Apocalyptic Calamity: My Proficiency Panel-Chapter 44 - 40 Tai Chi_1
Chapter 44: Chapter 40 Tai Chi!_1
Chapter 44: Chapter 40 Tai Chi!_1
“Honey, our gas cylinder seems to be running out of gas. The fire was a bit weak when I was cooking just now.”
In the bedroom, Zhang Yuan came in with dinner and waited for Li Ming to sit down to eat before she couldn’t help but voice her concern.
“Is the gas cylinder out of gas?”
Li Ming was taken aback, and Zhang Yuan nodded in agreement, pointing to the generator outside the door: “Should we cook with the induction cooker instead?”
“No need, there are three households in the building that are empty. I’ll go check later to see if their gas cylinders are still working. If they are, we’ll use them first, and I’ll go out and look again in a few days,”
Li Ming shook his head, then squinted and responded.
The place selling gas nearby wasn’t too far, but he was busy building up his own strength these days and didn’t want to go out so casually. So, he planned to wait a few days.
“Ah, okay, I’ll go with you later to check.”
Zhang Yuan was stunned for a moment, then nodded and agreed. Although the thought of the zombies outside made her skin pale, she still affirmed her decision firmly.
“It’s good to practice bravery,”
Seeing Zhang Yuan’s fear, Li Ming laughed and patted her leg and responded.
“Hmm, shall we go after we finish eating?”
Zhang Yuan nodded and followed up with a question.
“Let’s go after we finish eating, while the morning is still cool.”
Li Ming shook his head and chuckled, Zhang Yuan agreed, then quickly started eating, draping her long legs over Li Ming’s.
Li Ming stroked her legs while eating. Breakfast was quickly finished, and then he and Zhang Yuan found the homes of the three empty units, retrieved the gas cylinders from their kitchens, which still had quite a bit of gas left. He carried two cylinders, leaving the small one from a single male tenant for Zhang Yuan. Once they finished moving them upstairs, Li Ming finally used up his telekinetic training.
With three gas cylinders, Zhang Yuan felt much more secure. Besides that, she started to quickly process fresh vegetables into dried vegetables since there wasn’t much else to do.
The rest of her time was spent practicing Ba Duan Jin, stretching, and doing yoga along with Li Ming.
Li Ming naturally supported Zhang Yuan doing yoga. After finishing his Ba Duan Jin practice, he focused on stretching his own ligaments and muscles.
During training, he felt his limbs becoming more and more flexible.
In the blink of an eye, it was already evening.
Feeling greatly improved by a day of training, Li Ming sat on the bed. He stood on one leg, easily lifted the other one straight up from the front, then brought it down and lifted it up from the side, easily touching his ear, then bending down and lifting it from behind still easily touching his ear.
Then he rotated his arm from front to back in a full circle.
He bent back and easily touched his hands to the ground.
Resuming his standing position, Li Ming stayed in place, sensing his body’s agility. He revealed a satisfied smile, “I’m much more flexible than before and I no longer feel stiff, instead, I feel incredibly nimble. It seems I’ve reached the standard.”
Feeling his progress, Li Ming was in a great mood.
Once again, he activated his telekinesis, and used his fully recovered power to control the drill. When he finished this practice, the day’s training ended.
Zhang Yuan was still cooking, while Li Ming was studying Tai Chi on his phone.
He kept learning until dinner time, and only then did he put down his phone and started to eat.
After dinner, Zhang Yuan went to freshen up and clean up, while Li Ming continued to study Tai Chi.
By the time there was a knock on the door, he had been through the Tai Chi moves a few times and was confident in his learning.
He didn’t rush to keep training at this time, but went to the door, intending to have a friendly exchange with Chen Li.
But when he opened the door, Chen Li’s outfit caught him by surprise.
She was actually wearing sexy lingerie!
“Hiss…”
Li Ming carried a blushing Chen Li to the bathroom to clean up discreetly before finally getting to rest.
Li Ming finally closed the door to Chen Li’s house, feeling satisfied, then returned to his own home to find Zhang Yuan lying in bed with her legs stretched out, looking sleepy. He gently smiled, closed the door, turned off the light, and went to sleep cuddling his woman.
The next day, after breakfast.
Since the sun rose from the east, Li Ming decided to have Zhang Yuan change into her professional wear and black stockings.
After checking on the dried vegetables, Zhang Yuan, too tired, climbed into bed to catch up on some sleep.
The idea of drying the vegetables to preserve them was something that sprang to Zhang Yuan’s mind in the past couple of days. Li Ming found the idea to be quite good so he let her take care of it, although there haven’t been any tangible results so far.
“Whizz…”
A drill bit danced back and forth through the room, continuing for 13 minutes before finally losing power and dropping to the floor.
Li Ming nodded in satisfaction, having improved by 3 minutes compared to a couple of days ago, demonstrating significant progress in his telekinetic abilities.
“What a shame, I can still only control objects up to 15 kilograms, this seems to be the only use for it presently.”
Li Ming sighed regrettably, then covering his surroundings with his psychic power effortlessly, doubling the range from when he first acquired it.
“However, manipulating the drill bit, the speed and power are already quite impressive.”
A faint smile spread across Li Ming’s face as he looked at the scattered drill bits on the ground. He then stretched his limbs and practiced the Ba Duan Jin twice with dedication.
[Ba Duan Jin proficiency +1]
[Ba Duan Jin proficiency +1]
“Hoo~”
After practicing each move twice, Li Ming felt invigorated, and the exhaustion dissipated a bit. A smile emerged on his face, yet he didn’t push any further, instead, he referenced a video on his phone vigorously practicing Tai Chi.
He practiced the 24 Form Tai Chi, a learning progress that wasn’t slow.
He focused more on perfecting his stances than exerting force, before he seriously started training.
By the end of the morning, his understanding of the Tai Chi 24 Form was very familiar.
Again, he executed his moves with utmost seriousness.
Once he completed the Tai Chi set, Li Ming felt warmth coursing through his body, his eyes involuntarily brightened.
Tai Chi, it really works!
[Tai Chi 24 Form proficiency +1]
[Tai Chi 24 Form (Beginner Practitioner 1%)]
The information floated in front of him, some insights on Tai Chi integrated into his brain, causing a glint in his eyes.
“This Tai Chi seems to enhance my endurance, how can it be so noticeable?”
Li Ming felt the changes brought by his Tai Chi 24 Form practice, it was evident that his breath became much smoother. Caught in thought, he couldn’t help but wonder.
Then he remembered the Ba Duan Jin…
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Both of these health-preserving skills, he had practiced before but never felt such deep impact, could it be due to the proficiency interface?
Or is it… Since the apocalypse arrived, some miraculous changes took place in the world, could this be why these once ordinary martial arts techniques suddenly turned mystical?
“Just keep practicing, it might surprise me.”
Li Ming hesitated for a moment as his eyes lingered on the dartboard, then decided to continue practicing the Tai Chi 24 Form, as he didn’t know why but practicing Ba Duan Jin twice made him particularly exhausted.
Yet after persevering for two days, he felt his body mysteriously lightened, even the recovery of his telekinetic powers seemed to hasten. The exact benefits were indescribable, but were clearly felt, hence he took it seriously.
Having just entered into the interface, Tai Chi also made him feel like his breaths were longer, but it wasn’t as miraculous as the Ba Duan Jin. He guessed it might be because he learned the incomplete version of Tai Chi while Ba Duan Jin was the complete one.
On the bright side, that made ranking up easier in Tai Chi!
“When Tai Chi improves to a certain standard, will my stamina increase substantially?”
Li Ming’s eyes shone with excitement as he looked forward to it, subsequently throwing himself wholeheartedly into Tai Chi training.
The time passed quickly and it was noon before he knew it.
Zhang Yuan, who had been worn-out, woke up from her sleep in a daze. Seeing her man practicing, she glanced at the clock, and it was already half-past eleven. She quickly washed her face, tidied up her clothes, and hurried to the kitchen to prepare meals for Li Ming.
“Crack…”
A little later, Peng Zhi also walked out of his room with the food. Looking at the bare-chested, vigorous looking Li Ming, he smiled awkwardly, greeted him, then stiffly walked into the kitchen to cook.
Zhang Yuan, who was currently cooking, frowned at the sight. She turned the stove to high, quickly cooked the food and walked away with a tray without a word.
