"This boxing style has a long history and profound depth. Xiaojing, you have mastered the practice method very well and are progressing very quickly. You can continue to practice. What you need to strengthen is the practice of Qi. If you can achieve perfect transformation, the true power of this boxing style will be revealed," the master said.
"Thank you, Master Kai," Qin Jing said, continuing her practice. This mountain seemed to have something special about it, like the spiritual energy in novels that aids in cultivation. Practicing Tai Chi here made the flow of Qi within her body smoother and more comfortable than usual. She always felt a warm sensation in her body, nourished by the essence of Qi, and felt refreshed and invigorated.
Even with this kind of tedious practice, I didn't get tired of it at all.
As the sun was about to set, Qin Jing went to the kitchen and, with Jing's help, began preparing dinner for her disciples. Master Kai had originally planned for the monsters to go into the forest and hunt or gather fruit on their own.
However, since Qin Jing was going to cook for Seba anyway, she only needed enough for a few dozen more adult monsters.
As expected, the deep mountains hide all kinds of delicacies. Alice carried wild rabbits, pheasants, bamboo rats and other game skewered together with her slender sword in both hands, while Wangzi carried back wild onions, wild leeks and other wild vegetables, as well as fungi such as wood ear and shiitake mushrooms wrapped in large leaves.
These wild delicacies, which are hard to find in the human world, can be found almost anywhere in this forest if you know the right methods. Fungi grow in damp places under the shade of trees, and pheasants and rabbits dart among the grass, making them easy prey for hunters with excellent memories.
With a heart full of gratitude for nature, the young girl only hunted and gathered enough food for the day. Qin Jing took out a sharp knife and began to butcher the wild game, plucking its feathers and skinning it. With so much food, they could have a good meal tonight.
Because they were eating from a communal pot, they even found some stones outside to build a makeshift stove, where they cooked large pots of soup and large pots of rice.
As evening fell, the disciples of the Wolf God Academy, who had been diligently cultivating all day, returned to the vicinity of the wooden houses and were immediately greeted by a rich aroma. Their appetites were whetted, and their mouths watered uncontrollably.
"Welcome back! Dinner will be ready soon," Qin Jing greeted the returning disciples with a smile.
"Thank you, Uncle Qin Jing (Junior Brother)!" The disciples in gray and black robes looked at the fragrant food bubbling from the large pot, swallowed hard, and ran into the room to grab their eating bowls and drinking cups.
"Xiaojing, I'm back!"
"Hey! Little brother!"
At this moment, Wang Zi and Mo Mo also returned, followed by a dignified and strong old man with white hair.
"Oh, dinner's ready! Hurry up and bring the utensils over," Qin Jing instructed.
"Oh! I'll go right now!" Wang Zihuan skipped and hopped into a wooden house, the one where Qin Jing and the girls lived together.
"Grandpa, you've worked hard. Have a bowl of mushroom and mixed mushroom soup first." Qin Jing handed a bowl of meat soup to the old man.
The old wolf god took the soup and smiled happily, saying, "As expected of my lovely grandson, he is completely different from that girl Mo Mo. He knows how to be filial to his aging elders."
"Where in this world can you find an old guy who can shatter the void with a single punch and still needs to be taken care of? Little brother, what about my share? My stomach is rumbling too," Mo Mo complained, hooking his arm around Qin Jing's neck as he asked.
"Honestly, didn't Wangzi already go get the bowl? Let go of me! Sister, you smell like sweat! Don't rub against me!" Qin Jing said disgustedly, pushing Mo Mo away.
"What are you saying! You dare to look down on your older sister! Take this!" Mo Mo grabbed Qin Jing by the neck, pulled her into his arms, and rubbed against her even more vigorously.
"Hehehe, I always feel like I'll be able to hold my great-grandson in a few years. I'm really looking forward to it." The Wolf God took a sip of soup, squinted his eyes, and said with enjoyment and sigh.
As the disciples of the Wolf God Academy walked over in a line, Qin Jing, along with Whale and Alice, began to serve them a full bowl of food and fill a large water glass with fragrant soup.
"Delicious! What is this? It's amazing!"
"The soup was delicious too!"
The disciples, exhausted and hungry after a day of cultivation, widened their eyes and began to eat heartily.
"One more, please!"
"Me too!"
"Oh...oh." Qin Jing and the girls busily filled the disciples' bowls with food. They finally stopped, satisfied, after all the disciples had eaten three bowls of rice. They had originally planned to leave the rest for Seba as a midnight snack, but unexpectedly, Seba ate half a full meal that night.
The amount of food obtained from the hunt doubled on the second day.
After that, for some reason, Qin Jing's popularity in the Wolf God Academy increased significantly. The inner disciples, who originally only regarded him as the Wolf God's adopted grandson and were half outsiders, became much more friendly towards him.
"Young Master! We all support you 100%! You absolutely have to win!" The disciples who were familiar with Mo Mo cheered her on.
"Hahaha! Leave it to me!" Momo laughed heartily as he agreed.
"Woof? Big sister, what were they talking about just now?" Wangzi asked Momo, looking at the departing disciples.
"I don't know either, but everyone says they support me, so of course I have to respond," Momo shook his head, but said quite confidently.
"Achoo!!" Qin Jing, on the other side, wiped her nose, feeling that some misunderstanding was getting bigger and bigger.
So, during the day, they cultivated their skills, hunted and gathered, and occasionally explored the mountain. They cooked a variety of dishes; the first night they had mushroom soup and chicken; the second day, a whale brought back a bunch of fish from the lake, which they ate fish soup and grilled fish. On the third day, Seba dragged back a three-meter-tall demonic boar, complete with chestnuts…
And so a week passed.
Under the night sky, looking up from the deep mountains, one can clearly see a sky full of stars. On top of a stove made of piled stones, there is an iron rack where skewers are being grilled. Qin Jing is using tongs to turn the meat pieces and put the grilled wild vegetables into a plate.
A small table was set up on the green space not far from the stove, and the girls were sitting around it, chatting and looking at the stars.
At that moment, a shooting star streaked across the sky.
"I wonder if Wang Ryan is dead or not?" Wang Zi suddenly remembered something and sighed.
"Yes..."
As soon as he finished speaking, a tall, handsome man with long black hair walked over.
"Qin Jing, thank you for your help. Now I finally have a sliver of a chance to defeat Ling Jian."
Qin Jing and the girls stared at the approaching man with suspicion. He was covered in well-developed muscles, with a golden ratio like that of David. The boys and girls asked in unison, "Who are you?"
Section 206, Part 22: Wang Ryan challenges the Antelope Sword
Inside the Penglai Academy, a pair of birds were chasing and playing with each other. One of them flew up to a branch, and the other followed. The bird that was being chased flew away again, and the other bird spread its wings and quickly chased after it. Only the swaying branches and the melodious birdsong remained.
The short holiday ended quickly, and Qin Jing and her companions returned to the academy with the disciples of the Wolf God Academy who had completed their rigorous training.
The students of Hourai Academy have all returned to school, and everything has returned to normal. In the afternoon, the members of the track and field club also began their daily practice.
Linglan was forbidden by the minister from seeing Wang Ryan. Although her clubmates sympathized with her, they also disapproved of her continuing her relationship with the lion. The antelope girl ran on the track, feeling depressed. Only the wind blowing in her face could comfort her at this moment.
Just as the girl ran past the fence, a tall, towering figure ran over and shouted loudly.
"Little Lanlan! I will definitely bring you back to my side! Wait for me!"
“Little… Wang Ryan…” Linglan looked at the lion monster surrounded by the wire mesh fence with mixed feelings of being moved and having mixed feelings.
"Lily of the Valley, don't stop! Keep running!" a cold, stern voice shouted from behind.
"Yes!" Upon hearing the voice, Linglan, driven by her instinct to obey her superiors as a demon, ran away.
"Didn't I tell you you weren't allowed to be here?" Ling Jian, the cold-looking man with long brown hair, was tall and thin but steady and powerful. His sharp eyes were fixed on Wang Ryan, and it seemed that he could pierce through him with just his eyes.
"Antelope Sword! I came here to challenge you. I never intended to leave unscathed!" Wang Ryan said, glaring at his enemy.
"Hmph, you? You have some manners, but you're a fool who misdirects his attention. How can you be worthy of being my opponent?" Antelope Sword said coldly, completely disregarding Wang Ryan.
At this moment, Qin Jing also walked over with a smile and said, "Excuse me, of course, it's impossible for Wang Ryan, as a freshman, to challenge Senior Antelope Sword, so we've proposed a condition for a fair fight."
"You're Qin Jing, a human. Alright, considering you've provided our club with a lot of snacks and nutritious meals, tell us about it," Antelope Sword said, looking at Qin Jing.
"Thank you, Senior Lingjian. Our rules state that the side that loses is the one who is unsteady on their feet. As long as both feet are not firmly planted, whether squatting down or raising one leg, it counts as a loss," Qin Jing said.
"Hahaha! What gives you your confidence? Is it the big paws of a stupid lion? You know, the most stable shape isn't a square, it's a triangle! My greatest strength is my leg strength," Antelope Sword asked with a loud laugh.
"Gah!" Seba heard himself being insulted, pulled the curry stick out of his ahoge (cowlick), and was about to smash down the fence to go and fight Antelope Sword. Insulting Wang Ryan was one thing, but dragging her into it was another. Was this a provocation? It definitely was a provocation!
Qin Jing grabbed Little Seba and pulled her behind her, then smiled and said to Antelope Sword, "It's not bad for you either, senior, is it? Wang Ryan doesn't seem like he'll give up easily. And this is a formal duel, where the loser will unconditionally grant the winner one request."
"Alright, then I'll use a proper duel to kill you before you come back to haunt my team members. Our track and field coach will be the witness! You guys come over after the track and field training is over." Lingjian nodded in agreement, waved his hand, and turned to run onto the track to continue training.
"Still thinking about training at a time like this? You really underestimate Lion!" Wang Ryan glared at Antelope Sword's rapidly running figure and muttered.
“I hate this antelope too, I support Wang Ryan, you should beat him up!” Seba said, still holding a grudge about being scolded earlier.
"Actually, this isn't necessarily a bad thing. His underestimation of us is an opportunity for us," Qin Jing said.
"I'll definitely beat him to a pulp!" Wang Ryan snorted. His training in the deep mountains hadn't been in vain.
They waited outside the sports field for training to end.
When the sky turned from golden to orange-red, the track and field team finally disbanded.
A strong wind blew across the square, clouds flew, large swaths of dust drifted away, and the air was filled with the smell of gunpowder.
On the plaza, Lion Demon King Ryan and Antelope Demon Antelope Sword stood in two separate places.
Wang Laien is three meters tall, with a muscular and robust build. Standing on the left, he resembles an iron tower.
The tall, thin man on the right, standing two meters tall, had long brown hair that fluttered in the wind and a cold gaze. As one of the strongest in the academy, he didn't take Wang Ryan seriously at all.
"What? What? A new member of the Lion Clan has come to challenge Antelope Sword, the head of the Track and Field Department!"
"That lion is bald, so it's very likely that it learned martial arts at the Shaolin Temple in the human world."
The news quickly spread throughout the entire middle school district, and all the monsters who loved excitement and thrilling battles flocked to the scene.
The witness was the ostrich teacher from the track and field club, whose neck was longer than that of the other monsters in his human form.
"This match is between Lion King Ryan and Track and Field Minister Antelope Sword. The rule is that the one who loses their footing and has one foot off the ground loses. Are you both ready?"
"Ah."
"Bring it on!"
"Then let the match begin!"
"Roar!" Wang Ryan revealed his beast head and body, his school uniform stretched taut, and he scrambled his feet across the ground as he moved menacingly toward the Antelope Sword.
This was precisely Qin Jing's strategy. Since losing meant leaving the ground with one foot, she couldn't lift her leg to walk. Even the agile Antelope Sword, who trained her leg strength every day, had her legs sealed.
The most interesting part of this match was the wrestling, or rather, the pushing hands. Since they could only use their hands and not their feet, Wang Laien was able to use his physical strength to turn the tide.
"Hmph! Naive." Antelope Sword kicked up clouds of dust with his feet. Although he didn't lift his legs to walk, he was as fast as ice skaters as he rushed towards Wang Ryan. His fingers came together to form a hand sword and thrust it towards Wang Ryan's chest.
He used this move to instantly defeat Wang Ryan last time.
Wang Lai'en's eyes widened as he raised his strong arm to block the attack. The sword pierced his arm, but the force of the impact, neutralized by the demonic energy defense, barely stopped outside the thick skin, leaving only a gash. Blood flowed down his arm to his elbow and dripped onto the ground.
"Hmm? It seems you weren't just talking nonsense." Antelope Sword withdrew his hand and said with some surprise.
"There's more you can't imagine! Roar!" Wang Ryan raised his giant hand and slammed it down on the Antelope Sword.
Antelope slid to the side, easily dodging the attack, and then thrust forward again.
Despite his fierce resistance, Wang Ryan was unable to touch the Antelope Sword. Instead, he was repeatedly stabbed by the agile sword, leaving numerous bloody holes in his arms, chest, and waist.
"Kill him! Kill that bald lion!" the surrounding monsters shouted excitedly.
“Wang…” The lionesses mingling among the monsters looked at Wang Ryan with complicated expressions.
"It's about time this farce ended." Antelope Sword said, his hand sword gathering demonic energy at its blade, which extended only a few centimeters from the fingertip. Anyone who had seen this sword energy would not doubt its sharpness.
Section 207, Chapter 23: The Lion's Request Completed
Antelope Sword unleashed a short sword imbued with demonic energy from one hand, its feet sprinting rapidly across the ground as it charged forward, kicking up a long cloud of dust, and pierced straight into Wang Ryan's chest and heart.
"Roar!" Wang Ryan roared, unleashing a massive burst of demonic energy as he charged towards the Antelope Sword in a desperate attempt to save himself.
"Don't you understand? What's the point of this heavy punch without speed when there's a gap between you and me?" Antelope Sword dodged Wang Ryan's heavy punch filled with demonic energy, and thrust his hand sword towards his chest, aiming directly at his vital point.
In that instant, Wang Laien's eyes changed, and the demonic energy that had erupted from his body disappeared, gathering on his body surface and forming a golden light film less than one centimeter thick on his skin, barely blocking the attack of the Antelope Sword.
This is an advanced technique for applying demonic energy that can only be mastered after complete human transformation. Wang Laien demonstrated the results of his arduous training in hell.
During his previous wilderness training with the Wolf God Academy, he carried boulders bigger than his body up mountains every day and climbed rocks under waterfalls. After falling countless times, he finally made it to the top, only to be kicked down by his senior brother above. This was repeated as a training exercise to improve his resilience.
Over the course of a week, he nearly died from overwork countless times and crawled back from the brink of death. The lion was completely transformed, his skin and flesh became emaciated, and when he transformed into human form, he felt completely different.
His appearance and demeanor had completely changed, and Qin Jing and her friends did not recognize him that night.
The clumsy lion form transformed into a tall, muscular man, about 2 meters tall, without an ounce of excess fat, yet not appearing bulky. His majestic and robust body radiated a pale golden light, resembling a sculpture of a war god.
"What?!" Antelope Sword's eyes widened. He was very familiar with this way of using demonic energy. It was a major threshold for becoming a great demon, a profound skill that could only be achieved by mastering demonic energy to a certain degree.
By the time Ling Jian adjusted his stance, it was too late. Wang Laien unleashed a powerful punch that slammed into Ling Jian's body. Without using his demonic energy for defense, Ling Jian was thrown back by the force of the blow, his feet leaving the ground.
"Wang Ryan wins!!!" the teacher announced, raising his hand high.
"Wow! King Ryan of the Lion Clan has won!" the onlookers shouted excitedly.
"So cool! The way that lion-like creature transformed looks amazing!" A female demon seemed to be captivated as well.
"Wang Ryan!!! I really will follow you for life! Your mane looks so cool in your human form!!!" The female lion screamed, her eyes sparkling with hearts.
“Wang Ryan! Even if you’re bald, I’ll still have your babies!” another lioness shouted.
However, Wang Laien and Ling Jian on the field ignored him and just stared at each other.
"What exactly happened in just over ten days that allowed you to complete the first stage?" Ling Jian asked in surprise. Although he had been careless, he had indeed lost the competition.
"Hmph! Anyone can achieve this level if they're determined to become stronger even if it means dying." Wang Ryan said in a muffled voice. As soon as he spoke, he felt a heavy weight on his body and collapsed to the ground.
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