Chapter 17: The Secret Manual of Martial Arts

  Cao Wei's face fell in disappointment, his eyes fixed on the book that was supposed to be a martial arts manual, reluctantly handing it over to Rongyao. Rongyao took the book: "If Grandfather Zhang can't master it, then why do you still want us to practice?"

  "I just want to know if this manual is real or not. If you guys can cultivate it, then it's real and you have to return it to me. If you can't cultivate it, then it's fake and giving this manual to you doesn't matter." Grandpa Zhang said with a smile. However, looking left and right, Grandpa Zhang's smile didn't seem as pleasing to the eye as before, somehow it looked like an old fox's cunning grin.

  Cao Wei asked cautiously: "Grandpa Zhang won't practice killing people, will he?" Grandpa Zhang glared at him, raised his hand and knocked Cao Wei on the head: "What did you say? You little brat actually said that my family's traditional martial arts secret book can kill people." Seeing Grandpa Zhang's mischievous look, it was hard to believe that he had been so serious when training us just now.

  Cao Wei rubbed his head in frustration: "Why do you all like hitting my head? I'm already stupid enough, if you keep hitting me, I'll really become an idiot."

  Grandfather Zhang looked at him with a helpless expression, shook his head, put his hands behind his back, turned around and walked towards the house in big strides, humming a little tune. The three little guys looked at each other, then Rongyao and Chenkun picked up their school bags from the ground and slung them over their shoulders, swaying gently as they walked together towards Rongyao's home.

  "Wait for me." Cao Wei seemed to have been really stunned, and only came back to his senses after Rong Yao and Chen Kun had walked out of the gate.

  Entered Rongyao's small hut, sat on the kang, Rongyao took out a martial arts secret book that was said to be passed down from Zhang Grandfather, looked at it again and again, but couldn't see what was special about it.

  Chen Kun asked, "Do we really have to practice?" Rong Yao nodded, "Anyway, it won't kill us. Who knows, if we actually become skilled, wouldn't that be awesome?"

  From then on, the three of them lived a life of fire and water. Every morning before school and after school, they would report to Grandpa Zhang's house on time, and every night after returning home, they would practice the martial arts manual given by Grandpa Zhang. After each training session, they were very tired, especially Chen Kun and Cao Lei, who looked like they were about to die every morning when they came. What was different from Rongyao was that although he was also very tired after training every day, he would still be energetic and lively the next morning. Seeing Rongyao's energetic appearance every day, Grandpa Zhang would always touch him with a curious expression. Chen Kun and Cao Lei also looked at Rongyao with eyes as if they were looking at a monster. And Rongyao would explain to them that he had good physical fitness since childhood and often exercised, so it was nothing special.

  The next morning, Grandpa Zhang continued to touch, Chen Kun and Cao Rui also continued to look at him with a strange gaze, while Rongyao continued to explain to them. This also became a must-do thing before training every day.

  It's been six years, and due to training, the three of them have grown a lot taller, especially Cao Wei, who has reached over 1.7 meters tall. In their spare time, Grandpa Zhang brought back a lot of information on weapons. He explained the structure of guns, how to disassemble and reassemble them, as well as the production of bombs and timed bombs, and the design of landmines.

  The bell rang loudly. "Time's up," said the proctor, quickly walking to the back of the room to collect the papers.

  Rongyao stretched and stood up, walking out of the examination room. As soon as he came out, he saw Chen Kun and Cao Lei looking over in his direction. Rongyao quickly walked to their side: "How was the exam?" They nodded simultaneously: "Not bad." No problem with Zhongyi. Chen Kun said.

  Chen Kun I'm not worried, what I'm worried about is Cao Yue, he never liked studying much, seeing him nodding made me feel at ease.