I bought a secret manual of the Hehuan Sect for ten yuan.

Su Zhengze lowered his head in deep thought, his lips moving slightly.

After a long while, he got up and paced back and forth, his head still down, deep in thought.

"Little Qin, why don't you try hitting me?"

Su Zhengze suddenly stopped and his words left Qin Ge and Su Wenxi completely dumbfounded.

"Grandpa, how can this be?!" Su Wenxi exclaimed anxiously. "Don't you believe me? He really is amazing!"

Before she met Qin Ge after breaking through to the Great Perfection of the Profound Realm, she had never suffered a loss at the hands of anyone other than her grandfather. She was truly impressed by Qin Ge, the sixth brother.

"Are you worried about Grandpa getting hurt?" Su Zhengze asked confidently. "Your grandpa has been immersed in martial arts for many years. Do you think I'd take an attack from a young man?"

"Once he makes a move, I'll know his true strength!"

He looked at Qin Ge, "Little Qin, would you like to give it a try?"

"If you're willing to help, I can speak to the Xia family and arrange for Wen Xi to be your full-time protector from now on!"

Qin Ge looked at Su Wenxi with sympathy. This old man was really good at this; he sold his granddaughter out with just a few words.

"Sure, but are you sure you want me to hit you?" Qin Ge agreed. Hitting someone is not like being hit; he had never seen such a request in his life.

"Go ahead and make your move." Su Zheng took two steps, found a good position, and focused his energy. "Wen Xi, step aside."

Then, fixing his gaze on Qin Ge, he said, "Make your move!"

Su Wenxi: "......."

Are all men this unreliable, regardless of age?

"boom--"

Qin Ge slapped Su Zhengze on the chest.

He was stunned; Su Zhengze didn't move an inch!

Su Zheng flicked his shirt against his chest with a smile, "Little Qin, you didn't use your full strength, did you?"

"Don't let my age fool you, I'm still quite healthy. Hit me without worry!"

"Okay! Then you'd better watch out!" Qin Ge was determined to win and couldn't let Su Wenxi say he was no good, not in any way.

"boom--"

Qin Ge unleashed a powerful palm strike, utterly devastating.

"Click—"

"Boom—"

Su Zhengze's body flew backward like a tattered sack, smashing through tables and chairs without slowing down, and finally crashed into the wall, creating a large hole.

"Grandpa!!" Su Wenxi screamed after being stunned for a moment, her face turning pale.

She rushed over and frantically dug her grandfather out of the rubble, as if she were digging out a big sweet potato from the ground.

"Cough cough cough—" Su Zheng coughed heavily, looking dejected, with a trace of blood at the corner of his mouth. "I, I'm fine."

Su Wenxi frowned deeply. He was spitting blood and still said he was fine!

She turned and glared at Qin Ge fiercely, "You bastard, why did you hit me so hard?"

"You think you'll really use your full strength just because I tell you to?"

"Do you want to beat my grandfather to death?"

"Hurry up and come over here to check my grandfather's injuries!"

Qin Ge looked completely innocent; it was clearly the old man who told him to hit with all his might!

He rushed forward and, together with Su Wenxi, helped Su Zhengze out.

Qin Ge checked Su Zhengze's injuries and said, "It's nothing serious, just a few broken sternum bones."

"That's all?" Su Wenxi's almond-shaped eyes widened. "Stop making sarcastic remarks. You can cure it, right?"

"Knock knock knock—"

A series of urgent knocks suddenly sounded on the door.

"Master, what has happened?"

"Dad! Are you alright? Shall we come in?"

An anxious voice came from outside the door, clearly someone had heard the commotion and came to check on the situation.

Everyone in the Su family knew that Su Wenxi had brought a young man to see the family head, but they didn't understand why it had caused such a commotion.

Could it be that they were mixing gunpowder in the study?

"Don't come in! Cough cough cough—" Su Zhengze coughed again in his haste.

What a joke! If others saw him looking so disheveled, what would become of his authority as the head of the family?

"I'm fine, everyone can go home!"

Upon hearing the head of the household's voice, the men outside froze in their attempt to break down the door. They had only asked a token question; they were already prepared to break down the door.

The group exchanged bewildered glances.

With such a commotion, how could nothing have happened?

"Aren't you leaving yet? Does my word no longer carry weight?"

"I said it's nothing, so it's nothing. Get out of here!"

Su Zhengze's voice came again, followed by Su Wenxi's words, "We're fine, we just had a little sparring, everyone can go home now!"

The crowd dispersed, still filled with suspicion.

"Bear with it!" Qin Ge curled his fingers into a claw and suddenly grabbed at Su Zhengze's chest. With a hook and a pull, he instantly straightened Su Zhengze's dislocated sternum.

Su Zheng let out a long breath, his gaze fixed on Qin Ge, his expression complex.

Qin Ge smiled awkwardly, "I'm sorry, you seemed so confident that you wouldn't get hurt."

"I...I was careless for a moment." Su Zhengze's face flushed red. "Little Qin, what level are you at? How come I can't sense any true energy fluctuations from you?"

He still couldn't see through Qin Ge's true strength, but he was basically certain that Qin Ge was not a grandmaster.

"Well, I don't really know how to put it." Qin Ge glanced at Su Wenxi. "Actually, before I met Wenxi, I didn't even know about those martial arts realms you guys were talking about."

"I don't practice the same style as you guys."

"I see." Su Zhengze was very tactful and did not ask any further questions.

If Qin Ge is so powerful at such a young age, how terrifying must the strength of his sect be?

Since they are unwilling to elaborate, I should not pry unnecessarily, lest I offend a force that the Su family cannot handle.

"Mr. Su, I actually have another favor to ask of you today." Qin Ge had no idea that Su Zhengze was thinking so far ahead; he was still concerned about Yang Xiaomeng's martial arts training.

"I want Wenxi to teach a friend of mine martial arts, but Wenxi said that the Su family's ancestral techniques cannot be passed on to outsiders and that you need to give your approval."

"Do you agree?"

Su Zheng glanced at his granddaughter first, then looked at Qin Ge with a puzzled expression, "Your strength far surpasses Wen Xi's, why don't you teach her yourself?"

"I'd like to!" Qin Ge didn't intend to hide anything about this, since he needed Qin Ge's help. "What I've learned is something that others can't practice."

"Wen Xi also tried to practice it, but she couldn't, right, Wen Xi?"

"Yes, right!" Su Wenxin glared at Qin Ge. She still couldn't be sure whether the mental techniques and formulas Qin Ge taught her were just made up on the spot.

Su Zheng thought for a moment, then asked, "Since you were able to help Wen Xi break through, could you also help me break through, so that my martial arts can advance further?"

Qin Ge glanced at Su Zhengze, and instantly felt a chill run down her spine. "No way!"

Su Wenxi, who was standing to the side, wanted to disappear on the spot.

Seeing the strange expressions on the two men's faces, and noticing his granddaughter's somewhat shy demeanor, Su Zhengze was completely baffled.

Why is it that when it comes to martial arts breakthroughs, I can't?

"That's enough!" Su Zhengze felt that Qin Ge had too many secrets. Since the other person was unwilling to talk about them, it would be too rude of him to keep asking.

"If there's an opportunity in the future, would you still be willing to help Wen Xi break through?"

"If you're willing to help Wen Xi, then I'd be happy to let Wen Xi pass on the Su family's martial arts techniques to your friend!"