The corner gives the wooden martial arts master, whose martial arts are equivalent to a harem.

Fengxian was extremely satisfied with Gu Chuanhen's performance.

The formidable pass beneath their feet gradually shrank, and the ancient battlefield where Gu Chuanhen was located also retreated further.

This alternate dimension called "Wu Rang" was taken back, but the surrounding environment did not recreate the appearance of the Autumn Execution Ground and Caishikou.

It seemed as if she was controlling this space, rowing like a boat to where she wanted to go.

Gu Chuanhen saw that in the lush and verdant mountain path, the green stone steps were embedded in the mountain, moss covered the steps, the grass was green all around, and the green bamboo on both sides blocked the sunlight. When the wind swayed, it would suddenly cast a desolate bamboo shadow and make a rustling sound, which, together with the melodious birdsong, created a natural charm.

Go straight up the mountain path, and you'll see an old-fashioned martial arts school.

The martial arts school has red walls and gray tiles, with a retro style, and the couplets pasted on the two wooden doors are quite rugged.

Our sect is called Bajiquan, a sect of sects.

I said I'd beat you to death, you, you, you.

Horizontal inscription: If you're not convinced, then we'll deal with you.

They didn't pay too much attention to it, just aiming for a reasonably good parallelism.

The first line uses the character "八" (eight) and the character "门" (door) as a pair of antithetical lines. Although there are not eight "门" characters, there are two doors, so four "门" characters would equal eight. The second line uses the character "死" (death) which is a homophone for "四" (four), so four "你" (you) characters appear.

The paint on the martial arts school plaque above the horizontal scroll has peeled off slightly, revealing five bold and powerful characters: "Renwang Bajiquan".

Having already crafted himself a "Peerless Experience Card," Gu Chuanhen glanced sideways at the tall Fengxian beside him, but the words of a powerful figure did not surface.

Learning the language of the strong is fine occasionally, but learning it too often can really strain your brain. That's why Gu Chuanhen thinks it's best to avoid it if possible.

"Since I've already passed the test, why bring me back?" he asked in a normal tone.

Fengxian reached out and patted Gu Chuanhen on the back of the head. Her palm strike was controlled with ease, and although it was as easy as hanging a painting, it was like giving a rocket booster to send Gu Chuanhen to the entrance of the martial arts school.

She then lifted her body and, with a quick step on one foot, began her ascent at a speed of ten meters per second.

Like a gust of wind breaking the sound barrier, she stood in front of the door, pushed it open, and turned to look at Gu Chuanhen.

"I know you want to venture out and conquer the world, but there's no rush. Let's complete the necessary procedures first." Feng Xian smiled heartily at Gu Chuanhen, then continued, "Our Human King Eight Extremes Sect, since the first sect leader Zhao Lianzhong, has only chosen one disciple to pass on all its knowledge to each generation. I am the third generation, and now I will make you the fourth."

Although it is unknown how long the tradition has been passed down, it has only been four generations to date, so it seems that it has not been passed down for very long.

As Fengxian spoke, she pushed Gu Chuanhen through the door.

The interior was neither too big nor too small, with two side rooms serving as living quarters. The courtyard was filled with martial arts equipment and dried medicinal herbs, as well as cured meat, salted fish, pickled vegetables, sausages, and other foods. It had a very homey atmosphere.

She continued.

"The successive sect leaders all used the Eight Extremes of the Human King to open up great martial arts supernatural powers. Only by opening up great martial arts supernatural powers can one inherit the position of sect leader. Once the supernatural powers are proven, one must leave the mountain in chaotic times to conquer the world."

However, if a disciple is to leave the mountain and conquer the world, they must first achieve mastery of their skills and develop their own unique martial arts prowess to inherit the position of sect leader. This is the rule of our lineage.

If a disciple is able to inherit the position of sect leader, and happens to emerge from the mountains during a chaotic era to restore order to the country, then that would be a great merit. If it happens to be a prosperous era, then it would be interesting for the disciple to enjoy himself and study martial arts.

The first and second generations of this sect live to be ten cycles of sixty years. With such longevity, they naturally have no fear of chaotic times. I have waited bitterly for two hundred and ninety-five years, and now you have finally opened up a great supernatural power. Do you know how happy I am?

I am determined to make a name for myself, just as the first sect leader ended the chaos of the Five Dynasties with "Zhong Zhen Huan Yu" and the second generation Zhu Riyue crushed the chaos of the Yuan Demon world and opened a new dynasty with "Zhu Yuan Wei Ming".

Now, with my "Martial Arts Exhaustion of the Breath of Earth," I won't have to remain silent for long.

After she finished speaking, the succession was passed down verbally in a simplified manner.

"With the two sect leaders above, the current sect leader, Wu Fengxian, has passed on the mantle of the third generation, a legacy of sorrow from ancient times."

As he spoke, he patted Gu Chuanhen on the shoulder twice.

"Alright, from today onwards you are the fourth generation sect leader." She was extremely excited. "Wow! I can go out and conquer the world!"

What a proactive woman! She's already giving up on her responsibilities and going out to fight.

"However, a little more time won't make a difference. I'll just sleep a little longer at the mountain gate. It's really hard to get used to leaving home all of a sudden."

Having just said she was proactive, she casually went back to her room for a nap.

But Gu Chuanchen doesn't care about any sect rules. How can he go back if he doesn't open up this stage?

He doesn't have the leisure to conventionally train a newcomer before he returns to the fold; he's ready to go out and conquer the world right now.

But to prevent any unforeseen complications, he planned to sneak out after Fengxian left.

"Oh? Darling babe~ You're going to disregard the sect rules? That won't do. If you don't even follow the sect rules, people will criticize you for betraying your master and ancestors—but if it were me, you could ride your master and ancestors."

Bajiquan said with a smile, then her expression turned slightly gloomy, but the smile on her face remained unchanged.

"Don't you want to date me here for hundreds of years? During that time, we can take on a disciple, who will call you Master and me Master's Wife. We'll raise a child from scratch like a real young couple. Doesn't that sound promising? Darling baby~ Oh—just thinking about it makes me so excited, hehe. You'd better find a child quickly so we can raise them together, haha! I'm going to name that child—First Son!"

What the hell?! If the second child is called "second son," wouldn't he be eating hot dogs by the worst of those four obviously repulsive gay men?! No way! I don't want my child to suffer this ultimate humiliation!!

"Let's name our second child 'Goten'."

The last one was playing with magnetic field rotation, and this one's about to unleash Super Saiyan bloodline, huh? I—never mind, I'll stop complaining for now. Gu Chuanhen was already feeling a bit tired.

Putting aside the criticisms, it seems that Bajiquan has presented me with a trap. A mind possessing exceptional martial arts wisdom has seen through Bajiquan's purpose with a thought-provoking approach.

"That's right, Bajiquan is influencing this world with its domineering power. In other words, she has taken control of the plot and is using Fengxian's succession to keep me here—she wants to extend the time we spend alone together indefinitely."

I need to avoid prolonging this "date," but at the same time, I can't let her have any negative feelings, because if she does, it will probably make things more difficult for me to advance my relationship.

So what is the best approach now?

There is only one answer.

"Yes, that's right. How could I not want to? Of course I'd like to raise a child with you. After all, your Bajiquan is the strongest martial art in the world, and I'm the only one standing at the pinnacle."

"Yes, our child will surely be very strong and intelligent, and eventually, he/she will also be able to stand at my top and look far into the distance!"

The old saying, "A retreat is a feint," was just setting the stage for a "but." He used the language of the strong to please them.

"Hehehe! I love you even more now!"

Bajiquan Favorability +10

Current favorability rating: 65/100 (likes)

Affection rating: Because of the 'liking', at this stage, the other person's every move will attract great attention and interest.

Additional comment: There are two types of liking someone: open liking and secret liking. If you don't express it, the affection level will be at the "secret liking" stage. However, since she has already told you that she likes you even more, this stage is the "liking" stage.

Because of the increased favorability, the difficulty of this world has increased by 65.

Current world difficulty quantification: 115/100.

Evaluation: My love for you is deep, and my hopes for you are strong. Bajiquan is the martial art I hope you will become successful.

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Due to the increased difficulty, the Ba Kingdom's magical technology overcame the technical challenges, and the Iron-Controlled Weapon System evolved into a powerful artificial intelligence with deep thinking capabilities. Under this powerful AI, the Iron-Controlled Weapon System will vigorously develop bio-mechanical technology to renew its body, enabling it to possess deep learning and innovation capabilities. In other words, the Iron-Controlled Weapon System will be able to learn supernatural arts, metaphysics, martial arts, and mysticism, and combine them to create new paths.

Due to the increased difficulty, the three martial arts alliances—Xuanhuangde Alliance, Bofu Bird Alliance, and Mendel Alliance—have broken through the bottleneck in martial arts, further expanding their territory and enhancing their unique martial arts techniques.

Due to the increased difficulty, all the martial artists within the Barbarian Dynasty have advanced by a major realm. The traditional path of martial arts in this world has been pioneered by Nalan Yuanshu, the Nine Gates Admiral, the number one expert in the Barbarian Dynasty.

Due to the increased difficulty, a new force—the Wine Pool and Meat Forest—was formed. The face of this Wine Pool and Meat Forest, Zhuo Dong, and the inside, Diao Chan, are both special martial artists who have mastered great martial arts supernatural powers.

Comment: Surprised? Unexpected?

The flood of text on the screen gave Gu Chuanhen a sense of red stone.

Bajiquan, you woman, you're really playing with fire! Don't you know that playing with fire will make you wet the bed at night?

Faced with this mess, Gu Chuanhen suppressed his speechlessness with the composure granted by his top-tier expert experience card and calmly added the word "but".

He knew what was important and what was not; his primary goal now was to descend the mountain safely. As for the increased difficulty later and the arrival of powerful figures like Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong, that could be considered later.

"But don't you think it's a bit inappropriate to just stay here and talk about love? Your Bajiquan is the strongest martial art in the world. Don't you want to test your skills with me? To travel the world with me, to ride horses through the rivers and lakes, to fight with masters from all walks of life, and to let the whole world know that your Bajiquan is the number one martial art?"

This move, which uses retreat as a strategy to advance and caters to the opponent's preferences, is exactly the kind of move that Bajiquan (Eight Extremities Fist) loves to use.

Gu Chuan hated that Zhang's eloquent tongue had precisely scratched the G-spot of Bajiquan.

"That makes sense! Hmm, yes, what you said does make sense!"

Hehe, darling babe~ How can you be so eloquent? It really gets my heart racing, I want you to say more! Really~ I really want~ want~

I want to love you even more, in a super-duper way!

She's absolutely smitten with you! Who would have thought, Louis Koo, that you've never even been in a relationship before, yet you have such a knack for being a Casanova? If you're so good at talking, then say more!

After all, people who like you will like you no matter what you say. There's really no such thing as doing anything wrong; any perceived mistake is simply falling out of love.

Bajiquan Favorability +5

Current favorability: 70/100 (Admiration)

Affection level assessment: You feel a strong attraction and admiration for the other person, considering them your ideal partner or best friend. You will dedicate a lot of effort and time to them, hoping to build a closer relationship.

Because the affinity level has increased to 70, the corresponding training level has also increased.

Because you have mastered everything that the Bajiquan lineage can master under the blessing of the Supreme Experience Card, there is nothing more Bajiquan can teach you on the surface.

However, you vaguely grasped the intention behind Ling Feixing's creation of the exclusive Bajiquan style for you. Ling Feixing is waiting for you to tell her this intention in person.

Your unnamed Bajiquan (Ancient Tradition Hen Exclusive Edition) skill has been further enhanced.

Comment: She's a sadist, you're the one who's in love.

Because of the increased favorability, the difficulty of this world has increased by 5.

Current world difficulty quantification: 120/100.

Comment: Go ahead and cry, there's no 120 ambulance in this world to save you!

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Because the difficulty has increased, but not enough to significantly increase the difficulty of the world background, Bajiquan has set up a special mission for you - kill the master of the Great Sage's Chopping Kick!

Task summary: Nalan Yuanshu specializes in Tongbei and Dasheng Pigua, I don't need to say anything more, right?

Success reward: +5 to favorability (since the favorability bonus is 5, the difficulty increase bonus is also 5) and Bajiquan will provide you with the ideas and foundation to create new killing moves and heavy blows.

Failure penalty: Bajiquan's favorability decreases by -15, but the story difficulty bonus remains unchanged; at the same time, the story difficulty increases by +50.

Evaluation: Deep love breeds deep expectation. Once Bajiquan knows you can handle situations with ease and composure, it will present you with hurried, chaotic situations to hone your skills and help you regain that composure and ease.

No! Please, please stop increasing the affection level! How can you, you crazy woman, increase the affection level so ridiculously at this time? What do you mean by "success slightly increases the difficulty"? Failure increases the difficulty even more?

Even a real visual novel wouldn't have a mechanism where the higher the affection level, the greater the base difficulty, right? Even in a game like *The Legend of Sword and Fairy 3: The Quest for the Road*, which has a high base difficulty, it only affects who has higher affection levels; the ending just involves a different female character. Even if Wang Pengxu has high affection levels, it only triggers the ending where Wen Hui goes to the border for a political marriage!

Gu Chuan was speechless with resentment, yet unable to express it. This unexpressed speechlessness was like a boyfriend carrying loads of new luxury goods for his girlfriend while riding an escalator up, only to see another girlfriend buying her a PS5, Air Jordans, and figurines and merchandise from a popular anime while riding the escalator down – a speechless, choked-up feeling without shedding a tear.

Just as Gu Chuanhen was becoming withdrawn and didn't want to talk anymore, a knocking sound came from outside the gate of the Human King Eight Extremes Sect.

"Excuse me, is Mr. Fengxian here? I am Liu Xuanhuang, the leader of the Xuanhuang Virtue Alliance." The male voice outside the door was gentle and refined, filled with benevolence and virtue.

Fengxian, who had not yet left, emerged from the living room. She opened the door.

Three people stood outside the door. The one in the lead had a fair and upright face, appearing to be around thirty years old. He had large ears that reached his shoulders, and broad, drooping eyebrows, resembling a kind and benevolent lord. His temples were bulging, and his eyes shone with a sharp, restrained light. Although he appeared to be a human being, in the eyes of Gu Chuanhen, who possessed the ultimate experience card, this Xuanhuang Gong was actually a mass of gaseous source, vaguely taking shape into some kind of artifact.

Black is the color of the sky, and yellow is the color of the earth. Therefore, black and yellow represent heaven and earth. With a name, they are the mother of all things; without a name, they are the beginning of heaven and earth.

Because his name is Xuanhuang, Liu Xuanhuang is true to his name, being the source of a constantly evolving primordial energy. This is an outward manifestation originating from the spirit and the realm of the mind, invisible to ordinary people; only a master can discern its true nature.

Behind this Xuanhuang Gong stood two youths. One had a face as red as a jujube, his appearance majestic like a god descended to earth. His spiritual manifestation was indeed like a green dragon holding a sword, each scale representing a martial art. The other had a leopard's head, round eyes, a swallow's jaw, and a tiger's beard. His skin was as black as charcoal, and his face was even more handsome and imposing, with a crescent moon on his forehead. His spiritual manifestation was a moon hanging high in the sky, within which various extraordinary martial arts evolved.

"Mr. Fengxian, I am Guan Yunqing, the second chief researcher of the Xuanhuang Demeng Super Divine Martial Arts."

"To Mr. Fengxian, I am Zhang Yitu, the chief quality inspector of the Xuanhuang Demeng Super Divine Martial Arts."

Those outside the door and those inside the door got straight to the point.

"Although Xuanhuang is of humble origin and lacks virtue, I hope that Master Fengxian will not despise my lowly status and will come out of the mountains to help me."

Those lines look so familiar. "Ancient legend says one should stand by and watch."

"Following Sun Tianxing of the Jiangdong Bofu Bird Alliance and Cao Mengze of the Xiyuan Mendel Alliance, you are the third person to visit my mountain gate. Three visits to the mountain gate is indeed a matter of 'things don't happen more than three times.' If I hadn't passed on my position to the fourth generation, I would probably have come out of seclusion to lend you a hand. After all, I've long been dissatisfied with the sect rules, but since I can abide by them, why shouldn't I? Consider it as giving face to my master, Zhu Riyue." Feng Xian's tone no longer had the air of a powerful figure, and it was much more normal.

Huh? Is this how you mean by "three visits to the thatched cottage"? Gu Chuanhen doesn't know how to even begin to comment.

"Then what do you mean by that, Mr. Fengxian?" Liu Xuanhuang asked politely.

"Today, although I am about to leave the mountain, this time I am not leaving to help you, but to conquer the world. I have already acted in accordance with the sect rules. If my master knew this in the afterlife, he would surely be smiling in his grave." As Fengxian said this, a soft smile appeared on her lips.

Then her expression turned serious.

"Since we are going to conquer the world, then we will conquer the entire world. Whether it is the remaining territory of this ignorant and backward barbarian dynasty, the territory that the Ba Kingdom has invaded, or the three kingdoms of Wu that you, Sun Tianxing and Cao Mengze have divided, I will conquer them all."

This entire world is something I will conquer.

We are enemies in the struggle of ideologies.

Now, do you think I can help you?

Fengxian looked down at the three people in front of her and asked them a question without any politeness.

"Since it's said that things shouldn't happen more than three times, and the fourth sect leader was present the first two times, now that this is the third time, I wonder what the fourth sect leader's thoughts are?" Liu Xuanhuang turned to look at Gu Chuanhen. His eyes were filled with a thirst for talent.

What? This involves me too? Gu Chuanhan didn't utter a word, only glancing at Xuanhuang Gong. His spiritual manifestation revealed the surging Xuanhuang Mother Qi within his very being, and the artifact it was giving birth to was beginning to take shape.

"Yes, as the fourth generation sect leader, you have a reason to come out of seclusion. That's it, this is a legitimate reason to bypass the sect rules."

Bajiquan is like a wise and helpful wife, offering advice and strategies.

She's definitely on your side; she's found a good reason for your return to public life.

Thank you so much. The ancient story expresses gratitude silently in the heart, without praising or criticizing.

After a moment's thought, he gave a specific answer: "I will naturally come out of seclusion."

Liu Xuanhuang's face lit up with joy, but Gu Chuanhen immediately continued speaking without finishing his sentence.

"But I came out of seclusion to conquer the world, because I will stand with Fengxian through thick and thin."

Fengxian's lips curled into a smile: "You little devil, I never expected you to be so biased towards me. Well then! We are of one mind and body, we'll go together and return together!"

"Hehe, you really only side with those close to you, not outsiders. That's why I like you even more. Darling baby~"

Bajiquan smiled slightly.

Bajiquan (Eight Extremities Filial Piety) +2.

This corner is jumping around.

The ancient legend says that he raised an eyebrow in hatred.

Wu Fengxian, you still say you don't practice Bajiquan? If you don't practice Bajiquan, how can you be so synchronized?

"One heart and one body? Do you think I'm Ultraman and his human host?"

However, my relationship with martial arts does seem to be described in that way... right?