Martial arts ascend to the gods

Chapter 17: Water Island Demon City
Zhou Leng looked at Feng Wenhao and said slowly: "I have sparred with Feng Wenhao. He is good in all aspects, without obvious shortcomings, but he is not solid enough. And his mentality is not...how should I put it, not tough enough. In fact, it is normal. After all, I haven't been tempered. I was almost the same half a year ago."

Li Linhan nodded and said, "That's right, so I have always said that you have the potential to become a master. Your attack is vigorous and resolute, and he is hesitant and afraid of losing face and lack of experience. He thinks too much. As for the basic skills, I won't talk about them. His defense will be even more difficult next."

Feng Wenhao attacked thirty times, and Guo Xiaohao only retreated one step.

"It's my turn."

Guo Xiaohao stretched out one hand, grabbed Feng Wenhao's wrist with a grappling move, and with a shake and a swing, Feng Wenhao lost his balance and retreated diagonally.

Guo Xiaohao took a step forward and patted Feng Wenhao on the shoulder. Feng Wenhao had already failed to stop and stumbled backward again.

Guo Xiaohao took each step one by one, and he didn't even use his true energy. He just used simple pushing, slapping, shaking, and other ordinary techniques. Feng Wenhao couldn't block a single move.

After seven moves, Guo Xiaohao stopped, shook his head slightly, and walked behind Xue Tongming without saying a word.

Feng Wenhao seemed to be drunk, his steps were unsteady, his face flushed as he cupped his fists towards Xue Tongming and said, "I'm sorry, I made you laugh."

Xue Tongming said: "Tell me about your strengths and weaknesses."

Feng Wenhao pondered for a moment and said, "The basic skills are not good enough. When compared with Zhou Leng, I realized that the gap is really big. He didn't use any fancy tricks at all. He was very methodical, with both offense and defense, and used force to fight the enemy. It seems ordinary, but Senior Guo Xiaohao is not so relaxed. My mentality is not good either. Once the attack and defense don't work, I will panic. In the end..."

Feng Wenhao talked about many of his shortcomings, and finally, he said: "But I have one advantage, just like Zhou Leng, I never admit defeat. I think that after I practice slowly, I can be as powerful as Senior Xiao Guo."

Xue Tongming laughed and said, "Okay, accept your shortcomings calmly and don't admit defeat. Such a child is a good seedling. You two should stay."

"Thank you, Uncle Xue." Zhou Leng and Feng Wenhao expressed their gratitude together.

"Let's go over there and sign the contract. But... your name is Feng Wenhao, right?"

"Yeah." Feng Wenhao nodded.

"Your reward will be lower."

"It's up to you." Feng Wenhao knew that he had no right to argue. What he cared about were the two bodyguards.

The two signed the contract and left under the leadership of Li Linhan.

Xue Tongming watched the three people's car leave and said, "Xiao Guo, what do you think of Zhou Leng?"

Guo Xiaohao recalled the battle and analyzed it slowly.

"Much better than I was back then. Whether it's a blessing in disguise or something else, he's born with hope. It's hard to describe that feeling. When the two children came in, they were a little reserved. They were obviously children from ordinary families and had never seen the world. They can't be compared with your nephews."

"But when we started fighting, this guy wasn't afraid of me at all, and his attacks were fierce and direct. The key is that this guy's basic skills are too solid. It's not that I don't want to defend, but I can't stop him with one hand using only the internal energy of the great success level. I can only retreat step by step."

"He gives me the feeling of a master who has just begun to develop the will of martial arts. There are many people with good basic skills and abundant true energy, but there are too few young people who have the shadow of martial arts will."

Xue Tongming nodded and said, "This guy named Zhou Leng may not be as good as those four top students in each middle school now, but after a few trips to the Magic City, he will definitely be better than them. Let Xiaosong interact with him more, he is better than his friends who only know how to eat and drink."

After leaving Kaituo Company, Zhou Leng went to the Martial Arts Mall and exchanged one Yuan-boosting Pill and four Qi-nourishing Pills.

I spent another ten minutes in the Martial Arts Mall, bought nothing, and left.

Zhou Leng took the elixir and rhubarb and headed straight for the giant frost tree.

Sitting cross-legged under the tree, Zhou Leng slowly opened the medicine box of Bu Yuan Pills.

A rich medicinal aroma wafts out.

I took one pill to recover from illness.

Buyuan Pills are one of the most important elixirs for martial artists.

At the end of technological civilization, humans suffered from various pollutions and poisons, as well as the ravages of demons, resulting in numerous injuries and illnesses, which led to the general weakness of babies born later.

"Crispy young people" has become a popular internet meme passed down from generation to generation.

Even if they enter the martial arts civilization, young people who practice true qi from a young age still cannot make up for their physical defects.

Related elixirs came into being.

Compared to the body-replenishing pills worth millions of dollars, the Yuan-replenishing Pills at one hundred thousand dollars each are already the cheapest in this series of pills.

Studies have shown that if a person takes three Buyuan pills, they can basically eliminate common physical injuries and become a truly healthy person.

The previous Buyuan Pill was used for treatment, and this one is equivalent to the first one for Zhou Leng.

"Try to replenish the three as soon as possible and recover health."

Zhou Leng swallowed the Bu Yuan Pill in one gulp and started practicing Xuan Chao Jue.

Driven by the Xuanchao Jue, the power of the Buyuan Pills slowly spread throughout the body.

Streams of warmth flowed through the body, repairing the damage.

After a long time, Zhou Leng opened his eyes, picked up a roll of paper he had prepared, and ran straight into the forest.

Dahuang followed hurriedly.

After a burst of artillery fire and machine gun fire, calm returned.

Zhou Leng covered the leaves and said to Da Huang, "Remember this place, don't dig it up or eat it randomly."

Da Huang tilted his mouth and glanced at Zhou Leng.

Zhou Leng moved his body joints as he walked.

An indescribable feeling of comfort spread throughout my body, as if I had slept a full sleep like never before, or as if I had spent the whole day relaxing at my favorite beach or forest.

From body to mind, he felt relaxed and comfortable. Zhou Leng stood beside the giant frost tree and performed the Folding Wave Palm.

At the beginning, there was no difference, just hitting it over and over again.

Slowly, Zhou Leng discovered that there were errors in his palm techniques that he had not noticed before.

Shrugging too high, pulling back too quickly, arms floating upwards, too much energy, too rigid body shape, and off-kilter moves...

Zhou Leng changed one by one, and the fighting became smoother and smoother.

It's like I've changed my body.

Like measuring yourself with a ruler, it is accurate to the millimeter.

After practicing external skills, Zhou Leng began to practice Xuanchao Jue.

The circulation of true Qi became faster.

The flow of Qi is more condensed, whereas before it was too loose.

Zhou Leng swallowed a pill to nourish his energy and continued to practice...

Rucheng is close to the north bank of the Yangtze River.

Across the Yangtze River, in a large area close to Lake Taihu, a water island magic city was formed because it overlaps with multiple worlds such as the Demon Prison World.

In order to prevent the spread of monsters, the Dragon Kingdom built the Shuizhou Development Base in the weak spot of the space barrier of the Shuizhou Magic City.

The Seventh Division of the Zhenhai Army is stationed here.

The development base is like a small county town, with all the necessary facilities.

Soldiers, pioneers, migrant workers and students coming and going.

Green military vehicles drove past the avenue in front of the main entrance of the "Development Hall", and a team of seven people slowly walked down the steps of the Development Hall.

Two women and five men.

The leader was a fair-faced teenager wearing camouflage clothes and carrying a large black backpack.

The young man looked around the Shuizhou base lazily with a lazy smile on his face.

Zhou Leng, Feng Wenhao and six others were all wearing camouflage uniforms and carrying black backpacks, standing behind the lazy boy.

About ten meters away from the seven people, there were two adult men wearing the same outfit, the difference was that one of them was carrying a bow and the other was carrying a crossbow.

There are blue light patterns on the surface of the two crossbows.

Magic weapon.

"Captain, should we get ready or go directly into the Demon City?" Feng Wenhao looked at the lazy boy.

The lazy boy is the captain of this martial arts study team, Xue Chengsong, the only son of Xue Tongming.

In the signed contract, the six people had to do their utmost to protect Xue Chengsong's safety and obey Xue Chengsong's orders.

"Put the battle medal first. When I first entered the Demon City, Captain Kaituo said that this is the most important thing." Xue Chengsong turned and looked at the others.

"Some of you are visiting the Demon City for the first time, so let me say a few more words..." Xue Chengsong held up his battle medal.

The lens is the size of a pair of glasses, a silver regular octagon, and has dense blue lines on the surface.

"Put it in the inner pocket of your camouflage uniform. If the enemy attacks your heart, this thing may save your life. Of course, its main function is to calculate your military merits by detecting the breath of the monster's death."

Zhou Leng and others followed suit.

"We didn't have a deep feeling when we were in school. When we start on the path of martial arts, whether it's studying at a martial arts university, attending a martial arts school, becoming a pioneer, or taking any path in the military or police, military exploits are the most important thing, nothing else. Remember, nothing else."

"I once saw an elder with my own eyes. He was on the verge of death and would not live for more than three days. However, he exchanged his military merits for a pill. Not only did he become full of energy, but his strength also improved."

"I have also seen a big man who is usually so powerful that he doesn't even take my father seriously, exhausting his military merits to save his child, and begging my father to borrow his military merits in exchange for elixirs. On Blue Star, as long as you have enough military merits, you can even compete with the warlords, or in other words, you are the warlord!"

The six members of the team listened carefully.

Afterwards, Xue Chengsong laughed at himself and said, "It's a pity that I have poor talent and I don't work hard, so this is it... However, if I can't get into Xihai Wuda through supplementary enrollment, I will be even more miserable. So..."

Xue Chengsong glanced at everyone and said, "As long as you work together to help me, I will give each of you 10,000 yuan as a thank you after I enter Xihai Wuda. I will pay for the four-year tuition of the one who helps me the most. At the same time, I can also help you find a way out after graduation."

Everyone's heartbeat quickened.

With this money, I no longer need to worry about other people's feelings and can practice with peace of mind for the next four years.

The Xue family’s network of contacts far exceeds that of an ordinary family.

Zhou Leng secretly observed everyone, and everyone was interested, including Feng Wenhao, who originally came just to get his research experience.

Same for myself.

That's four years of tuition.

"But... everything depends on your concerted efforts to complete this martial arts study. Therefore, I hope that no matter what selfish thoughts or ideas you have, you will wait until the end of the study. However, the Demon City is dangerous, and the people's hearts are even more dangerous."

Xue Chengsong smiled faintly and said, "I am actually a soft-hearted person. After all, I have not experienced any great storms. But my father is the most ruthless person I have ever met. If you do something you shouldn't do, he will do something even more wrong. Moreover, the contract clearly states that if I die, you won't get a penny."

The six people were silent, as if stunned by Xue Chengsong's words.

(End of this chapter)