Chapter 124: Your Martial Arts Are Strong, I Stole Them, and I'm Good-Looking and Fierce in Battle,

Chapter 124: Your Martial Arts Are Strong, I Stole Them, and I'm Good-Looking and Fierce in Battle, What Great Fortune and Ability Do I Possess? (4K)



After registering at the hotel reception, Xue Heng and Yin Mu Hu each received their room keys.

Instead of heading straight to his room, Xue Heng sat down in the lobby's resting area.

First, he opened his panel to take a look.

【...Fitness Experience +203】

【...Health Experience +102】

【...Fighting Experience +216】

【...Cang Long Jin Experience +268】

After a brief exchange, or rather, a one-sided beating of the other party, with someone named Xia Hou, the panel rewarded him with a decent amount of experience points, even though the fight wasn't particularly intense, but it was still a real battle.

Closing the panel, Xue Heng recalled the recent combat.

The counter-attack launched by his opponent, sacrificing his severely injured shoulder, happened suddenly. However, with Xue Heng's eyesight, reaction speed, and the Twin Birth's speed of action, he could have easily dodged it.

But due to his curiosity about testing his current 'toughness,' he chose not to evade and instead stood his ground, taking the punch head-on.

"There's still a lot of potential to explore with the activation of the Shadowflame Creation."

Stroking his chin thoughtfully, he reflected on the moment of impact. Not only had he utilized the Golden Scale Skin, but he had also created a 'shield' around his neck using the Shadowflame.

This shield consisted of two layers: the outer layer, resembling steel, represented the highest strength currently attainable by the Shadowflame, while the inner layer possessed a soft, fur-like nature designed for shock absorption.

And the results proved to be very satisfactory.

Most of the force from Xia Hou's punch was blocked by the Shadowflame shield, and the remaining force was directly neutralized by Xue Heng's Golden Scale Skin.

In the end, he didn't even flinch, effortlessly enduring the heavy blow.

"There's still room for optimization in the structure of this shield..."

As he pondered, Xue Heng noticed the light in his vision suddenly dim.

Looking up, he saw a tall and robust figure standing before him, blocking the light from the hotel lobby, casting almost his entire body in shadow.

Xue Heng smiled and said, "What's wrong, Yin Meimei?"

The person standing before him was none other than Yin Mu Hu.

Her body was covered in muscles as if they were cast from steel, and even her facial features were wrapped in distinct muscular lines, giving away just a hint of feminine traits.

Among the people Xue Heng had met, only his senior martial brother, Meng Bo Shang, could rival her in terms of physique.

"I just thought of something... Xue Heng, didn't you say that you're a disciple of the Cang Long Dojo?" Yin Mu Hu asked.

After finishing her registration, she had been on her way to her room when she suddenly remembered something and turned back.

Even though she had heard it before, Yin Mu Hu's voice, a sweet and delicate girl's tone, still sounded incredibly contrasting to her appearance, surprising Xue Heng.

He nodded and replied amicably, "Yes, I am a disciple of the Cang Long Dojo. Is there something wrong?"

Yin Mu Hu affirmed, "Then that's right... You must have heard of the old martial arts world's saying about the 'Three Heroes of Yu City,' right?"

Xue Heng asked curiously, "The Three Heroes of Yu City?"

Yin Mu Hu, sounding incredulous, said, "You're a disciple of 'Dragon King' Li Qi, aren't you? Didn't he ever mention it to you?"

"Several decades ago, in Yu City, there were three young martial arts experts who were mutual friends. They were known as the three geniuses most likely to attain the 'Seven Major Titles' in the South."

"King Kong Zhou, Long Wang Li, and Xiu Luo Chen."

Xue Heng now understood that they were referring to these three individuals.

He shook his head, "He did mention something about them, but he never brought up the term 'Three Heroes of Yu City.'"

Yu City, along with Xing City and Yuan City, was one of the three inner ring cities of the Fifth Metropolitan Circle.

It was Master's primary area of activity in the past... Yet he never mentioned it.

Yin Mu Hu nodded, seemingly pleased with the confirmation, and said, "It seems that the Dragon King is a person who is indifferent to fame and wealth, not one to boast about his past achievements. He must be a noble and respected elder."

Xue Heng: "..."

He felt embarrassed and hesitated, "Well... more or less."

His master's greatest hobby was wheelchair drifting and lifting the skirts of high school girls. The person he loved the most was his sister-in-law...

From a universal value perspective, the terms "noble" and "respected" didn't quite fit, but at least they were unrelated.

However, as a disciple, Xue Heng found it difficult to refute others' praise of his master, so he could only awkwardly agree.

After receiving affirmation from Xue Heng, Yin Mu Hu's spirits lifted, as if her inner thoughts had been validated. She nodded repeatedly and said, "I knew it... As I expected, what Master said was a lie. How could the Dragon King be someone who, during his duel with the little nun, almost lost, and then kissed the other party's lips, ruining their Dao heart, and used such despicable means to turn defeat into victory?"

Xue Heng: "..."

He couldn't help but feel that Master Li Qi was exactly the kind of person who would do such a thing.

Ever since Xue Jing began his practical training under Li Qi, the core of his teachings revolved around a single character—victory.

Winning was all that mattered.

Only those standing tall have the right to be called despicable.

Xue Jing's expression turned strange as he heard this.

"Master, I never expected you to have done such a thing..."

"It must have been Master-Ancestor who did this and framed someone else." Yin Mu Hu seemed to hold a deep grudge against her master-ancestor, nodding repeatedly as she spoke, her expression becoming more and more affirmative.

Xue Jing thought for a moment before asking, "Sister Yin, who is your master-ancestor?"

Yin Mu Hu looked at him, her tough face softening a little as she smiled and said, "Then let me introduce myself formally."

She extended her hand, which resembled a large fan, towards Xue Jing—even the muscles on her fingers were prominent.

"Yin Mu Hu... a direct disciple of Ma Ze Yan from the Banyan City's King Kong Dojo, and the youngest among them."

"My master, Ma Ze Yan, was a disciple of the 'Jade City's Three Heroes', King Kong Zhou, one of the three geniuses, also known as Zhou Lie Xiong, who is my master-ancestor."

"My martial arts style is the King Kong As-You-Wish Hand."

When extreme hardness meets softness, the ultimate hardness becomes the ultimate softness. The way of channeling energy is unparalleled, able to transition between hardness and softness at will, leaving people in awe.

Xue Jing recalled his master's evaluation of the King Kong As-You-Wish Hand and smiled as he extended his hand to shake Yin Mu Hu's, "So, Sister Yin is actually a junior compared to me?"

Yin Mu Hu pouted in dissatisfaction, "Our martial arts lineages are different, so of course, we calculate our seniority separately. How can I be considered a junior to you?"

Xue Jing laughed heartily and was about to say something when his expression shifted slightly.

The handshake with Yin Mu Hu was supposed to be brief, but just as he was about to retract his hand, her large hand forcefully gripped his.

"Be careful, Brother Xue," Yin Mu Hu said with excitement in her eyes, warning him.

As soon as she finished speaking, Xue Jing immediately felt a strange, thick force coming from her large hand.

It was as if countless sharp, thin steel needles were piercing into his hand, yet they moved freely and effortlessly, coming and going as they pleased.

"Interesting," Xue Jing's eyes lit up.

This was the first time he had encountered such a force.

Xue Jing channeled his own force, and a true dragon materialized from within his body, roaring as it flew towards his palm, clashing with Yin Mu Hu's force.

Hard force is different from soft force in that it is direct and difficult to control. Being able to divide the hard force into countless thin, needle-like strands is already an extraordinary feat.

But Yin Mu Hu's force was not limited to this.

The countless 'steel needles' seemed to come alive under her control, each seeming to possess its own consciousness, freely arranging themselves into formations.

They were like experienced dragon-slaying soldiers in a Western fantasy world, strategically targeting the weak points of Xue Jing's true dragon force.

As the two forces entwined, Xue Jing was astonished to discover that he was... at a disadvantage.

Every time the true dragon attacked, it was slowly entwined and neutralized by the opposing force. The seemingly solid force had its weak points, and the needle-like As-You-Wish force found and exploited them.

In terms of quantity, Yin Mu Hu's force could neutralize two to three times its amount.

Xue Jing changed his strategy and channeled the breathing technique of the Golden Scale, enveloping the true dragon with an invisible 'golden scale skin', locking it into a single entity and switching to a defensive stance.

The As-You-Wish force, resembling steel needles, could not find any gaps in the true dragon's defense and could only swirl around its periphery...

As both of them were skilled martial artists, their 'handshake' created quite a commotion.

The hands they were shaking emitted bursts of loud noises, and ripples of energy spread out in circles. A lightning-shaped fissure appeared in the center of the marble floor where they stood.

In the hotel lobby, those with sensitive touch would occasionally feel the floor vibrating subtly, as if something heavy was being lifted and slammed onto the ground nearby.

After a while, Xue Jing and Yin Mu Hu's hands suddenly snapped apart.

Xue Jing remained standing in his spot, while Yin Mu Hu took three to four steps back, each step leaving cracks several centimeters deep in the marble floor.

Yin Mu Hu stared at her large hand, looking dazed.

On her palm, five deep, reddish indentations could be seen—the marks left by Xue Jing's force.

Contrasting with Xue Jing's palm, which was as white as jade and left not a single mark, Yin Mu Hu's hand bore the marks of their exchange.

However, Xue Jing shook his head and smiled, "I lost, Yin Meimei."

From the very beginning of their clash, he had used the same quantity and quality of force as Yin Mu Hu, matching her blow for blow, and the result was—he lost.

This was the first time he had encountered such a situation in his martial arts journey.

The King Kong As-You-Wish Hand truly lived up to Master Li Qi's praise as the 'unrivaled force manipulation technique in the world'.

Although Xue Jing eventually deployed a greater quantity of stronger force to forcibly extinguish Yin Mu Hu's, winning this 'hand-to-hand' exchange, it felt more like a brute force victory rather than a true triumph in the art of force manipulation.

Thus, Xue Jing readily admitted his defeat.

Hearing this, Yin Mu Hu remained silent for a moment before sighing, "No, I lost."

Although she had expected Xue Jing to be strong, she hadn't anticipated him to be this formidable...

In a contest of force manipulation under equal conditions, despite the innate advantages of the King Kong As-You-Wish Hand, she couldn't achieve a significant advantage over him.

In the end, she was overwhelmed by his sheer power...

Yin Mu Hu looked at her thick arms, feeling a sense of loss.

Her exceptionally strong physique, surpassing that of most men her age, was something she had always taken great pride in...

Unaware that he had inadvertently shattered Yin Mu Hu's pride, Xue Jing looked at the floor and said, "We'll have to compensate the hotel for the damage to the floor."

Yin Mu Hu snapped back to reality and nodded, "Mhm, it's my fault, so I'll take care of it."

"Brother Xue, I need some time to calm down and gather my thoughts. I'll head back to my room first..."

Xue Jing had wanted to chat with her further and gather more information about the 'Jade City's Three Heroes', but seeing that Yin Mu Hu didn't seem to be in the best state of mind, he didn't try to keep her and just smiled, bidding her farewell.

Yin Mu Hu went to the hotel reception, spoke to the attendant, and discussed the compensation for the damage. Then, she took the elevator to her room.

Xue Jing sat back down on the sofa in the resting area, stroking his chin thoughtfully.

"So this is the force manipulation of the King Kong As-You-Wish Hand? It's really strong, I'm stealing it."

Later, when he returned to his room, he would use Contemplation·True to simulate it with his consciousness and steal it thoroughly!

"Using hard force as skillfully as soft force... Perhaps I can find a breakthrough in combining the Cyclone Thunder and Flickering Fire techniques."

Xue Jing pondered deeply.

These two contrasting techniques of the Dragon Concealment Style, one fierce and the other gentle, were extremely difficult to use in conjunction. They were the most challenging aspect of mastering the 'Esoteric·Point-Perfecting', the unity of the five killing techniques.

"An unexpected harvest, awesome."

Xue Jing opened his panel with a satisfied smile.

【...Cang Long Jin Experience +232】

The force exchange with Yin Mu Hu had earned him a significant amount of Cang Long Jin experience.

...

After about ten minutes, Xue Jing's phone rang.

He picked it up and saw that it was his agent, Jiang Siwei, calling.

Without answering, he stood up and looked towards the entrance.

A woman wearing a white shirt and a black pencil skirt, with slender legs clad in flesh-colored stockings and black pointed high heels, rushed in. She sported a classic OL (office lady) look, with shoulder-length fluffy short hair, a beautiful face, delicate makeup, and glasses. She held a briefcase in one hand and a phone to her ear with the other, scanning the area.

"Wei Jie, I'm here."

Xue Jing waved at her.

Jiang Siwei turned towards Xue Jing's voice and, upon spotting him, quickly walked over.

"Mr. Xue, please pardon the wait..."

Jiang Siwei bowed slightly, apologetically.

Xue Jing gestured for her to take a seat and said with a smile, "No need to stand on ceremony. Please, sit down."

"There's no need to call me Mr. Xue. Wei Jie, you're older than me, so just call me Xue Jing or Little Jing."

Jiang Siwei sat down on the sofa opposite Xue Jing and looked up at him, examining him carefully.

Although she had already seen Xue Jing's profile photo, her heart still skipped a beat when she saw him in person.

Three words immediately popped into her mind.

Cash cow!

This person in front of her was an absolute cash cow!

The world was never lacking in good-looking people or skilled fighters.

What was lacking was someone who was both stunningly attractive and exceptionally skilled.

And this person, who was breathtakingly handsome and seemingly skilled to the extreme, according to his profile...

Jiang Siwei's heart was filled with doubt.

Why would such an obviously exceptional newcomer be assigned to her as an agent?

What have I done to deserve this? Did the club make a mistake somewhere?

...

(End of Chapter)

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