Chapter 1231: Chapter 1203: The Elder Practicing Tai Chi
In fact, there aren’t too few people who come to exercise in the morning.
Besides these elderly people, there are indeed quite a few young people doing morning exercises as well.
However, for these young people, most are jogging or engaging in some other exercise activities.
Yet Li Chen, following a group of elderly people doing Tai Chi, inevitably seemed a bit odd.
Among this group of elderly people with an average age of over sixty, the presence of a young man in his twenties truly made him stand out.
However, no one came up to question Li Chen about it, after all, people have the freedom to choose their preferred way of exercising. If Li Chen insists on doing Tai Chi, that’s no one’s business but his own.
And Li Chen himself clearly had no intention of greeting others, immersing himself in his own morning exercise.
Li Chen was reflecting, indeed he was reflecting.
Although not profoundly, he was indeed in a state of reflection.
For an Earth-level Expert, reflection is also an indispensable form of cultivation. And compared to True Qi, he had now truly entered a peculiar state of training, as if multiple paths lay before him, and even he didn’t know which direction to take.
After all, a Martial Artist possessing multiple Earth-grade Attributes—forget seeing, he hadn’t even heard of such a thing.
He didn’t know if this was good or bad, but he understood that regardless of the outcome, he had to continue persevering in his cultivation. Otherwise, he would lose the capital to confront his enemies.
"What a big problem." He silently sighed in his heart, and an expression of weightiness and world-weariness contrary to his age appeared on Li Chen’s face.
At that moment, he no longer seemed to stand out, appearing instead like an old man.
Because he bore the aura of weathered experience that only the elderly possess.
"Get lost!"
A highly discordant voice came from not far away.
Turning his head, Li Chen saw a few men with unfriendly expressions appeared in the park out of nowhere.
Leading them was a teenager of about sixteen or seventeen, followed by three or four others, all in sharp black suits with stern expressions, making it immediately apparent they were bodyguards.
And at this moment, the teenager was loudly shouting at an elder beside him to leave.
"I don’t know what’s gotten into the old man; we have equipment at home, yet he insists on making me come to this messy place to exercise!" Li Chen could clearly hear the teenager’s low murmur of complaint.
"Young master, the boss is doing this for your own good. This cultivation method was invited at great expense by master from a genuine Martial Artist. Although the home equipment is good, this training requires being outside." A bodyguard beside the teenager whispered, slightly bowing.
"Why should I care about training?" The teenager said impatiently, "My family has plenty of money, do I need to worry about my own safety? What’s the point of having you guys if not for that?"
The bodyguard looked embarrassed but dared not say more.
"And what’s with that martial arts nonsense, talking big, but really just freeloading at my house? Bah!" the teenager said disdainfully.
"Young master, whatever the case, we should follow the boss’s orders, right?" Another, older bodyguard standing by the teenager spoke up.
Upon hearing this, the teenager, although unwilling, had no argument.
He indeed couldn’t defy his father; everything he had now was bestowed by his father, and if his father truly wished to take something away from him, he would be helpless.
So usually at home, he behaved like a model child, only showing his violent side in front of outsiders.
"Hey! Old guy, I told you to get lost, did you not hear me?"
Only then did the teenager notice that not far from him, an elderly man was still leisurely doing Tai Chi, as if he hadn’t heard what he said.
Others evidently didn’t want to provoke him and had already left, but at this moment, the elderly man standing there looked so out of place.
Still, the old man made no response to the teenager’s words, continuing his slow Tai Chi as if he hadn’t noticed at all.
The teenager got angry and took big steps toward the old man, raising his leg to kick him.
This kick was quite forceful, even though he hadn’t started proper training, a full-force kick from a teenager was enough to directly knock a frail old man to the ground.
Many nearby people gasped in surprise.
Li Chen was just about to step forward but then suddenly stopped.
Watching the old man, a strange look flashed in Li Chen’s eyes.
Because, in the next moment, the old man made a slight turn and the teenager’s foot, somehow, ended up in the old man’s hand.
Gripping the teenager’s foot, the old man simply led it in the direction the teenager kicked.
The teenager immediately flashed past the old man’s side,
still holding one leg high.
Then... crack!
A perfect split sprawled on the ground.
"Owww!!"
The scream came from the teenager’s mouth.
Although the teenager wasn’t very old, he was almost fully developed, and because of his affluent lifestyle, he rarely exercised and never did stretching. This split brought him to tears from the pain.
Of course, more importantly, he... pulled a muscle.
"Young master! Young master!"
Behind the teenager, several bodyguards rushed over.
"Kill that old geezer for me!!" The teenager, with a vicious look on his face, stared at the group, crying and yelling, "I’ll take responsibility for whatever happens, kill him for me!!"
The bodyguards’ job was to protect the teenager, and now, having failed to prevent him from getting hurt under their watch, they would undoubtedly face criticism and possibly lose their jobs. At this point, their eyes towards the old man turned unfriendly.
After exchanging glances, the group simultaneously lunged at the old man.
At this moment, many others around couldn’t stand it any longer. Though too afraid to intervene directly, some took out their phones, evidently intending to call the police.
However, before they could make the call, they witnessed a shocking scene.
"Thud!"
"Thud!"
"Thud!"
With the sound of several heavy objects hitting the ground, the bodyguards charging at the old man were effortlessly taken down by him.
And the old man’s expression remained calm, as if he didn’t consider them worth his attention.
"With such little skill, you dare come out and make a fool of yourselves?"
Looking at the few people lying on the ground, the old man said the first sentence since their appearance.