.

"The food delivery box on a snowy day is freezing me to death! Hurry up and warm it up!"

Cao Rui smiled and made a cup of hot tea for the fat man.

Chen Fugui held the warm tea cup in his hands, took a sip and said, "Cao Rui, I'm going home tomorrow. What about you, are you going back?"

As the New Year is approaching, the Luoshui Gang very considerately gives the handymen a chance to go home and visit their relatives for ten days.

Cao Rui thought about this question seriously.

Almost a year has passed since he was abducted by his third cousin and joined the Luoshui Gang after many twists and turns.

I don’t know if that beast, the third cousin, has gone back.

Did his father continue to look for his third cousin to visit him?

Maybe the third cousin made up a lie and said that he was dead?

Cao Rui decided that he had to go back no matter what.

At least let your parents and family rest assured, and if possible, make your third cousin pay the price.

"Let's go together tomorrow. I remember your home is in Lianhua County?"

Chen Fugui nodded, "Well, my home is in Lianhua County. We can take the gang's cargo ship to Lianhua County. My father will send someone to pick us up then."

Chen Fugui has already been in contact with his family through letters.

The family is looking forward to Chen Fugui going home to visit relatives.

After making an agreement with Chen Fugui.

Cao Rui braved the heavy snow and headed to the farm manager's location.

The farm manager, a formal gang member in his forties, was lazily warming himself by the fire in the yard.

He didn't stop Cao Rui from asking for leave. He gently waved his hand and agreed to Cao Rui's leave, and approved a note as a voucher.

With this note, Cao Rui can work as a cargo ship for the Luoshui Gang for free. It is also a voucher for returning to the island in the future, making travel much more convenient.

Cao Rui put the note close to his body and returned to the wooden house to pack his luggage.

Actually, there is nothing to pack.

Just bring a few clothes for changing.

The main thing is money.

As a handyman of Luoshui Gang, Cao Rui's monthly salary is five coins of silver.

Cao Rui usually has no expenses.

Now he has accumulated more than four taels of silver.

For ordinary people, this is already a considerable fortune.

Put the silver and the notes close to him.

After practicing for a while, Cao Rui fell into a deep sleep.

Early the next morning, Cao Rui got up and went to a dock on the lake island of Luoshui Gang to meet Chen Fugui.

There were cargo ships of Luoshui Gang parked at the dock.

After the two boys asked about the destination of the cargo ship, they boarded a cargo ship bound for Lianhua County.

The helmsman on the ship learned the identities of Cao Rui and Chen Fugui as handymen through the notes, and he was quite polite.

Although handymen are the lowest level of Luoshui Gang.

But living on the lake island for many years, after working for a long time, they can also have their own network of relationships.

Not to mention that if you work as a handyman for a long time, you will also have the opportunity to practice martial arts.

There are precedents of men who started as handymen but became elite gang members.

"You two, the New Year is coming, and the ship is full of cargo. I'm just asking you to deal with it in the cargo hold." The helmsman who took the two on board said a little embarrassedly.

The helmsmen themselves stayed in the worse cargo hold on the bottom floor.

And Cao Rui and Chen Fugui were also young brothers who had experienced big winds and waves, so they naturally didn't mind.

Cao Rui and Chen Fugui sat in a cargo box of the double-decker cargo ship.

The helmsman prepared two futons and a table, and also sent a plate of dried fruits.

In this way, the two took the cargo ship and rocked all the way.

They set off at dawn and arrived at the dock of Lianhua County around 3 pm.