Let the true energy circulate for a while

……

Chen Ye pushed open the bedroom door and gestured with his chin toward Er Mao.

"Come on, let's go to my room."

Er Mao barked as he came in, and Chen Ye closed the door.

This is a standard boy's bedroom. There is a desk against the wall, piled with second-grade textbooks and unfinished homework.

A toy shelf stood by the window, filled with plastic trash, commonly known as toys.

"Good brother, these are all for you."

"Wow—" Er Mao rummaged around with his little hands, "You look a lot like my brother."

"Hmm, do you have a lot of homework these days?"

"There are plenty."

"You must study hard, Er Mao."

Er Mao talked about some recent events at school in his room, and Chen Ye listened quietly, feeling as if it were yesterday.

Chen Ye's pupils suddenly contracted.

A faint white light emanated from the bedroom floor, gradually coalescing into a mysterious pattern, exactly the same as the portal through which he was sucked into the other world.

The light from the magic circle grew brighter and brighter, and a powerful suction force emanated from the center of the magic circle, as if an invisible hand was trying to pull Er Mao in.

Er Mao was immersed in the joy of playing with his toys when he suddenly felt lightness in his body, and immediately fainted, falling towards the direction of the magic circle.

Chen Ye grabbed Er Mao, staring at the magic array, his heart filled with turmoil.

How could this happen? How could a teleportation array suddenly appear?

The suction force grew stronger and stronger, and Chen Ye, holding Er Mao in his arms, had his clothes pulled forward as they were sucked in.

Seriously? This teleportation array likes to eat children?

The magic circle lasted for about ten seconds before its light gradually dimmed and disappeared completely.

The room was restored to its original state.

"It's alright now." Chen Ye released Er Mao.

After the magic circle disappeared, Er Mao woke up unsteadily, blinking his eyes.

"What just happened?"

Chen Ye squatted down and said with a serious expression, "You were asleep just now."

"What are you two doing in there?" Chen Jianbin's voice came from outside the door.

"It's okay, I'll get some toys for the little girl."

Chen Ye opened the door, and Er Mao walked out carrying a bunch of toys, looking very satisfied.

Mao Jun said, "Old Chen, we're leaving now. Er Mao, leave the toys behind."

Er Mao was reluctant to part with it and said, "This older brother said he'd give it to me."

Chen Jianbin quickly tried to smooth things over, saying, "Take them all away, my son doesn't play with these anymore."

Sun Xiaojuan took a large plastic bag and helped Er Mao pack up the toys.

After thanking him, Mao Jun led his daughter away.

Chen Jianbin escorted the father and daughter downstairs.

Twenty minutes later, Chen Ye and his family of three were in his bedroom.

Chen Ye recounted the entire story of how the portal had opened to his parents.

Chen Jianbin frowned as he watched the surveillance footage on his phone.

This is outrageous! Er Mao might get sucked in!

"This room is uninhabitable. Let's move the bed to your study," Chen Jianbin said.

Sun Xiaojuan asked, "Could it be because of Er Mao? That portal specifically targets children?"

Chen Ye thought for a moment and said, "That's very possible."

Sun Xiaojuan said with some worry, "If this really doesn't work, let's report it to the government."

Chen Ye and Chen Jianbin said in unison, "No way."

Chen Ye said, "Let's observe it for a while longer and see if there's a pattern to its opening."

Chen Jianbin hesitated, looking at his son with a complicated expression: "Just now, did you ever think about going back in?"

Chen Ye lowered his eyes, his tone somewhat bitter: "I'm afraid that for me, going in and going out will take another 16 years."

……

For the next two days, Chen Ye traveled back and forth between the Longquan Fitness and Combat Gym and his home, living a very simple life.

The job is very simple; it involves helping female trainees stretch and do leg presses.

Just as Tang Long said, it was all just for the female trainees to play with; these things basically had no practical value in combat.

However, adhering to the principle of teaching a man to fish, Chen Ye still taught them how to knee strike the groin and gouge the eyes.

By taking the opponent by surprise, the weak can defeat the strong.

Every morning and evening, without fail, Chen Ye meditates and practices the "Longevity Technique".

That day, in the living room of Xianghe Garden residential community.

Chen Jianbin put down the novel he was reading. Lately, he has become somewhat obsessed with various martial arts and fantasy novels.

Although he couldn't develop true qi no matter what he tried, he still pestered his son to teach him all sorts of moves every day.

Chen Ye's moves are very entertaining, with many of them being high-difficulty moves that Chen Jianbin couldn't do. However, his punches and kicks are also quite impressive.

The room wasn't big. After Chen Jianbin finished demonstrating a set of movements, he opened a bottle of Red Bull and gulped down a few mouthfuls.

"Son, could you transfer your inner energy to your dad so I can experience superpowers too!"

"Why has Dad become so obsessed with martial arts lately?"

Chen Jianbin took out his phone and opened a news article.

[2026 Bulls Cup Melee: Hidden Masters Among the People]

[Top prize: 200 million]

"Look, traditional Chinese martial arts and combat sports are being put together for a competition, and the organizer in Xincheng is still your Uncle Tang."

Chen Ye asked, "Why don't I just sign up directly? That would be very easy for me."

"Can you control your strength? You're not going to smash someone's head in with one punch, are you?"

"No problem, just use your inner energy less or more cautiously."

Chen Jianbin said, "In the novel, Wu Yazi passed on his 70 years of internal energy to Xu Zhu. You can work on it for your dad for a year or two, and we can work together as father and son."

Chen Ye: "Dad, the stories about internal energy being transmitted in novels are made up; it doesn't work at all."

"Is there any explanation?" Chen Jianbin asked.

Chen Ye patiently explained, "The dantian is like the engine of the human body. True qi is accumulated in the dantian slowly through daily breathing exercises. Only by circulating it through the meridians can it be truly used for your own purposes."

He paused, then continued, "The way you transfer your inner strength directly to someone else in novels is like forcibly giving them the energy stored in their warehouse. It could easily lead to them exploding and dying."

"Simply put, true qi is something that you have to cultivate and practice slowly, just like planting a tree. You have to start watering and fertilizing from the seed to grow your own tree."

Chen Jianbin looked bewildered and then sighed.

"Looks like there's no shortcut. Dad's not destined to be a protagonist in a wish-fulfillment novel. Sigh."

Seeing his father's dejected look, Chen Ye suddenly said:

"I can use the principle of 'hitting a cow through a mountain' to temporarily let my true energy flow through your body, allowing you to exert force and experience the feeling of releasing true energy outward."

"Really?" Chen Jianbin's lips curled up.

"Stand facing the wall first," Chen Ye stood up, "and punch the wall without holding back."

Chen Jianbin struck a really awesome pose.

Chen Ye channeled his inner energy and asked, "Are you ready?"

"Ready."

Chen Ye walked behind him, raised his right hand, and gently pressed down on Chen Jianbin's back with his palm.

"Punch!"

As soon as Chen Ye finished speaking, Chen Jianbin shouted and swung his right fist straight at the wall.

True energy surged from Chen Ye's palm, flowing through Chen Jianbin's Xinlingtai acupoint and instantly transmitting to the meridians of his arm where he exerted force.

Chen Jianbin felt a strange energy surge up his arm and down to his fist, as if something had come to life in his arm.

"Bang!"

A half-inch deep groove appeared on the wall, and the surrounding wall plaster cracked with a spiderweb-like pattern. A thin layer of dust fell from the ceiling.

Chen Jianbin, it feels so exhilarating.

"I don't feel any pain?"

He paused, then withdrew his fist, looked down at his right hand, and then looked up at the wall.

"So this is true qi. I'm awesome."

Chen Ye smiled and asked, "Dad, was it fun?"

Chen Jianbin's heart pounded, his face beaming with ecstasy. He was almost forty, and lately he'd been getting increasingly childish, often staying up late watching short dramas and reading novels. Once, he even dreamt that he had mastered supernatural powers and changed his name to Chen Beixuan.

"Teach your immortality technique to your father again! I refuse to believe I can't learn it!"

"good!"

"Good my ass!" Sun Xiaojuan stood at the kitchen doorway, wearing an apron, holding a spatula, and looking furious.

"I'll fix it!"

Sun Xiaojuan rolled her eyes at her husband and retorted, "Xiaoye, why is another tile broken in the bathroom?"