I don't know if the company has fired him yet. After all, he only took a week's leave, and six months have passed since then. He hasn't contacted the company at all. Any company would fire such an employee.
Xu Le put these thoughts aside. Now that he was here, there was no need to worry too much. He focused his energy in his dantian and assumed a horse stance.
This is the martial art he learned from Jackie Chan. Chinese martial arts basically require you to first master the horse stance. Only when your lower body is stable can your martial arts be powerful.
The true method of practicing the horse stance: The horse stance is the most important element in Chinese martial arts. It is paramount in every school of martial arts.
The horse stance isn't limited to the common four-square stance. It's also called the "ground stance" or "basin stance." It's the most important introductory skill in martial arts. Mastering the horse stance is like having a cannonball; you can set it up and fire. Otherwise, having a cannon without a shell is like firing iron pellets—it's not very useful. Actually, there are many ways to train strength, but the horse stance is the most effective and the easiest way to develop skill.
Jackie Chan taught him the Siping Dama stance, also known as the Shaolin horse stance. He used to think that simply adopting a horse stance was enough to achieve training effects, but after Jackie Chan's explanation, he learned that the horse stance cannot be practiced haphazardly, as this could damage his knees. It must follow a series of requirements, such as starting with a high stance and gradually lowering it.
Suddenly, an argument interrupted Xu Le, who was practicing his horse stance. Xu Le straightened up, smoothed the wrinkles in his clothes, and walked out of the room.
Outside the door, the old man was extremely excited, spitting everywhere. Standing in front of him was Jackie Chan, who looked embarrassed.
"Dad, what happened? Why are you so angry?" Xu Le interrupted his father, who was still scolding Jackie Chan.
"The Tiger Talisman has been stolen. How could Jackie Chan be so careless?" When the old man saw Xu Le arrive, a hint of satisfaction flashed in his eyes, but he was still very angry.
"What! The Tiger Talisman has been stolen? How is that possible..."
Xu Le was shocked. According to the plot, Jackie Chan should have been able to snatch the Tiger Amulet and then lead to the story of the good and evil Jackie Chan. However, the Tiger Amulet was directly stolen, disrupting all of Xu Le's plans.
It was only then that he realized the gap between animation and the real world. Although he had some awareness, he still clearly had an arrogant and self-assured attitude. This incident dealt him a heavy blow, and Xu Le couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed.
"What exactly happened? How did the Tiger Talisman get stolen?" Xu Le hurriedly asked Jackie Chan. Since the plan to reap the benefits according to the plot had been aborted, Xu Le was ready to take matters into his own hands. He couldn't keep sneaking around thinking about picking up bargains all day long; he was destined to never become a strong person that way.
Thinking about this, Xu Le seemed to have untied a knot in his heart. Before, he was always timid and afraid that danger would take his life. After changing his mind, Xu Le realized that if he didn't dare to take risks in this low-level world, would he be able to obtain treasures by hiding in a more powerful world in the future?
"At the time, Tru and I were having a competitive eating contest. The Tiger Talisman was in the pie. During the contest, Tru found the Tiger Talisman in his food, took it, and walked away. There were other Mafia members around. I tried to steal it but failed."
Jackie Chan was somewhat helpless, but it was truly a cruel twist of fate. Heaven seemed to be favoring the Mafia; there was nothing he could do about it.
Hearing this, Xu Le felt a huge weight lifted from his heart. He wasn't afraid of Tru's success in stealing it, but rather the appearance of new characters. Although the plot had changed a lot, based on his understanding of each character, he still had a very good chance. If some different characters appeared, or even if the Holy Lord suddenly changed his mind and released the other seven demons imprisoned in Hell, he would really have a headache. If such a thing happened, he would have no choice but to leave this world and seek development in other worlds.
"What power does the Tiger Talisman possess?" Jackie Chan asked his father. After all, it was he who failed to seize the Tiger Talisman, and he would feel guilty if it turned out to be a very powerful rune that the Mafia could use to commit further crimes.
Seeing Jackie Chan's guilty expression, the old man sighed, pushed up his reading glasses, and said, "The Tiger Talisman has the power to balance Yin and Yang. There are many conflicting forces in our bodies, and the Tiger Talisman can balance these forces to achieve theoretically perfect use."
"That's alright, it's not a powerful talisman." Jackie Chan breathed a sigh of relief. As long as it wasn't a powerful talisman, it was fine. "Alright my ass! The Tiger Talisman's powerful balance means that multiple talismans can be used simultaneously without any discomfort. If they get a few more talismans, you'll not just be facing a mafia member with a single talisman, but dealing with the powerful force of someone who can fluently use several talismans at the same time. This is not just a simple quantitative concept like one plus one equals two."
Hearing his father's emphasis on the Tiger Amulet, Jackie Chan's expression gradually turned serious.
"Jackie Chan, are you there?" Sheriff Black pushed open the door and walked in. He was a little surprised to see the three people in the room looking so serious. He walked up to Jackie Chan and said, "The Mafia is on the move again. It seems to be some kind of secret mission. I hope you can help take down the Mafia."
"I'm afraid..." Jackie Chan looked troubled. After all, he wasn't Blake's subordinate, and he was getting annoyed by being constantly ordered around by Blake. He just wanted to be a good archaeologist and didn't want to fight. He learned martial arts to discipline himself, not to fight.
"Jackie Chan, please help Sheriff Black. This is the last time. Look, Sheriff Black came to you personally, which means his men can't handle this." Xu Le saw Jackie Chan's hesitation and spoke up for Black.
Blake was very grateful to Xu Le for helping him. After all, this mission really needed Jackie Chan's help. If Jackie Chan refused to help, he would be in a lot of trouble.
"Alright then, just this once. I'm going to my room to pack my things." Jackie Chan agreed when he heard it was the last time. After all, he and Black were good friends, and helping someone who was scientifically illiterate was perfectly reasonable. He just didn't like being constantly bossed around. He watched as Jackie Chan returned to his room and his father examined a magic book.
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Upon hearing this, the hall fell silent, the atmosphere instantly freezing. The scorpion demon and the snake demon stared at each other, their faces ashen, as if they had realized something suspicious.
The snake spirit suddenly asked, "Your Majesty, how did you know that the Seven Star Pill could be refined?"
The scorpion demon shook her head, her face grim, and said in a hoarse voice, "I've forgotten too. It seems someone told me, but I can't remember who."
The two realized something was wrong and that they had fallen into someone's trap.
The scorpion demon's mind was in a daze. He couldn't remember how he knew about the Seven Star Pill. This gourd had only suppressed them for 10,000 years, but rumors were circulating that eating the Seven Star Pill would grant immortality and make one fearless. There was only one gourd, and it had only been planted recently. So who knew that these seven gourds could be used to refine the Seven Star Pill, and who had tried it and seen the effects?
The scorpion demon had a splitting headache and was trying hard to think about what had happened, but she couldn't figure out who was behind it all. Her tail hook swung with anger, smashing several stone tables.
"Your Majesty, please do not worry, I already have a plan!"
The scorpion demon quickly asked, "What method?"
Xu Le smiled and said, "Refine the Seven Star Pill!"
Upon hearing this, the scorpion demon deflated like a punctured balloon, and said irritably, "What kind of good idea is this? Since this is a trap, we might as well not refine the Seven Star Pill!"
How could Xu Le let him give up? So he continued to explain, “Why should Your Majesty worry? Since this person wants you to refine the Seven Star Pill but doesn’t dare to do it himself, I released you through a series of plans and arranged for you to make the pill. This shows that he can’t do it himself for some reason, which also shows that the Seven Star Pill is definitely not an ordinary thing. So why don’t we play along?”
"A counter-plan? How exactly?" The scorpion demon became interested and pricked up her ears to listen.
“This Seven Star Pill must be refined, but since that person is so wary, there must be danger involved. Since the lady’s sister is so powerful, why not let her make the first move, and you can assist from the sidelines? That way, no matter how much that guy schemes, he won’t be able to forcibly take it. Moreover, even if there is danger, the lady’s sister will be the one who contributes the most, so she will naturally bear the danger first, and Your Majesty will have time to react.”
As Xu Le spoke, he used the Spirit Ranking to incite...
The snake spirit standing to the side also became somewhat curious, but thinking that her life and death were now in the hands of this man, and that her husband was being completely manipulated by him, she could not cry out.
Xu Le felt the snake spirit's pain, but instead of feeling any pity, he felt even more pleased. "Since the lady's sister has such powerful magic, why don't we let her take the lead? If she successfully turns the gourd brothers into Seven Star Pills, she will naturally suffer some losses. Then Your Majesty can find a way to steal them or share them with her."
The scorpion demon clapped and cheered, finding Xu Le increasingly pleasing to the eye, but failed to notice that the snake demon beside her was turning increasingly red.