349 Astonishing Techniques (1/2)
Chapter 349: Astonishing Techniques
Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Early morning.
The suburb of Los Angeles.
The dawn had arrived in the East. Amidst the leaves and grass, there were yeseterday’s raindrops.
The home and cattery of the Keller’s was a very large house of the American pastoral style, a classic mixed structure of brick and wood. The outside of the house was painted white. A lamp that was perennially lit up during nights were hanging on the porch, where two cane chairs for the owners to rest on were placed. On the wooden eaves, a U.S. flag was waving to the morning breeze. Because of the arrival of Zhang Zian, Tim had also placed the Chinese flag next to it.
Zhang Zian was wearing a new gray Chinese tunic suit, of which the style and color were similar to that of Jet Li’s in Legend of the Fist, and was bought online for RMB 200 before going abroad. Facing the rising sun, he sat cross-legged and breathed pretentiously—surprisingly, he did look like a Kung Fu Master!
Whether it was Tim or Lauren, or the neighbors of nearby communities that were passing by, all of them couldn’t help but curiously size up this newcomer from China. Allen, who was hugging the porch pillar like a monkey and looked at Zhang Zian with his heart itching, even ignored Tim, who reprimanded him and asked him to go back to work.
Finally seeing the sun that she had long been waiting for, Fina was lying on the railings under the porch, basking in sunshine lazily, and shaking her tail from time to time. The fur of her whole body was glittering like real gold.
When Allen didn’t notice, the invisible Richard secretly pecked at the nuts he had brought. Though this lad was lazy at work, he kept his promise and really prepared 10 different kinds of nuts, which were delicious and made Richard joyful.
As the sun rose, increasingly more pedestrians walked by. From time to time, when some people greeted Tim and Lauren, they would quietly inquire about who the Chinese man was and what he was doing. Tim and Lauren answered honestly that Zhang Zian was a Qigong Master from China and was here to help them train cats. As for what he was doing right now…they were told that he was gathering the quintessential Qi of the universe, and absorbing the essence of the sun and the moon.
Zhang Zian opened his eyes slightly, and upon seeing that increasingly more foreigners were gathering to look at him, he suddenly jumped from the ground. From the previous, completely motionless position, he went to the dynamic end of the spectrum and started to show the vigorous Wing Chun fighting methods!
Tim, Lauren, Allen, and all the neighbors were stunned. Their jaws almost fell to the ground!
If the breathing position before was a bit too mysterious and made them feel dubious about him, then this set of genuine Kung Fu actions immediately dismissed all their doubts!
”Kung Fu! Kung Fu!”
The spectators burst into thunderous applause! They kept whistling and cheering for him!
The noises here broke the long-term serenity in the community. Hearing the loud applause and cheers and not knowing what’s going on, neighbors who lived a bit far away and got up, put on their clothes, and came to join the crowd—watching the fun was in human nature, and foreigners were no exception.
Zhang Zian was practicing on the lawn of Tim and Lauren's home. Due to foreigners’ strong notion of respecting private territory, all the onlookers were standing on the curb, and no matter how curious they were, no one stepped in on the lawn, enabling Zhang Zian to move with enough space. Glancing around with the corners of his eyes, he noticed that almost thirty or forty people had been gathered in a short period, including children and adults, among whom there were several young and beautiful girls.
None of the foreigners present had seen this before! Their previous understanding of Kung Fu came from old movies and hearsay. Right now, a Kung Fu Master from China was showing them his skills for free. They were dazzled and nearly passed out from being overwhelmed with happiness! Office workers had forgotten to go to work, children had forgotten to go to school, joggers had stopped their running, and dog owners stopped walking their dogs. Everyone walking by had been attracted by Zhang Zian, and they invariably stopped to watch him. Quite a few people also raised their cell phones to record videos, sharing them to Twitter, Facebook and other social medias.
Some of the foreigners dressed in sportswear for morning jogging didn’t carry cell phones with them, but they were reluctant to miss the scene and went back home to fetch their cell phones! They were remorseful, feeling that they had let the chance of getting rich slip away!
Fina was a bit annoyed by the incessant bravo and it stared at Zhang Zian disdainfully. Had he ever been so diligent in practicing before?