Super Hero Monk: Hormones Journey to the West

Chapter 19 Predator

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The morning frost had not yet been melted by the first ray of sunshine, but the sound of drums in the East and West markets had already sounded, marking the beginning of a new day's trading.

What was different from the past was that officials in red court robes appeared on the tower where the drums were beaten, and ceremonial guards were lined up on both sides, attracting a crowd to gather downstairs, who were all looking forward to it.

It turns out that the winter solstice is just two days away, and the days will begin to gradually get longer, symbolizing the "yin reaches its extreme and yang is born."

On Xuanci's home planet, the most people do on the winter solstice is eat dumplings and play with their sister-in-law, nothing special.

But in the Tang Dynasty, the winter solstice was an important festival. The court would hold large-scale celebrations, officials would go to the palace to pay homage, the emperor would reward all officials, and the people would also hold various sacrifices and activities.

These officials from the Menxia Province were informing the people of the activities that the sage and the court would organize to celebrate the winter solstice.

In addition, on the night of the winter solstice, the curfew in Chang'an City will be suspended and everyone can move freely.

After hearing the imperial edict, the people were immediately jubilant. It can be seen that the happiness index of the people in Chang'an is still relatively high.

"Where do you think it's most lively on the night of the winter solstice? Where do the beauties gather?"

"Of course it's the Moon-Questioning Pavilion. Don't you know? That shameless Selang actually threatened to challenge all the city's talented men on the night of the winter solstice. Pingkangfang was buzzing with rumors last night."

"Oh? That Ser Wolf actually dared to show up for a competition?"

"Indeed, this is what the madam of Wenyue Pavilion said herself. Everyone present last night saw and heard it. Among them, Wang Baihu, one of the Four Great Romantic Gentlemen, Zhu Zhishan, Wen Bi, and even the sons of the Dukes of Qi, Wei, E, and Sheng, all said they would definitely go to the appointment on the night of the Winter Solstice."

"Haha, it looks like there's going to be a good show on the night of the winter solstice!"

"That Selang is nothing but a mediocre talent. His poems are nothing but flattering words, designed to please women. Yet, he dares to be so arrogant as to compete with the talented men in the city. Could it be that Wenyue Pavilion has paid a large sum of money to hire someone to write for him in order to promote him?"

"Hmph, so what if I'm a ghostwriter? Looking across the Tang Dynasty, there are very few great writers who can surpass those who denounced Selang. Could it be that famous writers in their sixties and seventies like Mr. Yu and Mr. Wang would write poems for a male prostitute?"

"Cao Lang's words make sense. On the night of the winter solstice, I will go there in person to see how that wolf makes a fool of himself in front of all the talented people."

"I'm also very interested, but I'm afraid that by then the crowds will surge and it will be difficult to even get through the threshold of the Moon-Questioning Pavilion."

The news that the male leader of the Tang Dynasty was going to battle with the literati and scholars spread from one person to ten, and from ten to a hundred, and soon it set off an uproar in the East and West Markets, and then spread to more than a hundred other districts.

While the bystanders were discussing, the protagonist Xuan Ci had already completed 8000 bench presses, 20000 sets of combination punches, 20 minutes of high-temperature iron sand peeling training, 3000 crotch anti-critical hit training... and practiced the rap of "Diss Chang'an Garbage" 500 times.

After training, his muscles looked like pieces of red-hot iron in the sun. When the cold morning wind blew, thick mist suddenly rose, and they looked like steamed buns just out of the oven.

"Gege, you're all smoking! I just walked over there and I thought it was on fire."

Xiaoke's cheeks were red from the cold. He was holding a pot of sticky stuff that looked like curry. In fact, it was made according to the recipe given by AI, using thirteen kinds of precious ingredients. It was a powerful supplement rich in nitrogen pump.

Xuan Ci took the pot and without waiting for it to cool down, he tilted his head back and poured it into his mouth, gulping down the hot and sticky substance and finishing it in an instant.

Chen Xiaoke felt the smell was bitter and fishy. She took out a handkerchief and wiped his mouth while asking:
"This should taste terrible, right?"

"Like shit, huh~"

Xuan Ci spat on the ground with an expression of disgust.

But soon, he felt as if several streams of blazing fire were growing in his abdomen, and the warm breath spread quickly to his limbs and bones like a wildfire.

The torn muscle fibers quickly repaired and strengthened, every drop of blood seemed to be burning, the internal organs grew stronger with nourishment, and even the bones seemed to become tougher inch by inch.

Although now due to the lack of training resources, efficiency has been greatly reduced.

But perhaps because he has already reached his peak, there is no bottleneck period in re-training. As long as the training intensity and nitrogen pump quality can keep up, his physical fitness can grow smoothly.

"Ge Ge, can you find a good chef to teach me how to cook? From now on, I will try my best to make delicious whatever you want to eat." Chen Xiaoke said seriously.

"Sure." Xuan Ci said, "I'm planning to ask the old man to help arrange a meeting with Li Shimin, and then find a royal chef in the palace to teach you."

"Ah, you are going to meet the saint, that's amazing." Chen Xiaoke's face was full of surprise and admiration.

Xuan Ci patted her little head, took a light step, and jumped onto the roof like an arrow, running towards the northwest.

2.33-221 km/h in seconds, top speed km/h.

He ran quickly across the rooftops and high walls, the wind whistling in his ears, and the buildings of Chang'an retreated under his feet.

From a distance, one can see that the entire city is strictly planned, with wide and straight streets and an orderly layout.

After a while, he arrived at a lake near Gwanghwamun.

Without any hesitation, he jumped high, tightened his legs in mid-air, and dived into the water close to zero degrees.

The frigid lake water instantly enveloped the fiery body, bringing a double stimulation of ice and fire to the bones, muscles and tendons.

But Xuan Ci felt that this was not cool enough, so he used the dragon-like method of sucking water to completely fill his lungs and stomach, allowing the coldness like a sharp blade to directly attack the center of his internal organs.

Then he started swimming through the water at full speed, like a great white shark on high.

His legs and waist were like a powerful fish tail, stirring up the water violently and forming a strong vortex, pushing him to sprint rapidly.

The fish at the bottom of the lake were startled by the huge movement and began to flee anxiously. The murky and dark waters were a perfect place to exercise one's eyesight, and Xuanci naturally would not miss this opportunity.

While swimming, he kept his eyes open and observed intently.

Suddenly, a blurry shadow passed through the field of vision.

He was 88.88% sure that it was a black carp with tender meat and high price. With an idea in mind, he immediately twisted his body with amazing waist and abdominal strength and chased after it.

The word "danger" appeared above the black carp's head, and it fled in panic. Driven by its instinct for survival, it swam at a speed of 2.7 meters per second.

However, a string of excited foam spurted out of Xuan Ci's mouth and nose, and his eight abdominal muscles worked hard like an inline sixteen-cylinder engine, suddenly accelerating to 10.5 meters per second.

Hunting time!

Xuan Ci was like a torrent, rushing past the black carp in an instant, twisting his neck, opening his mouth, and biting it quickly.

The tender fish meat bloomed in his mouth, and the fresh blood scattered in the water.

"Well, at least it tastes better than the pot just now~"

Xuan Ci cosplayed as a shark in a mischievous way. He deliberately put his hands close to the sides of his thighs, spun his body in place, twisted his head and neck, and ate the black carp until only the head and skeleton were left.

After surfacing to take a breath, he continued to dive, training and looking for new prey.

After a while, a water snake with scales emitting a faint green light appeared near the water surface.

When he saw it, he didn't wonder why there was a snake in such a cold winter. He immediately turned around and rushed over, ready to bite it to death and take it back for Chen Xiaoke to make soup.

But surprisingly, the green snake was very fast and could move on its own, so it actually avoided his bloody mouth. Then it twisted its body and fled to the dark bottom of the water.

"Run your mother!"

Xuan Ci immediately chased underwater.

As he accelerated, the green snake also accelerated, diving down more than ten meters, and then swam sideways at an angle, no one knew which direction it was heading.

Suddenly, Beaker-GPT's delicate voice rang out in Xuanci's mind:
"Orange alert: The snake you're chasing isn't just an ordinary snake. It's likely a spirit as dangerous as a Jindan cultivator, or even more dangerous. The probability is unknown, but caution is advised."

Damn~
When Xuan Ci heard this, he immediately waved his hand to brake and stopped.

It had been more than ten years, and this was the first time he had seen a creature that looked like a goblin or a monster.

In the territory of the Tang Dynasty, except for some dangerous mountains and bad waters, there has been no confirmation that anyone has seen monsters in other places, let alone in the city of Chang'an.

So, he didn't think about it at all.

But now looking at it this way, it seems that there is something wrong with this snake.

It would be fine if it didn't hibernate in such a cold weather, but it also swam so fast and could hold its breath for so long. It was weird in every way.

Be careful to make a thousand-year ship.

Xuan Ci realized that he was underwater, with a lack of oxygen, blurred vision, and greatly restricted movements, so he decisively decided to give up chasing.

But as soon as he stopped, the green snake also stopped moving, and its body emitted a faint glow in the dark bottom of the lake.

Although he couldn't see its eyes clearly, Xuan Ci could clearly feel that the snake's eyes were also staring at him.

The man and the snake paused for two seconds.

Sudden changes occur.

The snake suddenly trembled without any warning, and its body suddenly grew to dozens of meters in an instant, and its thickness increased from the mouth of the bottle to that of a bucket.

The water was stirred by the huge force, and the bottom of the lake suddenly surged and turbulent like a storm.

Xuan Ci's pupils suddenly constricted, and he immediately twisted his waist and legs and rushed towards the water surface.

However, the green snake soon turned into a ferocious monster. Its body swept like lightning, and its head broke through the water flow and rushed towards Xuan Ci in an instant.

Now it was Xuanci's turn to have the word "danger" appear above his head.

But he has experienced countless life and death moments, and he remains calm in the face of danger.
The adrenaline in the body exploded like a flame igniting every part of the body, the muscles swelled instantly, and the veins bulged.

Its angry eyes were fixed on the huge mouth opening in front of it. As its nerve reflex speed suddenly increased, the churning of the water and the twisting of the snake's body slowed down.

Suddenly, something strange happened again.

A violent shock wave crashed down from the water surface, stirring up thousands of bubbles, and instantly completely enveloped Xuan Ci and the giant snake below.

Xuan Ci felt that his heartbeat had lost its original rhythm, his mind was buzzing, and his ears, which were completely blocked by the lake water, could hear a vague sound.

Although distorted, it is still possible to discern:

"You bold monster! I can tell at once that you are not a snake!"

(End of this chapter)