1510 Not a Bad Thing
"Older Brother!" Crying out in an excited, loud voice, Xu Feifei dashed toward Xu Que with a face full of joy.
But she didn't throw herself into his embrace.
She acted like a small child who'd gotten 100 percent on a test and was anxious to find her parents to show off. She pulled up her sleeves to reveal her fair, young hands, as she moved closer to Xu Que and said proudly, "Older Brother, you see, quickly look!"
"What am I looking at?" Xu Que stared at her, a little confused.
"Aren't they tender? Aren't they fair? Aren't they beautiful?" Xu Feifei fired off three questions in a row.
Xu Que rolled his eyes and said in a serious voice, "Can you be a little more modest? Where are the humility and subtlety of our Xu family traditions?"
PAH! "Xu Que, I'm telling you, now that I've shed my mortal body and am at the peak of the Original Infant Stage, I'm no longer an ordinary person. I want to fight a duel with you." Xu Feifei seemed very smug. Her true colors seemed to have reasserted themselves, after a period of shyness and quiet that had followed her introduction to the World of Cultivators.
She seemed to believe that as long as she had cultivated her Qi and could put some Magic Arts to use, she was no longer an ordinary person, but a true
cultivator. And since her older brother, Xu Que, was also a cultivator, she figured, why not? A duel between two cultivators, she and Xu Que, win or lose, they would have to fight to find out who was strongest.
"You want to fight a duel with me? Ho, ho, ho, you should ask your sisters-in-law whether they think you can beat me? I, your older brother, am already a Golden Celestial of the Great All-Embracing Heaven. A mere Original Infant Stage cultivator is way too weak to fight with me." Xu Que shook his head with disdain.
"A Golden Celestial of the Great All-Embracing Heaven?" Xu Feifei looked startled. Then she turned and looked at Jiang Hongyan in confusion as she said, "Older Sister Hongyan, is the Golden Celestial of the Great All-Embracing Heaven more powerful than the Original Infant Stage?"
Jiang Hongyan smiled faintly and said, "The Golden Celestial of the Great All-Embracing Heaven is way more powerful, but he wouldn't dare bully you, his little sister."
"Ah! So it turns out that I still haven't overtaken him." Xu Feifei seemed unexpectedly a little depressed. Her greatest pleasure and motivation were to quickly cultivate and become stronger so as to surpass Xu Que, in order to return to their previous time on Earth during her childhood when she could bully her older brother, Xu Que.
But now it seemed as if this hope was going to be lost forever.
"Why are you so eager to be stronger than I am?" Xu Que smiled and asked.
"It's my main goal," Xu Feifei replied.
"Then are you able to bear hardships?" Xu Que said with a smile.
"Of course, I can.�� Xu Feifei looked strong and determined.
"But I'm not willing to let you suffer." Xu Que rejoined.
PAH! "I want to bear hardships!"
"No way, your Older Brother won't let you. You'd better listen to me."
"No, Older Brother, I want to suffer,"
All of a sudden, Xu Feifei grabbed Xu Que's arm and started acting like a spoiled, little child.
Xu Que and Xu Feifei had always done this, and it continued now. They went from mutual dislike to acting like spoiled children with each other. The people who were forced to watch these demonstrations of sibling love would grimace bitterly.
"Okay, then you eat this." Xu Que directly took out a Flat Peach from the System's storage. It shone golden, with brilliant lights and vibrant colors.
It was the Nine-Reincarnation Peach, dug out from the bottom of the Jade Lake that year that Xu Que's "father" had "saved" the Jade Lake's Peach Garden. It had absorbed all the energy from the entire Peach Garden, and it had been the main culprit that had caused the Peach Garden to decline into a state of depression for thousands of years. It contained thousands of years of essence from the hundreds of peach trees that comprised the whole Peach Garden.
Originally, Xu Que had kept this Nine-Reincarnation Peach as a lifesaver in order to prepare for any eventualities he might run into. He knew he could use it to prevent the Chaotic Green Lotus in his Dantian area from not being given enough Celestial Core Power in case it suddenly grew larger.
But recently the Chaotic Green Lotus had seemed calm, and there had been no signs of growth for a long time. It seemed as if Xu Feifei's qualifications weren't naturally very good, so, in order to allow her self-protection ability to grow as soon as and as much as possible, Xu Que had decided not to be stingy and to share his Nine-Reincarnation Peach with his sister.
Xu Que took out the Nine-Reincarnation Peach. As a madman in terms of protecting his younger sister, this mere Nine-Reincarnation Peach was nothing.
"Wow! What a beautiful peach!" When Xu Feifei saw the Nine-Reincarnation Peach, her eyes lit up instantly.
Although she was already at the Original Infant Stage, all her cultivation had taken place in the Good Fortune Jade Disk, behind closed doors. She had been treated completely like a flower in a greenhouse, and her knowledge about the World of Cultivators was still relatively sparse.
Furthermore, the Nine-Reincarnation Peach itself was an object powerful enough to make countless cultivators in the Heaven Continent covetous. As Xu Que took it out at this moment, Xu Feifei really couldn't be blamed for not staying calm.
Zixia Fairy, Jiang Hongyan, and Liu Jingning were also stunned by the appearance of the Nine-Reincarnation Peach. They looked at Xu Que, full of strange and curious looks. How was it that this guy always had these many precious objects on him?
"Take it. Take a small bite, and then continue to cultivate. If you feel that the pace of your cultivation has slowed down, then take another bite. Do not be greedy. Got it?" Xu Que gave the Nine-Reincarnation Peach to Xu Feifei and reminded her repeatedly of his instructions.
Xu Feifei nodded with a face full of joy. She took the Nine-Reincarnation Peach and held it up in her hands. She handled it lovingly and admired it.
"Don't just look, hurry up and take a bite…" Xu Que couldn't help shaking his head when he saw Xu Feifei's look. Girls always liked to collect beautiful things, even if they were meant to be eaten.
However, he hadn't even finished his sentence when Xu Feifei suddenly opened her mouth and took a bite of the Nine-Reincarnation Peach. The moment she opened her mouth, she bit off a large chunk of the peach's flesh.
The sparkling, bright pulp of the fruit produced a golden-colored peach juice. Also, when she chewed it, it gave off a refreshing deep fragrance.
"Wow, it's delicious!" Xu Feifei smiled like a silly, spoiled child of a land-owning household and looked at Xu Que as she spoke.
"All right, all right, I'm glad that it's good to eat. Quickly sit down and start your cultivation." Xu Que laughed bitterly and looked at the peach longingly. He was actually a little ravenous.
"Okay." Xu Feifei swallowed the pulp and sat cross-legged in satisfaction.
Jiang Hongyan also smiled as she walked forward to set up a protective spell for Xu Feifei, to prevent the Qi from overflowing and causing meditation psychosis from swallowing too much peach pulp.
However, Xu Feifei's state seemed very stable, and the pace of cultivation was still slow.
Xu Que was surprised. He hadn't expected this kind of situation. "It doesn't seem to be much faster than cultivating in the Good Fortune Jade Disk," he said. Jiang Hongyan also frowned.
"How did this happen?" Xu Que was struck dumb. According to everything they knew about the power of this Nine-Reincarnation Peach, it was enough to make a cultivator at the Earth Celestial Stage improve by one level with just one mouthful.
Xu Feifei was only at the Original Infant Stage. Xu Que was of course happy that her body hadn't exploded because of this one mouthful. But he was also dumbfounded. "Why was her cultivation still going so slowly?"
"Is it possible that her digestion and absorption ability are not good?" Xu Que frowned.
"Something's not right!" Zixia Fairy suddenly said in a panic. She stepped forward and reached her fair hand out and placed it on top of Xu Feifei's head. A wisp of Celestial Core Power flowed out of her palm and enveloped Xu Feifei's entire body.
The next moment, she immediately took back her hand, and her face became deadly serious.
"Xuan'er, what's going on?" Xu Que asked hurriedly.
"It's not that her aptitude is not good." Zixia Fairy shook her head, and her expression became a little complicated as she said, "It can be said rather that her aptitude is too good."
"Too good?" Xu Que, Jiang Hongyan, and the others were stunned.
"That's right. Her physique is very strange. All the absorbed Qi does not directly flow into the Dantian area, but it's all disseminated throughout the body. The Qi that eventually enters the Dantian area is only a small part of the Qi that she's absorbed," Zixia Fairy said in a low voice.
Generally speaking, the Qi would be routed out for people with below-average aptitude. It would flow out of the body and disappear. Only a little would enter the Dantian area.
But Xu Feifei was not like this. The Qi that disseminated throughout her body didn't come out.
So, what was the disseminated Qi in her body doing? This was not the way of tempering the body, and Xu Feifei's body didn't look very strong.
Xu Que looked perplexed and couldn't figure it out.
"Whether the Qi in the Good Fortune Jade Disk or that Nine-Reincarnation Peach just now has given her Qi that is perfect and pure. The Qi that flowed into her Dantian area was even purer. Like a piece of fine jade, she didn't want all of it, but only took the most flawless part."
Zixia Fairy explained the phenomenon, and then shook her head as she said, "This is a very high requirement that her physique has of the Qi. Her foundation will be perfect and solid. Her strength will be superior to ordinary people's and will exceed that of geniuses, but… The world never seems to have seen such a kind of physique ever before."
"That's it." Xu Que nodded, as he understood. No wonder Zixia Fairy had said that Xu Feifei's aptitude was too good.
Anything that was too good was not necessarily a good thing. The cup would overflow with water when it was filled to the brim.
Xu Feifei's situation seemed to have gotten pretty tricky.
"It reminds me of a phrase." Liu Jingning suddenly spoke up and said with a laugh, "A great talent matures slowly! Perhaps this is not a bad thing. She's just cultivating slowly, but the final outcome is bound to be that she will be very strong."
"That's…true too." Xu Que smiled and nodded. He was indeed a little anxious. He'd only wanted to get Xu Feifei's cultivation stage to quickly improve, but he hadn't thought carefully about all the possible ramifications.
However, it didn't seem as if Xu Feifei's current situation was a bad thing. With his ability to provide her with such superior cultivation resources, her future looked really immeasurable.
"Okay, then we'll let her cultivate slowly. Anyway, I have lots of time." Xu Que was relieved and said with a relaxed smile.
Jiang Hongyan and several other people also nodded to express their agreement.
This group of people would continue to stay hidden in the cave dwelling. They would occasionally meditate, and they'd chat from time to time. After Xu Que and Jiang Hongyan had talked about everything that had happened, from the Four Great Continents to the Heaven Continent, they would occasionally mention various things about Earth with Zixia Fairy and Liu Jingning.
More than ten days flew by quickly.
Xu Que had no idea and no way of knowing what was going on in the outside world. He didn't know whether the people from the Heaven Palace Sect were explosively angry and looking for him everywhere, or whether Buttface and Duan Jiude had found Xuanyuan Wanrong.
Anyway, these days living in the cave dwelling were peaceful and beautiful. It was very quiet and comfortable.
And then one day there was a slight fluctuation in the restrictive barrier outside the cave dwelling.
Xu Que opened his eyes from his state of meditation and became alert. He initiated his Mind Sense and spread it out of the cave dwelling.
"In pursuit of treasure!" A familiar cry suddenly rang out in Xu Que's mind.
Xu Que abruptly raised his eyebrows. "Ah, Buttface is back!"
1511 Traversing Relationship Tribulations
BANG!
With a loud crashing sound, Xu Que unsealed the cave dwelling's restrictive barrier and pushed open the Divine Aperture's Shell. A breeze suddenly blew in.
HOWL! Buttface dashed over, making his joy of finding them again apparent.
"D*mn, Your Holiness shouted In Pursuit of Treasure ten times before you opened the door. Don't you even care about our news of Xuanyuan Wanrong? This is simply preposterous!" Buttface shouted as he ran in.
Not far away, Duan Jiude could be seen giving his body a shake, and then he too admonished Xu Que in a stern voice, "Xu Que, fellow, you have an exaggerated opinion of your own abilities. Xuanyuan Wanrong has already arrived here. What made you think she would wait to be picked up?"
AHEM! "Faction Leader, please pay closer attention the next time." Mo Junchen cleared his throat and added his own comment.
Xu Que immediately raised his eyebrows and almost took out the Tough-Acting King's Purple-Gold Rod to bash these three fools on their heads.
"Utterly shameless and completely reckless!"
"How dare they butter up Xuanyuan Wanrong in front of me, the Act-Tough Saint?"
"I can let it go with Buttface and Duan Jiude, because they are always acting like idiots. But Mo Junchen, you're an honest man, why are you joining in?"
"Did you destroy the Chosen by Heaven Ceremony?" At this time, a cold and familiar voice rang out.
Xu Que looked up to see Xuanyuan Wanrong slowly walk over. Her expression was cold, and there was a look of antipathy in her eyes, as if she still bore him a grudge over their previous confrontations.
Xu Que was also not a good-natured person. Once he had seen Xuanyuan Wanrong, he became very angry, and he sneered at her as he said, "If I hadn't gone there to destroy it, don't tell me I could've still relied on you? Come to think of it, I have already saved you twice. Your cultivation is really impressive-looking, but useless."
"Do you want to give a try?" Xuanyuan Wanrong instantly released boundless pressure that rushed toward Xu Que.
BANG!
Suddenly, there was the sound of a blast in the air. A similarly powerful pressure swept out and directly knocked back Xuanyuan Wanrong's pressure.
Immediately after, Zixia Fairy came out of the cave dwelling and coldly looked at Xuanyuan Wanrong.
Xuanyuan Wanrong didn't get angry. After she'd swept a glance toward Zixia Fairy, she immediately restrained herself and decided not to bicker.
However, no one at the scene thought she was afraid. After all, with her strength, she was able to crush Zixia Fairy. People were somewhat unable to figure out her actions.
Why was Xuanyuan Wanrong able to be remarkable and peaceful in the face of other people and even take the initiative to give in? But when faced with Xu Que, she was always aggressive.
"D*mn, is it my fault that I'm so handsome?" Xu Que also realized the disparity between her treatment of him and everyone else and scolded her.
"Brother Que, mind your words in front of the celestial Xuanyuan. Do not be so impertinent." Buttface looked stern and reminded Xu Que with a growl to be on his best behavior. As usual, he was every inch the opportunist.
Xu Que already couldn't be bothered with Buttface. There was going to be a time to sort this fool out, but there was other proper business to take care of at present.
He lifted his head up and looked at Xuanyuan Wanrong, and he said calmly, "Since you've arrived, come over and see something, which you'll most certainly recognize."
"What is it?" Xuanyuan Wanrong asked with a frown.
She had heard some rumors on the way here that Xu Que had destroyed the Chosen by Heaven Ceremony. And now, all the forces in the Heaven Continent were ordering his arrest. Whether it was from his own will or forced by circumstances, no one dared to speak up for Xu Que at the moment.
The people of the Heaven Palace Sect had also twisted various arguments and fabricated the story that the One Chosen by Heaven was really going to be the savior who was going to save the Heaven Continent from the coming crisis. And then Xu Que and the Exploding Heavens Faction, who had lived off them while secretly helping others, had destroyed the Chosen by Heaven Ceremony, and now the Heaven Continent was trapped in turmoil.
Now, countless people from the Heaven Continent, who didn't know the truth, regarded Xu Que as an enemy. In addition, since Xu Que had been missing for dozens of days without making any sign, it also implied that the Exploding Heavens Faction wasn't making any rebuttal to these statements, leading more and more people to believe these rumors to be true.
However, Xuanyuan Wanrong knew the truth, and she was very clear about the real purpose of the Heaven Palace Sect, who were anxiously looking for the One Chosen by Heaven. The fact that Xu Que had to bear his name being blackened was wrong, but this was also the reason why she was still willing to come and see Xu Que, even after she'd found out that the Chosen by Heaven Ceremony had been destroyed.
Otherwise, if she'd known that the Chosen by Heaven Ceremony had been destroyed before learning about all the other information, she would've directly gone to the people of the Heaven Palace Sect to seek an accounting and basically wouldn't have come to see Xu Que.
"Come see for yourself," Xu Que impatiently replied and greeted Zixia Fairy before he directly turned back to the cave dwelling.
He really couldn't maintain any favorable opinions of Xuanyuan Wanrong. It was not just because of their previous misunderstandings, but also because of an inexplicable rejection.
It was exactly like when one hated a person, inexplicably disliking that person at first glance. There was not much reason to it. No matter what actions the other side took, it would just cause one to feel rejection and disgust.
"F*ck, this is too much and preposterous," Buttface immediately shouted.
"That's right, you're too much." Duan Jiude seconded Buttface's opinion.
"Too much." Mo Junchen nodded in agreement as well.
"Yes, it's too much… Hey, you guys wait for me. Did you forget about me?" The toy-poodle who was the reincarnation of the Eight-headed Serpent called out. It was so angry that it wanted to cry when it found that everyone had gone to the cave dwelling and forgotten about him.
At the same time, Xu Que, the first to step into the cave dwelling, had already arrived at that huge Heavenly Stone of Taiyi. Once everyone had entered the cave dwelling, he'd immediately re-sealed it to prevent the people of the Heaven Palace Sect from sensing their presence.
But without waiting for him to speak, the face of Xuanyuan Wanrong, who had just walked through the mouth of the cave dwelling, changed.
"You stole and brought here the Heavenly Stone of Taiyi?" she cried out in shock. She was completely flabbergasted.
"That goes without saying. Or else they would just have chosen a new…" Xu Que answered her with a cold snort. Then he had only finished half his sentence when there was a sudden BOOM! The Heavenly Stone of Taiyi shook and refracted two blazing golden beams, which completely shackled him and Xuanyuan Wanrong.
"F*ck, what's going on?" Xu Que was stunned.
His own Celestial Core Power had been completely shackled, and his body simply couldn't move. The golden beam pulled him up on the spot.
The people in the cave dwelling were also startled. Zixia Fairy reacted very quickly and issued a few Celestial Arts, but they went through the golden beam and basically didn't disrupt it.
"You've done a stupid thing, a seriously stupid thing!" Xuanyuan Wanrong angrily glared at Xu Que and yelled.
She also couldn't overcome that golden beam. Her body had also been pulled toward the Heavenly Stone of Taiyi.
"What the hell is going on here?" Xu Que asked quickly.
Xuanyuan Wanrong looked furious and wished she could bite Xu Que to death, as she gritted her teeth to say, "Two people Chosen by Heaven form a pair, and once they appear in front of the Heavenly Stone of Taiyi at the same time, they will be regarded as taking the initiative to go through the Relationship Tribulations."
"What? I'm going to have to traverse the Relationship Tribulations with you? Come on, why didn't you say so earlier?" Xu Que was dumbfounded once he heard her words and felt a chill in his heart.
"I am going to traverse the Relationship Tribulations with Xuanyuan Wanrong? Stop messing around! What's the difference between this and death?"
If you'd informed me directly just now that you'd stolen the Heavenly Stone of Taiyi, we wouldn't be…" Xuanyuan Wanrong said angrily.
However, suddenly the golden beam gave one last pull on Xu Que's body, and he was completely dragged into the Heavenly Stone of Taiyi, disappearing without a trace.
Helplessness and reluctance flashed in Xuanyuan Wanrong's eyes. There was also a hint of bitterness. Immediately after, she was also dragged by the golden beam and went into the Heavenly Stone of Taiyi, completely disappearing also.
There was a sudden silence in the cave dwelling.
Everyone had been completely taken aback. No one had expected such a situation to occur
Zixia Fairy looked at Jiang Hongyan, while Jiang Hongyan's eyebrows were knitted into a deep frown. She felt as if she was at her wits' end.
Liu Jingning's mouth was wide open in disbelief.
Buttface, Duan Jiude, and the others were also dumbstruck. They looked at each other and said, "What…"
This was such a pain in the *ss. They had gone to great lengths to find Xuanyuan Wanrong and bring her here. And now it had led to this huge mistake.
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It was early in the morning and the sun was shining.
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! On the road, an ear-piercing car horn was honking.
Xuanyuan Wanrong stood in the middle of the road, facing the car that was honking at her. Her face was full of alarm and confusion.
"Where…where am I?" She muttered to herself in a whisper. She felt utter disbelief and her forehead was creased with a deep frown.
"Girl, are you shooting a movie or are you a mental case? What are you doing, blocking the road in broad daylight? Quickly, get out of here! I am going to be late for work. Don't think you can do whatever you want just because you're pretty!" At this time, the sedan honking at Xuanyuan Wanrong rolled down its car window. A furious looking middle-aged woman yelled and stared at her.
Xuanyuan Wanrong frowned again. She was just about to open her mouth to ask something when she glimpsed a familiar figure from the corner of her eyes suddenly walk past her.
"Xu Que?" She was shocked. She wanted to dash forward to give chase after Xu Que, but then she discovered that she didn't have any cultivation in her body.
"Oh, no, the most difficult kind of Relationship Tribulations!"
Xuanyuan Wanrong's face abruptly looked serious. She turned around and hurriedly gave chase in the direction of that familiar figure.
Although just now that young man's clothes looked equally as strange as the other people's, and he had short hair. However, she clearly recognized Xu Que.
"What exactly is this little ruffian's background? And what is this strange place? According to reason, the first round of Relationship Tribulations is nothing but to go to each other's worlds from their memories of their first stirrings of true feelings. At this moment, I have appeared in the world of his memories. His memory should have been imprisoned by the Heavenly Stone of Taiyi. Only I can remember him, and I must make him transfer his true feelings to me so that his memory will be unlocked to traverse this Relationship Tribulation. But…why did the Heavenly Stone of Taiyi seal my cultivation?"
Xuanyuan Wanrong whispered to herself as she moved forward to catch up with Xu Que. "Unless it is because there are no cultivators in this place. But in the case of Relationship Tribulations, once you're dead, it will be a real death. So, it is more dangerous in a place that has no cultivators. Such a Relationship Tribulations…bodes ill!"
1512 You"d Better Quickly Like Me If You Want to Live
The One Chosen by Heaven, filtered through the Heavenly Stone of Taiyi, had always been regarded as an existence with a majestic status in the Heaven Continent.
After all, to be chosen by Heaven meant that the person had been elected by Heaven and thus had a sort of holy supremacy.
But few people knew that the One Chosen by Heaven could also control the Heaven Continent and open the door leading to the Divine Realm.
Over many long years, the small number of people who were privy to these secrets had become the people who wielded power in the major forces. By controlling the One Chosen by Heaven, they were able to rule the Heaven Continent and thus control the route leading to the Divine Realm.
Xuanyuan Wanrong had long known about this secret. However, she hadn't been willing to cooperate with the Heaven Palace Sect. She also hadn't wanted to harm other people by pulling them into the trap of becoming the One Chosen by Heaven. She had also realized that not picking another person to become the One Chosen by Heaven could delay the time before she would have to traverse the Relationship Tribulations.
But, unexpectedly, due to her ridiculously impulsive anger, she had once written Xu Que into the Heavenly Book of Taiyi, turning him into her cultivation companion, and also another One Chosen by Heaven.
Now this impulsive move of hers had led to a huge blunder. The two of them had appeared in front of the Heavenly Stone of Taiyi at the same time, and now they had been dragged into the world of memory. They were going to have to traverse the Relationship Tribulations right now.
The first round of the Relationship Tribulations was for each of the two people to take turns in each other's worlds of memory in order to experience the moment when the other person had had their first stirrings of true feelings. Only by using their current true feelings to resist their true feelings of the past would they be able to declare victory and experience having traversed the Relationship Tribulations.
Xuanyuan Wanrong had at one time understood these things. She had learned everything from the records left by the previous generations of the Ones Chosen by Heaven.
The world she was currently in at this moment has been derived from Xu Que's memories, and she was experiencing the first time that Xu Que personally had experienced the feelings of falling in love. What she had to do was to try and move Xu Que and make Xu Que transfer his true feelings onto her.
But what she was experiencing in Xu Que's memories exceeded Xuanyuan Wanrong's expectations. She discovered that she had arrived in a strange world with rarefied Qi. It didn't even have cultivators. All the people were mortal. Everyone was dressed in an extremely strange manner, and they all had really bizarre hairstyles.
She was totally confused as she chased after the young man who looked like Xu Que. She'd already attracted countless passersby's strange glances. Many people took out small metal boxes and pointed them toward her, while they talked endlessly about her.
"Wow, amazing! I've just run into a beautiful girl in period costume."
"Her bearing is also so good. I'm sure that there are no actresses in period costumes in the country who can surpass her. This girl will absolutely be hot."
"Is there a crew that has come here to film a production?"
"Yeah, but there's no place around here to shoot a period costume film."
"Is it a time-travel show?"
"Ha, ha, ha, I guess it's a campus time-travel drama. After all, Jinnan University is near here."
Xuanyuan Wanrong overheard everything that these weird people were talking about.
She found it difficult to understand much of what they were talking about. What was a time-travel show, and what about a university campus? She had never heard these terms before.
"What kind of weird place did the little ruffian come from?" Xuanyuan Wanrong frowned, but she could not focus too much attention on this at the moment.
Seeing the young man she suspected to be Xu Que in front of her, bouncing along and acting completely vivacious as if he was happy about something, Xuanyuan Wanrong could only rush to keep up because she was afraid that she would lose him.
But soon Xuanyuan Wanrong was stopped by someone.
Xu Que pranced along happily and ran through the gates of Jinnan University, but, as Xuanyuan Wanrong attempted to follow him, a security guard rushed out from inside the security booth next to the gate and blocked her way.
"Hello, please show me your student identification card." The middle-aged security guard looked at Xuanyuan Wanrong and was moved by her beauty, but still kept his cool, calm expression.
It was fortunate that Xuanyuan Wanrong had lost her cultivation and was without the excessive and extraordinary manners of a cultivator. Otherwise, these mortals would have been totally freaked out.
But even just on her appearance alone, she was eye-catching. The rate of people turning their heads to get a second look at her was 100 percent. Even great, beautiful screen actresses would have paled in comparison to Xuanyuan Wanrong if one counted how many looks they'd drawn this day.
Now that this middle-aged security guard had stopped her, it was partly because of her period costume, but it was also largely because of her outstanding appearance. He couldn't help but want to strike up a conversation with her, as if he felt that he would get incomparably satisfied by talking to her.
Xuanyuan Wanrong was somewhat startled when she was stopped.
Student identification card? What is that?
She didn't know what to do. Her first reaction was to barge into this place, but she was also well aware that she was completely without her cultivation at present and thus no different from the mortals. Perhaps she wouldn't even be able to declare victory over this middle-aged man.
However, if she didn't catch up, it was likely that it would be extremely difficult to find Xu Que again. It was inevitable that many unforeseen events were going to arise in this unfamiliar place where she didn't know anyone and had no means of self-protection.
"Never mind!"
Xuanyuan Wanrong frowned and shook her head. Her eyes swept away toward the still-prancing Xu Que, and she shouted, "Xu Que…"
"What?"
The young man in front of her who had been prancing along immediately stopped, turned his head, looked at Xuanyuan Wanrong in confusion, and exclaimed in surprise, "Are you calling me?"
"Yes, I am, come over here." Xuanyuan Wanrong nodded.
"No, I don't have time." The young man stared at her, and a wary look appeared on his face as he said, "Who are you? Why do you know my name? Are you secretly in love with me? Or are you trying to trick me?"
"….." Xuanyuan Wanrong slightly narrowed her eyes.
"If it hadn't been possible to determine whether this young man was Xu Que before, now she was thoroughly convinced that this guy was Xu Que.
Although his appearance seemed a little childish and his features were also not as refined as they had been in the world of cultivators, the same kind of shameless manners of a ruffian could be recognized in this man. He gave off a distinctive bad guy vibe.
"Come on over, and I'll tell you everything." Xuanyuan Wanrong controlled her temper and spoke in a low voice.
"Well, look at you, beautiful and bright, why do you seem a little abnormal when you speak? Are you shooting a film? Or are you filming a variety show? Where's the camera?" Xu Que said and started to walk toward Xuanyuan Wanrong.
"Follow me, please." When Xuanyuan Wanrong saw Xu Que walking over, she breathed a sigh of relief and turned around to go.
However, after taking a few steps, she suddenly realized something was wrong, and she immediately turned around. Xu Que hadn't followed her but stood in the same place with an amused expression on his face.
"Why won't you come talk to me?" Xuanyuan Wanrong frowned.
"Oh, do you think I'm stupid?" Xu Que snorted with scorn. "Boys must protect themselves outside, especially such an outstanding and handsome person like me. You think just because you're beautiful, you can kidnap me and then sell me to a rich woman? It's no use. I have long seen through tricks like yours. Hurry up and get out of here!"
Having finished his little diatribe, Xu Que turned around and was going to leave.
Xuanyuan Wanrong was instantly annoyed. This fool had been already like this before his cultivation. He was really shameless.
"Come here!" Xuanyuan Wanrong shouted in anger and quickly stepped forward to directly pull at Xu Que's clothes to get him to follow her outside.
"Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing? What the f*ck, are you forcibly grabbing a young boy? Security, save me, f*ck, you'd better f*cking save me, ah! Why are you standing there staring at me? I really don't know this woman!" Xu Que shouted in a panic.
However, the middle-aged security guard looked at him with contempt and jealousy and didn't move at all.
"He's complaining even though he's getting the better end of the bargain?"
"I can f*cking tell with one look that this is obviously a quarrel between a couple. Son of a b*tch, it's so annoying. How did this kid score such a good-looking girlfriend?"
After he watched the two people walk away, the middle-aged security guard shook his head and went back to the security guardhouse with a despondent look.
Meanwhile, Xu Que had already been pulled off the road to the school by Xuanyuan Wanrong. They went straight over to an empty space at the side of the road.
When Xu Que had finally realized that there was no van or other people in the neighborhood, he let her pull him over there. If he had noticed anything fishy, he would've put up a fight and resisted her.
"All right, all right, tell me what is the matter. It seems like there's no one else here." Xu Que frowned at Xuanyuan Wanrong.
Xuanyuan Wanrong also stopped and looked seriously at Xu Que. She thought a little before she continued in what she hoped was a life-or-death manner, "It's a long story. Simply put, you'd better quickly like me if you want to live."
1513 Oh, Men!
"What?"
Xu Que looked shocked after he'd heard what Xuanyuan Wanrong had said. He clutched his chest with both hands.
"I have to like you if I want to live? What the h*ll are you talking about? F*ck, are you trying to tell me this isn't a joke?"
"What kind of person acts like this?"
"I'm not fooling around. What I'm telling you is true. Although where we are now is only in the world of your memory, we actually live in the World of Cultivators. Unfortunately, you and I are involved in a feud there. Due to a long series of misunderstandings, our feud has gone on for a long time. The location where we are right now is where you were from before you became a cultivator. I know you don't have any memories of our current situation in the World of Cultivators, so you must simply believe everything I say, or else we are both going to die." Xuanyuan Wanrong began trying to explain what was going on when she suddenly noticed Xu Que's expression.
Even though she was explaining things in line with her usual style of doing things, someone like Xu Que, who was living in modern times, found it hard to understand.
"Who could possibly really believe a pretty girl, dressed up in a period costume, who came over in broad daylight to tell you such an absurd story one day when you were on your way to college?"
"Hey, big sister, stop pulling my leg. Are you filming some kind of a comedy program where you are trying to get people's weird reactions to make the audience laugh? I have an important matter to attend to this evening, and it has to do with the rest of my life's happiness…" Xu Que rolled his eyes at Xuanyuan Wanrong and turned around to leave.
Knowing his character as a jokester, if it had been any other day, he would certainly have played along for a while. But he really had an important matter to attend to tonight.
He had carefully arranged a big plan. He was going to go out this evening with his roommate and confess his feelings to the campus belle, Lin Yuxi!
So, right now, Xu Que was basically not in the mood to squander his time with this beauty in a period costume.
"What was she talking about? The World of Cultivators? Who the h*ll was she trying to kid?"
"Stop, please!" Xuanyuan Wanrong immediately stopped Xu Que with a shout, and she asked him with evident annoyance, "You don't believe me?"
"Oh, my. Hey, big sister, can you please stop acting? Would any normal person believe you? You sound like a nutcase." Xu Que frowned as he ridiculed her. He immediately started to walk away.
Xuanyuan Wanrong raised her hand and waved. She'd subconsciously wanted to display her Magic Arts to restrain Xu Que. But when she lifted her hand, she realized she didn't have her cultivation abilities at this time. She suddenly felt a burst of helplessness and anxiety.
"What am I going to do? This guy has no memory of his life as a cultivator, and he still doesn't believe me. How am I going to get through these Relationship Tribulations?"
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!
A car horn sounded nearby.
One of the town's buses slowly drove over and stopped at the school gate. Many students who had been out of the city had just returned to campus on this bus.
The bus stop was right next to where Xu Que and Xuanyuan Wanrong were standing.
The passengers who got off the bus immediately glanced at Xuanyuan Wanrong, and then did double takes and just stared at her.
What drew their glances at first was the fact that Xuanyuan Wanrong was dressed in a white period costume. However, none of the people could take their eyes away when they had seen Xuanyuan Wanrong's countenance. It was breathtaking. Even the female stars who they'd seen onscreen, who had gone through professional make-up and photoshop techniques, would have been hard-pressed to achieve as dazzling an effect as Xuanyuan Wanrong had done naturally.
"My God, are they shooting a film?"
"Who's that female star? She's so beautiful!"
"Wow, she's truly at the level of the goddesses!"
"Goodness me, d*mn, Xu Que, that animal, has already made his move and struck up a conversation…" Someone shouted and ran down from the bus toward them.
This guy was followed by a few other people, each carrying bags of various sizes and rushing toward Xu Que.
"Xu Que, you animal, I thought you were about to declare your feelings to the campus belle?"
"You haven't even started with her and now you're hitting on a new girl?"
PAH!
"What a scumbag!"
Several of the boys gave Xu Que ultimate sh*t.
Xu Que rolled his eyes. These jerks from his dormitory were the real animals. If not for the price of the contact details that he'd had to pay to Lin Yuxi's close dormitory friend, would he have asked these jerks to be so active in helping him buy things?
"Okay, you guys, stop making so much noise. There's something wrong with this woman. She insists on forcing me to like her. I've said that I'm not a casual person, and she just doesn't believe it." Xu Que began to try to explain.
All his three friends from his dormitory looked dubious, while the other students who had just gotten off the bus, plus the passengers on the bus, as well as the bus driver, looked at Xu Que one by one, giving him looks of dumbfounded contempt.
With such manners and appearance, this young lady was so beautiful that people could believe that she was a fairy, and yet she had to force him to like her?
"That's right, you only have two choices. Either you like me, or we die together." Xuanyuan Wanrong regarded Xu Que with an ice-cold stare and spoke in a low voice.
She was very serious about it because it was the truth. If Xu Que didn't like her, then this first round of Relationship Tribulations would be declared a failure and both of them would have to die.
However, as soon as she said these words out loud, everyone present was struck dumb. There was a vast sea of silence everywhere around them.
Xu Que's three roommates were stunned.
The many students who'd gotten off the bus with them stood dazed and unmoving.
Even the bus driver touched the steering wheel but didn't step on the accelerator to leave.
This was completely unexpected.
"Such a beautiful girl would actually ask to be with a college guy?"
"And she was so determined? To either be together or die together?"
"How did this happen? Could it be this young man has a silver tongue that could seduce this fairy-like young lady?"
DING! "Congratulations to the host Xu Que for successfully Acting Tough and the successful activation of the strongest Acting Tough, Face-Slapping System, in a replicated version!"
Suddenly, the System beep rang out in Xu Que's mind.
Xu Que was completely startled. Before he had time to cry out, he had suddenly regained his bearings. The System sounded again in his mind.
DING! "The System is detecting that part of the host's memory is sealed. In order to avoid the fragmentation of the host's soul, I will perfectly restore the host's memory!"
DING! "Detecting the world where the host is as Earth, the System will remold the host thoroughly and help the host become a martial arts genius with exquisite skeletal structure!"
DING! "Since the host has activated the System's replicated version for the first time, you have successfully obtained a newbie gift package!"
…..
After a few series of System beeps, there was a rumble in Xu Que's mind as if something had been washed away. With a flash of Spirit Light, a ton of information surged into his mind.
He remembered when he'd first crossed over to the Fire Country, the activation of the System, the period of smooth sailing that followed, the time of Acting Tough, and finally now being sucked into the Heavenly Stone of Taiyi with Xuanyuan Wanrong to traverse the Relationship Tribulations…
All his memories came flooding back.
"F*ck!" Xu Que suddenly opened his eyes wide and looked stunned.
He looked around in horror. The familiar school gate, his familiar-looking roommates, as well as Xuanyuan Wanrong, who looked completely out of place with the surroundings… He was thoroughly confused.
"What kind of situation is this? How do I get back? Have I crossed over? Or is this an Illusory Realm?"
"How about my cultivation? How is it all gone?"
"And there's the System too. The System is also gone and has changed into a replicated version?"
"What the f*ck, Xu Que, Miss, what's going on with you? When did you pick up this girl?" Meanwhile, his three roommates had already surrounded him and had their arms around Xu Que's neck, wanting to interrogate him.
"I…"
Xu Que was still fairly confused. He'd had his memory restored, but he was still baffled as to how he'd gotten here.
It seemed as if he had been sucked in by the Heavenly Stone of Taiyi to go through the Relationship Tribulations. How did it happen that he'd gotten sucked into this time at his university?
Could it be that he had had to traverse the Relationship Tribulations when he was in college? Did he have to fall in love with Xuanyuan Wanrong?
"I'll explain it to you later." Xu Que immediately shouted at his three roommates and quickly looked at Xuanyuan Wanrong. Speaking in a deep voice, he said, "You come with me!"
With that, he immediately strode toward the school gate.
First of all, he had to clarify everything that was going on with Xuanyuan Wanrong. After all, this was all about his own life and death. He wasn't going to be wiped out without knowing what was going on.
Xuanyuan Wanrong also stared blankly for a moment. She somehow hadn't expected Xu Que to have been able to make such a big change. Previously, he hadn't been happy to do anything. Why was he taking the initiative all of a sudden?
"Oh, men!"
"This…" The roommates were also struck dumb as they watched Xu Que walk away with Xuanyuan Wanrong to take care of business. They couldn't do anything but shout, "Xu Que, are we still going through with tonight's plan to declare your feelings?"
"Declare my feelings?"
Xu Que stopped in his tracks and suddenly remembered what his plans had been for the evening. The corners of his mouth couldn't help but tick up. It turned out that tonight was when he'd first wanted to confess his feelings to Lin Yuxi.
Although he'd been successful at the time, the final outcome didn't seem to have turned out very well.
"To h*ll with the confession, I'm not going to declare any feelings. Screw tonight," Xu Que replied without turning back, and he just continued to march on.
Xuanyuan Wanrong followed behind him, the corners of her mouth slightly curled up in a sneer.
"Oh, men, they're all pigs!"
1514 I'm Very Helpless Too!
Xu Que and Xuanyuan Wanrong had been walking together along the long, winding road that passed through the campus, with a shady forest of weeping willows on both sides. The atmosphere had been serene and comforting.
After Xu Que's memory had been restored, and, later, looking back on this experience, he'd remembered that he'd actually felt an inexplicable sense of nostalgia and warmth.
He hadn't talked much with Xuanyuan Wanrong. He'd walked ahead of her and reveled in the memories of his past. He'd thought that he'd finally found some peace after undergoing so many dangers and vicissitudes.
"Unfortunately, this is not the real world. It's just the world of my memory." Xu Que sighed. Although it wasn't the real world, he could still enjoy it.
He'd recalled what Xuanyuan Wanrong had said before the System had restored his memory, and he'd guessed more or less what was going on at this moment.
The Relationship Tribulations had allowed Xuanyuan Wanrong and him to enter the world of his memory so as to compete for the position of each other's first love.
The difficulty factor was actually extremely high in this endeavor.
The first love of anyone always occupied the pride of place in their hearts. The position was one of those memories that was exceedingly cherished, and it would be very difficult to change how one felt about it.
After all, a first love symbolized everyone's purest beginnings. Naive and unsure, the first awakenings of love didn't take into consideration any of the external factors that would complicate things in later life. One only followed the heart and not physical urges… These kind of feelings would be impossible to replicate, and eventually physical urges would take over.
But most people still thought of their first loves as their best loves, precisely because they had been very pure. The memories surrounding them were always tinged with regret at chances lost, and this made them even more beautiful.
To Xu Que, who had experienced two full lifetimes, who had seen a much larger world than most people could even imagine, who had killed countless beings, and who had stepped on the path to a more enlightened life style, the past remained firmly in the past, and he no longer missed it at all.
When thinking back to his first love, Lin Yuxi, Xu Que couldn't remember their love as it had been. It didn't even awake the same sort of nostalgic feelings as this willow-lined road through campus.
Therefore, Xu Que felt that the difficulty level of this first round of Relationship Tribulations was not that high. After all, he had already restored his memory and was no longer the person he had been in the university era.
But the question remained. Was he going to be able to make himself like Xuanyuan Wanrong?
Here, the difficulty factor was really quite high.
He had to try to figure out what was good about this woman.
In addition to her strength that was extremely powerful, her beauty that could be compared to Jiang Hongyan's, and her body was as hot as Liu Jingning's, what else was there good about her?
"This is tiresome, really tiresome, and it does seem ridiculous to lose my life just because I can't bring myself to like her." Xu Que mulled it over as he walked, having a hard time finding his way out of this difficulty.
Xuanyuan Wanrong was walking behind him. She seemed a bit perplexed and even doubtful. She'd had the feeling that the Xu Que who was present now seemed a little different from the previous Xu Que, but she couldn't specifically pinpoint what the differences were.
Because actually this Xu Que appeared to be more familiar to her than the previous Xu Que.
As they'd walked along, they were getting closer to the school buildings, and the number of students that they'd encountered began to increase.
Good-looking young men like Xu Que were plentiful at the university, but it was pretty much impossible to find another extremely attractive woman with such dignified manners as Xuanyuan Wanrong in the entire country, not to mention the university.
The fact that she was also dressed in a white period costume made her especially noticeable and bound to attract attention, especially from the young men.
In fact, many of the students that passed them on their walk thought she looked like a fairy from heaven.
"D*mn, that's some girl!"
"A beautiful woman!"
"Oh. my God, she's amazing, am I dreaming? Since when does our school have such a beauty on campus?"
"Campus belle Lin is going to suddenly feel that she has been surpassed and dispatched by a rival."
"Is that a traditional Han Chinese costume? No, I don't think that's a traditional costume. Maybe she's a famous actress?"
"Wait a minute, she seems to be following the guy in front of her!"
"Who's that guy?"
The crowd had shifted their gazes from Xuanyuan Wanrong to the guy who she seemed to be following. Soon their attention focused on Xu Que.
Someone exclaimed, "F*ck, it's Xu Que, that b*stard!"
"Xu Que? The campus winner of the top ten singer contest, the top scorer in the provincial college entrance examinations, the guy who has taken all the scholarships for this academic year, and also the one who is in pursuit of Lin Yuxi every day?"
"D*mn, how did that fool get to know such a beautiful woman?"
"He must have conned her somehow? He is shameless. He can get away with murder."
Many of the people who'd recognized Xu Que were suffering from pangs of jealousy. They were mostly men.
In a place like a university campus, someone like Xu Que could almost be called a public enemy of all the other men. He was a little too good-looking and also a top student. He also had a terrible, shameless character. Once he'd decided to make a move, most of the girls frankly found it difficult to escape his clutches.
However, from the time when Xu Que had been a freshman, he'd had eyes only for Lin Yuxi from the moment he'd arrived on the campus.
As one of Lin Yuxi's many suitors, Xu Que had become a little famous. Many people felt that his success rate was comparable to that of the Xia family's young master, Xia Luoqing
Xia Luoqing was the young master of a renowned family in the country's capital. He was outstanding and distinguished and also one of Lin Yuxi's most ardent suitors. Both he and Xu Que were close to Lin Yuxi.
After all, everyone on campus with eyes could see that although Xia Luoqing's material conditions were superior to Xu Que's, it seemed as if he'd had fewer chances to get close to Lin Yuxi. Instead, Xu Que had always been able to grab a seat next to Lin Yuxi in class. He'd also been able to first grab any book that Lin Yuxi wanted to read from the library and then wait for Lin Yuxi to come find him and ask for it. Even during mealtimes in the canteen, he'd been also able to be thick-skinned enough to sit at the same table with Lin Yuxi and all her female friends.
His key asset was his mouth. He was able to make Lin Yuxi and the other girls laugh again and again.
Therefore, many people couldn't ignore Xu Que's existence. He was an influential figure on the campus.
But at this moment, many people felt that there was something fishy about this scene, and they were overwhelmed with curiosity when they saw him walking with an exceedingly beautiful girl in period costume on campus.
"Where are you taking me?" Xuanyuan Wanrong spoke up and asked Xu Que.
She'd found that there were more and more people around, and everyone's eyes seemed to be focused on her and Xu Que. All these people were gossiping about them, and Xuanyuan Wanrong wanted to find out what Xu Qu was planning to do.
"Obviously, we need to go rent a room," Xu Que replied hastily without turning his head back to look at her. The streets that were around the back gates of the campus had a lot of restaurants and hotels.
But when he'd answered her, he'd spoken in such a loud voice with no attempt at concealment that it had reached the ears of the countless students who were milling around.
No one who'd heard his words was very surprised. After all, Xu Que was known for being shameless, and everyone knew there wasn't much that he wouldn't be capable of saying. The guy was probably making a joke.
However, Xuanyuan Wanrong looked confused and asked, "Why are you renting a room?"
"Didn't you say you wanted me to quickly like you? In our world, the fastest way to start to like a person is to rent a room. To rent a room means we let each other trust one another fully, talk freely about life, gain in-depth understanding of and deeply explore each other." Xu Que explained all this with a straight face.
Xuanyuan Wanrong suddenly nodded and breathed a sigh of relief, "I see, very well, you've made a very wise choice."
"What?"
Hearing this conversation, the nosy people who'd been listening in on their conversation stared wide-eyed in disbelief.
"What is wrong with this fairy sister?"
"Don't tell me she really doesn't know what it means to rent a room…"
"What the f*ck, Xu Que you animal, you're actually tricking her to bed and also doing it so openly and publicly?���
"What? To let each other trust one another fully, talk freely about life, gain in-depth understanding and deeply explore each other,…can this deceitful filthy scumbag be any more shameless?"
"Goddess, don't be cheated by him. He's taking you to rent a room just to take advantage of you." Finally, a boy on the scene couldn't help but shout.
Of course, the minute someone took the lead, others naturally followed suit and shouted at Xuanyuan Wanrong also.
"That's right, this guy is not a good man."
"Fairy sister, don't be fooled!"
"Xu Que, how can you be so shameless? Haven't you been courting Lin Yuxi? And now, at the same time, you're making love with someone else?"
"Quick, whoever knows Campus Belle Lin's phone number, better let Campus Belle Lin see the true colors of this beast."
Everyone yelled indignantly at the injustice of it. Most people did it out of jealousy, pure and simple.
Xu Que smiled. It was only because the System beep had just rung out in his mind. He had gained more than 20 Acting Tough Points.
He couldn't understand how his own System was gone from the world of his memory, but it had been replaced with a replicated version of the System. Everything seemed to have been restarted, and more than 20 Acting Tough Points for him at this time could be said to be a substantial sum of money. He could casually exchange the points for things, and it would be enough to crush many mortals.
Still, it was not enough.
The corners of Xu Que's mouth curled up into a smile as he looked at the crowd and shouted, "My fellow schoolmates, don't get agitated and don't misunderstand what is going on here. This is really not a matter of me falling in love with someone else, nor am I fickle. But this big sister insisted on sticking to me, telling me that if I don't like her, she will die together with me. What can I do? I'm very helpless too!"
…..
1515 Opening the Newbie Gift Package
"I'm trying to save someone." Xu Que talked about this as if he were finding the entire situation impossible, but all the time he still had a cocky look on his face.
All the people who had been observing this situation unfold had almost gone mad with fury. It was really too much to be as arrogant as Xu Que was.
It also struck them that his emotional intelligence seemed to be a little low to be speaking like this in front of the beautiful woman he was with. Wasn't he afraid of making her angry?
Doesn't she have any self-respect?
"That's right!" Suddenly, Xuanyuan Wanron spoke up. Her voice sounded very confident as she agreed with Xu Que and said, "This is absolutely true. If you don't like me, you and I are going to die. I am very happy that you finally understand the situation we are in."
What the h*ll?
All the onlookers were instantly struck dumb. They looked appalled. They'd been stunned by disbelief at first, but that was followed closely by an uproar.
"F*ck!"
"Is this…real or fake?"
"Such a beautiful goddess, actually…actually is the one sticking up for Xu Que?"
"What the f*ck, why is life so unfair? What good qualities does that guy, Xu Que, have? He's slightly good-looking and he's pretty arrogant."
"D*mn, when it comes to good-looking, how am I any less handsome than Xu Que? It's completely unreasonable."
Many people were stupefied. Even one of the most handsome men on campus was feeling indignant about this situation that was taking place before all of them.
However, none of what they said or did could change anything. Xuanyuan Wanrong continued to look at Xu Que and be very serious. Some of the onlookers at the scene wanted to attempt to kidnap her from Xu Que. However, they hesitated because they were pretty certain that their chances of success would be very low.
Only Xu Que himself was delighted at this moment. He had reaped another 30 Acting Tough Points.
He summoned the System interface. Although it was only a replicated version, there was no change in the method of using it. There were obviously many differences in the System store as compared to the real version.
When he'd first arrived in the World of Cultivators, the System had helped him assimilate by giving him spiritual roots and even presenting him with the Beginner's Ancient Five Elemental Arts set.
But this time it had only helped him by presenting him with a newbie gift package. The System store basically only sold Martial Arts stuff. There were no cultivator-related skills or Magic Arts in it at all.
"Is it because the System is a replicated version and its level is too low that the Magic Arts aren't appearing? Or because this world on Earth is too weak…? No, when I returned to Earth previously, Earth was protected by a spell and Kunlun Mountain also had a cultivator. So I don't think the reason the replicated System doesn��t include Magic Arts or other cultivator-related stuff is because it's too weak." Xu Que frowned as he was thinking to himself about the System.
Although the Martial Arts in the System store could be enough to deal with a lot of people on Earth, they wouldn't be of much help if one had to face real threatening beings or situations. For example, if the atomic bomb exploded or one ran into certain crafty cultivators who had hidden away here, a simple Martial Arts wasn't going to be any help at all.
"Forget it, after all, this is just the world in my memory. I don't anticipate staying in this place for too long. I probably won't meet up with any of those dangers." Xu Que shook his head to clear it. So be it, Martial Arts was stronger than nothing.
One problem I have though is that Xuanyuan Wanrong is so appealing. I worry that, if pressed, I wouldn't be able to protect her without my cultivator strength.
"System, please open the newbie gift package and see if there's anything good in there." Xu Que decided to open his gift from the System and commenced communication with it
Although at first it seemed unfamiliar, he got well accustomed to it soon enough. At the same time that the System had presented him with the newbie gift package it had helped him navigate easily through the newbie stage. And now Xu Que looked forward to this newbie gift package.
Martial Arts were also divided into low level, mid-level, and high-level. The low-level Martial Arts were those ordinary punching and kicking techniques, like Taekwondo. Once the speed and strength of the punching and kicking techniques were understood, as well as a timely response, it was a Martial Arts that ordinary people could accomplish.
As for mid-level Martial Arts, they were obviously more powerful, such as Qinggong. This involved leaping onto roofs and vaulting over walls. This mid-level Martial Arts was comprised of skills such as Eighteen Dragon Palms, Lone Nine Swords, and so on.
The top-level Martial Arts were on a par with the skills of a cultivator at the beginning stages of his cultivation. Some were even more powerful than those of a cultivator. Actually, it was very difficult to completely divide the boundaries between Martial Arts and cultivation at this level.
Thus Xu Que was looking forward to the newbie gift package. It would be awesome if he were given some kind of top-level Martial Arts. Then he could work at it to the extreme and then be on a par with a cultivator.
DING! "The newbie gift package is opened."
"Congratulations to the host for obtaining ten portions of Secret Golden Medicine for Wounds, five Diamond Energy Pills, one Blood Demon Pill, and two Martial Arts secret skills manual!"
The System beep suddenly rang out.
Xu Que's eyes immediately swept toward the System's item interface.
*Secret Golden Medicine for Wounds: This panacea to heal wounds will allow the wound to recover quickly and not leave a scar.
*Diamond Energy Pill: After taking this, it can increase one's strength 100 times; the effects last for one hour. After the end of the effective period, the pill taker will fall into a one-day coma.
*Blood Demon Pill: The ultimate divine medicine to increase Inner Power. After taking it, the pill can instantly add 50 years of profound Inner Power. (Note: The power gained by the aforementioned pill can only be used in conjunction with the Blood Demon Magic Mind Arts.)
"Oh my, these medicinal items are quite interesting. But why do I feel that the Blood Demon Pill is a scam? 50 years of profound Inner Power is very strong, but the problem is that it's only for a designated Martial Mind Arts. Is this forcing me to convert to the Martial Arts secret skills manual?"
Xu Que smiled and felt completely nonchalant. He had long understood the System's devious nature. He hadn't expected that the replicated version would be the same. Bad habits were hard to change.
But the newbie gift package was also quite good. Just these medicinal items alone were enough to let him do a lot of things, not to mention there were two Martial Arts secret skills manual.
Xu Que looked at the two secret skills manuals.
*Twinkle Finger: A body without a phoenix's two bright wings, but two hearts are linked as one. Can be used for attack and defense. One finger is used for attack and also the world's top Finger Arts!
The Finger Arts is Lu Xiaofeng's proud signature Martial Arts, originating and evolving from the Heaven and Earth One Finger of Shen Tianjun, the King of ancient China in olden times and the teachings of the elder Chu Liuxiang. A form of Martial Arts that does not seek to kill but to suppress the enemy. It is unique in the world and a foolproof consummate skill. In harmful circumstances and unprotected states, one can still be capable of defense.
*Wave-like Subtle Steps: Originated from the Martial Arts in "Demigods and Semi-Devils", the special Qinggong of the Carefree Sect with the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes as its foundation. The user must step on the hexagram positions to advance in a specific sequence and walk a perfect big circle from the first step to the last step.
This footwork is exquisite and exceptional. The learner can use it to avoid many enemies' attacks. In addition, every step taken with the Wave-like Subtle Steps is closely related to the Inner Power and definitely not just about taking steps to walk. If a person without an Internal Force foundation were to force an attempt to walk the Wave-like Subtle Steps, it will cause the dangerous situation of destroying one's Meridians.
TUT! TUT! TUT! "Books about secret skills manuals of mid-level Martial Arts at one go, so it looks like this System is not too devious. It is actually quite generous!" Xu Que smiled and nodded.
Although he had been looking forward to the emergence of some top-level Martial Arts, based on his understanding of the System, the System couldn't be too generous. For the System to have given him skills comparable to special agent technical abilities was not that bad.
But he absolutely didn't expect that it would present him with two mid-level Martial Arts secret skills manuals at one go. A set of Twinkle Finger and Wave-like Subtle Steps was enough to dominate everywhere.
The only pity was that both Martial Arts required Internal Force to support the operation.
Internal Force…
"It seems that I have to convert for that Blood Demon Magic." Xu Que felt somewhat helpless. He entered the System store interface to search the guide. He immediately found the Blood Demon Magic Mind Arts.
The next moment, he almost jumped off the ground.
"What the f*ck, are you kidding me? A lousy Inner Power Mind Arts actually requires 2,000 Acting Tough Points?" Xu Que blew his top on the spot.
2,000 Acting Tough Points in the World of Cultivators could buy Nine Secrets, a few sets of spells, and even a few Mystical Fires.
When did the Acting Tough Points become so worthless?
"System, you'd better explain this to me. Other people are driving up the value of the Acting Tough Points. And you're bringing down their value." Xu Que got angry and interrogated the System.
The System didn't respond at all, as if it had been a product of low intelligence and basically had no ability to answer questions and could only follow the host's instructions.
"Xu Que? What are you doing? People are shouting at you."
At this time, Xuanyuan Wanrong's voice could be heard. It pulled Xu Que back from the System interface.
"What's up?" Xu Que frowned and asked. He was in a bad mood purely because of the System's scheming nature.
"2,000 Acting Tough Points! How long do I have to act tough before I can convert for that secret skills manual?"
"People are shouting at you!" Xuanyuan Wanrong yelled at him again.
"Shouting at me?" Xu Que stared blankly and then listened carefully. He turned his head to look and, sure enough, a few people were shouting at him.
…..
1516 Come On, Let"s Fight!
"Xu Que, why are you still here? Quickly run away! A group of people from the Taekwondo Club are looking for you because they want to make trouble and teach you a lesson."
Several people, led by a girl with short hair, hurriedly rushed over and spoke anxiously to Xu Que.
Xu Que froze. "Taekwondo Club? Why were they looking for trouble with him?"
"Really, why did you provoke the Taekwondo Club for no reason?"
"I know you were just standing up for us, but there was no need to spread the rumor everywhere that the Taekwondo president had practiced Taekwondo so much that now he suffers from premature ejaculation."
"Last night, didn't I text you and tell you to go hide for two days? But you're still here!"
"Let me say first that if we really end up fighting, our Wushu Club can't help you!"
This small group of people had rushed over, and everybody started talking at once, trying to tell Xu Que that he needed to make a quick escape.
Hearing this made a big impression on Xu Que. Considering that they were actually in his world of memory, his real memories had been enhanced, leading him to recall quite clearly what had happened back in the days when he was in college.
At that time, the reason that he had provoked the Taekwondo Club was very simple. He had simply done it to stand up for the Wushu Club.
The Taekwondo Club believed that the Wushu Club was useless and that it just took up space and resources, so thus had no reason to exist. Hence, it applied to the Student Committee to cancel the Wushu Club.
Although Xu Que was not a member of any clubs, he was classmates and friends with several people from the Wushu Club and did not like that these Chinese Martial Arts were looked down upon. At that time, he had ruthlessly challenged the Taekwondo Club to a one-on-one fight.
Who knew that the Taekwondo Club would make a dirty move, and, while agreeing to Xu Que's challenge on the surface, they secretly found someone to teach Xu Que a lesson and make him mind his own business. It was obvious that the president of the Taekwondo Club, Wu Hui, didn't want to respond to Xu Que's challenge.
Fortunately, Xu Que hadn't suffered a beating. Instead, he had returned to school and begun to spread negative rumors about the president of the Taekwondo Club, mocking his sexual inabilities.
This series of events had also annoyed the other people in the Taekwondo Club. President Wu Hui had personally vowed to make Xu Que pay the price.
Therefore, according to the ridiculous symmetry of the world, the day that Xu Que had chosen to confess his love to Lin Yuxi was also the day when he was faced with revenge from the Taekwondo Club. Xu Que had not hidden from the club members, but had chosen to walk around all day with his professors, giving him protection.
The people from the Taekwondo Club had no choice but to temporarily give up on their plans for revenge. This allowed Xu Que time to prepare for his big confession.
But now that he had returned to this day in his memory, Xu Que didn't have his professors around to protect him anymore.
He had gone through so much fighting and killing in the World of Cultivators, and his vision had broadened. It was impossible for him to feel that dealing with several college students would require a painstaking amount of effort. He actually felt that this was a waste of his time and was totally unnecessary.
It was only dealing with a few students who practiced Taekwondo. What was the big deal? If they were unhappy with him, then they could just fight.
After all, he had his System. What was he scared of?
"Okay, okay, stop rambling and blathering. Since I said that I would help you, I will definitely help you." Xu Que waved his hand, interrupting the verbal assault he was undergoing by several students from the Wushu Club.
These classmates had had a good relationship with him, but this time they really didn't want to have any trouble with the Taekwondo Club. Back in the old days, Xu Que had jumped out and said that he would help, but ended up making more trouble for them.
Now, that the people from the Taekwondo Club were looking for Xu Que to make trouble, the people from the Wushu Club were conflicted. If they didn't help Xu Que, it would be disloyal.
But if they did help, they were very clear that they weren't able to beat the people from the Taekwondo Club. When the time came, if they lost embarrassingly and word of this got out, wouldn't it seem like Chinese martial arts were not as good as Taekwondo?
This would let the people from the Taekwondo Club prevail.
But Xu Que's calm attitude confused them more than a little bit.
Even though everyone knew that Xu Que had practiced before and had no problem in fighting one or two ordinary people, facing many tens of people from the Taekwondo Club, what chance did he have of winning.
Where did his confidence come from?
"Xu Que, don't fool around. This time, the group of people from the Taekwondo Clubs are angry for real. They've already started to gather people," the short-haired girl said.
Xu Que smiled. He had some fond memories of this girl. Her name was Ji Shengnan, and she had been a senior, one year older than him. She was a masculine sort of woman who was cheerful, liked Wushu, and, most important, was good-looking. Before Lin Yuxi had joined the school, she had been the campus belle.
It was a pity that she wasn't single. Her boyfriend was called Chen Cong, who was a very mysterious and strange guy. He was often not in school and frequently stayed in the science laboratory, as if making friends with the spiders and other small insects.
But this was a digression, and Xu Que was not interested in that guy.
"Senior Ji, don't worry so much. I only need one hand to deal with these boobs." Xu Que smiled.
Ji Shengnan shook her head. "I'm afraid that with your small body, you can't stand more than a few punches. Unfortunately, Chen Cong is not here, otherwise, with his help, this would be no big deal."
PFFT! "Senior Ji, your boyfriend's body is thinner than mine." Xu Que was suddenly amused.
Ji Shengnan rolled her eyes at Xu Que. "What do you know? He can fight 100 people single-handedly."
"100 people? Ha, ha, ha, Senior Ji, do you think your boyfriend is Spider-Man?" A student standing on the sidelines laughed out loud.
Xu Que also laughed, but immediately noticed that an unusual expression flashed across Ji Shengnan's face. It was slightly unnatural.
"Eh, Xu Que, this is…" Quickly, Ji Shengnan regained her composure and turned her attention toward Xuanyuan Wanrong who stood beside Xu Que, looking at her curiously.
"Oh, she is one of the fans of my attractiveness and my admirer." Xu Que responded carelessly.
The mouths of Ji Shengnan and the others suddenly twitched. "Fan of his attractiveness? Admirer? Why was he so shameless?"
"How can such a beautiful girl like a hooligan like you?"
"Quick, Xu Que is there!"
"Hurry up, don't let him run away!"
"Sh*t, if we don't cripple him today, I am not Wu Hui."
At this time, several shouts could be heard, coming from not far away, and tens of figures rushed over quickly.
"Oh no, I was too busy talking nonsense here with you and forgot about the group of people from the Taekwondo Club. Xu Que, hurry up and run away, we will help you block them." Ji Shengnan's expression suddenly changed, and she hurriedly pushed Xu Que.
Xu Que wrapped his arms around his chest, with an indifferent expression on his face. "Ai, what are you afraid of? I'll fight them however many that come."
The next moment, he called up the System interface, entered the System store, and locked his gaze on some of the martial arts secret skill manuals.
*Basic Internal Power: This is the basic internal power mental cultivation method. After learning this, you'll have a small amount of internal power. The price is ten Acting Tough Points.
*Basic Boxing Method: With this boxing method, you can learn ordinary parries, feints, and fighting stances, and how to use internal force to put to good use your martial arts skills, doubling your power. The price is ten Acting Tough Points.
"Oh, to deal with these boobs, two basic martial art skills should be enough. But 20 Acting Tough Points is quite expensive." Xu Que thought about it for a while, then bought two martial arts secret skills, meanwhile complaining all the time about their price.
At the same time, the members of the Taekwondo Club, led by Wu Hui, had also arrived and surrounded Xu Que and the others.
But their attention was immediately fixated on Xuanyuan Wanrong. After being overwhelmed by her beauty, they all became a little absent-minded.
Xuanyuan Wanrong also frowned. Usually, if she encountered this kind of trouble, she wouldn't be the slightest bit concerned as there was no need for her to even get physical. With just a thought, she could get rid of all these people easily.
But now, she had no cultivation level and was just a normal mortal. Facing more than ten people, she didn't know how to deal with the situation.
"Don't panic, leave this to me!" At this time, Xu Que's voice sounded in her ear.
Suddenly, he stepped forward and stared at the tens of people from the Taekwondo Club. One of his iconic smiles appeared at the corners of his mouth. He hooked his finger toward Wu Hui and the others, and he laughed roguishly. "Come on, let's fight. If you manage to hit me, I'll lose."
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1517 Hands Made with Steel Plates
WOW!
The people standing around Xu Que went into an uproar as they heard his challenge to the Taekwondo Club.
All these onlookers, who had originally been standing around because they'd been attracted by Xuanyuan Wanrong's gorgeousness, had never thought that as well as getting to see this beautiful chick, they would also be able to witness a big fight.
No one had thought that the person who was being attacked would not only not run but actually do the opposite and actively provoke the members of the Taekwondo Club.
"Fight together? If they could hit him, he would lose?"
"He's going to lose disastrously."
The Taekwondo Club students led by Wu Hui were also feeling a bit discombobulated at the moment.
They had thought that the mere mention of the name of the Taekwondo Club would be enough to deter Xu Que, not to mention that there were more than ten members coming over to aggressively threaten Xu Que.
If he'd been a normal person, wouldn't he have been apologizing and feeling panicky at this time? Or at least looking fearful? Or calling for help?
They had considered all possible scenarios, but they had definitely not expected that Xu Que would have this kind of reaction. He was completely asking for it.
"Oh, Xu Que, why do you continue to act tough with us now? I'll give you two choices." Wu Hui, the president of the Taekwondo Club, sneered at Xu Que, sticking out one finger.
"First, kneel down and apologize to me and then give me the phone number of this young lady."
He stuck out another finger. "Or, second, get beaten to a pulp by us."
His two fingers pointed at Xu Que as he said, smiling. "So which do you choose?"
"I choose the second option!"
Xu Que smiled indifferently, looked at them with scorn, and said cockily, "I beg you, please beat me to a pulp. If you can't do it, I'll definitely beat you until you beg me to stop."
"Sh*t!" Everyone who was standing around and watching this display opened their eyes wide.
Ji Shengnan and the others from the Wushu Club also looked at Xu Que with surprised expressions.
"Was this guy completely crazy?"
He'd always had a big mouth, but he'd never gone to such an extreme. Usually, if he found himself in this kind of situation, he would run away after acting tough. No one could believe that he was still so arrogant after being surrounded by the whole Taekwondo Club.
He must have some hidden moves that no one knew about.
The onlookers started looking around and exchanging looks with others in the audience. Everyone was getting very suspicious.
"Did this guy have some accomplices who are waiting close by to aid him in an ambush?"
"No, given Xu Que's style, if he'd had an accomplice, he would've already broadcast it in a super-loud voice. He was never this low-key."
"That's right. He's probably acting like this because of the gorgeous woman that's with him. He doesn't want to be embarrassed in front of her."
"Sh*t, he's going to die, and he's still acting tough. How awesome is that."
"How is this awesome? He's offended the Taekwondo Club so badly, he'll be beaten up beyond recognition."
A few of the students who had been familiar with Xu Que and his past actions couldn't stop discussing what was going on.
"D*mn, do you want to die today?" A student of the Taekwondo Cub exploded at Xu Que.
"No, I want you to try and beat me up, and then I want to return the favor." Xu Que smiled disdainfully. The look on his face was enough incentive for every member of the Taekwondo Club to want to beat him within an inch of his life.
At the same time, he didn't forget to glance at the interface of the System. He was just about to complete learning both of the secret skill manuals. The progress bar had reached 90 percent. When it had reached 100 percent, he could stop all this stupid talk and get down to the business of fighting with these jerks from the Taekwondo Club.
Xuanyuan Wanrong stood at his side and remained calm. After all, the actions she was witnessing today were entirely in line with the impression she had already conceived of Xu Que. He was still acting despicably.
This fellow had reason to act in this arrogant way in the World of Cultivators. With the amazing strength that he had, he was really good at beating up all and sundry. And, even if he'd ever come across a situation where he thought he would lose, he always had an escape plan.
But now that they were on Earth, without the powers that they had in the World of Cultivators, everybody was only mortal here. Where did Xu Que get the confidence to think that he would be able to face more than ten of these members of the Taekwondo Club who practiced martial arts?
At that same moment, Ji Shengnan twisted Xu Que's sleeve and whispered to him. "Xu Que, in this scenario, it's better for you to talk less."
After she'd finished speaking, she stepped out, looked at Wu Hui, and said in a low voice, "Wu Hui, we're all classmates here. For this small insult, there really is no need to take things this far. Furthermore, we are on school premises, and the consequences of group fighting are very severe. If the school leaders get alerted…"
Ji Shengnan had decided to stand up and say a few words on Xu Que's behalf, but, before she'd finished speaking, someone had started taking action.
It was not Wu Hui nor the other people from the Taekwondo Club.
It was actually Xu Que who took action, the one who had appeared to be doomed in everyone's eyes.
He suddenly ran quickly toward Wu Hui so fast that Wu Hui and the other students didn't have any time to react.
WHOOSH!
"Streaking over, Xu Que jumped up and kicked Wu Hui's chest with a flying kick.
Wu Hui had undoubtedly earned his position of being the president of the Taekwondo Club. With his strength, he subconsciously raised his hands and got into a parrying stance. At the same time, his hands clenched into fists and he tensed his muscles, preparing to counterattack Xu Que after this kick.
BOOM!
With a muffled sound, Xu Que's foot kicked solidly at Wu Hui's arm. It was a very common attack and was a movement that any ordinary robust person could easily do.
Wu Hui firmly grasped his foot, and except for a slight tingling in his arm, he suffered no injury. His lower body was very stable and did not even take half a step back.
"Oh, just with this strength? You still dare to act tough in front of me?" Wu Hui sneered, and, at the same time, waved his fists and attacked Xu Que.
A corner of Xu Que's mouth was raised in a smile. Following which, he quickly punched back. As he did, a stream of warmth flowed from his Dantian, through his vital energy channels, and accumulated in his fist, impacting very strongly with Wu Hui's fist.
CLICK!
The two fists collided, and there was a clear sound of a bone fracturing.
Everyone in the audience was startled, and their faces took on shocked expressions.
"No way?"
"It couldn't be?"
"Wu Hui broke the bone in Xu Que's hand?"
AAHHH!
But the next moment, Wu Hui suddenly clasped his arms together and hugged his right hand tightly with his other hand. His face was twisted with pain. Cold sweat beaded on his forehead, and he let out a heart-wrenching scream.
In that instant, except for Wu Hui's scream, the only sound that could be heard anywhere in the vicinity of the fight was the breathing of the audience.
Everyone was dumbfounded. This ending was totally unexpected.
The president of the Taekwondo Club's hand had been broken by just one punch from Xu Que.
"What the h*ll…was he that weak?"
"Sh*t, does this guy have steel plates for hands?" A Taekwondo Club student shouted out loudly.
"What are you all waiting for? Come on, this guy attacked first and has now hurt our president. We will, rest assured, fight to the death, and the school will definitely be on our side." Another person joined in shouting, rallying the others.
Subsequently, more than ten Taekwondo Club students swarmed forward toward Xu Que.
Before, they had only been planning to call Xu Que's bluff and just teach him a little lesson. They weren't going to fight too ruthlessly, because this would be difficult to explain to the school.
But now everything had changed. Xu Que had attacked first and had broken Wu Hui's hand. When they attacked him now, it would simply be a matter of helping to address an injustice. Even if they beat Xu Que to a pulp, the school wouldn't do anything to them, at most perhaps give them some kind of demerit.
"Yo, you are really coming all at once? Come on, I want to see who else's hands want to get fractured." Xu Que faced the crowd and shouted loudly.
But the students had no plans to stop, and they hurriedly rushed toward Xu Que. With an outburst of the kind of energy that was always generated by a group, they wanted to take this opportunity to destroy him.
When Xu Que saw this coming, he didn't hold back. He turned his head and ran away toward the crowd of onlookers.
Although he'd bought the basic internal force and the basic boxing method that could fracture Wu Hui's bone with one punch, this was only the power of the internal force and boxing method combined.
But it was true that it was difficult for two fists to fight four hands. With these basic skills, it was easy to fight one or two people, and even three or four would not be a big problem, but fighting more than ten people, he would be destined to be wounded.
It would only be a trivial wound, but, in case his handsome face was harmed, wouldn't it be quite a big loss for him?
He had to come up with a new plan.
"Sh*it, he's scared!"
"Chase after him, don't let him run away!"
Watching him apparently running away, the people from the Taekwondo Club started to chase after him while shouting.
The many onlookers present shook their heads and laughed. After all, Xu Que's move was normal and expected, corresponding with his style in the past.
"System, quickly. Now that there are enough Acting Tough Points, help me purchase a group attack martial arts skill." While running, Xu Que had forgotten to call out the System interface.
When he had hit Wu Hui he earned 50 Acting Tough Points.
Combined with the Acting Tough Points that he'd already accumulated, it just so happened that he had accumulated 100 points.
What kind of martial arts could be exchanged for 100 Acting Tough Points?
WHOOSH!
A stream of light flashed on the System's interface, automatically selecting the two martial arts skills that met these conditions.
When he saw the first secret skill manual, his eyes immediately lit up. It was the Eighteen Dragon Palms.
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1518 Eighteen Dragon Palms
"Yo!"
Xu Que felt a wave of excitement. He was wild with joy.
The Eighteen Dragon Palms?
He was about to do big things!
What was the Eighteen Dragon Palms? It was known as the world's number one, the most impressive, palm technique. Its power was endless.
Of course, this was not the main point.
The important thing was that this set of palm techniques actually only required 100 Acting Tough Points and was particularly forceful as it was linked to the force of dragons. If he could manage to put it to good use, wouldn't it shock the people of Earth?
"I definitely want to buy this. Definitely… Hey, wait a minute, why there is a line of fine print in the introduction to this?"
Xu Que had been excited to buy the Eighteen Dragon Palms, but, after glancing at the System interface, he suddenly saw that there was a line of fine print in the System's introduction to it.
After reading it, he got so angry he almost cried.
"100 Acting Tough Points just to randomly select one of the palm techniques? Sh*t, do you dare to write it any smaller? Just as I said, how could the Eighteen Dragon Palms only be sold for 100 Acting Tough Points. Indeed, it's a trap."
Xu Que immediately started complaining that the System was too stingy. This felt very familiar. Back when he was in the World of Cultivators and had exchanged for a nine-character secret, it was also carried out in this way, where one of them was randomly selected, and, even if a duplicate was drawn, there would be no refund.
WHOOSH!
Xu Que had just finished bitching to himself about how cheap the System was. Suddenly, the System's interface flashed, and the small line of fine print stated that the selection of skills had randomly been enlarged.
Xu Que's eyes got wide. This replicated version of the System was so arrogant.
It was as if it was telling Xu Que that since he thought that the words were too small, then the System would enlarge them for him to see if he wanted to buy it or not.
"Sh*t, okay, okay, you're awesome. Anyway, in this place, it's no use accumulating Acting Tough Points. You really think that I won't dare to spend what I have?" Xu Que snorted and thought about it, then bought this martial arts skill.
The System interface flashed again, and Xu Que's body was suddenly filled with warmth, penetrating his whole body. An additional martial arts skill had just appeared in his mind as if he had been born knowing how to do it.
DING! "Congratulations to the host Xu Que, who has obtained the Eighteen Dragon Palms, and the overbearing dragon is repentant."
At the same time, the System prompt sounded in Xu Que's mind.
"Oh? The overbearing dragon is repentant?" Xu Que was immediately happy. Its character seemed to be okay!
Among the Eighteen Dragon Palms, there were palm techniques that favored attack and those that favored the defense. There was no strongest palm technique, and only when all the Eighteen Dragon Palms were learned, in addition to having strong internal strength, would this set of palm techniques be the best in the world.
But now in this urgent situation, Xu Que couldn't learn the complete set of palm techniques. However, he had drawn the overbearing dragon is repentant, which was the first palm in the Eighteen Dragon Palms and favored attacking.
In Mr. Jin Yong's works, this palm technique was so powerful that even Pharmacist Huang admired it.
Xu Que felt that its properties weren't bad because the palm that he had drawn was very suitable for coping with the current situation.
"Xu Que, don't move."
"If you have guts, don't run."
"You are dead today."
At this time, the Taekwondo Club members were still chasing Xu Que and shouting aggressively, as if they were going to beat him up.
The students on the scene were shaking their heads and smiling bitterly, except for Ji Shengnan and the others. No one dared to come forward to stop the club members.
Xuanyuan Wanrong remained standing on the same spot with a blank expression, watching this chasing farce. It didn't concern her, and, even if Xu Que was beaten until he was disabled, it wouldn't affect their relationship.
In her opinion, it wouldn't be a bad thing for Xu Que to be taught a lesson. With his past roguish style, if he could be taught a lesson by others, it would help to relieve her pent-up feelings.
At this time, Xu Que was still running for his life, hiding in the crowd, and playing hide-and-seek with members of the Taekwondo Club. Then he suddenly ran out of the crowd and rushed toward the president of the Taekwondo Club, Wu Hui.
Previously, after being punched, Wu Hui had squatted on the ground holding his broken hand. Now Xu Que was rushing toward him again, and there was no one beside him to come to his aid.
Many of the onlookers watched this scene and widened their eyes. They had a bad feeling about this…
The eyes of the members of the Taekwondo Club who were still chasing Xu Que popped open.
"You…what are you doing?" Wu Hui was also scared. He had a terrified look on his face. He looked at Xu Que and shouted, "Don't come over here."
"Hee, hee, hee!" Xu Que smiled in a despicable manner and not only didn't stop but rushed forward more quickly. Pushing off from the ground, he got considerable momentum and kicked Wu Hui in the face.
Wu Hui hurriedly raised his uninjured hand in front of him in an attempt to block Xu Que.
BANG!
His body was kicked to the floor.
The strength of Xu Que's kick wasn't that great, but after Wu Hui had been knocked down, Xu Que landed and just happened to step on his broken hand.
AAHHH!
In an instant, Wu Hui's heartbreaking screams could be heard by everyone who was still watching this performance.
All the onlookers took in a sharp breath of cold air. They widened their eyes, and their faces looked horrified.
Even Ji Shengnan and the others from the Wushu Club were shocked.
This was so cruel. After kicking him, he'd even stepped on his broken hand.
"This guy seems to have changed." Ji Shengnan frowned slightly, feeling like this was different from her previous impression of Xu Que.
Xu Que at the moment was indeed being very ruthless, and many people present couldn't accept it!
On the contrary, Xuanyuan Wanrong remained calm, because this Xu Que was similar to the Xu Que that she knew. He had always been equally shameless about using ruthless means to his ends.
"Xu Que, what are you doing?"
"Sh*t, you want to kill him?"
"Sh*t, quickly go and save the president."
Soon the other people from the Taekwondo Club caught up with them.
Xu Que didn't run this time and stood smiling on the spot. He lifted his foot off from Wu Hui's palm and walked forward.
But, as soon as he took this step away, the panting Wu Hui roared ferociously. "Get him, break his hands and feet! I will take responsibility for everything!"
"Eh?" Xu Que heard this and stopped. He looked at Wu Hui with a smile and asked, "What are you saying? Break my hands and feet?"
AAHHH!
Wang Li screamed again, struggling frantically on the ground. He shouted angrily. "Xu Que, don't mess around with me. I have Young Master Xia protecting me. You'd better not mess around with me."
"Young Master Xia?" Xu Que shook his head. "Xia Luoqing counts as nothing."
After saying this, he stomped hard onto Wu Hui's palm and twisted his foot.
Wu Hui's screams echoed throughout the area once again.
"Sh*t, you're going to die." At this time, the members of the Taekwondo Club rushed forward like fiends, giving off an imposing vibe.
Xu Que didn't run anymore, but instead took a step forward. An internal force from his Dantian surged through his body, and his momentum rose instantly. At the same time, he bent his left leg slightly and bent his right arm inward. He waved his right palm and drew a circle.
Everyone in the audience was shocked by his sudden move.
"What the hell was this?"
"Radio gymnastics?"
BOOM!
Before waiting for anyone to react, there was a WHOOSH! Xu Que suddenly pushed his right palm forward.
Immediately, under everyone's shocked gazes, a glittering golden dragon, as if a three-dimensional special effect, flew out of Xu Que's palm and roared toward the members of the Taekwondo Club.
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