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Chapter 28: A True Advocate for Gender Equality
"Bamboo, stop fooling around," said the young man among the personal disciples, shrugging. "Your skills aren't refined yet. You might hurt him if you don't control your strength. He could be our new junior disciple."
"Let the most mature and level-headed among us handle this..." Before he could finish his sentence, Master Li interrupted thoughtfully, "No, let Mountain Ying handle it."
The young man looked puzzled. "Huh?"
Just now, Master seemed to be interrogating the boy warmly. Did he not like him?
Why would he let little sister Ying handle this... Poor guy, he might be traumatized even before he becomes a disciple.
The young man glanced at Xue Jing with pity.
"Yay!"
The girl named Bamboo Mountain Ying cheered, her lively and bright eyes curving like crescent moons.
In the blink of an eye, she appeared next to Xue Jing, moving with incredible speed.
She took his hand and quickly led him towards the nearest stage.
"Junior disciple, follow me!"
Xue Jing's eyes widened at her speed...
He didn't resist and let the girl lead him forward, holding his hand gently.
The cat sitting on the armrest of the wheelchair pouted, feeling inexplicably annoyed for some reason.
Mountain Ying let go of Xue Jing's hand once they reached the stage. She then performed two backflips, landing gracefully in front of him. She bowed and said with a smile, "Junior disciple, please go easy on me!"
Xue Jing was amazed by her agility. Backflips were not difficult, but to do them with such lightness and naturalness, akin to a cat, was impressive.
This was the first time he faced someone who had truly practiced martial arts, and he felt a thrill of excitement.
He bowed in return and said, "Please go easy on me, too."
As they took their positions, the surrounding disciples gathered to watch.
"Hey, what's going on? Wasn't that guy here to challenge us? Then the master was interrogating him like they were on a blind date, and now what's happening? I'm confused!"
"It's fine if you don't understand, I don't either... But since Sister Bamboo is handling it, he's definitely in for a beating."
"I bet fifty cents that he'll at least break a hand and a foot."
"Be more confident, I bet five yuan that all his limbs will be broken."
"Tsk, tsk. Poor guy."
Xue Jing noticed that almost everyone around him was looking at him with a trace of inexplicable pity in their eyes.
At this moment, the young true disciple walked to the center of the stage and patted Xue Jing's shoulder. "Be careful. If you feel like you can't take it anymore, just admit defeat, and I'll come to your rescue immediately."
Xue Jing: "..."
"Then..." The young man stood between the two of them and waved his right hand down. "Begin!"
After saying that, he jumped off the stage.
"Junior disciple, be careful!" Mountain Ying exclaimed happily, taking a step forward and rushing out like an arrow, her speed unbelievably fast.
She clenched her fist and threw a punch at Xue Jing.
And then... Xue Jing grabbed her wrist and threw her over his shoulder, slamming her hard into the ground.
"Bang!"
He held nothing back in this throw, even using his internal strength. The force was so powerful that the entire stage shook.
The girl lay on the ground, falling into a deep sleep like a baby.
"Huh?" The surrounding disciples were stunned.
"Hmm?" The young true disciple was bewildered.
The other two true disciples, who had been silent since their arrival, also turned to look at the boy on the stage.
The cat proudly twitched its tail, unable to hide its satisfaction.
The entire dojo fell into an eerie silence.
"So... does this mean I've successfully challenged your dojo?"
Chapter: A Surprising Victory
Xue Jing stood on the stage, looking at Master Li, who was seated in his wheelchair, and asked, "Master Li?"
"..." Master Li sighed and said, "You've really found a good seed for me."
...
On the way home, the cat sat on Xue Jing's shoulder, looking proud and satisfied. "You managed to defeat a personal disciple of the Canglong Dojo without any martial arts training. From now on, you can go to the Canglong Dojo at any time to receive Master Li's teachings for free, and no one will dare to complain."
"As for me, I don't have to owe Master Li a favor anymore. Instead, he should thank me for sending such a talented disciple his way."
"It's a win-win situation, a double win."
The cat's tail swept across Xue Jing's cheek, leaving a soft, ticklish sensation. Xue Jing thought for a moment and said, "I didn't expect things to end so quickly. I thought the personal disciples of the Canglong Dojo would be much stronger, and I was prepared for a beating."
"You're not wrong," the cat said. "In fact, that girl is indeed very strong, much stronger than you are right now."
Xue Jing asked in confusion, "Then why...?"
The cat smiled and said, "On the contrary, I want to ask you, why does being stronger mean certain victory?"
"In this world, there are countless examples of the weak overcoming the strong. There are even cases where someone with an army of ten thousand was defeated by just eight hundred soldiers. If such a huge gap can be turned around, then what's there to worry about between you and that girl?"
"Martial arts isn't just about comparing numbers. There's no rule that the one with the bigger number will always win. Mindset, state of being, willpower, information, decision-making... even a slight bit of luck can become a crucial factor in determining the outcome."
"If that girl had been a little more cautious and hadn't used such a wide-open, straightforward punch at the start, if she had known a little about you and your reaction speed, if she had preemptively channeled her internal strength to protect her body, or if you hadn't used your full strength after grabbing her wrist... "
The cat spoke with deep meaning.
"Any slight change in these factors, and she wouldn't have lost to you. But the undeniable fact is, she did lose."
"This is the world of martial artists."
Xue Jing nodded, understanding the lesson.
"This is also a good warning for you. With your talent, you will likely become very strong, but you must never become arrogant or complacent, or you might find yourself in a similar situation as that girl."
The cat admonished Xue Jing.
Xue Jing smiled and said, "I'll keep that in mind, Teacher Mian."
Hearing this title, the cat nodded in satisfaction.
[You've experienced a battle of the weak overcoming the strong. +211 Fighting Experience.]
[You've experienced a battle of the weak overcoming the strong. +121 Physical Training Experience.]
[You feel happy after experiencing a battle of the weak overcoming the strong. +89 Health Cultivation Experience.]
[Your aiming skills have improved through this battle of the weak overcoming the strong. +56 Aiming Experience.]
[Your internal strength control has improved through this battle of the weak overcoming the strong. +139 Internal Power Experience.]
[Fighting skill leveled up to Lv2 (107/500).]
Xue Jing looked at the notifications on the panel, feeling the enhanced resilience of his body, and smiled silently, a sense of satisfaction washing over him.
"Speaking of which," the cat suddenly asked, "you didn't hesitate to use such a heavy hand on that pitiful girl. Do you have some sort of misandry or something?"
Xue Jing gave the cat a strange look and shook his head. "Not at all. I'm a true advocate of gender equality. I treat both men and women the same when it comes to fighting..."
...
(End of Chapter)
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