I just want to torture you to death, don't force me to beat you to death

Chapter 3 The Art of Drawing Circles

At night, Chu Ning had a dream.

The dream was about the little Taoist boy I met in Sanqing Mountain.

At this moment, the little Taoist boy had a wronged expression on his face and was being scolded by an old Taoist.

"Two longevity fruits. Ordinary people can extend their lifespan by taking one. Although taking the second longevity fruit will not increase their lifespan, the energy of the longevity fruit is stored in the body and its power increases day by day. You have harmed this person."

"The snake spirit is uniformed by the master and is responsible for guarding the mountain gate. It only dares to swallow the essence of the world and does not dare to do such harming things as cannibalism. If this person breaks in rashly, the snake spirit will scare him away at most, but you can let this person eat this After two immortality fruits, the snake spirit became murderous. By swallowing this person, he can achieve ten thousand years of cultivation and escape from the cave."

Chu Ning was stunned when she heard this.

Then the giant snake swallowed me because I ate two longevity fruits?

So that little Taoist boy had good intentions and did bad things?

"Master, this disciple knows his mistake."

"This person is a mortal who accidentally broke into the blessed land of cave heaven. One day in the blessed land lasts ten years in the mortal world. If you are kind-hearted, just give him a sip of spiritual spring water to replenish his life span for ten years.

"You gave him two longevity fruits. It was an adventure, but this person's life is not blessed to enjoy it. It is also a destiny of his own. Don't do it again in the future."

"The disciple understands."

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"I'll screw your uncle's life!"

Chu Ning woke up, his eyes flickering, and the old Taoist priest was cursing behind him. If the content in the dream was true, would his body inherit the effect of the longevity fruit after his soul had passed through it?

Logically speaking, there is no such thing as soul travel, but Chu Ning thought that on the first day he traveled through time, his strength increased by dozens of kilograms.

What if I inherit it?

Increase its strength day by day.

It is not difficult to verify.

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Outside.

The rain was pattering.

inside the door.

Chu Ning sat on the threshold.

He is the only one in the family.

The old aunt went out to pick wild vegetables with a bamboo basket on her back.

He followed his old aunt to pick it several times, but every time she persuaded her to come back after a while.

After a thunderstorm, thunder guano, an algae similar to fungus, will grow on the grass and stone surfaces. It is used to make soup and tastes extremely delicious.

He has eaten it several times.

Seven days have passed since he time traveled to now.

Four days ago, Daning County finally received a rainfall, ending the drought. Then, God seemed to be trying to compensate the people, and it rained for three days in a row.

Although food prices have not dropped too much, at least some wild vegetables are slowly growing.

He now also knew what the object was wrapped in red paper that the old aunt took out from the earthen stove that day.

A pair of bracelets that my father bought for his old aunt after he became a headhunter.

Previously, there was no rice for cooking, so the old aunt didn't pawn it, not only as a souvenir, but also as life-saving money.

I have been weak since I was a child and have often fallen ill. If I keep this jade bracelet, if I fall ill again one day, I can have money to buy life-saving medicine.

In the end, the old aunt pawned it for a bag of brown rice and two pounds of meat.

The jade bracelet worth 20 taels of silver was only exchanged for a bag of brown rice and two kilograms of meat. To be honest, Chu Ning felt a little distressed.

But the old aunt still did it.

Because the registration time for the school is approaching.

Let Chu Ning eat at least enough every day so that he can have the strength to pass the school examination.

In seven days, Chu Ning verified his guess, and the effect of the longevity fruit was inherited by this body.

His strength is indeed increasing day by day.

Since the strength is inherited, the life span should also be inherited.

This verification gave him a little more hope, although his strength did not increase much every day, and his weight fluctuated up and down.

Sometimes it's more than a pound, sometimes it's less than a pound.

He also found out the reason for the instability.

If you eat more, you will grow more.

If you eat better, you will grow more.

If you don't eat anything for a day, the power of growth will be almost negligible.

If you eat the same thing for two days, you will gain more strength through exercise than without exercise.

Chu Ning judged that the energy contained in the longevity fruit was like the water in the reservoir. It was stored in his body and blocked by a dam. How much water he could release each time depended on how large he could open the gate.

The factors that affect the size of the gate are exercise and food. As for whether it is also related to his body growth at this stage, there may be some relationship, but the proportion should be very small.

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After the rain, the sky clears and the sun rises in the east.Today, Chu Ning put on freshly washed clothes early in the morning.

After drinking two bowls of rice porridge and eating three eggs, I left the house with my old aunt looking forward to it.

Today is the day for enrollment in Daning County School.

The school is in the east of the city, which is also the area where the rich and powerful people in the city live. Compared to the low-rise houses in other places, the east of the city is full of high-gate courtyards, and Huang Captou's home is also in the east of the city.

Chu Ning rushed to the school. There were already many parents with their children signing up at the door. The entire school gate was very busy. With some people watching the excitement, the street in front of the school was blocked with water.

After finally squeezing to the entrance of the school, I saw two soldiers guarding the door, holding long spears and piercing eyes. The people around them did not dare to get closer than one foot away.

“No one else is allowed in except those who signed up.”

As the soldiers glanced around, many of the people who had been pushed to the front desperately moved back. In previous years, some of the people who were not quick-sighted got too close, and ended up getting poked with spears.

Upon seeing this, Chu Ning walked towards the door. The two soldiers glanced at Chu Ning and did not stop him.

With their eyesight, they could tell that Chu Ning was under 17 years old. As for whether he was strong enough, they would have to enter the school for an assessment.

Stepping into the gate of the school hall, you will see a martial arts performance field in front of you.

The martial arts arena occupies most of the front yard of the school and is extremely spacious. Pieces of blue-gray stone slabs are neatly laid out on the ground. There are weapon racks on both sides. Each weapon shines coldly in the sun.

Sober and solemn.

There were dozens of teenagers on the field at this moment, but most of them looked excited and nervous, standing alone and rarely talking to each other.

No one was in the mood to chat before facing a major exam that could change their lives.

On one side of the martial arts arena, some teenagers lined up in front of a table. The first two middle-aged men behind the table sat there. One man was responsible for asking questions, and the other was responsible for writing and registering.

Chu Ning also consciously waited in line to register, but he was thinking in his heart, where should he find Mr. Liu?

Ask someone at the school?
Wouldn't this be too obvious?

While Chu Ning was thinking, the candidates in front of him had all registered.

"What's your last name? Where is your home?"

"Chun Ning, my home is in the alley of the fourth alley in the south of the city."

Chu Ning answered quickly and asked the man casually: "Are there any living martial arts masters in the family?"

"My father, Chu Ping, was a martial artist and a head catcher during his lifetime, but he passed away five years ago."

The man who asked the question did not ask any more questions, but the person on the right who was responsible for writing Chu Ning's name put down his pen after writing Chu Ning's name.

Chu Ning glanced at the row of names on the paper and quickly added: "However, my father was also a good friend of Huang Captou during his lifetime. Huang Captou was very happy to know that I was going to join the academy, and asked me to find Liu after I entered the academy. Teach.”

At this time, Chu Ning no longer cared about whether there would be trouble if he said it so directly, because he saw that the registration was tricky.

The paper contained the names of the candidates who took the assessment this time, but Chu Ning found that some of these people's names had dots after them, and some did not.

The dots are very small, just like periods. Other candidates might not notice anything. But in Chu Ning's previous life, as the CEO of a listed company, he often interacted with leaders and heard many interesting things about them.

There is an interesting story about the approval document.

Leaders' instructions and documents usually contain hidden mysteries, which only subordinates can understand.

One of the secrets is to add a period after the written instructions.

The leader's instructions "Agree, please hurry up" or "Settlement of the balance as soon as possible" seem to require the people below to hurry up, but when the people below see the lack of time, they know that the leader is not interested in this matter, so they should delay it. Keep dragging.

Of course, the main reason why leaders engage in such mysteries is to get rid of those who come looking for favors.

In this way, not only can the person doing the work be happy after reading the words, but the people below can also understand the leader's thoughts, so that they will not really violate the rules.

It is absolutely impossible to say that there is nothing wrong with the registration paper in front of me.

Sure enough, after hearing Chu Ning's words, the man holding the pen stood up his pen again.

The man on the left asked: "Which yellow catcher is there?"

"Uncle Huang Zhongtai."

The two men looked at each other with an inexplicable look in their eyes. The next moment, the man writing the pen clicked a small dot behind Chu Ning's name.

Although the dot is not as big as the one behind some people's names, compared to those without dots, I am pretty good.

He has now figured out that those with big dots after their names should be those with strong connections and who need special care, and then those with general care like himself.

"No matter what background you have, the martial arts test is to select successor talents for the imperial court. No one can engage in malpractice for personal gain. If you can't pass the test, it's useless even if you know the chief instructor. Go over there and wait in line for the group test."

The man on the left suddenly scolded him sternly, with a righteous look on his face. Chu Ning turned pale and confessed quickly, but he was slandering in his heart. If I hadn't seen the circle behind his name, I would have almost believed it.

The reason why the instructor came here was because there were people lining up behind him, and the conversation just now was also heard by the candidates behind him, in order to show the school's impartial and impartial scene.

Chu Ning walked towards the martial arts arena with a panic expression on his face, and the candidates queuing up looked at him with anger and contempt.

These people all heard what the teacher in charge of registration had just yelled at, and in their minds they already regarded Chu Ning as the kind of person who wanted to take advantage of others.

Fortunately, the teaching was very fair, which gave them a little more confidence.

Chu Ning felt a little helpless when she saw the eyes of these young people. They were really a group of innocent children.

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Half an hour later, the school door was closed and all candidates were registered.

The two teachers also put away their lists and walked towards the inside of the academy, communicating in low voices as they walked.

"There are several candidates in this class with good family backgrounds."

"In terms of background, Mr. Huang is probably the oldest, but the one named Chu Ning probably doesn't have a close relationship with Mr. Huang."

"Chief Huang was promoted to chief inspector as early as last year, but Chu Ning still calls him "Captain Huang", which shows that we don't have a close relationship. Since his father was also a police officer during his lifetime, in my judgment, he must have found Mr. Huang's family. Mr. Huang Maybe I decided to help out of kindness.”

"Well, that's what I guessed, but although Chu Ning and Mr. Huang don't have a close relationship, Mr. Huang sold this favor, so just let him pass. If his successor is unable to do so, he will also be eliminated in three months."

(End of this chapter)