The Legend of the Condor Heroes: From Being Expelled from Peach Blossom Island

Chapter 91 Child Bride

From Gusu City to Wujiapo, with Wu Chengyu's current lightness skill, it would only take two incense sticks to travel. Crane Shadow Flowing Light truly lives up to its reputation as the skill Yun Zhonghe used to escape. In terms of long-distance travel alone, even the lightness skills in the Nine Yin Manual are far inferior to it.

However, the second volume of the True Scripture only has two types of light-body skills: Spiral Nine Shadows and Snake Walk and Fox Flip, each with its own unique uses.

In particular, the snake-like movements and fox-like acrobatics are remarkably similar to Wu Chengyu's cat-like steps and eel-like skills. A fox is just a cat, and the body shape of an eel and a snake is also very similar. Sometimes Wu Chengyu even suspected that the martial arts on the bamboo slips were directly copied.

However, Cat Step and Eel Skill are considered body-refining techniques. Cat Step improves leg muscle fibers, while Eel Skill allows the muscles throughout the body to automatically flow and dodge attacks. Protective strength is just an added bonus.

These two are essentially passive skills that directly increase agility and flexibility, and enhance evasion. On the other hand, Snake Walk and Leaping Leap is a movement technique used when facing an enemy. It is an active skill and is purely a technique-based skill.

Wu Chengyu tried to automatically incorporate cat steps and eel skills into his snake-walking and fox-flipping techniques. When fighting, he truly had the effect of passing through a field of flowers without getting pollen on him.

His cat-like steps, enhanced by the Achilles tendon grown through training on the ox and horse stance, possess astonishing explosive power, allowing him to create two or three phantoms at lightning speed, somewhat similar to the effect of the afterimage fist. After learning the Spiral Nine Shadows, he gained both theoretical and technical support, and now, when Wu Chengyu goes all out, he can create more than nine phantoms.

Initially focused on revenge, he also went to great lengths to obtain the second volume of the Nine Yin Manual. The extent to which it helped Wu Chengyu was beyond his expectations. He originally thought that with the martial arts of the Murong family, the Nine Yin Manual would be useless, at least he wouldn't have much time to practice it.

Putting everything else aside, Wu Chengyu's lightness skill has reached an unbelievable level. If he were a womanizer, there would be very few people in the world who could catch up with him. He certainly can't beat the Five Greats now, but he can definitely escape.

When Wu Chengyu returned to Wujiapo, it was already dark. The small village in Wujiapo was filled with tiny candlelight and lingering smoke from the evening cooking fires. Five years of living in the warmth of human habitation had given Wu Chengyu a sense of home.

Wu Chengyu's courtyard is located on the west side of Wujiapo. The courtyard is not large, just over 100 square meters, and has four rooms plus a kitchen.

At this moment, A-Ku was sitting at the Eight Immortals table, his left hand supporting his head, his eyes fixed on the flame in the oil lamp, lost in thought.

However, under the lamplight, the shadow on the wall behind seemed rather huge.

A-Ku, whose full name is Mo-Ku, will be twelve years old in a few days. She is 175 cm tall and doesn't say her weight. The little girl is getting older and knows how to be shy.

The main reason Wu Chengyu decided to control his height to at least 195 cm was that, according to the bamboo slips, A Ku's final height should be around 185 cm. Out of male pride, he had to change his plans and increase his expectations.

A year ago, A-Ku had finally mastered the art of being a bear, and no longer needed to hibernate intermittently every winter. His appetite had also decreased significantly, now equivalent to just over the appetite of two adult men.

As A-Ku's height increased dramatically, his body also began to gradually become thinner, just as the bamboo slip described. However, his figure was no longer so bloated, but A-Ku's weight did not decrease much.

The fat accumulated from overeating and drinking quickly transformed into solid muscles. Unlike the muscles developed in gyms through technology and intense workouts, these muscles weren't bulky, but they definitely possessed a visually striking sense of power.

The purpose of the bear is to rebuild and transform oneself after the foundation of the body has been damaged. People like Wu Chengyu, who are only mediocre in talent but have good physical condition, cannot cultivate it.

The side effect of the bear is that it makes the cultivator's body strong and powerful. Now, A-Ku's arm strength is no less than Wu Chengyu's, and it is estimated that there is still room for improvement in the future.

According to the bamboo slips, the effect of bears increasing strength wasn't that significant. The strength that A-Ku possesses now is a result of her superhuman aptitude after her foundation was fully restored—it's that unreasonable. In short, even without martial arts, seven or eight strong men couldn't get close to A-Ku now.

She was a very tall girl who looked somewhat strong or athletic, a combination of strength and beauty, and definitely not ugly, but it looked a little out of place with Ah Ku's face.

Ah Ku has a naturally baby face. Just looking at her face, she is absolutely pure and sweet. Her big eyes curve into crescent moons when she smiles. She looks seven-tenths like Mao Xiaotong, whom Wu Chengyu saw on TV in his previous life. But can you imagine Mao Xiaotong playing sumo wrestling and casually throwing people five meters away?
Ever since Ah Ku trained into Bear in the Bear's Lair, Wu Chengyu has had the same dream: he dreams that Mao Xiaotong is dressed in ancient costume, acting cute and silly one second, and secretly shedding tears when she is wronged, and then she turns around and slaps a tiger with piercing eyes and a white forehead to death.

Then Wu Chengyu woke up in fright, his bed soaked in cold sweat.

From that time on, Wu Chengyu worried about Aku's future husband. He often looked at the young boys of the Wu family who played with Aku on weekdays and wondered which one would become the unlucky one in the future.

But who could have imagined that life would be so absurd and unreasonable?

A few days ago, several uncles gathered at Wu Chengyu's house, eating meat and drinking wine while discussing which business Wu Chengyu should take over to gain experience. Wu Chengyu has long been regarded by his uncles as the future pillar of the third branch of the family.

But as the conversation went on, Wu Zhenghui started to veer off-topic: "Look at how big Xiao Ershiyi is, he's no different from a young man. He'll be sixteen soon. Although he can't have his coming-of-age ceremony yet, he can start thinking about getting engaged now."

In ordinary farming households, they might already be married.

His parents are both gone, so we uncles and elders should start making plans for him as soon as possible.

Upon hearing this, the others echoed, listing several good-looking girls of similar age from outside the Wu family. They then gradually began to discuss which families in Suzhou could be potential marriage partners.

Wu Chengyu was indifferent to the idea of ​​marriage. Getting married now was definitely too early, but since it was a feudal society, these things were common. It was good to find a good wife early on, even if it meant playing around with her for a few years to raise her.

But the prerequisite is that she must be gentle, unpretentious, virtuous, and know how to take care of her man. Moreover, she must be good-looking. It's feudal society now, and he is from a wealthy family. Wu Chengyu doesn't want to compromise himself.

Just then, Ah Ku, who was sitting next to Wu Chengyu and busy gnawing on a bone, suddenly looked up. His mouth was still greasy and his eyes were a little dazed, but what he said made Wu Chengyu almost jump up.

“Brother doesn’t need to find someone to be engaged, I am your childhood sweetheart.”

Upon hearing this, the uncles burst into laughter. Everyone who had met Ah Ku was fond of his personality. Although the little girl was not of the same surname, she was very popular in Wujiapo.

Wu Zhengliang glanced at Aku, then looked at Wu Chengyu, who was sitting restlessly, and nodded.

"Little A-Ku is right, you two really do look like a good match."

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