Free Web NovelChapter 380: Chapter 183: Chen Family’s Martial Arts Exhibition! Mist and Flute Music!_3
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So, how does that saying go?
Once a person achieves fame, there will be great scholars to justify them. In modern society, it’s the public who does the justifying.
Of course, the premise is that you become famous and possess convincing strength. Coincidentally, Chen Lin and his two friends are recognized experts online, with verifiable battle records.
If anyone claims the three are frauds, someone will quickly invite them to challenge the Chen Family instead.
After finishing the sparring with the Demon Suppression Hall members, Chen Lin and the others bowed to the surrounding tourists, thanking them for watching.
This elicited enthusiastic applause from the tourists. In China, everyone has a martial arts sentiment, and such performances are particularly beloved.
Chen Lin and his friends were equally exhilarated by this.
After all, they knew what the Chen Family was like before, and now it’s bustling.
This is what fame looked like in the past.
Being recognized by everyone is truly a delightful thing.
At this moment, Chen Lin took the microphone from Xiaoyu’s hand and continued, "We just performed the Taoist Sect’s ’Taiyin Long Fist’ for everyone, but that was merely a routine. Next, we’ll perform a signature act—crushing stones on the chest."
These words immediately stirred up the tourists around them.
The phrase "crushing stones on the chest" was too familiar, as it appeared in various movies and TV shows, and even many modern acrobatic acts included it.
Many had figured out that those acrobatic acts involved special materials and performers with special protection.
But for the Chen Family experts to perform this act, it couldn’t be the same; it should be real, solid martial arts.
In just a moment, the Demon Suppression Hall members had already brought out a special chair and a prepared slab of stone.
Then Chen Dagou lay down on the chair, and Chen Lin and Chen Shuisheng placed the stone slab on his chest.
Chen Lin, holding the microphone, addressed the tourists again, "To verify the quality of this stone slab, I’d like to invite a few of you with strong physiques and great strength to come up and verify it, lest anyone claim we’re using special materials for our Chen Family performance."
As soon as he said this, several hands went up, all belonging to individuals with imposing physiques.
Chen Lin selected a few to come up on stage.
He then smiled and said, "Your physiques are all very well-built, your strength apparent. Now, I’d like you to clench your fists and punch this stone slab hard to see if it’s solid enough."
This caused the people who came up to freeze.
Punch with fists?
One person asked in confusion, "Isn’t it supposed to be a hammer?"
Chen Lin laughed, "For our Chen Family’s chest-crushing stone, using fists is enough!"
This instantly amazed all the tourists.
They had always known the chest-crushing stone act to involve hammering.
Now, the Chen Family was suggesting that fists could suffice for crushing stones on the chest?
Right, what they had seen before in films and TV were just directors and writers making things up. What did they know about martial arts? As for the current performances, the skill level was just too weak.
If one is strong enough, who says stones on the chest can’t be crushed with fists, instead of hammers?
The tourists on stage were no longer hesitant, eagerly preparing to try.
Finally, the first person stepped forward and threw a hefty punch onto the stone slab, putting in much force, which even surprised himself.
But Chen Dagou didn’t feel anything, and the stone slab remained unbroken.
That punch seemed to only give the stone slab a massage.
Upon seeing this, the second person stepped forward and likewise delivered a strong punch, but again, it seemed like a massage, and the subsequent attempts were the same.
This confirmed one thing: the stone was genuine, as even these physically strong tourists with apparent strength had no effect on it.
After seeing the tourists finish trying, Chen Lin, still holding the microphone, smiled and said, "Everyone has tried, and it has been proven that there’s no problem with this stone."
While speaking, he turned slightly, raised his fist, and punched down onto the stone.
Bang!~
The stone instantly made a dull sound and cracked open.
This scene stunned everyone—the speed was lightning fast, catching them off guard.
Additionally, the one punch from this Work Hall Master of the Chen Family was truly impactful.
Those tourists on stage were dumbfounded.
They had personally tested the quality of that stone block, yet it shattered under his punch?
Chen Han, watching his Little Uncle perform from backstage, couldn’t help but smile. Little Uncle certainly showed off well.
Chen Dagou also brushed off the broken stone pieces from his body, stood up, and dusted off the flying stone dust from his chest, completely unscathed.
Afterwards, another slab was brought up, and he laid down again, after all, watching just one slab wasn’t enough for the tourists.
Chen Lin then turned to the tourists who had tested the stone, "Gentlemen, please try again."
This left the tourists bewildered—doing it again?
Earlier, ignorant, they went all out with a punch, and their hands still hurt.
But since they were up there....
Chen Lin and his friends continued to perform three chest-crushing stone acts before stopping, bowing in unison to the audience, and then collectively heading backstage.
The performance left the spectators around deeply satisfied, yet more eagerly anticipating the next act.
After all, up next was the Cloud Barrier Technique performance by the Patriarch of the Chen Family.
At that time, Xiaoyu, smiling, returned to the center of the stage and said to the crowd, "It seems everyone’s eager for the upcoming performance. Indeed, next up is the performance by my senior, the Chen Family Patriarch, showcasing his Cloud Barrier Technique..."
With Xiaoyu’s words, everyone fixed their gaze on the direction of the backstage, their eyes full of anticipation, wanting to see the Chen Patriarch appear.
But instead of seeing the Patriarch, everyone was suddenly shocked to see a layer of mist quickly emerge, covering the exit of the backstage.
Then a melodious flute sound began to play.
