The system was set three years in advance, but the universal deities still hadn't arrived.

Chapter 18 Fourth-Order Fire Slave Chief
In the park square.

A group of elderly women and men continued to practice Tai Chi with Master Ma, just as they always did.

While practicing Tai Chi, Master Ma would occasionally glance towards the park entrance.

in fact.

He didn't want to come to the park today, worried that he might run into the young man who wanted to challenge him yesterday and appear in the park again.

But his greatest joy every day is the feeling of being warmly embraced by a group of beautiful old lady fans.

So, after a final internal struggle, he still went to the park.

Fortunately, that young man didn't come today.

This reassured him somewhat.

Thinking back to yesterday, I remember the speed of that young man's kick.

Master Ma felt numb.

That speed was so fast, it was practically beyond human capabilities.

The elderly women and men thought their eyesight was failing them and that they were seeing things, so they didn't pay much attention.

But there's nothing wrong with his eyes.

If it weren't for Xiao Li taking the fall yesterday, he would have been the one lying in the martial arts gym's medical room.

"Thank goodness, that young man didn't come to the park today."

Master Ma felt a sense of relief in his heart. As he raised his hand in a "White Crane Spreads Wings" gesture, his eyes inadvertently glanced towards the park gate and saw the young man from yesterday striding towards him.

At that moment, he paused, turned around to face the elderly men and women in front of him, clenched his fists, and said quickly.

"That's enough for today's training. I have some things to do at my martial arts school, so everyone can leave now."

As he spoke, Master Ma walked toward the back gate of the park on his own.

A kind-hearted elderly woman saw this and immediately called out:

“Master Ma, you’ve gone the wrong way. The park gate is over there. Why are you going to the back gate? That’s a long way to walk.”

But Master Ma seemed not to hear him at all, and continued walking towards the back door without turning his head. In fact, amidst the shouts, his steps seemed to be oiled, making him appear much faster.

Zeng Shen saw Master Ma from afar and was about to walk over quickly when, unexpectedly, Master Ma suddenly disappeared in the blink of an eye and headed towards the back door.

He stood somewhat puzzled in front of the disbanded group of elderly men and women.

An old woman recognized Zeng Shen and said, "Oh, aren't you the young man who wanted to spar with Master Ma yesterday?"

“Yes, I was passing by today and wanted to ask Master Ma for some more advice,” Zeng Shen said.

“Master Ma has gone back to his martial arts school. If you want to learn from him, you can go to his school. It’s about 300 meters down the red rice road to the left of the park gate, then turn left and you’ll see it.” An old lady seemed worried that Zeng Shen wouldn’t be able to find the way, and added, “There’s also a motorcycle shop next to it.”

"Thank you, Auntie," Zeng Shen said, nodding his thanks.

"You're too kind. Master Ma's affairs are our affairs."

Immediately, Zeng Shen turned around and walked toward the location the old ladies had indicated.

Yesterday, I received 2,000 survival points from Master Ma, which is more than I have received before.

Zeng Shen had a question in his mind: why did Master Ma and that young streamer contribute so many survival points?

He glanced at the system log and noticed a comma between the words "suppression" and "repelling".

Could it be because I beat myself up? That triggered the "suppression" effect.

In the end, both of them ran away, creating a "repelling" effect.

That's why you get 2,000 survival points on your first try?

Therefore, Zeng Shen wanted to challenge Master Ma to another duel.

Firstly, to confirm whether sparring with Master Ma again would allow for repeated gains of survival points; secondly, to explore whether it was possible to obtain two different survival point effects in one attempt.

People were coming and going on Hongmi Road. Zeng Shen initially thought that stepping into this place would trigger any danger system warnings. But there were no danger warnings at all.

"Could it be that this road no longer exists in three years? There isn't even a single strange beast dwelling here? Or perhaps none of the people who travel around here survived the three years to become gods, and were all buried in the changes of the times, which is why I didn't trigger any danger warnings?"

Zeng Shen made a slight guess in his mind, and then followed the old lady's instructions and walked quickly toward the martial arts school.

As he turned left at the end of Hongmi Road, a sharp warning sound rang in his ears.

[Warning, warning! The host is about to enter the territory of a third-tier fire deity and its retinue. If discovered, the host will be stripped of their divine energy, enslaved, or even burned to ashes in the deity's wrath.]

As if to warn him of the seriousness of the matter, a reddish-purple warning panel that only he could see kept vibrating in front of his eyes.

Ignoring the system's warnings, Zeng Shen looked up and surveyed the martial arts school next to the motorcycle shop.

At first, he thought that Master Ma was the kind of person who ran a small martial arts school, a school run by just himself.

The sheer size of the martial arts school before him took him by surprise.

This martial arts school is very large, with a rustic architectural style and three stories high.

Zeng Shen walked through the open gate and saw a front yard of about 100 square meters. There were many sandbags tied to the yard. There were seven or eight children, about 1.5 meters tall, with tender faces, who looked like they had just entered junior high school. They were shouting childish "Ah, ha" and swinging their small fists at the sandbags.

One of the children, who looked a little older than the others, turned around and looked at Zeng Shen as soon as a stranger walked in, asking, "Who are you looking for?"

[Warning! The host has been discovered by a first-tier fire slave, a member of the kin of a third-tier fire deity. The host is no match for them. Please escape immediately.]

"I'm looking for Master Ma."

As Zeng Shen spoke, he secretly rolled his eyes at the system. How could a grown man like him not be a match for a group of children?

The child said, "Master Ma hasn't returned yet. If you want to wait for him, you can go to the main hall and ask Uncle Li when he will be back."

"Oh, okay." Zeng Shen nodded and turned to walk into the martial arts hall.

The martial arts hall was very large, with various old-fashioned firearms hanging on the walls, as well as many certificates of honor.

On the left side of the hall, a dozen or so young men dressed in white martial arts uniforms were sparring with each other in the training area, under the watchful eye of a middle-aged man.

These young men were well-trained, their moves were powerful and forceful, their techniques were well-structured, and they changed their tactics extremely quickly during combat.

Unconsciously, Zeng Shen developed a new opinion of Master Ma and secretly admired him a little more.

How could someone who looks like a con artist possibly raise such talented young people?

Could it be that he really has genuine talent and skills?

If I hadn't cheated yesterday, wouldn't I have been completely humiliated?
Just as Zeng Shen was thinking this, the middle-aged man walked towards him.

[Danger! The host has been discovered by the chieftain of the fourth-tier fire slave clan, a kin of a third-tier fire deity. The host is no match for him. Please escape immediately.]

"Who are you looking for?" the middle-aged man asked in a rough voice.

Zeng Shen truthfully replied, "I'm looking for Master Ma."

"Oh, is there something you need from him?"

“Yesterday, Master Ma asked me to spar with him, and I said we could spar again tomorrow. When I went to the park square just now, he said he had to go back to the martial arts school, so I came over.”

Upon hearing Zeng Shen's words, the middle-aged man frowned instantly, and said in a somewhat unfriendly voice:

"Master Ma hasn't arrived yet. Young man, if you want to spar, why don't you try it out with my disciples first?"

Zeng Shen could hear the change in the middle-aged man's tone and a hint of doubt flashed through his mind. However, he was overjoyed by the suggestion. If he could spar with them, he could quickly accumulate a large number of survival points.

Without hesitation, he nodded and said happily:

"Yeah."

The middle-aged man was somewhat surprised to hear Zeng Shen agree so quickly, and tentatively asked, "Master Ma is our most prized possession. Where did you train, young man?"

"I haven't practiced any martial arts, I'm just a little faster than the average person," Zeng Shen said truthfully.

Middle-aged man: “.”

(End of this chapter)