Chương 30: Innate Martial Artist?

Early the next morning, when Hu Yufen got up, Jiang Wenfeng had already finished practicing punches in the courtyard. After washing up, he helped take care of his younger brother and sister. After the family finished breakfast, Jiang Huanyu looked at him and said, "Come out with Father later."

"All right." Jiang Wenfeng nodded in reply, then got up and went to change clothes. At the Rabbit hour, Jiang Huanyu prepared the fishing net and also sent Jiang Wenyan to Teacher Lu's place along the way. On the small road at the village entrance, Jiang Wenfeng carried the fishing net and asked curiously, "Father, where are we going?" When the villagers went fishing, they basically all went to the Lai River. The Lai River was south of Golden Willow Village, yet the father and son were walking west.

"Blackwater Pond." Jiang Huanyu answered as he walked in front. The divination in his sea of consciousness clearly showed that if he brought Jiang Wenfeng to Blackwater Pond to fish today, there would be a great opportunity. Although he did not know what the specific opportunity was, since it could be called an opportunity, there would definitely be benefits. He had to go take a look. Hearing that his father wanted to go to Blackwater Pond, worry appeared on Jiang Wenfeng's face.

"Father, I heard from the teachers at the martial arts school that the alligator-dragons in Blackwater Pond are very powerful."

"Now it is spring, the season when alligator-dragons come ashore to lay eggs. Could there be danger?" Jiang Huanyu turned back with a faint smile.

"Stinky brat, you know quite a lot. Did you see that in a book too?" This son of his was truly becoming more and more reassuring. He felt very gratified. Jiang Wenfeng scratched his head and smiled foolishly.

"It's fine. Later, we'll be careful. If it cannot be done, then we won't force it. We'll leave it to fate," Jiang Huanyu comforted. The divination was Great Fortune. This trip should not be dangerous. If it was really as Jiang Wenfeng said, and the alligator-dragons in the water had all come ashore, then they would not approach. They would look around the surroundings instead. The father and son moved quickly. It only took half an hour for them to arrive at Blackwater Pond.

"You wait here first. Father will go take a look." Jiang Huanyu had Jiang Wenfeng wait on a small hill some distance away from Blackwater Pond. He planned to sneak over alone and check the situation.

"Father, let's go together. Your son is now an Acquired Realm martial artist. If there really is danger, we can look after each other." Jiang Wenfeng was eager to try. After becoming an Acquired Realm martial artist, he had considerable confidence in his own strength.

"That's fine." Jiang Huanyu thought about it and agreed to go check together. The two crossed over the small hill and carefully arrived near Blackwater Pond, but they did not discover any alligator-dragons.

"Strange… Could what the books said be false?" Looking at the calm pond water, Jiang Wenfeng scratched his head. If you come across this story on Amazon, it's taken without permission from the author. Report it.

"To believe books completely is worse than having no books…" Taking the fishing net from his shoulder, Jiang Huanyu smiled and said, "Sometimes, the principles written in books still need to be verified personally."

"The path walked by predecessors is certainly correct, but it may not necessarily be the most suitable for oneself." As he arranged the fishing net, he taught his son. This was his way of teaching his children, letting them understand principles through practice. Jiang Wenfeng nodded and was just about to help his father arrange the fishing net when he suddenly turned his head and looked toward the left rear!

"Who is it!?" His explosive shout startled Jiang Huanyu slightly.

"What's wrong?" Jiang Wenfeng frowned, his gaze piercing through the dense shrubs and staring fixedly in that direction.

"There seemed to be someone just now." Hearing this, Jiang Huanyu also looked over, but he did not find any figure. Just as he thought his son had seen wrongly, a familiar voice suddenly came.

"What an alert little fellow." A figure walked out from behind the shrubs along with the voice. That figure looked at Jiang Huanyu with a smile.

"Little brother, we meet again." Jiang Huanyu saw the person clearly and was also somewhat surprised.

"Old sir, it's you?" This person was precisely the fishing old man he had encountered by chance last time when fishing at Blackwater Pond. The old man had once spent twenty taels of silver to reserve one of his nets, but that net had caught an alligator-dragon, and in the end, even the net had been lost.

"Old sir, you came just in time. Last time, you suffered a great loss because of me. The fish from the first net this time will all be given to you." Jiang Huanyu smiled and spoke. After last time, he had always felt somewhat indebted to the old man. Twenty taels of silver had only bought two black carp. If there was a harvest today, he definitely had to make up for it. Hearing this, the old man was clearly somewhat surprised.

"Little brother is still troubled over what happened last time?"

"This old man did not feel that he suffered a loss. On the contrary, I gained something." Jiang Huanyu did not know what he meant by gaining something. Just as he was about to ask, the old man's gaze turned toward Jiang Wenfeng.

"This child is…"

"My son, Jiang Wenfeng." After Jiang Huanyu introduced him, Jiang Wenfeng slightly cupped his hands.

"Old senior." The old man chuckled and stroked his beard.

"So he is your son. To reach the Body Tempering Realm at such a young age is truly rare." His words made both Jiang Huanyu and Jiang Wenfeng somewhat surprised.

"Old sir is also a martial artist?"

"Senior, what does Body Tempering Realm mean?" The father and son both asked the doubts in their hearts. From the moment the old man appeared, Jiang Wenfeng had felt that this old man was not an ordinary person and guessed that the other party should be a senior in martial arts. But the old man said his realm was the Body Tempering Realm, not the Acquired Realm, which inevitably made him somewhat puzzled.

"The Body Tempering Realm is what you martial artists call the Acquired Realm."

"It is only a different name." The old man chuckled, then looked toward Jiang Huanyu.

"Little brother, this time, this old man will still spend twenty taels of silver to reserve your first net. How about it?" Clearly, this old man seemed to really like the fish of Blackwater Pond, not hesitating to spend a large sum again to reserve this net of Jiang Huanyu's. As he spoke, he took out two ten-tael silver ingots and handed them over. Seeing this, Jiang Huanyu waved his hand slightly.

"Old sir, this boy just said that this net is to make up for last time. You already paid the money last time."

"Please wait a moment. I'll cast the net now." Hearing this, the old man did not insist. He merely smiled and put the silver ingots back into his shoulder bag, quietly retreating a little. After arranging the fishing net properly, Jiang Huanyu looked at the water surface and suddenly swung it out. The fishing net formed a huge circle and splashed into the water. As the fishing net slowly sank, Jiang Huanyu estimated the time and prepared to slowly pull back the net rope.

But at this moment, a huge force suddenly came from the net rope! This force was extremely swift and terrifying! Completely unprepared, Jiang Huanyu was directly pulled flying out!

"Father!" Seeing this, Jiang Wenfeng suddenly rushed out, wanting to grab Jiang Huanyu's body! But everything happened too quickly. By the time he reacted, Jiang Huanyu had already been pulled into the water! In early spring, the pond water was icy cold! Feeling the terrifying force on the net rope, Jiang Huanyu immediately wanted to loosen the rope in his hand.

But unfortunately, the rope had previously been looped around his wrist, and under the pull of that huge force, he simply could not break free in a short time. Splash! Seeing his father fall into the water, Jiang Wenfeng did not hesitate at all. He directly leaped forward, jumped into the water, and quickly swam toward Jiang Huanyu.

"Father!" After reaching him, Jiang Wenfeng could not care about anything else. He only wanted to quickly untie that net rope and pull his father ashore.

"Bold beast!" On the shore, the old man suddenly let out a thunderous shout. Immediately after, he leaped up like a great roc spreading its wings, rushing toward the left side of the two! Air-walking! An Innate martial artist!? Seeing this scene from the water, Jiang Wenfeng was extremely shocked! The old man leaped more than several dozen meters, his palm striking toward the water surface to the left of the two! Bang! The surface of the water exploded.

After receiving a palm strike, the alligator-dragon that had been slowly approaching rolled and fled into the distance. Borrowing the counterforce of this palm strike, the old man's figure flipped in midair. Then he arrived beside the two, reached out, grabbed them from the water, and threw them toward the shore. After the two landed, they discovered that the old man was pulling that net rope and flying toward the shore.