The young girl’s mother, with red eyes and tears streaming down her face, walked over to Lin Beichen, gripping his hands excitedly with both of hers, and almost about to kneel down: "Thank you, young man, thank you so much. If it weren’t for you... my little girl... she... she would have... Wuwuwuwu!"
"Hey, hey, there’s no need, there’s no need."
Lin Beichen quickly held her up, scratching his head awkwardly: "It was just a small effort, sister, please don’t be like this."
To him, the shark in the sea earlier wasn’t really a threat.
Deeply aware of the power in his fists.
That shark to him...
Was just a toy!
"Thank you, thank you, young man, truly thank you."
"How can I repay your great kindness!"
"Money, I’ll give you money."
"..."
It was clear the young girl’s mother was genuinely overwhelmed with gratitude towards Lin Beichen. After a long struggle, she finally went to take care of her daughter.
At this moment, the tourists on the deck gathered around.
"Young man, you’re impressive! Are you on the swimming team? How did you swim so fast?"
"I saw you stand up on the sea just now, young fellow, how did you do that? It’s incredible!"
"Buddy, what kind of punch is that to blow up a shark’s head in one hit?!"
"..."
These questions had been bottled up inside them for a long time, and now they finally got a chance to speak to Lin Beichen, everyone took turns asking.
Confronted with the sudden questions.
Lin Beichen was momentarily stunned but then replied calmly: "The answers to your questions are actually the same."
"What answer?"
"Traditional Martial Arts."
"Traditional Martial Arts?"
The crowd was dumbfounded.
Someone couldn’t help but ask: "Are you saying that because you practice Traditional Martial Arts, you can blow up a shark’s head with one punch and stand on the sea?"
"Precisely."
Lin Beichen nodded.
After speaking, not waiting for the crowd to continue speaking.
He smiled politely and left the crowd.
The meaning was clear...
I have answered your questions, please do not disturb me anymore.
The tourists thoughtfully did not follow him further.
Traditional Martial Arts?
Are they that powerful?
They looked at each other, eyes filled with uncertainty, then dispersed, each considering: Maybe I’ll sign up for a martial arts class when I get back.
Elsewhere.
Lin Beichen reached a corner of the deck, savoring the feeling of "Wave Treading" he had just achieved.
The more he reminisced, the clearer the feeling became.
Until the yacht arrived at the designated spot and stopped.
He couldn’t wait and jumped into the sea to start trying according to the feeling he had reminisced.
The first time, he managed to stand up on the sea again but only for a few seconds.
The second time, he successfully stood up on the sea again but before he could take a step, only half a step, he plunged straight into the sea.
...
Having tried countless times.
Lin Beichen discovered...
He could now use the clearly felt Power of Tides to stand on the sea for six to seven seconds.
But that’s all.
He could only achieve the "Wave Treading" part, but as for the movement part "While Walking",
He couldn’t do it.
"Why is that?"
"Why can’t I take this step?"
Lin Beichen had no clue as to why he was failing.
He couldn’t find the feeling at all.
He didn’t understand why he couldn’t do it, but he knew for sure he couldn’t succeed now, continuing to try wouldn’t help.
"Perhaps..."
"It’s related to the Gold Element?"
A strange thought crossed his mind.
Lin Beichen didn’t know if he was right or wrong, but he had no way to validate it, as he hadn’t visualized the Gold Element yet.
"Once I can visualize the Gold Element..."
"I’ll try again!"
It was just a sudden idea to give it a try anyway.
Lin Beichen didn’t dwell on it.
He then treated the time as a relaxation from his recent intense cultivation, until the custom-made sandbags for weight training arrived the next afternoon, then he resumed his cultivation.
This cultivation lasted for almost a month.
During this time, Lin Beichen discovered the subsequent Traditional Martial Arts training also required the assistance of the Power of Tides, so he requested more leave from school, with the Safety Bureau’s arrangement, the school naturally had no objections.
In terms of cultivation, it was smooth sailing, without encountering any problems, basically enhancing all parts of his body.
Except for his back...
Just a little bit more.
However, the internet was far from peaceful.
The debate on the superiority between Great Xia’s Traditional Martial Arts and modern combat had never ceased.
The two sides fighting...
The outcomes typically ended with modern combat defeating Great Xia’s Traditional Martial Arts.
The much-anticipated showdown between Xu Dadong and Ma Guobao, ended with Ma Guobao crying after being hit by Xu Dadong three times under the watchful eyes of the entire internet.
Online, chaos ensued.
The public opinion leaned heavily to one side.
"Modern combat overwhelmingly defeats Great Xia’s Traditional Martial Arts!"
"Great Xia’s Traditional Martial Arts is nothing but flashy moves!"
"..."
Such remarks were everywhere.
...
On this day, heavy rain poured from the sky, thick, dark clouds were low as if they were about to fall.
In the hotel room.
Lin Beichen supported himself on the ground in a push-up position.
And the most striking thing...
Was his back!
His latissimus dorsi muscles were fully spread out, it was hard to imagine a well-proportioned body having such a broad back, at a glance it looked like a turtle shell.