NOVEL NEXT 155: The Inevitable Return To Reality
Zhang Xiaoping was stunned. The enemies weren’t strong—at least not in his opinion. Just, everyone else on his side was so weak! They were all being bowled over in seconds! Following the leading two guys appearing and drawing all the attention, Zhang Xiaoping had watched as another group of four ran by the guards and into the warehouse.
Among the group were four people, two guys and two girls. Zhang Xiaoping didn’t care about the guys, they were boring anyway. However, among the girls, one had caught his attention. One girl with silver-white hair and purple eyes had run in with butterflies trailing behind her.
Zhang Xiaoping believed she was called Lin Songmei... She was EXACTLY his type too! Focusing on his Qi circulation, Zhang Xiaoping had a thought. Maybe... maybe if he beat up all the attackers and captured her, she’d fall in love with him! Awed at his strength!
Still crouched behind some crates, Zhang Xiaoping peeked out from his hiding spot. Who would he have to beat? Scanning the area, Zhang Xiaoping felt a bolt from the heavens strike down, blessing him with the knowledge.
Wang Taigang! Lu Qiang! Zhao Liying! Yan Mingqing! These were the four people left outside the warehouse! No wonder Lin Songmei had run in earlier! The others must have been Han Youhong, Cai Yufei, and Liu Liping!
Tapping his head, Zhang Xiaoping praised himself. What a genius deduction as always. No one could match his peerless mental acuity.
Grinning, Zhang Xiaoping put down his sword, closing his eyes and clasping his hands together, thanking the heavens for their kindness. He had been wishing to test these ‘geniuses’ with his own hands. He wanted to teach them the true meaning of peerless talent.
Already thinking towards the conclusion of the battle, Zhang Xiaoping felt a wide grin blossom on his face. He could see it already! Four manservants, cowed by his power, itching to learn from a true master. Then, four beautiful ladies by his side, swarming and fighting for a chance to cling onto his arms. He only had two after all! They’d have to fight for a position!
Grabbing his sword, Zhang Xiaoping leapt out from behind the crates, charging towards the nearest cultivator: Yan Mingqing.
Oh how she was sexy. Her long navy blue hair, her sharp eyes, her cold, aloof, pointed demeanor! Zhang Xiaoping could already imagine her breaking down into a blushing mess, begging to hold his arm as they sauntered down the streets!
Forcing himself to focus and dismissing his more... imaginative... thoughts, Zhang Xiaoping crouched down into a ready position, raising his sword and activating his body enhancement technique. “Mingqing! I, Zhang Xiaoping, heaven’s favored child, challenge you! Today, I will teach you the true dao of the sword!”
With Mingqing kicking another guard into what seemed to be another dimension, Zhang Xiaoping grinned as she turned to face him. She didn’t even know what was about to hit her!
Mingqing, on the other hand, was not impressed. She had noticed some weirdo trying to burn a hole into Songmei earlier from behind the crates. Now he had leapt out, challenging her to a duel? What was with the “Mingqing” too? They were nowhere near close enough to address each other by their first names only...
Socking a poor guard in the stomach and tossing him towards Liying who was looking over at the ‘duel’ with interest, Mingqing mouthed a “Can you believe this guy?” before turning around.
Watching him rock in place, ready for a fight, Mingqing sat back on one foot. “C’mon, you first, I don’t mind. I’ll let you have a move.”
Clenching his jaw, Zhang Xiaoping fumed as he squinted his eyes. THE EGO! Who was this upstart eighteen year old to treat a duel like this?! When he pounded her into the ground and wooed her over, he’d teach her a lesson!
Zhang Xiaoping—with his ever-fast, zen but genius mind—came up with a fitting punishment within a quarter of a second. He’d ensure the other girls always were favored before her! She’d be the lowest member of the harem until she learned!
“Hehehe... you’ll regret this,” Zhang Xiaoping scowled, raising his sword. “Etch this name into your mind! Star Heaven’s Thirteenth Cataclysmic Celestial Star Cyclone-Dragon Falling Through The Heavens Cleaving Storm Slashes!”
Leaping into the air—after fifteen seconds of announcing his technique’s name—Zhang Xiaoping fell towards Mingqing, unleashing a barrage of Qi slashes. Laughing as he felt all his Qi drain out through his blade, Zhang Xiaoping’s face froze as Mingqing shrugged and sighed, waving her sword to counter every slash with picture-perfect precision.
... H-How did she block it???
With Mingqing scowling, Zhang Xiaoping took a fist to the stomach as he came face to face with an angry Mingqing. “Your face is even uglier up close you buffoon, pig-faced, bastard. Never even look at, no, even dream of Songmei again, you got it?”
Nodding as he coughed up a mouthful of blood, Zhang Xiaoping took another twenty blows—over the course of a couple seconds—before falling to the ground. Struggling as he felt stabbing pains all over his torso, Zhang Xiaoping laid on the ground. “My ribs... my internal organs! How is this possible!?!”
Hearing Mingqing laughing, Zhang Xiaoping cracked his tear-filled eyes open as she grinned, saying “try this technique on for size... scrotum SMASHER!” before a heavy kick swept up and decimated his pelvic region.
With a shrill scream escaping his lips, Zhang Xiaoping laid on the ground sobbing. “Why... heavens... why!? Weren’t Songmei, Mingqing, Liying, and Liping promised to me... Why...”
In the middle of walking off, Mingqing did a double take as Liying motioned with her head and hand. “It’s fine, I can cover for you, go let off some steam on that guy.”
“I owe you one,” Mingqing spun on her heel, making long strides back towards Zhang Xiaoping before hoisting him up into the air. “Did you not hear what I said earlier?”
Still feeling sharp pains in his torso and a dull pain in his crotch area, Zhang Xiaoping spat his blood onto the ground as he grinned with a maniacal laugh. “Of course I did... but I don’t care! You! You don’t understand the mindset of a chosen one! It won’t be long until I stumble upon a hidden opportunity, allowing me to soar up like a hidden dragon! I’ll stomp you into the ground. Then, your only place left, your only avenue of survival, and your only hope will be to join my harem!”
“Uh... huh.” Mingqing nodded with an unimpressed expression. “Right...”
Winding up, Mingqing landed one more solid punch onto Zhang Xiaoping before throwing him back onto the ground. “With how delusional and empty your head must be, I bet brain-eating amoeba think they’re being punished in the afterlife with eternal torment when they enter your head.”
Stepping over him, Mingqing jogged off, returning to action as the inner disciples swarmed the area and captured disciples began streaming out of the warehouse.
