In the future, Earth becomes a relic of the mythical era.

Chapter 37 Settling Accounts
Xie Lingxin sighed, looked at the big tattoo on her arm and shook her head: "Seeing you, I really understand half of the phrase 'being moved by the scenery' now."

Iron Loach's imposing manner faltered, and he looked slightly bewildered: "What do you mean?"

He called you an animal.

A voice sounded behind Xie Lingxin.

Looking over, Tie Niqiu saw a man with a sour face walking out from the corner of the alley.

"brute?"

Iron Loach frowned and thought for a while, then realized what he meant and his face turned red.

"court death!"

He stretched out his palm and slapped it down.

The large tattooed arm instantly swelled up, with veins bulging out densely, looking quite ferocious.

Even from a distance, Xie Lingxin could feel a strong gust of wind hitting her face.

If that punch landed, he didn't even know if his skull would crack open.

Although he hasn't learned how to fight yet, he has fortunately developed his spiritual awareness, making him sharp-eared, sharp-eyed, and quick-reacting.

The opponent's movements were not fast in his eyes, but although he had begun his cultivation, he had not yet learned any combat techniques and did not know how to deal with them properly.

I just instinctively raised my hand to grab it.

Although he attacked later, he arrived first and grabbed the opponent's fist in one swift motion.

"boom!"

The next moment, the punch landed on her hand, but Xie Lingxin's expression changed.

He didn't feel the force of the punch was great, but it was incredibly cunning and vicious, as if he had grabbed a hammer.

I felt a sharp, needle-like pain emanating from my palm, which instantly spread throughout my entire arm, as if it were broken.

People were also shaken and staggered backward.

Suddenly, a hand blocked it, the fierce force like hitting an impenetrable wall, unable to budge it in the slightest.

Although Xie Lingxin was caught, her back was numb from the shock, and her internal organs felt like they were being squeezed. She gagged after landing.

Squatting on the ground, her face flushed, she turned around and said, "You did this on purpose, didn't you!"

The person who came was Shen Wen, his only adversary in the Environmental Protection Bureau.

Although he is not very skilled now, he is very sharp-minded and has noticed that someone has been following him for the past few days.

Before Jin Su almost disappeared, he had mentioned it to him, and the bureau had sent people to protect him.

He just didn't expect that this person would be Shen Wen.

Shen Wen sneered, ignored him, and walked to the front, blocking Tie Niqiu and Xie Lingxin.

"Iron Palm?"

"The Iron Scale Gang?"

Shen Wen still wore a disdainful expression.

"Knowing I'm from the Iron Scale Gang, you still dare to meddle? Are you looking for death!"

Iron Loach cursed angrily, raising both hands, which swelled to more than twice their original size.

It slammed down on him with the force of two peaks piercing his ears.

Shen Wen stood still, sneering disdainfully, "Is that all you've got? Come on, hit me here!"

Instead of dodging or avoiding, he lowered his head and stretched it out in front of those ferocious giant hands.

"boom!"

Iron Mud Loach's expression changed when he struck down with both palms.

Shen Wen sneered again, and with a slight tremor of his neck, he forced Shen Wen's hands wide open.

A headbutt slammed into his chest.

"what!"

With a scream, the iron loach flew away.

"Gudu..."

Xie Lingxin, who was behind her, swallowed hard.

It's not because Shen Wen is so powerful, but because this guy's head is really made of iron, in every sense of the word.

No wonder he's called a mad dog.

"Pah! Overestimating yourself."

Shen Wen spat in disdain.

Iron Mudfish scrambled to his feet in terror, his arms, which had been used to strike him, now hanging limply at his sides like noodles, as if broken. He coughed up blood. "Who are you?!"

Shen Wen ignored him: "You dare to mess with the Environmental Protection Bureau?"

Although he disliked Xie Lingxin, this weirdo who got in through connections, she was still someone from the Environmental Protection Bureau, someone he needed to protect.

"If it weren't for discipline, I would have crippled you right now. Now get out of here!"

Upon hearing the words "Environmental Protection Bureau," Iron Loach completely lost his spirit.

But his temperament still compelled him to utter harsh words: "You just wait, Leizhou is not a place where your Environmental Protection Bureau can control everything!"

"This kid messed with the wrong person. If I can't deal with you, someone more powerful will come to deal with you!"

"Tsk!"

Shen Wen made a move as if to strike, but Tie Niqiu turned and ran away.

Xie Lingxin rubbed her throbbing arm and looked at him with surprise, saying, "You actually helped me?"

Shen Wen scoffed, "Hmph, if it weren't for orders from the bureau, would I care about you?"

"A nobody who hasn't even broken through the first level of physical strength managed to beat you up like this. You're utterly useless."

"I just don't understand why the bureau would waste its valuable human resources on you?"

"He hasn't even broken through the first level of physical barriers?"

Xie Lingxin ignored his belittling.

He was almost at the critical point of the first level of the Heavenly Realm, and his physical strength had increased dramatically. Otherwise, he might have broken his arm with that blow.

Just now, he felt that the iron loach was at least two or three times stronger than him.

When it came to a personal matter, he didn't care about losing face in front of his "enemy" and asked directly, "How can he be so strong? He's as strong as a needle."

Shen Wen gave him a strange look: "Although the Iron Palm of the Iron Scale Gang is only of the Floating Life Rank, not some extraordinary martial arts technique, it is still of the Rank."

"When used properly, it can multiply one's strength, and its power is cunning and insidious,"

"Although that little punk hasn't even broken through the first level of the Heavenly Realm, he can still shatter rocks and break monuments with a single palm strike."

"Speaking of which, you managed to withstand one of his palm strikes without breaking any bones, so your life cultivation should be quite strong. How come you're so weak?"

Xie Lingxin completely ignored his disdain, only muttering, "Martial arts fist techniques are actually this powerful?"

Therefore, it's not necessarily that my cultivation level is inferior to Iron Mud Loach's; it's just that I don't understand martial arts and boxing techniques, which is equivalent to having strength but not knowing how to use it.

Hearing his mutterings, Shen Wen looked surprised: "You haven't learned any martial arts?"

Xie Lingxin thought to herself, "I have only ever practiced the 'Mountain Carrying Diagram' from the Nanhe Guild Hall."

Shen asked, "That is a life cultivation foundation-building technique, a refining technique, not a technique for using."

He then sneered, "You're so incompetent, I'd like to see how you manage to get a permanent position in half a month."

Xie Lingxin was both amused and annoyed to see that he was still thinking about this matter.

Considering that the other party had just helped him, he didn't criticize them to their face, but muttered "slut" under his breath.

"Don't worry, when the month is up and you're punished, just don't beg me for help!"

Shen Wen dismissed it with disdain.

His intervention was not due to any change in his opinion of Xie Lingxin.

It was purely because I was on official business and was following orders.

Being able to distinguish between public and private matters is a basic quality of a sanitation worker.

He does have that much basic manners.

As for Xie Lingxin, he was convinced from the bottom of his heart that once the one-month period was up, she would definitely have to pack her bags and leave.

Remembering that she had a task to complete, she still spoke up to remind him, "Someone has also gone to look for your father."

Xie Lingxin's expression changed slightly, then she quickly came to her senses: "You've been there?"

Shen asked, "There are other people in charge over there. Just take care of yourself. It doesn't matter if you live or die. If you cause my mission to fail, I don't mind personally sending you on your way!"

"Stinky sand..."

Xie Lingxin almost blurted it out, but she forced herself to swallow it back.

Brother Xie, I'm clear about my grudges and I won't criticize you face-to-face.

Shen Wen realized what he was about to say, and his face darkened.

"Hey, you surnamed Shen, you'll die from that stinking mouth of yours sooner or later!"

That guy surnamed Shen really deserves a beating!
"hehe."

Shen Wen scoffed at his words, finding the kid utterly annoying, but still dutifully reminded him, "The bureau has investigated; there's someone behind the Iron Scale Gang."

(End of this chapter)