Chapter 94: Hidden Dragons and Crouching Tigers in the Sunny City, Perfect Movement (4K)

The car was driving on the cobblestone driveway. Xue Jing looked at the elegant scenery in the manor through the car window, and his fingers unconsciously tapped Futu's scabbard.

"That's the stable over there. Junior brother, have you ever ridden a horse?"

Zhu Shanying pointed to a circular fence on the grass not far away. There was a row of wooden sheds inside. Each shed was filled with large horses of various colors with beautiful fur. A servant was holding a big spoon and adding food to the trough.

"How about we go horseback riding later? Going out of my back door is the back mountain of the North City District. That's a good place for horse racing."

Xue Jing shook his head: "I can't ride a horse."

Zhu Shanying's smart eyes were full of smiles: "That's just right, I'll teach you."

Xue Jing wanted to refuse, but suddenly realized something, thought about it, and smiled:

"Okay, let's try it."

Zhu Shanying exclaimed, a little surprised.

"I thought you would be very serious and say, 'I'm here to practice martial arts, not to play,' and refuse righteously."

She reached out and poked Xue Jing's cheek, and said with a smile: "It seems that you are more interesting than I thought."

The car slowly stopped in the small square in front of the main house, the door opened, and Xue Jing got out.

He looked at the beautifully shaped fountain in the center of the small square and asked Zhu Shanying who had just got off the car:

"Where are the family members of senior sister? I have to say hello."

This time I came to Zhu Shanying's house mainly because I need an open space to practice martial arts, especially the practice of swordsmanship.

He usually has a little space in the practice room of Canglong Dojo, and can only practice basic swordsmanship routines.

The training hall is full of ordinary disciples. Not only is he afraid of hitting people when practicing, but he will also be surrounded by people all the time, which is quite uncomfortable.

It just so happened that Canglong Dojo was going to be renovated, and Zhushan Ying said that her house was big and she could do whatever she wanted, so Xue Jing agreed. Otherwise, she would have to find a new place to practice martial arts, which would be troublesome.

Since she was already here, she must say hello to Zhushan Ying's family to avoid being impolite.

Hearing Xue Jing's words, Zhushan Ying shook her head, "My family is not in Qingcheng. Except for the servants who take care of the house, I live alone."

Hmm?

Xue Jing raised his eyebrows and glanced at her.

"Why, Senior Sister Zhu, where are you from? You are a city girl who has come to the countryside to experience life?"

Zhu Shanying curled her lips and said, "That's about right... but your statement is weird."

"Qingcheng is where my ancestors started... Before they died, they left a will saying that Qingcheng is the place where our family thrives, and our family members have to come here to live for a period of time every year."

"Two years ago, when I came to live in Qingcheng, I met my master and worshipped him as my master. I settled here for a long time to practice martial arts."

After hearing this, Xue Jing couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

How can there be so many talented people in such a small Qingcheng?

Although I don't know how great Zhu Shanying's family background is, I know that it is definitely amazing from the fact that her ancestors dared to use the four words "place where dragons thrive" to describe Qingcheng.

In addition to Zhu Shanying, there is also Master Li Qi, the "Dragon King" who retired from the inner ring city, and Wu Youqing, whose specific degree of awesomeness is unknown, but is definitely awesome.

This is still related to him, and there are many who are not related.

"Sister Zhu's ancestor is an expert. There is a saying about 'the place where dragons rise'."

Xue Jing shook his head and said.

Qingcheng is indeed full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers, and the biggest 'dragon' is himself.

Zhu Shanying waved his hand indifferently, "It doesn't matter. Let's go, little brother, let's go in."

After that, she walked to the main house in front, and Xue Jing followed her.

The huge black double-opening wooden door slowly opened, and what came into view was the entrance corridor decorated with soft beige tones.

To Xue Jing's surprise, the decoration style of the main house did not pursue high style, but was quite homely, with modern traces everywhere for the pursuit of comfort and practicality.

In addition to being a bit outrageous in size, the style of the whole house is quite down-to-earth. There are basically no flashy things such as oil paintings, antique sculptures, and crystal chandeliers.

After passing the entrance, there is a small living room opposite, but Zhu Shanying did not take Xue Jing there, but took him to the second floor from the stairs in the corridor on the left.

"I live alone in this house now. You can walk around freely, little brother."

Zhu Shanying was talking on the stairs, and Xue Jing followed behind her. As they went up and down, their eyes inevitably fell on the girl's round and plump body.

She twisted and turned, and in contrast with her slender waist, she showed her immature but fatal temptation.

Xue Jing didn't look at it for long, but turned his head to look around the house's exquisite structure, lighting design, etc.

"There is a big swimming pool on the third floor. Little brother, if you are tired of practicing martial arts and want to relax, you can go there. Swimming is very comfortable."

"That's the library. Many of them are out-of-print books outside. You can't buy them..."

Zhu Shanying took Xue Jing around the house, introduced the basic layout, and finally took him to the fifth floor.

The door opened, and it was a huge and extremely spacious room, dozens of meters long and wide, with a light gray rubber floor. There was nothing else except dozens of load-bearing columns and some equipment.

"This is the practice room. You can practice martial arts here, or go to the courtyard, or go directly to the back mountain of Beicheng District from the back door. It's very convenient."

Zhu Shanying said with a smile.

"Thank you, Senior Sister Zhu."

Xue Jing thanked.

"That's it, little brother, you practice first~ I have all the medicinal materials here, and the small room over there is where the medicine is prepared, you can use it at will."

Zhu Shanying pointed to an inconspicuous door in the corner of the practice room.

"I still have something to do. I will come back to eat with you at noon. Then I will teach you how to ride a horse."

The girl said, waved her hand, and left the practice room.

Xue Jing suppressed the strange feeling of being supported, shook his head, took a deep breath, and began to practice daily.

…

On the other side, outside Qingcheng, there was a deserted wilderness.

Jiao Hongyuan opened his eyes and coughed violently.

"Cough cough cough——"

With every cough, he would spit out a mouthful of sticky black blood that was almost solid, and he couldn't help but cover his heart with his hands, his face full of pain.

Li Chengxuan, who was sitting next to him, saw this and quickly reached out to his back and asked with concern:

"Master... are you okay?"

Jiao Hongyuan waved his hand and looked down at his dantian.

There was a circular hole in the clothes there, and there was a three-finger-wide spiral wound on the exposed abdomen.

It should have been a big hole, but he controlled his muscles and forced them to contract to form a spiral.

"The body that has been cultivated for nearly sixty years can't withstand a blow from the younger generation."

Jiao Hongyuan sighed.

"Time is merciless."

If he were 20 years younger, how could he be bullied to this extent?

"Master, what should we do now?"

Li Chengxuan asked in a low voice.

He was a little panicked.

In his eyes, the master who was almost invincible in the world was beaten like this...

And, maybe, probably, possibly, it seems, it seems, it seems, it seems that it is his fault?

No, Li Chengxuan denied this idea.

He went to Canglong Dojo to seek an explanation for the death of Senior Brother Kaiping, and wanted to ask Xue Jing what was going on.

But he didn't expect that the people in Canglong Dojo would be so unethical...

Hiss... No, it seems that they are quite martial, and only let Xue Jing, who is younger than him, fight with him...

Forget it, it doesn't matter, it has already happened.

Even if he has 99% of the problems, don't the people in Canglong Dojo have 1% of the responsibility?

Both sides have problems, and it is meaningless to entangle who is right and who is wrong.

Li Chengxuan thought.

Jiao Hongyuan looked at Li Chengxuan with a complicated look.

It seemed like disappointment, but also something else.

He sighed and said with a dull look:

"Chengxuan, go to Fengcheng right away, the elimination round is about to start."

Li Chengxuan whispered: "But... there is still more than a week left, I want to accompany you more."

Jiao Hongyuan glared at him.

"You don't understand yet? I told you to go out and hide!"

"The Canglong Dojo is not easy to mess with, they won't just let it go."

"And they also know that I won't just let it go."

Jiao Hongyuan covered his stomach.

"Next is not something you, a kid, can get involved in. Go to Fengcheng quickly, and you have to treat your injuries. I know a doctor there, he's very good..."

At this time, a deep voice suddenly came from the side.

"Okay, let's talk about these shits later."

A tall man wearing a black windbreaker that covered his whole body was sitting on a fallen dead tree trunk next to him.

He supported his knees with his elbows, his two broad palms overlapped, and his eyes with green light stared at Jiao Hongyuan and the other man without emotion.

The man had no hair on his head, and there were six button-like things on the top. There was a black mask covering most of his face from the corner of his eyes. The mask was not worn, but sewn on the skin.

He was very strong. Although he was sitting, his upper body alone made people see that he was very tall, at least more than two meters.

Li Chengxuan was silent when he heard the man speak.

The reason why they were able to escape from the monster in Canglong Dojo was that the man in front of them held the monster back.

"Jiao Hongyuan, how is the matter I asked you to do?"

"The 'big meeting' will be held in two months, don't tell me that there is only so much progress."

The man's voice was mechanically cold, without even a trace of emotion.

Jiao Hongyuan coughed a few more times and said slowly:

"Mature individuals have been cultivated and are accumulating output. Why are you in such a hurry?"

The man stared at him for a long time before nodding:

"It's better to do so."

"Besides, this is the last time I help you... The company must not have anything to do with this matter, you know."

The man spoke expressionlessly.

"You have to solve your own problems."

Jiao Hongyuan snorted.

"I didn't expect anything, so you don't have to mention it."

The man looked at him deeply.

"It's good that you understand."

...

Near noon, Xue Jing stopped waving the blade in his hand and sheathed the Futu sword.

[You have completed a sword practice, and the experience value of military attack is +98]

After looking at the information on the panel, Xue Jing thought about it and did not continue to practice. Instead, he opened the door and walked out of the practice room.

He walked down the stairs to the third floor and came to the indoor swimming pool that Zhushan Ying had introduced.

This was a large swimming pool that was 20 meters long and 10 meters wide. Xue Jing glanced at the blue water surface and smelled the unique chlorine in the swimming pool.

He took off all his clothes, folded them together with Futu and put them on the ground, then walked to the cabinet next to him and opened it.

Inside were unopened swimming trunks of various sizes. Xue Jing picked a larger one to change into.

He was naked in a pair of swimming trunks, exposing his perfect body that was like a careful sculpture of a god in the air.

Walking to the edge of the swimming pool, Xue Jing squatted down and reached out to scoop up the pool water.

Then he jumped up and plunged into the pool with a splash.

In the form of butterfly stroke, he fluttered in the pool water unfamiliarly.

'It seems that I have never swum in my life. '

Xue Jing thought to himself while swimming.

I did practice a little in my previous life, and I know how to do butterfly stroke, which is one of the legacy of my previous life.

Xue Jing swam in the pool. At first, he was not very skilled. He only knew the skills in his mind, but it had not become an instinct in his body.

But as a martial artist, he had strong body control, which made him familiar with everything about butterfly stroke quickly, and his swimming skills improved incredibly fast.

"Hua La La -"

After a while, he was like a sharp arrow, shuttling back and forth in the pool, like a torpedo, making a huge noise in the water.

His strong physical fitness, running and breathing brought him a terrifying lung capacity, so he almost didn't need to rest and swam non-stop.

After an unknown amount of time, a prompt suddenly popped up on the panel.

[Conditions have been met, activate skills: swimming]

[Swimming Lv1 (0/300)]

Seeing the prompt on the panel, Xue Jing pushed hard, and a few flutters brought him to the shore, and took a breath.

"Sure enough, there are skills that can be activated."

Xue Jing exclaimed and spoke.

He glanced at the water surface, and instinctively felt a sense of familiarity.

It was as if he was supposed to be a creature living under the water.

Xue Jing turned his foot against the wall of the swimming pool and dived into the water.

This time, his movements were much more skillful than before, and even had a natural sense of elegance.

It was like a fish that lived on the bottom of the sea and belonged to the sea by nature.

He didn't even need the help of his arms, and he could quickly move through the water by just swinging his body flexibly.

"Puha!"

Xue Jing stuck his head out of the water, a little happy.

"My water ability has improved a lot, and even my physical fitness, balance, control, etc. have improved a lot evenly."

He felt the improvement brought to him by [Swimming].

"It is said to be the best sport in the world, and it is the best sport in the world. It can exercise all parts of the human body in the most comprehensive way."

"Except for the harsh conditions, it is a perfect sport with almost no shortcomings."

"Awesome!"

Xue Jing turned over and dived into the water again.

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